Top 100 Novelty Songs 1953-2023

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  • čas přidán 17. 04. 2023
  • 1. (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window? - Patti Page
    2. The Flying Saucer - Bill Buchanan & Goodman
    3. Short Shorts - The Royal Teens
    4. Witch Doctor - David Seville
    5. Splish Splash - Bobby Darin
    6. The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
    7. Yakety Yak - The Coasters
    8. The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) - The Chipmunks
    9. Charlie Brown - The Coasters
    10. Pink Shoe Laces - Dodie Stevens
    11. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?) - Lonnie Donegan
    12. Alley Oop - The Hollywood Argyles
    13. Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - Brian Hyland
    14. Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport - Rolf Harris
    15. Mr. Custer - Larry Verne
    16. My Boomerang Won't Come Back - Charlie Drake
    17. Mother-In-Law - Ernie K-Doe
    18. Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) - Barry Mann
    19. Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers
    20. Speedy Gonzales - Pat Boone
    21. Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp) - Allan Sherman
    22. Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen
    23. My Boy Lollipop - Millie Small
    24. Chug-a-Lug - Roger Miller
    25. The Jolly Green Giant - The Kingsmen
    26. The Name Game - Shirley Ellis
    27. The Clapping Song - Shirley Ellis
    28. I'm Henry VIII, I Am - Herman's Hermits
    29. Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
    30. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV
    31. Snoopy vs. the Red Baron - The Royal Guardsmen
    32. The Laughing Gnome - David Bowie
    33. Lily the Pink - The Scaffold
    34. Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep - Lally Stott / Middle of the Road / Mac & Katie Kissoon
    35. Borriquito - Peret
    36. Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) - Benny Hill
    37. My Ding-a-Ling - Chuck Berry
    38. The Streak - Ray Stevens
    39. Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
    40. Earache My Eye - Cheech & Chong
    41. Mr. Jaws - Dickie Goodman
    42. The Combine Harvester - The Wurzels
    43. Junk Food Junkie - Larry Groce
    44. Convoy - C. W. McCall
    45. Disco Duck - Rick Dees and his Cast of Idiots
    46. Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) - Joe Tex
    47. Short People - Randy Newman
    48. King Tut - Steve Martin
    49. The Smurf Song - Father Abraham
    50. Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
    51. YMCA - The Village People
    52. Bobby Brown - Frank Zappa
    53. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life - Monty Python
    54. Shaddap You Face - Joe Dolce
    55. The Birdie Song - The Tweets
    56. Pac-Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia
    57. Da Da Da - Trio
    58. Eat It - Weird Al' Yankovic
    59. Agadoo - Black Lace
    60. Woodpeckers from Space - VideoKids
    61. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
    62. The Chicken Song - Spitting Image
    63. Star Trekkin' - The Firm
    64. Doctorin' the Tardis - Timelords
    65. Bring Me Edelweiss - Edelweiss
    66. Turtle Power - Partners in Kryme
    67. Do the Bartman - The Simpsons
    68. I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
    69. Dur dur d'être bébé - Jordy
    70. Three Little Pigs - Green Jelly
    71. Mr. Blobby - Mr. Blobby
    72. Meet the Flintstones - The B.C. 52's
    73. Short Dick Man - 20 Fingers feat. Gillette
    74. Cotton Eye Joe - Rednex
    75. Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix) - Los del Río
    76. Barbie Girl - Aqua
    77. Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) - Baz Luhrmann
    78. Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh - The Teletubbies
    79. Chocolate Salty Balls - Chef
    80. Mambo No.5 - Lou Bega
    81. Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Eiffel 65
    82. The Bad Touch - The Bloodhound Gang
    83. The Hampsterdance Song - Hampton the Hampster
    84. Who Let the Dogs Out? - Baha Men
    85. Can We Fix It? - Bob the Builder
    86. Because I Got High - Afroman
    87. The Ketchup Song (Aserejé) - Las Ketchup
    88. Dragostea Din Tei - O-Zone / Haiducii
    89. Axel F - Crazy Frog
    90. White and Nerdy - Weird Al' Yankovic
    91. Barbra Streisand - Duck Sauce
    92. Friday - Rebecca Black
    93. Sexy and I Know It - LMFAO
    94. Gangnam Style - Psy
    95. Harlem Shake - Baauer
    96. The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) - Ylvis
    97. #Selfie - The Chainsmokers
    98. Baby Shark - Pinkfong
    99. Man's Not Hot - Big Shaq
    100. Old Town Road - Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus

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  • @somerandomguy_music
    @somerandomguy_music  Před rokem +96

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    • @jetfan925
      @jetfan925 Před rokem +2

      I would love if you can do make a video on songs that appeared in South Park, whether it's parody or not.

    • @73bettie
      @73bettie Před rokem +1

      Could you remove that convicted pedophile Rolf Harris? He does not deserve recognition

    • @bencolwell2260
      @bencolwell2260 Před rokem +2

      What?? No, go go Godzilla or wish I was a lil taller or Ghetto Cowboy or My minds playing tricks on me??

