Top 100 Novelty Songs 1953-2023

[@somerandomguy_music]

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[@jetfan925]

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

[@73bettie]

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

[@bencolwell2260]

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

[@Gmackematix]

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]

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]

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

[@MsGbergh]

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]

Some are some are not

[@nelleneulmer5385]

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]

Except Chimpmunk Song

[@ahlamhossain7906]

💯% agreed

[@almostyummymummy]

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]

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

[@FluffieXStarshine]

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.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

there’s a reason many are stalwarts in movies, tv, and during holidays…

[@Penfold0003]

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]

Find them on you tube to listen in full individually

[@judithsixkiller5586]

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

[@johannebaker9730]

I agree❤❤

[@Jason0binladen]

It would be a feeding frenzy for copyright claims

[@stewiegriffin5084]

Do what tilybobs says and make yourself a playlist.

[@barbarahunter3904]

Weird Al is the king of great novelty songs!

[@eileenryan2248]

You're so correct.

[@thomasharding1838]

Weird Al Yankovic? Man somebody posts a comment and everything brings loose. One starts and then after that another one rides the bus. Each one thinks they're such a groovy guy. It makes me want to turn of my computer and go eat something good because I love Rocky Road. Oh well, I'm getting wound up for nothing. I guess I'll be mellow when I'm dead.

[@jameslaw3740]

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

[@aspenrebel]

Ahhh!! Ur a kid!!

[@993ti]

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

[@TheSpikestr]

I agree

[@TheSpikestr]

@@laikapupkino1767 😂

[@TheSpikestr]

@Itz_fairyrosalynnxoxospamsss IPhone lol

[@wmbeam211]

Some are some are not

[@JVLIVSPhotography]

Gen Xer here. I’ll take the cheesy and campy lyrics from the Golden Era over the majority of what’s being played today.

[@JaredtheRabbit]

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

[@steinarmogen3166]

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

[@mangot589]

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

[@ethanang8099]

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

[@DadgeCity]

And he didn't include Hoots Mon!

[@ellenthorne8222]

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

[@gailmccormack1136]

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

[@melanieodriscoll2047]

2:42 that Peter Griffin fortnite song

[@gailmccormack1136]

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

[@josephphelan646]

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

[@itnsk2629]

Nobody says something bad about Weird Al this man makes me laugh when I'm depressed, and because of him, I'm alive. Yeah, i know that it was a little bit exaggerated but This Man Is A Legend

[@Darkangel-A-c8z]

They're classics. Love them all

[@marlenebrown2634]

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

[@jennypulczinski7204]

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

[@jont695]

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

[@ruthwoodin550]

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

[@Chevy_CUn]

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

[@marlenegardner2696]

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.

[@MalcolmSmith-dj6ph]

I wonder what Steve Martin thinks about this classic today. What a great actor and musician.

[@johnjdevlin2610]

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.

[@skottiw]

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

[@scottdaniels8129]

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

[@rocketmanVA703]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@johnross8614]

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]

Yep

[@aspenrebel]

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

[@coolmacatrain9434]

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

[@stephenolan5539]

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

[@davidhallett8783]

Two outta three ain t bad

[@guccicat_12]

And Monster Mash

[@aspenrebel]

Yeah! Not novelties.

[@aspenrebel]

"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!!

[@romulusnr]

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

[@rumblebars]

Voice, plus a variable-speed tape recorder.

[@briankreezan9500]

YES

[@LittleWing1985]

I've always wondered about that

[@syrsknight]

Davil Saville lol

[@simplysteve68]

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

[@EveretteMartin-mw6dy]

I love these oldies 😂😂🎶🎶

[@johannebaker9730]

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

[@michaelrawson6261]

... ... still better than 95% of the crap in the charts these days... ...!!!

[@johnossendorf9979]

You got that right !

[@matthewhenningervonada9914]

While true, ehh....

[@arturoromero951]

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.

[@arturoromero951]

@@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.

[@michaelrawson6261]

@@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!!!

[@MsMC-vr1jd]

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

[@artism9780]

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]

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

[@Ben-yj8ye]

Ooh loved that. It was on our Sesame Street LP

[@lethargogpeterson4083]

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

[@simplysteve68]

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

[@SkitSkat674]

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

[@mauricearpin7946]

These were songs that reflected the trends of the time. Brilliant commentary.

[@charlenemack7040]

I haven’t heard some of these songs in over 50 years.

