While using the new search engine I've come across a few OSs that have been parodied extensively. This list isn't meant to discourage anyone from writing more parodies set to certain OSs, more of a parody "stats" list if you will that may be of interest to a few people. Probably not. The numbers listed will change over time of course, I'll update them occasionally.

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Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen has 185 entries.

12 of "Skater" and 144 as Sk8 giving 156 of Avril Lavigne's "Sk8er Boi".

Yesterday by The Beatles has 154 entries. "Jesterdays" thread on this board is 200+ partial parodies. There's enough material there though to make 65 or so complete Yesterday parodies.

American Pie by Don McLean has 138 entries.

My Favorite Things by Julie Andrews has ~115 entries.

I Put A Spell On You by Screamin' Jay Hawkins has 129 entries. All but one belong to John Barry.

Stacy's Mom by Fountains of Wayne has 111 entries.

Let It Be by The Beatles has 109 entries.

Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana has 100 entries.

You're Beautiful by James Blunt has 100 entries.

12 Days of Christmas by Traditional has 97 entries.

The Major-General's Song by Gilbert & Sullivan has 95 entries.

Another Brick In The Wall (all parts, mostly 2) by Pink Floyd has 95 entries.

Complicated by Avril Lavigne has 94 entries.

Oops I Did It Again by Britney Spears has 94 entries.

Supercali.....by Mary Poppins et al has 93 entries.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Gene Autry/Traditional has 91 entries.

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town by Traditional et al has ~88 entries.

Piano Man by Billy Joel  has 83 entries.

Hotel California by The Eagles has 81 entries.

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot has 80 entries.

American Idiot by Green Day has 80 entries.

The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel has 72 entries.

Yellow Submarine by The Beatles has 72 entries.

Love and Marriage by Frank Sinatra has 71 entries.

All The Small Things by Blink 182 has 65 entries

YMCA and Y.M.C.A. by Village People are a 67 combined entries.

I'm Henry the 8th, I Am by Herman's Hermits has 64 entries.

Numb by Linkin Park has 63 entries.

I Want It That Way by The Backstreet Boys has 63 entries.

Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles has 64 entries.

Paperback Writer by The Beatles has 56 entries.

I Love Rock And (&, n) Roll by Joan Jett (and/& the Blackhearts) has 55 entries

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover by Paul Simon has 54 entries.

Ticket To Ride by The Beatles has 51 entries.

I'm A Believer by The Monkees has 52 entries.

Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) by The Offspring has 50 entries.

Toxic by Britney Spears has 50 entries.

1985 by Bowling For Soup has 49 entries.

Cocaine by Eric Clapton has 49 entries.

Dancing Queen by ABBA has 49 entries.

Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival has 48 entries.

All Star by Smash Mouth has 48 entries.

My Sharona by the Knack has 48 entries.

Bad Day by Daniel Powter has 47 entries.

Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) by Green Day has 47 entries.

We Are The Champions by Queen has 47 entries.

Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer By Elmo & Patsy has 47 entries.

I'm With You by Avril Lavigne has 47 entries.

Baby One More Time by Britney Spears has 47 entries.

Another One Bites The Dust by Queen has 46 entries.

Lucky by Britney Spears has 46 entries.

We Will Rock You by Queen has 46 entries.

I Fought The Law by Bobby Fuller Four, etc. has 48 entries.

Always A Woman by Billy Joel has 47 entries.

Without Me by Eminem has 47 entries.

Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones has 46 entries.

I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor has 46 entries.

Hey Jude by The Beatles has 45 entries.

Lola by The Kinks has 45 entries.

Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin has 45 entries.

We Didn't Start The Fire by Billy Joel has 45 entries.

Deck The Halls, a Traditional song has 44 entries.

Free Fallin' by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers has 44 entries.

Desperado by The Eagles has 43 entries.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles has ~43 entries.

Candle In The Wind/Goodbye Norma Jean by Elton John has ~43 entries.

