Songs about Pancakes would be perfect to play on Pancake Day celebrated on February 21 every year. Pancakes has always been a go-to breakfast for many of us.
Eggs, milk, butter, cheese, and all sorts of ingredients have given Pancakes or Flapjacks as many varieties as we could imagine.
Whether it be Thanksgiving day or an ordinary morning breakfast, pancakes make them extraordinary.
The tang, the extra layer of flavor, whipped cream or chocolate caramel toppings, maple syrup or coffee grains, we try to give our fluffy, tender, and sweet golden servings a little extra of our love, and pancake takes it all and gives it back.
The artists have associated pancakes with love, sorrow, melancholy, longing and so many emotions.
Thousands of songs have been written about pancakes or at least the food has made a guest appearance to serve as a symbol and if not, as a main cast.
From Frank Zappa to Beatles, from Indie Singers to mainstream artists – pancake has been featured in songs as an integral part of our living and forming memories, and it is not just about our food life.
Of course, we are emotionally close to our food habits and what we consume, but Pancakes are something that is really interesting and that stands out.
Previously, we had discussed songs about Margaritas and Champagne songs.
Here, we’ve compiled a list of 15 Pancake Songs appreciating this food on the occasion of Shrove Tuesday.
1. Pancake by Jaded ft. Ashnikko
Pancake by JADED is an electronic beat song that has been covered by different choreographers. The song features singer Ashnikko who has a large fan following.
The song is a collaboration between the London-based band JADED and American singer Ashnikko. The song has more than 6.6 million views on YouTube and the cover version for the song choreographed by Brian Friedman & Lia Kim has also earned more than 4 million views. The chorus of the song is very popular and listeners have claimed that they have heard it 1000 times.
I just wanna ride right now
Everybody wanna take a bite right now
Ain’t no time like a time like now
Put it in my mouth and I might bite down
The audio version on YouTube features a cartoon Jaguar moving his head with the beat. The song is a celebrated club anthem, and a song you would want to play if you are having a party and there’s a pancake! If you are making pancakes, by the time you finish it, you’ll be repeating the addictive chorus.
2. Look At Me Now (Pancake Rap) by Mac Lethal
Mac Lethal posted a video on YouTube where he is singing his chopper while making pancakes. This instantly made him viral, with over 40 million views till now.
The song was requested by Lethal’s fans, who is one of the fastest rappers, with a record of singing 2000 words in 2 minutes. Look at Me Now is a famous song by Chris Brown but Lethal took a turnaround from the lyrics and made his own version of the song. The song was hailed as one of the 10 Most Contagious Viral Musical Web Sensations by Spin magazine in 2011.
yellow cheese eggs, white pancake batterrrr,
put a little bit up on the skillet when it starts to bubble flip it over with your spachla
…
COOK WITH ME NOW, COOK WITH ME NOW OH
IM MAKING PANCAKES
We cannot rap like him, but we know there are lots of Pancakes stacking up in his kitchen. He has put the lyrics in the YouTube video’s description, and we know, though the rap is much more, there’re batter, yellow cheese and eggs. Those of us, who are in a hurry to prepare and savor the pancakes, better tune this song!
3. Blueberry Pancakes by Carlie Hanson
Released in 2023, perfectly capturing the Wisconsin winter chill and mood, Blueberry Pancakes by Carlie Hanson is an emotive song. The video has a vintage appeal.
It seems, Hanson, only 22 years of age, just sensed the subtlety of life. The song is sung by a girl, about her longing and waiting for her lover. Amidst a snowy winter, the girl realizes her emptiness and difficulty, and she has things to say to the one whom she has been waiting for, but she has her own way of life.
You’re sweet like blueberry pancakes
Streetlights, traffic and highways
Sleep tight knowing you’re right here
Knowing you’re here
Released on Feb 3, 2023, the song has already been viewed by more than 100K times. It is a perfect song for sentimentalists, and the chorus is as gentle and soothing as it is heartrending. Hanson has just recorded and released a track that has many vibes – yearning, emptiness but again hope for the future.
The visuals are as if brought back from memories. If you are alone, remembering your love, and making pancakes, you’ll love this song and play it in a loop for sure.
4. Pancakes for One by Of Montreal
Pancakes for One is a song from the album Aldhils Arboretum by indie pop band Of Montreal. It is as if hearing Beatles with guitars strumming for a pancake song.
One good thing about being indie artist is that Kevin Barnes, the leader of the band Of Montreal can write songs with varied dynamics, and with unexpected lyrics. In this song, Kevin shares an emotion of being far away from a loved or lost one and how he misses every moment that they shared together. The artist has shared in an interview that writing songs for him is like journal entries of his life that captures time as if frozen in space.
