Top Five Songs About Insects

And no, Crazy Town's "Butterfly" didn't make the list.

5. "Hey There, Little Insect" - Jonathan Richman

The Modern Lovers would perform this live on occasion.

4. "The WASP (Texas Radio and The Big Beat)" - The Doors

Jim was a great song speaker.

3. "King Bee" - Syd Barrett

I prefer the Stones' version, but I chose them for another entry and don't wish to saturate the list. Syd Barrett's version is still sinister and sneering, and has that terrific slide whine.




2. "The Spider and the Fly" - The Rolling Stones

This is one of my favorite Stones singles, and really the only valid argument for the US release of Out of Our Heads trumping the UK version.




1. "I Am the Fly" - Wire

Just fantastic.




Bonus: Maggot Brain (album) - Funkadelic

It didn't make the cut because it's a whole album and the intro isn't quite top 5 material, but this album is just off the hook. The madness of "Back In Our Minds". The texture of "Can You Get To That". Off the hook.



And as an aside, if you were going to sample "Can You Get To That", you could do worse than Sleigh Bells: