100 songs with laughing women

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they taunt us...cuckold us, even!...and yet, we are powerless to resist their siren-esque allure...

1. Rhythim is Rhythim - "Nude Photo"
2. Yaz - "Situation"

henry s, Friday, 17 August 2007 18:44 (eighteen years ago)

3. Los Del Rio - "Maccarena"
4. S'Express - "Theme From S'Express"
5. Janet Jackson - "Got Til It's Gone"
6. Duran DUran - "Hungry Like the Wolf"

The Good Dr. Bill, Friday, 17 August 2007 18:47 (eighteen years ago)

7. Meredith Monk - "The Tale"

dan selzer, Friday, 17 August 2007 18:54 (eighteen years ago)

8. Okeh - Laughing Record

kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 17 August 2007 18:57 (eighteen years ago)

9. Black Widow - Come To The Sabbat
10. Laughing Sal (from the Zelimsky collection CD of recordings made at the Musee Mechanique in SF)

Matt #2, Friday, 17 August 2007 18:58 (eighteen years ago)

11. ODB - "the Stomp"

Richard Wood Johnson, Friday, 17 August 2007 19:00 (eighteen years ago)

12. Madonna - "Into The Groove"

henry s, Friday, 17 August 2007 19:01 (eighteen years ago)

13. Miss Kittin and The Hacker - "Frank Sinatra"

daavid, Friday, 17 August 2007 19:02 (eighteen years ago)

Laurie Anderson - O Superman

dad a, Friday, 17 August 2007 19:14 (eighteen years ago)

15. Madonna--Angel

kornrulez6969, Friday, 17 August 2007 19:28 (eighteen years ago)

16. Janet Jackson, Doesn't Really Matter

Jordan, Friday, 17 August 2007 19:29 (eighteen years ago)

17. Spice Girls - Wannabe

musically, Friday, 17 August 2007 19:35 (eighteen years ago)

Sven Vath - L'Esperanza
W.I.T. - Oooh I Like It
Faithless - Woozy
New Era - New Era
Klein & MBO - Dirty Talk (vocal version)
The Fugees - Fu-Gee-La
John B - American Girls
Kate Bush - Aerial Tal

blueski, Friday, 17 August 2007 19:39 (eighteen years ago)

26. Hypnotone - "Italia"

henry s, Friday, 17 August 2007 20:01 (eighteen years ago)

28. Mahavishnu Orchestra - "Faith"

Joe, Friday, 17 August 2007 20:02 (eighteen years ago)

29. Suckdog - "Jokes About Women"

dlp9001, Friday, 17 August 2007 20:03 (eighteen years ago)

30. Waitresses, "I Know What Boys Like"

The Deacon, Friday, 17 August 2007 20:03 (eighteen years ago)

31. Catherine Ribeiro - "les Fées Carabosse"

Milton Parker, Friday, 17 August 2007 20:08 (eighteen years ago)

Red House Painters - Evil

iago g., Friday, 17 August 2007 20:47 (eighteen years ago)

Stereolab "International Colouring Contest"

Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 17 August 2007 20:55 (eighteen years ago)

34. The Slits, "A Boring Life"

The Deacon, Friday, 17 August 2007 20:57 (eighteen years ago)

35. Duran Duran - Rio

neustile, Friday, 17 August 2007 21:01 (eighteen years ago)

36. Serge Gainsbourg - En Melodie
37. White Noise - Love Without Sound

I don't remember a laughing woman in Come to the Sabbat. Where is it?

emil.y, Saturday, 18 August 2007 17:08 (eighteen years ago)

Oh, and I'm sure there is laughter in Brainticket's Brainticket Parts I and II as well.

emil.y, Saturday, 18 August 2007 17:10 (eighteen years ago)

38. Harlan T. Bobo - When You Comin' Home

Chris L, Saturday, 18 August 2007 17:21 (eighteen years ago)

Aguas de Marzo, Tom e Elis

FOO!

Oilyrags, Saturday, 18 August 2007 17:22 (eighteen years ago)

Kate Bush - Aerial Tal

Aerial Tal features vocal manipulation, but only brief snippit of laughter from what sounds like a little girl - not a woman. The title track, Aerial, on the other hand, clearly exhibits Kate Bush laughing.

