# Best song from The Simpsons? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 27, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-from-the-simpsons/562071 "2010-11-27T14:27:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-from-the-simpsons/562071/1 "2010-11-27T14:27:26Z")
There has been a ton of music in **The Simpsons** over the years, some original but mostly parody. What is the best (your favorite) one? Poll coming …be patient, there will be quite a few. _Note on poll_ - I am including in the poll most of the original and parody songs from [this list](http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_songs) on the **Simpsons Wiki**. I am excluding a few here and there for obscureness, but you may peruse the list and post them as “other” if you like. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-from-the-simpsons/562071/2 "2010-11-27T14:38:28Z")
As soon as I saw this thread, I had one song pop immediately into my mind, displacing all other thoughts: _[See my vest](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsFHEK_o9U8)_. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-from-the-simpsons/562071/3 "2010-11-27T14:48:57Z")
Can you name the truck with four wheel drive, Smells like a steak and seats thirty-five… Canyonero! Canyonero! ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-from-the-simpsons/562071/4 "2010-11-27T15:28:00Z")
Notable omissions: Anything from Streetcar! The Musical (“Stella! Can’t you hear me yell-ah?”) Talkin’ Softball: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkpyZws4bJ8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkpyZws4bJ8) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-from-the-simpsons/562071/5 "2010-11-27T15:36:34Z")
I like “Dr. Zaius” but I prefer the other song from _Stop the Planet of the Apes I want to get off_, Which I don’t know the name of: _I hate ev-ery ape I see From Chimpan-A to Chimpanzee…_ ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-from-the-simpsons/562071/6 "2010-11-27T15:48:46Z")
Everything from the Shary Bobbins episode deserves a vote, and “Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart” is a riot, but if I could only choose one, it would definitely be “We Put the [boinnnggg!] in Springfield.” ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-from-the-simpsons/562071/7 "2010-11-27T15:50:01Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > I like “Dr. Zaius” but I prefer the other song from _Stop the Planet of the Apes I want to get off_, Which I don’t know the name of: > > _I hate ev-ery ape I see > From Chimpan-A to Chimpanzee…_ Ah yes, “You’ll Never Make a Monkey Out of Me.” Sorry, it wasn’t on the Simpsons Wiki list or I definitely would have included it. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-from-the-simpsons/562071/8 "2010-11-27T17:28:34Z")
_My white slippers are albino African endangered rhino_ No contest, it is ‘See My Vest’ for me. But I do also really like ‘Baby On Board’ (Homer’s Barbershop Quartet is my favourite episode) and always thought the rushed copyright disclaimer at the end of the Kamp Krusty song was especially funny. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-from-the-simpsons/562071/9 "2010-11-27T17:38:41Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > I like “Dr. Zaius” but I prefer the other song from _Stop the Planet of the Apes I want to get off_, Which I don’t know the name of: > > _I hate ev-ery ape I see > From Chimpan-A to Chimpanzee…_ Same here. After those two, I’d go with See My Vest. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-from-the-simpsons/562071/10 "2010-11-27T18:23:12Z")
1. See My Vest 2. We Put the Spring in Springfield 3. Max Power (yeah, it’s 4 lines - but I sing it ALL the time. It’s usually followed up with “shavin’ my shoulders…!”) 4. We Do ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-from-the-simpsons/562071/11 "2010-11-27T19:10:01Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > As soon as I saw this thread, I had one song pop immediately into my mind, displacing all other thoughts: _[See my vest](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsFHEK_o9U8)_. This. The “See my vest”-crowd is awfully vocal compared to those who voted for the other songs. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-from-the-simpsons/562071/12 "2010-11-27T19:12:10Z")
I voted for “Monorail” over “We Do” because the latter was the first thing that sprung to mind when I read the thread title. It’s brilliant, though the Stonecutters tune is right behind it. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-from-the-simpsons/562071/13 "2010-11-27T19:17:15Z")
Ooh–just thought of an all-time favorite that was left off the list: “It Was a Very Good Beer.” ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-from-the-simpsons/562071/14 "2010-11-27T19:52:50Z")
“Stonecutter’s Song” followed by “See My Vest.” A lot of people don’t like the Party Posse episode, but I thought the songs were rather catchy, and the episode was decent as well. ---
**Author:** ![Chocobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Chocobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chocobo)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-from-the-simpsons/562071/15 "2010-11-27T20:24:00Z")
See My Vest edges out We Do, but not by much. #3 would definitely be the Monorail song though. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-from-the-simpsons/562071/16 "2010-11-27T20:48:30Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > I like “Dr. Zaius” but I prefer the other song from _Stop the Planet of the Apes I want to get off_, Which I don’t know the name of: > > _I hate ev-ery ape I see > From Chimpan-A to Chimpanzee…_ I voted for See My Vest, but I always thought that was a particularly brilliant lyric. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-from-the-simpsons/562071/17 "2010-11-27T20:54:06Z")
The Monorail and the Stonecutters songs are the best on this list, but I agree that the songs from Oh, Streetcar! are the best…ever. _You can always depend on the kindness of strangers To pluck up your spirits, and shield you from dangers Now here’s a tip from Blanche you won’t regret A stranger’s just a friend you haven’t met You haaaaaaven’t meeeeet… STREETCAR!_ Come on, that’s GENIUS. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-from-the-simpsons/562071/18 "2010-11-27T21:03:44Z")
The first thing that came to my mind was See My Vest. The Stonecutters song would be number 2. And just earlier this week I was singing the Street Car song. I was thinking about voting for the Monorail song but is there a chance the track could bend? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-from-the-simpsons/562071/19 "2010-11-27T21:41:09Z")
Too short for the poll but still terrific: “You’re the birthday, you’re the birthday, you’re the birthday boy or girl!” ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-from-the-simpsons/562071/20 "2010-11-27T21:43:12Z")
I voted “Monorail”, though I kind of missed the inclusion of the Mediocre Presidents song. "We are the mediocre presidents! You won’t find our faces on dollars or on cents! There’s Taylor, there’s Tyler, there’s Filmore and there’s Hayes There’s William Henry Harrison, _I died in thirty days!_ …and so on 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-from-the-simpsons/562071.md?page=2)