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[[caption-width-right:350:It's not always [[VisualPun this literal]].]]

While FanArt and {{Fanfiction}} are what first come to mind when discussing FanWorks, those are far from the only media that fans create. Fan music is the audio equivalent, being a piece of music created by fans of a work. This can take the form of [[ToTheTuneOf fitting original lyrics onto an existing melody]] or creating a song and tune whole-cloth relating to a work of fiction.

Fan music is a common subject of {{Fanvid}}s and remixes, as their lyrics already relate to the subject in question and are often heavily evocative of specific scenes fro the work.

Super-trope to:
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* FilkSong: Fan songs of the science-fiction fandom that are heavily influenced by folk music, and which were the first type of fan song to gain an audience outside of their creator's immediate social circles.
* HeavyMithril: Fan songs of the HeavyMetal genre that are focused on {{fantasy}}.
* {{Nerdcore}}: Hip-hop fan songs, which often emphasize the social aspects of fandom as well as the topics of the fandom itself.
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!!Examples (sorted by parent work):
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
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[[folder: Manga/Banana Fish ]]

* "[[JapaneseRanguage Asrun]] Dream" by Music/{{Gackt}} is a rare example of a fan song by a major mainstream artist, told from the viewpoint of Ash.
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[[folder: Anime/Death Note ]]

* ''WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeriesKpts4tv'' featured several Death Note-themed songs. "It's a Dead World After All," [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wK-k11uhHg "Call Me Mogi"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXsPJz_dYP8&list=PLDEBCC868724EAA19&index=53&feature=plpp_video and this one]] set to [[spoiler: [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory "Pure Imagination."]]]]
* Music/MachinaeSupremacy's song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv73xW9iVpM Shinigami]]" is about Ryuk and Light.
* Rachel Macwhirter's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgvADnUYHW8 Watch Out, You're Being Watched]] is about someone who sees the people being killed by the Death Note and knows that they'll soon be next.
* virtualzelly and Marcinda's have done several:
** The song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXt5Q4PCfUo Dead Matt Chorus]]" is a humorous song intended to take the edge off the events of Episode 35/the beginning of Volume 12, to the tune of the [[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog Bad Horse Chorus.]]
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R-rrn1O2hY The Omega Kawaii L Song]]", based on [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII The Omega Kawaii Cloud Song]]. Contains spoilers for the whole series.
* Zangya's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9kpmDexmEc "I Killed A Guy and I Liked It"]] is a Death Note-themed parody of the Kate Perry song "I Kiss A Girl and I Liked It".
* Divide Music's ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttVoVr2F75k Light]]'', which is written from the point of view of the titular character and plays on the literal meaning of his name as he paints himself as the savior of a benighted world.
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[[folder: Anime/Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 ]]

* Vic Mignogna, the English voice of Edward from ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist'', did a song named "Nothing I Won't Give" about the 2003 anime that is in Edward's POV.
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[[folder: Franchise/Gundam ]]

* Rapper [[https://web.archive.org/web/20140824041823/http://richiebranson.com/music/ Richie Branson]] released a ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing''-themed EP, ''The Wing Zero''.
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[[folder: Manga/K On ]]

* Raccoon Factory's "Kimi ga Kureta Yume", an original song written as a tribute to the Takotsuboya K-ON Trilogy. It covers the first two volumes of the trilogy, with a later released song, "Day alternates with night", covering the last part.
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[[folder: Manga/Naruto ]]

* Eddie Rath has many ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' raps and songs, such as "Gaara the Sand Assassin", "Tsunade", "Prince of the Crows" (Itachi), and "The King of Sharingan" (Sasuke).
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
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[[folder: Creator/DC Comics ]]

* Music/CoheedAndCambria's ong "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sok5vFjSN7c Deranged]]" is about ComicBook/TheJoker.
* Music/FiveForFighting's song "Superman (It's Not Easy)" is about how, despite all his incredible powers, Superman has flaws and private grief over the loss of his home.
* Music/{{XTC}} has several songs about Creator/DCComics characters. "You're Really Super, Supergirl", "Braniac's Daughter" and "Sergeant Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" are three.
* Filker Batya the Toon has a rap song, "[[https://dangerously.bandcamp.com/track/creatures-of-dream Creatures of Dream]]", about ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989''.
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[[folder: Creator/Marvel Comics ]]

* Mark Foster's song "Spiderman" is a BadassBoast about, well, ComicBook/SpiderMan.
* Music/{{Megadeth}}'s title track on their debut album "Killing is My Business... and Business is Good" is influenced by ComicBook/ThePunisher, and the second half of "Holy Wars...The Punishment Due" from ''Rust in Peace'' is about Frank Castle himself.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgV-hgprraRb071mumQFw2g The Merkins]]'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfKyOrTjVz8 "Snap My Fingers"]] is ComicBook/{{Thanos}} rapping about his BadassFingersnap to the tune of [[Music/LilJon "Snap Yo Fingers"]].
* Odyssey's "Metal Man" is about ComicBook/IronMan, the titular 'Metal Man' being him in his armor flying through the sky to save the day.
* Music/PaulMcCartney's "Magneto & Titanium Man" is about the singer finding out from Magneto, Titanium Man, and the Crimson Dynamo that the woman he loves is a banknrobber. Creator/StanLee, who created all three characters, [[ApprovalOfGod said that he loved the song]].
* Joe D. Toaster's "Spiderboy" is about ComicBook/SpiderMan (specially the period where he was wearing the black symbiote costume).
* Brazilian musician Jorge Vercilo's "Homem-Aranha" is about, well, ComicBook/SpiderMan who [[Main/{{RescueRomance}} saves his love interest]] from a bad guy, and later, after he retires, has to deal with daily chores, like monthly debts, adjusting the TV antenna, and staying up all night to rock his child.
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[[folder: Comic Book/The Life And Times Of Scrooge Mc Duck ]]

* [[Music/{{Nightwish|Band}} Tuomas Holopainen]] composed [[http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=183317 a concept album]] based on ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'' released in April 2014. Creator/DonRosa himself did the album art.
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[[folder: Comic Book/Spawn ]]

* Music/IcedEarth's album ''The Dark Saga'' is a concept album that tells the story of ComicBook/{{Spawn}}.
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[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
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[[folder: Film/Two Thousand One A Space Odyssey ]]

* Music/StarOne's "Starchild" is about humanity reaching its next stage of evolution (the 'starchild' that Dave became at the end of the movie) due to the monolith.
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[[folder: Franchise/Alien ]]

