Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks

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 in October 1995.

Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks
Compilation album (Tribute album) by Various Artists
Released	April 9, 1996
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	48:20
Label	Atlantic, Lava

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

Reception

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.

Track listing

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

Single tracks

Side A

• "No More Kings" by Pavement – 4:22

Side B

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

Chart performance

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