Top 100 Novelty Songs 1953-2023

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

[ti]

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

[trevorkearley]

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

[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.

[jameslaw]

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

[Penfold]

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!)

[gailmccormack]

Novelty songs are awesome! They’re memorable and fun to sing along with.

Much better than other boring music.

[barbarahunter]

Weird Al is the king of great novelty songs!

[marlenegardner]

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.

[JaredtheRabbit]

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

[krissiep]

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!!

[johnjdevlin]

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.

[MalcolmSmith-djph]

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

[wbbgkwc]

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.

[marlenebrown]

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

[johannebaker]

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

[evagautsche]

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.

[MsMC-vrjd]

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

[artism]

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.

[mauricearpin]

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

[ruthwoodin]

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