Line #146 Main/SongParody


1	->'''Darkseid:''' To earn a living by making songwriters look like fools! Diabolical!\
2	'''Cyborg:''' I don't know, I think it’s all in good fun.\
3	'''Darkseid:''' What's fun about undercutting musicians by subverting their words and compromising their artistic integrity?!
4	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', "[[Recap/TeenTitansGoS3E17And18TwoParter Two Parter]]" (discussing Music/WeirdAlYankovic, who [[SelfDeprecation is voicing Darkseid]])
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6	A song parody is a a specific form of parody that involves taking an existing song, keeping the beat and background the same, then rewriting the lyrics (or possibly adding lyrics to a song that originally had none). Sometimes the new lyrics are similar to the original, sometimes they bear little resemblance. The United States Supreme Court case ''Campbell'' v. ''Acuff-Rose Music'' established song parodies as MediaNotes/FairUse, even when used for profit. Thus, one does not technically need to get permission from the original artist to make a parody, though some (such as Music/WeirdAlYankovic) make it a point to get permission for any parodies.[[note]]Yankovic does this out of principle, i.e. as an act of goodwill towards the artist being parodied to ensure that they don't view the parody negatively. This most famously occurred with rapper Music/{{Coolio}}, who initially expressed displeasure with Yankovic's parody of his song, "Gangsta's Paradise," but the two worked it out, and Coolio extended his apology, stating that he was "being cocky and stupid" and should've embraced what he now viewed as something funny.[[/note]]
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8	In a non-audio medium such as a comic, making a song parody can be a good way to let readers know how a song is supposed to actually ''sound'', by giving them a beat and tune to keep in mind as they read the lyrics.
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10	Often times, song parodies are sung ToTheTuneOf the piece they're spoofing, but this isn't a requirement; oftentimes a SuspiciouslySimilarSong substitute is used instead.
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13	!!Examples:
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16	[[folder:Fan Works]]
17	* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': In "The Wedding Reception", first Mittens and later Bolt and Rhino add humorous lyrics when singing the melody to Music/RichardWagner's bridal chorus from ''Theatre/{{Lohengrin}}''.
18	* ''FanFic/TotalDramaBattleOfTheGenerations'': As noted by the author, all of the songs in the story are parodies of existing ones.
19	** The song in Antarctica references "Let It Go", from ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen\|2013}}''.
20	** Both the lyrics and the visuals described in the Kyoto song are a parody of the opening to ''Anime/{{Neon Genesis Evangelion}}''.
21	* ''Fanfic/TotalDramaStranded'': Of sorts, to romance [[spoiler:Desdemona]], Elijah sings Music/{{Rihanna}}'s "Diamonds", changing the line "Shine bright like a diamond" to "She's bright like a diamond."
22	* ''Fanfic/TotalHighschoolDrama'': There are several songs in the series that are based off of existing songs. For example, in chapter 23, Noah is required to name the most populated cities in each state in the United States in both question and song form. What he sings is a nod to ''Fanfic/ACodetteWorldTour'', which helped inspire this fanfiction; in that story, Cody sang this song for the same challenge that the challenge in this chapter is based off of.
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25	[[folder:Literature]]
26	* ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' parodies numerous poems, as well as a few songs:
27	** The Hatter's "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat" is, very transparently, "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star".
28	** "The Lobster Quadrille" is a spoof of Mary Howitt's poem "The Spider and the Fly", which Creator/LewisCarroll knew in song form. Carroll liked the melody of the song a lot, and specifically asked the composer of a stage version of ''Alice'' to use the old melody rather than trying to write a new one.
29	** Victorian readers would have caught immediately that the Mock Turtle's TorchSong "Beautiful Soup" can be sung to the tune of a pop mega-hit of the day, "Beautiful Star".
30	* ''Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs'' and its sequels parody public domain children's songs with humorous lyrics often relating to an average child's life. The title song of the first book is a parody of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game".
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33	[[folder:Live Action TV]]
34	* ''Series/StargateSG1'''s creators made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqDE8kocoTI a version]] of the opening theme with lyrics.
35	* ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'' mentioned the existence of a secret Snooker-based parody of "Lady in Red" in one sketch about two Snooker tournament radio commentators. In a follow-up sketch later in the episode, the two commentators actually sing a portion of the song, "Table of Reds", in dedication to a manic-depressive Snooker player whom the commentators had both saved from committing suicide at one time or another. See the full sketch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sH-rgwORW8 here]].
