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{{Title|''We Put the Spring in Springfield''}}
 
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{{In-universe}}
 
 
{{Song
 
{{Song
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|name= We Put the Spring in Springfield
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|name= "We Put the Spring in Springfield"
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|image= [[File:We Put the Spring in Springfield.jpg|250px]]
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|image= [[File:We Put the Spring in Springfield.png|250px]]
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|singers= [[Dan Castellaneta]]<br/>[[Tress MacNeille]]<br/>[[Harry Shearer]]<br/>[[Hank Azaria]]<br/>[[Maggie Roswell]]<br/>[[Nancy Cartwright]]<br/>[[Pamela Hayden]]
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|singers= [[Dan Castellaneta]]<br>[[Tress MacNeille]]<br>[[Harry Shearer]]<br>[[Hank Azaria]]<br>[[Maggie Roswell]]<br>[[Nancy Cartwright]]<br>[[Pamela Hayden]]
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|characters= [[Homer Simpson]]<br/>[[Belle]]<br/>[[Timothy Lovejoy, Jr.|Timothy Lovejoy]]<br/>[[Clancy Wiggum]]<br/>[[Krusty the Clown]]<br/>[[Seymour Skinner]]<br/>[[Joe Quimby]]<br/>[[Martha Quimby]]<br/>[[Abe Simpson]]<br/>[[Jasper Beardly]]<br/>[[Bart Simpson]]<br/>[[Dolph Starbeam]]<br/>[[Jimbo Jones]]<br/>[[Kearney Zzyzwicz]]<br/>[[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]]<br/>[[Ned Flanders]]
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|characters= [[Homer Simpson]]<br>{{Belle}}<br>[[Timothy Lovejoy, Jr.|Timothy Lovejoy]]<br>[[Clancy Wiggum]]<br>[[Krusty the Clown]]<br>[[Seymour Skinner]]<br>[[Joe Quimby]]<br>[[Martha Quimby]]<br>[[Abe Simpson]]<br>[[Jasper Beardley]]<br>[[Bart Simpson]]<br>[[Dolph Shapiro]]<br>[[Jimbo Jones]]<br>[[Kearney Zzyzwicz]]<br>[[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]]<br>[[Ned Flanders]]
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|length=  
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|length= 2:00
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|writer= [[Alf Clausen]]<br/>[[Ken Keeler]]
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|writer= '''Music:''' [[Alf Clausen]]<br>'''Lyrics:''' [[Ken Keeler]]
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|album= ''[[Go Simpsonic with the Simpsons]]''
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|album= ''[[Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons]]''
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|appearance= "[[Bart After Dark]]"<br/>"[[All Singing, All Dancing]]"
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|appearance= "[[Bart After Dark]]"
 
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'''''We Put the Spring in Springfield''''' is an Emmy-winning song performed during The Simpsons [[:Category:Season 8|season 8]] episode [[Bart After Dark]]. Homer and Bart witness the townsfolk destroying the Masion Derriere, but Homer starts singing how Springfield needs the house. Soon, everyone joins in with the song. Marge arrives soon after the help them destroy the house with a bulldozer, but she didn't hear the song so she doesn't know everyone changed their mind. She starts her own song, but she accidentally destroys the house. The music was written by [[Alf Clausen]] and the lyrics by [[Ken Keeler]].  It is the fourth track on the album [[Go Simpsonic with the Simpsons]]. It is also featured in the [[Season 11]] clip show, "[[All Singing, All Dancing]]."
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'''"We Put the Spring in Springfield"''' is a song sung by [[Homer]], {{Belle}} and other Springfielders.
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== History ==
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While Homer and Bart witness the townsfolk destroying the Masion Derrière, Homer starts singing how Springfield needs the house. Soon, everyone joins in with the song. Marge arrives soon after the help them destroy the house with a bulldozer, but she didn't hear the song so she doesn't know everyone changed their mind. She starts her own song, but she accidentally destroys the house.<ref>"[[Bart After Dark]]"</ref> Later, Marge reminded Homer the time he sang this song, just after saying when he hated singing.<ref>"[[All Singing, All Dancing]]"</ref>
  
 
== Lyrics ==
 
== Lyrics ==
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:'''[[Homer]]''':
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:'''[[Homer]]:'''
 
:''My friends, stop!! Sure, we could tear this house down...''
 
