Top 100 Novelty Songs 1953-2023
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- Опубликовано: 17 апр 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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I would love if you can do make a video on songs that appeared in South Park, whether it's parody or not.
Could you remove that convicted pedophile Rolf Harris? He does not deserve recognition
What?? No, go go Godzilla or wish I was a lil taller or Ghetto Cowboy or My minds playing tricks on me??
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).
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
It seems like a lot of novelty songs are timeless classics. Plus they are fun to listen to.
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.
Some are some are not
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.
Except Chimpmunk Song
💯% agreed
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!)
Find them on you tube to listen in full individually
Absolutely! So many great old songs that it's hard to search up and save online.
I agree❤❤
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.
He was probably talking about the ones from the 2010s, but even then, I still like most of them.
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.
Wow I'm a novelty lover...58 years old and grew up listening to these awesome songs.
Ahhh!! Ur a kid!!
Novelty songs are awesome! They’re memorable and fun to sing along with.
Much better than other boring music.
2:42 that Peter Griffin fortnite song
@@melanieodriscoll2047😂 just listened and watched it. 😂 Surfin’ Bird is a classic!
Yes much better than the boring shit spewed out since .....
Man, 1958 was a great year if you love novelty songs!
I am sure the music in the charts was better in 1958 than in 2023
@@steinarmogen3166 😂😂😂 you’d be correct😂✌️
And in 1958 is the birth of Prince, Madonna and Michael Jackson, the legendary pops of the 80s too all born in 1958.
And he didn't include Hoots Mon!
I was born in 1958 too and love many of these songs, missing is My Old Man's A Dustman.
Weird Al is the king of great novelty songs!
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.
Bad songs? These are awesome. Way better than the crap we have these days!
I agree
I agree
@@laikapupkino1767 😂
@@Itz_fairyrosalynnxoxospamsss IPhone lol
Some are some are not
One person's "BAD SONG" is another person's favorite memory. There is a bunch of my memories in this collection. TY
У автора реально плохой вкус, если он считает эти песни плохими
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.
Witch Doctor was a funny song, and well sung. "Oo-ee oo-ah ah wallaballabeng-beng"
LOL
Wonderful collection, RandomGuy!
My all-time favorite novelty song is 'Johnny Reggae' by the Piglets. (Jonathan King, 1971) A delightful record! It got #3 in the british charts.
There should've been a few more Weird Al songs. 🤔
The definition of "novelty song" was pretty broad here, so you got a lot of pop songs that were just kinda silly.
Exactly what I was thinking
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 😂
Yep
What was that one music video Weird Al did in which he and others were Amish?
Winchester Cathredral(1966) New Vaudville Band was a huge hit and definitely belongs on this list!
I was raised in Winchester, so this song has a huge place in my heart.
Keeping with the English theme, how about England Swings by Roger Miller?
Oh my gosh!! That song is SO GOOOOOD!! Such a classic!
Most of these were great dance tunes during disco days… and especially at weddings !
These songs are great! So many fun memories. I'd listen to these all day.
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!!
why'd the Mexican throw his wife off a cliff?
I remember when "Achy Breaky Heart" was first released and I never considered it a novelty song.
I want to add the ballad of Bilbo Baggins from Leonard Nimoy
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.
A number of these were UK-only hits that we never heard in the US.
First of all, the gentleman who does these videos is not from the US, so yeah, he adds songs from lots of different countries. But either you don't know much about music or are too young to know that between 1/2 to 2/3 of these songs are from the US.
@@lucyboosmom I'm well aware of where these songs originated, which is why I posted my original comment. I count at least 28 songs on this list which were not played in the USA, which is why I said "a number" were not hits in America.
They're classics. Love them all
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.
Sung by Ernie if I'm not mistaken. You'll have to forgive me, it's been a few years.😄😆
Ooh loved that. It was on our Sesame Street LP
Maybe that was considered too classic to be novelty :-)
@@kiwitrainguyyes sung by Ernie (Jim Henson himself!), I loved Sesame Street.
