About
“Temmie” Covers refer to various remixes of the song “Temmie Village” from the soundtrack of the 2015 indie video game Undertale, in which the original vocal track is rearranged to follow the rhythm of another song.
Origin
“Temmie Village” is the 43rd track in the official soundtrack of Undertale that can be heard whenever the player enters the eponymous Temmie Village, a town entirely populated by monsters called “Temmies” who are known for their odd appearance and use of poor grammar. While it is currently unknown who made the first cover of the song, one of the earliest known covers is “undertale temmie get money for colege” by SoundCloud user archdiggle, which samples the song “Whales” by Hail Mary Mallon as the background instrumental music.[3]
Spread
On September 30th, 2015, Vinesauce streamer Vargskelethor (Vinesauce Joel) did a livestream in which he plays Undertale. During the stream, he stopped playing the game in order to make a mashup of Temmie Village and the .midi conversion of “Raining Blood” by the heavy metal band Slayer.[4] Because of the streamer’s popularity, the concept of Temmie Covers was made much more popular since the stream. On October 22nd, the “Tem Covers Nobody Wanted” Tumblr single topic blog was created, and featured various Temmie Village mashups, made both by the blog’s creator and by other Tumblr users.[5]
Note: This video is not the full stream.
Notable Examples
The majority of remixes and mashups of the “Temmie Village” theme can be found on Tumblr and SoundCloud under the tag “#Temmie”.[1][2]
External References
[3]YouTube – Hail Mary Mallon – Whales
[4]Twitch – Joel || Undertale
[5]Tumblr – Tem Covers Nobody Wanted