# Favourite Novelty Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 28, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664 "2009-04-28T20:57:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/1 "2009-04-28T20:57:37Z")
I miss the days when you could count on at least one really good novelty song per year 🙂 What are some of your favourite novelty songs My favourites would be 1. Guitarzan (Ray Stevens) 2. Temptation (Red Ingle & The Natural Seven featuring Cinderella G. Stump (Jo Stafford) 3. The Homecoming Queen’s Got A Gun (Julie Brown) And you? ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/2 "2009-04-28T21:16:34Z")
“Existential Blues” by Tom “T-Bone” Stankus. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/3 "2009-04-28T21:24:11Z")
“Crabs walk sideways” - the Smothers Brothers Pretty much all of Weird Al’s stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/4 "2009-04-28T21:27:44Z")
[Flying Purple Eater](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVbGnspgy_8) was one of my favorites as a youth. [Witch Doctor](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlPVuIDsCag) is fun. This vid is bizarre too. I’d like to see the women without their makeup - they have rockin’ bods! ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/5 "2009-04-28T21:27:56Z")
Yup … gotta love a good novelty song. A lot of the stuff Dr. Demento played was great, but they were rarely what you’d call hits (They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Fish Heads, etc.). Also a lot of Weird Al is parody, so I’m not sure you could say they’re true novelty songs. The Streak - Ray Stevens Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini – ?? Valley Girl - The Zappas King Tut - Steve Martin My Girl Bill - Jim Stafford (had a huge crush on him as a wee girl) Telephone Man – ?? (was considered the height of naughtiness when I was in high school) ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/6 "2009-04-28T21:32:34Z")
> [@HelloNinja](#): > > “Existential Blues” by Tom “T-Bone” Stankus. You took mine, so I’ll just say “My Ding-a-Ling” by Chuck Berry. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/7 "2009-04-28T21:32:39Z")
“My Ding-a-Ling”–Chuck Berry “A Boy Named Sue”–Johnny Cash, written by Shel Silverstein “The No No Song”–Ringo Starr ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/8 "2009-04-28T21:41:58Z")
Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues by Todd Snider. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/9 "2009-04-28T22:00:02Z")
“Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” by Steam (even though it’s an anthem of the crappy White Sox) “They’re Coming to Take Me Away” by Napoleon XVI ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/10 "2009-04-28T22:09:46Z")
“I Love You Period” - Dan Baird ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/11 "2009-04-28T22:12:09Z")
[Zombie Jamoree](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2c8zUwELPk) ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/12 "2009-04-28T22:19:26Z")
_ **Yellow Submarine** _. Because it’s, you know, the Beatles… ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/13 "2009-04-28T22:25:16Z")
Since my first pick is off the board with the second post, I’ll go with “On the Shoulders of Freaks” by Hennry Phillips. Followed up by Eric Idle’s “The Galaxy Song”, and then maybe something by MC Hawking. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/14 "2009-04-28T22:27:31Z")
**Convoy** > [@](#): > > Was the dark of the moon, on the sixth of June > In a Kenworth, pullin’ logs ---
**Author:** ![shecrab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@shecrab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shecrab)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/15 "2009-04-28T22:28:14Z")
\*\*Bananaphone \*\*by Raffi (or others). Incredibly silly, but it makes a great ringtone for your cell. If you can find it. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/16 "2009-04-28T22:31:10Z")
> [@Claire\_Beauchamp](#): > > “I Love You Period” - Dan Baird I like that one too! Also: [Little Arrows by Leapy Lee](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvXDxobNteA&feature=related) (caution: you’ll be singing this song the rest of the day 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/17 "2009-04-28T23:01:13Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues by Todd Snider. That’s a great song. _Now that’s alternative to alternative…_ ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/18 "2009-04-28T23:17:37Z")
I love Richard Cheese’s work. Does that count? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/19 "2009-04-29T01:01:25Z")
_Dueling Tubas_ by Martin Mull. The only novelty song I have on my mp3. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/20 "2009-04-29T02:05:15Z")
The champs of novelty songs, with some of my favorites: **Spike Jones** [Cocktails for Two](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyE9ORHxX_g) Der Fuhrer’s Face Clink Clink Another Drink All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth **Tom Lehrer** We Will All Go Together When We Go Poisoning the Pigeons in the Park My Old Town Pollution The Elements **Flanders and Swann** [Madiera, M’Dear](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW_zi8n4HDQ) A Transport of Delight The Gas Man Cometh Bedstead Men [The Hippopotamus](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjnOj9O16_I) **Allan Sherman** Hello Muddah, Hello Fadda **Christine Nelson** Driving Test **The Bonzo Dog Band** [The Intro and the Outro](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bxv_HLwT7U) Death Cab for Cutie [Urban Spaceman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbLDI5lNdRQ) The Equestrian Statue Beautiful Zelda My Pink Half of the Drainpipe Dr. Jazz Jazz: Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold Ali Baba’s Camel Hunting Tigers out in “Indiah” Look Out There’s a Monster Coming. **Martin Mull** Licks Off Of Records (How Could I Not Miss) A Girl Your Size? Santa Doesn’t Cop Out on Dope **Blotto** [I Wanna Be a Lifeguard](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMlyqKa1p78) We Are the Nowtones. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664.md?page=2)