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Song Parodies -> "Chik fil A"

Original Song Title:

"Yesterday"

Original Performer:

The Beatles

Parody Song Title:

"Chik fil A"

Parody Written by:

Callmelennie

The Lyrics

This is a slightly more pro Chik fil A rendition of the "Yesterday" parody posted a few days ago. I also did a slightly different take on Brock O'Brahma's "Hey, you've got to dine at Chik fil A" to take account of the latest developments
Chik fil A
All your losses seem so far away
Now record sales are here to stay
Oh, I'll go eat at Chik fil A

Suddenly, Rahm's not half the threat he used to be
Removed a shadow hanging over me
Oh Chik fil A stirred the blood in me

Why our numbers grow, they don't know
The things they say
They said something wrong now we throng to Chik fil A

Chik fil A
Boycotting's a game that we can play
Now I want to see the lunch buffet
Oh, I'll still eat at Chik fil A

Why they forced this show, we don't know
They've gone astray
They tried something wrong, now we throng to Chik fil A

Chik fil A
This is a game we're forced to play
Now I think I'll have the Fudge Sundae
Oh I believe in Chik fil A

Mmmmm , mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm
Chik fil A

(Uhh, thank you very much, and now for Side B, "Hey, You've Got to Dine at Chik fil A")

Wait to dine in a mile long line
Our backs are pushed to the wall
If it goes on, our freedom's gone
Seized by a leftie cabal

All the while the old folks smile
To pass the time away
I can see they agree with me
As I hear them say

HEY! You got to dine at Chik fil A
HEY! You got to dine at Chik fil A

Why these guys even try
It's an unreal thing
Zoning ban for a Christian stand
Where am I, in Beijing?

How could they start this fray
Kowtowed to their left wing
Gather round you Marxist clowns
Hear us as we sing

HEY! You got designs on Chik fil A
HEY! That's why we dine at Chik fil A

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Voting Results

 
Pacing: 4.3
How Funny: 4.3
Overall Rating: 4.3

Total Votes: 28

Voting Breakdown

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    Pacing How Funny Overall Rating
 1   4
 4
 4
 
 2   0
 1
 0
 
 3   1
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 4   2
 0
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 5   21
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Barry J. Mitchel - August 03, 2012 - Report this comment
I would prefer that you had made separate submissions with appropriate performer credits. The fudge sundae line is a bit lame. Pacing good except for lines 6 & 7 and cabal & Beijing (extra syllable each).
Callmelennie - August 03, 2012 - Report this comment
I put the two together so that I might submit it to another website which may post the two together. One thing Lee Crowe and Robert Arendt missed is that McCartney repeats the last two refrains. I'm guessing they were working of a song lyrics web site. I was about to make the same mistake, but then it struck me "That's just too short, doesn't McCartney repeat something somewhere?"
Meriadoc - August 03, 2012 - Report this comment
I thought the one from the other day looked too short. Been caught in a few of those lyric sites snafus ourselves. Now we always play the OS and compare before submitting.

Liked the "now I want to see the lunch buffet" line.
Rob Arndt - August 03, 2012 - Report this comment
CML, in my case I am not operating off the OS lyrics at all, but someone else's parody :)
Brock O'Brahma - August 03, 2012 - Report this comment
I like this record. I believe it plays at 55.5 RPM. (45.5 on one turntable :)
Porfle Popnecker - August 03, 2012 - Report this comment
All these Chick-fil-A parodies are making me hungry for some Chick-fil-A!
Norma Stitz - August 03, 2012 - Report this comment
Right Wing Crappola.
Porfle Popnecker - August 04, 2012 - Report this comment
Is he related to Francis Ford Crappola?
Tommy Turtle - August 04, 2012 - Report this comment
What BJM said about separate subs -- you can submit them together to the other site -- and about pacing, with a couple more noted:

Line 3, one short.
“This is a game we're forced to play” - also one short.

Also what Barry said about Sundae: not lame, but it places an awkward stress on “-dae” vs. TOS:
HIDE a-WAY
FUDGE sunDAE -- awkward.

Same with:
ALL my TROUbles SEEMED so FAR aWAY
BOYcottING’s .... Awkward to stress “-ing”, but TOS’s trochaic tetrameter in this line would require it.

Relax -- you don’t need to learn those fancy terms. Just read Tommy Turtle's Tips for Perfect Parody Pacing, only two pages long, and you’ll nail both pacing and stresses in no time.

http://home.earthlink.net/~tommythedancingturtle/id3.html

Also, as Merry said, listen to TOS yourself, rather than pace to someone else who didn’t listen himself, but rather paced to someone else, and who in the past has stated openly that he doesn’t care about pacing... although TBPH, having parodied this OS 14 times on my own and twice with a co-author, I can pretty much do it (and critique it) in my head.

