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100 Greatest Novelty Songs

Criteria: These songs were chosen for their originality, wit, humor, and lasting popularity. Novelty = "New or unusual". Most 'Novelty' songs are comic takes of current events, cultural fads, or holidays, along with parodies of established hit songs, and comedic narrations put to music.

Last Updated: 2008-04-11
Greatest Novelty Songs
  1. They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa - Napoleon XIV
  2. Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers
  3. Charlie Brown - The Coasters
  4. The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
  5. Alley Oop - The Hollywood Argyles
  6. Witch Doctor - David Seville
  7. Open The Door, Richard - Dusty Fletcher
  8. Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah - Allen Sherman
  9. Grandma Got Run over by a Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy
10. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor - Lonnie Donegan
11. Mr. Custer - Larry Verne
12. The Flying Saucer (Pts 1 & 2) - Buchanan & Goodman
13. King Tut - Steve Martin
14. Eat It - "Weird Al" Yankovic
15. The Streak - Ray Stevens
16. The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) - The Chipmunks
17. Disco Duck - Rick Dees and his Cast Of Idiots
18. Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - Brian Hyland
19. Transfusion - Nervous Norvus
20. Ahab The Arab - Ray Stevens
21. Junk Food Junkie - Larry Groce
22. Time Warp (from Rocky Horror Picture Show) - Transylvanians
23. Along Came Jones - The Coasters
24. The Chanukah Song - Adam Sandler
25. Leader Of The Laundromat - The Detergents
26. Tip Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me - Tiny Tim
27. The Name Game - Shirley Ellis
28. Gitarzan - Ray Stevens
29. Snoopy vs. the Red Baron - The Royal Guardsmen
30. Rubber Biscuit - The Chips
31. Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport - Rolf Harris
32. Fat - "Weird Al" Yankovic
33. Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces - Cheech & Chong
34. I Put A Spell On You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
35. My Ding-a-Ling - Chuck Berry
36. On Top Of Spaghetti - Tom Glazer & the Do Re Mi Childrens Choir
37. Dead Skunk - Loudon Wainwright III
38. White & Nerdy - "Weird Al" Yankovic
39. The Curley Shuffle - Jump In The Saddle Band
40. Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead - The Fifth Estate
41. Smells Like Nirvana - "Weird Al" Yankovic
42. Osama Yo' Mama - Ray Stevens
43. Valley Girl - Frank & Moon Unit Zappa
44. Another One Rides the Bus - "Weird Al" Yankovic
45. Beep Beep (The Little Nash Rambler) - The Playmates
46. Convoy - C.W. McCall
47. Dinner With Drac Part 1 - Zacherle
48. My Bologna - "Weird Al" Yankovic
49. Pac-Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia
50. Why Don't We Get Drunk - Jimmy Buffet
51. Shaddup You Face - Joe Dolce
52. The Twelve Days of Christmas - Bob and Doug McKenzie
53. My Girl Bill - Jim Stafford
54. Dancin' Fool - Frank Zappa
55. The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun - Julie Brown
56. Shriner's Convention - Ray Stevens
57. I'm My Own Grandpa - Lonzo & Oscar
58. St. George And The Dragonet - Stan Freberg
59. The Mississippi Squirrel Revival - Ray Stevens
60. The Mouse - Soupy Sales
61. Disco Sucks - Chuck Wagon & The Wheels
62. Fish Heads - Barnes & Barnes
63. Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen
64. I Lost On Jeopardy - "Weird Al" Yankovic
65. Lumberjack Song - Monty Python
66. Cows With Guns - Dana Lyons
67. Don't Eat the Yellow Snow - Frank Zappa
68. Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat - Paul Evans & The Curls
69. Like A Surgeon - "Weird Al" Yankovic
70. The Eggplant That Ate Chicago - Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band
71. Santa Claus and His Old Lady - Cheech & Chong
72. You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd - Roger Miller
73. Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies - "Weird Al" Yankovic
74. Stranded In The Jungle - The Cadets
75. Big Bruce - Steve Greenberg
76. I Love Rocky Road - "Weird Al" Yankovic
77. The Jolly Green Giant - The Kingsmen
78. Jingle Bells - Singing Dogs
79. Martian Hop - The Ran-Dells
80. Highly Illogical - Leonard Nimoy
81. Earache My Eye - Cheech & Chong
82. Star Trekkin' - The Firm
83. Barbie Girl - Aqua
84. Yogi - Ivy Three
85. Living With A Hernia - "Weird Al" Yankovic
86. Cause I'm A Blonde - Julie Brown
87. Gumball Wizard - Brad Stanfield
88. Hamster Love - Big Daddy
89. I Saw Elvis In A U.F.O. - Ray Stevens
90. Monster's Holiday - Bobby "Boris" Pickett
91. The Elements - Tom Lehrer
92. Telephone Man - Meri Wilson
93. Life Sucks, Then You Die - The Fools
94. Harry the Hairy Ape - Ray Stevens
95. Elvis Was A Narc - Pinkard & Bowden
96. Addicted To Spuds - "Weird Al" Yankovic
97. Mr. Jaws - Dickie Goodman
98. Troglodyte (Cave Man) - The Jimmy Castor Bunch
99. Wildwood Weed - Jim Stafford
100. Rappin' Rodney - Rodney Dangerfield

