The current thread about whether pop music has lost its fun made me think about the novelty hit. If it’s golden age was from the mid-sixties to the mid-eighties, has it gone the way of the dodo? Dealt mortal blows by CDs (everything was more expensive) , mp3s (everyone could share the best music) and finally streaming (just everything). Or does it persist like the Aussie flu currently? So, if the modern musical world began with the founding of Spotify in 2008, what can we dig up novelty-hits wise from the last ten years. Novelty hits from the last decade please. Here’s one to start you off:
Modern Novelty Hits
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I’m so sorry. 2012.
Definition of a novelty hit?
Catchy as hell.
Some kind of visual gimmick/presence.
Never had another big hit (or if they were they were all novelty hits too).
Big hit (no such thing as an novelty non-hit).
Some kind of humour/lightness even if it looks like they were all laughing in the video becuase the producer was stood offstage with an AK47.
This is genuine and for charity.
http://www.pstewsings.com/#download
Any excuse to post this again.
Skrrrrrrrra!
I bloody love Man’s Not Hot. It’s hilarious, and a genuine tune to boot.
Just like to say master mole was
Saying mans not hot before anyone else knew what he was talking about
Does Weird Al Yankovic count as Novelty or Parody?
Whilst primarily known for his re-wording of popular songs in a humourous styl-ee, there are few originals tucked away on his albums.
https://youtu.be/zGM8PT1eAvY
He’s parody and novelty – as gawd help us so were the Barron Knights.
Looking like the barrel is empty even of scrapings…but here’s one more
Not an international hit, granted
Now that is feckin’ genius. In the words of the David Squires BTL’s I spat my wedding party prosecco all over the keyboard. Please tell me @sewer-robot it was No 1 in Ireland for two years. Everyone should watch this, but its absolutely NSFW.
I prefer Fellas. Starring Gabriel Byrne in the video.
That made me laugh a very great deal.
This makes me laugh like a drain……
Fook off