->''"Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin[[note]]"Dragonborn, Dragonborn[[/note]]''\\
''Naal ok zin los vahriin[[note]]By his honor is sworn[[/note]]''\\
''Wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst vaal![[note]]To keep evil forever at bay![[/note]]''\\
''Ahrk fin norok paal graan[[note]]And the fiercest foes rout[[/note]]''\\
''Fod nust hon zindro zaan,[[note]]When they hear triumph's shout,[[/note]]''\\
''Dovahkiin, fah hin kogaan mu draal!"[[note]]Dragonborn, for your blessing we pray!"[[/note]]''
-->-- A '''barbarian choir''' sings the player's praises to the tune of the ''Elder Scrolls'' theme -- ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''

The opposite of ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics - an instrumental tune never intended to have lyrics is given some, often for humorous or ironic effect.

Gaining popularity on the Internet (e.g. Music/{{Brentalfloss}} of [=ScrewAttack=] with Creator/{{Nintendo}} game themes, and Website/ChannelAwesome doing it to 1980s cartoon themes), [[OlderThanTheyThink but the practice has been around for a while]] - e.g. Series/TheTwoRonnies did it every now and then, playing orchestra musicians, big-band jazzmen, or brass-band players who sang along to the classics their ensemble was performing.

This is, naturally, a SubTrope of ToTheTuneOf. May overlap (oddly enough) with ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics, if the "real" lyrics are obscure enough that the tune is an instrumental for all intents and purposes.

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!!Examples:

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[[folder:Advertising]]
* A 1967 ad for Jeno's Pizza Rolls (known today as Totino's Pizza Rolls after being sold to Pillsbury) spoofs Lark Cigarettes' "Show Us Your Lark Pack" campaign, complete with a song sung to the tune of the William Tell Overture. At a break in the song, a man with cigarettes walks in to complain about the used music. Who else then shows up but [[Series/TheLoneRanger the Lone Ranger and Tonto]], wanting to talk to him about the same thing? It's worth noting that this ad was directed by Creator/StanFreberg.
* An ad for AT&T U-verse TV has a mother ask her husband to watch football in the basement so the kids can watch TV in the living room. He refuses because he says his team could lose if he doesn't sit on his "lucky couch," and sings to the tune of the ESPN Monday Night Football theme "Heavy Action" as it plays on the TV:
-->''Game starting now! DA DA, DA DA.\\
Have fun in the basement! DA DA, DA DA.\\
I'm sitting on lucky couch!''
* Bunches of advertising jingles fit this trope.
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* The Cantonese Hong Kong dub of ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' added lyrics to the [[https://youtu.be/SOfeGKwaVNI ending theme]]. With a male chorus. It actually sounded really cool. The rearrangments and the lyrics [[TheCoverChangesTheMeaning made it]] a NationalAnthem kind of song, if you know what the chrous translates into:
-->''With you we prospect\\
and new paths we'll pave\\
May it shine, this new light and spirit\\
together we create the glorious and resounding!''
* The theme song to ''The End of Evangelion'', ''[[https://youtu.be/t_vmlocy6BE Thanatos (If I Can't Be Yours)]]'', is a musical theme from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' with lyrics. (Note that the music doesn't live up to the title ''[[DeathTropes Thanatos]]'', but the lyrics [[LyricalDissonance might]].)
* The ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' soundtrack box set features "Wandering Cowboy", an Ed ImageSong in which she gives lyrics to "Tank!", the show's theme song, which describes the pursuits of the series' space bounty hunters.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/PokemonXNimjaPlayTheGame'':
** The opening theme song is Nimja's instrumental piece [[https://nimja.com/music/cd3/3 "Ages,"]] with lyrics about friendship, determination, and the end of the world:
--->''In my lifetime, I've seen intriguing things\\
Now the world's ending; what strife will this bring?\\
I am waiting for answers I never knew\\
But I'll only get through this one with you\\\
And as I wait, they come for me\\
This world aligns\\
As long as you're here with me\\\
Cause we can't go on 'til the fight's begun\\
We cannot stop 'til this battle's won\\
We can't give up, we must journey on\\
This one is for the [[TitleDrop ages!]]\\
Don't tell me now what I need to do\\
I need to ask now: [[ArcWords what must you do?]]\\
With our true power, we'll make it through\\
This one is for the ages!''
** Additionally, the web series version set lyrics to "The Liberty Bell March" for the episode "And Now For Something Completely Different," and repurposed as "The Monty Python Anthem":
--->''We love you, Monty Python, yes we do!\\
We love you, Monty Python, yes it's true!\\
Your humor is so amazing; your skits are funny and true,\\
We love you, Monty Python, yes we--'' [fart noise]
* ''Fanfic/SOSchip'': In RealLife as well as InUniverse, "Yonen wa Shinu". If you don’t know Japanese, it's Music/NineInchNails' "The Four of Us Are Dying" with lyrics added in.
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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' also has an image album which adds lyrics to several of the tracks from the soundtrack, most of them surprisingly depressing.
* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'' has "Where No One Goes," which is a remake of the flying theme from the first film, more up-tempo and with lyrics.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* Creator/CharlieChaplin added lyrics to his theme for ''A Countess from Hong Kong'' to make the Petula Clark hit "This Is Your Song."
** Also, "Smile" (a standard popularized by Music/NatKingCole) was adapted from an instrumental theme from Chaplin's ''Film/ModernTimes''.
*** It's also been covered by Music/MichaelJackson as well.
* The film ''My Fellow Americans'' has the rival ex-presidents admitting to producing their own lyrics for 'Hail to the Chief'.
** Kevin Kline in ''Film/{{Dave}}'' also has fun with 'Hail to the Chief' while showering: "Hail to the Chief, he's the one we all say hail to..."
* [[https://youtu.be/Y9AVTlvbhKM This]] very NSFW song, set to the main theme from ''Franchise/JurassicPark''.
* When Music/MarvinHamlisch adapted Music/ScottJoplin's music for the movie ''Film/TheSting'', no lyrics were added. However, somewhere in the ensuing boom in Joplin's popularity, the movie's main theme "The Entertainer" got attached to new lyrics by John Brimhall, which were widely reprinted and performed: "Now the curtain is going up / The entertainer is taking a bow…"
* A version of the old ''Film/{{Superman|FilmSeries}}'' films theme tune was once recorded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tup95t6FH5g by an artist named Enrique]] in France with added lyrics. The song was later resung [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x10xir7_superman-par-noam_music by an artist named Noam.]]
* Music/EnnioMorricone and Music/HayleyWestenra's ''Paradiso'' consists largely of this.
* In the commentary track for ''Film/{{UHF}}'', Music/WeirdAlYankovic sings along with the Creator/OrionPictures VanityPlate: "[[https://youtu.be/7GKEHMGGLM0 Orion... Orion... is bankrupt... now!]]"
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' movies have a few examples. In the closing credits to ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing Fellowship]]'', after Enya's "May It Be" there's a version of the Shire theme "A Hobbit's Understanding" set to English lyrics ([[https://youtu.be/evHF0WRagtc see here]]). The refrain to "Into the West", the end credits song to ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing Return]]'', has the tune to the Gray Havens theme. If [[OminousLatinChanting Elvish lyrics]] also count, there are quite a few, but one of the best must be the Fellowship theme as heard at the start of the Battle of the Black Gate.
* One year before it was done in ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'', (see below) French singer René Joly [[https://youtu.be/PtRzX5ZzYfY added lyrics]] to the ''VideoGame/StarWars'' theme, in a SofterAndSlowerCover.
* ''Film/PetersFriends'' starts with the main cast at their university days, performing a cabaret act where they sing about the London subways to the tune of [[StandardSnippet The Can Can]]. The movie ends with Peter and his friends singing the song together at a private reunion years later, cementing their status as TrueCompanions.
* Music/LinkinPark's "New Divide" from ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'' is basically a lyrical version of "Arrival to Earth", the main series theme.
* ''Film/{{Ted 2}}'' has a scene where Ted makes up lyrics for the ''Series/LawAndOrder'' theme.
* ''Film/{{Arthur 1981}} -- The Album'', the soundtrack for the 1981 film, includes two pop songs that do not appear in the film but are With Lyrics versions of instrumental pieces from Burt Bacharach's underscore: "Money" became Ambrosia's "Poor Rich Boy" and "It's Only Love" became a Stephen Bishop song with the same title.
* In most films in the Franchise/JamesBond series, a song is played over the opening titles performed by a major recording artist of the time.[[note]]Only ''Film/DrNo'' and ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'' lacked a proper theme, though the latter had "We Have All The Time In The World" performed by Music/LouisArmstrong as an ironic leitmotif for Bond and Tracy's romance.[[/note]] While in some films this provides a leitmotif throughout the film, in most cases it's not reprised again (if at all) until the end credits. However as part of its EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' uses an instrumental version over the opening titles, and the WithLyrics version isn't played until the ''end'' credits.
* The jazz standard "Laura" was originally the instrumental theme to [[Film/{{Laura}} the film of the same name]]. Johnny Mercer added lyrics to David Raskin's melody after the film made the tune popular.
* ''Film/TheNutcrackerIn3D'' had Tim Rice add new lyrics to the classic score.
* Exploitation documentary ''Film/MondoCane'' had an incongruously pretty theme tune which, with the addition of romantic lyrics, became the pop standard "More."
* Blue Nature lyricized Music/{{Vangelis}}'s "Conquest of Paradise", from ''Film/FourteenNinetyTwoConquestOfParadise'', as "[[https://youtu.be/EjWHz-9hfeU Return To Paradise]]".
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** The standard playground theme lyrics during the Classic series were "Ooo-ee-oo, it's Dr. Who! Here comes Dr. Who in the TARDIS. (Deedly-dum, deedly dum...)" You can see this version performed by falsetto-voiced sockpuppets on a DVD extra on "The War Games".
** On his [[http://beasthouse-lm2.blogspot.com/ blog]], Lawrence Miles, fandom personality and TieInNovel writer of ''Series/DoctorWho'', has a sidebar giving lyrics to some instrumental themes from the show:
--->''The Words to Well-Known Doctor Who Themes: Although the location-footage music in "City of Death" is instrumental, everyone who hears it instinctively knows that the words are, "Running through Paris, we're running through Paris, we're running through Paris, we're running through France"...''
