“But he can’t be a man cuz he doesn’t smoke, the same cigarettes as me!” This mega hit was ranked #2 on the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list by Rolling Stone Magazine in 2004, and is usually listed in the top few of ‘greatest songs of all time’ lists, giving this lyric tremendous play, and hearkens back to a time when people strongly identified with the brand of cigarettes they smoked. “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”, The Rolling Stones, 1965. The song is also featured in the 2005 movie, Thank You for Smoking, as well as on television and a video game.Ģ. This song made it to #1 on the country charts for the original performers and for Phil Harris, and numerous covers of the tune have been made, but such luminaries as Sammy Davis, Jr., Michael Nesmith, Willie Nelson, Commander Cody and Jimmy Dean. ( Note: Mitchum wrote as well as sang “The Ballad of Thunder Road” for the 1958 film he starred in, Thunder Road.) Heck, there is even a group called Cigarettes After Sex! Digging Deeperġ. “Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)”, Merle Travis and Tex Williams, 1947. There are a bajillion of them, including several by Frank Sinatra, The Kinks, Blue Oyster Cult, the Cranberries, Soundgarden, Madonna and many other famous acts, including most country western singers. In honor of one of my favorite actors of all time and in a plea to all cigarette smokers out there to quit this life shortening habit, we list 10 Songs with the Word Cigarette(s) in the Lyrics. Mitchum would live nearly to age 80 despite being a heavy smoker his entire adult life, with lung cancer and emphysema eventually doing him in. On August 6, 1917, future actor, composer, and singer Robert Mitchum was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
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