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This article is about the musical appearance on ''Futurama''.  It is split up in two sections; ''Performed Songs'' and ''Playback''.
'''Soundtrack''' can refer to two lists:


== Performed Songs ==
*[[List of song performances]] - a list of songs performed by the characters.
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: Performed by <list of characters on one line> in <episode>.
: If needed, write some notes/description here.
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The shortname is for bookmark purpose, so we can link to a specific song from other articles.  This is only useful for songs with lyrics.
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''Performed Songs'' are songs performed by the characters on the show, both original and non-original songsListed by song title.


; "Daisy Bell" - Harry Dacre
{{disambig}}
: Performed by [[Bender]] in ''[[Love and Rocket]]''.


; <span id="dont_worry"></span>"Don't Worry, Bee Happy" - Original Performance (to the tune of ''Don't Worry, Be Happy'')
[[Category:Futurama]]
: Performed by [[Amy Wong|Amy]], [[Bender]], [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Farnsworth]], [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]], [[Dr. Zoidberg]] and Bee in ''[[The Sting]]''.
[[Category:Music]]
: '''Lyrics:'''
: '''Amy''': In every life, we have some trouble.
: '''Bender''': But when you worry you make it double.
: '''Bender/Amy''': ''[singing]'' Don't worry! Bee happy! ''[Bender imitating bongoes]''
: '''Professor''': The landlords say your rent is late.
: '''Hermes''': You may have to litigate.
: '''Professor/Hermes/Bender''': Don't worry! ''[Bender opens his chest and releases a bee, which stings the Professor in the head]''
: '''Bee''': Bee...
: '''Professor''': Happy! ''[The Professor swells up and explodes. Zoidberg appears on a stage, his name displayed behind him in neon lights]''
: '''Zoidberg''': Ain't got no cash, ain't got no style, ladies vomit when I smile. But does Zoidberg worry? Feh, you wish! ''[The bee stings him]''
: '''Bee''': Bee...
: '''Zoidberg''': Happy! ''[He explodes. Hermes skates into view, carrying Amy]''
: '''Hermes''': Don't worry now, Amy! ''[The bee stings Hermes, who explodes. Amy skates up to the camera]''
: '''Amy''': Okay, I'm happy! ''[She is stung and explodes, revealing Bender standing on the table]''
: '''Bender''': Take us home, Bender! Don't worry! ''[The bee stings him]''
: '''Bee''': Bee...
: '''Bender''': Happy! ''[Bender explodes into a firework display. When the smoke clears, everyone is sitting around as if nothing had happened]''
: '''Leela''': ''[short pause]'' Uh, were you just singing?
: '''Bender''': No, I was telling you not to worry. I'm not allowed to sing. Court order.
 
; <span id="bureaucrat"></span>"Bureaucrat Song" - Original Performance
: Performed by [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]], [[LaBarbara Conrad|LaBarbara]], [[Dr. Zoidberg]], [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Farnsworth]], [[Leela]], [[Bender]], [[Morgan Proctor]] in ''[[How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back]]''.
: '''Lyrics:'''
: '''Hermes''': When I was four there was a hurricane in Kingston Town
: with a foot and a half of water
: Everyone was alright, but I cried all night
: It blew my alphabet blocks out of order
: And they say this boy’s born to be a bureaucrat
: Born to be all obsessive and snotty
: I made my friends and relations file long applications
: To get into my tenth birthday party.
: '''LaBarbara''': But something changed when my man turned pro.
: '''Hermes''': I was sorting but I wasn't smiling
: '''LaBarbara''': He forgot that it's not about badges and ranks
: '''Hermes''': It's supposed to be about the filing!
: People,
: We didn't choose to be bureaucrats
: No that's what our mighty Ja made us
: We treat people like swine and make them stand in line
: Even if nobody paid us
: They say the world looks down on the bureaucrats
: They say we're anal, compulsive and weird
: But when push comes to shove you gotta do what you love
: Even if it's not a good idea
: Zoidberg!
: '''Zoidberg''': They said I probably shouldn't be a surgeon
: '''Farnsworth''': They poopooed my electric frankfurter
: '''Leela''': They said I probably shouldn't fly with just one eye
: '''Bender''': I am Bender please insert girder
: '''Hermes''': Everybody sing Jamaica!
: '''All''': Jamaica!
: '''Hermes''': Just the bureaucrats - Jamaica!
: '''Bureaucrats''': Jamaica!
: '''Hermes''': Just the grade nineteens!
: '''Morgan Proctor''': ...Jamaica.
: '''Hermes''': Sing me home,
: When push comes to shove you gotta do what you love
: Even if it's not a good idea!
 
