History Main / VoiceClipSong

See also {{Sampling}} and StupidStatementDanceMix.

See also {{Sampling}}.

A common trait of {{Fanvid}}s: it was not uncommon during the TurnOfTheMillennium to see a clip of a popular film or series remixed over a techno beat. In TheNew10s, this was superseded by the trends of YTPMV[[note]]which stands for YouTubePoop Music Video, though [=YTPMV=] [[ArtifactTitle quickly grew disconnected]] from YouTubePoop[[/note]] and 音MAD (''oto MAD'')[[note]]音 (oto) means "sound", and MAD stands for Musical Animated Dojinshi (MAD itself being another term for {{Fanvid}}s). Has its own culture, but is essentially the Website/NicoNicoDouga equivalent to [=YTPMV=][[/note]] videos, which tend more towards covering {{chiptune}} and GameMusic. A staple of these videos (especially for YTPMV) is to chop up voice clips into syllables and phonemes and turn them into instruments; in this sense, they can be compared to EverythingIsAnInstrument.

* ''Anime/LuckyStar''. Pick a character. Chances are someone made a techno remix song out of their dialogue from the show. Konata and Tsukasa are the two most famous examples.

A common trait of {{Fanvid}}s: it was not uncommon during the TurnOfTheMillennium to see a clip of a popular film or series remixed over a techno beat. In TheNew10s, this was superseded by the trends of YTPMV[[note]]which stands for YouTubePoop Music Video, though [=YTPMV=] [[ArtifactTitle quickly grew disconnected]] from YouTubePoop[[/note]] and 音MAD (''oto MAD'')[[note]]音 (oto) means "sound", and MAD stands for Musical Animated Dojinshi (MAD itself being another term for {{Fanvid}}s). Has its own culture, but is essentially the Website/NicoNicoDouga equivalent to [=YTPMV=][[/note]] videos, which tend more towards covering {{chiptune}} and GameMusic. A stable of these videos (especially for YTPMV) is to chop up voice clips into syllables and phonemes and turn them into instruments; in this sense, they can be compared to EverythingIsAnInstrument.

A common trait of {{Fanvid}}s: it was not uncommon during the TurnOfTheMillennium to see a clip of a popular film or series remixed over a techno beat. In TheNew10s, this was superseded by the trends of YTPMV[[note]]which stands for YouTubePoop Music Video, though [=YTPMV=] [[ArtifactTitle quickly grew disconnected]] from YouTubePoop[[/note]] or 音MAD (''oto MAD'')[[note]]音 (oto) means "sound", and MAD stands for Musical Animated Dojinshi (MAD itself being another term for {{Fanvid}}s). Has its own culture, but is essentially the Website/NicoNicoDouga equivalent to [=YTPMV=][[/note]] videos, which tend more towards covering {{chiptune}} and GameMusic. A stable of these videos (especially for YTPMV) is to chop up voice clips into syllables and phonemes and turn them into instruments; in this sense, they can be compared to EverythingIsAnInstrument.

A common trait of {{Fanvid}}s: it was not uncommon during the TurnOfTheMillennium to see a clip of a popular film or series remixed over a techno beat. In TheNew10s, this evolved into the trends of YTPMV[[note]]which stands for YouTubePoop Music Video, though [=YTPMV=] [[ArtifactTitle quickly grew disconnected]] from YouTubePoop[[/note]] or 音MAD (''oto MAD'')[[note]]音 (oto) means "sound", and MAD stands for Musical Animated Dojinshi (MAD itself being another term for {{Fanvid}}s). Has its own culture, but is essentially the Website/NicoNicoDouga equivalent to [=YTPMV=][[/note]], which tend to be (though are by no means exclusively) covers of {{chiptune}} or GameMusic. YTPMV and oto MAD videos usually (especially the former) chop up voice clips into syllables and phonemes and turn them into instruments; in this sense, they can be compared to EverythingIsAnInstrument.

The practice of editing voice clips into the ''entire'' song (that is, including the accompaniment) was called plunderphonics in The80s. Nowadays, it often crosses over with {{Fanvid}}: The TurnOfTheMillennium had a largely-uncoordinated trend of making remixes of clips from various movies and shows. In TheNew10s, the plunderphonics style was [[EvolvingTrope created again]], now called YTPMV[[note]]which stands for YouTubePoop Music Video, though [=YTPMV=] [[ArtifactTitle quickly grew disconnected]] from YouTubePoop[[/note]] or 音MAD (''oto MAD'')[[note]]音 (oto) means "sound", and MAD stands for Musical Animated Dojinshi (MAD itself being another term for {{Fanvid}}s). Has its own culture, but is essentially the Website/NicoNicoDouga equivalent to [=YTPMV=][[/note]].

