Electric Love

"Electric Love"
Track	37
Duration	3:46
LP Side	1B
CD Disc	1
Lineup
Performed by	Megan Mullally Kevin Kline Loren Bouchard Nora Smith Eugene Mirman Mark Proksch Kristen Schaal H. Jon Benjamin Larry Murphy Dan Mintz John Roberts
Sung by	Gayle Genarro Calvin Fischoeder Gene Belcher Louise Belcher Tina Belcher Bob Belcher Linda Belcher Teddy Mr. Dinkler Choir kids
Production
Label	Sub Pop Records
Written by	Loren Bouchard & Nora Smith
Produced by	Loren Bouchard & Tim Dacey
Song Details
Primary	The Bob's Burgers Music Album
Secondary	N/A
Appeared in	"Topsy"
Released on	March 10, 2013 (episode release) September 20, 2016 (EP release) March 16, 2017 (lyrics video) May 12, 2017 (album release)
Song Chronology
Previous	"Baby Hold On"
Next	"T-I-N-A"

"Electric Love" is a song in "Topsy" and is the thirty-seventh track of The Bob's Burgers Music Album.

It was released as part of the album on May 12, 2017.

Profile

Release

On September 20, 2016, an extended play was released, featuring the version of the song in "Topsy."

Following the official announcement of The Bob's Burgers Music Album on February 23, 2017, the Behind Bob's Burgers YouTube channel uploaded a new track each Thursday throughout March and April. The channel uploaded a lyrics video for "Electric Love" on March 16.

On May 12, 2017, The Bob's Burgers Music Album was released digitally, at midnight local time, featuring the song.

Description

Throughout "Topsy," Gene develops the song he plans to perform for Louise's science fair project, making the song about a love story between Thomas Edison and Topsy the Elephant. He replaces himself and Tina as the two by getting Mr. Fischoeder and Gayle to sing for them. Louise shuts down the song after hearing it, but when Mr. Dinkler bans Louise from the science fair, he allows "Electric Love" to continue. Mr. Fischoeder and Gayle sing behind the curtains of Louise's project while Gene and Tina lip-sync, with Gene dressing up as Edison and Tina as Topsy.

The song plays again in the episode as it transitions from the end of it into the End Credits Sequence. In the sequence, Thomas Edison and Topsy sing the song, continuing to do so after they get electrocuted and start floating up. Tina, Gene, and Louise fly around like cherubs as they sing the background vocals, and at the end, Nikola Testa appears on a cloud, glaring at Edison.

The album and lyrics video version features dialogue before and in-between the song.

Lyrics

#	"Electric Love"	Singers

	(SPOKEN:All right, let's show these people that if it ain't man-on-elephant love, it ain't worth singin' about!)	(SPOKEN: Gene)
	(SPOKEN:(clears throat) Attention, everyone! We have a very special treat for you. It's a musical re-imagenactment of the very uplifting story of Thomas Edison and Topsy the Elephant.)	(SPOKEN: Mr. Dinkler)
	They say, "Thomas Edison"	Mr. Fischoeder
	"He's the man to get us in"	Mr. Fischoeder
	"To this century"	Mr. Fischoeder
	And that man is me	Mr. Fischoeder
	They'll say, "Aw, Topsy"	Gayle
	At my autopsy	Gayle
	But no one will be	Gayle
	More shocked than me	Gayle
	But I never noticed...	Mr. Fischoeder
	The curve of her trunk	Mr. Fischoeder
	And I never noticed...	Gayle
	His electric junk	Gayle
	We might just have found...	Gayle & Mr. Fischoeder
	Electric love...!	Gayle, Mr. Fischoeder, & Choir kids
	Electric love...!	Gayle, Mr. Fischoeder, & Choir kids
	Electric love...!	Gayle, Mr. Fischoeder, & Choir kids
	Electric love...! (SPOKEN: First, he wanted to kill her off. Now, they've found an electric love.)	Gayle, Mr. Fischoeder, & Choir kids; (SPOKEN: Choir kids)
	Electric love...! (SPOKEN: First, he wanted to kill her off. Now, they've found an electric love.)	Gayle, Mr. Fischoeder, & Choir kids; (SPOKEN: Choir kids)
	Fits like a glove...	Gayle & Mr. Fischoeder
	(SPOKEN: This is what really happened, people!)	(SPOKEN: Louise)
	(SPOKEN: This man, Thomas Edison, sentenced Topsy, the beautiful elephant, to die by electrocution!)	(SPOKEN: Louise)
	(SPOKEN: Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!)	(SPOKEN: Louise)
	(SPOKEN: Uh-oh.)	(SPOKEN: Bob)
	(SPOKEN: Here's your hero now, Dinkler!)	(SPOKEN: Louise)
	(SPOKEN: Hit it!)	(SPOKEN: Louise)
	(SPOKEN: Is that you, Louise?)	(SPOKEN: Teddy)
	(SPOKEN: Hit it!)	(SPOKEN: Louise)
	(SPOKEN: I've been down here so long. What's it like out there? Are people still the same with their funny ways?)	(SPOKEN: Teddy)
	(SPOKEN: Teddy, hit it!)	(SPOKEN: Louise)
	(SPOKEN: Oh, right, the thing we're doing.)	(SPOKEN: Teddy)
	(SPOKEN: Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh.)	(SPOKEN: Tina)
	(SPOKEN: Oh!)	(SPOKEN: Linda)
	(SPOKEN: Tina!)	(SPOKEN: Bob)
	(SPOKEN: Tina!)	(SPOKEN: Louise)
	(SPOKEN: Tina?)	(SPOKEN: Gene)
	(SPOKEN: I'm okay.)	(SPOKEN: Tina)
	(SPOKEN: Oh!)	(SPOKEN: Linda)
	(SPOKEN: Oh, thank God.)	(SPOKEN: Bob)
	(SPOKEN: Oh, God.)	(SPOKEN: Linda)
	(SPOKEN: Whew!)	(SPOKEN: Louise)
	(SPOKEN: Tina.)	(SPOKEN: Bob)
	(SPOKEN: I thought we weren't doing the death scene, but I saw the sparks and went with it. Was I convincing?)	(SPOKEN: Tina)
	(SPOKEN: Yes, very.)	(SPOKEN: Bob)
	(SPOKEN: Oh, my God, I almost electrocuted my sister! I've become Edison...)	(SPOKEN: Louise)
	(SPOKEN: Oh, you wish! So he electrocuted animals! So, what?! As if everyone here is perfect! (sobbing))	(SPOKEN: Mr. Dinkler)
	(SPOKEN: Could've asked me to sing, but whatever. You know, I could've sung it.)	(SPOKEN: Linda)
	(SPOKEN: Louise, is there something you want to say to your sister?)	(SPOKEN: Bob)
	(SPOKEN: Tina, I'm sorry I nearly killed you. I got carried away with the Dinkler thing, which worked out pretty well, but still, I shouldn't have almost killed you.)	(SPOKEN: Louise)
	(SPOKEN: It's okay—this is how Topsy would've wanted it, but with more trampling people.)	(SPOKEN: Tina)
	(SPOKEN: And Gene, I'm sorry to you, too. Your song was really good.)	(SPOKEN: Louise)
	(SPOKEN: I know, and without a single fart sound.)	(SPOKEN: Gene)
	(SPOKEN: Oh, my God, I forgot the fart sounds!.)	(SPOKEN: Gene)
	Electric love...!	Gayle, Mr. Fischoeder, & Choir kids
	Electric love...!	Gayle, Mr. Fischoeder, & Choir kids
	Electric love...!	Gayle, Mr. Fischoeder, & Choir kids
	Electric love...! (SPOKEN: First, he wanted to kill her off. Now, they've found an electric love.)	Gayle, Mr. Fischoeder, & Choir kids; (SPOKEN: Choir kids)
	Electric love...! (SPOKEN: First, he wanted to kill her off. Now, they've found an electric love.)	Gayle, Mr. Fischoeder, & Choir kids; (SPOKEN: Choir kids)
	Fits like a glove...	Gayle & Mr. Fischoeder

