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This is a list of popular music appearing or mentioned on ''[[Futurama]]''.  Almost any mention counts.  Here, they are listed in the order they appear first;
This is a list of popular music appearing or mentioned on ''[[Futurama]]''.  Almost any mention counts.  Here, they are listed in the order they appear first;


;Traditional - She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain (The Series has Landed)
{{pmaheader|''Traditional''|She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain|The Series has Landed|Bender performs this song as the credits comes on, though with different lyrics.}}
:Bender performs this song as the credits comes on, though with different lyrics.
{{pmarow|Bob Dylan|Blowin' in the Wind| The Series has Landed| Bender performs this song as he gets a magnet on his head.|Bendin' in the Wind|Referenced to by the title of the episode.}}
;Bob Dylan - Blowin' in the Wind (The Series has Landed, Bendin' in the Wind)
{{pmarow|Pink Floyd|Dark Side of the Moon|The Series has Landed|Referenced to by Fry with "hey, cool! Dark side of the moon!"}}
:Bender performs this song as he gets a magnet on his head (The Series has Landed).
{{pmarow|''Theme''| The Odd Couple Theme| I, Roommate| Played over the new apartment montage.}}
:Referenced to by the title of the episode (Bendin' in the Wind).
{{pmarow|Sir Mix-a-lot| Baby Got Back| A Fishful of Dollars| Fry shows off old classics in his 20th century house.}}
;Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (The Series has Landed)
{{pmarow|Rolls Royes| Car Wash | My Three Suns | Played as Bender goes through the Robot Wash.}}
:Referenced to by Fry with "hey, cool! Dark side of the moon!"
{{pmarow|Vera Lynn| We'll Meet Again|A Big Piece of Garbage| Plays over the credits.}}
;The Odd Couple Theme (I, Roommate)
{{pmarow|Charlie Daniels Band| The Devil went down to Georgia| Hell is Other Robots| The storyline is a reference to this song. }}
:Played over the new apartment montage.
{{pmarow|Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II| Oh, What a Beautiful Morning |Hell is Other Robots |Bender sings this song when he walks into the Planet Express Building after he found religion in Robotology.}}
;Sir Mix-a-lot - Baby Got Back (A Fishful of Dollars)
{{pmarow|Beastie Boys| Intergalatic| Hell is Other Robots| Played at the concert.}}
:Fry shows off old classics in his 20th century house.
{{pmarow|Beastie Boys| Super Disco Breakin' |Hell is Other Robots | Played at the concert in the mushpit.}}
;Rolls Royes - Car Wash (My Three Suns)
{{pmarow|Beastie Boys| Sabotage |Hell is Other Robots | Played at the concert.}}
:Played as Bender goes through the Robot Wash.
{{pmarow|Lloyd Williams| Shout |Mars University | Played during the montage at the end.}}
;Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again (A Big Piece of Garbage)
{{pmarow|Chubby Checker| Let's do the Freddie |When Aliens Attack | Referenced to by Hermes with "ready, Freddie!"}}
:Plays over the credits.
{{pmarow|Harry Nilsson| Everybody's Talkin' |Brannigan, Begin Again | Played over the Zapp and Kif has been fired and looking for money montage. }}
;Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil went down to Georgia (Hell is Other Robots)
{{pmarow|Jefferson Airplane| White Rabbit |A Head in the Polls | Performed by Richard Nixon during his announcement to run for president.}}
:The storyline is a reference to this song.
{{pmarow|Traditional| O Tannenbaum |Xmas Story | An original German Christmas carol, Bender sings it with with alternated lyrics about the X-mas tree.}}
;Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II - Oh, What a Beautiful Morning (Hell is Other Robots)
{{pmarow|J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie| Santa Claus is Coming to Town |Xmas Story | Song at the end of the episodes, though with different lyrics and melody. This parody is titled "Santa Claus is Gunning You Down".}}
:Bender sings this song when he walks into the Planet Express Building after he found religion in Robotology.
{{pmarow|Traditional| Twelve Days of Christmas | Xmas Story | Song by the robots, with different lyrics, referring to what they stole.}}
;Beastie Boys - Intergalatic (Hell is Other Robots)
{{pmarow|Frank Sinatra| You're Lonely and I'm Lonely | Xmas Story | Referenced to by Leela with "you're lonely and I'm lonely and together... we are lonely together".}}
:Played at the concert.
