"The Pied Piper" is a pop song written by the duo The Changin' Times, consisting of Steve Duboff and Artie Kornfeld, who first recorded it in 1965. Their version reached #87 on the Billboard Hot 100. However, when British pop singer Crispian St. Peters recorded it, he scored a major hit during the summer of 1966. It went to #4 in the United States, #5 in the United Kingdom, and #1 in Canada. The song's title refers to a fairy tale from German folklore, the titular character of which is The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

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Later uses

An advertisement for the first-generation Toyota Echo in Australia and New Zealand. The song has been used in three episodes of the HBO series Silicon Valley, where it is sung karaoke by Dinesh.

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