Talk:List of songs featured in The Simpsons
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Definitely needs a lot of work. There are hundreds of songs to be added. Also, sorting by episode. - 136.148.1.142
I agree with sorting by episode and improving song inventory. - Dirk Diggler Jnr 03:29, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
"It Don't Come Easy" By Ringo Starr
Who removed "The Imperial March"?- B-101 16:57, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
Hey B-101, maybe it was removed as it is an instrumental track rather than a song. I'd suggest changing the main article heading to 'songs / tracks' featured in.. As 'The Imperial March' definitely should be added to the list, it's practically Monty Burns' theme tune. The intro theme to the cult 60's show 'The Prisoner'[[1]] is another example that should be listed here, however, it is not a song but another instrumental. It features prominently in the Patrick McGoohan episode [[2]] as well as being briefly used in earlier episodes. --Dirk Diggler Jnr 17:38, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
- TTchaikovsky's 1812 overture is listed, and that's definately not a song. boffy_b 23:54, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
- PS: Is there an easy wayof determining what percentage of Wikipedia articles relate primarily to The Simpsons?
[edit] Suggestion for sorting format of songs / tracks featured in The Simpsons
I really think sorting what song appears in which episode would be a fine update for this list (I know a lot of work too, but worth it in the end). It would help people, who hear a song in a Simpsons episode they then wish to obtain, be able to cross reference & identify the artist and title with what they have seen & heard from the show. The Simpsons has featured many, many songs over the years that sooner or later I have had to obtain or re-aquire. I find when I re-watch episodes that many of the featured song(s), often just a very short clip a few seconds long, really start to grow on me and I want to hear the whole track.
I will start a list here and suggest a layout in this order ; (please feel free to add to it with accurate information, and for a tidy looking end list please stick to the below layout format if able to, thanks.) -Dirk Diggler Jnr
| Season number | Episode number | Episode name | Artist/Group | Song/Track |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 2 | Episode 18 | "Brush with Greatness" | Ringo Starr | "It don't come easy" |
| Season 7 | Episode 24 | "Homerpalooza" | Smashing Pumpkins | "Zero" |
| Season 9 | Episode 7 | "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons" | Foreigner | "Hot blooded" |
| Season 9 | Episode 7 | "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons" | The Carpenters | "(They long to be) Close to you" (Indian version) [3] |
| Season 10 | Episode 6 | "D'oh-in In the Wind" | The Zombies | "Time of the Season" |
| Season 10 | Episode 6 | "D'oh-in In the Wind" | Jefferson Airplane | "White rabbit" |
| Season 10 | Episode 10 | "Viva Ned Flanders" | Elvis | "Viva Las Vegas" |
| Season 11 | Episode 13 | "Saddlesore Galactica" | Bachman-Turner Overdrive (aka BTO) | "Takin' care of business" |
| Season 13 | Episode 2 | "The Parent Rap" | Roger Miller | "Dang Me" |
| Season 13 | Episode 22 | "Papa's Got a Brand New Badge" | Golden Earring | "Radar love" |
| Season 13 | Episode 22 | "Papa's Got a Brand New Badge" | A3 (previously known as 'Alabama 3') | "Woke up this morning" (Theme from The Sopranos) |
| Season 14 | Episode 2 | "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" | Rolling Stones | "Start me up" |
| Season 14 | Episode 2 | "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" | Elvis Costello | ! need help to identify track title ! |
| Season 14 | Episode 2 | "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" | Lenny Kravitz | "Are you gonna go my way?" |
| Season 14 | Episode 2 | "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" | Brian Setzer | ! guitar ditty - need help to identify track title ! |
| Season 14 | Episode 2 | "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" | Rolling Stones | "She's so cold" |
| Season 14 | Episode 2 | "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" | Tom Petty | *original song* "She like's to party, she likes to rock" |
| Season 14 | Episode 2 | "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" | Tom Petty | "The last DJ" |
| Season 14 | Episode 2 | "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" | Rolling Stones | "Rip this joint" |
| Season 14 | Episode 3 | "Bart vs. Lisa vs. The Third Grade" | Frank Sinatra | "Capitol City" |
| Season 14 | Episode 5 | "Helter Shelter" | Scott Joplin | "The Entertainer" |
| Season 14 | Episode 7 | "Special Edna" | Hot Chocolate | "You sexy thing" |
| Season 14 | Episode 7 | "Special Edna" | The Turtles | "Happy together" |
| Season 14 | Episode 10 | "Pray Anything" | KISS (band) | "I was made for loving you baby" |
