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NEW YORK - More than three dozen original songs from the past nine seasons of The Simpsons have been collected for an album.
The Simpsons: Testify, will be released September 18 by Shout! Factory.
Several veteran acts are represented on the compilation, including singer-songwriters Jackson Browne and Shawn Colvin, former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, the B-52's and the Baha Men.
Comedian Ricky Gervais and pop parodist "Weird" Al Yankovic also make appearances.
Among the highlights of the musical numbers by Simpsons characters are the "okel Chords medley with Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel, My Fair Laddy with Groundskeeper Willie, Welcome to Moe's with the Simpsons and Moe the Bartender and The Very Reason That I Live with Sideshow Bob.
The release of Testify will coincide with the season 19 premiere of The Simpsons on Fox.
Also on tap are a host of music-related releases pegged to The Simpsons Movie, which opens in the US on July 27.
Track list for The Simpsons: Testify
The Simpsons Main Title Theme
Testify
The Very Reason That I Live (featuring Kelsey Grammer)
He's the Man (featuring Shawn Colvin)
Stretch Dude and Clobber Girl
The Simpsons End Credits Theme (performed By Los Lobos)
Ode to Branson
Sold Separately
Island of Sirens
They'll Never Stop the Simpsons
You're a Bunch of Stuff
What Do I Think of the Pie?
Baby Stink Breath
Tastes Like Liberty
Jellyfish
Homer & Marge (featuring "Weird" Al Yankovic)
Everybody Hates Ned Flanders (medley, featuring David Byrne)
I Love To Walk
Marjorie" (featuring Jackson Browne)
The President Wore Pearls medley
Glove Slap (featuring the B-52's)
O Pruny Night
America (I Love This Country)
America Rules
Welcome to Moe's
We Are the Jockeys
Song of Shelbyville
A Star Is Torn medley
Who Wants a Haircut? (featuring Baha Men)
My Fair Laddy medley
Springfield Blows
King of Cats (Itchy & Scratchy medley)
Lady (featuring Ricky Gervais)
You Make Me Laugh
Lady Riff (featuring Ricky Gervais)
Poppa, Can You Hear Me?
Yokel Chords medley
Previously unaired bonus tracks
Hullaba Lula (featuring Kelsey Grammer)
Song of the Wild Beasts
Dancing Workers' Song
Oldies and Nudies
- REUTERS, BILLBOARD