{{pmarow|Frank Sinatra| New York, New York theme |The Lesser of two Evils | Played at the Past-o-Rama concert.}}
;Beastie Boys - Super Disco Breakin' (Hell is Other Robots)
{{pmarow|Richard Strauss| Also Sprach Zarathustra | A Bicyclops Built for Two|Played as the crew enter the Internet in a similar fashion as in 2001. |Godfellas|Played as Bender floats around in space. |The Sting| Played as Leela opens the coffin in a similar fashion to the monolith from 2001. }}
:Played at the concert in the mushpit.
{{pmarow|Donovan| Atlantis |The Deep South | Song as a tourist information stand, with different lyrics, to be about Atlanta, instead of Atlantis. Also played at the end of the episode.}}
;Beastie Boys - Sabotage (Hell is Other Robots)
{{pmarow|Hal David and Burt Bacharach| Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head | Mother's Day |Played during the memory of the relationship between Mom and Farnsworth.}}
:Played at the concert.
{{pmarow|Harry Belafonte| The Banana Boat Song (Day-o) |Mother's Day |Referenced to by Farnsworth with "one foot tall, eight feet, fifteen feet." |The Cyber House Rules|Referenced to by Hermes with "daylight come," and "tally me day banana."}}
;Lloyd Williams - Shout (Mars University)
{{pmarow|''Traditional'' | The Sailor's Hornpipe |The Problem with Popplers | Song as the theme song for Popplers by Fry and Bender, with different lyrics.}}
:Played during the montage at the end.
{{pmarow|Hanson | MMMBop |Anthology of Interest I | Played while Fry and giant Bender plays in the park, the song ends promptly as the concert is destroyed.}}
;Chubby Checker - Let's do the Freddie (When Aliens Attack)
{{pmarow|Black Sabbath | Iron Man | Anthology of Interest I | Played as the giant Bender flies toward Earth. }}
:Referenced to by Hermes with "ready, Freddie!"
{{pmarow|''Theme'' | The M*A*S*H Theme | War Is the H-Word | Played as we see the tents.}}
;Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' (Brannigan, Begin Again)
{{pmarow|The Animals | We've gotta get out of this place | War Is the H-Word | Referenced to by Nixon with "we gotta get out of this planet."}}
:Played over the Zapp and Kif has been fired and looking for money montage.
{{pmarow|Katrina & The Waves | Walking on Sunshine | War Is the H-Word | Fry sings it while scrubbing Kif's back during his shower. | 30% Iron Chef | Fry sings it in the shower while Dr. Zoidberg exchanges his t-shirt. | Jurassic Bark | Fry sings it while riding his bike with Seymour. | The Sting | It is played on bagpipes by Scruffy at his funeral, to which Amy comments, "he is walking on sunshine now".}}
;Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit (A Head in the Polls)
{{pmarow|The Kinks | Lola |Amazon Women in the Mood | Performed by Zapp at the karaoke, though with the character Lola is replaced by Leela}}
:Performed by Richard Nixon during his announcement to run for president.
{{pmarow|Lipps Inc. | Funkytown | Amazon Women in the Mood | Performed by Morbo at the karaoke.}}
;Traditional - O Tannenbaum (Xmas Story)
{{pmarow|Bonnie Tyler | Total Eclipse of the Heart | Amazon Women in the Mood | Performed by Kif at the karaoke.}}
:An original German Christmas carol, Bender sings it with with alternated lyrics about the X-mas tree.
{{pmarow|C.W. McCall | Convoy |Parasites Lost | Played as the episode starts, and they enter a truck stop.}}
;J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie - Santa Claus is Coming to Town (Xmas Story)
{{pmarow|Wang Chung | Everybody Have Fun Tonight | The Tale of Two Santas | References to by Leela with "this wangs chung!"}}
:Song at the end of the episodes, though with different lyrics and melody. This parody is titled "Santa Claus is Gunning You Down".
{{pmarow|Simple Minds | Don't You (Forget About Me) | Luck of the Fryrish | Played at the end of the episode.}}
;Traditional - Twelve Days of Christmas (Xmas Story)
{{pmarow|Righteous Brothers | Unchained Melody | Bendless Love | Played instrumentally while Bender helps Anglelyne shape a girder into a heart, which is a parody of the pottery scene from Ghost, where this song is a theme.}}
:Song by the robots, with different lyrics, referring to what they stole.
{{pmarow|American Breed | Bend Me Shape Me | Bendless Love | Played during the love montage. }}
;Frank Sinatra - You're Lonely and I'm Lonely (Xmas Story)
{{pmarow|Roy Orbison | Oh, Pretty Woman | The Cyber House Rules | Played as Leela gets a second eye montage.}}
:Referenced to by Leela with "you're lonely and I'm lonely and together... we are lonely together".
