# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/41 "2003-05-30T20:45:44Z")
**Think About Your Troubles** and **Me and My Arrow** from _The Point_. Oh, and **I’m Checking In** and **Canyonaro**. Both from _The Simpsons_. ---
**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, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/42 "2003-05-30T20:48:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Macka \* > \*\*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! \*\* [correction] They fight and bite, They fight and fight and bite, Fight fight fight Bite bite bite… [/correction] as evidenced by “The Day The Violence Died” where they did the last episode of I&S They fought and bit, They fought and fought and bit. Fought fought fought Bit Bit Bit… ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/43 "2003-05-30T20:59:49Z")
For sheer stick-in-your-memory value, I’ve always loved “I Love to Singa”, the song which lent its title to a classic WB/Tex Avery Jazz Singer tribute with little “Owl Jolson” who defied his traditional mama and papa to follow his heart. > [@](#): > > I love to sing-a > About the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a, > I love to sing-a, > About a sky of blue-a, or a tea for two-a, > Anything-a with a swing-a to an “I love you-a,” > I love to, I love to sing! In searching for more info on this, I’ve learned that this song was actually originally performed by Cab Calloway, and was featured in a 1936 Jolson picture entitled “The Singing Kid”. I find myself singing this one to Baby tlw from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/44 "2003-05-30T21:40:21Z")
Howzabout “Clint Eastwood” by Gorillaz? Can I nominate that? ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/45 "2003-05-30T21:46:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dr. Rieux \* > \*\*“Hakuna Matata” \*\* What a wonderful phrase! Seriously, Sarah MacLachlan’s _When She Loved Me_ from **Toy Story II** even gets _me_ choked up. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/46 "2003-05-30T21:50:58Z")
“I Wanna Be Like You” - King Louis (Louis Prima) Jungle Book “What’s This?” - Skeleton Jack (Danny Elfman) Nightmare Before Christmas ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/47 "2003-05-30T21:51:04Z")
Some good choices in here. For “Schoolhouse Rock,” though, I’d say it’s a tie between “Rufus Xavier Sarsparilla” (thank you, pronouns!) or “Verb (That’s What’s Happening)”. The Bedrock “Twitch” song is another good choice. But my vote goes to “Don’t Put Marbles In Your Nose,” from “Home Movies,” if only for the accompanying Quiet Riot-style video. “Don’t put marbles in your nose Put them in there Do not put them in there” ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/48 "2003-05-30T22:05:57Z")
I love “Colors of the Wind” from _Pocahontas_, such beautiful imagery. And the “Boot Camp” song from _Mulan_…“Make a Man Out of You?” Is that it? ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/49 "2003-05-30T22:13:20Z")
What’s Opera Doc is good, of course, but The Rabbit of Seville is far better, IMHO: Hey yeeeew! Welcome to my shop! Let me cut your mop Let me shave your crop! Dain-tily Dain-tily Hey you!! Don’t look so perplexed Why must you be vexed? Can’t you see you’re next Yes. You’re next, you’re so next! How about a nice close shave Teach your whiskers to behave Lotsa lather, lotsa soap Please hold still, don’t be a dope! Now we’re ready for the scraping there’s no use to try escaping Yell and scream and rant and rave It’s no use you need a shave! There. You’re nice and clean. Although…your face looks like it mighta gone t’rough a…ma…chine. OR, how about the one with Bugs vs Giovanni Jones? Bugs: She’s a fancy stepper when she dances Go and see her as she kippers and prances My gal don’t do much talking Dances even when she’s walking Giovanni, unable to contain himself bursts in: One and two and three and four she dances all day long Bugs: Oh my gal is a high part stepper Ginger with salt and pepper She’s a fancy stepper when she dances Go and see her as she kippers and prances Then, of course, Giovanni squishes Bugs’s head in the harp. What’s weird is that the lyrics are a HUGE improvement over the original ragtime tune Fenris ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/50 "2003-05-30T22:13:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ivylass \* > And the “Boot Camp” song from _Mulan_…“Make a Man Out of You?” Is that it? IIRC, it’s “Be A Man”. The song’s nice, but you really have to see it in context (with the animation) for the full effect. (And yes, “When She Loved Me” was from _Toy Story **II** _) ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/51 "2003-05-30T22:47:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Carnage \* > **as evidenced by “The Day The Violence Died” where they did the last episode of I&S** This is actually the closing theme to each episode, and it appears in _The Front_, followed by a Steven J. Cannell send-up. