# What Was With That "Wet Dream" Song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 2, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-with-that-wet-dream-song/795293 "2017-09-02T02:06:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-with-that-wet-dream-song/795293/1 "2017-09-02T02:06:11Z")
I’m sure some SDopers must remember that “Wet Dream” song full of very fishy, fish puns and/or sexual innuendo? Is there a story behind that song? Was it written for a TV show, perhaps? What else would possess someone to write this piece of carp? …and, who DID write/sing of anyways? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-with-that-wet-dream-song/795293/2 "2017-09-02T02:12:26Z")
[Kip Addota](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l1GvDWtccI) It’s a novelty song. What is there to get? ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-with-that-wet-dream-song/795293/3 "2017-09-02T02:29:36Z")
Not this one? [The Fugs : Wet Dream - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAdwbvjqktk) ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-with-that-wet-dream-song/795293/4 "2017-09-02T02:36:55Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [Kip Addota](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l1GvDWtccI) > > It’s a novelty song. What is there to get? For some reason, I have it stuck in my head that it came from something first, like a TV show, and evolved into a novelty record. Anyone else feel the same? Anybody? …Anybody at all? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-with-that-wet-dream-song/795293/5 "2017-09-02T02:40:32Z")
…Oh, btw, for the record? I have a similar feeling about that “Barbie Girl” song (I’m a Barbie Girl, in a Barbie World). Did that come from something else first before going “solo”? I dunno…maybe I’ve just lost it! :o ---
**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:** [September 2, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-with-that-wet-dream-song/795293/6 "2017-09-02T02:48:51Z")
> [@Jinx](#): > > …Oh, btw, for the record? I have a similar feeling about that “Barbie Girl” song (I’m a Barbie Girl, in a Barbie World). Did that come from something else first before going “solo”? I dunno…maybe I’ve just lost it! :o Not to my knowledge in either case. Kip Addotta has a number of comedy talk-songs, many punny, so that’s just his thing (or one of his things. He’s a stand-up comic.) As far as I know and could look up “Barbie Girl” was written as a social commentary, and was even the target of a lawsuit by Mattel. I have no idea where you got the idea that it was from something else. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-with-that-wet-dream-song/795293/7 "2017-09-02T02:52:03Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > Not this one? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAdwbvjqktk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAdwbvjqktk) Someone else remembers it! I was going to say “I’m glad someone else remembers it,” but I’m not even sure I’m glad I remember it. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-with-that-wet-dream-song/795293/8 "2017-09-02T17:19:11Z")
I was surprised when neither of the previous mentions included the original - a song full of single entendre - and by far the best song of that title. Max Romeo - Wet dream [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/m7xLUXHNw8g/maxresdefault.jpg "Max Romeo - Wet Dream (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7xLUXHNw8g) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-with-that-wet-dream-song/795293/9 "2017-09-02T17:30:54Z")
I certainly remember the song – it was a staple on the Doctor Demento radio show in the '80s. I don’t have any recollection of it being anything other than a novelty song, though I wonder if you’re recalling the video that **silenus** linked to, and thinking it was from a TV show. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-with-that-wet-dream-song/795293/10 "2017-09-02T17:39:12Z")
> [@Jinx](#): > > For some reason, I have it stuck in my head that it came from something first, like a TV show, and evolved into a novelty record. Anyone else feel the same? Anybody? …Anybody at all? 😃 Is it possible you’re somehow conflating the song with the short-lived animated TV series [Fish Police](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_Police_(TV_series))? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-with-that-wet-dream-song/795293/11 "2017-09-02T18:16:32Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Is it possible you’re somehow conflating the song with the short-lived animated TV series [Fish Police](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_Police_(TV_series))? Only six episodes. That really floundered. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-with-that-wet-dream-song/795293/12 "2017-09-03T10:13:53Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Only six episodes. That really floundered. It must’ve jumped the shark early. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-with-that-wet-dream-song/795293/13 "2017-09-03T16:37:43Z")
Decades ago, I saw Kip Adotta doing that entire “song” without music, as part of his stand-up comedy routine. A long monologue full of groan inducing fishy puns. I guess he added music and made the routine into a novelty song later.