If Blink 182 Wrote 'Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)'

This week, we're tackling one of the biggest songs of our generation, probably. I don't even know how to research that, but I feel like it's true. This one's an earworm, so here's my pre-emptive apology for being the cause of you humming this for the rest of the day.
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[@cobuspotgieter]

Petition for Blink-182 to add this to their setlist 🤘🏼 Incredible job!

[@MD-pz3cn]

Cobus you the man!

[@jigenrice]

Do I sense a colab coming soon?

[@swisscourthustle]

They’d butcher it, surely. 😅

[@Ryan-Lehnertz]

I'll second that! haha

[@cebuaknows7537]

please make more videos please ☺️

[@the_Sarahnator]

I appreciate the classic Blink "na na na"s in place of Beyoncé's "oh oh oh"s.

[@Heithel]

We need an AVA version with the yoh-oh-oooh instead of the na-nas!

[@bertweeks2688]

I'm 100% using this song for the bouquet toss at my wedding in two weeks

[@leahtv7778]

How'd it go??

[@nunziocombattelli6311]

@@leahtv7778poorly. flowers stuck in rafters.

[@bertweeks2688]

@@leahtv7778 People loved it!

[@MustacheWax]

Holy shit those 'na na na' parts fit so seamlessly. Great work my friend!

[@mike651]

indeed. the na na na is everything

[@Talynen]

I'd bet money a joke about the na na na part was what started this song for Alex.

[@viniciusgamesbr]

that's exactly what i was thinking and I just rolled to the comments section to check if someone had the same thought

[@Miss_Paige91]

Na na na fits into everything I swear 😂😂

[@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL]

It fits all blink 182 style covers perfectly especially if Tom sings it

[@SCRMedia86]

This is the cover I never knew I wanted SO BAD

[@Matt_Mosley1983]

Avril needs to cover this version

[@justajabronie]

I’ve been waiting for this one. Mans a legend.

[@montsergirl]

Right?!

[@tomacas]

Alex out here keeping Pop Goes Punk alive all by himself. I appreciate what you do, these are great interpretations

[@halfaworldaway]

There's also Todd Barriage!

[@bakklajohn]

@@halfaworldawayAnd Machine Gun Kelly 😂

[@sayvonwhidbee7731]

Matt Cutshawll

[@nathanthomson1931]

If Blink don't invite you to start performing this with them at shows, then they are absolutely nuts!

[@snoboredca]

Why would Blink invite someone who does Blink better than Blink to open for them?

[@ethanwillis6970]

They couldn't care less about some random guy trying to copy them on KZbin LOL

[@nathanthomson1931]

@snoboredca I said "perform with", not perform before. I think it would be amazing to see a live collab

[@nathanthomson1931]

@@ethanwillis6970 because game gotta recognize game 🤷

[@ethanwillis6970]

@@nathanthomson1931 Yeah but Hoppus game nowadays is more along the lines of rich people problems like suing his neighbours over pine trees. He's way beyond paying attention to up and coming artists unfortunately.

[@joshuad1716]

babe wake up Alex is about to take over the internet with this one

[@thedeanofrock3541]

Sometimes I think Alex can Blink better than Blink can Blink. This was awesome!

[@CMClaudio1989]

I was just thinking, "Damn, I might prefer to see him touring with them over Tom right now 😬😅😂"

[@littlemerc827]

I swear, every "If Blink 182 Wrote" video you do is a masterpiece. Keep up the amazing work! ❤

[@i_hate_youtube_handles_it_sux]

It gives us more blink that will never be again

[@scottdw]

Thank you for this Alex. It’s perfect.

[@mrjoshua45]

Songs I don’t like turned into songs I love. Dude does great stuff

[@eliasschmidt1796]

was about to say the same thing lol. he did many songs already that i don't overly enjoy but these covers make them so much cooler

[@sweetgeorgiebrown6143]

well i guess this means you DO like the song, you don't like the production of beyonce the song itself was good all along

[@Unmannedair]

Fair point and spot on!

[@ShaferHart]

He can't improve on the music video though!

[@OffiongEniang]

Well, I absolutely loved the original, and loved this one too.

[@USMC-lr8th]

It's crazy that you could throw this in any one of their albums and not notice. Amazing work!

[@EthanRom]

This man bleeds pop punk. This has got to win the award for the best reinterpreted pop punk cover. This smokes any Punk Goes Pop cover

[@buffysummers2929]

Alex, you’re so talented. Thank you for using your abilities to bring such incredible and pure joy to so many people around the world. I had such a goofy grin on my face throughout this.

[@dtrpunk]

Me too

[@SilverShoes174]

Right?? Lol, made me so happy.

[@MrsNibbles1954]

WHEN WILL IT BE ON SPOTIFY?! I am in love with this cover and need it on repeat

[@meifungliew1637]

1:34 love that the second verse drum beat is different from the first like Travis always do

[@wildrunnernl1933]

i'm usually only lurking like most of us KZbinrs, but this cover was so close to the style of blink 182 i had to make a comment. Keep doing what you're doing! We want more!

