B.Y.O.L (Bring Your Own List)
A parody of B.Y.O.B. by System of a Down
A System of a Down–style thrash anthem against the worst habit in email marketing: buying a list. Scraped addresses, dead domains, and Spamhaus blocks collide as the song demands senders bring their own permission-based list to every send.
4:35
Duration
Intro
You
Why do they always buy a list?
Verse 1
Scraped addresses by scrapers with stolen leads
Cold-emailers, cold-emailers kneel for brand-new volume deals
Marching forward, artificial and robotic conversions
You depend on fake engagement, yet you feed us trash from your website forms
Pre-Chorus
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, ooh-ooh
Chorus
Everybody's bringing all the opt-ins have a real good time
Sending to the inbox, blowin' up the sunshine
Verse 2
Mailing strangers disappearing into Gmail's dry mouth
Breaking into inbox, poisoning intentions
Dead domains trapped in Spamhaus blocks, crying, "Send!"
Doomed by silent deletion, still, you feed us trash from your website forms
Pre-Chorus
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, ooh-ooh
Chorus
Everybody's bringing all the opt-ins have a real good time
Sending to the inbox, blowin' up the sunshine
Everybody's bringing all the opt-ins have a real good time
Sending to the inbox, blowin' up the sunshine
Bridge
Blast off, it's sendin' time
And we refuse to mail purchased data
Blast off, it's sendin' time
And where the fuck are you?
Refrain
Where the fuck are you?
Where the fuck are you?
Why don't marketers build their list? Why do they always buy a list?
Why don't marketers build their list? Why do they always buy a list?
Why do they always buy a list? Why do they always buy a list?
Why they always buy a list?
Verse 3
Fake addresses disappearing into Yahoo's blind vault
Scraping every comment box, burning domains down
Dead domains trapped in Spamhaus blocks, crying, "Send!"
Doomed by blocklist rejection, still, you feed us trash from your website forms
Pre-Chorus
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, ooh-ooh
Chorus
Everybody's bringing all the opt-ins have a real good time
Sending to the inbox, blowin' up the sunshine
Everybody's bringing all the opt-ins have a real good time
Sending to the inbox, blowin' up the sunshine
Refrain
Where the fuck are you?
Where the fuck are you?
Why don't marketers build their list? Why do they always buy a list?
Why don't marketers build their list? Why do they always buy a list?
Why do they always buy a list? Why do they always buy a list?
Outro
Why do they always buy a list?
Why do they always buy a list?
Why do they always buy a list?
They always buy a list, they always buy a list
About This Song
This is a humorous parody of “B.Y.O.B.”. This work is intended as a parody for comedic purposes, created in the spirit of the “right to parody” recognized in France under Article L. 122-5 of the Intellectual Property Code. The goal is not to harm the original work, but to create a new, transformative, and comedic piece.
Original Credits
Song: “B.Y.O.B.” by System of a Down
Songwriter: Daron Malakian, Serj Tankian
Producer: Rick Rubin, Daron Malakian
© Original song rights to respective holders. No infringement intended.
Parody Work
Lyrics: Inbox Senders Club & AI
Music: AI