>http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/inside-spongebob-musicals-rock-soundtrack-bowie-and-more-w512793David Bowie also had a history with the SpongeBob franchise. The late icon had voiced the character of Lord Royal Highness in a 2007 episode of the TV show called "Atlantis SquarePantis," so when Landau was considering who to contact, he seemed like a natural fit.
When she reached out to Bowie in 2012, he said that he was very interested, but "didn't have time" to write an original song for the musical.
"I'm not sure where he was with his health at that point," Landau says. "But he told us he wanted to contribute and asked us to go through his catalogue, and see if there was a song we could adapt."
Hoping to find a lesser-known Bowie song, Landau stumbled upon "No Control," a B side from the singer's 1995 Brian Eno collaboration 1. Outside. "It seemed like quintessential Bowie, and it fit thematically with what we were doing," she says, referring to the show's apocalyptic plot. "So with his blessing, we started adapting the music and lyrics to fit the show."
>We could have gotten an original Bowie song for a Spongebob Musical 
