# What's your favorite novety song that most people haven't heard **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-novety-song-that-most-people-havent-heard/915550 "2020-07-17T05:16:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-novety-song-that-most-people-havent-heard/915550/21 "2020-07-17T23:13:30Z")
“Theme from Super Skrull” by Ookla the Mok [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk_tu2MwZDw) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-novety-song-that-most-people-havent-heard/915550/22 "2020-07-18T00:06:29Z")
King Missle (Dog Fly Religion) “Take Stuff From Work” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KIXz_vzROrw/hqdefault.jpg "King Missile - Take Stuff From Work") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIXz_vzROrw) ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-novety-song-that-most-people-havent-heard/915550/23 "2020-07-18T00:28:01Z")
This is so un-politically correct: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NTcndxuwOA) - this ended up as the B-side to “The Chicken Song” which went to number 1 in the UK. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2020, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-novety-song-that-most-people-havent-heard/915550/24 "2020-07-18T06:42:35Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/d28zKlU5Rhs/hqdefault.jpg "Negativland - Drink It Up Video (KOA)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d28zKlU5Rhs) ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-novety-song-that-most-people-havent-heard/915550/25 "2020-07-18T18:17:05Z")
The Beatles - You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) The Fab Four at their most Pythonesque. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/noGjJyEDm5s/maxresdefault.jpg "The Beatles - You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) [Complete (6:12) STEREO Version]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noGjJyEDm5s) ---
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My favorite parody song of all time: Leader of the Laudromat By The Detergents [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Qi5yDBvYUcE/hqdefault.jpg "The Detergents - Leader of the Laundromat") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi5yDBvYUcE) Others I like: Elvis is Everywhere By Mojo Nixon [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mpb4ZAAP6Z4/hqdefault.jpg ""Elvis is Everywhere" by Mojo Nixon") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpb4ZAAP6Z4) On Top of Spaghetti: By Tom Grazer [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tSbSjRJ9xz4/hqdefault.jpg "On Top of Spaghetti by Tom Glazer & the Do Re Mi Children's Chorus 1963") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSbSjRJ9xz4) Mahna Mahna By The Muppets > **[Muppet Show - Mahna Mahna...m HD 720p bacco... Original!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N_tupPBtWQ:)** > > 👕 WANT TO BUY T-SHIRT? 👕 https://teespring.com/en-GB/mahna-mahna-bacco-muppet-hd-72?tsmac=store&tsmic=bacco&pid=389&cid=102282&sid=front ---
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Corky Siegel, Idaho Potato Man. > [@](#): > > Well there’s something you should know before you bring me them victuals…I don’t eat nothing that don’t bleed a little, that’s right…it’s got to wiggle in the pan. I’m a carnivarian, not an Idaho potato man. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TvMmSue0058?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDTvMmSue0058 You may know this song but not her cover. She’s actually made CDs, played concerts etc. since catching on via youtube. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HeP1Klmk0ng/hqdefault.jpg "Build Me Up, Buttercup on ukulele") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeP1Klmk0ng) Gotta have some 'munks. Let’s do the time warp! They get some seriously good session musicians on these things… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NPos97YKCh4/maxresdefault.jpg "The Chipmunks - Time Warp") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPos97YKCh4) ---
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Oh, too big of a question. Too many choices. Favorite current artist: Randy Rainbow. For now, my favorite of his is “Cover your Frickin’ Face” set to “Put on a Happy Face”. Favorite long term artist, who else but Weird Al Yankovich? My favorite of his obscure songs? It’s a toss up between “One More Minute with You” and “Gonna Buy Me a Condo”. “One More Minute with You” is the funniest, but “Gonna Buy Me a Condo” is more fun to sing along with, if you get what I mean. Favorite classic novelty song? “I’m My Own Grandpa” as covered by Homer and Jethro. But that one isn’t very obscure. For my favorite obscure classic novelty song, I would nominate “My Name is Not Merv Griffin”. Once you hear it, you never forget it. Favorite historical obscure novelty song? This presidential election song, in support of Martin Van Buren and against William Henry Harrison, set to “Rock-a-Bye Baby”: \*Rock-a-bye Baby, Daddy’s a Whig When he comes home Hard cider he’ll swig. When he has swug He’ll fall in a stew, And down will come Tyler and Tippecanoe. Rock-a-bye Baby, Never you cry. You need not fear Old Tip and his Ty What they would ruin Van Buren will fix Van’s a Magician. They are but tricks.\* Finally, I’d like to close with an example of a poignant obscure novelty song by none other than Benny Hill. It’s the last verse in a song about an old playboy miscreant who dies at the age of 93 having been shot by a jealous husband. The man dies praying, “_Please let me go round again Lord. Please let me go round again. I just can’t believe that I never will see Your sky or Your trees again. The women and wine and the music was fine, and I shouldn’t complain, but then… You give damn short rides on this Merry-Go-Round Lord, oh please let me go round again._” Benny slowed down the tempo on that last verse while singing it, and damned if I don’t choke up a little whenever I come across it somewhere. ---