Pancakes for one are always depressing
Because having breakfast with you was such fun
Pancakes for one are no fun
We obviously have memories of making and sharing the pancakes with our family, and that moment remains intact with us. Pancakes for One is a song you’ll relate to when old smell, taste and memory surge in a difficult state of life when we want to lean to old beautiful memories. The lyrics is sorrowful but the music is congenial in a way that can be played in your kitchen and breakfast table.
5. Banana Pancakes by Jack Johnson
Banana Pancakes was released in the album In Between Dreams by Jack Johnson. The video version of the song has received more than 36M views on YouTube.
The 3 min 11 secs long Banana Pancake is the artist’s second most popular song played on Spotify after Better Together from the same album In Between Dreams released in 2005. The song played live in Kokua Festival in 2010 has also received more than 6.3M views.
Johnson is best known for his soft and acoustic pop songs, and this Pancake song first recorded in pure acoustic guitar with a lively voice is simply nostalgic for many listeners.
But baby you hardly even notice
When I try to show you this
Song, it’s meant to keep you
From doing what you’re supposed to
Like waking up too early
Maybe we could sleep in
Make you banana pancakes
Pretend like it’s the weekend now
It’s raining outside and we want to forget the rest of the world – well, this is your song! It’s a classic song with a soft melody and simple lyrics, and people have associated good and sad memories with this song, especially of their parents and family members, even hearing it after more than 15 years.
This is the perfect song if you are making pancakes in your kitchen, or in a car traveling the freeways or just trying to set a mood for your weekend in the backyard. The song just lifts you up and gets you humming the tune.
6. Pancakes for Dinner by Lizzy McAlpine
Lizzy McAlpine’s Pancakes for Dinner is a song included in her 2020 album Give Me A Minute. The song has over 42M views on Spotify and is a perfect love track.
Imagine you never were able to say something to someone you loved, and in a moment of fear you muster up all your energy to finally say something. McAlpine has exceptional songwriting skills and BBC Media Centre has called her an “up-and-coming vocalist.” This song also has a story like her other songs, and here a girl finally says something when she thinks that she might not come out alive.
I wanna eat pancakes for dinner
I wanna get stuck in your head
I wanna watch a TV show together and when
We’re under the weather we can watch it in bed
The song gently touches you and reminds you that life is easy when you get out of your comfort and reveal your dreams and desires. Though the lyrics feature a boy and a girl, the song can relate to any difficult relationships that need to open up. This song will take you somewhere in its all innocence and guileless natural emotion as if you are in the middle of something great in your life.
If your kids are angry with you and you want to cheer up the mood, why not play this song while serving them the hotcakes?
7. Pancakes by John Paciga
John Paciga’s song Pancakes was released as a single in 2020 and the song captures the joy of Pancakes. Of course, there can be songs to appreciate the food.
Dark times can come without warning
But every night ends in the morning
When it’s breakfast time
Pancakes! Pancakes! Dad is making pancakes
Pass the syrup and let’s gear up for another day
There are many love songs and rebel songs, but new artists and songwriters are slowly finding it needful to write songs about foods too, especially Pancake when there is already a special day celebrated with its name – Pancake Day. Paciga is young an accomplished piano player and singer-songwriter, and he dedicates this song to his love for food.
Inspired by his dad’s homemade buttermilk pancakes, Paciga wants us to take a time to appreciate little things in life, especially a foodie memory. Like the artist’s personal memory of the food, many of us really love the pancakes, and this song reminds us that if we reflect on our happiness, Pancakes are that unsung hero of the food menu. The song tickles laughter as we cherish our golden brown delights.
8. Pancakes by Denny King
Pancakes by Denny King was released as a single in August 2022. It’s the kind of song you would want to play in your kitchen to teach your children how to make them.
Pancakes, pancakes, with maple syrup
And Fresh fruit, chopped in small cubes, Just for you,
Scrambled eggs, crispy bacon,
It’s a breakfast for you!
Just like the earlier song by Paciga, this song by Denny King just musically put how to make the Pancakes and how we really want to make them first thing in the morning. In the song, a man is talking to his wife, just to get out of bed and make Pancakes for the breakfast. Children are going to easily remember the recipe for the blinis and flapjacks.
The rock and roll music of the song would make you want to make a few dance moves as you flip your cake on the pan.
9. Chocolate Chip Pancakes by Nick Isham
Chocolate Chip Pancakes is another hit number by Nick Isham released within his 2021 album a piece of me pt.4. Love and longing get well together in this song.
