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* One of the people who worked on ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'' admitted that there was one song that they couldn't ''stop'' people singing along to: [[Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"]]. (Not LyricalDissonance in context, trust me.)

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* One of the people who worked on ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'' admitted that there was one song that they couldn't ''stop'' people singing along to: [[Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"]]. (Not LyricalDissonance in context, trust me.us.)
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* One of the most well-received parts of concerts by ACappella musical group {{Music/Pentatonix}} is where they divide the audience into thirds and have each third sing a part (as Team Scott, Team Mitch, and Team Kirstie), then have Avi and Kevin (the [[BassoProfundo bass]] and beatboxer/vocal percussionist respectively) do their thing underneath. As a rather large portion of the Pentatonix fandom is made up of music geeks, it's not really surprising.

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* One of the most well-received parts of concerts by ACappella musical group {{Music/Pentatonix}} is where they divide the audience into thirds and have each third sing a part (as Team Scott, Team Mitch, and Team Kirstie), then have Avi and Kevin (the [[BassoProfundo [[MediaNotes/VoiceTypes bass]] and beatboxer/vocal percussionist respectively) do their thing underneath. As a rather large portion of the Pentatonix fandom is made up of music geeks, it's not really surprising.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RazzberryJazzberryJam'':
** The Jazzberries do this in-universe at the end of “The Forever Song”, as they briefly leave their audience repeating the titular unending tune while they have a backstage chat, before coming back out and ending the song.
** “When You Call”, from the episode “Calling All Jazzberries”, is also one, as the in-universe audience is brought into the song’s call-and-response pattern.
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* It practically being their anthem, lead singer Haruna Ono of Music/{{SCANDAL|Band}}} likes to let the crowd sing the last verse of SCANDAL BABY, as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pVYfH0LLDY here (in 2010)]] and again [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1JbyAQR_rs here (in 2015)]].

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* It practically being their anthem, lead singer Haruna Ono of Music/{{SCANDAL|Band}}} Music/{{SCANDAL|JapaneseBand}} likes to let the crowd sing the last verse of SCANDAL BABY, as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pVYfH0LLDY here (in 2010)]] and again [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1JbyAQR_rs here (in 2015)]].
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* It practically being their anthem, lead singer Haruna Ono of Music/{{Scandal}} likes to let the crowd sing the last verse of SCANDAL BABY, as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pVYfH0LLDY here (in 2010)]] and again [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1JbyAQR_rs here (in 2015)]].

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* It practically being their anthem, lead singer Haruna Ono of Music/{{Scandal}} Music/{{SCANDAL|Band}}} likes to let the crowd sing the last verse of SCANDAL BABY, as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pVYfH0LLDY here (in 2010)]] and again [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1JbyAQR_rs here (in 2015)]].
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** During one performance of "Delicate," an audience member screamed "1, 2, 3, let's go bitch!" in between the intro and the first verse, a moment which went viral. In subsequent performances of the song, Taylor started leaving a longer pause after the intro to allow the audience to shout the line.
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When AudienceParticipation and {{Music}} meet, this is the result. A song, especially a live one, where the audience is expected to sing part of the lyrics. FollowTheBouncingBall may come into play here.

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When AudienceParticipation and {{Music}} music meet, this is the result. A song, especially a live one, where the audience is expected to sing part of the lyrics. FollowTheBouncingBall may come into play here.
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* Wish You Were Here - at least, the second verse - is this for Music/PinkFloyd's alumni.
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* During live performances, Music/MegumiHayashibara lets the audience sing "[[{{LightNovel/Slayers}} Give a reason]] for life!"

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* During live performances, Music/MegumiHayashibara lets the audience sing "[[{{LightNovel/Slayers}} "[[{{Literature/Slayers}} Give a reason]] for life!"
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* The ''Theatre/{{Tsukiuta}}'' series thrived on these in the days before COVID. Many of their songs have callouts that the fans all just know, such as "So Fast!/So Vast!" and so on in Gravitic Love. In addition, all of the units have a CallAndResponse catch phrase, and many of the actors created ones for themselves as well.

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* The ''Theatre/{{Tsukiuta}}'' series thrived on these in the days before COVID. Many of their songs have callouts that the fans all just know, such as "So Fast!/So Vast!" and so on in Gravitic Love. In addition, all of the units have a CallAndResponse call and response catch phrase, and many of the actors created ones for themselves as well.

