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* '''The [[Dew]] Army''' - combining an image with a song where the lyrics are taken out of context, are misheard, or are taken literally. Whenever anyone makes a site that fits this description, comments on the site will almost always include "Dew Army FTW", in reference to a site called "DEW" which was among the first of this nature, using the song "Du" by David Hasselhoff. See [[Dew Army contest]].
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* '''"Everyone has AIDS" from the film ''Team America: World Police'''''
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A list of minor Music-related fads. For fads with their own page, see [[:Category:music|this category]].
 
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* '''"Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora''' is frequently used to symbolize male homosexuality. It's also used in a fad involving printed, written-word "recreations" of other fads. This is the main song choice for the [[Gay Fuel]] fad (listed under [[Other Fads]]).  Though there have been some suggestions for different music (like "Menergy"), these suggestions never really picked up.
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* '''Banana Phone''' by Raffi, one of the original ytmnd fads. Its popularity originated from the online flash.
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* '''Various emo songs''' are used to parody Emo's target audience. The most popular song for this is Simple Plan's ''Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me)''.
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** Previously, the main choice was Linkin Park's "Crawling", mainly used in sites depicting angst.
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** Notably, the overuse of the Simple Plan song has become severely irritating to most.
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* '''"United States of Whatever" by Liam Lynch'''. The word "Whatever" and sometimes, phrases from the song, are replaced by sound clips, sometimes from other fads.
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* '''"[[Ding Dong Song]]"''' by Günther, sometimes used in sexually implicit sites as well as parodies of the original disc cover by Günther.
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* '''Famous songs being played in reverse''' to show hidden messages, often showing that the singer is a "Nazi". Some of them are fake with a voice mixed in.
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* '''"Technologic" by [[Daft Punk]]''', usually accompanied by a person opening his/her mouth back and forth to the lyrics. The original featured [[Osaka]] from Azumanga Daioh.
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* '''Various songs used for people dancing''':
 
* '''Various songs used for people dancing''':
** '''"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" by [[Daft Punk]]''', usually accompanied with the title "[[Ninja works it|____ Works It]]". Made popular by a flash video [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/workit.html] featuring the video game character Kunio.
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** '''"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" by [[Daft Punk]]''', usually accompanied with the title "[[Ninja works it|____ Works It]]".  
** '''"Die motherfucker, die motherfucker still fool"'''. Lyrics from the song "Still" by Geto Boys, used for "hardcore" dancing.  Also may be used for people getting beaten up.  The original features a pair of animated teenage boys dancing from the cartoon seires New Kids on the Block.
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** '''"[[Die motherfuckers|Die motherfucker, die motherfucker still fool]]"'''. Lyrics from the song "Still" by [[w:Geto Boys|Geto Boys]], used for dancing.  Also may be used for people getting beaten up.  The original features a pair of animated teenage boys dancing from the cartoon seires New Kids on the Block.
** '''O-Zone's song "Dragostea Din Tei"''', commonly called "[[Numa Numa]]" after the Internet phenomenon of the same name with Gary Brolsma lip-synching the words, usually accompanies people dancing by swaying their heads in a manner similar to Brolsma.
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** '''O-Zone's song "Dragostea Din Tei"''', commonly called "Numa Numa" after the Internet phenomenon of the same name with Gary Brolsma lip-synching the words, usually accompanies people dancing by swaying their heads in a manner similar to Brolsma.
** '''"[[Moskau]]" by Dschinghis Khan''', usually accompanied by synchronized dancing as seen in the original video.
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** '''"[[Moskau]]" by [[w:Dschinghis Khan|Dschinghis Khan]]''', usually accompanied by synchronized dancing as seen in the original video.
 
** '''Bebubebududeh''', a nonsensical line from the song "Party Like it's 1904" by Rex Navarette, set to people dancing in a "retarded" way.  Some consider this to be an alternate of the [[ualuealuealeuale]] fad.  The original featured Homer Simpson performing a bizzare dance.
 
