-Now, Matthew, you are
a passionate music fan,
so I thought it'd be fun
to challenge you
to a new game we call
"Off Songs Song Off."
-♪ Off songs ♪
-♪ Song off ♪
-♪ Off songs ♪
-♪ Song off ♪
[ Laughter ]
-I love that!
Who is that?
-Mark.
Who knew?
-Oh, I love!
That was you?
♪ Off songs ♪
Oh, that was [ Clap ] great!
-♪ Song off ♪
-Yeah. That was a good one.
Alright, here's how it works.
The Roots are going to play us
a popular song,
but with something
a little bit off about it.
Might be the wrong key,
the wrong tempo,
or the wrong genre.
If you can guess the name
of the song, you get a point.
If not, the other person
has a chance to steal.
Is that cool?
-Cool.
-Alright. I will guess first.
-Okay.
-Quest, you're already
looking at me
like you're gonna get me.
I'm so mad.
-Get 'im.
Get 'im, Quest. Get 'im.
-[ Laughs ]
Alright, here we go.
Gosh!
-One, two.
[ Playing upbeat tune ]
♪♪
-Got it.
"Party in the USA."
-Oh!
-Arr! Yeah.
[ Ding! ]
-What?!
-Miley Cyrus!
-♪ Ten AM ♪
♪♪
[ Scat singing ]
-Whoa.
-[ Scat singing ]
♪♪
[ Scat singing ]
Ah!
"Jay-Z song was on"!
I knew it! Come on.
Oh, I'm so happy.
-Well done, man.
This is already intimidating.
That was good.
-Really, I'm really competitive
when it comes
to these music games.
-[ Laughs ]
-But I'm sorry about that.
Here we go.
This next song is
for you, Matthew.
You guess first.
-Let's hear it.
-Here we go.
Go, Roots.
-One, two.
[ Playing sultry jazz ]
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
[ Laughter ]
-[ Hums ]
[ Scat singing ]
♪♪
[ Playing "Joy to the World"
outro ]
[ Scat singing, laughs ]
[ Laughter ]
-I know it. I love it.
I want you to keep playing it
so I can keep dancing to it,
but I got no idea
what the name of it is.
-I think you do.
I think you know it and I
think I know what it is.
-[ Scat singing
"Joy to the World" ]
-Yep.
[ Both scat singing ]
I think it's either
"Joy to the World"
-♪ Joy to the world ♪
-by Three Dog Night?
-It is.
-♪ All ♪
[ Ding! ]
♪ The boys and girls ♪
♪ Joy to the fishes ♪
-♪ Joy ♪
-♪ In the deep blue sea ♪
-♪ To the world ♪
Is that it?!
-♪ All ♪
♪ The boys and girls ♪
-♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Joy to the fishes ♪
♪ In the deep blue sea ♪
♪ Joy to you and me ♪
-Wow! That was great!
You did a good job.
That was sneaky.
-I needed every note
to get that one.
-Alright, here we go, bud.
This is your turn.
You guess first.
Roots, whenever you're ready.
-Here we go.
Two, three.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
[ Scat singing ]
I think I know it.
-[ Scat singing ]
-I think I got it.
[ Scat singing ]
-Oh, my gosh!
You got it!
-[ Scat singing "The Gambler" ]
♪ Kenny Rogers,
know when to run ♪
[ Ding! ]
There it is!
♪♪
-Oh, my gosh!
For our final round,
it's worth 1,000 points,
so it's anyone's game, okay?
We're both going to be
guessing at the same time.
First person to say
the right song wins.
Roots, whenever you're ready.
-One, two.
♪♪
[ Playing upbeat funk ]
♪♪
-This right here.
♪♪
-[ Scat singing ]
-[ Scat singing ]
-Do you know it?
[ Playing
"I Love Rock 'n Roll" ]
♪♪
[ Laughter ]
♪♪
[ Playing Jett guitar intro ]
-Oh, "I Love Rock 'n Roll"!
[ Ding! ]
Joan Jett, sorry!
"I Love Rock 'n Roll."
Oh, my gosh!
♪ Put [ Mumbling ]
in the jukebox ♪
Oh!
You're just so lame.
You guys got me.
I'm so bad.
-I saw Joan Jett
in concert in 1984
in some small
Louisiana state park
and there was a monsoon and she
was playing on an island
and around the island
was a muddy bayou.
And this monsoon came
and the entire crowd swam
across the muddy bayou,
onto the stage with Joan Jett,
and it was a mud fight
and she got completely into it.
[ Laughter ]
-Yes! That's the best
Joan Jett story!
I love that!
I'm gonna take credit
for getting that...
-You got it. You got it.
-...even though The Roots
gave that to me.
The Roots gave it to me.
-Mighty helpful.
-You're the best, buddy.
My thanks
to Matthew McConaughey.
My thanks to The Roots.
Matthew's new book,
"Greenlights,"
is available for preorder now.
Get ten copies.
We'll be right back with more
"Tonight Show," everybody.
-♪ I love rock 'n roll ♪
♪ Put another dime
in the jukebox, baby ♪
♪ I love rock 'n roll ♪
♪ If you take your time
and dance ♪
