Re-recording music in Simlish is easier than it sounds

by Griffin McElroy on Jul 9th 2009 2:02AM

Though the "Simlish" language that permeates The Sims (as well as a few other Will Wright-crafted franchises) is largely improvised by the series' voice actors, the musicians that provide the games' soundtracks have a bit more work to do than that. This translation process was recently explained by UK recording artist Pixie Lott in a video diary we've posted after the break.

Lott, (who is only 18, you creepy creepster) guides us through the steps required to Sim-ify her current chart-topper, "Mama Do," which sounds suspiciously like "Marmaduke" to our un-indoctrinated American ears. Man, if only!

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Tags: ea, Electronic-Arts, maxis, music, pc, pixie-lott, simlish, the-sims, the-sims-3, video

Reader Comments (64)

I remember the version of Let's Get Retarded in The Urbz. (La Ga Ra Ta Da.) It was weird. : P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyUQgZ1-A_0

O_o

that was amazing.

Wow that chick is incredibly annoying. She looks creepy too.

When they show her from the front, she looks pretty freaking hot, but she looks weird when she is singing. I'm going to have to find something with a higher quality to she how good she looks. Song sounds like crap. I could have sworn I had seen this almost a year ago.

i farted

Holy shit, this song has like 4 layers (unchorused vocal, drums, bass and barely audible piano). To think that when Prince introduced a 9-layer song to Universal, it was considered "sparse."