 The album The Simpsons Sing the Blues was released in September 1990 . The first single from it was the rap song " Do the Bartman " , performed by Bart Simpson 's voice actor Nancy Cartwright and released on November 20 , 1990 . Rumors began spreading in the summer of 1990 that Michael Jackson would write a song for Bart on the album . This song was reported early on to be " Do the Bartman " , but executive producer James L. Brooks issued a press release in September 1990 apologizing for the misunderstanding and stating that song was actually written by one of Jackson 's friends , Bryan Loren . 
