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Ten Songs About Robots Just For You Meat-bags

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This list is a result of both serious research and personal taste. Your personal top ten may be different. Let us know in the comments! In evaluating the songs we did consider the chart positions but this was not the sole criteria by any means.

Does the song have staying power? Has it become legendary? Was it groundbreaking in it’s time? These are the types of questions considered in creating the list. Also, we did not want to include the same artist twice, so one does pop up again in the honorable mentions.


NUMBER TEN
“The Robot Song” by Yo Gabba Gabba (Spanish version)



NUMBER NINE
“Monkey Vs. Robot” by James Kochalka Superstar



NUMBER EIGHT
“Robot Boy” by Robyn



NUMBER SEVEN
“Robots on Parade” by They Might Be Giants



NUMBER SIX
“Transformers Opening Theme” (1980s original)



NUMBER FIVE
“Robot Rock” by Daft Punk



NUMBER FOUR
“Robots” by Flight of The Conchords



NUMBER THREE
“Mechanical Man” by Devo



NUMBER TWO
“The Robots” by Kraftwerk


HONORABLE MENTIONS
“The Girl And The Robot” by Röyksopp ft. Robyn
“Ya Robot” – Yury Chemnavsky
“Theme From Robot Hamster” – Parry Gripp



NUMBER ONE
“Mr Roboto” by Styx

Thanks for checking out our list of robot songs. We hope you enjoyed reviewing it as much as we did creating it.

-Wacky Alex & Robot Don

Illustration on the top of this page by BenMonster (benmonster.tv)

“Bananaphone” by Raffi

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Yes, you can buy a telephone that is in the shape of a banana. A quick google search reveals dozens of devices, covers and props.

Today is National Banana Day. We all love them here at FunHouse Radio. As a small child, I could be spotted with one frequently because my grandmother constantly fed them to me. My friends would tease me about it. They would call me names like “Banana Boy”.

The song called “Banana Phone” has been recorded at least a dozen times. Here is the most well-known of all the versions. It’s by Raffi and was recorded in 1994. There does not appear to be an official music video, but here is a fan-made lyric-video! We play this track on the live audio stream all the time!

Happy National Banana Day!

“The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen Anthem” by Ren & Stimpy

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I signed up for Paramount Plus for the Star Trek. I didn’t expect that I would also gain access to all of the original Ren & Stimpy episodes that first appeared on Nickelodeon. As of 2021, 37 episodes are available to watch on P+.

We didn’t have cable at my house when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s. By the second year the show was on, I was attending college. I took being a college student seriously. Basically, I never got to see much of the show when it was originally aired.

I remembered the Happy Happy Joy Joy song. I remembered the parody commercials for “log”. I am super late to the party on this but while binge watching the show, I stumbled onto this little number.

“The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen Anthem” is bat-shit crazy. HOLY SHIT. I wish I could find the entire song on YouTube. Nick is only giving us this little snippet. Now I plan to buy the ‘Best of NickToons” CD it was later released on, if I can locate a copy!

And if you are ready for something even STRANGER, check out the GERMAN VERSION!