How To Write A Love Song | Music Videos | Axis Of Awesome

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LYRICS
Steel String Guitar
Chimes
Synthetic Percussion
Baby Girl, I wanna show you how much I really love you
How much I really love you
Baby Girl, That's what I call you to show you that my love for you is true
Baby Girl, my love is so great that I wrote you this song
and to show you how much I really care it sounds like every other one
The beat kicks in and then I sing a bit more rhythmically
To make it sensual I sing it in a minor key
I move my hands like I'm pushing someone in front of me (get out of my way)
Now that's the first verse and now I'm gonna take it to the bridge
I say something 'bout how I dont wanna break up
then I turn around and rhyme it with make up
I tell you that we should be together
How Long, Forever
That's Long, and Ever
So Long
Girl you're always in my heart (In my Heart)
and I never wanna be apart (Never be apart)
Honey you'll always be mine (Baby be Mine)
Baby girl it's chorus time
This is how you write a love song
Yeah this is how you write a cliche love song
This is how you write a love song
Yeah a shitty 90's R n' B love song
This is my backup and he sings quite breathilly (Breathilly)
He takes the words I sing and sings them after me (Sings em after me)
He emphasises words and sings emphatically (I SING EMPHATICALLY)
Now listen to us singing acapella harmony
Now we're back at the bridge
I haven't written anything for this
So. I'm. gonna. stretch. out. the words.
repeating everything i say
Til I get, Til I get
Til I get, Til I get
Til I get, Til I get
Yeah Til I get back to the chorus
This is how you write a love song
Yeah a shitty, shitty, shitty, shitty love song
And to show you I care I throw my hands in the air
And cut the music while I sing a long noooooooote
Hey girl I've been standing at the back not doing much for this song
But that's because my talents are quite limited
But that don't mean that I love you any less
In fact it means the opposite (Im just showing off my voice)
It's just that it's so hard for me to find the words
To really express the way that I feel about you girl
Especially when I have to worry about fitting those words to music
And there's some kind of rhyme structure involved (Meaningless Whisper)
I know it's lazy song writing but I dont care
Cos I sleep on a big pile of money at night
girl You might think it's weird girl
that there's three guys singing about just one girl girl
But let me tell you something girl it's not weird at all
In fact girl It's an industry standard
and it happens all the time (Happens all the time)
Well girl I better wrap this up about now cos I'm about to get cut off by..
Baby I wrote you a love song
It wasn't hard and it really didn't take long
A totally generic love song
Yeah really this could be about anyone, but it's for you
yeah this is your love song, Non-Specific girl
To let you know we take it seriously
Then watch as we change the key
When you change the key in a love song
It means you're singing passionately
but we still haven't reached the end
now were gonna go and change the key again
Look at me I'm singing a love song
Yeah anyone can sing a shitty love song
Our love is so unique
That I copied every other shitty love song
Girl.
Written and Performed by The Axis of Awesome
Directed by Brad Schulz

[@YoungJusticeLuv]

I love the "meaningless whisper..." haha!

[@hl_crowbar]

Careless whisper

[@tennesseeponderer3146]

Whispering sweet nothings

[@jasonapollo9916]

That'd be their version of Careless Whisper

[@xieotv2386]

*Im just showing off my voiiiice*

[@SimoneintheSkies]

"Hey girl, I've been standing in the not doing much. That's because my talents are quite limited." SO TRUE

[@SimoneintheSkies]

"Hey girl, I better wrap this up because I'm about to cut off by- WOAH WO OH U O U O!" 😂😂😂😂😂

Now we're back at the bridge, I haven't written anything for this, so I'm goooooonnaaaaa streeeeetch oooout the woooooords. :D My favorite part, so much honesty. :D

[@Dowlphin]

_You're my little bridge._

[@Citiesinmotionplayer]

I love self-aware music

[@dharamraj4923]

😂😂😂😂

[@dudeistpreist5721]

Repeat stuff. By bo burnham.

[@rainyrachael]

"I'm just showing off my voice!" I DIED

[@cedrickrajotte7612]

rachaelmay RIP

[@dannielpreto]

rachaelmay RIP in peace

[@AdamSamuhel]

rachaelmay hahah yeah!

[@TheTrueVirus22]

+dannielpreto Rip in peace = Rest in peace in peace

[@dannielpreto]

Daniel Einsiedel Yup and it's good ol' internet meme.

