DJ Cheat Sheet No. 10


Songs About Clowns


WOMAN (to bank robber in clown get-up): "What kind of a clown are you?"

ROBBER: "The crying-on-the-inside kind, ma'am."

-- from Bill Murray's Quick Change

I know, all kids are afraid of clowns, right? Wrong! I loved 'em! They were the only thing to break up the boredom of the circus. I was a clown for Halloween. I watched Bozo.

But even I felt an ambivalence towards these clumsy buffoons. The hilarity was shattered the first time I saw Emmett Kelly's sad, grease-painted frown. It was all wrong! And all those thrift store paintings of crying clowns. It still depresses me to think about them. So you can have your psycho-killer clowns, madman jokers and demonic jesters. I'll just sit on my whoopie cushion and sob.




  1. ALMOND, MARK -- Clowns
  2. ANOTHER SOCIETY -- Clowns
  3. APPLEBY, KIM -- Downtown Clown (Thanks Jan Bellekens!)
  4. ARGENT -- Clown
  5. ASYLUM CHOIR -- Mr. Henri the Clown
  6. BAKER, DUCK -- Clown
  7. BANDY, MOE -- Bandy the Rodeo Clown
  8. BANKS, ANT - Clownin’ wit da Crew
  9. BARRETT, SYD -- Clowns & Jugglers
  10. BASSEY, SHIRLEY -- Clown Town
  11. BEACON STREET UNION -- Clown Died in Marvin Gardens
  12. BEAT (U.K.) -- Tears of a Clown (Thanks Jan Bellekens!)
  13. BEAUMONT, JIMMY, & THE SKYLINERS -- The Day the Clown Cried
  14. BERURIER NOIR -- 2 Clowns
  15. BIG CHIEF -- Clown Pimp
  16. BJORNSTAD, KETIL – Mime
  17. BLAMELESS -- Town Clowns (Thanks Jan Bellekens!)
  18. BLUEBERRIE SPY -- Shooting Birds at Mimes
  19. BROWN, GREG -- Bozo’s in Love Again
  20. BRUTAL TRUTH -- Painted Clowns
  21. BÜGSKÜLL -- Bring the Clowns
  22. BUOYS -- The Clown
  23. BURNETTE, JOHNNY -- Clown Shoes (Thanks Jan Bellekens!)
  24. BURNETTE, ROCKY -- Clowns from Outer Space
  25. CARLOS -- All the Clown
  26. CASSIDY, DAVID -- I am a Clown
  27. CATS -- A Clown Never Cries
  28. CHICKEN SHACK -- Sad Clowns (Thanks Jan Bellekens!)
  29. CMU -- Clown
  30. COCKBURN, BRUCE -- Planet of the Clowns
  31. COCTAILS -- Clown’s Coffee
  32. COCTEAU TWINS -- Fifty-Fifty Clown
  33. COLE, NAT KING -- Laugh! Cool Clown
  34. COLLINS, JUDY -- Send in the Clowns
  35. COLVIG, PINTO -- Bozo’s Song
  36. CONNOR, CHRIS -- Be a Clown
  37. COOTES, BONE -- Clown Fight (Thanks Brad Stark of KUSF-FM!)
  38. COSTELLO, ELVIS -- Clown Strike/Clowntime is Over
  39. CRAMER, BEN -- De Clown (Thanks Ton Bukkems!)
  40. CREEPERS -- Jumper Clown
  41. CRITICAL MASS -- Class Clown
  42. DAMNED -- These Hands (Thanks Steve Samascott!)
  43. DAMRON, DICK -- No One Know Better than the Clown
  44. DASH RIP ROCK -- Clown Down
  45. DAVIS, MAC -- Rodeo Clown
  46. DAVIS, SKEETER -- Everybody’s Clown
  47. DEADBOLT -- Patches the Clown (Thanks Ben Waugh!)
  48. DEAD KENNEDYS -- Rambozo the Clown
  49. DI -- Clownhouse
  50. DIAMOND, NEIL -- Clown Town
  51. DICKIES -- Killer Klowns from Outer Space (Thanks Ben Waugh!)
  52. DICKINSON, BRUCE -- Shoot all the Clowns
  53. DIESEL QUEENS -- Fallen Clown
  54. DJ MORPHEUS -- Clown Syndrome
  55. EL BAD -- Pray for the Clowns
  56. EDNASWAP -- Clown Show
  57. EDSL, OGDEN -- Kinko the Clown
  58. EIRE APPARENT -- Clown
  59. ENGLISH BEAT -- Tears of a Clown
  60. ENNIS, ETHEL -- Clown Town
  61. EQUALS -- Beautiful Clown
  62. EVERLY BROTHERS -- Cathy’s Clown
