Where Are All The Thanksgiving Songs?

We here at Spark Notes, swept up in the holiday fun, decided to count down our 100 favorite Thanksgiving movies.

100. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
99. Home for the Holidays
98. Um. Hmm. Let's see, did we mention Planes, Trains, and Automobiles? Yeah, we did, didn't we? There must be another Thanksgiving movie. Wasn't there a Thanksgiving movie with Tom Hanks, a volcano, and a slobbering dog? No, that doesn't sound right.

OK. That list didn't really turn out as we had hoped. Let's try something different. Below is our list of the 100 greatest Thanksgiving songs of all time!

100. "The Thanksgiving Song," Adam Sandler
99. Um. Is Green Day's "21 Guns" about Thanksgiving? Please say yes.

Well, it looks like Thanksgiving is not receiving the respect it deserves. While there are hundreds of Christmas albums by pop artists (including Bob Dylan, who recently released the hilarious Christmas in the Heart), there are no Thanksgiving albums. Not one. With that in mind, we have taken it upon ourselves to suggest a few Thanksgiving hits our favorite music artists might want to record.

Artist: Black Eyed Peas
Song Title: Turkee (All Night Long)
Sample Lyrics:

Uh-huh. Yeah! Yeah! Bring it! Bring it!

Big ol' balloons be parading down my street
Yeah, uh-huh! Yeah, uh-huh. Yeah. Yeah. Move your feet!
Fergie: "Ooooooh. Mmmmmmm!"

Rock it! Rock it! Corn and stuffing!
It's 2009, people! Ain't got time for bluffing!
Fergie: "Yurggggggieeeeeeeeeeee ooooh!"

Artist: Radiohead
Song Title: Infrastructure
Sample Lyrics:

Gruhrmmhr mmmm hmrmmmugh ugh
Mmmhtyh hummmmm gugg luuuhn pass the corn
Gruuun Tummm jghuolk Phfffff infrastructure
Puhhhhgh noum noum. Glosh Hmmmmm…decay?

Artist: 50 Cent
Song Title: Assed Potatoes (feat. Rihanna)
Sample Lyrics

CENSORED CENSORED turkey CENSORED CENSORED potatoes
CENSORED all over the place! CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED make it into soup!

Artist: Dave Matthews Band
Song Title: Into Her Arms (I Shall fall)
Sample Lyrics:

Looking out the rain-stained windows
Wondering where you'll be
Walking with the weight on my shoulders
Save some sausage stuffing for me!

Artist: Muse
Song Title: Let's Go to Grandma's House
Sample Lyrics:

The time of victory is triumphant!
We shall destroy the destiny of fate!
Give us the cosmic challenge of destiny!
To Grandmother's house we go! Destiny!

Artist: Jay-Z
Song Title: This Is the Last Song I Will Ever Make. No Really. I'm Being Totally Honest This Time (Thanksgiving Day!)
Sample Lyrics:

I know I've been saying that I am retired
But I just keep climbing higher and higher
And I'm back in the studio
You cannot catch my flow
Stay back Mayflower. Cause here I come!
Take off that buckle heat, you damn pil-grum!

If any of the artists are interested in these amazing songs, please call us.

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