It’s been noted before that TT rarely spends this much time critiquing unless he believes the author has the capability to do much better. I believe you do. For starters, choose better role models. You said some very kind words at my MM parody of this same posting day, and also at the “American Pie” parody/tribute of Feb. 3rd (anniversary of the tragedy),
      http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/donmclean181.shtml
So not only is my entire catalog yours to browse, but so are those of Merry/Pippin, Leo Keough, Andy Primus, and many others who are known for strict pacing. (No offense to those whose names weren’t included, which is far too many to list.) Judge for yourself; see the comments authors receive from other highly-respected authors, and study accordingly.

On a positive note, it is very rare here for any one author to do parodies showing both sides of an issue. Almost all are strictly partisan. Props for that, so overall vote = 354.

p.s.: Great zinger to Norma Stitz (rather crude pun there, Norma), who didn’t even bother to read that you were balancing POVs. NS is presumably the 1-bomber. Good comeback (another mark of potential), and ignore the vote, as we all do with Unabombers.
Peregrin - August 04, 2012 - Report this comment
Porfle: great riposte :)
Callmelennie - August 04, 2012 - Report this comment
I must say, TT whenever you show up at Amiright, you take the place by STORM! And thank you for your insinuation that I have talent. I sort of knew it all along, but hearing it from the likes of you is encouraging. I don't know exactly who you are, but I know you're not just anybody! And yes I'm aware that the parody is a little sloppy; but now that I know that you're lurking about, I'll start minding my P's and Q's :-D
Patrick - August 04, 2012 - Report this comment
I stopped in at the local Chick-fil-A the day after the big lines. Even so, the place was still crowded and they ran out of salads and potatoes. When the manager announced that, no one left. I noticed the box of chicken nuggets said "No Cholesterol or Trans Fat". In my book, that makes them "health food". Fun idea doing a parody of the flip side. Maybe someone will do one of "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!".
Andy Primus - August 04, 2012 - Report this comment
I’m from the UK and had never heard of Chick-fil-A until these recent parodies. Who have you been upsetting to get one-bombed twice? I see that Norma Stitz differentiates between the right wing and the left wing but makes no mention of the other parts of the chicken.
Tommy Turtle - August 05, 2012 - Report this comment
Callmelennie: I'm exactly who it says in the bio at my home page. ;-D ... and you shouldn't strive to improve for *my* sake, or for anyone else's other than your own. (Pride of craftsmanship? Self-esteem?)
    I'd pace and structure parodies correctly even if no one read them, which was often the case for many years before the Internet. That way, it becomes an ingrained habit, an autopilot. If you only do them well when you're afraid you might get called on them, then it's easy to make sloppiness a habit.
    OTOH, if you were to write every parody as though The Ghost Of TT were watching, well, whatever works for you! :)

My bio:
http://www.amiright.com/parody/authors/tommyturtle.shtml
Coincidentally, you'll also find there 437 parodies. If you wanted to browse the parodies of "Yesterday" without repeated searching, you could just click on "Original Title", which will re-sort the parodies in alphabetical order of the OSs. (Hint: "Yesterday" will be toward the end, wink -- unless you click "Original Title" again, which reverses the alphabetical order and brings the Ys near the top.) Same for any other author whose style you'd like to observe, of course.


Andy Primus: It's a bitter, recent controversy in the US. The main part of the chicken omitted by NS is that which applies to all flamers and unabombers: chicken-s**t. (Please tell me that translates EOP!)
TT @ Porfle Popnecker - August 05, 2012 - Report this comment
Sorry, I misattributed the zinger to Norma to Callmelennie. My bad. Nice one, PP. :-D
Porfle Popnecker - August 05, 2012 - Report this comment
Thanks TT and Peregrin!
Meriadoc - August 05, 2012 - Report this comment
TT - your largess on using us as good examples has me mentally cataloging all our pacing and stresses-related (stress-related?) flaws, of which I know we have many. We do strive for meter-perfection, but in many instances we have allowed some to slip in order to force in the word we want - sigh. ('Flat Out of Prell' comes to mind for a couple of doozies).
Harry Balzac - August 05, 2012 - Report this comment
Redneck thinking
TT @ Meriadoc - August 05, 2012 - Report this comment
Merry, as Fiddlegirl will tell you, TT can always find a way to slip in anything he wants to, without forcing it. ;-D

Uh, we're talking about pacing, right? ;) OUCH! -- Stop twisting my arm already! OK, OK, I'll link you to the mass tribute (200 AIRheads, you & P included, of course) that proves that point. (it says so in the outro):

http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/bonnietyler44.shtml

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