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"I'm Just a Bill" is a 1976 Schoolhouse Rock! segment, featuring a song of the same title written by Dave Frishberg. The segment debuted as part of "America Rock," the third season of the Schoolhouse Rock! series. It is represented in popular culture more than most parts of the educational television series.
The Schoolhouse Rock Songbook (Cherry Lane Music), containing sheet music for 10 songs. Schoolhouse Rock! Soundtrack The 4-CD release with bonus tracks on each CD was released on June 18, 1996, by Rhino Records. The Best of Schoolhouse Rock (ISBN 1-56826-927-7) was released in 1998 jointly by American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. and Rhino Records.
The events of the constitutional convention of 1787 and the Constitution of the United States that emerged from it are the topic of this song, with the lyrics of the chorus directly quoting the constitution's preamble and setting it to music. A small section of the preamble was cut to make the song scan better.
After months of reporting on the haggling between Democrats and Republicans to pass Biden’s infrastructure bill, we thought the 45-year-old explainer needed an update.
While the old song talked about how a bill becomes a law, Jimmy Kimmel's version explains how the president makes things up. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign in. Subscriptions;
Frishberg wrote the music and lyrics for "I'm Just a Bill", the song about the forlorn legislative writ in the ABC Schoolhouse Rock! series, which was later transformed into the revue Schoolhouse Rock Live. For Schoolhouse Rock! he also wrote and performed "Walkin' on Wall Street", a song describing how the stock market works, and "$7.50 Once a ...
Many of us grew up learning civics on Saturday mornings via ABC's Schoolhouse Rock.Ask me how a bill becomes a law even today, and the I'm Just a Bill tune pops into my head. (If you have no idea ...
The ten segments covered various aspects of American history and government. Several of the segments, most notably "I'm Just a Bill" (discussing the legislative process) and "The Preamble" (which features a variant of the preamble of the Constitution put to music), have become some of Schoolhouse Rock 's most popular segments.