Funny music memes like Rick Rolling, Djent, and more have become commonplace nowadays. In this world of comedy, music also has its fair share of jokes and meme-songs.
These memes range from silly jokes about musicians to memes about lore and stories behind them. However, what ties them together is that they originate from music or musicians in some way, shape, or form.
In this modern age of internet fandom, sharing memes has also become a way for fans to talk about their favorite artist. Sometimes something an artist does or says will inadvertently spark a meme that in turn brings fans closer together.
Memes go a long way to humanize an artist and many have risen to the top through sheer memes. Some of the biggest artists today like Drake and Doja Cat have memes to thank for their fame.
Here are more than 50 memes, songs, and jokes related to music.
Simple Q&A Jokes About Musicians and Music Memes
Jokes About Music
1. How do you make a band stand?
You take away their chairs.
2. What do you call a cow that plays the piano?
A moo-sician.
3. Why do fish make good musicians?
They know about scales
4. Why did the chicken join the band?
Because he had the drumsticks
5. What is a skeleton’s favorite instrument?
A trombone.
6. Which is the most musical planet?
Neptune
7. What did the thief take from the music store?
The lute
8. Why was music coming from the printer?
The paper was jamming.
9. What do you call clean music?
A soap opera.
10. Why shouldn’t kids watch the orchestra?
Too many sax and violins.
Jokes About Musicians
1. What do you call a guitarist who breaks up with his girlfriend?
Homeless
2. What do you call a clarinetist with half a brain?
Gifted.
3. How many bassists does it take to change a light bulb?
Just one, but a guitarist has to show him how first.
4. What does a drummer use for contraception?
His personality.
5. Korean singers never say, “Yes, father!”
They say, “K Pops!”
6. Why did the pianist keep banging their head against the keys?
They were playing by ear.
7. What is Beethoven’s favorite fruit?
Ba-na-na-naaaaa
8. What’s green and sings?
Elvis Parsley
9. What do you call a successful musician?
A guy whose lover has two jobs
Memes Born Out of Music And Quirks of Musicians
1. Look at this Graph Meme
The Rock band Nickelback lends itself well to music memes. Though their music isn’t as bad as their detractors have made it out to be, they do lend themselves to mockery.
This meme was birthed from their song, Photograph, where the lead singer, holds up a photo while singing “look at this photograph.” Fans have since spliced the lyrics to make it seem like he is saying “Look at this graph” while photoshopping a bar graph in place of the picture.
2. Roundabout Jojo Meme
This meme was birthed from the usage of the song “Roundabout” by Yes in the anime, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure. It was used as a to-be-continued motif.
Since then, it has been applied to cut off a video at an important point where something is about to happen to enhance suspense.
3. Anyway, here’s Wonderwall
The Wonderwall meme is based on the fact that the titular song by the English band, Oasis is a popular one for amateur guitarists.
The joke here is that a party always has that one annoying person with a guitar who uses it to flirt with and hit on girls. The meme here implies that the song of choice for these men is Wonderwall.
4. Darude Sandstorm
The electronic song, “Sandstorm” by Finnish DJ Darude is not a meme song by any means. However, it became one out of nowhere.
Back in the early to mid-2010s, whenever people would ask what the name of a song was, regardless of genre, someone would comment that the song’s name was “Darude Sandstorm.”
Thus, the song became a meme to fool or trick people into clicking on Darude’s song due to their own gullibility.
5. Shooting Stars Meme
Shooting Stars is another electronic song turned into a meme. This one is by the Australian duo Bag Raiders.
The meme here is that the song is used with footage of people falling. For example, someone would fall, usually in a silly way, and then the meme-maker would play the song while the person would be edited to look like they were falling through space or whatever wackiness a green screen allows.
6. Mom’s Spaghetti
Mom’s Spaghetti is a meme that originates from rapper Eminem’s song Lose Yourself. In the song, he uses the phrase Mom’s Spaghetti.
While the rapper uses that phrase to showcase his nervousness, stating he can taste the food due to vomiting, the internet found it hilarious and soon edited the whole song to be just him rapping mom’s spaghetti over and over again.
7. Oh No Meme
The Oh No meme is based on a Tiktok sound by an artist named Capone. In it, they sample Shangri La’s song “Walkin in the Sand.”
In the meme, users show a video of a person about to fall or get hurt and then freeze-frame it while playing the part of the song that goes “Oh no. Oh no. Oh no no no no no” for comedic effect.
