<Li> The Muppets performed a version of the song in The Muppet Show with special guest star Alan Arkin in 1980 . </Li> <Li> The Levellers released a version of the song in 1991 . </Li> <Li> Although it is frequently misattributed to David Allan Coe or "Weird Al" Yankovic, musician Travis Meyer performed a parody entitled "The Devil Went Down to Jamaica," in which Johnny is recast as a Jamaican drug dealer who is challenged by the devil to a pot - smoking contest to see whose marijuana is best: his, or Johnny's . </Li> <Li> It is parodied by Cledus T. Judd as "Cledus Went Down to Florida," by a Christian parody group called ApologetiX as "The Devil Went Down to Jordan," and as "Devil Went to Jamaica" by Travis Meyer (the song is frequently misattributed to Weird Al Yankovic, and David Allan Coe has also been cited as the performer .) </Li>

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