Did you ever get a song stuck in your head about love or broken hearts? Boring! The best songs make us laugh until our sides hurt. My friend wrote a hit about his toe fungus last year. Now he drives a fancy car and dates movie stars. Okay, that’s a lie. But he did make his mom laugh really hard.
Want to write songs that make people smile? Most songs talk about the same old stuff – love, sadness, or dancing. But the funniest songs? They come from the weird ideas nobody thinks to sing about. Let’s get silly with it!
Funny Things to Write a Song About
Here are some of the best topics for your next funny hit. Pick one, grab your guitar or keyboard, and start making people laugh!
1. My Cat’s Secret Life
Cats act weird when we’re not looking. They might run a cat mafia or have tea parties with mice. Your funny song could tell the tale of what your cat does while you sleep.
Most cats spend about 15 hours sleeping each day, but what about those other 9 hours? Maybe your song reveals your cat’s night job as a superhero or its failed attempts to take over the world. Listeners with cats will nod and laugh because they’ve all wondered the same thing!
2. The Public Bathroom Experience
Everyone hates public bathrooms. The weird sounds, the missing toilet paper, and the awkward small talk next to strangers. This shared bad time makes perfect funny song material.
Your lyrics could follow the journey from the desperate need to go, to the horror of finding only one clean stall left. Add in a chorus about trying not to touch anything while doing a ballet-like dance to stay clean. People will laugh because they’ve all been there, doing that same gross bathroom dance!
3. Failed Cooking Disasters
Burning food happens to everyone. A song about setting off smoke alarms or creating dishes that even the dog won’t eat hits home for many people.
Think about adding verses about specific cooking fails – like mistaking salt for sugar or creating pasta so hard it could break windows. End with a happy twist where you just order pizza and call it a night. Food failures bring people together in shared shame and giggles!
4. The Autocorrect Monster
Text messages gone wrong thanks to autocorrect make perfect song material. We’ve all sent messages that meant something totally different than what we typed.
Your song could list real examples where “I’ll be there soon” turned into “I’ll be bear spoon” or when you tried to text your boss something normal but sent something that got you weird looks at work the next day. The best part? Everyone checking their phones after hearing your song to make sure they haven’t sent similar text horrors!
5. Trying to Look Cool While Falling Down
Falls happen to everyone, but the real comedy is in how we try to play it off. A song about tripping in public and then acting like you meant to do it works great for laughs.
Your funny verses could cover different types of falls – the ice slip, the missed chair sit-down, or the classic tripping over nothing at all. Include the looks from people watching and the burn of shame that follows. Add a chorus about how no one noticed (they all did) to make listeners snort with laughter!
6. Waiting for Package Delivery
The ups and downs of waiting all day for a package makes for song gold. Most people know the pain of sitting home all day only to miss the delivery by two minutes.
Your lyrics might track the stages of package waiting – from the happy morning hope, to checking the window every five minutes, to the heartbreak of the “sorry we missed you” note. Toss in a verse about the delivery person who seems to knock with the force of a mouse sneeze, and you’ve got relatable comedy!
7. Fighting with Voice Assistants
Smart speakers that don’t understand simple commands drive everyone nuts. A song about yelling at Alexa or Siri when they keep getting it wrong hits a funny nerve.
Start with simple requests that go wrong, then build to a full breakdown where you’re begging your device to just play the right song or turn off the lights. End with the twist that your smart speaker understood you all along but enjoys making you mad. People will laugh while giving side-eye to their own devices!
8. The Dance of Avoiding People You Know
We all do that weird move when we spot someone we don’t want to talk to at the store. This common social dodge makes perfect song material.
Your verses could cover different hiding spots – ducking behind cereal boxes, pretending to be super focused on fruit selection, or the classic “let me check my phone with great interest.” The chorus might be about the panic when you get spotted anyway and must make small talk. Everyone will laugh because we’ve all hidden behind store displays!
9. What My Dog Thinks About Me
Dogs watch everything we do. A funny song from your dog’s point of view, judging your weird human habits, works great for laughs.
Write lyrics where your dog comments on your dancing when alone, your long bathroom visits, or how you talk to yourself. Make the dog sound smart while you seem silly. Dog owners will laugh and then look at their pets with new worry about what they might be thinking!