*** There's more - for example, the lyrics to "The 'Mysterious TARDIS Energy' Theme" are [[DeusExMachina "De-e-e-us ex ma-chi-na..."]]
*** What about the main theme? ''Doctor Who~ooo, how are yo~ooou? How do you do the things you do~ooo?''
** [[Series/TheLateLateShow Craig Ferguson]] created his own lyrics for the ''Series/DoctorWho'' theme for the 11/16/10 cold open, which wasn't used due to ExecutiveMeddling. [[https://youtu.be/M9P4SxtphJ4 Here's the "lost" cold-open.]]
** [[https://youtu.be/l2rfTR1PJkk THIS.]]
** "Trock" band ''Chameleon Circuit'' uses [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E13TheBigBang the titular episode's]] incidental music in their song "Big Bang 2"
--->''[[https://youtu.be/uIM5kTDzNA0 Oh, my God, he's wearing a fez!]]''
** Fan artist Halia Meguid put lyrics to [[http://haliameguid.tumblr.com/post/14326336283/here-is-a-brand-spanking-new-and-more-importantly "The Doctor's Theme"]], mostly dealing with the angsty bits of the Ten/Rose ship.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK5f1xkk3hU The Peter Capaldi Theme Song]].
* A weird case when Creator/MiltonBerle guest starred on ''Series/TheMuppetShow''. He hears Rowlf playing [[Film/TheSting The Entertainer]] and claims that the song has little-known lyrics, which he proceeds to sing. The thing is, while a few people wrote lyrics for that song over the years, there are no official ones, and probably none that were written while Scott Joplin was alive. The ones Berle sings were actually written by arranger John Brimhall for a book of piano sheet music only four years before the episode aired.
* For a non-comedic example, the last season of ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' added lyrics to what had been an entirely instrumental tune for all past seasons.
* The theme tune to ''Series/TheXFiles'' was a victim. Allegedly the words go: "The X-Files is a show... with music by Mark Snow..."
* Similarly, [[https://youtu.be/owgOxV1V6Cc this clip]] from the ''Series/StargateSG1'' [[DVDBonusContent DVD commentary track]] includes tongue-in-cheek lyrics.
-->''Stargate -- it's a crazy trip.\\
You can go quite far,\\
And you don't need a car\\
Or even a ship.''
** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NsygBkDFVrY A 2005 promo for the "Get in the Gate" Sweepstakes]] featured Creator/AmandaTapping and Creator/JoeFlanigan [[TerribleIntervieweesMontage unsuccessfully auditioning various potential guest stars]]. One of them had made up his own words:
--->''Stargaaaate ... it's a great big whiiiirl ... ''[[note]]There was dancing too![[/note]]
* This trope is a RunningGag in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
** In "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E10FugitiveAlien Fugitive Alien]]":
--->''[[https://youtu.be/mK2jFO_DaRQ This is the song written for the train chase / This is the chase, Rocky and Ken]] / [[ForkliftFu He TRIIIIIED TO KILL ME WITH A FORKLIFT]]! Olè!''
** In "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E12GameraVsGuiron Gamera vs. Guiron]]":
--->''They're gonna ride their bicycles / They'll disappear into the woods / It will be days before they're found / Corn Job will be blamed.''
** In "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E09TheGirlInLoversLane The Girl in Lovers Lane]]":
--->''With Jack E-lan, not Jack La-lanne...''
** In "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E18TheAtomicBrain The Atomic Brain]]":
--->''There's a girl on the roof / And she thinks she's a cat / Oh, she thinks she's a cat / But she's not, but she's not.''
** In "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E21TheBeastOfYuccaFlats The Beast of Yucca Flats]]":
--->''[[Creator/ColemanFrancis Coooooolemaaaaan Fraaaaanciiiis... Cooooolemaaaaaan Fraaaaanciiiiiiis!]]''
** In ''Film/ThisIslandEarth'', an incidental tune plays as the flying saucer's viewscreen returns to normal view. (Fun fact: This tune bears a striking resemblance to the Renaissance motet ''Crucifixus II'', by Antonio Lotti.) When featured in ''Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000TheMovie'':
--->''Nor-mal view, nor-mal VIEW, nor-mal VIEW, nor-mal VIEWWWWWW!''
** In "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S07E05Escape2000 Escape 2000]]", pretty much every piece of background music is given lyrics containing the phrase "Leave the Bronx" -- even the end theme, in which Mike is nearly driven insane by Tom singing "Leeaaaave Bronx, baby leeeeaaaave Bronx..."
** "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S09E03ThePumaman The Pumaman]], [[SuperZeroes he flies like a moron!]]"
** "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S09E07Hobgoblins Hobgoblins]]" gives us "It's [[TheEighties the '80s]], do [[HookersAndBlow a lot of coke]] and vote for UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan." They spend the same episode coming up with lyrics [[MondegreenGag trying to figure out just what one song actually says]].
** In "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S10E08FinalJustice Final Justice]]", during the instrumental music over the closing lyrics, Tom and Crow devolve into "Eat eat eat eat, eat eat eat eat, munch munch munch munch, chew chew chew chew, gorge gorge gorge gorge, burp burp burp burp -- stuff lotsa food in your... fancy face! Oh yeahhhhh!"
* In ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless'', a version of the theme song with lyrics is [[https://youtu.be/8p6WSPiewNc sung by Gina]].
* For some reason, the French version of the opening theme for ''Series/TheATeam'' has lyrics, whereas the original was instrumental only (save for the opening narration). The lyrics do work, though -- even though they're definitely '80s.
** They did the same with ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'', along with the German version.
* In a ''Film/{{Taxi}}'' episode, Reverend Jim is set up on a date with Marcia Wallace of ''Series/TheBobNewhartShow'', and regales her with the lyrics he's composed for the show's theme: "Here comes Bob and Carol/His wife, Emily, really likes him/He has five people in his group..."
** Nick at Nite used to do this in promos, for ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' and ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie'' too, though in at least one of those cases there actually were unused lyrics for the song..
** Creator/{{GSN}} also ran commercials adding lyrics to the themes from ''Series/MatchGame'', ''Series/FamilyFeud'', and ''Series/TheNewlywedGame''. The ''Feud'' commercial was actually based on lyrics that a contestant sang to Richard Dawson once.
* The sitcom ''Series/BuffaloBill'' featured Dabney Coleman as the titular Bill, who hosts a morning TV talk show. In one episode, he decided to "spice up" the show by adding his own lyrics to the theme song:
-->''Talking,\\
The people 'round here do some talking;\\
Turn on your T.V. set,\\
Turn on your T.V. and see!''
* Creator/BillMurray has done this a few times:
** A ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch had Creator/BillMurray as LoungeLizard Nick Winters adding lyrics to the main theme of ''Franchise/StarWars'':"Star Wars, nothing but Star Wars..."
** Murray added lyrics to ''Series/LateNight Late Night with David Letterman''
** During Craig Kilborne's run, Murray was asked to add lyrics to their theme song, which Murray obliged off the cuff. "Why don't you watch it? It's ''The Daily Show''!" Let's all watch it! It's ''The Daily Show!''..."
* ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' had Carrie Fisher sing the Life Day song to the tune of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' theme...
* In one of the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, Will Ferrell and Jack Black [[https://youtu.be/NoXLu9Rz70g added lyrics]] to the song played when a speech gets overtly long.
* Eddie, from the late 90's sitcom ''Malcolm & Eddie'', produced a get-rich-quick scheme that involved invoking this trope. One theme he added lyrics to, was the ''Series/SanfordAndSon'' theme.
* "Live show, it's a ''Series/ThirtyRock'' [[LiveEpisode live show]]. It's ''30 Rock'' live!"
** And for the west coast: "Let's talk about sushi. Portland, Vegas, Glendale, this is ''30 Rock''!"
** Music/{{Weird Al|Yankovic}} added lyrics in the end credits of the episode "Kidnapped by Danger":
--->''Now you can go vent your rage\\
On your Twitter and Facebook page''
* Some fans of ''Series/GameOfThrones'' have come to associate these lyrics to the theme song:
-->''Hey, it's\\
Time to watch, Game\\
Game of Throoooones...''
** [[https://youtu.be/DHlzIgSvnYc Dinklage, Peter Dinklage, Peter Dinklage, Peter...]]
** [[Music/{{Coldplay}} Chris Martin]] [[https://youtu.be/zs7xO5P3Az4 #t=33s did]] "There are Starks, and there are Lannisters, and K̶a̶r̶d̶a̶s̶h̶i̶a̶n̶s̶ Targaryens, and across there, someone knows... welcome to the crazy wacky world of ''Game of Thrones''!"
* According to Creator/JossWhedon on one DVD commentary track, the theme song to ''Series/{{Angel}}'' goes ''"Angel iiis a vampire/Who fiiights criiime with hiiis friends..."''
* A [[https://youtu.be/XQsdfEE0XeE sketch]] in ''Series/HarryHillsTVBurp'' has Harry declare to the audience he's discovered the words to the ''Series/{{Emmerdale}}'' theme tune, which involves the characters singing the names of different sauces.
** A non-comedic example: Eino Grön, a Finnish singer, once put the theme to words under the name of "Kotona Taas" (Finnish for "Home Again").
* Irish singer DANA once sang a version of the theme to ''Series/{{Brookside}}'' with lyrics. The name of the song is unknown and it was never released.
* In 1999, ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' ran an article titled "11 Ways ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' Contestants Can Really Piss Off Alex Trebek". Number 11 was "Sing along to the JeopardyThinkingMusic".
--->'''Contestant:''' ''This is Final Je'par-dy,\\
Having trouble WITH this cat-e-gory!\\
To-day's champ -- it won't be me!\\
Don't know Greek myth-o-lo-gy!\\
Hope my friends don't watch the show,\\
Or they'll see there's NUH-thing that I know and\\
I'll look like a total heel.\\
Wish instead I'd gone... on... [[Series/WheelofFortune Wheel]]! DUM DUM!''