[@debradipiazza844]

Can we agree that Wooly Bully is a great song?

[@ToABrighterFuture]

Little Caesar's once parodied it for a commercial, and it was used over the opening titles in "Splash" (1984).

[@michaelrawson6261]

Debra Di Piazza:... agreed!

[@lilymarinovic1644]

Yep.

[@ladykoiwolfe]

Hell yeah

[@TheeWorldsGreatest]

No.

[@su-rv2uq]

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

[@evagautsche5721]

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]

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]

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

[@scottbc31h22]

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

[@Mary0614]

I have the original album

[@kiwitrainguy]

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".😅

[@rb5078]

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]

41 year-old me still does!!

[@ADBH-sd8cz]

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

[@yosoyringodesanantonio8405]

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

[@krissiep1317]

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]

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

[@davidfrischknecht8261]

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

[@juliahengstermann193]

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

[@RonJDuncan]

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.

[@IlGreven]

I'd add Rump Shaker, Despacito, Sandstorm, Spanish Fly by Herb Alpert, Alice's Restaurant Massacree... And new for 2024, Hai Yorokonde...

[@hebneh]

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

[@lucyboosmom]

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.

[@hebneh]

@@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.

[@Grisbi6]

I agree! Many of these were not familiar to me---especially those from the 70s-80s.

[@camerongordon5914]

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

[@anthonycatanese4489]

I agree

[@matthewhenningervonada9914]

Yeah. HIt me up with that bob the builder theme anyday.

[@arturoromero951]

These are pretty cool songs, some I like, some I may not find my cup of tea, but this is a well-made list.

[@marlenef777]

@@matthewhenningervonada9914😂😂😂

[@pearljam619]

Anyone (90s teens in particular) remember Whitfield - Saturday Night and that blooming dance? Happy days.

[@alexandersalamander28]

Splish splash - 1958 is actually a fire song

[@shirw]

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

[@starskreem8258]

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]

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

[@FallacyAsPraxis]

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

[@Paulthored]

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]

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

[@arbitrarynumberz]

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

[@JohnPaulBakshoian]

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.

[@TheDriller-Killer]

Totally agree with you, songs like Paralyzed by The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, Fluffy by Gloria Balsam and My Pal Foot Foot by The Shaggs are all Dr. Demento 'classics'. 😂😂😂

[@AgathaKilgallen]

Not bad songs!!! I love Roger Miller!! And who doesn't like The Monster Mash??

[@trikky2.2]

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 :)

[@jojonoir]

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

[@TravisNeidert]

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]

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

[@aspenrebel]

"Under Dog".

[@kiwitrainguy]

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

[@davidhusband5022]

stutter rap!

[@JFM1170]

What about Popcorn

[@danmorley8116]

Yes, some bad stuff, but the video was still fun. Weird Al Yankovic is the master of the genre.

[@arturoromero951]

I mean they’re novelty singles, so what do we expect?

[@nocursewm2938]

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

[@christopherdean1326]

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

[@Dragonfly_64795]

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 ❤

[@stevecritchley2506]

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!!

[@donnaleone3818]

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

[@davecommentator]

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

[@lutonboy8104]

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

[@willemvandeursen3105]

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.

[@davidwesley2525]

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

[@marcus813]

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]

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

[@jenniferneuensmorgan9272]

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

[@m-dv3os]

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

[@thenostalgicyoshi7149]

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]

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

[@VvIiVvZzIiOo32]

does imo mean into magnetic oranges?

[@ladykoiwolfe]

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

[@RadioactiveSherbet]

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]

"Who let the dogs out" is great. I listen to it on KZbin 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.

[@alexandersmirnov7851]

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

[@christopherreichart9193]

I might say 1953 best I am sorry best music

[@shadyavich4595]

Agreed

[@Djordje_Jovanovic]

This needs a Part 2! Here are some honorable mentions: 1959. The Rock-A-Teens - Woo-Hoo 1960. Chubby Checker - The Twist 1963. The Five Du-Tones - Shake a Tail Feather 1965. Lesley Gore - Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows 1965. The Strangelovers - I Want Candy 1966. Wilson Pickett - Land of 1000 Dances 1968. Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy 1969. The Muppets - Mahna Mahna 1972. Gary Glitter - Rock and Roll Part 2 1984. Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters 1994. Scatman John - Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop) 1994. The Mighty Raw - Go Go Power Rangers 1996. Weird Al Yankovic - Amish Paradise 1997. Steps: 5, 6, 7, 8 2005. Crazy Frog - Popcorn

