Background Music

Well, friends, you have come to the right place. This link features a list of the songs heard in the background during the MTV episodes. I was able to decipher most of the music, but there are a few songs missing from this list. If you can help me out with any of these, don't hesitate to give me a hand (or as Wain & Showalter like to put it, give 'em a ham.)

This list is always growing. Any recent additions to the list are in white. (Last updated on 2/11/2002).

First Season

Show 101

Lenny Lipton Show

• Two Princes - Spin Doctors

• Humpty Dance - Digital Underground

• Dre Day - Dr. Dre
• Happy Happy Joy Joy - Ren & Stimpy
• Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
• Little Miss Can't Be Wrong - Spin Doctors
• Push It - Salt N Pepa
• Set Adrift On Memory Bliss - PM Dawn
• Let Love Rule - Lenny Kravitz
• Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
• Tonight Tonight Tonight - Genesis

Show 102

Mouse Problem

• Sweet Child O Mine - Guns N Roses
• Paradise City - Guns N Roses
• November Rain - Guns N Roses
• Suck My Kiss - Red Hot Chili Peppers

• Soul To Squeeze - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Fantastic Voyage - Coolio
• Cryin' - Aerosmith
• Black Gold - Soul Asylum
• ??Silent Lucidity - Queenshryche??

Show 103

Captn Monterey Jack (shoes)

• Come Undone - Duran Duran
• Everybody Hurts - REM
• Someday I Suppose - Mighty Mighty Bosstones

• I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
• Book Of Days - Enya
(Thanks to Richard's page)
• Carribean Blue - Enya
(Thanks to Richard's page)

Show 106

Ride

• Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz

• Cannonball - Breeders

• Breed - Nirvana
• Step It Up - Stereo MC's
• Free Your Mind - En Vogue
• Pets - Porno For Pyros

• Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye

Show 107

James Dixon: Guidance Counselor

• Lean On Me - Bill Withers
• The Power - Snap
• Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood & The Destroyers
• The Greatest Love Of All - Whitney Houston

• Shake That Body - Technotronic

• O Superman - Laurie Anderson

• That's The Way Love Goes - Janet Jackson

Show 108

Hormones

• The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground
• Shoop - Salt N Pepa

• Lean On Me - Bill Withers
• The Power - Snap
• Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood & The Destroyers
• The Greatest Love Of All - Whitney Houston

• Dre Day - Dr. Dre
• Happy Happy Joy Joy - Ren & Stimpy
• Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
• Hard To Handle - The Black Crowes
• Mountain Song - Jane's Addiction
• Little Miss Can't Be Wrong - Spin Doctors
• Push It - Salt N Pepa
• Set Adrift On Memory Bliss - PM Dawn
• Let Love Rule - Lenny Kravitz
• Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
• Tonight Tonight Tonight - Genesis

• Theme from "MTV Sports"
• Plush - Stone Temple Pilots
• Sister Havana - Urge Overkill
• No Rain - Blind Melon
• Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
• Sober - Tool
• Angry Again - Megadeth (Thank you Brian)
• Candy Everybody Wants - 10,000 Maniacs

• Cannonball - Breeders

• Two Princes - Spin Doctors

• Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye

Second Season

Show 201

Ballet I

• Dance Of The Sugarplum Fairy

• The Power - Snap
• Liar - Rollins Band
• Theme To The Exorsist

Show 202

Pre-school Narc

• Today - Smashing Pumpkins
• Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins

Show 203

Bookworm

• Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
• I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
• Desire - U2
• If You Leave - OMD (Thank you Radio)

• Smooth Operator - Sade

• Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye

Show 204

Bologna Foot

• Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel) - Billy Joel
• Dreams - Cranberries
• Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds

• Jump - Kris Kross

• Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straights
• Come Out And Play - Offspring
• Low Rider - ?? (not the original version by War, this is a cover)
• Bull In The Heather - Sonic Youth

Show 205

Otto Bimini

• Show Me Love - Robin S
• Dream On Dreamer - Brand New Heavies

• Loser - Beck
• Pick Up The Pieces - ?? (not the original version by AWB, this is a cover)
• Tukka Yoot's Riddim - Us3
• Whatta Man - Salt N Pepa
• Wake Me Up Before You Go-go - Wham

Show 206

Hepcat

• Can't Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon
• Surrender - Cheap Trick (Thank you Bobf)
• Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon

Third Season (Part One)

Show 301

Boy in a Barn

• I'll Remember - Madonna
• Papa Don't Preach - Madonna

• Voodoo Lady - Ween

Show 302

Prom Photos

• Turn, Turn, Turn - The Byrds
• Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon

