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Kids love bugs. So, you can expect at least one show featuring insects every few years, but you might not expect a music tie-in. Beat Bugs went even further and gave us some old-time nostalgia with the Beatles. So, it’s no wonder that it had a soundtrack release as well.

Mercury Records released the “Beat Bugs Best of Seasons 1 and 2” soundtrack album on November 4, 2016, featuring the most popular music from the first two seasons of the show. They also released the first season separately, as well as the third season.

Dedicated to toddlers, the Netflix animated musical is not for everyone, but it has its charm. Therefore, you should keep reading to learn more about it.

The Best Beat Bugs Soundrack in One Collection

While most cartoons use modern pop music, shows for preschoolers tend towards much older fare for their music cues. So, it’s no surprise that Netflix rented some Beatles music for the 2016 animated musical comedy Beat Bugs.

One of two musical acts they released that year, Netflix made Beat Bugs to “extend the current golden age of television“ into children’s programming. While it didn’t begin a trend, the show was popular enough to have soundtrack albums.

Beat Bugs Season 1 Soundtrack Track List

Republic Records released the soundtrack album for the first season on August 26, 2016. It has the following 27 tracks performed by the show’s main cast:

1. All You Need Is Love
2. Help
3. Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds (feat. P!nk)
4. I Am the Walrus
5. I’m a Loser (feat. James Corden)
6. Come Together
7. Rain (feat. Aloe Blacc)
8. Good Day Sunshine (feat. Robbie Williams)
9. Sun King
10. Penny Lane
11. Birthday
12. I’ve Just Seen a Face
13. Magical Mystery Tour (feat. Eddie Vedder)
14. When I’m 64
15. Doctor Robert
16. Ticket To Ride
17. Getting Better
18. Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite
19. You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away
20. Day Tripper
21. In My Life (feat. Frances)
22. Why Don’t We Do It In the Road
23. Word (feat. The Shins)
24. Glass Onion
25. Honey Pie (feat. Wesley Schultz)
26. Carry That Weight
27. Blackbird (feat. Sia)

You can find the soundtrack on most music platforms.

Beat Bugs Best of Seasons 1 and 2 Soundtrack Track List

Initially, Republic didn’t release a soundtrack for Season 2. They released a combined “best” album for the first two seasons instead. The album dropped on November 4, 2016, with the following tracks:

1. Magical Mystery Tour (feat. Eddie Vedder)
2. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (feat. P!nk)
3. All You Need Is Love
4. Blackbird (feat. Sia)
5. Good Day Sunshine (feat. Robbie Williams)
6. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (feat. Rod Stewart)
7. Hey Bulldog (feat. James Bay)
8. And Your Bird Can Sing (feat. Regina Spektor)
9. Honey Pie (feat. Wesley Schultz)
10. I’m A Loser (feat. James Corden)
11. The Word (feat. The Shins)
12. Drive My Car (feat. Chris Cornell)
13. I’m Happy Just To Dance With You (feat. Tori Kelly)
14. Rain (feat. Aloe Blacc)
15. In My Life (feat. Frances)
16. Eleanor Rigby (feat. Of Monsters And Men)
17. I’ll Follow The Sun (feat. Jennifer Hudson)
18. Come Together
19. Birthday
20. Across The Universe
21. Yellow Submarine

You can find the Best of Seasons 1 and 2 album on most music platforms as well.

Season 2 Soundtrack Track List

A few weeks after the best album, Republic Records released the standalone album for Season 2 with the following songs:

1. Across the Universe
2. And Your Bird Can Sing
3. Anytime at All
4. Christmas Time (Is Here Again)
5. Drive My Car
6. Eleanor Rigby
7. Get Back
8. Got to Get You into My Life
9. Hello Goodbye
10. Hey Bulldog
11. I Call Your Name
12. I’ll Follow the Sun
13. I’m Happy Just to Dance with You
14. I’m So Tired
15. It Won’t Be Long
16. Mr. Moonlight
17. Nowhere Man
18. Please Mr. Postman
19. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
20. Strawberry Fields Forever
21. The Fool on the Hill
22. There’s a Place
23. Tomorrow Never Knows
24. We Can Work It Out
25. With a Little Help from My Friends
26. Yellow Submarine

You’ll find the album on all platforms.

Season 3 Soundtrack Track List

Republic released the third season soundtrack on November 16, 2018. It has the following 15 tracks:

1. Here Comes the Sun (feat. Yusuf / Cat Stevens)
2. You Won’t See Me (feat. Noah Kahan)
3. Let It Be (feat. Samantha Gongol)
4. Revolution (feat. Welshly Arms)
5. Hey Jude
6. Baby, You’re a Rich Man
7. Paperback Writer
8. I’m Only Sleeping
9. A Day in the Life (feat. Chloe Kohanski)
10. Yesterday
11. Mother Nature’s Son
12. Good Morning, Good Morning
13. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
14. Oh! Darling
15. The Long and Winding Road

You can find the album everywhere.

The Netflix Original Beat Bugs Animated Series

Beat Bugs is not the first time Beatles music was used as the basis for a cartoon, but it feels strange that Netflix used it. However, the series was successful enough to warrant their decision.

The Netflix original series follows five charming and funny child-like bugs who live in an overgrown American backyard. From the mind of Josh Wakely, the series features Beatles songs, such as “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” and “Help!”, performed by the bugs.

The series premiered on August 3 and ran for three seasons. You can watch the trailer below or watch the show on Netflix.

Find Other Soundtrack Albums from Netflix shows.

Netflix produces a lot of animated series and films. Some of them even have a soundtrack album. For instance, they also have Red Fish Blue Fish, which you can read about here on Toon Radio.