{{pmarow|Brewster Higley and Daniel Kelley | Home on the Range (Kansas State Anthem) | Where the Buggalo Roams | Referenced to by the title of the episode.}}
;Frank Sinatra - New York, New York theme (The Lesser of two Evils)
{{pmarow|Jay Livingston | Ponderosa/Bonanza theme | Where the Buggalo Roams | Song by Bender during the cattle ride.}}
:Played at the Past-o-Rama concert.
{{pmarow|The Miracles | Love Machine | I Dated a Robot | Song played during montage of Fry's dates with Lucy Liu-bot.}}
;Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra (A Bicyclops Built for Two, Godfellas, The Sting)
{{pmarow|Cypress Hill | Insane in the Brain | Insane in the Mainframe |Referenced to by the title of the episode.| The Why of the Fry| Referenced to by one of the brains with "are you insane in the membrane?"}}
:Played as the crew enter the Internet in a similar fashion as in 2001 (A Bicyclops Built for Two).
{{pmarow|''Traditional'' | Frog Went a-Courtin' | Bendin' in the Wind | Bender sings his own version because he doesn't remember the words.}}
:Played as Bender floats around in space (Godfellas).
{{pmarow|''Traditional'' | The Blue-Tailed Fly | Bendin' in the Wind | Bender sings both the original version and his own version of the refrain.}}
:Played as Leela opens the coffin in a similar fashion to the monolith from 2001 (The Sting).
{{pmarow|Simon & Garfunkel | Scarborough Fair | Bendin' in the Wind| This is performed at Bend-Aid by robot Cylon and Art Garfunkel's descendant.}}
;Donovan - Atlantis (The Deep South)
{{pmarow|Beck | Sexx Laws | Bendin' in the Wind | Performed by Beck and Bender.}}
:Song as a tourist information stand, with different lyrics, to be about Atlanta, instead of Atlantis. Also played at the end of the episode.
{{pmarow|Beck | Where It's At | Bendin' in the Wind| Performed by Beck and Bender.}}
;Hal David and Burt Bacharach - Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (Mother's Day)
{{pmarow|Beck | Devil's Haircut | Bendin' in the Wind | Mentioned by Beck.}}
:Played during the memory of the relationship between Mom and Farnsworth.
{{pmarow|Maceo Pincard | Sweet Georgia Brown | I Second That Emotion | Bender whistles this while he does fancy basketball tricks with his head. | Time Keeps on Slippin' | Played as the Globetrotters lands on Earth (a reference to the theme song of actual Harlem Globetrotters). Bender whistles this again at the end, although slowly. | Bender's Big Score | An adaptation of the song is whistled by the Globetrotters while doing fancy tricks with a piece of chalk. }}
;Harry Belafonte - The Banana Boat Song (Day-o) (Mother's Day, The Cyber House Rules)
{{pmarow|The Coasters | Along Came Jones | I Dated a Robot | Referenced to by Bender with "and along came Bender." }}
:Referenced to by Farnsworth with "one foot tall, eight feet, fifteen feet." (Mother's Day)
{{pmarow|Frederick Weatherly | Danny Boy | A Pharaoh to Remember | Performed by Dr. Zoidberg at the surprise funeral of Bender.}}
:Referenced to by Hermes with "daylight come," and "tally me day banana." (The Cyber House Rules)
{{pmarow|Bangles | Walk Like an Egyptian | A Pharaoh to Remember | Played as Bender enter as the new Pharaoh.}}
;Traditional - The Sailor's Hornpipe (The Problem with Popplers)
{{pmarow|Semisonic | Closing Time | A Pharaoh to Remember | Referenced to by the Pharaoh's advisor with "you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here." }}
:Song as the theme song for Popplers by Fry and Bender, with different lyrics.
{{pmarow|Gloria Estefan/Miami Sound Machine | Conga | Anthology of Interest II | Played twice during the Bender becomes a human story.}}
;Hanson - MMMBop (Anthology of Interest I)
{{pmarow|Rush | Tom Sawyer | Anthology of Interest II | Played during the Space Invaders scene.}}
:Played while Fry and giant Bender plays in the park, the song ends promptly as the concert is destroyed.
{{pmarow|Lonzo & Oscar | I'm my own Grandpa | Roswell that Ends Well | Referenced to by Farnsworth with "Mr I'm-my-own-grandpa".}}
;Black Sabbath - Iron Man (Anthology of Interest I)
{{pmarow|Johann Strauss II | An der schönen blauen Donau | Godfellas | Played as Bender floats around in space.}}
:Played as the giant Bender flies toward Earth.
{{pmarow|Chopin | Polonaise C-sharp Minor | Godfellas | The tune Bender attempts to perform on his piano.}}
;The M*A*S*H Theme (War Is the H-Word)
{{pmarow|Men Without Hats | The Safety Dance | Future Stock | Performed by That Guy two times during this episode.}}
:Played as we see the tents.
