Wry chuckles in pop

For years I've been collecting wry chuckles in pop -- little laughs in songs as the singer reflects on the wisdom of the lyrics they've just delivered. They are, in many ways *, a window into the artist's soul.

The problem is, I forget to write them down. But now I have somewhere to put them whenever I think of them.

So here it is: after several years of effort, the list of all the wry pop chuckles I can remember:



Your Song -- Elton John

'If I were a sculptor, heh, but then again no.'

Ironic -- Alanis Morrisette

'It's like meeting the man of you dreams, and then meeting his beautiful wife, heh.'

 Something by REM I can't quite recall...

Not the bit where Michael Stipe giggles in the Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight, another one.

The Postman Pat theme tune

'There'll be knock [knock-knock], ring [ding-dong], letters through your door, heh.'

And, um, that's it.


*In no ways.

UPDATE: May have found another, although it's not really pop. Hugh Laurie on Buddy Bolden Blues has a little wry chuckle as he sings 'Gimme the money girl, or I'm gonna... heh-I'm  gonna take it away'.

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