Pancakes with those chocolate chips
Two cups of coffee and the taste of your lips
If I’m being honest it’s the little things I miss like
You and those pancakes with those chocolate chips
Nick was inspired to write this song from his personal experience when he got up one morning and he missed both his girlfriend and chocolate chip pancakes. The video for the song shows a miniature Nick moving around the pan and chocolate chips singing the song while a girl makes a pancake. The song has a twist at the end of the song when the alarm goes off and Nick discovers…
We have our personal favorite variety of a pancake and the Nick has found a beautiful way to mix love for food and for his girlfriend in this lyrical story with a pop and rap-influenced ditty.
10. St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast by Frank Zappa
Collected in Zappa’s 1974 album Apostrophe, St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast is a comedy rock song. The marimba played has a signature style of Zappa’s genius.
Zappa is known for his genre-breaking sound experiments. Leading an orchestra, he produced more than 60 albums in his virtuous career. This song is for all Zappa’s fans who have loved his jazzy lyrics and fast-beat songs, free of forms and taking a form of its own.
Yes indeed, here we are!
At Saint Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast
Where I stole the mar-juh-reen
The song is one of those lyrical comedy rock fusions Zappa led in his musical oeuvre. This 2 mins 17-sec long track is one you would want to play to make fun of what you are doing, especially when you are flipping the pancakes and need some laughter around.
You would definitely love the marimba part very much and we suggest you hear another song Father O’Blivion from the same album where Alfonzo comes again. You might hear this song at a restaurant early in the morning, serving you pancakes.
11. Pancake Promise by Muck River
Pancake Promise is a song by Muck River from his 2020 EP Runn’n a Muck. Muck River is an Australian artist Craig Boland and this pancake song is dedicated to dads.
A pancake promise for my little girl
A pancake promise for her little world
That pancake promise is coming from me
That pancake promise is what she believes
Imagine a divorced dad, who is away from his little daughter. Father has many things to say to his little girl, and he can only prove his love by making Pancake Promise. This is a song reflecting parent-child love.
A gentle beautiful song of innocence, this griddlecake song would make you want to cry, and appreciate the love for your kids.
12. Pancake Robot by Parry Gripp
Emmy award-winning singer-songwriter Parry Gripp’s Pancake Robot is collected in his 2020 album Mini-Party. This kid song has more than 8.5M views on YouTube.
New generation kids want robots in everything they know, and they want robots to come as champions not only in fighting the villains but also want them to make tons and tons of savory pancakes. Gripp’s songs about children have also appeared on Disney TV shows, and they are largely popular with his little fans who even don’t know his name.
Pancake robot
Come and get ’em while they’re hot
The pancake robot is coming to town
He’s mixing up the batter and he’s laying it down
A robot comes to town and starts making pancakes for everyone, and the party is never going to end! Your kids who love buttermilk or chocolate or blueberry pancakes would love the robot who can make stacks of flapjacks and they would love the song while enjoying their pancake breakfast.
13. Pancake Song by Dolf Berle
Pancake Song is from Dolf Berle’s 1995 children’s song album A Day with Dolf. In the background, the kids provide the yummy, yummy, yummy chorus to the song.
There are many foodie songs for the kids, but this one will really stand out. And, why? Berle has made sure the sounds are there – the sizzle, the mixer, cow’s mooing, sound of the utensils as you’re flipping.
You put in some eggs from a nice chicken
And add some milk from a big ol’ cow
Add some flour to make the batter thicken
Pour in some sugar so it doesn’t taste sour
This fun song can teach kids how to make pancakes and love them because this is a song a chef would sing to instruct how to make the best pancakes in the world. In addition, we suggest playing the whole album A Day with Dolf for your kids – there’s much more!
14. Let’s Make Pancakes to One Another by Tomm
The song is assembled in Italian singer and multi-instrumentalist Tomm’s 2020 album Nyctophobia. The xylophone-backed Pancake song is out and out a love song.
Tell me baby, tell me babe
Tell me, my strawberry lace
Call me things and call me names
Call me when you make pancakes
The pancake has been associated not only with our love for food but it symbolizes the passage of time, as it marks every new day in the morning. In this song, a boy wants a fresh relationship with a girl and wants to spend time with her, and the repeating chorus puts us in a place to imagine a relationship that must find ways to settle and stay.
Teenage and young adults would love this song, and find it coming from some dark corner of the heart or world from the speaker, bright enough to tell a story.
15. Pancakes by Nick Scott
The last song to fall in our Pancake Song List is Pancake by Nick Scott which was released as a single in 2022. The compelling hook is meant to stay and echo.
Fans of Wyclef Jean will remember Gone Till November hearing this song of separation and love. With the opening sound of an airplane flying, we are drawn into the song and get the perspective of a man, who just wants to be with his girl.
I hope I’m not late for pancakes
I love to see your pretty face
Imagine a morning when you have just come home after a long break, away from family, and you love being back. This song will capture that mood of reunion and of course, the flapjacks come in as a member of the family as well to liven up your presence.