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*** Can I? [[Nightmare Fuel|Please?]]
* Several Beatles classics became Villain Songs in the movie ''Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''. The actual quality of the musical interpretations are a mixed bag. The treatment given to "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" by Steve Martin is best forgotten, as is a version of "Mean Mr. Mustard" sung by robots. OTOH, Aerosmith's version of "Come Together" has outlived this movie and become one of their signature songs.
** ''[[Across the Universe (film)|Across the Universe]]'' uses "I Want You {She's So Heavy}" as a Villain
*** Also in ''Across The Universe'' there's Eddie Izzard's spoken word version of "Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!".
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* "Main Hoon Don" from the Bollywood movie ''Don''; in a twist, it's sung by someone who has to impersonate the villain. {{spoiler|Or so we thought.}}
* Veruca Salt's destructive "I Want It Now" number in ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory|Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory]]'', the last musical number not sung by the Oompa Loompas, possibly because they were too busy at the moment trying to stop her. It also doubles as (yep...) an [["I Want" Song]], after a fashion.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy62mqmqwCQ "Secret of Survival (in a Very Nasty World)"], sung by the Weasels to Mole when he's lost in the Wild Wood in Terry Jones' version of ''Wind In The Willows''.
* "The Witch Is In The House" by the Wicked Witch of the West in ''The Muppets' Wizard of Oz''. Miss Piggy nearly outdoes Curry's performance in ''Treasure Island''. (Jokes about Piggy being a [[Large Ham]] are obvious, but if you make them she will hunt you down.)
* ''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera]]'' has ''Gold'' for Rotti Largo. ''Mark It Up'' showcases the villainous Luigi and Pavi, but isn't as much of a showstopper as the others, so it only sort of fits this
** Rotti also gets ''Things You See in a Graveyard'', complete with plenty of gloating and cackling.
** Amber Sweet has ''Come Up And Try My New Parts'', in which she proves her willingness to use her body as a tool, as a borderline [[Villain Song]] (especially for those fans who want [[Die for Our Ship|Grave-Robber and Shilo to end up together.]]) It was actually [[Cut Song|cut from the theatrical release]] because it was too good.
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* In the live action adaptation of ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (film)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'', Jim Carrey as The Grinch sings [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRhCbCISs44 "You're A Mean One Mr Grinch"], which is traditionally an example of [["The Villain Sucks" Song]].
* ''[[Sesame Street|The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland]]'' has [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya|Mandy]] [[Dead Like Me|Patinkin]] singing [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT5mWEWTb6A "Make It Mine"]. It's [[Ear Worm|very catchy]].
* Despite being a very low-level and banal form of evil, Sharpay and Ryan get one in each of the three [[High School Musical
** And some people prefer these upbeat songs to the ballad-y ones by the protagonists.
* While more Grouch than villain, [[Sesame Street|Oscar]] sings the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8IHMctrKCg "Grouch Anthem"] at the beginning of the movie ''Follow That Bird'': "Don't let the sunshine spoil your rain! Just stand up and complain!"
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