Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks

1996 tribute album by various artists

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Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks

Compilation album (Tribute album) by

Various Artists

Released| April 9, 1996
Genre| Alternative rock
Length| 48:20
Label| Atlantic, Lava

Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks is a tribute album based on the American animated TV series, Schoolhouse Rock! It was released by Atlantic/Lava Records in 1996 and contains 15 tracks, the original "Schoolhouse Rocky" theme and covers of 14 songs from the series performed by popular music artists. There was also a promo-only 7" single distributed to promote this album featuring the Man or Astro-man? track and the Pavement track. This single was pressed on yellow vinyl. "Three Is a Magic Number" was one of the last recordings made by Blind Melon's Shannon Hoon, who died of a drug overdose on October 21, 1995 .

A portion of the sales of the album went to the Children's Defense Fund.[1]

## Reception

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Reception to Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks was generally very positive, with Entertainment Weekly rating it a B+ and commenting on the surprising charm and high-quality contributions by the popular young artists.[1]

## Track listing

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All tracks written by Bob Dorough, except where noted.

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Performer| Length

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1.| "Schoolhouse Rocky"| Dorough, Tom Yohe| Bob Dorough and Friends| 0:13
2.| "I'm Just a Bill"| Dave Frishberg| Deluxx Folk Implosion| 3:26
3.| "Three Is a Magic Number"|  | Blind Melon| 3:14
4.| "Conjunction Junction"|  | Better Than Ezra| 3:44
5.| "Electricity, Electricity!"|  | Goodness| 3:21
6.| "No More Kings"| Lynn Ahrens| Pavement| 4:22
7.| "The Shot Heard 'Round the World"|  | Ween| 3:09
8.| "My Hero, Zero"|  | The Lemonheads| 3:06
9.| "The Energy Blues"| George Newall| Biz Markie| 3:10
10.| "Little Twelvetoes"|  | Chavez| 3:56
11.| "Verb: That's What's Happening"|  | Moby| 4:29
12.| "Interplanet Janet"| Ahrens| Man or Astro-man?| 2:46
13.| "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here"|  | Buffalo Tom| 2:13
14.| "Unpack Your Adjectives"| Newall| Daniel Johnston| 3:05
15.| "The Tale of Mr. Morton"| Ahrens| Skee-Lo| 4:05

## Single tracks

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Side A

* "No More Kings" by Pavement – 4:22

Side B

* "Interplanet Janet" by Man or Astro-man? – 2:46

## Chart performance

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The album charted at number 70 on the Billboard 200 in 1996.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b "EW Music Review Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks (1996) Various Artists". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
2. ^ "Billboard 200". Billboard.

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Schoolhouse Rock!

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"I'm Just a Bill"

Albums|

* Schoolhouse Rock! Soundtrack (1996)
* Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks (1996)

Musicals|

* Schoolhouse Rock Live!

Television specials|

* Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong

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* The Metric Marvels

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* MusicBrainz release group

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