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"Chop Suey!" is a single from American metal band System of a Down. In addition to becoming one of the group's most popular songs and arguably one of the most well-known metal songs of the 21st century, the song has been parodied in multiple ways, particularly the song's fast-paced verses.

Origin

"Chop Suey!" was the lead single off System of a Down's second album Toxicity, released on August 28th, 2001, a week before the release of the album.

Spread

The song became one of the group's best-known and most critically acclaimed songs. "Chop Suey!" was nominated for a 2002 grammy award for Best Metal Performance.^[1] It peaked at number 7 on the US Alternative Music charts.^[2]

The song has several notable parodies, including spoofs by Tenacious D (shown below, left) and Weird Al Yankovic.

YouTuber Tongo Oficial posted the most popular parody on YouTube, gaining over 15 million views with his take on the song (shown below, top left). Other popular parodies include a Bork cover made by Insane Cherry that gained over 5.6 million views (shown below, top right ), a Replacement Remix posted by animorphs that gained over 3.9 million views (shown below, bottom left), and a Hit Those Notes parody by Magik Mike that gained over 437,000 views (shown below, bottom right).

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