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"For the Damaged Coda" is a song by indie rock band Blonde Redhead which came to prominence after it was used in an episode of Rick and Morty as the theme for the "Evil Morty" character.

Origin

"For the Damaged Coda" was released by Blonde Redhead on the album Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons, which was released on June 6th, 2000. An upload of the song by YouTuber zipperpig from February 5th, 2008, gained over 17 million views.

Spread

The song saw a slight surge in popularity when it was used in the Season 1 Rick and Morty episode "Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind" as the theme for Evil Morty.^[1] The episode aired April 7th, 2014 (shown below, left). It became much more popular after it was used in the Season 3 episode "Tales From the Citadel," which aired September 10th, 2017 (shown below, right).

The theme saw some popularity prior to the airing of "Tales From the Citadel." An extended cut of the song posted by YouTuber Server on April 17th, 2017 gained over 10 million views (shown below, left). A piano cover of the track posted by ThePandaTooth on May 8th, 2017, gained over 1.7 million views (shown below, right).

Several popular remixes appeared on YouTube after "Tales From the Citadel." A Trap remix of the track posted by Trap City on September 13th, 2017, gained over 32 million views (shown below, left). On October 30th, 2017, an orchestral remix of the track was uploaded by user Tommy Lapointe Blondin, gaining over 272,000 views.

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