• Your Favorite Thing - Sugar
• Out Of Tears - Rolling Stones

• I'll Stay Away - Alice In Chains
• Cure Me Or Kill Me - Gilby Clarke (Thank you Brian)

Show 303

Not a Talk Show

• Mexican Hat Dance

• Supernova - Liz Phair
• Seether - Veruca Salt
• Here And Now - Letters To Cleo

• This Time Around - Luna (Thank you Russell)
• Don't Change - INXS

Show 304

Kill Tim

• Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf

• Panama - Van Halen

Show 305

Dan, the Very Popular Openly Gay High School Student

• Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters
• Celebration - Kool & The Gang

• Dance Naked - John Mellencamp

Show 306

Planet Groovy

• Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye

• Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine

Third Season (Part 2)

Show 307

H's & M's

• Tocatta & Fugue - Bach

• Ode To Joy - Beethoven

Show 308

Jew II

• Charlie's Angels Theme

• Stars & Stripes Forever - Sousa

• It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday - Boys II Men

Show 309

Meanass Sal & Frankie The Pig

• Mountain Song - Jane's Addiction

SAT's

• Territorial Pissings - Nirvana

• Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order

• Uptown Girl - Billy Joel

Show 310

Free Market Economy

• We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister

• Longview - Green Day

Show 311

Prison Break

• It's In The Way That You Use It - Eric Clapton

• Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees
• You're The Inspiration - Chicago

Show 312

One Camper

• Strong Enough - Sheryl Crow
• Glory Box - Portishead
• Poison - Prodigy

Show 313

Real Estate Broker

• Get Ready For This - 2 Unlimited

Stella

NOTE: A few of these songs are not the original versions, and some of them were performed by Wain, Showalter and Black themselves. Also, every Stella skit includes the Stella themesong performed by Mr. Blue.

November/December 1998

Thanksgiving Turkey Hunting

• Rio - Duran Duran

David Arranges A Meeting With His Long-Lost Cousin Greg (Cousins)

• Thank U - Alanis Morrisette
• Purple Rain - Prince & The Revolution

Christmas Caroling

• We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Traditional
• Silent Night - Traditional
• Jingle Bells - Traditional
• Come Out And Play - Offspring
• Riders On The Storm - Doors

November/December 1999

A Day Off From Work

• Walk On The Ocean - Toad The Wet Sprocket

Michael & David spend a weekend in the country with their friends from college (Big Chill)

• Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
• Ain’t Too Proud To Beg - Temptations
• I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
• Good Lovin’ - Young Rascals
• I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
• Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin
• My Girl - Temptations

Holiday Office Party (Die Hard)

• Various music taken from the original score for Die Hard
• We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Traditional
• I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye

November/December 2000

Bored

• Free To Be You And Me - Marlo Thomas And Friends
• Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel
• Sisters And Brothers - Marlo Thomas And Friends
• Jessie’s Girl - Rick Springfiend
• Don’t You Forget About Me - Simple Minds
• Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
• Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan
• Don’t Stop Believin' - Journey
• Scenes From An Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel
• Pinball Wizard - The Who
• Elenor Rigby - Beatles
• Tubthumping - Chumbawamba
• Come Out And Play - Offspring
• Cherry Bomb - John Cougar Mellencamp

Whiffleball

• America - Simon & Garfunkel
• What A Fool Believes - Doobie Brothers

Yoga

• Luka - Suzanne Vega
• Listen To The Music - Doobie Brothers
• America - Simon & Garfunkel

Poker

• What A Fool Believes - Doobie Brothers
• Listen To The Music - Doobie Brothers
• Believe - Run Lola Run Soundtrack
• Running One - Run Lola Run Soundtrack

Audition

• What A Fool Believes - Doobie Brothers (Sweet Sweet Debbie)
• Seasons Of Love - Rent Original Broadway Cast

Whodunit

• CHiPs Theme Song (Thanks Mike)

Winter 2001

The Woods

• Seasons Of Love - Rent Original Broadway Cast
• The A Team Themesong
• Crazy For This Girl - Evan And Jaron
• Fire And Rain - James Taylor

Raking Leaves

• Don't Tell Me - Madonna
• Sympathy For The Devil - Rolling Stones
• Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve

Awkward

• La Femme D'Argent - Air
• If anyone knows the title of the song they used for the "fuck music," PLEASE email me because I really want an mp3!!

Saturday

• Saturday In The Park - Chicago