List of popular music appearances

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" (1ACV02)	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" (3ACV13)	Referenced to by the title of the episode.
Pink Floyd	The 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" (1ACV03)	Played over the new apartment montage.
Sir Mix-a-lot	Baby Got Back	"A Fishful of Dollars" (1ACV06)	Fry shows off old classics in his 20th century house.
Rose Royce	Car Wash	"My Three Suns" (1ACV07)	Played as Bender goes through the Robot Wash.
Vera Lynn	We'll Meet Again	"A Big Piece of Garbage" (1ACV08)	Plays over the credits.
Charlie Daniels Band	The Devil went down to Georgia	"Hell Is Other Robots" (1ACV09)	The storyline is a reference to this song.
Rodgers and Hammerstein	Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'	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 moshpit.
Beastie Boys	Sabotage	Hell is Other Robots	Played at the concert.
George Frideric Handel	"Hallelujah" chorus	Hell is Other Robots	Played during the crew's escape from Robot Hell.
Prince	1999	Hell is Other Robots	Fry's line "Tonight, we're gonna party like its 1999" is from this song.
The Isley Brothers	Shout	"Mars University" (1ACV11)	Played during the montage at the end.
Chubby Checker	Let's do the Freddie	"When Aliens Attack" (1ACV12)	Referenced to by Hermes with "ready, Freddie!"
Maceo Pinkard	Sweet Georgia Brown	"I Second that Emotion" (2ACV01)	Bender whistles this while he does fancy basketball tricks with his head.
		"Time Keeps on Slippin'" (3ACV14)	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 Nilsson	Everybody's Talkin'	"Brannigan, Begin Again" (2ACV02)	Played over the Zapp and Kif has been fired and looking for money montage.
Jefferson Airplane	White Rabbit	"A Head in the Polls" (2ACV03)	Performed by Richard Nixon's head during his announcement to run for President of Earth.
Traditional	O Tannenbaum	"Xmas Story" (2ACV04)	An original German Christmas carol, Bender sings it with with alternated lyrics about the Xmas tree.
John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie	Santa Claus is Coming to Town	Xmas Story	Song at the end of the episode, 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	Theme from New York, New York	"The Lesser of Two Evils" (2ACV06)	Played at the Past-O-Rama concert.
Richard Strauss	Thus Spoke Zarathustra	"A Bicyclops Built for Two" (2ACV09)	Played as the crew enter The Internet in a similar fashion as in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
		"Godfellas" (3ACV20)	Played as Bender floats around in space.
		"The Sting" (4ACV12)	Played as Leela opens the coffin in a similar fashion to the monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Donovan	Atlantis	"The Deep South" (2ACV12)	Song as a tourist information stand, with different lyrics, to be about Atlanta, instead of Atlantis. The ending of the song is played during the Fry and Umbriel montage.
Hal David and Burt Bacharach	Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head	"Mother's Day" (2ACV14)	Played during the memory of the relationship between Mom and Farnsworth.
Harry Belafonte	Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)	Mother's Day	Referenced to by Farnsworth with "one foot tall, eight feet, fifteen feet."
		"The Cyber House Rules" (3ACV09)	Referenced to by Hermes with "daylight come," and "tally me day banana."
Traditional	The Sailor's Hornpipe	"The Problem with Popplers" (2ACV15)	Song as the theme song for Popplers by Fry and Bender, with different lyrics.
Hanson	MMMBop	"Anthology of Interest I" (2ACV16)	Played while Fry and giant Bender plays in the park, the song ends promptly as the concert is destroyed by Bender.
Black Sabbath	Iron Man	Anthology of Interest I	Played as the giant Bender flies toward Earth.
Johnny Mandel and Mike Altman	Suicide Is Painless (Theme from M*A*S*H)	"War Is the H-Word" (2ACV17)	Played as we see the tents.
The Animals	We Gotta Get out of This Place	War Is the H-Word	Referenced to by Nixon with "we gotta get out of this planet."
Katrina and the Waves	Walking on Sunshine	War Is the H-Word	Fry sings it while scrubbing Kif's back during his shower.
		"The 30% Iron Chef" (3ACV22)	Fry sings it in the shower while Zoidberg exchanges his t-shirt.
		"Jurassic Bark" (4ACV07)	Fry sings it while riding his bike with Seymour.
		"The Sting" (4ACV12)	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" (3ACV01)	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" (3ACV02)	Played as the episode starts, and they enter a truck stop.
Traditional	Swing Low, Sweet Chariot	"A Tale of Two Santas" (3ACV03)	Bender sings it as he is being executed, due to the magnets.
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)	"The Luck of the Fryrish" (3ACV04)	Played at the end of the episode.
The Righteous Brothers	Unchained Melody	"Bendless Love" (3ACV06)	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.
		Bender's Game	Played as over Farnsworth's flashback to going back and being romantically attached to Mom, in a reference to the film Ghost.
The American Breed	Bend Me, Shape Me	"Bendless Love" (3ACV06)	Played during the love montage.