{{pmarow|Joe Esposito | You're The Best | 30% Iron Chef | Played over the Bender training to become a chef montage.}}
;The Animals - We've gotta get out of this place (War is the H-Word)
{{pmarow|Rigoletto | La donna e mobile | 30% Iron Chef | Performed by the shrimp in Elzar's dish.}}
:Referenced to by Nixon with "we gotta get out of this planet."
{{pmarow|Cream | Sunshine of your Love | 30% Iron Chef | Played as the episode ends.}}
;Katrina & The Waves - Walking on Sunshine (War Is the H-Word, 30% Iron Chef, Jurassic Bark, The Sting)
{{pmarow|Pizzicato Five | Baby Love Child | Leela's Homeworld | Played during montage showing that Leela's parents were actually with her her whole life.}}
:Fry sings it while scrubbing Kif's back during his shower (War is the H-Word).
{{pmarow|Harry Dacre | Daisy Bell | Love and Rocket | Performed by Bender to the Planet Express Ship.}}
:Fry sings it in the shower while Dr. Zoidberg exchanges his t-shirt (30% Iron Chef).
{{pmarow|Spin Doctors | Two Princes | Love and Rocket | The song that plays when Bender turn on the radio after Farnsworth have installed the new software.}}
:Fry sings it while riding his bike with Seymour (Jurassic Bark).
{{pmarow|Black Flag | TV Party Tonight | Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television | Played during the Bender at All My Curcuits montage, but also performed by the Planet Express Crew including Dwight and Cubert over the credits.}}
:It is played on bagpipes by Scruffy at his funeral, to which Amy comments, "he is walking on sunshine now" (The Sting).
{{pmarow|Van McCoy | The Hustle | Jurassic Bark | Performed as Fry's people's native dance.}}
;The Kinks - Lola (Amazon Women in the Mood)
{{pmarow|Connie Francis | I Will Wait For You | Jurassic Bark | Played over the montage, where Seymour waits for Fry.}}
:Performed by Zapp at the karaoke, though with the character Lola is replaced by Leela.
{{pmarow|KC and the Sunshine Band | Get Down Tonight | Crimes of the Hot | Played over the montage where the robots travel to the Galapagos Islands.}}
;Lipps Inc. - Funkytown (Amazon Women in the Mood)
{{pmarow|Buster Poindexter and His Banshees of Blue | Hot Hot Hot | Crimes of the Hot | Played at the party at the end of the episode.}}
:Performed by Morbo at the karaoke.
{{pmarow|Eminem | The Real Slim Shady | Where No Fan Has Gone Before | Performed by William Shatner, though spoken.}}
;Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart (Amazon Women in the Mood)
{{pmarow|Bobby McFerrin | Don't Worry, Be Happy | The Sting | Performed by the entire Planet Express Crew, except Leela, Fry and Scruffy. With slightly different lyrics.}}
:Performed by Kif at the karaoke.
{{pmarow|The Marx Brothers | Hail Freedonia! | Bend Her | Bender's national anthem for "Robonia" is similar to the national anthem for the fictional country of Freedonia in the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup.}}
;C.W. McCall - Convoy (Parasites Lost)
{{pmarow|Tom Jones | She's a Lady | Bend Her | Played when Bender gets together with Calculon montage.}}
:Played as the episode starts, and they enter a truck stop.
{{pmarow|Kenny Loggins | I'm Alright | Obsoletely Fabulous | Bender brings a lot of CDs to the island, and he plays this song and dances to it.}}
;Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight (The Tale of Two Santas)
{{pmarow|Whitney Houston | I Will Always Love You | Spanish Fry | Song by Leela to Lrrr and Ndnd (though originally by Dolly Parton, Leela attempts to sing it like Whitney Houston).}}
:References to by Leela with "this wangs chung!"
{{pmarow|Beethoven | Für Elise | The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings | Played by one of the children at the holophonor school, played later by Fry as well.}}
;Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) (Luck of the Fryrish)
{{pmarow|Maurice Ravel | Boléro | The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings | Played by Fry at one of his concerts.}}
:Played at the end of the episode.
{{pmarow|Steam | Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye | Bender's Big Score | The nudist alien scammers sing a parody of this song replacing "Goodbye" with "We took your stuff!" while all Earthicans are evacuating Earth -- I mean, New Scamadonia!}}
;Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody (Bendless Love)
{{pmarow|Scott Walker (cover by The Jigsaw Seen) | 30 Century Man | Bender's Big Score | A snippet is played when Fry realizes he is Lars back in 2012.}}
:Played instrumetally while Bender helps Anglelyne shape a girder into a heart, which is a parody of the pottery scene from ''Ghost'', where this song is a theme.