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** One of the people who worked on ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'' admitted that there was one song that they couldn't ''stop'' people singing along to: [[Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"]]. (Not LyricalDissonance in context, trust me.)



* "Der Tanz der Vampire" from [[Theatre/TanzDerVampire the show of the same name]] was not written to be like this, but its relatively rock concert atmosphere compared to the rest of the show has given it this kind of status. The audience participation probably began with the "We Will Rock You"-esque chant at the end, but it spread to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW45rBYNdWU the whole song. Check it out!]]



* About a year after ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'' went viral, Creator/TeamStarkid were at the Azkatraz convention. A bunch of them (Darren Criss, Joey Richter, Matt Lang, Brian Holden, and Dylan Saunders, namely) were hanging out in the lobby, playing songs from it for the fans. Cue up [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHIhuHNRDEs "Get Back to Hogwarts"]], Joey telling everyone to sing along, and Darren being all verklempt that people know the lyrics to his songs.
* In ''Theatre/{{Pippin}}'', Pippin's grandmother Berthe asks the audience to sing along with her in the choruses of "No Time At All" (except for the last one, which she insists on taking by herself).



* In the stage adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Aladdin}}'', the beginning of "Friend Like Me" uses [[CallAndResponseSong call and response]] audience participation.



* ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'' has the song "Dentist!" which becomes this when Orin instructs the audience to "Say ''ahhhhh!"'



* The mooing section of "Over The Moon" from ''Theatre/{{RENT}}''.



* The [[CutSong cut intermission song]] ''Theatre/AvenueQ'' song "Time" has Nicky ask the audience to drown out the complaining crowd in the bathroom by singing along to the last verse.



* In ''[[{{Theatre/Hamilton}} Hamilton]]'', during the final two choruses of "You’ll Be Back", King George commands both the ensemble and audience to join in.
-->''"Everybody!"''
-->''"Dah dah dah dah dahhhhh..."''
---> ''"whoa whoa whoaaa in "My Shot" when Laurens says Everybody sing,


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* In the stage adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Aladdin}}'', the beginning of "Friend Like Me" uses [[CallAndResponseSong call and response]] audience participation.
* The [[CutSong cut intermission song]] ''Theatre/AvenueQ'' song "Time" has Nicky ask the audience to drown out the complaining crowd in the bathroom by singing along to the last verse.
* About a year after ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'' went viral, Creator/TeamStarkid were at the Azkatraz convention. A bunch of them (Darren Criss, Joey Richter, Matt Lang, Brian Holden, and Dylan Saunders, namely) were hanging out in the lobby, playing songs from it for the fans. Cue up [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHIhuHNRDEs "Get Back to Hogwarts"]], Joey telling everyone to sing along, and Darren being all verklempt that people know the lyrics to his songs.
* In ''[[{{Theatre/Hamilton}} Hamilton]]'', during the final two choruses of "You’ll Be Back", King George commands both the ensemble and audience to join in.
-->''"Everybody!"''
-->''"Dah dah dah dah dahhhhh..."''
---> ''"whoa whoa whoaaa in "My Shot" when Laurens says Everybody sing,
* ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'' has the song "Dentist!" which becomes this when Orin instructs the audience to "Say ''ahhhhh!"'
* In ''Theatre/{{Pippin}}'', Pippin's grandmother Berthe asks the audience to sing along with her in the choruses of "No Time At All" (except for the last one, which she insists on taking by herself).
* The mooing section of "Over The Moon" from ''Theatre/{{RENT}}''.
* One of the people who worked on ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'' admitted that there was one song that they couldn't ''stop'' people singing along to: [[Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"]]. (Not LyricalDissonance in context, trust me.)
* "Der Tanz der Vampire" from [[Theatre/TanzDerVampire the show of the same name]] was not written to be like this, but its relatively rock concert atmosphere compared to the rest of the show has given it this kind of status. The audience participation probably began with the "We Will Rock You"-esque chant at the end, but it spread to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW45rBYNdWU the whole song. Check it out!]]
* In the London stage production of ''Theatre/WeWillRockYou'', the actor playing Gallileo would often specifically try and get the audience involved if they aren't making enough noise when 'We Will Rock You' starts up.
* The ''Theatre/{{Tsukiuta}}'' series thrived on these in the days before COVID. Many of their songs have callouts that the fans all just know, such as "So Fast!/So Vast!" and so on in Gravitic Love. In addition, all of the units have a CallAndResponse catch phrase, and many of the actors created ones for themselves as well.
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** Live performances of "Hide Away Folk Family" generally feature John Flansburgh commanding the audience to "scream as if they are in [[PrecisionFStrike hell]]" during the instrumental bridge.

