We Put the Spring in Springfield

"We Put the Spring in Springfield"

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

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. Later, Marge reminded Homer the time he sang this song, just after saying when he hated singing.

Lyrics

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

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.

Appearances

• Episode – "Bart After Dark"
• Episode – "All Singing, All Dancing"
• Album – Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons

References

Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons
The Simpsons Main Title (:49 Version) • Lisa's Sax (Medley) (Those Were the Days • The WB's Proud To Present Theme) • All Singing, All Dancing (Medley) (Gonna Paint Our Wagon Theme & Reprise • A Singing, Dancing Entertainment Machine) • We Put the Spring in Springfield • Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious (Medley) (Turkey in the Straw/Minimum Wage Nanny) • Cut Every Corner • A Boozehound Named Barney • Happy Just the Way We Are • "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" End Credits Suite • Cash and Cary • Meet the Flintstones • Underwater Wonderland • Happy Birthday, Mr. Burns • The Field of Excellence • The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show Theme • Poochie Rap Song • The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson (Medley) (No Regards/You're Checkin' In) • Quimby Campaign Commercial • The Simpsons End Credits Theme • Trash of the Titans (Medley) (Before The Garbage, Man!/The Garbageman) • Canyonero • Everyone Loves Ned Flanders • Scorpio End Credits • Chief Wiggum, P.I. Main Title • The Love-Matic Grampa Main Title • The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase (Medley) (The Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour Opening Theme & Reprise/Candy Medley) • The Ballad of Jebediah Springfield • In Marge We Trust (Medley) (Klang and Koto/"Mr. Sparkle" Theme & Logo) • Krusty the Clown Main Title • Cape Feare (Medley) (Any Last Requests?/H.M.S. Pinafore/Bart's Holding the Buttercup/Bart and Bob Bop and Bounce/The Act Is Up) • Mr. Plow • Plow King • Kamp Krusty Theme Song • The Simpsons End Credits Theme (Jazz Quartet Version) • Union Strike Folk Song (Parts 1 & 2) • Rappin' Ronnie Reagan • Cletus, the Slack-Jawed Yokel! • Ya Hoo Main Title • The Land of Chocolate • Skinner & the Superintendent Theme • Presidents' Song • The Star Spangled Banner • Talkin' Softball • Like Father, Like Clown (Medley) (A Warm Round/Oh, My Papa/A Love Thing) • Blessed Be the Guy That Bonds • You're Gonna Like Me (The Gabbo Song) • Can I Borrow a Feeling? • The Simpsons End Credits Theme (Phillip Glass Homage) • We Love To Smoke • Apu in "The Jolly Bengali" Theme • The Garbageman (Long Demo Version) • Señor Burns (Long Version) • Happy Birthday, Mr. Smithers