Line #38 Main/LiteralMusicVideo


1	Literal Music Videos are music videos in which the vocals are replaced with a GagDub describing the action occurring on the screen. Alternatively, a music video where the images literally display all of the action described in the lyrics.
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4	!!"Remix" examples:
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6	* [[https://youtu.be/3W-dQpvHI7k Africa]] (Audio only)
7	* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma6Dai_Wk3k opening theme]]
8	* [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Babs]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wZ2ilDQFOQ Seed]]
9	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONHlxaoJKd8 Billie Jean]]
10	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReblZ7o7lu4&ab_channel=Gasman Bad Apple!]]
11	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhJVAFIMnkc Birdhouse In Your Soul]]
12	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcGtNItxT7g Blue (Da Ba Dee)]]
13	* Non-video example: Creator/LeeEvans does a sketch to "Bohemian Rhapsody" in which he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPen7MdrDOw literally mimes the events described in the song]] as one of his signature pieces. He often performs it as his encore.
14	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hArtxz6PRsk Daydream Believer]]
15	* The [=YouTube=] channel ''WebAnimation/EddieAtTheLMV'' inverts the trope with their animated music videos. To name a few, there is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnZalFYWv_k She's Kinda Hot]] by Music/FiveSecondsOfSummer, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVCmczPclQM Doo Wah Diddy Diddy]] by Music/ManfredMann, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFhn1hnZ3gw Need You Now]] by Music/LadyAntebellum.
16	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNuIcz1RUAY For The First Time In Forever]]
17	* [[https://youtu.be/LUOdcW2RXNU Friday]]
18	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olsqjmn-MYY Girlfriend]]
19	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_uLhv7KfGg The Goof Off]]
20	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIyHEPCZzLo Grenade]]
21	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGc0Ny3Lzpk Hard Times]]
22	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pb7IevccSY Hello]]
23	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtdT-MWjyFk Hooked On A Feeling]] (with David Hasslehoff!)
24	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK4GkQ_DhIk I Believe In a Thing Called Love]]
25	* [[https://youtu.be/6nAV5rVcPjk I'd Do Anything For Love]] (Audio only)
26	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY5Y7R7erNI Ik Ben Verliefd Op Jou]] (Dutch)
27	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pwBq8BjZ1k I Want To Break Free]]
28	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0DXK6BQe2U Just A Friend]]
29	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE01EM7Vkns Kiss You]]
30	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xAhptxtI_o Let It Go]]
31	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbIwCYEyPbo Like A Prayer]]
32	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3ejpPH7qro Literal Pants]]
33	* [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/2cb87ffcfe/love-is-a-battlefield-literal-video-version Love]] [[Music/PatBenatar is a Battlefield]]
34	* [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Love]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkLuCM45_r0 Is an Open Door]]
35	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIm7XCTKcZ8 The Madness of Duke Venomania]]
36	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GlJbyMrytA Making Love Out Of Nothing At All]]
37	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmGTZ5KZ2tk Never Gonna Give You Up]] (yes, there had to be a JustForFun/{{Rickroll}})
38	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C17yfGyJjM Oasis]]
39	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXZq97lHYAE 1+1]]
40	* ''Anime/OnePunchMan'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-39ZqRU6Ww&list=PLstf9XZUTmuhEqKayMejmHhpoEMlsOvau&index=3 opening theme]]
41	* ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66T2dvRyaos theme]]
42	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL6_t-cdgLI The Rainbow Connection]]
43	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ncBrB9sKmQ Ritme van de Regen]] (Dutch)
44	* [[https://youtu.be/Yi7mBzdDHyY Safety Dance]]
45	* [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/4441b13487/separate-ways-literal-video-version?_cc=__d___&_ccid=vsr8ue.nu3ta1 Separate Ways]]
46	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6IKwfKGcnA Smells Like Teen Spirit]]
47	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR0OtO9DRjc theme]] (an official StationIdent from Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}).
48	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZry-yfSG8w Stop The Bats]]
49	* [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/638626ce4b/sunglasses-at-night-literal-video-version Sunglasses]] [[SunglassesAtNight At Night]]
50	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HE9OQ4FnkQ Take On Me]] (The TropeMaker)
51	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmKlVvH595o This Day Aria]]
52	* [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f03d464867/total-eclipse-of-the-heart-literal-video-version-original Total Eclipse of the Heart]]
53	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o57pVdXBmFc Under the Bridge]]
54	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OqRSbI0iDs Video Killed the Radio Star]] ([[InvertedTrope inverted]])
55	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MCC3PKbxj0 The Way To Your Heart]]
56	* [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/208ed383f3/wedidn-tstartthefire-literalvideo-gnashe We Didn't Start the Fire]]
57	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWRtibGFbTI We Made You]] (inverted)
58	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnKTLYHlLig What My Cutie Mark Is Telling Me]]
59	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmngLUtxwJM White Wedding]]
60	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMlA8nQ0bXc With Arms Wide Open]]
61	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XdGp_u0f7o Wonderwall]]
62	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOlI5Qiq-9g You're Beautiful]]
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64	!!"Non-Remix" examples:
65	* Non-remix example: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGNXJLS8xZs Dermot & Dave's Eurovision Song]], whose lyrics consist entirely of LampshadeHanging on [[ClicheStorm songwriting clichés]] and random imagery ("Calculator Bear!")
66	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFamilyNess'': the entire theme song.
67	-->''[=MacTout=] blows on his bagpipes,''\
68	''whilst Elspeth & Angus watch those notes go floating across the waves.''\
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70	* A gag in ''Series/ATouchOfCloth II'' involves Jack going into a BadGuyBar with [[HipHop cliched rap music]] playing on the soundtrack. The rapper, however, just describes what's going on as the characters TeamPowerWalk through the bar, even commenting on the MaleGaze sexism.
71	* Music/VanceJoy has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ_1HMAGb4k Riptide]]", which portrays all of its actions and even a GagSub to portray the WordSaladLyrics to a T.
72	* {{Creator/Tobuscus}} gives us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMKJ9fDM2mo the literal Skyrim trailer]].
73	* Creator/JamieVsTheVoid's most popular upload, [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hbPSu29mwBQ "the dangers of dunking"]] has him watch a biscuit that broke off into his tea slowly dissolve to the line "I just wanted you to watch me dissolve slowly" from the song "Dissolve" by Absofacto.

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