| Season 14 | Episode 11 | "Barting Over" | Dooley Wilson (aka Arthur "Dooley" Wilson) | "As time goes by" |
| Season 14 | Episode 11 | "Barting Over" | Blink 182 | "All the small things" |
| Season 14 | Episode 12 | "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can" | Van Morrison | "I put spell on you" |
| Season 14 | Episode 13 | "A Star is Born-Again" | John Barry / Matt Monro | "Born free" |
| Season 14 | Episode 13 | "A Star is Born-Again" | Cher | "Gypsies, tramps & thieves" |
| Season 14 | Episode 13 | "A Star is Born-Again" | Boots Randolph | "Yakety sax" (aka The Benny Hill theme tune) |
| Season 14 | Episode 14 | "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington" | Creedence Clearwater Revival (aka CCR) | "Bad moon rising" (sung by Homer) |
| Season 14 | Episode 15 | "C.E. D'oh" | Tom Jones | "Sex bomb" |
| Season 14 | Episode 15 | "C.E. D'oh" | Steam (band) | "Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)" (sung by the Nuclear Plant staff) |
| Season 14 | Episode 16 | "'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky" | John Williams | "The Emperor's Theme" |
| Season 14 | Episode 17 | "Three Gays of the Condo" | Pet Shop Boys | "West End Girls" |
| Season 14 | Episode 17 | "Three Gays of the Condo" | "Weird Al" Yankovic | "Homer & Marge" |
| Season 14 | Episode 18 | "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" | Homer Simpson & David Byrne | "Everybody hates Ned Flanders" |
| Season 14 | Episode 18 | "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" | Britney Spears | "Oops!... I Did It Again" |
| Season 14 | Episode 21 | "Bart of War" | Coven | "One Tin Soldier" [4] |
| Season 14 | Episode 21 | "Bart of War" | National anthem of Canada | "O Canada" |
| Season 14 | Episode 22 | "Moe Baby Blues" | Queen | "You're my best friend" |
| Season 14 | Episode 22 | "Moe Baby Blues" | Nino Rota / Carmine Coppola | "The Godfather Waltz" (Main Title) |
| Almost any appearance... | by the Duff beer... | mascot named Duff Man | Yello | "Oh yeah" |
That'd be cool. You should definatly do that.
- According to the Manual of Style, we should enclose the episode titles in quotation marks. --Fred Bradstadt 18:37, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
Made it a "sortable wikitable", what do you think? You'll notice that Episodes and Seasons seem to sort strangely. That's due to the code sorting numbers alphabetically. I can fix it so it sorts correctly, but this is just a demonstration...Prometheusg 12:45, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] An awesome place to start (for track listings)
Sorry, I'm being an armchair wikipedian and just suggesting how other people can do the work, but HERE is a massive list of tracks (organised neatly - a clever person could even just cut and paste sections) from the IMDB 'soundtrack listings' sub-page of The Simpsons. The nice thing about it is that - unlike many fanpages summarising episodes - the tracks and episode/season info is very neatly organised and not interspersed with a lot of other info).
A sample:
- "Capitol City"
- Written by Jeff Martin
- Performed by Tony Bennett
- Episode: {"Dancin' Homer" (1990) (ep. #2.5)}
Happy typing! --Anchoress 09:06, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
- Actually, if anyone wants I'll copy the info and convert it into a Word table. I'm not a wiki formatting expert, is there someone who could merge it with the existing data table once that's done? --Anchoress 09:07, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
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- OK, I finished an Excel table with 133 lines of songs; if there's someone who would like to take it, normalise it and append it to the existing table email or talk me and I'll send it.--Anchoress 09:37, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
Just to mention another song: Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd: I forgot what the name of the episode was but it's the one when Homer is tricked in to being a missionary and is sent to another country. After Homer licks a poisenous frog he falls asleep and wakes up to Marge trying to cantact him via radio Marge is heard saying "Hello, Hello...Is there anybody in there?" which are the first lines in Comfotably Numb and is said in the manor of the song. Maybe someone can find that episode. thanks
The above ep that features Pink floyd reference briefly is called "Missionary:_Impossible", Season 11, Episode 15. [[5]]
- Added this now --Mortice 22:40, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Updating song-to-episode mapping
Hi, I've started tracking down the episodes each song is in. To this end, I'm adding HTML comment <!--UNKNOWN--> to any of the ones I can't find, so if people come along in the future wanting a 'challenge' they know which ones to look for... the alternative would be adding something like 'unknown episode' readable so page readers can see what's missing (which has pro's and con's)... not sure what's best.