Surmounter, Saturday, 18 August 2007 17:36 (eighteen years ago)

40. Catherine Wheel, "Delicious"

Euler, Saturday, 18 August 2007 18:33 (eighteen years ago)

no gdm

pisces, Saturday, 18 August 2007 18:43 (eighteen years ago)

41. Serge Gainsbourg - Pauvre Lola

jposnan, Saturday, 18 August 2007 18:50 (eighteen years ago)

42. Motley Crue- She Goes Down

Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 19 August 2007 06:13 (eighteen years ago)

43. A bunch of Ani DiFranco songs have her laughing on them
44. Miss Kittin - Frank Sinatra
45. The of Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi"

Emily Bjurnhjam, Sunday, 19 August 2007 06:19 (eighteen years ago)

whoops! missed that miss kittin was already mentioned.

Emily Bjurnhjam, Sunday, 19 August 2007 06:20 (eighteen years ago)

46. Trisome 21 - the last song

Trayce, Sunday, 19 August 2007 06:27 (eighteen years ago)

47. The Smiths -- Suffer Little Children

Eyeball Kicks, Sunday, 19 August 2007 11:59 (eighteen years ago)

Something tells me we ain't gonna get to 100

iago g., Monday, 20 August 2007 00:40 (eighteen years ago)

48. Boo Radleys - One Is For

the next grozart, Monday, 20 August 2007 01:31 (eighteen years ago)

47. whitney houston - i wanna dance with somebody (who loves me)
46. betty davis - git in there

strgn, Monday, 20 August 2007 02:06 (eighteen years ago)

whoops, i mean
49.
50.

strgn, Monday, 20 August 2007 02:07 (eighteen years ago)

51. Jean Leloup - "I Lost My Baby"

sleestak, Monday, 20 August 2007 04:04 (eighteen years ago)

(this is a real cheat)
52. Elizabeth Fraser & Jeff Buckley - "All Flowers in Time" (because it is a demo, you hear Liz giggle in a couple of spots)

Trayce, Monday, 20 August 2007 04:06 (eighteen years ago)

halfway there, folks!...(52 allowed...it meets the letter, if not the spirit, of the thread mandate)...

henry s, Monday, 20 August 2007 13:30 (eighteen years ago)

53. keith rowe - groovy situation

the next grozart, Monday, 20 August 2007 13:31 (eighteen years ago)

If a little giggle counts then 54. Monkees - Ditty Diego War Chant

dad a, Monday, 20 August 2007 13:36 (eighteen years ago)

55. Barbra Streisand, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
56. Fifty Foot Hose, "Cauldron"
57. Cyndi Lauper, "She Bop"

Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 20 August 2007 13:50 (eighteen years ago)

58. Something by Diamanda Galas

Mark G, Monday, 20 August 2007 13:51 (eighteen years ago)

Does the girl giggling in The Avalanches' "Frontier Psychiatrist" video count? If so, 59.

(no #27?)

onimo, Monday, 20 August 2007 13:54 (eighteen years ago)

I'll give you #59, and offer up a belated:

27. Dave Pell Singers - "Laughing"

henry s, Monday, 20 August 2007 13:57 (eighteen years ago)

60. Kenickie : "Punka"

Mark G, Monday, 20 August 2007 13:58 (eighteen years ago)

61. Prefab Sprout - "Wild Horses"

Paul in Santa Cruz, Monday, 20 August 2007 15:39 (eighteen years ago)

62. Annie Lennox - "No More 'I Love Yous'"

Stevie D, Monday, 20 August 2007 15:53 (eighteen years ago)

The Avalanches - A Different Feeling
Cathy Dennis - Touch Me
the Byker Grove theme

blueski, Monday, 20 August 2007 16:10 (eighteen years ago)

xpost Paul in Santa Cruz:

good one!...(that's actress Jenny Agutter, by the by)...

henry s, Monday, 20 August 2007 16:29 (eighteen years ago)

(...who was so incredibly hot in "Logan's Run")

henry s, Monday, 20 August 2007 16:30 (eighteen years ago)

66. Kate Bush - Aerial

Matt DC, Monday, 20 August 2007 16:35 (eighteen years ago)

67. Richard X feat Liberty X - Being Nobody

Matt DC, Monday, 20 August 2007 16:36 (eighteen years ago)