:''My friends, stop!! Sure, we could tear this house down...''
  
 
:(''everyone resumes demolition of the building'')
 
:(''everyone resumes demolition of the building'')
  
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:''NO!! MY FRIENDS, STOP!!!! Lemme finish. We ''could'' tear it down, but we'd be tearing down a part of ourselves.
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:''NO!! MY FRIENDS, STOP!!!! Lemme finish. We ''could'' tear it down, but we'd be tearing down a part of ourselves.
  
 
:You could close down [[Moe's]],
 
:You could close down [[Moe's]],
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:But the heart and soul
 
:But the heart and soul
 
:Of [[Springfield]]'s in
 
:Of [[Springfield]]'s in
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:Our [[Maison Derriere]]!
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:Our [[Maison Derrière]]!
  
 
:(''music starts'')
 
:(''music starts'')
  
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:'''[[Belle]]''':
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:'''{{Belle}}:'''
 
:We're the sauce on your steak,
 
:We're the sauce on your steak,
 
:We're the cheese in your cake,
 
:We're the cheese in your cake,
 
:We put the "Spring" in Springfield.
 
:We put the "Spring" in Springfield.
  
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:'''Dancing Girl 1''':
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:'''Dancing Girl 1:'''
 
:We're the lace on the nightgown,
 
:We're the lace on the nightgown,
  
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:'''Dancing Girl 2''':
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:'''Dancing Girl 2:'''
 
:The point after touchdown,
 
:The point after touchdown,
  
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:'''Belle and Dancing Girls''':
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:'''Belle and Dancing Girls:'''
 
:Yes, we put the "Spring" in Springfield.
 
:Yes, we put the "Spring" in Springfield.
  
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:'''Belle''':
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:'''Belle:'''
 
:We're that little extra spice
 
:We're that little extra spice
 
:That makes existence extra-nice,
 
:That makes existence extra-nice,
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:At a reasonable price.
 
:At a reasonable price.
  
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:'''[[Reverend Lovejoy]]''':
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:'''[[Reverend Lovejoy]]:'''
 
:Our only major quarrel's
 
:Our only major quarrel's
 
:With your total lack of morals.
 
:With your total lack of morals.
  
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:'''Dancing Girl 3''':
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:'''Dancing Girl 3:'''
 
:Our skimpy costumes ain't so bad,
 
:Our skimpy costumes ain't so bad,
  
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:'''Dancing Girl 4''':
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:'''Dancing Girl 4:'''
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:They seem to entertain your [[Timothy Lovejoy, Sr.|dad]]!
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:They seem to entertain [[Timothy Lovejoy, Sr.|your dad]]!
  
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:'''Belle and Dancing Girls''':
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:'''Belle and Dancing Girls:'''
 
:The gin in your martini,
 
:The gin in your martini,
 
:The clams on your linguine,
 
:The clams on your linguine,
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:In Springfield!
 
:In Springfield!
  
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:'''[[Chief Wiggum]], [[Krusty]], and [[Seymour Skinner]]''':
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:'''[[Chief Wiggum]], [[Krusty]], and [[Seymour Skinner]]:'''
 
:We remember our first visit,
 
:We remember our first visit,
  
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:'''[[Mayor Quimby]]''':
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:'''[[Mayor Quimby]]:'''
 
:The service was exquisite!
 
:The service was exquisite!
  
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:'''[[Martha Quimby]]''':
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:'''[[Martha Quimby]]:'''
 
:Why Joseph, I had no idea!
 
:Why Joseph, I had no idea!
  
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:'''Mayor Quimby''':
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:'''Mayor Quimby:'''
 
:Come on now, you were working here!
 
:Come on now, you were working here!
  
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:'''[[Grampa]] and [[Jasper]]''':
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:'''[[Grampa]] and [[Jasper]]:'''
 
:Without it we'd have had no fun
 
:Without it we'd have had no fun
 
:Since March of 1961!
 
