The Internet Composes “Balloon Boy” Song Cycle

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Idolator has compiled five songs that sprung up on YouTube from yesterday’s biggest fake news story, in which a boy named Falcon was supposedly trapped in a hot air balloon.

We like the one that uses Nena’s 1980’s classic “99 Red Baloons” for inspiration: “Let’s all hope this little kid don’t die.”

Check out these fine examples of songwriting on the fly here.