document_title: List of Steven Universe episodes

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text: List of Steven Universe episodes

text: Series overview

text: SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedFirst airedLast airedPilotMay 21, 2013 (2013-05-21)152November 4, 2013 (2013-11-04)April 16, 2015 (2015-04-16)226March 13, 2015 (2015-03-13)January 8, 2016 (2016-01-08)325May 12, 2016 (2016-05-12)August 10, 2016 (2016-08-10)425August 11, 2016 (2016-08-11)May 11, 2017 (2017-05-11)526May 29, 2017 (2017-05-29)TBA

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text: Episodes

text: The following lists are ordered according to the list on the official website of the series,[3] which reflects the intended watching order of the creators.[4] While similar to the original broadcast order, three episodes from the first season were not broadcast until the second season.

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text: Pilot (2013)

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TitleDirected byWritten and storyboarded byOriginal release dateProd.code"The Time Thing"[5]Phil Rynda (creative), Sue Mondt (art), and Genndy Tartakovsky (timing)Rebecca SugarMay 21, 2013 (2013-05-21) (online)501-???
Upon returning from an intergalactic mission, the Crystal Gems—Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl—have brought a mysterious magical hourglass. Steven Universe, the youngest member of the Crystal Gems, gets his hands on the device and discovers that it has the ability to let him travel back in time in order to make snappy comebacks. However, his actions soon bring about a deadly adversary, with everyone's lives dependent on Steven being able to make a worthwhile comeback.

text: Season 1 (2013–15)

text: The supervising director for this season is Ian Jones-Quartey.

text: Season One initially aired weekly on Monday nights, switching to Thursday nights from "Steven the Sword Fighter". "Rose's Scabbard" and "The Message" through to Season Two's "Full Disclosure" aired over five nights as the first "Stevenbomb".

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No.overallNo. inseasonTitleArt direction byWritten and storyboarded byOriginal air dateProd.codeUS viewers(millions)11"Gem Glow"Kevin DartJoe Johnston and Jeff LiuNovember 4, 2013 (2013-11-04)1020-0031.86[6]
Steven is disappointed that his favorite ice-cream sandwich brand, Cookie Cat, gets taken off the market. He soon cheers up upon discovering that the Gems managed to get hold of some of the last remaining Cookie Cats, which he comes to believe may be the key to activating his gem.
22"Laser Light Cannon"Kevin DartKat Morris and Rebecca SugarNovember 4, 2013 (2013-11-04)1020-0011.86[6]
When a menacing "Red Eye" is about to hit Beach City, the only thing that can destroy it is a Laser Light Cannon that once belonged to Steven's mother, Rose Quartz. Steven and his father, Greg, search through Greg's storage for the cannon.
33"Cheeseburger Backpack"Kevin DartIan Jones-Quartey and Rebecca SugarNovember 11, 2013 (2013-11-11)1020-0021.68[7]
The Crystal Gems take Steven on his first mission: to place a Moon Goddess statue on top of the ruined Lunar Sea Spire. Steven tries to prove he can be useful with the help of his new novelty Cheeseburger Backpack.
44"Together Breakfast"Kevin DartIan Jones-Quartey, Rebecca Sugar, and Paul VillecoNovember 11, 2013 (2013-11-11)1020-0041.68[7]
Steven's attempt to get the Gems to share his special breakfast sends him on a journey through their ancient Crystal Temple; but when the breakfast absorbs a dangerous artifact, it comes to life and must be defeated.
55"Frybo"Kevin DartRaven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoNovember 18, 2013 (2013-11-18)1020-0081.29[8]
Steven brings a mascot costume to life with a magical gem shard in order help his friend Peedee, but it backfires when the mascot goes rogue.
66"Cat Fingers"Kevin DartKat Morris, Hilary Florido, Ian Jones-Quartey, and Rebecca SugarNovember 25, 2013 (2013-11-25)1020-0051.71[9]
Trying to master his shapeshifting abilities, Steven turns his fingers into cats, which get out of control.
77"Bubble Buddies"Kevin DartKat Morris and Aleth RomanillosDecember 2, 2013 (2013-12-02)1020-0061.61[10]
Steven forms a magic bubble around himself and a girl named Connie to save her from a falling rock, but he has no idea how to make it disappear.
88"Serious Steven"Kevin DartJoe Johnston and Jeff LiuJanuary 13, 2014 (2014-01-13)1020-0071.35[11]
While navigating through an ancient Gem maze, Steven tries to prove to the Gems that he can take the mission seriously.
99"Tiger Millionaire"Kevin DartRaven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoJanuary 20, 2014 (2014-01-20)1020-0111.57[12]
Steven joins an underground wrestling league with Amethyst, who's tired of Garnet and Pearl bringing her down.
1010"Steven's Lion"Kevin Dart and Elle MichalkaLamar Abrams and Aleth RomanillosJanuary 27, 2014 (2014-01-27)1020-0121.51[13]
Steven befriends a magical lion he finds in the desert during a mission.
1111"Arcade Mania"Kevin DartLamar Abrams, Aleth Romanillos, and Luke WeberFebruary 17, 2014 (2014-02-17)1020-0091.17[14]
Steven takes the Gems to the Funland Arcade, where Garnet becomes enchanted by a rhythm game.
1212"Giant Woman"Kevin DartJoe Johnston and Jeff LiuFebruary 24, 2014 (2014-02-24)1020-0101.89[15]
Steven encourages Amethyst and Pearl to fuse together into a four-armed "giant woman" named Opal, but Amethyst and Pearl keep quarrelling.
1313"So Many Birthdays"Elle MichalkaRaven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoMarch 3, 2014 (2014-03-03)1020-0141.17[16]
After learning that the Gems are thousands of years old, Steven throws a party to make up for all the birthdays they've missed, and he begins to worry about what it means to grow up himself.
1414"Lars and the Cool Kids"Elle MichalkaLamar Abrams and Matt BralyMarch 10, 2014 (2014-03-10)1020-0151.50[17]
Steven and Lars hang out with the cool kids—Jenny Pizza, Buck Dewey, and Sour Cream—but their teenage shenanigans get them into magical trouble.
1515"Onion Trade"Elle MichalkaLamar AbramsMarch 17, 2014 (2014-03-17)1020-0181.79[18]
A toy trade between Steven and Onion escalates into epic proportions.
1616"Steven the Sword Fighter"Elle MichalkaJoe Johnston and Jeff LiuApril 9, 2014 (2014-04-09)1020-0131.10[19]
Pearl's attempt to teach Steven the art of sword-fighting using a holographic version of herself goes awry when she gets injured and has to retreat into her gem to heal.
1717"Lion 2: The Movie"Elle MichalkaJoe Johnston and Jeff LiuApril 23, 2014 (2014-04-23)1020-0171.57[20]
Steven and Connie try to ride Lion to the movie theater, but Lion instead takes them to a mysterious Gem armory.
1818"Beach Party"Elle MichalkaLamar AbramsApril 30, 2014 (2014-04-30)1020-0201.44[21]
After a battle damages the Fish Stew Pizza sign, the Gems are banned from the restaurant, so Steven throws a cookout on the beachside to mend the relationship between the Pizza family and the Gems.
1919"Rose's Room"Elle MichalkaJoe Johnston and Jeff LiuMay 14, 2014 (2014-05-14)1020-0191.55[22]
Steven's desire for some alone time unlocks a room in the temple that answers his every wish.
2020"Coach Steven"Elle MichalkaRaven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoAugust 21, 2014 (2014-08-21)1020-0161.85[23]
Against Pearl's advice, Steven becomes determined to get stronger after watching Garnet and Amethyst fuse into the mighty (and destructive) Sugilite.
2121"Joking Victim"Elle MichalkaRaven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoAugust 28, 2014 (2014-08-28)1020-0241.63[24]
When Lars fakes an injury to take a sick day from work, Steven helps Sadie out at the Big Donut, and they pull a prank on Lars to get back at him.
2222"Steven and the Stevens"Elle MichalkaJoe Johnston and Jeff LiuSeptember 4, 2014 (2014-09-04)1020-0212.14[25]
Steven needs a musical partner for an upcoming show, so he uses a time travel device to recruit himself as the perfect bandmate. This episode re-uses the time-travel device from the non-canonical pilot episode.
2323"Monster Buddies"Elle MichalkaLamar Abrams and Hellen JoSeptember 11, 2014 (2014-09-11)1020-0222.07[26]
Steven accidentally releases a captured Gem monster from her bubble and attempts to tame her wild form.
2424"An Indirect Kiss"Elle MichalkaRaven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoSeptember 18, 2014 (2014-09-18)1020-0231.73[27]
Steven tells Connie about his mission with the Gems to heal Amethyst when she cracked her gem.
2525"Mirror Gem" (Part 1)Elle MichalkaRaven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoSeptember 25, 2014 (2014-09-25)1020-0252.34[28]
Steven befriends a magical mirror that can mysteriously communicate with him, and ends up freeing its prisoner: Lapis Lazuli, another mysterious Gem.
2626"Ocean Gem" (Part 2)Elle MichalkaJoe Johnston and Jeff LiuSeptember 25, 2014 (2014-09-25)1020-0262.34[28]
Lapis Lazuli disappears after reigniting a past conflict with the three Crystal Gems and takes the ocean with her, leaving Beach City in a panic on the first day of summer. Steven, Connie, Greg, Lion and the Gems go on a mission to confront Lapis and set things right.
2727"House Guest"Elle MichalkaLamar Abrams and Hellen JoOctober 2, 2014 (2014-10-02)1026-0272.00[29]
Left temporarily homeless and with a broken leg after the events of the previous episode, Greg stays in Steven's house while his leg heals and unintentionally interferes with Steven's healing powers.
2828"Space Race"Elle MichalkaJoe Johnston and Jeff LiuOctober 9, 2014 (2014-10-09)1026-0281.99[30]
Steven, Pearl, and Greg visit Greg's family's barn and work together to build a spaceship so that Pearl can revisit the wonders of the cosmos, but Pearl gets a little carried away.
2929"Secret Team"Elle MichalkaHilary Florido and Katie MitroffOctober 16, 2014 (2014-10-16)1026-0302.46[31]
When they accidentally pop a bubble containing gem shards, Steven forms a secret team with Amethyst and Pearl to retrieve the shards before Garnet finds out. After doing so, Steven wants to keep the secret team going.
3030"Island Adventure"Elle MichalkaRaven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoOctober 23, 2014 (2014-10-23)1026-0331.53[32]
Steven tries to mend Lars and Sadie's friendship by taking them on vacation to the mysterious Mask Island; but they become stranded there for several days.
3131"Keep Beach City Weird"Elle MichalkaRaven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoOctober 30, 2014 (2014-10-30)1026-0291.45[33]
Steven is taken in by Ronaldo's conspiracy theories about the paranormal occurrences in Beach City.
3232"Fusion Cuisine"Elle MichalkaLamar Abrams and Hellen JoNovember 6, 2014 (2014-11-06)1026-0311.46[34]
Steven asks the Gems to fuse together into Alexandrite and pretend to be his mother at a dinner with Connie's family.
3333"Garnet's Universe"Elle MichalkaJoe Johnston and Jeff LiuNovember 13, 2014 (2014-11-13)1026-0361.64[35]
When Garnet returns from a mission, Steven imagines a story about what she did all day.
3434"Watermelon Steven"Elle MichalkaLamar Abrams and Hellen JoNovember 20, 2014 (2014-11-20)1026-0351.83[36]
Steven grows a patch of watermelons shaped like himself, but they soon come to life and attack the people of Beach City and the Crystal Gems.
3535"Lion 3: Straight to Video"Elle MichalkaJoe Johnston, Jeff Liu, and Rebecca SugarDecember 4, 2014 (2014-12-04)1026-0321.92[37]
Lion keeps lying on Steven's face while he's sleeping, leading Steven to discover a pocket dimension in Lion's mane.This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-Form Animation.
3636"Warp Tour"Elle MichalkaRaven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoJanuary 8, 2015 (2015-01-08)1026-0371.94[38]
Steven becomes uneasy after seeing an unknown object traversing a warp stream, despite the Gems' attempts to disprove his claims. They learn that the source of the mysterious objects is Peridot, a Gem from the Gem Homeworld checking up on Earth.
3737"Alone Together"Elle MichalkaHilary Florido, Katie Mitroff, and Rebecca SugarJanuary 15, 2015 (2015-01-15)1026-0341.67[39]
While practicing how to fuse with the Gems, Steven accidentally fuses with Connie, forming an unprecedented Gem/human fusion named Stevonnie.
3838"The Test"Elle MichalkaHilary Florido and Katie MitroffJanuary 22, 2015 (2015-01-22)1026-0381.94[40]
Steven finds out that the Lunar Sea Spire mission from the third episode was meant to be a test of his ability to join the Gems on missions, so he demands a new test.
3939"Future Vision"Elle MichalkaLamar Abrams and Hellen JoJanuary 29, 2015 (2015-01-29)1026-0392.03[41]
Steven learns that Garnet can see into the future and becomes paranoid about the possible dangers around him.
4040"On the Run"Elle MichalkaJoe Johnston and Jeff LiuFebruary 5, 2015 (2015-02-05)1026-0402.08[42]
Steven and Amethyst try out life on the road, and Amethyst reveals her origin to Steven: she was created on Earth as part of the original Gem colonization of the planet.
4141"Horror Club"Elle MichalkaRaven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoFebruary 12, 2015 (2015-02-12)1026-0411.67[43]
Steven goes to the lighthouse to watch scary movies with Ronaldo, Lars, and Sadie.
4242"Winter Forecast"Elle MichalkaLamar Abrams and Hellen JoFebruary 19, 2015 (2015-02-19)1026-0432.05[44]
Steven has to take Connie back to her home before a blizzard hits Beach City, and Garnet shows him some future outcomes of this before they leave.
4343"Maximum Capacity"Elle MichalkaHilary Florido, Katie Mitroff, and Rebecca SugarFebruary 26, 2015 (2015-02-26)1026-0421.97[45]
While cleaning out Greg's storage unit, he and Amethyst are distracted by watching old episodes of their favorite sitcom Li'l Butler.
4444"Marble Madness"Elle MichalkaJoe Johnston and Jeff LiuMarch 5, 2015 (2015-03-05)1026-0441.92[46]
When droids from space descend towards warp pad zones, Steven and the Gems attempt to find out their purpose.
4545"Rose's Scabbard"Elle MichalkaRaven M. Molisee, Paul Villeco, and Rebecca SugarMarch 9, 2015 (2015-03-09)1026-0451.22[47]
Pearl takes Steven to a special place that belonged to Rose Quartz after Lion finds the scabbard for Rose's sword.
4646"Open Book"[nb 1]Elle MichalkaHilary Florido and Katie MitroffMarch 19, 2015 (2015-03-19)1026-0461.73[49]
When Connie is upset by the ending of her favorite book series, Steven takes her to Rose's room to attempt to remake the ending.
4747"Shirt Club"[nb 1]Elle MichalkaLamar Abrams and Hellen JoApril 16, 2015 (2015-04-16)1026-0471.42[50]
Steven and Buck make T-shirts featuring Steven's crudely drawn advertisement for Greg's guitar lessons.
4848"Story for Steven"[nb 1]Elle MichalkaJoe Johnston and Jeff LiuApril 9, 2015 (2015-04-09)1026-0482.00[51]
Greg tells Steven the story of how he met Rose Quartz.
4949"The Message"Elle MichalkaLamar Abrams and Hellen JoMarch 10, 2015 (2015-03-10)1026-0491.30[52]
Steven and the Gems need Greg's help to retrieve a message being transmitted through a Gem artifact called a Wailing Stone.
5050"Political Power"Elle MichalkaHilary Florido and Katie MitroffMarch 11, 2015 (2015-03-11)1026-0501.42[53]
After the Gems cause a power outage in Beach City, Steven helps Mayor Dewey control the situation.
5151"The Return" (Part 1)Elle MichalkaRaven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoMarch 12, 2015 (2015-03-12)1026-0511.70[54]
Steven helps evacuate Beach City in the face of an invasion from the Gem Homeworld by Peridot and the warrior Gem Jasper.
5252"Jail Break" (Part 2)Elle MichalkaJoe Johnston, Jeff Liu, and Rebecca SugarMarch 12, 2015 (2015-03-12)1026-0521.70[54]
Trapped on the Gem Warship, Steven attempts to rescue the Gems, including two unfamiliar Gems named Ruby and Sapphire, from Peridot and Jasper's clutches.

