# Novelty Songs post-1984 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 7, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350 "2013-11-07T18:50:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350/1 "2013-11-07T18:50:53Z")
I’m going to put together a “name that tune” game for an upcoming party. My theme will be Novelty Songs. I was able to come up with a whole slew of them off the top of my head. Problem is, 95% of them are pre-1984. My pop music tastes run to oldies and classic rock, so I’m at a loss for more recent Novelty Songs. Please help be expand my range for my party game. For the purposes of my game a Novelty Song does not necessarily need to be an out-and-out parody, but something either done in fun or became a piece of popular culture above and beyond a mere song. I chose 1984 as the cut-off date, b/c I’m familiar with **The Homecoming Queen’s Got a Gun** by Julie Brown, and that’s as good a cut-off as anything else. So please provide examples released AFTER that one. Older songs I’ve got covered, believe me. I’ve only come up with a few on my own: – **Who Let the Dogs Out** (early 2000s)–Baha Men – **The Second Week of Deer Camp** (1990s)–Da Yoopers –various choices from Ray Stevens and Weird Al Yankovic, so I’m set there. What else is out there? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350/2 "2013-11-07T18:55:17Z")
I personally would regard the Macarena (1996) as a novelty song. YMMV. [ETA: scratched my reference to Weird Al, didn’t initially see the OP had him covered] ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350/3 "2013-11-07T19:12:00Z")
2000 - _Because I Got High_, by Afroman 2002 - _The Ketchup Song_, by Las Ketchup and there’s the [Dr. Demento website.](http://www.drdemento.com/) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350/4 "2013-11-07T19:18:32Z")
_Gangnam Style_. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350/5 "2013-11-07T19:22:09Z")
“What Does the Fox Say?” is the most recent novelty hit I can think of. [“Star Trekkin’”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlTMXiqbDZU) is a good one and came out in 1987. ---
**Author:** ![Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350/6 "2013-11-07T19:27:18Z")
[Morris Minor and the Majors - Stutter Rap](http://rutube.ru/video/e04a766bf2681cce2207206b5768fd22/) circa 1988. Got play on Much Music for a couple of months and charted:No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart,[1] No. 14 in Canada and No. 2 in Australia \<– from Wikipedia. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350/7 "2013-11-07T19:27:29Z")
“If I Had a Million Dollars”, The Barenaked Ladies ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350/8 "2013-11-07T19:31:02Z")
It’s about time for Adam Sandler’s _The Chanukah Song_ to hit the airwaves again. ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350/9 "2013-11-07T19:32:07Z")
Does “The Hampster Dance” count as a song? It did end up on the Billboard charts. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350/10 "2013-11-07T19:34:53Z")
“Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” and “Particle Man” by They Might Be Giants. ---
**Author:** ![Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350/11 "2013-11-07T19:35:15Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > “If I Had a Million Dollars”, The Barenaked Ladies Which brings to mind [King of Spain - Moxy Fruvous](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylaLG-DdT7E) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350/12 "2013-11-07T19:35:30Z")
You can’t go wrong with Baz Luhrmann’s 1999 hit [Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJ7AzBIJoI). ---
**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:** [November 7, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350/13 "2013-11-07T19:36:01Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > It’s about time for Adam Sandler’s _The Chanukah Song_ to hit the airwaves again. And his Thanksgiving Song… Hey, and on the same day this year! ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350/14 "2013-11-07T19:38:58Z")
Anything by The Lonely Island (Dick in a Box, Jizz in my Pants, etc.) Don’t Worry Be Happy The Thong Song Parents Just Don’t Understand Fight for your Right to Party ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350/15 "2013-11-07T19:43:16Z")
1984 - \*We All Stand Together (The Frog Chorus), \*Paul McCartney 1985 - _You Spin Me Round_, Youthquake 1991 - _I’m Too Sexy_, Right Said Fred 1993 - _Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm_, Crash Test Dummies 1998 - _One Week_, Barenaked Ladies 1999 - _Thong Song_, Sisqo 2000 - _The Bad Touch_, Bloodhound Gang 2004 - _1985_, Bowling for Soup ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350/16 "2013-11-07T19:44:35Z")
1991 - _Baby Got Back_, Sir Mix-A-Lot 1997 - _Barbie Girl_, Aqua ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350/17 "2013-11-07T19:46:16Z")
Oh, these are some good ones! At least the ones I’m familiar with. Thanks. I do think the Macarena qualifies as a novelty. Adam Sandler; Star Trekkin’, of course. Gangnam Style is certainly a phenomenon, if not a novelty, but I think i’ll include it. It will at least give my wife (who is Korean) a chance to get one correct answer! …I think I’ll have to You Tube many of these… ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350/18 "2013-11-07T19:46:54Z")
> [@Kyomara](#): > > …Fight for your Right to Party I’m not sure what to call it, since it’s much less of a parody than the origonal, but there’s Public Enemy’s _Party for Your Right to Fight_. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350/19 "2013-11-07T19:53:18Z")
The entire discography of Flight Of The Conchords. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350/20 "2013-11-07T20:06:43Z")
[Three Little Pigs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E34eBjaqmgo) by Green Jellÿ somehow reached #17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1993. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350.md?page=2)