* Music/StarOne's "Perfect Survivor" is a retelling of the plot of the first movie, with the titular 'perfect survivor' being the xenomorph itself.
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[[folder: Film/Austin Powers ]]

* Music/{{Ludacris}} has "Number One Spot," which is mostly about the ''Film/AustinPowers'' movies. It even samples the theme song.
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[[folder: Film/Braveheart ]]

* Music/IronMaiden's song "The Clansman" is based on the film.
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[[folder: Film/The Bride Wore Black ]]

* Music/KateBush's song "The Wedding List" is about the bride's quest for vengeance for the death of her husband.
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[[folder: Film/Children Of The Damned ]]

* Music/IronMaiden's song "Children of the Damned" is about the {{Creepy Child}}ren featured in the film, with the song treating them with a mixture of fear and pity.
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[[folder: Film/The Chronicles Of Riddick 2004 ]]

* Music/DirePeril's "Heart of the Furyan" is a metal song about Riddick returning to Furya and getting vengeance on Lord Marshal.
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[[folder: Franchise/Conan The Barbarian ]]

* Music/ManillaRoad's song "Queen of the Black Coast" is a tribute to the Conan short story of the same name.
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[[folder: Film/Dark City ]]

* Music/IcedEarth's song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IhtUpsvCdk Dark City]]" is about the movie ''Film/DarkCity'' and the main character's fight to survive in a dystopian world.
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[[folder: Film/Die Hard ]]

* Guyz Nite wrote [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTyw6cq86kY a song]] about ''Film/DieHard'', that was even included in the fourth movie DVD.
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[[folder: Film/ET The Extra Terrestrial ]]

* Music/NeilDiamond's "Heartlight" was heavily inspired by ''ET'', so much so that he allegedly had to pay $25,000 to Universal.
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[[folder: Film/Falling Down ]]

* Music/IronMaiden's song "Man On The Edge" is about the main character's SanitySlippage.
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[[folder: Film/Forbidden Planet ]]

* Music/IronMaiden's song "Out of the Silent Planet" is about the monsters who destroyed the planet's civilization (which came from the id of the original inhabitants) leaving the planet to destroy everything they see instead of waiting there for the astronauts to find.
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[[folder: Film/Forrest Gump ]]

* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "Gump" is a parody of Music/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica's "Lump", making it about Forrest Gump and partly retelling the plot of the movie.
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[[folder: Franchise/Friday The13th ]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgV-hgprraRb071mumQFw2g The Merkins]] had many songs performed by slasher villains. Jason Voorhees sung "Every Life I Take" ([[Music/ThePolice "Every Breath You Take"]]), "Momma Said Chop You Now" ([[Music/LLCoolJ "Momma Said Knock You Down"]]), "Chop Up the Camp" ("Pump Up the Jam"), and "At the Camp Tonight" ([[Music/PhilCollins "In the Air Tonight"]]). There was also duet with [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Kruger]], [[Music/{{Extreme}} "More Than Burns"]].
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[[folder: Franchise/Godzilla ]]

* Music/BlueOysterCult's "Godzilla", all about the Big G going on a rampage.
* Music/{{MF DOOM}} (under the pseudonym "King Geedorah") wrote the concept album ''Take Me to Your Leader'' about Godzilla's ArchEnemy King Ghidorah.
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[[folder: Franchise/Halloween ]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgV-hgprraRb071mumQFw2g The Merkins]] featured Michael Myers singing [[https://youtu.be/r-Jh3A49AaA "Careless Sister"]], a ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}''-based parody of [[Music/GeorgeMichael "Careless Whisper"]] and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6Fd3JuK3co Slice Slice Baby]]" after [[Music/VanillaIce "Ice Ice Baby"]].
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[[folder: Franchise/Hellraiser ]]

* The Merkins had Pinhead singing a version of Music/AliceInChains' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ESYF0apLGs "Man in the Box"]], which didn't even need to change the title!
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[[folder: Film/Highlander ]]

* Mac Carson's ''[[http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/songs/brother-michaels-song.html Brother Michael's Song]]'', about an immortal monk who vows to stay on HolyGround for eternity to prevent the Game from ever being won. Hear it performed by Leslie Fish [[https://lesliefish.bandcamp.com/track/brother-michaels-song here]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIaAUwZ9J0Y There Can Be Only One]] by Clerics of Ohm is written from Connor's point of view.
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[[folder: Film/Interstellar ]]

* The Secret Chord's "[[https://youtu.be/a97F5LRlDjE?si=N_A7NjsqY5jq57iE We Used To Look Up in the Sky]]", the first track of their HomeworldEvacuation ConceptAlbum ''Fermi Paradox'', directly quotes film protagonist Joseph Cooper in its refrain.
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[[folder: Film/James Bond ]]

* Motiv 8 & Kym Mazelle's song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vG1oVgKzkc Searching For The Golden Eye]] is based on [[Film/GoldenEye a certain Bond film]], and even uses the 007 theme's chord progression during the verse.
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[[folder: Film/Jurassic Park ]]

* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "Jurassic Park" is a parody of Creator/RichardHarris's "[=MacArthur=] Park", with the original's melodrama of a cake melting in the rain instead being about the dinosaurs running wild in the park during a storm.
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[[folder: Film/The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner ]]

* Music/IronMaiden's song "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" is based on the film and is about the determination of the protagonist.
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[[folder: Film/Monty Python And The Holy Grail ]]

* Music/{{Megadeth}}'s song "Chosen Ones" is about Tim The Enchanter's warning of The KillerRabbit.
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[[folder: Franchise/A Nightmare On Elm Street ]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgV-hgprraRb071mumQFw2g The Merkins]] had a rapping Freddy Krueger in songs like "[[Music/{{Coolio}} Dreamers Paradise]]" and [[Music/WuTangClan "D.R.E.A.M.]]". He also had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QstIzL91L9Y a song alongside]] [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Vorhees]], [[Film/It2017 Pennywise]] and others as [[Music/{{NWA}} Killas With Attitude]].
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[[folder: Film/Outland ]]

* Music/StarOne's song "High Moon" from the album ''Space Metal'' (all of the songs of which are based on sci-fi movies) is a retelling of the plot of the movie.
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[[folder: Franchise/Predator ]]

* Music/DirePeril's "Yautja (Hunter Culture)" is an extended BadassBoast from one of the Predators to their prey.
* Music/IronMaiden has the song the Mercenary, which more or less describes the events of the first movie, even going so far to paraphrase a line from it
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[[folder: Film/Quest For Fire ]]

