Favourite novelty song?

Hassaan13Hassaan13 Posts: 41,962
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The likes of Mr Blobby, One Pound Fish, the next one on the block, what is your favorite novelty song?
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  • farmer bobfarmer bob Posts: 27,595
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    Terry Wogan's "Floral Dance"
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,177
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    Whigfield - Saturday Night
    Ylvis - The Fox
    The Firm - Star Trekkin'
    DJ Casper - Cha Cha Slide
  • oblivianoblivian Posts: 4,024
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    Fountains of Wayne - Alien for Christmas.
  • J B OddsocksJ B Oddsocks Posts: 544
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    Jilted John - Jilted John
  • JasonJason Posts: 76,557
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    Takes me back to my time in Amsterdam .. and it's still got an annoyingly catchy chorus ..

    ToyBox - Best Friend
  • AneechikAneechik Posts: 20,208
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    Ketchup Song
    Barbie Girl
    Macarena
  • kryskryskryskrys Posts: 3,322
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    Ylvis - The Fox
    The Lonely Island feat. Michael Bolton - Jack Sparrow
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 802
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    Whigfield - Saturday Night

    Still love and listening to this song even now. Timeless classic, athough the music video was cheap as chips. :D
  • spaceygalspaceygal Posts: 3,447
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    Definitely Jilted John, along with Toast by Streetband.
  • MaksonMakson Posts: 30,448
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    Dragostea Din Tei - Ozone
  • mushymanrobmushymanrob Posts: 17,992
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    soran wrote: »

    yep...my fav too.... fantastic novelty track without being cheesy
    Makson wrote: »
    Dragostea Din Tei - Ozone

    novelty?... good track though
  • Baz OBaz O Posts: 1,642
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    Ken Dodd's Where's Me Shirt? - this kind of reminds me of my husband when I haven't done the ironing :D

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CejKxTc3sc4
  • StephenmarraStephenmarra Posts: 837
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    Chef ~ Chocolate Salty Balls :D
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w24Xd8fVlTU
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    One Pound Fish
  • GneissGneiss Posts: 14,555
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    I don't know about favourite but this always amused me...

    Alma Cogan 'In the Middle of the House'
  • TeddybleadsTeddybleads Posts: 6,814
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    Dominique - The Singing Nun.
  • biscuitfactorybiscuitfactory Posts: 29,392
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    'Wombling Merry Christmas'..best Christmas song ever,
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    I can't believe no one's mentioned Vindaloo yet! I heard on a TV programme that Keith Allen wrote that song because he knew football fans would sing along to it, and he thought it would be funny to have white, racist football hooligans singing about curry.

    However, Wikipedia says this:
    The song sounded a little too much like a "hooligan's anthem" for some observers, but from the point of view of the BBC (who commission the official UK Music Chart) the band were deliberately waking the ghost of an earlier incident on the BBC TV programme The Late Show. Guest Keith Allen got into an extremely heated row with the panel over his view that comedy was now being hamstrung to appease rules of political correctness. Just before storming off the live broadcast, Allen stormed at an Asian member of the panel that "It's not a chip you've got on your shoulder, it's a ****ing vindaloo!". He later explained to press reporters that a vindaloo is as faux ethnic (this piece of Goan cuisine actually originated from Portugal) as those who masquerade as self-appointed spokespeople for ethnic minority communities' rights in order to censor arts and culture according to their own pet prejudices.

    Anyway, all together now:

    Me and me mum and me dad and me gran
    We're off to waterloo
    Me and me mum and me dad and me gran
    And a bucket of vindaloo

    Bucket

    Vindaloo, Vindaloo, Vindaloo, Vindaloo, na na
    Vindaloo, Vindaloo, Vindaloo, Vindaloo, na na
    Vindaloo, Vindaloo and we all like vindaloo
    We're England!
    We're gonna score one more than you
    England!
  • GneissGneiss Posts: 14,555
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    Dominique - The Singing Nun.
    I'm not sure I would classify it as a novelty song...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n295hjktHD0

    Her name was Jeanine Deckers and there was a film made about her called "The Singing Nun" staring Debbie Reynolds.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nwwn9vie-4
  • mimicolemimicole Posts: 50,916
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    The Firm - Star Trekkin'
    Jilted John - Jilted John

    I do hospital radio on a Sunday and these two get played a lot.
    The former does my head in by the end :eek:
  • bazzaroobazzaroo Posts: 6,848
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    I can't believe no one's mentioned Vindaloo yet! I heard on a TV programme that Keith Allen wrote that song because he knew football fans would sing along to it, and he thought it would be funny to have white, racist football hooligans singing about curry.

    However, Wikipedia says this:
    The song sounded a little too much like a "hooligan's anthem" for some observers, but from the point of view of the BBC (who commission the official UK Music Chart) the band were deliberately waking the ghost of an earlier incident on the BBC TV programme The Late Show. Guest Keith Allen got into an extremely heated row with the panel over his view that comedy was now being hamstrung to appease rules of political correctness. Just before storming off the live broadcast, Allen stormed at an Asian member of the panel that "It's not a chip you've got on your shoulder, it's a ****ing vindaloo!". He later explained to press reporters that a vindaloo is as faux ethnic (this piece of Goan cuisine actually originated from Portugal) as those who masquerade as self-appointed spokespeople for ethnic minority communities' rights in order to censor arts and culture according to their own pet prejudices.

    Anyway, all together now:

    Me and me mum and me dad and me gran
    We're off to waterloo
    Me and me mum and me dad and me gran
    And a bucket of vindaloo

    Bucket

    Vindaloo, Vindaloo, Vindaloo, Vindaloo, na na
    Vindaloo, Vindaloo, Vindaloo, Vindaloo, na na
    Vindaloo, Vindaloo and we all like vindaloo
    We're England!
    We're gonna score one more than you
    England!

    Good post!

    My own favourites would be -

    Detroit Grand Pubahs - Sandwiches
    Star Trekkin - The Firm (sorry mimi! :D)
    My Ding-a Ling - Chuck Berry
    The Dickies - Banana Splits
  • Hassaan13Hassaan13 Posts: 41,962
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    One Pound Fish

    Still don't understand the "6 for £5, £1 each" line... ;)
  • Andy BirkenheadAndy Birkenhead Posts: 13,450
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    Jollity Farm by The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNRPUf9AVAA
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