# Madame Butterfly on the Simpsons

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-butterfly-on-the-simpsons/229990>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 19, 2004, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-butterfly-on-the-simpsons/229990 "2004-02-19T08:44:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Innana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3ab097/32.png) [@Innana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Innana)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-butterfly-on-the-simpsons/229990/1 "2004-02-19T08:44:11Z")

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I’m trying to help a friend find some information about a song played in an episode of The Simpsons in which Barney wins the Springfield movie contest. I think the episode is called “A Star is Burns.” During Barney’s winning movie, a song from Madame Butterfly was playing in the background. Does anyone know which song they used? I haven’t been able to find a reference to a specific song name when doing a search on the web. Any info you might offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks 🙂

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**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-butterfly-on-the-simpsons/229990/2 "2004-02-19T13:14:15Z")

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> [@Innana](#):
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> I’m trying to help a friend find some information about a song played in an episode of The Simpsons in which Barney wins the Springfield movie contest. I think the episode is called “A Star is Burns.” During Barney’s winning movie, a song from Madame Butterfly was playing in the background. Does anyone know which song they used? I haven’t been able to find a reference to a specific song name when doing a search on the web. Any info you might offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks 🙂

It was probably “Un Bel Di Vedremo”. I think I remember that being the one in the episode in question, and it’s THE big song from _Madame Butterfly_ in terms of popular recognition. Heck, it was in a freakin’ burger ad a while back.

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**Author:** ![Innana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3ab097/32.png) [@Innana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Innana)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-butterfly-on-the-simpsons/229990/3 "2004-02-19T18:38:51Z")

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Thanks so much! I’ll pass it on and we’ll see if that’s the one.

Thanks again 🙂

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**Author:** ![Gotterfunken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gotterfunken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotterfunken)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-butterfly-on-the-simpsons/229990/4 "2004-02-20T01:08:08Z")

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**Lamia** ’s right. It was definitely “Un Bel Di Vedremo,” Cio-Cio San’s aria near the beginning of Act II.