    • @Gmackematix
      @Gmackematix Před rokem +1

      Besides the expected comedic one-offs there were some interesting choices. I've never really thought of Splish Splash, Yakety Yak or My Boy Lollipop, say, as novelties. A lot of bubblegum pop from the 60s like Bread and Butter, Simple Simon Says or Yummy Yummy Yummy fit the novelty classification better. My Boy Lollipop was just an early example of reggae with many subsequent reggae and ska songs having a novelty feel (e.g. many by Judge Dread, Bad Manners or Madness).

    • @smart_patrol5211
      @smart_patrol5211 Před 11 měsíci

      Great video, you did forget a few songs, though.
      Barnes & Barnes - Fish Heads
      Bob & Doug McKenzie - Take Off
      The Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew - The Super Bowl Shuffle
      Rodney Dangerfield - Rappin' Rodney

  • @trevorkearley4623
    @trevorkearley4623 Před rokem +614

    It seems like a lot of novelty songs are timeless classics. Plus they are fun to listen to.

    • @MsGbergh
      @MsGbergh Před 11 měsíci +22

      It's because they have catchy tunes, and would be good for adverts. I was surprised when Mattel objected to 'Barbie Girl', spoiling their image. It's a kiddie song - but it's children who play with dolls, and free advertising.

    • @wmbeam211
      @wmbeam211 Před 8 měsíci +3

      Some are some are not

    • @nelleneulmer5385
      @nelleneulmer5385 Před 7 měsíci +10

      It seems like they come in two flavours: either they become timeless classics or they become an annoyance, unless they become a timeless classic because they are so annoying which is ten times worse.

    • @witherblaze
      @witherblaze Před 3 měsíci +3

      Except Chimpmunk Song

    • @ahlamhossain7906
      @ahlamhossain7906 Před 3 měsíci +2

      💯% agreed

  • @Penfold0003
    @Penfold0003 Před 8 měsíci +146

    Am I the only one who wishes this was a couple of hours long and featured the full versions? Knew 95% of them and singing along (until they quickly stopped!)

    • @tillybobs2
      @tillybobs2 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Find them on you tube to listen in full individually

    • @judithsixkiller5586
      @judithsixkiller5586 Před měsícem +2

      Absolutely! So many great old songs that it's hard to search up and save online.

    • @johannebaker9730
      @johannebaker9730 Před 10 dny +1

      I agree❤❤

  • @johannebaker9730
    @johannebaker9730 Před 10 dny +2

    Most of these were great dance tunes during disco days… and especially at weddings !

  • @almostyummymummy
    @almostyummymummy Před 7 měsíci +238

    Really bad songs!?
    No. They were great. Full of imagination. They actually had personality. As did the singers / songwriters.
    I'd still happily listen to them today.

    • @shannonshaw3063
      @shannonshaw3063 Před 3 měsíci +11

      He was probably talking about the ones from the 2010s, but even then, I still like most of them.

    • @FluffieXStarshine
      @FluffieXStarshine Před 12 dny +2

      I mean ... I would qualify Old Town Road on the really bad side of things ... but it might be that one's just been done to death at this point. Give me a classic funny song or Weird Al any day to that crap.

  • @barbarahunter3904
    @barbarahunter3904 Před 2 měsíci +60

    Weird Al is the king of great novelty songs!

  • @jameslaw3740
    @jameslaw3740 Před 7 měsíci +49

    Wow I'm a novelty lover...58 years old and grew up listening to these awesome songs.

  • @993ti
    @993ti Před 10 měsíci +867

    Bad songs? These are awesome. Way better than the crap we have these days!

  • @evaa-w5399
    @evaa-w5399 Před měsícem +7

    They're classics. Love them all

  • @ruthwoodin550
    @ruthwoodin550 Před rokem +48

    One person's "BAD SONG" is another person's favorite memory. There is a bunch of my memories in this collection. TY

    • @Chevy_CUn
      @Chevy_CUn Před 22 dny +1

      У автора реально плохой вкус, если он считает эти песни плохими

  • @gailmccormack1136
    @gailmccormack1136 Před rokem +219

    Novelty songs are awesome! They’re memorable and fun to sing along with.
    Much better than other boring music.

    • @melanieodriscoll2047
      @melanieodriscoll2047 Před 2 měsíci +1

      2:42 that Peter Griffin fortnite song

    • @gailmccormack1136
      @gailmccormack1136 Před měsícem +1

      @@melanieodriscoll2047😂 just listened and watched it. 😂 Surfin’ Bird is a classic!

    • @josephphelan646
      @josephphelan646 Před měsícem +1

      Yes much better than the boring shit spewed out since .....

  • @marlenegardner2696
    @marlenegardner2696 Před 8 měsíci +24

    Know they are novelty songs, but at 70yrs old, I can remember every single one of them. Brilliant, at least you can hear the words.

  • @evagautsche5721
    @evagautsche5721 Před 8 měsíci +52

    Man, Convoy by CW McCall is still an unironically good song. My dad used to play it for us when we were little kids and he was a trucker, and now that I’m a teenager I make all my friends drive in a big convoy and I blast this song on the interstate.

