9 Music Videos That Parody Other Music Videos

Because we just wanted an excuse to see All Time Low's Alex dressed like Katy Perry again...

Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 11:44

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Shorty said she wants to run away
Says I look like a boy she used to date
Took me by the hand and pulled me to the stairs (Not interested, girl)
Put her tongue all up in my ear (Gross)
Almost made me spill my beer (Oh shit!)
She's up and ready to go but I don't care (Pssh, whatever)

'Cause I'm in the zone
Turned off my phone
I've got my own agenda

I feel like dancing tonight
I'm gonna party like it's my civil right (Everybody get kinda awesome)
It doesn't matter where
I don't care if people stare
'Cause I feel like dancing tonight

Everybody gettin' kinda crunk
I think some dude just grabbed my junk (Whoa)
Now I know how Kesha must be feelin' (Like, what if we are the aliens?)
Bros tried to turn me upside down
I put a keg tap to my mouth
But that's okay
I'm dancing on the ceiling (Ahhh)

'Cause I've got the groove
I'll bust a move
Just try and stop me

I feel like dancing tonight
I'm gonna party like it's my civil right (Everybody get kinda awesome)
It doesn't matter where
I don't care if people stare
'Cause I feel like dancing tonight

Somebody call the police (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
I think they're coming to get me
They said
"You've got the right to remain on the dance floor
So show us what you've got
'Cause you know that you've got more!"

I feel like dancing tonight
I came to party like it's my civil right (Everybody get kinda awesome)
It doesn't matter where
I don't care if people stare
'Cause I feel like dancing tonight
Oh, one more time!
I feel like dancing tonight (I feel like dancing)
I'm gonna (dancing) party like it's my civil right (Oh-Whoa-Oh-Oh-Oh)
It doesn't matter where
I don't care if people stare
'Cause I feel like dancing tonight (Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh)
I feel like dancing tonight (Ha Ha)

Writer(s): Cuomo Rivers, Gaskarth Alex Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery but whether you reckon artists parodying others is a sympton of unoriginality striking, or the best way of making a statement, they always make great viewing. Here's nine times your favourite artists took the piss out of each other...

Fall Out Boy Ft. Demi Lovato - 'Irresistible'

Fall Out Boy recently teamed up with Demi Lovato to shoot their *NSYNC-lovin' video for 'Irresistible'. Transforming into dolls à la 'It's Gonna Be Me', the vid even features cameos from former members Joey and Chris...so you know they're all friends.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lb2BiUC898

Eminem - 'Just Lose It'

No one's safe in Eminem's 'Just Lose It' - not even him! Taking aim at music stars in general, targets included Michael Jackson, MC Hammer, Madonna and movies too including his own 8 Mile and Bad Santa.

All Time Low - 'I Feel Like Dancin''

Satirising record company involvement in artists' music videos, All Time Low mocked the likes of Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga in their vid for 'I Feel Like Dancing''. Doesn't Alex look hot as Katy Perry…

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Shorty said she wants to run away
Says I look like a boy she used to date
Took me by the hand and pulled me to the stairs (Not interested, girl)
Put her tongue all up in my ear (Gross)
Almost made me spill my beer (Oh shit!)
She's up and ready to go but I don't care (Pssh, whatever)

'Cause I'm in the zone
Turned off my phone
I've got my own agenda

I feel like dancing tonight
I'm gonna party like it's my civil right (Everybody get kinda awesome)
It doesn't matter where
I don't care if people stare
'Cause I feel like dancing tonight

Everybody gettin' kinda crunk
I think some dude just grabbed my junk (Whoa)
Now I know how Kesha must be feelin' (Like, what if we are the aliens?)
Bros tried to turn me upside down
I put a keg tap to my mouth
But that's okay
I'm dancing on the ceiling (Ahhh)

'Cause I've got the groove
I'll bust a move
Just try and stop me

I feel like dancing tonight
I'm gonna party like it's my civil right (Everybody get kinda awesome)
It doesn't matter where
I don't care if people stare
'Cause I feel like dancing tonight

Somebody call the police (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
I think they're coming to get me
They said
"You've got the right to remain on the dance floor
So show us what you've got
'Cause you know that you've got more!"

