Soundtrack

This article is about the musical appearance on Futurama. It is split up in two sections; Performed Songs and Playback.

Performed Songs
Performed Songs are songs performed by the characters on the show, both original and non-original songs. Listed by song title.


 * "Bender's Great" - Original Performance
 * Performed by Bender in Bendin' in the Wind.
 * Lyrics:
 * Bender: Froggy went a-courtin' and he did ride, uh-huh, uh-huh
 * Well, Froggy went a-courtin' and he did ride,
 * Blah, blah, blah, something, Bender is great!
 * Froggy went a-courtin' and Bender is great, uh-huh--


 * "Blowin' in the Wind" - Bob Dylan
 * Performed by Bender in The Series Has Landed.


 * "Corn Song" - Original Performance
 * Performed by Bender in Bendin' in the Wind.
 * Lyrics:
 * Bender: Fry cracked corn,
 * And I don't care,
 * Leela cracked corn,
 * I still don't care,
 * Bender cracked corn,
 * And he is great!
 * Take that, you stupid corn!


 * "Daisy Bell" - Harry Dacre
 * Performed by Bender in Love and Rocket.
 * A reference to 2001.


 * "Danny Boy" - Frederick Weatherly
 * Performed by Dr. Zoidberg in A Pharaoh to Remember.


 * "Don't Mess With Earth" - Original Performance
 * Performed by Head of the ACLU in A Taste of Freedom.
 * Lyrics:
 * You can eat my dog,
 * You can eat my truck,
 * But you eat my flag and you're out of luck!
 * She's 'awaven proud around the world,
 * From Dallas to Ft. Worth,
 * Let me say it again...
 * Don't mess with Earth!
 * ...Don't-mess-with-Earth.
 * Kill Zoidberg!


 *  "Don't Worry, Bee Happy" - Original Performance (to the tune of Don't Worry, Be Happy)
 * Performed by Amy, Bender, Farnsworth, Hermes, Dr. Zoidberg and Bee in The Sting.
 * Lyrics:
 * Amy: In every life, we have some trouble.
 * Bender: But when you worry you make it double.
 * Bender/Amy: [singing] Don't worry! Bee happy! [Bender imitating bongoes]
 * Professor: The landlords say your rent is late.
 * Hermes: You may have to litigate.
 * Professor/Hermes/Bender: Don't worry! [Bender opens his chest and releases a bee, which stings the Professor in the head]
 * Bee: Bee...
 * Professor: Happy! [The Professor swells up and explodes. Zoidberg appears on a stage, his name displayed behind him in neon lights]
 * Zoidberg: Ain't got no cash, ain't got no style, ladies vomit when I smile. But does Zoidberg worry? Feh, you wish! [The bee stings him]
 * Bee: Bee...
 * Zoidberg: Happy! [He explodes. Hermes skates into view, carrying Amy]
 * Hermes: Don't worry now, Amy! [The bee stings Hermes, who explodes. Amy skates up to the camera]
 * Amy: Okay, I'm happy! [She is stung and explodes, revealing Bender standing on the table]
 * Bender: Take us home, Bender! Don't worry! [The bee stings him]
 * Bee: Bee...
 * Bender: Happy! [Bender explodes into a firework display. When the smoke clears, everyone is sitting around as if nothing had happened]
 * Leela: [short pause] Uh, were you just singing?
 * Bender: No, I was telling you not to worry. I'm not allowed to sing. Court order.


 * "Bureaucrat Song" - Original Performance
 * Performed by Hermes, LaBarbara, Dr. Zoidberg, Farnsworth, Leela, Bender, Morgan Proctor in How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back.
 * Lyrics:
 * Hermes: When I was four there was a hurricane in Kingston Town
 * with a foot and a half of water
 * Everyone was alright, but I cried all night
 * It blew my alphabet blocks out of order
 * And they say this boy’s born to be a bureaucrat
 * Born to be all obsessive and snotty
 * I made my friends and relations file long applications
 * To get into my tenth birthday party.
 * LaBarbara: But something changed when my man turned pro.
 * Hermes: I was sorting but I wasn't smilin'
 * LaBarbara: He forgot that it's not about badges and ranks
 * Hermes: It's supposed to be about the filin'!
 * People,
 * We didn't choose to be bureaucrats
 * No, that's what our mighty Ja made us
 * We treat people like swine and make them stand in line
 * Even if nobody paid us
 * They say the world looks down on the bureaucrats
 * They say we're anal, compulsive and weird
 * But when push comes to shove you gotta do what you love
 * Even if it's not a good idea
 * Zoidberg!
 * Zoidberg: They said I probably shouldn't be a surgeon
 * Farnsworth: They poopooed my electric frankfurter
 * Leela: They said I probably shouldn't fly with just one eye
 * Bender: I am Bender please insert girder
 * Hermes: Everybody sing Jamaica!
 * All: Jamaica!
 * Hermes: Just the bureaucrats - Jamaica!
 * Bureaucrats: Jamaica!
 * Hermes: The grade nineteens!
 * Morgan Proctor: ...Jamaica.
 * Hermes: Sing me home,
 * When push comes to shove you gotta do what you love
 * Even if it's not a good idea!


