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impliedi

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Does anyone know if there is a list anywhere online of all of the songs that
were used in Seinfeld episodes?

I'm sure that the list is pretty long...Desparado, Theme from Superman,
Downtown, Hello, The Barber of Seville...

Implied i

Seinfeld10

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Does anyone know if there is a list anywhere online of all of the songs that
were used in Seinfeld episodes?

The theme song

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) by Green Day

Hakuna Matata by the Tokens

Morning Train by Sheena Easton

Downtown by Petual Clarke (Things wil be better, downtown....)

Sensation (not sure of name title - Michael Jackson sings it)

Next Stop Pottersville

Shining Star by Earth Wind & Fire

Bette Midler songs were played a lot (ha, remember Rochelle Rochelle? LOL....
George mentioned Wind Beneath My Wings to Bette when he came up to bat)

Master of the House (from the Broadway play Les Miserables)

Side by Side

Overture (the Bugs Bunny cartoon show theme)

Wouldn't it be nice- by the Beach Boys

Desperado by The Eagles

The Way We Were by Barbara Streisand

Innagoddadavida by Iron Butterfly

3 times a Lady by the Commadores

HELLO by Lionel Ritchie

Mexican Radio by Wall of Voodoo

Heartbreaker by Pat Benatar

Slowride by Foghat

Oye Como Va by Santana

Greatest American Hero by Joey Scarberry (this is the song George's phone
machine message is based on)

When you are Smiling by Mel Torme

Everybody's Talking by Neilsen

It's a Most Unusual Day sung by Miss Rhode Island (Another one of those
Broadway songs)

I think there may be more. Not sure...

The News Guy(Mike)

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Aug 14, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/14/00
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impliedi wrote:

> Does anyone know if there is a list anywhere online of all of the songs that
> were used in Seinfeld episodes?
>

> I'm sure that the list is pretty long...Desparado, Theme from Superman,
> Downtown, Hello, The Barber of Seville...
>
> Implied i

Here's a list compiled from posts to this newsgroup.

Performed by the original artist:
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9-5 (Morning Train) [The Voice][The Bizarro Jerry]
California Girls (The Beach Boys) [The Keys]
Desperado (The Eagles)[The Checks]
Downtown (Petula Clark)[The Bottle Deposit]
In a gadda da vida (Iron Butterfly)[The Slicer]
Mexican Radio (Wall of Voodoo)[The Reverse Peephole]
Next Stop, Pottersville (?) [The Mom and Pop Store]
Slow Ride(take it easy) (Foghat) [The Slicer]
Time of your life (Green Day) [Final Clip Show]
Witchy Woman (The Eagles)[The Checks]
Wouldn't It Be Nice? (The Beach Boys)[The Hamptons]

Not performed by the original artist:
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Aria from Pagliacci [The Opera]
Aria from Barber of Seville [The Barber]
The Theme from 'Melrose Place' [The Beard]
A Most Unusual Day (Miss Rhode Island)[The Chaperone]
Crazy (Patsy Cline, sung by Elaine)[The Apology]
Everybody's Talkin' (Harry Nillson, sung by George) [The Mom and Pop
Store]
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? (George) [The Phone Message]
Heartbreaker/Brubaker (Pat Benatar, sung by George Steinbrenner)[The
Nap]
If I Were a Rich Man (Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof, sung by George) [The
Limo]
Lemon Tree (Trini Lopez, sung by George and Jerry) [The Phone Message]
Master of the House (from 'Les Miserables') (George and Alton Benes)
[The Jacket]
Opus 13 in c minor 'Pathetique' (Beethoven, played by Noel) [The Pez
Dispenser]
Overture, Curtains, Lights (Jerry) [The Opera]
The Wheels of the Bus (Jerry) [The Contest]
The Whole World Smiles with You (Mel Torme and Kramer) [The Jimmy]
Three Times a Lady (Lionel Ritchie?, sung by Newman)[The Pothole]
Wind Beneath my Wings (Bette Midler, sung by Kramer) [The Understudy]
The Most Beautiful Girl (George sang about Susan)[?]
The Theme from 'The Greatest American Hero' sort of (George) [The Susie]
WAR! What is it good for? (Edwin Starr, sung by Elaine) [The Marine
Biologist]

Mentioned but not sung:
-----------------------
MacArthur Park (George)[The Statue]
Oye, Como Va (Elaine)[The Checks]
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Elaine, Jerry) [The Andrea Doria]


Miscellaneous songs, real or made up:
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Various Jesus rock tunes on Puddy's car stereo [The Burning]

Kramer:
I Like to Stop at the Duty Free Shop [The Airport]
Jerry's Gonna be a Cable Boy [The Baby Shower]

Elaine:
Yankee Bean [The Alternate Side]
Get Well, Get Well Soon [The Frogger]

Elaine's sax playing boyfriend:
Hot and Heavy [The Rye]

Bette Midler:
Rochelle, Rochelle [The Understudy]

Superman theme (of course, several episodes especially "The Race"),
the Beefarino Jingle [The Rye],
and the music that played while Jerry was delivering mail on Sunday [The
Andrea Doria]


Hello (Lionel Ritchie) (The voice)

Side by Side. [The Voice]

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king_of_h...@my-deja.com

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Aug 14, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/14/00
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One may add the song about Joe DiMaggio (by Marilyn Monroe?) and "My
Fair Lady"

King of his Castle


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Steve

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> The Most Beautiful Girl (George sang about Susan)[?]

The Pick?

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Hans Helge Karlsen

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Aug 15, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/15/00
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"Believe it or not, I am not home. Please leave a message at the beep. I
must be out, or I'd pick up the phone... where could I be? Believe it or
not, I'm not home! *BEEP*"

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Jamie

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Aug 24, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/24/00
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i wanna know where i can get the chase music from the Butter Shave and the
Cadillac
those are two of the funniest seinfeld moments (george's rascal chase and
kramer's cable guy chase)
just because of that music
also i wanna know where i could get the "sausage making" music from The
Blood


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Spylocke D

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Sep 9, 2000, 1:46:58 AM9/9/00
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Hey all,


What about Jerry singing "the wheels on the bus go round and round, round
and round, round and round!" to keep from thinking about the naked girl across
the street who had "nothing on, nothing on!"

It's late, people. And I'm stoned to boot.

Dino


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gener...@gmail.com

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Does anyone have info about the saxophone pieces used on "The Rye"? Original? Cover? Thx!
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