Iron Man by Black Sabbath has 42 entries.

Bye, Bye, Bye by N'Sync has 42 entries.

Who Can It Be Now? by Men At Work has 41 entries.

Addicted to Love by Robert Palmer has 43 entries.

Mrs Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter by Herman's Hermits has 43 entries

Battle Hymn of the Republic has 42 entries.

Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio has 42 entries.

In The End by Linkin Park has 41 entries.

One Step Closer by Linkin Park has 41 entries.

My Way by Frank Sinatra has 41 entries.

Help! by The Beatles has 40 entries.

Nights In White Satin by The Moody Blues has 40 entries.

Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd has 40 entries.

Stayin' Alive by The Bee Gees has 40 entries.

The Real Slim Shady by Eminem has 40 entries.

35+:

Beat It by Michael Jackson has 39 entries.

Come Together by The Beatles has 39 entries

I Want To Hold Your Hand by Thea Beatles has 37 entries.

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous by Good Charlotte has 37 entries.

A Day In The Life by The Beatles has 39 entries.

Lady Madonna by The Beatles has 38 entries.

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds by The Beatles has 38 entries.

In Da Club by 50 Cent has 37 entries.

The Devil Went Down To Georgia by Charlie Daniels has 37 entries.

Be Our Guest by Beauty and the Beast has 39 entries.

Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani has 36 entries.

How You Remind Me by Nickelback has 36 entries.

Cleaning Out My Closet by Eminem has 35 entries. 

It's Still Rock And Roll To Me by Billy Joel has 35 entries.

Losing My Religion by REM has 35 entries.

Up and coming:

Thriller by Michael Jackson has 34 entries.

My Name Is by Eminem has 34 entries.

Milkshake by Kelis has 33 entries

There are probably a few more songs out there with more than 40 parodies set to them. We've gotten most of the obvious ones here so if you all know any with 35+ parodies please list them.

The engine is sensitive to punctuation and obviously spelling, try to be as generic as possible when searching for songs to get as many matches as possible. For now please list songs with 35 or more entries that you come across.

Red Ant

At least 149 of Sk8er Boi. 136 with OS as Sk8... and 13 with OS as Skater...

At least 149 of Sk8er Boi. 136 with OS as Sk8... and 13 with OS as Skater...


Yep, figures I missed 1st place. 13 of "Skater" and 136 as Sk8 giving 149 of Avril Lavigne's "Sk8er Boi". Thanks!

Stacy's Mom: 89 (search Stac)
My Favorite/Favourite Things: 75
Rudolph: 73
Another Brick In The Wall (all parts): 70
12 Days Of Christmas: 66 (search Days Of)

Stacy's Mom: 89 (search Stac)
My Favorite/Favourite Things: 75
Rudolph: 73
Another Brick In The Wall (all parts): 70
12 Days Of Christmas: 66 (search Days Of)


Thanks much. I noticed every Fountains of Wayne parody here is of Stacy's Mom. Wow. I'll add these tomorrow.

While using the new search engine I've come across a few OSs that have been parodied extensively. This list isn't meant to discourage anyone from writing more parodies set to certain OSs (and is not all inclusive); more of a parody "stats" list if you will that may be of interest to a few people. Probably not.

Listed are the 15 most parodied songs on AmIRight (that I know of).

Yesterday by The Beatles has 113 entries. If you count the 200+ parodies of the "Jesterdays" thread we're well above 300 parodies of this OS.

13 of "Skater" and 136 as Sk8 giving 149 of Avril Lavigne's "Sk8er Boi".

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen has 138 entries.

American Pie by Don McClean has 111 entries.

Complicated by Avril Lavigne has 93 entries. Probably a few more given the innumerable ways people spell Avril's name and "Complicated".  ::)

Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana has 86 entries.

Oops I Did It Again by Britney Spears has 85 entries. 92 are shown for "Oops" search but 7 are not that OS.