36	* The first season ChristmasEpisode of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' gives us this [[LyricalDissonance cheerfully morbid]] parody of ''The Twelve Days of Christmas'', which plays over a montage of Turk's spirit breaking over the course of a terrible Christmas Eve spent on-call:
37	--> On the first day of Christmas\
38	My true love gave to me\
39	A drunk who drove into a tree\
40	On the second day of Christmas\
41	My true love gave to me\
42	Two shattered skulls\
43	And a drunk who drove into a tree.... \
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45	Twelve beaten children\
46	Eleven drive-by shootings\
47	Ten frozen homeless\
48	Nine amputations\
49	Eight burn victims\
50	Seven strangled shoppers\
51	Six random knifings\
52	Five suicides\
53	Four beaten wives\
54	Three O.D.'s\
55	Two shattered skulls\
56	And a drunk who drove into a tree!
57	* ''Series/SesameStreet'' has done several of these, such as "Never Say Never" becoming "Measure, Yeah, Measure" or "Call Me Maybe" into "Share It Maybe."
58	* ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'' ended most episodes with parodies of popular music videos; although some were [[InTheStyleOf style parodies]] or completely original tunes.
59	* ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'' has the host get Right Said Fred to do a parody of their song "I'm So Sexy" reworked to insult Bashar al-Assad because Assad downloaded their music.
60	* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''
61	** SNL often uses {{Suspiciously Similar Song}}s or InTheStyleOf to parody music, but there are times when they use this trope, such as "Walking In Staten", an affectionate jab about Staten Island to the tune of "Walking In Memphis".
62	** When Creator/LucyLawless hosted SNL, she played Music/StevieNicks in the "Stevie Nicks' Fajita Roundup" sketch, singing some of Nicks' most iconic songs with Music/FleetwoodMac and as a solo artist with Tex-Mex-themed lyrics.
63	--->'''Stevie:''' (''sings to the tune of "Rhiannon"'') Chicken fajitas taste real fine / Wouldn't you love to eat them? / My chips and salsa are mighty fine / No one round here can beat 'em.
64	* A common feature in ''Series/SpittingImage''. Perhaps the most (in)famous example would be "Every Bomb You Make", a parody of "Every Breath You Take" from Music/ThePolice, sung by the actual Music/{{Sting}} in exchange of getting copies of every episode of the first series.
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67	[[folder:Magazines]]
68	* ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' sometimes does this, with a NoteFromEd mentioning the tune to which the lyrics are set.
69	* Periodically, ''Magazine/PrivateEye'' would publish a "free gift" 45rpm record, containing sound parody of current events and topical news stories, voiced by Britain's foremost impressionist comedians. These always included a topical parody song based on a current chart hit. [[note]] [=PE=] largely ceased doing this after the advent of TV shows like ''Series/SpittingImage''. For one thing, the comic talent [=PE=] used for its records, often on a voluntary basis, migrated to the paid [=TV=] work and simply were not available any more.[[/note]]
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73	* Music/WeirdAlYankovic has based his career on this trope, making him the TropeCodifier.
74	* Music/BobRivers is particularly well known for his parodies of ChristmasSongs.
75	* For nearly four decades, the Barron Knights were Britain's answer to Weird Al, regularly releasing parodies of current chart hits and coming out with spookily accurate note-for-note musical pastiche - albeit with different lyrics. [[note]]Music/{{Queen}}'s "Bohemian Rhapsody" became a paean of praise for plus-size ladies - also neatly skewering the preoccupation of "Fat-Bottomed Girls" in a mock-operatic style[[/note]]
76	* Many {{filk song}}s are parodies of other songs.
77	* Liam Lynch's album ''Fake Songs'': There's the "Fake Music/{{Bjork}} Song", the "Fake Music/DavidBowie Song", etc.
78	* Music/CledusTJudd is also a career parodist, focusing mainly on CountryMusic.
79	** Before him, the country music parody field was dominated by Pinkard and Bowden, who [[HeAlsoDid also wrote]] several (serious) country songs for other artists. Their biggest hit was "Mama She's Lazy", a parody of Music/TheJudds' "Mama He's Crazy".
