By Diana Maricruz Perez Santos
Are there many artists who have taken the small OFG from their interior? Or are there many OFG’s who have taken out their artist inside?…
Music is regarded as the universal language because in it we capture our essence. We use it to express who we are, important things, our environment and time. It should not be surprising that food is present in this art form. The food in music has inspired us to declare our love, remember, joke, protest and even say something stupid.
Here is a short list of songs about food ( Ed. note: it is not short) in which I allow myself to conclude the following: carbohydrates are the favorite foods to make allegories (We can sweeten our coffee with Splenda but our cherry lips want real sugar), fruits have more rhythm to dance and definitely tequila is the best partner when we want forget someone.
There are many songs about food. I put here just the songs that I know (with a little help of my friends and web). If you know of any, share them. It would be great to know all songs about food. No matter the language, help me make this list as large as possible!
| Food | Song | Language | Artist | Year | Genre |
| Alcoholic drinks | Tubthumping | English | Chumbawamba | 1997 | Rock |
| Apple | Adam’s apple | English | Aerosmith | 1975 | Rock |
| Apple | La manzanita (little apple) | Spanish | Los tigres del norte | Regional | |
| Apples and oranges | Apples and oranges | English | Pink Floy | 1967 | Rock |
| Banana pankaces | Banana pankaces | English | Jack Johnson | 2005 | Pop |
| Bananas | 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas | English | Harry Chapin | 1974 | Rock |
| Bananas | Bannana boat song | English | Harry Belafonte | 1956 | |
| Bananas | Banana co. | English | Radiohead | 1993 | Rock |
| Barbecue | La barbacua (The barbecue) | Spanish | Georgie Dann | 1994 | Pop |
| Beef jerky | La machaca (beef jerky) | Spanish | Los recoditos | 2009 | Regional |
| Beer | La cerveza (The beer) | Spanish | Gerogie Dann | 2013 | Pop |
| Bread | El panadero (The baker) | Spanish | Tin Tan | Regional | |
| Cajun food | Jambalaya (On the Bayou) | English | Hank Williams | 1952 | Country |
| Cake | Birthday cake | English | Rihanna | 2011 | Pop |
| Cake | Cake and sodomy | English | Marilyn Manson | 1994 | Rock |
| Candy | If All The Raindrops | English | Various artists | Infantile | |
| Candy | El mundo de caramelo (The candy world) | Spanish | Danna Paola | 2007 | Infantile |
| Candy | Si las gotas de lluvia fueran de caramelo (If All The Raindrops -Spanish version) | Spanish | Various artists | Infantile | |
| Candy | Candy shop | English | 50 Cents | 2005 | Hip-hop |
| Candy | Candyman | English | Christina Aguilera | 2006 | Pop |
| Candy | Candy | English | LL Cool J | 1998 | Hip-hop |
| Candy | Candy shop | English | Madonna | 2008 | Pop |
| Candy | Candy store rock | English | Led Zeppeling | 1976 | Rock |
| Candy | Caramel dance | Japanese | Hatsune miku | 2010 | Pop |
| Cheese | Big cheese | English | Nirvana | 1989 | Rock |
| Cherry | Cherry lips | English | Garbage | 2002 | Rock |
| Cherry pie | Cherry pie | English | Warrant | 1990 | Rock |
| Chicken | Mueveme el pollo (Move the chicken) | Spanish | Alfredo y sus teclados | Regional | |
| Chicken | The Chicken | Instrumental | Jaco Pastorious | Jazz | |
| Chicken and poptatoes | Pollito con papas (Little chicken with potatoes) | Spanish | La Sonora Dinamita | Latin | |
| Chocolate | Chocolate | English | Kylie Minogue | 2010 | Pop |
| Chocolate | Si tu boquita fuera…(If your little mouth was made of…) | Spanish | R15 / Various artists | 1992 | Latin |
| Chocolate | Sabes a chocolate (you taste like chocolate) | Spanish | Kumbia Kings | 2004 | Latin |
| Chocolate | Chocolate | Spanish | Jesse & Joy | 2010 | Pop |
| Chocolate | El sheriff de chocolate (The sheriff of chocolate) | Spanish | Bronco | 1992 | Regional |
| Chocolate | Sabor a chocolate (Chocolate flavor) | Spanish | Elefante | 2002 | Rock |
