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wrote a parody of a teenage tragedy song called "The Battle Beast and Barbie" for Chapin's 1994 album "So Nice To Come Home." Written in the parodic style of a '60s girl group tragedy ballad, it involves two plastic toys who "met by accident and fell in love", only for Battle Beast to be shot down by
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2358:"Last Kiss: The Incredible, Convoluted Story Behind This Classic #1 Hit"
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2481:"Genre Rules with Dr. Kirsten Zemke: 'Teenage Coffin Songs'"
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2459:"Splatter Platters: A Look at Teenage Tragedy Songs"
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2523:"What the Genre? Teenage Coffin Songs"
853:Young couple elope, die in car crash.
2823:Clarke, Steve (October 18â31, 1979).
2521:Zemke, Kirsten (September 22, 2015).
2382:Luan Lawrenson-Woods (July 2, 2013).
2114:'s song "Lucinda", on his 1970 album
323:in 1964, 1974 and 1999 respectively).
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2124:gown, and is killed and buried by a
1904:adding citations to reliable sources
1797:", made a bigger hit in the U.S. by
1466:"The Whyte Boots" were a fabricated
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3029:"10 Cc - Johnny Don't Do It Lyrics"
1070:Cody Brennan & the Temptations
1062:B-side of "All of This for Sally".
311:" which would later be recorded by
2990:Courrier, Kevin (March 22, 2019).
2502:Rife, Katie (September 14, 2016).
1321:"Down Where the Woodbine Twineth"
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2912:"The Detergents | Biography"
2767:Aine McMahon (January 26, 2019).
1098:Newlyweds killed in a car crash.
891:C. Miller-Munn & J.W. Foster
807:J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers
539:J. P. Richardson (The Big Bopper)
2939:Jimmy Cross: I Want My Baby Back
2864: â Marina and the Diamonds"
2562:. Boston Globe. January 29, 2005
2211:The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun
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1838:Grover Cleveland school shooting
1340:"Laurie (Strange Things Happen)"
1114:George R Brown, Dennis Hardesty
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2701:Meat Loaf (commentary) (2004).
2432:Todd Leopold (March 30, 2006).
2005:, produced in association with
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34:needs additional citations for
2993:Randy Newman's American Dreams
2609:. NBC News. September 14, 2007
2027:"Leader of the Laundromat" by
856:B-side of "Goodbye Mr Blues".
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3101:. The Demented Music Database
2386:. The Popular Romance Project
2089:, "Lucy in the Music World",
1799:Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
337:Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
2942:. Bristol Green Publishing.
2548:. Popular Press. p. 96.
2104:(1967), the inspiration for
1860:' "Saturday Night" (1999). "
1438:in 1951. U.S. #51, Can. #5.
861:"The Ballad of Billy Brown"
831:Jody Reynolds, Bert Carroll
286:Don't Take Your Guns to Town
2858:Monger, James Christopher.
2730:(DVD). Image Entertainment.
2434:"The teenager's death song"
2245:treatment of the 1996 film
1386:I Can Never Go Home Anymore
1373:Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich
1124:"The Girl From King Marie"
638:was #1 in the UK. U.S. #7.
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3381:Concepts · Techniques
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2936:Daryl W. Bullock (2015).
2726:Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell
2236:"Ken" at the school prom.
2213:" by comedian and singer
1410:"A Young Girl of Sixteen"
850:T. Cooper & E. Zolas
809:cover was a 1964 U.S. #2
2825:The Fastest Lip on Vinyl
2461:. Go Retro. July 9, 2013
2335:. NPR. February 14, 2016
2277:the Jesus and Mary Chain
1985:Let's Think About Living
1364:"Give Us Your Blessings"
985:The Emotions, Henry Boye
882:"A Thousand Feet Below"
687:U.S. #8, UK #1, Can. #2
3069:"1972â1973 Obie Awards"
2793:Staff (27 March 2002).
2310:List of car crash songs
2275:In "The Living End" by
2074:'s 1984 compilation LP
1866:Marina and the Diamonds
1690:Paul Evans, Fred Tobias
1679:"Hello, This Is Joanie"
339:. Released just before
154:less pertinent examples
2795:"I Don't Like Mondays"
2414:Sheila Burgel (2005),
2189:Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
2126:beach cleaning machine
2102:Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
1915:"Teenage tragedy song"
1399:George "Shadow" Morton
1285:George "Shadow" Morton
1163:Man dies in car crash.
995:"Chapel Bells Ringing"
865:Mort (Doc) Downey, Jr.
841:"Star Crossed Lovers"
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2721:Jim Steinman (1999).
2418:, Rhino Entertainment
2083:In a 1965 episode of
2068:World's Worst Records
1795:Billy Don't Be a Hero
1736:Tell Laura I Love Her
1258:Lynn Ripley (Twinkle)
1143:"A Young Man Is Gone"
793:& the C.C. Riders
609:Tell Laura I Love Her
559:"The Ballad of Angel"
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210:Tell Laura I Love Her
3308:Voice classification
2633:Lyricsplayground.com
2629:"A Young Girl of 16"
2384:"Leader of the Pack"
2177:The Rich Little Show
2138:Rigor Mortis Sets In
1900:improve this article
1846:Girlfriend in a Coma
1834:I Don't Like Mondays
1660:& Jack Perricone
1086:"Teenage Honeymoon"
1018:Oh, Susie Forgive Me
815:was a 1999 U.S. #2.
175:teenage tragedy song
43:improve this article
3372:Non-classical music
3277:Forms · Genres
2305:Star-crossed lovers
2268:, with lead singer
2166:Saturday Night Live
2098:Death Cab for Cutie
2070:compilation and on
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1379:U.S. #29, Can. #11
1359:U.S. #14, Can. #6.