Let It Be by The Beatles has 76 entries.

Supercali.....by Mary Poppins et al has 60 entries.

Yellow Submarine by The Beatles has 58 entries.

The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel has 58 entries.

The Major-General's Song by Gilbert & Sullivan has 54 entries. 32 of these have been done since March of 2005.

Help! by The Beatles has 53 entries.

Lucky by Britney Spears has 46 entries.

Paperback Writer by The Beatles has 45 entries.

Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles has 43 entries.

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot has 41 entries.

Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) by Green Day has 41 entries.

There are surely more songs out there with more than 41 parodies set to them. I feel like I'm missing some obvious ones here so if you all know any with 40+ parodies please list them. We can expand this list to 20, 50, etc but to make a top 50 list it'll probably need more than 30 entries.

The engine is sensitive to punctuation and obviously spelling, try to be as generic as possible when searching for songs to get as many matches as possible. For now please list songs with 35 or more entries that you come across.

Red Ant




Geez, Red,  I've only parodied ONE of these songs (Paperback Writer) in all my time here...I know I have consciously avoided a couple or so on this list because they have been done SO much...but, that said, if I came up with a good enough idea for any of them I would go ahead and write/post it...but it would have to be VERY good for me to want to bother.

Interesting to actually see the numbers, though...

Paul Robinson

Piano Man: 63
I Want It That Way: 53
Santa Claus/e Is Comin...: 52
Pretty Fly: 49
Without Me: 44
Grandma Got...: 44
(Sgt) Pepper: 43
Bye Bye Bye: 43
Hey Jude: 41

Bowling For Soup "1985" = 42

Queen "We are the champions" = 42

Frank Sinatra "Love and Marriage" = 40
(possibly more listed as theme songs)

Village People "YMCA" = 29
And as "Y.M.C.A" = 31
Other alternatives = ?
Makes for at least 60 anyway

We're now at 40 OSs that have 40 or more parodies to their credit. There are numerous that are close to 40 that I found but didn't list.

If you find any above 40 that are not on the main list, please add them. You may add anything with 35 or more parodies though they may not make the top 50 list. If you could copy/paste the URL of your search here it would save me a few minutes. Thanks.

EDIT: The numbers I listed are not 100% accurate and will no doubt change in the future. I'll try to update this list on occasion, like every 4-6 months or so.

Chucky specifically outlines that entire song parodies must be submitted. As the Jesterdays are only the chorus, they qualify as parody excerpts, not parodies in themselves. So I think Avril should get the crown rightly so.

I've got at least one parody on this site to 28 of the songs on the original list. Which, although i could be wrong, is probably the amiright record.

Geez, Red,  I've only parodied ONE of these songs (Paperback Writer) in all my time here...Paul Robinson


That makes me feel not so bad having not done a Boho Rhap or American Pie! ;)

"Who can it be now?" by Men At Work = 40

Could this be the last one not detected yet?

"Who can it be now?" by Men At Work = 40

Could this be the last one not detected yet?


I'm sure there are a few more, perhaps traditional tunes or musical productions. There are also several at 38 or 39, just waiting for one more parody. I'll add this one later tonight.

BTW, "Sk8er Boi" hit 150 the day after this list was posted.

I've got at least one parody on this site to 28 of the songs on the original list. Which, although i could be wrong, is probably the amiright record.

Sorry to disappoint, Ethan: I've just counted 29 of that list I've done... but I'm sure you could get in another one quickly ;)

true, but you could probably get one even more easily

"Who can it be now?" by Men At Work = 40

Could this be the last one not detected yet?


Nope. I Love Rock And Roll has 47, it has been added as well.

EDIT: American Idiot by Green Day has 44, it too has been added.

I've got at least one parody on this site to 28 of the songs on the original list...


And in a related story, today Hell reported about an all time low of -47 degrees celcius.