68. Bappi lahiri (performed by Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Mahendra Kapoor) - Pyar Zindagi

I remembered another one last night as well but now it has gone...

emil.y, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 12:07 (eighteen years ago)

69. Lewis & Gilbert, Reading Prof B
70. Pierre Schaeffer & Pierre Henry, Symphonie pour un homme seul

Tom D., Tuesday, 21 August 2007 12:11 (eighteen years ago)

71. Jacques Brel, Les Bonbons
72. Jacques Brel, Les Bonbons 67

... cheating slightly there

Tom D., Tuesday, 21 August 2007 12:13 (eighteen years ago)

73. Momus, Third Party, Fire and Theft

antexit, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 20:08 (eighteen years ago)

74. Saint Etienne - Leafhound

Mr Noodles, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 20:51 (eighteen years ago)

75. Donna Summer - Love to love you baby.

I think she's laughing, anyway.

Mark G, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:32 (eighteen years ago)

76. Divine Comedy - "Something For The Weekend"

zaxxon25, Friday, 24 August 2007 12:41 (eighteen years ago)

that Bentley Rhythm Ace one with the 'have you ever been tickled?' intro

blueski, Friday, 24 August 2007 12:47 (eighteen years ago)

78. Janet Jackson- Runaway (Janet likes to laugh in her songs, 3 on this list already)

Matt Armstrong, Monday, 27 August 2007 22:36 (eighteen years ago)

79. Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance

dad a, Wednesday, 29 August 2007 19:14 (eighteen years ago)

It's taking time, but it will get to 100!

Mark G, Wednesday, 29 August 2007 19:36 (eighteen years ago)

I had another one earlier today, but I forgot it!

henry s, Wednesday, 29 August 2007 19:45 (eighteen years ago)

oh!

80. Instant Funk - "Got My Mind Made Up"

henry s, Wednesday, 29 August 2007 19:46 (eighteen years ago)

81. Slam - Eterna

blueski, Monday, 3 September 2007 09:38 (eighteen years ago)

82. The Smiths "Pretty Girls Make Graves"
83. The Mekons "Karen" (always cheery-up, that one)

PhilK, Monday, 3 September 2007 12:09 (eighteen years ago)

four weeks pass...

84. Janis Joplin "Mercedes Benz"

Matt Armstrong, Monday, 1 October 2007 19:25 (eighteen years ago)

i think there's some laughter by annie in: Eurythmics - Beethoven (I Love To Listen To)

chr1sb0y, Monday, 1 October 2007 19:43 (eighteen years ago)

86. Janet Jackson - "When I think of you"
87. Janet Jackson - "All for you"

LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 1 October 2007 19:48 (eighteen years ago)

88. B-movie - Nowhere Girl

chaki, Monday, 1 October 2007 19:55 (eighteen years ago)

89. Timi Yuro-"What's A Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You?)"

It seems like Ms. Yuro laughed on some other tracks as well.

C. Grisso/McCain, Monday, 1 October 2007 20:03 (eighteen years ago)

90. Pulp - P.T.A.
91. Pulp - Down By The River

Poppy, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 02:49 (eighteen years ago)

yea janet's a BIG laugher

Surmounter, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 03:18 (eighteen years ago)

92. Neil Young - The Old Laughing Lady. Should get in on the title but I can't remember if there is any actual laughing...

that's not my post, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 04:13 (eighteen years ago)

93. Junior Mafia - Get Money
94. John Cale - Bicycle

dreamsonvhs, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 04:47 (eighteen years ago)

one month passes...

95. verti-marte - twilight singers

bnw, Sunday, 4 November 2007 07:00 (eighteen years ago)

On various versions of the Slits' "Shoplifting," Ari laughs when telling us how she pissed in her knickers.

deedeedeextrovert, Sunday, 4 November 2007 07:43 (eighteen years ago)

97. Mason vs Princess Superstar - Perfect Exceeder
98. The Pussycat Dolls - Beep
99. Britney Spears - Boys

musically, Sunday, 4 November 2007 07:51 (eighteen years ago)

verti-marte - twilight singers

This is a good one: "Goodbye motherfucker"

kingkongvsgodzilla, Sunday, 4 November 2007 10:57 (eighteen years ago)

Astrud Gilberto - You Didn't Have To Be So Nice

@, Sunday, 4 November 2007 11:50 (eighteen years ago)


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