I heard a song on Sirius today that made me laugh hysterically. I’m fairly sure they weren’t trying to be funny, but funny it is:
Noah Cyrus - Make Me (Cry) ft. Labrinth
Normally, I’d explain what’s so funny, but I think this is one you just have to hear. You only have to make it to the chorus (about 35 seconds in) to appreciate it.
What songs strike you as unintentionally hilarious?
“Hilarious” may be overstating it, but this song has never had the effect on me that the author and group performing it intended (the graphics are a nice addition).
I’m guessing it’s the sound effects of a dripping faucet and a train whistle.
I don’t really know of any unintentionally funny songs right off the top of my head.
“Once You Understand” by Think. It has a lot of spoken-word dialogue of parents arguing with their teenagers. At the end, a cop shows up at a father’s door to tell him his son died of an overdose. The whole song makes no sense whatsoever.
Rosecrans Boulevard by Johnny Rivers. The lyrics are inane and make no attempt to rhyme. The worst of them begin at 1:37. The melody meanders randomly.
Bonus: written by Jim Webb, who also gave us “Macarthur Park.”
Lucy in the Sky (With Diamonds) as perforrmed by William Shatner.
Well that’s just cheating.
In the late 50’s there was a run on songs about teen lovers dying untimelyh deaths. I thinkit started with Mark Dinning’s “Teen Angel”,which was a huge hit, followed by several others, one of the biggest was Ray Peterson’s “Tell Laura I Love her”. The funniest might hav been Johnny Cymbel’s “The Water Was Red”, about the guy whose girl friend was killed by s shark before his very eyes.
That pretty much pushed the needle over the top, and when the Everly Brothers released "Ebony Eyes, most stations just refused to play it, depending on ad revenues from airlines.
Is it the part where he sings “I never hated you like I do right now?” and then the drip sound? :o I must admit, out of all the schlock out there, this song irritates me somewhat less. Also, that poor girl is. . .unfortunate looking.
A few of us have mentioned this before but Justin Bieber’s Love Yourself filled me with glee the first time I heard him sing “my mama don’t like you and she likes everyone”. I can’t decide if he was trying to be funny or if that’s supposed to be some kind of burn but it still makes me smile.
I Believe in a Thing Called Love is pretty funny, especially if you see the video. Whenever someone puts it on the jukebox (are they stilled called jukeboxes) at my local bar everyone, even if they’re in mid conversation, stops to sing the “just listen to the rhythm of my heart” line, complete with falsetto.
Maybe it’s just me. “All you ever do is make me drip” makes me laugh.
Ohmigosh, you’re right! 
I almost can’t wait until this is in heavy rotation so I’ll at least be guaranteed a smile ten or twelve times a day.
“Tommy.”
Remember in college where you had that late night conversation that at the time seemed deep and meaningful and amazing, but the next morning you realized you were full of crap?
This is that conversation in song form.. If you’re not paying close attention, it may seem like it almost might say something (it very nearly has the structure of a more meaningful song), but it doesn’t. Lyrically, it’s just gibberish. It’s kind of catchy gibberish, but it’s a bunch of other people’s half quotes strung together so they almost rhyme. I find it oddly fascinating (and funny) because I can’t tell if the songwriter & singer know how utterly dumb this song is.
And yes, “All you ever do is make me drip” is probably not the mood they were going for.
“Christmas Shoes” always makes me laugh.
My mom is about to die. I know what I need to do – instead of being by her side, I’ll run out and try to buy some expensive shoes with no money so Jesus will be impressed!
That was pretty funny. The rest of the song is not terrible. It’s not a good song exactly, but without the drippy effects, it would be pleasant enough. But, that sound effect! Ridiculous.
I generally like the song “Jar of Hearts” by Christina Perri. I like the music and pained vocals, and some of the lyrics are well done. But “You’re gonna catch a cold / from the ice inside your soul” is just silly, albeit not quite hilarious. A cold? Really? This guy is leaving scars and collecting a jar of hearts, and you warn him that he’s going to … be a little sick for a week or two, maybe have a runny nose and cough.
More cringe-worthy than funny: Glen Campbell’s “Dreams of the Everyday Housewife.” No fewer than 5 key changes. My wife thought I’d had a stroke or something when I played it when she was in the room.
This song, by the late, great Randy “Macho Man” Savage. A podcast I follow (Titan Up the Defense) described it thus:
“You’ve taken, objectively, way too much acid. And the Macho Man is trying to talk you down. Except he’s taken just as much acid as you have; he’s just handling it better.”
Also, a really interesting pronunciation of “macho” in the chorus.
Probably invites some questions about how “unintentional” the humor is, though.
The funny thing about this is that it was taken seriously back in 1963. It might get you “Bobbitized” nowadays.