Well, it just so happens that, despite the fact that beans are not fruit (are they?), there's a lot more musical fruit than you've ever likely stopped to think about. Here are a lot of songs about fruit.
File this under, "Things you don't need to know" !
General
“All Her Favorite Fruit” - Camper Van Beethoven
"Fruit" - Bud Powell, Meat Puppets, John Donaldson, Chris Thomas King, Todd Barry, Rafter, Roy Ayers, Ubiquity, I.C.U., Pansies, Dudley, Angels of Epistemology, Hagfish, etc. etc.
"Fruits and Vegetables" - Shonen Knife
"Fruit Cake" - Cake Like
"Fruit Nut"- XTC
Fruit of the Loom songs
"Fruit Salad" - The Wiggles
"Fruit Tree" - Nick Drake
"Juicy Fruit" - James Mtume
"Small Fruit Song" - Al Stewart
"Strange Fruit" - Billie Holiday
"The Fresh Fruit Song" - Spike Milligan
The Fruit That Ate Itself" - Modest Mouse
"Tutti Frutti" - Little Richard
"Dried Fruits, Dried Fruits" - Sam Jones
Apples
"Apple" - Cibo Matto
"Apples, Peaches, Cherries" - Peggy Lee
"Apples Peaches Pumpkin Pie" - Jay & The Techniqes
"Apples, Peaches, Bananas & Pears" - The Monkees
"Green Apple "- Puffy Ami Yumi
"Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree"- The Andrew Sisters
"Little Green Apples" - O. C. Smith
"One Bad Apple" - The Osmonds
Apricots
"Apricot Love" - Neil Norman
Avocado
"Avocado is a Fruit" - Sam Jones
Bananas
"30,000 Pounds of Bananas"-Harry Chapin
"Banana Boat Song" - Harry Belafonte
"Banana Chips"-Shonen Knife
"Banana Convention" - The Barefoot Man
"Banana Pancakes" - Jack Johnson
"Banana Pudding" - Scots
"Banana Republic" - The Boomtown Rats
"Banana Split for My Baby" - Louis Prima
"Bananas" - Louis Jordan
"Bananas and Cream" - Kinky Friedman
"Boiled Bananas And Carrots" - Peter Sellers
"Chiquita Banana" - Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra
"I Like Bananas (Because They Have No..." - Hoosier Hot Shots
"Loving You Has Made Me Bananas" - Guy Marks
"Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)" - Liz Phair
"Yes, We Have No Bananas" - Ben Selvin/Spike Jones, Frank Silver & Irving Cohn
Blueberries
"Blueberry Hill" - Fats Domino
Cherries
"Cherry Bomb" - Spoon
"Cherry, Cherry" - Neil Diamond
"Cherry Pie" - Jennifer Lopez
"Cherry Pie - Warrant
"Life Is Just A Bowl of Cherries" - Rudy Valee, Hutch, others
"Lonely Lola Cherry Cola Girl" - Bic Runga
"Under the Cherry Moon" - Prince
Coconut
"Coconut" - Nillson
"Coconut Woman" - Harry Belafonte
"Don't Steal Me Coconuts" - The Barefoot Man
"I'm Coconuts Over You" - The Barefoot Man
"I've Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" - Freddy Martin
"Rum And Coconuts Water" - The Barefoot Man
"Three Coconuts" - The Barefoot Man
"Under the Coconut Tree" - The Barefoot Man
Gooseberries
"Gooseberry" - Dan Truman
"Gooseberry Bush" - Paul Bradley
"Gooseberry Fool" - Kinky Fool
"Hang Me From a Gooseberry Tree" -John Howson
Grapefruit
"Grapefruit - Juicy Fruit" - Jimmy Buffett
"Grapefruit Diet" - Weird Al Yankovic
"Grapefruit Is A Great Fruit " - Sam Jones
"Grapefruit Moon" - Tom Waits, Nanci Griffith
"Grapefruit Song" - Juliet's Wishing Well
"Grapefruit Tea" - Olivia Lufkin-
Grapes
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" - Marvin Gaye
Guava
"Guava Jelly" - Bob Marley
Kiwi
"Kiwi" - Maroon 5
Lemon
"Ice Cold Lemonade" - Death by Chocolate
"Lemon" - U2
"Lemon Tree" - Peter, Paul & Mary
"Lemonade" - Prote!n
"The Lemon Song" - Led Zeppelin
Mango
"Mangos" - Rosemary Clooney
Oranges
"Jelly Jungle Of Orange Marmalade" - Monday Sinclair
"Orange" - Death by Chocolate
"Orange and Red Beams" - Eric Burdon & Animals
"Orange Blossom Special" - Johnny Cash
"Orange Colored Sky" - Nat King Cole
"Orange County Lumber Truck" - Frank Zappa
"Orange Juice Blues" - Bob Dylan & the Band
"Oranges and Lemons" - Book of Love
Papaya
"Queenie Wahine's Papaya" - Elvis Presley
Peaches
"Peaches" - The Stranglers
"Peaches" - Presidents of the United States
"Peaches & Cream" - Beck
"Peaches N' Cream" - 112
"Clap Your Hands for Peaches" - Sam Jones -
Peanuts
"The Peanut Vendor" - Desi Arnaz
"Salt Peanuts" - Dizzy Gillespie
Persimmon
"Eat an Orange Ripe Persimmon" - Sam Jones
Pineapple
"Pineapple Princess" - Petty Booka
Raspberries
"Raspberries, Strawberries" - The Kingston Trio
"Raspberry Beret" - Prince
Rhubarb
"Another Man's Rhubarb" - Pop Will Eat Itself
"Buddha Rhubarb" - Soul Coughing
"Rhubarb Bagel" - Lester
"Rhubarb Pie" - Five Iron Frenzy
"The Rhubarb Tart Song" - Monty Python
Strawberries
"Here Come De Honey Man / Crab Man / Oh Dey's So Fresh And Fine (Strawberry Woman)" - Ella Fitzgerald ("Porgy & Bess")
"Strawberry Cream Puff" - Shonen Knife
"Strawberry Fields Forever" - The Beatles
"Strawberry Letter 23" - Brothers Johnson
"Strawberry Wine" - Deana Carter
Tangerine
"Sweet Tangerine" - The Hush Sound
"Tangerine" - Led Zeppelin
Tomatoes
"Don’t Squeeze the Tomatoes" (332K) - The Barefoot Man
Watermelon
"Old Dogs Children and Watermelon" - Wine Tom T. Hall
| "Watermelon Man" - Mongo Santamaria |
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