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8	->''"This one goes out to all the Serbians. Also the ladies. But mostly the Serbians."''
9	-->-- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGhsbRb_pqE "Auto-tune the News #4"]]
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11	A speech delivered before a song begins to play. This trope usually comes in two types:
12
13	[[AC:Type 1]]
14	Alice starts her performance by stating who she's singing her IntercourseWithYou or AntiLoveSong for. General dedications to "the ladies" and "the fans" are also popular. This type is common among professional musicians, as well as drunken amateurs at the KaraokeBox.
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16	[[AC:Type 2]]
17	Alice requests a song on the radio (or an InUniverse equivalent) for Bob.
18
19	A SubTrope of {{Dedication}}.
20	----
21	!!Examples:
22	[[foldercontrol]]
23
24	!!!Type 1
25	[[folder:Advertising]]
26	* The Advertising/DairyQueenLips precede their songs about the Dairy Queen bacon cheeseburger by saying "This one's for the carnivores".
27	[[/folder]]
28
29	[[folder:Documentary[=/=]Rockumentary]]
30	* ''Music/GreenDay: Bullet in a Bible''
31	-->'''Billie Joe Armstrong:''' This song is dedicated to everybody who took the train to get here tonight, alright? This song's called 'Jesus of Suburbia.'
32	* ''Music/{{GWAR}}: Live from Antarctica''
33	-->'''Oderus Urungus:''' ''[before playing "Sick of You"]'' ...and this song is dedicated to you insufferable... human filth!
34	* ''Music/LinkinPark: Live in Texas''
35	-->'''Chester Bennington:''' How many musicians do we have in the house? ''[audience cheers]'' Good luck to everyone of you guys man. We were on the other side of the barricade a few years ago, man. Coming to these shows, seeing our favorite bands and having the dreams. Just persevere, believe in yourself. One day you'll be up here with us. Or Music/{{Metallica}} or Music/LimpBizkit, Music/{{Deftones}}, Music/{{Mudvayne}} ''[the band starts playing "P5hng Me A*wy"]'' so this one's dedicated to all of you guys out there.
36	* Music/LadyGaga dedicated 'Boys Boys Boys' to "all the gay boys and girls out there" at pretty much every concert of her Monster Ball tour. This following the explanation of how she was donating ten thousand dollars in a randomly picked audience member's name to a fund for LGBT homeless youth.
37	[[/folder]]
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39	[[folder:Fan Works]]
40	* In the ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' fanfic, ''Fanfic/DemonOfWind'', Rai does this to Kimiko in the [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment BLAM]] chapter. With Rai clones as a backup chorus.
41	[[/folder]]
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43	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
44	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': The soundtrack version of Bowser's VillainLoveSong "Peaches" begins with a short speech mentioning he's dedicated it to his "one and only true love", Princess Peach.
45	[[/folder]]
46
47	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
48	* ''Series/TheParkers'' episode "Funny, Funny Valentine"
49	-->'''"Ideal" Lead Singer:''' This song goes out to a newly engaged couple in the audience.\
50	''[Spotlight shines on Professor Oglevee]''\
51	'''Professor Stanley Oglevee:''' She's gone. Get that damn light off of me.\
52	'''"Ideal" Lead Singer:''' Oh... ok. Well, how about a couple who just got back together.\
53	''[Spotlight shines on Nikki Parker]''\
54	'''Nicole 'Nikki' Parker:''' Valentine's Day is for suckas. Get that damn light off of me.
55	* ''Series/VeronicaMars'': In "Clash of the Tritons", Veronica dedicates her karaoke version of "One Way or Another" to a secret society she’s trying to catch.
56	-->'''Veronica:''' This song goes out to my friends in the Tritons.
57	* ''Series/KathAndKim'' has Brett dedicate his karaoke performance of Foreigner's "Cold as Ice" to his wife, Kim.
58	* Done in ''Series/HappyDays'', when Richie plays DJ. At the end of the episode, Fonzie does his on-air dedication... to a LongList of girls.
59	* ''Series/MadTV'''s parody of Music/OutKast's "Ms. Jackson," "Sorry, Mrs. Jackson."
60	-->'''Female Reporter''': Reverend Jackson, if you had one thing to say to your wife about your love child, what would it be?
61	-->'''Jesse Jackson''': Well... This one goes out to my baby's mama and her baby's mama and her baby's mahama-drama. Let's do this!
62	[[/folder]]
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64	[[folder:Music]]
65	* Music/FlightOfTheConchords prefaces live performances of "Ladies of the World" with this usually.
