Blue Shell Blues
"Blue Shell Blues" is a song performed by British band The Brett Domino Trio to promote the release of Mario Kart 8 in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The music video for the song was released on May 29, 2014, one day before the game's European release date, on Nintendo UK's Wii U YouTube channel; the video features screenshots and gameplay of Mario Kart 8 in the background. The song is themed around the Spiny Shell item, here referred to as a Blue Shell.
Lyrics[edit]
I've been blue-shelled again (blue-shelled, ah)
Baby, I've been blue-shelled again (blue-shelled, ah)
Every time I set my sights on the finish line
Something comes along to set me back and knock me flying
So I'm getting on great with this beautiful girl
Then her boyfriend shows up (you've been blue-shelled)
Dunk my biscuit in my tea
But it falls in the cup (you've just been blue-shelled)
By gravity
It's late on a Friday, I'm about to leave the office
But my boss comes in and tells me
That the company's down on profits
(You have got to stay at work over the weekend)
Yeah, I've been blue-shelled again
So I finally get it done and go to save it
My computer's crashed (blue-shelled)
Blue-shelled
Go to the bathroom but there's nothing there to wipe my nose (blue-shelled)
Blue-shelled
I really want this drink but when I open it it explodes
My dinner's nearly ready but then
Somebody phones (I've just been blue-shelled again)
When you're watching TV (Oh, is this the episode where he dies?)
When you're making a cup of tea (Oh yeah, we've run out of milk)
When you've bought a new CD, by your favorite chap
But you can't get into that stupid cellophane shrink wrap
You've built a house of cards
But someone throws an egg
You've won a competition but the
Line goes dead
(You're nearly at the end)
(You've finally got the knack)
(But someone makes a noise)
And you nearly have a heart attack
Every time I think I win
I've been blue-shelled again (blue-shelled, ah)
Baby, I've been blue-shelled again (blue-shelled, ah)
Every time I set my sights on the finish line
Something comes along to set me back and knock me flying
No matter how many times I get knocked back
I'm gonna get myself up until I'm back on track
'Cause I'm a natural-born survivor, got the
Eye of the tiger, just
Listen to me play my synthesizer
When you're in the middle of an epic solo
And the batteries in your keytar go
You've just been blue-shelled
Again
(Blue-shelled)
