<p>Not all episodes are named after songs but most of them are and they are all named after cultural references.</p>

<hr>

<p>1 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Asteroid_Blues" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Asteroid Blues</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The blues</a> is a well known music genre</p>
</blockquote>

<p>2 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Stray_Dog_Strut" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Stray Dog Strut</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oQPn0rvXtE" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Stray Cat Strut</a> is one of the most famous songs of the band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stray_Cats" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Stray Cats</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>3 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Honky_Tonk_Women" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Honky Tonk Women</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXqQh7Y30eg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Honky Tonk Women</a> is a song composed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Rolling Stones</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>4 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Gateway_Shuffle" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Gateway Shuffle</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_Shuffle" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Shuffle or Melbourne Shuffle</a> is a rave and club dance</p>
</blockquote>

<p>5 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Ballad_of_Fallen_Angels" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ballad of Fallen Angels</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVEcIOwHf2k" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Fallen Angels</a> is a song composed by the band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosmith" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Aerosmith</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>6 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Sympathy_For_The_Devil" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Sympathy for the Devil</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRXGsPBUV5g" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Sympathy for the Devil</a> is a song made by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Rolling Stones</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>7 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Heavy_Metal_Queen" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Heavy Metal Queen</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Heavy Metal</a> is a rock/metal music genre</p>
</blockquote>

<p>8 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Waltz_For_Venus" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Waltz for Venus</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <ul>
  <li>Waltz is both a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltz_%28music%29" rel="nofollow noreferrer">music genre</a> and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltz" rel="nofollow noreferrer">dance</a>. For more, see <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/23838/cowboy-bebop-episode-title-waltz-for-venus-what-does-it-mean">this answer</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH3GSrCmzC8" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Waltz for Debbie</a> is both a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltz_for_Debby_%28song%29" rel="nofollow noreferrer">song</a> and an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltz_for_Debby_%281962_album%29" rel="nofollow noreferrer">album</a> composed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Evans" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bill Evans</a></li>
  </ul>
</blockquote>

<p>9 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Jamming_With_Edward" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Jamming with Edward</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Jamming with Edward is an album released in 1972 by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Rolling Stones</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>10 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Ganymede_Elegy" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ganymede Elegy</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegy_%28band%29" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Elegy</a> is a Dutch Power Metal band. </li>
  <li>An <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegy" rel="nofollow noreferrer">elegy</a> is also a type poem</li>
  </ul>
</blockquote>

<p>11 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Toys_In_The_Attic" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Toy in the Attic</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Toys in the Attic is both a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7X8OQ7BEqM" rel="nofollow noreferrer">song</a> and an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toys_in_the_Attic_%28album%29" rel="nofollow noreferrer">album</a> composed by the band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosmith" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Aerosmith</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>12 &amp; 13 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Jupiter_Jazz_%28Part_1%29" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Jupiter Jazz</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Jazz</a> is a genre of music</p>
</blockquote>

<p>14 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Bohemian_Rhapsody" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bohemian Rhapsody</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bohemian Rhapsody</a> is a song composed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_%28band%29" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Queen</a>.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>15 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/My_Funny_Valentine" rel="nofollow noreferrer">My Funny Valentine</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>There are multiple possible references. </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Funny_Valentine_%28album%29" rel="nofollow noreferrer">album</a> by Miles Davis</p></li>
  <li><p>The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Are-c0BLyIg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">music</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Frank Sinatra</a></p></li>
  <li><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Bloody_Valentine_%28band%29" rel="nofollow noreferrer">My Bloody Valentine</a> is an alternative rock band</p></li>
  </ul>
</blockquote>

<p>16 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Dog_Serenade" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Black Dog Serenade</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtN8oBjMr_E" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Black Dog</a> is a song composed by the band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Led Zeppelin</a>. A serenade is a type of song.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>17 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Mushroom_Samba" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Mushroom Samba</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Samba</a> is a Brazilian song and dance genre</p>
</blockquote>

