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{{trope}}
A song parody is
In a non-audio medium such as a comic, making a song parody can be a good way to let the reader know how a song is supposed to actually ''sound'' by giving them a beat and tune to which it should be set as he reads the lyrics.
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* [[NBC]] ran a series of slick, self-promotional jingles on-air under the slogan "Proud as a Peacock!" in [[The Eighties|the early 1980s]], at a time when the network was struggling in third place - out of three. Much to the horror of [[Executive Meddling|network brass]], a parody "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir6gJHSyAgc LOUD as a Peacock]!" was recorded by the same musicians as a joke. The DJ who played the parody version on WNBC radio ended up abruptly transferred to [[Cleveland]], Ohio.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* [[Stargate]] 's creators made [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqDE8kocoTI a version] of the opening theme with lyrics.
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== [[Music]] ==
* [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] has based his career on this trope, as have [[Bob Rivers]] and others.
* Many [[Filk Song|filk songs]] are parodies of other songs.
* Liam Lynch's album ''Fake Songs'': There's the "Fake [[Bjork]] Song", the "Fake [[David Bowie]] Song", etc.
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* Self primarily do non-comedic originals, but the outtake compilation ''Feels Like Breakin' Shit'' included a pair of parody songs: "Titanic" is a ''[[Titanic]]''-themed parody of [[The Pixies]]' "Gigantic" (which also includes a bit of [[Weezer]]'s "The World Has Turned And left Me Here"), while "Moronic" is a parody of [[Alanis Morissette]]'s "Ironic" that's a [[Take That]] to the original artist.
* "Puppet Dude" by [[J.G. Thirlwell|Foetus]] is an odd case of a ''stealth'' song parody: If you read the lyrics, they're clearly meant to fit the meter and rhyme scheme of [[Elton John|"Rocket Man"]], but the song itself sounds absolutely nothing like it.
* Garfunkel And Oates parodied their own "I Would Never (Have Sex With You)" as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_ml27pscWY "I Would Never (Dissect An Ewe)"], while pretending to be an amateur tribute act called Simon And Hall.
* [[Dolly Parton]]'s "Jolene" (1973) has a [[Your Cheating Heart|jealous wife]] singing "Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, I'm begging of you please don't take my man." It inspired a few [[Answer Song]]s, which retell the same story from the point of view of another character. In 2021, the song became "Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, I'm begging of you please don't hesitate" in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
== [[Web Original]] ==
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