* Music/IronMaiden's song "Quest For Fire" is a retelling of the plot of the movie, cavemen searching for fire to bring back to their tribe.
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[[folder: Film/Scream ]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgV-hgprraRb071mumQFw2g The Merkins]] had Ghostface doing phone-themed songs, such as [[Music/StevieWonder "I Just Called to Say I'll Kill You]]", "[[Music/{{Drake}} Hotline Scream]]" and "[[Music/{{Adele}} Hello, Sidney]]".
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[[folder: Film/Soylent Green ]]

* Wumpscut's ''Soylent Green'' is based on the film of the same name, and uses samples from the film's German dub.
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[[folder: Film/Spider Man 1 ]]

* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "Ode To a Superhero" is a retelling of the plot of Creator/SamRaimi's ''Film/SpiderMan1'', set to the tune of Music/BillyJoel's "Piano Man".
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[[folder: Film/Stargate ]]

* [=StarOne=]'s "The Eye Of Ra" is about Ra building the Stargate to rule over Earth, and his battle with the main cast.
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[[folder: Franchise/Star Wars ]]

* Creator/{{Dropout}} turned Music/JayZ / Music/AliciaKeys "Empire State of Mind" into "[[Franchise/StarWars Galactic Empire]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNyE2xExktA State of Mind]]".
* Nerdist turned Music/MeghanTrainor's "All About That Bass" into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV5WqRnFejI "All About That Base"]], told by the point of view of Darth Vader.
* [=StarOne=]'s "Master Of Darkness" is about Anakin's fall to the Dark Side and his later confrontation with Luke when he tries to convince him to join him.
* Teddie Films parodied Music/{{Gotye}}'s "Somebody That I Used to Know" into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJlbPXZEpRE "The Star Wars that I Used to Know"]], sung by Anakin and George Lucas about the prequels and the [[GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion special edition changes]] (which the comments point out as HilariousInHindsight, as four months after the video came out Disney got the rights to the franchise, and most of what they issued the following decade was just as disillusioning for fans).
* Music/{{Voltaire}} the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaD2iqGvn1w "Cantina"]] on ''Ookie Spooky.'' (Warning: This is a ''filthy'' song. You'll never see ''Franchise/StarWars'' the same way again.)
* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "The Saga Begins" is an outline of the plot of Franchise/StarWars [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Episode I]] and set to the tune of Music/DonMcLean's "American Pie", and "Yoda" outlines part of the plot of [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Star Wars Episode V]] and is the tune of Music/TheKinks's "Lola".
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[[folder: Film/The Room 2003 ]]

* WebVideo/JobbyTheHong, of all people, made "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdrK3hfQBKc Red Dress]]", as a form of tribute for the movie itself. He has used the instrumental version of this song at every end of his review videos.
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[[folder: Film/The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ]]

* Finishing off [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgV-hgprraRb071mumQFw2g The Merkins]], true to being from the DeepSouth Leatherface only sings country songs, like turning [[Music/BillyRayCyrus "Achy Breaky Heart"]] into "Sawin' You Apart". He's also part of the "[[Music/BackstreetBoys Slasherstreet Boys]]" that specifically parody that boy band alongside Freddy, Jason, and Ghostface ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKFK7fGy4u0 "Slashing Bodies"]],[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oliCVn7Ic68 "I'll Kill You That Way"]], "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vt5X1PtDtQ Die By My Knife]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZRwetWVi18 "Keep Slayin' Teens in the Dark]]".
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[[folder: Film/The Thing 1982 ]]

* Music/DirePeril's "Blood In the Ice" is a metal song about the Thing hunting down the humans at Outpost #31 one by one and their attempts to fight back.
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[[folder: Film/V For Vendetta ]]

* Music/IcedEarth's song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mowTeFk4_lo V]]" is about the titular V and his fight to free society from the oppressive regime that dominated it.
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[[folder: Film/Wet Hot American Summer ]]

* Creator/RogerEbert wrote his one-star review of ''Film/WetHotAmericanSummer'' as a parody of "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" by Creator/AllanSherman ("I stole from him, and he from Ponchielli").
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[[folder: Film/When Worlds Collide ]]

* Music/IronMaiden's song "When Two Worlds Collide" the angst of the few who manage to escape Earth's destruction in the movie but lose everything.
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[[folder:Literature]]
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[[folder: Literature/Alice In Wonderland ]]

* Music/JeffersonAirplane's song "White Rabbit" is a re-imagining of Alice's adventures as a drug trip.
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[[folder: Literature/Brave New World ]]

* Music/IronMaiden's song "Brave New World" is inspired by the book, with "a brave new world" being the chorus and the song being from the perspective of John.
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[[folder: Literature/A Clockwork Orange ]]

* Argentine punk band Los Violadores had a song, "Uno, dos, ultraviolento" (One, two, ultraviolent), told by Alex's point of view.
* Music/RobZombie's "Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy)" - albeit the Nadsat glossary in the book has the word for blood spelled 'Krovvy' instead - which even has a video homaging [[Film/AClockworkOrange the movie]].
* Music/{{Sepultura}} wrote a ConceptAlbum retelling the story, ''A-Lex''. Former frontman Max Cavalera, who would write a song based on it himself for Cavalera Conspiracy, "Ultra-Violent", [[https://blabbermouth.net/news/max-cavalera-says-sepultura-guys-didn-t-like-a-clockwork-orange-movie said he didn't understand their choice of inspiration, claiming they didn't like the movie]].
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[[folder: Literature/The Cornelius Chronicles ]]

* Hawkwind also did the song "Needle Gun" about Jerry Cornelius.
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[[folder: Literature/Crash ]]

* The Normal's "T.V.O.D.", and its [[MorePopularSpinoff more famous]] BSide, "Warm Leatherette", were both inspired by the Creator/JGBallard novel ''Literature/{{Crash}}''.
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[[folder: Franchise/Cthulhu Mythos ]]