* ''Series/BlakesSeven'' had lyrics to its iconic theme tune written for the revamped credits for the fourth and final season, to be sung by Creator/StevenPacey (Tarrant). [[http://www.farsight.net.nz/essays/lyrics.htm As you can see]], they suffered from a pretty serious case of LyricalDissonance given the increasingly bleak and cynical tone of the show and the idea was dropped. If any test recordings were ever made, they appear not to have survived.
* Manhattan Transfer did this with the theme from ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''.
* Lyrics were written for the theme from ''Series/MissionImpossible'' but were never used, though they occasionally turn up on sheet music.
* For some reason, American and UK series imported to Japan often have a song added to the opening credits in lieu of the original composition. In many cases, such as with ''Series/CaptainScarletAndTheMysterons'', the song itself is new, but in the case of ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'', a recurring piece of incidental music from the series, the "Century 21 March" was performed with sung Japanese lyrics.
* Creator/MorecambeAndWise added lyrics to the Creator/ThamesTelevision ident: "Here they are now, Morecambe and Wise!"
* On an episode of ''Series/HomeImprovement'' Tim and Al hold a contest to right lyrics for [[ShowWithinAShow Tool Time]]. The acts seen are a 1-man rockabilly band, a barbershop quartet of Al fans, and a local rap group.
* The original ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' theme has official lyrics that were never recorded or intended for actual use. They were written by Creator/GeneRoddenberry after the first season so that he could claim for himself half the royalties being paid to Alexander Courage, the composer who wrote the music. Read all the details, including the lyrics on [[https://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/trek.asp Snopes]].
* A 2006 ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou'' spin-off book included "the secret lyrics to the theme tune". The fact these were written on a proper version of the score proved unexpectedly controversial, as the composer, Big George Webley, retained copyright.
* Chilean puppet show ''Series/TreintaYUnMinutos'''s main theme song is an InstrumentalThemeTune, but a version with official lyrics was eventually released: "[[https://youtu.be/wfNUme4wRzE Yo Nunca Vi Televisión]]" ("I've Never Watched Television"), performed by the show's main cast.
* Back when ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' was at its height of popularity, teenagers in British playgrounds used to sing:
-->''He's mean, he's rich,\\
His wife is a bitch,\\
He drives a fancy car,\\
He lives in Dallas,\\
And his house is a palace,\\
And the bastard's name's JR.''
* In 1986, the ''Series/{{Eastenders}}'' theme was given lyrics and performed by Anita Dobson (who played Angie Watts) as "Anyone Can Fall in Love". It reached number 4 in the UK charts.
* Geoffrey Burgon, who composed the theme music to ''Series/BridesheadRevisited'', also used it as a setting for the Latin hymn ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KZdHkGZhlU Ave Verum Corpus]]''.
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[[folder:Music]]
* 2 Unlimited's "Get Ready for This" was originally an instrumental song, but later it got [[AWildRapperAppears rapping lyrics]].
* Creator/AllanSherman's classical music parodies, including his best-known work, ''Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah'' (to Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours").
* Music/TheMegas is a band devoted to this; particularly the classic ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' games. Their album "Get Equipped" covers all the songs from ''Mega Man 2'', and they are working on some songs from number 3. Oh, and both the lyrics and music [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic are actually very good.]]
** The series itself did this in the third ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'' game, where the theme song, Shooting Star, was given lyrics that were sung during one of Sonia's concerts. Sadly, it only showed up in text form and wasn't actually sung... Until 2014 where a group of Japanese artists did a fan cover that can be listened to [[https://youtu.be/dlDs071_k6U here.]]
* Music/TheAdventuresOfDuaneAndBrandO is in the same vein as The Megas, though with more of a focus on the protagonists than the villains. They are most well-known for their youtube videos for such games as ''Final Fantasy'' and ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' (over a million hits for FF!).
** As an example, The Amazing [=BrandO=] sets lyrics to the Song of Storms; one of the most iconic instrumentals from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'':
-->First some wind, then some rain\\
Then a fuckin' hurricane!\\
We're all gonna die! Time to say goodbye!\\
Holy crap! What the shit?!\\
I am twelve and what is this?!\\
We're all gonna die tonight!
* In Music/FlandersAndSwann's "Ill Wind," the singer laments the theft of his French horn to the tune of a Mozart French horn concerto.
* Gabriel Fauré's ''Pavane Op. 50'' was composed as a purely instrumental piece for piano solo or orchestra, with optional choral lyrics written later by Robert de Montesquiou.
* This is, more or less, the entirety of the genre of vocalese. Manhattan Transfer's version of "Birdland" (an instrumental composition by the jazz fusion band Weather Report) is a good example.
* Barbershop example: the Gas House Gang ('93 world champs) did this by putting a plot summary of [[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Mozart's]] ''Theatre/TheMagicFlute'' to the much-more-well-known tune of ''[[https://youtu.be/GTf4D9Zk8lc Eine Kleine Nachtmusik]]''.
--> ''[[Franchise/JurassicPark Ju-urassic Park]], Ju-urassic Park,''
--> ''where the dinosaurs are free-ee''
* Hoagy Carmichael originally wrote "Stardust" as an instrumental--and a ragtime piano solo, at that--and the lyrics were added later by Mitchell Parish. Nowadays, words and music are regarded as having always been together.
* Pianist Floyd Cramer wrote "Last Date" as an instrumental. In 1960, Skeeter Davis and Boudleaux Bryant wrote lyrics, and Skeeter recorded the lyrical version as "My Last Date with You". Later on, Music/ConwayTwitty wrote his own lyrics as "Lost Her Love on Our Last Date", which was later CoveredUp by Music/EmmylouHarris as "Lost His Love on Our Last Date".
* Music/ESPosthumus's first album was fully instrumental. Their second album included lyrics in a Latin derivative.
* Music/StevieWonder wrote "The Tears of a Clown" as an instrumental but couldn't come up with any lyrics. Music/SmokeyRobinson thought it sounded like a circus and obliged.
* It's more rap than singing, but Sweetbox's "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" was Bach's ''Air on the G String'' turned into R&B.
* Sheldon Harnick, Broadway lyricist best known for ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'', was commissioned to write lyrics to Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" in the late '50s, but his lyrics(known as "The Man with the Sign") were all but forgotten. The theme of his lyrics, that the freedom to express unpopular points of view is important to a Democratic society, may have been too controversial for the era of Joe [=McCarthey=]. His lyrics tell about a lone protester carrying a sign, and how the singer, while vehemently disagreeing with the protester's views, supports his right to protest, since it means he is free. You can read (most of) the lyrics [[http://www.janetkagan.com/SheldonHarnick.html here]].
-->"But the man with the sign's a friend of mine\\
All alone in his proud endeavor\\
And as long as I fight for this man's right\\
That's the glory of the stars and stripes forever.\\
Yes, the man with the sign's a friend of mine\\
All alone in his proud endeavor.\\
For the sign says to me, "This man is free!"\\
That's the story of the Stars and Stripes Forever."
** Of course, the ''Stars and Stripes Forever'' has a much better-known set of "with lyrics" attached to it. "Be kind to your web-footed friends, for a duck maybe somebody's muh-ther..."
* Singer Helmut Lotti has written lyrics to several classical music pieces.
* Music/DukeEllington: It's reported that the SignatureSong "Take the 'A' Train" was originally written with lyrics, but the earliest recordings of the song were completely instrumental, and the lyrics were apparently lost or discarded. The Delta Rhythm Boys ended up recording a version of the song with their own lyrics. Independently, the 17-year-old Joya Sherrill also came up with lyrics for the song; when she sang them for Duke, he was so impressed that he hired her as a vocalist and adopted those lyrics.
* Music/{{Orbital}}: ''The Box'' EP ended with a vocal version of the title track, with Grant Fulton and Alison Music/{{Goldfrapp}} singing.
* "A Lover's Concerto" by the Toys is sung to the tune of "Minuet in G" by Christian Petzold. [[note]]The melody was included in Music/JohannSebastianBach's 1725 ''Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach'', which led to it being attributed to Bach until researchers set the record straight in 1970.[[/note]]
* Bob Keeshan, AKA Captain Kangaroo, narrated a [[http://gentlebirth.org/nutcracker/ children's record]] of Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite". Lyrics telling the story are given to each piece. For example, the famous "March" comes on when the toys (mostly stuffed animals) come to life; it begins with: "Dogs followed by cats and kangaroos/all marching along in step by twos..."
* The Brian Setzer's Orchestra's "One More Night with You" provided lyrics for a swing arrangement of Grieg's "Hall of the Mountain King".
* Music/BeastieBoys' joke song "The Biz Vs. The Nuge" samples the first half-minute of Music/TedNugent's "Homeward Bound", with Biz Markie singing along to the guitar riff.
* A common treatment to previously instrumental trance anthems, such as Music/{{Darude}}'s "Out of Control(Back For More)"(featuring Tammy Marie), Music/{{Tiesto}}'s "(Sub)Urban Train"(featuring [[Music/OpusIII Kirsty Hawkshaw]]), Rank 1's "Breathing(Airwave 2003)" and "It's Up to You(Symsonic)"(both featuring Shanokee), and Music/{{Armin van Buuren}}'s "Shivers" (featuring Susanna, originally "Birth of an Angel").
* Music/TransSiberianOrchestra frequently does this. Notable example, [[https://youtu.be/Gr6aZVqa3Ug "Christmas Canon"]], based on Pachelbel's "[[Music/PachelbelsCanon Canon in D]]".
* "Misirlou" is an inverted example, since the very first version of the song [[https://youtu.be/LW6qGy3RtwY has lyrics]], but then the [[CoveredUp more known]] instrumental surf rock version by Dick Dale was later added in Music/TheBlackEyedPeas' song "Pump It" with new lyrics, basically "a cover without lyrics now with lyrics".
* Straight No Chaser's "Christmas Can-Can", to the tune of [[StandardSnippet ''The Galop'' from "Orpheus in the Underworld"]] features these lyrics:
-->"It's time to do the Christmas Can Can,\\
If you can't, can't dance well that's okay.\\
(Not gonna do the kickline)\\
All you need is a tree, some lights,\\
About a thousand presents, wrap them up, and pray for snow.\\
HO!"
