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# The _Friends_ Theme Song Got a Heavy Metal Makeover

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## Melissa Locker


Jul 6, 2016 4:16 PM UTC

by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Jul 6, 2016 4:16 PM UTC

The theme song of Taylor Swift’s [favorite TV show](http://time.com/4299170/taylor-swift-favorite-tv-show-73-questions-vogue/?iid=sr-link4) just got a metal makeover. A new viral video gives _Friends’_ poppy theme song a metal twist and noted metal head Phoebe Buffay would be thrilled to know that it kind of works.

While Phoebe was a big fan of metal act [Carcass,](https://youtu.be/fd-zYVHbLNc) this hard grinding version comes courtesy of YouTube channel [Frog Leap Studios](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98tcedR6gULv8%5Fb70WJKyw) and musician Leo Moracchioli, who sings the song almost as an ode to his Flying V guitar. Moracchioli channels his inner [Ozzy Osbourne](http://time.com/4322717/ozzy-osbourne-sharon-marriage/?iid=sr-link1) (or is that [ Oderus Urungus](http://time.com/35450/gwar-oderus-urungus-dave-brockie-death/?iid=sr-link1) or Carcass’s lead singer Jeff Walker?) and lets loose with his take on the Rembrandts’ “I’ll Be There For You” complete with umbrella twirling and couch jumping.

Previously, the _Friends_ theme song has been paired up with [_Harry Potter,_](http://time.com/3754102/harry-potter-friends-theme-song-mashup/?iid=sr-link2)[_Broad City,_](http://time.com/3849259/broad-city-friends-mashup/?iid=sr-link3) and even [_The Walking Dead_](http://time.com/4069829/walking-dead-friends-mashup/?iid=sr-link1) but there’s something about this metal version that rules them all.

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