Ethan, I'm shocked! :o The main advocate of parodies based on contemporary music admits to being a wolf in classic (sheep's) clothing! ;)

I'm sure there are a few more, perhaps traditional tunes or musical productions. There are also several at 38 or 39, just waiting for one more parody...

I checked up on some of Michael Jacksons, Madonna's, Prince's, The Clash's, The Who's and some traditionals and got nothing above 40, but a whole lot in the range between 20 and 35.

If you lower the limit to 25 you'd probably get a whole load of more entries right away and a thread that could run on forever with new entries at least a couple of times per month (or so I think). Remember that 25 is also the limit for authors personal bio, so it's a nice match to that (and could probably be transformed into an AmIright official feature somehow, in the long rum).

OK, that would also mean much more work for you to keep it up to date, so I won't hold it against you if you don't wanna, just thinking out loud here about what the possibilities are.

Additional: Maybe such a list could be created via the database, by Chucky himself, and you could be the official scout for wrongfully spelled original titles and correction thereof, so as to keep the list as accurate as possible.

// Peter

I never claimed to be against parodies of classics, just against shunning new music.  Back when we had the old search function, I could've easily listed how many parodies i have from each decade, but the new way doesn't sort by decade. But I can tell that I've done more parodies of beatles songs than of any other artist.

...But I can tell that I've done more parodies of beatles songs than of any other artist.


I think that maybe we all have!  ;)

I'm sorry, I have obviously not been giving you credit and respect for your full spectrum and range as a parodist. But it's never to late to start, right?

"I'm always eager to learn, though I do not always like being taught"
Winston Churchill

I checked up on some of Michael Jacksons, Madonna's, Prince's, The Clash's, The Who's and some traditionals and got nothing above 40, but a whole lot in the range between 20 and 35.

If you lower the limit to 25 you'd probably get a whole load of more entries right away and a thread that could run on forever with new entries at least a couple of times per month (or so I think). Remember that 25 is also the limit for authors personal bio, so it's a nice match to that (and could probably be transformed into an AmIright official feature somehow, in the long rum).

OK, that would also mean much more work for you to keep it up to date, so I won't hold it against you if you don't wanna, just thinking out loud here about what the possibilities are.

Additional: Maybe such a list could be created via the database, by Chucky himself, and you could be the official scout for wrongfully spelled original titles and correction thereof, so as to keep the list as accurate as possible.

// Peter


There are way too many between 25 and 35, that would easily exceed a top 100 list.

I still am open to entries with 35 or more, there are several I forgot to write down when I was looking.

Chucky might create a database, I made the searches as generic as possible to account for misspellings. Example; the "American Idiot" by Green Day just searches for "Idiot" and "day" because a few people misspelled American and also made Green Day into Greenday. Decade flubs don't matter either.

I'm sure he could set up a code to automatically adjust the numbers and rank them accordingly based on the searches I listed. It's just a matter of whether or not he wants to.

I'm going for the whole list... except for help which shouldn't be there since about half the entries are for "a little help from my friends"

(and could probably be transformed into an AmIright official feature somehow, in the long rum).




Long Rum?

Long Rum?


I could say that was an alcohol related freudian type o tupo, but it probably was, so I won't, cheers!  :D

"Free Fallin'" and "Free Falling" by Tom Petty / Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers = 41.

Well, I missed one more. Actually, no, make that John Barry created a new listing, all by himself. This past week John made 51 versions of Screamin' Jay Hawkins "I Put A Spell On You", which brings the total of parodies to that song to....51.

So, this will be added to the list:

I Put A Spell On You by Screamin' Jay Hawkins has 51 entries. Currently, all belong to John Barry.

Truly impressive work.

I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor has 40 entries.

I'll probably update the entire list at the end of January.

Geez, Red...



How did I mess this post up?

I forgot about it.

I counted 4 OSs on the list that I have at least one parody to, but that's mainly because I tend to like a solid amount of obscure stuff as well.