text: Season 2 (2015–16)

text: "Sworn to the Sword" through to "Chille Tid", "Cry for Help" to "Friend Ship", and "The Answer" to "Log Date 7 15 2" all aired daily over three five-night "Stevenbombs".

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No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten and storyboarded byOriginal air dateProd.codeUS viewers(millions)531"Full Disclosure"Elle Michalka and Jasmin Lai (art)Raven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoMarch 13, 2015 (2015-03-13)1031-0531.52[55]
Steven tries to avoid Connie so he doesn't have to tell her about his ordeal with the Homeworld Gems from the previous episodes.
542"Joy Ride"Jasmin Lai (art)Hilary Florido and Katie MitroffMarch 26, 2015 (2015-03-26)1031-0541.34[56]
The cool kids take Steven out on a late-night joyride to lift his spirits, and end up discovering Peridot's escape pod.
553"Say Uncle"Elle Michalka and Jasmin Lai (art)Joe Johnston and Jeff LiuApril 2, 2015 (2015-04-02)1031-0561.93[57]
In this non-canon crossover episode, Uncle Grandpa arrives to aid Steven in unlocking the power of his gem.
564"Love Letters"Jasmin Lai (art)Lamar Abrams and Hellen JoApril 23, 2015 (2015-04-23)1031-0551.67[58]
When Jamie the mailman falls in love with Garnet, Steven and Connie must help turn him down gently.
575"Reformed"Jasmin Lai (art)Raven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoApril 30, 2015 (2015-04-30)1031-0571.39[59]
Amethyst keeps trying to find a new form to regenerate into while she, Steven and Garnet chase after a Gem monster loose in the temple.
586"Sworn to the Sword"[nb 2]Ian Jones-Quartey (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Joe Johnston and Jeff LiuJune 15, 2015 (2015-06-15)1031-0601.98[60]
Connie, wanting to protect Steven, takes swordfighting lessons with Pearl.
597"Rising Tides, Crashing Skies"Jasmin Lai (art)Lamar Abrams and Hellen JoJune 16, 2015 (2015-06-16)1031-0591.82[61]
Ronaldo investigates the Crystal Gems in a web documentary for his "Keep Beach City Weird" blog.
608"Keeping It Together"Jasmin Lai (art)Raven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoJune 17, 2015 (2015-06-17)1031-0611.80[62]
While the Crystal Gems chase after Peridot in the Kindergarten, Steven and Garnet discover a dark secret while exploring its inner workings.
619"We Need to Talk"Jasmin Lai (art)Hilary Florido, Katie Mitroff, and Rebecca SugarJune 18, 2015 (2015-06-18)1031-0621.73[63]
After witnessing Steven and Connie fuse again, Greg explains to them how he learned about fusion from his time with Rose Quartz, hoping to pull it off himself in order to grow closer to her.
6210"Chille Tid"Jasmin Lai (art)Lamar Abrams and Lauren ZukeJune 19, 2015 (2015-06-19)1031-0631.90[64]
Steven is exhausted from searching the ocean for Jasper and Lapis Lazuli's fusion, Malachite, so Garnet has Pearl and Amethyst stay with him for a slumber party. Steven, discovering that he has the power of astral projection, is rattled by recurring dreams of Lapis.
6311"Cry for Help"Jasmin Lai (art)Joe Johnston and Jeff LiuJuly 13, 2015 (2015-07-13)1031-0641.71[65]
When TV broadcasts are disrupted by a video signal emitted by Peridot from the Gem communication tower, Garnet chooses to fuse with Pearl into Sardonyx to destroy it, which dismays Amethyst. As the tower keeps being fixed, however, Steven and Amethyst are shocked to discover who's really behind it.
6412"Keystone Motel"Jasmin Lai (art)Raven M. Molisee, Paul Villeco, and Rebecca SugarJuly 14, 2015 (2015-07-14)1031-0651.73[66]
While she accompanies Greg and Steven on a road trip to another state and a visit to a motel, Garnet's anger over what Pearl did in the previous episode causes her to split into Ruby and Sapphire.
6513"Onion Friend"Jasmin Lai (art)Lamar Abrams and Katie MitroffJuly 15, 2015 (2015-07-15)1031-0671.83[67]
During a visit to Onion's house, Amethyst rekindles her friendship with his mother, Vidalia, while Onion shows Steven around his room.
6614"Historical Friction"Jasmin Lai (art)Hilary Florido and Lauren ZukeJuly 16, 2015 (2015-07-16)1031-0661.88[68]
Steven is asked by Jamie to participate in a play funded by Mayor Dewey about Beach City's founding, with Pearl stepping in to provide a more historically accurate script.
6715"Friend Ship"Jasmin Lai (art)Joe Johnston and Jeff LiuJuly 17, 2015 (2015-07-17)1031-0681.65[69]
After the recent events, Pearl wants to redeem herself by capturing Peridot, who then traps the Crystal Gems in an old, abandoned Gem spaceship.
6816"Nightmare Hospital"Jasmin Lai (art)Raven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoSeptember 10, 2015 (2015-09-10)1031-0691.39[70]
After Connie's mother confiscates Rose's sword, Steven and Connie sneak into the hospital where she works to retrieve it from her.
6917"Sadie's Song"Kat Morris (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Raven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoSeptember 17, 2015 (2015-09-17)1031-0731.50[71]
Steven helps Sadie with an act for the annual Beach-a-Palooza talent show.
7018"Catch and Release"Kat Morris (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Hilary Florido and Lauren ZukeSeptember 24, 2015 (2015-09-24)1031-0701.39[72]
The Crystal Gems finally capture Peridot, but Steven suspects that she has information that the Crystal Gems need to know and attempts to learn what it is, allowing her to live in his bathroom.
7119"When It Rains"Joe Johnston (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Lamar Abrams and Katie MitroffOctober 1, 2015 (2015-10-01)1031-0711.36[73]
After Steven explains life on Earth to Peridot, and she experiences her first rainstorm, she decides to tell him about her mission: to locate an experimental Gem creation called the Cluster.
7220"Back to the Barn"Joe Johnston (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Joe Johnston and Jeff LiuOctober 8, 2015 (2015-10-08)1031-0721.59[74]
At the barn, when Peridot and Pearl fight over who will lead the construction of a drill that will take the group to the Cluster's location, Steven suggests they build robots and compete with each other.
7321"Too Far"Kat Morris (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Hilary Florido and Lauren ZukeOctober 15, 2015 (2015-10-15)[nb 3]1031-0741.39[75]
Peridot gets carried away with Gem gossip and reveals something about Amethyst, unintentionally offending her.
7422"The Answer"Joe Johnston (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Lamar Abrams and Katie MitroffJanuary 4, 2016 (2016-01-04)1031-0751.38[76]
Garnet tells Steven the story of how Ruby and Sapphire first met and joined the Crystal Gems.This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-Form Animation.
7523"Steven's Birthday"Joe Johnston (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Lamar Abrams and Katie MitroffJanuary 5, 2016 (2016-01-05)1031-0791.35[77]
While celebrating his fourteenth birthday with the Gems, Greg, and Connie, Steven takes on a more adult form using his shapeshifting powers. However, this proves harmful to his human body.
7624"It Could've Been Great"Joe Johnston (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Joe Johnston and Jeff LiuJanuary 6, 2016 (2016-01-06)1031-0761.45[78]
Steven and the Gems travel to an information archive on the Moon to discover the Cluster's exact location.
7725"Message Received"Kat Morris (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Raven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoJanuary 7, 2016 (2016-01-07)1031-0771.39[79]
Steven becomes devastated and mistrustful of Peridot after she steals a communication device from the Moon Base, which she uses to contact her leader, Yellow Diamond.
7826"Log Date 7 15 2"Kat Morris (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Hilary Florido and Lauren ZukeJanuary 8, 2016 (2016-01-08)1031-0781.34[80]
While Peridot is in turmoil over what she did in the previous episode, Steven listens to her audio diary and learns how she and Garnet learned to get along during their time at the barn, despite their radical differences.

text: Season 3 (2016)

text: "Super Watermelon Island" through to "Hit the Diamond" aired weekly as the event "In Too Deep"[81], while the remaining episdes (and the first two of Season Four) aired every weekday as part of the four-week event "Summer Adventures"[82].

