[Music]
who says music videos need to be
original to be successful welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for another top 10 music
video parodies of all time before we
begin we publish new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
more videos that turn heads by making
fun of or paying homage to other artists
[Applause]
number 10 when will the bass drop the
Lonely Island’s featuring Lil Jon
taking dance music to task the SNL crew
gets very surreal to poke fun at Avicii
hyping up the crowd
DaVinci hovers his hand over the base
button while playing on his computer
cooking and even playing with toy
skateboards he’s clearly not taking his
job seriously but hey he still got all
the power and he milks it for all it’s
worth some help from Little John
he finally drops the bass causing the
crowd to literally lose their minds with
heads exploding across the dance floor
the music causes some fans to commit
seppuku thanks to the crazy visuals and
supporting cast this video is way
weirder than expected number 9
Bowie aka Bowie’s in Space Flight of the
Conchords though it’s set in space and
starts with a riff clearly inspired by
the song Space Oddity this music video
manages to pay homage to a wide range of
David Bowie material and characters
ground controls
not only do Bret and Jemaine give nods
to Bowie’s filmography with shots
reminiscent of the man who fell to earth
they also pay lip service to memorable
tracks like John I’m only dancing and
sound and vision with their cheeky
lyrics but things really take off when
their version of Halloween Jack appears
of course the ending which pairs outfits
and moves from modern love with music
inspired by let’s dance
cements the video as a truly inspired
parody number 8 my band
d12 d12 takes all the misconceptions
about them and goes to town mocking bad
fans in the process they make Eminem the
star of the show and he gets special
treatment like massages when he’s not
being mobbed by groupies who also happen
to be played by Eminem after getting
riled up Bazar decides to get in shape
by working out on the set of 50 cents in
the club claiming his importance to
Eminem’s career bizarre then goes on to
claim he was in lose yourself and
Superman next up they tried to start a
boy band and turned into a vulgar
version of the Backstreet Boys
[Music]
with plenty of parity and
self-deprecation
d12 closes on M&Ms latin take on
milkshake bike elise number 7 repeat
stuff bo burnham boburnham is clearly
not aiming for subtlety with this shot
at commercialized music setting the
stage for his critique he dresses up as
Justin Bieber and pulls a variety of
visuals from pop videos then proceeds to
rip into vapid listeners who relate to
cliche lyrics and overused chords
while the extras act increasingly
brain-dead satanic visuals slowly come
into focus
then there’s the subliminal messaging
flashing on screen for example
instructions like consume and accept
convenience fees are littered throughout
the video in the finale
Burnham takes things up a notch when he
kills a girl and eats her heart while
audio of Hitler plays underneath
[Music]
number six girls girls boys panic at the
disco here’s an example of how a parody
can simultaneously be both funny and a
heartfelt homage to the original for
their free love anthem girls girls boys
panic at the disco remade D’Angelo’s
iconic untitled music video directed by
DJ Bronner the video is one long shot
just like the original and with the
camera zooming in and out it revisits
that classic navel shot more than once
Brenden Yuri’s physique is significantly
less muscular than D’Angelo’s but by
bringing his unique energy and distinct
dance moves to the party the front man
gives a captivating performance in his
own way the clever concept earned the
group more than 50 million views
[Music]
number five
heya outcast
set up to be the love below Swedish
performance this video is a clear play
on the Beatles historic Ed Sullivan
appearance putting in overtime to bring
the concept to life Andre 3000
reportedly perform the song 23 times to
get all the shots but the end result is
certainly worth it he’s a one-man band
in a group made up of eight members just
like its inspiration cheering can be
heard throughout most of the video while
Ryan Philippi delivers a spot-on
imitation of the deadpan announcer
credit where credit is due
Nirvana spoofed Ed Sullivan first but
hey this concept is clearly good enough
to support multiple parodies
number four girl all the bad guys want
Bowling For Soup
this pop punk group has a real penchant
for parodies but they’re at their best
in this video which sees them taking
their overly serious alt rock and nu
metal contemporaries to task starting by
taking on stained they replace the lover
photos with dog photos and handwritten
lyrics with tic-tac-toe
the funniest lampooning comes from the
white shots of the pain singer revealing
he’s actually on the toilet switching to
limp biscuits break stuff the video then
sees guitars Chris Burnie dressing in
Westmoreland’s kooky makeup and robes
with fake Slipknot members attacking
Jarrett’s Fred Durst Bowling For Soup
