The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is already breaking box office records left and right. Fans of the animated Nintendo adaptation, both young and old, are flocking to movie theaters. One reason the first movie became so popular is that Jack Black’s song “Peaches,” which he performed as Bowser, became a viral hit in 2023. Now, Jack Black has debuted a new Super Mario song, only it’s not in the actual Super Mario Galaxy Movie movie. Wait, what?? Via the folks at IGN, we learned that Jack Black performed this new Mario song on The Tonight Show. And he did it playing a guitar in King Koopa garb (of course). You can watch the clip of the new song right here:
Jack Black’s silly little ditty has backing vocals, if we can call them that. They’re performed by co-stars Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Brie Larson, Charlie Day, and Donald Glover. Below are the lyrics to Jack Black’s new Super Mario song. We imagine there’s got to be some of you out there who wish to perform it at karaoke or something.
There once was a man named Mario, yes you know who I mean/He had a brother, Luigi, who was always wearing green/ There was also Princess Peach, who made my heart explode/But they defeated me with the help of a tiny little mushroom man named Toad/They locked me up and shrunk me down/ oh Bowser he was done/ But now they’re facing Bowser Jr., and he is my son/ Oh, Mario and Luigi are now in outer space/And Peach and Toad and Rosalina are all up in my face/ But me and Bowser Jr. will get Mario once more, but Yoshi is now in their crew/he’s a cool little freaky dinosaur/ It’s Super Mario/ in the Star-io/ He’ll be going far-io/ In reality, all his pals and he, they will bow to me, in the galaxy.
It’s hard to believe they couldn’t find a way to fit this new Jack Black song into The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Not even in the credits? Especially after “Peaches” became such a breakout hit. But at least thisb bop lives on late-night television and on the internet. Maybe we’ll just have to wait for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Special Edition to hear it in the movie.