** '''Bebubebududeh''', a nonsensical line from the song "Party Like it's 1904" by Rex Navarette, set to people dancing in a "retarded" way.  Some consider this to be an alternate of the [[ualuealuealeuale]] fad.  The original featured Homer Simpson performing a bizzare dance.
** '''[[Get Crunk]]''', by Lil John, often showing people rocking back and forth OR drinking some alcoholic beverages.
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** '''Get Crunk''', by [[w:Lil Jon|Lil Jon]], often showing people rocking back and forth OR drinking some alcoholic beverages.
** '''Don't hold back''', from the song "Galvanize" by the Chemical Brothers and Q-Tip.  Sites normally have one person saying "Don't hold back" followed by another saying "K, lol" and starting a break dance, usually synced to the song.  Sometimes, the dancer may say "You got served" at the end.
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** '''Zazazazazaza''', an excerpt from the song "Control Myself" by LL Cool J, often accompanying people dancing or pictures of bees.  The excerpt originated from a dew army site called "My Chainsaw", that won one of the top prizes in a recent Dew Army contest.  The site described the sound a chainsaw would make.  The followup featured Zack Taylor from Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers performing his popular dance inside the Hatch from the popular ABC TV show LOST.
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* '''''Space Jam'' by Quad City DJs''' (from the ''Space Jam'' soundtrack) referred to as "Super Slam" and associated with Randy Savage. ''This was derived from a Flash animation made popular on 4chan. Another popular version features the Space Jam song's lyrics being mixed into a MOD chiptune named "Funky Stars".''  Sometimes, the song will accompany people getting slammed.
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* '''Initial D Soundtrack'''. Various songs from the soundtrack of the anime ''[[w:Initial D|Initial D]]'', often set to various vehicles racing. The 2 most popular choices are "Running in the '90s" by Max Coveri and "Speedy Speed Boy" by Marko Polo. Interestingly, Coveri and Polo are actually the same person, Eurobeat artist [[w:Maurizio De Jorio|Maurizio De Jorio]].  Songs may also show up in some [[Rave|rave]] sites.
  
* '''"[[OH SNAP!]]"'''. From the song "Just a Friend" by Biz Markie.  Sites will often show people appearing to say Oh Snap while another person is pointing at a picture (normally reading OH SNAP!)
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* '''"[[Party|We Like to Party]]" by the [[w:Vengaboys|Vengaboys]]''' is often used in YTMNDs about racism.  The most popular variation involves "... is racist", where two different pictures would be used, one representing white and one representing black.  The sites often depict the white side in a positive way while the black side is represented in a negative way.
 
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* '''Initial D Soundtrack'''. Various songs from the soundtrack of the anime ''Initial D'', often set to various vehicles racing. The 2 most popular choices are "[[Running in the '90s]]", by Max Coveri featured and "[[Speedy Speed Boy]]" by Marko Polo. Songs may also show up in some rave sites.
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* '''"Take on Me"''' by A-ha. Parodies of the original video done in the same style of animation as the music video. This may have been made popular by a similar sequence involving Chris in the ''Family Guy'' episode "Breaking Out is Hard to Do".
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* '''[[Interpretation|Songs "interpreted" phonetically to English]].''' The fad first involved the Finnish version of the theme song from ''DuckTales''. Some of the misinterpreted lines from the Finnish ''DuckTales'' version were used for many sites ("Your arms are broken" and "[[Taco Nazi]]" are the best examples of it). Other popular songs misinterpreted include "[[Heute Ist Mein Tag]]" by Blümchen, "[[Call on Me]]" by Eric Prydz, the German version of the ending to ''Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' ("[[Do the Mario]]"), the classical "O Fortuna", the Swedish and Dutch versions of the ''DuckTales'' theme, and the Finnish version of the Pokémon rap.
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** One popular mis-interpretation involves a song by Sacred Spirits called "Wishes Of Happiness & Prosperity", where the line is mis-interpreted as "I want Sundaes" and accompanied by a picture of actor Kirk Douglass at an old age.
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* Two songs involving '''spinning''':
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** '''"[[Ridin' Spinnaz]]" by Three 6 Mafia''', original use was a GIF of male to shemale anal sex ([[Spin.gif]]), where the receiver's penis was spinning clockwise. It is now used in animations involving someone randomly spinning around something, with zoomed text reading "also" and the name of what the person is spinning around.
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** '''"[[You Spin Me Round]] (Like a Record)"''' by Dead or Alive.
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* '''Rave Sites'''.  Sites that show various people dancing while the lights are flashing different colors.  Dancers may be holding on to glowsticks.  Various club/rave/trance songs are used including "Evolution (Time is Pop)" by Ayumi Hamasaki, "Sandstorm" by Darude, "Kernkraft" by Zombie Nation, and "Supernova" by Transa.
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*'''"[[Living in ths Sunlight, Loving in the Moonlight]]"''' by Tiny Tim, used to show various people "having a wonderful time".  The song is associated with some of the early G-man sites.
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* '''"The Vengabus (We Like to Party)" by the Vengaboys"''' is often used in YTMNDs about racism.  The most popular variation involves "___ is racist", where two different pictures would be used, one representing white and one representing black.  The sites often depict the white side in a positive way while the black side is represented in a negative way.
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:: The advertising mascot for the Six Flags theme parks (Mr. Six) looked similar to Edgar Ray Killen, an 80-year-old man that was charged with killing three civil rights workers in the 1960s while he was in the Ku Klux Klan. Six Flags then threatened to sue anyone that made the comparison on YTMND. The site was taken down, but the song is used on YTMNDs that declare something or someone to be racist. The original website created by "Radio-F-Software" was relisted, but as an ad for their site.  
 