{{pmarow|Carmen Miranda & Mando Da Lua | I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much) | The Beast with a Billion Backs| Played over the montage with Yivo and the universe going out on their date.}}
;American Breed - Bend Me Shape Me (Bendless Love)
{{pmarow|Kool & the Gang | Jungle Boogie | The Beast with a Billion Backs | A snippet is played during the segment of the universal date montage where Yivo and the universe are dancing.}}
:Played during the love montage.
{{pmarow|The Supremes | Stop!  In the Name of Love | The Beast with a Billion Backs | Reference (almost song) by Wernstrom as he tries to catch Amy and Leela from escaping the tentacle.}}
;Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (The Cyber House Rules)
{{pmarow|Robert Crawford| The U.S. Air Force Theme | Into the Wild Green Yonder | Lyric referred to in the title.}}
:Played as Leela gets a second eye montage.
|}
;Brewster Higley and Daniel Kelley - Home on the Range (Kansas State Anthem) (Where the Buggalo Roams)
:Referenced to by the title of the episode.
;Jay Livingston - Ponderosa/Bonanza theme (Where the Buggalo Roams)
:Song by Bender during the cattle ride.
;The Miracles - Love Machine (I Dated a Robot)
:Song played during montage of Fry's dates with Lucy Liu-bot.
;Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain (Insane in the Mainframe, The Why of the Fry)
:Referenced to by the title of the episode (Insane in the Mainframe).
:Referenced to by one of the brains with "are you insane in the membrane?" (The Why of the Fry).
;Traditional - Frog Went a-Courtin' (Bendin' in the Wind)
:Bender sings his own version because he doesn't remember the words.
;Traditional - The Blue-Tailed Fly (Bendin' in the Wind)
:Bender sings both the original version and his own version of the refrain.
;Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair (Bendin' in the Wind)
:This is performed at Bend-Aid by robot Cylon and Art Garfunkel's descendant.
;Beck - Sexx Laws (Bendin' in the Wind)
:Performed by Beck and Bender.
;Beck - Where It's At (Bendin' in the Wind)
:Performed by Beck and Bender.
;Beck - Devil's Haircut (Bendin' in the Wind)
:Mentioned by Beck.
;Maceo Pincard - Sweet Georgia Brown (I Second That Emotion, Time Keeps on Slippin', Bender's Big Score (adaptation))
:Bender whistles this while he does fancy basketball tricks with his head (I Second That Emotion)
:Played as the Globetrotters lands on Earth (a reference to the theme song of actual Harlem Globetrotters). Bender whistles this again at the end, although slowly. (Time Keeps on Slippin')
:An adaptation of the song is whistled by the Globetrotters while doing fancy tricks with a piece of chalk. (Bender's Big Score)
;The Coasters - Along Came Jones (I Dated a Robot)
:Referenced to by Bender with "and along came Bender."
;Frederick Weatherly - Danny Boy (A Pharaoh to Remember)
:Performed by Dr. Zoidberg at the surprise funeral of Bender.
;Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian (A Pharaoh to Remember)
:Played as Bender enter as the new Pharaoh.
;Semisonic - Closing Time (A Pharaoh to Remember)
:Referenced to by the Pharaoh's advisor with "you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here."
;Gloria Estefan/Miami Sound Machine - Conga (Anthology of Interest II)
:Played twice during the Bender becomes a human story.
;Rush - Tom Sawyer (Anthology of Interest II)
:Played during the Space Invaders scene.
;Lonzo & Oscar - I'm my own Grandpa (Roswell that Ends Well)
:Referenced to by Farnsworth with "Mr I'm-my-own-grandpa."
;Johann Strauss II - An der schönen blauen Donau (Godfellas)
:Played as Bender floats around in space.
;Chopin - Polonaise C-sharp Minor (Godfellas)
:The tune Bender attempts to perform on his piano.
;Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance (Future Stock)
:Performed by That Guy two times during this episode.
;Joe Esposito - You're The Best (30% Iron Chef)
:Played over the Bender training to become a chef montage.
;Rigoletto - La donna e mobile (30% Iron Chef)
:Performed by the shrimp in Elzar's dish.
;Cream - Sunshine of your Love (30% Iron Chef)
:Played as the episode ends.
;Pizzicato Five - Baby Love Child (Leela's Homeworld)
:Played during montage showing that Leela's parents were actually with her her whole life.
;Harry Dacre - Daisy Bell (Love and Rocket)
:Performed by Bender to the Planet Express Ship.
