Canadians react after someone adjusts Barenaked Ladies song for inflation
Are you looking to add a new song to your playlist? How about this very timely cover of a beloved Barenaked Ladies song?
Jeremy Keyton is a BC resident who studies at Queens University in Ontario. The 21-year-old musician shares song covers on TikTok, many of which get decent views, but one recent cover of a Barenaked Ladies song has been gaining attention online. Canada’s cost of living has gotten so bad that Keyton changed the Canadian rock group’s song “If I Had $1,000,000” to “If I Had $10,000,000” ā adjusted to inflation.
The original lyrics of the 1992 song go, “If I had a million dollars, well, I’d buy you a house… If I had a million dollars, I’d be rich.”
A million dollars might have gone a long way over thirty years ago, but in today’s economy? Not so much, especially when a typical home in Canada is expected to cost an average of $843,684 in 2024.
In the 35-second clip, Keyton made some minor adjustments to the lyrics to reflect the current economic climate.
“If I had ten million dollars, I could maybe buy you a house (I could maybe buy you a house),” he sings.
He then wraps up the song with a slightly different ending, “If I had ten million dollars, I’d be middle class.”
Watch the video below:
@jeremykeyton Canada right now be likeā¦ #canada #vancouver #toronto #inflation #BC #ontario #trudeau ā¬ original sound – jeremykeyton
As of writing, the clip has over 400,000 views and more than 61,000 likes.
One commenter stated, “If I had a million dollars, I could buy you a house and have a roof to starve to death under.”
“If I had ten million dollars, we might be able to afford rent AND a week’s worth of groceries,” quipped another viewer.
One financially savvy commenter said, “If I had ten million dollars, I’d buy a month’s worth of food then spend the last twenty bucks on investments.”
The original lyrics mention eating Kraft Dinner and buying “really expensive ketchup,” but viewers joked that even that’s a luxury nowadays.
Someone suggested changing the lyrics to, “We wouldn’t have to eat Kraft Dinner / But we would eat Kraft Dinner / Of course we would, we’d just buy more than one box because of / Shrinkflation.”
Another added, “And we’d buy Heinz ketchup instead of Compliments š.”
A fan stated, “I need the @Barenaked Ladies to do a new (late stages of capitalism eating us alive) version.”
Watch the original version below:
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