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** Live performances of "Hide Away Folk Family" generally feature John Flansburgh commanding the audience to "scream as if they are in [[PrecisionFStrike hell]]" hell" during the instrumental bridge.



** One of the reasons they caught a lucky break having "Epic" as their big hit, not just because the lyrics were so fun to toy with, is the interactive potential of the song's infamous breakdown ([[PunctuatedForEmphasis "What?! Is?! ]][[RuleOfThree It?!]]" "What the ''[[PrecisionFStrike fuck]]'' is it?!" "What is it, kiddies?!"). "Be Aggressive" is another favorite in this regard, as there's nothing more awesome than hearing a big crowd comprised predominantly of heterosexual males scream "I swallow! I swallow! I swallow! I swallow!"

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** One of the reasons they caught a lucky break having "Epic" as their big hit, not just because the lyrics were so fun to toy with, is the interactive potential of the song's infamous breakdown ([[PunctuatedForEmphasis "What?! Is?! ]][[RuleOfThree It?!]]" "What the ''[[PrecisionFStrike fuck]]'' ''fuck'' is it?!" "What is it, kiddies?!"). "Be Aggressive" is another favorite in this regard, as there's nothing more awesome than hearing a big crowd comprised predominantly of heterosexual males scream "I swallow! I swallow! I swallow! I swallow!"
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* Music/{{Rush}} has, at times, had concert audiences singing along with YYZ. [[{{Instrumentals}} Not that there are any actual words..]]

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* Music/{{Rush}} Music/RushBand has, at times, had concert audiences singing along with YYZ. [[{{Instrumentals}} Not that there are any actual words..]]
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* "If there's something strange/In your neighborhood/Who you gonna call" "[[Film/Ghostbusters1984 GHOSTBUSTERS!]]"
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* Music/{{LANY}}: In live performances of "never mind, let's break up", the audience is meant to say the TitleDrop after "I thought about giving you one more chance..." Also, they say the line "Pick another fight, tryna find another thing wrong with us!" the last time it appears.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': In the 25th Anniversary Concert, during "[[PepTalkSong It's Easy, M'kay]]", Trey (Mr. Mackey) asks the audience to agree not to say the word "fuck". While most of the audience responds, "Okay, Mr. Mackey!" as prompted, a few are heard saying "Fuck you!" or "Fuck off!"
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** Music/{{Rush}} is very similar. At one point in Rush In Rio, the crowd sang along to "YYZ"... [[ExaggeratedTrope which is an instrumental]]. Also, expect people in the audience to play air drums--and play them closer to the original studio recording than whatever is being played live.

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** Music/{{Rush}} Music/RushBand is very similar. At one point in Rush In Rio, the crowd sang along to "YYZ"... [[ExaggeratedTrope which is an instrumental]]. Also, expect people in the audience to play air drums--and play them closer to the original studio recording than whatever is being played live.

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* When Music/GoodKid plays "Witches" live, they'll have the audience sing the chorus ("We talked, we talked about it all night / We thought, we thought we'd make it alive") with them.

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When Music/GoodKid the band plays "Witches" live, they'll have the audience sing the chorus ("We talked, we talked about it all night / We thought, we thought we'd make it alive") with them.them.
** During live performances of "Down With The King", the band has the audience sing the accompaniment ("Down with the king! Down with the king!" and "You are so cruel! You are so cruel!").
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* Walter Sickert and the Army Of Broken Toys typically divide the audience in half before playing "Off With Her Head", with one side shouting "Off!" and the other "Head!" (The studio version gets the effect across with band members shouting and GratuitousPanning). Also, they've covered Ray Parker Jr's ''{{Franchise/Ghostbusters}}'' theme, which naturally lends itself to this.

