This is the last released track that features Tommy Ramone playing drums with the Ramones. It was recorded in 1977 at Brother Studio in Santa Monica. From Seymour Stein’s liner notes from The Paley Brothers: Complete Recordings: “Joey was sick (actually hospitalized) in LA and Johnny, Dee Dee and Tommy were getting restless sitting around […]
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“Good Night Olivia”
“Goodnight Olivia” Music By Andy Paley Lyrics By Andy Paley & Tom Kenny Andy and Tom Kenny wrote “Good Night Olivia,” which is played in many episodes of the popular Nickelodeon cartoon “Olivia.” The songs seems to have struck a chord, as YouTube is full of videos of kids singing the song. This video shows the […]
“I’m Gonna Kill You Someday”
“I’m Gonna Kill You Someday” was featured in “The Piano Has Been Thinking,” the special musical episode of the Thrilling Adventure Hour. The song was written by Andy Paley and Ben Acker and performed by the Andy Paley Orchestra with vocals by Marc Evan Jackson and J. K. Simmons. In this episode, the robot outlaw […]

The Paley Brothers: The Complete Recordings available now on Real Gone Records
Scroll down to listen to tracks from the album. For power pop fans and aficionados of the mid-to-late-‘70s Boston and downtown New York scenes, news that at last a CD is coming out containing ALL of the sides the Paley Brothers released on the Sire label would be reason enough for rejoicing. But news that […]

The Annoying Orange Theme Song
Tom Shephard hired Andy to write music for Dane Boedigheimer’s “The High Fructose Adventures Of the Annoying Orange” on the Cartoon Network. Andy scores and regularly writes songs for “Annoying Orange.” “Annoying Orange” Music by Andy Paley Lyrics by Andy Paley Performed by Andy Paley & Dane Boedigheimer

It’s a SpongeBob Christmas! Album
For the first time in the franchise’s thirteen-year history, the hugely popular SpongeBob SquarePants animated TV series has spawned a holiday album. It’s A SpongeBob Christmas! Album is out this month from Nickelodeon Records, offering 12 tracks of original SpongeBob music in tune with the season. The album features vocals and songwriting by voice actor Tom Kenny. Kenny co-wrote ten of the album’s songs with producer Andy Paley, and has voiced the character since the show’s inception. SpongeBob SquarePants was recently named “the most loved TV series in America” by USA Today.
The Piano Has Been Thinking (The Thrilling Adventure Hour musical episode)
Nerdist.com featured an interview with Andy about The Piano Has Been Thinking and got his thoughts on the show in general, and the songs featured in this episode specifically. You can listen to the entire podcast of the musical episode here, and read the interview below. Musician and composer Andy Paley: A lot of […]
Andy in the Press
The Hidden Genius of It's A SpongeBob Christmas Lenny Kaye, eMusic.com
Beauty in Two Dimensions: ‘It’s a Spongebob Christmas!’ Gene Sculatti, Rock's Back Pages
question of the day: What fictional characters need their own Christmas album? Flick Filosopher
SpongeBob follows 'Best Day Ever' with Christmas album Jim Bessman, Examiner.com
It's a SpongeBob Christmas! Jason Weisberger, BoingBoing.net
New SpongeBob SquarePants Song Urges Shoppers Not to Be Jerks This Holiday Season Huffington Post
SpongeBob Christmas special goes stop-motion Associated Press
Review: 'It's a SpongeBob Christmas!' adds an extra dimension Los Angeles Times