Anyway, suggest you follow the same markup if you add tracks or add episodes --Mortice 19:16, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
- Hi, I've just added about two dozen episodes, a few songs and I made some small corrections. To be continued... (note from 89.59.106.135)
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- Great thanks, we've sorted out a lot of the missing ones now... have to sort out the UNKNOWN ones tho (which are just ones I couldn't identify) --Mortice 21:13, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Multiple links to episodes
I see there are some places where references to episodes are not links. I can understand if there's a policy that a word/phrase shouldn't be linked multiple times in the same article, but surely that doesn't apply to a list like this - what's the benefit in requiring someone to find the previous reference to an article in order to follow the link? I've been making all episodes in the list into links, please let me know if I'm breaking policy --Mortice 22:07, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Songs sung by Simpsons
I'd like to propose splitting the 'pre-existing songs' section into those that are used as backgrounds in scenes (the majority) and those that are sung/played by characters (which tend to be more interesting, I think). Any thoughts? --Mortice 20:36, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Turning the bullet list into a table
Myself and others are looking into taking data from the bullet list and other sources and producing a set of tables - take a look at User:Mortice/Simpsons songs for some notes --Mortice 20:15, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Proposal for managing song lists on Simpons episodes
I'm proposing changing the way we manage lists of songs in episodes. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject The Simpsons/Proposal for managing song lists on Simpons episodes which has a full explanation of the proposal. Please leave comments there --Mortice 22:16, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
- FYI someone who knows lots about categories thought this plan was a Bad Idea (see proposal talk page) so now rethinking... --Mortice 21:42, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Use of a bot to generate lists on this page
I'm considering developing a bot which could be used to generate this list - see User:Mortice/ListGenBot. This would require moving the lists of songs that are in each episode onto the episode pages, then this page would be auto-generated (with nice formatting etc) by that process, and would ensure that the episode pages and this page are kept in sync. This could be used to generate lists for original songs, parody songs, background songs etc --Mortice 21:40, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sortable Table
I'm working on making this a sortable table. See my Sandbox. The only thing I still need to do (could use some help) is complete the Season and Episode information. Beyond that, it's got all the same info as the current list. Should I finish it and replace the current list? Prometheusg 03:46, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Reformat
I've gotta admit, I don't like the table, the list looks sloppy. Would anyone be adverse to converting it into a list like the one at List of guest stars on The Simpsons? -- Scorpion 18:33, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
- I suggested that a while back, and it would certainly be an improvement to the current one, and lot more complete, informative and clear. Gran2 18:59, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
- The main drawback I can think of would be that you couldn't sort the list by artist, but I don't think it matters. There isn't an alphabetical guest stars list either, but nobody is complaining. -- Scorpion 19:05, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
- Clearer maybe as that's subjective, but more informative and complete? How would changing the format make it more complete? It would be the same data in a different format. As for more informative, I think you're wrong. Having multiple ways of viewing the same data (sortable table vs. static list) is more informative as the data can be examined from different perspectives. Prometheusg 19:14, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
- Although I put it in its current format, I'm not completely opposed to changing the format. It was an absolute mess before and that's why I formatted it like it is now. I mainly just wanted to get every entry into some kind of similar and readable format.
One thing I do like is sortable tables over straight lists, though. I like being able to sort by artist, episode, or whatever. Static lists like the List of guest stars on The Simpsons are more difficult to search, especially with large data sets like this one. For instance, try finding every episode with Troy Mclure in that list...if it was a sortable table it would take one click and scroll down to his name. Prometheusg 19:14, 11 March 2007 (UTC)- By complete I mean if there wee any songs still missing they could be easily added, and I just think it would be better like that. As for searching, CTRL+F? But if we could combine both it would be better. I did try something, but it didn't look that good. Gran2 20:25, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
- You're right, a list format is a bit easier to add data to. However, the list seems to be largely complete, so I don't think that's a valid reason. CTRL+F is useful for searching for a term in limited context. If you wanted to see every instance of a term (e.g. "sung by Homer"), it's a poor substitute for a sorting mechanism. Like I said though, I'm not completely opposed to the idea of a reformatting. As long as it's usable and well ordered. I just think removing the ability to sort detracts from its utility. Prometheusg 21:10, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
- Sortable tables are better than the format at List of guest stars on The Simpsons, but I think the list should be sorted default by episode order rather than the titles of the songs alphabetically. --Maitch 23:05, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