 *  "Elves' Xmas Song" - Original Performance
 * Performed by Bender, Leela, Fry, Neptunian Elves, Robot Santa in A Tale of Two Santas.
 * Lyrics:
 * Neptunian Elves: We are free and barely sober
 * With so many toys to build
 * The machines are kind of tricky
 * Probably someone will be killed
 * But we gladly work for nothing
 * Fry: Which is good because we don't intend to pay
 * Neptunian Elves: The elves are back to work today
 * Hooray!
 * We have just a couple hours
 * To make several billion gifts
 * And the labor isn't easy
 * Leela: Then you'll all work triple shifts
 * You can make the job go quicker
 * If you turn up the controls to super speed
 * Neptunian Elves: It's back to work on Xmas eve
 * Hooray.
 * Leela: And though your cold and sore and ugly
 * Your pride will mask the pain
 * Fry: Let my happy smile warm your hearts
 * Neptunian Elf: There's a toy lodged in my brain
 * Neptunian Elves: We are getting awfully tired
 * And we can't work any faster
 * And we're very, very sorry
 * Bender: Why you selfish little bastards!
 * Do you want the kids to think
 * That santas just a crummy empty handed jerk?!
 * Then shut your yaps and back to work!
 * Neptunian Elves: Now it's very nearly Xmas
 * And we done the best we could
 * Fry: These toy soldiers are poorly painted
 * Leela: And they're made from inferior wood
 * Bender: I should give you all a beating
 * But i really have to fly
 * Robot Santa: If I weren't stuck here frozen
 * I'd harpoon you in the eye
 * Neptunian Elves: Now it's back into our tenements
 * To drown ourselves in rye
 * Leela: You did the best you could I guess
 * And some of these gorillas are OK
 * Neptunian Elves: HOORAY! (we're adequate!)
 * All: The elves have rescued Xmas day
 * Hooray!


 * "The Fourth Day of Xmas" - Original Performance (To the tune of Twelve Days of Christmas)
 * Performed by Bender, Tinny Tim, 2 robots in Xmas Story.
 * Lyrics:
 * Bender: On the fourth day of Xmas I stole from that lady
 * Robot 1: Four familiy photos
 * Tinny Tim: Three jars of pennies
 * Robot 2: Two former husbands
 * Bender: And a slipper on a shoe-tree.


 * "I'll Shoot Her With My Railgun" - Original Performance (to the tune of She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain)
 * Performed by Bender in The Series Has Landed
 * Lyrics:
 * Bender: Well I'll shoot her with my railgun when she comes.
 * Yes, I'll shoot her with my railgun when she comes.
 * Yes, I'll shoot her with my railgun, oh I'll shoot her with my railgun,
 * Yes, I'll shoot her with my railgun when she comes, when she comes.
 * I'll be blasting all the humans in the world,
 * I'll be blasting all the humans in the world,
 * I'll be blasting all the humans, I'll be blasting all the humans,
 * I'll be blasting all the humans in the world, in the world.


 * "Funkytown" - Lipps Inc.
 * Performed by Morbo in Amazon Women in the Mood.


 *  "Grunka Lunka Songs" - Original Performance
 * Performed by Grunka Lunkas in Fry and the Slurm Factory.
 * Lyrics:
 * Grunka Lunka dunkety doo
 * We've got a friendly warning for you
 * Grunka Lunka dunkety dasis
 * The secret of Slurm's on a need-to-know basis
 * Asking questions in school is a great way to learn
 * If you try that stuff here you might get your legs broke
 * We once found a guy face down in the Slurm
 * It could easily happen again to you folk
 * So keep your head down and keep your mouth shut
 * Grunka Lunka Lunka dunkety dut!...
 * ...Grunka Lunka dunkety dingredient
 * You should not ask about the secret ingredient!...
 * ...Grunka Lunka dunkety darmedguards...


 * "Lola" - The Kinks
 * Performed by Zapp Brannigan in Amazon Women in the Mood.
 * In Zapp's performance, the character of the original song (Lola) is exchanged with Leela.


