History Series / DontForgettheLyrics

* EnforcedPlug:
** The syndicated version did not have an on-stage house band, and instead promoted its music as being "powered by [=MySpace=] Karaoke" (a service on the then News Corporation-owned social network Website/MySpace). Some episodes also featured the "Advertising/{{GEICO}} Backup".

* ViewersAreGoldfish: Somewhat abundant in the 2022 FOX revival, as Niecy usually needs to recap what the previous and answered lyrics are for nearly ''every'' song.

The show originally ran on FOX from 2007 through 2009, hosted by Creator/WayneBrady. 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).

** The 2022 revival only uses two Backups, Backup Singer and Three Words. Unlike Two Words on the Wayne Brady version, Three Words does not have to be used all at once on one song (i.e. the words are used one at a time, at any point during any song).

** The syndicated version did not have an on-stage house band, and instead promoted its music as being "powered by [=MySpace=] Karaoke" (a service on the then News Corporation-owned social network Website/MySpace). Some episodes also featured the "Advertising/{{GEICO}} Backup"

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

** The 2022 revival only uses two Backups, Backup Singer and Three Words. Unlike Two Words on the Wayne Brady version, Three Words does not have to be used all at once on one song (i.e. the words are used one at a times, at any point during any song).

* DidntThinkThisThrough: A contestant once needed three words of Helen Reddy's "I Am Woman". She used her last backup: 2 words. She chooses the second word first which is "Am", instead of using logic and knowing the only word that can come before am is I, she chooses the first word which is indeed I but had no idea what the third word was and missed the question. If she had just used common sense and chosen the third word, she would have got it right.

* GameShowHost: Wayne Brady, who now hosts CBS' ''Series/LetsMakeADeal''. Mark [=McGrath=] of Music/SugarRay did the syndicated run. Niecy Nash hosts the current Fox revival.

** The 2022 revival only uses two Backups, Backup Singer and Three Words. Unlike Two Words on the Wayne Brady version, Three Words does not have to be used all at once on one song.

A Creator/{{Fox}} GameShow where a single contestant tries to correctly guess the next line in a series of popular songs for a chance to win up 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. The main game uses nine themed categories (usually dealing with a genre, artist, time period, etc) with two song choices each, with each correct answer bringing the contestant up a money ladder progressing up to $500,000. At this point, the contestant can either quit with their winnings, or risk it on the final Million-Dollar Song--a mystery song that has been a number-one hit. Answering it correctly awards the million,, or else the player drops back down to $100,000.


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. It retains a similar format to the Wayne Brady version, although the money ladder has been changed to reduce the amounts of the final four songs before the Million-Dollar Song (now topping out at $250,000), and the $100,000 safety net for it was removed (leaving only the $25,000 milestone).

* GameShowHost: Wayne Brady, who now hosts CBS' ''Series/LetsMakeADeal''. Mark [=McGrath=] of Music/SugarRay did the syndicated run. Niecy Nash hosts the current FOX revival.

* {{Lifelines}}: Known as "Backups" here, and three in all — Backup Singer (send one supporter up to provide their own performance and/or guess), Two Words (exposes up to two words from the correct answer — of the player’s choice), and Three Lines (changes it into a multiple-choice question with three possible answers; also the only Backup used on the syndicated version).
** The French classic version (from September 2011) had a fourth Backup named Switch, which allowed the contestant to switch to the other song of the same category.
** The 2022 FOX version only features Backup Singer and a new (updated) help: Three Words, which allows a maximal total of three words to be revealed one at a time, at any time in any song.
* ProductPlacement: The syndicated version did not have an on-stage house band, and instead featured the house band with plugs for [=MySpace=] Karaoke (a service on the then FOX-owned social network Website/MySpace).

for the levels leading up to $500,000, followed by the Million-Dollar Song, an almost AllOrNothing gamble on a mystery song that is or has 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 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.

A Creator/{{FOX}} GameShow (which can be considered a modern take on Series/NameThatTune) 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 are.

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 is or has 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 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 first episode, which aired on Monday, May 23rd, was also the lead-in to a new season premiere of Series/BeatShazam.

A Creator/{{FOX}} GameShow originally hosted by Creator/WayneBrady (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 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 are.

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 are.

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 leave with $500,000.

** The Million-Dollar Song on the primetime versions. If the player decides to play this song, they must not walk away or use any Backups (except in later seasons of the Brady version, where only Backup Singer may be used - see below).

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.

* BonusRound: This is always a song that is or has been a #1 billboard hit, which also falls in one of the nine categories in the main game.

* BonusRound:
** The Million-Dollar Song on the primetime versions. This is always a song that is or has been a #1 billboard hit, which also falls in one of the nine categories in the main game. If the player decides to play this song, they must not walk away or use any Backups (except in later seasons of the Brady version, where only Backup Singer may be used - see below).
** The Encore in the syndicated run, also a #1 billboard hit. 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 cleared all four songs, they were guaranteed $1,000 and the final song was played for $50,000.

** The Million-Dollar Song on the primetime versions. This is always a song that is or has been a number one hit, which also falls in one of the nine categories in the main game. If the player decides to play this song, they must not walk away or use any Backups (except in later seasons of the Brady version, where only Backup Singer may be used - see below).
** 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 cleared all four songs, they were guaranteed $1,000 and the final song was played for $50,000.

** The 2022 FOX version only features Backup Singer and a new (updated) help: Three Words, which allows a maximum of three words to be revealed one at a time, at any time in any song.

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

** The Million-Dollar Song on the primetime versions. This is always a song that is or has been a number one hit which also falls in one of the nine categories in the main game. If the player decides to play this song, they must not walk away or use any Backups (except in later seasons of the Brady version, where only Backup Singer may be used - see below).

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

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

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

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

* {{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). For the Million-Dollar Song (in later seasons of the Brady version), only Backup Singer may be used.

* ProductPlacement: The syndicated version did not have an on-stage house band, and instead featured the house band with plugs for [=MySpace=] Karaoke (a service on the then Fox-owned social network Website/MySpace).

* {{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). For the Million-Dollar Song (in later seasons of the Brady version only), only Backup Singer may be used.

* {{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). For the Million-Dollar Song (in later seasons of the Brady version only), only Backup Singer could be used.

In 2022, FOX revived ''Lyrics'' with a new host, Creator/NiecyNash. The first episode, aired on Monday, May 23rd was also the lead-in to a new season premiere of Series/BeatShazam.

In 2022, FOX revived ''Lyrics'' with a new host, Creator/NiecyNash. The first episode, aired on Monday, May 23rd was also a lead-in to a new season premiere of BeatShazam.