Few television shows have a soundtrack as iconic as The Simpsons. Over its long life, the show has produced many fine ear worms, such as We Do!, Monorail and See My Vest. Read on to find out more about The Simpsons musical history and merchandise.
The Simpsons Sing The Blues was a feature length album released in December 1990, featuring ten tracks that would not appear in the series.
In 1991, The album spawned two hit singles, Do The Bartman, and Deep Deep Trouble. Sing The Blues was largely popular with fans of the show and helped the show gain some ground among new watchers. It will go down in history as one cartoon album which is not seen as an embarassment, due to its quality performances and well-written songs.
Before the release of this album, The Simpsons had never performed a song on their show, so it's likely that this album's success attributed to some of the greatest moments in the show's history.
Recorded in 1992, The Yellow Album is another ten-track album filled with original songs. Intended to be a quick follow-up to Sing The Blues, the album was instead delayed until 1998, where it was instantly compared to the likes of the superior South Park's "Chef Aid" but suffered due to its dated material.
The album did not spawn any additional single releases and was quickly forgotten
As a result of the album's delay, an eleventh track written and produced by Prince, titled My Name is Bart was pulled from the final release.
Do the Bartman was the first track off the album "Sing The Blues". It topped the music charts in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom in 1991.
Off the back of the success of 'Do the Bartman', Deep, Deep Trouble was given a release, and whilst it didn't prove as popular as the former, it still managed to peak at #1 in Ireland #7 in the UK, and #35 in Australia.
Alf Clausen was lead composer for the music of The Simpsons from Season 2 until he was unceremoniously dismissed for Season 29 due to financial reasons.
During his tenure, Clausen received two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics for We Put The Spring in Springfield and I'm Checkin' In. With 30 nominations in total, Clausen received more Emmy nominations than any other musician. He adn his compositions are a huge part of The Simpsons' legacy.
This album released in 1997 came before The Yellow Album. It is a compilation of the best songs from the television show, composed by Alf Clausen. This album shared a similar success to Sing The Blues, minus the chart topping hits. For the first time, viewers are able to listen to all the best songs from the show.
Due to the huge success of Songs In The Key Of Springfield, the producers rushed out to bring you all the leftovers which didn't make it onto the first album. As a bonus, extended cuts of songs which didn't make it into the show have been included on the album.
Released in 2017, The Simpsons: Testify is a collection of songs from the series, spanning Seasons 10- 19. This is the last of the compilation CDs. As with "Go Simpsonic", this album features four previously unheard tracks that didn't make it into the show.
The Simpsons Movie: The Music is soundtrack album of Hans Zimmer's score from The Simpsons Movie and was released in 2007.