Rock Me Amadeus - Parodies and References

Parodies and References

The song has been lampooned and paid tribute to by many:

• "Weird Al" Yankovic included it in his medley "Polka Party!" on the album of that name.
• A Muppet Babies episode used a parody of the song called "Amadogus," based on one of the characters' ancestor.
• In 1986, the an instrumental rendition of the song is heard in the 2nd act of the Ancient Rome stage of Konami's Rock 'N Rage released for arcades.
• A parody version of this song titled "Amateur" was released in 2004 by Mexican hip-hop/rock band Molotov on their 2004 cover album, "Con Todo Respeto." In their version the song starts with a melody of "Aber bitte mit Sahne" by Udo Jürgens, a famous Austrian singer.
• The song is featured in the Simpsons episode, "A Fish Called Selma": Troy McClure performs the part of the human in a musical adaptation of Planet of the Apes. "Amadeus" becomes "Dr. Zaius".
• Jewish parody band Shlock Rock parodied the song as "Achashverosh".
• The song is also featured in the movie Adventureland. The song is played frequently over the amusement park speakers, much to the annoyance of the characters.
• In the Family Guy episode "Petarded", Brian asks Lois if Peter's stupidity bothers her, to which Lois responds that she just represses the thought. The camera then zooms into her brain and shows a tumor with the face of Peter singing, "I'm a tumor; I'm a tumor" to the tune of "Rock Me Amadeus".
• Momus's 2001 album Folktronic contains a song entitled "Folk Me Amadeus".
• Adam Sandler sings along to this song in his truck in the feature film Bedtime Stories.
• LaTour under the name Bud Latour, along with Phoenix Disc Jockey Mike Elliot did a parody called "Rock Me Jerry Lewis" in 1986.
• Selina Griffiths performed a portion of the song on the comedy "Benidorm" at Neptune's Bar on the karaoke stage. The character Pauline is an alcoholic, who treats the song very seriously and performs it very seriously.