[@shanaweerakoon6609]

Hey girl I've been standing at the back not doing much for this song But that's because my talents are quite limited That would be me

[@MaikoSan00]

Girl You might think it's weird girl that there's three guys singing about just one girl girl But let me tell you something girl it's not weird at all In fact girl It's an industry standard and it happens all the time - *nailed it* XD

[@RobertAslinMusic]

Little Miss Cassi today, it goes like this: "Girl, you might think it's weird, girl, that there's two guys and a girl singing about just one girl, girl"

[@TheFakeAliG]

Robert Aslin Music As if we needed another use of the word girl. Transitioning is cool and I'm happy for Jordan, but it doesn't make this verse simpler

[@reecewearing9078]

i come back here once every couple years to remind myself of my roots

[@tommorrison9490]

I showed this to my friend who only speaks Spanish, and he said it seemed like it could be a real live song.

[@where0is0my0mind]

Heh. Well they are good musicians, so I guess other than the words they couldn't quite make it really bad :P

[@AA-hg5fk]

It is a real song!

[@joshuakirkham9593]

I was on the train (busy) when i first saw this song. Bursting out laughing in the middle of 30 people is great. 😂

[@tazthedevil22]

Just wrote a love song using this technique. Now my wife and I are together for 8 years.

[@movatozblog3705]

10 already, are you still hanging on?

[@tazthedevil22]

@@movatozblog3705 yes sir! And even a 2 year old running around.

[@Jefff72]

"So long"

[@gingergamergirl98]

This is so accurate it's scary lol

[@TheScottishSprayer]

Hilarious but true!

[@trulahn]

Every N'Sync and Back Street Boy song.

[@chivalrousjack]

Seriously!

[@chivalrousjack]

I love you guys. ...no homo.

[@Milinnad]

Totally didn't expect that ending... I spat out whatever was in my mouth at the last 'girl'. Genius. Genius. Genius.

[@philiphockenbury6563]

Makes me laugh every time

[@julianfinch9590]

Cuz im bout to be cut off by------*waling mixed with singing* This is so true. They all sound like this.

[@aLukepop]

I mean it might be cliche. But it still sounds nice.

[@aLukepop]

Including these ones. Also, they can be sweet. Cliche isn't NECESSARILY a bad thing.

[@ashdweeb9063]

jon bad but it loses the feeling in it, if they're so stupidly cliche, there's no meaning to it anymore brilliant video here though pointing out all these flaws 👌🏻

[@nirvanabunny626]

And I tell you that we should be together (How long?) Forever (That long) And ever (So long) LOL

[@Dowlphin]

"So long" is a bad choice of words in a love song. 😄

[@glowstoneunknown]

@@Dowlphin well it DOES depend on the context

[@LatelyOggy]

I love this, it's so clever. I completely forgot about this song!

[@stadams16]

ok. x

[@LatelyOggy]

what?

[@LuizEMachadoMusic]

instructions not clear enough, made a death metal song

[@michaelcrowell4444]

Luiz E. Machado Headbanged so hard it caused whiplash so hard it snapped vertebrae

[@katiathecake-lovingcat6912]

Luiz E. Machado funniest thing, I was wondering if there was such thing as a death metal love song. New boyfriend requirement.

[@de3dfr3d9]

+DarkMage2020 1 Ha! I'm waiting for the "How to Write a Power Ballad"!

[@katiathecake-lovingcat6912]

de3dfr3d nice

[@sylverfyre]

+de3dfr3d That pretty much gets you the 4 chords song, though.

[@catbert7]

Absolute gold. The funniest part about this is that not only are they spot on with every jibe but it's actually a pleasant song to listen to :P I think my favorite is "Really this could be about anyone... but it's for yoouu." :D

[@tomslick1650]

Still better than most songs today

[@kourtneycrumpet]

these guys are so under rated, they're brilliant☺️!

[@dracocrusher]

"Yeah, gurl, you think it's weird there's 3 people sing'n about 1 person? It's not odd, gurl, it's the industry standard. It happens all da time!" (other two people) "Happens allll thee timeee!" Girl: (looks at them like "what the f*ck???") This is just amazing, lol!

[@JaneViolet_]

Strangely enough, this parody is actually a lot more complex than a good deal of actual love songs. This has heaps of different chords in it, when usually it would only be like 4 at most.

[@pigeonshouse]

Axis of awesome wrote a song about that as well.

[@lineageloki]

4 cords you say ..........

[@jbcoops]

4 chords? get the fuck outta here chicken little! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@StefanGG]

"I'm just showing off my voice..." YES Every damn love song. You guys nailed it!

[@Theturtleowl]

The whisper got me

[@rizzamaeong]

meaningless whisperrrrrr...

[@quillion3rdoption]

Do "How to Write a Breakup Song", too!

[@KittieReneeChae]

Yeah, actually that sounds like a great idea!

[@michaelgraham9774]

How is this only at 2 and a half million views? These guys have so much gold on this channel that didn't get the love it deserved

[@barneymcgrew4955]

It's strange to look back on older AoA songs and seeing one of the members of the band at a phase in their life when they felt they had to hide a significant part of who they really are underneath. I mean, just take off the hats, Lee. We were all going to be cool with you coming out as bald.

