"Everything Is Awesome" is the theme song to the 2014 Warner Bros. Pictures film The Lego Movie. It was written by Shawn Patterson,[1] Jo Li,[2][3] and The Lonely Island. The single and pop version featured in the end credits of the movie was produced by Mark Mothersbaugh[4] and performed by Tegan and Sara in collaboration with The Lonely Island. The version of "Everything Is Awesome" featured in The Lego Movie scene, official trailer,[5] TV spots,[6][7][8] video game, and featurette[9] was produced by Bartholomew[10] and performed by Bartholomew and Lisa Harriton under the name Jo Li. A third version appears in The Lego Batman Movie, performed by Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine. On January 26, 2014, the song received its first US radio airplay via Anything Anything with Rich Russo on WXPK-FM, WRAT-FM and WDHA-FM.[11] Sara Quin of Tegan and Sara said in a Billboard interview: We want to be a "serious" musical band, while also being humorous people, but this was so adorable, and the movie looked great, and the opportunity to do something with Mark Mothersbaugh and the Lonely Island ... it was sort of a no-brainer, and it's turned out to be this really cool moment.
We feel like it was a win-win. In an interview to Fox News, Mark Mothersbaugh says the song "was supposed to be like mind control early in the film. It's totally irritating, this kind of mindless mantra to get people up and working." The music video features Lego versions of Tegan and Sara as well as The Lonely Island's Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone. Parts of the video were made using brickfilming. "Everything is Awesome" debuted at No. 7 on the Dance/Electronic Songs chart, with 34,000 downloads in its first week (Nielsen SoundScan) and 11 on the Irish Charts. It also charted 35 on the Canadian Hot 100. The song charted 17 on the UK Charts and charted 3 on the UK Indie. In the US Billboard Hot 100, the song charted 57.[15] As of June 2014, the single had sold 418,000 copies in the United States. International Business Times described the song as a parody of creeping fascism, saying that the song "seems little more than an infectiously catchy parody of watered-down radio pop, right down to the faux-dubstep breakdown.
There’s a lot more happening under the surface, however." As one of the songs nominated for Best Original Song at the 2015 Oscars, "Everything is Awesome" was performed as a large-scale musical number featuring not only Tegan and Sara and The Lonely Island, but also on-stage appearances by Mothersbaugh (paying homage to his 1970s group Devo by wearing a LEGO version of the distinctive Devo energy dome), DJ Questlove, and comic actor Will Arnett dressed as Batman (in the film, Arnett provides the voice of Batman and sings the mocking heavy metal composition "Untitled Self Portrait", an excerpt of which was incorporated into the "Everything Is Awesome" performance).[18] According to LEGO Movie co-director Christopher Miller, for this on-stage appearance, Arnett wore the Batman costume originally worn by Val Kilmer in the 1995 film Batman Forever.[19] Arnett also lip-synced to the song on the Reality TV Show Lip Sync Battle, while dressed as Emmet, the character voiced by Chris Pratt in The Lego Movie.
^ [1] "Playlists for 1/26/14" ^ a b 'The Lego Movie': Why Tegan & Sara Went Chirpy for 'Everything Is Awesome' (Video). ^ Devo lead singer dishes on creating catchy 'Lego' song. ^ How 'The Lego Movie' And 'Everything Is Awesome' Parody Creeping Everyday Fascism. ^ WATCH: ‘Everything is Awesome’ at the Oscars Thanks to Will Arnett’s Batman and Oprah, Variety. accessed February 25, 2015 ^ Nick Romano, Will Arnett Wore A Piece Of Batman History At The Oscars. ^ ARIA Australian Top 40 Digital Tracks | Australia's Official Top 40 Digital Downloads. ^ "Tegan and Sara – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Tegan and Sara. Retrieved February 23, 2014. ^ "Chart Track: Week 09, 2014". Retrieved February 24, 2014. ^ ".nz – Tegan And Sara feat. The Lonely Island – Everything Is Awesome". ^ "Archive Chart: March 1, 2014". Scottish Singles Top 40. ^ "1, 2014/ Archive Chart: March 1, 2014" UK Singles Chart. ^ "1, 2014/ Archive Chart: March 1, 2014" UK Indie Chart.
^ "Tegan and Sara – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Tegan and Sara. ^ Comedy Digital Tracks : Feb 15, 2014. ^ Hot Dance/Electronic Songs : Mar 1, 2014. ^ Tegan and Sara - Chart history for Heatseekers Songs. . Retrieved February 23, 2014. ^ If necessary, click, then click, then select, then clickLego told 'everything is not awesome' in viral Greenpeace video. Retrieved January 28, 2015.Your current browser isn't compatible with SoundCloud. Please download one of our supported browsers. While it’s hard to imagine anything that could reach the infectious, earworm-y highs of The Lego Movie’s ‘Everything is Awesome’, some newly-released tracks from The Lego Batman Movie try very hard. And also allegedly feature Alfred Pennyworth shredding a guitar in a rather radical fashion. Ahead of the film’s release next week, Warner Bros. has released the soundtrack for The Lego Batman Movie online, giving us a listen of some of the key songs recorded for the film.
Batman himself gets his own suitably rocking theme song—although it’s not Will Arnett singing, but Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump doing the best Lego Batman impression he can.It’s not a bad Bats impression at all, and a perfect theme for the character, from the references to the classic 1966 TV show’s theme, to the fact that it’s pretty much entirely meant to be Batman bragging about how he’s the best at everything. Because, well, he’s Batman.Arnett does appear in the film’s credits song, ‘Friends Are Family’ by Oh, Hush—coming in for a Batman-voiced rap interlude before passing over for Alfred doing a guitar solo.It’s definitely got the poppy vibe that could make it a rival to ‘Everything Is Awesome’, but honestly? The thought of Alfred rocking out on a guitar might be the best thing about it. I hope that is part of the credits roll. The full soundtrack is now available to listen to on Spotify.Someone's made a metal version of The Lego Movie theme EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!!!
The Lego Movie theme sounds brutal now Get everything Korn related here Lego, the only thing more Danish than Carlsberg and Lars Ulrich, have been making plastic blocks for infant brickies since 1949. Since then, they've added pretty much anything you can wear, play with or carry to their huge range. Two years ago, the took the world by surprise by releasing one of the greatest films of all time: The Lego Movie. It featured the voices of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks and Will Arnett and it appears the whole world thought it was brilliant; it earned serious awards and grossed $469 million too. One thing stood out among the whip-smart writing and flawless animation: the theme song EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!!!, which was performed by Tegan and Sara featuring The Lonely Island. It was nominated for an Academy Award and has spawned many irrirating covers. This week, Norwegian musican Leo Moracchioli filmed his very own version of the song and gave it the metal treatment – and it's amazing.