# Any singers who have covered parodies of their own work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 19, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-singers-who-have-covered-parodies-of-their-own-work/416162 "2007-08-19T18:33:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-singers-who-have-covered-parodies-of-their-own-work/416162/41 "2007-08-21T01:32:43Z")
[QUOTE=MrSquishy] How about the bluegrass version of [Jump](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUynbNnRF0A)? Maybe not really a parody, though. [/QUOTE] Oh, my ears. Make it stop. That was like some sort of awful karaoke hell. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-singers-who-have-covered-parodies-of-their-own-work/416162/42 "2007-08-21T01:34:29Z")
Ooh, Ooh!, I’ve got one!. Rolf Harris. Although a lot of his earlier stuff was quite light-hearted anyway, he does versions of it now that could easily be called parodies - the most famous being _Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport_, which he does to the tune of Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance, as well as doing international language versions (such as [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_-XeHjFv1o) Russian folk version, and extra verses with all sorts of spoofy variations. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-singers-who-have-covered-parodies-of-their-own-work/416162/43 "2007-08-21T12:18:12Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] Dan Rather good-naturedly sat in with R.E.M. on [“What’s the Frequency Kenneth”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3vn_YQ1vTE), which was a spoof of his immortal line. [/QUOTE] Nitpick: Not Rather’s line, but the line of his assaultant [William Tager](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tager), who was not caught and later killed NBC technician Campbell Montgomery. Rather was an innocent victim in the whole mess. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-singers-who-have-covered-parodies-of-their-own-work/416162/44 "2007-08-21T12:40:31Z")
[QUOTE=choie] Sting also has some fun with The Police’s biggest hit, “Every Breath You Take,” at the end of “Love Is the Seventh Wave” off his solo _Dream of the Blue Turtles_ album. Instead of the usual lyrics of EBYT, he sings: _Every breath you take, Every move you make, Every cake you bake, Every leg you break…_ [/QUOTE] He did much better than that. He did a different version called [Every Bomb You Make](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A18K7OM7tWA) for a UK show called Spitting Image in the 80’s. It is better than the original IMO. Starts about 20secs into the clip. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-singers-who-have-covered-parodies-of-their-own-work/416162/45 "2007-08-21T13:09:20Z")
[QUOTE=Joey P] Oh, my ears. Make it stop. That was like some sort of awful karaoke hell. [/QUOTE] Or even worse [for me at least]—bluegrass versions of Def Leppard’s hits. I kid you not, it’s called “Pickin’ On Def Leppard.” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-singers-who-have-covered-parodies-of-their-own-work/416162/46 "2007-08-21T13:18:58Z")
Some would say that Eric Clapton (without meaning to?) parodied his _Sunshine of your Love_ riff when he recorded _Cocaine_. ---
**Author:** ![Nimble\_Bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@Nimble\_Bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nimble_Bandit)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-singers-who-have-covered-parodies-of-their-own-work/416162/47 "2007-08-21T14:05:27Z")
“One of Us” was parodied by Bob Rivers as “What If God Smoked Cannabis?” and Joan Osborne recorded a version of it. A must hear. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-singers-who-have-covered-parodies-of-their-own-work/416162/48 "2007-08-21T15:09:38Z")
This isn’t quite the same thing, but Brian Boitano has done a skating routine to the song “What would Brian Boitano do?” from the movie _South Park_. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-singers-who-have-covered-parodies-of-their-own-work/416162/49 "2007-08-21T16:24:45Z")
The “Every Bomb You Drop” clip is great! Looks like the Spitting Image folks also got [Madness singing “Our House” parody](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t8YTvdYXws) about falling house prices. Some of the other comments made me remember that Neil Diamond sang “Red Red Wine” reggae style (on one of his live albums) after UB40 made it famous. He even did a ‘rap’ bit in the middle, which commented on their version. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-singers-who-have-covered-parodies-of-their-own-work/416162/50 "2007-08-21T16:54:15Z")
[QUOTE=panamajack] …Neil Diamond sang “Red Red Wine” reggae style (on one of his live albums) after UB40 made it famous. He even did a ‘rap’ bit in the middle … [/QUOTE] Aaagh! Get it out! Get it out of my head, now!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-singers-who-have-covered-parodies-of-their-own-work/416162.md?page=2)