Blame Canada
1999 promotional single by Mary Kay Bergman and Trey Parker / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Blame Canada?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
"Blame Canada" is a satirical song from the 1999 animated film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, written by Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman. In the song, the parents of the fictional South Park, led by Sheila Broflovski (Mary Kay Bergman), decide to blame Canada for the trouble their children have been getting into since watching the Canadian 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]
This article needs additional citations for verification. (April 2017) |
"Blame Canada" | |
---|---|
Promotional single by Mary Kay Bergman and Trey Parker | |
from the album South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | |
Released | June 15, 1999; 24 years ago (1999-06-15) |
Recorded | 1999 |
Genre | Satire[1] |
Length | 1:35 |
Label | Atlantic |
Songwriter(s) | Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman |
Producer(s) | Darren Higman |
Audio sample | |
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]