''Strong Bad Sings (and Other Type Hits)'' is a

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featuring songs by

Strong Bad Strong Bad is a fictional character from ''Homestar Runner'', a series of animated Flash videos, who is inspired by "The Strong Bads" from the video game '' Tag Team Wrestling''. He is voiced by Matt Chapman, the principal voice actor and co-cre ...

and

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from the ''

Homestar Runner ''Homestar Runner'' is an American Flash animated comedy web series and website created by Mike and Matt Chapman, known collectively as The Brothers Chaps. The series centers on the adventures of a large and diverse cast of characters, headed by ...

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series.Hirsch, Deborah. (July 22, 2003)

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''"Tooned in" The curious characters on Homestar Runner look to be more than just an Internet fad. The site's 200,000 daily hits and a legion of fans mean they're a genuine phenomenon.''Section: Life and times; Page E1. ''Strong Bad Sings'' is the sole audio CD spinoff from the online cartoon world of homestarrunner.com.Strauss, Neil. (January 25, 2004)

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Playlist; On Speaking Terms With The Devil.
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, hip hop,

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and

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. The songs " Trogdor" and "Because It's Midnite" appear in ''

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'' and '' Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s'', respectively. There is also a "Secret Song" that features

very late into the last track. The disc also contains a music video for "These Peoples Try to Fade Me", inferred to be animated by The Cheat, in the style of Powered by the Cheat.

Track listing

Musicians

Matt Chapman Matthew James Chapman (born April 28, 1993) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Oakland Athletics. Chapman made his MLB debut with Oakland in ...

– Lead vocals, piano *

Mike Chapman Michael Donald Chapman (born 13 April 1947) is an Australian-American record producer and songwriter who was a major force in the British pop music industry in the 1970s. He created a string of hit singles for artists including The Sweet, Suzi ...

– Guitar, bass, keyboards *Missy Palmer – Lead vocals, guitar

Y-O-U

*Nick Niespodziani – Backing vocals, guitar, drums, keyboards, programming *Peter Olson – Guitar, bass, programming *Mark Cobb – Drums *Eric Harlan Park – Keyboards, piano *Matt Sonnicksen – Guitar, drums, keyboards, piano, backing vocals, bells *J. Christopher Arrison – Guitar, bass, piano

Writing credits

Music and lyrics for tracks 4 and 13 were written by Missy Palmer. All other lyrics were written by

The Brothers Chaps Matthew "Matt" Alan Chapman (born November 1, 1976) and Michael "Mike" Raymond Chapman (born September 20, 1973), known collectively as The Brothers Chaps, are American writers, voice actors, directors, animators, producers and composers. They ar ...

. Music for tracks 5, 7, 9, 14, 17, 18, and 19 was written by The Brothers Chaps with members of

Y-O-U Y-O-U, also known as the Pleaserock collective, is a rock music, rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, probably most widely known for their collaborations with The Brothers Chaps on projects such as Strong Bad Sings and the karaoke music from strongbad ...

. Music for tracks 8, 11, and 16 was written by The Brothers Chaps with J. Christopher Arrison and members of Y-O-U. All other music was written by The Brothers Chaps.

References

External links

"Strong Bad Sings"
the cartoon that inspired the CD's title and some of its songs * Page for the album at ''Homestar Runner'' Wiki 2003 albums Comedy albums by American artists 2000s comedy albums Self-released albums Homestar Runner {{comedy-album-stub