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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]].
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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* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuaQro8BZVI Rickroll], which can result in either hilarity or infuriation depending on who you do it to.
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuaQro8BZVI Rickroll], which can result in either hilarity or infuriation depending on who you do it to.
** Unfortunately, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtOW1CxHvNY Nancy Pelosi] may have killed it. Way to go, Speaker!
** Unfortunately, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtOW1CxHvNY Nancy Pelosi] may have killed it. Way to go, Speaker!
** Good: someone, somewhere, somehow, managed to swap out the movie on Scientology's anti-Chanology propaganda site for a [[Rick Roll]].
** Good: someone, somewhere, somehow, managed to swap out the movie on Scientology's anti-Chanology propaganda site for a [[Rickroll]].
*** Unfortunately not - they registered a similar domain name and put up a copy of the Scientology site with the only change being that the original video (naming various anonymous as terrorists/hate criminals/part of a conspiracy between the German psychiatrists and the Marcabian invasion fleet) was replaced by Astley.
*** Unfortunately not - they registered a similar domain name and put up a copy of the Scientology site with the only change being that the original video (naming various anonymous as terrorists/hate criminals/part of a conspiracy between the German psychiatrists and the Marcabian invasion fleet) was replaced by Astley.
** This 16-year-old troper has recently had to explain Rickrolling to his mother, which may indicate it having [[Jump the Shark|jumped the shark]] somewhat. Still not to the extent of Chuck Norris, though.
** This 16-year-old troper has recently had to explain Rickrolling to his mother, which may indicate it having [[Jump the Shark|jumped the shark]] somewhat. Still not to the extent of Chuck Norris, though.
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*** And has got it.
*** And has got it.
** Even [[Rick Astley]] himself [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2kThcO6ig8 comments on this strange phenomenon.] The results are...interesting, to say the least.
** Even [[Rick Astley]] himself [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2kThcO6ig8 comments on this strange phenomenon.] The results are...interesting, to say the least.
*** ... And then Rick Astley [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4hqv6USkoU RickRolled the 2008 Thanksgiving Day Parade]. Does this mean that [[Rick Roll|RickRolling]] has [[Ascended Meme|Ascended Reality Itself]]? Yes. Yes it does.
*** ... And then Rick Astley [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4hqv6USkoU RickRolled the 2008 Thanksgiving Day Parade]. Does this mean that [[Rickroll|RickRolling]] has [[Ascended Meme|Ascended Reality Itself]]? Yes. Yes it does.
** MTV used to interrupt some of their programming with, you guessed it, Rick Astley's famous song.
** MTV used to interrupt some of their programming with, you guessed it, Rick Astley's famous song.
** Subverted in [http://www.xkcd.com/524/ this xkcd strip].
** Subverted in [http://www.xkcd.com/524/ this xkcd strip].
*** [[CSI: Miami|YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!]]
*** [[CSI: Miami|YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!]]
*** Speaking of xkcd, there's an very subtle [[Rick Roll]] in [http://xkcd.com/389/ this strip]. At least if you can read sheet music.
*** Speaking of xkcd, there's an very subtle [[Rickroll]] in [http://xkcd.com/389/ this strip]. At least if you can read sheet music.
*** And... inverted? Zig-zagged? Something'd [http://www.xkcd.com/351/ here.]
*** And... inverted? Zig-zagged? Something'd [http://www.xkcd.com/351/ here.]
** LFG's Richard, in a moment of pure epicness, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0snaJVXje0 used a Rickroll as a weapon.]
** LFG's Richard, in a moment of pure epicness, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0snaJVXje0 used a Rickroll as a weapon.]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJv5qLsLYoo You spin me right round baby, right round. Like a record baby...]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJv5qLsLYoo You spin me right round baby, right round. Like a record baby...]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2bfLjFRmzQ You spin my head right round, right round...] [[Sampled Up|When you go down, when you go down down...]]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2bfLjFRmzQ You spin my head right round, right round...] [[Sampled Up|When you go down, when you go down down...]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtMx8Ll5DO4 Yasuri Yamileth's song], whose backstory is made of [[Poe's Law]]. Somehow the clip was discovered by a Venezuelan blogger, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuri_Yamileth and suddenly the whole thing grow to memetic proportions] in all Latin America and Spain. Spawned [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_filter=0&search_query=Yasuri+Yamileth an awful lot of parodies], the more memorable was the one who featured drunk men in drag using Gillette razors, after one of the most memorable lines of the song.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtMx8Ll5DO4 Yasuri Yamileth's song], whose backstory is made of [[Poe's Law]]. Somehow the clip was discovered by a Venezuelan blogger, [[wikipedia:Yasuri Yamileth|and suddenly the whole thing grow to memetic proportions]] in all Latin America and Spain. Spawned [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_filter=0&search_query=Yasuri+Yamileth an awful lot of parodies], the more memorable was the one who featured drunk men in drag using Gillette razors, after one of the most memorable lines of the song.
* Not music specifically, but the cover of [[The Beatles]]' album, ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''. Also, ''Abbey Road'' and, to a lesser extent, ''A Hard Day's Night''.