    • @ydenneki
      @ydenneki Před 7 měsíci +3

      Do you have the ORIGINAL, or the MOVIE REWRITE, because they both have different lyrics. The original starts with "It was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June and a kenworth pulling logs, cab-over pete with a reefer on and a Jimmy hauling hogs..." While the rewrite starts "Arizona, Noon, on the seventh of June when they highballed over the pass, bulldog Mack with a can on back and a Jaguar hauling ass."

    • @railroadmillion681
      @railroadmillion681 Před 7 měsíci +1

      I first heard that song on rebel radio in Gta 5, Ironically driving a truck down the freeway

    • @scottbc31h22
      @scottbc31h22 Před 7 měsíci

      Did you notice the video for Convoy was a clip from Hee Haw?

    • @Mary0614
      @Mary0614 Před 7 měsíci

      I have the original album

    • @kiwitrainguy
      @kiwitrainguy Před 7 měsíci

      To this day whenever I see or hear someone operating a two-way radio (CB or not) I always say "Yeah, breaker one-nine this here's the Rubber Duck".😅

  • @marlenebrown2634
    @marlenebrown2634 Před rokem +146

    Winchester Cathredral(1966) New Vaudville Band was a huge hit and definitely belongs on this list!

    • @PlutoPebble
      @PlutoPebble Před 8 měsíci +7

      I was raised in Winchester, so this song has a huge place in my heart.

    • @jennypulczinski7204
      @jennypulczinski7204 Před 5 měsíci +5

      Keeping with the English theme, how about England Swings by Roger Miller?

    • @jont695
      @jont695 Před 18 dny

      Oh my gosh!! That song is SO GOOOOOD!! Such a classic!

  • @johnjdevlin2610
    @johnjdevlin2610 Před 7 měsíci +47

    Since I grew up with a lot of them, I'm planning on having a medley of these great tunes played at my funeral. Especially the ones from the 50s and 60s. I'll be boogeying with the mourners.

  • @MsMC-vr1jd
    @MsMC-vr1jd Před 9 měsíci +63

    These songs are great! So many fun memories. I'd listen to these all day.

  • @sandraford1926
    @sandraford1926 Před 17 dny +1

    Absolutely lovely brilliant beautiful fantastic songs I love them ❤😊

  • @JaredtheRabbit
    @JaredtheRabbit Před rokem +335

    Man, 1958 was a great year if you love novelty songs!

    • @steinarmogen3166
      @steinarmogen3166 Před rokem +31

      I am sure the music in the charts was better in 1958 than in 2023

    • @mangot589
      @mangot589 Před rokem +5

      @@steinarmogen3166 😂😂😂 you’d be correct😂✌️

    • @ethanang8099
      @ethanang8099 Před rokem +7

      And in 1958 is the birth of Prince, Madonna and Michael Jackson, the legendary pops of the 80s too all born in 1958.

    • @DadgeCity
      @DadgeCity Před 10 měsíci +2

      And he didn't include Hoots Mon!

    • @ellenthorne8222
      @ellenthorne8222 Před 8 měsíci +2

      I was born in 1958 too and love many of these songs, missing is My Old Man's A Dustman.

  • @yosoyringodesanantonio8405
    @yosoyringodesanantonio8405 Před 7 měsíci +6

    RIP NOVELTY SONGS
    (1910s - 2019)
    I wish there are some more novelty songs in the 2020s!!!

  • @artism9780
    @artism9780 Před 9 měsíci +39

    I’m shocked that Rubber Duckie from Sesame Street was not on the list even though Baby Shark and Teletubbies did make the list. Rubber Duckie also reached number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 late September of 1970.

    • @kiwitrainguy
      @kiwitrainguy Před 7 měsíci +1

      Sung by Ernie if I'm not mistaken. You'll have to forgive me, it's been a few years.😄😆

    • @Ben-yj8ye
      @Ben-yj8ye Před 5 měsíci

      Ooh loved that. It was on our Sesame Street LP

    • @lethargogpeterson4083
      @lethargogpeterson4083 Před 3 měsíci

      Maybe that was considered too classic to be novelty :-)

    • @simplysteve68
      @simplysteve68 Před 2 dny +1

      ​@@kiwitrainguyyes sung by Ernie (Jim Henson himself!), I loved Sesame Street.

    • @SkitSkat674
      @SkitSkat674 Před 20 hodinami

      Thought that got any grapes song should've made the list.

  • @user-wb3bg5kw8c
    @user-wb3bg5kw8c Před 9 měsíci +58

    Wow. This was just like watching a music video sampler of The Dr. Demento Show. Imagine listening to "novelty songs, comedy, and strange or unusual recordings dating from the early days of phonograph records to the present" each Sunday Night for 2 hours (since 1974). Thanks for putting this up.