8. Run Meme
Run is a song by the rock band Awolnation. The meme behind this song to similar to the Oh no meme mentioned above.
The user will play a video where something dangerous is about to happen, but instead of freeze-framing it, they will show the video’s subject while playing the song. The part of the song used simply says “Run” while dramatic music plays.
9. Chacarron Meme
The Chacarron meme is based on a song called “Chacarron Macarron.” The song is by a Panamanian artist called Rodney Clark of El Chombo.
The part of the song used is a gibberish chorus, and the meme shows a person or an animal doing something stupid or moving around idiotically while the music plays to showcase the subject’s stupidity.
10. See You Again remake
The See You Again remake meme is made by mixing two sounds. These two sounds in succession are used to trick people.
The sounds in question are the opening sounds of any video from the adult website, Pornhub, quickly followed by the post-chorus wail from the song See You Again by Charlie Puth and Wiz Khalifa.
11. GTA San Andreas Theme
GTA San Andreas is a game in the Grand Theft Auto Franchise. This meme originates from the music used in loading screens of the game.
The meme shows a video of someone doing something cool or outrageous then the video suddenly slows down and the GTA San Andreas loading screen music plays to emphasize whatever happened within the video.
12. Curb Your Enthusiasm Theme
This meme stems from the music played at the end of the Curb Your Enthusiasm show. It is used in conjunction with a hilarious situation.
So, how the meme works is that the user plays an awkward social situation or a dilemma being faced by the subject of the video, then at the apex moment, the video is cut to then show the credits of the Curb Your Enthusiasm.
The meme is used to further increase the hilarity of whatever situation preceded it.
13. Ultimate Meme
Ultimate is a song by the Floridian rapper Denzel Curry. It is a high-energy and intense rap song.
The meme around the song features a person either losing it completely and/or starting to yell with the music then kicking in. The song is used to hype up the antics of whatever is happening within the video.
The song and its usage were very popular back in the days of the social media application, Vine.
14. X Files Theme
The X-Files is a 90s television show about mysteries surrounding the universe. Its theme song is the subject of this meme.
However, instead of being focused on actual mysteries, the videos used in these memes usually revolve around something that confuses the subject of the video then the theme song playing. Whatever does confuse the subject is usually something mundane but also hilariously stupid.
15. Numa Numa
Numa Numa is perhaps the oldest music meme. It revolves around a video made by vlogger Gary Brolsma.
On December 6, 2004, Gary uploaded a video called Numa Numa Dance where he danced wildly to a song called “Dragostea Den Tei” by the Moldovan pop group O-Zone.
His dance was not a choreographed dance of any sort but more Gary flailing his body around wildly.
Funny Meme Songs
1. Hotline Bling by Drake
Hotline Bling is a song by Canadian rapper and singer Drake. It was released as a single on July 31, 2015.
The music video for the song was released on October 27, 2015, and gained a lot of attention. It featured the rapper dancing in front of various neon lights of differing colors.
Aside from being popular, the song went viral and spawned a lot of memes due to Drake’s hilarious dance moves. The internet net proceeded to put Drake doing his dance moves in various other videos through a green screen thus making it a hilarious meme.
However, the memefication of Drake not only made the song more popular but also made the rapper more popular as the song currently has 1.9 billion views on YouTube. It also reached number 2 on the Hot 100.
2. Mooo! by Doja Cat
Mooo! is a song by the American rapper-singer Doja Cat. It was released as a single on August 31, 2018.
The joke song, which features Doja singing about not being a cow, its music video also became a viral sensation like Drake’s. However, unlike his music video, this one was intentional.
Released on August 11, 2018, before the single, it featured the rapper dressed in a seductive cow’s outfit eating a burger and fries. The background of the video also featured various anime clips and clips of a video game-esque pasture.
The song became a sensation due to Doja’s weird antics and also because of her twerking. Its success is seen as Doja’s push into the mainstream, despite the video’s absurd nature.
3. Harlem Shake by Baauer
Harlem Shake is an electronic dubstep song by American DJ Baauer. It was released on May 22, 2012.
However, the song became a viral sensation and a trend when the controversial Youtuber, Filthy Frank dropped a video of him and his friends dancing to the song.
The video featured Filth Frank and three other people wearing full-body spandex suits thrusting their hips to the tune of the song. It started a trend called “Do the Harlem Shake” where people would dance erratically to the song.