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No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten and storyboarded byOriginal air dateProd.codeUS viewers(millions)791"Super Watermelon Island" (Part 1) Joe Johnston (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Joe Johnston and Jeff LiuMay 12, 2016 (2016-05-12)1031-0801.69[83]
Using his astral projection ability, Steven discovers that the Watermelon Stevens have formed their own civilization on Mask Island. However, when he sees Malachite on the island as well, the Gems head into action to fight Malachite as Alexandrite, with the Watermelon Stevens helping them.
802"Gem Drill" (Part 2) Kat Morris (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Raven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoMay 12, 2016 (2016-05-12)1031-0811.69[83]
With the other Gems stranded on Mask Island and the Cluster beginning to show signs of forming, Steven and Peridot drill deep underground alone in order to stop the Cluster and save Earth.
813"Same Old World"Joe Johnston (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Lamar Abrams and Katie MitroffMay 19, 2016 (2016-05-19)1031-0831.40[84]
Lapis Lazuli has nowhere left to go after being freed from her fusion with Jasper, so Steven shows her the locations Earth has to offer to find her a new home.
824"Barn Mates"Joe Johnston (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Hilary Florido and Lauren ZukeMay 26, 2016 (2016-05-26)[nb 4]1031-0821.37[85]
Steven tries to help Peridot and Lapis Lazuli resolve their past conflicts and get along at the barn.
835"Hit the Diamond"Joe Johnston (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Joe Johnston and Jeff LiuJune 2, 2016 (2016-06-02)[nb 4]1031-0841.55[86]
A dispatch team of five Ruby soldiers arrive from Homeworld in search of the missing Earth mission leader. To protect Peridot, the Crystal Gems (with Garnet splitting into Ruby and Sapphire again) attempt to get rid of the gullible Rubies by challenging them to a game of baseball.
846"Steven Floats"Kat Morris (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Paul VillecoJuly 18, 2016 (2016-07-18)[nb 5]1031-0851.55[87]
Upon returning home with the Gems, Steven discovers he has the ability to float in the air. However, after jumping too high, he becomes stuck in the sky; the Gems spend all night attempting to get him back on the ground.
857"Drop Beat Dad"Joe Johnston (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Lamar Abrams and Katie MitroffJuly 18, 2016 (2016-07-18)1031-0871.55[87]
Sour Cream's estranged biological father Marty returns to Beach City and aids him in hosting a concert, much to the dismay of his stepdad, Yellowtail.
868"Mr. Greg"Joe Johnston (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Joe Johnston and Jeff LiuJuly 19, 2016 (2016-07-19)1031-088[88]1.55[89]
In this special musical episode, after Greg suddenly comes into a great deal of money, he takes Steven and Pearl on a vacation to Empire City. However, Pearl is having trouble letting go of her resentment of Greg's relationship with Rose Quartz.This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-Form Animation.
879"Too Short to Ride"Kat Morris (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Hilary Florido and Lauren ZukeJuly 20, 2016 (2016-07-20)1031-0861.41[90]
Steven, Amethyst and Peridot visit Funland for the day, but Peridot becomes resentful when using shapeshifting powers she doesn't have seems to be the only way to have fun.
8810"The New Lars"Kat Morris (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Raven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoJuly 21, 2016 (2016-07-21)1031-0891.53[91]
Steven attempts to improve Lars' life when he accidentally ends up in Lars's body due to his astral projection ability.
8911"Beach City Drift"Kat Morris (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Hilary Florido and Lauren ZukeJuly 22, 2016 (2016-07-22)1031-0901.29[92]
When Steven and Connie run into Kevin, an obnoxious teenager who had harassed Stevonnie in an earlier episode, they fuse again to try to humiliate him by beating him in a car race.
9012"Restaurant Wars"Joe Johnston (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Lamar Abrams and Katie MitroffJuly 25, 2016 (2016-07-25)1031-0911.51[93]
When Steven accidentally re-ignites an old feud between restaurant owners Mr. Fryman and Kofi Pizza, it is up to Steven and the restaurant owners' children to try to stop the feud.
9113"Kiki's Pizza Delivery Service"Joe Johnston (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Colin Howard and Jeff LiuJuly 26, 2016 (2016-07-26)1031-0921.31[94]
Kiki has been having nightmares due to being overworked at Fish Stew Pizza when her sister skips work, so Steven helps by using his astral projection to go into Kiki's dreams.
9214"Monster Reunion"Kat Morris (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Raven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoJuly 27, 2016 (2016-07-27)1031-0931.38[95]
When Steven's healing powers suddenly return, he re-releases the Centipeetle and attempts to heal her. He can't fully cure her corruption, but he learns from her about her history as a Homeworld officer abandoned on Earth at the end of the war.
9315"Alone at Sea"Kat Morris (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Hilary Florido, Kat Morris, and Rebecca SugarJuly 28, 2016 (2016-07-28)1031-094[88]1.32[96]
Steven and Greg take Lapis Lazuli on a boat ride to help her recover from her trauma. However, Jasper follows them and confronts Lapis, seeking to fuse into Malachite again.
9416"Greg the Babysitter"Joe Johnston (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Lamar Abrams and Katie MitroffJuly 29, 2016 (2016-07-29)1031-0951.31[97]
When Steven asks Greg how he started working at the car wash, Greg tells Steven about a day he and Rose spent babysitting Sour Cream for Vidalia.
9517"Gem Hunt"Joe Johnston (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Colin Howard and Jeff LiuAugust 1, 2016 (2016-08-01)1031-0961.64[98]
Connie goes on her first mission with Steven and Pearl to find a corrupted Gem monster in the Great North, only to find two monsters being targeted by Jasper.
9618"Crack the Whip"Kat Morris (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Raven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoAugust 2, 2016 (2016-08-02)1031-0971.90[99]
When Garnet and Pearl return to the Great North to look for Jasper, Amethyst is put in charge of Steven and Connie. They continue their battle training together and try to have a fun day in Beach City, but are interrupted by the reappearance of Jasper.
9719"Steven vs. Amethyst"Kat Morris (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Hilary Florido and Lauren ZukeAugust 3, 2016 (2016-08-03)1031-0981.74[100]
Following the events of the previous episode, Amethyst's self-esteem has hit rock bottom. With Steven's rising power, Amethyst begins to suspect that she is now the weakest Gem on the team. This leads Steven and Amethyst to engage in a duel to see who really is the weakest Gem.
9899[nb 6]2021"Bismuth"Joe Johnston (supervising),Jasmin Lai (art)Lamar Abrams, Colin Howard, Jeff Liu, and Katie MitroffAugust 4, 2016 (2016-08-04)1031-0991031-1002.15[101]
Bismuth, one of the original Crystal Gems, is accidentally freed by Steven from a bubble inside Lion's mane. She is welcomed back with open arms by Pearl and Garnet, while Amethyst quickly warms up to her company. However, Steven soon notices that Bismuth's outlook on the rebellion is radically different from the other Gems' when she shows eagerness to re-ignite the Gem War with an unethical secret weapon.
10022"Beta" (Part 1) Kat Morris (supervising),Ricky Cometa (art)Hilary Florido and Lauren ZukeAugust 8, 2016 (2016-08-08)[nb 7]1031-1011.99[102]
With Amethyst obsessing over her loss to Jasper, Steven takes her to visit Peridot and Lapis Lazuli at the barn. Peridot and Lapis show off their attempts at creating art (which they call "meepmorps"). When that fails to cheer Amethyst up, Peridot takes her and Steven to Jasper's birthplace, a heavily rushed and poorly-made Kindergarten, where they discover Jasper is the only perfectly-formed Gem made at that site.
10123"Earthlings" (Part 2) Kat Morris (supervising),Ricky Cometa (art)Raven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoAugust 8, 2016 (2016-08-08)1031-1021.99[102]
Amethyst fights Jasper but cannot get the upper hand until, in a moment of commiseration with Steven, she fuses with him into Smoky Quartz. Jasper's rash decision to retaliate by fusing with a corrupt Gem results in her being corrupted herself, but not before blaming Rose Quartz for the loss of Pink Diamond.
10224"Back to the Moon"Joe Johnston (supervising),Ricky Cometa (art)Lamar Abrams and Katie MitroffAugust 9, 2016 (2016-08-09)1031-1031.45[103]
The dispatch team of Rubies have returned to the barn still searching for Jasper. To try to get rid of them once again, Amethyst impersonates Jasper, but things go awry when the Rubies take her and the other Crystal Gems to contact Yellow Diamond at the Moon Base. While there, Steven learns a shocking fact: that Rose Quartz personally destroyed Pink Diamond.
10325"Bubbled"Joe Johnston (supervising),Ricky Cometa (art)Colin Howard and Jeff LiuAugust 10, 2016 (2016-08-10)1031-1041.57[104]
After being sucked out of the Moon Base's airlock with the Rubies, bubbling himself to safely float through space, Steven has a life-and-death encounter with the murderous Ruby he nicknamed Eyeball.

text: Season 4 (2016–17)

text: The series moved to Fridays from "The New Crystal Gems". "Steven's Dream" through to "That Will Be All", and "Lion 4: Alternate Ending" to "I Am My Mom" each aired daily as two four-night events (the former titled "Out of This World").