** Ditto for "Kick the Can" by Bus Stop and "Can-Can World" by Makkeroni.
* TV's Kyle wrote lyrics for the music from VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2, found [[http://www.thefump.com/fump.php?id=1157 here]].
* Music/FerryCorsten produced a lyrical version of his previous single "Punk" titled "Junk", with rapper [[Music/GangStarr Guru]]. "Galaxia", an early production by him under the alias Moonman (later remade under his own name), also had a vocal version featuring Chantal Matar.
* Energy 52's "Cafe del Mar", [[OneHitWonder their sole song of note]], was lyricized by Fragma as "Man in the Moon".
* Music/{{Calexico}}, at some of their live shows, would take their instrumental "Frontera" and perform it with the lyrics from their song "Trigger".
* Music/ToriAmos released ''Night of Hunters'' in 2011, putting lyrics to some classic pieces, along with new arrangements and some of her own additions.
* Jazmine Sullivan's "Dream Big" is basically just her singing over Music/DaftPunk's "Veridis Quo".
* Decoded Feedback's "Soultaker" was originally released as an instrumental on the Deluxe Edition of ''Aftermath'', then rereleased on ''Diskonnekt'' with lyrics performed by Claus Larsen AKA Leaetherstrip.
* [[http://www.thefump.com/fump.php?id=1643 Here]] are some lyrics for music from ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' by Bonecage.
* Pop-punk group Supernova did this with their cover of the ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'' theme - the "lyrics" are the title of the movie repeated over and over.
* Solarstone's "The Last Defeat, Part 2" is a lyrical version of "Part 1" from the previous album, featuring Lucia Holm of Music/{{Sunscreem}}.
* Music/{{Coldplay}}'s "Life in Technicolor II" adds lyrics to the original, instrumental "Life in Technicolor".
* The Crystal Method's song, "Vapor Trail" was given some vocals and a guitar riff by Music/OzzyOsbourne and DMX for, "Ain't Nowhere to Run".
* WFMU DJ William Berger [[http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2009/03/me-and-ian-curtis.html added lyrics to]] the instrumental Music/JoyDivision BSide "Incubation", [[AffectionateParody affectionately parodying]] the band's melodramatic streak by doing an Ian Curtis impression while singing [[MundaneMadeAwesome about chickens hatching in an incubator]].
* In 1990, Music/ThePixies released an instrumental called "Velvety Instrumental Version" as a BSide to the single "Dig for Fire". Twelve years later, Frank Black revived the song with his then-current band The Catholics, and added new lyrics, calling it simply "Velvety".
* Futurecop!'s "Starworshipper" was instrumental when it was first released on the album ''The Movie'', but later rereleased as a vocal single featuring Diana Gen and Starrset.
* Gigi D'Agostino's "[[NonAppearingTitle La Passion]]" is actually a dance-vocal cover of the instrumental song "Rectangle" by Jacno.
* Stunt's "Raindrops" and Starstylerz' "Keep on Moving" are lyricized versions of Sash!'s "Encore Une Fois" and "Ecuador", respectively.
* Music/{{Jamiroquai}}'s "Slipin' And Slidin'" is an instrumental that was the B Side to Cosmic Girl. On the Travelling Without Moving tour, however, the song was performed live with lyrics. Apparently, Jay Kay always wanted to put lyrics on it but had not come up with them when the studio recording was made. In reverse, the demo of the song "Music of the Mind" had lyrics, but the final version didn't.
* Music/{{REM}}'s B-Side "Organ Song" was originally a vocal song called Here I Go Again (a demo leaked years ago).
* Music/SimpleMinds' B-Side "Soundtrack for Every Heaven" was supposed to have a vocal track, but the band lost and forgot about the vocal version. Originally, the band said that they never recorded any lyrics for it. However, when searching through old master tapes, two vocal versions of the song emerged, both titled "In Every Heaven". One of these appeared on the DVD-A of New Gold Dream, and the other on the version of New Gold Dream in the X5 box set. The band also recorded a modern, 8-minute version, which was at one point intended for their Celebrate compilation.
** Also, their song "Somebody Up There Likes You", was originally intended to have vocals, but none were ever recorded as Jim Kerr thought it was perfect as an instrumental. However, years later a vocal version was attempted for a radio session, titled "Easy". This arrangement of the song was quickly forgotten about and never returned to.
*** Music/SimpleMinds did a vocal version of Music/PlanetFunk's Where Is the Max, titled One Step Closer, on their album Cry. On the inverse, the same album featured The Floating World, which was an instrumental remix that sampled the previous album's Homosapien and featured no input from the band at all.
* Experience of Music's "After Spring" got this treatment as "We Won't Stop"(featuring Lightwarrior).
* While it was originally written for them in the early 80s, due to it going unreleased until finally leaking out on [=YouTube=] in 2009, the Jetzons' "Hard Times" ended up becoming "[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Ice Cap Zone]] WithLyrics".
* A tribute to the themes of composer Music/JohnWilliams, "[[https://youtu.be/lk5_OSsawz4 John Williams is the Man]]", applies ''Franchise/StarWars''-themed lyrics to several of his scores, none of which were written for ''Star Wars'' to begin with.
* The Music/SpikeJones song "Pal Yat Chee" features hillbillies Homer and Jethro trying to narrate the opera ''Theatre/{{Pagliacci}}'' to the tune of various pieces from the opera and other classical music like "Sabre Dance".
* Paul van Dyk produced a vocal version of his trance instrumental "Verano" titled "Such a Feeling", featuring Elijah King.
* Music/GaMetal initially produced ''[[VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards 02]]'' as an instrumental track, which was later given vocals by Cecily Lopez. The lyrical version was then remade and reposted to the [=GaMetal=] Platform/YouTube channel.
* {{Music/Pavement}}'s "5 - 4 = Unity" appeared as an instrumental on the album ''Crooked Rain Crooked Rain'', but they released a version with lyrics as a BSide, titling it "5 - 4 Vocal". Since "5 - 4" is heavily based off "Take Five" by The Dave Brubeck Quartet, "5 - 4 Vocal" could also be regarded as ''that'' song WithLyrics.
* Nomeansno's "Bitches Brew" is PostHardcore/NoiseRock adaptation of the Music/MilesDavis piece with added spoken/sung lyrics.
* Al Jarreau's 1981 album ''Breakin' Away'' has "Round, Round, Round", a cover of Dave Brubeck's punishing 9/8-time composition with lyrics and scat singing on top.
* "Mambo No. 5" originated in 1949 as a [[https://youtu.be/M7fOeVNYAuA mostly instrumental song]] by Cuban bandleader [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9rez_Prado Pérez Prado]] but got SampledUp fifty years later by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Bega Lou Bega]], who [[https://youtu.be/V5yD58nmj4k added lyrics]] like the famous chorus {{list|Song}}ing women's names.
* "Telstar", best known as an instrumental by the Tornados, was reworked by its composer, Joe Meek, into a vocal version titled "Magic Star". Kenny Hollywood [[note]](his version was produced by Joe Meek himself; Meek experts believe it to be one of the worst things he ever produced)[[/note]], Margie Singleton, and Bobby Rydell, among others, recorded that updated version.
* "Twilight Time" began life as an instrumental written and performed by the Three Suns in 1944. A year later, Buck Ram took a poem he wrote while in college and adapted it into lyrics for the song; those lyrics were sung by Teddy Walters in Jimmy Dorsey's version released the same year. Ram later became the producer of the Platters, who would record the definite version of the song in 1958.
* The jazz standard "What's New?" was originally written as an instrumental by Bob Haggart under the title "I'm Free" in 1938. The song's publishers hired Johnny Burke to add lyrics to it the next year; he retitled the song after the first line of those lyrics: "What's new? How is the world treating you?" Interestingly, Bob Crosby and his Orchestra (of which Haggart was a member) recorded both versions of the song. Catherine O'Brien wrote another set of lyrics in the 1990s, using the original "I'm Free" title.
* The {{Opening Chorus}}es of three of Music/JohannSebastianBach's cantatas are reworkings of well-known instrumental works with vocal arrangements overlaid:
** "Unser Mund sei voll Lachens" (BWV 110) does this with the first movement of Orchestral Suite No. 4 (BWV 1069).
** "Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal" (BWV 146) gives this treatment to the second movement of the Concerto in D Minor (BWV 1052). This is prefaced by the concerto's first movement, which remains instrumental.
** "Vereinigte Zwietracht der wechselnden Saiten" (BWV 207), a secular work also presented with alternate lyrics as "Auf, schmetternde Töne der muntern Trompeten" (BWV 207a), begins with an arrangement of the third movement of Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 (BWV 1046), with trumpets and drums replacing the horns and a chorus replacing the solo violin part.
* The 1950s recording "Daffy Duck's Rhapsody" (which was adapted into a theatrical short in 2012) featured WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck singing to Franz Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2".
* Between/alongside acting jobs Creator/JeffGoldblum has long had a regular gig playing jazz piano at the Rockwell club in Los Angeles. A gag that frequently pops up in the act is a brief WithLyrics version of the theme from his most popular film, ''Film/JurassicPark'': "In Jurassic Park/Scary in the dark/I'm so scared that I'll be eaten..."
* The melody of Music/AntoninDvorak's "Largo" from the ''New World Symphony'' has been adapted into the folk song "Going Home", as well as Music/DonWilliams' 1981 hit "Miracles".
* Both hits of TwoHitWonder 80s ska group The Piranhas were versions of 1950s instrumentals with lyrics added: "Tom Hark" and "Zambezi". ("Zambezi" had a [[LimitedLyricsSong titular refrain]] in the original, but the rest of the lyrics were the Piranhas' own.)
* [=STAFFcirc=]'s album ''AI BOMB VARIATIONS'', an album dedicated to covers of the naruto chiptune song "Artificial Intelligence Bomb", ended with a lyricalized rock version composed by naruto himself, [=BouKiChi=], and Aya Futatsuki titled "AI Bomb on vocal".
