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Tuscaloosa got a shoutout on 'The Simpsons' on Sunday, February 8, 2015 when characters on the show claimed the city stole Springfield's town anthem.

According to the synopsis on Fox, the episode titled "Walking Big & Tail" covers two classic Simpsons storylines: Homer's weight and music. It reads: "When Lisa learns Springfield's anthem was stolen from another town she writes a replacement. Meanwhile, Homer learns the meaning of "Wide Pride."

It was based on the true story about a Milwaukee TV station in the 1980s hiring a composer to write a city-pride song, and he ended up shopping the same song to other cities.

In the same note, when Lisa learns Springfield's anthem was stolen from another town, she writes a replacement. The 'Get Lucky' singer Pharrell Williams offers a new anthem for the town.

Michael Price even posted on twitter "Springfield has a new anthem by Lisa and Bart (actually me and The Lonely Island's Asa Taccone). This Sunday at 8!"

The episode got some tweets, including one for the official "Simpsons" account, referencing the Tuscaloosa shoutout:

@TheSimpsons tweeted, "Towns with the same theme song as Springfield: Tuscaloosa, Austin, Oakland and Calgaran #thesimpsons"

@_KevinConnell also tweeted "Idk if anyone is watching this new Simpsons episode, but in the 1st minute, Tuscaloosa and @MoesBBQTTown were specifically mentioned. What."

@HumanPanther posted, "They talked about Tuscaloosa on @TheSimpsons !"

According to The Wrap, the tune of "Why Springfield, Why Not" is catchy, despite the fact that the lyrics like "We've only had a hurricane once/We haven't had a circus fire in months."

And the "Sure, our cops are easily bought/and our dentists are all self-taught," is not going to be a headline a tourism brochure.

Meanwhile, the rest of Springfield's kids, including Bart, Lisa, Mulhouse, Nelson sing about the things that city does not have to advocate, like the 'sinkhole', that they 'demolished the library', and that the hashtag '#SpringfieldPride' that has never trended, along with other twitter things that are "not-trending" such as '#C-Batteries' and '#TrustFoxNews'.

The hilarious "Why Springfield, Why Not" was written by Simpsons writer Michael Price and Asa Taccone from The Lonely Island.

'The Simpsons' airs Sundays at 8 p.m. on Fox.