  • @jojonoir
    @jojonoir Před 8 měsíci +6

    Memories of staying up listening to Dr Demento late on Sunday night's as a kid

  • @rb5078
    @rb5078 Před 7 měsíci +15

    These 90s songs just unlocked some core memories for me. Songs I haven’t heard in 30 years. Ten year old me loved that Turtle Power song.

    • @kimifur
      @kimifur Před 7 měsíci +3

      41 year-old me still does!!

    • @ADBH-sd8cz
      @ADBH-sd8cz Před 5 měsíci +1

      Anyone remember the other turtle song that played right after turtle power! 9.95?

  • @topazzsky
    @topazzsky Před 3 dny

    I liked a lot of these songs! Everyone needs a laugh!

  • @davidmitchell443
    @davidmitchell443 Před 11 dny +1

    There's some great songs on this list..

  • @su-rv2uq
    @su-rv2uq Před rokem +75

    Most of these songs are soundtracks to people's lives! Love them. They are fun and novelty or not, often good music.

  • @skottiw
    @skottiw Před rokem +294

    There should've been a few more Weird Al songs. 🤔

    • @scottdaniels8129
      @scottdaniels8129 Před rokem +30

      The definition of "novelty song" was pretty broad here, so you got a lot of pop songs that were just kinda silly.

    • @rocketmanVA703
      @rocketmanVA703 Před rokem +10

      Exactly what I was thinking

    • @johnross8614
      @johnross8614 Před 9 měsíci +14

      That would have taken up too much of the video! One of my favorites that wasn’t even a parody “Gotta Boogie” that I played for my granddaughters was hilarious because they were kind of dancing to it and when it got to the part Gotta boogie on my finger and I can’t shake it off they burst out hysterically laughing 😂

    • @thomaswiman4572
      @thomaswiman4572 Před 8 měsíci +3

      Yep

    • @aspenrebel
      @aspenrebel Před 8 měsíci +5

      What was that one music video Weird Al did in which he and others were Amish?

  • @davegardiner6271
    @davegardiner6271 Před 16 dny

    These are all Legendary!!!!

  • @CynthiaLamb-jf2md
    @CynthiaLamb-jf2md Před měsícem +2

    These are great songs. They bring back some happy memories 😅

  • @hebneh
    @hebneh Před 11 měsíci +5

    A number of these were UK-only hits that we never heard in the US.

  • @krissiep1317
    @krissiep1317 Před rokem +29

    I will add The Thong Song, You Talk Too Much, 16 Tons, Achy Breaky Heart, These Boots were Made for Walking, The Limbo Song, Tiptoeing Through the Tulips With You, Escape (The Pina Colada Song), Baby Got Back, Jungle Boogie, Margaritaville, and I have to go to bed now or I’ll never stop.Thank you for all your hard work! Oh, Tequila!!

    • @peterkerr4019
      @peterkerr4019 Před měsícem

      why'd the Mexican throw his wife off a cliff?

    • @davidfrischknecht8261
      @davidfrischknecht8261 Před měsícem +2

      I remember when "Achy Breaky Heart" was first released and I never considered it a novelty song.

    • @juliahengstermann193
      @juliahengstermann193 Před měsícem +3

      I want to add the ballad of Bilbo Baggins from Leonard Nimoy

    • @godaistudios
      @godaistudios Před 2 dny +1

      While some of these are novelties, a few you listed aren't. For example, These Boots were Made for Walking was a song standing up against a cheating man, and The Pina Colada Song was typical of yacht rock and relationships.

  • @KennyBuilderStudio
    @KennyBuilderStudio Před 5 měsíci +19

    It’s crazy that two adult shows, (The Simpsons, And South Park) got their own music. That just shows how popular these cartoons got in the 90s

    • @yorgunsamuray
      @yorgunsamuray Před 26 dny

      "Do The Bartman" was known in my country before Simpsons itself was broadcasted. For a time I thought Simpsons was a cartoon band (something like Gorillaz in the later years)

  • @marthaayeras8049
    @marthaayeras8049 Před 22 dny

    lol! these songs were so fun on the radio when I was a kid.

  • @shirw
    @shirw Před rokem +23

    Anyone remember "short shorts" from the 80s Nair commercial?
    There are some really fun songs on this list!

  • @romulusnr
    @romulusnr Před rokem +43

    The Witch Doctor guy is the same guy who created Chipunks, and it's all his voice.

    • @rumblebars
      @rumblebars Před rokem +4

      Voice, plus a variable-speed tape recorder.

    • @briankreezan9500
      @briankreezan9500 Před 11 měsíci +1

      YES

    • @LittleWing1985
      @LittleWing1985 Před měsícem +1

      I've always wondered about that

    • @syrsknight
      @syrsknight Před měsícem

      Davil Saville lol

    • @simplysteve68
      @simplysteve68 Před 2 dny

      Lol "Chipunks" hmmm?
      No wonder Alvin was soooo mischievious, not only was he a 'Chipmunk', he was a Punk as well. 🤭😆😂🤣

  • @davidwesley2525
    @davidwesley2525 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Fun Fact in the song My Boy Lollipop 🍭 that was Rod Stewart playing the Harmonica .
    😁😁😁😁😁😁😁❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @nocursewm2938
    @nocursewm2938 Před 8 měsíci +6

    Some of these I didn't realize were novelty songs. I thought they were legit songs.

