# Songs that mention 'Hare Krishna' ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-hare-krishna/193392 "2003-08-06T18:51:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LSD-25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@LSD-25](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSD-25)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-hare-krishna/193392/1 "2003-08-06T18:51:40Z")
The ones I know of are The Beatles’ **I Am The Walrus** - “elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna” (a reference to Allen Ginsberg apparently), George Harrison’s **My Sweet Lord** , Lennon’s **Give Peace A Chance** and Stevie Wonder’s **Pastime Paradise**. Can anyone think of any other examples? ---
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-hare-krishna/193392/2 "2003-08-06T18:57:31Z")
How about the “Hare Krishna Mantra” as performed by the Radha Krishna Temple and produced by George Harrison? It went to #12 on the UK charts in 1969. [http://www.jpgr.co.uk/col\_apple15.html](http://www.jpgr.co.uk/col_apple15.html) ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-hare-krishna/193392/3 "2003-08-06T19:11:24Z")
Honestly, I’ve never been too clear on these lyrics, but I think this counts. _Done Too Soon_ by Neil Diamond: > [@](#): > > Ramar, Krishna, Mama Whistler, > Patrice Lumumba and Russ Colombo, > Karl and Chico Marx, > Albert Camus. It’s possible that the line is actually “Ramar Krishna,” though. ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-hare-krishna/193392/4 "2003-08-06T19:47:42Z")
Boy George’s [“Bow Down Mister”](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/SongUnid/C21155F2E756043D482568B2002EBC70): > [@](#): > > From Bombay to Bangalore > All the Hindus know the score > If you wanna live some more > Hare, Hare, Hare > > ``` > If you do not take the vow > You can eat the sacred cow > You'll get karma anyhow > Hare, Hare, Hare > > Bow down mister > Hare Rama, Hare Krishna > Bow down mister > We say Radhe Shyam > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![xcheopis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xcheopis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xcheopis)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-hare-krishna/193392/5 "2003-08-06T19:57:39Z")
_Hare Krsna_ by Husker Du. ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-hare-krishna/193392/6 "2003-08-06T20:32:04Z")
Tenacious D’s “Kielbasa” > [@](#): > > Dianetics Jr. much better than Krishna, > Dianetics Jr. much better indeed, ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-hare-krishna/193392/7 "2003-08-06T21:01:29Z")
I can’t recall for sure if any of their lyrics mention Hare Krishna, but John ‘Bloodclot’ Joseph and Harley Flanagan from the hardcore band [Cro-Mags](http://home.wanadoo.nl/tegentonen/history.htm) were Krishnas. Wouldn’t surprise me if they mentioned Hare Krishna. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-hare-krishna/193392/8 "2003-08-07T01:27:46Z")
Dave Davies’ ‘Transformation 2’ ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-hare-krishna/193392/9 "2003-08-07T06:53:07Z")
I think _God_ by John Lennon may mention it. ---
**Author:** ![Cruktar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d9b06d/32.png) [@Cruktar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cruktar)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-hare-krishna/193392/10 "2003-08-07T07:42:53Z")
‘Hare Krishna,’ by Placebo, is sort of an altered version of the chant set to music. Not sure if that counts. ---
**Author:** ![NoGoodNamesLeft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@NoGoodNamesLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoGoodNamesLeft)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-hare-krishna/193392/11 "2003-08-07T11:49:34Z")
Lennon’s ‘God’ does mention it. Keep looking at George Harrison. A lot of his solo work is about religion. I mean entire _albums_. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-hare-krishna/193392/12 "2003-08-07T14:36:52Z")
**Grabage** Subhuman “Hare, Hare Krishna, was that your sister, a convent girl?” Quite far off the beaten track, but there you have it. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-hare-krishna/193392/13 "2003-08-07T14:58:37Z")
John Prine wrote: ‘Come back to us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard’ (yes that’s the title) Which includes the immortal wisdom of “For if heartaches were commercials / we’d all be on T.V.” ---
**Author:** ![Ich\_Bin\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Ich\_Bin\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ich_Bin_s)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-hare-krishna/193392/14 "2003-08-07T16:35:05Z")
Old straightedge band [**Shelter**](http://www.ineedyourshelter.com/news.htm) were all Hare Krishna’s. Let me dig my albums out and see if they mention it specifically in a song. I know they talk about their religion a lot, like in “In Defense of Reality”. They’re still at it, and their new guitarist is…yummy. Can I say that? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-hare-krishna/193392/15 "2003-08-07T18:33:26Z")
Pizzicato 5 sang _Hallelujah Hari Krishna_ George Harrison also sang _It Is “He”_ > [@](#): > > He whose eyes have seen > What our lives have been > And who we really are > It is ‘He’ > Jai sri krishna