Music in Brainiac: Science Abuse

The British television program, Brainiac: Science Abuse is well known for featuring popular pieces of music performed by many people. The title of the song is often relevant to the subject of the experiment being done while the song is played.
Songs are listed in the order they are played and unknown songs are noted. Music thought to be written exclusively for the show are not listed.

The following is a list of performers and their songs

Series One
*Episode One unknown, unknown, Jorge BenJor "Mas que nada", unknown, unknown, Journey "Keep on Runnin", Vangelis Theme from "Chariots of Fire" unknown, C & C Music Factory "Things That Make You Go Hmmm", unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Theme from "The Great Escape", unknown, C & C Music Factory "Things That Make You Go Hmmm", unknown, unknown, R.E.M. "Shiny Happy People"
*Episode Two unknown, The Carpenters "Close to You" unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Elton John "Rocket Man", unknown, unknown, unknown, Diana Krall "The Look of Love", Steppenwolf "Born to Be Wild", C & C Music Factory "Things That Make You Go Hmmm", Diana Krall "The Look of Love", unknown, unknown
*Episode Three Weird Al Yankovic "Eat It", unknown, unknown, unknown, Rod Stewart "I Am Sailing", Celine Dion "My Heart Will Go On", unknown, unknown, Glenn Frey "The Heat Is On", Rehab "So Dizzy", unknown, unknown, unknown, Nelly "Hot In Herre", unknown, The Prodigy "Smack My Bitch Up", unknown, unknown, The Prodigy "Smack My Bitch Up", unknown
*Episode Four unknown, Electric Six "'", Eddy Grant "Electric Avenue", C & C Music Factory "Things That Make You Go Hmmm", unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, R. Kelly "I Believe I Can Fly", C & C Music Factory "Things That Make You Go Hmmm", unknown, unknown, C & C Music Factory "Things That Make You Go Hmmm", unknown, Quincy Jones Getta Bloomin' Move-On (Chorus from The Italian Job) , John Williams Theme from "Jaws", unknown Jean Michel Jarre "Oxygene Part IV"
*Episode Five unknown, Elvis Presley "Viva Las Vegas", unknown, Elvis Presley "Viva Las Vegas", unknown, unknown, unknown, C & C Music Factory "Things That Make You Go Hmmm", unknown, Carl Orff O Fortuna, Arrow "Hot Hot Hot", unknown, Brad Paisley "Alcohol" Sam Cooke "Chain Gang", unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Theme from "Mission: Impossible", unknown, unknown,

Series Two
*Every episode: Traditional "Aloha Oe" ("Which fruit floats" segment)
*Every episode: C&C Music Factory "Things that make you go hmmm"
*Various episodes: Tina Turner "Simply the Best"

Series Three
*Every episode: Traditional "Dueling Banjos" ("Will it break or bounce?" segment)
*Every episode: St Winifred's School Choir "There's no one quite like Grandma" (Granny Brainiac Segment)
*Every episode: Scissor Sisters Laura (Dr. Bunhead On The Road)
*Various Episodes: Diana Ross "Chain Reaction"
*Episode unknown: Britney Spears "Toxic"
*Episode Four: Whitesnake "Slide it in", Gustav Holst "The Planets" (Mars)
*Episode Five: Peter Tchaikovsky "The Nutcracker", Steppenwolf "Born to Be Wild", Antonio Vivaldi "The Four Seasons" (Spring), Richard Wagner "Ride of the Valkyries"
*Episode Six: Pink Floyd "Another Brick in the Wall" Singer unknown Mah Nà Mah Nà, Antonio Vivaldi "The Four Seasons" (Spring), The Ohio Players "Love Rollercoaster", Lipps Inc "Funkytown", KC and the Sunshine Band ""
*Episode Seven: Kaiser Chiefs "Everyday I Love You Less And Less", Theme from The Adventures of Black Beauty "Galloping Home", The Beatles "Good Day Sunshine", Katrina And The Waves " Walking On Sunshine", The Beatles "Rain", "Rawhide",
*Episode Eight: Mozart "Marriage of Figaro" (overture), Theme from Mission: Impossible, ABBA "Money Money Money"
*Christmas Special: Traditional "Deck the Halls", Slade "Merry Xmas Everybody", Santa Baby, Modest Mussorgsky "Night on Bald Mountain", Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town Emerson, Lake & Palmer "I Believe in Father Christmas", Traditional "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", "Once in Royal David's City", Richard Wagner "Ride of the Valkyries" Traditional "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" Brenda Lee "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" "'", Mariah Carey, "All I Want For Christmas Is You" Antonio Vivaldi "The Four Seasons" (Winter), Maurice Ravel "Boléro", "Sleigh Ride", Cliff Richard "Mistletoe and Wine", Shakin' Stevens "Merry Christmas Everyone" Georges Bizet "Carmen", Traditional "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Forest Green), "Drivin' Home for Christmas" Traditional "O Come All Ye Faithful" The Waitresses "Christmas Wrapping" Carl Orff "O Fortuna" Giacomo Puccini "Nessun Dorma", "Silent Night"