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No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten and storyboarded byOriginal air dateProd.codeUS viewers(millions)1041"Kindergarten Kid"Kat Morris (supervising),Ricky Cometa (art)Raven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoAugust 11, 2016 (2016-08-11)1040-1051.32[106]
In an episode described as a homage to Warner Bros.' Road Runner cartoons,[105] Steven and Peridot are determined to catch a fast, elusive Gem monster.
1052"Know Your Fusion"Kat Morris (supervising),Ricky Cometa (art)Hilary Florido and Lauren ZukeAugust 12, 2016 (2016-08-12)1040-1061.35[107]
When Steven and Amethyst introduce Smoky Quartz to Garnet and Pearl, they fuse into Sardonyx and interview Smoky Quartz about what makes them special.
1063"Buddy's Book"Joe Johnston (supervising),Ricky Cometa (art)Lamar Abrams and Katie MitroffAugust 18, 2016 (2016-08-18)1040-1071.37[108]
When Connie takes Steven to the Public Library, he discovers an old journal by William Dewey's first mate Buddy, which chronicles his visits to various Gem locations.
1074"Mindful Education"Joe Johnston (supervising),Ricky Cometa (art)Colin Howard, Jeff Liu, and Takafumi HoriAugust 25, 2016 (2016-08-25)1040-1081.33[109]
Steven and Connie continue their combat training, and practice fighting while fused as Stevonnie. However, when overwhelming guilt from both Steven and Connie over past events gets in their way, Garnet helps them find inner peace.
1085"Future Boy Zoltron"Kat Morris (supervising),Ricky Cometa (art)Raven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoSeptember 1, 2016 (2016-09-01)1040-1091.36[110]
After accidentally breaking an old fortune-telling machine at Funland, Steven decides to take its place and tell people's futures. While he initially has fun, he eventually meets a mysterious man who seems to only have depressing futures.
1096"Last One Out of Beach City"Kat Morris (supervising),Ricky Cometa (art)Hilary Florido and Lauren ZukeSeptember 8, 2016 (2016-09-08)1040-110[88]1.31[111]
Pearl offers to go with Steven and Amethyst to a rock show, deciding to get in touch with her rebellious side whilst trying to impress a woman who looks similar to Rose.
1107"Onion Gang"Joe Johnston (supervising),Ricky Cometa (art)Lamar Abrams and Katie MitroffSeptember 15, 2016 (2016-09-15)1040-1111.26[112]
Onion brings Steven into the woods to introduce him to his friends and have a fun day.
11111289"Gem Harvest"Kat Morris (supervising),Ricky Cometa (art)Raven M. Molisee, Paul Villeco, Hilary Florido, and Lauren ZukeNovember 17, 2016 (2016-11-17)1040-1131040-1141.39[113]
When Steven visits Lapis and Peridot at the barn, they get an unexpected visit from Greg's grumpy cousin Andy. To get to know his uncle and make him feel at home, Steven attempts to host a family dinner with Andy, Greg, and the Gems.
11310"Three Gems and a Baby"Joe Johnston (supervising),Ricky Cometa (art)Lamar Abrams and Katie MitroffDecember 1, 2016 (2016-12-01)1040-1151.29[114]
Greg tells Steven about his first winter as a baby: when Steven was only a few months old, the Gems were still struggling to understand that Rose Quartz had given up her form to allow Steven to be born and wasn't coming back.
11411"Steven's Dream"Joe Johnston (supervising),Ricky Cometa (art)Jeff Liu and Colin HowardJanuary 30, 2017 (2017-01-30)[nb 8]1040-1161.36[115]
Steven begins to have a strange dream that causes him to cry, which he quickly realizes is related to Pink Diamond. When he asks the Gems to give him information about Pink Diamond, they refuse to give any, so Steven and Greg travel to Korea to find the truth themselves.
11512"Adventures in Light Distortion"Kat Morris (supervising),Ricky Cometa (art)Raven M. Molisee and Paul Villeco[nb 9]January 30, 2017 (2017-01-30)[nb 10]1040-1171.36[115]
After Greg is abducted by Blue Diamond, Steven and the Gems rush off into space with the Rubies' ship to rescue him. Faster-than-light travel has unexpected effects on the Gems' bodies, and in Steven's haste, he puts himself and the Gems in danger.
11613"Gem Heist"Kat Morris (supervising),Ricky Cometa (art)Hilary Florido and Lauren ZukeJanuary 31, 2017 (2017-01-31)[nb 10]1040-1181.25[116]
The Gems reach a space station that once belonged to Pink Diamond, and sneak in to rescue Greg, but in order to do so, they must play the roles they were made for, so as not to arouse suspicion.
11714"The Zoo"Joe Johnston (supervising),Ricky Cometa and Elle Michalka (art)Lamar Abrams and Katie MitroffFebruary 1, 2017 (2017-02-01)[nb 10]1040-1191.23[117]
Steven finds Greg in Pink Diamond's "Human Zoo", and tries to look for a way out. This proves easier said than done as the humans there are guided through a strictly scheduled and regimented life.
11815"That Will Be All"Joe Johnston (supervising),Ricky Cometa and Elle Michalka (art)Colin Howard, Joe Johnston, and Rebecca SugarFebruary 2, 2017 (2017-02-02)[nb 10]1040-1201.15[118]
While Blue Diamond and Yellow Diamond argue over their diverging ways of coping with Pink Diamond's death, Steven, Greg and the Crystal Gems attempt to escape the space station before they are discovered.
11916"The New Crystal Gems"Kat Morris (supervising),Ricky Cometa (art)Raven M. Molisee and Paul VillecoFebruary 10, 2017 (2017-02-10)1040-1211.06[119]
Connie tells Steven the story of how she, Peridot, and Lapis attempted to take the Crystal Gems' places as the protectors of Beach City while he was in space.
12017"Storm in the Room"Joe Johnston (supervising),Ricky Cometa (art)Colin Howard and Jeff LiuFebruary 17, 2017 (2017-02-17)1040-1241.02[120]
Steven uses his room in the temple to create a simulated image of Rose Quartz in order to try to experience what it would be like to know his mother. He ends up confronting her with his troubled feelings about her complex legacy and her choice to create him.
12118"Rocknaldo"Kat Morris (supervising),Ricky Cometa (art)Hilary Florido and Lauren ZukeFebruary 24, 2017 (2017-02-24)1040-1221.10[121]
Ronaldo decides to join the Crystal Gems. However, once Steven lets him join the team, Ronaldo's self-centered attitude begins to try Steven's patience.
12219"Tiger Philanthropist"Joe Johnston (supervising),Ricky Cometa (art)Lamar Abrams and Katie MitroffMarch 3, 2017 (2017-03-03)1040-1230.90[122]
When Amethyst quits wrestling at the abandoned warehouse, Steven continues doing so himself as Tiger Philanthropist. However, Steven soon begins to doubt the point of wrestling when the audience doesn't take to his new persona.
12320"Room for Ruby"Kat Morris (supervising),Ricky Cometa (art)Raven M. Molisee and Lauren ZukeMarch 10, 2017 (2017-03-10)1040-1250.95[123]
"Navy", one of the Rubies who came to Earth to find Jasper, crashes on Earth and is welcomed in by Steven to be a Crystal Gem. However, Lapis Lazuli does not trust Navy's overly optimistic nature, knowing of Navy's previous encounters with the Crystal Gems.
12421"Lion 4: Alternate Ending"Kat Morris (supervising),Elle Michalka (art)Hilary Florido and Paul VillecoMay 8, 2017 (2017-05-08)[nb 11]1040-1261.01[124]
Steven tries to search for secret messages Rose may have left him about his "magical destiny". Lion eventually leads him to a tape—but it's just an alternate version of the message from Rose he's already seen.
12522"Doug Out"Joe Johnston (supervising),Elle Michalka (art)Lamar Abrams and Katie MitroffMay 9, 2017 (2017-05-09)[nb 11]1040-1270.96[125]
Connie's father, Doug, investigates a break-in at Funland. He invites Steven and Connie to join him to stake out the amusement park.
12623"The Good Lars"Joe Johnston (supervising),Elle Michalka (art)Colin Howard and Jeff LiuMay 10, 2017 (2017-05-10)[nb 11]1040-128[88]0.95[126]
The Cool Kids invite Steven, Lars and Sadie to a potluck. Steven and Sadie encourage Lars to bake a cake for the party, but Lars is insecure about revealing his baking skills.
12724"Are You My Dad?" (Part 1) Kat Morris (supervising),Elle Michalka (art)Raven M. Molisee and Lauren ZukeMay 11, 2017 (2017-05-11)[nb 11]1040-1291.14[127]
Lars, Sadie, Onion and Jamie have mysteriously disappeared. While investigating the mystery, Steven comes across an unfamiliar Gem, who keeps asking "Are you my dad?".
12825"I Am My Mom" (Part 2) Kat Morris (supervising),Elle Michalka (art)Hilary Florido and Paul VillecoMay 11, 2017 (2017-05-11)[nb 11]1040-1301.14[127]
Steven and the Gems race to rescue all of Steven's friends from Aquamarine and Topaz, and find out the horrifying truth behind their actions, but as the stakes keep rising, Steven must make the most difficult decision of his life.

text: Season 5 (2017–18)

text: Episodes moved to Mondays from "Your Mother and Mine". "Stuck Together" through to "Lars' Head", and "Lars of the Stars" to "Jungle Moon" both aired back-to-back as events, titled "Wanted" and "Stranded" respectively; "Now We're Only Falling Apart" through to "Reunited" aired daily as a five-night event titled "Heart of the Crystal Gems".

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No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten and storyboarded byOriginal air dateProd.code US viewers(millions)1291"Stuck Together" (Part 1) Kat Morris (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Lauren ZukeMay 29, 2017 (2017-05-29)[nb 12]10??-1331.53[128]
Steven and Lars, stuck inside Topaz, try to look for a way to escape the Homeworld-bound ship. Their heartfelt conversation commiserating over their plight earns them Topaz's sympathy.
1302"The Trial" (Part 2) Joe Johnston (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Katie Mitroff and Paul VillecoMay 29, 2017 (2017-05-29)10??-1341.53[128]
Steven is put on trial before Blue and Yellow Diamond for Rose Quartz's assassination of Pink Diamond. During the trial, Steven's attorney, a Zircon, analyses the evidence and argues that the public account of Pink Diamond's death doesn't make sense, and suggests that the true facts of the case have been covered up.
1313"Off Colors" (Part 3) Joe Johnston (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Lamar Abrams and Jeff LiuMay 29, 2017 (2017-05-29)10??-1311.52[128]
After escaping from the Diamonds, Steven and Lars encounter and befriend the "off-colors", a group of "defective" Gems who live in hiding from Gem society.
1324"Lars' Head" (Part 4) Kat Morris (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Jeff Liu and Madeline QueripelMay 29, 2017 (2017-05-29)10??-1321.52[128]
After Steven brings Lars back to life with his healing powers, he discovers that Lars now shares the same powers as Lion. When Steven realizes that he can use Lars's hair to teleport himself back to Earth (via Lion's mane), he and Lars must make a difficult choice.
1335"Dewey Wins"Joe Johnston (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Lamar Abrams and Jeff LiuDecember 15, 2017 (2017-12-15)[nb 13]10??-1350.85[129]
Connie becomes upset with Steven following his return from Homeworld and refuses to talk to him. Feeling dejected, he decides to help Bill Dewey with his rather hopeless re-election campaign for mayor against Nanefua Pizza.
1346"Gemcation"Kat Morris (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Madeline Queripel and Lauren ZukeDecember 15, 2017 (2017-12-15)[nb 13]10??-1370.85[129]
As Steven remains depressed over Connie's silence, Greg and the Gems misinterpret his sadness and take him to a ranch house for a vacation to cheer him up. The vacation just puts Steven more on edge, until he eventually tells Greg what it is he's upset about.
1357"Raising the Barn"Kat Morris (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Amber Cragg and Hilary FloridoDecember 22, 2017 (2017-12-22)[nb 13]10??-1360.89[130]
When Lapis and Peridot learn what happened to Steven on Homeworld, Lapis wants to flee Earth to avoid getting caught up in another Gem war. But Peridot wants to stay on Earth to protect it and while she manages to eventually express it to Lapis, she is unable to convince Lapis to stay.
1368"Back to the Kindergarten"Joe Johnston (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Katie Mitroff and Paul VillecoDecember 22, 2017 (2017-12-22)[nb 13]10??-1380.89[130]
With Peridot upset over Lapis leaving Earth, Steven and Amethyst decide to help her cheer up by attempting to plant flowers at the utterly barren Kindergarten.
1379"Sadie Killer"Joe Johnston (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Lamar Abrams and Jeff LiuDecember 29, 2017 (2017-12-29)[nb 13]10??-1390.77[131]
Steven and the Cool Kids start a band, but they have trouble finding their sound. They decide to recruit Sadie, who writes a dark song about her frustrating job at the Big Donut; but that same job keeps her from actually participating in the band.
13810"Kevin Party"Kat Morris (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Amber Cragg and Hilary FloridoDecember 29, 2017 (2017-12-29)[nb 13]10??-1400.77[131]
Kevin is throwing a party, and invites Steven only so he can show up as Stevonnie. Steven doesn't want to go at first, but changes his mind when Kevin reveals that Connie will be there. When they see each other, Kevin decides to help Steven get his "ex" back so they can fuse.
13911"Lars of the Stars" (Part 1) Kat Morris (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Lamar Abrams and Lauren ZukeJanuary 5, 2018 (2018-01-05)10??-1411.11[132]
Steven and Connie travel through Lion's mane to visit Lars. When they reach the other side, they discover that Lars and the Off-Color Gems have stolen a spaceship from Emerald and are now on the run from their pursuers.
14012"Jungle Moon" (Part 2) Joe Johnston (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Miki Brewster and Jeff LiuJanuary 5, 2018 (2018-01-05)10??-1431.11[132]
Stevonnie crash-lands in a jungle on an alien moon and, unable to contact Lars, must fend for themself. They discover that the moon houses an abandoned Gem base and orbits a former Gem colony, and have a strange dream involving Yellow Diamond and Pink Diamond.