66	* Jpop BENNIE K's song "Okay" begins with one of the singers saying, "Hey yo, this song is for my girls."
67	* Music/FiveIronFrenzy spoofs this on one of their live albums when Jeff says, "This song goes out to all the people who are over here ''(indicating one side of the audience)''."
68	* MC Hawking's song "Fuck the Creationists" starts with "This song goes out to all my homies working in the field of evolutionary science".
69	* A wonderfully bitchy example by Music/{{Eagles}}, when Don Henley said "I'd like to dedicate [[http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=23268449 this song]] to Mr UsefulNotes/RupertMurdoch". The song? ''Dirty Laundry''.
70	* Paul Stanley of Music/{{KISS}} is ''legendary'' for his between song banter, rife with UnusualEuphemism and [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday manly boasting]]. There exists a bootleg CD with 70 pristine-sounding tracks of Stanley's greatest song introductions, called ''People, Let Me Get This Off My Chest''.
71	* Music/TheyMightBeGiants:
72	** On their ''Severe Tire Damage'' live album, "S-E-X-X-Y" is dedicated to "the one love of my life -- the ladies!"
73	** The studio version of "Alienation's For The Rich" from ''Music/TheyMightBeGiantsAlbum'' is dedicated to "all you modern-day troubadours out there... And I think I know who you are".
74	* On the first track of Music/DangerDaysTheTrueLivesOfTheFabulousKilljoys, Dr. Death Defying begins the lead-in to "Na Na Na" with, "This one's for all you rock-and-rollers, all you crash queens and motor babies..."
75	* Music/FaithNoMore's cover of "Easy" opens with "Turn the lights on baby... this one's for the ladies in the house."
76	* Parodied by Music/RichardCheese, who dedicates "for the ladies"... "[[{{Music/Nirvana}} Rape Me]]".
77	* Music/ButtholeSurfers "I Hate My Job" starts with the following memorable rant:
78	-->Is the tape- Hey! This is for fucking Mark fucking B and John fucking O'Rourke and I can't say their full goddamn names 'cause the fucking corporate shit are gonna sue my ass... I'm tired, I'm frustrated, I'm full of shit and I HATE MY FUCKIN' JOB!
79	* BT and Mike Doughty's "Never Gonna Come Back Down" starts with Doughty announcing "I'm just gonna say, uh, this is to the people, not so much the audience as the people sitting in my mind..." It's [[WordSaladLyrics that kind of song]].
80	* The Specials' version of Toots & The Maytal's "Monkey Man":
81	-->This one's for all the bouncers... big, big, monkey man!
82	* Music/VanHalen's cover of "Ice Cream Man" begins with David Lee Roth saying:
83	-->Gonna dedicate one to the ladies...
84	* Bad Religion's "All There Is."
85	-->This song goes out to all the hopeless sinners...
86	* ''Music/TenaciousD'', "Fuck Her Gently".
87	-->''"This is a song...for the ladies. And all you fellas, listen closely..."''
88	* Music/{{Edguy}}'s "Aren't You A Little Pervert Too?".
89	-->"This one is for our troops who beat the shit out of bad people and their families."
90	* Music/TheFrontBottoms:
91	** "Twin Sized Mattress" begins with an obscure and poetic dedication: "This one's for the lions living in the wiry broke-down frames of my friends' bodies."
92	** "West Virginia" has one after the first verse, but before the rest of the song: "This one goes out to all my friends in [[TitleDrop West Virginia]]". The song (a BreakupSong) otherwise has nothing to do with West Virginia; supposedly the line references a particularly good show the band had in that state.
93	* PlayedWith regarding "The One I Love" by Music/{{REM}} -- the song itself is the shout-out.
94	-->This one goes out to the one I love\
95	This one goes out to the one I've left behind\
96	A simple prop to occupy my time\
97	This one goes out to the one I love
98	* Music/TupperWareRemixParty dedicate [[RunningJoke nearly every song]] in their live shows “to all the ladies.”
99	* "Tameeka" by Mario with Fabolous, opens with "Yo, this goes out to all the Tameekas, yeah. All around the world, you know who you are, I see you."
100	[[/folder]]
101
102	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
103	* Non-musical example, Scott Steiner used to end his promos with "This goes to all my freaks in [name of city]! Big Poppa Pump is your hookup! Holla if ya hear me!"
104	[[/folder]]
105
106	[[folder:Webcomics]]
107	* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' plays this for laughs with [[http://xkcd.com/70/ this comic.]]
