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In the right context, any chorus/hook of a song can be a breeding ground for [[Memetic Mutation]]. Many examples here and whole Meme articles have been further mutated through [[Mondegreen|Misheard Lyrics]]. Just do a [[YouTube]] search for them, [[You Can't Miss It|you can't miss 'em]]. See also [[Stupid Statement Dance Mix]] and [[Ear Worm]].
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** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAnLyUy4vG0 Bitch] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTub97MkhB4 I look] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b0oQkjup4Q like] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTXg2cJlaAs Goku] is becoming one. Unfortunately.
*** "Bitch I look like Gohan, smokin' up that marijuana" with a goofy Gohan face is popular.
** Another bizarre, rambling anime song: "Anime", consisting of lyrics like "[[
** YOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
** I'm [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3YWSh0ogck so fresh] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6N4vQ6m360 you] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn476i40pXk can] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb9xxlvJhlU suck] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQGi-NS8_pg my nuts!]
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** [[Mondegreen|FRIED EGG FRIED EGG]]
** Spoiler: {{spoiler|Back seat!}}
** [[
* Europe tells us that it's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw the final countdown.]
* [[Weezer]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WanLLnVixC4 music video for "Pork and Beans"] includes several memes and the people who started them, including Tay Zonday, [[Chris Crocker]] ("LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!"), the Dramatic Chipmunk, and several others.
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* [[They Might Be Giants|When he's underwater does he get wet? Or does the water get him instead? Nobody knows. Particle Man]]
** Istanbul was Constantinople. Now it's [[Istanbul (Not Constantinople)|Istanbul, not Constantinople]]. Been a long time gone in Constantinople. Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks!
*** [[Incredibly Lame Pun|No need to be]] [[Final Fantasy VII|Rude]] [[
** It's been [[Wild Mass Guessing|seriously suggested]] that the [[Discworld]] book ''Reaper Man'' is in fact a novelization of this song. Not as far-fetched as it sounds, as Pratchett is a big fan of TMBG. It was, after all, this song that gives Foul Ole Ron the first half of his [[Catch Phrase]].
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbYtqAWDF2U Oooh, you touch my tra-la-la...oooh, my ding-ding-dong...]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPPBZGgOn0Y Mmm, you touch my squadala... oooh, my ding-ding-dodongo...]
* Not a meme from a song, but from an artist: Shortly after the 7 July 2005 bombings in London, a story made the rounds that R&B singer Omarion was performing there and had been caught up in the chaos, and asked for his fans to pray for him. This story was proven false (he ''was'' in London at the time, but "he wasn't hurt or anything"), and "Pray for Omarion" quickly became a running joke on Fark.com, as it reminded many of [[The Simpsons (animation)|Helen Lovejoy's]] "Won't someone ''please'' [[You Can Panic Now|think of the children]]?"
** [[Everything's Better with Monkeys|Pray. For. Mojo.]]
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI Badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger!] Mushroom, mushroom! [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Snake, it's a snake!]]"
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*** Fuck you, John.
** Number nine... Number nine... Number nine... Number nine... Number nine... Number nine...
*** [[The Simpsons (animation)|Number eight... *belch*... number eight... *belch...]]
* [[Super Junior]]: [[Ear Worm|SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY NAEGA NAEGA NAEGA MEONJEO NEGE NEGE NEGE PPAJYEO PPAJYEO PPAJYEO BEORYEO BABY]]
** From the same song: DAN DAN DAN DAN...
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* A weird, pre-internet version: 867-5309 was, for a time, considered by the phone company in the US to be completely unusable. (Since then, a plumbing company has taken up the 888 (toll-free) version, and licensed the music to boot.) Still a bad idea to use it for residential purposes, though.
