Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Wednesday cover: "Pokémon Fever" by Buckner & Garcia

Around 1999/2000, B&G took the music from their new version of "Pac-Man Fever" and turned it into this. Unable to obtain a license, it wasn't released. Until Pokémon Go hit in 2016. With Pokémon Go's amazing popularity, Buckner released a couple videos of the song. However, after some months, he removed it, telling me after I asked that he was never satisfied with it. But once something's on the Internet, it's rarely gone for good. So you can still find a version on YouTube.

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