[@michaellewis486]

Have you heard his Blink style cover of One Week by Barenaked Ladies? That's a banger, too.

[@wuelbercastillo4367]

I would have never imagined that song played as Blink 182. You're on another level dude, this was so great.

[@TheTechofTech]

Thanks for doing a complete song and not just one verse and chorus like so many other channels. This was absolutely banger!

[@psychlops924]

The “nah nah nah”s at the chorus sent me 😂😂😂 absolute perfection

[@EmbraCraig]

This is fantastic - one of those ‘really shouldn’t work, but you nailed it’ ones. Might be some of your best drumming on this one as well 😮

[@kerwin703]

Dude, I've known for years now -- you're brilliant. I wouldn't mind your Blink take on everything. Seriously.

[@PatrickBoberg]

This is the best Blink 182 rewrap in a while. Works incredibly well. Kind of wish they'd actually perform this...

[@Gehis514]

These covers single handedly put me back onto listening to blink 182 in the modern day, actually incredible stuff

[@eubie6506]

Alex is becoming too powerful

[@Landofalcon007]

This man is single(ha)-handedly keeping the Punk Goes Pop tradition alive.

[@FollowChrist2020]

Dude, this was too good. You’re getting to a flawless point with these covers. I put my phone down and forgot this wasn’t blink 182. Unbelievably good job!

[@aimhigh3701]

I am in love with your music man. You have really created something beautiful with all these blink covers... Hard to put words to the feeling I get listening to this... Just... really really meaningful... Blink was my youth and the sound of their music makes me think of care-free wonderful days of infinite possibility, romance and emotion.

[@hellomello258]

It is absolutely absurd how well this works. You made some great choices to make it work even better than just A + B. I particularly like lengthening the last syllable of the last line of each verse. It's a small change with a big effect, especially given how staccato Beyonce's version is.

[@LGAustralia]

Absolutely nails the TOYPAJ era. Such a talented and creative player dude!

[@matt-lang]

This is amazingly arranged and performed, but also highlights how amazing Blink's sound is that you can basically apply their formula to everything and get a hit out of it.

[@DaroffApFire]

Alex was really good here, but Alex really showed up! What an amazing job!

[@andymiller54]

I don’t know, I personally thought Alex was the strongest in the group.

[@AdoreLanguage]

frankly, I prefer Alex, but that’s just me. to each his own

[@CharGuitarGirl]

Not the cover I expected but somehow it just works 😂😂😂 🔥

[@kBEATsz]

It’s the nah nah nah

[@MrMooie]

That was fun. The intro sounded like it could have been a pop punk version of Fast Car too.

[@StephenRosenthal610]

The orange bowl was 20 slips of paper, but all of them had "As Blink-182"

[@mgrenn]

Totally could hear this in 1998...Amazing work!

[@katewehrfritz419]

As a massive fan of both pop punk and song covers, Alex you may be my all time favorite KZbin channel.

[@NicoTown]

HOW do you knock it out the park every single time!?

[@DrSpitalfieldgood]

I'm a little disappointed that you didn't perform the song in a black leotard, but otherwise, congrats on crafting another banger

[@shawnbailey5999]

Alex’s covers are always better than the originals. And I’m not just saying that because I prefer the punk genre. His country covers are top notch. Such creative talent! 🤟🏻

[@k128kevin]

What a twist ending, my mind was blown 😂 Seriously though, amazing cover. This is one very underrated youtube channel, all of your songs are 🔥

[@Joe_Can]

These kinds of covers give me so much nostalgia.

[@ferronchai422]

Just added into my "Best List". Never imagined that this could work this well!

[@leroy-drums]

dude you just turned a song I hated into a song I absolutely love. Such talent bro keep it up, u got a new musician fan

[@davedays]

So good!

[@afuzzykkitten]

Dude, you KILLED the transposition on the verses

[@aidanquinn5885]

The drums go crazy man!!! So talented

[@kevinherndon5613]

Great video! And it's also cool to finally see how you come up with what songs to do.

[@user-zu5ut9ft6i]

I never thought this song could ever be good. Your covers are class!! 😝

[@matthewdimond838]

You’re killing me smalls. This made me smile and laugh out loud in a good way like nothing else in quite some time. I play a game with a coworker about what if so and so covers some previous pop song in different way… like say, Disturbed covers “What I am” by Eddie Brickell, just because of the weird way she says “don’t cha ya”…this is that to the tee. Excellent work sir!

[@jons2052]

This is giving big "Man Overboard" energy. I'm pretty sure this was a bonus track on the Special Edition Deluxe release of "Take Off Your Pants and Jacket"

[@blunderbass851]

What a jam, dude!

[@hfuhruhurr]

Someone didn't watch until the end.

[@blunderbass851]

@@hfuhruhurr ah shit

[@PunditMusings]

Fastest I've ever clicked a video notification. This cover turned a very mediocre song into a straight banger!

[@TrentJacobs]

You can't convince me this isn't the original now. It works a little too well. Excellent cover.