;Spin Doctors - Two Princes (Love and Rocket)
:The song that plays when Bender turn on the radio after Farnsworth have installed the new software.
;Black Flag - TV Party Tonight (Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television)
:Played during the Bender at All My Curcuits montage, but also performed by the Planet Express Crew including Dwight and Cubert over the credits.
;Van McCoy - The Hustle (Jurassic Bark)
:Performed as Fry's people's native dance.
;Connie Francis - I Will Wait For You (Jurassic Bark)
:Played over the montage, where Seymour waits for Fry.
;KC and the Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight (Crimes of the Hot)
:Played over the montage where the robots travel to the Galapagos Islands.
;Buster Poindexter and His Banshees of Blue - Hot Hot Hot (Crimes of the Hot)
:Played at the party at the end of the episode.
;Eminem - The Real Slim Shady (Where No Fan Has Gone Before)
:Performed by William Shatner, though spoken.
;Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry, Be Happy (The Sting)
:Performed by the entire Planet Express Crew, except Leela, Fry and Scruffy. With slightly different lyrics.
;The Marx Brothers - Hail Freedonia! (Bend Her)
:Bender's national anthem for "Robonia" is similar to the national anthem for the fictional country of Freedonia in the Marx Brothers film ''Duck Soup''.
;Tom Jones - She's a Lady (Bend Her)
:Played when Bender gets together with Calculon montage.
;Kenny Loggins - I'm Alright (Obsoletely Fabulous)
:Bender brings a lot of CDs to the island, and he plays this song and dances to it.
;Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (Spanish Fry)
:Song by Leela to Lrrr and Ndnd (though originally by Dolly Parton, Leela attempts to sing it like Whitney Houston).
;Beethoven - Für Elise (The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings)
:Played by one of the children at the holophonor school, played later by Fry as well.
;Maurice Ravel - Boléro (The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings)
:Played by Fry at one of his concerts.
;Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (Bender's Big Score)
:The nudist alien scammers sing a parody of this song replacing "Goodbye" with "We took your stuff!" while all Earthicans are evacuating Earth -- I mean, New Scamadonia!
;Scott Walker (cover by The Jigsaw Seen) - 30 Century Man (Bender's Big Score)
:A snippet is played when Fry realizes he is Lars back in 2012.
;Carmen Miranda & Mando Da Lua - I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much) (The Beast with a Billion Backs)
:Played over the montage with Yivo and the universe going out on their date.
;Kool & the Gang - Jungle Boogie (The Beast with a Billion Backs)
:A snippet is played during the segment of the universal date montage where Yivo and the universe are dancing.
;Robert Crawford - The U.S. Air Force Theme (Into the Wild Green Yonder)
:Lyric refered to in the title.

Revision as of 16:49, 25 October 2008

This is a list of popular music appearing or mentioned on Futurama. Almost any mention counts. Here, they are listed in the order they appear first;

Artist Track Appearance
Episode(s) Description of appearance
Traditional She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain The Series has Landed Bender performs this song as the credits comes on, though with different lyrics.
Bob Dylan Blowin' in the Wind The Series has Landed Bender performs this song as he gets a magnet on his head.
Bendin' in the Wind Referenced to by the title of the episode.
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon The Series has Landed Referenced to by Fry with "hey, cool! Dark side of the moon!"
Theme The Odd Couple Theme I, Roommate Played over the new apartment montage.
Sir Mix-a-lot Baby Got Back A Fishful of Dollars Fry shows off old classics in his 20th century house.
Rolls Royes Car Wash My Three Suns Played as Bender goes through the Robot Wash.
Vera Lynn We'll Meet Again A Big Piece of Garbage Plays over the credits.
Charlie Daniels Band The Devil went down to Georgia Hell is Other Robots The storyline is a reference to this song.
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II Oh, What a Beautiful Morning Hell is Other Robots Bender sings this song when he walks into the Planet Express Building after he found religion in Robotology.
Beastie Boys Intergalatic Hell is Other Robots Played at the concert.
Beastie Boys Super Disco Breakin' Hell is Other Robots Played at the concert in the mushpit.
Beastie Boys Sabotage Hell is Other Robots Played at the concert.
Lloyd Williams Shout Mars University Played during the montage at the end.
Chubby Checker Let's do the Freddie When Aliens Attack Referenced to by Hermes with "ready, Freddie!"
Harry Nilsson Everybody's Talkin' Brannigan, Begin Again Played over the Zapp and Kif has been fired and looking for money montage.
Jefferson Airplane White Rabbit A Head in the Polls Performed by Richard Nixon during his announcement to run for president.