80	** Sheb Wooley (of "Purple People Eater" and [[StockScream Wilhelm Scream]] fame) recorded several albums of parodies of then-current country hits in the 1960s and '70s as [[TheAlcoholic Ben Colder]].
81	** Going back even earlier, Homer and Jethro made a name for themselves doing these in the '50s and '60s.
82	* Christian band Music/ApologetiX performs Christian parodies of popular songs.
83	* Comedy-themed barbershop quartets often have entire repertoires that consist of parodies of popular barbershop songs.
84	* Creator/AllanSherman is an older example of building a career on parodies.
85	** Sherman's role model was Mickey Katz (father of [[{{Theatre/Cabaret}} Joel Grey]], grandfather of Creator/JenniferGrey), who built up a following in the 1940s and '50s doing [[YiddishAsASecondLanguage Jewish-themed parodies]] of hit songs.
86	* Creator/StanFreberg did a number of these in the '50s, spoofing such hits of the day as "C'est Si Bon", "Sh-Boom", "The Yellow Rose of Texas", "Rock Island Line", "[[Music/ElvisPresley Heartbreak Hotel]]", and "[[Music/HarryBelafonte The Banana Boat Song]]".
87	** Notably, Freberg's unusual angle was that his spoofs usually keep the music and lyrics of the original; the parody is in the ''way'' the songs are performed. By the end of a Freberg parody, the spoofed performer's vocal tics, stylistic oddities, and/or general egotism lead to all hell breaking loose in the recording studio.
88	* Anthony and Those Other Guys [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyDJXhNhLAI&feature=g-u&context=G2e38db6FUAAAAAAAAAA Thormas Time]] is a Jingle Bells Parody.
89	* Self primarily do non-comedic originals, but the outtake compilation ''Feels Like Breakin' Shit'' included a pair of parody songs: "Titanic" is a ''Film/{{Titanic\|1997}}''-themed parody of Music/ThePixies' "Gigantic" (which also includes a bit of Music/{{Weezer}}'s "The World Has Turned And left Me Here"), while "Moronic" is a parody of Music/AlanisMorissette's "Ironic" that's a TakeThat to the original artist.
90	* "Puppet Dude" by [[Music/JGThirlwell Foetus]] is an odd case of a ''stealth'' song parody: If you read the lyrics, they're clearly meant to fit the meter and rhyme scheme of [[Music/EltonJohn "Rocket Man"]], but the song itself sounds absolutely nothing like it. It's possible JG Thirlwell ''wanted'' to do a straight "Rocket Man" parody but couldn't for legal reasons, so rather than making it a SuspiciouslySimilarSong he just set the lyrics to entirely different-sounding music.
91	* Music/GarfunkelAndOates parodied their own "I Would Never (Have Sex With You)" as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_ml27pscWY "I Would Never (Dissect An Ewe)"]], while pretending to be an amateur tribute act called Simon And Hall.
92	* Early in his career, Chicago radio personality Steve Dahl did parody songs ("[[Music/RodStewart Do Ya Think I'm Disco]]", "[[Music/TheKnack Ayatollah]]", "[[Music/PinkFloyd Another Kid In the Crawl]]") with his band Teenage Radiation.
93	* Music/CeeLoGreen [[SelfParody parodied]] his ''own'' song, turning "Fuck You" (an song insulting an apparent GoldDigger) into "Thank You" (a song praising firefighters).
94	* Music/DaYoopers' catalog includes a few, such as their SignatureSong "Rusty Chevrolet" (a parody of "Jingle Bells") and "Grandpa Got Run Over by a Beer Truck (based on "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer").
95	* Brazilian musician Falcão reworked Music/PinkFloyd's "Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CxAsGYqgec putting lyrics based on a children's song about]] throwing sticks at cats. He only sings it live, as the band denied its publishing - something Falcão comments with "I won't allow them to record my songs either!"
96	* Right Said Fred did a Smurf-related parody of their own song "I'm Too Sexy" called "I'm Too Smurfy" for ''Film/TheSmurfs2'' soundtrack album.
97	* French comedic rapper Fatal Bazooka (Michaël Youn) and singer Pascal Obispo parodied the French hit song ''Confessions nocturnes'' ("nocturnal confessions") by Diam's and Vitaa. The original song was about a woman suspecting her boyfriend to cheat on her and seeking the help of her best friend ; the parody, ''Mauvaise foi nocturne'' ("nocturnal dishonesty") is about a man seeking the help of his best friend after her girlfriend caught him cheating on her. The music video is also a ShotForShotRemake of the original.
