# Top 10 Cocaine Songs of All Time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2008, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/456315 "2008-07-13T08:10:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/456315/1 "2008-07-13T08:10:19Z")
Part one is [here](http://www.thesharkbook.com/blog/2008/06/da-nose-knows-top-10-cocaine-songs-of.html), and part two is [here](http://www.thesharkbook.com/blog/2008/07/da-nose-knows-top-10-cocaine-songs-of.html). Of course, the No-1 song is a given, but not the version you may be thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/456315/2 "2008-07-13T12:17:17Z")
Surely “White Lines” by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, has to be the best cocaine song ever…or were those white lines talcum powder? ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/456315/3 "2008-07-13T12:18:41Z")
I am a long-time J.J. Cale fan (saw him perform back in '73) so knew what you were talking about. Thanks for the memories. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/456315/4 "2008-07-13T12:35:28Z")
I have a friend who used to be a guitar teacher. His party piece was teaching his beginner classes to play an arrangement he had done of _Cocaine Blues_ for their graduation concert. He would teach them all to strum the chords and then each student would get a little piece of the solo work to play. So it ended up this little ensemble piece were everyone got to play a bit of lead. What amused him was that the parents loved it and never had any idea what the piece was that the kids were playing. He would be listening mentally singing, “Cocaine running around my brain…” while the smiling parents watched. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/456315/5 "2008-07-13T12:39:21Z")
[QUOTE=Caprese] I am a long-time J.J. Cale fan (saw him perform back in '73) _so knew what you were talking about._ Thanks for the memories. [/QUOTE] Well come on then, spill the beans! What am I missing? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/456315/6 "2008-07-13T13:51:22Z")
No Steppenwolf? _Snowblind Friend_ should have been in there. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/456315/7 "2008-07-13T13:54:58Z")
White Christmas 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/456315/8 "2008-07-13T14:00:42Z")
That list is silly. Everyone knows the top coke song is “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing”. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/456315/9 "2008-07-13T14:46:29Z")
Cole Porter’s “I Get a Kick Out of You” wins hands down. > [@Cole Porter](#): > > I get no kick from cocaine. > I’m sure that if I took even one sniff > That would bore me terrifically, too. > Yet I get a kick out of you. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/456315/10 "2008-07-13T15:15:41Z")
[“A Spoonful Blues”](http://mp34u.muzic.com/posting/611) by Charlie Patton. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/456315/11 "2008-07-13T15:49:39Z")
Yet no mention of Black Sabbath’s “Snowblind” or Eric Clapton’s “Cocaine.” Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/456315/12 "2008-07-13T16:30:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Eric Clapton’s “Cocaine.” It’s not really Eric’s song. He did a cover. The J.J. Cale original was number one on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/456315/13 "2008-07-13T16:38:20Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] It’s not really Eric’s song. He did a cover. The J.J. Cale original was number one on the list. [/QUOTE] Fair enough (though there are covers on the list). I still think Sabbath’s song is better than Buckcherry’s, and “My Michelle” is only peripherally a song relating to cocaine, but fault can always be found with these Top Ten Lists. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/456315/14 "2008-07-13T18:24:22Z")
**Snowblind** by Styx **Casey Jones** by the Grateful Dead **The No-No Song** by Ringo Starr ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/456315/15 "2008-07-13T19:19:49Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] Part one is [here](http://www.thesharkbook.com/blog/2008/06/da-nose-knows-top-10-cocaine-songs-of.html), and part two is [here](http://www.thesharkbook.com/blog/2008/07/da-nose-knows-top-10-cocaine-songs-of.html). Of course, the No-1 song is a given, but not the version you may be thinking of. [/QUOTE] Looks like the same [list](http://listverse.com/music/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/) from here So who plagerized from whom? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/456315/16 "2008-07-13T19:23:34Z")
I always thought “Big Shot,” by Billy Joel, had something to do with coke. “You had to have the white-hot spotlight . . .” ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/456315/17 "2008-07-13T20:22:00Z")
[QUOTE=Rubystreak] Yet no mention of Black Sabbath’s “Snowblind” or Eric Clapton’s “Cocaine.” Hmm. [/QUOTE] Sabbath’s “Snowblind” gets an honorable mention. Read the explanation for the #1 pick as to why they chose Cale to represent “Cocaine” over Clapton. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/456315/18 "2008-07-13T21:11:39Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] I always thought “Big Shot,” by Billy Joel, had something to do with coke. “You had to have the white-hot spotlight . . .” [/QUOTE] Not to mention, “You had the Dom Perignon in your hand and the spoon up your nose” ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/456315/19 "2008-07-13T23:37:10Z")
What?! No mention of Jackson Browne’s “Cocaine”? (Actually, I don’t know who wrote it, but I do have a recording of Browne singing it, and he is exceedingly wasted.) “You take Sally, I’ll take Sue. There ain’t no diff’rence ‘tween the two. Co-cAAAAAINe. Runnin’ all 'round my brain.” ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/456315/20 "2008-07-13T23:45:22Z")
[QUOTE=Tenar] What?! No mention of Jackson Browne’s “Cocaine”? (Actually, I don’t know who wrote it, but I do have a recording of Browne singing it, and he is exceedingly wasted.) “You take Sally, I’ll take Sue. There ain’t no diff’rence ‘tween the two. Co-cAAAAAINe. Runnin’ all 'round my brain.” [/QUOTE] It’s the same as the Rev. Gary Davis version on the list. I really love yet another tune called “Cocaine Blues,” one by Luke Jordan, especially a lunatic version by The Holy Modal Rounders: _I called my Cora, hey hey She come on sniffin’ with her nose all sore, The doctor swore she’s gonna smell no more Sayin’, Run doctor, ring the bell - the women in the alley I’m simply wild about my good cocaine_ Particularly the verse when his furniture is repossessed: _If ever there was a devil without any horns, It must have been the furniture man_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-cocaine-songs-of-all-time/456315.md?page=2)