Blame Canada

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"Blame Canada"
Promotional single by Mary Kay Bergman and Trey Parker
from the album South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
ReleasedJune 15, 1999; 24 years ago (1999-06-15)
Recorded1999
GenreSatire[1]
Length1:35
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman
Producer(s)Darren Higman
Audio sample

"Blame Canada" is a satirical song from the 1999 animated film

Terrance and Phillip: Asses of Fire and imitating what they saw and heard in it. "Blame Canada" satirizes scapegoating and parents who do not control "their children's consumption of popular culture". The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 72nd Academy Awards. Matt Stone and Parker showed up to the ceremony in dresses previously worn by Jennifer Lopez and Gwyneth Paltrow, and later claimed to be under the influence of LSD while on the red carpet.[2]

An 8-bit remix of the song appears in the 2014 game South Park: The Stick of Truth, included as one of the overworld themes for the Canada level. The song appears again in the game's 2017 sequel, South Park: The Fractured but Whole, near the Canadian wall.[3]

In 2023, Shaiman wrote new lyrics for the song reflecting conspiracy theories about the 2023 Canadian wildfires.[4][5]

Reception

The song was nominated for the

Oh my god! They killed Kenny!
"

There was also some concern about the fact the song referred to well-known Canadian singer

Consul General (and former prime minister) Kim Campbell
said that she was not offended by the song since it was clearly a silly satirical piece and not intended to insult her country. This is made clear in the final line of the song:

We must blame them and cause a fuss.
Before somebody thinks of blaming us!

Coincidentally, the Canadian Oscar telecast in which Williams sang the song included the premiere of the

Canadian stereotypes
.

The song lost to Phil Collins' song "You'll Be in My Heart" from Tarzan, which was parodied on an episode of South Park released the following year, "Timmy 2000", as "You'll Be in Me".

See also

References

  1. ^ Shehori, Steven. "Video: Robin Williams Sings 'Blame Canada' At The 2000 Oscars". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  2. ^ Swapnil Dhruv Bose (27 December 2021). "When Trey Parker and Matt Stone went to the Oscars on LSD". FarOutMagazine.co.uk.
  3. ISBN 978-0-7914-7566-9
    .
  4. ^ Shaiman, Marc (June 7, 2023). "BLAME CANADA 2023". Facebook. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  5. ^ Vinay Menon (8 June 2023). "Blame Canada? Why the wildfires are fuelling some … pretty wild conspiracy theories". Toronto Star.

Bibliography

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