# Songs about food that aren't really about food... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492 "2010-04-09T03:41:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/1 "2010-04-09T03:41:51Z")
I’m sure there are a ton of these… songs that reference food as a metaphor? Example: **Cherry Pie** (referring to a woman, not an actual pie) ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/2 "2010-04-09T04:00:11Z")
Bessie Smith’s [I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meuwKhPGItk) ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/3 "2010-04-09T04:49:22Z")
[Sukiyaki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukiyaki_%28song%29) [Green Onions](http://www.metrolyrics.com/green-onions-lyrics-blues-brothers.html) has lyrics, who knew? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/4 "2010-04-09T04:55:40Z")
Led Zep’s _The Lemon Song_. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/5 "2010-04-09T04:58:55Z")
Def Leppard’s “Pour Some Sugar on Me” R.E.M.'s “Orange Crush” (not about the soda) Garbage’s “Milk” ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/6 "2010-04-09T05:04:28Z")
Rolling Stones “Brown Sugar” ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/7 "2010-04-09T05:13:57Z")
MacArthur Park, American Pie, Milkshake. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/8 "2010-04-09T05:25:17Z")
again, rap has a ton. lolipop, candyshop ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/9 "2010-04-09T05:36:06Z")
Sarah Harmer- [Coffee Stain](http://popup.lala.com/popup/1657606181182121916) The Shit- [Sandwich Song](http://popup.lala.com/popup/2522297298409619795) ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/10 "2010-04-09T05:55:08Z")
Hank Williams “Hey Good Lookin’” ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/11 "2010-04-09T06:04:58Z")
Van Halen - Up for Breakfast ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/12 "2010-04-09T09:02:03Z")
_Sheena Easton_ - **Sugar Walls** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/13 "2010-04-09T09:42:08Z")
“Come On’a My House” by Rosemary Clooney “Angelina, Zooma Zooma” by Louis Prima ---
**Author:** ![Buford\_was\_no\_angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Buford\_was\_no\_angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buford_was_no_angel)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/14 "2010-04-09T11:32:59Z")
Southern Culture on the Skids-“8 Piece Box” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/15 "2010-04-09T12:34:25Z")
“You’re the Cream in my Coffee.” “Mama’s Doughnut” – Spark Plug Smith/Tallahasse Tight. I’m not sure what it’s exactly about, but it’s certainly not about food. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/16 "2010-04-09T12:36:31Z")
_Banana in Your Fruit Basket_, Bo Carter _Your Biscuits are Big Enough for Me_, Bo Carter _Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon_, Charlie Pickett _Sam the Hot Dog Man_, Lil Johnson _Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine_, Bessie Smith _I Want Plenty of Grease in My Frying Pan_, Margaret Carter _It Ain’t the Meat (It’s the Motion)_, The Swallows Every one of those songs is about exactly what you think it’s about. About two and a half minutes. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/17 "2010-04-09T12:42:29Z")
The Archies-_Sugar, Sugar_ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/18 "2010-04-09T13:17:08Z")
The Candy Man can is either about candy or drugs, depending on your point of view ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/19 "2010-04-09T13:37:55Z")
OTOH, the Grateful Dead song **Candy Man** is definitely not about candy. ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/20 "2010-04-09T14:07:54Z")
> [@Buford\_was\_no\_angel](#): > > Southern Culture on the Skids-“8 Piece Box” They have **Camel Walk** as well. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492.md?page=2)