Music

Watch Lady Gaga sing "You're All My Little Monsters" during her cameo on The Simpsons

by Aaron Zorgel

May 22, 2012

This Sunday, Lady Gaga joined the likes of Tony Bennett, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, *NSYNC, and the Baha Men through being immortalized on The Simpsons. She even performs a song specially written for this episode called “You Are All My Little Monsters.” To celebrate the long-standing tradition of celebrity cameos on The Simpsons, here are a few of our other favourites.

This Sunday, Lady Gaga joined the likes of Tony Bennett, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, *NSYNC, and the Baha Men through being immortalized on The Simpsons. The season finale of Season 23 (!!!), titled “Lisa Goes Gaga,” saw eccentric pop star Lady Gaga help Lisa raise her spirits after she is chosen as Springfield Elementary’s least popular student. During her cameo, Lady Gaga even performs a song specially written for this episode called “You Are All My Little Monsters”:

“When they’re young, all little monsters learn that they are scary
Ugly, stupid, shunned by cupid, overweight and hairy

But every monster needs to find that secret deep inside
That transforms doctor Jeckyll into sexy Mr. Hyde

All my monsters are beautiful
Disco Stu-tiful
Square Root-iful
Old Coot-iful

Monsters don’t need implants or a bitchin’ monster car
Monsters only need to love the monster’s that they are

Oh yeah. Gaga, Dada, Jawa, Peace!”

I initially had my doubts when I heard that there was going to be a new-era Gaga-centric episode this season, but any Simpsons musical performance that manages to work in “Disco Stu-tiful” as a lyric, I’m pretty sure is a work tantamount to the best cuts off of Songs In The Key Of Springfield. If not, it’s at least as good as “Deep Deep Trouble,” from the inexplicable compilation record The Simpsons Sing The Blues.

Musician cameos are a long-standing tradition on The Simpsons, and when you gawk at the Wikipedia page for a while, it really drives home how much The Simpsons is a document of celebrity culture over the past 23 seasons.

In no particular order, here are some of our favourite musician cameos from The Simpsons:

Tony Bennett “Dancin’ Homer (Capital City)”

Tony Bennet sings about the place that makes a bum feel like a king.

Michael Jackson as Leon Kompowsky

Michael Jackson flexes his acting chops as a bricklayer from New Jersey.

Sting “We’re Sending Our Love Down The Well”

Krusty produced a star-studded benefit song, with appearances from massive celebrities like Sting, Major Joe Quimby, Ranier Wolfcastle, and even Princess Kashmir.

Linda Ronstadt “Plow King/Señor Plow”