# Funniest song titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 26, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090 "2003-01-26T21:39:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SnugTheJoiner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@SnugTheJoiner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnugTheJoiner)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090/21 "2003-01-27T07:44:14Z")
“I’m a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with My Honolulu Mama Singin’ Those Beat-o. Beat-o, Flat on My Seat-o, Hirohito Blues.” Yes, this is the TITLE. This “party song” was written our national treasure, Hoagy Carmichael, who also gave us STARDUST and SKYLARK. I’ve heard it sung. It’s funny! ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090/22 "2003-01-27T07:48:32Z")
**Get Your Tongue Out Of My Mouth, 'Cause I’m Kissing You Goodbye** by [Waylon Jennings](http://breakup-songs.com/waylonjennings.html) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090/23 "2003-01-27T07:52:19Z")
DETACHABLE PENIS by King Missile I HATE IT WHEN MY FRIENDS BECOME SUCCESSFUL by Morrissey HOW COULD YOU BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAID I LOVED YOU WHEN YOU KNOW I’VE BEEN A LIAR ALL MY LIFE from the movie Royal Wedding MY BEST FRIEND RUN OFF WITH MY WIFE AND I MISS HIM by Gene Scruggs CATFISH BOOGIE by Tennessee Ernie Ford (who also wrote SHOTGUN BOOGIE & EARLY MORNIN’ BOOGIE- for some reason I think they’re funny) ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090/24 "2003-01-27T07:57:56Z")
Well, though maybe not as funny as some of these, the White Stripes have a song called “I Fought Piranhas”. Well, _I_ thought it was funny. 🙂 Maybe we should have some sort of “funniness to number of words in the title” ratio. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![crinklebat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@crinklebat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crinklebat)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090/25 "2003-01-27T07:58:22Z")
I like **F** \* Christmas\*\* (listed without censorship) by FEAR and **I Got a Right to sing the Blu,** by a band whose name I can’t remember. The second was funny because the only words in the song were the title, and the singer just sort of trailed off in the middle of the last word. I like the titles of a lot of songs by Japanese bands too…Boredoms and Takako Minekawa come up with good ones. ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090/26 "2003-01-27T12:43:37Z")
Anything by Jad Fair: Example: “Retired Grocer Constructs Tiny Mount Rushmore Entirely of Cheese” “Nevada Man Invents Piano with 21 Extra Keys” “Dedicated Thespian Has Teeth Pulled to Play Newborn Baby in High School Play.” [“Take the skinheads bowling”](http://www1.tip.nl/~t892660/msp/ttsb.htm) ---
**Author:** ![airdisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@airdisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/airdisc)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090/27 "2003-01-27T14:36:33Z")
Just about anything by Anal Cunt. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090/28 "2003-01-27T15:23:06Z")
Wasn’t there a song by Burt Reynolds called Lets Do Somethin Cheap and Superficial? ---
**Author:** ![fizgig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090/29 "2003-01-27T16:04:06Z")
Too High for the Supermarket by The Uninvited ---
**Author:** ![Teebone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Teebone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teebone)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090/30 "2003-01-28T04:46:14Z")
Lots of punks songs. I Live In A Cake Kill All The White Man Hobophobic (Scared Of Bums) by NOFX are some. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090/31 "2003-01-28T05:01:01Z")
“!aaaH-aH ,yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er’yehT” always amused me. It’s a B side to “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!” [Wally Pleasant](http://www.wallypleasant.com/music.cfm) has always had some of the funniest song titles to the funniest songs. My favorites are “How I got Lost On the Road Less Traveled But Then Got Instant Karma on I-96”, “Post Graduate Overeducated Out Of Work Blues” and “The Day Ted Nugent Killed All The Animals.” ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090/32 "2003-01-28T05:30:13Z")
Sampiro said: \<\< I HATE IT WHEN MY FRIENDS BECOME SUCCESSFUL by Morrissey \>\> Sorry… just had to say (tiny nitpick): It was actually called “We hate it when our friends become successful” My submission: She Was Waitin’ For Her Mother At The Station In Torino And You Know I Love You Baby But It’s Getting Too Heavy To Laugh by Shawn Philips (bet none of you have heard of him!) ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090/33 "2003-01-28T06:26:15Z")
Also: The train runs over the camel but is derailed by the gnat by The Flaming Lips ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090/34 "2003-01-28T06:34:35Z")
An old Jan & Dean B side was **"The Anaheim, Azuza and Cucamunga Sewing Circle, Book Review and Timing Association"** Funny thing is, it’s actually a decent song. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lodoen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@Jeff\_Lodoen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lodoen)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090/35 "2003-01-28T06:35:53Z")
Funny haha or funny strange? Styx - Plexiglass Toilet ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090/36 "2003-01-28T12:12:58Z")
Meatloaf sings several songs written by Jim Steinman with funny titles. Here are a few: _Where the Rubber Meets the Road_ I’d Lie for You (And That’s the Truth) Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back\* - The “Rubber” is a condom Christine Lavin also gave us an entire album called _Getting in Touch With My Inner Bitch_ which contains the songs _What Was I Thinking In 1999_ (this is complete with a Monica Lewinsky reference) and _Piranha Women of the Avocado Jungle of Death_, based on the title of a movie. CJ ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090/37 "2003-01-28T13:54:53Z")
_Jesus Chrysler Drives a Dodge_ - **Screaming Blue Messiahs** ---
**Author:** ![Donllad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba8739/32.png) [@Donllad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donllad)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090/38 "2003-01-28T14:18:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cjhoworth \* > \*_Meatloaf sings several songs written by Jim Steinman with funny titles. Here are a few: > Where the Rubber Meets the Road > I’d Lie for You (And That’s the Truth) > Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back_ > > - The “Rubber” is a condom > > CJ \*\* Jim Steinman has quite a few good titles, Two out of Three (ain’t bad) with the Chorus “I want you, I need you, but there is no way I’m ever going to love you, but don’t be sad, two out of three ain’t bad” Or Paradise by the Dashboard Light. I do hate to say it but Jim can’t take credit for I’d Lie for You (And That’s the Truth) by Diana Warren or Where the Rubber Meets the Road. He did however pen Original Sin on the same album Chorus (Now I’m looking for an Original Sin, one with a twist and a bit of a spin…" ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090/39 "2003-01-30T01:48:39Z")
If I’m a Ham, You’re a Sausage - _Don Dixon_ I Want to Drive the Zamboni - _The Gear Daddies_ ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090/40 "2003-01-30T01:58:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by samarm \* > \*\*The train runs over the camel but is derailed by the gnat > > by The Flaming Lips \*\* My favorite of theirs was “Maximum Dream for Evel Knievel.” Truly, a band that’s almost made a career out of goofy titles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-song-titles/151090.md?page=3)