I feel like dancing tonight
I came to party like it's my civil right (Everybody get kinda awesome)
It doesn't matter where
I don't care if people stare
'Cause I feel like dancing tonight
Oh, one more time!
I feel like dancing tonight (I feel like dancing)
I'm gonna (dancing) party like it's my civil right (Oh-Whoa-Oh-Oh-Oh)
It doesn't matter where
I don't care if people stare
'Cause I feel like dancing tonight (Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh)
I feel like dancing tonight (Ha Ha)

Writer(s): Cuomo Rivers, Gaskarth Alex Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com

Blink 182 - 'All The Small Things'

Arguably their most famous vid, Blink 182 packed in parodies of Backstreet Boys' 'I Want It That Way', TLC's 'Creep', Britney Spears' 'Sometimes', Christina Aguilera's 'Genie In A Bottle' and more in their 1999 vid for 'All The Small Things'...

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All the small things
True care, truth brings
I'll take one lift
Your ride, best trip

Always, I know
You'll be at my show
Watching, waiting
Commiserating

Just say it ain't so
I will not go
Turn the lights off
Carry me home

Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na
Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na
Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na
Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na

Late night, come home
Work sucks, I know
She left me roses by the stairs
Surprises let me know she cares

Just say it ain't so
I will not go
Turn the lights off
Carry me home

Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na
Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na
Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na
Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na

Just say it ain't so
I will not go
Turn the lights off
Carry me home

Keep your head still
I'll be your thrill
The night will go on
My little windmill

Just say it ain't so (na-na, na-na, na-na)
I will not go (na-na, na, na)
Turn the lights off (na-na, na-na, na-na)
Carry me home (na-na, na, na)

Keep your head still (na-na, na-na, na-na)
I'll be your thrill (na-na, na, na)
The night will go on (na-na, na-na, na-na)
The night will go on (na-na, na, na)
My little windmill

Writer(s): Delonge Thomas, Barker Travis L Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com

Mumford & Sons - 'Hopeless Wanderer'

Tweed-loving folk rockers Mumford & Sons drafted in comic actors Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Ed Helms and Will Forte to send themselves up in 'Hopeless Wanderer'...

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You heard my voice
I came out of the woods by choice
Shelter also gave their shade
But in the dark I have no name

So leave that click in my head
And I will remember the words that you said
Left a clouded mind and a heavy heart
But I was sure we could see a new start

So when your hope's on fire
But you know your desire
Don't hold a glass over the flame
Don't let your heart grow cold
I will call you by name
I will share your road

But hold me fast, hold me fast
'Cause I'm a hopeless wanderer
And hold me fast, hold me fast
'Cause I'm a hopeless wanderer

I wrestled long with my youth
We tried so hard to live in the truth
But do not tell me all is fine
When I lose my head, I lose my spine

So leave that click in my head
And I will remember the words that you said
You brought me out from the cold
Now, how I long, how I long to grow old

So when your hope's on fire
But you know your desire
Don't hold a glass over the flame
Don't let your heart grow cold
I will call you by name
I will share your road

But hold me fast, hold me fast
'Cause I'm a hopeless wanderer
And hold me fast, hold me fast
'Cause I'm a hopeless wanderer
I will learn, I will learn to love the skies I'm under
I will learn, I will learn to love the skies I'm under
The skies I'm under

Writer(s): Marcus Oliver Johnstone Mumford, Benjamin Walter David Lovett, Winston Aubrey Aladar Marshall, Edward James Milton Dwane Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com

Hot Chip - 'I Feel Better'

Hot Chip take at aim at generic boybands and their screaming fans in this that-got-weird-real-quick music video for 'I Feel Better'...

