# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/21 "2017-11-21T02:08:18Z")
> [@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.) I gotta be the one to say There is just no way The WD-40 for which I pay Has any silicone Rust, I will make you go away With my oily spray Hydrocarbons save the day But there’s no silicone. ---
**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 21, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/22 "2017-11-21T02:12:09Z")
Kodachrome. ---
**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 21, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/23 "2017-11-21T02:16:29Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Kodachrome. Penultimate sentence of the OP. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/24 "2017-11-21T11:16:05Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > I gotta be the one to say > There is just no way > The WD-40 for which I pay > Has any silicone > > Rust, I will make you go away > With my oily spray > Hydrocarbons save the day > But there’s no silicone. My can of WD-40, 'tis of thee Sweet can of liberty, The spray to set things free, Of thee I sing Spray free those rusty bolts, Spray free those squeaky faults, All tight encumbered parts shall be set free! From every rust-stained engine mount, From every rooftop antenna bolt, Let free movement ring! Though I know not of what you’re made, Silicon or hydro-carbonate… As long as you loosen it, I really don’t give a shit. Let freedom ring! 🙂 (and, in the spirit of the Dope, thanks for fighting my ignorance 'bout that silicon stuff) ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/25 "2017-11-21T15:45:54Z")
Don Henley, _The Boys of Summer_ “Out on the road today, I saw a dead-head sticker on a Cadillac.” and also “You got that hair slicked back, And those Wayfarers on, baby.” ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/26 "2017-11-21T18:27:15Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > RC Cola and a Moon Pie? Howard Johnson’s got his Ho-Jo working? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/27 "2017-11-21T21:21:20Z")
“[She Don’t Use Jelly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvfxKbpoxRE)” by the Flaming Lips references Vaseline, magazines, and tangerines. I know one guy who, when he sings “Wild Thing”, adds a line, “You make my cherries Bing”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/28 "2017-11-21T22:24:55Z")
Underdog by Turin Brakes also references WD-40, right near the start of the song… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Evn5DTVCbLk/maxresdefault.jpg "Turin Brakes - Underdog (Save Me)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evn5DTVCbLk) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/29 "2017-11-21T23:25:53Z")
Does _Ikea_ by Jonathan Coulton count? [Ikea/Lyrics - JoCopedia, the Jonathan Coulton wiki](https://wiki.jonathancoulton.com/Ikea/Lyrics) ---
**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:** [November 23, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/30 "2017-11-23T13:42:28Z")
Formula 409 in “Betty’s Being Bad” by Sawyer Brown “Jose Cuervo, You Are a Friend of Mine” by Shelly West ---
**Author:** ![Topologist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/topologist/32/3208_2.png) [@Topologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Topologist)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/31 "2017-11-23T16:11:44Z")
[“If I Had a Million Dollars”](https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/barenakedladies/ifihada1000000.html) by Barenaked Ladies: K-Car (Reliant), little pre-wrapped sausages (but not pre-wrapped bacon), Kraft Dinners (= Macaroni & Cheese) with Dijon ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/32 "2017-11-24T22:32:03Z")
[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNpSWby1cwQ) is quite a versatile song. I used it in a thread about “big legged women” a while back. \*\*Taj Mahal _sings: Gimme some WD-40, gonna oil my springs. My back is made of whalebone I’m gonna make you sing._ ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/33 "2017-11-25T00:02:49Z")
“Don’t Cry For Me, WD-40”? ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/34 "2017-11-25T00:30:20Z")
Duct Tape Madrigal in C Major by Lou Nathanson [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PlCCsk8KPPc/hqdefault.jpg "Duct Tape Madrigal in C major") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlCCsk8KPPc) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/35 "2017-11-25T00:42:56Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > Howard Johnson’s got his Ho-Jo working? [Yes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd-Qhspihlc). And [Girl Scout Cookies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezVopx-S8Tw). ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210/36 "2017-11-25T05:06:00Z")
Everybody here too young to remember Allan Sherman, are we? (Or S&H Green Stamps for that matter?) [Green Stamps](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmNkoRXFvGI), to the tune of Green Eyes: \*Thrill me with your Green Stamps. I love your little Green Stamps. I keep collecting Green Stamps. I love the way they look. Oh how I love to pick them. I pick them up and lick them. I lick them then I stick them In my brown Green Stamp book!\* And Oh! how he waxed nostalgic for his late lamented back scratcher! [That Old Back Scratcher](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YbiGU4auG4), to the tune of That Old Black Magic: _That old back scratcher Has me in its spell. That old back scratcher Like the Chinese sell. Your plastic fingers Up and down my spine! That same old itchcraft When your touch meets mine! You tame that tingle When I’m all alone. For I am single, so To itch his own!_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210.md?page=1)