For video game music releases, please see the CDs and Soundtracks section. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh PrinceSong: Human Video Game Ready Rock C beatboxes Donkey Kong music and sound effects behind the Fresh Prince's lyrics about an addiction to video games. Donkey Kong is mentioned in the lyrics a few times. DJ Shadow/Cut ChemistSong: Part 8 [a.k.a. "Hooked on Atari"] In this part, DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist sampled the "game start" and "level start" themes from Donkey Kong. The "level start" theme can be heard 48 seconds after the "game start" theme ends. Far East MovementSong: Rocketeer Lyrics excerpt: Where we at, only few have known Ice CubeSong: Now I Gotta Wet 'Cha Ice Cube starts off this track with the line, "It's on like Donkey Kong." JellyfishThe Jellyfish song "Ignorance Is Bliss" takes us inside the mind of Bowser, who has kidnapped Princess Toadstool in order to get to Mario and Luigi. "Ignorance Is Bliss" was first released on Nintendo's White Knuckle Scorin' compilation album (1991), and later on Jellyfish's New Mistake Japanese EP (1999), Best! greatest hits album (2002), and Fan Club box set (2006). See the White Knuckle Scorin' page for complete lyrics. Jennifer LopezSong: On the Floor This song features Pitbull, who provides a verse containing the lines, "All I need is some vodka and some chunky Coke / And watch a chick go get Donkey Konged." Leaders of the New SchoolSong: Syntax Era Lyrics excerpt: (It's just another case) Wow! (Base) Less Than JakeA Yoshi PEZ dispenser appears in the band's "Gainesville Rock City" music video. Images Limp BizkitOne page of the booklet included with Limp Bizkit's Three Dollar Bill, Yall$ album has Mario laying down a phat groove on a turntable. The doctored picture was originally Super Mario 64 game art. LudacrisSong: Spur of the Moment Lyrics excerpt: We get the news like MTV, every ten to the hour Thanks: DoktorS03 MF DOOMSong: Hoe Cakes Lyrics excerpt: Own his own throne, the boss like King Koopa MobyMoby's "We Are All Made of Stars" music video includes footage of a game that looks like Donkey Kong with various changes. For example, the ladders are red, the girders are blue, Moby (in spacesuit) is the hero, and the barrels are replaced with stars. Images Mr. BungleSnoop DoggSong: The Bidness Lyrics excerpt: Before I pay that b**** I'm like a bossy hog Thanks: DoktorS03 The Lonely IslandSong: I Don't Give A Honk Lyrics excerpt: We all know we're born with a hundred honks Thanks: Lizard Dude Song: The Compliments Lyrics excerpt: My man Jorm f***s all night Thanks: Lizard Dude Trace AdkinsThe chorus of "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" includes the semi-rhyme, "Got it goin' on / Like Donkey Kong." "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" was released on Songs About Me (3/22/2005), American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II (12/4/2007), and The Definitive Greatest Hits: Til the Last Shot's Fired (10/12/2010). A "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" CD single was released in 2006. Thanks: Sponkery |