 *  "The New Justice Team part 1"
 * Performed by ? in Less than Hero
 * Lyrics:
 * Go, go, go New Justice Team
 * Go team, go team, team team team
 * Whose that newest Justice Team
 * The New Justice Team
 * Captain Yesterday is fast
 * Also he is from the past
 * Not just fast but from the past
 * Captain Yesterday!
 * Super King has all the powers of a King
 * Plus all the power of Superman,
 * Also he's a robot
 * Ain't it cool? Super King you rule!
 * Cloberella beats you up
 * Cloberella beats you up
 * Who does she beat up? You!
 * Cloberella!
 * Citizens, never fear
 * Crazy do-good freaks are here
 * Until they run out of steam...
 * Miracle cream, miracle cream
 * Gives the power to the team
 * Its effects wear off for sure
 * So they just slop on some more
 * The New Justice Team!


 *  "The New Justice Team part 2"
 * Performed by ? in Less than Hero
 * Lyrics:
 * Go, go, go New Justice Team
 * Fighting justice is their quest
 * Super King, Cloberella
 * And all the rest
 * Here's to you new Justice Team
 * Do the things that make a team
 * Help each other do some things
 * Winners don't use drugs!
 * The New Justice Team!


 *  "My Broken Friend" - Original Performance
 * Performed by Bender, Beck in Bendin' in the Wind.
 * Lyrics:
 * Bender: People say my broken friend is useless.
 * But I say his mind is free.
 * There's lots of things my mangled robot friend could be.
 * Beck: Kick it!
 * Bender: Well he could make a good hat rack,
 * Beck: He only has to stand there.
 * Bender: Or a cheap doorstop,
 * Beck: He doesn't need to move.
 * Bender: Or a great big giant thermos with a twist off top,
 * Beck: That would be good for soup.
 * Bender: He could be a storage closet for outdated pants.
 * Beck: I like 'em tight.
 * Bender: My broken friend could do it all,
 * Beck & Bender: Just give him a chance!
 * Bender: That robot has a tragic secret
 * That I'd like to share.
 * Beck: For real?
 * Bender: My broken friend is closer to me than an ass to a chair.
 * Beck: Mmmm.
 * Bender: That robot's name I never told you...
 * Beck: What's that?
 * Bender: ... you could not foresee.
 * Beck: C'mon, give it up.
 * Bender: I sing it loud and sing it proud,
 * Beck & Bender: His name is you and me!
 * Bender: Don't melt me down into a crowbar,
 * Beck: It suffers alone,
 * Bender: Just 'cause I can't move my arms and legs. [He starts moving his arms and legs]
 * Beck: Hey!
 * Bender: Or toss me into a trash can,
 * Beck: Bender, what are you doin'?
 * Bender: Just 'cause I can't cook you ham and eggs.
 * Beck: What are you doin'?
 * Bender: Don't crush me into an anchor,
 * Beck: Yo, what's the dilly-o?
 * Bender: Just 'cause I can't jump and dance and sing
 * I'm telling you, my broken friend...
 * Put your hands in the air like you just don't care!
 * I'm telling you my broken friend
 * Can do most anything!
 * Yeah!


 * "Pharaoh's Funeral Song" - Original Performance
 * Performed by Elton John look alike in A Pharaoh to Remember.
 * Lyrics:
 * Pharaoh my god-king
 * you are cold and deceased,
 * Are you still half insane?...
 * ...Ph-Ph-Ph-Pharoh and his pets...
 * ...but the years went by and Pharaoh died,
 * Suzy went and joined him in the afterlife...


 * "Popplers Song" - Original Performance (to the tune of The Sailor's Hornpipe)
 * Performed by Fry, Bender in The Problem with Popplers
 * Lyrics:
 * Pop a Poppler in your mouth,
 * When you come to Fishy Joe's,
 * What they're made of is a mystery,
 * Where they come from, no one knows.
 * You can pick 'em, you can lick 'em,
 * You can chew 'em, you can stick 'em,
 * And if you promise not to sue us,
 * You can shove one up your nose.