* The "Revisited" remix of Azzido da Bass's previously instrumental "Doom's Night" adds ragga toasting lyrics by MC Slarta John.
* "Muskrat Ramble" was originally written as an instrumental by Kid Ory in 1926. Lyrics were added by Ray Gilbert in 1950; in a controversial judgment by ASCAP in 1956, he was awarded 33% of royalties for all performances, instrumental or vocal, of the song due to the "added value" of the lyrics. This must've been especially annoying to Ory, who didn't even get a cent in royalties until 1947 when Barney Bigard helped him contact the publisher to receive them, only to lose 33% of them because of lyrics he didn't even consent to have added to his song.
* Creator/FrankSinatra's first single on Creator/CapitolRecords, "Lean Baby", was originally an instrumental by Billy May and his Orchestra titled "Lean, Baby". The comma was dropped by Roy Alfred, who wrote lyrics to Billy May's melody about a skinny woman (the original title was meant to be taken as a command).
* "Grazing in the Grass" was a hit trumpet instrumental performed by Hugh Masekela in 1968 (based on a slightly older South African song called "Mr. Bull #4"). A year later, The Friends of Distinction released a more energetic cover with lyrics.
* "[[https://youtu.be/RyoyL33ClWI 643 (Love's on Fire)]]" by Music/{{Tiesto}}'' f/Suzanne Palmer is a vocal rework of the former's single "Flight 643".
* "Skokiaan", an instrumental recorded in 1950 by [[OverlyLongName the African Dance Band of the Cold Storage Commission]] of [[UsefulNotes/{{Zimbabwe}} Southern Rhodesia]] was released in America in 1954 (credited to the much more concise Bulawayo Sweet Rhythms Band) and became a hit, along with a bunch of other [[CoverVersion covers]]. To satisfy singers who wanted to do a vocal version, FolkMusic SingerSongwriter Tom Glazer wrote a set of lyrics that were recorded by the Four Lads and Music/LouisArmstrong, which were notable for being kind of awkward and filled with ValuesDissonance.
-->Oh, far away in Africa\\
Happy, happy Africa\\
They sing a-binga-banga-bingo
* DJ Sakin's "Protect Your Mind (For the Love of a Princess" and "Nomansland (David's Song)", themselves remakes of the theme songs from ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' and ''[[Literature/{{Kidnapped}} Kidnapped (1978)]]'' respectively, both have vocal mixes.
* Project Medusa vs. Exor's "Moonshine" originally just had wordless {{One Woman Wail}}s, then was remixed with lyrical vocals.
* The original mix of Agnelli & Nelson's "Everyday" is an instrumental, while the Lange remix, 7" radio mix, and Alex Gold 2002 remix feature vocals by Laura Campbell.
* 4 Strings vocalized their instrumental track "Into The Night" as "Take Me Away (Into The Night)".
* Music/TheKLF's "Pure Trance" singles; "What Time Is Love?" "3AM Eternal", and "Last Train to Trancentral", were originally either {{instrumentals}} or {{limited lyrics song}}s, but their later "stadium house" arrangements added rap lyrics.
* DJ Encore's "I See Right Through To You" was originally composed as an InstrumentalThemeTune for the Danish version of ''Series/BigBrother'', then re-recorded with Engelina on vocals.
* Though the "ColonelBogeyMarch" was instrumental when it was originally composed during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, it [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Has_Only_Got_One_Ball found new life]] during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII as a distinctly crude HailToTheThief-style TheVillainSucksSong about UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and ThoseWackyNazis. For propriety's sake, at the behest of the original composer's widow, the tune had to be whistled instead of sung during its iconic appearance in ''Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai'', making this song an example of both this trope and the [[ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics inverse]] at once!
* The song "Uptown Funk" by Music/BrunoMars could well be this to the main theme from ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''.
* Music/SkinnyPuppy's "The Centre Bullet" and The Tear Garden's "The Center Bullet" are identical, except the latter includes lyrics and vocals by Edward Ka-Spel. The Tear Garden are Edward Ka-Spel and Skinny Puppy's Cevin Key as a duo; according to Edward, "The Center Bullet" was the first Tear Garden song, and Cevin had asked him to write lyrics to the then-unreleased Skinny Puppy instrumental to test the waters for a full-on collaborative project.
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* [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} Edge and Christian]] were fond of this, with a kazoo no less. Most famously (infamously), Chris Benoit's theme before Music/OurLadyPeace added lyrics.
-->[[https://youtu.be/zAFNLP7qmIQ Chris Benoit is here and he's really mad. Chris Benoit is here and he's really an-gry ]].
* Josiah Williams' "Wrestle and Flow" videos feature him rapping to wrestlers' entrance themes. This became an AscendedMeme when he performed during Adam Cole's entrance at [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT Takeover XXV]].
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[[folder:Radio]]
* One episode of ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresSouvenirProgramme'' had John as Johann Pachelbel, singing about [[CreatorBacklash how sick he was]] of his ''[[Music/PachelbelsCanon Canon in D]]''. To the tune of ''Canon in D''.
-->Feet are tapping, aunts are humming,\\
I can feel the doobies coming.\\
Yes, here they are, it's the dooby-dooby-dooby-doobies,\\
Bar after bar of the dooby-dooby-dooby-doobies,\\
Filling my brain with the dooby-dooby-dooby-doobies,\\
Drives me insane with the dooby-dooby-dooby-doobies!
* Once ''I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again'' had hit upon the notion of being broadcast by the fictional Radio Prune, its previously instrumental theme gained lyrics, sung live at the show's tapings by Bill Oddie. "My name is Angus Prune / And this is my tune!"
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[[folder:Theater]]
* {{Screen to Stage Adaptation}}s of movies from the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon often contain new songs written by using some of the original film's main themes as vocal bridges. Examples include "No Matter What", "Home", and "If I Can't Love Her" from ''Theatre/BeautyAndTheBeast''; "Shadowland" from ''Theatre/TheLionKing''; and "Sweet Child", "Beyond My Wildest Dreams", and "One Step Closer" from ''Theatre/TheLittleMermaid''.
* "[[https://youtu.be/toyLQzd8HrY Schroeder]]" from ''[[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown]]'' is this to Music/LudwigVanBeethoven's Moonlight Sonata.
* The JukeboxMusical ''[=Ain't Misbehavin'=]'' adds original lyrics to "Handful of Keys," "The Jitterbug Waltz" and "Lounging at the Waldorf," which Fats Waller wrote as instrumentals.
* "Melodies of May" from ''Music in the Air'' is an ACappella choral arrangement with lyrics of the second movement of Music/LudwigVanBeethoven's piano sonata Op. 2 No. 3.
* In ''[[Theatre/{{Matilda}} Matilda: The Musical]]'', the last of Matilda's "Acrobat & Escapologist" story segments has a vocal reprise of the background music from the previous segments, titled [[https://youtu.be/JyTI71P78D8 "I'm Here"]]. Similarly, the motif from [[https://youtu.be/6GclAOvDRsg Story #3]] when the Acrobat delivers their baby girl and dies is lyricized in Miss Honey's [[https://youtu.be/r7Ng6YP0gaE "My House"]] song as the line "When it's cold outside, I feel no fear...", which is fitting, since the girl was Miss Honey herself.
* The Music/PDQBach opera, ''A Little Nightmare Music'' plays with this trope. The piece is ''Eine Kleine Nachtmusik'' with lyrics, but rather than copying the strings, the actors sing original melodies, with the strings serving as accompaniment.
* Music/AntonioVivaldi reused his well-known concerto ''Spring'' for the opening of his melodrama ''Dorilla in Tempo'', adding lyrics to be sung by a chorus of nymphs and shepherds.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/CassetteBeasts'': "Your Inception" is a lyrical arrangement of the title screen theme from ''VideoGame/LennasInception'' by the same developer.
* The legendary [[https://youtu.be/_eFI0UFfAJE X vs. Zero theme]] in ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'' now has lyrics, sang by three famous seiyuus with several popular nico video singers! [[https://youtu.be/85Thgta51Mc Here]] it is, complete with an amazing PV. Full version [[https://youtu.be/H5uN33IOTgk here]].
** Actually, the entire ''Rockman Holic'' album is composed of several ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' remixes, where most of them have lyrics.
* "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omoide_wa_Okkusenman! Omoide wa Okkusenman!]]" (aka, the {{BGM}} for Dr. Wily's level from ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'', given lyrics by a still yet unknown individual) is one of the most [[MemeticMutation memetic]] examples of this -- Even ''Music/JAMProject'''s [[http://daitrombe.net/attachments/58858/Jam_Project_-_Omoide_wa_Okkusenman.mp3 gotten in on it]]
** The arranged soundtracks for ''9'' and ''10'' have vocal versions of each game's ending theme. The one for ''10'' ups the ante by arranging the three Special Stage themes into a single epic vocal piece.
* Music/{{brentalfloss}} was mentioned above for his work with Nintendo music, including [[https://youtu.be/Y_3hE8TOVxU Zelda]], [[https://youtu.be/oR6k5ZPezeE Kirby]], [[https://youtu.be/pc-EP-0xEDQ Dr. Mario]], and [[https://youtu.be/QMKTdrQqpNk Tetris]].
** Here's his cover of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHEgzRtKC5o Moon Stage Theme]] from ''VideoGame/DuckTales'', which is HilariousInHindsight when the [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 reboot]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HUaav9jTEg did give it lyrics]].
* Nico singer Mayaro-yaru wrote lyrics in a [[SingingSimlish fake language]] to "[[https://youtu.be/GmCDQ3cuXhc Hometown Domina]]" from ''VideoGame/LegendOfMana'', and these lyrics became so popular that most people use those lyrics when covering the song.
* [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zeldaaaaa]], [[http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00209/ the music]] [[WordSaladLyrics of my groooiiinnn...]]
* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' is a game of stage music and boss music and cannot avoid this. The sheer number of lyrical remixes to themes has rewarded its fans with such things as:
** [[https://youtu.be/wEv7YzFfTFE Help Me, Erin!!!]]
** [[https://youtu.be/wJeO-PJQFJ8 Marisa Stole the Precious Thing]]
** [[https://youtu.be/9WzuWIN2REw Optical Cellophane]]
** [[https://youtu.be/VzEUeWnV73U Bad Apple]] [[https://youtu.be/owFulRTR1Sc (English dub here)]]
** [[https://youtu.be/mL3FDHNjqW8 Locked Girl]]
*** And, for good measure, the fitting self-aggrandizing [[https://youtu.be/CPkU4Dhpznk Gate Guard Girl Wonderful Meiling]]
** [[https://youtu.be/jCubA3oltGM WARNING!]](Solar Sect of Wisdom~Nuclear Fusion)
** In addition to the many examples by him and others on the ''Toho Eurobeat'' albums, Odyssey produced the stand-alone vocal arrangements [[https://youtu.be/qXTREKTaMRY Chained Lady]](Septette for the Dead Princess), [[https://youtu.be/au5cB-eR76I Deadly Fantasy]](Necrofantasia), and [[https://youtu.be/wVI72OZjZ1Q Magical Girl]] (Love Colored Master Spark).
** [[https://youtu.be/-b3kNl1Pb8Y Release - Infinity]](Emotional Skyscraper~Cosmic Mind)
** [[https://youtu.be/3LsiN3MrVWA Stardust Dreams]] (a remaster of the ever popular ''U. N. Owen Was Her?''), notable that it was used as the OP for a later Touhou game: Touhou Sky Fight.
* Done by Taku Yoshioka Squad, "It's Kill or Be Killed" is a remix of the main theme of ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'', "N.M.H.", with lyrics added. Originally done for the Dark Side remix album, the song was used in the game's sequel. Another remix of the song with lyrics, a Japanese punk rock song "NO MORE RIOT," was also made for the album and used in the sequel.
* The albums ''Franchise/FinalFantasy: Pray'' and ''Franchise/FinalFantasy: Love Will Grow'' give lyrics to instrumental themes from the series. ''Final Fantasy Song Book'' also does this with several themes.
** "Kimi e.", the end theme of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2: Last Mission'' is a vocal arrangement of "Yuna's Ballad," a character theme for Yuna from ''Final Fantasy X-2''.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' gives lyrics to the Chocobo theme. It also gives lyrics to its leitmotif on the song ''The Sunleth Waterscape''. Some other songs had lyrics that were removed from the English release.
*** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'' not only reused those but added several more, including some battle music. The ''Agressive'' versions (playing when monsters appear) usually cut out the lyrics. The English release notably cuts the lyrics from the theme "Unseen Intruder," despite these lyrics being in English, but retains them for others.
*** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', Prompto keeps singing, "I want to ride my Chocobo all day..."
** [[https://youtu.be/qmbgCBZ86z4 This fan-created arrangement]] of "YouAreNotAlone" from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX''.
* Music/PigWithTheFaceOfABoy took the ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' theme and ''[[https://youtu.be/hWTFG3J1CP8 put the history of the USSR to it]].'' Though, to be fair, the original folk song (Korobeiniki) ''did'' have its own lyrics. Still counts, though!
* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' has beautiful music, but except for the ending song, it's all instrumental. However, [[https://youtu.be/IFw8baQSAww one video]] on [=YouTube=] has Music/{{Vocaloid}} singer Gakupo adding lyrics to arguably one of the most beautiful tracks in the game.
* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'''s musical composition started with Todd Howard calling up Music/JeremySoule and saying he wanted the traditional Elder Scrolls theme "as if it were sung by a barbarian choir". Throw in some lyrics in [[ConLang Draconic]] sung by said barbarian choir and you have the main theme music for ''Skyrim''.
* Zero Division made a rock version of the [[https://youtu.be/xoouzX9T3GI theme song]] from the C64 game ''Deflektor''.
* A few songs from the ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' franchise got this treatment, for example, "The Morning Glow" was rearranged into the AwardBaitSong "Endless History" and used for the credits of the anime adaptation.
* Cynthia's battle theme from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' was rearranged into [[https://youtu.be/JkhOikfcqDg "battle gene M"]]
* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVdZs8Vh0O0 Furret Walk]] is typically backed by a simple woodwind rendition of the Accumula Town theme, also from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''. It has since gotten lyrics. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wTDsCplARY Many]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzD0M1MXGqY many]], ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-0TZ8KvcoY many]]'' lyrics. Amusingly, there's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3fCn2FR-A a version]] that crosses over with "The World Revolving" from the ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' soundtrack and also features lyrics for both songs.
* [[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Gourmet Race]] has been given [[https://youtu.be/fi_yAc-nHkw this treatment]].
* Serving as DiegeticSoundtrackUsage, the ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' love theme is sung by Tali, if she was romanced by the player, in the Citadel DownloadableContent; she mentions that it's the main theme of the ShowWithinAShow, "Fleet and Flotilla".
* ''VideoGame/ReflecBeat'' has two songs by TAG that get this treatment from DJ YOSHITAKA: "Diamond Dust" and "Unlimited Fire". Both songs are labeled as the "Try to Sing Ver."[[note]]a play on ''utattemita'' ("tried to song"), a label on Platform/NicoNicoDouga applied to fan covers of songs[[/note]] and credited to "TAG rejected by DJ YOSHITAKA".
* ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'''s ending theme, "Hometown", is a vocal version of the title song from ''VideoGame/SilentHill1''.
* Dreams Come True's [[https://youtu.be/zyZAuEG4yho "Kusuriyubi no Kesshin"]] is a J-pop version of the [[https://youtu.be/3mqmN6mw4R8 Star Light Zone]] theme from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'', whose soundtrack was composed by DCT's [[PopStarComposer Masato Nakamura]]. [[https://youtu.be/zEtnJnGC1es "Sweet Dream"]] from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' was given similar treatment as [[https://youtu.be/A1hB8jFRpDc "Sweet Sweet Sweet"]].
* Brony musician [=SlyphStorm=] added lyrics [[FilkSong based on]] the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E3CastleManeia Castle Mane-ia]] to the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' tune [[https://youtu.be/FshGL3nYpIQ "Bloody Tears"]], creating [[https://youtu.be/0zJk57IpHrs "Castle of Shadows"]].
* The theme to ''VideoGame/{{Spelunker}}'' is [[https://youtu.be/WC-dlAnURBY a classically 8-bit tune]] that has gained notoriety in Japan, to the point that when a studio created a high school slice-of-life anime with the Spelunker as a teacher, they actually went as far as to make [[https://youtu.be/z8fu0XV_it8 both]] [[https://youtu.be/KJ-g09Pclqs openings]] based on a remix of the game's main theme, as well as a snippet of its level clear theme. The song is actually in English, albeit as sung by a Japanese speaker. The lyrics themselves are a bit nonsensical thanks to their comically bad grammar but avoid being WordSaladLyrics by kind of making a little more sense when taken all together.
* Adding lyrics to Daisuke Ishiwatari's instrumental originals is the entire point of the ''VideoGame/BlazBlue in L.A. Vocal Edition'' album.
* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheDraculaXChronicles'' added lyrics in OminousLatinChanting to the boss, final boss, and ending themes from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood''.
* Given its extreme popularity, you can find vocal versions of virtually every piece of music in the ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' soundtrack. One of the most popular just might be [[https://youtu.be/RRBUBUeMExI this]] arrangement of Asgore's theme by Lollia.
** Also the [[https://youtu.be/rRUcYvGNLlw cover by Adriana Figueroa]].
** The above's [[https://youtu.be/q52Rb1VEiUI "Spider Dance"]].
** And [[https://youtu.be/b2Eru52dsus "Megalovania"]]
*** Switching gears, the same user did [[https://youtu.be/G4huYuLkNPQ Athena's theme]] from ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies''.
** There's also [[https://youtu.be/3G02RiRFCi0 "Papyrus Makes a Mixtape"]] of his own theme, "Bonetrousle".
* The main menu theme of ''VideoGame/PapersPlease'' has at least [[https://youtu.be/xZHOVAw-bDw two]] [[https://youtu.be/V4GWyd7vhj0 versions]] interpreting it as Arstotzka's national anthem.
* Ryu's ending theme from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' [[https://youtu.be/nZSvmshx_nU got this treatment]].
* The theme to ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' and ''Leliana's Song'' is renamed Rise in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' and made acoustic, with the ancient lyrics retranslated to be about the Breach.
* ''VideoGame/VirtualOn'' has its SignatureSong "[[https://youtu.be/C-kevIYgACU In the Blue Sky]]", which is associated with its mascot, the Temjin Virtuaroid. Like Okkusenman, it was given lyrics by fans as "[[https://youtu.be/O6vq93Y9Lno GET READY!]]" but unlike Okkuseman, the song is shamelessly upbeat, encouraging the listener to keep moving forward despite setbacks and not linger on regrets.
* [[WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers SMG4]]'s War of the Fat Italians 2018 gives this treatment to the B-side remix of Picture Perfect from ''VideoGame/AHatInTime''.
* ''VideoGame/NobyNobyBoy'' has an official variant: [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=jJ2O2OncHmw "Manual Metro Cross"]] is a mix of the themes to Creator/BandaiNamco's own ''Metro Cross'', but with all the lyrics as "Noby Noby Boy".
* Done in-universe in ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' with the theme to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwBh_7zV4Wo Emil's shop]]. While it does have lyrics by default, it's clear that Emil was just making them up on the spot, with lots of off-key, off-tempo {{Scatting}}.
* Music/MindInABox's arrangement of the theme tune from ''The Last V8'' on ''RETRO'', which is the only one of their Platform/Commodore64 {{chiptune}} remakes to include lyrics.
* ''VideoGame/PartTimeUFO'' has an [[https://twitter.com/HatarakuUFO/status/1333606827884351488 official drawing song]] set to the tune of the game's main melody.
* Done twice in the ''Mighty'' series. First in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07T4bY4i5n8 title screen theme]] for ''VideoGame/MightyMilkyWay'' which gives lyrics to not only the series' main theme but Wayforward's jingle. The sequel to ''VideoGame/MightySwitchForce'' continues this trend in the credits where the title theme is given lyrics in the form of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaLpzyw4q3w "Rescue Girl".]]