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She said, how did we get ourselves so lost?
And I said, I don't know
But we will not be leaving, tonight, tonight
When you hold me, I, I feel better

I only want one night together in our arms
This is the longest night, we're meeting arms to arms

Nothing is wasted and life is worth living
Heaven is nowhere, just look to the stars
There is a day that is yours for embracing
Everything's nothing and nothing is ours

Nothing is wasted and life is worth living (I only want one night)
Heaven is nowhere, just look to the stars

There is a day that is yours for embracing (This is the longest night)
Everything's nothing and nothing is ours, oh, oh

And maybe if we'd never come this way
Then we would live and prosper
But I doubt it, we are a violent race
And we deserve what we get
When you hold me, when you hold me
I feel better, I feel better

I only want one night together in our arms (I feel better)
This is the longest night, we're meeting arms to arms (I feel better)

I only want one night
Together in our arms (I feel better)
This is the longest night, we're meeting arms to arms

Nothing is wasted and life is worth living
Heaven is nowhere, just look to the stars
There is a day that is yours for embracing
Everything's nothing and nothing is ours

Nothing is wasted and life is worth living
Heaven is nowhere, just look to the stars
There is a day that is yours for embracing
Everything's nothing and nothing is ours

Nothing is wasted and life is worth living (I only want one night)
Heaven is nowhere, just look to the stars (Together in our arms)

There is a day that is yours for embracing (This is the longest night)
Everything's nothing and nothing is ours (We're meeting arms to arms)

Nothing is wasted and life is worth living (I only want one night)
Heaven is nowhere, just look to the stars (Together in our arms)

There is a day that is yours for embracing (This is the longest night)
Everything's nothing and nothing is ours (We're meeting arms to arms)

Writer(s): Joseph Goddard, Alexis Benjamin Taylor, Felix Martin, Al Doyle, Owen Clarke Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com

Red Hot Chili Peppers - 'Dani California'

A brilliant evolution of rock music, RHCP, under direction from American History X's Tony Kaye, the band are seen performing as various musicians over the years from Elvis and The Beatles to Nirvana and David Bowie.

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Gettin' born in the state of Mississippi
Papa was a copper and mama was a hippie
In Alabama she would swing a hammer
Price you gotta pay when you break the panorama
She never knew that there was anything more than poor
What in the world? What does your company take me for?

Black bandana, sweet Louisiana
Robbin' on a bank in the state of Indiana
She's a runner, rebel and a stunner
On her merry way sayin' baby whatcha gonna?
Lookin' down the barrel of a hot metal forty-five
Just another way to survive

California, rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California, show your teeth
She's my priestess, I'm your priest
Yeah, yeah

She's a lover, baby and a fighter
Shoulda seen her coming when it got a little brighter
With a name like Dani California
Day was gonna come when I was gonna mourn ya
A little loaded, she was stealin' another breath
I loved my baby to death

California, rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California, show your teeth
She's my priestess, I'm your priest, yeah, yeah

Who knew the other side of you?
Who knew what others died to prove?
Too true to say goodbye to you
Too true to say, say, say

Push the fader, gifted animator
One for the now and eleven for the later
Never made it up to Minnesota
North Dakota man was a-gunnin' for the quota
Down in the badlands she was savin' the best for last
It only hurts when I laugh

Gone too fast

California, rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California, show your teeth
She's my priestess, I'm your priest, yeah, yeah

California, rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California, show your teeth
She's my priestess, I'm your priest, yeah, yeah

Writer(s): Balzary Michael Peter, Flea Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com

Josef Salvat - 'Open Season'

It's a case of music video by numbers for Josef Salvat (remember that awesome cover of Rihanna's 'Diamonds'?) who takes a swipe at every cliched music vid convention there is in 'Open Season'…