10. The Morning Hair Crisis
Bad hair days happen to everyone. A song about waking up with hair that looks like you stuck your finger in a light socket makes people giggle with understanding.
Your song could trace the battle between you and your wild morning hair – the failed attempts to smooth it, the hats pulled from the dirty clothes pile, and the final giving up. Add sound effects of hair spray cans and groans for extra fun. Hair troubles unite us all in shared bad-hair-day sadness!
11. Talking to Plants
Many people chat with their houseplants. A song about your deep chats with your fern or cactus lets listeners laugh at this common weird habit.
You could write from the plant’s view, bored with hearing about your day again, or from yours as you pour out your problems to a silent green friend. Either way, plant parents will laugh while avoiding eye contact with their own leafy buddies after hearing your tune!
12. Pretending to Work
We all fake being busy sometimes. A song about looking focused while doing nothing at work hits home for office workers everywhere.
The verses might cover classic fake-work moves – the serious typing of nothing, nodding at blank screens, or walking quickly with random papers. Add a chorus about the panic when the boss walks by during peak fake-work time. Workers will smile while making sure no one sees them listening to your song during work hours!
13. Food Stuck in Teeth
The horror of talking to people with something green stuck in your smile makes for great comedy. Everyone fears this small but mighty social disaster.
Your song could follow the stages – from not knowing about the food, to the moment of discovery, to the bathroom mirror check that shows you’ve been smiling with spinach teeth all day. Close with the twist that no one told you because they were too nice (or mean). Listeners will quickly check their own teeth after this one!
14. The Forgotten Name Panic
Meeting someone whose name you should know but can’t recall creates perfect awkward song material. This social fear speaks to crowds of all ages.
Map out the tricks people use to avoid saying names – the “Hey… you!” greeting, making others do introductions, or checking mail hoping to see a name. Your chorus could be about the sweet relief when someone else says the forgotten name. Name-forgetters everywhere will feel seen!
15. Shower Concert Superstar
Most people sing better in the shower, at least in their own minds. A song about your amazing shower concerts makes listeners laugh at their own bathroom Grammy moments.
Write about how the shower turns normal folks into rock stars, complete with shampoo bottle microphones and soap dish awards. Include the moment when someone hears you and the music stops. Everyone who has belted out tunes under hot water will connect with this one!
16. Trying to Act Natural in Photos
Looking normal in pictures feels impossible for many. A song about the weird faces we make when someone points a camera our way hits a common funny bone.
Your lyrics could list the types of bad photo faces – the forced smile that looks like pain, the mid-blink disaster, or the accidental double chin. Add verses about group photos where you don’t know where to put your hands. Picture-haters will nod along to every word!
17. Strange Things Found in Pockets
Doing laundry and finding odd forgotten items makes for unexpected comedy. A song listing weird pocket treasures connects with everyone who wears clothes.
Write about finding old gum wrappers, mystery keys, single earbuds, or that receipt from six months ago you kept for some reason. Make a chorus about trying to figure out why past-you thought these things needed saving. Listeners will check their own pockets while laughing!
18. The Gas Station Snack Spree
Going into a gas station hungry leads to buying the strangest food combos. This junk food journey makes for tasty song comedy.
Tell the tale of walking in for gas but leaving with beef jerky, blue slushies, and three kinds of chips you’ve never seen before. Add verses about the shame of eating it all before reaching home. Snack fans will laugh while hiding their own gas station food stashes!
19. Losing Things in Your Own Home
The hunt for keys, phones, or glasses that are right in front of you happens daily to most people. This frustrating search makes for relatable song laughs.
Your song could track the mounting panic as you search the same spots over and over, blame others for moving your stuff, then find the item in your hand or pocket all along. Add a twist where your lost item was in the first place you looked. Lost-item hunters will chuckle with painful understanding!
20. Talking to Babies Like They Understand Taxes
The silly way we explain adult stuff to babies who just stare back makes great comedy material. This weird adult habit creates perfect funny song scenes.
Write verses where you tell a baby about mortgage rates, your work problems, or politics – while the baby cares only about their toes. Include the baby’s possible thoughts about the strange giant making funny sounds at them. Parents and non-parents alike will laugh at this common baby-talk silliness!