:: The advertising mascot for the Six Flags theme parks (Mr. Six) looked similar to Edgar Ray Killen, an 80-year-old man that was charged with killing three civil rights workers in the 1960s while he was in the Ku Klux Klan. Six Flags then threatened to sue anyone that made the comparison on YTMND. The site was taken down, but the song is used on YTMNDs that declare something or someone to be racist. The original website created by "Radio-F-Software" was relisted, but as an ad for their site.  
 
:: Most recently, the song has been used to represent [[Put Shoe on Head|Shoe on Head]] related YTMNDs.
 
:: Most recently, the song has been used to represent [[Put Shoe on Head|Shoe on Head]] related YTMNDs.
 
* '''"Drop It Like It's Hot" by Snoop Dogg'''. An acapella version is combined with other songs with similar syncopations.
 
 
* '''"The Internet is for Porn"''' from the Broadway musical [[Avenue Q]]. Sometimes featuring Cookie Monster due to similaries in the voice.
 
  
 
* '''"Great Moments in History."''' Pictures of plane, train, automobile and boat crashes are set to a clip of "Feel Good, Inc." by the Gorillaz — in particular, the line, "watch the way I navigate—ha ha ha ha ha!" The title of said YTMND's were likely a take-off from a nationally syndicated radio talk show, "The Bob and Tom Show", where they have had numerous segments with titles such as "Great Moments in Presidential History" or "Great Moments in Olympic History".
 
* '''"Great Moments in History."''' Pictures of plane, train, automobile and boat crashes are set to a clip of "Feel Good, Inc." by the Gorillaz — in particular, the line, "watch the way I navigate—ha ha ha ha ha!" The title of said YTMND's were likely a take-off from a nationally syndicated radio talk show, "The Bob and Tom Show", where they have had numerous segments with titles such as "Great Moments in Presidential History" or "Great Moments in Olympic History".
  
* '''"Move Bitch" by Ludacris'''. Sites that show various people/things colliding.  Very often, this song will accompany an infamous picture of a runner walking on a racetrack and getting trampled by another runner.
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* '''"Get Low" by Lil' Jon and the Eastside Boyz''', usually used for things related to "[[w:Skeet (slang)|skeet]]" or people "getting low". The former will feature both the censored and uncensored versions of the "Aww skeet skeet" part of the song.
 
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* '''"Get Low" by Lil' Jon and the Eastside Boyz''', usually used for things related to "skeet" or people "getting low". The former will feature both the censored and uncensored versions of the "Aww skeet skeet" part of the song.
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::Sometimes, the song "'Ya Get Skeeted On" by Dark Heartz will be used instead.
 
::Sometimes, the song "'Ya Get Skeeted On" by Dark Heartz will be used instead.
 
* '''"X Gonna Give it to Ya" by DMX''', accompanied by anything named X or "Ex", sometimes accompanied by pictures of FedEx trucks, packages, and caps.
 
  
 
* '''"Rock You like a Hurricane" by The Scorpions''', normally used for Hurricane YTMNDs (most recently Hurricane Katrina) as well as anything related to "rocking" or "scorpions."
 
* '''"Rock You like a Hurricane" by The Scorpions''', normally used for Hurricane YTMNDs (most recently Hurricane Katrina) as well as anything related to "rocking" or "scorpions."
  
