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1	->''"And you can tell everybody\
2	[[TropeNamer This is your song]]\
3	It may be quite simple but\
4	Now that it's done\
5	I hope you don't mind,\
6	I hope you don't mind\
7	That I put down in words\
8	How wonderful life is\
9	While you're in the world"''
10	-->-- '''Music/EltonJohn''', "Your Song"
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12	So you need to get a gift for the girl of your dreams. Or maybe you've liked her for a really long time, and you need to show her how you feel. Or you screwed up big time and need to apologize. Either way, you've hit on the perfect solution - sing to her! Either with an existing song (if the producers can get the rights to it) or something you've written yourself.
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14	This almost never actually goes well. Often the performer ends up being a terrible musician, or sometimes the song goes completely over the head of its intended recipients.
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16	Love songs from musicals don't count unless it's obvious to the other characters that someone is singing.
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18	"Your Song" by Music/EltonJohn is the TropeNamer. Can overlap with ThisIsASong (if the singer explicitly references the fact that the song is for the recipient, in-song) and GiftOfSong if said song is designed to be a present.
19	----
20	!!Examples
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24	[[folder:Comics]]
25	* ComicBook/ScottPilgrim writes one for Ramona in volume 2.
26	-->"Yeah, it goes like this... '''RAMONA RAMONA RAMONA RAMONA RAMONA RAMONA RAMONA!''' Then there's this breakdown, which is kind of like... dun DUN daahh-nnn''nininini!'' And then the second verse goes, '''RAMONA WICKED RAMONA RAMONA RAMONA OOOOOOOHHH RAMONA!''' It's kind of an epic."
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29	[[folder:Film]]
30	%%* ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou''
31	* ''Film/MoulinRouge'' - sort of another TropeNamer.
32	* This happens in ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall'', with the IntercourseWithYou song "Inside of You," complete with, ah, suggestive dance sequence.
33	* ''Film/TheWeddingSinger'', both the movie and the stage musical have Robbie write "Grow Old With You" and sing it to Julia. It wins her over.
34	* A variation in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie''; a boy writes a song for Lisa, but since they [[spoiler:were seperated behind the glass dome, he writes the notation on the glass.]]
35	* Subverted in ''Film/AnimalHouse''. A man serenades a group of young ladies with his guitar. They seem to be enjoying it, but Bluto is not impressed.
36	* ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' uses this as well, although the song is somewhat different from the one in the comics. (The lyrics are still mostly "Ramona" over and over again, though.) [[spoiler:When he realizes he truly does love Ramona and goes to save her from Gideon, it plays again... but this time with real lyrics and being sung by Music/{{Beck\|Musician}}.]]
37	* ''Film/NotAnotherTeenMovie'' spoofs this, when Jack thinks about wooing Janey with a song. So he picks... "Janie's Got a Gun" by Music/{{Aerosmith}} and starts singing it out loud, sending everyone in a frenzy, thinking Janey is a school shooter.
38	* In ''Film/DanInRealLife'', Dan's brother Mitch tries to do this to his girlfriend, with Dan accompanying on guitar. But he forgets the words and Dan takes over. Considering Dan and Mitch's girlfriend have feelings for each other, it's very awkward.
39	* In ''Film/{{Ted}}'', Mark Wahlberg is trying to get his girlfriend back his irresponsibility pushed her away. He learns that she is gonna be at a Norah Jones concert that night. Turns out his best friend, magical living teddy bear Ted (ItMakesSenseInContext) is an old friend-with-benefits of Norah Jones, and he gets Mark Wahlberg on stage to during the concert to sing a song. Unfortunately, not only is he an horrible singer, he picks up the worst ''Film/JamesBond'' theme song ever, "All Time High" from ''Film/{{Octopussy}}''.
40	* In ''Film/MusicAndLyrics'', Alex writes one for Sophie, performed at the ConcertClimax. Especially meaningful as she is his lyricists, as he insists that he is terrible at writing lyrics.
41	* Inversion: Petula Clark's "This Is My Song," from Charles Chaplin's film ''Film/ACountessInHongKong''.
42	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Vivo}}'', Andrés puts his feelings for Marta into song, but then [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy doesn't give it to her]] when she wants to pursue a career in the U.S. Most of the film revolves around the effort to finally deliver it.
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46	* In ''Literature/ThePrincessDiaries'' (the book) Michael writes a song for Mia. Later he performs it to her. When they are alone. In his room. And what happens? He doesn't tell her it was meant for her, and she doesn't understand it.
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49	[[folder:Live Action TV]]
50	* Nick writing "Lady L" for Lindsey in ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks''.
