While everybody loves Kirby, he usually belongs to the second-tier of major Nintendo characters, below industry icons like Mario and Link. However, last night, Kirby achieved something that not even your favorite jump-happy Italian plumber can boast — a video game cover band won a Grammy for a song from one of his games.
Arrangers Charlie Rosen and Jake Silverman won the Grammy for their version of Meta Knight's Revenge, which is a song from one of the many campaigns in the classic SNES game Kirby Super Star. You can listen to the 8-Bit Big Band's version of the song below; it's quite upbeat and jazzy, and it would be right at home in Super Mario Odyssey. Indeed, “Meta Knight's Revenge” is one of the better songs from the Kirby franchise, but we all know that “Gourmet Race” is the real GOAT.