* '''Darth Vader Sings!'''. Various songs altered to sound like Darth Vader is singing them. Previously, songs were altered to sound like previous YTMNDs of Zordon of ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' and ''The Chipmunks''.
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* '''[[Pitching]]'''. Various songs altered to sound like Darth Vader is singing them. Previously, songs were altered to sound like previous YTMNDs of Zordon of ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' and ''The Chipmunks''.
  
 
* '''"Bomb" (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind) by The Bucketheads''', usually accompanied with animated pictures of someone or something falling.
 
* '''"Bomb" (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind) by The Bucketheads''', usually accompanied with animated pictures of someone or something falling.
  
* '''Can't Break My Stride''', Someone running away from something with Matthew Wilder's "Break My Stride" playing.  In some sites, an alternate version of the song by Blue Lagoon may be used. For sites that may depict rave culture, a club version of Blue Lagoon's take may be used.
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* '''The Real...''' where the "real" version of a song replaces that traditionally used by YTMND creators. Originally started when, in response to the "OMG Secret Communist...!" PTKFGS fad (which had been using the English lyrics for the t. A.T.u. song "All the Things She Said"), someone posted the original PTKFGS with the Russian lyrical version. Others include the "real" version of the "Batman uelelalelale" song, and other non-music related fads.
  
* '''[[Pi]]''', by Hard 'n Phirm. A portion of the lyrics of the song consists of approximately the first 150 digits of the decimal expansion of pi.
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* '''Smack my Bitch up''', the song by Prodigy, accompanied by people smacking other people in the face either once or consistantly.  The most infamous image associated with the song is a gif from Pokemon The Movie where Ash's Pikachu and a clone Pikachu are seen smacking eachother.
 
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* '''The Real...''' where the "real" version of a song replaces that traditionally used by YTMND creators. Originally started when, in response to the "OMG Secret Communist...!" PTKFGS fad (which had been using the English lyrics for the t. A.T.u. song "All the Things She Said"), someone posted the original PTKFGS with the Russian lyrical version. Others include the "real" version of the "Batman [[uelelalelale]]" song, and other non-music related fads.
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* '''Smack my Bitch up''', the song by Prodigy, accompanied by people smacking other people in the face either once or consistantly.  The most infamous image associated with the song is a gif of two Pikachus from Pokemon smacking each other.
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* '''Ghost Love Score''', by the rock group Nightwish.  An excerpt from the song is often used to make things more "epic" than they really are.  The excerpt first camed from an attempted forum fad called "Tennis Man", but was then used for various other sites including the Epic Manuevers fad.
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*'''Cuppycake Gumdrops''', a song sung by Strawberry Shortcake, and is used in conjunction with any YTMND that is excessively cute. First used by Max in a YTMND featuring the "Kittyloaf".
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*'''Various songs involving winning'''
 
*'''Various songs involving winning'''
 
** Queen's "We Are the Champions"
 
** Queen's "We Are the Champions"
 
** The victory fanfare from ''Final Fantasy VI''
 
** The victory fanfare from ''Final Fantasy VI''
** The main theme from ''The Price is Right'' (usually accompanied by "[[______ Succeeds at life]]")
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** The main theme from ''The Price is Right'' (usually accompanied by "______ Succeeds at life")
  
*'''Mystery song''' or '''mystery music''', featuring the song ''Answers'' by Vigilante.
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*"'''Ding Dong Song'''" was a YTMND featuring Günther & The Sunshine Girls' 2004 hit song of the same name. The background image was that of Günther himself. had some spinoffs
  
*'''1920s''' YTMNDs, which are made to look like silent films. The music is '''Cinderella Man - Cheer Up, Smile, Nertz'''.
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*"'''Strokin''''", by Clarence Carter, is often associated with an image of something being stroked, whether it be an animal or one's private parts.
 
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*'''Call On Me''', a remixed version of a snippet from the song "Valerie" by Steve Winwood. Used in YTMNDs for memes involving waking up (i.e. "Wake Up Yukari") or calling on someone (i.e. classroom scenes). Call On Me is also the song used for the [[Facial Expressions]] fad.
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== See Also ==
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[[Music Remix Fads]]

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A list of minor Music-related fads. For fads with their own page, see this category.

