The song parody — always clever, usually interesting, and yet, almost never actually funny. Except when South Park does them and clearly doesn’t give a sh*t, resulting in something that’s almost always both laugh-out-loud funny and strangely accurate in its lameness.

Or maybe I happened to catch the “Cher” clip on a rerun the other night and threw together a lengthy excuse to post it on BWE. Oop! Too late. Enjoy.

10. R. Kelly — “Trapped In The Closet”

If only there were some way to watch R. Kelly watching this clip and commenting…

9. Phil Collins — “You’ll Be In Me”

They’ve made light of AIDS, Iraq, and pedophilia, but Matt & Trey had some balls to go after the Tarzan soundtrack:

8. Fingerbang

This is just a catchy-ass song any way you look at it.

7. Cartman — “Pleasing Jesus”

Throw in “Awesome God” and you have every Christian compilation CD commercial ever made. Kind of.

6. Bono — “Vertigo”

Retarded joke, but yet, so necessary after twelve months of that Apple commercial… (song starts at 0:35)

5. The Kindergarteners’ Thanksgiving Song

We’ve ALL been in this play before. Every grade school in the U.S. is rehearsing it this very moment.

4. The Russell Crowe Show

I’ve never heard one of Russell Crowe’s original songs before, but I’ll imagine this parody is dead-on so I can justify posting this clip. (Song starts at 1:10)

3. Butters — “I’ve Got Something In My Front Pocket For You”

Basically every song written before 1940, though most actual Irving Berlin songs lean more towards vagina innuendo.

2. Cher — “Believe”

The worst part of this clip is, it’s really only about 2% more exaggerated than the actual sh*tty song:

1. Sports Training Montage

An entire decade in 60 seconds. “I Love The 80s” could just be this song on a continuous loop and no one could possibly complain.

HONORABLE MENTIONS: Hennifer Lopez – “Taco Flavored Kisses”; Satan – “Up There”; Cartman “Make It Right”; The Imagination Song (not really a parody, but ridiculous)