[@TheAmarok87]

"Scatman" is often misunderstood as a novelty funny song. But if you listen closely to the lyrics, you will find that it's actually a socially critical song with an important message. Scatman John was a stutterer and he severely suffered from that during his childhood, because his classmates made fun of him and aped him. He stopped a therapy because of feelings of inferiority and he mostly tried to avoid speaking. He started playing the piano at the age of 14; this helped him to compensate for his language deficits and to discover artistic abilities such as the scat singing which made him famous years later. The message of his "Scatman" song is that everyone should make the best of their life and can achieve something, regardless of a possible handicap. So Scatman John reports about his problem of stuttering and that he still managed to make music successfully: *“Everybody stutters one way or the other / so check out my message to you / as a matter of fact, don’t let nothing hold you back / if the Scatman can do it, so can you”* As a pop star, Scatman John became a role model for people with disabilities. During his lifetime, he was committed to helping children and organizations that helped people who stutter.

[@mistie710]

The Muppets? That song was predated by the original, written and performed by Piero Umiliani. And it's bad enough that this video had Rolf Harris in it without inviting Gary Glitter in as well!

[@MickeyMousePark]

The Telephone Man -- Meri Wilson 1977

[@aspenrebel]

Oh What's that song to kick off Spring? "Rockin' Robin" [tweet tweet].

[@aspenrebel]

"Go medievel on your Hiney!".

[@andyolin3988]

Oddly,a lot of these were real big hits, despite being a bit "odd".

[@juliusnepos6013]

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

[@gnu_andrew]

@@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.

[@ricardodisveld6996]

One of your best compilations ever made!! A feast of recognition of tunes and songs that I had already forgotten! FCKNG NICE!!!

[@freedomthroughspirit]

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" 🤩

[@brindunphy6733]

Watching this i realized that I grew up on novelty songs and i will always choose the novelty song.

[@hiatus07]

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.

[@arturoromero951]

Thank god there’s technology for that. :)

[@toainsully]

I first heard it on Pingu

[@carolinh.7861]

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 😇

[@ijustdidahugeshit]

Me too because I am a qualified lesbian

[@bingobearuk]

​@@ijustdidahugeshithow did you qualify?

[@ijustdidahugeshit]

@@bingobearuk I am special

[@kiwitrainguy]

She is from the island of Lesvos.@@bingobearuk

[@masterdriver132]

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.

[@barbarahunter3904]

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

[@CynthiaLamb-jf2md]

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

[@brian70Cuda]

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!!

[@CraigMorgan-d3j]

This is better than today's Top 40 radio. We need a novelty music revival

[@arturoromero951]

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.

[@WatchingTrainsGoBy-PassingTime]

The forks the matter with you?

[@flowingafterglow629]

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)

[@Roboto8088]

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

[@nula370]

Weird Al is King of novelty and Parody🎉

[@rossnorris2351]

Some of these songs aren't novelty songs either..... Wtf?? You're talking to someone who is a Novelty song fan.

[@southpakrules]

The bad songs start at 11:22

[@arturoromero951]

I see what you did there and totally agree

[@davidwesley2525]

@@arturoromero951 WAY Before 10:00 . 😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝

[@arturoromero951]

@@davidwesley2525 No one asked, really bad take, and you’re not funny or quirky. 🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@nancyomalley6286]

This was the most fun list ever!

[@scsutton1]

I'm pretty sure most of these got to Number One on the U.K charts. We do love a novelty song in this part of the world.

[@redgreen82]

Quite a few got there in the US, too.

[@scsutton1]

​@@redgreen82 I guarantee Mr. Blobby didn't. And if it did, I'm so sorry.

[@redgreen82]

@@scsutton1 no, it definitely didn't. Most that did were in the 50s and early 60s.

[@scsutton1]

​@@redgreen82 By the way, Bob the Builder knocked Stan by Eminem off the Christmas Number One in 2000.

[@jamesblanton3744]

Nice that Peter Griffins favorite song made the list

[@chynne33]

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]

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

[@aspenrebel]

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."

[@davidmitchell443]

There's some great songs on this list..

[@dansheldon1762]

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]

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

[@NathanWood23]

Alot of the early songs on this list weren't novelty songs, they were regular pop hits. Standard for their time.

[@6li8storm40]

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]

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

[@marlenegardner2696]

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

[@kiwitrainguy]

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

[@lestermengel8995]

Bad songs! What are they talking about. These are some of the best songs I have ever heard!!