<p>18 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Speak_Like_A_Child" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Speak Like a Child</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speak_Like_a_Child_%28album%29" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Speak Like a Child</a> is an album made by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Hancock" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Herbie Hancock</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>19 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Wild_Horses" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wild Horses</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQTHB4jM-KQ" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wild horses</a> is a song composed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Rolling Stones</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>20 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Pierrot_Le_Fou" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Pierrot Le Fou</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierrot_le_Fou" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Pierrot Le Fou</a> is a 1965 postmodern film directed by the French and Swiss filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, who was one of the founding members of the French New Wave in cinema. </p>
</blockquote>

<p>21 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Boogie_Woogie_Feng_Shui" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Boogie Woogie Feng Shui</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogie-woogie" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Boogie Woogie</a> is a musical genre</p>
</blockquote>

<p>22 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Cowboy_Funk" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Cowboy Funk</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Funk</a> is a genre of music</p>
</blockquote>

<p>23 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Brain_Scratch" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Brain Scratch</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Evil <strong>Brain</strong> Rejector is a song composed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Lee <strong>"Scratch"</strong> Perry</a> (album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_E.T." rel="nofollow noreferrer">Jamaican E.T.</a>)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>24 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Hard_Luck_Woman" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Hard Luck Woman</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUFuJQATLZA" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Hard Luck Woman</a> is a song composed by the band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" rel="nofollow noreferrer">KISS</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>25 &amp; 26 - <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/The_Real_Folk_Blues_Part_1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Real Folk Blues</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-real-folk-blues-mw0000200016" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Real Folk Blues</a> is a song composed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lee_Hooker" rel="nofollow noreferrer">John Lee Hooker</a></p>
</blockquote>

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Nice answer, my friend.  :)
Pratyush Manocha
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If we add the movie into this situation Knockin' On Heaven's Door is a song by Guns N' Roses
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Ikaros
<p>I noticed that some episodes are named after existing songs.</p>

<p>As an example, the <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Bohemian_Rhapsody">fourteenth episode</a> name is "<em>Bohemian Rhapsody</em>",  which is a famous song from the music band Queen</p>

<p>Are all Cowboy Bebop's episodes named after existing songs?</p>

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Are all Cowboy Bebop's episodes named after songs?
# Are all Cowboy Bebop's episodes named after songs?
Posted by: username_0 on 2016-01-27
I noticed that some episodes are named after existing songs.

As an example, the [fourteenth episode](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Bohemian_Rhapsody) name is "*Bohemian Rhapsody*", which is a famous song from the music band Queen

Are all Cowboy Bebop's episodes named after existing songs?
**Tags:** cowboy-bebop
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## 1 answers
### Answer by username_0 on 2016-01-27. Score: 27 | Accepted answer
Not all episodes are named after songs but most of them are and they are all named after cultural references.

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1 - [Asteroid Blues](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Asteroid_Blues)

> [The blues](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues) is a well known music genre

2 - [Stray Dog Strut](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Stray_Dog_Strut)

> [Stray Cat Strut](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oQPn0rvXtE) is one of the most famous songs of the band [Stray Cats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stray_Cats)

3 - [Honky Tonk Women](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Honky_Tonk_Women)

> [Honky Tonk Women](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXqQh7Y30eg) is a song composed by the [Rolling Stones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones)

4 - [Gateway Shuffle](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Gateway_Shuffle)

> [The Shuffle or Melbourne Shuffle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_Shuffle) is a rave and club dance

5 - [Ballad of Fallen Angels](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Ballad_of_Fallen_Angels)

> [Fallen Angels](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVEcIOwHf2k) is a song composed by the band [Aerosmith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosmith)

6 - [Sympathy for the Devil](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Sympathy_For_The_Devil)

> [Sympathy for the Devil](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRXGsPBUV5g) is a song made by the [Rolling Stones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones)