[@Dowlphin]

At some point I'm gonna come out as being dead. But I have no idea when that's gonna happen. It's super-popular though, so it's definitely just a matter of time.

[@SartorialDragon]

i love that these jokes have overflown from the elephant in the room comment section :D - bald move!

[@virkgale]

I don't get why we are all ignoring that Benny is a Jukebox dude a motherf**king birdplane , sorry Jukebox

[@AA-hg5fk]

Glad that Lee is now comfortable with being bald

[@julio3275]

I love 90s boyband songs, and I love this song.

[@peacefuljeffrey]

This is probably the single funniest and most potent parody song I have ever heard.

[@paulrippcord506]

The best part of this song "I don't care because I sleep on a big pile on money."

[@DrFalse]

the best music tutorial ever!

[@SimoneintheSkies]

"How long?" "That long." "So long!" I'm laughing to hard!

[@anactualcloud]

My favorite part of the song, for how the lines interleave: Yeah really this could be about anyone But it’s for you Yeah This is your love song

[@tannercollins9863]

every r&b song from the 2000s

[@lilfizz1619]

This and 4 Chords I saw in Music class at school, but I came back because YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME

[@magpie405]

that was absolutely brilliant I siiiing emphatically!

[@morandalec3869]

Axis of Awesome and Flight of the Conchords are my favorite comedy groups with music. Holy hell this is great coming back after a decade

[@ladymanladyful]

these people deserve more attention

[@genesys184]

THE BEST LOVE SONG EVER...Thanks for reminding us that every love song has the same ingredients....GUYS YOUR THE BEST.....Awesome LYRICS........

[@jaderupe62]

Lmfao. When he was drawing her, I instantly said "Draw me like you draw your French girls." haha

[@PostingIntensifies]

That's classic. (read with Zach Galifianakis voice)

[@nah-nh8yg]

*face palm*

[@Kermit_Da_frog916]

This song is so awesome

[@degen83]

damn, these guys have good voices. Benny tho, crazy talented.

[@qapiojg]

All the love songs on valentine's day reminded me of this song so much. Had to come back and listen to it.

[@shinythesnail]

Dat Lee's smolder is absolutely killing :D

[@MrJohn1991]

What I like about this is it goes into detail about how a song can be structured, almost like a music lesson. Brilliant

[@suziesuzuki5134]

REPEAT STUFF REPEAT STUFF REPEAT STUFF REPEAT STUFF REPEAT STUFF YEAH

[@LowkiXDiator]

i knew i'm not the only one

[@philipgibbs9532]

XDiator

[@ashdweeb9063]

Suziesuzuki HAHA

[@ashdweeb9063]

gotta love bo

[@SamuelSwinton]

I'm all about word, words, words

[@kunstderfugue]

I love the "i'm just showing off my voice", cuz benny's voice is the sexiest thing in the entire world

[@janebryenton9861]

Brilliant! Confirms what I've always thought about the banal churning out of ineffectual modern love songs. Go Axis of Awesome. Talented brave guys. 👍🏻🎺🎤🎼

[@laylanazzal8639]

Changing the key was what made this song perfect to me!

[@billyum608]

*meaningless comment*

-meaningless whisperrrrrrr-

[@lilfizz1619]

Billy Lipoff meaningless reply

[@Heather-hy5hi]

I thought I lol'd at the other replies....until I read yours. That was perfect.

[@EmjayLapus]

...girl

[@genma200sj]

I'm just showing off my wit

[@johann3dsouza]

One of the best songs out there, girl.

[@Unboundedominion]

To make it more sensual, I sing it in a minor key. I move my hand like I'm pushing somebody in front of me. I take it to the bridge. I say something about how I don't want to break up. And then I turn it around and make it rhyme with make up. This is how you write a love song ~(Yeah a cliché love song) This is my back up and sing breathily. He takes my words and sings them after me. ~(After me)

[@Werscajk]

You are legit, girl. They are axis of awesome girl. They have to be awesome, girl...

[@lucaschacon8362]

Love songs never last more than 4 minutes

[@Deltasquad382943]

Welp, I'm glad I broke that rule XD

[@WakenerOne]

They did in the seventies!

[@fiestero76]

@@WakenerOne and in 90's.... "November rain" as an example

[@fenderstratguy]

This is sheer genius

[@kenzieskye3053]

I lost it at "meaningless whisper"

[@dadnoonan]

This is is so dang clever! The Bob Ross of music! Four chords began this group, your art is a cultural icon! Major Kudos!!

[@Inbetweener]

I remember when i first saw this on funny or die it was repeat now i found it in 2015 it's still awesome

[@SukotoT]

This is the best love song I've heard

[@Barronvonburp]

Still a better love story than twilight (I checked all the comments via Cntrl F, in all comments tab, and there was none like this, I'm dissapointed)

[@harryarmitage5312]

Barronvonburp D'Angelo I'm disappointed that you can't spell disappointed.

