Funny Business

1. "Weird Al" Yankovic: "My Bologna"
The indisputable king of comedy rock, Weird Al recorded his first song in the men's room at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo when he was a sophomore and sent the tape to Dr. Demento, who immediately put it in heavy rotation alongside such notable achievements as Barnes & Barnes' "Fish Heads" and the Ogden Edsl's "Dead Puppies." Not only is it his best song, "My Bologna" features what is generally considered rock's finest ever burp at 1:54.

2. Steve Martin: "King Tut"
Approximately 8 million Americans viewed the traveling museum exhibit Treasures of Tutankhamun between 1976 and 1979. Steve Martin's smash hit single was a joke pretty much everyone in the country got. "He gave his life for tourism," "Funky Tut" and "He's an Egyptian!" were lines repeated by everyone from 6th grade on up for years.

3. Eddie Murphy: "Boogie in Your Butt"
Eddie Murphy's astonishing comedic abilities were already well known when his first stand-up album appeared in 1982 (when he was just 21). What people weren't aware of was that Murphy would usher in the golden age of homophobic humor with this Weird Al-worthy rap song.

4. Flight of the Conchords: "Business Time"
New Zealand's funniest dudes since, well, ever deliver a musky ode to by-the-numbers relationship sex with the dry wit and hilarious delivery they are known for. The appearance of the internationally loved duo's new album, I Told You I Was Freaky, has generated a level of anticipation rivaling Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy. Now you can see why.

5. Sarah Silverman: "Nobody's Perfect"
While this cut from the critically acclaimed comedian's first record, Jesus Is Magic, doesn't feature any of Silverman's trademark Holocaust, racist or anal-sex jokes, she does manage to mercilessly put down Mother Teresa, Gandhi, Abe Lincoln and George Washington Carver.

6. The Frogs: "I've Got Drugs (Out of the Mist)"
Eddie Murphy may have heralded in the homophobic era with "Boogie in Your Butt," but the Frogs wrote the book with their gay-themed 1989 masterpiece, It's Only Right and Natural. We're going to avoid the songs that will bring the Anti-Defamation League to our little blog and go with the album's first (and best) song, which is just about drugs, prostitution and priests with yeast infections.

7. Blue Oyster Cult: "Joan Crawford"
Blue Oyster Cult's truly weird sense of humor comes out in this depiction of Armageddon brought about by the return of scary-faced actress Joan Crawford from the grave. While that idea itself is semi-funny, it's the song's bridge that people need to hear. We don't want to ruin it, so you'll just have to listen. These guys are serious weirdos.

8. The Upper Crust: "I've Got My Ascot 'N' My Dickie"
The Upper Crust are basically an AC/DC cover band that dress in 19th-century aristocratic gear -- powdered wigs, buckled shoes, etc -- and sing songs about hating the poor, life as a member of the nobility … you get the idea. While that gig may have limited mileage, this is just one of the best song titles of all time.

9. Immortal: "The Call of the Wintermoon"
Norwegian black metal dudes Immortal had to be psyched when their first video was shown on TV. What they didn't expect was that people would find their decision to dress up as wizards and run through the woods waving swords and breathing fire would be seen as ridiculous by anyone not wearing corpse paint and actually be made fun of by the TV station that ran the video itself. Watch possibly the greatest video ever made here. 

10. Triumph the Insult Comic Dog: "Cats Are C*nts"
Robert Smigel's brilliant puppet opens this song with the disclaimer, "For those of you who think the show's been a little randy up to now -- a little dirty, a little filthy -- I just want to apologize … because it's about to get worse." That's all we're going to say.

11. R. Kelly: "Real Talk"
We could simply link to the song "Real Talk" from Kelly's 2007 album Double Up here, but then you would only witness half the incalculable genius this man -- who reportedly can't actually read -- is capable of. And we thought the 40-part hip-hopera "Trapped in the Closet" was incredible. Click here to get the full picture.  

12. Tenacious D: "Tribute"
Jack Black introduces this as "the greatest and best song in the world" and proceeds to play a song about writing the best song in the world. Black may have suffered from overexposure since Tenacious D appeared, but "Tribute" does a good job of showing why the folk-metal duo was about the funniest thing that happened to rock music in 1997.

13. Necro: "I Need Drugs"
Brooklyn-based freako Necro shows the hilarious side of drug addiction with this out-and-out rap gem, based on LL Cool J's "I Need Love." Even funnier, the song comes from an album with a photo of the dude's uncle shooting up on the cover. Talk about random!

14. Maria Bamford: "Baby Jesus"
Vocal schizophrenic Maria Bamford tortures her parents with phone message from the creepiest Baby Jesus ever. As one of Patton Oswalt's favorite performers, Bamford fits in with the current crop of "cool" comedians but, surprisingly, is not an annoying hipster. 

15. NITRO: "Freight Train"
As with R. Kelly's "Real Talk," the song itself is only half the story here. While singer Jim Gillette's truly astonishing hair, the helium-addled vocal chorus and album name (Out-F*cking-Rageous) are all a big draw, nothing can beat the famed "quad guitar solo," courtesy of one Michael Angelo Batio, that dominates not just this clip, but all of metal, for all time.