Category: pop music

Parodies’ Paradise: 2013 “Fancy”

Our favorite Australian rapper’s debut studio album dropped this hit as the fourth single from it… Iggy Azalea described this as electro-hop song… cowritten and performed with featuring British singer Charli XCX… leaked under the title “Leave It” in December… reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100… both Azalea’s and XCX’s first number-one on that chart… held the spot for seven consecutive weeks… also topped the charts in Canada and New Zealand… reached the top ten in several countries such as Australia and the United Kingdom… named Billboard’s Song of the Summer… the most-streamed song on Spotify and most-watched music video on Vevo for the year… won the Top Rap Song category at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards… nominated for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 57th Grammy Awards… one of the best-selling singles worldwide, with combined sales and track-equivalent streams of 9.1 million units according to IFPI.

K J Julian classes up his “‘Fancy’ Christmas Parody” from the Chapel Student Ministry Talent Show. It’s about who’s more Christmas. Got me beat. I mean present-grubbing, Santa name-dropping, Nativity twerking….

Parodies’ Paradise: 2012 “Let Her Go”

Passenger had international success with this… according to Billboard it was #1 in Mexico, Norway, New Zealand, Sweden, USA, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Venezuela, Czech Republic, Austria, UK, Switzerland… sold over 1 million digital copies in the UK… over 4 million in the US… nominated for the Brit Award for British Single of the Year… won the British Academy’s Ivor Novello Award for Most Performed Work.

Duncan G and Brian play it smooth with “The Candles Glow.” What a pretty scene!

Parodies’ Paradise: 2012 “Locked Out of Heaven”

Bruno Mar’s first single off his second album charted inside the top ten in over twenty countries, including the United States… fourth number one single on the Billboard Hot 100, holding the spot for six consecutive weeks… topping the Canadian Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks… certified six-tuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)… used at his Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show set list… won several awards and received three Grammy nominations.

Brian Fitzy plays on the pain with his “Left Out at Christmas.”

Parodies’ Paradise: 2011 “Sexy and I Know It”

LMFAO’s second studio album, Sorry for Party Rocking provided their third single… went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100… remained there for two weeks… second number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, making them the first duo to have two successive number-one singles since Outkast… also reached number one in Australia, Canada and New Zealand… charted within the top ten in nearly every country in which it charted.

Key of Awesome don’t downplay the allure of Kris Kringle when they get him to admit “Santa and I Know It.”

Parodies’ Paradise: 2011 “Moves Like Jagger”

This entry by American band Maroon 5 featuring recording artist Christina Aguilera was the fourth and final single from the group’s third studio album… was well received by music critics… went to top the charts in over 18 countries… in the United States it became the band’s second (and Aguilera’s fifth) number-one single… is among the best-selling singles of all time… (also made Aguilera the second female artist to score a number-one hit in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s which in turn made her the fourth female to score number-one singles in three different decades)(if you’re counting)… was the ninth-best-selling digital single of 2011 with sales of 7 million copies… ranks as one of the eight best-selling digital singles of all time with sales of over 15 million copies.

So the easy choice is “Moves Like Santa” as evinced by Marcie, Brian Fitzy, gobluekillred, Kieran Ayres, and Unbroken Dial. Snark out.

Parodies’ Paradise: 2011 “Last Friday Night”

Katy Perry’s song had chart success worldwide… number one in Slovakia and the Czech Republic… top-ten positions in Austria, Ireland, Italy, and Poland… but by topping the US Billboard Hot 100 she became the first female solo artist to have five number-one singles on the Hot 100 from a single album… also her sixth number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart… her fifth consecutive number one single… sold 3.7 million digital copies in the US… the tenth most played single on US radio during 2011.

erizos has some fun with “Last Christmas Eve.” Maybe you will too.

Parodies’ Paradise: 2011 “Someone Like You”

Hello, Adele. Imitation is the sincerest form of coattail riding.

Adele’s first number one single… voted the third-most favourite number-one single of the last 60 years in the UK… 36th-best-selling single in the history of the UK Singles Chart... first recipient of the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance… third most downloaded single of all-time in the UK… fourth best-selling single of the 21st century.

Ducan G (with buddy Brian) feature the fat man in”Somone Like Santa.” Funny lyrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAysigl4c6I

Parodies’ Paradise: 2010 “California Gurls”

Katy Perry’s summer anthem peaked at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 for six consecutive weeks… her second US number-one single… also reached number-one in ten other countries, including Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom… received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals (with Snoop Dogg)… Billboard ranked the song number one on a special The 30 Summer Songs of All Time listing.

The Mistletones go north for their “Santa Claus’s Elves.” Just as much fun, not as much skin showing.

Parodies’ Paradise: 2008 “Poker Face”

Lady Gaga’s hit from her debut studio album was a tribute to her rock and roll boyfriends… attained worldwide success, topping the charts in twenty countries including the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and many European countries… best-selling single of 2009 worldwide, with over 9.5 million in sales… one of the best-selling singles of all time, having sold over 14 million copies…  nominated for both Song of the Year and Record of the Year at the 52nd Grammy Awards, and won the Award for Best Dance Recording.

[digressive moment: others love to sample Gaga’s hits for their funny montages, including The Landline and JerbyVids–that’s the funny one.]

The Something Awful site collects songs every year and 2009 saw a middlingly wretched parody called “Jingle Bells.” Catchy.

pschomomtv1 gives us a Seat as ex tell-all with “Poker Claus.” No, really.