This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-Form Animation.
14113"Your Mother and Mine"Joe Johnston (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Katie Mitroff and Paul VillecoApril 9, 2018 (2018-04-09)[nb 14]10??-1420.77[133]
Steven brings Garnet to meet Lars and his off-color crew. The Off-Colors' beliefs about Rose Quartz have been skewed by Homeworld propaganda, so Garnet tells them the history of Rose's rebellion from the Crystal Gems' perspective.
14214"The Big Show"Kat Morris (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Hilary Florido and Amber CraggApril 16, 2018 (2018-04-16)[nb 14]10??-1440.56[134]
In this documentary-style episode, Steven records the rise of Sadie's new band, Sadie Killer and the Suspects. The band hires Greg as their manager, who hooks them up with producer Sunshine Justice for a performance in Empire City, though Sadie worries about her mother getting in the way.
14315"Pool Hopping"Joe Johnston (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Katie Mitroff, Paul Villeco, and Joe JohnstonApril 23, 2018 (2018-04-23)[nb 14]10??-1460.54[135]
Garnet spends a day trying to behave unpredictably, attempting to train her future vision to account for the unexpected. When she and Steven eventually discover some homeless kittens, Garnet admits how lost and stressed she feels when she doesn't know what the future holds.
14416"Letters to Lars"Kat Morris (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Lamar Abrams and Colin HowardApril 30, 2018 (2018-04-30)[nb 14]10??-1450.40[136]
Lars receives a letter from Steven updating him about the current goings-on in Beach City. While the town and its population are changing, the now-former mayor Bill Dewey is having trouble trying to find his place in the new status quo.
14517"Can't Go Back" (Part 1) Joe Johnston (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Miki Brewster and Jeff LiuMay 7, 2018 (2018-05-07)10??-1470.74[137]
After Ronaldo sees Lapis's barn on the moon, Steven goes up there to try to persuade her to return to Earth. He almost convinces her, but ends up scaring her away after experiencing another dream about Pink Diamond.
14618"A Single Pale Rose" (Part 2) Kat Morris (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Amber Cragg and Hilary FloridoMay 7, 2018 (2018-05-07)10??-1480.74[137]
Steven confronts Pearl about the shattering of Pink Diamond, but she can't answer his questions. But when Pearl asks him to venture inside her gem to retrieve her cell phone, Steven discovers the secret that Pearl swore to keep long ago.
14719"Now We're Only Falling Apart"Kat Morris (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Lamar Abrams and Christine LiuJuly 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)10??-1490.84[138]
After finding out that Rose Quartz was actually Pink Diamond, Garnet unfuses and Sapphire runs off, devastated. To try and calm her down, Steven and Pearl go after her and tell her the story of how Pink Diamond became Rose Quartz.
14820"What's Your Problem"Joe Johnston (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Katie Mitroff and Paul VillecoJuly 3, 2018 (2018-07-03)10??-1500.93[139]
With Ruby missing, Steven and Amethyst go looking for her. Steven takes the search seriously while Amethyst goofs off, but her reasons behind it soon become clear.
14921"The Question"Joe Johnston (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Miki Brewster and Jeff LiuJuly 4, 2018 (2018-07-04)10??-1510.71[140]
Ruby decides to explore her own life separate from Sapphire, and has a Wild West adventure as a lonesome cowboy with the help of Steven, Amethyst, and Greg. Although she has fun, she still misses Sapphire, and she returns to her with an important question to ask.
15022"Made of Honor"Kat Morris (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Lamar Abrams and Christine LiuJuly 5, 2018 (2018-07-05)10??-1520.83[141]
As Ruby and Sapphire plan their wedding, Sapphire wishes that their friends from the war could be there to see it. Steven releases Bismuth, catches her up on everything, and tries to convince her to go to the wedding.
1511522324"Reunited"Joe Johnston (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Miki Brewster, Jeff Liu, Katie Mitroff and Paul VillecoJuly 6, 2018 (2018-07-06)10??-15310??-1540.97[142]
The wedding of Ruby and Sapphire, with the Gems and several Beach City citizens in attendance, goes without a hitch and Garnet reforms. However, during the reception, Blue and Yellow Diamond arrive and awaken the Cluster. While the Crystal Gems, with the Cluster's support, fight the Diamonds, Steven tries to get them to listen to the truth about Pink Diamond.
15325"Legs From Here to Homeworld"Kat Morris (supervising),Liz Artinian (art)Amber Cragg, Hilary Florido and Tom Herpich2018 (2018)[nb 15]TBATBD
Steven tells Blue and Yellow Diamond that their final attack on the Earth corrupted the remaining Gems on the planet, instead of destroying them outright as intended. The three together attempt to cure Centipeetle's corruption, and almost succeed. To try to finish the job and cure all the corrupted Gems, Blue, Yellow, and the Crystal Gems travel to Homeworld to seek White Diamond's help.

text: Movie

text: A film based on the series, Steven Universe: The Movie, was announced on July 21, 2018. It is to be made available on Cartoon Network at an unknown date.[143]

text: TitleDirected byWritten and storyboarded byOriginal air date US viewers(millions)"Steven Universe: The Movie"TBATBATBATBD

text: Shorts

text: Season 2

text: All six digital shorts combined make up one full production code of season 2 (1031-058).[144]

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No.TitleWritten and storyboarded byOriginal release date1"Lion Loves to Fit in a Box"Katie MitroffMay 28, 2015 (2015-05-28)
Lion unsuccessfully attempts to get into various boxes.
2"What Are Gems?"Hilary FloridoJuly 6, 2015 (2015-07-06)
Pearl teaches Steven about Gems, with some demonstrations from Garnet and Amethyst.
3"We Are the Crystal Gems"Hilary Florido, Joe Johnston, Jeff Liu, and Katie MitroffSeptember 4, 2015 (2015-09-04)[nb 16]
Young Steven moves in with the three Crystal Gems, as the extended version of the title theme and second opening sequence shows.
4"How Are Gems Made?"Hilary FloridoOctober 1, 2015 (2015-10-01)
Amethyst tells Steven how Gems are made.
5"Unboxing"Hilary Florido and Katie MitroffOctober 22, 2015 (2015-10-22)
Steven creates a video where he receives and unboxes a new Hot Dog duffel bag from the Wacky Sack company.
6"Fusion"Katie MitroffNovember 2, 2015 (2015-11-02)
Garnet takes over a dance studio to demonstrate to Steven how fusion works.

text: Season 4

text: All five of these shorts combined make up one full production code of season 4 (1040-112).[145]

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No.TitleWritten and storyboarded byOriginal release date1"Cooking with Lion"Colin HowardOctober 3, 2016 (2016-10-03)
Steven and Lion make cheese puff snack sushi for their online cooking show. Lion eats the dish at the end of the episode.
2"Gem Karaoke"Colin HowardOctober 3, 2016 (2016-10-03)
Connie records Steven and the Gems singing karaoke. Connie is reluctant to participate, but Steven convinces her to join in for the final verse.
3"Steven Reacts"Jeff LiuOctober 3, 2016 (2016-10-03)
Steven films a reaction video to the new episode of Crying Breakfast Friends. The events of the Crying Breakfast Friends episode and Steven's reactions humorously draw parallels to events in Steven Universe itself and fan reactions.
4"Video Chat"Colin HowardOctober 3, 2016 (2016-10-03)
On Connie's laptop, Steven video chats with Peridot on her tablet. Lapis, however, believes him to be trapped in the tablet. Steven rushes to the barn to explain.
5"Steven's Song Time"Jeff LiuOctober 3, 2016 (2016-10-03)
Steven makes a guitar tutorial for a song he composed. He explains that the song is his way of expressing feelings he has been having trouble talking about.

text: Home media

text: Video on demand

text: Depending on the customer's region, Steven Universe is available through various video on demand services such as Hulu, Google Play, iTunes, Amazon Video, and Microsoft Movies & TV.

text: DVD and Blu-ray

text: Episodes on the Steven Universe DVDs are not always presented in original broadcast order. In the table below, the episodes are listed in the order they appear on the DVD, and are numbered according to the intended watching order.

text: In North America, Warner Home Video has released several single-disc compilation DVDs featuring select episodes, as well as a "complete season" DVD set. In Australia, Madman Entertainment has followed a similar pattern, and releases their "season" sets on both Blu-ray and DVD format; the series has yet to see any Blu-ray releases in the North American market.[146]

text: While the Australian Season DVDs use the intended broadcast order, the American "Season One" is re-ordered, omitting "Shirt Club" and "Story for Steven" but including the Season Two episodes "Full Disclosure" and "Joy Ride". The American Season One DVD also includes special features not available in the previous Australian release.

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Title

Season(s)

Episode count

Running time

Release date

Format

Episodes

Region 1

Region 4 (DVD)region B (Blu-ray)

DVD

Blu-ray

Cartoon Network Holiday Collection

1

1

11 minutes

October 7, 2014

N/A

Y

N

4 ("Together Breakfast")

Gem Glow

1

12

132 minutes

January 13, 2015

June 5, 2015[147]

Y

N

1 ("Gem Glow"), 2 ("Laser Light Cannon"), 6 ("Cat Fingers"), 7 ("Bubble Buddies"), 9 ("Tiger Millionaire"), 10 ("Steven's Lion"), 12 ("Giant Woman"), 14 ("Lars and the Cool Kids"), 15 ("Onion Trade"), 18 ("Beach Party"), 19 ("Rose's Room") and 22 ("Steven and the Stevens")
Extra: Pilot episode ("The Time Thing") (Region 1 only)

The Complete First Season(Australian release)

1

52 + Pilot

572 minutes

N/A

May 4, 2016[146]

Y

Y

1 ("Gem Glow") – 52 ("Jail Break")
Extra: Pilot episode ("The Time Thing")

The Return

1

12

132 minutes

June 7, 2016[148]

N/A

Y

N

25 ("Mirror Gem"), 26 ("Ocean Gem"), 28 ("Space Race"), 35 ("Lion 3: Straight to Video") – 37 ("Alone Together"), 40 ("On the Run"), 44 ("Marble Madness"), 45 ("Rose's Scabbard"), 49 ("The Message"), 51 ("The Return") and 52 ("Jail Break")

Arcade Mania

1

12

132 minutes

N/A

June 7, 2016[149]

Y

N

3 ("Cheeseburger Backpack") – 5 ("Frybo"), 8 ("Serious Steven"), 11 ("Arcade Mania"), 13 ("So Many Birthdays"), 16 ("Steven The Sword Fighter"), 17 ("Lion 2: The Movie"), 20 ("Coach Steven"), 25 ("Mirror Gem"), 26 ("Ocean Gem") and 35 ("Lion 3: Straight To Video")

The Complete Second Season (Australian release)

2

26

286 minutes

N/A

May 24, 2017[150]

Y

Y

53 ("Full Disclosure") – 78 ("Log Date 7 15 2")

The Complete Third Season (Australian release)

3

25 + Shorts

275 minutes

N/A

September 6, 2017[151]