51	* Deconstructed in the ''Series/{{Glee}}'' episode "Ballad". Played straighter when Ryder sings to "Katie."
52	* Ted's Stepfather's incredibly lewd song for his mother in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''.
53	* On ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' Woody didn't know what he could get Kelly (his UptownGirl girlfriend) for her birthday. Frasier suggests something "from the heart," so he wrote her a song. He sang it for her at her party.
54	-->'''Kelly:''' Woody, that was beautiful.\
55	'''Woody:''' You really liked it?\
56	'''Kelly:''' Oh, I liked it more than anything.\
57	'''Woody:''' Thanks.\
58	'''Kelly:''' So... [[ComicallyMissingThePoint where's my gift?]]
59	* Kelso tries to do this to impress Jackie in ''Series/That70sShow'' but is sabotaged by Hyde when Hyde tells her that Kelso is ripping off American Pie.
60	* The ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' episode "The Birthweek Song" features a variant, with Tori writing a song for her sister Trina in celebration of her "birthweek". Unfortunately, Trina, being the kind of SpoiledBrat who thinks that she's entitled to a whole week to celebrate her birth, also believes that something doesn't count as a present unless it costs money, prompting a similar exchange to the Cheers example above.
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63	[[folder:Music]]
64	* Elton John's "Your Song", which is the TropeNamer.
65	* "It Goes Like This" by Music/ThomasRhett:
66	-->Hey girl, you make me wanna write a song\
67	Sit you down, I'll sing it to you all night long\
68	I've had a melody in my head\
69	Since she walked in here and knocked me dead\
70	Yeah girl, you make me wanna write a song\
71	And it goes like ooh, what I wouldn't do\
72	To write my name on your heart, get you wrapped in my arms\
73	Baby all around you\
74	And it goes like hey girl, I'm blown away\
75	Yeah, it starts with a smile and it ends with an all night long slow kiss\
76	Yeah, it goes like this
77	* "Amy's Song" by Brent Anderson. The narrator meets a girl named Amy at a club where he's performing, so he covers "Amie" by Pure Prairie League as his last song of the show and dedicates it to her. This leads to a RelationshipRevolvingDoor, and even when they're broken up he ends shows with "Amie", dedicated to her, just in case she's there.
78	* Played with by "This Ain't No Love Song" by Music/TraceAdkins, in which the narrator [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial patently denies]] he has a crush and is singing about her.
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83	* Throughout ''Theatre/{{RENT}}'', Roger tries to write "his song." Near the end, he finally composes "Your Eyes" for Mimi.
84	* The Ginny/Cho Chang song from ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical''. The joke is that the song is for Cho, but Harry practices on Ginny. It obviously works better using Ginny's name, because all the lyrics rhyme with her name, and not Cho's.
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87	[[folder:Western Animation]]
88	* Done on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' over and over again:
89	** Homer's country singer protege Lurleen Lumpkin sings him an original song, "[[IntercourseWithYou Bunk with Me Tonight]]," all the while making eyes at him. [[ObliviousToLove Homer being Homer]], of course, it takes her reprising the chorus, with even more blatant eye-making, for him to get what she's on about.
90	** When Homer and Marge appear on a Wife Swap-type show, Marge's temporary husband falls for her and sings her a ([[StylisticSuck very bad]]) song he wrote for her (which puns on Marge's hair "dye," Princess "Di," and the latter's "dying." Yeah.).
91	** Siblings rather than romance, but there's also Bart's song "Lisa it's your Birthday," written & performed with assistance by [[strike:Music/MichaelJackson]] Leon Kompowski.
92	** '''Homer:''' What if I sing to you? [[Film/AnimalHouse ''I gave my love a chicken, it had no bones'']]... Mmmmmm... chicken.
93	** Music/WeirdAlYankovic's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju6_tab5lBk "Homer and Marge."]] Out of the ordinary in that it was Marge who "played" the song for Homer.
94	** When Seymour Skinner was trying to win back Mrs. Krabappel, he enlisted the help of Springfield Elementary's glee club, to the tune of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."
95	--->'''Castrati:''' Oh Edna K.\
96	Oh Edna K.\
97	Oh Edna K.\
98	Oh Edna K.\
99	Oh Edna K.\
100	Oh Edna K.\
101	Oh Edna K.\
102	Oh Edna K.
103	* Parodied, like everything else, by Stewie on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' regarding Joe and Bonnie's replacement child.
104	* Prince Lir writes "That's All I've Got To Say" for Lady Amalthea in ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn''.
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