* Music/EbenBrooks's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxScTbIUvoA "Hey There Cthulhu"]] is a parody of Music/PlainWhiteT's "Hey There Delilah", with the lyrics now about a cultist praising Cthulhu.
* [[http://www.khaosworks.org/filk/index.html Terence Chua]] specializes in [[Creator/HPLovecraft Cthulhu]] filk.
* Many of the songs by the group Music/TheDarkestOfTheHillsideThickets are about H.P. Lovecraft's Franchise/CthulhuMythos stories.
* The Creator/HPLovecraftHistoricalSociety have done:
** ''Music/AVeryScarySolstice'' and ''An Even Scarier Solstice'', two albums of reworked Christmas carols. This includes such classics as "It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Fishmen" and "Carol of the Old Ones".
** The [[http://www.cthulhulives.org/Shoggoth/ stage musical]] ''Theatre/AShoggothOnTheRoof'', based on and using the music from ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof''.
* Music/MichaelKelly (among others) has turned Creator/DollyParton's song "Jolene" into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGSdYFR50Y8 a despairing lament]] about a Lovecraftian HumanoidAbomination.
* Music/{{Metallica}} have a few songs on Lovecraftian horrors. "The Thing That Should Not Be" and "Dream No More" (plus the instrumental "Call of Ktulu") are about Cthulhu himself, while "All Nightmare Long" tells about the Hounds of Tindalos.
* Music/NoxArcana's instrumental album ''Necronomicon'' is inspired by the stories of Lovecraft, with the song titles often referencing specific ones.
* An internet-denizen going by the name "Captain Video" realized that Lovecraft's poem ''[[https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/poetry/p121.aspx Nemesis]]'' could be sung to the tune of Music/BillyJoel's song "Piano Man", and singer [[https://soundcloud.com/julianvelard Julian Velard]] went and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGSdYFR50Y8 recorded it]].
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[[folder: Literature/The Divine Comedy ]]

* Music/{{Sepultura}}'s ''Dante XXI'' (noticed [[Creator/DanteAlighieri the name]]?) is a ConceptAlbum retelling of ''The Divine Comedy''.
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[[folder: Franchise/Dune ]]

* Music/IronMaiden's song "To Tame a Land" is a BadassBoast about Muad'Dib and his journey to becoming a messiah to the Fremen.
* StarOne's "Sandrider" is from the perspective of Paul, using his visions of the future to lead the Fremen and avenge his father's death.
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[[folder: Literature/The Elric Saga ]]

* Music/BlueOysterCult did the song "Black Blade" about Elric of Melnibone.
* Music/{{Hawkwind}} did an entire album about Elric, ''The Chronicle of the Black Sword''. Notably, writer Creator/MichaelMoorcock was directly involved with both Hawkwind and Blue Oyster Cult, even occasionally performing with Hawkwind.
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[[folder: Literature/The Grapes Of Wrath ]]

* Music/WoodyGuthrie's "Tom Joad, Part 1 & 2" from ''Music/DustBowlBallads'' basically tell the plot of ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath''.
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[[folder: Literature/Ghost Roads ]]

* Creator/SeananMcGuire has written filk songs about ''her own works'', most notably ''Literature/GhostRoads'', for which she's written no fewer than ''eight'' songs. She's also written at least three filk songs for the related ''Literature/InCryptid'' series, which is in the same universe.
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[[folder: Literature/Harry Potter ]]

* Wizard Rock is an entire subgenre of fan music specifically about ''Harry Potter''. [[https://yourwizardrockresource.wordpress.com/ Your Wizard Rock Resource]] and [[https://wizrocklopedia.bandcamp.com/ Wizrocklopedia]] are good places to start.
* Music/HankGreen has made quite a few Filk songs such as ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Gt9m64LBg This Isn't Hogwarts]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvvFiZyEyTA Accio Deathly Hallows]]''.
* Not Literally, a female duo did several Harry Potter filks, including "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOxwo8TUQok Sorted This Way]]" (a parody of "Born This Way" by Music/LadyGaga).
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[[folder: Creator/Robert A Heinlein's works ]]

* Spider Robinson, as part of a Creator/RobertAHeinlein tribute essay called "Rah, Rah, R.A.H.", wrote his own filk song, "Ol' Man Heinlein" (to the tune of "Ol' Man River" by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein). It can be found in Robinson's anthology ''Time Travelers Strictly Cash''.
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[[folder: Literature/Honor Harrington ]]

* [[https://echoschildren.bandcamp.com/ Echo's Children]] was a filk band from Portland, Oregon. They were perhaps best known for their [[Literature/HonorHarrington Honor Harrington]] filk songs ''No Quarter'', ''Riding a Tiger'', and ''Fair Was the Blossom'', which were featured on [=CDs=] that accompanied the sale of Honor Harrington hardcover books in the 1990s and 2000s.
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[[folder: Literature/The Hunger Games ]]

* Not Literally's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMExg1WOBAc Honor District Twelve]]" is a Hunger Games-themed parody of "Honor to Us All" from WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}.
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[[folder: Literature/Johnny Got His Gun ]]

* Music/{{Metallica}}'s song "One" is about Joe as he begs to be put out of his misery, which he is unable to communicate to anyone.
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[[folder: Literature/The Little Match Girl ]]

* The Cruxshadows' "Matchstick Girl" is based on Hans Christian Andersen's ''Literature/TheLittleMatchGirl''.
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[[folder: Literature/The Lord Of The Rings ]]

* Adele [=McAllister=] has a wonderful [[https://soundcloud.com/adelemcallister/sets/songs-from-the-lord-of-the album of Tolkien poems set to music]]. Also this [[https://soundcloud.com/adelemcallister/the-horns-of-ylmir song]].
* Frequent with Music/BlindGuardian, including the indicatively named "Lord of the Rings". ''Midnight at Middle-Earth'' is downright ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' as a ConceptAlbum.
* The choral group Music/ClamaviDeProfundis got their start putting Creator/JRRTolkien's poetry to music, going viral for their rendition of "Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold" from ''Literature/TheHobbit''.
* Creator/TomHolt wrote the filk song "[[http://www.edlin.org/holt/onthenet/numenorian.html Numenorian]]", a ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' PatterSong.
* ''Theatre/LayOfLeithian'' is a rock opera adaptation of of the tale of Beren and Lúthien.
* Creator/LeonardNimoy's "Ballad of [[Literature/TheHobbit Bilbo Baggins]]" is an example of original filk (though it wasn't written by Nimoy himself; he just sang it -- don't ask why).
* Music/{{Rush|Band}} has several songs based on Tolkien ("Rivendell" and "The Necromancer").
* Donald Swann (of Music/FlandersAndSwann) solo published ''The Road Goes Ever On: A Song Cycle'', composing original music for several of the poems in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''.
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[[folder: Literature/Mike Hammer ]]

* Music/JohnZorn's ConceptAlbum ''Music/{{Spillane}}'' is built around the novels of Creator/MickeySpillane, in paticular ''Mike Hammer''.
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[[folder: Literature/Moby Dick ]]

