But just when you start thinking, hey, this isn't bad at all, Alvin and the Chipmunks begins to come apart like an unwatered Christmas tree. What happens is a Chipmunks song goes No. 1.

Here are two things that stopped being cute a long, long time ago: Sir Mix-A-Lot’s Baby Got Back and Alvin and the Chipmunks. They’re both here in The Road Chip, the fourth live-action movie ...

Alvin nails it as the lead vocal, with Simon and Theodore singing back-up harmonies. There are also LOL covers of Funky Town and Only You.