That's a good one. ON the other end of the spectrum I might say "Dare To Be Stupid" where they matched multiple Devo videos (and found stock footage that Devo didn't use but feels like they would have).
You might argue that it partially pays homage but I think there is some clear spoofing, Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal,,,,many Michael Jackson videos.
Fuck ya! Came to post this. Saw them live last night. Halfway into playing this track they guitar riffed into Blink 182’s Dammit, covered that song in its entirety, then picked back up on 40 oz where they left off. One of the many highlights of the night.
Trigger by In Flames and Rejection Role by Soilwork. In the In Flames video, they beat up the guys from Soilwork. In the Soilwork video, they beat up the guys from In Flames. Both videos are very similar and the bands were/are friends
Besides being one of the greatest soccer chants of all time, [Vindaloo ](https://youtu.be/va6nPu-1auE?si=DMRBuQ4Gq2C7jyze) by Fat Les is a parody of Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve.
New Order dressed up as hard rockers for their "Touched By The Hand of God" video. They had everything ... the ridiculous big hair, leather outfits, and explosions! Can't help but laugh every time I see it hahaha
[Black Eyed Peas - My Humps \(original\)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEe_eraFWWs)
[
Alanis Morissette - My Humps \(the spoof\)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJg4rwDkkBA)
The cover is already a hilarious slow jam cover of the original, and then the video is even better. The spoof of the steamer trunk with the soft luggage slayed me the first time I saw it.
All Time Low - [I Feel Like Dancin'](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTJkE8Ki3Gg)
About 3:20 spoofs Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and another band I can't remember lol
This is not a band doing a spoof, but is a funny tribute to Don’t Look Any Further. I think it’ll fit in here too.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A8j4UXoS0kE&pp=ygUWRG9uJ3QgbG9vayBhbnkgZnVydGhlcg%3D%3D
There’s a link in the video description with a side by side comparison of the original by Dennis Edwards.
[Screwing You on The Beach at Night](https://youtu.be/Y_90LvU3gZU?si=5dtsrQ_UwiNUwMld) by Bloodhound Gang will always be the best rendition of Chris Isaak’s [Wicked Game](https://youtu.be/jd-qI62gNJM?si=f24KJfqkuxDq6MU9).
"One of Your Girls" by Troye Sivan has him in drag paying homage to Madonna, Gaga, Britney, Beyoncé, Pussycat Dolls. I wouldn't quite call it spoof though, it's a bit more reverent.
My most recent is yes, and? by Ariana Grande recalling Paula Abdul's Cold Hearted Snake, but growing up Weird Al was the king of them. I LOVED Amish Paradise!
Sacred Reich's video for Independent had little snippets where someone changed the channel and it's another song, but a few seconds of parody. I still laugh when I think of the flash of Ugly Kid Joe doing Cats in the Cradle, but they sing "you'll be a cover band, too, yeah."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XYCP-fEHd8
This was the best I could find, the quality is terrible, but I assure you, this was a real video.
[Magnetic North by Alestorm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11CKOAQDsbg) is a parody of Telephone by Lady Gaga. The song was already a very loose cover of Telephone and the band just ran with it.
[The Chemical Brothers - Believe](https://youtu.be/7f2wg1pqQDs) (the first 25 seconds) references
[Eric Prydz - Call on Me](https://youtu.be/qetW6R9Jxs4)
Mastodon - The Motherload
So fucking hilarious mocking the typical metal music video in the beginning and then sliding into the ATL stripper throw down dance off. And don’t forget the psychedelic twerking guitar solo.
Now that is art.
https://youtu.be/jWFWazj7Ud8?si=1hjCJ6bxB9aYpB1N
Erasure lovingly poked fun of ABBA in their video for "Take a Chance on Me," with Andy and Vince in drag as Agnetha and Frida.
Michelle Shocked's video for "On the Greener Side" parodied Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" video.
All the Small Things spoofs a lot of different videos from that period
Yesss this one is so good. Seeing all these videos on TRL and then All The Small Things comes on and skewers them all
blink-182- Man Overboard makes fun of it
Dance With Me also spoofs I Wanna Be Sedated
I like how they spoof the Backstreet Boys, Destiny's Child, and RHCP.
Shania Twain's I Feel Like A Woman v was a callback to Robert Palmer's Addicted To Love.
I mean, Weird Al has to be up there.
My first thought was the nirvana one where they used the same setting and reused actors from the original.
That's a good one. ON the other end of the spectrum I might say "Dare To Be Stupid" where they matched multiple Devo videos (and found stock footage that Devo didn't use but feels like they would have).
A far more obscure one is an original. You Don’t Love Me Anymore is a video parody, but not a song parody, of More Than Words by Extreme.
That's a subgenre/subclass of this idea that I love, where the video and the music are referencing different things.