    • @christopherdean1326
      @christopherdean1326 Před měsícem

      Me too! I was wondering what the criteria was for it to be a "novelty" song.

  • @donnaleone3818
    @donnaleone3818 Před rokem +46

    Don’t Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFarrin. Great list! Lots of fun.

    • @davecommentator
      @davecommentator Před měsícem +1

      That's certainly a novelty song but for a different reason - the way it was recorded, all a capella.

  • @coolmacatrain9434
    @coolmacatrain9434 Před rokem +162

    Kung Fu Fighting, Short People and Werewolves of London are bona fide classics!

    • @stephenolan5539
      @stephenolan5539 Před rokem +5

      They started with a classic.
      And included Chuck Berry's only number one song.

    • @davidhallett8783
      @davidhallett8783 Před rokem +3

      Two outta three ain t bad

    • @guccicat_12
      @guccicat_12 Před 7 měsíci +1

      And Monster Mash

    • @aspenrebel
      @aspenrebel Před 7 měsíci

      Yeah! Not novelties.

    • @aspenrebel
      @aspenrebel Před 7 měsíci

      "There coming to take me away"; "Wooly Bully"; "Witch Doctor"; "Snoopy and the Red Baron"; "My Ding a Ling"; and others, cant recall, are great songs!!

  • @barbarahunter3904
    @barbarahunter3904 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Most of this is Splendid music! I used to listen to them on the radio. Loved 'em!🎉

  • @adultchildofanadult
    @adultchildofanadult Před 13 dny

    I think my dad had every one of these songs I know them all and love them all!

  • @debradipiazza844
    @debradipiazza844 Před rokem +163

    Can we agree that Wooly Bully is a great song?

  • @camerongordon5914
    @camerongordon5914 Před rokem +66

    90 percent of this list is easily some of the greatest music EVER!

  • @heidimarie1198
    @heidimarie1198 Před 2 měsíci +2

    CLASSICS !!!! My out door google plays so many of these at the right time of year !!

  • @kathleenyeates828
    @kathleenyeates828 Před 19 dny

    those in the 50-70's were my favorites

  • @nula370
    @nula370 Před 7 měsíci +5

    Weird Al is King of novelty and Parody🎉

  • @starskreem8258
    @starskreem8258 Před rokem +43

    The 50s and 90s really were the best decades for novelty songs. 2000's onwards were ghastly and I just dont know what people were thinking in the 80s lol

    • @jeffreysmith236
      @jeffreysmith236 Před 11 měsíci +3

      Loved the 80s, Van Halen, Bruce, Cars, Foghat, Styx, Eagles, etc..🎼👏❤

    • @FallacyAsPraxis
      @FallacyAsPraxis Před 9 měsíci +4

      Take it back...the 80s were awesome!

    • @Paulthored
      @Paulthored Před 7 měsíci

      I was at least okay with basically every song...
      Until we got to the 73rd or so.
      And some of the stuff from the 2000's on, really only counts on a technicality.
      Mr blobby, is probably my sole exception to that assessment.
      Though that's not my pick for worst song on this list.

    • @commercialairliner
      @commercialairliner Před 7 měsíci

      Tbh the 70s were also pretty good, but you can't get away with dissing the 80s!

    • @arbitrarynumberz
      @arbitrarynumberz Před 6 měsíci

      The 90's selection rocked, but where was Scatman?

  • @amelianelson-parker5381
    @amelianelson-parker5381 Před 2 měsíci +1

    OMG I loves some of those old songs. I even introduced them to my daughter we love them.

  • @SkitSkat674
    @SkitSkat674 Před 20 hodinami

    This was awesome. Love all these songs but forgotten most of them. Going to save this video as reference so I can make a playlist.

  • @chynne33
    @chynne33 Před 8 měsíci +9

    My dad had the Mr. Custer record. I remember wanting to play it all the time when I was a kid because I thought it was so funny.

    • @johns2296
      @johns2296 Před 7 měsíci +1

      I have the Snoopy's Christmas on 45. I'll spin it every holiday season

    • @aspenrebel
      @aspenrebel Před 7 měsíci +1

      How about "Please, Mr. Columbus, turn the boat around. I don't know why you tell Isabella that the world is round. I just want to feel my two feet back on the ground."

  • @marcus813
    @marcus813 Před rokem +30

    I just realized that I hadn't heard many of these songs in ages! I enjoyed "Weird" Al Yankovic's parodies when I was growing up.

    • @sonyasandoval1477
      @sonyasandoval1477 Před rokem +3

      Doctor Demento was my introduction to Weird Al back in the '80s.

