Covers and Parodies
Sam Sparro performed an acoustic version of the song on the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge which was then released as a B-Side to his single 21st Century Life. Busta Rhymes also produced a remixed version of the song.
The American band VersaEmerge has covered the song on YouTube, as well as at their live shows. Another American band that has covered the song at their live shows is Fall Out Boy. The French pop folk band Cocoon also famously covered this song, which is available on Vimeo. Australian rapper Kid Mac MBK and Australian Idol winner Casey Donovan covered this song, with the title of "Australian Boy".
The song has been parodied internationally, with the eponymous character changed to be an:
- "Arab Friend" by Bago Dago.
- "Canadian Boy" by Famous and Andreena Mill
- "Cantonese Boy" by Only Won and Larissa Lam.
- "Chinese Boy" by Dave Soul.
- "Armenian Boy" by Hamish & Andy.
- "Egyptian Boy" by EgyptianG.
- "Somerset Boy" by Chris Moyles.
- "Fake American Boy" by Peven Everett.
- "Jamaican Boy" by Bost & Bim ft. Brisa Roché & Lone Ranger.
- John McCain by James@War
- "Hungarian Boy" by Ben & Tony.
- "Malaysian Boy" is adaptation song from "American Boy" and this song for Independent Day Of Malaysian 2011 by Malaysian DJ and Artist.
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Famous quotes containing the words covers and/or parodies:
“The covers of this book are too far apart.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)
“The parody is the last refuge of the frustrated writer. Parodies are what you write when you are associate editor of the Harvard Lampoon. The greater the work of literature, the easier the parody. The step up from writing parodies is writing on the wall above the urinal.”
—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)