:Since March of 1961!
  
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:'''[[Bart]]''':
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:'''[[Bart]]:'''
 
:To shut it down now would be twisted,
 
:To shut it down now would be twisted,
  
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:'''[[Jimbo]], [[Dolph]], and [[Kearney]]''':
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:'''[[Jimbo]], [[Dolph]], and [[Kearney]]:'''
 
:We just heard this place existed!
 
:We just heard this place existed!
  
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:'''Dancing Girls''':
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:'''Dancing Girls:'''
 
:We're the highlights in your hairdo,
 
:We're the highlights in your hairdo,
  
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:'''[[Apu]]''':
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:'''[[Apu]]:'''
 
:The extra arms on Vishnu,
 
:The extra arms on Vishnu,
  
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:'''Dancing Girls''':
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:'''Dancing Girls:'''
 
:So don't take the
 
:So don't take the
  
 
:(''[[Barney]] opens a Krusty-in-the-box'')
 
:(''[[Barney]] opens a Krusty-in-the-box'')
  
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:'''Mob''':
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:'''Mob:'''
 
:We won't take the
 
:We won't take the
  
 
:(''[[Sideshow Mel]] blows on his slide-whistle'')
 
:(''[[Sideshow Mel]] blows on his slide-whistle'')
  
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:'''Everyone''':
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:'''Everyone:'''
 
:Yes, let's keep the
 
:Yes, let's keep the
  
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:In Springfield!
 
:In Springfield!
  
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:(''[[Krusty]] hits his face with a pie, [[Willie]] accidentally hits [[Lenny]] in the head with a sledgehammer, Wiggum and [[Comic Book Guy]] bounce their bellies together, [[Burns]] honks the horn on his antique car, [[the Sea Captain]] reels in a fish, and Barney burps.'')
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:(''[[Krusty]] hits his face with a pie, [[Willie]] accidentally hits [[Lenny]] in the head with a sledgehammer, Wiggum and [[Comic Book Guy]] bounce their bellies together, [[Burns]] honks the horn on his antique car, [[Captain McCallister]] reels in a fish, and Barney burps.'')
  
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:'''[[Flanders]]''':
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:'''[[Flanders]]:'''
 
:''Well, I'm convinced. The house stays!''
 
:''Well, I'm convinced. The house stays!''
  
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== Trivia ==
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:'''Reverend Lovejoy:'''
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*This song is the only one of two to fully take place outside. The other one would be in [[Trash of the Titans]], in season 9.
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:''This house is a very, very, very fine house.''
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[[Category:Songs]]
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== Behind the Laughter ==
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Reverend Lovejoy's line at the end, "This house is a very, very, very fine house" is a reference to opening lyric to ''{{W2|Our House|Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song}}'' by [[Crosby, Stills & Nash]].
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It is the fourth track on the album ''[[Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons]]''.
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"We Put the Spring in Springfield" won a {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics}} in the {{W|49th Primetime Emmy Awards}}.<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1997/outstanding-original-music-and-lyrics Television Academy - "Outstanding Music and Lyrics – 1997"]</ref>
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== Appearances ==
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*{{ep|Bart After Dark}}
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*{{ep|All Singing, All Dancing}}
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*{{alb|Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons}}
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
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{{Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons}}
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[[Category:Full cast songs]]
 
[[Category:Full cast songs]]
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[[Category:Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics Emmy winning songs]]
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[[Category:Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics Emmy nominated songs]]
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[[Category:Songs by Homer]]
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[[Category:Songs by Krusty]]
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[[Category:Songs by Seymour Skinner]]
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[[Category:Songs by Grampa]]
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[[Category:Songs by Ned]]
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[[Category:Songs by Jasper]]
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[[Category:Songs by Dan Castellaneta]]
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[[Category:Songs by Tress MacNeille]]
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[[Category:Songs by Harry Shearer]]
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[[Category:Songs by Hank Azaria]]
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[[Category:Songs by Maggie Roswell]]
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[[Category:Songs by Nancy Cartwright]]
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[[Category:Songs by Pamela Hayden]]

