# Unusual songs about food **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815 "2016-11-23T16:45:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [November 23, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/1 "2016-11-23T16:45:33Z")
It’s the biggest eating day of the year tomorrow, so why not. And no Wiki lists, please. I suggest: [Salt Peanuts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg1Wl-NmzWg), Dizzy Gillespie [Potato Chips](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFpztcGHAog), Slim Gaillard ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/2 "2016-11-23T18:06:43Z")
Cheeseburger in Paradise Jimmy Buffet ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/3 "2016-11-23T18:31:20Z")
Bangers and mash: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPYdnkK9Fqc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPYdnkK9Fqc) Jellied eels: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLpwIl-C80U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLpwIl-C80U) Boiled beef and carrots: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mIMIUqAa3w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mIMIUqAa3w) A little bit of cucumber: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvMFBQgkxrg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvMFBQgkxrg) Marrow: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi0MIXWePqs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi0MIXWePqs) ---
**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:** [November 23, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/4 "2016-11-23T18:34:02Z")
[Goober Peas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5r1gSYO5RQ). ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/5 "2016-11-23T18:56:37Z")
[it’s bad you know](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzC_rGX-XyM) - a song about a tuna fish sandwich. The singer is relating a story in which his wife made him a tuna fish sandwich that he refused to eat… She asked him why he wouldn’t eat it. ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/6 "2016-11-23T18:58:40Z")
Do any Weird Al parodies count as “unusual” songs? Because he had a couple. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/7 "2016-11-23T19:16:02Z")
Howzabout some Little Walter with [Chicken Shack](https://youtu.be/eGfNC5-_x0M). ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/8 "2016-11-23T19:30:23Z")
_Polk Salad Annie_ is sorta kinda food related (in that a woman becomes a gator’s lunch). ---
**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:** [November 23, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/9 "2016-11-23T19:50:15Z")
“[Mama’s Fried Potatoes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N2FkBjdXS8)” by The Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band. They also did “[The Persimmon Song.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUfbE69JJyI)” ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/10 "2016-11-23T19:57:16Z")
[Custard Pie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyI7QAnaVQQ), by Led Zeppelin. ---
**Author:** ![TheInimitableMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TheInimitableMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheInimitableMaven)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/11 "2016-11-23T20:26:32Z")
\*\*[“Savoy Truffle” originally by The Beatles, performed by Ella Fitzgerald](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KmvANzwRWk) [“Taco With A Pork Chop” by Ray Brown, John Clayton and Christian McBride](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FY5ymONXlg)\*\* ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/12 "2016-11-23T20:41:45Z")
Carole King: [Chicken Soup with Rice](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xSJ0FDplzjk) Adam Sandler: [The Turkey / Thanksgiving Song](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=47e91Nc0Mag) ---
**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:** [November 23, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/13 "2016-11-23T20:43:15Z")
“Chocolate Salty Balls” by Isaac “Chef” Hayes. “TV Dinners” by ZZ Top. And yes, I’ll nominate “Addicted to Spuds” and “Spam” by Weird Al Yancovic. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/14 "2016-11-23T20:46:37Z")
[My Bologna](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38h1G-KA36w) by Weird Al [Eat It](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcJjMnHoIBI) by Weird Al [Fat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2mU6USTBRE)by Weird Al ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/15 "2016-11-23T21:01:23Z")
My friends took a road trip to some town in Pennsylvania so they could find a hill and eat bananas on it. Apparently there’s a song about eating bananas on a hill in (the town, I forget) in Pennsylvania. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/16 "2016-11-23T21:10:31Z")
Cheddar Cheese Jerusalem [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GowZKAKooMU/maxresdefault.jpg "Cheddar Cheese Jerusalem. (lyrics by Dr. Busker)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GowZKAKooMU) ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/17 "2016-11-23T21:22:22Z")
Can’t be more unusual than [Chinese Food](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWLhrHVySgA) by Alison Gold. Remember _Friday_? Same production company, worse song. Disturbing on many levels. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/18 "2016-11-23T21:28:39Z")
[Bottle of Wine](http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/the_kingston_trio/bottle_of_wine.html) ---
**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:** [November 23, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/19 "2016-11-23T21:28:57Z")
[Frim Fram Sauce](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfCZCJ-EGRw) ---
**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:** [November 23, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/20 "2016-11-23T21:30:08Z")
[quote=“Baker, post:16, topic:772815”] Cheddar Cheese Jerusalem [/QUOTE] :eek: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815.md?page=2)