# Songs that utilize sound effects **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 3, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023 "2011-09-03T02:54:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [September 3, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023/21 "2011-09-03T19:29:58Z")
Billy Joel’s _Allentown_ started with a steam whistle, and the clanging of a pile driver runs through the whole song. Onstage, the clanging was a band member whacking a long steel pipe. Pink Floyd’s _Grantchester Meadows_ starts and ends with a buzzing fly, which is swatted at the end. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023/22 "2011-09-03T19:45:46Z")
“Paper Planes” by Maya Arulpragasam - gun shots and register bells as lyrics ---
**Author:** ![clnilsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@clnilsen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clnilsen)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023/23 "2011-09-03T20:08:36Z")
“Rock the Casbah” by The clash has, what I believe are, sound effects from a PAC MAN game watch. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023/24 "2011-09-03T20:19:17Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Billy Joel’s _Allentown_ started with a steam whistle, and the clanging of a pile driver runs through the whole song. Onstage, the clanging was a band member whacking a long steel pipe. [_You May Be Right_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cih0btgJw8s&feature=related) starts with breaking glass. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023/25 "2011-09-03T20:29:55Z")
The Zombies – The Way I Feel Inside Footsteps at the beginning and either a coin or a ring being thrown on the bar and walking off. I’m guessing it’s an engagement ring and he got turned down. Now I’m all teary. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023/26 "2011-09-03T20:45:59Z")
Two more Billy Joel: “Goodnight Saigon”-Helicopter “Moving Out”-motorcycle revving ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023/27 "2011-09-03T21:02:01Z")
“LA Woman” by the Doors starts with an engine. ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023/28 "2011-09-03T21:12:07Z")
Arcadia’s - Lady Ice. Sounds like giants walking. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023/29 "2011-09-03T21:46:14Z")
The Typewriter - Leroy Anderson ---
**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:** [September 3, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023/30 "2011-09-03T21:56:13Z")
Pink Floyd – “Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast” (various sounds of breakfast being made) Pink Floyd – “Atom Heart Mother” (several sounds, but most noticeable is the sound of a motorcycle. Pink Floyd – “Echoes” (sound of sonar) Beatles – “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” (a hammer hitting an anvil). Bonzo Dog Band – “Shirt” (man in the street interviews) Bonzo Dog Band – “Postcards” (the sound of a person discretely vomit after the line “the captain says he’s going to heave to.”) Bonzo Dog Band – “Cool Britannia” (ends with the sound of someone grunting, something plopping into water, and a woman laughing.) Bonzo Dog Band – “By a Waterfall” (water being poured into a glass). ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023/31 "2011-09-03T22:02:13Z")
O-Zone’s _Dragostea Din Tei_ (more commonly known as the Numa Numa song) has a cellphone ring at one point. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023/32 "2011-09-03T22:02:13Z")
ELO-[_Telephone Line_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRJQLzc-bco) phone ringing ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023/33 "2011-09-03T22:06:24Z")
Afternoon Delight has a stupid airplane effect, which has pissed me off since I was a kid because the lyrics mention skyrockets, not planes! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023/34 "2011-09-03T22:16:56Z")
Starship-[\*We Built This City \*](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxGGckAc1rs)radio traffic report/station promo. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023/35 "2011-09-03T22:36:45Z")
Kesha’s “Dinosaur” begins with the (hypothetical) sounnd of a dinosaur roaring. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023/36 "2011-09-03T22:39:30Z")
“Good Morning Good Morning” has all kinds of sound effects, including the rooster crow that starts the song. “You Never Give Me Your Money” fades to sound effects of night sounds, crickets chirping type stuff. Both by the Beatles, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023/37 "2011-09-04T00:18:48Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Kesha’s “Dinosaur” begins with the (hypothetical) sounnd of a dinosaur roaring. Thanks for clarifying the hypotheticality of it. 🙂 mmm ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023/38 "2011-09-04T00:25:32Z")
_1812 Overture_ count, with the cannons and stuff? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023/39 "2011-09-04T00:47:27Z")
Not specific songs, but Buddy Holly’s band was called The Crickets after a real cricket. They had stuffed a garage with insulation to make their earliest recordings, and they never could find the cricket audible on every track. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023/40 "2011-09-04T01:09:09Z")
[Leader of the Pack](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syckLQQBShc), The Shangri-Las Also, [Remember](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtnC2U9pxJc&feature=fvst), same group. Seagulls, ocean. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-utilize-sound-effects/595023.md?page=3)