Y

Y

79 ("Super Watermelon Island") – 103 ("Bubbled")
Extras: Online Shorts

The Complete First Season(American release)

1 - 2

52

572 minutes

January 30, 2018[152]

N/A

Y

N

1 ("Gem Glow") – 46 ("Open Book") and 49 ("The Message") – 54 ("Joy Ride")
Extras: 'Behind the Music', 'Listening Party', Music Video Performances ('Something Entirely New', 'It’s Over, Isn’t It?', 'Love Like You', 'Here Comes a Thought' and 'What’s the Use of Feeling (Blue)?'), Song Demos ('Be Wherever You Are' and 'Full Disclosure') and Animatics ('Gem Glow', 'Full Disclosure', 'Steven the Sword Fighter', 'Steven and the Stevens' and 'Island Adventure')

The Complete Fourth Season (Australian release)

4

25 + Shorts

275 minutes

N/A

June 20, 2018[153]

Y

Y

104 ("The Kindergarten Kid") – 128 ("I Am My Mom")
Extras: Online shorts

Seasons 1–4 (Australian release)

1 - 4

128 + Pilot and Shorts

1,434 minutes

N/A

July 18, 2018[154]

N

Y

1 ("Gem Glow") - 128 ("I Am My Mom")
Extras: Pilot ("The Time Thing"), Online shorts

The Heart of the Crystal Gems

3 - 5

12

132 minutes[155]

August 14, 2018[156]

N/A

Y

N

98/99 ("Bismuth"), 107 ("Mindful Education"), 120 ("Storm in the Room"), 130 ("The Trial"), 146 ("A Single Pale Rose"), 147 ("Now We're Only Falling Apart"), 148 (What's Your Problem?"), 149 ("The Question"), 150 ("Made of Honor") and 151/152 ("Reunited")

text: Notes

text:
^ Jump up to: a b c These episodes were bumped to air during season 2 in order to facilitate the airing of the final "arc" of season 1 as the first uninterrupted week-long "Stevenbomb." Consequently, some sources treat them as part of season 2, while Cartoon Network's website lists them as part of Season 1, as intended.[48] "Open Book" aired after "Full Disclosure" and both "Story for Steven" and "Shirt Club" aired after "Say Uncle".

Jump up ^ Starting with this episode, a new title sequence is used.

Jump up ^ This episode was first shown during the Steven Universe panel at New York Comic Con on October 10, 2015.

^ Jump up to: a b This episode first aired on May 21, 2016 in France.

Jump up ^ This episode first aired on May 22, 2016 in France.

Jump up ^ This episode was advertised as the show's 100th episode, as the Season 2 shorts take up a production code.

Jump up ^ This episode first aired on August 5, 2016 in Canada.

Jump up ^ This episode was first released online on January 2, 2017.

Jump up ^ The accidental app release of the episode misattributed the writing and storyboards to Hilary Florido and Lauren Zuke.

^ Jump up to: a b c d This episode was accidentally released on the Cartoon Network app and website on January 2, 2017. It was then removed the following day.

^ Jump up to: a b c d e This episode was first released online on May 5, 2017.

Jump up ^ This episode was first released online on May 10, 2017.

^ Jump up to: a b c d e f This episode was first released on the Cartoon Network app and website on November 10, 2017.

^ Jump up to: a b c d This episode was first released on the Cartoon Network app and website on March 26, 2018.

Jump up ^ This episode was first shown during the Steven Universe panel at San Diego Comic-Con on July 21, 2018. It was then released on the Cartoon Network app and website the following day.

Jump up ^ This short was first shown during the Steven Universe panel at San Diego Comic Con on July 10, 2015.

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document_title: 1960s in music

question_text: many rock and soul acts of the late 1960s first reached a large audience at

text: 1960s in music

text: The U.K.[edit]

text: Beat music[edit]

text: In the late 1950s, a flourishing culture of groups began to emerge, often out of the declining skiffle scene, in major urban centres in the UK like Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and London. This was particularly true in Liverpool, where it has been estimated that there were around 350 different bands active, often playing ballrooms, concert halls and clubs.[10] Beat bands were heavily influenced by American bands of the era, such as Buddy Holly and the Crickets (from which group the Beatles derived their name), as well as earlier British groups such as the Shadows.[11] After the national success of the Beatles in Britain from 1962, a number of Liverpool performers were able to follow them into the charts, including Cilla Black, Gerry and the Pacemakers and the Searchers. Among the most successful beat acts from Birmingham were the Spencer Davis Group and the Moody Blues. From London, the term Tottenham Sound was largely based around the Dave Clark Five, but other London bands that benefited from the beat boom of this era included the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds and the Kinks. The first non-Liverpool, non-Brian Epstein-managed band to break through in the UK were Freddie and the Dreamers, who were based in Manchester,[12] as were Herman's Hermits.[13]  The beat movement provided most of the groups responsible for the British Invasion of the American pop charts in the period after 1964, and furnished the model for many important developments in pop and rock music.

text: The British Invasion[edit]

text: By the end of 1962, the British rock scene had started with beat groups like the Beatles drawing on a wide range of American influences including soul music, rhythm and blues and surf music.[14] Initially, they reinterpreted standard American tunes, playing for dancers doing the twist, for example. These groups eventually infused their original rock compositions with increasingly complex musical ideas and a distinctive sound. In mid-1962 the Rolling Stones started as one of a number of groups increasingly showing blues influence, along with bands like the Animals and the Yardbirds.[15] During 1963, the Beatles and other beat groups, such as the Searchers and the Hollies, achieved great popularity and commercial success in Britain itself.

text: British rock broke through to mainstream popularity in the United States in January 1964 with the success of the Beatles. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was the band's first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, starting the British Invasion of the American music charts.[16] The song entered the chart on January 18, 1964, at No. 45 before it became the No. 1 single for 7 weeks and went on to last a total of 15 weeks in the chart.[17] Their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show February 9 is considered a milestone in American pop culture. The broadcast drew an estimated 73 million viewers, at the time a record for an American television program. The Beatles went on to become the biggest selling rock band of all time and they were followed by numerous British bands.[18]

text: During the next two years, Chad & Jeremy, Peter and Gordon, the Animals, Manfred Mann, Petula Clark, Freddie and the Dreamers, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Herman's Hermits, the Rolling Stones, the Troggs, and Donovan would have one or more No. 1 singles.[16] Other acts that were part of the invasion included the Kinks and the Dave Clark Five.[19] British Invasion acts also dominated the music charts at home in the United Kingdom.[15]

text: The British Invasion helped internationalize the production of rock and roll, opening the door for subsequent British (and Irish) performers to achieve international success.[20] In America it arguably spelled the end of instrumental surf music, vocal girl groups and (for a time) the teen idols, that had dominated the American charts in the late 1950s and '60s.[21] It dented the careers of established R&B acts like Fats Domino and Chubby Checker and even temporarily derailed the chart success of surviving rock and roll acts, including Elvis Presley.[22] The British Invasion also played a major part in the rise of a distinct genre of rock music, and cemented the primacy of the rock group, based on guitars and drums and producing their own material as singer-songwriters.[23]

text: British blues boom[edit]

text: In parallel with Beat music, in the late 1950s and early 1960s a British blues scene was developing recreating the sounds of American R&B and later particularly the sounds of bluesmen Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters. It reached its height of mainstream popularity in the 1960s, when it developed a distinctive and influential style dominated by electric guitar and made international stars of several proponents of the genre including the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, the Yardbirds, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin.

text: A number of these moved through blues rock to different forms of rock music and as a result British blues helped to form many of the subgenres of rock, including psychedelic rock and heavy metal music. Since then direct interest in the blues in Britain has declined, but many of the key performers have returned to it in recent years, new acts have emerged and there have been a renewed interest in the genre.[24]

text: British psychedelia[edit]

text: British psychedelia emerged during the mid-1960s, was influenced by psychedelic culture and attempted to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. The movement drew on non-Western sources such as Indian music's ragas and sitars as well as studio effects and long instrumental passages and surreal lyrics. Established British artists such as Eric Burdon, the Who, Cream, Pink Floyd and the Beatles produced a number of highly psychedelic tunes during the decade. Many British psychedelia bands of the 1960s never published their music and only appeared in live concerts during that time.

text: North America[edit]

text: Folk music[edit]

text: The Kingston Trio, the Weavers, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Odetta, Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Judy Collins, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Carolyn Hester, Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Dave Van Ronk, Tom Rush, Fred Neil, Gordon Lightfoot, Ian and Sylvia, Arlo Guthrie and several other performers were instrumental in launching the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s.[25]

text: Rock[edit]

text: Roy Orbison was one of rock's famous artists who wrote ballads of lost love.

text: In the early part of the decade, Elvis Presley continued to score hits. For most of the 60s, Presley mostly released films. Presley decided to get away from films by 1969, his last #1 song on the charts was Suspicious Minds which was released in 1969.

text:
By the 1960s, the scene that had developed out of the American folk music revival had grown to a major movement, utilizing traditional music and new compositions in a traditional style, usually on acoustic instruments.[26] In America the genre was pioneered by figures such as Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger and often identified with progressive or labour politics.[26] In the early sixties figures such as Bob Dylan and Joan Baez had come to the fore in this movement as singer-songwriters.[27] Dylan had begun to reach a mainstream audience with hits including "Blowin' in the Wind" (1963) and "Masters of War" (1963), which brought "protest songs" to a wider public,[28] but, although beginning to influence each other, rock and folk music had remained largely separate genres, often with mutually exclusive audiences.[29]
Early attempts to combine elements of folk and rock included the Animals "House of the Rising Sun" (1964), which was the first commercially successful folk song to be recorded with rock and roll instrumentation.[30] The folk rock movement is usually thought to have taken off with the Byrds' recording of Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" which topped the charts in 1965.[29] With members who had been part of the cafe-based folk scene in Los Angeles, the Byrds adopted rock instrumentation, including drums and 12-string Rickenbacker guitars, which became a major element in the sound of the genre.[29]
By the mid-'60s Bob Dylan took the lead in merging folk and rock, and in July '65, released Like a Rolling Stone, with a revolutionary rock sound, steeped in tawdry urban imagery, followed by an electric performance later that month at the Newport Folk Festival. Dylan plugged an entire generation into the milieu of the singer-songwriter, often writing from an urban point of view, with poetry punctuated by rock rhythms and electric power. By the mid to late '60s, bands and singer-songwriters began to proliferate the underground New York art/music scene. The release of The Velvet Underground & Nico in 1967, featuring singer-songerwriter Lou Reed and German singer and collaborator Nico was described as "most prophetic rock album ever made" by Rolling Stone in 2003.[31] Other New York City based singer songerwriters began to emerge, using the urban landscape as their canvass for lyrics in the confessional style of poets like Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath. In July, 1969, Newsweek magazine ran a feature story, "The Girls-Letting Go," describing the groundbreaking music of Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, Lotti Golden and Melanie, as a new breed of female troubadour: "What is common to them are the personalized songs they write, like voyages of self discovery, brimming with keen observation and startling in the impact of their poetry." The work of these early New York based singer-songwriters, from Laura Nyro's New York Tendaberry (1969), to Lotti Golden's East Village diaries on Motor-Cycle her 1969 debut on Atlantic Records, has served as inspiration to generations of female singer-songwriters in the rock, folk and jazz traditions.[32][33][34] Dylan's adoptation of electric instruments, much to the outrage of many folk purists, with his "Like a Rolling Stone"[29] succeeded in creating a new genre. Folk rock particularly took off in California, where it led acts like the Mamas & the Papas and Crosby, Stills and Nash to move to electric instrumentation, and in New York, where it spawned singer-songwriters and performers including the Lovin' Spoonful and Simon and Garfunkel, with the latter's acoustic "The Sounds of Silence" being remixed with rock instruments to be the first of many hits.[29]

text: Folk rock reached its peak of commercial popularity in the period 1967-68, before many acts moved off in a variety of directions, including Dylan and the Byrds, who began to develop country rock.[35] However, the hybridization of folk and rock has been seen as having a major influence on the development of rock music, bringing in elements of psychedelia, and in particular, helping to develop the ideas of the singer-songwriter, the protest song and concepts of "authenticity".[29][36]

text: Psychedelic rock[edit]

text: Psychedelic music's LSD-inspired vibe began in the folk scene, with the New York-based Holy Modal Rounders using the term in their 1964 recording of "Hesitation Blues".[37] The first group to advertise themselves as psychedelic rock were the 13th Floor Elevators from Texas, at the end of 1965; producing an album that made their direction clear, with The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators the following year.[37]

text: Psychedelic rock particularly took off in California's emerging music scene as groups followed the Byrds from folk to folk rock from 1965.[38] The Los Angeles-based group the Doors formed in 1965 after a chance meeting on Venice Beach. Although its charismatic lead singer Jim Morrison died in 1971, the band's popularity has endured to this day. The psychedelic life style had already developed in San Francisco since about 1964, and particularly prominent products of the scene were the Grateful Dead, Country Joe and the Fish, the Great Society and Jefferson Airplane.[38][39] The Byrds rapidly progressed from purely folk rock in 1966 with their single "Eight Miles High",[40] widely taken[by whom?] to be a reference to drug use.