| Chocolate | El rey de chocolate (The king of chocolate) | Spanish | Cri Cri | 1959 | Infantile |
| Chop suey | Chop suey | English | System of a down | 2001 | Rock |
| Cinnamon | Cinnamon skin | Spanish | Bobby Capó / Various artists | 1952 | Latin |
| Cinnamon | La rajita de canela (Cinnamon stick) | Spanish | Mike Laure | Latin | |
| Coca Cola | Te vez bien buena (you look very good) | Spanish | El General | 1990 | Reggaeton |
| Coconut | El coco rayado (shredded coconut) | Spanish | Various artists | Latin | |
| Coconut water | Aguita de coco (coconut water) | Spanish | Various artists | Latin | |
| Coffee | Coffee and TV | English | Blur | 1999 | Rock |
| Coffee | A cup of coffee | English | Jack Buchanan and Gertrude Lawrence | 1926 | Regional |
| Coffee | Mi cafetal (My coffee plantation) | Spanish | Various artists | Pop | |
| Cookies | Cookie jar | English | Gym class heroes | 2008 | Hip-hop |
| Cookies | Cookie jar | English | Jack Johnson | 2003 | Pop |
| Donuts | El corrido del donero (The song about donuts salesman) | Spanish | Larry Donas | 2011 | Regional |
| French fries | La papa sin catsup (A french fry without ketchup) | Spanish | Gloria Trevi | 1994 | Pop |
| Honey | Honey | English | Moby | 1999 | Electronic |
| Honey | Honey, honey | English | Abba | 1974 | Pop |
| Honey | Iced honey | English | Metallica | 2011 | Rock |
| Honey | Wild honey | English | Beachboys | 1967 | Rock |
| Honey | Wild honey | English | U2 | 2000 | Rock |
| Honey pie | Honey pie | English | The Beatles | 1968 | Pop |
| Honey pie | Wild honey pie | English | The Beatles | 1968 | Rock |
| Hot dog | Hot dog | English | LMFAO | 2011 | Pop |
| Hot dog | Hot dog | English | Led Zeppeling | 1979 | Rock |
| Ice cream | Ice cream girl | English | Sean Kingston | 2009 | R&B |
| Ice cream | Ice cream man | English | Van Halen | 1978 | Rock |
| Ice cream | Nieve de coco (Coconut flavor ice cream) | Spanish | El Chombo | 1999 | Reggaeton |
| Juice | Jugo (Juice) | Spanish | Illya Kuryaki & The Valderramas | 1997 | Rock |
| Junk food | La miselanea (convenience store) | Spanish | Facundo | 2009 | Pop |
| Junk food | Cerdo (Pork) | Spanish | Molotov | 1997 | Rock |
| Junk food | Viva la gula (Long live to gula) | Spanish | La onda vaselina | 1990 | Pop |
| Junk food | Changüich a la chichona (Sandwich for the girl with a …) | Spanish | Molotov | 2003 | Rock |
| Ketchup | The ketchup song (asereje) | English/Spanish | Las ketchup | 2002 | Pop |
| Kitchen items | Soy una taza (I am a mug) | Spanish | Grupo Encanto | 2008 | Infantile |
| LDL Cholesterol | El colesterol (LDL Cholesterol) | Spanish | Fito Olivares | 1988 | Latin |
| Lemon | Lemon tree | English | Fools garden | 1995 | Pop |
| Lemon | The lemon song | English | Led Zeppeling | 1969 | Rock |
| Lemon and salt | Limón y sal (lemon and salt) | Spanish | Julieta venegas | 2006 | Pop |
| Lemonade | Lemonade | English | Alexandra Stan | 2011 | Electronic |
| Lollipop | Lollipop | English | Lil Wayne | 2008 | Hip-hop |
| Lollipop | Lollipop (Param Pam Pam) | English | Alexandra Stan | 2009 | Electronic |
| Lollipop | Lollipop | English | Mika | 2007 | Pop |
| Lollipop | Lollipop | English | The Chordettes | 1958 | Pop |
| Lollipop | Lollipop (Candyman) | English | Aqua | 1997 | Pop |
| Marshmallow | El bombon asesino (murderous marshmallow) | Spanish | Ninel Conde | 2004 | Latin |
| Marshmallow | Mi bombon (My marshmallow) | Spanish | Andres Cabas | 2005 | Latin |
| Marshmallows | Marshmallows | English | Captain Hook & Freedom Fighters | 2011 | Electronic |
| Marshmallows | Marshmallows | Korean | IU | 2011 | K-Pop |
| Mayonnaise | Mayonnaise | English | Smashing Pumpkins | 1993 | Rock |
| Mayonnaise | Here comes the mayo | English/Spanish | Molotov | 2001 | Rock |
| Mayonnaise | Mayonesa (Mayonnaise) | Spanish | Chocolate | 2000 | Latin |
| Meat | T-bone | English | Niel Young | 1981 | Rock |
| Mexican food | Zacahuil (a kind of tamal) | Spanish | Ramón Chávez “El Jaranero” | Regional | |