[@jamese1992]

Guess I missed it. One of the best of all time. "Never Make a Pretty Woman Your Wife."

[@ladykoiwolfe]

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

[@ijustdidahugeshit]

Me too because I am a qualified lesbian

[@DaveB-rock]

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]

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

[@ijustdidahugeshit]

@@aspenrebel not studying women

[@dalekmoon]

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! ♥♥

[@yolandasamuels3213]

To be honest, I would have expected All I Want For Christmas Is A Dalek to be in this list!

[@elizaann8495]

Doctorin the Tardis is the Music Taken from Blockbuster by group the Sweet and the Dr who theme

[@sonyasandoval1477]

@@elizaann8495 The Sweet did that? Same guys that did Ballroom Blitz? I'll be dipped.

[@elizabethgrey9157]

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"! ;)

[@FortressMinimus]

@@elizabethgrey9157 Oh no, you ARE going to sing!

[@catherine6653]

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.

[@sandraford1926]

Absolutely lovely brilliant beautiful fantastic songs I love them ❤😊

[@amelianelson-parker5381]

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

[@cd_collector_luk]

Tarzan Boy is cool song

[@FhenitaPuNxXx]

AEW!

[@warrenduree9417]

I can't hear it without seeing anthropomorphic bottles of "Cool Mint" Listerine swinging on vines thru the jungle.

[@virgogaming6488]

It got me into vinyl collecting.

[@lindaeasley5606]

Big misses : Ahab The A- Rab by Ray Stevens (1962) and Guitarzan by Ray Stevens 1969 Unicorn by Irish Rovers -1968 . The latter two were huge in the US

[@juliusnepos6013]

Also The Lion Sleeps Tonight which hit no.1 in the early 60s. A lot of novelty UK no.1s aswell that aren't here but maybe thats because some of them are deliberately for charity.

[@mikenovak5544]

only 2 weird al songs Come on😮

[@adrianchan1535]

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

[@tombleo1925]

Das sind Meilensteine der Musikgeschichte.👍👍👍

[@heidimarie1198]

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

[@laustcawz2089]

Apparently, "Gimme Dat Ding" by The Pipkins, "The Curly Shuffle" by Jump 'N' The Saddle Band &;"She Don't Use Jelly" by The Flaming Lips were only popular here in the states.

[@Bluerose888]

Did you know the beginning of Gimme Dat Ding was Wolfman Jack? I'm lost I'm lost can't find my thing etc.

[@kendracrispin5327]

This list could've been a lot bigger. Ghostbusters, Tom Lehrer, and a lot more of Weird Al and Alan Sherman. Oh, and a lot more found on Dr. Demento recordings. But these were all good choices for this list.

[@leesimmons5453]

Definitely needs Tom Lehrer.

[@GFSTaylor]

@@leesimmons5453 His are humorous/satirical songs, rather than novelty. I don't think they ever went mainstream in the way that a novelty hit does.

[@erikguzik8204]

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

[@tejaswoman]

8:43 fun fact: That Macarena version actually had been around for a few summers in southern Spain by the time it hit the US. I was doing a six-week study abroad summer session in Seville (alliteration not originally intended) when one afternoon, the 16yo Irish boy staying in the same boardinghouse came into the kitchen wanting to show our housemother the new dance he had just learned. She rolled her eyes and asked, is that thing back again?! According to her, for the last few summers, the song would be all the rage with the vacationing tourists, then die down and leave her with a false hope that she wouldn't have to hear it anymore, only for it to re-emerge the next summer. Imagine my shock and amusement when I came home to the US only to discover Macarena had broken out here as well. Rival groups called Los del Río and Los del Mar (The River Guys, The Sea Guys) had each done versions.

[@DorothyTompkins-e6s]

I agree with R. There are still so many. Weird Al's My Lasanga, I Like Rocky Road. The list is endless

[@rrbrinker]

Great list! If you do it again, don't forget "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco.

[@philiphubbard6234]

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.

[@amandafranklin1914]

You could make this list half weird al if you wanted. But I approve of the two choices. Very good list.

[@davidwesley2525]

And the other Half Ray Stevens . 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@arturoromero951]

I mean at this point he should make a separate Weird Al video.

[@jnaber7636]

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

[@davidhewitt6868]

Lots of great songs

[@altonedwards2878]

I miss all the Dr Demento songs I like novelty songs that's what got me started😊😊