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More recently, the tune has been featured in four episodes of The Simpsons - ] (with ] singing the lyrics) and ] (featuring ] talking over a recording). In this episode the song is played in the background as ] and ] model the new colourless school uniforms. In ], the tune is played when Homer waits for his car to be fixed. In ] as Homer and Marge are going to buy a new engine for the fridge, the radio airs an ad on divorce, the music for which is "Spanish Flea". More recently, the tune has been featured in four episodes of The Simpsons - ] (with ] singing the lyrics) and ] (featuring ] talking over a recording). In this episode the song is played in the background as ] and ] model the new colourless school uniforms. In ], the tune is played when Homer waits for his car to be fixed. In ] as Homer and Marge are going to buy a new engine for the fridge, the radio airs an ad on divorce, the music for which is "Spanish Flea".


==Lyrics==
here was a little spanish flea
A record star he thought he'd be
He heard of singers like Beetles
and The Chipmunks he'd seen on TV
Why not a little spanish flea?

And so he hid
Inside a doggie from madrid
He arrived in the city
Still singin his sweet harmony
As proud as any flea could be

He walked around
As if he owned the town
Humming his pint sized melody
With his guitar he knew he'd be a star
And in his own home town, how proud he'd be

Then all at once he met a man
Who said, "I'll help you if i can"
He listened close to his song
And then he sang right along for you see
He loved that little spanish flea


==References== ==References==

Revision as of 08:57, 30 September 2006

"Spanish Flea" is a popular song that was written by Julius Wechter in the 1960s with lyrics by Cissy Wechter.

The song is best known from an instrumental version by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, released as a single and on their 1965 album Going Places, both of which were No.1 hits in America. The song featured Alpert's trumpet over a latin rhythm backing and was later used as the "Bachelorette’s Theme" on the long-running American television show The Dating Game.

"Spanish Flea" was also covered by Trudy Pitts on her debut album Introducing the Fabulous Trudy Pitts (1967).

More recently, the tune has been featured in four episodes of The Simpsons - The Otto Show (with Homer Simpson singing the lyrics) and Team Homer (featuring Lunchlady Doris talking over a recording). In this episode the song is played in the background as Martin and Lisa model the new colourless school uniforms. In Sunday, Cruddy Sunday, the tune is played when Homer waits for his car to be fixed. In Natural Born Kissers as Homer and Marge are going to buy a new engine for the fridge, the radio airs an ad on divorce, the music for which is "Spanish Flea".


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