* Skar Productions on Youtube managed to create a Metal Cover for ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6MB8oyunEM Times Change]]'' the cinematic theme from ''[[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Warlords of Draenor]].''
* The Japanese-only ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo Vocal Tracks'' albums. This 3-volume collection has characters singing their respective themes (performed by their [=VAs=]). Arle's vocal track appeared as part of the DownloadableContent in ''Tetris'' as an alternative music track, and Arle, Amite, Sig, Ringo, Klug, Yu & Rei, and Dark Prince's are included in ''Chronicle's'' Wave 3 DLC.
* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' has [[https://drugpop.bandcamp.com/track/fresh-boyfriend-remix "Fresh (Boyfriend Remix)",]] a self-cover of "Fresh" by Kawai Sprite rapped from Boyfriend's perspective.
* ''VideoGame/TheSeventhGuest'''s OST features a vocal version of the main theme, titled "The Game", along with adding lyrics to the OminousPipeOrgan tune "Chapel Pain" and Julia's theme, "Skeletons in my Closet".
* The ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'' likes to make vocal themes based on previously used BGM, especially in the ''Evolution'' games. For example:
** "Silver Will, Golden Wings," the opening theme of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky SC'', is a rearranged lyrical version of the battle theme "Silver Will" from the first game, which is also used as a {{leitmotif}} for the character of Loewe. "Looking Up at the Sky," the ending theme of ''The 3rd'', is does the same with a track of the same name from ''SC''. Finally, the opening theme of ''FC Evolution'', simply titled "Sora no Kiseki," is based on the original ''FC'''s opening.
** The ending theme for ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure the Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero Evolution]]'', "Cerulean Blue Love," is a rearranged lyrical version of the battle theme "Get Over the Barrier'', while ''Azure Evolution'''s opening theme, "Aoki Negai," is the same for "Concentrate All Firepower!!"
** Meanwhile, "I'll Remember You," which is used in the credits sequence that proceeds the Divertissement chapter in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel II'' is a rearranged lyrical version of "The Decisive Collision," the theme for the decisive battle of the first game, which also serves as a leitmotif for Crow Armbrust, and which appears in other tracks such as "Blue Destination."
* ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'': The song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bd940BkxGY Wizard Peak]]" was given lyrics, specifically the theme to ''Series/TheAmandaShow''.
* The game ''VideoGame/TromboneChamp'' has a track list composed of license-free music, with a couple of tracks altered for comedy; for example, the lyrics of ''StandardSnippet/AlsoSprachZarathustra'' are just parts of the phrase "Also Spratch Zarathustra" repeatedly, rather than the original tone poem.
* Music/OverClockedReMix artist Makke lyricalized the title theme of the obscure C64 game ''[[https://youtu.be/_fIlgD0H8kA?t=42s Artura]]'' InTheStyleOf Irish drinking songs as "[[https://youtu.be/WPHeHASk_kU Dublin Delight]]".
* Music/{{Thrice}}'s "[[https://youtu.be/nt_RRumgOCU?si=WLQC0s_qcA4JXmi_ T & C]]" adds lyrics to the main theme of the Creator/LJNToys NES game ''T & C Surf Designs: Wood & Water Rage''.
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[[folder:Web Videos]]
* WebVideo/{{Arlo}} has an old video where he sings lyrics to songs from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.
-->''Song of Storms!''
-->''Song of Storms!''
-->''Make... it rain a bunch right now!''
-->''We don't care about the''
-->''Local ecosystem!''
* [=YouTube=] user [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Goldentusk Goldentusk]] has a series of videos giving lyrics to movie theme tunes such as ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', ''Film/JamesBond'', ''Franchise/IndianaJones'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'', ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'', ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'', ''Film/{{Superman|TheMovie}}'', ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' and ''Series/{{Lost}}''.
* [=YouTube=] user [[https://www.youtube.com/user/hyadain2525 Hyadain2525]] has an entire profile on this, crafting new songs out of familiar tunes. What gets creepy is that he provides all the voices through vocal modulation -- even the female song parts. Further searches on [=YouTube=] can easily provide English subtitles for these songs. In some cases, it's an improvement to know the lyrics. Others, [[HoYay not so.]]
* [=YouTube=] user Creator/{{Tobuscus}} has a series of videos titled ''[[https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?annotation_id=annotation_460375&p=3C14444766460071 Literal Trailers]]'' in which he adds lyrics to trailers that are nothing but explaining what's going on the screen. Many of these videos have more total views than the trailers they parody and have made him into a featured performer at gaming conventions.
* Moosebutter's tribute to ''Franchise/StarWars'', most widely known through [[https://youtu.be/lk5_OSsawz4 Corey Vidal's lip-synched video]].
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' [[https://youtu.be/SDwk59K0KMQ by Joe Pleiman]] (''[[MisattributedSong not]]'' Music/SystemOfADown).
-->Link, he come to town\\
Come to save the Princess Zelda\\
Ganon took her away\\
And now the children won't play\\
But they will when Link saves the day\\
Hallelujah!
* [[https://youtu.be/Y_3hE8TOVxU Brentalfloss]] does a more comedic version, wherein the Old Man urges Link to save princess Zelda [[StandardHeroReward to get laid]] (as tries to sell him the strategy guide while he's at it).
-->Go, Link!\\
From here to over there,\\
You'll find Ganon's lair.\\
C'mon it's your destiny!\\
Trust the hero inside\\
But if you're terrified\\
Purchase the strategy guide\\
From me. (Fourteen dollars, also tax, here ya go now.)
* Many LetsPlay videos have the player singing along to a theme from the game being played:
** LetsPlay/NintendoCapriSun made up his own lyrics to the ''Zelda'' theme at the start of his LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'':
-->I'm going to play Majora's Mask\\
And I'm gonna suck at even the smallest task\\
But I know you guys\\
Probably won't seem to mind\\
So I'd better get off my behind\\
My behind, my behind, my behind now
** That's not the only time he's done that, either. NCS makes up his own lyrics on the spot to at least one song in every game he plays, usually during a point where he doesn't have much to say. Most of the time these lyrics involve taking a dump on the toilet.
** And from both him and LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}}: "[[ItemGet You got a thiiiiiing!]]"
** LetsPlay/DeceasedCrab sang the "Jellyfish Song" over the BonusStage music in ''VideoGame/{{Jaws}}''.
** LetsPlay/FreelanceAstronauts:
*** When Maxwell finally lights a torch in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime [[UpdatedRerelease Master Quest]]'', the "puzzle solved" music is played:
-->'''Ferr:''' ''(singing, to same tune)'' You lit the torch like I said!
*** In Jabu-Jabu's belly, Maxwell discovers a cow that's ''not'' embedded in the interior wall of the chamber it's in, Maxwell plays a song to get milk, and pipes! sings along to it. First, he mistakenly plays Saria's Song ("I'm gonna milk you and it's gonna be okay because it's in..."), then he gets it right with Epona's Song:
-->'''pipes!:''' Give me milk, give me milk, / even though your udders are in standing water!
** [=ThornBrain=] from LetsPlay/TheStrawhatNO asked which song from ''VideoGame/BombermanHero'' the Website/SomethingAwful forums users would like to hear played over the final video. They voted for "Redial", a song that was used so often he and Travis got sick of it. Thorn used it, up until the second loop of the song, [[http://youtu.be/U77Wtsbkp8c?t=14m40s at which point this trope came into play]].
** [=GameJ06=] has lyrics for the [[https://youtu.be/DTBwXTpqFuA underground theme]] from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1''.
-->Would you like an eggroll?\\
How about a springroll?\\
Would you like a tea?\\
Or a Pepsi?\\
Or would you like to go to Dairy Queen and have yourself a Blizzard or something else?
** LetsPlay/RoahmMythril starts off the second Wily Tower segment of ''Mega Man: The Wily Wars'' with this set of lyrics:
-->[[SoundtrackDissonance Why is this music so very happy?]]\\
It doesn't fit Dr Wily at all\\
It makes the tower sound like a [[AmusementParkOfDoom theme park]]\\
It doesn't make any sense
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_u7zoB4XOI&t=1m34s gameguy888]] adds appropriate lyrics to the Subrosia music when digging for Ore Chunks in ''{{VideoGame/The Legend of Zelda Oracle|Games}} of Seasons''.
* Website/ChannelAwesome:
** Chester A. Bum of ''WebVideo/BumReviews'' is known to give lyrics at the end of certain movie reviews, including his ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'' and ''Film/TheXFilesIWantToBelieve'' reviews. HilarityEnsues, even though they're usually only two lines long.
** This has since become a [[http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/theme-lyrics regular feature of the site]], the aptly named "Songs That Don't Need Lyrics But I Added Them Anyway HA!"
** [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] and [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] also mocked the overly long prologue crawl of ''Film/AloneInTheDark2005'' by singing (to the tune of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' theme) "Boring, this is so boring, this is so boring, get to the show!"
** A very short one from WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick, to footage of "Jamaica, Land We Love" being played at the 2012 Summer Olympics:
--->Jamaica, Jamaica,
--->[[Film/CoolRunnings We have a bobsled team]].
** WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic sings along to the ''Film/JurassicPark'' theme:
--->[[EarWorm Good luck getting this theme song out of your head]]
--->It will be in your brain for weeks or till you're dead...
** WebVideo/ObscurusLupa and the Critic do a team one with the opening theme of ''Film/ATalkingCat'' in their review of it.
* A number of video game tunes have been given lyrics by the remixers at Music/OverclockedRemix: "Dreams Come True", "Permutation", "Tororian Love Song", "The Incredible Singing Robot", "Summertime", "The Place We Know", "Forever Until Tomorrow" and [[http://ocremix.org/album/4/doom-the-dark-side-of-phobos Darkness Dawning]] are among the results.
* "[[https://youtu.be/sVpWUsRocdc This is not Roy's Castle]]" is a version of this for the ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' castle music and is surprisingly catchy.
* [[https://youtu.be/LeyUb2uvOv8 The Theme from the Dark World song]] (by the same maker as the Roy's Castle song)
* And, of course, the [[https://youtu.be/zs6Ze8JJUHU rawest version]] of the Forest Maze theme from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG''.