* Not music specifically, but the cover of [[The Beatles]]' album, ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''. Also, ''Abbey Road'' and, to a lesser extent, ''A Hard Day's Night''.
** "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_is_dead PAUL IS DEAD]". (Miss him, miss him...)
** "[[wikipedia:Paul is dead|PAUL IS DEAD]]". (Miss him, miss him...)
** Four young Liverpudlian lads came to America in 1964, and in just a few years, they changed everything forever!
** Four young Liverpudlian lads came to America in 1964, and in just a few years, they changed everything forever!
** [[The Beatles]] are an important part of [[Misplaced Wildlife|American]] musical and [[Artistic License|cultural]] heritage.
** [[The Beatles]] are an important part of [[Misplaced Wildlife|American]] musical and [[Artistic License|cultural]] heritage.
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=896Aby1hUH8 Hey baby, hey baby, HEY!]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=896Aby1hUH8 Hey baby, hey baby, HEY!]
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v9I8cf5x5M I Don't Want You Back]" (a.k.a. "fuck you, you ho") and the response song. For that matter, any song that has a response song could be considered a meme.
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v9I8cf5x5M I Don't Want You Back]" (a.k.a. "fuck you, you ho") and the response song. For that matter, any song that has a response song could be considered a meme.
* If you're Israeli, you've heard the song "Rotze Banot" (I Want Girls) and/or ''its'' various response songs, such as "Rotza Banim" (I Want Boys) and "Rotze [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitzvah Mitzvot]," the [[The Moral Substitute|pious version.]]
* If you're Israeli, you've heard the song "Rotze Banot" (I Want Girls) and/or ''its'' various response songs, such as "Rotza Banim" (I Want Boys) and "Rotze [[wikipedia:Mitzvah|Mitzvot]]," the [[The Moral Substitute|pious version.]]
* Sex (sex!) over the phone! Sex, over the phone!
* Sex (sex!) over the phone! Sex, over the phone!
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q4cZCKad8c What what, in the butt?]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q4cZCKad8c What what, in the butt?]
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** Speaking of, I dare you not to fill in the blanks: Her name is _______ and she ___________________________.
** Speaking of, I dare you not to fill in the blanks: Her name is _______ and she ___________________________.
* [[A-ha|Taaaaake oooooon meeeeee...]] [[Ear Worm|Take! On! Me!]]
* [[A-ha|Taaaaake oooooon meeeeee...]] [[Ear Worm|Take! On! Me!]]
* From the deceased Cuban singer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_Cruz Celia Cruz]: '''[[Catch Phrase|AZÚCAR!!!]]'''
* From the deceased Cuban singer [[wikipedia:Celia Cruz|Celia Cruz]]: '''[[Catch Phrase|AZÚCAR!!!]]'''
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lArGoRhFr4E LA VIDA ES UN CAR-NA-VAL!!!]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lArGoRhFr4E LA VIDA ES UN CAR-NA-VAL!!!]
* In general, upbeat Latin American songs are a ''breeding'' ground for memes. José Luis "El Puma" Rodrí­guez's themes are such [[Ear Worm|Ear Worms]] that they've been memtic ever since [[The Seventies]]. A good example is "Pavo real" ("Peacock"), with its incredibly catchy chorus: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5ebD6kqke8 CHÉVERE CHÉVERE CHÉVERE CHÉVERE CHÉVERE CHÉVERE - UH!]
* In general, upbeat Latin American songs are a ''breeding'' ground for memes. José Luis "El Puma" Rodrí­guez's themes are such [[Ear Worm|Ear Worms]] that they've been memtic ever since [[The Seventies]]. A good example is "Pavo real" ("Peacock"), with its incredibly catchy chorus: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5ebD6kqke8 CHÉVERE CHÉVERE CHÉVERE CHÉVERE CHÉVERE CHÉVERE - UH!]
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* LETS DO THE FORK IN THE GARBAGE DISPOSAL! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyqUj3PGHv4 DING DING DING DADING DING DADING DING] [[Ear Worm|DING DING DING]] [[Most Annoying Sound|DADING DING]][[Most Wonderful Sound|DADING DING]]
* LETS DO THE FORK IN THE GARBAGE DISPOSAL! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyqUj3PGHv4 DING DING DING DADING DING DADING DING] [[Ear Worm|DING DING DING]] [[Most Annoying Sound|DADING DING]][[Most Wonderful Sound|DADING DING]]
* Not a specific song, but Cronos' [http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/08/youre_fuckin_pr.html stage banter] from one particular [[Venom]] show became somewhat memetic by his sheer [[Large Ham|hamminess]]: Someone was amused enough by what they were hearing to bootleg the stage patter (no, not the whole set, ''just'' the stage patter), and it spread pretty far for being pre-internet. [[The Beastie Boys]] sampled a bit of this bootleg at the end of "Mark On The Bus" ("'cos you're ''wild'', man! WIIILD!") and would also reference it in "Dedication" ("This one's for Newcastle, where Venom come from").
* Not a specific song, but Cronos' [http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/08/youre_fuckin_pr.html stage banter] from one particular [[Venom]] show became somewhat memetic by his sheer [[Large Ham|hamminess]]: Someone was amused enough by what they were hearing to bootleg the stage patter (no, not the whole set, ''just'' the stage patter), and it spread pretty far for being pre-internet. [[The Beastie Boys]] sampled a bit of this bootleg at the end of "Mark On The Bus" ("'cos you're ''wild'', man! WIIILD!") and would also reference it in "Dedication" ("This one's for Newcastle, where Venom come from").
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banned_from_Argo And we're banned from Argo, ev'ry one ... ]
* [[wikipedia:Banned from Argo|And we're banned from Argo, ev'ry one ... ]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmCxs2_ztPE NUGGET BISCUIT NUGGET IN A BISCUIT]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmCxs2_ztPE NUGGET BISCUIT NUGGET IN A BISCUIT]
** DIP IT ALL IN MASHED POTATOES!
** DIP IT ALL IN MASHED POTATOES!