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We used to have it all planned,
We thought we knew what it all looked like
We were looking out on the greatest view

We were raised to take a stand
We were raised to keep a open mind
We believe we'd juste sail out through

Down a hundred miles a hour
Sitting in my palace without any power
Alone in the dark, we're alone in the dark
Thought we could always try a bit harder
But if the dice don't wanna roll in your favor
It falls apart, the fantasy falls apart

This is open season
Time is up, time to be leaving
Get on down the very arbitrary road
Amor up, and say your prayers from underdogs and millionaires
I heard you're better on off your own
But I ain't gonna face this hunt alone

So I'll be needing you
And I know you'll be needing me too
We're in this game together
We're in this game together
And I believe in you
And I know you believe in me too,
We're in this game together
We're in this game together

All the faces were forgotten
All the tracks we've given up
Only sorry for a moment, no it was nowhere near enough
But I take as it comes, I take it as I only can
I take it all, and run where it goes

Cause this is open season
Time is up, time to be leaving
Get on down the very arbitrary road
Amor up, and say your prayers from underdogs and millionaires
I heard you're better on off your own
But I ain't gonna face this hunt alone

So I'll be needing you
And I know you'll be needing me too
We're in this game together
We're in this game together
And I believe in you
And I know you believe in me too,
We're in this game together
We're in this game together

So I'll be needing you
We're only at the start

So I'll be needing you
And I know you'll be needing me too
We're in this game together
We're in this game together
And I believe in you
And I know you believe in me too,
We're in this game together
We're in this game together

So I'll be needing you
And I know you'll be needing me too
We're in this game together
We're in this game together
And I believe in you
And I know you believe in me too,
We're in this game together
We're in this game together

So I'll be needing you

Writer(s): Joseph Salvat Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com

FIDLAR - '40oz. On Repeat'

FIDLAR go all Be Kind Rewind on us listing the FIFTEEN music videos they pay homage to in their cardboard-tastic '40oz. On Repeat' vid, including Eminem's 'Real Slim Shady', Britney's 'Hit Me Baby One More Time', Jamiroquai's 'Virtual Insanity', Missy Elliott 'Supa Dupa Fly' and more!

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I don't know why it's so difficult
For me to talk to somebody I don't know
Well I try to ask you out about a
Thousand times in my head you just always say no
And I don't care at all,
I'll drink some alcohol, it'll make me who I really wanna be
But i'm that kinda special person that
Drinks too much because nobody understands me
Because everybodys got somebody, everybody but me,
Why can't anybody just tell me that i'm, somebody's?
I'm gonna lock myself inside my room with this 40 ounce on repeat

Eat
Eat
Eat
Eat

I thought that if I cleaned up my act
It'll help me understand exactly who I am
But I hate to say that it just don't work like that,
Because i'm a special individual I don't need a plan
But I got bills to pay,
And I got bills to pay because I'm born and raised in the USA
And I just scream and shout that i'll
Never sell out, I'll never sell out man!
Wait, How much?
Because everybody's got more money,
They got more money than me,
Why can't anybody just give some more, money?
Because everybodys got somebody, everybody but me,
Why can't anybody just tell me that i'm, somebody's?
I'm gonna lock myself inside my room with the television on repeat

Eat
Eat
Eat
Eat
Eat
Eat
Eat

Because everybodys got somebody, everybody but me,
Why can't anybody just tell me that i'm, somebody's?
Because everybodys got somebody, everybody but me,
Why can't anybody just tell me that i'm, somebody's?

I'm gonna lock myself inside my room with this 40 ounce on repeat

Eat
Eat
Eat
Eat
Eat
Eat
Eat
Eat
Eat
Eat
Eat
Eat
Eat
Eat
Eat
Eat
Eat
Eat
Eat

Writer(s): Zachary Carper, Elvis Kuehn, Maxwell Atom Kuehn, Brandon Quinn Schwartzel Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com

By Michael Pell