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Childrens television and popular music have always played well together.
Then there were, of course, its songs.
(The mid-aughts music scene was wild, yall, and dont even get us started onAndy SambergsGabbalook.)
The new season includes performances from Portugal.
The Man, Thundercat, Kurt Vile, and the Interrupters.
Its uplifting and ridiculous, all at the same time just like pretty much everything else aboutYo Gabba Gabba!
you’ve got the option to listen to this song in the clean Kids love school!
way or really let your perverted brain roam.
Its got an earlySesame Streetvibe, and thats a very good thing.
It would be a great Broadway closing number.
Its high and thin but in a way that fits right in with the shows adorable indie rock vibe.
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Dinosaur Party
A runner-up choice compared to CSSs Dinosaur (see No.
6), but a pretty solid cut from a band forced to perform infauxfurFlintstoneslooks.
Theres someLand of the Loststyle Claymation going on in the accompanying clip, too, which is fun.
Im From Barcelona, Just Because Its Different Doesnt Mean Its Scary
The video for this track is ridiculous.
Its the most late-00s shit around, and its fascinating.
The song is also pretty good.
DeVotchKa, Help Your Friends
You cant go wrong with a song about helping people when shit goes sideways.
Its not a hip-hop banger in the current sense, but it could maybe slay in a backpack set.
Its a good message to teach kids and probably one we should all hear again.
The Salteens, Im So Happy
This song is happy and fun, and thats enough.
(Who can throw this stick the farthest?
Who can jump the farthest?
And so on.)
You could play it in a nightclub or at a kindergartners birthday party to equal success.
This song should be in every toothpaste commercial.
I Wish I Was a Spy is the best showcase for his plainly playful lyrics, too.
Youll walk away wanting to play secret agent.
Plus Brobee just dreams about balloons, which is pretty darn cute.
Plus if anyone has the expressive face and wig wardrobe for a childrens series, its her.
Listen to it without the video and you might not even know its from a kids show.
The song also reminds you that hair-pulling is a no-no, as is fighting.Real Housewives, take notice.
(Also, who has that prop doll now, and why isnt it me?)
(So yummy, so yummy!)
Taking Back Sunday, We All Love Our Pets
Pets rule, and this song is super-catchy.
Listen to it once and youll never be able to say the title the same way again.
2 album on The Billboard200and a hit single with MakeDamnSure.
CSS, Dinosaur
You cant have a TV series for preschoolers and not have a song about dinosaurs.
As detailed earlier on this list,Gabbaactually has more than one, but this is the best.
(There wasa whole episode about the prehistoric creatures.)
Either way, it rips and it deserves to be on this list.
Chromeo, Nice N Clean
This song is a certified earworm.
Thats cinema, baby.
Its surreal and its absurd, but its also friendly and a bit educational.
And if thats not quintessentialYoGabba Gabba!,I dont know what is.