** [[Family Guy|Damn you, Tommy Tutone!]]
** [[A-l-e-x-99|This Troper]] lives near that plumbing company. It's based in Lynchburg, Virginia.<ref>However, I don't have the company's exact name on me; a commercial for it airs only on [[
*** A quick google search (the internet is not just for tvTropes - or porn!) shows that it was at least one time the national number for Ben Franklin Plumbing - but per their [
*** [[Ear Worm|BEEEEEN IS THE PUNCTUAL PLUMBER, EIGHT SIX SEVEN FIVE THREE-OH-NIIIIINE!
* Popular Bhangra song from India, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bAN7Ts0xBo Tunak Tunak Tun].
** The [[Mondegreen]] video gets this too. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdG_fey4_ow In your yard I am the Ferengi man, very odd and chunky!]
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** Excuse me? Aren't you forgetting something? Namely, to [[Transformers|DARE TO BE STUPID!]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nll8-kSlq6c DARE TO BE STUPID!]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw Kinda makes me white and nerdy!]
* A Czech song, [http://www.joemonster.org/filmy/6201/Ivan_Mladek_Jozin_z_bazin Jozin z Bazin] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4aqM_wu6Ns English translation here]; more translations [https://lyricstranslate.com/en/ivan-ml%C3%A1dek-jo%C5%BEin-z-ba%C5%BEin-lyrics.html on lyricstranslate.com]), became a meme popular in Poland in early 2008. Its sudden popularity culminated with the original performer (Ivan Mladek) coming to Poland to sing a new, Polish version of the song at a concert. Naturally, there are fan music videos of Czech, Polish, Russian and instrumental variants.
** It got ''covers''. From [[chiptune]] version to [http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/337791
** A possible [[Shout-Out]] in ''[[The Last Wish]]'': "Duny, Urcheon of Erlenwald" in the original "Jeż z Erlenwaldu" {{spoiler|aka Emhyr var Emreis}}, who was introduced when turned into half-hedgehog and hunted down a lot, yet he survived — in the early books Sapkowski deliberately parodied and [[Deconstructor Fleet|turned inside out]] fairy tales and fantasy tropes, such an in-joke would fit.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3ZAGBL6UBA It's Peanut Butter Jelly time!]
* What I'm pretty sure is a purely Australian example [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmur7-xjSCs ''Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again?'' by the Angels]:
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*** Last night I saw a film. As I recall, it was a horror film.
*** When Bruce Willis was dead at the end of Sixth Sense, I...
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20120126123503/http://www.funnyhub.com/videos/pages/SNL-lazy-sunday-narnia.html We love the Chroni- what? -cles of] [[Narnia]]!
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20120323020150/http://www.funnyhub.com/videos/pages/snl-like-a-boss.html LIKE A BOSS!]
** "Hide and Seek", by Imogen Heap, became a meme after Andy Samberg, on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', parodied its usage on ''[[The OC]]''.
{{quote|Ooh, watcha say? Ooh, that you only meant well? Well, of course you did.}}
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*** Yo, Kanye West, I'm really happy for you and Imma let you finish, but Chuck Norris had one of the best memes of ALL TIME!
**** To quote [[Barack Obama|President Obama]]: "He ''is'' a jackass."
** There's already ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131022122454/http://imaletyoufinish.com/ an entire website]'' dedicated to the aformentioned [[Image Macro]]s. The internet has probably never seen anything become a meme so fast.
** Kanye is such a meme font, [[Kanye West/Memes|he has its own meme page!]]
* El Chombo, a Panamanian rap and reggaeton singer and producer, is probably one of the most memetic Latinamerican artists
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrmPehlHK3w Ualuealuealeualeu][[Batman (TV series)|aluealeale]][[Overly Long Gag|ualualeaue...]]: a clip of Adam Wast!Batman from having being drugged by villains in the first episode of the series with the audio changed to a loop of the fist verse of Chombo's song Chacarron Macarron. Said song was memetic enough by itself due to being pure gibberish.