; <span id="Xmas"></span>"Elve's Xmas Song" - Original Performance
: Performed by [[Bender]], [[Leela]], [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], [[Neptunian Elves]], [[Robot Santa]] in ''[[A Tale of Two Santas]]''.
: '''Neptunian Elves:''' We are free and clearly sober
: With so many toys to build
: The machines are kind of tricky
: Probably someone will be killed
: But we gladly work for nothing
: '''Fry:''' Which is good because we don't intend to pay
: '''Neptunian Elves:''' The elves are back to work today
: Hooray!
: We have just a couple hours
: To make several billion gifts
: And the labor isn't easy
: '''Leela:''' Then you'll all work triple shifts
: You can make the job go quicker
: If you turn up the controls to super speed
: '''Neptunian Elves:''' It's back to work on Xmas eve
: Hooray.
: '''Leela:''' And though your cold and tired and ugly
: Your pride will mask the pain
: '''Fry:''' Let my happy smile warm your hearts
: '''Neptunian Elf:''' There's a toy lodged in my brain
: '''Neptunian Elves:''' We are getting awfully tired
: And we can't work any faster
: And we're very, very sorry
: '''Bender:''' Why you selfish little bastards!
: Do you want the kids to think
: That santas just a crummy empty handed jerk!
: Then shut your yaps and back to work!
: '''Neptunian Elves:''' Now it's very nearly Xmas
: And we done the best we could
: '''Fry:''' These toy soldiers are poorly painted
: '''Leela:''' And they're made from inferior wood
: '''Bender:''' I should give you all a beating
: But i really have to fly
: '''Robot Santa:''' If I weren't stuck here frozen
: I'd harpoon you in the eye
: '''Neptunian Elves:''' Now it's back into our tenements
: To drown ourselves in rye
: '''Leela:''' You did the best you could I guess
: And some of these gorillas are OK
: '''Neptunian Elves:''' HOORAY! (we're adequate!)
: The elves have rescued Xmas day
: Hooray!
 
;<span id="railgun"></span>"I'll Shoot Her With My Railgun" - Original Performance (to the tune of ''She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain'')
:Performed by [[Bender]] in ''[[The Series Has Landed]]''
:'''Lyrics:'''
:'''Bender:''' Well I'll shoot her with my railgun when she comes.
:Yes, I'll shoot her with my railgun when she comes.
:Yes, I'll shoot her with my railgun, oh I'll shoot her with my railgun,
:Yes, I'll shoot her with my railgun when she comes, when she comes.
:I'll be blasting all the humans in the world,
:I'll be blasting all the humans in the world,
:I'll be blasting all the humans, I'll be blasting all the humans,
:I'll be blasting all the humans in the world, in the world.
 
; "Funky Town" - Lipps Inc.
: Performed by [[Morbo]] in ''[[Amazon Women in the Mood]]''.
 
; "Lola" - The Kinks
: Performed by [[Zapp Brannigan]] in ''[[Amazon Women in the Mood]]''.
: In Zapp's performance, the character of the original song (''Lola'') is exchanged with ''Leela''.
 
; <span id="broken_friend"></span>"My Broken Friend" - Original Performance
: Performed by [[Bender]], Beck in ''[[Bendin' in the Wind]]''.
: '''Lyrics:'''
: '''Bender''': People say my broken friend is useless.
: But I say his mind is free.
: There's lots of things my mangled robot friend could be.
: '''Beck''': Kick it!
: '''Bender''': Well he could make a good hat rack,
: '''Beck''': He only has to stand there.
: '''Bender''': Or a cheap doorstop,
: '''Beck''': He doesn't need to move.
: '''Bender''': Or a great big giant thermos with a twist off top,
: '''Beck''': That would be good for soup.
: '''Bender''': He could be a storage closet for outdated pants.
: '''Beck''': I like 'em tight.
: '''Bender''': My broken friend could do it all,
: '''Beck & Bender''': Just give him a chance!
: '''Bender''': That robot has a tragic secret
: That I'd like to share.
: '''Beck''': For real?
: '''Bender''': My broken friend is closer to me than an ass to a chair.
: '''Beck''': Mmmm.
: '''Bender''': That robot's name I never told you...
: '''Beck''': What's that?
: '''Bender''': ... you could not foresee.
: '''Beck''': C'mon, give it up.
: '''Bender''': I say it loud and sing it proud,
: '''Beck & Bender''': His name is you and me!
: '''Bender''': Don't melt me down into a crowbar,
: '''Beck''': It suffers alone,
: '''Bender''': Just 'cause I can't move my arms and legs. ''[He starts moving his arms and legs]''
: '''Beck''': Hey!
: '''Bender''': Or toss me into a trash can,
: '''Beck''': Bender, what are you doin'?
: '''Bender''': Just 'cause I can't cook you ham and eggs.
: '''Beck''': What are you doin'?
: '''Bender''': Don't crush me into an anchor,
: '''Beck''': Yo, what's the dilly-o?
: '''Bender''': Just 'cause I can't jump and dance and sing
: I'm telling you, my broken friend...
: Put your hands in the air like you just don't care!
: I'm telling you my broken friend
: Can do most anything!
: Yeah!
 
; <span id="popplers"></span>"Popplers Song" - Original Performance (to the tune of ''Sailor's Hornpipe'')
: Performed by [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] in ''[[The Problem with Popplers]]''
: '''Lyrics:'''
: Pop a Poppler in your mouth,
: When you come to Fishy Joe's,
: What they're made of is a mystery,
: Where they come from, no one knows.
: You can pick 'em, you can lick 'em,
: You can chew 'em, you can stick 'em,
: And if you promise not to sue us,
: You can shove one up your nose.
 
; "Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Bonnie Tyler
: Performed by [[Kif Kroker]] in ''[[Amazon Women in the Mood]]''.
 
== Playback ==
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''Playback'' is songs/musical tunes not performed by the characters on the show.  This also includes classical and instrumental parts.  But to limit on background music, only where it has a reference and/or an importance.  Listed by title.
 
; "Also sprach Zarathustra" - Richard Strauss
: In ''[[Godfellas]]'', ''[[The Sting]]''
 
; "Mmmbop" - Hanson
: In ''[[Anthology of Interest I]]''
 
; "Oh, Pretty Woman" - Roy Orbison
: In ''[[The Cyber House Rules]]''
 
; "She's a Lady" - Tom Jones
: In ''[[Bend Her]]''
 
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