15 Best The Simpsons Songs Ever

15. Everybody Hates Ned Flanders

Dude, Where’s My Ranch certainly won’t go down as one of The Simpsons’ best episodes, but in Everybody Hates Ned Flanders they have a little bit of Springfield history.

As is their way all too often post Golden era, the eventual story of the episode has nothing to do with a set up that goes on for far too long. Like the title suggests, The Simpsons go to a Dude Ranch. The reason? To get away from Homer’s hit record Everybody Hates Ned Flanders, which is so astronomically popular that it’s being covered by the likes of William Shatner and gets an extended salsa mix.

Homer never appears to receive any money for this, and the song itself gets a set up with Homer being annoyed at Flanders’ intrusion as he tries to write a new Christmas song.

For all the episode has flaws, the song itself is pretty good. Talking Heads member David Byrne is involved in the recording in the show too, giving it a professional vibe, although in real life he had no hand in the creation. It’s not necessarily as funny as some of the later ones here, but it’s more developed and well rounded.