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The Eggplant That Ate Chicago

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Released
  
1967

Length
  
2:41

Genre
  
Acid rock

Writer(s)
  
Norman Greenbaum

A-side
  
The Eggplant That Ate Chicago

B-side
  
You Can't Fight City Hall Blues

"The Eggplant That Ate Chicago" is a song about alien invasion by Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band. Although often listed as a "one hit wonder", the song did not actually reach the top 40, and the author of this song, Norman Greenbaum, would later write and perform "Spirit in the Sky" to greater chart success. It was re released on Dr. Demento Presents: The Greatest Novelty Records of All Time, Volume III: The 1960's 1985.

Parodies and homages

  • Tom Paxton The Pizza That Ate Chicago on Fun Food Songs (Delta) 1999, and Your Shoes, My Shoes, 2002
  • The Aubergine That Ate Rangoon on Hawkwind: Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music, 1976
  • Big Maybelle covered the song on America's Queen Mother of Soul, 2007

    • Although not strictly following the [foodstuff] that ate [place] formula, there has also been:

  • "The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati" by Rose and the Arrangement, 1974 and, arguably its homage,
  • "Cicada That Ate Five Dock" by Outline, 1981

    • References

    The Eggplant That Ate Chicago Wikipedia
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