101. Eat My Shorts - Rick Dees
102. Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out) - Hombres
103. Dead Puppies - Ogden Edsl
104. Would Jesus Wear a Rolex - Ray Stevens
105. Spam - Monty Python's Flying Circus
106. The Twelve Pains Of Christmas - Bob Rivers
107. Halloween Dance - Reverend Horton Heat
108. He's My Blonde-Headed, Stompie Wompie, Real Gone Surfer Boy - Little Pattie
109. Who Are The Brain Police? - The Mothers of Invention
110. Gimme Dat Ding - The Pipkins
111. Shaving Cream - Benny Bell
112. White Trash Christmas - Bob Rivers
113. Little Old Man (Uptight-Everything's Alright) - Bill Cosby
114. The Nitty Gritty - Shirley Ellis
115. The Scotsman - Bryan Bowers
116. Yoda - "Weird Al" Yankovic
117. I'm A Nut - Leroy Pullins
118. Pencil Neck Geek - Fred Blassie
119. Polka Dot Undies - Bowser & Blue
120. Got A Match? - The Daddy-O's
121. Kill The Wabbit - Ozzy Fudd (Mark McCollum)
122. Eskimo - Corky & The Juice Pigs
123. Christmas at Ground Zero - "Weird Al" Yankovic
124. The Hunting Song - Tom Lehrer
125. I'm At Home Getting Hammered (While She's Out Getting Nailed) - Banjo & Sullivan
126. The Smoke Off - Shel Silverstein
127. Short Shorts - Royal Teens
128. My Boomerang Won't Come Back - Charlie Drake
129. I Want My Baby Back - Jimmy Cross
130. Car Phone - Sheeler & Sheeler
131. Stress - Jim's Big Ego
132. It's A Gas - Alfred E. Neuman
133. The Thing - Phil Harris
134. Everybody's Free (to wear sunscreen) - Baz Luhrmann
135. Comin' Back For More - C.W. McCall
136. Everything Reminds Me Of My Therapist - Nancy Tucker
137. Deteriorata - National Lampoon
138. I Wanna Be A Flintstone - The Screaming Blue Messiahs
139. Sensitive New Age Guys - Christine Lavin
140. Super Bowl Shuffle - Members of the Chicago Bears
141. Bras On 45 - Ivor Biggun & The D. Kups
142. Carrot Juice Is Murder - The Arrogant Worms
143. Butt Scootin' Boogie - Barry Martin
144. All Likkered Up - Roger Alan Wade
145. My Jeans Are Too Tight - Gerry House
146. In Heaven There Is No Beer - Clean Living
147. Hanukkah Rocks - Gefilte Joe & The Fish
148. I Farted on Santa's Lap (Now Christmas is Gonna Stink for Me) - The Little Stinker
149. The Ketchup Song - Las Ketchup
150. Who Put The Turtle In Myrtle's Girdle - Sid King And The Five Strings

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They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa - single cover
Monster Mash - single cover
The Purple People Eater - single cover
Alley Oop - single cover
Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah - single cover
Fat by Michael Jackson single cover



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