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* [http://www.songworm.com Bob Kanefsky], master refilker, specializes in mashing up two of another filker's songs, setting the story of one song to the tune of another. And he does it very, ''very'' well. Frequently, he gets the creator of one of the original songs to sing his version.
** For example, Bob took one of Leslie Fish's Kipling tunes and wrote "They're Singing 'Banned From Argo,'" about how many veteran filkers have come to dislike the song from overexposure. One verse states that Leslie Fish has plugged her ears because ''she just doesn't want to hear it.'' And he got Leslie to perform it.
* [[League of Legends]] is becoming quite a popular subject, thanks to Riot's [https://web.archive.org/web/20130702152120/http://na.leagueoflegends.com/news/songs-summoned-contest-results Songs of the Summoned] contests. Searching "League of Legends songs" on Youtube will get you about 9,500+ hits
* [[Mercedes Lackey]] sings and writes filk (or used to), often working with Leslie Fish and Heather Alexander. Recordings are available at [http://www.firebirdarts.com/ The Firebird Arts And Music Catalog].
** Frequently, Fish or Alexander would, with Lackey's explicit encouragement, take the songs that appeared in her novels and set them to music.
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* When Marni Nixon ("the Ghostess with the Mostest," a great singer famous for having dubbed over many [[The King and I|great]] [[My Fair Lady|movie]] [[West Side Story|musicals]] and never once getting credit) performed at the Hollywood Bowl in ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]'' (which itself frequently features filks), she sang a parody of "[[My Fair Lady|I Could Have Danced All Night]]," called "[[Crowning Moment of Funny|I Could Have Dubbed Myself]]."
* Greg Champion of Australian radio show ''The Coodabeen Champions'' writes song parodies and original songs, mainly about [[Australian Rules Football]], but also [[Cricket]], other sports, and miscellaneous subjects.
* [[College Humor]] turned [[Jay Z]] / [[Alicia Keys]] "Empire State of Mind" into "[[Star Wars|Galactic Empire]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100626053342/http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1931187 State of Mind]".
* Raccoon Factory's "Kimi ga Kureta Yume", an original song written as a tribute to the ''[[Takotsuboya K-ON! Trilogy|Takotsuboya K-ON Trilogy]]''. It covers the first two volumes of the trilogy, with a later released song, "Day alternates with night", covering the last part.
* Archie Fisher's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg_MtqTESME "Witch of Westmoreland"]
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* [[wikipedia:The Fringemunks|The Fringemunks]], a parody of [[Alvin and The Chipmunks]] by Seattle musician David Wu, who did two full albums recapping ''[[Fringe]]'' episodes (some punny, such as "The Cure" on the tune of "[[The Cure|Friday I'm In Love]]"). He also turned "Karma Chameleon" into "[[Lost|Dharma Inititative]]".
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWz5h4or-yo Fresh Prince of Gotham]
* [http://www.pressplayontape.com/ Press Play On Tape], a Danish gaming band that released music like [https://web.archive.org/web/20111105062101/http://www.pressplayontape.com/default.asp?pid=boyband Comic Bakery] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k41em4dr30g The Man With The Gun].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKFW6QeGvns This spicy little number] featuring [[Caprica|Allesandra Torressani]], [[The Big Bang Theory|Kunal Nayyar]] and [[The Guild|Amy Okuda]].
* No More Kings have quite a few songs that fit in this territory, ranging from topics like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up_TtrHu9jk D&D], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqPwWP1XXDo&feature=related zombies], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp6o5I99Idw TheKarateKid], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB50BJHSBEs robots], and much more.
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