Additionally, YTPMV and oto MAD videos have a tendency to chop up voice clips into syllables and phonemes and turn them into instruments; in this sense, they can be compared to EverythingIsAnInstrument.

* A possible UrExample of the trope appears in the form of Music/BrianEno and Music/DavidByrne's ''Music/MyLifeInTheBushOfGhosts'', which set sampled audio of radio [=DJs=], preachers, politicians, and religious singers to avant-funk instrumentals. Unlike later examples, these clips aren't edited to fit certain melodies, but it still sets a precedent long before it became an identifiable trope.

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* In ''Film/BabyDriver'', the main character likes to record snippets from conversations and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3igDZrG3DTQ remix them into songs]]. [[spoiler:This causes him some problems later in the movie, considering how he's involved in crime: his cohorts catch him in the act of recording them and immediately jump to the logical conclusion that he's wearing a wire for the police, though he manages to defuse this by playing one of his songs to prove that he does remix them.]]

[[folder:Web Video]]
* ''WebVideo/AutoTuneTheNews'' is all about this, as well as various {{BSide}}s, such as Barack Obama singing about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yghFBt-fXmw kicking ass]].

* MC Hammer can't touch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD7vKmglHMc Mormon Jesus]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDwsBv-jjQU I Don't Like It]] is a mix of various statements uttered by controversial Australian politician Pauline Hanson (the video features performer/mix artist "Pauline Pantsdown" lip-synching the performance)

* The [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Picard]] Song.
** The TNG cast sing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNSnOZc9j3w Call Me Maybe]]
*** Also, here it is by the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szmHFVMc4iQ The Original Series cast]]
** The TNG cast sing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiSn2JuDQSc Let it Snow]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE-1RPDqJAY&pp=ygUedGFraW5nIHRoZSBob2JiaXRzIHRvIGlzZW5nYXJk THEY'RE TAKING]] [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers THE HOBBITS]] [[Creator/OrlandoBloom TO ISENGARD!]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn_GKGN0Dh8 Now performed]] [[AscendedMeme by the]] [[MemeAcknowledgement man himself.]]
* UsefulNotes/FormulaOne has one of them as well, coming from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBYd9UVBGTs Rubens Barrichello leashing out on his team]] after losing out in the German Grand Prix
* [=RoyishGoodLooks=] made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0wVRG38IYs a song]] using clips from the famous "I have the high ground!" scene from ''Film/StarWarsRevengeOfTheSith''. He later [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7YA8oH59P4 put his own vocals on the song.]]
* Do "Mentally Dull (Think Tank Remix)" (''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'') and "Batdance" (''Batman'' 1989) count?
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTOQUnvI3CA Two Tribes]] is an even earlier example.
* ''Anime/LuckyStar''. Pick a character. Chances are someone made a techno remix song out of their dialogue from the show. Konata and Tsukasa are the two most famous examples.
* The YouTubePoop Music Videos [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTZ9t-KymYo "Tomorrow I'll"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bNCfEvQFUY "It's From The Show"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFMwgOfdG_M "Robotnik's Tea Party"]], featuring Dr. Ivo "Pingas" Robotnik.
** Dr. Ivo "Pingas" Robotnik is a ''magnet'' of this. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBgdWhtzJ0g This]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIp0UknXmvQ This]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMRokTaaGzA This]] were all made by the ''same'' user.