    • @jenniferneuensmorgan9272
      @jenniferneuensmorgan9272 Před rokem +3

      Al is a bloody genius. On a very serious level. ❤❤❤

    • @m-dv3os
      @m-dv3os Před 7 měsíci +1

      weird al doesnt deserve to be on a list with novelty songs, his are parody songs, and the best ones ever made, imho no one has made a better parody song

  • @dottieland7061
    @dottieland7061 Před 20 dny

    They are awesome I would have these any day!,

  • @basslover10
    @basslover10 Před 19 dny

    There were great songs on here

  • @aspenrebel
    @aspenrebel Před 8 měsíci +3

    These are ALL great songs!! Classics!!

  • @alexandersmirnov7851
    @alexandersmirnov7851 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Pure genius!
    Proves that people have been goofing around and having fun all the time, throughout the years, in all eras!

  • @lutonboy8104
    @lutonboy8104 Před rokem +19

    novelty songs that you can't help smile to when they come on. Awesome

  • @rogerlonghorn2425
    @rogerlonghorn2425 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Finally someone giving King Tut the props it deserves

  • @georgemorrison9280
    @georgemorrison9280 Před 7 měsíci +1

    I used to listen to many of them with Uncle Mac on the light programme on Saturday morning .I’m now 77 years old and I recognise all of these songs even now . I wonder how many Stormzy songs we’ll be singing along with in 70 years time ?

  • @pico2260
    @pico2260 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Before disco, they were some of the best songs. After disco, they are all of the best songs.

  • @Dragonfly_64795
    @Dragonfly_64795 Před 6 měsíci +8

    This was classic! I had forgotten some of these and laughed out loud when I saw the ones I’d remembered. Absolutely brilliant.
    Thank you SRG ❤

  • @carolinh.7861
    @carolinh.7861 Před rokem +38

    When I was about 3 or 4 years old my grandparents and I heard their 60s-Hits-CD. Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie was also on it and I rember that my granddad had to dance with me many hours. This Song is a part of my childhood ^^
    Thank you for your work and greetings from Germany 😇

  • @GregCurtin45
    @GregCurtin45 Před 19 dny

    Hilarious and awesome, thank you sir. Surfin' Bird is still the biggest floater in the group.
    Appreciate all the time taken to create this collection.

  • @thomaschristensen2913
    @thomaschristensen2913 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Best years of all music 70's, 80's, and 90's

  • @TravisNeidert
    @TravisNeidert Před 8 měsíci +9

    Here are a few more:
    Secret Agent Man-Johnny Rivers (1966)
    Rubber Biscuit--Blues Brothers (1978)
    Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer--Elmo & Patsy (1979)
    Hot for Teacher--Van Halen (1984)
    Ghostbusters--Ray Parker Jr (1984)
    This Is Ponderous--2NU (1990)
    Shiny Happy People--REM (1991)
    If I Had $1000000--Bare Naked Ladies (1992)
    Baby Got Back--Sir-Mix-a-Lot (1992)
    Stacy's Mom--Fountains of Wayne (2003)
    Plus many songs by They Might Be Giants and Five Iron Frenzy

    • @aspenrebel
      @aspenrebel Před 7 měsíci

      "Grandma got run over by a reindeer, heading home from our house Christmas Eve".

    • @aspenrebel
      @aspenrebel Před 7 měsíci

      "Under Dog".

    • @kiwitrainguy
      @kiwitrainguy Před 7 měsíci

      Bare Naked Ladies - I wanna see that act😉😛😜

    • @davidhusband5022
      @davidhusband5022 Před 6 měsíci

      stutter rap!

    • @JFM1170
      @JFM1170 Před měsícem

      What about Popcorn

  • @hiatus07
    @hiatus07 Před rokem +10

    7:03 I can finally die in peace knowing the name of that song I first heard on a radio station a few months ago.

  • @chumbersdee
    @chumbersdee Před měsícem +1

    Dr Demento loves these ☺️☺️

  • @laurastewart2418
    @laurastewart2418 Před 12 dny

    Wow...took me back...😂

  • @thenostalgicyoshi7149
    @thenostalgicyoshi7149 Před rokem +120

    I didn't realize how many novelty songs I actually like until I saw this video. Monster Mash, Do the Bartman, I'm Blue, Barbie Girl, Crazy Frog's version of Axel F, Cotton-Eye Joe, Who Let the Dogs Out, the Chicken Dance, The Hampsterdance song, and Dragostea Din Tei are songs I really enjoy. There are also some others I don't mind like YMCA and Surfin' Bird (the latter was popularized by Family Guy as well). Songs like Baby Shark and Sexy and I Know It though... yeah those aren't great songs imo.

    • @stephenolan5539
      @stephenolan5539 Před rokem +5

      There is a web page that lists the number one song on your birthday.
      Mine is Monster Mash.

    • @bl0ckk1ngT0gEtH3r
      @bl0ckk1ngT0gEtH3r Před rokem

      does imo mean into magnetic oranges?

    • @ladykoiwolfe
      @ladykoiwolfe Před rokem +3

      Sexy and I know It was so freaking popular when it came out. Everyone wanted to have that confidence I guess.