* Music/{{Ahab}} are a German funeral doom metal band who write about and sometimes directly take lyrics from ''Literature/MobyDick.''
* Music/{{Mastodon}}'s most popular and arguably best album, ''Leviathan'', is based entirely upon ''Literature/MobyDick''.
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[[folder: Literature/The Moomins ]]

* Music/InformationSociety's "The Mymble's Daughter" is an ode to the character of the same name from the ''[[Literature/TheMoomins Moomin]]'' book series.
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[[folder: Literature/The Phantom Of The Opera ]]

* Music/IronMaiden's song "Phantom of the Opera" is from the perspective of someone both fascinated and frightened by the Phantom.
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[[folder: Literature/Perfume ]]

* Music/{{Nirvana}}'s "Scentless Apprentice" is about Jean, the main character, as ''Perfume'' was Kurt Cobain's favorite book.
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[[folder: Literature/The Picture Of Dorian Gray ]]

* Music/PaganAltar's song "The Portrait of Dorian Gray" is about the evil contained by the titular portrait, and what might happen if it were released.
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[[folder: Creator/Edgar Allan Poe's works ]]

* Music/TheAlanParsonsProject's ''Tales of Mystery and Imagination'' is a concept album about Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's stories.
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[[folder: Creator/Alexander Pushkin's works ]]

* In Strict Confidence's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNfRE5wHAXU "Morpheus"]] is based on the poem of the same name by Creator/AlexanderPushkin, and even has [[BilingualBonus Russian lyrics]] for its chorus, despite the band being German.
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[[folder: Literature/Red Shirts ]]

* ''Music/JonathanCoulton'' wrote ''Red Shirts'' based on the novel. The song is about an episode of the ShowWithinAShow that [[RedShirt has background characters killed for dramatic effect while leaving the ship's bridge crew (mostly) alone]].
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[[folder: Literature/The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner ]]

* Music/IronMaiden's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" summarizes Coleridge's poem as a [[EpicRocking 14-minute]] song.
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[[folder: [[Creator/Arthur C Clarke The Sentinel ]]
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* "Space Odyssey" by Music/TheByrds, which takes the plot of Creator/ArthurCClarke's short story "The Sentinel" and sets it to a sea shanty-type tune, with a futuristic Moog synthesizer as the main instrument. (Despite the title, it came out before ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'').
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[[folder: Literature/A Series Of Unfortunate Events ]]

* Music/TheGothicArchies have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j9tQmBZEPU&list=PLnWPmXHQvT_hsDh5ExE3yFkIvnKzdM4fB&index=2 a whole album]], almost, on the subject of ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents''. It helps that Daniel Handler is a friend of Stephin Merritt and sometime member of Music/TheMagneticFields.
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[[folder: Literature/A Song Of Ice And Fire ]]

* The Sword has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjtXEJ64C8I To Take the Black]]", referring to the act of joining the Night's Watch.
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[[folder: Literature/Ulysses ]]

* Music/KateBush's song "Out Of the Sensual World" is about Molly Bloom, and almost directly (Bush wasn't able to get permission from the Joyce estate to use the original text) quotes her ending monologue about the joy and pleasure of life.
* Music/JeffersonAirplane's song "Rejoyce" is mostly about Leopold, but touches on several other aspects of the book (Molly's affair and Joyce's AuthorAvatar Stephen Dedalus).
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[[folder: William's Doll ]]

* "William's Doll" from the 1972 children's album ''Free to Be, You and Me'' is based on a book of the same name by Charlotte Zolotow.
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[[folder: Literature/Wuthering Heights ]]

* Music/KateBush's song "Wuthering Heights" is from the perspective of Cathy asking for Heathcliff to let her into his house (with several hints that it's after she dies), and directly quotes the book at several points.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]

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[[folder: Series/Twenty Four ]]

* ''Music/TwentyFourTheMusical'' is an AffectionateParody fan-made musical adapting season 2 of ''24'', with the songs mocking the more ridicous plot points.
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[[folder: Series/The Andy Griffith Show ]]

* Country act Music/RascalFlatts does an ode to Series/TheAndyGriffithShow called "Mayberry".
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[[folder: Series/Babylon Five ]]

* Music/TomSmith's parody of the Music/BarenakedLadies's song "One Week" about ''Series/BabylonFive'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHpMAubwfQg "Five Years"]].
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[[folder: Series/Blakes Seven ]]

* Music/SpaceOne's song "Intergalactic Space Crusaders" is about Blake assembling his crew and their determination to fight back against the Federation, despite the hardships.
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[[folder: Series/Boardwalk Empire ]]

* Erik Weiner (aka Agent Sebso)'s song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Iwio2YH1I Boardwalk Empire State of Mind]]" samples from the show's theme song and the chorus takes off Music/JayZ's "Empire State of Mind".
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[[folder: Series/The Brady Bunch ]]

* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "The Brady Bunch" is the lyrics to the theme song of [[Series/TheBradyBunch the show of the same name]] set to the tune of "[[Music/MenWithoutHats The Safety Dance]]".
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[[folder: Series/Coronation Street ]]

* Dan LaRocque and Parksville Rancher did a country song called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cdYSBB1gMY The Ballad of Les Battersby]].
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[[folder: Series/Dallas ]]

* The Barron Knights' "[[https://youtu.be/iPe-Be4Symg We Know Who Done It (Part 1)]]" narrates the plot of the ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' episode "Who Shot J.R.?" to the tune of Music/GaryNuman's "Cars".
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[[folder: Series/Dexter ]]

* David Draiman, lyricist of Music/{{Disturbed}} has confirmed that the ''Asylum'' b-side "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqaOFcnNCT8 Old Friend]]" is about ''Series/{{Dexter}}''.
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[[folder: Series/Doctor Who ]]

* Creator/JohnBarrowman, who's a singer as well as an actor, sometimes closes his concerts with a version of ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'''s "The Wizard And I": "[[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jv010KRU4Q And I]]", sung from Captain Jack's POV.
* The British "Time Lord Rock" band [[http://dftba.com/shop/categories/Music/Chameleon-Circuit/ Chameleon Circuit]] focuses on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGqrrmZXtqg "Doctor Who"-themed music]], but performs gigs outside of the usual filk venues.
* Early works by Music/TheKLF include the novelty song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoGzuNxOj2Q Doctorin' The TARDIS]]" under the pseudonym The Timelords.
* The Ken Spivey Band: [[http://kenspivey.com/ "A Celtic Gallifreyan Band."]] The band performs ''Series/DoctorWho'' inspired music, mostly at cons. Spivey also organizes Time Lord Con and is a Creator/JossWhedon fan.
* No guesses for what Music/PaganAltar's song "The Time Lord" is about.
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[[folder: Series/Firefly ]]