Traditional O Tannenbaum Xmas Story An original German Christmas carol, Bender sings it with with alternated lyrics about the X-mas tree.
J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie Santa Claus is Coming to Town Xmas Story Song at the end of the episodes, though with different lyrics and melody. This parody is titled "Santa Claus is Gunning You Down".
Traditional Twelve Days of Christmas Xmas Story Song by the robots, with different lyrics, referring to what they stole.
Frank Sinatra You're Lonely and I'm Lonely Xmas Story Referenced to by Leela with "you're lonely and I'm lonely and together... we are lonely together".
Frank Sinatra New York, New York theme The Lesser of two Evils Played at the Past-o-Rama concert.
Richard Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra A Bicyclops Built for Two Played as the crew enter the Internet in a similar fashion as in 2001.
Godfellas Played as Bender floats around in space.
The Sting Played as Leela opens the coffin in a similar fashion to the monolith from 2001.
Donovan Atlantis The Deep South Song as a tourist information stand, with different lyrics, to be about Atlanta, instead of Atlantis. Also played at the end of the episode.
Hal David and Burt Bacharach Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head Mother's Day Played during the memory of the relationship between Mom and Farnsworth.
Harry Belafonte The Banana Boat Song (Day-o) Mother's Day Referenced to by Farnsworth with "one foot tall, eight feet, fifteen feet."
The Cyber House Rules Referenced to by Hermes with "daylight come," and "tally me day banana."
Traditional The Sailor's Hornpipe The Problem with Popplers Song as the theme song for Popplers by Fry and Bender, with different lyrics.
Hanson MMMBop Anthology of Interest I Played while Fry and giant Bender plays in the park, the song ends promptly as the concert is destroyed.
Black Sabbath Iron Man Anthology of Interest I Played as the giant Bender flies toward Earth.
Theme The M*A*S*H Theme War Is the H-Word Played as we see the tents.
The Animals We've gotta get out of this place War Is the H-Word Referenced to by Nixon with "we gotta get out of this planet."
Katrina & The Waves Walking on Sunshine War Is the H-Word Fry sings it while scrubbing Kif's back during his shower.
30% Iron Chef Fry sings it in the shower while Dr. Zoidberg exchanges his t-shirt.
Jurassic Bark Fry sings it while riding his bike with Seymour.
The Sting It is played on bagpipes by Scruffy at his funeral, to which Amy comments, "he is walking on sunshine now".
The Kinks Lola Amazon Women in the Mood Performed by Zapp at the karaoke, though with the character Lola is replaced by Leela
Lipps Inc. Funkytown Amazon Women in the Mood Performed by Morbo at the karaoke.
Bonnie Tyler Total Eclipse of the Heart Amazon Women in the Mood Performed by Kif at the karaoke.
C.W. McCall Convoy Parasites Lost Played as the episode starts, and they enter a truck stop.
Wang Chung Everybody Have Fun Tonight The Tale of Two Santas References to by Leela with "this wangs chung!"
Simple Minds Don't You (Forget About Me) Luck of the Fryrish Played at the end of the episode.
Righteous Brothers Unchained Melody Bendless Love Played instrumentally while Bender helps Anglelyne shape a girder into a heart, which is a parody of the pottery scene from Ghost, where this song is a theme.
American Breed Bend Me Shape Me Bendless Love Played during the love montage.
Roy Orbison Oh, Pretty Woman The Cyber House Rules Played as Leela gets a second eye montage.
Brewster Higley and Daniel Kelley Home on the Range (Kansas State Anthem) Where the Buggalo Roams Referenced to by the title of the episode.
Jay Livingston Ponderosa/Bonanza theme Where the Buggalo Roams Song by Bender during the cattle ride.
The Miracles Love Machine I Dated a Robot Song played during montage of Fry's dates with Lucy Liu-bot.
Cypress Hill Insane in the Brain Insane in the Mainframe Referenced to by the title of the episode.
The Why of the Fry Referenced to by one of the brains with "are you insane in the membrane?"
Traditional Frog Went a-Courtin' Bendin' in the Wind Bender sings his own version because he doesn't remember the words.
Traditional The Blue-Tailed Fly Bendin' in the Wind Bender sings both the original version and his own version of the refrain.
Simon & Garfunkel Scarborough Fair Bendin' in the Wind This is performed at Bend-Aid by robot Cylon and Art Garfunkel's descendant.
Beck Sexx Laws Bendin' in the Wind Performed by Beck and Bender.
Beck Where It's At Bendin' in the Wind Performed by Beck and Bender.
Beck Devil's Haircut Bendin' in the Wind Mentioned by Beck.
