Theme
Songs about novelty
Interpretations from our editorial team that explore this theme.
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Jon Kahn & Michael Farren
The United Saints Of America
A near verbatim cover of The Presidents of the United States of America's 'Lump,' repurposing a 1995 alt-rock oddity as the entire substance of a track whose title winks at the original band
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Saxboy Billy
The Puerto Rico Song
A wide-eyed travelogue of a first trip to Puerto Rico, cataloging small surprises like slot machines, mofongo, and a Barack Obama statue with the giddy logic of a vacation memory