4. A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton
A Thousand Miles is a song by the pop singer and songwriter Vanessa Carlton. It was released as a single on February 18, 2022.
The song became a meme due in parts because of both its music video and its opening piano parts. The music video featured the singer riding a piano that seems to move through the city, while the opening piano parts have been spoofed due to how glittery and sincere it is.
5. All Star by Smash Mouth
All Star is a song by the American rock band Smash Mouth. It was released as a single on May 4, 1999.
The song became a meme because of its prominent placement in the 2001 movie Shrek. The movie, which was a hit in its day and now, used the song in its opening montage where it introduced the titular character.
Since then, the song has become a beloved joke also because of its goofy and funny lyrics.
6. Gangnam Style by Psy
Gangnam Style is a Korean pop song by South Korean rapper and singer Psy. It was released on July 15, 2012.
The song became a huge hit on an international scale due to its music video which featured Psy dancing in his signature horse-riding dance style causing havoc all over the streets of Seoul.
It launched a viral sensation that made both the song and the singer an inescapable phenomenon.
7. Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap
Hide and Seek is an A Cappella folk and electronic song by English singer Imogen Heap. The song was released on May 19, 2005.
The song became a meme when its bridge was used during a shooting scene in the television show The O.C. The scene was then parodied in a sketch by Andy Samberg, Bill Hader, Kristen Stewart, and more.
This started a trend of the song being used as the soundtrack for abrupt and funny violence.
8. Mr. Brightside by The Killers
Mr. Brightside is a post-punk song by the rock band The Killers. It is their debut single and was released on September 29, 2003.
The song became a meme due to its inability to die in popularity. Since its release, the song has continuously been on the charts and in people’s minds.
It is one of the few songs on this list that is a meme purely because of how beloved it is, not because people make fun of it.
9. Africa by Toto
Africa is a rock song by the American band Toto. It was released on June 25, 1982.
Though the song has always been one of Toto’s biggest songs, it reached meme status in 2018 when Twitter users started requesting the 90’s band Weezer to cover the song.
Spurred on by one account, soon the entire internet was clamoring for Weezer’s cover, and when they did, it caused jubilation throughout Twitter.
10. Take On Me by A-ha
Take On Me is a synth-pop song by the Norwegian band A-ha. It was released on October 19, 1984.
The song became a meme after multiple people started posting themselves dancing to the song’s instrumental in a very funny way. This dance consisted of them pulling their shirts up their heads and swaying their legs from side to side.
The song has also been featured in various television shows and music and was sampled by rapper Pitbull for his song, Feel This Moment.
11. The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel
The Sound of Silence is a folk song by the American duo Simon and Garfunkel. It was released on October 19, 1964.
Though a sad and morose song, it became a meme due to people using the opening line of the song for comedic effect by playing it over sad but idiotically so events like someone dropping a burrito.
12. Axel F by Crazy Frog
Axel F by Crazy Frog is a cover of the theme for the 1984 movie, Beverly Hills Cop. It was released on May 17, 2005.
The song and music video features a pantsless computer-generated frog wearing a pilot’s helmet and glasses and jacket singing gibberish. The music video particularly shows him driving around a city on an invisible motorcycle.
It became a huge hit due to it being used as a ringtone by the public and spawned various imitations with everyone now wanting a mascot.
13. Blue (Da Ba Dee) by Eiffel 65
Blue (Da Ba Dee) is a novelty Eurodance song by the Italian music group Eiffel 65. It was released on October 1998.
The song became a meme due to its nonsensical lyrics, catchy music, and absurd music video which showed various blue-looking aliens dancing to the band’s music.
It has recently seen a resurgence due to famed DJ David Guetta heavily sampling it for his new song, I’m Good.
14. What Is Love (Baby Don’t Hurt Me) by Haddaway
What Is Love (Baby Don’t Hurt Me) is a Eurodance song by Trinidadian-German artist Haddaway. It was released in 1993.
The song became a meme due to its catchy chorus and backing music. The infectious chorus lodged itself into listeners’ ears.
It was also utilized in various movies, television shows, and then finally memes, which made it not only memorable but inescapable.
15. Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley
Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley is the ultimate meme song. It was released on July 27, 1987.
The song became a meme due to the act of Rick-Rolling. This act is when someone sends another person a link that leads to the music video for the song.
Rick-Rolling has become a pervasive part of Internet culture which has kept the song relevant and made it something of a beloved meme hit. The song and Astley reign supreme as the face of Internet culture.