Maceo Pincard Sweet Georgia Brown I Second That Emotion Bender whistles this while he does fancy basketball tricks with his head.
Time Keeps on Slippin' Played as the Globetrotters lands on Earth (a reference to the theme song of actual Harlem Globetrotters). Bender whistles this again at the end, although slowly.
Bender's Big Score An adaptation of the song is whistled by the Globetrotters while doing fancy tricks with a piece of chalk.
The Coasters Along Came Jones I Dated a Robot Referenced to by Bender with "and along came Bender."
Frederick Weatherly Danny Boy A Pharaoh to Remember Performed by Dr. Zoidberg at the surprise funeral of Bender.
Bangles Walk Like an Egyptian A Pharaoh to Remember Played as Bender enter as the new Pharaoh.
Semisonic Closing Time A Pharaoh to Remember Referenced to by the Pharaoh's advisor with "you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here."
Gloria Estefan/Miami Sound Machine Conga Anthology of Interest II Played twice during the Bender becomes a human story.
Rush Tom Sawyer Anthology of Interest II Played during the Space Invaders scene.
Lonzo & Oscar I'm my own Grandpa Roswell that Ends Well Referenced to by Farnsworth with "Mr I'm-my-own-grandpa".
Johann Strauss II An der schönen blauen Donau Godfellas Played as Bender floats around in space.
Chopin Polonaise C-sharp Minor Godfellas The tune Bender attempts to perform on his piano.
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance Future Stock Performed by That Guy two times during this episode.
Joe Esposito You're The Best 30% Iron Chef Played over the Bender training to become a chef montage.
Rigoletto La donna e mobile 30% Iron Chef Performed by the shrimp in Elzar's dish.
Cream Sunshine of your Love 30% Iron Chef Played as the episode ends.
Pizzicato Five Baby Love Child Leela's Homeworld Played during montage showing that Leela's parents were actually with her her whole life.
Harry Dacre Daisy Bell Love and Rocket Performed by Bender to the Planet Express Ship.
Spin Doctors Two Princes Love and Rocket The song that plays when Bender turn on the radio after Farnsworth have installed the new software.
Black Flag TV Party Tonight Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television Played during the Bender at All My Curcuits montage, but also performed by the Planet Express Crew including Dwight and Cubert over the credits.
Van McCoy The Hustle Jurassic Bark Performed as Fry's people's native dance.
Connie Francis I Will Wait For You Jurassic Bark Played over the montage, where Seymour waits for Fry.
KC and the Sunshine Band Get Down Tonight Crimes of the Hot Played over the montage where the robots travel to the Galapagos Islands.
Buster Poindexter and His Banshees of Blue Hot Hot Hot Crimes of the Hot Played at the party at the end of the episode.
Eminem The Real Slim Shady Where No Fan Has Gone Before Performed by William Shatner, though spoken.
Bobby McFerrin Don't Worry, Be Happy The Sting Performed by the entire Planet Express Crew, except Leela, Fry and Scruffy. With slightly different lyrics.
The Marx Brothers Hail Freedonia! Bend Her Bender's national anthem for "Robonia" is similar to the national anthem for the fictional country of Freedonia in the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup.
Tom Jones She's a Lady Bend Her Played when Bender gets together with Calculon montage.
Kenny Loggins I'm Alright Obsoletely Fabulous Bender brings a lot of CDs to the island, and he plays this song and dances to it.
Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You Spanish Fry Song by Leela to Lrrr and Ndnd (though originally by Dolly Parton, Leela attempts to sing it like Whitney Houston).
Beethoven Für Elise The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings Played by one of the children at the holophonor school, played later by Fry as well.
Maurice Ravel Boléro The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings Played by Fry at one of his concerts.
Steam Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye Bender's Big Score The nudist alien scammers sing a parody of this song replacing "Goodbye" with "We took your stuff!" while all Earthicans are evacuating Earth -- I mean, New Scamadonia!
Scott Walker (cover by The Jigsaw Seen) 30 Century Man Bender's Big Score A snippet is played when Fry realizes he is Lars back in 2012.
Carmen Miranda & Mando Da Lua I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much) The Beast with a Billion Backs Played over the montage with Yivo and the universe going out on their date.
Kool & the Gang Jungle Boogie The Beast with a Billion Backs A snippet is played during the segment of the universal date montage where Yivo and the universe are dancing.
The Supremes Stop! In the Name of Love The Beast with a Billion Backs Reference (almost song) by Wernstrom as he tries to catch Amy and Leela from escaping the tentacle.
Robert Crawford The U.S. Air Force Theme Into the Wild Green Yonder Lyric referred to in the title.