Bob’s Burgers has continued to be a consistent success at Fox, and it’s been such a winsome property due its abundance of heart, quick and witty humor, and eye-catching visuals. An aspect that’s become increasingly popular to the show’s fans has been the abundance of original songs the show comes up with, and they’re often so good that viewers tend to find themselves humming the tunes to themselves long after the episode has ended. Here are six songs from the last few seasons that have left that kind of mark.
“The Yum Yum Song”
Linda is often the star of the show, and John Roberts has done an excellent job voicing her, but the best moments involving the character are when she’s allowed to cut loose and go full-Linda, which usually involves her breaking out into song. “The Yum Yum Song” at the end credits has Linda being her ridiculous, funky self, and the show gets to utilize the visual humor of getting to see her dancing past the order window. Sure, the lyrics are nearly nonsensical, but it’s fun, and it’s hard for the song to not get stuck in your head, even if it had little to no relevance to the actual episode you were watching.
“Oh Nice Things”
The Bob’s Burgers season four finale was already something special, with a two-part double whammy to end the season and a storyline that bucked typical animated convention. The stakes were high as Bob tried to convince Mr. Fischoeder to sell the Wharf, who in his desperate attempt to save his home orchestrated the “Oh Nice Things” song. The finale is full of humor and heart, two things that Bob’s Burgers does best, and throwing in a musical number simply made it better, especially as it involves Bob trying to appeal to Fischoeder’s sympathy in helping those less fortunate than him while at the same time giving us a peek into the hopes and dreams of the Belcher patriarch.
“Gene’s Snake Song”
A master of puns and impersonating his dad, Gene has constantly been a reliable low key hilarious character on Bob’s Burgers, but his humor isn’t as obvious as Tina’s deadpan delivery or Linda’s over the top mannerisms. However, he gets his fair share of great moments, and one of them is his song about how much he despises snakes. Considering how Gene is a self-professed lover of music, it makes sense that one of the funniest, if briefest, songs in the Bob’s Burgers canon would belong to him.
“Happy/Crappy”
This has to be the single most adorable song the Belcher crew has ever taken part in, right? Bob is so often a curmudgeon figure in the family, aside from when he becomes obsessive over random hobbies, that it’s fun to simply see him happy, in his own little space of public gardening. Bob is finally getting his small piece of happiness, having bargained himself access to the public garden by promising the owner that her son (Louise’s arch nemesis) could work at the restaurant for extra curricular credits. This places Logan and his mother at the restaurant, turning it into Linda and Louise’s version of “personal hell,” and it’s a stark contrast for Linda to sing “I wanna take her stupid neck and wring it” while Bob sings of his green thumb and finding his happy place in his sun hat while his sprouts dance in the background.
“Boys 4 Now- (I Wanna Hear Your) Secrets”
While not the most iconic song the show has come up with, “(I Wanna Hear Your) Secrets” works wonderfully within the context of the series. Up until this episode, Tina had been the Belcher daughter who was primarily boy obsessed, while Louise was the constant voice of cynicism despite being the youngest in the family. While attending a concert with Tina, Louise develops a crush on Boo Boo, the youngest member in the popular boy-band. While all this results in is Tina and Louise sneaking onto their tour bus and Louise getting them kicked off for slapping Boo Boo, it provides a great excuse for the two sisters to bond, and, for better or worse with boy bands, the songs they sing stick in your head. The end credits have always been a place where the creators have taken creative license to play around with the familiar ending, and here we get Louise rocking out and slapping Boo Boo’s face as his sings.
“Electric Love”
Bob’s Burgers isn’t afraid to get a little weird, and “Electric Love” sees the show indulging in all of their idiosyncrasies. Gene is dressed up as Thomas Edison, singing about Edison and Tina dressed as Topsy the elephant. Louise is greatly annoyed that the song has been turned into a love song, believing that the song should show how Edison electrocuted Topsy, and is doing her all to bring the musical down, enlisting Teddy’s help. Everything here plays to the characters we know, from Louise getting maniacal, to Gene embracing his role and Tina accepting her fate of getting electrocuted for the sake of the play. It has everything you want in a larger than life musical, including wacky costumes, behind the curtain romance, and a big crescendo finish with people fighting over how the show ends. It’s all a big wonderful spectacle.
