NoxDominus OP t1_jadhzbt wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:32 PM

Futurama theme song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPX4ZF0hnyA
Psyché Rock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC1cgcOEErQ&t=3s
The Troggs "Wild Thing": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSWInYFVksg

Note: The Song is called "Wild Thing". I made a typo on the initial post.

-DementedAvenger- t1_jadpfxk wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:19 PM

I listened to Psyche Rock and was like "yeah that's pretty similar".... and then the bells started and that changed to a "oh shit it's almost an exact copy!"...

AFluffyMobius t1_jae7nxf wrote on February 28, 2023 at 8:14 PM

And lest we forget the glorious mashup of psyche rock and Futurama

https://youtu.be/kfatPZbNsZs

ClownfishSoup t1_jaepowi wrote on February 28, 2023 at 10:11 PM

Wow, even the video is so similar to the opening of Futurama!

Sunstang t1_jadnix3 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:07 PM

It's just "Wild Thing", singular.

ASK_IF_IM_PENGUIN t1_jadlhup wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:54 PM

After all these years and I'm still learning about the hidden references in this show. Ok this one isn't so hidden, but I never would have guessed.

Skulldetta t1_jadrlod wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:33 PM

And Wild Thing was written and composed by Chip Taylor - uncle of Angelina Jolie and younger brother of Jon Voight.

ShiningRayde t1_jae98mj wrote on February 28, 2023 at 8:24 PM

But how many steps is he from Kevin Bacon?

drunkenfool t1_jaeqevm wrote on February 28, 2023 at 10:16 PM

3

DinosaurHoax t1_jae0fi6 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:28 PM

I always thought it sounded like Fatboy Slim's Psyche Rock. I didn't realize it was a cover.

vapre t1_jaevjt8 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 10:51 PM

This remix?

DinosaurHoax t1_jaewdkr wrote on February 28, 2023 at 10:57 PM

I think so, here is the song on Youtube https://youtu.be/rNMXRQg4Css

bolanrox t1_jadl7vl wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:53 PM

could also be Louie Louie. you never know with those sneaky I IV V's

mykidlikesdinosaurs t1_jadr6g3 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:30 PM

IV not VI.

The Flintstones is a I VI (ii) V, though.

seedstarter7 t1_jae066p wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:27 PM

Futurama Sample Breakdown

GG-Allins-Balls t1_jadk84c wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:47 PM

Which in turn was used by Sam Kinison

bk15dcx t1_jadqaw2 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:25 PM

Wasn't it changed or modified after 1st episode because it was too close to Wild Thing?

No-Owl9201 t1_jae055z wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:27 PM

I can now imagine the Troggs, (Troglodytes) as musicians inside Futurama episodes, it'd certainly be 'Wild'

TheBitchIsBack666 t1_jaedyib wrote on February 28, 2023 at 8:55 PM

Part of "It's My Life" by The Animals sounds a lot like a part of the Futurama theme too!

polymorph505 t1_jaer69s wrote on February 28, 2023 at 10:21 PM

Hey at least they put in the work to recreate something with that Roland MC-505, instead of just using preset loops like they did in the Mars date episode.

infinitedrumroll t1_jaf0h30 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 11:26 PM

i was in love with my ex and I used send her the Troggs' With a Girl Like You video regularly.

TIL the Futurama theme song is considered a variation of a 1967 song called "Psyché Rock" by french composer Pierre Henry, which in turn is based on the well known 1966 song "Wild Things" by the Troggs.

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