7 - [Heavy Metal Queen](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Heavy_Metal_Queen)

> [Heavy Metal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music) is a rock/metal music genre

8 - [Waltz for Venus](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Waltz_For_Venus)

> * Waltz is both a [music genre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltz_%28music%29) and a [dance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltz). For more, see [this answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/23838/cowboy-bebop-episode-title-waltz-for-venus-what-does-it-mean)
> * [Waltz for Debbie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH3GSrCmzC8) is both a [song](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltz_for_Debby_%28song%29) and an [album](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltz_for_Debby_%281962_album%29) composed by [Bill Evans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Evans)

9 - [Jamming with Edward](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Jamming_With_Edward)

> Jamming with Edward is an album released in 1972 by the [Rolling Stones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones)

10 - [Ganymede Elegy](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Ganymede_Elegy)

> * [Elegy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegy_%28band%29) is a Dutch Power Metal band.
> * An [elegy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegy) is also a type poem

11 - [Toy in the Attic](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Toys_In_The_Attic)

> Toys in the Attic is both a [song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7X8OQ7BEqM) and an [album](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toys_in_the_Attic_%28album%29) composed by the band [Aerosmith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosmith)

12 & 13 - [Jupiter Jazz](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Jupiter_Jazz_%28Part_1%29)

> [Jazz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz) is a genre of music

14 - [Bohemian Rhapsody](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Bohemian_Rhapsody)

> [Bohemian Rhapsody](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ) is a song composed by [Queen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_%28band%29).

15 - [My Funny Valentine](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/My_Funny_Valentine)

> There are multiple possible references.
>
> * The [album](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Funny_Valentine_%28album%29) by Miles Davis
> * The [music](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Are-c0BLyIg) by [Frank Sinatra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra)
> * [My Bloody Valentine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Bloody_Valentine_%28band%29) is an alternative rock band

16 - [Black Dog Serenade](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Dog_Serenade)

> [Black Dog](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtN8oBjMr_E) is a song composed by the band [Led Zeppelin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin). A serenade is a type of song.

17 - [Mushroom Samba](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Mushroom_Samba)

> [Samba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba) is a Brazilian song and dance genre

18 - [Speak Like a Child](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Speak_Like_A_Child)

> [Speak Like a Child](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speak_Like_a_Child_%28album%29) is an album made by [Herbie Hancock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Hancock)

19 - [Wild Horses](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Wild_Horses)

> [Wild horses](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQTHB4jM-KQ) is a song composed by the [Rolling Stones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones)

20 - [Pierrot Le Fou](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Pierrot_Le_Fou)

> [Pierrot Le Fou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierrot_le_Fou) is a 1965 postmodern film directed by the French and Swiss filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, who was one of the founding members of the French New Wave in cinema.

21 - [Boogie Woogie Feng Shui](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Boogie_Woogie_Feng_Shui)

> [Boogie Woogie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogie-woogie) is a musical genre

22 - [Cowboy Funk](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Cowboy_Funk)

> [Funk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk) is a genre of music

23 - [Brain Scratch](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Brain_Scratch)

> Evil **Brain** Rejector is a song composed by [Lee **"Scratch"** Perry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry) (album [Jamaican E.T.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_E.T.))

24 - [Hard Luck Woman](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Hard_Luck_Woman)

> [Hard Luck Woman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUFuJQATLZA) is a song composed by the band [KISS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29)

25 & 26 - [The Real Folk Blues](http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/The_Real_Folk_Blues_Part_1)

> [The Real Folk Blues](http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-real-folk-blues-mw0000200016) is a song composed by [John Lee Hooker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lee_Hooker)
> **Comments:**
> **username_1** (2016-02-28): Nice answer, my friend.  :)  
> **username_2** (2020-04-10): If we add the movie into this situation Knockin' On Heaven's Door is a song by Guns N' Roses  
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