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ParanoidObsessive posted...

I love when Mel Brooks told the story about that song. To quote from Wikipedia:

For the movie's title song, Brooks advertised in the trade papers for a "Frankie Laine-type" singer; to his surprise, Laine himself offered his services. "Frankie sang his heart out ... and we didn't have the heart to tell him it was a spoof. He never heard the whip cracks; we put those in later. We got so lucky with his serious interpretation of the song."

For context, Frankie Laine was a pretty famous singer of his era and did a ton of famous Western themes (hence why Mel Brooks was using him as an example of the sort of sound they wanted), and he basically sang the song dead straight - and it's a large part of the appeal of the song. For all that the movie is silly, the theme is kind of epic. Which is probably part of why so many people remember it so well.

thats hilarious, didnt know that
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