Wowsers. If anthropologists dug up AmiRight in the future and based their knowledge of music of our era, Avril Lavigne would be considered some kind of demigoddess according to The List.

Added All The Small Things by Blink 182 with 64 entries , All Star by Smash Mouth with 48 entries, and Cleaning Out My Closet by Eminem with 35 entries.

Wowsers. If anthropologists dug up AmiRight in the future and based their knowledge of music of our era, Avril Lavigne would be considered some kind of demigoddess according to The List.


Don't forget Britney. Christina Aguilera might make it too if her fans could spell her name correctly.

*did I spell her name right*  ???

Yes...I actually LIKED her when I was ten.  :-\\

And let me say for the record that her new single has the most profoundly annoying horn section ever.

And let me say for the record that her new single has the most profoundly annoying horn section ever.


I love Love LOVE her new song...it's one of those songs that just requires me to dance/sing into my pen at work. 

So...if you need to think less of me now, do what you must.

Added 4 more songs with 35+ entries and updated most of the list.

Some of this list has been updated again, and a "I Fought The Law" has been added.

Wow, this little stats list started out as a top 20. Now it's a top 75. By the end of the year it may reach 100.

I've only done 4 of them songs.. damn

I've only done 4 of them songs.. damn


I've only done one, and it's mid way down the list, NOT doing a lot of these songs is probably a good thing--I mean it means less people will have been burnt out on the song getting parodied.

None of my 18 were on the list.  Two of my unpublished ones are.

The list has been updated. "Bad Day", "Lola" and "My Sharona" are the newest additions to the 40+ club: "Beat It", "Hollaback Girl", "In Da Club", "Thriller" and "Milkshake" were added as well... there are still some that are missing. The biggest mover was "You're Beautiful" with 38 new entries. At least Complicated and Sk8r Boi only had one new entry combined.  ;D

Ant

Needs Update. Yesterday is now #2.

Needs Update. Yesterday is now #2.


I'll update the numbers by the end of the year. In the meantime, "Ticket To Ride", "Help!", "Lady Madonna", "I Want To Hold Your Hand", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" by The Beatles, "Desperado" by The Eagles, "Stayin' Alive" by The Bee Gees, "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath, "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" by Charlie Daniels "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Another One Bites The Dust" by Queen and "Dancing Queen" by ABBA have been added today. 

Ant

The latest additions are "Nights In White Satin" by the Moody Blues. and "Deck The Halls".

We're getting close to 100!

Ant

looks like I used 17 of these OS's.   

Bad Moon Rising with 48 entries has been added.


looks like I used 17 of these OS's.   


I've have to see how many of them I've done.

Ant

Bad Moon Rising with 48 entries has been added.

I've have to see how many of them I've done.

Ant


I'm going to be building a database for this at badave.com in January after the contest and interface projects are complete, both of which are getting done at rapid pace. . .when I do, Jack, I can set up your badave account to have administrative access to the list if you'd like. . .and it will make this much easier for you to keep track of.

Is there a list of most parodied artists?

Is there a list of most parodied artists?


At one point I started a list of the most parodied artists. Here it is (it's quite old and incomplete):

The Beatles at 1901 songs.

Traditional Songs are at 1093 songs. And yes, they are of varying origin.

Britney Spears at 491 songs.

Avril Lavigne at 364 songs.

Nirvana at 277 songs.

Green Day at 271 songs.

Linkin Park at 268 songs.

Michael Jackson at 196 songs.


I might work on that some next year. If anyone wants to add to this list, go for it. For now, list artists with 200 or more entries only please.

Ant

Come on and Update!

Come on and Update!


If you're that interested in the lists, you could help make them. Combing all the artists and doing the messageboard code for them isn't easy.

I noticed that the Beatles are over 2500 entries - the search function can't go higher than that.

Ant

I know I'm at at least 30 now but that's probably further from #1 than 28 was in 2005