# Songs about WD-40 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 20, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210 "2017-11-20T19:02:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/1 "2017-11-20T19:02:40Z")
There’s a [country song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaAF_3WMJGM)about a hard-working blue-collar worker that proudly says: “There ain’t nothing that he can’t fix With some WD-40 and a Craftsman wrench.” Now, I doubt if anybody else in human history has ever written a song about WD-40. (if you don’t know: it’s a silicon “oil” spray that lubricates anything rusty.) So I got thinking: **how many songs discuss specific products that would not normally be a subject for song and poetry?** \* Sure, lots of songs have been written about inanimate objects (such as cars, or musical instruments). But that’s because those are romantic subjects, and natural subjects for a song. People put a lot of emotion into their cars; musicians get emotional about their favorite guitar, etc. The same is true about clothes–whether a soft romantic dress or tough leather cowboy boots, it is normal to project emotions onto certain types of our possessions. But what about more mundane things, like WD-40? Things that don’t you don’t normally have any reason to sing about. If somebody told you to write a song, or a silly poem about, say,your grandmother’s kitchen sink, you could probably come up with something that might entertain your best friend for 10 seconds, even though you wouldn’t dare to publish it. But if somebody told you write a song about WD-40, you would just say, “huh?–why would anybody want to do that!” What other examples are there of lyrics about unusual products (which nobody else has ever found a reason to sing about)? I thought of Paul Simon and his Kodachrome film. Any others? * * * \*(The bolded words were my original title for this thread. But I thought the shorter version is more catchy 🙂 ) ---
**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:** [November 20, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/2 "2017-11-20T19:08:51Z")
Weird Al [The White Stuff.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRjdI3XVzu0) [Craigslist](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4sALru9IJk) [Ebay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUKgeAKTaXM) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/3 "2017-11-20T19:19:57Z")
Heinz 57, in Jimmy Buffet’s “Cheeseburger in Paradise.” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/4 "2017-11-20T19:54:11Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > Now, I doubt if anybody else in human history has ever written a song about WD-40. > (if you don’t know: it’s a silicon “oil” spray that lubricates anything rusty.) Not only has someone, the title of the song itself [is “WD-40” (by Muscadine Bloodline)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TP1Ssatj0Q). (Though it’s not about WD-40, per se, rather using it as a simile for love fixing anything.) WD-40, otherwise, gets shout outs in [a number of songs](https://www.lyrics.com/lyrics/wd-40). ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/5 "2017-11-20T19:58:26Z")
RC Cola and a Moon Pie? ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/6 "2017-11-20T20:01:49Z")
“The Bad Touch” by the Bloodhound Gang has several, including Waffle House hash browns and Mister Coffee with automatic drip: > **[Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch Lyrics | AZLyrics.com](https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/bloodhoundgang/thebadtouch.html)** > > Bloodhound Gang "The Bad Touch": Ha-Ha! Well now, we call this the act of mating But there are several other very important differen... ---
**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:** [November 20, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/7 "2017-11-20T20:02:10Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > RC Cola and a Moon Pie? Gets a mention in [Junk Food Junkie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQnIL-XPerQ)-Larry Groce ETA: It’s Dr. Pepper, not RC. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/8 "2017-11-20T20:23:04Z")
It’s definitely RC! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/u7gOq_q0Jy0/maxresdefault.jpg "R C Cola and a Moon Pie") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7gOq_q0Jy0) ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/9 "2017-11-20T20:30:11Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Heinz 57, in Jimmy Buffet’s “Cheeseburger in Paradise.” I depends. Is this singing?: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wmQv4b3sxJI/maxresdefault.jpg "MJG - No More Glory - Good Damn Man") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmQv4b3sxJI) ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/10 "2017-11-20T20:41:51Z")
Bricks Bricks [Bricks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6tv-1KOS38) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/11 "2017-11-20T20:45:19Z")
[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6m7XGcT3mw&t=42s) is pretty ducting awesome ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/12 "2017-11-20T21:36:29Z")
The Dead Milkmen are pretty good for writing songs about random stuff: “Wonderfully Colored Plastic Wartoys” “Nitro Burning Funny Cars” “I Tripped over the Ottoman” (about_The Dick Van Dyke Show_) “The Laundromat Song” “Vince Lombardi Service Center” (sadly, an instrumental) ---
**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:** [November 20, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/13 "2017-11-20T21:45:03Z")
What’s more mundane than [The Elements](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcS3NOQnsQM)? ---
**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 20, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/14 "2017-11-20T22:04:09Z")
[_Red Solo Cup_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKZqGJONH68) by Toby Keith (2011, #15 on the Billboard Hot 100) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/15 "2017-11-20T22:28:15Z")
Dog Doo! and Bowling _Ordinary Average Guy_ - Joe Walsh. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/16 "2017-11-20T22:54:05Z")
How about red balloons? Or (shudder) Christmas shoes? ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/17 "2017-11-20T22:55:23Z")
Marmalade (jam, not Lady) “Top Twins” playing live (to a mostly female audience in a mostly female pub with a reputation for violence) I don’t know if it was ever recorded: I don’t find anything on youtube. It’s just a pub song about making marmalade. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/18 "2017-11-20T23:13:26Z")
**AKA Driver** by They Might Be Giants _Hey, NyQuil driver It’s NyQuil driving time Hey, NyQuil driver Get outta my lane, get outta my way_ ---
**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:** [November 20, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/19 "2017-11-20T23:14:20Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > How about red balloons? Or (shudder) **Christmas shoes**? Reported. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/20 "2017-11-20T23:16:31Z")
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