New York (Top40 Charts/ Nickelodeon) - SpongeBob SquarePants will have fans of all ages swaying to the sounds of Bikini Bottom this summer with Nickelodeon and Sony
Music Entertainment's (SME) release, SpongeBob's Greatest Hits. Available in stores everywhere and on iTunes July 14th, this brand-new full-length album features 17 tracks of original music from the past 10 years of the hit animated series, as well as new hits like "We've Got Scurvy," an original song performed by P!nk, and a remix of the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song performed by
Cee-Lo Green of Gnarls Barkley. Also included as a holiday bonus track is the aptly titled "Don't Be a Jerk (It's Christmas)," a new song, co-written by Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob, and Andy Paley.
Later this year, P!nk will appear as herself in a live-action sequence that will air during a special episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. The special also will include Cee-Lo's interpretation of the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song, set to an all-new opening sequence.
The complete track listing for SpongeBob's Greatest Hits is as follows:
1. SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song
2. The Goofy Goober Song
3. F.U.N. Song
4. Campfire Song Song
5. Ripped Pants
6. Where's Gary?
7. My Tighty Whiteys
8. Doing the Sponge
9. Stadium Rave
10. Goofy Goober Rock
11. The Best Day Ever
12. Idiot Friends
13. Gary's Song
14. The Bubble Song
15. SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song - performed by Cee-Lo Green
16. We've Got Scurvy - performed by P!nk
17. Don't Be a Jerk (It's Christmas)
Nickelodeon also will celebrate SpongeBob SquarePants' 10th anniversary with a number of DVD releases. First, SpongeBob will turn Bikini Bottom upside down in search of new shorts in SpongeBob SquarePants: To SquarePants or Not To SquarePants, available beginning July 21. Then, in a true testament to the series, a special compilation of SpongeBob SquarePants' First 100 Episodes will hit retail on Sept. 22, packed with exclusive special features.
Over the last 10 years, the porous brainchild of creator Steve Hillenburg has grown from a single Saturday morning kids' show to a certified pop culture maverick. Since its launch in July 1999, SpongeBob SquarePants has emerged as a pop culture phenomenon with 70 million viewers monthly, and has been the number-one animated program with Kids 2-11 for more than seven consecutive years. The show is seen in 171 markets in 25 languages and is the most widely distributed property in MTV Networks' history.