[@kyleVanZan]

Life has been awful recently. Your music is bringing me so much joy. Thankyou.

[@adammariucci]

Incredible. Pretty much every single great pop song ever can be better as a Blink-182/Alex Melton mash-up. 🤘

[@HowdyHowdy_]

First time I've ever enjoyed listening to this song, wicked stuff dude 🤘💍

[@samueltyndall]

2:51 this breakdown and fill 🤌

[@tonyzee7162]

Love how it sounds like a remix of 'not another christmas song' lol

[@enaykalyk]

Dude, if you did this yourself this is amazing. You took a song I've hated for years and turned it into a legit earworm I can't get out of my head. That opening bass progression is classic Blink pop melody. Well done.

[@evangill5291]

Brother, I can't help but smile every time you drop a new one. You're obviously having so much fun, and I dig it.

[@1saawce567]

That actually meshed extremely well lol amazing work bro

[@jonking9110]

Dude seriously when i saw the title i was like hell yeah. So good man pure genius

[@Drumstix42]

Lol I was thinking to myself, what if he just wrote the same thing on all the post-its, too. hahaha 😆 Anyway, amazing cover! Killing it as always.

[@skast3r]

Wooooow! This is one of the best for sure. The nanana section works so well. Amazing stuff as usual.

[@bezzquik]

Holy crap why is this SO GOOD

[@mattflo00]

The na na na’s so perfect

[@dylanposselt]

These just keep getting better

[@ButtKiss69ten4]

Love this! Definitely getting a 94-97 Blink vibe.

[@EmmaLiza]

I swear this is the theme tune to half the fanfictions I've ever written.

[@alonelyshrub]

I love the stylistic choice to "nah nah nah" instead of "uh uh oh." It makes it really feel like we're thumbing our nose at the ex.

[@Noface-zev]

Gotta be the best cover of yours by far, musically, instrumentally, vocally everything; just perfect! Gahhh I wish you were touring with blink right now 😭😭😭

[@KrugAddict]

Half take off your pants and Jacket and half pink alblum. Always love your blink inspired covers, keep it up man.

[@sheffieldgeek]

always love your Blink 182 styled covers. please making more of these

[@TwiggBEMC]

Dude, the way you imitate travis barkers drum style is perfect

[@richardede9594]

This is literally 100 times better than the original. It has excellent musicality. Thank you for your hard work.

[@kandmlane5097]

This song fits their phrasing so well and he def has their style down so well.

[@luisp.alonso]

Man, Blink should hire you to produce their new album, you capture so well blink's sound!

[@pownabown]

I found your channel recently and i love what your doing, my best friend from school used to create his own music recording himself playing each instrument and singing the same as you do and its a real talent to be able to do this. Takes me back to great memories, Keep it up

[@1incutheta]

My heart is aglow with a thousand tiny nostalgic squeeeeeeeeeees. I love it. Well done.

[@davidstout5936]

This is amazing, please don’t stop bringing these out!! ! I think we need “Halo” next!!!!

[@maxe16]

love these covers/versions! amazing work!!!

[@Aviaidan]

1:13 The na na na part scratches my brain in a very specific way that I can’t explain

[@owenmartin1509]

His production is so clean

[@SeraphsWitness]

This works incredibly well, despite the genres being so distinct. Pretty awesome.

[@MJC___]

This is literally perfect mate

[@katemiller5990]

First thought when I saw the thumb nail: “Ohhhhh, this is going to be good” A minute and a half in: “I like it better than the original, and this guy is GOOD” Subscribed 👍🏼

[@fpul]

Awesome seeing your growth on your channel. I remember when you had less than 1K subscribers. Or when you were a lighting manager, doing your videos on their stage. Congrats on all the good things that have came your way and hopefully many more will continue to come! Here's to when you hit 1M subs in a few months :D

[@ChachiTelevision1979]

Unexpectedly one of the best covers Alex has done. That riff is top-tier terrific.

[@SK-mw8vd]

Your drumming has come so far! Dope af my guy.

[@bengotagun]

I love how happy you are when playing drums. It's pure distilled joy.

[@sidneyclark6193]

I really don’t understand how you top every single cover you do. This has to be the best you’ve ever done. See you on the next one to say the same thing. Good shit bro.

[@ckjjclan]

That outro… classic!

[@DannyBlack]

Been watching/listening for a long time and this was easily one of your best covers!

[@mitchellcontente]

If this came on in the background i would have assumed it was a blink 182 cover of single ladies. Well done. Totally nailed the style

[@wilsonwoman3]

Oh. My. God. I need this whole album.

[@latasian0182]

You’re beyond talented. Incredible job. That intro is straight 🔥

[@lewisd580]

All your covers are SUPERB but this absolutely takes the cake! It's like getting brand new Blink songs! 🥰

[@csheri88]

Yet ANOTHER banger where Alex gets with Alex and Alex to make such a bop of a cover. The energy and volume to the group that Alex brings is incredible! Alex and Alex both compliment each others sound so much. Alex Always kills it on the drums too. Such a perfect sound together!