[@Barronvonburp]

Harry Armitage When i realized this, I felt violated, but not enough to actually change anything..

[@JJorJaje]

Diss the disappointment? 😁

[@qetoun]

Masterpiece.

[@DjFiyaFrost]

i am so gonna try this for fun

[@tomryan2635]

man, they really nailed it. it reminds of that old NOFX song "please play this song on the radio'

[@Maerahn]

You know it's true love when he calls you "non-specific girl!"

[@yoyoninjaboy86]

That's some awesome key changing. I'm so moved

[@taekwondodude8]

At the end: "Girl." XD

[@imvalidusername9546]

XDDD

[@BabanIllustration]

great tutorial, thanks!

[@draquela]

Lol awesome. They should've drifted off & lowered the volume in the end and be like, "and this is how we end a shitty love song, just drifting off cuz it's a shitty love song...." hahaha

[@IMTEternity]

this is the axis of awesome!!!

[@devonhicks1443]

I want someone to write a literal, unfunny love song under this EXACT format. Notes, melody, instructions and everything.

[@idjit1897]

hmmm…. i’ll give it a go but i’m only one untalented person with no recording equipment 😭😭

[@MrGigawatt5]

keep harmonies and every as is and put real words and you have a hit.

[@nah-nh8yg]

I feel like im going to die right now Love songs are like the shittiest thing on the planet and I just love you guys so much omfg

[@nah-nh8yg]

... How was that emo at all?

[@Maxodex]

stridercest shipster you should write a love song to express how much you love them xD

[@nah-nh8yg]

Oh. My. God.

[@katiathecake-lovingcat6912]

MaxodeX well she has instructions

[@christinebrett4825]

Hysterical. I love these three! My daughter and I love you all

[@immortalfallen]

...girl

[@horstleidenroth2498]

Leute ihr seid einfach obergeil so tolle Musik hört man viel zu selten superdankeschoen

[@DrunkenGlums]

*meaningless whispeeerrr* lol

[@sleepyfrank6359]

Im in love with this band now

[@froztrngde]

IT'S JUST LIKE THE LYRICS OF "BOYZ II MEN - END OF THE ROAD" HAHAHAHAHA I'M LAUGHIN' SO HARD XD

[@ras613pa]

Yes, "meaningless whisper" got me too. THE BEST!

[@tiptapkey]

People keep saying Justin Timberlake or NSync, but if you've never heard it, listen to Boyz II Men - End of the Road. It's 100% this song from 1993.

[@swimmer751]

I love these guys. They are phenomenal. Would love to see them live!

[@bmoney2011]

Benny in that hoodie makes him look like a high school senior.

[@adafrost6276]

This is my goto love making song from now on.

[@Connoreda]

Anyone immediately think of No Scrubs when it started?

[@krnvvv]

First i thought in Cry me a River, but when he started to sing it sounds more like What Goes Around Comes Around, both by Justin Timberlake

[@froztrngde]

+Connor Reda Lee's part (the "talent is quite limited" talking part) may actually be a parody of Boyz II Men's End of the Road. It's actually like that, with the walking stick and all. XD

[@Connoreda]

Oh yea, I forgot about Boys II Men. I am not familiar with their music, but I bet there are a lot of homages in this video to them. From what I understand, they were very popular.

[@plumgruesome]

Loved the "girl" at the end

[@bobatea57]

isnt it a prechorus not a bridge?

[@yannickanceaux9666]

you're right, but I don't think that that would have fitted

[@KFyre]

The beginning will always get me.

[@jnet546]

"My talents are limited" hahah oh lee

[@Urathamax]

I crease up every time Lee comes in.

[@prestongarvey2988]

They ultimate do not laugh. But seriously I love this song I'm just going to throw this at my classmates and watch them die from laughing. This song is so true

[@vaniamelamed5285]

Best key changes ever.

[@Wolf_Mama]

I need this to be in my wedding. I don't know how, but I'll fucking make it work. XD

[@MehdiHaghgoo]

Pure genius!

[@theorlandoproject1210]

Like im pushing some in front of me whispers: "get out my way " hahahahha

[@Alonoda]

Meaning less whisper... this is AWESOME!!!

[@chesterfiled7221]

Meaningless whispeerrr... :D

[@schattentaenzerin]

I was listening to "Unconditional love" by Hi-five and randomly started singing "Non-specific giiiiirl". It even fits that weird "guy randomly just talking part" so perfectly. I mean no disrespect to either, but I highly recommend comparing those songs. I still like this one better, since it could be about anyone, *but it's for me, this is my love song* 😁 You guys really nailed this!

[@user-nx6vn7ry3e]

I lost it at “meaningless whisper.”