* Music/EbenBrooks's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m4nLc-trRM "It's the End of the 'Verse as We Know It"]] is a parody of Music/REM's "It's the End of the World As We Know It", with the lyrics now about the plot of the show.
* [[http://www.vixyandtony.com Vixy and Tony]] are best known for the ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' filk [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1XSnTEeWcM "Mal's Song"]], which puts lyrics to the show's main theme.
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[[folder: Series/Fringe ]]

* [[http://davidwumusic.com/fringemunks The Fringemunks]], a parody of Music/AlvinAndTheChipmunks by Seattle-area musician David Wu. They are known for recapping all 100 episodes of sci-fi series ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' with song parodies. Several of these parodies are punny, such as [[http://davidwumusic.com/album-bin/Fringemunks-Season1/106.mp3 Epis. 1.06: The Cure]], which parodies "[[Music/{{The Cure|Band}} Friday I'm In Love]]").
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[[folder: Series/Game Of Thrones ]]

* [[https://beigelunatics.bandcamp.com Beige Lunatics ]] made a tribute album ''An Album of Songs'' about ''Game of Thrones''.
* Nathan Cox's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-oZ4Bug_zA&feature=youtu.be Black and Yellow: Baratheon Edition]]" is an homage to the Baratheon brothers.
* melosheep made a series of songs remixing lines from the series and setting them music in order to create songs that summarize the first 4 seasons. "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMvt13PtV5I The Dragon's Daughter]]" is season 1 (Jon joining the Night's Watch, Dany beginning her campaign against slavery, the start of the War of the Five Kings), "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr2QahUX4nA Save Our Sons]]" is season 2 (Jon meeting Ygritte beyond the Wall, Theon takes Winterfell, and the Battle of the Blackwater), "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jV12_lQ68c The Son of Fire]]" is season 3 (Stannis is told of Melisandre's prophecy, Joffery revels in being king, Robb pursues vengance for his father), and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5c1y1SyX3s Show Them to Freedom]]" is season 4 (Dany campaigns against slavery and solidifies herself as queen in exile, the Night's Watch defends Castle Black).
* Not Literally's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXSSBu9uKrM A Character I Used to Know]]" is a parody of "Somebody I Used To Know" about the sheer amount of characters who got killed off in the first season of ''Game of Thrones''.
* "Bells" and "Blood and Snow" by [[Music/{{Aviators}}]] are both inspired by ''Game of Thrones''.
* "Only Us" by ''Music/MiracleOfSound'' is about the Lannister twins.
* Unsurprisingly, the lyrics of the power metal band ''Music/SevenKingdoms'' are mostly about the events of A Song of Ice and Fire.
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[[folder: Series/Lost ]]

* [[http://davidwumusic.com/fringemunks The Fringemunks]] turned [[Music/CultureClub "Karma Chameleon"]] into "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2inqwiZppzQ Dharma Initiative.]]"
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[[folder: Series/Mac Gyver 1985 ]]

* Kiko Machine released a self-titled album where a handful of its songs are homages to several classic shows that aired on Philippine TV in UsefulNotes/TheEighties and UsefulNotes/TheNineties. On it, "[=McGyver=]" (deliberately misspelled on the CD label) is a tribute to ''Series/MacGyver1985''.
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[[folder: Series/The Mandalorian ]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgV-hgprraRb071mumQFw2g The Merkins]]'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FddDNR3829M "Green Child O'Mine"]] had Series/TheMandalorian serenading Grogu with some Music/GunsNRoses.
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[[folder: Series/Perry Mason ]]

* Music/OzzyOsbourne's "Perry Mason", which [[https://www.metalsucks.net/2021/02/04/totally-true-memoirs-of-a-metal-producer-ozzy-osbournes-ozzmosis/amp/ according to producer Michael Beinhorn]], was the result of Ozzy seeking something to write about before settling on "his favorite syndicated show to fall asleep watching in the middle of the day."
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[[folder: Series/The Prisoner ]]

* Music/IronMaiden did two songs based on the show, "The Prisoner" (which downright samples the opening spiel) and "Back to the Village".
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[[folder: Series/Sex Education ]]

* Music/PaleWaves' "So Sick (Of Missing You)" is, according to the band's lead singer Heather Baron-Gracie, about the relationship between the show's main characters Maeve and Otis.
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[[folder: Franchise/Star Trek ]]

* Music/EricBogle's song called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ___AMPsCU Beam Me Up, Scotty!]]"
* Music/TheFirm's "Star Trekkin" is an AffectionateParody of the Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries, and is the originator of the phrase "It's life, but not as we know it" [[BeamMeUpScotty (which has subsequently been mistaken by many as a line from the actual show)]].
* [[http://www.lesliefish.com Leslie Fish]]'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q50UBIWXvfc "Banned From Argo,"]] an original song (and the old TropeNamer for what is now PersonaNonGrata; see the lyrics [[Music/BannedFromArgo here]]) describing what happened when the the crew of the ''U.S.S. [[Franchise/StarTrek Enterprise]]'' went on shore leave on the planet of Argo, and the swath of destruction they left in their wake.
* Actor Robert Picardo has written a fair number of songs about ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' -- which makes sense given that he was part of the main cast.
* Most of the production of the now-defunct band S.P.O.C.K., if not all of it. Songs include ''Never Trust a Klingon'', ''Neutral Zone'', and ''Beam Me Up''. In fact, it seems to have been the main point of the band.
** Other ''Star Trek''-themed bands include Warp Eleven, whose lyrics tend to be irreverent and raunchy, and Five Year Mission, who have written a song for almost every episode of the original series and provided music for the ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]]'' documentary ''What We Left Behind''.
* Music/SpaceOne's song "Songs of the Ocean" is about ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'', with the 'songs of the ocean' being the whale songs that the probe is seeking.
* Music/{{Voltaire}} has the entire album ''Banned on Vulcan'', which has four tracks: "Worf's Revenge (Klingon Rap)" (a GangstaRap-esque song about Worf),"The U.S.S. Make Shit Up" (mocks the series's use of {{technobabble}}), "The Sexy Data Tango" (a song about Data being... 'fully functional and anatomically correct'), and "Screw the Ocampa! (I Wanna Go Home)" (about the crew of [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]] being sick of the Delta Quadrant).
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[[folder: Series/Takeshis Castle ]]

