# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/61 "2016-11-24T03:37:46Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > It’s Poke Salad. > > Before he came up with lyrics, Paul McCartney called “Yesterday” “Applesauce” because it had the right rhythm. Scrambled Eggs, no? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/62 "2016-11-24T03:42:48Z")
Golden Apple Quartet was created for a friend’s wedding. The song they wrote for the occasion, “[Buen menú](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nde-HoCpaA)” (good menu) was inspired by the way waiters would recite the day’s menu. It was also the beginning of an ongoing career. ---
**Author:** ![ralfy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ralfy/32/600_2.png) [@ralfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralfy)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/63 "2016-11-24T03:52:05Z")
“She Don’t Use Jelly” "MacArthur Park" [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuUmLatFxe8) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/64 "2016-11-24T03:54:06Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > And if you’re thirsty, you can just put the lime in the coconut and drink it all up… Or have a rum and cocacola. ---
**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 24, 2016, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/65 "2016-11-24T03:59:23Z")
[Bread And Butter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_Jzl_bx3fI), The Newbeats ---
**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, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/66 "2016-11-24T04:21:28Z")
Oh yeah: [Solid Potato Salad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn3ZGswnBas) And you\*\* must\*\* watch the video. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/67 "2016-11-24T04:34:43Z")
Rat Salad Pig Meat is What I Crave Cruising for Burgers Banana in My Fruit Basket ---
**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, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/68 "2016-11-24T05:06:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > It’s Poke Salad. > > Before he came up with lyrics, Paul McCartney called “Yesterday” “Applesauce” because it had the right rhythm. I just looked it up in wiki: “The plant is also referred to as poke sallet or polk salad” The song said “Polk salad” Also Yesterday was known as “scrambled eggs” Not an unusual song though. Only unusually popular maybe. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/69 "2016-11-24T05:36:25Z")
Weird Al - Lasagna [Weird Al Yankovic - Lasagna - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSso5a9AxYw) I Love Onions [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM-lEhhsLQw) I Hate Liver (song within a Second City sketch) - [#01PPI: I HATE LIVER - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bUsb-e-mvE) Leona Anderson - Fish [Leona Anderson - Fish - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8ftH2OXnag) - Limburger Lover [Limburger Lover - LEONA ANDERSON - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mA4225fo64) Food available at Michael’s Market - [Michael's Market - Mad Man Michaels - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F9VB-p11MI) ---
**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 24, 2016, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/70 "2016-11-24T06:28:58Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I’m pretty conversant in the Weird Al discography and I can’t really recall a specific song about food. “Taco Grande” isn’t a song about food? ---
**Author:** ![TheInimitableMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TheInimitableMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheInimitableMaven)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/71 "2016-11-24T06:40:14Z")
**[“Chocolate Cake” by Crowded House](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV-URXuyHtk)** (Really, REALLY wish someone had uploaded to YouTube the super bizarre video for this one I saw only once on MTV as a wee one…believe it gave me a nightmare or two then.) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/72 "2016-11-24T07:41:38Z")
[Green Onion Top](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgHRYPv4FFg) by Roosvelt Sykes [Matzoh Balls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBvt8xqMNiY) by Slim Gaillard and His Flat-Foot-Floogee Boys ---
**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 24, 2016, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/73 "2016-11-24T07:59:23Z")
[Kitchen Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSOYDm8ftIY) is about nothing but food. Allegedly. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/74 "2016-11-24T11:02:01Z")
[Fish Heads](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cn73Wtem0No), one of those weird little videos that made early MTV so great. Eat them up, yum! Song starts halfway through the clip. ---
**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, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/75 "2016-11-24T12:26:05Z")
The song was mentioned earlier, but here’s my favorite video for it- [Put The Lime in The Coconut](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EoOVvGV_aQ) - Muppets ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/76 "2016-11-24T12:45:19Z")
My favorite: [Broccoli](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw-eRvN78uk)-Coil ---
**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:** [November 24, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/77 "2016-11-24T13:38:39Z")
Harry Chapin: [30,000 Pounds of Bananas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGldNpngDws) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/78 "2016-11-24T14:28:55Z")
I see “I Love Onions” has already been mentioned. Here’s “Frankfurter Sandwiches”: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FxZdVQd0Hyo/hqdefault.jpg "Frankfurter Sandwiches ~ Joanne & The Streamliners") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxZdVQd0Hyo) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/79 "2016-11-24T14:42:09Z")
“Yes, We Have No Bananas!” "Rum and Coca-Cola" "Banana Boat Song" [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9L9angh4KdQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat Song (live) 1997") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L9angh4KdQ) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815/80 "2016-11-24T14:53:38Z")
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