even tackles the feud between bands
proving that when this group does parody
they don’t hold back
number three don’t lose my number
Phil Collins
if you can’t pick a subject to parody in
your video why not just do them all
dueling through a Western and driving
the deserts of Mad Max Collins feels out
of place
when the black and white close-ups of
every breath you take don’t work out he
attempts to emulate David Lee Roth
instead he even tries his hand at a
samurai film
after getting the fly from you might
think a good swat he finally decides to
work on an ending instead funnily enough
this clever meta concept actually came
from Collins’s inability to decide on a
video idea so they shot a mock version
of the process behind it instead number
two hopeless wanderer Mumford & Sons it
takes real character to parody yourself
the boys of Mumford & Sons were so
committed to this joke they didn’t even
appear in the video letting comedians
Jason Sudeikis
Jason Bateman Ed Helms and Will Forte
play them instead
[Music]
rocking out in fields and barns The
Comedians play up the bands rustic
aesthetic of course things get
uncomfortably intimate fast when the
boys start wiping and tasting each
other’s tears shredding their hearts out
in the finale they destroy all their
instruments in the excitement surprising
and delighting fans with a hilarious
casting switch this video garnered
millions of views within a matter of
days
[Music]
before we get to our topic here are a
few honorable mentions
[Applause]
[Music]
selling you
this
number one white and nerdy Weird Al
Yankovic Weird Al’s geek culture power
anthem is filled with nerdy Easter eggs
spoofing chamillionaire’s ridin and
convict’s in front of everything from a
flare pac-man to the Schrodinger
equation replacing his grills with
braces and a gap with a soldering gun
he’s not exactly thug but he sure is
funny I ain’t got a definite I got a
soldering gun ad until the humor is key
and peels comedic acting as well as Seth
Green’s love of toys
I’ll even sneaks in a dig at Atlantic
Records by editing their Wikipedia page
to feature the words you suck shopping
online for deals inside of a media I
edit Wikipedia I memorize Holy Grail
really well I can recite it right now
and have you ROTF lol money to nerds and
non nerds alike white and nerdy earned
the love of Chamillionaire himself and
became Weird Al’s first platinum hit do
you agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from watch mojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
who says music videos need to be
original to be successful welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for another top 10 music
video parodies of all time before we
begin we publish new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
more videos that turn heads by making
fun of or paying homage to other artists
[Applause]
number 10 when will the bass drop the
Lonely Island’s featuring Lil Jon
taking dance music to task the SNL crew
gets very surreal to poke fun at Avicii
hyping up the crowd
DaVinci hovers his hand over the base
button while playing on his computer
cooking and even playing with toy
skateboards he’s clearly not taking his
job seriously but hey he still got all
the power and he milks it for all it’s
worth some help from Little John
he finally drops the bass causing the
crowd to literally lose their minds with
heads exploding across the dance floor
the music causes some fans to commit
seppuku thanks to the crazy visuals and
supporting cast this video is way
weirder than expected number 9
Bowie aka Bowie’s in Space Flight of the
Conchords though it’s set in space and
starts with a riff clearly inspired by
the song Space Oddity this music video
manages to pay homage to a wide range of
David Bowie material and characters
ground controls
not only do Bret and Jemaine give nods
to Bowie’s filmography with shots
reminiscent of the man who fell to earth
they also pay lip service to memorable
tracks like John I’m only dancing and
sound and vision with their cheeky
lyrics but things really take off when
their version of Halloween Jack appears
of course the ending which pairs outfits
and moves from modern love with music
inspired by let’s dance
cements the video as a truly inspired
parody number 8 my band
d12 d12 takes all the misconceptions
about them and goes to town mocking bad
fans in the process they make Eminem the
star of the show and he gets special
treatment like massages when he’s not
being mobbed by groupies who also happen
to be played by Eminem after getting
riled up Bazar decides to get in shape
by working out on the set of 50 cents in
the club claiming his importance to
Eminem’s career bizarre then goes on to
claim he was in lose yourself and
Superman next up they tried to start a
boy band and turned into a vulgar
version of the Backstreet Boys
[Music]
with plenty of parity and
self-deprecation
d12 closes on M&Ms latin take on
milkshake bike elise number 7 repeat
stuff bo burnham boburnham is clearly
not aiming for subtlety with this shot
at commercialized music setting the
stage for his critique he dresses up as
