User blog:Porterfield/Best Music Video Parodies 2012

'PLEASE VOTE BELOW! When voting ends on September 1st, the winning parodies of each song will go head-to-head for best overall music video parody!' Nominees for the MTV Video Music Awards were announced at the beginning of the month, and as I perused the selections, I realized that many of the songs owe a lot of their success to their viral parodies. Of course stars like Justin Bieber are already household names, but artists like Gotye and Carly Rae Jepsen have gained wider audiences thanks to the clever YouTubers who have written and performed hilarious spoof lyrics.

While MTV will honor "legit" music videos next month at the VMA's, we here at the Music Wiki are going to honor the parodies that have given us much-needed chuckles throughout the the year. There were only two rules for selecting the nominees:
 * NO Lip-Syncing! A true parody or spoof uses the same tune, but with original, comical lyrics. Lip-syncing to "Call Me Maybe" does not count as a parody (I'm looking at you, every sports team of 2012).
 * NO MattyBRaps! The kid is cute and all, but I assure you him and his parents are not producing these covers for comedic purposes. It's also cheating if you make a "parody" for every song on the Top 100.

Without further ado, here are the nominees. Click on the song title to view the original video.

Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye
Which parody of "Somebody That I Used to Know" do you prefer? 5 on 1 Guitar The Star Wars That I Used to Know Obama That I Used to Know Some Study That I Used to Know

Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
Which parody of "Call Me Maybe" do you prefer? Cookie Monster Wassabi The Key of Awesome! Call me Batman

Boyfriend - Justin Bieber
Which parody of "Boyfriend" do you prefer? Bieber Stalker Dave Days Overly Attached Girlfriend Pokemon

What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction
Which parody of "What Makes You Beautiful" do you prefer? The Key of Awesome! No Direction

We Are Young - Fun.
Which parody of "We Are Young" do you prefer? We're Not Young We Are Drunk

Take Care - Drake
Which parody of "Take Care" do you prefer? Qbanguy Parody Just Stare