 *  "Robot Hell" - Original Performance
 * Performed by Bender, Robt Devil, Beastie Boys, Fry, Leela in Hell is Other Robots.
 * Lyrics:
 * Robot Devil: Cigars are evil you won't miss 'em we'll find ways to simulate that smell
 * What a sorry fella rapped up in smoke like a pandella,
 * Here on Level One of Robot Hell!
 * Robot Devil: Gamblings wrong and so is cheating so is forging foney I.O.U's
 * Lets let lady luck decide what type of torture's justified
 * I'm pit boss here on Level Two!
 * Ooh deep fried robot!
 * Bender: Just tell me why!
 * Robot Devil Just read this 55 page warrant.
 * Bender: There must be robots worse than I
 * Robot Devil: We checked around, there really aren't.
 * Bender: Then please let me explain my crimes were mearly boyish pranks
 * Robot Devil: You stole from boy scouts, nuns and banks!
 * Bender: Oh don't blame me blame my up-bringing.
 * Robot Devil: Please stop sinning while I'm singing.
 * Robot Devil: Selling bootleg tapes is wrong, musicians need that income to survive.
 * Beastie Boys: Hey Bender, gonna make some noise
 * With your hard drive scratched by the Beastie Boys
 * Thats what ya, what ya, what ya get on Level Five!
 * Fry: I don't feel well.
 * Leela: Its up to us to rescue him.
 * Fry: Maybe he likes it here in Hell.
 * Leela: Its us who tempted him to sin.
 * Fry: Maybe he's back at the motel.
 * Leela: Come on Fry now don't be scared
 * I'm sure at least one of us will be spared
 * So just sit back and enjoy the ride.
 * Fry: My ass has blisters from the slide!
 * Robot Devil: Fencing Diamonds, Fixing cockfights
 * Publishing indescent magazines
 * You'll pay for every crime
 * Knee deep in electric slime
 * You'll suffer till the end of time
 * Enduring tortures most of which rhyme
 * Trapped forever here in Robot Hell


 * "Santa Claus is Gunning you Down" - Original Performance (To the tune of Santa Claus is Coming to Town)
 * Performed by the Planet Express crew in Xmas Story.
 * Lyrics:
 * Amy: He knows when you are sleeping,
 * Professor Farnsworth: He knows when you're on the can,
 * Leela: He'll hunt you down and blast your ass from here to Pakistan.
 * Zoidberg: Oh,
 * Hermes: You'd better not breathe, you'd better not move,
 * Bender: you're better off Dead, I'm telling you, dude.
 * Fry: Santa Claus is gunning you down!


 *  "Single Female Lawyer Tune" - Original Performance
 * Performed by Bender in When Aliens Attack.
 * This is the theme Bender sang for the hastily-constructed season finale made to appease the Omicronians who had invaded Earth. It is not known if the real show had a sung theme, or if it was anything like this one.
 * Lyrics:
 * Single Female Lawyer,
 * Fighting for her client,
 * Wearing sexy miniskirts,
 * And being self-reliant.
 * Single Female Lawyer,
 * Having lots of sex&mdash;


 * "Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Bonnie Tyler
 * Performed by Kif Kroker in Amazon Women in the Mood.


 * "TV Party Tonight" - Original Performance (To the tune of TV Party Tonight by Black Flag)
 * Performed by Bender, Professor Farnsworth, Fry, Leela, Zoidberg, Hermes, Cubert, Dwight, Tinny Tim in Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television.
 * Lyrics:
 * Bender: TV party tonight!
 * Professor Farnsworth: Eh Wha?
 * Bender: TV party tonight!
 * Professor Farnsworth: Oh!
 * Fry: We've got nothing better to do
 * Leela: Than watch TV and have a couple of brews
 * Zoidberg: Don't want to talk about anything else
 * Fry: We don't wanna know!
 * Professor Farnsworth: We're dedicated, yes
 * Hermes: To our favorite shows!
 * Cubert: All My Circuits!
 * Dwight: Everybody Loves Hypno-Toad!
 * Tinny Tim: Scary Door!
 * Leela: Blernesday Night Blernsball!
 * Bender: Futurama!


 * "Wagon Song" - Original Performance
 * Performed by Bender in Where the Buggalo Roam.
 * Lyrics:
 * We've got a right to pick a little fight with rustlers,
 * Somebody wants to pick a fight with us,
 * He'd better bite my ass.


 *  "Whaler Song" - Original Performance
 * Performed by Whalers on the Moon in The Series Has Landed.
 * Lyrics:
 * We're whalers on the moon,
 * We carry a harpoon,
 * For they ain't no whales
 * So we tell tall tales
 * And sing our whaling tune.

Playback
Playback is songs/musical tunes not performed by the characters on the show. This also includes classical and instrumental parts. But to limit on background music, only where it has a reference and/or an importance. Listed by title.


 * "Also sprach Zarathustra" - Richard Strauss
 * In Godfellas, The Sting
 * A reference to 2001.


 * "An der schönen blauen Donau" - Johann Strauss II
 * In Godfellas
 * A reference to 2001.


 * "Conga" - Gloria Estefan/Miami Sound Machine
 * In Anthology of Interest II


 * "MMMBop" - Hanson
 * In Anthology of Interest I


 * "Oh, Pretty Woman" - Roy Orbison
 * In The Cyber House Rules


 * "She's a Lady" - Tom Jones
 * In Bend Her


 * "TV Party Tonight" - Black Flag
 * In Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television


 * "We'll Meet Again" - Vera Lynn
 * In A Big Piece of Garbage