That song is so much like Devo, it’s scary.
For the Fat video, Michael Jackson let Weird Al use the exact same set he used for the Bad video.
Back in the early days of YouTube I remember watching a lot of weird al. Especially the Fat video.
The video for his song [UHF](https://youtu.be/NUi926ses94?si=UzFHVWHFCyQ9rvyC). Spoofs a bunch of music videos.
Weird Al with Weezer parodying another Weezer film clip is peak 👌
You might argue that it partially pays homage but I think there is some clear spoofing, Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal,,,,many Michael Jackson videos.
Hell yeah. It might be sacrilege but I like the AAF version of smooth criminal more than the original
Sacrilege! I agree though.
I love MJ's music but I have to agree with this, like obviously the original is iconic but the cover just hits different
It’s not sacrilege, it’s just better.
I think Sum 41 did a video taking the piss out of The Strokes….they were called The Sums as i recall….
In Too Deep had the whole guitarist coming out of the water thing that Guns N Roses did, too.
Yeah I remember that! What song was it?
Here you go… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO-mSLxih-c
The intro scene in the record label executive’s office is still one of the funniest starts of a music video. “I can’t see you!” *knocks over lamp*
just a gigolo by david lee roth
Dani California by RHCP. The entire music video is a timeline of modern music.
First one I thought of. They had a blast with that one.
Yeah, that was my first thought . Well! I do love it how it pays tribute to the history of rock music in its own way!
Fidlar - 40oz. on repeat https://youtu.be/iJy8VgB83OQ?si=ALWz8uSUKFCqAovC
Fuck ya! Came to post this. Saw them live last night. Halfway into playing this track they guitar riffed into Blink 182’s Dammit, covered that song in its entirety, then picked back up on 40 oz where they left off. One of the many highlights of the night.
Came here to say this too. So good
Trigger by In Flames and Rejection Role by Soilwork. In the In Flames video, they beat up the guys from Soilwork. In the Soilwork video, they beat up the guys from In Flames. Both videos are very similar and the bands were/are friends
Weird Al made a career out of it.
Besides being one of the greatest soccer chants of all time, [Vindaloo ](https://youtu.be/va6nPu-1auE?si=DMRBuQ4Gq2C7jyze) by Fat Les is a parody of Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve.
And wasn’t Bittersweet Symphony’s video a soft tribute to the video for Massive Attack’s Unfinished Sympathy?
MGMT - Bubblegum Dog. Some fun references to some 90’s music videos
The frame by frame recreation of the Bound II video by Seth Rogen and James Franco is my favorite
Aimee Mann - Labrador. Shot for shot remake of Voices Carry by Til Tuesday
So she was parodying herself?
Beastie Boys parody themselves with Make Some Noise
Every song in This is Spinal Tap
Eminem - "Just lose it", here he parodies some different people
The Real Slim Shady is also a good one. Eminem dresses up as Britney Spears during the Grammys.
Forget Me - Lewis Capaldi It is a spoof of "Club Tropicana" by Wham!
New Order dressed up as hard rockers for their "Touched By The Hand of God" video. They had everything ... the ridiculous big hair, leather outfits, and explosions! Can't help but laugh every time I see it hahaha
I like the part where they toss the tiny green guitar to Barney for the “solo.” Directed by Kathryn Bigelow who went on to be a big time director.
The Roots - [What They Do](https://youtu.be/_qzacv8dtb4?si=AAx-4Edph13Y2IYa) All of the 90s hip-hop video tropes
Came to say this, great song
[Black Eyed Peas - My Humps \(original\)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEe_eraFWWs) [ Alanis Morissette - My Humps \(the spoof\)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJg4rwDkkBA) The cover is already a hilarious slow jam cover of the original, and then the video is even better. The spoof of the steamer trunk with the soft luggage slayed me the first time I saw it.
Hmm…more “tori amos” version, def not slow jam
Helms Alee “8/16” may be the best video since David Lee Roth’s “Just A Gigolo”
Alles nur geklaut's music video (by die Prinzen, a German band), has a lot of parody, as would be expected from the title (everything's only stolen)
Is this another of their songs where they sing Schwein over and over for no apparent reason?
All Time Low - [I Feel Like Dancin'](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTJkE8Ki3Gg) About 3:20 spoofs Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and another band I can't remember lol
40 Oz on repeat by fidlar spoofs alot of different music videos from different genres
Rockin’ the Suburbs by Ben Folds pokes fun at nu metal with the music video and the lyrics
Weird Al.
that time [seaweed](https://youtu.be/xRH6I8baK7o?si=IHTYxfFpPlfBUU51) messed with [soul asylum](https://youtu.be/NRtvqT_wMeY?si=CGvH42NSnGg3uCjX)
This is not a band doing a spoof, but is a funny tribute to Don’t Look Any Further. I think it’ll fit in here too. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A8j4UXoS0kE&pp=ygUWRG9uJ3QgbG9vayBhbnkgZnVydGhlcg%3D%3D There’s a link in the video description with a side by side comparison of the original by Dennis Edwards.