  • Various songs used for people dancing:
    • "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" by Daft Punk, usually accompanied with the title "____ Works It".
    • "Die motherfucker, die motherfucker still fool". Lyrics from the song "Still" by Geto Boys, used for dancing. Also may be used for people getting beaten up. The original features a pair of animated teenage boys dancing from the cartoon seires New Kids on the Block.
    • O-Zone's song "Dragostea Din Tei", commonly called "Numa Numa" after the Internet phenomenon of the same name with Gary Brolsma lip-synching the words, usually accompanies people dancing by swaying their heads in a manner similar to Brolsma.
    • "Moskau" by Dschinghis Khan, usually accompanied by synchronized dancing as seen in the original video.
    • Bebubebududeh, a nonsensical line from the song "Party Like it's 1904" by Rex Navarette, set to people dancing in a "retarded" way. Some consider this to be an alternate of the ualuealuealeuale fad. The original featured Homer Simpson performing a bizzare dance.
    • Get Crunk, by Lil Jon, often showing people rocking back and forth OR drinking some alcoholic beverages.
  • Initial D Soundtrack. Various songs from the soundtrack of the anime Initial D, often set to various vehicles racing. The 2 most popular choices are "Running in the '90s" by Max Coveri and "Speedy Speed Boy" by Marko Polo. Interestingly, Coveri and Polo are actually the same person, Eurobeat artist Maurizio De Jorio. Songs may also show up in some rave sites.
  • "We Like to Party" by the Vengaboys is often used in YTMNDs about racism. The most popular variation involves "... is racist", where two different pictures would be used, one representing white and one representing black. The sites often depict the white side in a positive way while the black side is represented in a negative way.
The advertising mascot for the Six Flags theme parks (Mr. Six) looked similar to Edgar Ray Killen, an 80-year-old man that was charged with killing three civil rights workers in the 1960s while he was in the Ku Klux Klan. Six Flags then threatened to sue anyone that made the comparison on YTMND. The site was taken down, but the song is used on YTMNDs that declare something or someone to be racist. The original website created by "Radio-F-Software" was relisted, but as an ad for their site.
Most recently, the song has been used to represent Shoe on Head related YTMNDs.
  • "Great Moments in History." Pictures of plane, train, automobile and boat crashes are set to a clip of "Feel Good, Inc." by the Gorillaz — in particular, the line, "watch the way I navigate—ha ha ha ha ha!" The title of said YTMND's were likely a take-off from a nationally syndicated radio talk show, "The Bob and Tom Show", where they have had numerous segments with titles such as "Great Moments in Presidential History" or "Great Moments in Olympic History".
  • "Get Low" by Lil' Jon and the Eastside Boyz, usually used for things related to "skeet" or people "getting low". The former will feature both the censored and uncensored versions of the "Aww skeet skeet" part of the song.
Sometimes, the song "'Ya Get Skeeted On" by Dark Heartz will be used instead.
  • "Rock You like a Hurricane" by The Scorpions, normally used for Hurricane YTMNDs (most recently Hurricane Katrina) as well as anything related to "rocking" or "scorpions."
  • Pitching. Various songs altered to sound like Darth Vader is singing them. Previously, songs were altered to sound like previous YTMNDs of Zordon of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and The Chipmunks.
  • "Bomb" (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind) by The Bucketheads, usually accompanied with animated pictures of someone or something falling.
  • The Real... where the "real" version of a song replaces that traditionally used by YTMND creators. Originally started when, in response to the "OMG Secret Communist...!" PTKFGS fad (which had been using the English lyrics for the t. A.T.u. song "All the Things She Said"), someone posted the original PTKFGS with the Russian lyrical version. Others include the "real" version of the "Batman uelelalelale" song, and other non-music related fads.
  • Smack my Bitch up, the song by Prodigy, accompanied by people smacking other people in the face either once or consistantly. The most infamous image associated with the song is a gif from Pokemon The Movie where Ash's Pikachu and a clone Pikachu are seen smacking eachother.
  • Various songs involving winning
    • Queen's "We Are the Champions"
    • The victory fanfare from Final Fantasy VI
    • The main theme from The Price is Right (usually accompanied by "______ Succeeds at life")
  • "Ding Dong Song" was a YTMND featuring Günther & The Sunshine Girls' 2004 hit song of the same name. The background image was that of Günther himself. had some spinoffs
  • "Strokin'", by Clarence Carter, is often associated with an image of something being stroked, whether it be an animal or one's private parts.
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See Also

Music Remix Fads