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SONGS WITH POTATOTUDE
Everyone loves songs about POTATOES! Thanks to David Small for introducing me to the word "potatotude" in his New York Times review of I'M BORED. Do check out the I'M BORED song that my friend Errol Elumir and I wrote and used in our homemade book video.
Thanks also to Emma Dryden, Rand Bellavia, Mark Bernstein, Robin Marwick, Hanna Hauffe, Kelly Cheek, Mitchell Burnside-Clapp, Jo Swartz, Nuria Coe, Annie Teich, Paul Blonsky, Melanie/Melwyk, Cathy Rutland & Tom Jeffers for helping me compile this list of songs featuring potatoes. And if you want to learn how to do the Mashed Potato dance, see this instructional video (thanks to Emma Dryden for the link).
"One Potato, Two Potatoes": adorable video (sorry, can't embed)
"Bouncing Potatoes": lyrics by Poul Anderson, to the tune of "Waltzing Matilda"
"Das Uber Tuber" - This song by nerd rock band Ookla The Mok is about Mr. Potato Head.
"Don't Slay That Potato" by Tom Paxton
"Barabolya...That Means Potato" (Ukrainian) by Ron CahuteIhor Baczynskyj
THE POTATO SONG: "The Potato Song"
STOMPIN' TOM CONNORS: "Bud The Spud"
WEIRD AL YANKOVIC: "Addicted To Spuds"
CHERYL WHEELER: "Potato"
ALBINOBLACKSHEEP: "Hot Potato"
THE WIGGLES: "Hot Potato" (another version of the song above)
A MIGHTY WIND: "Potatoes In The Paddy Wagon"
Rosemary Clooney & Gene Puerling singing "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off"
(Potato...po-tah-to...)
SLIM GAILLARD - "Potato Chips"
METAMORA: "Little Potato"
KING COLEMAN: "Do The Mashed Potatoes"
THE BEARS: "Complicated Potatoes"