Thought that got any grapes song should've made the list.
Great list! Also worth considering: Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots are Made for Walking," "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)," and Southern Culture On the Skid's "Camel Walk." "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," Toni Basil's "Hey Mickey," "Ghostbusters," "The Hokey Pokey," "Limbo Rock" 🤩
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.
These were songs that reflected the trends of the time. Brilliant commentary.
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.
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."
I first heard that song on rebel radio in Gta 5, Ironically driving a truck down the freeway
Did you notice the video for Convoy was a clip from Hee Haw?
I have the original album
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".😅
Most of these songs are soundtracks to people's lives! Love them. They are fun and novelty or not, often good music.
Anyone remember "short shorts" from the 80s Nair commercial?
There are some really fun songs on this list!
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 ❤
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.
41 year-old me still does!!
Anyone remember the other turtle song that played right after turtle power! 9.95?
The Witch Doctor guy is the same guy who created Chipunks, and it's all his voice.
Voice, plus a variable-speed tape recorder.
YES
I've always wondered about that
Davil Saville lol
Lol "Chipunks" hmmm?
No wonder Alvin was soooo mischievious, not only was he a 'Chipmunk', he was a Punk as well. 🤭😆😂🤣
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!!
There's some great songs on this list..
Memories of staying up listening to Dr Demento late on Sunday night's as a kid
Kung Fu Fighting, Short People and Werewolves of London are bona fide classics!
They started with a classic.
And included Chuck Berry's only number one song.
Two outta three ain t bad
And Monster Mash
Yeah! Not novelties.
"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!!
Don’t Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFarrin. Great list! Lots of fun.
That's certainly a novelty song but for a different reason - the way it was recorded, all a capella.
RIP NOVELTY SONGS
(1910s - 2019)
I wish there are some more novelty songs in the 2020s!!!
Thank you, Dr. Demento for making some of those songs' classic memories.!!!
Can we agree that Wooly Bully is a great song?
Little Caesar's once parodied it for a commercial, and it was used over the opening titles in "Splash" (1984).
Debra Di Piazza:... agreed!
Yep.
Hell yeah
No.
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
Loved the 80s, Van Halen, Bruce, Cars, Foghat, Styx, Eagles, etc..🎼👏❤
Take it back...the 80s were awesome!
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.
Tbh the 70s were also pretty good, but you can't get away with dissing the 80s!
The 90's selection rocked, but where was Scatman?
Absolutely lovely brilliant beautiful fantastic songs I love them ❤😊
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 😇
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Great compilation! Though some other songs could have been included such as Toni Basil 's Mickey or Falco's Rock Me Amadeus
CLASSICS !!!! My out door google plays so many of these at the right time of year !!
I liked a lot of these songs! Everyone needs a laugh!
One of your best compilations ever made!! A feast of recognition of tunes and songs that I had already forgotten! FCKNG NICE!!!
This was the most fun list ever!
These are great songs. They bring back some happy memories 😅
3:30 One of the greats from the Dr. Demento show. A lot of the songs here I remember from there.
novelty songs that you can't help smile to when they come on. Awesome
90 percent of this list is easily some of the greatest music EVER!
I agree
Yeah. HIt me up with that bob the builder theme anyday.
These are pretty cool songs, some I like, some I may not find my cup of tea, but this is a well-made list.
@@matthewhenningervonada9914😂😂😂
Watching this i realized that I grew up on novelty songs and i will always choose the novelty song.
Pure genius!
Proves that people have been goofing around and having fun all the time, throughout the years, in all eras!
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.
Doctor Demento was my introduction to Weird Al back in the '80s.
Al is a bloody genius. On a very serious level. ❤❤❤
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
... ... still better than 95% of the crap in the charts these days... ...!!!
You got that right !
While true, ehh....