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I know the thread says favorite, but sometimes I think half my record collection qualifies as novelty records. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8wUhVOv6X6M/hqdefault.jpg "Hickoids - Brand New Way") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wUhVOv6X6M) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iyShdhbydzY/maxresdefault.jpg "Mr. Egyptian") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyShdhbydzY) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5xOok9eam-k/maxresdefault.jpg "Nurture My Pig") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xOok9eam-k) ---
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Happy Boy, by the Beat Farmers. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LEZtII8rt_Y/hqdefault.jpg "Beat Farmers...Happy Boy.wmv") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEZtII8rt_Y) WDVE in Pittsburgh used to play it every Friday at 5PM(don’t know if they still do.) In addition to being wonderfully silly, it also signaled the end of the week and the beginning of freedom and fun, so I associate it with good memories. ---
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Martin Mull was a terrific comic musician in his heyday. Here’s his Christmas song: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/04-KLhgorb0/maxresdefault.jpg "Martin Mull "Santa Doesn't Cop Out on Dope" (1972)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04-KLhgorb0) There’s also Root Boy Slim [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/X96Un6POoo8/hqdefault.jpg "CHRISTMAS XMAS AT K-MART - ROOT BOY SLIM & SEX CHANGE BAND") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X96Un6POoo8) ---
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The Austin Lounge Lizards: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N9zWh9gR45U/hqdefault.jpg "Hey Little Minivan - Austin Lounge Lizards") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9zWh9gR45U) And in the not ready for airplay category (but I played it on my show anyway): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/m9kwJ2pV4yc/hqdefault.jpg "The Four Skins It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Syphilis") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9kwJ2pV4yc) ---
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> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Happy Boy, by the Beat Farmers. > [https://youtu.be/LEZtII8rt\_Y?t=2](https://youtu.be/LEZtII8rt_Y?t=2) > > WDVE in Pittsburgh used to play it every Friday at 5PM(don’t know if they still do.) In addition to being wonderfully silly, it also signaled the end of the week and the beginning of freedom and fun, so I associate it with good memories. Funny story about this song - a roommate of mine back in college had a copy of some Rhino Records sampler CD that had this song as a bonus track, with no identifying information at all. It took us _years_ to figure out who/what it was. ---
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Took me years, too. They never said what song this was, ever. It wasn’t until the internet that I found out about the Beat Farmers. ---
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Likewise, there’s this. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/g6q5FGoaxg8/maxresdefault.jpg "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Sepsis | A ZDoggMD Christmas Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6q5FGoaxg8) And this. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-rwcIRfHcAE/maxresdefault.jpg "Friends With Low Platelets | A Doctor's Garth Brooks Parody") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rwcIRfHcAE) Aaaaand this. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RVv8VdHReh0/maxresdefault.jpg "Ebola | A Viral Parody of The Kinks' "Lola"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVv8VdHReh0) ---
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I used to have a cassette tape somewhere with the original version on it, which is about 15 minutes in length. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/q7rZPMsUGkI/hqdefault.jpg "NEGATIVLAND The U2 Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7rZPMsUGkI) ---
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Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot [HUBBA HUBBA ZOOT ZOOT - Caramba - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5H1QXW5L4U) ---
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> [@epbrown](#): > > To me, Weird Al is at his best when he does an original song, sometimes emulating someone else’s style perfectly without parodying their work. **Dare To Be Stupid** and **I’ll Sue Ya** are great, done spot-on in the style of Devo and Rage Against The Machine, and **One More Minute** is a great breakup song. I agree; Weird Al’s best songs are “style parodies” of classic artists but not parodies of specific songs. “Craig’s List” is a great one, but my all time favorite is “Genius In France.” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hQTNBWIdLeI/hqdefault.jpg "Genius In France") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQTNBWIdLeI) ---
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An obscure Dr Demento artist calling himself Heathen Dan did a parody of Tom T Halls sappy “I Love”. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jMrQcNWP4LU/hqdefault.jpg "Heathen Dan - I Like") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMrQcNWP4LU) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vONC3sdhiwM/hqdefault.jpg "TOM T HALL - I LOVE (LYRICS)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vONC3sdhiwM) ---
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I don’t know Nilsson’s “Coconut” is considered a novelty song or not, but I love the Muppets’ take on it. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/O9Qaf5YZ5iU/hqdefault.jpg "The Muppet Show. Kermit the Frog - Coconut (ep410)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9Qaf5YZ5iU) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-novety-song-that-most-people-havent-heard/915550.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-novety-song-that-most-people-havent-heard/915550.md?page=3)