Latest revision as of 10:58, October 28, 2024

"We Put the Spring in Springfield"
We Put the Spring in Springfield.png
Song Information
Singers: Dan Castellaneta
Tress MacNeille
Harry Shearer
Hank Azaria
Maggie Roswell
Nancy Cartwright
Pamela Hayden
Characters: Homer Simpson
Belle
Timothy Lovejoy
Clancy Wiggum
Krusty the Clown
Seymour Skinner
Joe Quimby
Martha Quimby
Abe Simpson
Jasper Beardley
Bart Simpson
Dolph Shapiro
Jimbo Jones
Kearney Zzyzwicz
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Ned Flanders
Length: 2:00
Writer(s): Music: Alf Clausen
Lyrics: Ken Keeler
Album: Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons
Appearance(s): "Bart After Dark"

"We Put the Spring in Springfield" is a song sung by Homer, Belle and other Springfielders.

History[edit]

While Homer and Bart witness the townsfolk destroying the Masion Derrière, Homer starts singing how Springfield needs the house. Soon, everyone joins in with the song. Marge arrives soon after the help them destroy the house with a bulldozer, but she didn't hear the song so she doesn't know everyone changed their mind. She starts her own song, but she accidentally destroys the house.[1] Later, Marge reminded Homer the time he sang this song, just after saying when he hated singing.[2]

Lyrics[edit]

Homer:
My friends, stop!! Sure, we could tear this house down...
(everyone resumes demolition of the building)
NO!! MY FRIENDS, STOP!!!! Lemme finish. We could tear it down, but we'd be tearing down a part of ourselves.
You could close down Moe's,
Or the Kwik-E-Mart,
And nobody would care,
But the heart and soul
Of Springfield's in
Our Maison Derrière!
(music starts)
Belle:
We're the sauce on your steak,
We're the cheese in your cake,
We put the "Spring" in Springfield.
Dancing Girl 1:
We're the lace on the nightgown,
Dancing Girl 2:
The point after touchdown,
Belle and Dancing Girls:
Yes, we put the "Spring" in Springfield.
Belle:
We're that little extra spice
That makes existence extra-nice,
A giddy little thrill
At a reasonable price.
Reverend Lovejoy:
Our only major quarrel's
With your total lack of morals.
Dancing Girl 3:
Our skimpy costumes ain't so bad,
Dancing Girl 4:
They seem to entertain your dad!
Belle and Dancing Girls:
The gin in your martini,
The clams on your linguine,
Yes we keep the
(Belle flicks Bumblebee Man's antenna)
In Springfield!
Chief Wiggum, Krusty, and Seymour Skinner:
We remember our first visit,
Mayor Quimby:
The service was exquisite!
Martha Quimby:
Why Joseph, I had no idea!
Mayor Quimby:
Come on now, you were working here!
Grampa and Jasper:
Without it we'd have had no fun
Since March of 1961!
Bart:
To shut it down now would be twisted,
Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney:
We just heard this place existed!
Dancing Girls:
We're the highlights in your hairdo,
Apu:
The extra arms on Vishnu,
Dancing Girls:
So don't take the
(Barney opens a Krusty-in-the-box)
Mob:
We won't take the
(Sideshow Mel blows on his slide-whistle)
Everyone:
Yes, let's keep the
(Moe crashes two garbage can lids together)
In Springfield!
(Krusty hits his face with a pie, Willie accidentally hits Lenny in the head with a sledgehammer, Wiggum and Comic Book Guy bounce their bellies together, Burns honks the horn on his antique car, Captain McCallister reels in a fish, and Barney burps.)
Flanders:
Well, I'm convinced. The house stays!
Reverend Lovejoy:
This house is a very, very, very fine house.

Behind the Laughter[edit]

Reverend Lovejoy's line at the end, "This house is a very, very, very fine house" is a reference to opening lyric to Our House by Crosby, Stills & Nash.

It is the fourth track on the album Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons.

"We Put the Spring in Springfield" won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics in the 49th Primetime Emmy Awards.[3]

Appearances[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Bart After Dark"
  2. ↑ "All Singing, All Dancing"
  3. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Music and Lyrics – 1997"


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