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* Walter Sickert and the Army Of Broken Toys typically divide the audience in half before playing "Off With Her Head", with one side shouting "Off!" and the other "Head!" during the chorus (The studio version gets the effect across with band members shouting and GratuitousPanning). Also, they've covered Ray Parker Jr's ''{{Franchise/Ghostbusters}}'' theme, which naturally lends itself to this.
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* In Señorita, Music/JustinTimberlake gets the men and women in the audience to sing what becomes a CallAndResponseSong.

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* In Señorita, "Señorita", Music/JustinTimberlake gets the men and women in the audience to sing what becomes a CallAndResponseSong.
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* In Señorita, Music/JustinTimberlake gets the men and women in the audience to sing what becomes a CallAndResponseSong.
-->'''Men:''' It feels like something's heatin' up, can I leave with you?\\
'''Women:''' I don't know, but I'm thinkin' 'bout really leavin' with you.
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* When Music/GoodKid plays "Witches" live, they'll have the audience sing the chorus ("We talked, we talked about it all night / We thought, we thought we'd make it alive") with them.
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* There's also "Living Next Door to Alice" (Alice! Who the fuck is Alice?) by Smokie.

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* There's also "Living Next Door to Alice" (Alice! (Alice?! Who the fuck is Alice?) by Smokie.
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* A live recording of Music/{{Foreigner}}'s "Hot Blooded" from the compilation album ''Records'' includes the audience being invited to shout the words "Hot blooded!" at the appropriate time, with the invocation: "Now listen up! You gotta be louder than we are! We got the amps; you got the numbers! There's strength in numbers!"

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* A live recording of Music/{{Foreigner}}'s Music/{{Foreigner|Band}}'s "Hot Blooded" from the compilation album ''Records'' includes the audience being invited to shout the words "Hot blooded!" at the appropriate time, with the invocation: "Now listen up! You gotta be louder than we are! We got the amps; you got the numbers! There's strength in numbers!"
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** For a particularly strange example, Sabaton brought Radio Tapok, a Russian-language cover artist whom they had helped make [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRow6G5wQIw a cover of "Attack of the Dead Men"]], onstage to perform his cover live in Moscow (which the band later released as a single). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kChcPVOvLSk The audience didn't miss a beat and sang right along to the homemade Russian lyrics.]]

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** For a particularly strange example, Sabaton brought Radio Tapok, Music/RadioTapok, a Russian-language cover artist whom they had helped make [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRow6G5wQIw a cover of "Attack of the Dead Men"]], onstage to perform his cover live in Moscow (which the band later released as a single). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kChcPVOvLSk The audience didn't miss a beat and sang right along to the homemade Russian lyrics.]]
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** Also some songs have picked up lines not originally present in the lyrics, such as the line in the traditional song "Wild Rover" "And it's no, nay, never!" being followed by the audience shouting, "Rise up your kilt!" before the singer's next line, "No, nay, never no more!"
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* ZP Theart of Music/DragonForce, Tobias Sammet of Music/{{Edguy}}, Marco Hietala of Music/{{Nightwish}} and Tarot, and many other vocalists have admitted to using calls for audience participation to hide spots where they've forgotten the lyrics.

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* ZP Theart of Music/DragonForce, Tobias Sammet of Music/{{Edguy}}, Marco Hietala of Music/{{Nightwish}} Music/{{Nightwish|Band}} and Tarot, and many other vocalists have admitted to using calls for audience participation to hide spots where they've forgotten the lyrics.



* Music/{{Nightwish}} always has the audience join in on the "We were here" bits of "The Greatest Show on Earth".

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* Music/{{Nightwish}} Music/{{Nightwish|Band}} always has the audience join in on the "We were here" bits of "The Greatest Show on Earth".
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** Their cover of "[[Music/{{Genesis}} Land of Confusion]]" requires a chorus of voices shouting "wha-oh!" in between verses (otherwise bassist John Moyer has to somehow fill this place alone). It's also customary to raise one's fist in the air during the end of ''Ten Thousand Fists''' chorus (the lyrics are literally shouting "Ten Thousand Fists in the air!").

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** Their cover of "[[Music/{{Genesis}} Land of Confusion]]" "Music/LandOfConfusion" requires a chorus of voices shouting "wha-oh!" in between verses (otherwise bassist John Moyer has to somehow fill this place alone). It's also customary to raise one's fist in the air during the end of ''Ten Thousand Fists''' chorus (the lyrics are literally shouting "Ten Thousand Fists in the air!").

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