 Collections of original music featured in the series have been released on the albums SpongeBob SquarePants : Original Theme Highlights ( 2001 ) , SpongeBob 's Greatest Hits ( 2009 ) , and The Yellow Album ( 2005 ) . The first two charted on the US Billboard 200 , reaching number 171 and 122 , respectively . Several songs have been recorded with the purpose of a single or album release , and have not been featured on the show . For example , the song " My Tidy <unk> " written by Tom Kenny and Andy Paley was released only for the album The Best Day Ever ( 2006 ) . Kenny 's inspiration for the song was " underwear humor " . Kenny said , " Underwear humor is always a surefire laugh @-@ getter with kids ... Just seeing a character that odd wearing really prosaic , normal , Kmart , three @-@ to @-@ a @-@ pack underwear is a funny drawing ... We thought it was funny to make a really lush , beautiful love song to his underwear " . The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie – Music from the Movie and More ... , a soundtrack album featuring the score of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie , was released along with the feature @-@ length film in November 2004 . Various artists including the Flaming Lips , Wilco , Ween , Motörhead , the Shins , and Avril Lavigne contributed to the soundtrack that reached number 76 on the US Billboard 200 . 