Series Four
*Various Episodes "Ride of the Valkries", Queen, "Breakthru", Ann Beretta "Crash" Talking Heads "Ride to Nowhere"
*Episode One "Chicken Dance", Richard Wagner Richard Strauss "Also sprach Zarathustra"
*Episode Two Stevie Wonder "I Just Called to Say I Love You", Tom Jones "I Like the Way You Move", Groove Armada "I See You Baby",
*Episode Three Britney Spears "Toxic", The Fifth Dimension "Up, Up and Away" Sugarbabes "Freak Like Me", Theme from Fawlty Towers, Sinead O'Connor "Visions of You"
*Episode Four Traditional "The Happy Wanderer", Caesars "Jerk It Out", Basement Jaxx "Where's Your Head At", Madonna "Skin", The Cure "Close to Me", Theme from Austin Powers, R.E.M. "'", Dolly Parton "9 to 5" Franz Ferdinand "Take Me Out" Kaiser Chiefs "I Predict a Riot", Barry White You're My First, My Last, My Everything", Undertones "Teenage Kicks",
*Episode Five Otis Blackwell "Great Balls of Fire" Stealers Wheel "Stuck In The Middle With You" War "Low Rider" Groove Armada "I See You Baby", "Born to Be Wild"
*Episode Six Gustav Holst "The Planets" (Mars), Kaiser Chiefs "I Predict a Riot", Richard Strauss "Also Sprach Zarathustra", Theme from Austin Powers, John Philip Sousa "Liberty Bell March", Daniel Bedingfield "Gotta Get Thru This", Britney Spears "Toxic", Weird Al Yankovic "Eat It", Leroy Anderson "The Typewriter",
*Episode Seven Otis Blackwell "Great Balls of Fire", Franz Ferdinand "Darts of Pleasure" Caesars "Jerk It Out", Dolly Parton "9 to 5", Elvis Presley "Hound Dog", George Clinton "Atomic Dog'",
*Episode Eight R.E.M. Everybody Hurts, House of Pain Jump Around, Franz Ferdinand Darts of Pleasure, The Beach Boys I Get Around, Bruce Springsteen Born to Run Radiohead High and Dry, Mozart Overture from Marriage of Figaro, The Cure "The Lovecats"
*Episode Nine The Fifth Dimension "Up, Up and Away", Choral from "Beethoven's Ninth Symphony", Franz Ferdinand "Darts of Pleasure", Tony Christie "The Avenues and Alleyways",

Series Five
*Episode One Traditional Aloha Oe, Elvis Presley "Stuck on You", Charles Wright "Express Yourself", Modest Mussorgsky "Night on Bald Mountain", Kate Bush "Running Up That Hill", Soviet National Anthem, Johann Sebastian Bach "Toccata and Fugue In D minor", The Trammps "Disco Inferno", The Beach Boys "Fun Fun Fun", The Beach Boys "I Get Around", The Beach Boys "Little Deuce Coupe", The Beach Boys "Sloop John B" Jimmy Cliff "The Harder They Come"
*Episode Two The Trammps Disco Inferno", Girls Aloud "Long Hot Summer", Traditional Aloha Oe, Soviet National Anthem, Cornershop "Brimful of Asha" Vanilla Ice "Ice Ice Baby" Queen "Breakthru" Traditional "Greensleeves" Tchaikovsky "1812 Overture" Bee Gees "Stayin' Alive"

Multiple Series
The Dandy Warhols "I am a Scientist"
Scissor Sisters "Laura"

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