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==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
''See also: [[Covers of Psycho Killer]]'' | |||
The song has been recorded in cover versions by many bands and musicians including Velvet Revolver, James Hall, the Bobs (''a cappella'' group), Victoria Vox, Wet Leg, Duran Duran featuring Victoria De Angelis, Miley Cyrus, and the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain at the 2009 BBC Proms. | The song has been recorded in cover versions by many bands and musicians including Velvet Revolver, James Hall, the Bobs (''a cappella'' group), Victoria Vox, Wet Leg, Duran Duran featuring Victoria De Angelis, Miley Cyrus, and the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain at the 2009 BBC Proms. | ||
Massachusetts-based band the Fools parodied the song and entitled it "Psycho Chicken"; it was included as a bonus record with their major-label debut album ''Sold Out'' in 1980. Ice-T says that "Psycho Killer" was a starting influence for his band Body Count's controversial song "Cop Killer". Singer Selena Gomez samples the bassline on her 2017 single "Bad Liar." A Talking Heads tribute band based in Baltimore, active since 2011, call themselves the Psycho Killers. | Massachusetts-based band the Fools parodied the song and entitled it "Psycho Chicken"; it was included as a bonus record with their major-label debut album ''Sold Out'' in 1980. Ice-T says that "Psycho Killer" was a starting influence for his band Body Count's controversial song "Cop Killer". Singer Selena Gomez samples the bassline on her 2017 single "Bad Liar." A Talking Heads tribute band based in Baltimore, active since 2011, call themselves the Psycho Killers. | ||