98	* P. Project/Padhayangan Project, a music group in UsefulNotes/{{Indonesia}}, specialized in this, parodying many Western and even local songs (and at least ONE Mandarin song based on ''Film/DrunkenMaster''). This lasted until they had a re-shuffling and decided to make more original (but still lighthearted and fun) songs under the name 'Project Pop'.
99	* RecordProducer Nelson Larkin arranged a parody of Music/BillAnderson's "Double S" in 1979 called "Double W", and released it under the name "Whispering Will".
100	* In 1991, a Kentucky band called the Bandit Brothers put together a parody of "Men" by the Forester Sisters, titled "Women". The parody got distribution through Curb Records and made the lower regions of the charts.
101	* Dusty Drake's 2008 single "The 12th Man" is a parody of Music/MarkChesnutt's 2004 single "The Lord Loves the Drinkin' Man" with new lyrics themed around the UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague's Pittsburgh Steelers (Drake is a UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}} native).
102	* Submarine Man is an American rapper who makes foot fetish parodies of popular rap songs. For example, "Stinko Foot" is a parody of "Sicko Mode" by Music/TravisScott.
103	* Music/UnknownP is an [[KayfabeMusic upper-class rapper persona]] created by British comedian Munya Chawawa specifically for this purpose, producing "posh remixes" of various popular rap tunes.
104	* Shortly after the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic started, HeavyMetal cover artist Music/{{Minniva}} took Music/{{Amaranthe}}'s "My Amaranthine" and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7oZty9GPCs rewrote it to "My Quarantine"]].
105	* Music/{{Eminem}} has done several affectionate parodies of songs he likes, occasionally in brief passages. He also likes to do parodies of songs by people he is trying to insult.
106	** Eminem's first {{diss track}} to [[Music/HouseOfPain Everlast]], "I Remember (Dedication To Whitey Ford)", is a parody of the blues rock that Everlast had switched to making, which is intended [[CopycatMockery to insult him for switching genres]]. Eminem spells this out during the last verse - "''I can sing better than you and I don't fuckin' sing! And probably play guitar better, and I ain't never touched a string.''".
107	** Eminem's "The Watcher" [[FreestyleVersion freestyle]] is a spoof of Music/DrDre's the original "The Watcher" (which Eminem [[{{Ghostwriter}} wrote]] and provided backing vocals for). At the end he switches to the beat of Dre's "Let's Get High" (which Eminem also wrote) and raps a few lines in an imitation of Dre's voice.
108	** In "Marshall Mathers", Eminem sings a minor-key, obscene version of the first lines from "Summer Girls" by LFO -- "''Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock suck a lot of dick / boy/girl groups make me sick / and I can't wait until I catch all you faggots in public! Imma love it!''"
109	** Eminem starts his verse in "Bitch Please II" by spoofing Music/SnoopDogg's verse in the original "Bitch Please", in an impression of his voice.
110	** "Just Lose It" is a parody of 80s PopRap, particularly Music/MCHammer, though it breaks into a spoof of his own "Lose Yourself" at one point.
111	** "Rhyme Or Reason" is a spoof of "Rolling Stone" by Black Hippy. Particularly note the way that, in "Rolling Stone", the rappers hand over to each other in the middle of a line -- Eminem mocks this by switching in mid-line to the voice of [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]]. Even his flow is an overwrought, hyperextended version of the "Rolling Stone" flow. The hook is also a parody of Music/TheZombies's "Time Of The Season" -- "''Let me take you by the hand to promised lands, and threaten everyone... there's [[ForTheEvulz no rhyme, or no reason for nothing!]]''"
112	** "Rap God" contains a passage which is a spoof of the ringtone rap 'classic' "Lookin' Boy" by Hotstylz.
113	** "Greatest" is a spoof of Music/KendrickLamar's "HUMBLE".
114	** The infamous "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" takes dead aim at the sentimentality of "Just The Two Of Us" by Creator/WillSmith.
115	* In 1998, Music/BlueOysterCult recorded a parody of their 1977 song "Godzilla" entitled "No-Zilla" as a response to their song not making it into ''Film/Godzilla1998''.