    • @RadioactiveSherbet
      @RadioactiveSherbet Před 9 měsíci +1

      The very first military fails video I watched had Hampsterdance as the music. The complete and utter incongruity of the music from the video itself just made everything 5x as funny. Picture this: an air dropped Jeep (as in, WW2 Jeep, not the brand) rolling off on its own little adventure, to the musical accompaniment of Hampsterdance. I wish I could find that video again.

    • @aspenrebel
      @aspenrebel Před 7 měsíci +1

      "Who let the dogs out" is great. I listen to it on CZcams video, every once in awhile. Also "Teeny weeny ..... yellow ... bikini". There is one really good produced music video of it on YT, if u havent seen it.

  • @Roboto8088
    @Roboto8088 Před rokem +13

    I believe you missed an early 80s gem of a novelty song - "Fish Heads" by Barnes & Barnes. 🐟

  • @user-lj9pn3sj3l
    @user-lj9pn3sj3l Před 2 měsíci +2

    Fun, classic, and full of great vocals and lyrics ❤❤❤🎉

  • @therealclippitpaperclip
    @therealclippitpaperclip Před 21 dnem

    This list is marvellous! I can enjoy all of the tunes, and merely shake my head and wonder at the section of the population who seem to dislike these songs.
    However, I have suggestions for the years 1968 and 1967. I believe "I'm The Urban Spaceman" and "The Equestrian Statue" (both by The Bonzo Dog Band) are fair contenders for their respective aforementioned years.
    Yet, even if they aren't added, I'll still cherish this video as including some of my favourite (and grossly underrated!) tunes of the years gone by.

  • @dansheldon1762
    @dansheldon1762 Před 9 měsíci +13

    Have to admit I was shocked when "Take off" by Bob & Doug McKenzie (Rick Moranis & Dave Thomas of SCTV) wasn't on this video. A bonefide top 40 hit in the USA just missing the top 10 in 1982. It features Geddy Lee from Rush as well. Oh and Jump N The Saddle Band's "The Curly Shuffle". Otherwise I enjoyed this video.

    • @FalconPain
      @FalconPain Před 29 dny +1

      It even charted higher than anything Rush did in the US.
      ... *(sigh)*

  • @nancyomalley6286
    @nancyomalley6286 Před rokem +19

    This was the most fun list ever!

  • @stacieshannon9236
    @stacieshannon9236 Před 16 dny

    Only a couple never heard before but loved the rest. Knew and sang along

  • @user-pc5ww8fh6d
    @user-pc5ww8fh6d Před 2 měsíci

    Ahhh feel old, I live through all of em

  • @jnaber7636
    @jnaber7636 Před rokem +5

    A good portion of these were regular songs on the Doctor Demento show.

  • @6li8storm40
    @6li8storm40 Před rokem +15

    Loved this!
    Snoopy vs. The Red Baron and Lily the Pink were favourites when I was a kid, and I’d mostly forgotten about them. I’m honestly thrilled to see Green Jelly here.

    • @johncasper8031
      @johncasper8031 Před rokem +4

      Lily the Pink was by Scaffold. Their lead singer was Mike McGear, Paul McCartney's kid brother.

    • @marlenegardner2696
      @marlenegardner2696 Před 8 měsíci +1

      My school friends did Lily the pink on stage at school,

    • @kiwitrainguy
      @kiwitrainguy Před 7 měsíci +2

      But they didn't include "Snoopy's Christmas".

  • @williamhesprich9040
    @williamhesprich9040 Před 8 měsíci +2

    One song I'd call a novelty song was Chubby Checker's The Twist from about 1960.

  • @EverydayMusician
    @EverydayMusician Před 18 dny

    I actually reached out to Larry Groce a few years ago to thank him for introducing me to so many songs when I was a kid; the same songs I am now teaching my son.

  • @JuliusJoa-fv4qw
    @JuliusJoa-fv4qw Před 9 měsíci +4

    9:57 My favorite part

    • @JuliusJoa-fv4qw
      @JuliusJoa-fv4qw Před 9 měsíci +3

      Actually, it's an internet meme song of the O-Zone song.

  • @adrianchan1535
    @adrianchan1535 Před rokem +60

    Great compilation! Though some other songs could have been included such as Toni Basil 's Mickey or Falco's Rock Me Amadeus

  • @p24hrsmith
    @p24hrsmith Před 8 měsíci +2

    Best songs ever .... well mostly lol

  • @miss_midge_
    @miss_midge_ Před 8 měsíci +2

    At 4 foot 8, thank you VERY much Randy Newman LOL.

  • @stevecritchley2506
    @stevecritchley2506 Před 11 měsíci +28

    I was going to suggest that somebody should do a full-length compilation of these - but then I saw you'd made a Spotify playlist! You are a legend!!

  • @TheWolverine-ff2rs
    @TheWolverine-ff2rs Před rokem +16

    You missed "Beep Beep" by the Playmates - 1958 one of my favorites. I recognized all the songs through 1966. YMCA, Birdie Song , Macarena, Who let the dogs out - that they play at sporting events The rest are unknown to me. But it was fun listening to the short clips. Thank you.

