# Songs That Feature A Kazoo **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-a-kazoo/609176 "2012-01-11T16:50:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AndyLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-a-kazoo/609176/1 "2012-01-11T16:50:17Z")
Inspired by this thread > **[Which end of the kazoo do you blow on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=638069)** > > I’d always seen it blown on the large end, but farting around watching videos on YouTube I came across this TV theme medley wherein the artist (Fredde Gredde\* - I’m not trying to trick you, heh) plays it from the skinny end. I did a :smack: when I... Have their ever been any hit songs, (and I know that’s a relative term) or any other songs that have featured a kazoo? I can’t recall any, but I’m pretty tone deaf. I may be hearing a kazoo and not know it. I guess it doesn’t have to be a kazoo solo but one where the kazoo can be clearly heard ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-a-kazoo/609176/2 "2012-01-11T16:57:12Z")
I’m pretty sure I’ve heard one in a song by Beck on Mellow Gold, Steal My Body Home perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-a-kazoo/609176/3 "2012-01-11T17:00:29Z")
[Enter Kazoo Man: Metallica Enter Sandman performed on KAZOO by Mister Tim (multitrack)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC65ufGUvKM) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-a-kazoo/609176/4 "2012-01-11T17:05:47Z")
[San Francisco Bay Blues](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SzP3_K_7EE) from Eric Clapton’s _Unplugged_. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-a-kazoo/609176/5 "2012-01-11T17:07:12Z")
The Beat Farmers’ _Happy Boy_ features both a kazoo break and a gargling solo. I certainly wouldn’t call it a “hit song” though… maybe a cult classic. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-a-kazoo/609176/6 "2012-01-11T17:17:28Z")
_Jewish Princess_ by Frank Zappa ---
**Author:** ![amijane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@amijane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amijane)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-a-kazoo/609176/7 "2012-01-11T17:19:41Z")
[Love Rollercoaster](http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwKvwD97cf8) by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The kazoo chorus is most noticeable coming in around 1.20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-a-kazoo/609176/8 "2012-01-11T17:21:46Z")
[I Love Onions](http://youtu.be/KM-lEhhsLQw) UT ---
**Author:** ![Nightfall1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@Nightfall1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightfall1)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-a-kazoo/609176/9 "2012-01-11T17:22:07Z")
You’re 16 (right title?) Ringo Starrs version. ---
**Author:** ![AndyLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-a-kazoo/609176/10 "2012-01-11T17:23:55Z")
Thanks, and how could I have missed Ringo Starr’s, You’re Sixteen. Keep 'em coming 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-a-kazoo/609176/11 "2012-01-11T17:33:47Z")
Hit song: Country Joe & the Fish, “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag” Not so hit songs: Pink Floyd, “Corporal Clegg” Mothers of Invention, “Hungry Freaks, Daddy” and “Who Are the Brain Police” (the latter featuring the most chilling kazoo solo ever) Not an actual kazoo, but the Beatles’ “Lovely Rita” features comb and paper. ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-a-kazoo/609176/12 "2012-01-11T17:35:48Z")
“I’m the Urban Spaceman” by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band reached #5 on the UK charts. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-a-kazoo/609176/13 "2012-01-11T17:39:02Z")
Just about everything Weird Al did in his early days Also [this](http://www.kazoos.com/popkazoo.htm) list is pretty good ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-a-kazoo/609176/14 "2012-01-11T17:40:58Z")
Jimi Hendrix _Crosstown Traffic_ ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-a-kazoo/609176/15 "2012-01-11T17:45:06Z")
How about one of my all time favourites? [Runaway by Del Shannon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TLLcvWeiKw). Wait a minute; that is a kazoo, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-a-kazoo/609176/16 "2012-01-11T17:48:29Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > [Runaway by Del Shannon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TLLcvWeiKw). Wait a minute; that is a kazoo, isn’t it? The solo? That’s a [Clavioline](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavioline). ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-a-kazoo/609176/17 "2012-01-11T18:09:06Z")
Thank you! Live and learn . . . (well, live). ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-a-kazoo/609176/18 "2012-01-11T18:50:13Z")
Hit: “Johnny Get Angry” Joanie Sommers, 1962 Non-Hit: “You’re Probably Wondering Why I’m Here” Zappa/Mothers ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-a-kazoo/609176/19 "2012-01-11T19:08:10Z")
Don’t forget the ineffable [Temple City Kazoo Orchestra](http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=temple+city+kazoo+orchestra&hl=en&prmd=imvns&source=univ&tbm=vid&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=ot0NT7a0IdTs8QPo-MjCBQ&ved=0CC8QqwQ&biw=1218&bih=892). ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-a-kazoo/609176/20 "2012-01-11T19:19:03Z")
A [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=157055) from some years ago… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-a-kazoo/609176.md?page=2)