 While the song was never officially released as a single in the United States , it did top the charts in Australia , Ireland , New Zealand , Norway , and the United Kingdom . In the latter country , the song spent three weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart , and became Britain 's seventh best @-@ selling song of 1991 . " Do The Bartman " has shipped at least 400 @,@ 000 units in the United Kingdom and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry on February 1 , 1991 . The song 's success in the United Kingdom was remarkable , given that at that time The Simpsons was airing only on British satellite television station Sky One . It would be five years before it was first on terrestrial television in Britain , airing on BBC One and later BBC Two . 
