# Napoleon XIV has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [March 11, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napoleon-xiv-has-died/981003 "2023-03-11T02:01:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napoleon-xiv-has-died/981003/21 "2023-03-12T20:01:58Z")
In the 90s, it resurfaced on “Wacky Favorites.” ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napoleon-xiv-has-died/981003/22 "2023-03-12T20:07:11Z")
There is another followup - The Place where the nuts hunt the squirrels > **[Napoleon XIV – The Place Where the Nuts Hunt the Squirrels](https://genius.com/Napoleon-xiv-the-place-where-the-nuts-hunt-the-squirrels-lyrics)** > > I live in a place where the nuts hunt the squirrels / In a place where the nuts hunt the squirrels, haha / It's a beautiful spot where I don't think a lot / And mostly I don't which I have thanks to WBCN rare tape night, I think 1971 or 1972. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napoleon-xiv-has-died/981003/23 "2023-03-12T20:12:30Z")
I’m old enough to remember the original release. Mem’reeeees. Also, _The Purple People Eater._ ---
**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napoleon-xiv-has-died/981003/24 "2023-03-13T01:42:05Z")
Yeah, it was definitely mid-60s. I was there. And every decent online source says 1966 specifically. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napoleon-xiv-has-died/981003/25 "2023-04-14T19:50:49Z")
This was the first 45 I ever bought. (Yeah, I’m one of those types.) Definitely 1966. I still have it. The B side was just the song played backwards. No Satanism. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napoleon-xiv-has-died/981003/26 "2023-04-14T21:53:03Z")
“They’re Coming to Take Me Away” possibly has the record for most meteoric rise and plummet of a single. In only six weeks on Billboard’s Hot 100, these were its chart positions: 50 - 11 - 5 - 3 - 5 - 37 ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napoleon-xiv-has-died/981003/27 "2023-04-15T13:26:10Z")
It couldn’t be avoided where I was. AM radio. If you wanted to hear the Beatles, you had to endure this, and other novelty songs, and songs by the likes of Perry Como. It was a real mish until the British Invasion wiped everything else away. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napoleon-xiv-has-died/981003/28 "2023-04-15T18:30:24Z")
I wonder if they guys taking him to the morgue said that they’re coming to take him away. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napoleon-xiv-has-died/981003.md?page=1)