108	* In ''Webcomic/AptitudeTest'' (mid-February 2013), after Rina finishes her song "Heritage", she dedicates her cover of Music/JonathanCoulton's "I'm Your Moon" thus:
109	-->'''Rina:''' So that's everything we know as a band. But Leo's gonna go acoustic so I can sing one last thing. It's by Jonathan Coulton. ''(cut to Julie in audience)'' This is a song for somebody.
110	[[/folder]]
111
112	[[folder:Web Original]]
113	* Linked example in WebVideo/AutoTuneTheNews.
114	* [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad Email "caper"]]:
115	-->'''Strong Bad:''' The Cheat, man. ''{Music begins}'' Where did we go wrong? It seems like just yesterday we were setting fire to Strong Sad's underwears.\
116	'''Strong Sad:''' ''{offscreen}'' That ''was'' yesterday!\
117	'''Strong Bad:''' This one's for you.\
118	''Cue "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBUP2jAPExU#t=58s The Cheat is Not Dead]]".''
119	* One of [[http://hiimdaisy.livejournal.com/ "hiimdaisy's"]] ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' parodies has Gavin dedicating a song to "all the disembarred lawyers out there": 'Forging Evidence (till the Break of Dawn).'
120	[[/folder]]
121
122	[[folder:Western Animation]]
123	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
124	** "Homer's Barbershop Quartet"
125	--->'''Homer''': This next song is dedicated to a very special lady. She's 100 years old and weighs over 200... tons.
126	--->'''Sailor''': This enormous woman will devour us all! AAAAHHH!!! ''(jumps into the sea)''
127	--->'''Homer''': ...I meant the Statue.
128	* Invoked in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' when showcasing how overprotective Peter is. At a concert, Peter decks the lead singer of the band they're seeing because he dedicated a song to "all the ladies out there."
129	* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'': In "Karaoke Video", Mordecai and Rigby's performance of "We're Not Gonna Take It" is introduced with a dedication to "all you hard workers out there who get treated like dirt."
130	[[/folder]]
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132	!!!Type 2
133	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
134	* ''Series/{{Friends}}'', "The One Where Ross and Rachel Take a Break": after they break up, Ross calls a DJ to dedicate Music/{{U2}}'s ''With or Without You'' to Rachel. Rachel calls the station to tell them how Ross slept with someone during the break, and the dedication is cancelled.
135	* In "[[Recap/ResidentAlienS2E2TheWire The Wire]]" from ''Series/ResidentAlien'', D'Arcy calls in to a local radio station in Patience to request "Off You" by Music/TheBreeders for her best friend, Asta. However, since the D.J. is a guy she dated for five months, then stole six bottles of wine from his refrigerator upon breaking up with him, she puts on a bad Russian accent and claims to be "Sasha." Nobody is fooled.
136	* Subverted in ''Series/VeronicaMars'', when a little girl who is dying to see [[spoiler:Logan]] get back together with Veronica calls a radio station and asks Nick Lachey's "What's Left of Me" to be dedicated to her, from him. Funny, of course, because neither him nor her are exactly the romantic type... and yet this cheesy song somehow rings true.
137	[[/folder]]
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139	[[folder:Music]]
140	* Cpop singer Landy Wen has a song, "Can U Feel It", where she sings about her anger at her lover (who she thinks does not care about her anymore) until she hears him dedicate a song to her on the radio, at which point they reconcile.
141	* There's a country song out there that's basically about "My girl's leaving me; I hope she hears this dedication and is convinced to turn around before she gets out of range."
142	[[/folder]]
143
144	[[folder:Video Games]]
145	* ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'': During one sidequest, you call in to your sidekick Kim's favorite radio station to pursue a lead. After interviewing the DJ, you can request a song and a shoutout for Kim. Though Kim's too professional to dwell on it and quickly pushes you back toward the case, it doesn't take a lot of Composure to notice how much he appreciates it.
146	[[/folder]]
147
148	[[folder:Western Animation]]
149	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
150	** "Cape Feare"
151	--->'''Radio DJ:''' All right, this next song is dedicated to Bart Simpson, with the message "I am coming to kill you slowly and painfully."
152	[[/folder]]
153
154	[[folder:Real Life]]
155	* A Radio Caroline DJ in the mid-1970s:
156	-->I'd like to dedicate this next song to Lofty. And at three foot eight, what else would you call him?
157	* One of the local country station's morning [=DJs=] recently said to her cohost, "I finally found a song I can dedicate to you!" and played "I Pray For You":
158	-->I pray your brakes go out going down a hill / I pray a flower pot falls from the windowsill / and knocks you in the head like I'd like to...
159	[[/folder]]

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