Not all love songs are painfully sentimental. From break-up pop hits crafted with hilarious levels of anger towards an ex, to romantic bluegrass songs about blowing your nose on your wife, our collection of funny love songs crosses the genres and covers it all.
Funny Love Songs
1. Bill Bailey – Love Song
Bill Bailey’s 2004 performance of his rock comedy track, Love Song, depicts life and love in all its true, underlying misery.
Against his unique classic rock / heavy metal context, Bailey’s track steps into undiscovered realms of musical comedy, his genre choice naturally giving way to some hilariously intense moments of fervent passion and disgust.
Love Song contains an intrinsically cackle-worthy story of falling in love and being broken to pieces, its lyrics flooded with both light and macabre depression;
“You showed me the beauty of the things that I had never seen, the snowflake that melts on the eyelash of a startled deer … And then you left, and I died a thousand deaths and I will die a thousand more … The snowflake on the eye of the deer has turned to pus that oozes from an open wound.”
2. Lizzo – I Love You Bitch
Lizzo’s 2022 album track, I Love You Bitch, hosts a bold message of self-love, empowering the appreciation of all aspects of yourself.
Crafted as a fierce love song to the person who keeps you strong, Lizzo’s hilariously boisterous lyrics reveal their hidden meaning of being self-reliant and inspired by your own inner beauty;
“Don’t wanna stress ya, but you’re all I need, I wanna text ya these fire nudies, the sass on your screen, I feel so complete … I never thought I’d say this, I love you, bitch.”
3. Lily Allen – Smile
Lily Allen’s UK #1, Smile, is the epitome of heartbroken cynicism, her summery, free-spirited soundscape overlaid with a cruel story of cheating, despair and snarky pride in your emotional recovery
Her narrator first-handedly illustrating a despicable ex crawling back for a second chance, Lily’s debut single retains its anthem-like qualities for newly single ladies finding domination over their ex, anchoring her humour in carefree bitterness towards someone who deserves it;
“At first, when I see you cry, yeah it makes me smile, yeah it makes me smile, at worst, I feel bad for a while, but then I just smile, I go ahead and smile.”
4. Nigahiga – Bromance
Nigahiga’s 2012 pop release anchors its comedy in a straight man’s insecurity and worry that he’s getting a little too close to his best friends.
Backlighting this comedic flair is a strangely empowering theme of sharing platonic love with your friendship group and being defiant in the depth of your emotions and relations, even if you might be stereotyped as ‘gay’ for it;
“Bromance, nothing really gay about it, not that there’s anything wrong with being gay, bromance, shouldn’t be ashamed or hide it, I love you in the most heterosexual way.”
5. Amy Winehouse – Me & Mr Jones
Appearing on her #1 album, Back To Black, Amy Winehouse’s jazz track Me & Mr Jones bears a classic-inspired harmony, crowned with explicit lyrics served with Winehouse’s fearless sense of self.
This track depicts a failing relationship alongside the vintage wish for marital harmony, Winehouse humorously transposing an array of traditional love sentiments into the unrestrained modern age;
“What kind of f*ckery are we? Nowadays you don’t mean dick to me, I might let you make it up to me, who’s playing Saturday?”
6. The Moron Brothers – If My Nose Was Running Money, I’d Blow It All On You
The Moron Brothers’ bluesgrass track, If My Nose Was Running Money, I’d Blow It All On You, is pretty self-explanatory in its comedic sense, however the brothers’ chemistry, shared talent and vocalised sound effects add a second layer of charm to the piece.
Describing their style as “clean comedy,” The Moron Brothers summon a captivatingly wholesome ambience within this old-school country track, finding an almost cut-throat balance between comedy and tragedy in a contrasting way to some other tracks on our list;
“You say that I don’t love you, you say my love’s untrue, but if I were a rich man, I’d prove my love for you, I’d buy for you a diamond ring, a new fur coat or two, and if my nose was running money, honey, I’d blow it all on you.
7. The Moldy Peaches – Anyone Else But You
The Moldy Peaches’ addition to the Juno soundtrack, entitled Anyone Else But You, parodies a cheesy indie pop soundscape to tell a humour-laced story of two self-confessed losers finding each other.
Sung just about in tune with its ukelele-based harmony, this track perfectly captures the awkward, nerdy and bashful ambience of being a lost teenager falling in love for the first time through a quirky series of childlike metaphors;
“Here is the church and here is the steeple, we sure are cute for two ugly people, I don’t see what anyone can see in anyone else but you … Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B A start, just because we use cheats doesn’t mean we’re not smart.”
8. Matt Mulholland – My Heart Will Go On
Matt Mulholland’s breathtaking cover of Celine Dion’s sentimental anthem, My Heart Will Go On, butchers the original’s timeless melody by playing it painfully badly on a children’s recorder.
This classic meme finds its comedy in the overlap of deep-rooted heartbreak contrasted by wild streaks of tone-deaf absurdity, complete with a 80s style music video cast in an ironically romantic soft-blur effect.
9. The Beatles – When I’m Sixty Four
The Beatles‘ 1967 album track, When I’m Sixty Four, illustrates a light-hearted vision of life in your sixties.
Showcasing a vintage composition influenced by pop music considered ‘old man music’ in the 1960s, this upbeat track threads a subtle flair of dark yet wholesome comedy through its lyrics surrounding the longevity of your marriage;
“If I’d been out till quarter to three, would you lock the door? Will you still need me, will you still feed me when I’m sixty four?”