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It’s Called WordPress

I’ve been quietly working on a silly project — they’re good to throw into the mix every now and again. It started in the 9rules member forum. A member, deus62, mentioned he was becoming a WordPress convert. I decided to offer my humble opinion and response in a light-hearted country tune. I do hope you enjoy…

Music Video

Yes, I made a(nother) music video. It may not appear in your feed reader so you need to visit this post or click here to visit Viddler. If you enjoy it feel free to digg it.

If you’d like, the MP3 is also available here. You know, in case you want to listen to it when you work out.

Click here to download Its Called Wordpress.mp3

Update: Steven Campbell has created a plugin (like the Hello Dolly! plugin) for this song. Check it out!

Update: The song is now available in Japanese!

Lyrics

Welcome to my story bout my, CMS
It’s an awesome piece of software, it’s called WordPress
It manages my blog, it makes it look real nice
I installed in in 5 minutes, this things slicker than ice
All I had to do, was click on Next
Within seconds I was running, no room to get vexed

It’s called WordPress
It’s my CMS
It’s the best thing to hit the web since porn
The code is open, the source is free
It’s available for people, just like you and me

Once I picked my title and wrote a description,
I clicked on manage, I needed to do so me fixin’
I deleted Hello World, got rid of first comment, too
I clicked on View Site and all I saw was plain blue
I moved to Presentation, there were some nice looking themes
But none fit my style, none screamed Devin Reams

Chorus

After I tweaked the code and played with CSS
I installed myself some plugins, I was real impressed
They organized my archives, they helped me tag, too
Then I installed a spam blocker not a single one came through
I added movie ratings and book ratings as well
Now when people visit me they’ll know that Crank was hell

Chorus

So I made an about page, it got me a stalker
I was thrilled and excited, I wanted to to talk to her
She said she knew my hometown, what I looked like, too
It was mentioned that she loved guys with eyes that were blue
I didn’t mind the attention, decided it was time she had met me
Little did I know, some people named their boys Leslie

Chorus

Now you might be thinking, he plays piano real good
I wish it were true, I sure wish I could
Instead I wrote the lyrics to this nerdy tune,
It was GarageBand provided ballad piano number 2

Chorus x2

145 Comments

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By Devin Reams
— January 14, 2007 at 1:25 pm
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145 Responses

  1. Devin – that was a FABULOUS celebration of WordPress and open source. Thanks so very much for creating and sharing this! Amy :)

    Amy Stephen — January 16, 2007 @ 7:58 am — Reply

  2. What’s the actual tune (the song without the words)? Is it yours?

    Annonymous — January 16, 2007 @ 11:18 am — Reply

  3. Thanks, Art. Thanks, Amy.

    I think I explained the “tune” in the last part of the lyrics. In fact, I’m quite certain I spelled it out both there and in the credits.

    Devin — January 16, 2007 @ 12:59 pm — Reply

  4. Well done :-)

    DayLight — January 16, 2007 @ 1:41 pm — Reply

  5. Thats what WordPress deserves. Thanks a lot for this! :)

    John — January 16, 2007 @ 3:39 pm — Reply

  6. Hmmm….

    Funny song and great idea :-)

    You are the new Garth Brooks ;-)

    Maltesen — January 16, 2007 @ 4:31 pm — Reply

  9. You are so rad!

    noah — January 17, 2007 @ 1:57 am — Reply

  10. My laughter muscles like this Song. I straight noticed. And they want that I hear it again. Well well.

    eve — January 17, 2007 @ 3:21 am — Reply

  11. i don’t know why you delete my comment, can you update it on YouTube please?

    Massimiliano — January 17, 2007 @ 4:08 am — Reply

  13. Apparently you need to be glassed.

    http://needstobeglassed.blogspot.com

    So, any good WP themes you know of? I can’t find that many.

    =corym= — January 18, 2007 @ 10:49 am — Reply

  14. Wow, I need to be glassed? All five glasses? I’m honored.

    I’ve found a lot of my themes through Alex King’s competitions. There are plenty of big lists of themes. It’s just taking the time to sit and make your way through them and find one that fits you. Of course, if you’ve got some CSS/PHP skills you can make some themes become your own.

    Devin — January 18, 2007 @ 1:29 pm — Reply

  15. yay ! excellent stuff, funny and true
    Good job !

    Ozh — January 20, 2007 @ 10:00 am — Reply

  17. Hi! Why I can’t fill my info in profile? Can somebody help me?
    My login is Kisakookoo!

    Kisakookoo — January 23, 2007 @ 2:42 pm — Reply

  18. Thank you for the song!

    I got to like it, so I’ve translated it into Japanese and put it on my site.
    I hope you don’t mind it, but if you do, tell me so. Then I will delete it right away.

    http://tekapo.com/st/2007/01/29/its-called-wordpress/

    tai — January 29, 2007 @ 8:03 am — Reply

  19. C’est pas mal, merci.

    poulet — January 31, 2007 @ 9:21 pm — Reply

  20. Great video. Thanks for the laughs! Hope you’re planning on creating more of these.

    Rico — February 2, 2007 @ 12:45 pm — Reply

  21. I love Wordpress too !
    You’re a Blogger Rock Star, dude ! Please go on ! ;)

    Yablog — February 3, 2007 @ 10:14 am — Reply

  23. Excellent job …

    nakliyat — July 2, 2007 @ 5:37 am — Reply

  24. I’m beginning to love WP and want to try to move my old posts from blogger. The music kinda sticks in my head. haha. I love it.

    thepoet — July 5, 2007 @ 8:22 pm — Reply

  25. Nice videos.I have also a music vide blog.And I will use some of your videos…

    M — July 17, 2007 @ 3:57 am — Reply

  26. Funny videos dude…

    R — July 19, 2007 @ 3:18 pm — Reply

  27. Great video. Thanks for the laughs! Hope you

    Tasarim — May 5, 2008 @ 1:01 pm — Reply

  28. cela fait plusieurs jour que je lis avec atention ton blog, et je tebais

    film composer — May 25, 2008 @ 1:19 pm — Reply

  29. That is so funny, I think you have the first song in history about a CMS and wordpress!

    Dan
    http://www.danosongs.com

    danosmusic — March 24, 2009 @ 7:35 pm — Reply

  30. thanks so much for the song. and the video is lovely.

    car dvd — August 5, 2009 @ 12:13 am — Reply
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