# What '80s song was this...?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-song-was-this/126988
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [September 4, 2002, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-song-was-this/126988 "2002-09-04T17:18:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2002, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-song-was-this/126988/1 "2002-09-04T17:18:36Z")

</div>

Hey, does anyone remember a silly song of the 1980’s which askeed you to “stick out your can 'cause here comes the garbage man”? I vaguely recall this song - it was a flash in the pan.  
Who was the group/artist? Official Title?

Maybe you recall, too?

- Jinx

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2002, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-80s-song-was-this/126988/2 "2002-09-04T17:27:41Z")

</div>

“Garbageman” by the Cramps