  63. FIELDS, DOROTHY -- Clowns in Clover
  64. FIENDZ -- So Like a Clown
  65. FISH -- Goldfish & Clowns
  66. FLOCK -- Clown
  67. FLOPHOUSE -- Candy-Colored Clowns
  68. FOGERTY, TOM -- Here Comes the Clown
  69. FOUR SEASONS -- One Clown Cried
  70. FURY IN THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE -- In Love with a Clown
  71. GAGNON, AUDREY -- Bozo
  72. GAMIL, SOLIMAN -- Clown Dance
  73. GARBAREK, JAN -- The White Clown
  74. GARLAND, JUDY -- Be a Clown (The Pirate soundtrack)
  75. GLASSFIELD, CHRIS -- Clown
  76. GLOVER, CRISPIN -- Clowny Clown Clown (Thanks Dustin Tepin!)
  77. GODFREY, RAY -- Candy Clown
  78. GOLDSBORO, BOBBY -- See the Funny Little Clown
  79. GREEN, PETER -- The Clown
  80. GUY, SUZANNE -- The Merry Clown
  81. HARDING, JOHN WESLEY -- Cathy's New Clown
  82. HARMAN, JAMES -- The Clown
  83. HELIOS CREED -- Big Clown
  84. HOLDSWORTH, ALAN -- Clown
  85. HOLLIES -- Clown/Clown Service
  86. HYLAND, BRYAN -- Holidays for Clowns
  87. INSANE CLOWN POSSE -- Clown Love/Down with the Clown
  88. INVITATION TO DANCE -- Clowns Dance
  89. JEMEEL MOONDOC QUARTET -- Dance of the Clowns
  90. JOHNSTON, DANIEL -- You're a Clown
  91. JONATHAN FIRE EATER -- Everybody Plays the Mime
  92. JONES, GEORGE -- Bring on the Clowns/Wino the Clown
  93. JONES, JACK -- Gypsies, Jugglers & Clowns
  94. JUNKSTER -- Clown
  95. KAH, HUBERT -- Pogo the Clown
  96. KAMOZE, INI -- Clown Talking
  97. KAVLA -- The Clowns
  98. KEITH, TOBY -- She Ran Away with a Rodeo Clown
  99. KING MISSILE -- Leather Clown
  100. KINKS -- Death of a Clown
  101. KORN -- Clown
  102. LANTOS, ZOLTAN -- Clown’s Vision
  103. LARD -- Bozo Skeleton
  104. LAWNMOWER DETH -- The Return of the Metal Bozo Clowns
  105. LEGG, ADRIAN -- Frank the Part Time Clown
  106. LEWIS, GARY, & THE PLAYBOYS -- Everybody Loves a Clown
  107. LINDSAY, ARTO -- Clown
  108. LINEX, LARS LUIS -- Clown
  109. LIQUOR GIANTS -- Chocolate Clown
  110. LONGINES SYMPHONETTE -- Laugh Clown Laugh
  111. LOUNGE LIZARDS -- My Clown’s On Fire
  112. LOVE, G., & SPECIAL SAUCE -- Rodeo Clowns
  113. LUCIFER’S FRIEND -- Everybody’s Clown
  114. MANCINI, HENRY -- Clowns
  115. MANN, MANFRED -- 'Ha Ha' Said the Clown
  116. MARILLION -- Script for a Jester’s Tear
  117. MATTEA, KATHY -- Clown in Your Rodeo
  118. McCAIN, EDWIN -- Jesters, Dreamers & Thieves
  119. McENTIRE, REBA -- Cathy’s Clown
  120. McFADDEN, ERIC -- Clown Pig
  121. McLAUGHLAN, SARAH -- Sad Clown
  122. McTELL, RALPH -- Clown
  123. MEKONG DELTA -- The Jester
  124. MENCK, RIK -- Clown
  125. METROPOLE ORCHESTRA --Clowneries
  126. MILK CULT -- Clown Party
  127. MILLER, LEO -- Don’t Clown Me
  128. MILSAP, RONNIE -- Cowboys and Clowns (Bronco Billy soundtrack)
  129. MILSTER, ANGELIKA -- Stunde der Clowns
  130. MINGUS, CHARLES -- The Clown/Don’t Be Afraid…The Clown’s Afraid Too
  131. MIRACLES -- The Tears of a Clown
  132. MITCHELL, JONI -- Dancin’ Clown
  133. MONTGOMERY, JAMES -- I’m Not Your Clown
  134. MORRISON, VAN -- Virgo Clowns
  135. MUFFS -- Clown
  136. MURPHY’S LAW -- Those Magnificent Clowns
  137. NEGATIVLAND -- Clowns & Ballerinas
  138. NEWLEY, ANTHONY -- Little Golden Clown
  139. NEWMAN, RANDY -- Laughing Boy
  140. OINGO BOINGO -- Clowns of Death
  141. ORBISON, ROY -- In Dreams
  142. ORLANDO, TONY -- Watch a Clown Break Down
