# Songs that lists things **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251 "2014-02-13T15:23:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251/21 "2014-02-13T17:08:37Z")
[Sweet Little Sixteen](http://youtu.be/ZLV4NGpoy_E) (Cities) - Chuck Berry [Dancing in the Streets](http://youtu.be/CdvITn5cAVc) (Cities) - Martha and the Vandellas ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251/22 "2014-02-13T17:51:53Z")
[“More Bad Times”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mkah5nzVrg) by the Presidents of the United States of America (apparently a cover, but I’ve never heard the original). It’s more or less a list of bad things that never happened, and several that did (“But not enough … to fill up a song”). ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251/23 "2014-02-13T18:08:32Z")
[The Elements](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYW50F42ss8) by Tom Lehrer ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251/24 "2014-02-13T18:12:08Z")
_It Was A Very Good Year_ sung by Frank Sinatra and others. _At The Zoo_ by Simon and Garfunkel ---
**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:** [February 13, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251/25 "2014-02-13T18:30:06Z")
[The Intro and the Outro](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcrUuCDFLOQ) by the Bonzo Dog Band lists the members of the band. And it’s a particularly large band. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251/26 "2014-02-13T19:29:25Z")
[Seven Days](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fw0yaEHdXI), Sting > [@](#): > > Monday, I could wait till Tuesday > If I make up my mind > Wednesday would be fine, Thursday’s on my mind > Friday’d give me time, Saturday could wait > But Sunday’d be too late ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251/27 "2014-02-13T20:36:05Z")
The first one that sprang to my mind is [‘Come to Australia’](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy_TB6onHVE) by the Scared Weird Little Guys, but maybe that’s just me 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251/28 "2014-02-13T20:45:22Z")
The end of [What Do You Want From Life](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgjfi1DU1mQ&feature=kp) by The Tubes lists a number of things you’re entitled to (if you’re an American citizen, that is). I’m still waiting for my autographed picture of Randolph Mantooth. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251/29 "2014-02-13T21:07:48Z")
_ **The Joker** _ by Steve Miller _**I am a picker. I am a grinner. I am a lover. And I am a sinner.**_ ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251/30 "2014-02-13T21:42:30Z")
The one that jumped out at me was: Tie Me Kangaroo Down. Possibly, - Counting Flowers on the Wall by the Stattler Brothers ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251/31 "2014-02-13T21:44:17Z")
Simon & Garfunkel’s _A Simple Desultory Phillipic_ ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251/32 "2014-02-13T21:45:25Z")
_Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport_ by Rolf Harris. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4gru7Ial3k) One verse says, "Let me Abos go loose, Bruce,/Let me Abos go loose./ They’re of no further use, Bruce,/Let me Abos go loose. The song was popular a long time ago, and I didn’t know that “Abo” meant Aboririgine, the dark-skinned people who were there before the British settlers moved in. Now I know that verse could be really offensive to the Aborigines. ETA: I see that TV time beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251/33 "2014-02-13T21:50:13Z")
The Twelve Days of Christmas 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251/34 "2014-02-13T21:57:55Z")
_Dog goes woof Cat goes meow Bird goes tweet and Mouse goes squeak. Cow goes moo Frog goes croak And the elephant goes toot. Ducks say quack Fish go blub, And the seal goes OW OW OW._ Not that my kids still play that over and over or anything. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251/35 "2014-02-13T21:58:51Z")
The Twelve Days of Christmas – Traditional The Twelve Beers of Christmas – Bob & Doug McKenzie Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of…) – Lou Bega Land of 1,000 Dances – Chris Kenner/Wilson Pickett/etc\* Ten Commandments of Love – The Moonglows Ten Crack Commandments – The Notorious B.I.G. Sweet Soul Music – Arthur Conley We Got More Soul – Dyke & the Blazers Know Your Rights – The Clash Women’s Love Rights – Laura Lee \*Ends up falling short of the title’s promise even more woefully than “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover” ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251/36 "2014-02-13T22:07:25Z")
I mentioned the Stattler Brothers earlier and this one came to my mind just a minute or so ago… “Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott?” an incredible list song by the Stattler Brothers. And **AskNott** you did a much better job of explaining that Australian gem than I did. I bow to you. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251/37 "2014-02-13T22:09:30Z")
[America, Fuck Yeah!](http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/teamamericaworldpolice/americafuckyeah.htm) ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251/38 "2014-02-13T22:23:34Z")
The bossa nova classic [Águas de Março](http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_118630&feature=iv&src_vid=tHEQ-m4KSaQ&v=wBEesrdaRog) (Waters of March) is basically a list of disconnected images. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251/39 "2014-02-13T22:31:16Z")
Byrds - Turn, Turn, Turn ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251/40 "2014-02-13T22:32:00Z")
> [@TV\_time](#): > > The one that jumped out at me was: > > Tie Me Kangaroo Down. I see what you did there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251.md?page=3)