** Combine [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzG4uDgje3M the unusual-sounding song "Dame tu cosita" with a video of a weird animation of a CGI martian dancing to it and] internet penchant for non-sensical challenges, and you have the [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/dame-tu-cosita-challenge Dame Tu Cosita Challenge], the phenomenon of people dancing to the song with the martian steps that sweeped several social networks in 2018. Somehow this version of the song and accompanying dance craze managed to get into ''[[Just Dance]] Unlimited''. Even El Chombo himself was weirded by this one.
** In truth the whole series of Chombo-produced albums titled "Cuantos de la Cripta", lit. "Tales from the Crypt" (don't be confused with [[Tales from the Crypt|the series of the same name]]), due to their idiosincratic intros and earm-worm songs
* Lil' Jon's [[Big Yes|YEAH]]!, thanks once again in part to [[Chappelle's Show|Dave Chappelle's]] portrayal of him (though one would say he wasn't too far off on the frequency of Jon's usage of the word).
* Gordon Downie, of The Tragically Hip, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8CvMDkwqfQ had his arms bitten off by a killer whale].
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* [[Jesus Christ Superstar|Jesus Christ... Superstar...]] [[Badass Biker|Burning 'round the corner on a Yamaha!]]
* [[Three Dog Night]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFypAB7nYGA Jeremiah was a bullfrog. He was a good friend of mine.]
* A popular MS Paint comic on 4Chan features a man attempting to [[Murder the Hypotenuse]] to the tune of [[Mastodon]]'s "Blood and Thunder": Animated [https://web.archive.org/web/20130924145242/http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/524563 here.]
* [[Alvin and The Chipmunks|Ooh eeh ooh ah ah, ting tang walla walla bing bang...]]
** Also, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk0si1Wx0Rw try] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeVi4qzIGY0 "chipmunking"] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU6PwPGkEtA a] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hda7XmpJNKI song.]
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** His singing has been dubbed over various movie villains such as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaqC5FnvAEc&feature=related Saruman] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueKszrZFO2o&feature=feedlik Voldemort].
** And then some pharmaceutic company in Venezuela went and released [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39qE3Xnep5c this ad] for its headache medicine. "Dol dol dol" indeed.
*** Which goes into [[Harsher in Hindsight]] as [https://web.archive.org/web/20131014162542/http://en.ria.ru/world/20120604/173831212.html he has passed away]. :(
* Microsoft Songsmith generates music to accompany vocals, so naturally people started feeding it vocal tracks from famous songs to see what it would spit out. [[Weezer]] - "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kirdrHuWpSI Buddy Holly" comes out as a slow piano track], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7yqfknBfBg Billy Idol - "White Wedding" comes out as a county track with a banjo], [[Ozzy Osbourne]] - "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-vvk7kXhP8 Crazy Train" comes out as a polka], etc.
* Waking the Cadaver is best known for the [[Mondegreen|SHREDDED WHEAT!!!!!!]] meme. The band hasn't commented on this, but considering vocalist Don Campan's notorious lack of sense of humor, they may or may not be amused.
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** [[The Simpsons Did It]], sort of. [http://techland.time.com/2009/04/16/we-didnt-start-the-song-parody/ Explained briefly here.]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdVG-yZEheA You can't fight the Homestuck]
** Autism. Wish I could find the video. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110910192252/http://directmag.com/casehistories/nonprofit/0601-benefits-autism-education/ Best I can do for now.]
** [http://flapperorslapper.tumblr.com/post/4672349134/a-doctor-who-parody-song We also didn't built the TARDIS.]{{Dead link}}
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mPqycQ0tQ GEE GEE GEE GEE BABY BABY BABY]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGbwL8kSpEk Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh!!]
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* HE'S CLIMBIN' IN YO WINDOWS
** Hayley Williams, Ethan Luck, and Jordan Pundik would like to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H08EXnT0Pz0 get in on it.]
* [[
* [http://kompressordoesnotdance.ytmnd.com/ KOMPRESSOR DOES NOT DANCE!]
* Surprisingly, Technotronic has not been mentioned on this page as yet. POMP UP DA JAYAM! POMP IT UP! POMP IT UP! YO, POMP IT!