* Kiko Machine released a self-titled album where a handful of its songs are homages to several classic shows that aired on Philippine TV in UsefulNotes/TheEighties and UsefulNotes/TheNineties. On it, "Takeshi" is a tribute to ''Series/TakeshisCastle''.
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[[folder: Series/The Twilight Zone 1959 ]]

* The Manhattan Transfer's [[https://youtu.be/0mI8QCl-PlE?si=4jCzWy82DzjUXf5B "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone"]].
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[[folder: Series/Twin Peaks ]]

* Music/{{Bastille}}'s "Laura Palmer" is about the death of the small-town prom queen that kicks off the events of the show.
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[[folder: Series/Xena Warrior Princess ]]

* Kevin Wald's filk song "[[http://web.archive.org/web/20050620082223/http://www.digiserve.com/eescape/closet/silly/Heroine-Barbarian.html I am the very model of a heroine barbarian!]]" is a BadassBoast by Xena to the tune of Gilbert & Sullivan's "I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General".
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[[folder:Mythology & Religion]]
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[[folder: Myth/Arthurian Legend ]]

* Music/HeatherDale is a Canadian musician who is well-known in the Canadian [[UsefulNotes/SocietyForCreativeAnachronism Society for Creative Anachronism]] and [[Main/RenaissanceFair Renaissance Fair]] community. She is especially known for her songs based in [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Arthurian legend]], with ''Mordred's Lullaby'' in particular becoming very famous. In 2015 a musical based on these works, Queens of Avalon, was funded and created via Indiegogo.
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[[folder: Myth/Norse Mythology ]]

* ''[[Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung Der Ring Des Nibelungen]] (The Ring of the Nibelung)'' by Music/RichardWagner, which is a series of four interconnected operas drawing on Norse Myth to tell an interconnected story. It's considered to be one of the most thematically and musically complex operas existing.
* ''Sundown: Whispers of Ragnarok'' by Sassafrass is a concept album based on the Norse myths concerning the creation and destruction of the world.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
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[[folder: Tabletop Game/Battle Tech ]]

* "Bred for War" by Music/{{Dismember}} is about ''TabletopGame/BattleTech''.
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[[folder: Tabletop Game/Paranoia ]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cwVrGvHDTs "The Computer is Your Friend"]] by Captain Ambivalent.
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[[folder:Toys]]
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[[folder: Franchise/Tamagotchi ]]

* Daze's "[[https://youtu.be/W8VhFor9zYU?si=CUiHMNyTiFgeWd99 Together Forever (The Cyber Pet Song)]]", in which the singer assumes the role of a Tamagotchi virtual pet.

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[[folder: Franchise/Transformers ]]

* [[http://tfradio.net Radio Free Cybertron]] has aired several of [[http://knoledge.org/mormegil/ Túrin's Transformers Song Parodies]].
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[[folder:Theatre]]
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[[folder: Theatre/Lady In The Dark ]]

* The obscure Music/ColePorter song, "Make A Date With A Great Psychoanalyst," summarizes the plot of ''Theatre/LadyInTheDark'' in its verse.
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[[folder: Theatre/Madame Butterfly ]]

* "Madame Butterfly" by Malcolm [=McLaren=] is, needless to say, based on the Puccini opera of the same name.
* Music/{{Weezer}}'s ''Music/{{Pinkerton}}'' is a ConceptAlbum about ''Madame Butterfly''.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
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[[folder: Video Game/Blaseball ]]

* [[https://thegarages.bandcamp.com/ the garages]] have many songs about Blaseball.
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[[folder: Video Game/Dark Souls ]]

* Atmospheric black metal[=/=]noise act The Real Housewives of Gomorrah bring us "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AULYH831Q14 Gwyn, How Your Sunlight Has Turned to Cinder]]", based on the final boss of ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''.
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[[folder: Video Game/Detroit Become Human ]]

* Wormhole's song "[=rA9=]/myth" is based off of ''VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman''.
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[[folder: Video Game/Gears Of War ]]

* Music/BodyCount's Gears of War is about the series of games [[VideoGame/GearsOfWar of the same name]].
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[[folder: Video Game/God Of War ]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSS-cJu_h7I "Even Gods Cry"]] by The Turtlenecks, written from Kratos' point of view. It seems rather out of place on an album mostly populated with grunge-metal tributes, although it's clear from the lyrics that it's at least somewhat parodic.
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[[folder: Video Game/The Great Giana Sisters ]]

* Music/MindInABox's "8 Bits" is a song about Giana, sung with a [[SyntheticVoiceActor computerized voice]], and how she "[[BecomeARealBoy wants a life beyond emulation]]".
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[[folder: Video Game/Hollow Knight ]]

* The Russian duo [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5Juop4mUa8&list=PLVoFPySr_H25Nj7vUxBByAQTt9mBLTxXq Lazy Moonkin]] perform ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' filk music, including a fleshed-out version of [[TragicMonster Myla the miner]]'s MusicalChores song.
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[[folder: Video Game/Jet Set Willy ]]

* Intermittent Explosive Disorder's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyhujNcUFck How To Play With Your Willy]]", is, DoubleEntendre aside, is all about the game.
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[[folder: Franchise/The Legend Of Zelda ]]

* Joe Pleiman's "Legend of Zelda" is a tribute to the first few games (the Master Sword doesn't shoot beams in most post-''Ocarina of Time'' games).
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[[folder: Franchise/Mega Man ]]

* Music/TheMegas's songs are almost all adaptations of instrumental songs from the ''Mega Man'' games, with lyrics added to explore the thoughts and feelings of the characters and to expand on the (sometimes thin) narrative of the first few games.
* Music/TheProtomen, a heavy metal-industrial-country band from Nashville, whose song catalog is based around a RockOpera adaptation of ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic''.
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[[folder: Franchise/Metroid ]]

* "[[https://klaymore.bandcamp.com/track/sr388 SR388]]" by the American Metal band Klaymore is a tribute to ''VideoGame/MetroidIIReturnOfSamus''.
* Wormhole bases much of their lyrical content off of the ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' series.
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[[folder: Video Game/The Outer Worlds ]]

* Music/TheStupendium's song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvANy49Kqhw The Fine Print]]" is about how much it sucks to live under the hyper-capitalist society ''The Outer Worlds'' takes place in.
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[[folder: Video Game/Team Fortress 2 ]]

