# Silly songs that are (probably) not joke songs

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**Created:** [June 26, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-songs-that-are-probably-not-joke-songs/1003341 "2024-06-26T02:41:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-songs-that-are-probably-not-joke-songs/1003341/48 "2024-06-26T23:56:03Z")

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> [@Zyada](#):
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> But while Kung Fu Fighting is silly, I don’t think it was meant to be a joke. I know Melanie intended Brand New Key was meant to be serious, but it comes off as silly.
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> Let’s add Midnight at the Oasis.
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> Any more?

In another thread, I made the argument that _Silly Love Songs_ was anything but:

> [@Worst songs of the 70s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/195):
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> But you _Silly Love Songs_ haters, while I can understand not _liking_ the song, rock and roll’s absolute, all-time, number one “Fuck You”

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