# Coffee songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** coffee\ **Created:** [February 26, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581 "2010-02-26T22:42:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/21 "2010-02-28T21:45:37Z")
[Cafe Havana](http://www.cafehavanacartagena.com/) ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/22 "2010-03-01T04:54:46Z")
Let’s Have Another Cup O’ Coffee [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syvLVpPTYEc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syvLVpPTYEc) I’ll Just Have a Cup of Coffee (Then I’ll Go) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0aKK2mdCqM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0aKK2mdCqM) ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/23 "2010-03-01T05:04:03Z")
Todd Rundgren - [Espresso (All Jacked Up)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JezOtqsRr2s) To get us some hot espresso Or maybe a cappuccino Would you like a cafe latte Make it with lots of chocalattay in the middle of it ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/24 "2010-03-01T06:16:42Z")
Not sure it’s a “coffee song” per se, but Blur’s [Coffee and TV](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXRVX1AKAew) is a great tune. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/25 "2010-03-01T07:27:59Z")
Looks like all the good ones have already been spoken for. How about [Kids on Coffee](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBNNEd3_SnA) by The Descendents… And does [Eggs and Sausage](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8rsq6lYrwU) by Tom Waits count? ---
**Author:** ![from\_a\_to\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@from\_a\_to\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/from_a_to_z)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/26 "2010-03-01T07:38:24Z")
“Coffee In The Morning, Kisses in the Night”, by Warren and Dubin. The Boswell Sisters, Connie singing lead, Martha piano, and Vet ([youtube video, 1:38, without Constance Bennett and Russ Columbo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G6RvnFriPs&NR=1)). I also like coffee grinders. “Ain’t Got Nobody to Grind My Coffee in the Morning” ([text lyrics, on 2 pages of coffee songs](http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=73372&messages=75&page=1#1401184)). ---
**Author:** ![tsukaesugi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ad7895/32.png) [@tsukaesugi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsukaesugi)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/27 "2010-03-01T11:53:32Z")
“Black Coffee” by (aptly enough) Black Flag ---
**Author:** ![DrMemory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DrMemory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrMemory)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/28 "2010-03-01T13:51:14Z")
Second Cup of coffee, by Gordon Lightfoot ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/29 "2010-03-01T13:53:39Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Not sure it’s a “coffee song” per se, but Blur’s [Coffee and TV](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXRVX1AKAew) is a great tune. Came in here to post this. ☹ This is a great thread! Love songs about coffee! ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/30 "2010-03-01T14:01:30Z")
[How Bad’s The Coffee?](http://mog.com/music/John_Hiatt/Beneath_This_Gruff_Exterior/How_Bad's_the_Coffee#play), by John Hiatt and the Goners. How bad’s the coffee? How good’s the pie? If you call me " honey" Honey, i’m gonna cry A whole lot of sugar A little pinch of salt You cut my bitter With your sweet talk ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/31 "2010-03-01T14:24:59Z")
_Cooking Breakfast for the One I Love_, recorded by Fanny Brice and others. The coffee is steaming, Oh boy what I’m dreaming While I’m cooking breakfast For the one I love. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/32 "2010-03-01T18:05:39Z")
[One Cup of Coffee](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kFkFPxW-TU&feature=related) – Bob Marley and, in the wake of Carly Simon’s revelation: \*I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee Clouds in my coffee, and… \* (You’re So Vain) ---
**Author:** ![cantara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/33 "2010-03-01T20:26:13Z")
The Cabbage Rolls and Coffee Polka - [The Shmenge Brothers and the Happy Wanderers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shmenge_Brothers) If I weren’t at work, I’d find a video… ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/34 "2010-03-01T21:08:24Z")
Mississippi John Hurt, [Coffee Blues](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXfcou4Qo7Y) (…just a lovin’ spoonful…) ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/35 "2010-03-03T07:08:03Z")
Haven’t yet seen a mention of Karl Gottfried Hering’s [round](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PN23MIqoLY), “C-O-F-F-E-E”: > [@](#): > > C-O-F-F-E-E: – don’t drink too much coffee. > Not for children is this Turkish brew; > hurts the brain and the nervous system, too. > Take this advice from me – > have a nice cup of tea! The original [German lyrics](http://www.languagehat.com/archives/003720.php) are a bit un-PC, but the tune is catchy. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/36 "2010-03-03T22:57:35Z")
How about the coffee song from an actual coffee commercial? God only knows why I still remember the lyrics for a really old [Cains](http://tulsatvmemories.com/wav/cains.mp3) commercial… Let your life sloooowwww down Take a real look aroooooouuuund Have a cup of Caaaaaiiiiiin’s For the flavor in moments you’ll savor And then give yourself some tiiiiiime For something easy on your miiiiind With a cup of Cain’s; It’s a coffee blend you’ll want… Again and again. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/37 "2010-03-04T14:38:24Z")
**Black Coffee** by Peggy Lee. Can’t believe I’m the first to mention this. A landmark recording, and superb in every way. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/38 "2010-03-04T16:29:47Z")
Amazing there are so many songs about the ol’ java. I haven’t had time to visit the links, but I do appreciate them! I have a feeling iTunes might see a spike in business soon. (If I ever get round to updating my credit card. 😛 ) ---
**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:** [March 4, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/39 "2010-03-04T18:01:02Z")
> [@ianzin](#): > > **Black Coffee** by Peggy Lee. > > Can’t believe I’m the first to mention this. **Johnny L.A.** mentioned the song in post #3, just a different version. ---
**Author:** ![Uglystick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/87869e/32.png) [@Uglystick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uglystick)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/40 "2010-03-04T18:27:22Z")
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