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This is a listing of all songs used in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts, TV shows, episodes and specials, movies and advertisements.
Warner Bros. had acquired and had controlling stake from various song publishers. These publishers included Harms, Inc., M. Witmark & Sons, Remick Music Corp., Advanced Music Corp., New World Music Corp., and DeSylva, Brown & Henderson, Inc. All of Warner Bros.' publishers make up the Music Publishers Holding Corp. Songs from other publishers had been used outside the ones owned by Warner Bros.
All songs consist of popular music, classical music, and traditional music, folk music, and original music.
Popular songs (1930-1969)[]
| Song | Composer(s) | Publisher | Year | Used In | Notes |
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| A Gay Caballero | Frank Crumit
Lou Klein |
F.B. Haviland Pub. Co. | 1928 | Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (1931) | |
| A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight | Theodore A. Metz
Joe Hayden |
Willis Woodward & Co. | 1896 | Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930) | 1st Looney Tunes theme. |
| Alabamy Bound | Ray Henderson
Bud Green B.G. DeSylva |
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co, Inc. | 1924 | Box Car Blues (1930) | |
| Am I Blue? | Harry Akst
Grant Clarke |
M. Witmark & Sons | 1929 | One More Time (1931) | |
| April in Paris | Vernon Duke
E.Y. Harburg |
Harms Inc. | 1932 | Scent-imental Romeo (1951)
Stork Naked (1955) Who Scent You? (1960) Trip for Tat (1960) Hippydrome Tiger (1968) |
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| Boo Hoo You Hoo (Don’t You Know the Moon is New-Hoo) | N/A | N/A | N/A | Bosko the Doughboy (1931) | |
| Chinnin' and Chattin' with May | Seymour Simons
Buddy Fields |
M. Witmark & Sons | 1930 | Box Car Blues (1930)
Big Man from the North (1931) |
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| Cielito Lindo | Quirino Mendoza y Cortés | Public Domain | 1882 | Lady, Play You're Mandolin! (1931) | |
| Cryin' for the Carolines | Harry Warren | Remick Music Corp. | 1930 | Box Car Blues (1930) | |
| Dancing with Tears in My Eyes | Joe Burke
Al Dubin |
M. Witmark & Sons | 1930 | The Tree's Knees (1931) | |
| Dancing with the Daffodils (Down at the Garden Wall) | Joe Young
Little Jack Little |
Remick Music Corp. | 1931 | One More Time (1931) | |
| Doin' the Sigma Chi | Con Conrad | M. Witmark & Sons | 1930 | Bosko's Holiday (1931) | |
| Don't Hold Everything | Ray Henderson | De Sylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc. | 1928 | Hold Anything (1930) | |
| Don't Tell Her What's Happened to Me | B.G. DeSylva
Lew Brown Ray Henderson |
De Sylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc. | 1930 | Ain't Nature Grand! (1931) | |
| Funny Little You | J. Russel Robinson | M. Witmark & Sons | 1930 | Bosko's Holiday (1931) | |
| Get Happy | Harold Arlen
Ted Koehler |
Remick Music Corp. | 1930 | Dumb Patrol (1931)
Goopy Geer (1932) Moonlight for Two (1932) The Queen Was in the Parlor (1932) The Shanty Where Santy Claus Leives (1933) |
1st Merrie Melodies theme. |
| Giving It This and That | George W. Meyer
Archie Gottler Sidney D. Mitchell |
De Sylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc. | 1930 | Congo Jazz (1930) | |
| Good Morning to You (Happy Birthday to You) | Mildred Hill
Patty Hill |
Clayton F. Summy Co. | 1893 / 1912 | Smile, Darn Ya Smile! (1931) | |
| Here Comes My Blackbird | Jimmy McHugh | Mills Music Inc. | 1928 | Dumb Patrol (1931) | |
| Hearts and Flowers
"Wintermärchen" |
Theodore Moses-Tobani | Public Domain | 1893 | Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930) | |
| Hello Baby | Michael Cleary
Herbert Magidson Ned Washington |
M. Witmark & Sons /
Remick Music Corp. |
1929 | Hold Anything (1930) | |
