# "More Cowbell!" - song with a cowbell **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cowbell-song-with-a-cowbell/390159 "2007-01-30T20:14:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cowbell-song-with-a-cowbell/390159/1 "2007-01-30T20:14:41Z")
This morning while driving to work “Mississippi Queen” by Mountain came on the radio. When this song comes on I get to thinking that it’s going to be “Working for the Weekend” by Loverboy, which it sometimes is as this station (classic rock) plays both routinely. Both songs are good, in my book. Since the cowbell seems to be fairly common in rock music, let’s put together a list of songs in which a cowbell is played. The most obvious, of course, is “Don’t Fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult (though I never even noticed the cowbell before seeing the SNL skit). ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cowbell-song-with-a-cowbell/390159/2 "2007-01-30T20:20:50Z")
“Honky Tonk Woman” by the Rolling Stones opens with a cowbell. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cowbell-song-with-a-cowbell/390159/3 "2007-01-30T20:29:16Z")
Been done before, so some spoilport will undoubtedly soon link to a huge list. But until then– Procol Harum: “Whiskey Train” Joe Cocker: “Hitchcock Railway” Beatles: “I Call Your Name” ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cowbell-song-with-a-cowbell/390159/4 "2007-01-30T20:46:49Z")
Hey, I’m like everyone else. I put my pants on one leg at a time. Except when my pants are on, I make gold records. ---
**Author:** ![Heckxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f1d935/32.png) [@Heckxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heckxx)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cowbell-song-with-a-cowbell/390159/5 "2007-01-30T20:58:28Z")
Every Time I Die: “The New Black” (Thats about the only band I listen to that actually uses cowbell) ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cowbell-song-with-a-cowbell/390159/6 "2007-01-30T20:58:59Z")
RIP Gene Frenkle. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cowbell-song-with-a-cowbell/390159/7 "2007-01-30T20:59:09Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Hey, I’m like everyone else. I put my pants on one leg at a time. Except when my pants are on, I make gold records. [/QUOTE] I’ve got a fever. And the only Perscription… Is more cowbell! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cowbell-song-with-a-cowbell/390159/8 "2007-01-30T21:19:30Z")
I figured John Cougar must have had at least one, and apparently it’s “Pink Houses”. I found that on [this site](http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/11/name-these-cowbell-songs/) which has a longer list of cowbell songs. …Janet Jackson “Black Cat”! Of course! ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cowbell-song-with-a-cowbell/390159/9 "2007-01-30T21:36:33Z")
“We’re An American Band” by Grand Funk Railroad. Featuring the Cowbell of the Gods. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cowbell-song-with-a-cowbell/390159/10 "2007-01-30T21:42:37Z")
“Hair of the Dog” - Nazareth (the first one that came to mind. “Now you’re messin’ with a …SON OF A BIIIIIIITCH!”) “Rock of Ages” - Def Leppard ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cowbell-song-with-a-cowbell/390159/11 "2007-01-30T21:54:35Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] I figured John Cougar must have had at least one, and apparently it’s “Pink Houses”. I found that on [this site](http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/11/name-these-cowbell-songs/) which has a longer list of cowbell songs. [/QUOTE] Try [this list instead](http://www.geekspeakweekly.com/cowbell/data_search.pl); it has three more John Cougar songs. ---
**Author:** ![mambocrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@mambocrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mambocrow)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cowbell-song-with-a-cowbell/390159/12 "2007-01-30T22:01:57Z")
“You Can’t Do That” The Beatles Oops. Missed #3 post. ---
**Author:** ![RogueRacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RogueRacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogueRacer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cowbell-song-with-a-cowbell/390159/13 "2007-01-30T22:04:58Z")
Pretty much every song on Motley Crue’s first release, _Too Fast For Love_. ---
**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cowbell-song-with-a-cowbell/390159/14 "2007-01-30T22:05:31Z")
“Little Sister” from Queens of the Stone Age has a very cow bell like sound. And also it kicks butt. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cowbell-song-with-a-cowbell/390159/15 "2007-01-30T22:12:50Z")
[QUOTE=DaddyTimesTwo] “Little Sister” from Queens of the Stone Age has a very cow bell like sound. And also it kicks butt. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I saw them play it on SNL with a guest appearance by Will Ferrell. Great stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cowbell-song-with-a-cowbell/390159/16 "2007-01-30T22:17:47Z")
Not in your top ten, but one I wrote, called [“More Cowbell”.](http://doorbell.net/sounds/more_cow.mp3) It really does need more cowbell, unlike all the imitators. 🙂 No, really! ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cowbell-song-with-a-cowbell/390159/17 "2007-01-31T00:14:25Z")
“Grazin’ in the Grass”, especially the Hugh Masekela version is practically one long cowbell setpiece, as the lead instrument and taking a few solos. ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cowbell-song-with-a-cowbell/390159/18 "2007-01-31T00:23:15Z")
Oh, and as evidence [here’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhD2e0_LLoI) a version of it on YouTube by a group called Mango Jam (never heard of them, but the version is similar to Hugh Maskela’s) with the cowbell player front and center. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cowbell-song-with-a-cowbell/390159/19 "2007-01-31T01:40:29Z")
Low Rider ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cowbell-song-with-a-cowbell/390159/20 "2007-01-31T02:08:40Z")
\*Daughters of Glory \*- **The Black Sorrows**. I used to love playing the drums in that song! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cowbell-song-with-a-cowbell/390159.md?page=2)