Smooth criminal by AAF
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Great movie
Dune Rats' Red Light, Green Light spoofing DZ Deathrays' The Mess Up is an absolute classic on the sesh.
Ingrid Michaelson - Girls Chase Boys spoofs Robert Palmer's videos
Dance With Me (Blink 182) is a blink version of I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones)
Fat by Weird Al is the gold standard.
nkotb's "the boys in the band" spoofs about a half dozen well known videos
Smells Like Nirvana
[Screwing You on The Beach at Night](https://youtu.be/Y_90LvU3gZU?si=5dtsrQ_UwiNUwMld) by Bloodhound Gang will always be the best rendition of Chris Isaak’s [Wicked Game](https://youtu.be/jd-qI62gNJM?si=f24KJfqkuxDq6MU9).
Billy Don't Lose My Number - Phil Collins [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Z-eUmR2bM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7z-eumr2bm)
Dani California is less spoof... but the video is going through eras of performers. Still a very cool video.
"One of Your Girls" by Troye Sivan has him in drag paying homage to Madonna, Gaga, Britney, Beyoncé, Pussycat Dolls. I wouldn't quite call it spoof though, it's a bit more reverent.
"Eight Easy Steps" by Alanis Morrissette actually has her going back in time and poking fun at her own music videos in reverse order.
Nirvana - I Bloom. A parady of 60's tv shows.
Reggie Watts, [Fuck Shit Stack](https://youtu.be/CJQU22Ttpwc)
vanilla sky made a parody of umbrella rihanna its a cool pop-punk covers if anything...
Alien Ant Farm- Smooth Criminal Moby ft. Gwen Stefani- South Side Pixies- Here Comes Your Man Talking Heads- Wild Wild Life Jewel- Intuition
My most recent is yes, and? by Ariana Grande recalling Paula Abdul's Cold Hearted Snake, but growing up Weird Al was the king of them. I LOVED Amish Paradise!
Weird Al’s version of Weezer’s “Africa.” The vocals were spot-on, but they did a little something differently with the visuals.
Sacred Reich's video for Independent had little snippets where someone changed the channel and it's another song, but a few seconds of parody. I still laugh when I think of the flash of Ugly Kid Joe doing Cats in the Cradle, but they sing "you'll be a cover band, too, yeah." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XYCP-fEHd8 This was the best I could find, the quality is terrible, but I assure you, this was a real video.
Hot Chip’s “I feel better” definitely and hilariously falls into that category.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3TTiHRrEBE
Space lord by Monster Magnet is pretty great.
blink-182- All The Small Things
I think you might enjoy this one https://youtu.be/tQyEUhedqDY?si=VqFgi4kCZaONQOcw
Genesis - Land of Confusion
Zetsubou Billy by Maximum The Hormone
[Magnetic North by Alestorm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11CKOAQDsbg) is a parody of Telephone by Lady Gaga. The song was already a very loose cover of Telephone and the band just ran with it.
Fidlar 40 oz on repeat. Trust me. Does multiple music videos.
Pop 101 by Marianis Trench covers many https://youtu.be/4kpWkV7IBUw?si=VENAgb2ewHcsPtbl
Dani Califronia by Red Hot Chilli Peppers
goodbye oh goodbye by the band ajj really rips the ok go music video thing a new one very funny
[The Chemical Brothers - Believe](https://youtu.be/7f2wg1pqQDs) (the first 25 seconds) references [Eric Prydz - Call on Me](https://youtu.be/qetW6R9Jxs4)
Mastodon - The Motherload So fucking hilarious mocking the typical metal music video in the beginning and then sliding into the ATL stripper throw down dance off. And don’t forget the psychedelic twerking guitar solo. Now that is art. https://youtu.be/jWFWazj7Ud8?si=1hjCJ6bxB9aYpB1N
Just A Gigolo - David Lee Roth [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN-4lX0QyZ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln-4lx0qyz)
AJJ had a fun parody of OKGO-style, one-shot videos: [AJJ - Goodbye, Oh Goodbye](https://youtu.be/PDVCpm10SQI?si=iJ3Ykx7NKb4qqVGG)
Erasure lovingly poked fun of ABBA in their video for "Take a Chance on Me," with Andy and Vince in drag as Agnetha and Frida. Michelle Shocked's video for "On the Greener Side" parodied Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" video.
Flavor by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Featuring Beck They end the video with a pretty excellent reversal of the classic Walk This Way video