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/52 "2003-05-30T23:41:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hampster \* > \*\*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… \*\* Hell Yeah!!! Totally forgot. Great movie. It’s better than Heavy Metal, although that had some good songs too… Blue Oyster Cult - Veteran of the Psychic Wars Black Sabbath - Mob Rules Devo - Working in a Coalmine and so forth ---
**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 31, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/53 "2003-05-31T00:09:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vl\_mungo \* > \*\*BTW, **The Violent Femmes** do a great cover of “Eep-Epp-Ork-Uh-Uh” on an album called “Saturday Morning’s Greatest Hits”. \*\* This is one of my favoritest CDs. I had to buy another one because me and the kids _killed_ the first one. P.S. it’s called just plain old Saturday Morning. About La Vida es una Lenteja-- does anybody know the words to this song. My Spanish is very, very rusty and I can only catch a few phrases here and there (La vida es una lenteja-- o la toma o la deja. . .). Maybe a better question would be does anybody know this song at all besides me? ---
**Author:** ![penny\_dreadful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@penny\_dreadful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penny_dreadful)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/54 "2003-05-31T02:08:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arden Ranger \* > \*\*“Hellfire” from Hunchback of Notre Dame. \*\* _Hunchback_ is definitely not my favorite of the big Disney musicals. But that _song_… I still get chills every time I hear it. “It’s not my fault (Mea culpa) If in God’s plan, (Mea culpa) He made the devil so much Stronger than a man!” ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/55 "2003-05-31T02:21:54Z")
Folks: You’re all missing one of the most beautiful songs that’s ever been written: _When You Wish Upon A Star_ Sung by Jiminy Cricket in the 1940 Disney Film **Pinocchio**. Performed by Cliff Edwards, also known as [Ukulele Ike](http://www.geocities.com/~ukulele/ukuleleike.html). No, not THAT **Ukulele Ike** … ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/56 "2003-05-31T02:22:43Z")
Happy Happy Joy Joy ---
**Author:** ![survivorology.com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@survivorology.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survivorology.com)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/57 "2003-05-31T03:04:44Z")
I vote for George George George of the Jungle The song was better than the cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/58 "2003-05-31T04:36:09Z")
Whatever feelings people have about the Disney animated features (and there are a lot of strong feelings both ways), there’s a long tradition of good, if not exceptional music that’s been written for them. The entire soundtrack of _The Little Mermaid_ was excellent, and let’s not forget the memorable songs from the old animated features: from just for fun, such as “The Bear Necessities” from _The Jungle Book_ and “Under the Sea” from \* The Little Mermaid\* to the wistfully sad such as _Dumbo’s_ “Baby Mine.” (My wife always cries during that song). I know that people love the Animaniacs’ geography songs, but my personal favorite is “I am the Very Model of a Cartoon Individual.” I almost fell out of my chair laughing at that one. And I would like this topic to be expanded to “Best Song Sung by a Cartoon or Non-Human character” so that I can nominate “The Rainbow Connection” from _The Muppet Movie_. Besides, “The Best Song Sung by a Puppet” would be a pretty limited category. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561/59 "2003-05-31T05:34:09Z")
Are you sure… ‘Rubber Ducky’ by Ernie ‘The Muppet Show Tonight’ ‘Not Easy Being Green’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-ever-sung-by-a-cartoon/178561.md?page=2)