History Series / DontForgettheLyrics

In 2022, FOX revived ''Lyrics'' with a new host, Creator/NiecyNash.

* {{Lifelines}}: Known as "Backups" here, and three in all — Backup Singer (send one supporter up to provide their own performance and guess), Two Words (expose up to two words from the correct answer), and Three Lines (changes it into a multiple-choice question with three possible answers; also the only Backup used on the syndicated version).

A Creator/{{Fox}} GameShow originally hosted by Creator/WayneBrady, where a single contestant tries to correctly guess the next line in a series of popular songs to climb higher up a money ladder to $1,000,000. Each song is played as a karaoke-style performance, until the screen displays a series of blanks corresponding to each missing word, where the contestant must correctly guess what the missing words were.

The main game uses nine themed categories (usually dealing with a genre, artist, time period, etc) with two song choices each for the levels leading up to $500,000, followed by the Million-Dollar Song, an almost AllOrNothing gamble on a mystery song that had been a number one hit. Get it right (like nobody ended up doing) and you won $1,000,000, but lose and you drop back down to $100,000… or you can always chicken out and walk away with $500,000.

The show ran on Fox from 2007 through 2009. A syndicated version with a modified format and a $50,000 top prize ran in the 2010-11 television season, which was hosted by Mark [=McGrath=] of Music/SugarRay and often paired with a syndicated version of its sister show ''Series/AreYouSmarterThanAFifthGrader'' (both series folded after a single season).

In 2022, Fox revived ''Lyrics'' with a new host, Creator/NiecyNash.

The main game uses nine themed categories (usually dealing with a genre, artist, time period, etc) with two song choices each for the levels leading up to $500,000, followed by the Million-Dollar Song, an almost AllOrNothing gamble on a mystery song that had been a number one hit. Get it right (like nobody ended up doing) and you won $1,000,000, but lose and you drop back down to $100,000. Alternatively, you could also walk away with $500,000.

** The Million-Dollar Song on the primetime versions. In the original Brady version, only Backup Singer may be used in this song, whereas the Nash version doesn’t allow helps at all.

** The 2022 FOX version only features Backup Singer and the new Three Words (which allows a maximum of three words to be revealed at any time during the first nine songs).

In 2022, Fox revived ''Lyrics'' with new host Creator/NiecyNash.

** The Million-Dollar Song on the primetime version.

* 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).

* SpiritualSequel: The show's structure is very similar to ''Fifth Grader''.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: As with other FOX game shows at the time, ''Lyrics'' was notorious for dropping spoilers in commercial break bumpers and advertisements.
* WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire: Played straight in the primetime version with its padding, lifelines, top prize, etc. The set design can be excused as emulating the look and feel of its de facto sister show ''Series/AmericanIdol'', however. The syndicated version uses a lower-stakes format with a top prize of $50,000.

GameShow that can be considered a modern take on ''Series/NameThatTune'', where a single contestant tries to correctly guess the next line in a series of popular songs of the player's choice (given the number of missing words) to climb higher up a [[WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire stereotypical money ladder with the help of stereotypical assists to win up to a stereotypical $1,000,000]]. Each song is played as a karaoke-style performance (complete with a live cover band on the FOX primetime version), until the screen displays a series of blanks corresponding to each missing word, where the contestant must correctly guess what the missing words were.

The main game uses nine themed categories (usually dealing with a genre, artist, time period, etc) with two song choices each for the levels leading up to $500,000, followed by the Million-Dollar Song, an almost AllOrNothing gamble on a mystery song that had been a number one hit. Get it right (like nobody ended up doing) and you won $1,000,000, but lose and you drop back down to $100,000...'''or''' you can always chicken out and leave with $500,000.

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 Creator/WayneBrady and syndicated versions in the past.

** The Million-Dollar Song on FOX.

** The French classic version (from September 2011) had a fourth Backup named Switch, which allows the contestant to switch to the other song of the same category.

** The French version (from September 2011) had a fourth Backup named Switch, which allows the contestant to switch to the other song of the same category.

** The French version (from September 2011) had a fourth Backup named Switch which allows the contestant to switch to the other song of the same category.

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* ConsolationPrize: A UsefulNotes/MP3 player on the syndicated version.

** The Encore in the syndicated run. If the player had missed one of the first four songs, the final song was double-or-nothing - a miss sent the player home with a customized [=MP3=] player. If the player had passed all four songs, they were guaranteed $1,000 and the final song was played for $50,000.

** The Encore in the syndicated run. If the player had missed one of the first four songs, the final song was double-or-nothing - a miss sent the player home with a customized MP3 player. If the player had passed all four songs, they were guaranteed $1,000 and the final song was played for $50,000.

** The Million-Dollar Song on FOX

* BonusRound: The Million-Dollar Song on FOX, the Encore in the syndicated run.

!!GameShowTropes in use:

* Personnel:
** TheAnnouncer: Mark Thompson, who co-hosted ''Hole In The Wall''.
** GameShowHost: Wayne Brady, who now hosts CBS' ''Series/LetsMakeADeal''. Mark [=McGrath=] of Music/SugarRay did the syndicated run.

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!!This show provides examples of:
* CatchPhrase: "Lock in those lyrics!"
** SigningOffCatchphrase: In the Vietnamese version: "With music, we are one" in ''both'' Vietnamese and English.
* 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, and sang a ''lot'' more than what they needed to win the $500,000.
** ''All'' players on the Vietnamese version are celebrities.
* CommercialBreakCliffhanger: Okay, let us see, is that word ''x''? Shot of contestant, shot of the audience, shot of the board, commercial break with [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil footage clearly showing a dollar amount much higher than the contestant is on]].
* 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).
* SpiritualSequel: The show's structure is very similar to ''Fifth Grader''.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: As with other FOX game shows at the time, ''Lyrics'' was notorious for dropping spoilers in commercial break bumpers and advertisements.

** SigningOffCatchphrase: In the Vietnamese version: "With music, we are one" in both Vietnamese and English.

** SigningOffCatchphrase: Vietnamese version: "With music, we are one" in both Vietnamese and English.

* 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).

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: As with other Fox game shows at the time, ''Lyrics'' was notorious for dropping spoilers in commercial break bumpers and advertisements.

GameShow that can be considered a modern take on ''Series/NameThatTune'', where a single contestant tries to correctly guess the next line in a series of popular songs of the player's choice (given the number of missing words) to climb higher up a [[WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire stereotypical money ladder with the help of stereotypical assists to win up to a stereotypical $1,000,000]]. Each song is played as a karaoke-style performance (complete with a live cover band on the Fox primetime version), until the screen displays a series of blanks corresponding to each missing word, where the contestant must correctly guess what the missing words were.

* ThemeTuneCameo: The show's own theme, "China Grove", was an option in a TV theme songs category on one episode.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: As with other FOX game shows at the time, ''Lyrics'' was notorious for dropping spoilers in commercial break bumpers and advertisements.

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

* 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 [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong Jimmy Hart version]].