# The Best Song Ever Sung by a Cartoon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 30, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561 "2003-05-30T16:17:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/21 "2003-05-30T18:16:23Z")
The Dickies also did an excellent cover of Eep Op Ork, as well as the Gigantor theme. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/22 "2003-05-30T18:27:46Z")
I don’t want to be overly pedantic [sub](well, actually I do)[/sub] but we’re mixing things up a little here. Some of these songs were written expressly for the cartoons, like _Sugar Sugar_, while others were songs that pre-date the cartoons in which they were included. “Is You Is” was written by Louis Jordan and Bill Austin in 1944. “Why Don’t You Do Right” was written by Joe McCoy (as **Ethilrist** notes) in 1941. “Hello My Baby” was written in 1899, and “Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone” was written in 1930 by Bee Palmer, Sam Stept, and Sidney Clare. “The Great McCloskey Fight”, however, is a WB original. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/23 "2003-05-30T18:32:53Z")
I was thinking more about songs written expressely for the cartoon but I wasn’t very clear. And everybody was having so much fun. . … ---
**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:** [May 30, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/24 "2003-05-30T18:36:25Z")
Some good ones mentioned so far…but it’s no contest: the **Snorky** episode (“There’s No Such Thing as a Sea Serpent”) of _Beany & Cecil_. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/25 "2003-05-30T18:50:49Z")
All of the songs in “One Froggy Evening” are brilliantly executed. I have had “The Michigan Rag” in my head for approximately 3.47% of my life. (Second only to Del Shannon’s “Runaway” at 4.13%) As for the Simpson’s, l’ll nominate “See My Vest,” “Planet of the Apes–The Musical” and the song about the brothel whose name escapes me. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/26 "2003-05-30T19:10:27Z")
That would be “We Put the Spring in Springfield”. I would have to say it’s a tie between three songs from _Anastasia_: “Once Upon a December”, “Journey to the Past” and “At the Beginning”. Probably “Once Upon a December”. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/27 "2003-05-30T19:14:39Z")
Yet another vote for Yakko’s World ( I have it on 2 cd’s) “United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, Jamaica, Peru. Republic Dominican, Cuba, Carribean, Greenland, El Salvadore too” And “Monorail” by the cast of the Simpsons. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/28 "2003-05-30T19:30:45Z")
“3 is a magic number, yes it is, it’s a magic number. Somewhere in the ancient mystic trinity you get 3 as a magic number.” I loves me some schoolhouse rock 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AV8R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@AV8R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AV8R)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/29 "2003-05-30T19:34:38Z")
> [@](#): > > “When She Loved Me,” from Toy Story. Play the song and break out the hankies… Actually, I think that was from Toy Story \*\* II\*\*. Regardless, it gets my vote, too. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/30 "2003-05-30T19:35:58Z")
For the not written for, but performed by, the cartoon section - “Why Don’t You Do Right?” For the written for a cartoon section - movies- “Kiss The Girl,” (ballad), “Gaston” (ensemble number), “Everybody Wants to be a Cat,” (great song in the middle of a questionable film) and “The Siamese Cat Song” (they’re on screen for what, 2 minutes? And they steal the show with that one). And for television - “Conjunction Junction” ---
**Author:** ![evilhomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/43a26b/32.png) [@evilhomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilhomer)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/31 "2003-05-30T19:38:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\*You really are eeeeviiiiil **homer**. I swear, if I leave work and I’m still doing the cha-cha in my head while humming about sa–LAD!, I’m going to hunt you down and spill ink remover on you. \*\* 😃 I have to live up to the name once and a while. Besides, if you hum/sing loud enough, everyone will join in. What a way to start the weekend! Of course, I personally prefer (to the same tune) : _I am Evil Homer! I am Evil Homer! I am Evil Homer! I am Evil Homer!_ So easy to remember, so hard to forget. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/32 "2003-05-30T19:39:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\*Once a long, long time ago (BCS-- before Cafe Society) in a thread far, far away I remarked that Sugar, Sugar was the best song ever sung by a cartoon. It didn’t take two post before someone corrected me: Sugar, Sugar _wasn’t_ actually sung by cartoon characters. It was sung by studio musicians who _pretended_ to be cartoon characters. I never did thank that poster for lifting the scales from my eyes.\P.S. La Vida Es Una Lenteja translates into, I believe, Life Is a Lentil. Sample lyric: GET UP!! and go to the refrigerator! RockStar North have a strange sense of humor. \*\* LOL. I have no idea, but I was amused by this portion of your post. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/33 "2003-05-30T19:45:11Z")
In addition to some already mentioned, I’ve always been partial to “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King” from The Lion King “God Help the Outcast” and “Hellfire” from Hunchback of Notre Dame. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/34 "2003-05-30T19:50:16Z")
“Hakuna Matata” ---
**Author:** ![hampster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/53a042/32.png) [@hampster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hampster)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/35 "2003-05-30T19:51:07Z")
For all its faults [Rock and Rule](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/click/movie-1017752/reviews.php?critic=all&sortby=default&page=1&rid=845984) has some excellent songs; songs by Cheap Trick / Debbie Harry / Lou Reed / with Iggy Pop / and a special performance by Earth, Wind and Fire Send Love Through, Pain and Suffering… ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/36 "2003-05-30T20:27:42Z")
The best song sung by a cartoon character? That would be [Trogdor - The Burninator](http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail58.html). ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/37 "2003-05-30T20:29:59Z")
This far, and no one’s mentioned the DOOM SONG sung by GIR in the first episode of Invader Zim? Oh the shame! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/38 "2003-05-30T20:32:38Z")
Another vote for “Kyle’s Mom’s a Bitch,” from _South Park_. ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/39 "2003-05-30T20:39:12Z")
There’s a Yosemite Sam song that I sing to my dog (much to my husband’s chagrin): ``` Oh, I can't get along little doggie, Oh, I can't even get one that's small, Oh, I can't get along little doggie, Oh, I can't get a doggie at all. I love the music in all of the Looney Toons cartoons, especially Bugs. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Macka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Macka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macka)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/40 "2003-05-30T20:42:48Z")
They fight, and fight, And fight and fight and fight, Fight, fight, fight, Fight, fight, fight, The Itchy and Scratchy Shoooowwwww! Best Cartoon Song EVER! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561.md?page=3)