Very disagreeable. Modern music isn’t your taste, it doesn’t mean it’s crap. And even so, these are novelty singles designed for the sake of being novelty singles. Many hated them back then and compared them to the more mainstream and serious songs in the charts (I mean look at Harlem Shake or The Fox, and see how much people hated them back in 2013) back then so your take doesn’t even matter at all. Get your head out of the close-minded arrogant boomer cloud and just enjoy the music for once.
@@matthewhenningervonada9914 Don’t listen to him. He’s stuck in the arrogant boomer cloud and trying to compare an average novelty song to modern music. The logic falls flat.
@@arturoromero951:... That's because 95% of modern chart music is CRAP!!! And of course, you're not gonna respond, because there IS no response! You Gen zed, know nothing music vacuum!!!
Most of this is Splendid music! I used to listen to them on the radio. Loved 'em!🎉
Love these Random, they always manage to put a smile on my face even though I have heard them many times through the years, still great and thank you!!
Great list! If you do it again, don't forget "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco.
Falco is classed as the first rapper to get to number 1 and it was also the first to get to number 1 in England and America to be sung German.
Great compilation. I expected this to be painful listening, but it wasn't at all and ended up being a trip down memory lane once it reached the 90s. Honestly, I'd have more issues enduring a compilation of 2010s chart toppers.
I wonder what Steve Martin thinks about this classic today. What a great actor and musician.
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.
Shaving Cream, Valley Girl. This list could double and not cover them all
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.
@@DDiskin69 yeah. A big one that did not appear here is The Lion Sleeps Tonight which hit no.1 on U.S
And what about the original "Mahna Mahna" from 1968?
@@juliusnepos6013 It hit no. 1 three separate times by three different artists
You could make this list half weird al if you wanted. But I approve of the two choices. Very good list.
And the other Half Ray Stevens .
😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
I mean at this point he should make a separate Weird Al video.
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.
It even charted higher than anything Rush did in the US.
... *(sigh)*
Some of these I didn't realize were novelty songs. I thought they were legit songs.
Me too! I was wondering what the criteria was for it to be a "novelty" song.
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.
Lily the Pink was by Scaffold. Their lead singer was Mike McGear, Paul McCartney's kid brother.
My school friends did Lily the pink on stage at school,
But they didn't include "Snoopy's Christmas".
This is better than today's Top 40 radio. We need a novelty music revival
Disagreeable. While I like novelty singles, the fact that you’re trying to compare this to Top 40 singles now is honestly kind of pathetic and the logic falls flat every time. Selfie, The Fox, and Old Town Road were literally Top 40. And people said they SUCKED. So your logic makes no sense whatsoever. Quit the arrogant boomer act and just enjoy the music.
The forks the matter with you?
What I think we need is for one of the satellite radio stations to get hold of the old Dr Demento shows and play them (like they do with old Casey Kasem)
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 :)
OMG I loves some of those old songs. I even introduced them to my daughter we love them.
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.
There is a web page that lists the number one song on your birthday.
Mine is Monster Mash.
does imo mean into magnetic oranges?
Sexy and I know It was so freaking popular when it came out. Everyone wanted to have that confidence I guess.
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.
"Who let the dogs out" is great. I listen to it on RUclips 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.
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.
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.
I have the Snoopy's Christmas on 45. I'll spin it every holiday season
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."
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
"Grandma got run over by a reindeer, heading home from our house Christmas Eve".
"Under Dog".
Bare Naked Ladies - I wanna see that act😉😛😜
stutter rap!
What about Popcorn
I believe you missed an early 80s gem of a novelty song - "Fish Heads" by Barnes & Barnes. 🐟
Really funny and enjoyable video! I think when you put that disclaimer at the beginning, I genuinely think that the “bad songs” is supposed to be the point of a novelty song. A song that maybe isn’t the best in terms of vocals or production or other typical musical aspects, but great in its lyricism or catchiness (sometimes) or great in terms of being witty, funny, a good gag or pop culture reference, or sometimes plain annoying or “so bad it’s so good,” like Friday or Baby Shark in my opinion (I don’t think they’re the worst songs in the world, but I don’t like songs like Baby Shark because of that, which I think is the main point of the song, since it’s mostly aimed at children). I would have loved to see Schnappi or Gummibär on the lists, but overall great video. :)
🎉 greetings from coastal Mississippi. Thank you for putting these songs in year order. Wonderful selection. Remember and love most of them😂
These were great fun songs!