116	* Nobody (in Britain at least) remembers Melanie Kafka's OneHitWonder, "I've got a Brand New Pair of Rollerskates". However, ''everybody'' can sing along with The Worzels' rustic parody ''I've Got A Brand New Combine Harvester'', a song which does nothing to dispel prejudices about people from rural England. It didn't help that one football club in UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry adopted it as the team's anthem.
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119	[[folder:Radio]]
120	* New York morning show hosts Scott and Todd on 95.5 PLJ are known for these. Many of them are about making fun of [[{{Joisey}} New Jersey]], such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzmTvdeapSY "Jersey Girl"]] (a parody of [[Music/{{Aqua}} "Barbie Girl"]]).
121	* All of the songs in ''Radio/LandOfTheLost1943'' (with the exception of the often-omitted TitleThemeTune) are parodies, with notable examples being the Bottle Brigade’s marching music (AKA “Pop Goes The Weasel”) as well as the “Spoon Song” (“Who wants coffee, who wants tea, EI-EI-O”) from “Knives Of The Square Table”.
122	* In the mid-to-late 1990s, a Minnesota DJ named Gino Ruberto made several song parodies that he would play at his station, KEEY-FM. One of said parodies, "Any Gal of Mine" (a parody of "Any Man of Mine" by Music/ShaniaTwain) got played on ''After Midnite with Blair Garner'' a few times, causing it to chart as high as #56 on Hot Country Songs without any sort of label promotion. (It was credited to "Gino the New Guy".)
123	* Many of Music/MitchBenn's songs on ''Radio/TheNowShow'', especially when the news story he's basing them on is about a musician. For instance, when Music/MeatLoaf and Music/JimSteinman had a falling out, his take on it was an imagining of what ''Bat Out of Hell III'' might be like if it couldn't be called that, called "Budgie Out of Hades". (Although the tune is actually a SuspiciouslySimilarSong to "Rock'n'Roll Dreams".)
124	* Creator/{{NPR}} QuizShow ''Radio/AskMeAnother'' had a recurring puzzle format where house musician Music/JonathanCoulton would take snippets of pop songs and rewrite the lyrics to be trivia clues. Contestants got bonus points if they could guess the original song or artist.
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128	* ''Theatre/WesterosAnAmericanMusical'' does this for a decent portion of the ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' soundtrack.
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131	[[folder:Video Games]]
132	* ''Kinect Franchise/StarWars'', a 2012 motion-control game set in a galaxy far, far away, features a dancing minigame Galactic Dance-off, which has your favorite ''Star Wars'' characters dancing to parodies of pop songs. One song is "I'm [[Characters/StarWarsHanSoloCharacterSheet Han Solo]]", parodying Jason Derulo's "Ridin' Solo". It is widely considered hilarious, albeit mostly for being [[SoBadItsGood infectiously awful]].
133	* In-universe example in ''VideoGame/{{Skyrim}}'': the pro-Empire song ''The Age of Aggression'' is a rewrite of the pro-Stormcloak song ''The Age of Oppression'', or possibly the other way around - no one knows which one was made first.
134	* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_SqiM1uO3I Mr. Sockman]]" from ''VideoGame/{{Sockman}}'' is derived from "Mr. Sandman", popularized by The Chordettes. It features in the game's trailer, and serves as the ending song.
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137	[[folder:Web Original]]
138	* In their reading of ''Fanfic/CurseOfTheDemonPony'', ''WebVideo/AgainAFanficCritic'' and [=RegretfullyYours=] did some song parodies of classic Disney and musical songs to portray the things wrong with the story.
139	* Besides mondegreens, song parodies constitute much of Website/AmIRight's bread and butter.
140	* Pen Of Chaos made some, in ''AudioPlay/LeDonjonDeNaheulbeuk'', mostly by taking old traditional songs like ''Belle qui tiens ma vie'' or ''Scarborough Fair''.
141	* Dreamz call [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM-_YcO-1Zc their version of "Liquid Dreams" by O-Town]] a straight-up CoverVersion, but there are SongParody elements to it: The first verse is identical to that of the original, but after that they start replacing all of the gratuitous references to female celebrities into {{Shout Out}}s to popular male ''and'' female Website/YouTube vloggers.
142	* The [=YouTube=] channel Founders Sing consists of both original songs and song parodies used to poke fun at political issues, one parody in particular being "We are the Worst" (a spoof of ''Music/WeAreTheWorld'' that has UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, Rudy Guliani, Roger Stone and other infamous GOP figures sing about their faults and how their policies have caused problems for the United States).