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aktLRiWXfqg IT'S SO COLD IN THE D, HOW THE FUCK DO WE SUPPOSE TO KEEP PEACE?!]"
** In a similar vein, the Pardon Me roundabout parodies derived from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dbU2f90OAw this].
* The campy direct-to-home-video [[Mary
** WHIPPED CREAM POURING LIKE WATERFALLS!
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-NOZU2iPA8 Jesus is a friend of mine, Jesus is my friend.] J-J-J-Jesus!
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** Among Sutcliffe Jügend's fanbase: [[Narm|SHOW ME YOUR FUCKING TITTIES!]]
* [[Kool Keith|SOMALIA EGYPT]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYR0dfhhOw8 SOMEWHERE]
* The Passenger Of Shit song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGRsg9YyRRo "Staple Tapeworms On My Penis"] has caught on quite well within the [[
* [[Twisted Sister|"WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE?!!! ("I wanna rock!")]]
* [[They Might Be Giants|Particle Man, Particle Man...]]
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* [[The Rolling Stones|Please allow me]] [[Sympathy for the Devil|to introduce myself]], [[Man of Wealth and Taste|I'm a man of wealth and taste...]]
* I was listening to a couple of these songs with the volume on full blast. A bunch of them were so bad that [[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air|my mom got scared and said "You're moving with your auntie and your uncle in Bel-Air." I whistled for a cab and when it came near the license plate said "Fresh" and there were dice in the mirror. If anything I could say that this cab was rare but I thought, naw, forget it, yo holmes to Bel-Air. I pulled up to the house about seven or eight and said to the cabbie "Yo holmes smell ya later." Looked at my kingdom, I was finally there, to sit on my throne as the prince of Bel-Air.]]
** The lyrics get used an [http://apt.bitcore.org/stuff/Stupid%20Pics/4chan/fresh_prince_of_pokemon.jpg awful lot]{{Dead link}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110208104917/http://frakarme.com/__oneclick_uploads/2009/09/the-fresh-prince-of-persia.jpg in] [http://www.lamebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/fresh-prince-of-bash-air.png jokes] [http://edge.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/574185/80520425.jpg a lot]{{Dead link}}.
** The music itself [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mWzFarzb8c gets] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TBPXyMHf7U remixed] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3qus-O2uGA with almost] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWWDa2rLpqI everything]. It's gotten "anything goes with the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Theme" status.
* ...for you and me: '''JOO-JOO JOO-JOO JOO-JOO JOO-JOO JOO-JOO, I can feel it coming in the air tonight... night... night... Oh lawd.'''
* The [[Eurovision Song Contest]] is a [[Fountain of Memes]] in its own right, but special mention goes to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkmncrAPILw Epic Sax Guy.]
** The forced meme itself, parodies, and ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' version ''Strolling through Ultramar'' mixing it with an older concept.
* When you download mp3s, you're downloading COMMUNISM!<ref>Making fun of the obsession with [[Digital Piracy Is Evil]]. Also, many fans are convinced the record companies just do this because we might like an independent artist.</ref>
* ''The Twelve Days of Christmas''
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* Lately the song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suRsxpoAc5w "Moves Like Jagger"] by Maroon 5 has been quite popular for videos.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_0cyrGd8dM HOLY MOTHER F*CK IT'S AN ICE-CREAM TRUCK!]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111015090539/http://www.quickmeme.com/I-AM-THE-TABLE---James-Hetfield/oldest/ JAMES HETFIELD IS A TABLE]!!! Courtesy of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LWtb621DRg The View] off of ''[[Lou Reed]]'' and [[Metallica]]'s album ''Lulu''
* [[The Clash]] "Louie Louie":
** Try listening to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx-8_GI4d2c this song] and:
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* [[Rage Against the Machine]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=QNzIKoAy2pk#t=254s FUCK YOU, I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME! FUCK YOU, I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!]
* [[Gil Scott-Heron|The X Will Not Be Televised!]]
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