  143. OUR BROTHER’S KEEPER -- The Harlem Clown
  144. OWSLEY -- Class Clown
  145. PADILLA, JOSE -- I Like Clowns
  146. PAJAMA SLAVE DANCERS -- Bozos Gone Berzerk
  147. PANZER, JAG -- Clown
  148. PAYNE, TOM -- One Bozo
  149. PELL, AXEL RUDI -- Clown is Dead
  150. PIAF, EDITH -- Bravo Pour Le Clown
  151. PODS -- World of Clowns
  152. PONTIAC BROTHERS -- Clowns Join the Circus
  153. POP WILL EAT ITSELF -- Titanic Clown
  154. PRAM -- My Father the Clown
  155. PROPER GROUNDS -- 2 Kill a Clown
  156. REPLACEMENTS -- Lay It Down Clown
  157. RESIDENTS -- Dumbo the Clown
  158. ROBINSON, SMOKEY -- Tears of a Clown
  159. ROSI, ROBI DRACO -- Lifeless Clown
  160. ROY, HARRY, & HIS ORCHESTRA -- Broken-Hearted Clown
  161. ROYAL HUNT -- Clown in the Mirror
  162. SANDS, TOMMY -- The Clown
  163. SEALS, SON -- You’re Just About to Lose Your Clown
  164. SEDAKA, NEIL -- King of Clowns
  165. SEVERE TIRE DAMAGE -- A Thousand Clowns
  166. SEXSMITH, RON -- Clown in Broad Daylight
  167. SHADOWS -- Cathy’s Clown
  168. SHIRTS -- Tenth Floor Clown
  169. SIMON, BILLY J. -- The Tears of a Clown
  170. SINATRA, FRANK -- Send in the Clowns
  171. SIX FINGER SATELLITE -- Funny Like a Clown
  172. SKALENE -- Syndicat des Clowns
  173. SKYCLAD -- A Clown of Thorns
  174. SMITH, SAMMI -- Heart of a Clown
  175. SOMMER, ELKE -- He's a Clown
  176. SONOMA -- Way of a Clown
  177. SPACE GHOST -- Don’t Send in the Clowns
  178. SPEARS, BILLIE JO -- See the Funny Little Clown
  179. SPRING, McKENDREE -- Clown
  180. SPOT -- Clowns Walk In (Where Angels Must Walk)
  181. STATUS QUO -- The Clown (Around and Around I Am Hunter)
  182. STEVENS, RAY -- Your Bozo’s Back Again
  183. STONECIRCLE -- The Jester’s Song (Cap and Bells)
  184. STRAKER, PETER -- The Saddest Clown (Thanks Jan Bellekens!)
  185. STREISAND, BARBARA -- Send in the Clowns
  186. STUARTI, ENZO -- The Clown
  187. STYLISTICS -- The Day the Clown Came to Town
  188. SUGAR -- Clownmaster
  189. SWITCHBLADE SYMPHONY -- Clown
  190. TARNEY/SPENCER BAND -- Cathy's Clown
  191. THAGARD, AUDREY -- The Circus Clown
  192. THIN WHITE ROPE -- The Clown Song
  193. THOSE DARN ACCORDIANS -- Clownhead (Thanks Brad Stark of KUSF-FM!)
  194. TOBY, KEITH -- She Ran Away with a Rodeo Clown
  195. TOLL -- Jazz Clone Clown
  196. TOO MUCH JOY -- Clowns
  197. TOYES -- Late Night Bozos
  198. TRACY, ARTHUR -- Broken Hearted Clown
  199. TRIFFIDS -- The Clown Prince
  200. TRIPPING DAISY -- Boobie the Clown
  201. TWITTY, CONWAY -- The Clown/Happy the Christmas Clown
  202. TWO DOLLAR GUITAR -- Bozo Shoes
  203. VALENTE, VALERINA -- Bravo Clown
  204. VANDALS -- Clowns Are Experts
  205. WAINWRIGHT III, LOUDON -- Jesse Don't Like It
  206. WILLIAMSON, SONNY BOY -- Clownin' with the World
  207. WOLF BANES -- The Clown (Thanks Jan Bellekens!)
  208. WOLFGANG -- Cast of Clowns
  209. WOOLLEY, BRUCE, & THE CAMERA -- You’re The Circus (I’m the Clown)
  210. YANKOVIC, WEIRD AL -- She Never Told Me She Was a Mime
  211. YARDBIRDS -- Ha Ha Said the Clown
  212. YOAKAM, DWIGHT -- Inside the Pocket of a Clown
  213. YOU AM I -- Cathy’s Clown
  214. ZAPPA, FRANK -- Clowns on Velvet (Thanks Brad Stark of KUSF-FM!)
  215. ZEVON, WARREN -- Something Bad Happened to a Clown






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