* The song the letter Y sings in the first ''VideoGame/CharlieTheUnicorn'' is sung to the tune of "Clarinet Polka".
* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/DLAbaoaqu I Can't Believe It's Not AVGN]], a series of commentaries about Creator/TheIrateGamer, added lyrics to the show's theme tune:
-->Irate Gamer's not a gamer
-->Irate Gamer sells to people
-->Crappy [=DVDs=] and T-shirts
-->Irate Gamer is a pee-hole
* At the end of the ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' review for ''[[VideoGame/GuitarHero Guitar Hero World Tour]]'', Yahtzee included an EasterEgg [[https://youtu.be/6j8jMn2Kcgs consisting of him adding lyrics to the theme tune of]] VideoGame/DeusEx, highlighting all the pros and cons of the game, and adding a few {{Take That}}s at [[Creator/JohnRomero Ion Storm.]]
* While they already have lyrics, it's become something of a minor meme on [[Website/FourChan /m/]] to come up with English versions of various HumongousMecha AnimeThemeSong lyrics. Original thread is archived [[http://archive.easymodo.net/cgi-board.pl/m/thread/3338405 here]]. The ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' one at the beginning is particularly epic.
** Now has a blog: [[http://elsanimelyrics.tumblr.com]]
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'''s "Chocobo Mix" gets lyrics in [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/58184 this Final Fantasy Tribute.]]
* User katethegreat19 also does this, such as [[https://youtu.be/1-as6Kbcj4c this version of]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Aerith's theme]].
* [[https://youtu.be/CaXVdwWuU-A "Comic Bakery"]] by C64 tribute band PressPlayOnTape turns the (instrumental) opening theme of the Platform/{{Commodore 64}} game ''VideoGame/ComicBakery'' into a BoyBand song.
* The main theme to ''VideoGame/RadRacer'' (or rather, a MIDI of it) became the main theme to the ''20X6'' anime from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''.
* The Newgrounds short "[[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/442704 Indiada Jodes]]", an attempt to summarize ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'' in 2 1/2 minutes, ends with a lyrical version of the ''Indiana Jones'' theme. ("Indiana/Freakin' Jones!/Indiana/Freakin' Jones kicks ass!")
* Glove And Boots' [[https://youtu.be/IyYo3Hm6pS4 "The History Of Television"]] is mainly a medley of these, though they also used new parody lyrics for a few TV themes that had lyrics to begin with.
* CausticCritic [=AllieRX87=]'s review of ''VideoGame/TransformersConvoyNoNazo'' has made-up lyrics to the one stage theme repeating throughout the game:
-->Takara made a game\\
About Transformers, but it's really lame.\\
Straight from the get-go, this game...is...\\
'''BULLSHIT!!!'''\\
This game is beyond broken....\\
Takara, what the fuck were you smokin?\\
Convoy no Nazo is....\\
'''BULLSHIT!!!'''\\
I'm running out of lyrics...
* [[https://youtu.be/Yxi6QDwQyLU "Cassetteboy vs the Apprentice"]] begins with [[Series/TheApprentice Lord Sugar]] himself providing lyrics to ''Montagues and Capulets'', the show's theme:
--> [[DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch It's the bloody, bloody, bloody,]]\\
[[SirSwearsAlot Bloody, bloody, bloody, bloody]]\\
[[OverlyLongGag Bloody, bloody, bloody, bloody, bloody, bloody]] [[Series/TheApprentice Apprentice]].
* In one ''LetsPlay/HoboBros'' video, they make up lyrics to their outro music. "Hobo Bros, Hobo Bros, gonna watch Hobo Bros..." The outro for that episode starts out with their version before shifting to the normal version.
* LetsPlay/{{raocow}}, being a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} supreme when he plays video games, tends to sing along to the background music of the game with made-up lyrics, the most famous of which being "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YtjPQipGZQ The Food Song]]," which has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVOtDYZfArM gotten the occasional]] CallBack whenever [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Skull Man's]] theme reemerges.
* This is the specialty of Music/ManOnTheInternet, who is famous for doing various projects such as ''WebVideo/UndertaleTheMusical''.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", the auditions for the titular group include Jasper singing made-up lyrics to the [[https://youtu.be/tSsiS-v6_6M Theme from ''A Summer Place'']] (which does have a rarely heard set of lyrics).
-->Theme from ''A Summer Place''\\
From ''A Summer Place''\\
The theme from ''A Summer Place''\\
It's the theme...
** In "Bart the Genius", the family goes to a performance of ''Theatre/{{Carmen}}'' and Barts entertains himself by making up lyrics to the "Toreador Song".
-->"Toreador, oh, don't spit on the floor / Please use the cuspidor, that's what it's for"
** And of course, Barney's answer phone. "[[Music/LudwigVanBeethoven NOBODY'S HERE!]]"
** The end of "Treehouse of Horror XX" has the cast singing lyrics to the show's normally InstrumentalThemeTune:
--->We hope you enjoyed this year's Halloween show\\
Treehouse of Horror Number X-X!
** "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS13E1TheSimpsonsGuy The Simpsons Guy]]" had [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Peter Griffin]] giving lyrics to the Gracie Films logo that appears at the end of every ''Simpsons'' episode: "And now, the show is over now."
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': Yakko's "Nations of the World" song to the tune of the Mexican Hat Dance would count here...as would most of the songs in ''Animaniacs''. "Wakko's America" and "The Presidents Song" being the ones as big as the one above.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'', Kuzco's FictionalHoliday has a theme to the tune of ''Ride of the Valkyries'': "Kuzco Allegiance, Kuzco Allegiance, Kuzco Allegiance, day is today!"
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
** All the classical music in ''WesternAnimation/WhatsOperaDoc'' do ''have'' sung parts, but Elmer and Bugs sing the instrumental lines, most famously "Kill Da Wabbit Kill Da Wabbit" to ''Music/RideOfTheValkyries''.
** Its predecessor, ''WesternAnimation/RabbitOfSeville'', is a more representative example, there being no words at all during Rossini's famous overture.
* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers'' has a PublicDomainSoundtrack, with lyrics added to various classical pieces.
* ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' has a more serious application of this, with many of Tchaikovsky's ballet dances turned into songs.
* Two {{Saturday morning cartoon}}s from the 1980s, ''[[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/ShirtTales'', added lyrics to their {{theme tune}}s between seasons.
* The ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' episode "Sonic's Song" had [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Catty Carlyle]] singing a lyrical version of the show's theme song.
* The familiar theme song to ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' started off as a piece of background music during the show's first two years, before it eventually became the theme song itself. Prior to that, though, a version of the song with completely different lyrics appeared on an album released during the show's second year.
* At the end of the first ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken Franchise/StarWars'' episode, there's a musical called "Empire on Ice" with various music from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' in song form.
** The second special repurposed the famous Cantina music as a potential jingle for "Akbar's Fishsticks".
* [[https://youtu.be/65uNCLBTje0 Do the Mario!]] Despite what others may think [[OlderThanTheyThink this originated from the actual Mario cartoon.]]
** Then there's [[https://youtu.be/mO26RQkfID8 the Super Mario World Western Show]], which is the famous Mario theme with a Japanese song about Mario and Bowser [[spoiler:and Luigi]] competing over Peach.
* During DVD commentary on ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', producer Creator/BruceTimm joked that this is a requirement with the Man of Steel. You can't give him a theme song that doesn't want to make you sing "[[TitleThemeTune Superman!]]" along.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' features an irritating client of Strickland Propane (loosely based on UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush) singing made-up lyrics to the ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' theme (badly off-key, we might add).
** ''JR, JR, he's a really bad guy! He lives on a ranch with his mom!''
** In another episode:
-->'''Kahn:''' "[[Film/BeverlyHillsCop Bev, Bev, Beverly Hills Cop!/Bev, Bev, Beverly Hills Cop!/Axel Foley gonna find those drugs!]]"
* "Leftover Goulash" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', which is mainly sung to the tune of "The Toreador's Song" from the George Bizet opera ''Theatre/{{Carmen}}'', but also contains other classical pieces as well, like [[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"]] ("Nothing brown/or nothing soupy...") and [[Music/LudwigvanBeethoven "Beethoven's 5th Symphony"]] (DW complaining about things tasting like fish).
* "Now That We're Men" from ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'' started out as [[https://youtu.be/F82MWbNAbnQ a piece of instrumental BGM on the show]].
** The episode "Mermaid Pants" gave [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXf5sTHUfKw The Lineman]], which is Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's {{Leitmotif}}, energetic lyrics.
* The third season of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' added lyrics to the theme tune and titled it "[[https://youtu.be/7cAWxaTbfuM Thomas's Anthem (Thomas, We Love You)"]].
* There are Spanish and Cantonese versions of the ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' theme tune with added lyrics.
* The French version of the ''WesternAnimation/PacMan'' animated series bizarrely featured a [[https://youtu.be/MkXOWwGVX54 version]] of the intro with lyrics added by French TV and radio personality William "Willy" Leymergie.
* The Cosgrove Hall series of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Wind in the Willows|1983}}'' used a vocal version of the theme from the 1983 {{pilot}} movie.
* The closing credits for the first season finale of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' take the [[https://youtu.be/hb7qj2YFf1k instrumental]] closing of the season's first half and [[https://youtu.be/eiM_FlHnU3o add lyrics]] sung by the show's creator, Creator/RebeccaSugar. A shortened edit of this version was used for the first few episodes of the second season, before new segments were added during each story arc, until the season 3 finale played [[https://youtu.be/tS38ywgJ24w the full vocal version]] as Steven and the Gems reunite aboard the Ruby spaceship.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks'' ChristmasEpisode, one of the songs featured is the show's ending theme with Christmas-related lyrics added.
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' gave the Moon Theme from the original series' [[VideoGame/DuckTales video game]] lyrics in the form of [[spoiler:a lullaby that Della Duck wrote for her sons before they hatched.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers'': The classical pieces that are used in the [[PublicDomainSoundtrack soundtrack]] have lyrics added to it, except ''[[Theatre/{{Carmen}} Habanera]]'' which has changed lyrics instead.
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