    • @DDiskin69
      @DDiskin69 Před rokem +3

      Shaving Cream, Valley Girl. This list could double and not cover them all

    • @starskreem8258
      @starskreem8258 Před rokem +2

      There were heaps missing. My parents had a compilation set of 6 tapes of various 50s and 60s songs and 1 tape was dedicated to novelty songs. Only about half of them made this list. Songs like 7 little girls, Birds and the Bees and Running Bear didnt make the list.

    • @juliusnepos6013
      @juliusnepos6013 Před rokem +5

      @@DDiskin69 yeah. A big one that did not appear here is The Lion Sleeps Tonight which hit no.1 on U.S

    • @mikeoxstiff
      @mikeoxstiff Před rokem +2

      And what about the original "Mahna Mahna" from 1968?

    • @jix9
      @jix9 Před rokem

      @@juliusnepos6013 It hit no. 1 three separate times by three different artists

  • @barbarafagan5240
    @barbarafagan5240 Před 12 dny

    These were great songs. Nothing bad about them.

  • @edemestetic
    @edemestetic Před 29 dny

    Know a big part of them, the remembered indeed, all the time!

  • @ladykoiwolfe
    @ladykoiwolfe Před rokem +7

    These were great songs. They had everyone singing along or dancing.
    We still listen to the Monster Mash every year.

    • @ijustdidahugeshit
      @ijustdidahugeshit Před 11 měsíci +1

      Me too because I am a qualified lesbian

    • @DaveB-rock
      @DaveB-rock Před 8 měsíci

      Most of the songs early on were to capitalize on a dance craze. Some were aimed at kids and released only for a money grab. Others were simply fun. Weird Al did it as a career. Witch Doctor was Seville's precursor to the chipmunks. They left out "Bird on my Head".

    • @aspenrebel
      @aspenrebel Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@ijustdidahugeshitwhat's an "unqualified lesbian"?

    • @ijustdidahugeshit
      @ijustdidahugeshit Před 7 měsíci

      @@aspenrebel not studying women

  • @trikky2.2
    @trikky2.2 Před 7 měsíci +11

    Yep, were a lot of novelty songs. However back then people used to know how to have fun.
    Not every song had to have some deep meaning, just a smile was enough.
    Having said that they still were well constructed.
    My parents bought me up in the early 70's mainly with Blues and Jazz. Their whole philosophy was 'here is some music ' ... enjoy what you enjoy. As I got older they would fill in history and open up new types of music, but always left it up to me to decide what I liked.
    It not only started conversations about music with them, but also my school friends ( who thouht I was a freak :).
    Yes, some music has the power to shift perseptions and make a difference in the political sphere ... however, just having a laugh or just enjoying music can be just as powerfull.
    Sorry, pissed :)

  • @erikguzik8204
    @erikguzik8204 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Thank you, Dr. Demento for making some of those songs' classic memories.!!!

  • @adamwachs6392
    @adamwachs6392 Před 7 měsíci

    I grew up listening to most of these.

  • @paulpearson99
    @paulpearson99 Před rokem +3

    Mr Jaws! I loved that song as a kid. That's the first time I've seen it referenced since hearing it on the AM radio top 40 station. Memories.

  • @StefanStrobl-sf8we
    @StefanStrobl-sf8we Před rokem +6

    0:48 The other famous thing this guy did was being the voice behind the Wilhelm scream

  • @mrsarcastic5331
    @mrsarcastic5331 Před 8 měsíci

    All memorable

  • @danielb2571
    @danielb2571 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Those were awesome.
    I had heard and love most of them.

  • @eventwice1981
    @eventwice1981 Před rokem +13

    Rubber Ducky by Ernie needs to be on here.

    • @lucyboosmom
      @lucyboosmom Před rokem

      That's a child's song and not the same thing at all.

    • @eventwice1981
      @eventwice1981 Před rokem

      @@lucyboosmom It was released as a single and made the top twenty.

    • @stephenolan5539
      @stephenolan5539 Před rokem +2

      ​@@lucyboosmom
      Baby Shark, isn't?

    • @arturoromero951
      @arturoromero951 Před rokem +2

      @@lucyboosmom Dude, Baby Shark is LITERALLY a children’s song.

  • @masterdriver132
    @masterdriver132 Před rokem +7

    Since the video is titled 'Top 100 Novelty Songs 1953 to 2023', it would've made sense that Jack Black's "Peaches" was included here.

  • @Penhaligon
    @Penhaligon Před 3 měsíci +1

    Timeless classics 😊

  • @maryweas6385
    @maryweas6385 Před 8 měsíci +2

    They forgot "The Little Blue Man" by Betty Johnson, a terrific old novelty song.

  • @catherine6653
    @catherine6653 Před rokem +7

    I bought the Disco Duck 45 single with my allowance money when I was 7 years old.
    I like Wolly Bully by Sam Sham and the Pharaohs.