"Athletic Theme (PAL Version) - Super Mario World" is a high quality rip of the PAL version of "Athletic Theme" from Super Mario World.
Jokes[]
At 0:13, the melody changes to the Cartoons cover of "Witch Doctor" by David Seville, with the song's saxophone melody being played using Super Mario World's steel drum instrument from 0:25 to 0:37. At 0:48, when the rip is about to loop, it suddenly becomes a mashup with the aforementioned cover of "Witch Doctor" while still retaining the melody change.
The original advertised track already bore a more than passing resemblance to "Witch Doctor", and comparisons had been drawn between the two long before this rip was made. For example, the mashup "Witch doctor steals from Super Mario World" was uploaded to YouTube by Adolffan95 in October 2010, and the mashup "Witch Yo'ster" was uploaded to YouTube by spade in February 2012.
History[]
This rip was originally uploaded to GiIvaSunner on March 24, 2016,[1] as "Athletic (Beta Mix) - Super Mario World".[2] Following the GiIvaSunner Termination, it would be reuploaded to SiIvaGunner on April 22, 2016, as "Athletic (PAL Version) - Super Mario World". Around the start of September 2017, it was renamed again to match GilvaSunner's metadata, and the thumbnail was also changed.
On July 30, 2017, this rip became the 4th rip on the SiIvaGunner channel to reach 1 million views. It was the channel's 4th most watched video for a long time until it surpassed "Nintendo GameCube Startup - Console BIOS/Startup Fanfare" on August 25, 2017, and became the 3rd. In January 2018, it surpassed "Title Theme & Ending - 7 GRAND DAD", becoming the 2nd most viewed video. During the SiIvaGunner Termination, the rip was reuploaded to SiIvaGunner2 as part of a mass reuploading of classic rips to celebrate SiIvaGunner's third anniversary.[3] As with the other reuploads, it was unlisted when the main channel came back. By May 31, 2019, the rip had become the most viewed video on the SiIvaGunner channel, having accumulated over 8.1 million views as of March 14, 2024.
Due to its popularity, this rip has itself been referenced in numerous other rips over the years. It has also been featured on the channel's front page as the trailer for new visitors since the start of Season 3, but has been temporarily replaced on several special occasions:
- On April 1, 2021, as part of April Fools' Day 2021, the rip was made private along with the vast majority of Mario rips. The rip "Opening Cutscene - Hotel", which was the first rip uploaded after this rip was made private, replaced it as the channel trailer until April 5.
- On February 22, 2022, following R.L.99 Memorial Day, the rip "Showdown with the Ultimate Chimera - MOTHER 3" replaced it as the channel trailer for several days.
- On May 30, 2022, as part of The Harlem Shakeover, the rip "Athletic Theme (PAL Mix) - Super Mario World" replaced it as the channel trailer until June 8.
- On April 1, 2023, as part of April Fools' Day 2023, the rip "Athletic Theme (PAL Version) (Beta Mix) - Super Mario World" replaced it as the channel trailer until April 10.
- On January 12, 2024, "One Last Chance [Episode 11] - The SilvaGunner Christmas Comeback Crisis" replaced it as the channel trailer after being uploaded. Aftewards, the next channel trailer was "ULTIMATE QUALITY ACHIEVED", which lasted until April 20, 2023, where as part of 4/20 2024, the rip "SNOOPER MARIO WORLD - MLG Flappy Bird 420" replaced it as the channel trailer. After that was "Title Screen - Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll" for the next day, and afterwards this rip finally returned to being the channel trailer.
- On August 2, 2024, as part of ROM Hack & Mod Day, the rip "Athletic Theme - Smash Remix" replaced it as the channel trailer.
Trivia[]
- While the YouTube version of the rip ends with the audio fading out, the rip's album releases continue the track without said fade, ending abruptly instead.
- This rip was accidentally used by Snapchat in an ad for the SNES Mini.
- This rip was included in "MAXIMUM QUALITY ACHIEVED" and Elevator Music 6: SiIvaGunner.
- The Super Mario World Restored Project involved a recreation of this rip using the advertised track's uncompressed samples. On a YouTube upload of said recreation, SiIvaGunner commented with: "This is a high quality restoration if I've ever seen one."[4]
- SiIvaGunner's "Liked videos" playlist contains various videos referencing this rip.
See also[]
- "Athletic Theme (NTSC Version) - Super Mario World" - The inverse of this rip.
- "Athletic Cartoons" - An SGFR track that remixes this rip.
References[]
- ↑ Tweet by @GiIvaSunner. Twitter. March 24, 2016.
- ↑ Re-upload by walls. YouTube. April 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Athletic Theme (PAL Version) - Super Mario World" on SiIvaGunner2. January 9, 2019.
- ↑ "Super Mario World Restored - Athletic (PAL)". YouTube. February 5, 2021.
1. Athletic Theme (PAL Version) - Super Mario World (8,485k views)