# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Tara57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Tara57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tara57)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/41 "2016-11-23T23:14:59Z")
Jambalaya, crawfish pie, file gumbo … ---
**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, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/42 "2016-11-23T23:37:16Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > [30,000 Pounds of Bananas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfFM4Ilt4Rs) by Harry Chapin was a favorite growing up. _Cat in the Kettle_, a Chapin parody [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Z8zEfYbsrr0/hqdefault.jpg "Cat in the Kettle") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8zEfYbsrr0) ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/43 "2016-11-23T23:39:36Z")
Muffin Man, Zappa [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ptoN-5QE0Lw/hqdefault.jpg "Frank Zappa - Muffin Man") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptoN-5QE0Lw) ---
**Author:** ![Vicsage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e68b1a/32.png) [@Vicsage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vicsage)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/44 "2016-11-23T23:45:30Z")
Timothy by the Buoys. ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/45 "2016-11-24T00:25:49Z")
[Fruit Salad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB4MNu6W9sg) by The Wiggles ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/46 "2016-11-24T00:47:51Z")
You can get anything you want … at [Alice’s Restaurant](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57gzA2JCcM)😉 (Alice’s Restaurant Massacre by Arlo Guthrie) ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/47 "2016-11-24T00:53:21Z")
> [@DrForrester](#): > > [Fruit Salad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB4MNu6W9sg) by The Wiggles The Wiggles also did Hot Potato 😊 ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/48 "2016-11-24T01:02:04Z")
[Apples & Oranges](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQBVYXEK0-Q) by Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/49 "2016-11-24T01:03:58Z")
[Candy & A Currant Bun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6l3n9gU20k) by Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/50 "2016-11-24T01:04:07Z")
> [@Reluctant\_A](#): > > Do any Weird Al parodies count as “unusual” songs? Because he had a couple. I’m pretty conversant in the Weird Al discography and I can’t really recall a specific song about food. ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/51 "2016-11-24T01:05:44Z")
[Big Rock Candy Mountain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AfIOAC9f1c) by Pete Seeger ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/52 "2016-11-24T01:10:40Z")
[Spam](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE) by Monty Python ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/53 "2016-11-24T01:30:12Z")
[Whatever](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7UmUX68KtE) this is by the Swedish Chef [Lollipop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6md5RSnVUuo) by Mika [Popsicle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh0HXX3xApU) by Jan & Dean [Sugar, Sugar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9nE2spOw_o) by The Archies [Food Glorious Food](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly7PONiKGUs) from Oliver (The Musical) [Hand Me Down That Can O’ Beans](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS2Yz2VpZK4) from Paint Your Wagon ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/54 "2016-11-24T01:45:50Z")
Just a reference, not the whole song, but… John Lennon was sparing with some writers, chiding them about holding on to every imagined dirty, lyric they could find, and pointed out, “but you never asked me about _Fish and Finger Pie_, now did you”. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/55 "2016-11-24T01:48:54Z")
[One Meatball](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpZh7_pMdhw) (Andrews Sisters version) [(I Spent My Last $10) on Birth Control and Beer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkRVodqIcvs) by the 2 Nice Girls ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/56 "2016-11-24T02:27:26Z")
The Royal Guardsmen [Peanut Butter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHC-0Y4KZt4) [The Jolly Green Giant](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPIqkYARtbE) ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/57 "2016-11-24T03:05:39Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > _Polk Salad Annie_ is sorta kinda food related (in that a woman becomes a gator’s lunch). Polk salad is food. Didn’t ya listen to the lyrics? ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/58 "2016-11-24T03:09:47Z")
Soul Dressing Booker T Raspberry Jam Carole King White Port and Lemon Juice ? ---
**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 24, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/59 "2016-11-24T03:17:33Z")
It’s Poke Salad. Before he came up with lyrics, Paul McCartney called “Yesterday” “Applesauce” because it had the right rhythm. ---
**Author:** ![guywithagrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c37758/32.png) [@guywithagrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guywithagrin)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/60 "2016-11-24T03:26:40Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LpWwEgGnMwI/hqdefault.jpg "Kenny Roberts - Choc'Late Ice Cream Cone (ORIGINAL) - (1950).") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpWwEgGnMwI) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815.md?page=4)