Toss a coin to your Witcher,Peggy Markoff won't you?
For anyone who hasn't watched it yet, there's a catchy little tune in The Witcher, a popular new Netflix series based on the writings of Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. Without getting into story specifics, the show features a singing bard who keeps popping up in the life of Henry Cavill's Geralt.
There's a particular song the bard sings after they first meet that's really resonated in a way that transcends the show's own popularity. It's easy to tell why the first time you hear it. "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher" truly slaps. It's a little ditty that finds its way into your brain and refuses to leave.
Here it is. Don't say I didn't warn you.
I'm not the only one who feels this way. Now that the song is out in the wild, the people of the internet have claimed it as their own in all sorts of ways. On its own, Netflix released a bunch of different versions to accommodate the show's various foreign language options. One heroic Twitter user compiled them all into a thread.
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Then there are the covers. So, somany covers. This first example isn't exactlyone of them, but it's a great place for curious would-be WitcherBard stans to start, since it's a basic guitar tutorial. Make your own cover!
Let's dig a little deeper, though. At this point, "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher" spans all sorts of genres. There's a whole, entire subset of heavy metal covers, for example.
Enjoy this handful of examples.
This one isn't quiteas metal, but it still goes for that same big sound. In fact, the video refers to this cover as an "EPIC VERSION" of the song. So buckle up, kids.
These are all oretty great, right? The song really lends itself well to that epic power ballad vibe, and I think over time these heavier (or just plain "bigger") takes on the song will take hold as the most popular among cover artists.
But! They're not alone. Plenty of people have found inventive approaches of their own for covering "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher." Here's a most excellent, vocals-free "fingerstyle guitar" cover.
More guitar and nothing but guitar!
Before we leave the instrumental kick behind, how about a piano version?
Here's a more traditional version that's much more like what you hear on the show, with two exceptions: There's a woman singing it, and she singing in Russian.
How about a choral version, but it's just one guy singing in layered tracks?
Now the inevitable club remix....
There's a few clubbier takes on the song like this floating around, but not as many as I would have expected. Give it time. I'd also like to see a wider range of instrumentation. Give me a sax cover of "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher"! A funky bass dub! Hell, put it on a vibrophone! This song can work in any context.
SEE ALSO: Making sense of the timeline in Netflix's 'The Witcher'My favorite, however, is the version you can play yourself. If you own the virtual reality game Beat Saberon PC, there's actually a fan-made "level" set to "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher" that you can download and play for free (provided you own the game, of course).
Beat Saber, for those who might not know, is a VR rhythm game in which you hold a lightsaber-like laser sword in each hand, one red and one blue. As you play, color-coded Guitar Hero-style "notes" approach you and you've got to slash them with the correspondingly colored laser sword in time with the beat. It's a great game (and workout!), and being able to play it to the best song from The Witcheris... well... see for yourself.
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