text: Psychedelic rock reached its apogee in the last years of the decade. In America the Summer of Love was prefaced by the Human Be-In event and reached its peak at the Monterey Pop Festival,[41] the latter helping to make major American stars of Jimi Hendrix and the Who, whose single "I Can See for Miles" delved into psychedelic territory.[42] Key recordings included Jefferson Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow and the Doors' Strange Days.[43] These trends climaxed in the 1969 Woodstock Festival,[44] which saw performances by most of the major psychedelic acts, but by the end of the decade psychedelic rock was in retreat. The Jimi Hendrix Experience broke up before the end of the decade and many surviving acts, moved away from psychedelia into more back-to-basics "roots rock", the wider experimentation of progressive rock, or riff laden heavy rock.[38]

text: Surf rock[edit]

text: In the early 1960s, one of the most popular forms of rock and roll was Surf Rock, which was characterized by being nearly entirely instrumental and by heavy use of reverb on the guitars. The spring reverb featured in Fender amplifiers of the day, cranked to its maximum volume, produced a guitar tone shimmering with sustain and evoking surf and ocean imagery.

text: Duane Eddy's "Movin' and Groovin" is thought by many to be the main contender for laying the groundwork as the first surf rock record, while others claim the genre was invented by Dick Dale on "Let's Go Trippin'", which became a hit throughout California. Most early surf bands were formed in during this decade in the Southern California area. By the mid-1960s the Beach Boys, who used complex pop harmonies over a basic surf rock rhythm,[45] had emerged as the dominant surf group and helped popularize the genre.[46] In addition, bands such as the Ventures, the Shadows, the Atlantics, the Surfaris and the Champs were also among the most popular Surf Rock bands of the decade.

text: Garage rock[edit]

text: Garage rock was a raw form of rock music, particularly prevalent in North America in the mid-1960s and is called such because of the perception that many of the bands rehearsed in a suburban family garage.[47][48] Garage rock songs often revolved around the traumas of high school life, with songs about "lying girls" being particularly common.[49] The lyrics and delivery were notably more aggressive than was common at the time, often with growled or shouted vocals that dissolved into incoherent screaming such as the influential Washington based band, The Sonics.[47] They ranged from crude one-chord music (like the Seeds) to near-studio musician quality (including the Knickerbockers, the Remains, and the Fifth Estate). There were also regional variations in many parts of the country with flourishing scenes particularly in California and Texas.[49] The Pacific Northwest states of Washington and Oregon had perhaps the most defined regional sound.[50]

text: The style had been evolving from regional scenes as early as 1958. "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen (1963) is a mainstream example of the genre in its formative stages. By 1963, garage band singles were creeping into the national charts in greater numbers, including Paul Revere and the Raiders (Boise),[51] the Trashmen (Minneapolis)[52] and the Rivieras (South Bend, Indiana).[53] In this early period many bands were heavily influenced by surf rock and there was a cross-pollination between garage rock and frat rock, sometimes viewed as merely a subgenre of garage rock.[54]

text: The British Invasion of 1964-66 greatly influenced garage bands, providing them with a national audience, leading many (often surf or hot rod groups) to adopt a British Invasion lilt, and encouraging many more groups to form.[49] Thousands of garage bands were extant in the USA and Canada during the era and hundreds produced regional hits.[49] Despite scores of bands being signed to major or large regional labels, most were commercial failures. It is generally agreed that garage rock peaked both commercially and artistically around 1966.[49] By 1968 the style largely disappeared from the national charts and at the local level as amateur musicians faced college, work or the draft.[49] New styles had evolved to replace garage rock (including blues-rock, progressive rock and country rock).[49] In Detroit garage rock stayed alive until the early '70s, with bands like the MC5 and the Stooges, who employed a much more aggressive style. These bands began to be labelled punk rock and are now often seen as proto-punk or proto-hard rock.[55]

text: Blues-rock[edit]

text: The American blues-rock had been pioneered in the early 1960s by guitarist Lonnie Mack,[56] but the genre began to take off in the mid-'60s as acts followed developed a sound similar to British blues musicians. Key acts included Paul Butterfield (whose band acted like Mayall's Bluesbreakers in Britain as a starting point for many successful musicians), Canned Heat, the early Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Johnny Winter, the J. Geils Band and Jimi Hendrix with his power trios, the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys, whose guitar virtuosity and showmanship would be among the most emulated of the decade.[57] Blues-rock bands like Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd and eventually ZZ Top from the southern states, incorporated country elements into their style to produce distinctive Southern rock.[58]

text: Roots rock[edit]

text: Roots rock is the term now used to describe a move away from the excesses of the psychedelic scene, to a more basic form of rock and roll that incorporated its original influences, particularly country and folk music, leading to the creation of country rock and Southern rock.[59] In 1966 Bob Dylan spearheaded the movement when he went to Nashville to record the album Blonde on Blonde.[60] This, and subsequent more clearly country-influenced albums, have been seen as creating the genre of country folk, a route pursued by a number of, largely acoustic, folk musicians.[60] Other acts that followed the back-to-basics trend were the group the Band and the Californian-based Creedence Clearwater Revival, both of which mixed basic rock and roll with folk, country and blues, to be among the most successful and influential bands of the late 1960s.[61] The same movement saw the beginning of the recording careers of Californian solo artists like Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt and Lowell George,[62] and influenced the work of established performers such as the Rolling Stones' Beggar's Banquet (1968) and the Beatles' Let It Be (1970).[38]

text: In 1968 Gram Parsons recorded Safe at Home with the International Submarine Band, arguably the first true country rock album.[63] Later that year he joined the Byrds for Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968), generally considered one of the most influential recordings in the genre.[63] The Byrds continued in the same vein, but Parsons left to be joined by another ex-Byrds member Chris Hillman in forming the Flying Burrito Brothers who helped establish the respectability and parameters of the genre, before Parsons departed to pursue a solo career.[63] Country rock was particularly popular in the Californian music scene, where it was adopted by bands including Hearts & Flowers, Poco and Riders of the Purple Sage,[63] the Beau Brummels[63] and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.[64] A number of performers also enjoyed a renaissance by adopting country sounds, including: the Everly Brothers; one-time teen idol Ricky Nelson who became the frontman for the Stone Canyon Band; former Monkee Mike Nesmith who formed the First National Band; and Neil Young.[63] The Dillards were, unusually, a country act, who moved towards rock music.[63] The greatest commercial success for country rock came in the 1970s, with artist including the Doobie Brothers, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt and the Eagles (made up of members of the Burritos, Poco and Stone Canyon Band), who emerged as one of the most successful rock acts of all time, producing albums that included Hotel California (1976).[65]

text: The founders of Southern rock are usually thought to be the Allman Brothers Band, who developed a distinctive sound, largely derived from blues rock, but incorporating elements of boogie, soul and country in the early 1970s.[66] The most successful act to follow them were Lynyrd Skynyrd, who helped establish the "good ol' boy" image of the subgenre and the general shape of 1970s guitar rock.[66] Their successors included the fusion/progressive instrumentalists Dixie Dregs, the more country-influenced Outlaws, jazz-leaning Wet Willie and (incorporating elements of R&B and gospel) the Ozark Mountain Daredevils.[66] After the loss of original members of the Allmans and Lynyrd Skynyrd, the genre began to fade in popularity in the late 1970s, but was sustained the 1980s with acts like .38 Special, Molly Hatchet and the Marshall Tucker Band.[66]

text: Progressive rock[edit]

text: Progressive rock, sometimes used interchangeably with art rock, was an attempt to move beyond established musical formulas by experimenting with different instruments, song types and forms.[67] From the mid-1960s the Left Banke, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Beach Boys, had pioneered the inclusion of harpsichords, wind and string sections on their recordings to produce a form of Baroque rock and can be heard in singles like Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (1967), with its Bach inspired introduction.[68] The Moody Blues used a full orchestra on their album Days of Future Passed (1967) and subsequently created orchestral sounds with synthesisers.[67] Classical orchestration, keyboards and synthesisers were a frequent edition to the established rock format of guitars, bass and drums in subsequent progressive rock.[69]

text: Instrumentals were common, while songs with lyrics were sometimes conceptual, abstract or based in fantasy and science fiction.[70] The Pretty Things' SF Sorrow (1968) and the Who's Tommy (1969) introduced the format of rock operas and opened the door to "concept albums, usually telling an epic story or tackling a grand overarching theme."[71] King Crimson's 1969 début album, In the Court of the Crimson King, which mixed powerful guitar riffs and mellotron, with jazz and symphonic music, is often taken as the key recording in progressive rock, helping the widespread adoption of the genre in the early 1970s among existing blues-rock and psychedelic bands, as well as newly formed acts.[67]

text: Pop[edit]

text: Chubby Checker during the early 1960s popularizes the enduring dance craze the Twist with his hit cover of Hank Ballard & the Midnighters' R&B hit "The Twist".[45]

text: Gerry Goffin and Carole King become a very influential duo in pop music, writing numerous number one hits including the first song to ever reach number one by a girl group, the Shirelles "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and the 1962 number one hit, "The Loco-Motion" which was performed by Little Eva.

text: "Sugar Sugar" becomes a big hit for The Archies, defining the bubblegum pop genre.

text: The Monkees were a made for TV band, inspired by the antics of the Beatles in A Hard Day's Night. Under contractual reasons, the group were not allowed to play their own instruments, which led to many feuds between the bandmates and music supervisor, Don Kirshner.

text: R&B and soul music[edit]

text:
The Detroit-based Motown label develops as a pop-influenced answer to soul music. The label begins a long run of No. 1 U.S. hit singles in 1961 with "Please Mr. Postman" by the Marvelettes. The label would have numerous No. 1 Billboard hits throughout the decade and into the 1990s. Notable Motown acts included the Supremes, the Miracles, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Martha and the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye and the Jackson Five, who debuted in 1969.
Soul music develops popularity throughout the decade, led by Sam Cooke, James Brown and Otis Redding, among many others.
Funk begins later in the decade with James Brown and Sly & the Family Stone having early hits.
"You Keep Me Hanging On" uses a fast tempo which would prove innovative in the development of disco music.
Aretha Franklin's 1967 recordings, such as "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)", "Respect" (originally sung by Otis Redding), and "Do Right Woman-Do Right Man", are considered the apogee of the soul genre, and were among its most commercially successful productions.

