Just like the French Price theme song, Call Me Maybe – the candy pop song that desperately wanted to be the song of 2012 but got hijacked by Gangnam Style — has been put through Google Translate over and over until it was translated back to English. Which means the lyrics have been chopped up into an entirely different, more hilarious beast. I like it better.
I can’t wait to make a whole playlist of Google Translate cover songs. Let’s make it happen. [YouTube]













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“Hey we’ve just met, and this is madness”
I think these new lyrics in the chorus are better than that original ones! Nice one Google.
“Hey we’ve just met, and this is SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”
Numerous statements of my mobile number. hahah. It’s almost like Google Translate is sentient.
Ah, Capital FM. I was wondering where the accent had come from
So I decided to watch the original video for a change. I could barely stood the cheesiness… but dang that ending is totally worth it.