10 Best Songs From The Simpsons

Another episode from season three, but this time based around Homer and a man with a very familiar voice. After Homer is mistakenly sent to a mental institution (not sure how much of a mistake they made), he meets and befriends a man believing himself to be Michael Jackson, although he turns out to be a bricklayer named Leon Kompowsky. Following a falling out between Bart and Lisa (Bart forgets Lisa’s birthday), Michael/Leon helps him compose a special birthday song for his sister with the aid of a piano and an upturned bin.

The actual, real-life Michael Jackson leant his voice to the character of Leon, but was credited as John Jay Smith, presumably for boring legal reasons. He also wrote the song Happy Birthday, Lisa and co-wrote Do The Bartman, which went to number one in the UK singles charts. Contractual issues dictated that a sound-alike actually perform the song, however.