| Highway to Heaven | Joe Burke | De Sylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc. | 1930 | Box Car Blues (1930) | |
| How Dry I Am | Irving Berlin | Irving Berlin Inc. | 1919 | The Booze Hangs High (1930)
Naughty But Mice (1939) Crazy Cruise (1942) A Pest in the House (1946) High Note (1960) Who Scent You (1960) |
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| Hullabaloo | Robert E. Dolan | M. Witmark & Sons | 1930 | Bosko's Holiday (1931) | |
| I Can't Give You Anything But Love | Jimmy McHugh | Mills Music Inc. | 1928 | Bosko's Holiday (1931) | |
| I Miss My Swiss | Abel Baer
L. Wolfe Gilbert |
Leo Feist, Inc. | 1925 | Yodeling Yokels (1931) | |
| I'm Crazy for Cannibal Love | Eddie Ward
Al Bryan |
M. Witmark & Sons | 1930 | Congo Jazz (1930) | |
| I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles | James Brockman
James Kendis Nat Vincent |
Remick Music Corp. | 1919 | Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930)
Duck Soup to Nuts (1944) Catch as Cats Can (1947) The Rattled Rooster (1948) |
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| I'm Needin' You | Jack Little
Joe Young |
Remick Music Corp. | 1930 | Big Man From the North (1931) | |
| It Looks Like Susie | Cliff Friend | M. Witmark & Sons | 1931 | Bosko's Soda Fountain (1931) | |
| Lady Luck | Ray Perkins | M. Witmark & Sons | 1929 | Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930)
Ups 'n Downs (1931) |
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| Lady, Play Your Mandolin | Oscar Levant
Irving Caesar |
Harms Inc. | 1930 | Lady, Play You're Mandolin! (1931) | |
| Laughing at Life | Cornell Todd
Bob Todd Nick Kenny Charles Kenny |
M. Witmark & Sons | 1930 | Yodeling Yokels (1931) | |
| Living a Life of Dreams | Rubey Cowan | M. Witmark & Sons | 1930 | Dumb Patrol (1931) | |
| Looking for the Lovelight in the Dark | Joe Burke
Al Dubin |
Harms Inc. | 1930 | Big Man From the North (1931) | |
| Maybe It's Love | George W. Meyer
Archie Gottler Sidney D. Mitchell |
Remick Music Corp. /
Harms Inc. |
1930 | Yodeling Yokels (1931) | |
| My Mammy | Irving Berlin | Irving Berlin Inc. | 1918/1921 | Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930) | |
| Nine Little Miles from Ten-Ten-Tennessee | Al Sherman
Al Lewis Con Conrad |
De Sylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc. | 1930 | Dumb Patrol (1931) | |
| Nobody Cares If I'm Blue | Harry Akst
Grant Clarke |
M. Witmark & Sons | 1929 | Ups 'n Downs (1931) | |
| One Little Drink | Harry Akst | Harms, Inc. | 1930 | The Booze Hangs High (1930) | |
| One More Time | B.G. DeSylva
Lew Brown Ray Henderson |
De Sylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc. | 1931 | One More Time (1931) | |
| Painting the Clouds with Sunshine | Joe Burke
Al Dubin |
M. Witmark & Sons | 1929 | Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930)
Fiesta Fiasco (1967) |
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| Piccolo Pete | Phil Baxter | J. W. Jenkins Son's Music Co. | 1929 | Ain't Nature Grand! (1931) | |
| Quand Madelon (Madelon) | Camille Robert | Remick Music Corp. | 1914-1918? | Dumb Patrol (1931) | |
| Singin' in the Bathtub | Michael Cleary
Herbert Magidson Ned Washington |
M. Witmark & Sons | 1929 | Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930)
Porky & Daffy (1938) Polar Pals (1939) Little Blabbermouse (1940) Porky's Pooch (1941) The Aristo-Cat (1943) Hop and Go (1943) Daffy Dilly (1948) I Taw a Putty Tat (1948) The Pest That Came to Dinner (1948) Which Is Witch? (1949) Wise Quackers (1949) Homeless Hare (1950) Terrier Stricken (1952) Forward March Hare (1953) Sahara Hare (1955) A Witch's Tangled Hare (1959) Tweet and Lovely (1959) From Hare to Heir (1960) Compressed Hare (1961) |
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| Smile, Darn Ya, Smile | Max Rich
Jack Meskill Charles O'Flynn |
De Sylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc. | 1931 | Smile, Darn Ya Smile! (1931) | |
| Sonny Boy | B.G. DeSylva
Lew Brown Ray Henderson |
De Sylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc. | 1928 | Ups 'n Downs (1931) | |
| Sweet Adeline (You're the Flower of My Heart) | Harry Armstrong
Richard H. Gerard |
M. Witmark & Sons | 1903 | The Booze Hangs High (1930)
Gold Diggers of '49 (1935) |
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| Telling It to the Daisies | Harry Warren
Joe Young |
Remick Music Corp. | 1930 | Ain't Nature Grand! (1931) | |
| The Dance of the Wooden Shoes | Michael Cleary
Herbert Magidson Ned Washington |
M. Witmark & Sons | 1929/30 | Hold Anything (1930) | |
| The Kiss Waltz | Joe Burke
Al Dubin |
M. Witmark & Sons | 1930 | Ain't Nature Grand! (1931)
Cinderella Meets Fella (1938) Daffy Duck in Hollywood (1938) Land of the Midnight Fun (1939) Screwball Football (1939) A Coy Decoy (1941) Nutty News (1942) Bedevilled Rabbit (1957) Who Scent You? (1960) |
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| The Man from the South | Rube Bloom
Harry M. Woods |
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co, Inc. | 1930 | Big Man From the North (1931) | |
| The Year of Jubilo (Kingdom Coming) | Henry C. Work | Public Domain | 1862 | I Like Mountain Music (1933)
Boulevadier from the Bronz (1936) Injun Trouble (1938) Hobo Gadget Band (1939) The Bug Parade (1941) Saddle Silly (1941) Buckaroo Bugs (1944) The Unruly Hare (1945) Wagon Heels (1945) Hare Trigger (1945) Nothing But the Tooth (1948) Mississippi Hare (1949) Who's Kitten Who? (1952) Freudy Cat (1964) |
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| Tie a Little String Around Your Finger | Seymour Simons | M. Witmark & Sons | 1930 | Bosko's Holiday (1931) | |
| Tiger Rag | Eddie Edwards
Nick LaRocca Henry Ragas Tony Sbarbaro Harry DeCosta |
Leo Feist, Inc. | 1917 | Ups 'n Downs (1931) | |
| Tiptoe Through the Tulips (with Me) | Joe Burke
Al Dubin |
M. Witmark & Sons | 1929 | Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930)
No Buddy Atoll (1945) A Bird in a Guilty Cage (1952) Birds Anonymous (1957) Strangled Eggs (1961) A Scent of the Mattehorn (1961) |
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| Trees | Oscar Rasbach | G. Schirmer, Inc. | 1922 | The Tree's Knees (1931) | |
| Under the Moon, It's You | Al Sherman (Norman White) | De Sylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc. | 1930 | Dumb Patrol (1931) | |
| Under the Sweetheart Tree | Sam H. Stept | Harms, Inc. | 1930 | Ain't Nature Grand! (1931) | |
| When Love Comes in the Moonlight | Joe Burke
Al Dubin |
De Sylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc. | 1930 | Dumb Patrol (1931) | |
| When the Little Red Roses Get the Blues for You | Joe Burke | De Sylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc. | 1930 | Congo Jazz (1930) | |
| You Don't Know What You're Doin' | George W. Meyer
Joe Young Benee Russell |
Remick Music Corp. | 1931 | You Don't Know What You're Doin'! (1931) |
Classical music[]
| Song | Composer(s) | Publisher | Year | Used In | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barber of Seville: Overture | Gioachino Rossini | Public Domain | 1816 | Rabbit of Seville (1950) | |
| Jolly Robbers Overture (Banditenstreiche) | Franz Von Suppe | Public Domain | 1867 | Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930)
Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk (1943) Birdy and the Beast (1944) The Windblown Hare (1949) Bear Feat (1949) The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950) Homeless Hare (1950) |
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| Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 | Edward Elgar | Public Domain | 1901 | Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930)
Smile, Darn Ya Smile! (1931) |