Justin Bieber and pulls a variety of
visuals from pop videos then proceeds to
rip into vapid listeners who relate to
cliche lyrics and overused chords
while the extras act increasingly
brain-dead satanic visuals slowly come
into focus
then there’s the subliminal messaging
flashing on screen for example
instructions like consume and accept
convenience fees are littered throughout
the video in the finale
Burnham takes things up a notch when he
kills a girl and eats her heart while
audio of Hitler plays underneath
[Music]
number six girls girls boys panic at the
disco here’s an example of how a parody
can simultaneously be both funny and a
heartfelt homage to the original for
their free love anthem girls girls boys
panic at the disco remade D’Angelo’s
iconic untitled music video directed by
DJ Bronner the video is one long shot
just like the original and with the
camera zooming in and out it revisits
that classic navel shot more than once
Brenden Yuri’s physique is significantly
less muscular than D’Angelo’s but by
bringing his unique energy and distinct
dance moves to the party the front man
gives a captivating performance in his
own way the clever concept earned the
group more than 50 million views
[Music]
number five
heya outcast
set up to be the love below Swedish
performance this video is a clear play
on the Beatles historic Ed Sullivan
appearance putting in overtime to bring
the concept to life Andre 3000
reportedly perform the song 23 times to
get all the shots but the end result is
certainly worth it he’s a one-man band
in a group made up of eight members just
like its inspiration cheering can be
heard throughout most of the video while
Ryan Philippi delivers a spot-on
imitation of the deadpan announcer
credit where credit is due
Nirvana spoofed Ed Sullivan first but
hey this concept is clearly good enough
to support multiple parodies
number four girl all the bad guys want
Bowling For Soup
this pop punk group has a real penchant
for parodies but they’re at their best
in this video which sees them taking
their overly serious alt rock and nu
metal contemporaries to task starting by
taking on stained they replace the lover
photos with dog photos and handwritten
lyrics with tic-tac-toe
the funniest lampooning comes from the
white shots of the pain singer revealing
he’s actually on the toilet switching to
limp biscuits break stuff the video then
sees guitars Chris Burnie dressing in
Westmoreland’s kooky makeup and robes
with fake Slipknot members attacking
Jarrett’s Fred Durst Bowling For Soup
even tackles the feud between bands
proving that when this group does parody
they don’t hold back
number three don’t lose my number
Phil Collins
if you can’t pick a subject to parody in
your video why not just do them all
dueling through a Western and driving
the deserts of Mad Max Collins feels out
of place
when the black and white close-ups of
every breath you take don’t work out he
attempts to emulate David Lee Roth
instead he even tries his hand at a
samurai film
after getting the fly from you might
think a good swat he finally decides to
work on an ending instead funnily enough
this clever meta concept actually came
from Collins’s inability to decide on a
video idea so they shot a mock version
of the process behind it instead number
two hopeless wanderer Mumford & Sons it
takes real character to parody yourself
the boys of Mumford & Sons were so
committed to this joke they didn’t even
appear in the video letting comedians
Jason Sudeikis
Jason Bateman Ed Helms and Will Forte
play them instead
[Music]
rocking out in fields and barns The
Comedians play up the bands rustic
aesthetic of course things get
uncomfortably intimate fast when the
boys start wiping and tasting each
other’s tears shredding their hearts out
in the finale they destroy all their
instruments in the excitement surprising
and delighting fans with a hilarious
casting switch this video garnered
millions of views within a matter of
days
[Music]
before we get to our topic here are a
few honorable mentions
[Applause]
[Music]
selling you
this
number one white and nerdy Weird Al
Yankovic Weird Al’s geek culture power
anthem is filled with nerdy Easter eggs
spoofing chamillionaire’s ridin and
convict’s in front of everything from a
flare pac-man to the Schrodinger
equation replacing his grills with
braces and a gap with a soldering gun
he’s not exactly thug but he sure is
funny I ain’t got a definite I got a
soldering gun ad until the humor is key
and peels comedic acting as well as Seth
Green’s love of toys
I’ll even sneaks in a dig at Atlantic
Records by editing their Wikipedia page
to feature the words you suck shopping
online for deals inside of a media I
edit Wikipedia I memorize Holy Grail
really well I can recite it right now
and have you ROTF lol money to nerds and
non nerds alike white and nerdy earned
the love of Chamillionaire himself and
became Weird Al’s first platinum hit do
you agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from watch mojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
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