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text: Country music[edit]

text: Triumph and great tragedy marked the 1960s in country music. The genre continued to gain national exposure through network television, with weekly series and awards programs gaining popularity. Sales of records continued to rise as new artists and trends came to the forefront. However, several top stars died under tragic circumstances, including several who were killed in plane crashes.

text: The predominant musical style during the decade was the Nashville Sound, a style that emphasized string sections, background vocals, crooning lead vocals and production styles seen in country music. The style had first become popular in the late 1950s, in response to the growing encroachment of rock and roll on the country genre, but saw its greatest success in the 1960s. Artists like Jim Reeves, Eddy Arnold, Ray Price, Patsy Cline, Floyd Cramer, Roger Miller and many others achieved great success through songs such as "He'll Have to Go," "Danny Boy," "Make the World Go Away", "King of the Road" and "I Fall to Pieces."[72] The country-pop style was also evident on the 1962 album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, recorded by rhythm and blues and soul singer Ray Charles. Charles recorded covers of traditional country, folk and classical music standards in pop, R&B and jazz styles. The album was hailed as a critical and commercial success, and would be vastly influential in later country music styles. Songs from the album that were released for commercial airplay and record sales included "I Can't Stop Loving You," "Born to Lose" and "You Don't Know Me."[73]

text: By the end of the decade, the Nashville Sound became more polished and streamlined, and became known as "countrypolitan." Tammy Wynette, Glen Campbell, Dottie West and Charley Pride were among the top artists adopting this style. While George Jones — by the early 1960s one of country music's most consistent hitmakers — also recorded countrypolitan-styled music, his background remained pure honky tonk, singing of heartbreak and lonlieness in many of his songs. Also, Marty Robbins proved to be one of the genre's most diverse singers, singing everything from straight-ahead country to western to pop to blues ... and even Hawaiian.

text: Johnny Cash—who became known as "The Man in Black"—became one of the most influential musicians of the 1960s (and eventually, 20th century). Although primarily recording country, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly, blues, folk and gospel.[74] His music showed great compassion for minorities and others who were shunned by society, including prison inmates. Two of Cash's most successful albums were recorded live in prison: At Folsom Prison and At San Quentin.

text: During the latter half of the 1960s, Pride — a native of Sledge, Mississippi — became the first African-American superstar in country music, a genre virtually dominated by white artists. Some of his early hits, sang with a smooth baritone voice and in a style meshing honky-tonk and countrypolitan, included "Just Between You and Me," "The Easy Part's Over," "All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)" and a cover version of Hank Williams' "Kaw-Liga." Pride continued to be successful for more than 20 years, amassing an eventual 29 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.

text: A newly emerging style, which had its roots in the 1950s but exploded in the mainstream during the 1960s, was the "Bakersfield sound." Instead of creating a sound similar to mainstream pop music, the Bakersfield sound used honky tonk as its base and added electric instruments and a backbeat, plus stylistic elements borrowed from rock and roll. Buck Owens, Merle Haggard and Wynn Stewart were some of the top artists adopting this sound, and by the late 1960s they were among country music's top selling artists.

text: Among female acts, the most successful of the lot were Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette and Dolly Parton. Lynn, a native of Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, and indeed, the daughter of a coal miner, would—with the help of her husband, Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn—gain a recording contract with Zero Records in 1960, and while only her first single ("Honky Tonk Girl") of her early 1960s releases charted, her early recordings were the springboard for much bigger and better things to come. By the latter half of the decade and continuing into the 1970s, she was recording songs that defied the stereotype of the woman who had to put up with men, their hard drinking, philandering and other negative traits—for instance, "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)"—as well as songs that pushed the genre's conservative boundaries ("Dear Uncle Sam," a song about the Vietnam War) and her willingness to stand up to other women ("You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)").

text: Parton, a native of the Smoky Mountains town of Locust Ridge, Tennessee, gained national exposure on the nationally syndicated program The Porter Wagoner Show. Her mountain-influenced, biographical brand of country and her down-home personality won many fans, and her star power would only begin to rise. Her first major hits were mainly duets with Wagoner, although she had several solo hits—including her breakthrough, "Dumb Blonde"—as well. Wynette gained acclaim with unique perspectives on the classic themes of loneliness, divorce, and the difficulties of life and relationships, illustrated by songs such as "I Don't Wanna Play House" and "D-I-V-O-R-C-E." However, it was "Stand By Your Man," a song pledging of unyielding faithfulness and standing by men despite their shortcomings, that gave Wynette her career hit. By the late 1960s, she was married to fellow country music singer George Jones.

text: Among other female newcomers, Connie Smith was among the most successful, as her breakthrough hit, "Once a Day" spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in late 1964 and early 1965, the longest-running chart-topper for nearly 50 years. During a career that has spanned 50-plus years, Smith's songs often explored themes of loneliness and vulnerability.

text: In addition to the syndicated The Porter Wagoner Show, several other television programs were produced to allow country music to reach a wider audience, such as The Jimmy Dean Show in mid-decade. At the end of the decade, Hee Haw began a 23-year run, first on CBS and later in syndication; Hee Haw, hosted by Owens and Roy Clark was loosely based on the comedy series Rowan & Martin's Laugh In, and incorporated comedy along with performances by the show's cast or guest performers from the country music field. The Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association awards programs were telecast for the first time in the late 1960s.

text: The 1960s were marred with tragedy. Johnny Horton, who sang in the saga-song style, was killed in a car accident in 1960. A March 5, 1963, plane crash claimed the lives of Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins. Days later, Jack Anglin was killed in a car accident, while Texas Ruby died in a trailer fire in Texas. In July 1964, Jim Reeves lost his life while piloting a plane near Brentwood, Tennessee. Ira Louvin (one half of the Louvin Brothers) was killed in a car accident in 1965. Success overcame several of those tragic deaths, as both Cline and Reeves had many posthumous hits (with previously recorded songs issued after their deaths) and enjoyed strong followings for many years, while Louvin's brother, Charlie, continued as a successful solo performer for more than 40 years. Other pioneering stars who died during the 1960s included A.P. Carter, Gid Tanner, Moon Mullican, Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, Red Foley, Leon Payne and Spade Cooley.

text: The 1960s began a trend toward a proliferation of No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, thanks to ever-changing data collecting methods. When the 1960s decade opened, there were but four No. 1 songs topping the chart (five, if one counts Marty Robbins' "El Paso"), but by the mid-1960s, there were always at least a dozen songs topping the chart annually. In 1967, there were more than 20 songs reaching the top spot for the first time ever in a single calendar year ... and that number would only continue to rise during the next 20 years.

text: Other trends and musical events[edit]

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Late in the decade, the Monterey Pop Festival[41] and Woodstock Music Festival[44] would epitomize the American counterculture.
Current events become a major influence on popular music. Many songs are written in protest to the Vietnam War. The song "Ohio" was written about the Kent State Massacre, and became a hit for Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.
World music sees a huge rise in popularity as many seek interest in other cultures. Ravi Shankar performs at the Monterey and Woodstock festivals. Latin Rock artist Carlos Santana sees popularity throughout the decade. George Harrison develops an interest in the Hare Krishna culture, adding Indian influence to the Beatles' music including the use of a sitar. Reggae begins to popularize at this time.
In 1969, the Rolling Stones organised the ill-fated Altamont Free Concert.
Songs like "Summertime Blues" and "Eve of Destruction" address the issue of the voting age, which at the time was 21. The issue was that soldiers were drafted at 18, but could not vote. The voting age was eventually lowered to eighteen.
A few songs such as Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" address the Civil Rights Movement.

text: Latin America, Spain and Brazil[edit]

text: Bossa Nova[edit]

text: This Brazilian musical style, which means "New Trend", had its origins in the upscale neighbourhoods of Rio de Janeiro. Immensely popular in the early 1960s, it was a fusion of samba and cool jazz. Antonio Carlos Jobim, João Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto, and Vinicius de Moraes became some of the best known artists of the Bossa Nova movement. The latter's The Girl From Ipanema, released in 1964, became the first Bossa Nova song to achieve international acclaim. In 1965, it won a Grammy Award for Best Record of the Year.

text: Nueva ola[edit]

text: It was during the 60s that rock music began to gain acclaim in Latin America. In Spanish speaking South America musicians who adopted US and British inspired rock, mainly rock and roll, twist and British Invasion music, were collectively labelled as Nueva ola (Spanish for "New Wave"). Argentina, having his own Rock and Roll and British Invasion inspired bands and artist, Sandro de América, Sandro y Los de Fuego[es], Johnny Allon[es], Los Gatos Salvajes, Los Beatniks, Los Buhos, among others. suffered the Uruguayan Invasion, a series of British Invasion inspired rock bands from Montevideo that moved to Buenos Aires and soon became popular in Argentina Los Shakers, Los Mockers, Los Iracundos. Rock music was during the 60s still largely sung in English, but some bands like Los Mac's and others mentioned above used Spanish for their songs as well.[75]

text: Nueva canción[edit]

text: During the 1960s Nueva Canción emerges and starts to expand its influence. This development is pioneered by the Chileans Violeta Parra and Victor Jara who base many of their songs in folklore, specially cueca. Nueva Canción spreads quickly all over Latin America and becomes closely related to the New Left and the Liberation theology movements. In Francisco Franco's Spain Joan Manuel Serrat reaches widespread notability as an exponent of Nueva Canción and of the political opposition.

text: Salsa[edit]

text: Even though salsa music began to take form In a New York scene dominated by Cubans and other Latin American communities, Salsa would not become popular all across Latin America until the late 1980s and is now here today.

text: Tango[edit]

text: Astor Piazzola won the First Ibero American Music Festival in 1966 with the song "Balada para un loco", that launched him worldwide introducing his New Tango style Nuevo Tango

text: Australia and New Zealand[edit]

text: The 1960s saw increasing interest in how electronic music could solve both compositional and more practical problems. Composers were also absorbing ideas from overseas, such as indeterminacy and electro-acoustic music, and interpreting them in an Australian context to mixed responses from local audiences.

text: Early in the decade, Bruce Clarke began toying with the new Moog synthesizer. A musicians' strike led him to create a completely electronic soundtrack for a cigarette commercial in 1963. Innovative film makers, like Arthur Cantrill and Dušan Marek, employed tape manipulation, turntables and extended instrument techniques to create soundtracks for their short films. Avowed amateur and Melbourne physician, Val Stephen, became the first Australian to have electronic music released internationally.

text: After working amongst the musical avant-garde in Paris, Keith Humble's return to Australia helped to encourage educational institutions to take electronic music seriously. Humble’s most notably experimental work was his Nunique series. These vast multimedia events featured simultaneous performances by rock bands, string quartets and theatre ensembles, all according to precise flowcharts.

text: Humble initiated the Melbourne-based Society for the Private Performance of New Music in 1966, providing a supportive performance space for young innovators both in and outside the academy. Among these were the McKimm/Rooney/Clayton trio, who, since the 1964, had been incorporating graphic scores and aspects of serialism into jazz improvization. Jazz was radicalizing at the fringes: John Sangster explored free jazz concepts and Charlie Munro incorporated Eastern musical elements. Syd Clayton would leave jazz behind in pursuit of a new form of experimental music theatre that incorporated chance operations along with sports and games as musical structures.

text: Young composers, like David Ahern, emerged, initially inspired by ideas of the European avant-garde, and applying them to Australian icons, such as Captain Cook and Ned Kelly. Ahern would travel to Europe later in the 1960s, where he encountered Stockhausen and Cardew, before returning home with further more radical ideas that questioned the very premises of composer and music itself.

text: Legacy[edit]

text: It's difficult to gauge the lasting impact of 1960s music in popular culture.  A 2010 European survey conducted by the digital broadcaster Music Choice, interviewing over 11,000 participants, rated the decade rather low, with only 19% declaring it the best tune decade in the last 50 years, while participants of an American land line survey rated the 1960s a bit higher, with 26% declaring it as best decade in music.[76][77]