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1067:"Tragic Honeymoon"
770:; later covered by
672:The Everly Brothers
643:"The Water Was Red"
345:star-crossed lovers
300:" and "Teen Angel".
222:the Everly Brothers
150:improve the article
3207:Extended technique
2908:Richie Unterberger
2682:. 15 December 2008
2179:of March 8, 1976,
1994:"Valerie", a 1961
1783:Seasons in the Sun
1728:Leader of the Pack
1583:Seasons in the Sun
1428:, Robert Chauvigny
1405:U.S. #6, Can. #2.
1310:B. Nosal, P. Maheu
1304:Bernadette Carroll
1296:U.S. #1, Can. #3.
1271:Leader of the Pack
923:"Call Me Lonesome"
918:U.S. #25, Can. #7
745:Johnny Remember Me
680:John D. Loudermilk
543:The couple drowns.
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256:Origins and format
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1499:U.S. #1, Can. #1
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1367:The Shangri-Las
1289:Ellie Greenwich
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3234:Scat singing
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844:The Mystics
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586:Mark Dinning
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3413:Death growl
3403:Chest voice
3224:Oversinging
2973:|work=
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2746:Foxnews.com
2270:Jenny Lewis
2256:Smash Mouth
2223:valley girl
2215:Julie Brown
2197:Ron Palillo
2170:Chevy Chase
2064:Dr. Demento
2051:Jimmy Cross
2045:the Archies
2043:, later of
1858:the Misfits
1779:Terry Jacks
1775:Vietnam War
1629:Errol Brown
1589:Terry Jacks
1508:The Goodees
1447:Lori Burton
1443:"Nightmare"
1155:Bobby Troup
1095:Buddy Mize
912:Roy Orbison
905:Roy Orbison
776:The Meteors
772:psychobilly
751:John Leyton
719:Moody River
707:Del Shannon
700:Del Shannon
627:Ben Raleigh
554:. U.S. #1.
548:Buddy Holly
504:"The Grave"
386:Buddy Holly
349:girl groups
282:Johnny Cash
191:death discs
162:August 2024
99:August 2016
3511:Microphone
3423:Head voice
3398:Coloratura
3315:Voice type
3266:Beatboxing
3244:Sing-along
3197:A cappella
3125:Genius.com
2866:. AllMusic
2808:August 21,
2799:Snopes.com
2778:August 21,
2316:References
2266:Rilo Kiley
2229:Tom Chapin
2181:Tom Bosley
2122:graduation
2033:Paul Vance
1926:newspapers
1850:Air Bubble
1842:The Smiths
1809:, 1971), "
1791:Paper Lace
1740:crash song
1683:Paul Evans
1658:Paul Vance
1601:Rod McKuen
1544:Buck Owens
1537:Buck Owens
1468:girl group
1458:Pam Sawyer
1436:Edith Piaf
1343:Dickey Lee
1301:"The Hero"
1168:James Dean
1030:Barry Mann
961:Barry Mann
953:Dickey Lee
666:Ebony Eyes
623:Jeff Barry
580:Teen Angel
451:The Cheers
405:This is a
378:Johnny Ace
341:James Dean
333:the Cheers
278:Tom Dooley
264:, and the
224:(1961), "
218:Ebony Eyes
202:Teen Angel
142:irrelevant
69:newspapers
3458:Tessitura
3433:Passaggio
3350:Contralto
3335:Baritenor
3013:March 22,
2998:ECW Press
2975:ignored (
2965:cite book
2955:April 10,
2870:April 25,
2843:ignored (
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2638:April 18,
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2185:Sweathogs
2100:" by the
2056:Billboard
2041:Ron Dante
2011:magazine.
1989:Bob Luman
1956:June 2021
1862:Teen Idle
1825:, 1977).
1823:Meat Loaf
1807:Bloodrock
1787:Civil War
1713:Meat Loaf
1668:Billboard
1576:U.S. #36
1563:Bloodrock
1516:Don Davis
1238:U.S. #8.
1219:Jan Berry
1159:Mike Love
1006:M. Torver
969:U.S. #6.
813:Pearl Jam
811:Cover by
785:Last Kiss
778:. UK #1.
738:U.S. #1.
725:Pat Boone
634:Cover by
602:U.S. #1.
470:U.S. #6.
374:Sam Cooke
321:Pearl Jam
317:Wednesday
309:Last Kiss
232:(1961), "
226:Last Kiss
216:(1960), "
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138:excessive
3567:Category
3418:Falsetto
3408:Crooning
3330:Baritone
3299:Vocables
3254:Lip sync
3105:April 8,
3077:Archived
3049:cite web
3039:July 20,
2921:July 12,
2916:AllMusic
2892:April 9,
2680:Wsws.org
2660:April 9,
2566:April 9,
2390:April 8,
2364:April 9,
2284:See also
2248:Werewolf
2225:culture.
2159:Lemmings
2117:12 Songs
2106:the band
1872:Parodies
1672:Cash Box
1472:Breakout
768:Joe Meek
694:The Prom
435:Synopsis
417:entries.
401:Examples
144:examples
3443:Rapping
3438:Quintus
3393:Belting
3360:Soprano
3249:Karaoke
3229:Rapping
3184:Singing
2888:. 45cat
2508:AV Club
2290:Tragedy
2060:Hot 100
1996:doo-wop
1940:scholar
1854:Ramones
1734:" and "
1251:Twinkle
947:Patches
356:writes:
294:El Paso
270:ballads
83:scholar
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