Megalovania
You might remember it as Undertale Sans theme
Watch now54 of 60
2015·The platform era
A boss theme that escaped its game and became a whole internet's shorthand for a fight.
At a glanceThe facts
- Remembered as
- Undertale Sans theme
- Spread in
- 2015
- Format
- Sound
- Made by
- Toby Fox
- Taken from
- Best known from the game Undertale, where it plays during the fight with the character Sans
- Origin
- No single original
- Available
- Playable from the source
What this wasThe story
Toby Fox's track, written years before Undertale and reused in it, which left the game entirely: remixed, covered, played on every instrument available and used as the sound of any confrontation.
Why it matteredWhat changed
A boss theme written for a fan modification of an old game was reused by its composer twice, and the third use made it the most-streamed piece of video-game music on Spotify.
TimelineIn order
- Made
Fox writes it as the final boss theme of a Halloween modification of the game EarthBound.1
- Remixed
A new version appears on an album for the webcomic Homestuck.1
- Took off
It is used in Undertale.1
- Mainstream
Fox arranges it for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.1
- Mainstream
It is played at the Vatican during a circus act performed for the Pope.1
- Record
Guinness certifies it as the most-streamed video-game soundtrack piece on Spotify.1
The version you rememberNot the same thing
From 2015.1
The last boss theme of a modified copy of EarthBound.1
What people misrememberSet straight
Commonly remembered asIt was written for Undertale.
ActuallyIt was seven years old by then.1
More from hereIn this collection
More like thisRelated
-
Sound2017Listen
DespacitoA Spanish-language song from Puerto Rico became the most-watched thing on YouTube, and stayed there for years.
-
Sound2014Listen
Smash Mouth All StarA 1999 song that became the most remixed piece of music on the internet.
-
Sound2012Listen
Il Pulcino PioA cumulative children's song about farmyard animals that spent eight weeks at number one in Italy and then conquered Europe.
-
Sound2019Listen
The Most Mysterious Song on the InternetA song taped off German radio in the 1980s that nobody could identify, and that thousands of strangers spent seventeen years chasing.
Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later
The version shown here is an official copy on YouTube, published by a rights holder.
Where it came fromWhat we know
This spread through many posts rather than one identifiable original. The example shown is one surviving copy and is not claimed as the first.
ConnectedFollow it further
- Spread by HomestuckPhenomenon · 2011
A version of the piece was made for a Homestuck album in 2011, four years before Undertale.
SourcesWhat was read
Sources last read on . That date is about the history on this page. Whether the media still plays is checked separately and can change any day. How ViralWorld documents things