It’s October 25—do you know what that means? Happy World Pasta Day, everyone! Whether you’re using your noodle on a hard project or just noodling around on your six-string, today is a day to be cheesy, a little saucy, and certainly one to fill your plate with fun.
It’s also a day (just like every other day) to listen to great music. So, we thought, why not combine our love for all things pasta and our love for all things songwriting. So, to the end, without further ado, here are the best pasta-themed, pasta-name drop, pasta-infused, or just pasta-rific songs.
Videos by American Songwriter
What you won’t hear here, though, is anything from bassist Eddie Spaghetti of the Supersuckers, or even any songs from Guns N’ Roses fifth album “The Spaghetti Incident?”, because those, well, just don’t light up our lasagna. But the rest of these songs surely do!
1. “Lose Yourself” by Eminem
2. “It’s All About the Benjamins” by Puff Daddy
3. “Fetti & Spaghetti” by The Flavr Blue
4. “On Top Of Spaghetti” by Rock ‘N Learn
5. “Noodles And Butter” by Caspar Babypants
6. “Pasta” by Angie McMahon
7. “Your Party” by Ween
8. “Neal And Jack And Me” by King Crimson
9. “Spaghetti Western” by Primus
10. “Lasagna” by Weird Al Yankovic
BONUS SONG: “PHO Vietnam” by Sabzi
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From left, Paul McCartney (playing a Hofner 500/1 violin bass guitar) and John Lennon (playing a Gibson J-160E acoustic guitar) of English rock and pop group The Beatles perform on stage for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) music television show 'Shindig!' at Granville Studios in Fulham, London on 3rd October 1964. The band would play three songs on the show, Kansas City/hey-Hey-Hey!, I'm a Loser and Boys. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns) -
Don Henley on 7/3/85 in Chicago, Il. (Photo by Paul Natkin/WireImage) -
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Merle Haggard, who had a major hit with a Cindy Walker song -
Rock group Alice in Chains. Left to right Jerry Cantrell, guitar; Layne Staley, vocals, Michael Starr, bass and Sean Kinney in Hollywood for rehearsal July 1991. -
The Beach Boys had multiple hit songs in 1966