| Mexican food | La cumbia del mole (Mole’s cumbia) | Spanish | Lila Downs | 2006 | Regional |
| Mexican food | Palomo del comalito or La Molienda (Palomo of Comalito or The Milling) | Spanish | Lila Downs | 2011 | Regional |
| Mexican food | La Taquiza (Taco’s buffet) | Spanish | Caló | 1992 | Latin |
| Mexican food | Lupita´s Taco Shop | Spanish | Mc Luka | 2011 | Hip-hop |
| Mexican food | El restaurantito (The little restaurant) | Spanish | Chico Che | 1989 | Regional |
| Mexican food | La mesera (The waitress) | Spanish | Chico Che | 1989 | Regional |
| Mexican food | Taco placero (leisure getaway taco) | Spanish | Paquita la del Barrio | 2001 | Regional |
| Mexican food | La tamalera (Tamales sales woman) | Spanish | Victimas del doctor cerebro | 1993 | Rock |
| Milkshake | Milkshake | English | Kelis | 2009 | Pop |
| Onion | Glass onion | English | The Beatles | 1968 | Pop |
| Pea | Pea | English | The Red Hot Chilli Peppers | 1995 | Rock |
| Peanuts and pistachio nuts | Cahuates, pistaches (peanuts, pistachio nuts) | Spanish | Banda Sinaloense | 2009 | Regional |
| Pizza | Señorita cara de pizza (Miss pizza face) | Spanish | La Cuca | 1992 | Rock |
| Popcorn | Buttered popcorn | English | The Supremes | 1963 | Pop |
| Popcorn | Popcorn | Instrumental | Gershon Kingsley | 1969 | Electronic |
| Pork and beans | Pork and beans | English | Wezzer | 2008 | Rock |
| Pretzel | Pretzel bodilogic | English | Prince | 2014 | Pop |
| Processed food | Supermercado (Supermarket) | Spanish | Mama pulpa | 2005 | Rock |
| Raspberry | Raspberry swirl | English | Tori Amos | 1998 | Pop |
| Sandwich | La torta (Subway sandwich) | Spanish | Alfredo y sus teclados | Regional | |
| Sausage | Quieren chorizo (She wants sausage) | Spanish | El Chombo | 1999 | Reggaeton |
| Shrimp | Camarón pelao (Shelled shrimp) | Spanish | Banda el recodo | 2005 | Regional |
| Shrimp and candy | Camarón, caramelo (Shrimp, candy) | Spanish | Various artists | Regional | |
| Soup | Sopa de caracol (Conch soup) | Spanish | Banda Blanca / Various artists | 1991 | Latin |
| Strawberry | Strawberry swing | English | Coldplay | 2009 | Rock |
| Strawberry | Strawberry Fields Forever | English | The Beatles | 1967 | Pop |
| Strawberry bubblegum | Strawberry bubblegum | English | Justin Timberlake | 2013 | Pop |
| Sugar | Sugar, sugar | English | The archies | 1969 | Pop |
| Sugar | Brown sugar | English | Rolling Stones | 1971 | Rock |
| Sugar | Pour some sugar on me | English | Def Leppard | 1988 | Rock |
| Tamarind | Pulpa de tamarindo (Tamarind pulp) | Spanish | Los 3 sudamericanos | 1967 | Latin |
| Tangerine | Tangerine | English | Led Zeppeling | 1970 | Rock |
| Tequila | Tequila | Instrumental | The Champs | 1958 | Rock |
| Tequila | Borracho (drunkard) | Spanish | Genitalica | 2005 | Rock |
| Tequila | Mezcalito (Little Mezcal) | Spanish | Lila Downs | 2012 | Regional |
| Tequila | Clavado en un bar (Stuck in a pub) | Spanish | Maná | 1997 | Rock |
| Tequila and others alcoholic drinks | Sex on the beach | English | Spankers | 2010 | Electronic |
| Vegetables | Vega-Tables | English | Beachboys | 1967 | Rock |
| Vegetal | Vegetal | English | Radiohead | 1993 | Rock |
| Watermelon | El negrito sandia (Water melon guy) | Spanish | Cri Cri | 1959 | Infantile |
| Whiskey | Ain’t Worth the Whiskey | English | Cole Swindell | 2014 | Country |
| Whiskey | American pie | English | Don McLean | 1971 | Rock |
Photo Credit: : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oqXVx3sBOk
Great post, Diana! But it is missing one of my favorite songs: “Ojalá que llueva café”, by Café Tacvba (a mexican pop-rock band). Enjoy it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dos8H4Fjf0
I think you missed 99 bottles of beer!!
Thanks a lot for your comments. I will add that song to the list and I hope find all songs at YouTube. Soon, I will share the link for the “songs about food” playlist If you have curiosity to know someone.
I LOVE Cafe Tacvba!