# A Purr-fect Playlist **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 21, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-purr-fect-playlist/547427 "2010-07-21T04:11:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-purr-fect-playlist/547427/1 "2010-07-21T04:11:51Z")
I decided that I absolutely need a playlist of cat songs. What I’ve got so far: [Tiger Feet by Mud](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2sMuVPMkkk) [The Cat Crept In by Mud](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6TSS73qZd8) [Teddy Bear by Elvis](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhdUucs8AlY) (“I don’t wanna be your tiger, cuz tiger’s play too rough, I don’t wanna be your lion, cuz lion’s ain’t the kind you love enough”) And a few obvious ones: Anything from the Cats soundtrack (possibly minus Memories), and anything from Thundercats (I have all the character’s theme music. 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-purr-fect-playlist/547427/2 "2010-07-21T04:27:00Z")
**Year of the Cat** , by Al Stewart ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-purr-fect-playlist/547427/3 "2010-07-21T04:29:55Z")
**Love Cats** by The Cure ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-purr-fect-playlist/547427/4 "2010-07-21T04:31:04Z")
Well, there’s this one: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yN9UT2zF8c8/hqdefault.jpg "The Shaggs "My Pal Foot Foot"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN9UT2zF8c8) ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-purr-fect-playlist/547427/5 "2010-07-21T04:34:21Z")
“What’s New Pussycat?” Tom Jones “Cat Scratch Fever,” Ted Nugent “Stray Cat Blues,” The Rolling Stones “Cool for Cats,” Squeeze “Cat’s in the Cupboard,” Pete Townshend “Bear Cat (Answer to the Hound Dog),” Rufus Thomas “Mean-Eyed Cat,” Johnny Cash “Black Cat,” Janet Jackson “Leave My Kitten Alone,” Little Willie John ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-purr-fect-playlist/547427/6 "2010-07-21T04:34:56Z")
Jethro Tull: “…And the Mouse Police Never Sleeps,” “Hunt by Numbers” Ian Anderson: “Rupi’s Dance,” “Old Black Cat” Gentle Giant: “Black Cat” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-purr-fect-playlist/547427/7 "2010-07-21T04:38:41Z")
[The Stray Cat Strut - The Stray Cats](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoG62Wi8twU) [I Am a Cat - Shonen Knife](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR_IMmJrPVo) [Catnip Dream - also Shonen Knife](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V1pangstKg) Yet more Shonen Knife - [Punk Animals (one of the two animals in question is a cat…the other’s a cow)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c3Nk2TgsnY) (That song has one of my favourite puns.) If you can endure the…iffy aspects… [The Siamese Cat Song - Lady and the Tramp](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL9hooe-yKQ) One not in English (and terrifyingly cute, as anime themes often are), but very much about cats (a good half the song is just listing cat breeds!): [Neko Nyan Dance - Harenchi Punch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qFZNkFDAgQ) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-purr-fect-playlist/547427/8 "2010-07-21T04:44:16Z")
“CHA!” Said The Kitty" by Local H “Kitty” by Presidents of The United States “LAYD” by Lions At Your Door “Black Cat Bone” by Laika “Gold Lion” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs (I like the diplo remix) ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-purr-fect-playlist/547427/9 "2010-07-21T04:54:30Z")
[I love tha’ Pussy- Alpa Chino](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTVaf4PiPso&feature=related) A Great man once said, “Now do the bunny hop! ( Turn it up!) Crank that kitty cat! (Hey!) It’s the ghetto’s thing!(Ho!) With the noodle leg! (Do it, do it, do it!) Now do the noodle legs! (Snap!) Now do the noodle legs! (Yeah!)” ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-purr-fect-playlist/547427/10 "2010-07-21T04:56:40Z")
I came in here to mention “Stray Cat Strut”, but Tengu beat me to it, so here’s something no one else will think of (unless CoBa is around, perhaps): “Swing a Cat”, from the [Corsairs Black album](http://www.corsairs.com/PB%20CDs.htm#The_BLACK_One). An _a capella_ pirate crew singing about cats saving their ship from rats. ([sample](http://www.corsairs.com/CDs_Sounds/Blk_CD/Swing%20the%20Cat.mp3)) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-purr-fect-playlist/547427/11 "2010-07-21T05:04:15Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > I came in here to mention “Stray Cat Strut”, but Tengu beat me to it And I’m amazed nobody beat ME to it, given that 5 people got in in front of me. Either it’s a miracle, or vaguely depressing. \>\_\> ---
**Author:** ![kjbrasda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/74df32/32.png) [@kjbrasda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kjbrasda)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-purr-fect-playlist/547427/12 "2010-07-21T05:04:31Z")
Cats in the Cradle REM - Star Me Kitten Elton John - Honky Cat Lion Sleeps Tonight Survivor - Eye of the Tiger and just for the lols - [Kitty Cat Dance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP_tfVGKxdE) and the [Mean Kitty song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qit3ALTelOo&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Manwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-purr-fect-playlist/547427/13 "2010-07-21T05:16:39Z")
[The Cramps - Can Your Pussy Do The Dog?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfvCDyVlVIw) [Big Black - Kitty Empire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj5PNjtHOv4) [Shellac - Kittypants](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TedZ9IMbzn0) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-purr-fect-playlist/547427/14 "2010-07-21T06:17:18Z")
Special Secret Song Inside-- Red Hot Chili Peppers ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-purr-fect-playlist/547427/15 "2010-07-21T06:32:34Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > I came in here to mention “Stray Cat Strut”, but Tengu beat me to it,… Yeah, he beat me to “Catnip Dream”, too. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-purr-fect-playlist/547427/16 "2010-07-21T06:50:44Z")
[Something for Cat](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdZkCBmr1RU) from _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-purr-fect-playlist/547427/17 "2010-07-21T07:05:08Z")
[Tom\*Cat- Hokuto No Ken](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG546Y1QLN0&feature=related) [Love Toughboy.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFfzmhekNkU&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-purr-fect-playlist/547427/18 "2010-07-21T08:49:13Z")
Tommy the Cat - Primus Cat DNA - Ozric Tentacles Cat Food - King Crimson Schrodinger’s Cat - Tears For Fears Tigermoth - Steve Hacket Tiger in a Spotlight - ELP Rubberneck Lions - Oysterhead ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-purr-fect-playlist/547427/19 "2010-07-21T10:58:44Z")
Rammstein - ‘Pussy’ ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-purr-fect-playlist/547427/20 "2010-07-21T12:27:13Z")
I bet you could even make a Broadway musical about [Cats](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cats_(musical)) . . . . [The Cat Came Back](http://www.nfb.ca/film/the-cat-came-back/) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-purr-fect-playlist/547427.md?page=2)