143	* "Creator/GretaGerwig's ''Film/{{Little Women\|2019}}''! [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Greta Gerwig's Little Women!]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYa4vIMBNPE Heroes in a hoop skirt! Girdle power!]]"
144	* "Quack If You Wanna", Sqaishey's 500,000 subscriber MilestoneCelebration song set in their flagship series ''WebVideo/FeatherAdventures'', is TimeTravelEpisode spoof of "Hakuna Matata" from WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King\|1994}}, complete with a ShoutOut to the log-walking scene in the original song.
145	* Every time ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' has an episode about a movie that prominently includes either one or several songs (such as movies from the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon), parodies of those songs are featured in the episode.
146	* ''WebVideo/JoJosBizarreAdventureOneCartoonistsDream'' does this with Creator/{{Disney}} songs as part of its FusionFic nature.
147	* ''WebVideo/KamenRiderExAidTheAbridgedSeries'' has one for Nico Saiba, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTpjYffCnhY NICO NICO ★ RIDE FEVER]], a parody of LUKA LUKA ★ NIGHT FEVER by the producer samfree, that acts as an insert song for Nico.
148	* This trope is the entire premise of ''WebVideo/TheKeyOfAwesome''.
149	* Singer and songwriter [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzpHPmpnV42DxZeArr2twUg Luke Metzler]] did pop culture parodies of popular songs, often with ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', and Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. He's a got [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAl-JQMQc4STQM5EqJoPHAxZJop61Bk2Q a long line of parodies]] of "Old Town Road" by Music/LilNasX, including one about the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.
150	* Once Buffalo Sabres fan Melody Martin saw someone joking about making a song about draft prospect Rasmus Dahlin to the tune of "Jolene", she rewrote the Music/DollyParton [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpyPr0hNxg8 tune to do just that]]. It brought her local attention (as well as in Dahlin's native Sweden), and she has since [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPgY_1MU9-M&list=PL1NLwDiR6cVFLCG3KIZyQLR4y1J17OvKJ done other songs]] on the team -- usually critical given [[ButtMonkey how the Sabres usually perform]], to the point that when [[https://youtu.be/RvcSmR3G2zw?t=724s added in a mock trade]], Melody commented that she wouldn't be a good fit in a better team because "my brand is singing sad songs about loser hockey" -- and the NFL's Bills.
151	* There are several popular ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''-themed parodies of songs:
152	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_XGxzMrq04 Don't Mine At Night]]" by [=BebopVox=] from the LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}} is a parody of "Last Friday Night" by Katy Perry.
153	** The first song of the ''WebAnimation/FallenKingdom'' pentalogy, "Fallen Kingdom", is a parody of "Viva la Vida" by Coldplay.
154	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPJUBQd-PNM Revenge]]" by LetsPlay/CaptainSparklez and [=TryHardNinja=] is a parody of "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love" by Usher.
155	* WebVideo/RandyRainbow makes song parodies that mock UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, among other politicians.
156	* [=YouTube=] user [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNb2OL0DfdnnCKwPQkpj8Eg Sim Dane]] is well known for doing this trope with UsefulNotes/FormulaOne as the over-arching central theme. In particular, he did [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIFsYXfOF7S-NKRlWW9CHnefsRVP4heIh Race recaps of the 2020 Season]] to the tune of various popular songs.
157	* There is an Undertale parody of the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TzVOLOROkM "Stronger Than You"]] that features Sans narrating his [[ThatOneBoss fight with the player character]].
158	* Some of the stories in the Literature/WhateleyUniverse have come with their own song parodies, including "The Power of Cute Compels You!" the first Team Wondercute story, which begins with "Eye of the Cabbit" to the tune of Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger".
159	* Creator/LittleKuriboh has done several song parodies using the cast of ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''.
160	-->'''Bakura:''' I challenge you, Pharaoh!\
161	'''The Pharaoh:''' [[InsistentTerminology To a children's card game]]?\
162	'''Bakura:''' No! A Lady Gaga parody song!
163	* WebVideo/FoxTale2614's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-VUvui1hHk GET ACRONIXED]]" music video is a parody of ''Music/ThePussycatDolls''' "When I Grow Up" about the Time Twins from ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}''.