Revision as of 20:26, 25 January 2014


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 Misheard Lyrics. Just do a YouTube search for them, you can't miss 'em. See also Stupid Statement Dance Mix and Ear Worm.

Just a warning: this page is a bit outdated. Youtube being Youtube, many of these links are broken, private, or removed.

Kanye West has his own section of memes.

Please add entries in the following format:

  • The name of the song.
    • Meme name: description of meme and how it's used.
      • Source of meme and fandom it relates to in the form of a hot tip.
      • Famous instances (such as the Rick Roll during the Thanksgiving parade).
      • Further mutations and successor memes, if any.

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  "YEAH! Yeah! OOO! Ha-how! YEAH-hah!!!"

 Ooh, watcha say? Ooh, that you only meant well? Well, of course you did.

 I make her say/Oh oh oh oh/when I/P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face.

  In memory of Ass Dan - 1981-2010

PARTYHARDPARTYHARDPARTYHARDPARTYHARDPARTYHARDPARTYHARDPARTYHARD PARTYHARDPARTYHARDPARTYHARDPARTYHARDPARTYHARDPARTYHARDPARTYHARD

 Hey I just met you

And this is crazy

But [long and drawn-out run-on sentence filled with fangirling]

So call me maybe.

  1. ↑ However, I don't have the company's exact name on me; a commercial for it airs only on WSET (coincidentally a Lynchburg-based TV station), and I don't typically watch that channel. I'm on my computer (editing TV Tropes articles) when it airs, and I'm scared I'll risk a Mondegreen by adding it here.
  2. ↑ Rick Ross' "Hustlin'".
  3. ↑ Except those who find them perfectly intelligible.
  4. ↑ Greatest of All Time
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Used to cap off a particularly bizarre Long List and lampshade how silly it sounds.
  7. ↑ Stock response of someone being asked what their favorite type of music is. You've probably encountered it at least once.
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