# Songs sung by animals **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-by-animals/842825 "2019-11-01T03:35:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-by-animals/842825/1 "2019-11-01T03:35:13Z")
Forty Years ago Rainbow Connection by Kirmit the Frog was on the charts. What other songs had animals as vocalists in the song? The animal doesn’t need to be the main singer, so songs like Disco Duck would count. By the way… Adam Ant, the Eagles and so forth don’t count - they are humans. ---
**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 1, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-by-animals/842825/2 "2019-11-01T03:41:42Z")
Are you counting movies? If so, lots of Disney and others. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-by-animals/842825/3 "2019-11-01T03:43:02Z")
Disney is great for this. _Bare Neccessities_ _Hakuna Matata_ _Under the Sea_ (what else we got?) ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-by-animals/842825/4 "2019-11-01T03:49:25Z")
Crazy Frog ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-by-animals/842825/5 "2019-11-01T04:02:44Z")
[_The Chipmunk Song_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdN_8OlJGs0), of course, as well as other songs by Alvin and the Chipmunks. ---
**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 1, 2019, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-by-animals/842825/6 "2019-11-01T04:03:11Z")
“We are Siamese” ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-by-animals/842825/7 "2019-11-01T04:07:49Z")
[Froggy Went A-Courtin’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vjDMaJdQYk), though the animals’ parts are spoken instead of sung. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-by-animals/842825/8 "2019-11-01T04:08:44Z")
[Rowlf the Dog, Cottleston Pie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ_07C89Tp0). He was doing that when Kermit was still a tadpole puppet. He got it from Winnie the Pooh. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-by-animals/842825/9 "2019-11-01T04:23:43Z")
[Three Little Fishies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-963CTDLy68) A sadder tale about three little birdies, [A La Volette.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu7rk2BF9Z4) ---
**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 1, 2019, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-by-animals/842825/10 "2019-11-01T04:28:14Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > Forty Years ago Rainbow Connection by Kirmit the Frog was on the charts. …. > > By the way… Adam Ant, the Eagles and so forth don’t count - they are humans. Um, I hate to break this to you… ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-by-animals/842825/11 "2019-11-01T04:51:03Z")
Ernie sang “Rubber Ducky”. Wait, is he an animal? ---
**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 1, 2019, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-by-animals/842825/12 "2019-11-01T04:54:45Z")
Dude, Ernie ain’t an animal. Now, Bert? The jury’s still out. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-by-animals/842825/13 "2019-11-01T05:08:26Z")
From Don Bluth’s _An American Tail,_ there’s a song I heard played many times in 1986, “Somewhere Out There” sung by mice, Fievel and Tanya Mousekewitz [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/S3TT3Bpr35Q/maxresdefault.jpg "Somewhere Out There - Fievel and Tanya") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3TT3Bpr35Q) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-by-animals/842825/14 "2019-11-01T05:19:23Z")
[Dancing on the Moon.](https://youtu.be/ziduptFwzm8?t=174) ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-by-animals/842825/15 "2019-11-01T05:59:47Z")
Too many cartoon-critter songs exist; they should not be counted. Real animals are needed. Parrots, probably, or those keyboard devices that pinched the tails of trapped cats. Or JINGLE BELLS sung by sampled dogs. On the intro to MR BOJANGLES, Teddy the dog sings a bit of OLD RUGGED CROSS. Sort of. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-by-animals/842825/16 "2019-11-01T06:05:48Z")
Anything by Alvin and the Chipmunks. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-by-animals/842825/17 "2019-11-01T10:08:22Z")
Jon Williamson had an Australian hit with [Old Man Emu](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b9T0GKFa3M): \*Let me tell you of an interview with an Old Man Emu He’s got a beak and feathers and things But the poor old fella ain’t got no wings Aren’t you jealous of the wedge-tailed eagle While the eagle’s flyin’ round and round I keep my two feet firmly on the ground Now I can’t fly but I’m tellin’ you, I can run the pants off a kangaroo\* and so forth. ---
**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 1, 2019, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-by-animals/842825/18 "2019-11-01T10:13:04Z")
Does [Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICbbPSXUAmY) count? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-by-animals/842825/19 "2019-11-01T10:18:48Z")
Flanders and Swann did a bunch of animal songs, the most famous of which are the [Hippopotamus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XK7MckPHgw)and the [Gnu](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPgo6s1lBbw). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-by-animals/842825/20 "2019-11-01T10:49:38Z")
I don’t suppose [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?6&v=i08Zsaldocc) counts. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-by-animals/842825.md?page=2)