Roy Orbison	Oh, Pretty Woman	"The Cyber House Rules" (3ACV09)	Played as Leela gets a second eye montage.
Brewster Higley VI and Daniel E. Kelley	Home on the Range (Kansas State Song)	"Where the Buggalo Roam" (3ACV10)	Referenced to by the title of the episode.
Jay Livingston	Ponderosa/Bonanza Steakhouse theme	Where the Buggalo Roam	Song by Bender during the cattle ride.
Cypress Hill	Insane in the Brain	"Insane in the Mainframe" (3ACV11)	Referenced to by the title of the episode.
		"The Why of Fry" (4ACV10)	Referenced to by one of the Brain Spawn with "are you insane in the membrane?"
Traditional	Frog Went A-Courting	"Bendin' in the Wind" (3ACV13)	Bender sings his own version because he doesn't remember the words.
Traditional	Blue Tail 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.
The Coasters	Along Came Jones	"I Dated a Robot" (3ACV15)	Referenced to by Bender with "and along came Bender."
The Miracles	Love Machine	I Dated a Robot	Song played during montage of Fry's dates with Liubot.
Frederick Weatherly	Danny Boy	"A Pharaoh to Remember" (3ACV17)	Performed by Dr. Zoidberg at the surprise funeral of Bender.
The Bangles	Walk Like an Egyptian	A Pharaoh to Remember	Played as Bender enters as the new Pharaoh.
Semisonic	Closing Time	A Pharaoh to Remember	Referenced to by the Pharaoh's adviser with "you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here."
Miami Sound Machine led by Gloria Estefan	Conga	"Anthology of Interest II" (3ACV18)	Played twice during the Bender becomes a human story.
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Anthology of Interest II	Played during the Space Invaders scene.
Lonzo and Oscar	I'm My Own Grandpa	"Roswell that Ends Well" (3ACV19)	Referenced to by Farnsworth with "Mr I'm-my-own-grandpa".
Johann Strauss II	The Blue Danube	"Godfellas" (3ACV20)	Played as Bender floats around in space.
Frédéric Chopin	Polonaise in C sharp minor	Godfellas	The tune Bender attempts to perform on his piano.
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	"Future Stock" (3ACV21)	Performed by Steve Castle two times during this episode.
Joe Esposito	You're the Best	"The 30% Iron Chef" (3ACV22)	Played over the Bender training to become a chef montage.
Giuseppe Verdi	La donna è mobile	The 30% Iron Chef	Performed by the shrimp in Elzar's dish.
Cream	Sunshine of Your Love	The 30% Iron Chef	Played as the episode ends.
Pizzicato Five	Baby Love Child	"Leela's Homeworld" (4ACV02)	Played during montage showing that Leela's parents were actually with her her whole life.
Harry Dacre	Daisy Bell	"Love and Rocket" (4ACV03)	Performed by Bender to the Planet Express Ship.
Spin Doctors	Two Princes	Love and Rocket	The song that plays when Bender turns on the radio after Farnsworth installs the new software.
Black Flag	TV Party	"Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" (4ACV06)	Played during the Bender at All My Circuits montage, but also performed by the Planet Express Crew including Dwight Conrad and Cubert Farnsworth over the credits.
Van McCoy	The Hustle	"Jurassic Bark" (4ACV07)	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" (4ACV08)	Played over the montage where the robots travel to the Galápagos Islands.
Buster Poindexter	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" (4ACV11)	Performed by William Shatner, though spoken.
Bobby McFerrin	Don't Worry, Be Happy	"The Sting" (4ACV12)	Performed by the entire Planet Express Crew, except Leela, Fry and Scruffy. With slightly different lyrics.
Marx Brothers	Hail Freedonia!	"Bend Her" (4ACV13)	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" (4ACV14)	Bender brings a lot of CD's to the island, and he plays this song and dances to it.
Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You	"Spanish Fry" (4ACV17)	Song by Leela to Lrrr and Ndnd (though originally by Dolly Parton, Leela attempts to sing it like Whitney Houston).
Ludwig van Beethoven	Für Elise	"The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" (4ACV18)	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 Scammer Aliens 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 Fillmore back in 2012.
Carmen Miranda	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 Dr. Ogden Wernstrom as he tries to catch Amy and Leela from escaping the tentacle.
The Beatles	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	Bender's Game	A parody of the song is heard in the background music of the opening cartoon.
Daniel Johnston (cover by Kathy McCarty)	Rocket Ship	Bender's Game	The song plays during the Planet Express Ship's venture to the Space Demolition Derby.
MC Hammer	U Can't Touch This	Bender's Game	Dr. Perceptron says, "Now stop! Hammer time!"
The Ohio Express	Chewy Chewy	Bender's Game	The song plays during the montage of Hermaphrodite and Leegola frolicking.
Robert Crawford	The U.S. Air Force theme	Into the Wild Green Yonder	Lyric referred to in the title.
Duran Duran	Hungry Like the Wolf	Into the Wild Green Yonder	Zapp sings this song.