Is there a music genre less respected than novelty music? Well, disco, but we weep not for the dead. The novelty song, which for our purposes here is defined as "a comical or nonsensical song," is ...

In the world of popular music, there are a lot of sub-genres. There’s grunge, hip-hop, electronic—just to name a few. But there are also stranger, more unique subsections like one-hit wonders and ...

When most people think of novelty songs, they think of funny tunes with light lyrics. Classics like “The Purple People Eater,” “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!” “The Streak,” and pretty much ...

The Baha Men hit, released 25 years ago, occupies a distinctive spot in music and sports history, along with “Macarena” and other novelty earworms A quarter century ago, the world was gripped by a ...