parody song
Comedic cover version
A parody song takes an existing melody and replaces the lyrics with new words, usually for comic effect.
The humor often comes from the contrast between the original and the new subject matter: a love ballad becomes a song about pizza, a rock anthem about rebellion becomes one about office supplies.
Weird Al Yankovic built a career on the form.
She wrote a parody song about finals week set to a Taylor Swift tune.
- satireMockery exposing vice
- spoofComic exaggerated imitation
- comedyWork meant to amuse
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
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- British SatirePrivate Eye, Spitting Image, Blackadder, Monty Python, John Cleese
- music referencescover version, sample, mashup, interpolation
- Parodiesspoof, Spaceballs, Naked Gun, Scary Movie, take-off
- satirelampoon, political satire, spoof, literary satire, caricature
- mock performancesmockumentary, mock trial, mock debate, mock battle, spoof
- comic theaterburlesque, cabaret, farce, musical comedy, operetta
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Freshly written musical work
original composition · source material · independent work · genuine article · primary source
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Music opposing injustice
tribute song · hymn · love song · anthem · elegy
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