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| Spring Song | Felix Mendelssohn | Public Domain | 1844 | Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930)
Goopy Geer (1932) Moonlight for Two (1932) I Love to Singa (1936) Don't Look Now (1936) Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur (1939) Pied Piper Porky (1939) The Bear's Tale (1940) The Chewin' Bruin (1940) Ceiling Hero (1940) Holiday Highlights (1940) Porky's Bear Facts (1941) The Heckling Hare (1941) The Bird Came C.O.D. (1942) The Hep Cat (1942) The Sheepish Wolf (1942) Ding Dog Daddy (1942) Hare Ribbin' (1944) The Big Snooze (1946) One Meat Brawl (1947) Rabbit Punch (1948) Bone Sweet Bone (1948) Goopy Geer (1932) Moonlight for Two (1932) I Love to Singa (1936) Don't Look Now (1936) Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur (1939) Pied Piper Porky (1939) The Bear's Tale (1940) The Chewin' Bruin (1940) Ceiling Hero (1940) Holiday Highlights (1940) Porky's Bear Facts (1941) The Heckling Hare (1941) The Bird Came C.O.D. (1942) The Hep Cat (1942) The Sheepish Wolf (1942) Ding Dog Daddy (1942) Hare Ribbin' (1944) The Big Snooze (1946) One Meat Brawl (1947) Rabbit Punch (1948) Bone Sweet Bone (1948) |
Folk songs[]
| Song | Composer(s) | Publisher | Year | Used In | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Heck | Stephen R. Henry | Joseph W. Stern & Co. | 1914 | The Booze Hangs High (1930) | |
| Chicken Reel | Traditional
Joseph M. Daly |
Public Domain | 1910 | Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930)
The Mice Will Play (1938) Porky's Spring Planting (1938) Slap Happy Pappy (1940) Walky Talky Hawky (1946) The Foghorn Leghorn (1948) Curtain Razor (1949) Lovelorn Leghorn (1951) The EGGcited Rooster (1952) Of Rice and Hen (1953) Mother Was a Rooster (1962) The Slick Chick (1962) |
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| The Battle Hymn of the Republic | William Steffe | Public Domain | 1856/1861 | Congo Jazz (1930) | |
| Turkey in the Straw | Traditional | Public Domain | 1800s | The Booze Hangs High (1930) | |
| Yankee Doodle | Traditional | Public Domain | 1700s | Hold Anything (1930)
Bosko the Doughboy (1931) Draftee Daffy (1945) Dog Gone South (1950) Yankee Doodle Bugs (1954) |
Traditional songs[]
| Song | Composer(s) | Publisher | Year | Used In | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush | Traditional | Public Domain | 1800s | Congo Jazz (1930)
The Tree’s Knees (1931) Porky in Wackyland (1938) The Draft Horse (1942) Hare Ribbin' (1944) House Hunting Mice (1947) Thumb Fun (1952) Pests for Guests (1955) The High and the Flighty (1956) |
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| Mysterioso Pizzicato (The Villain's Them) | Traditional | Public Domain | 1914 | Congo Jazz (1930) | |
| Reuben and Rachel
(Reuben and Reuben) |
William Gooch
Harry Birch |
Public Domain | 1871 | Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930)
Ups 'n Downs (1931) |
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| Rock-a-Bye Baby | Traditional | Public Domain | c. 1765 | The Tree's Knees (1931)
Baby Buggy Bunny (1954) |
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| Shave and a Haircut | Traditional | Public Domain | 1899 (earliest) | Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930)
Show Biz Bugs (1957) |
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| The Goose Hangs High | Traditional | Public Domain | N/A | The Booze Hangs High (1930) | |
| Where, Oh Where, Has My Little Dog Gone? | Traditional | Public Domain | 1860s | Ups 'n Downs (1931)
Bosko's Soda Fountain (1931) Dog Tired (1942) Dog Pounded (1954) High Note (1960) |
Original songs[]
| Song | Composer(s) | Publisher | Year | Used In | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What's Up, Doc? | Carl W. Stalling | M. Witmark & Sons | 1944 | Stage Door Cartoon (1944) | Bugs Bunny's signature theme. |