* Hannah M.'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soFkWG0J4e4 Human Shield]]", written from Heavy's point of view, is about his affection for Medic, in a way that could be interpreted as either HeterosexualLifePartners, or an outright declaration of love.
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[[folder: Franchise/Touhou Project ]]

* Music/{{IOSYS}}:
** Their interpretations of [[{{tsundere}} Alice Margatroid's]] various [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVhtS5cjAv0 stage]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVwstM4vZC8 boss]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0jbvJjTXPw themes]], which [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-cT2nDslCs explore]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0_-J-pHNsc her]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qS1kqhhebw feelings]] for [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Marisa Kirisame]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT99cSIgYjI "Kire Kire Mayoi"]] (a parody of "Hare Hare Yukai" from ''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'').
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBvHiI2ZFrw "Laser Mari Fantasy"]] (a parody of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px2zX-M2alQ "Pegasus Fantasy"]] from ''Anime/SaintSeiya'').
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZQboNNzoPs "Love-Colored Damage Report"]] (a parody of "Sketch Switch" from ''Manga/HidamariSketch'').
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoRdggqTxfE "New Attack Resurrection"]] (a parody of "only my railgun" from ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'').
* Silver Forest has a song called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMK3Yx8xo_A Kaze no Uta]]", which is a blatant parody to [[VisualNovel/{{Air}} Tori no Uta]], especially at the beginning and ending of the song, and even includes a part where the original song being parodied is sung.
* There are a couple of fanbands which do metal arrangements of ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' music; one of the more well-known ones is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz70QHZvk04 Unlucky Morpheus]].
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[[folder: Video Game/World Of Warcraft ]]

* [[http://www.oxhorn.com Oxhorn Brand Movies]] is a WOW Machinima maker that does a lot of original music and whose album ''Oxhorn's Christmas for Geeks'', is a compilation of his WOW fan songs and skits.
* Stone Falcon's [[http://www.stonefalconproductions.com/noob.htm The Ballad of the Noob]], with acompanying {{Machinima}}, about a Level 1 noob in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' that takes on a Level 60 character.
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[[folder: Video Game/Zero Wing ]]

* Big Zig & The Cats set the famous "All Your Base are Belong To Us" intro text to the tune of Edward Elgar's "Pomp & Circumstance No. 1".
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
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[[folder: Web Animation/RWBY ]]

* [[https://soundcloud.com/the-gypsy-caravan-1 The Gypsy Caravan]]'s "[[https://soundcloud.com/the-gypsy-caravan-1/answer-to-me-taiyangs-theme-1 Answer To Me]]", a song for the resident [[GoodParents good dad]] Taiyang Xiao Long. It's a BadassBoast in hard rock form where he sings about [[PapaWolf how protective of his kids he is and what he'll do to those who harm them.]]
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[[folder: Webcomic/Achewood ]]

* "Here Comes a Special Boy" by Freezepop is all about Philippe.
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[[folder: Webcomic/Narbonic ]]

* Creator/SeananMcGuire's songs "[[https://seananmcguire.com/songbook.php?id=112 Oh Helen]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXp-q7iVG6I Time Travel Girl]]" are about Dave and Helen's relationship.
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[[folder: Webcomic/Homestuck ]]

* ''Broadwaystuck'' is album by a group of fans by the same name which covered various pop songs with lyrics rewritten to related to ''Homestuck'' characters. The most well-known of these is "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgW9rKpLEdI Karkalicious]]", based off of "Fergalicious" by Music/{{Fergie}}.
* Kylee Henke's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrhTB2Sij8c You Can't Fight the Homestuck]]" is based on "We Didn't Start the Fire" and does an impressive job of listing off the many, ''many'' bizarre and often incomprehensible-out-of-context plot threads in the comic.
* [[https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/ Unofficial MSPA Fans]] are a group of fans who have released numerous full albums of fan music based on Homestuck. These range from the ''Land of Fans and Music'' albums (which are mostly remixes or original instrumental compositions that heavily sample official songs) to ''SBURB OST'' (a soundtrack for the [[ShowWithinAShow in-story videogame SBURB]]).
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[[folder: ''Western Animation/The Flintstones'' ]]

* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "Bedrock Anthem" is a style parody of Music/RedHotChiliPeppers about his desire to live like WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones family does and playfully mocks the ridiculousness of the cartoon as he hypes up how great it is to live in Bedrock.
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[[folder: ''Western Animation/Hazbin Hotel'' ]]

* "Music/{{Addict}}" is an electropop song by Silva Hound and sung by Creator/MichaelKovach, the voice of Angel Dust, and Kelly "Chi-Chi" Boyer, the singing voice of Cherri Bomb. It is a duet between Angel and Cherri and how they cope with the cruel world around them with drugs, sex, and mayhem.

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[[folder: ''Western Animation/My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic'' ]]

* "Music/AlternateRealities" is an original song and music video about what Equestria would be like if the other members of the Mane 6 were princesses.
* [=SlyphStorm=]:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzb76EFqZkg "Pegasus Device"]] is one of these for the sequel to [=AuroraDawn=]'s ''FanFic/RainbowFactory'' fanfic, itself based on the Music/WoodenToaster [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGZXpGq8rRk song of the same name]], making it a RecursiveAdaptation of sorts.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUXhOa2-JhI "Castle of Shadows"]] is a filk of the ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP: FiM]]'' episode ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E3CastleManeia Castle Mane-ia]]'' using the tune of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxQGB7a-6xQ "Bloody Tears"]] from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest''.
* [[https://youtube.com/@BeatleBrony?si=GjDUK9dz5kozb1rB BeatleBrony]], as their name implies, recorded ponified versions of [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] songs.

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[[folder: Western Animation/Steven Universe ]]

* Jakeneutron's FanMusic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUtlle3uIag ''Only One Way'']] takes place in Steven's Nightmare, an AU where Steven shatters White Diamond and becomes a FallenHero. The song itself is an antithesis to [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie Change]], a song about Spinel can change for the better. "One Way Out" is Steven's MotiveRant justifying his downward spiral leading him to change for the worse, and shatter the Diamonds before going on a rampage which destroys Homeworld. When Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl find Steven and hoping to bring him him and help him, Steven decides he'll destroy the Crystal Gems if they oppose him too.
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[[folder: Western Animation/When The Wind Blows ]]

* Music/IronMaiden's "When the Wild Wind Blows" is a retelling of this animation's story, albeit with a different ending as there is no nuclear war.
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