History Series / DontForgettheLyrics

* ConsolationPrize: An MP3 player on the syndicated version.

* CelebrityEdition: Yes, with actual musicians too; such as Meat Loaf, Boys II Men, Kevin Cronin, and Brett Michaels. Sometimes the celebrity musicians even did a musical performance of their own at the end of the show. Played with for Boys II Men's episode, where there just so happened to be a "Boys II Men" category on the board. Of course, they saved it for last; let's just say they sang a ''lot'' more than what they needed to win that $500,000.

* WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire: Played straight in the primetime version with its padding, lifelines, set, top prize, etc. The set design can be excused as trying to emulate the concert stage style of ''Series/AmericanIdol'', however. The syndicated version uses a lower-stakes format with a top prize of $50,000.

The show ran for a few seasons on FOX's primetime lineup from 2007-09. A syndicated version with a modified format and a $50,000 top prize ran from 2010-11, hosted by Music/SugarRay's Mark [=McGrath=] and was usually paired with sister show ''Series/AreYouSmarterThanAFifthGrader''. Reruns of ''Lyrics'' returned on [=FamilyNet=] in October 2011, while Canadian music channel [=MuchMore=] aired reruns of both the Wayne Brady and syndicated versions in the past.

* WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire: Played straight in the primetime version with its padding, lifelines, set, top prize, etc. However, the set design gets a pass for being more like a concert/''Series/AmericanIdol''-type stage and ''not'' just trying to imitate Millionaire. The syndicated version uses a lower-stakes format with a top prize of $50,000.

!!GameShow Tropes in use:

* CastingGag: Music/SugarRay songs came up a few times during the Encore round on the syndicated run, one occasion leading to a $50,000 win.

* ProductPlacement: The syndicated version replaces the house band with plugs for [=MySpace=] Karaoke ([=MySpace=] was owned by a Fox subsidiary at the time, while Fox also handled distribution of this version. They don't own [=MySpace=] anymore, however)

The show ran for a few seasons on FOX's primetime lineup from 2007-09. A syndicated version with a modified format and a $50,000 top prize ran from 2010-11, hosted by Music/SugarRay's Mark [=McGrath=] and was usually paired with sister show ''AreYouSmarterThanAFifthGrader''. Reruns of ''Lyrics'' returned on FamilyNet in October 2011, while Canadian music channel [=MuchMore=] aired reruns of both the Wayne Brady and syndicated versions in the past.

** GameShowHost: WayneBrady, who now hosts CBS' ''LetsMakeADeal''. Mark [=McGrath=] of Music/SugarRay did the syndicated run.

* ProductPlacement: The syndicated version replaces the house band with plugs for MySpace Karaoke ([=MySpace=] was owned by a Fox subsidiary at the time, while Fox also handled distribution of this version. They don't own [=MySpace=] anymore, however)

* CelebrityEdition: Yes, with actual musicians too; such as Meat Loaf, Boys II Men, Kevin Cronin, and Brett Michaels. Sometimes the celebrity musicians even did a musical performance of their own at the end of the show. Subverted for Boys II Men; there just so happened to be a "Boys II Men" category on the board, so they saved it for last in a successful $500,000 win!

* NoEnding: Since no contestant ever won the million

* RealSongThemeTune: "China Grove" by the Doobie Brothers on the FOX version. Yes, [[ThemeTuneCameo it actually turned up in a TV Themes category once]].
** The syndicated version dumped it for a new theme that may be a [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong Jimmy Hart version]] of it.

The show ran for a few seasons on FOX's primetime lineup from 2007-09. A syndicated version with a modified format and a $50,000 top prize ran from 2010-11, hosted by Mark [=McGrath=] and was usually paired with sister show ''AreYouSmarterThanAFifthGrader''. Reruns of ''Lyrics'' returned on FamilyNet in October 2011, while Canadian music channel [=MuchMore=] aired reruns of both the Wayne Brady and syndicated versions in the past.

** GameShowHost: WayneBrady, who now hosts CBS' ''LetsMakeADeal''. Mark [=McGrath=] of Sugar Ray did the syndicated run.

* CastingGag: Sugar Ray songs came up a few times during the Encore round on the syndicated run, one occasion leading to a $50,000 win.

* ShoutOut: Sugar Ray songs have sometimes shown up as encore songs on the syndicated versions, one occasion leading to a $50,000 win.

* XMeetsY: ''AreYouSmarterThanAFifthGrader'' meets ''Series/NameThatTune''.

* WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire: Played straight in the primetime version with its padding, lifelines, set, top prize, etc. However, the set design may also at the same time echo the stage designs of ''Series/AmericanIdol''. The syndicated version uses a lower-stakes format with a top prize of $50,000.

* WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire: Played straight in the primetime version with its padding, lifelines, set, top prize, etc. However, the set design may also at the same time echo the stage designs of ''AmericanIdol''. The syndicated version uses a lower-stakes format with a top prize of $50,000.

The show ran for a few seasons on FOX's primetime lineup from 2007-09. A syndicated version with a modified format and a $50,000 top prize ran from 2010-11, hosted by Mark [=McGrath=] and was usually paired with sister show ''AreYouSmarterThanAFifthGrader''. Reruns of ''Lyrics'' returned on FamilyNet in October 2011, while Canadian music channel [=MuchMore=] had aired reruns of both the Wayne Brady and syndicated versions.

* CelebrityEdition: Yes, with actual musicians too; such as Meat Loaf, Boys II Men, Kevin Cronin, and Brett Michaels. Sometimes the celebrity musicians even did a musical performance of their own at the end of the show, or in the case of Boys II Men, save the category conveniently dealing with yourselves as your $500,000 song.

* ProductPlacement: The syndicated version replaces the house band with free plugs for MySpace Karaoke ([=MySpace=] at the time, was owned by Fox, who also distributed this version)
* RealSongThemeTune: "China Grove" by the Doobie Brothers on the FOX version. The syndicated version dumped it for a new theme that may be a [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong Jimmy Hart version]] of it.
** This was also lampshaded when China Grove showed up as an option for a "[[ThemeTuneCameo TV Themes]]" category.

** GameShowHost: WayneBrady, who now hosts CBS' ''LetsMakeADeal''. Mark [=McGrath=] did the syndicated run.

* CatchPhrase: "Let's lock in those lyrics!"

The show ran for a few seasons on FOX's primetime lineup from 2007-09. A syndicated version with a modified format and a $50,000 top prize ran from 2010-11, hosted by Mark [=McGrath=] and usually paired with sister show ''AreYouSmarterThanAFifthGrader''. Reruns of ''Lyrics'' will return on FamilyNet in October 2011, and Canadian music channel [=MuchMore=] still airs them (they also aired reruns of the Wayne Brady version too)

* DuelingShows: ''Lyrics'' waged a war with another lyric-based game show on NBC, ''TheSingingBee'', which in comparison was a competitive show with much lower stakes, a more lighthearted feel, and [[WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire a lot less cliche]]. FOX even pushed up the premiere of ''Lyrics'' to try and beat ''Bee'' to air. Ultimately, ''Lyrics'' lasted several seasons and then went to syndication, and ''Bee'' was canned after one season on NBC (but got UnCancelled by CMT).
* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Wayne Brady is very well-known as a television comedian.
*** Also a pretty well known singer himself, which he demonstrated on the show more than once.
** Mark [=McGrath=] is the lead singer of the band Sugar Ray, and also hosted other programs such as the syndicated entertainment show "Extra".
** Rickey Minor, the leader of the house band on the FOX version, was also a music director on ''AmericanIdol''

* ProductPlacement: The syndicated version replaces the house band with free plugs for MySpace Karaoke

* {{Padding}}: "Is that word ''x''?" Shot of the contestant, shot of the board, shot of the contestant's friends...and then, finally, the word is revealed to have been correct all along.
** The syndicated version's padding went into the commercial breaks; there's something wrong when most half-hour games run 22 minutes and yours runs about 19.

** China Grove [[ThemeTuneCameo came up in a "TV Themes" category]] in-game too. Of course, said round will also be remembered for something ''else'' that happened.

* RealSongThemeTune: "China Grove" by the Doobie Brothers on the FOX version. The syndicated version dumped it for a new theme that may be a SuspiciouslySimilarSong version of it.

* LetsJustSeeWhatWouldHaveHappened: If you bail out on the Million-Dollar Song, you got to see what the song was. The Encore works the same way, but you actually get to play it to finish off the show, just to see how you'd do.

* RealSongThemeTune: "China Grove" by the Doobie Brothers on the FOX version. The syndicated version dumped it for a new theme that may be a [[TheJimmyHartVersion Jimmy Hart Version]] of it.

* WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire: Played straight in the primetime version with its padding, lifelines, top prize, etc. However, the set design may invert the ''Millionaire'' stereotyping since it seems to echo the set designs of ''AmericanIdol''. The syndicated version uses a lower-stakes format with a top prize of $50,000.

The show ran for a few seasons on FOX's primetime lineup from 2007-09. A syndicated version with a modified format and a $50,000 top prize ran from 2010-11, hosted by Mark [=McGrath=] and usually paired with sister show ''AreYouSmarterThanAFifthGrader''. Reruns of ''Lyrics'' will return on FamilyNet in October 2011.