21. Gym Equipment Confusion
Trying to use workout machines when you don’t know how works great for physical comedy in song form. Many people share this fitness center fear.
Your lyrics could detail sitting backwards on machines, pulling the wrong handles, or the shame of asking buff gym people for help. Make a chorus about pretending you meant to use equipment wrong all along. Gym-goers and gym-avoiders will both find the humor!
22. Dancing When Nobody’s Watching
The crazy moves we do when alone differ greatly from our public dancing. This secret dance life makes for funny, relatable song content.
Describe wild living room dances with moves nobody should see, using furniture as props and pets as unwilling dance partners. End with someone walking in during your most ridiculous move. Home dancers everywhere will laugh while checking that their curtains are closed!
23. The Battle With Fitted Sheets
Fighting to fold fitted sheets feels like wrestling an octopus. This common household struggle creates perfect song comedy.
Track the stages of sheet folding from confidence to complete failure, ending with shoving the lumpy mess into the closet and calling it done. Add sound effects of grunting and sheet-snapping for extra laughs. Everyone who has given up on perfect linen closets will feel seen!
24. Things You Say to Your Car
Many people talk to their vehicles, especially when they won’t start. This one-sided relationship makes for song gold.
Write from the view of someone begging their car to start, making deals with it like “I’ll get you an oil change if you just work today.” Include nice-talking that turns to threats when the car doesn’t listen. Car owners will laugh while feeling slightly guilty about how they’ve spoken to their own vehicles!
25. The Self-Checkout Machine Fight
Self-checkout machines seem designed to make shopping harder. The battle with these robots makes for comedy everyone has lived.
Your song could cover the stages – from choosing self-checkout to save time, to the “unexpected item in bagging area” nightmare, to needing help from the single worker watching 12 machines. End with taking twice as long as normal checkout would have. Shoppers will shake their heads and laugh!
26. The Fake Laugh
We all use fake laughs when someone tells a bad joke. This social nicety creates perfect ground for song humor.
Describe different types of fake laughs – the polite chuckle, the too-loud overreaction, or the confused “I don’t get it but I’m laughing anyway” sound. Include verses about the fear that people use fake laughs for your jokes too. Social laughers will snort with real laughter at this one!
27. Pretending to Understand Sports
Many people nod along during sports talk while having no clue what’s happening. This common bluffing makes for funny song scenes.
Write about dropping random sports words into conversation, cheering when others cheer, and the panic when someone asks your detailed opinion. End with being found out by a true fan asking basic questions. Sports fakers will laugh while taking notes for their next bluffing session!
28. Fighting With Vending Machines
Vending machines that eat money but keep snacks create universal anger. This snack-based battle makes for comedy gold.
Your song could follow someone from hungry hope to shaking the machine like a wild person when their chips get stuck. Add verses about the shame when others watch this war against a metal box. Snack lovers will laugh and think twice before putting money in the office vending machine!
29. Weird Things You Do On Video Calls
Video meetings bring out strange behaviors in normal people. These new office habits create perfect modern song comedy.
List the common video call moves – fixing hair but only what shows on camera, wearing nice tops with pajama bottoms, or making faces when you think you’re on mute but aren’t. End with the horror of standing up to show everyone your cartoon shorts. Remote workers will laugh nervously while checking their camera settings!
30. The Midnight Snack Ninja
Late-night eating requires stealth to avoid waking others. This secret food mission makes for funny, relatable song scenes.
Describe tiptoeing to the kitchen, opening the fridge in slow motion to avoid light beams, and unwrapping noisy food with the skill of a bomb squad. Add a verse about being caught in the act with cheese hanging from your mouth. Midnight snackers will giggle while planning their next kitchen raid!
Wrapping Up
Making funny songs doesn’t need fancy words or big ideas. The best laughs come from the small weird things we all do but rarely talk about. Your songs about shower singing or fighting with fitted sheets will hit home harder than any love song could.
So grab your instrument, pick a silly topic from this list, and start making music that gets giggles. The world has plenty of sad songs already – be the one who makes people laugh milk through their nose! Your funny tunes might not win fancy music awards, but they’ll win something better: real belly laughs.