Bob's Buskers version

"Electric Love"
Track	109
Duration	1:42
LP Side	7"A
CD Disc	2
Lineup
Performed by	Stephen Merritt Kenny Mellman
Sung by	N/A
Production
Label	Sub Pop Records
Written by	Loren Bouchard & Nora Smith
Produced by	Chris Maxwell & Phil Hernandez
Song Details
Primary	The Bob's Burgers Music Album
Secondary	N/A
Released on	May 9, 2013 (music video) May 12, 2017 (album release)

The Bob's Buskers version of "Electric Love" is covered by Stephen Merritt and Kenny Mellman. It is the one-hundred-and-nineth track of The Bob's Burgers Music Album.

It was released as part of the album on May 12, 2017.

Profile

Release

On June 4, 2013, Vulture released the music video of the Bob's Buskers version of "Electric Love," with Stephen Merritt and Kelly Mellman covering the song, exclusive to their website. The magazine had previously teased its release in a previous Bob's Burgers-related article on May 9, 2013.

On May 12, 2017, The Bob's Burgers Music Album was released, at midnight local time, featuring the song.

Description

The cover is a shorter, stripped-down version of the original song, being two minutes shorter than the original. What remains is the first verse of the original song and its chorus. The chorus also repeats "electric love" seven times instead of six, not stating "fits like a glove" at the end of it.

The music video features Stephen Merritt dressed up as Topsy and Kenny Mellman dressed up as Thomas Edison. Merritt plays an accordion, and Mellman plays a keyboard and a miniature piano on top of it. They sing in front of the Wonder Wheel at Wonder Wharf at night, attracting people to listen, including the Belcher kids. During the chorus, attractions at Wonder Wharf light up, and the Wonder Wheel starts spinning. Scenes from "Topsy" appear in a montage during the chorus, in addition to original scenes, like Mr. Dinkler kissing his Thomas Edison poster.

Lyrics

#	"Electric Love"	Singers

	They say, "Thomas Edison"	Mellman
	"He's the man to get us in"	Mellman
	"To this century"	Mellman
	And that man is me	Mellman
	They'll say, "Aw, Topsy"	Merritt
	At my autopsy	Merritt
	But no one will be	Merritt
	More shocked than me	Merritt
	But I never noticed...	Mellman
	The curve of her trunk	Mellman
	And I never noticed...	Merritt
	His electric junk	Merritt
	We might just have found...	Merritt & Mellman
	Electric love...!	Merritt & Mellman
	Electric love...!	Merritt & Mellman
	Electric love...!	Merritt & Mellman
	Electric love...!	Merritt & Mellman
	Electric love...!	Merritt & Mellman
	Electric love...	Merritt & Mellman
	Electric love...!	Merritt & Mellman

Videos

Electric Love

Stephin Merritt and Kenny Mellman - Electric Love Bob's Buskers

Trivia

• On the music video for the Bob's Buskers version of the song, the title card incorrectly writes Stephin Merritt's name as "Stephen Merrit."
• Matt Berninger, member of The National, performed the song and other songs from The Bob's Burgers Music Album at the 2017 Bob's Burgers Live shows with his side project EL VY.