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What song does your ice cream van play?

65 replies

Soubriquet · 02/07/2025 17:25

The one that comes round here plays “boys and girls go out to play”

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Arlanymor · 02/07/2025 18:45

NorrisToenail · 02/07/2025 18:43

Hitler has only got one ball....

Genuinely don't know the original song!!

The Colonel Bogey March - I only know this because of a pub quiz tiebreaker from about a decade ago! (We lost - so I remember it now!)

tripleginandtonic · 02/07/2025 18:46

Teddy bears picnic , just now the Entertainer

MrsRuthFisher · 02/07/2025 18:47

Bikechic · 02/07/2025 17:47

Match of the day theme tune.

Same! Why is it so popular for ice cream van music?! 🤣

Mochudubh · 02/07/2025 18:51

One plays Oranges & Lemons, the other plays Harry Lime's theme (Orangutangutangutang, orangutangutangutang, orangutangutangutangutang, orangutangutangutangutang).

Eastendboysandwestendgirls · 02/07/2025 18:51

"Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree". Few things give me the fucking rage like that tune on a bloody ice-cream van.

CrushingOnRubies · 02/07/2025 18:58

I think it’s ring a ring a roses. Maybe pop goes the weasel

cloudyblueglass · 02/07/2025 18:58

Match of the Day

notnorman · 02/07/2025 19:01

Where do they get the ‘tunes’ from, are they preloaded, can they change them, why are they so god awful, so many questions

Ninkynonkpinkyponks · 02/07/2025 19:02

Green sleeves

AllTheWatersTurnedToClouds · 02/07/2025 19:28

The Lambada.... which i've always thought a bit inappropriate, remembering the video!

polarsystem · 02/07/2025 19:28

Teddy bears picnic 🧸

Needmorelego · 02/07/2025 19:30

Yankee Doodle 😂

PollyannaWhittier · 02/07/2025 19:36

Yankee Doodle

The previous one used to play Cockles and Mussels / Molly Malone.

ItsFridayIminLoveJS · 02/07/2025 19:44

Popeye the sailor man.
I can't help but sing along.
Obviously there is different versions..
" I'm Popeye the sailor man.. l am l am.
I turned on the gas and burnt my ass... I'm popeye the sailor man"

Tarkan · 02/07/2025 19:48

I want to say it’s Blue Danube but I can’t remember now. I’ll have to listen when it comes round again.

catin8oot5 · 02/07/2025 19:57

I’m forever blowing bubbles

HollyGolightly4 · 02/07/2025 20:00

Match of the day.

To be fair, I think it's a great tune!

MieleForMe · 02/07/2025 20:04

Ours plays the James Bond theme tune from the middle section. I heard it last night when I was cooking dinner so clocked it.

Arlanymor · 02/07/2025 21:30

ItsFridayIminLoveJS · 02/07/2025 19:44

Popeye the sailor man.
I can't help but sing along.
Obviously there is different versions..
" I'm Popeye the sailor man.. l am l am.
I turned on the gas and burnt my ass... I'm popeye the sailor man"

I'm Popeye the Sailor Man
I live in a caravan
There's a hole in the middle
Where I do my piddle
I'm Popeye the Sailor Man

Did I waste my youth? I have tons of these! 😂

BatshitCrazyWoman · 02/07/2025 21:34

The Match of the Day theme tune, incredibly loudly. I miss the Greensleeves the ice cream vans of my childhood played!

ArcticBells · 02/07/2025 21:36

Raindrops keep falling on my head 🙃

SydneyCarton · 02/07/2025 21:38

Whistle While You Work. For some reason the van is called Yes Bruv 🤷‍♀️

ShodAndShadySenators · 02/07/2025 21:41

Yankee Doodle. It drives me nuts because I'll be outside weeding or something and realise I've got Yankee Doodle in my head like the worst earworm ever. Then it'll start tinkling again...

I don't like it as it's an annoying tune that sticks in my head and worse: I hear it so often in the streets behind ours but they never come down our road Angry

BooseysMom · 02/07/2025 21:41

Lots of Match of the Day ones! I never realised they play that, or the Birdie Song. Wish ours played the A Team.
Ours has recently changed his tune that I can't remember to something I can't place but still recognise! It's so loud when it goes past our house that DF can hear it over the phone and he's mostly deaf!! 😆

cakeorwine · 02/07/2025 21:42

Ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, ice.
Ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, get your lovely ice cream. ♪

For those who know...

But it only sells strawberry flavour