The Mountain Goats and Kaki King - Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle
Channel: Callooh Callay
Date: 03/02/2013

This song was included on The Mountain Goats' vinyl-only, tour-only EP, "Black Pear Tree," a collaboration with musician Kaki King. (© 2009, Darnielle/King) The EP has not been incorporated into any subsequent commercial releases, and the songs are not available for purchase as digital downloads. No right to reproduction is implied or should be inferred by this posting.

The song is replete with references to Nintendo's 1985 Super Mario Bros.game for the original NES. "Thank You Mario..." is sung from the point of view of Toad, a character whose singular role in the game is deliver one line, which constitutes the song's title ("Thank You, Mario..."), to the game's eponymous plumber after each of several false victories throughout the game.