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.
Thank god there’s technology for that. :)
I first heard it on Pingu
Great compilation. It's crazy how incredibly successful and memorable many of these songs were/are. The Baby Shark song is apparently the most viewed music video ever on youtube.
God, That’s depressing.
Great post, many memories.
Great music!
I wasn't expecting The Timelords "Doctorin' the Tardis as a 'novelty' song! I love that song and it plays on my Spotify a lot! ♥♥
To be honest, I would have expected All I Want For Christmas Is A Dalek to be in this list!
Doctorin the Tardis is the Music Taken from Blockbuster by group the Sweet and the Dr who theme
@@elizaann8495 The Sweet did that? Same guys that did Ballroom Blitz? I'll be dipped.
Heck, I have the record! I also have "I am the Doctor" by John Pertwee. And you can't call yourself a true Whovian if you haven't heard Colin Baker's "Gallifeyan Bucaneer"! ;)
@@elizabethgrey9157 Oh no, you ARE going to sing!
My kids already grew out of Baby Shark, but this brought back some serious PTSD...
Anyway, if I may humbly suggest a few novelty songs for a future list: Rocket Man (William Shatner rendition), The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins by Leonard Nimoy and Popcorn by Hot Butter.
Popcorn is good! I can’t see it as a novelty because it’s an instrumental. So funny, I asked my grandson and his girlfriend a couple months ago if they had instrumental hits any more (I had just heard music box dancer on the radio). They had NO IDEA what that even meant😂
Especially the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins‼️‼️
The first two aren't really world-wide-famous enough to count, but Hot Butter would be a great addition!
Lord of the Rhymes is another contender.
@@donegalandnehoiden5672 RIP Leonard Nimoy!
Weird Al is King of novelty and Parody🎉
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.
Yes, some bad stuff, but the video was still fun. Weird Al Yankovic is the master of the genre.
I mean they’re novelty singles, so what do we expect?
A good portion of these were regular songs on the Doctor Demento show.
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 ?
Dr Demento loves these ☺️☺️
You left out "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" by Gayla Peevey [reached #24 on the Hot 100 in December 1953]
9:11 When are we getting Mambo no. 6 Lou?
2099
Thanks for the memories❤❤❤❤❤
Fun, classic, and full of great vocals and lyrics ❤❤❤🎉
Guess I missed it. One of the best of all time. "Never Make a Pretty Woman Your Wife."
These are ALL great songs!! Classics!!
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.
Not bad songs!!! I love Roger Miller!! And who doesn't like The Monster Mash??
These were great songs. They had everyone singing along or dancing.
We still listen to the Monster Mash every year.
Me too because I am a qualified lesbian
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".
@@ijustdidahugeshitwhat's an "unqualified lesbian"?
@@aspenrebel not studying women
Oddly,a lot of these were real big hits, despite being a bit "odd".
Yeah. Several hit no.1 on US such as Monster Mash, Alley-Oop, My Ding-A-Ling, The Streak and Disco duck. So many in the UK aswell (Hampsterdance for Canada).
Also two of these became the biggest songs of their respective years
@@juliusnepos6013 Europe had a different Hampsterdance song, based on the same sample. It was in the running for Xmas #1 in the UK, but eventually made #4 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognoscenti_vs._Intelligentsia) Honestly, I'd have preferred that to the awful Westlife cover that was #1.
Many of these are straight up classics 👌
Some of these are really good!
Haha, I grew up on many of these tunes, especially Barbie Girl, which will never not be epic!
@ Trina Q: I respectfully disagree, Trina. It's annoying but you have the right to like it.