* The [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]] JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} and [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove What Is Love]] videos.
* Finnish rap artist A-Tyyppi has mixed phrases from sports commentator Antero Mertaranta into a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvOHfErTXG8 truly hysterical dance song.]] It's still regularly played whenever Finland manages to kick ass at ice hockey.
* [[Creator/CharlieSheen I have one gear:]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QS0q3mGPGg Go! Epic winning!"]]
** Whoa, [[http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/18/business/charlie-sheen-hiv-positive.html?_r=0 that's]] HarsherInHindsight.
* One early example would be Paul Hardcastle's 1985 single "19": There are some professional backing vocalists singing a few lines, but the vocals are mainly clips from a documentary about UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.
* [[http://www.druboogierocks.com Dru Boogie]] makes dance tracks out of ''[[Radio/OpieAndAnthony Opie & Anthony Show]]'' clips on a regular basis.
* From Australia, there's [[http://www.waxaudio.com.au/ Wax Audio]]'s brilliant mix of George W. Bush, set to John Lennon's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqDkpIChVsk Imagine]]
* PBS commissioned the artist of the aforementioned Symphony of Science to make these as tributes for old and well-loved shows and personalities that are no longer with us. To date we have:
** [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Mister Rogers]]: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFzXaFbxDcM Garden of Your Mind]]"
** [[Series/TheJoyOfPainting Bob Ross]]: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLO7tCdBVrA Happy Little Clouds]]"
** [[CookingShow Julia Child]]: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80ZrUI7RNfI Keep On Cooking]]"
** [[Series/ReadingRainbow Reading Rainbow]]: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FD1K8OvVCs In your Imagination]]
* Sweet Brown - Ain't Nobody Got Time for That ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFEoMO0pc7k Autotune Remix]]) Put together from a woman's description of what happened when she realized her apartment complex was on fire.
* The song "I Can Take Anything" from ''Film/PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles'' remixes dialogue from Creator/SteveMartin and Creator/JohnCandy's characters.
-->"You're messing with the wrong guy!"
* Several Barack Obama quotes - including the audio book of "The Audacity of Hope" - give us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7urc4KrB8Nw this gem.]][[note]]At a few points, the book quotes an old friend of Obama who regularly used vulgarity and slang - since Obama read the audiobook himself it was easy to take these passages out of context[[/note]].
* ''Series/RedDwarf'' fanvid "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG7nK-TLBiI Noise from the Dwarf]]" makes lines from the show into rhyming lyrics that even make a bizarre sort of sense.
-->Strike a light, it's Gordon.\\
Small, off-duty, Czechoslovakian traffic warden!
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'': Most of the videos by [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXzmcdy3BVCnLqwOx2JERMg Young Scrolls]], such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaZXPx1kdtg "Star"]], which uses lines from the Adoring Fan in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]''.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdPjWdGLmso GOMIKASU -Original Mix-]]" by Japanese musician/DJ [=ChibaNyan=] is based on remixing clips from [[WebAnimation/{{Nijisanji}} Era Otogibara]]. [=ChibaNyan=] later did another one called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnBQjWIEV_s Ancient GIBARA ~The Return of the King~]]".
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPqXI69a3MY Pokemon Masters Are Broke]], a remix of quotes from a WebVideo/GameTheory episode regarding how much money you could make as a [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Pokemon trainer]] if you had realistic expenses. [[spoiler: [[{{ForegoneConclusion}} As it turns out, you would lose money even if you succeeded.]]]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/@placeboing/videos placeboing]] is a [=YouTube=] channel that specializes in these sorts of videos, with songs made from voice lines taken from everything from Series/{{Seinfeld}}, to Series/{{Intergalactic}}, to VideoGame/TeamFortressClassic. Some of his older videos instead remix the lines of real people, such as UsefulNotes/BarackObama, UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, and Alex Jones — the last one being responsible for his most successful video, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JRLCBb7qK8 Gay Frogs]].

* This was a part of Frank Klepacki's SignatureStyle when he composed music for the ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'' franchise and it was especially prevalent in the CD soundtrack to ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianDawn'', the in-game tracks omitted most of the voice clips so they didn't distract the player or drown out EVA's announcements. "Got a Present for Ya!" from ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRenegade Renegade]]'' brings this full-circle by using voice clips from... Himself, as he voiced the Commando in ''Tiberian Dawn'' and he would record new samples for the ''Tiberian Sons'' version played at Super [=MAGFest=] 2019 which was re-recorded for the ''Remastered Collection''.
* Early ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' entries with in-house composers were also fond of this, particularly in ''High Stakes'' and ''Porsche Unleashed'' with songs like "I Am Electro" by The Funk Lab, which uses the voice of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdLEQNmsXag Elektro the Robot]], or "The Cost of Freedom" by The Experiment (also featured in ''VideoGame/{{Motorstorm}}'') which samples UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy's "The cost of freedom is always high!".
* ''VideoGame/Payday2'' features [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVLXNgk9uJ8 "Donacdum"]], a MemeticMutation of Houston's famous ''"Don't act dumb,"'' line. It features a few other of the heisters and even Bain, but Houston's ''Donacdum'' accompanies a majority of the song.

* Music/Disclosure: "When a Fire Starts to Burn" is built around a sample from motivational speaker Eric Thomas.

The practice of editing voice clips into the ''entire'' song (that is, including the accompaniment) was called plunderphonics in The80s. Nowadays, it often crosses over with {{Fanvid}}: The TurnOfTheMillennium had a largely-uncoordinated trend of making remixes of clips from various movies and shows. In TheNew10s, the plunderphonics style was [[EvolvingTrope created again]], now called YTPMV[[note]]which stands for YouTubePoop Music Video, though [=YTPMV=] [[ArtifactTitle quickly grew disconnected]] from YouTubePoop[[/note]] or 音MAD[[note]]音 (oto) means "sound", and MAD stands for Musical Animated Dojinshi (MAD itself being another term for {{Fanvid}}s). Has its own culture, but is essentially the Website/NicoNicoDouga equivalent to [=YTPMV=][[/note]].