They've turned this goofy song into a plaintive cry made in the face of an uncaring universe.” By the time the whistle from “All Star” by Smash Mouth echoes in the distance as the track ends you will probably feel deeply, and strangely, moved. One commenter summed it up perfectly: “Oh my god. The theatrical music makes it sound like the Village People are in a slow-motion battle defending their beloved Y.M.C.A. The beginning is stark with just the swelling piano of “Time” and the boastful vocals of “Y.M.C.A.,” but when the orchestra fades in from the background the usually happy lyrics take on a much sadder, desperate vibe. On paper, this mashup makes no sense it’s simply something you have to experience to understand. “Thank U, Nirvana (Smells Like Ariana)” by Magik MikeĪnother entry from the Internet legend himself, this selection from Cicierega’s third mashup album, Mouth Moods, combines “Y.M.C.A” by disco group Village People and “Time” by German composer Hans Zimmer. And this wasn’t even featured on one of his mashup albums - it was an outtake. “Who” has a gimmick that Cicierega has used on each of his albums: each of the songs featured relates to one specific word, this one being 'who.' Featuring songs from 10 artists, including The Who, Men at Work, Blur, the Baha Men, Selena Gomez, and even the Who’s That Pokemon theme, “Who” masterfully takes bits and pieces from each song and turns it into a bouncy electro-pop jam. Beyond his videos, he also makes music such as “Two Trucks” and “Touch-Tone Telephone” under the name Lemon Demon, as well as incredibly well-produced meme mashup albums. Perhaps one of the longest-lasting and consistent content creators in Internet history, Cicierega is the mind behind dozens of beloved viral videos over the span of two decades like “Potter Puppet Pals,” “Ariel Needs Legs,” “Bustin,” and so many more. “Drowning Pool - Bodies but it’s the ‘Drake and Josh’ Theme Song” by William MaranciĪ list of meme song mashups is incomplete without mentioning Neil Cicierega. Whether or not you think these songs accomplish that is up to you, but here are ten music mashups that work far better than they have any right to. Most of those mashups are rightfully terrible, but some mashup artists have created song abominations that somehow swing around from “so bad, it’s good” to just plain good. Most music mashups on the Internet feature songs that the mashup creator thinks would work together in some way, whether they have a similar mood, sound, topic, etc.īut, this is the Internet we are talking about, and with the rise of meme culture came a simultaneous rise of people trying to combine songs they explicitly think shouldn’t work together. A popular form of remixing music online are mashups: taking two or more songs and combining them into one brand new song.

While song remixes have existed for a long time, the invention of the Internet opened the doors of remixing music to a much wider audience than before.

Mashup song list