# Who originally wrote this tune?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-originally-wrote-this-tune/845562>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 29, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-originally-wrote-this-tune/845562 "2019-12-29T20:59:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-originally-wrote-this-tune/845562/1 "2019-12-29T20:59:21Z")

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I’m told that this song, [“Canada We Love You” by Moxy Fruvous](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-uO6XCS_iE), is actually a parody sung to the tune of some other song. Can anyone identify the original title and artist?

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-originally-wrote-this-tune/845562/2 "2019-12-29T21:07:18Z")

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[I Think I Love You,](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mDb1jujp9VE) from the Partridge Family.

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**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-originally-wrote-this-tune/845562/3 "2019-12-29T21:10:03Z")

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8 minutes! Not bad, Dope, and thank you, **The Other Waldo Pepper**.