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167	* Elan parodies "O Danny Boy" In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0445.html this]] ''[[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Order of the Stick]]'' comic.
168	* ''[[Webcomic/XWhy (x, why?)]]'' often does portions of popular songs, then went all out for the [[http://xwhy.comicgenesis.com/d/20120706.html 700th entry]].
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172	* Many of the songs on ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' were parodies of already existing songs. The episode "H.M.S. Yakko" was made chiefly of parodies of Creator/GilbertAndSullivan [[MajorGeneralSong songs]]. Another notable one was "Dot the Macadamia Nut", a parody of "Macarena".
173	* Disney Channel has a series of videos of characters from animated Disney shows singing parodies of famous songs, appropriately titled "Broken Karaoke".
174	** The first is for ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'', featuring Tilly Green parodying of "Queen of Mean" from ''Film/Descendants3'' as "Queen of Nice". Cricket finds this strange when she is asked to "go hard", and the end mentions her talking to a llama.
175	** The second is a parody of the famous Christmas carol "Deck the Halls", which is led by Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', joined by the various other currently-running shows.
176	** The third is also for ''Big City Greens'', called "Stuck at Home", which is a parody of "Flesh & Bone" from ''[[Film/Zombies2018 Zombies 2]]''. It is a PSA about the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, which shows the Greens stuck at home as well and what they will do to survive through it. This particular installment is notable in being the highest viewed video for the series on Website/{{YouTube}}.
177	** The fourth is for ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', featuring Mabel singing a parody of "Call Me Maybe", as "Call Me ''Mabel''". It is the first song sung by someone from a show that has already ended.
178	** The fifth is also for ''Big City Greens'' featuring Cricket Green singing a parody of "Calling All the Monsters" from ''Series/AntFarm'' as "Where Are All the Monsters?". The song is also dedicated to COVID-19 during Halloween, where Cricket sings he and his monster friends can still have fun remotely even though they have to stay home.
179	* The ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS2E1PeterPeterCaviarEater Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater]]" intentionally {{subverted\|Trope}} this with its big musical number "We Only Live To Kiss Your Ass", which is not a direct parody, but an obvious soundalike to "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here" from ''Film/Annie1982''. Originally it ''was'' supposed to be a parody, but writer David Zuckerman insisted on making it an original composition since he believed it could get them nominated for an [[MediaNotes/EmmyAward Emmy]]. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Original_Music_and_Lyrics#2000s He proved to be correct.]]
180	* In the first [[YouMeanXmas Xmas]] [[Recap/FuturamaS2E4XmasStory episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', we learn that Santa Claus is feared in the 31st century rather than loved, since he's a robotic BadSanta whose standards for who's been "nice" are so high that he judges ''everyone'' to be "naughty" (except Zoidberg) and tries to kill them. At the end of the episode, the main characters sing this alternate version of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" about him (which may or may not be the real current version of this song in-universe, but counts from a meta-standpoint):
181	-->'''Amy:''' He knows when you are sleeping,\
182	'''Farnsworth:''' He knows when you're on the can,\
183	'''Leela:''' He'll hunt you down and blast your ass from here to Pakistan!\
184	'''Zoidberg:''' Oh,\
185	'''Hermes:''' You better not breathe, you better not move,\
186	'''Bender:''' You're better off dead, I'm telling you, dude,\
187	'''Fry:''' Santa Claus is gunning you down!\
188	'''Everyone:''' Yayyyyyyy!
189	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
190	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E12MargeVsTheMonorail Marge vs. the Monorail]]" begins with Homer singing a parody of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' theme song, which abruptly ended when Homer's car "[[WatchOutForThatTree hit a chestnut tree]]". Later, [[ConMan Lyle Lanley]] leads the people of Springfield into singing the "Monorail" song, a spoof of "Ya Got Trouble" from ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'', as Lanley is an {{Expy}} of Professor Harold Hill.
191	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E20TwoDozenAndOneGreyhounds Two Dozen and One Greyhounds]]" has Mr. Burns sing a song called "See My Vest", which is a parody of "Be Our Guest" from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' and in which Burns expresses his desire of turning animals into clothes.
192	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E12MyFairLaddy My Fair Laddy]]" has Groundskeeper Willie singing "Wouldn't It Be Adequate?", a parody of "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?" from ''Theatre/MyFairLady''.
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