With the addition of The Inside Outtakes to Netflix's lineup as well as his recent directorial release of Kate Berlant's new comedy special, Cinnamon in the Wind, Bo Burnham is back in headlines once again. While Inside and its extra footage have been a huge hit since its initial release in May 2021, many new fans often forget that Bo Burnham had a long career of YouTube videos, Vines, movies, and three other musical standup specials prior to his recent boost in fame.

Longtime fans of Burnham have gathered on forums everywhere to discuss what his best songs of all time have been. Though most of his content is satirical and involves a lot of dark humor, fans often gravitate toward the most serious and personal of his songs in each special, which would also explain the popularity of his new content within the community of his old fanbase. Time and again, there are a consistent group of songs that people tend to classify as his best of all time.

Repeat Stuff

"Repeat Stuff" is a Bo Burnham classic. Directly parodying the standard corporate love song, it makes fun of the vagueness and insincerity that many often feel pop songs include. The song and preface that comes before it directly call out artists such as Jason Derulo and Justin Bieber.

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This is one of Burnham's few songs pre-hiatus that accompanied a studio recording as well as a fully produced music video. While there are slight contrasts between the live performance versions of the song and the studio recorded, it certainly retains its charm through both.

Nerds

A studio recorded song from what., "Nerds" describes the feeling of being left out of the group, considered a nerd, and being bullied. The song is told from the perspective of middle/high school student Bo, and essentially boils down to, "I know I'm weird, and it's made me who I am. And I'll be there for all the other weirdos from now on."

This is one of Bo's songs that seemed to solidify him an audience much younger than himself, five years out of high school at the time this song was released. Although Bo Burnham has since proven he has much to say on the topic of those difficult years through other works including the release of his 2018 coming-of-age film Eighth Grade, this song is still a testament to how and why he ended up with such a young demographic, even early on.

We Think We Know You

"We Think We Know You" is one of Burnham's most complex and insightful songs. It begins with and is comprised entirely from audio snippets of conversations that Bo replicates having had with talent agents and former acquaintances. It essentially communicates the entrapment that the performance world places one in, and then turns these conversations into an electronic beat that Bo mimes and dances to on stage at the end of his special what.

This song and its accompanying performance have been viewed for years as a representation of Bo Burnham's full potential. Without a doubt shaping his fanbase into what they are, "We Think We Know You" is a great, catchy song with a message that clearly resonated.

Lower Your Expectations

Despite the lack of an official Make Happy album, "Lower Your Expectations" still seemed to rile up the fanbase in the best of ways. Similarly to "Repeat Stuff," this song parodies love songs, detailing the things that men and women want in their ideal partners, then comically confirms that the listener might want these things, but will never get them.

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Some lyrics from this song have gone on to provoke memes and as most of his satire becomes, it is a fun, catchy song that people have both related to and derived much enjoyment from overall. Burnham's self-awareness and criticism of the world are a trademark of his and clearly, his fans agree.

Words, Words, Words

"Words, Words, Words" is both the title of Bo Burnham's first comedy special and one of his most iconic songs. A true representation of his early content and a good insight into his future, this song is a fast, goofy, Lonely Island-type rap that talks nonsense, double entendres, and some incredible wordplay.

This song is fun, edgy, and one of the top three most viewed videos on Burnham's YouTube channel to date. The music video, similarly to his other couple music videos, contrasts only in the slightest of ways, but does not detract from any enjoyment that the absurdity of the song and video has to offer.

Welcome To The Internet

"Welcome to the Internet" has ironically become an internet hit since Inside's release. The song, matched with its accompanying visuals, evokes a sinister, cartoon villain-esque feel that drives home the absurdity, juxtapositions, and dangers of the once all-wonderful world wide web. Added together, the song is easily one of Bo Burnham's best performances in Inside.

Here, Burnham uses dark humor to point out how the significant impact that our rapid increase in the use of technology without any limits has affected everyone, youth and adults alike. As his lyrics detail, one can log online to find posts titled "here's a healthy breakfast option!" and claiming "you should kill your mom" one after the other, and it will inevitably send the user spiraling, much like the song does for the listener.

Art Is Dead

"Art is Dead" was the first of Bo's sincere satire, and seemingly the beginning of the existentialism that his later works were based so heavily in. The song is prefaced by a disclaimer from Burnham saying that it's "not very funny, but it helps [him] sleep at night," and essentially talks about his feelings of disassociation from his art, claiming that artists never grow up, they are only rewarded for their irrational and unbecoming behavior.

This song is backed heavily by another statement that Burnham makes in his much later special Make Happy, where he states, "If I stop entertaining you, throw me to the curb. You wouldn't stick with your mechanic if he stopped fixing your car. I'm in a service industry, I'm just overpaid." His opinions on the entertainment industry are consistent throughout all of his works, and always evoke a feeling of vague existential dread.

Are You Happy?

As if Make Happy didn't already conclude perfectly, "Are You Happy?" was the performance's encore, and posed the question, what is true happiness and how do you know once you've achieved it? This song eluded to the decline of Burnham's mental health around his Make Happy era, and confirmed his parting from comedy and performance.

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These songs with a more serious tone tend to be favorites among fans, and whether or not one can relate to the specific circumstances of the troubles detailed, they are often the most relatable songs due to the rawness of content and emotion. "Are You Happy?" struck a chord with many, and was thought for years to be Bo Burnham's greatest song of all time.

That Funny Feeling

Though it is hard to articulate exactly what that "funny feeling" might be, there is no doubt that this song is the best of Inside, essentially describing moments of disassociation, realization that the world is finite, and providing a slow ballad to represent Burnham's acceptance of his existentialism and dread for what the world has become.

In the video, Burnham uses lighting, auditory ambiance, and projectors to create the illusion that he is deep in the forest playing a song around the campfire. And while the song is a clear representation of the conflicting and terrifying feelings he conveys, one can't help but wonder if the presentation of the song itself was intended to evoke "that funny feeling" as well--a perfect feeling of being in a community, lost in "nature," yet created by technology, and viewed at home alone on a screen.

The Chicken

The song that had people at the end of The Inside Outtakes asking themselves, "Did I really just cry about a chicken crossing the road?" this song takes the age-old anti-joke and turns it into a slow, heartfelt ballad that somehow didn't make the original Inside cut, but fortunately got to see the light of day in the latest release.

Bo Burnham's ability to assign both humor and meaning to the mundane through absurdity and song is demonstrated in every single one of his works. This song, an all-time favorite of many but without a doubt of the best songs from The Inside Outtakes, bears a resemblance to another fan favorite of his, the Make Happy finale, "Can't Handle This (Kanye Rant)" where he discusses overfilling a burrito and getting the last chips out of a Pringles can, while seemingly using these concepts as metaphors and transitioning into speech about mental health. Similarly, "The Chicken" appears to many as a metaphor for risking everything for a chance at happiness. The combination of its unexpected play on a cliché while still managing to tug at the heartstrings is clearly something that Burnham's fans value a lot, time and time again.

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