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* Future Perfect: "Solitary Star" is the follow-on to "Queen of the Dance Floor", as evident by the {{call-back}}s in the lyrics.

-> This is followed up on a later album by a song called, appropriately enough, "Scalp". The narrator is asked by a shady friend to pick up a mysterious package at a warehouse and drop it off at another location. He gets into his car but has an internal struggle as to whether or not he should do such an obviously morally dubious thing. Deciding against his better judgement, he starts driving to the warehouse...

** This is followed up on a later album by a song called, appropriately enough, "Scalp". The narrator is asked by a shady friend to pick up a mysterious package at a warehouse and drop it off at another location. He gets into his car but has an internal struggle as to whether or not he should do such an obviously morally dubious thing. Deciding against his better judgement, he starts driving to the warehouse...

** The song "Hair", in which rapper Slug details the story of a fan trying to seduce him at a bar. The song progresses through the night as Slug and the girl go back and forth, with the fan's advances eventually winning over Slug. They get into her car, and as they're driving to her place, the song ends:

-->''It feels like I've been waiting for you me whole life"''

-->''You're so beautiful from the hair to the soul''

-->''It feels like I've been waiting for you me whole life''

-->''I can't believe that I never met you before

* AxelRudiPell are have done this with their album ''The Crest'', which features a track called ''Dark Waves of the Sea (Oceans of Time Pt. II: The Dark Side)'', which is a sequel to their 1998 track, ''Oceans of Time''. It has a similar, but more guitar-heavy chorus, and a similar solo section to the first song.

* AxelRudiPell are set to do this with their new album The Crest, which features a track called ''Dark Waves of the Sea (Oceans of Time Pt.II: The Dark Side)'', which is a sequel to their 1998 track, ''Oceans of Time''. A preview of the song on their website shows that it has a similar, but more guitar-heavy chorus, and a similar solo section to the first song.

* The Vines' had "Autumn Shade" then "Autumn Shade II" followed by both "A.S. III" and "A.S.4 (Autumn Shade 4)" all on separate albums.

* Mr. Bungle had "Sleep (Part II): Carry Stress in the Jaw" and "Sleep (Part III): Phlegmatics" on ''Disco Volante'', leading fans to wonder where the hell "Sleep Part I" was: It turns out Trevor Dunn, who had written both songs, had retroactively decided that the earlier song "Slowly Growing Deaf" was part one. The three aren't directly connected, but share the theme of an illness affecting a specific body part.

* Mr. Bungle had "Sleep (Part II): Carry Stress in the Jaw" and "Sleep (Part III): Phlegmatics" on ''Disco Volante'', leading fans to wonder where the hell "Sleep Part I" was: It turns out Trevor Dunn, who had written both songs, had retroactively decided that the earlier song "Slowly Growing Deaf" was part one. The three aren't directly connected, but share a theme of something going wrong with a specific body part.

* In what may be the most triumphant example, Metallica followed up ''The Unforgiven'' with ''The Unforgiven II'' six years later. And then came ''The Unforgiven III'', eleven years after ''II''. The original and ''II'' share some lyrics, and a horn intro at the beginning. ''III'' has neither, but it's still easy to see the connection.
* Slipknot did this with ''Vermilion'' and ''Vermilion Part 2''. The first is typical Slipknot fare, while the sequel is a mellow acoustic ballad. Interestingly, both songs are on the same album.
* Dream Theater has ''Metropolis, Pt. I: The Miracle and the Sleeper'', and ''Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory''. The second song is notable for lasting a whole album which is separated into twelve tracks, 9 "scenes," and two acts.
* Axel Rudi Pell are set to do this with their new album The Crest, which features a track called ''Dark Waves of the Sea (Oceans of Time Pt.II: The Dark Side)'', which is a sequel to their 1998 track, ''Oceans of Time''. A preview of the song on their website shows that it has a similar, but more guitar-heavy chorus, and a similar solo section to the first song.

* Helloween are very fond of this. ''Halloween'', ''Keeper of the Seven Keys'' and ''King for a Thousand Years'' found on the albums ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt.1'', ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt.2'' and ''Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy'' respectively are all considered sequels. While ''Halloween'' doesn't share a plot with the other two songs, it's still considered part of the band's "Keeper Trilogy", being a 10+ minute long multi-part Epic. An orchestral medley of all three songs was made for the band's 2010 compilation album Unarmed. It's an interesting case in that ''King for a Thousand Years'' was released 17 years after ''Keeper''.

* MeatLoaf's album ''BatOutOfHell'' had two sequels, though only ''Bat Out of Hell II'' was written entirely by original ''Bat'' songwriter JimSteinman.
* MikeOldfield's ''TubularBells II''.
* TheBeatles' "Glass Onion" could be seen as a sequel to "Strawberry Fields" and "I Am the Walrus"... or just a MindScrew. It also references "Fool on the Hill," "Lady Madonna," "Fixing a Hole," "There's a Place," "I'm Looking Through You," and "Within You and Without You."

* BritneySpears' "Stronger" contains the line "My loneliness ain't killing me no more", a reference to ''Baby One More Time''.
* {{Eminem}}'s "[[MurderBallad Kim]]" was a prequel to "97 Bonnie and Clyde".

* "Bad Day" by {{REM}} is a sequel to their previous song, "It's the End of the World as We Know It".

* RedHotChiliPeppers: "Dani California" to "Californication".

* Rush ended their album "A Farewell To Kings" with the song "Cygnus X-I Part I" and ended their next album, "Hemispheres" with the followup "Cygnus X-I Part II".

* Tommy and Gina from Bon Jovi's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDK9QqIzhwk "Living On A Prayer"]] made a return appearance in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2u5uUu3DE&ob=av2e "It's My Life"]]. As well as the introduction.
* EltonJohn recorded "Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters" in 1972, and "Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters, Part 2" in 1988.
* JethroTull followed "Christmas Song" in 1970 and "Another Christmas Song" in 1989.
* TheRamones have "The Return of Jackie and Judy", a sequel to "Judy Is a Punk", and "This Ain't Havana", a sequel to "Havana Affair". And arguably "Cretin Family" also qualifies as a sequel/inversion of "We're a Happy Family" (that references the title of "Cretin Hop").

* Ice-T's "Midnight" has a spoken intro that more or less sets it up as a sequel to his earlier song "6 'N The Mornin'". The very last line reveals that it's more of a ''prequel'' song though, since "6 'N The Mornin'" begins with police at the door at 6 A.M. and "Midnight" ends with the exact same situation.

* Ice-T's "Midnight" has as spoken intro that more or less sets it up as a sequel to his earlier song "6 'N The Mornin'". The very last line reveals that it's more of a ''prequel'' song though, since "6 'N The Mornin'" begins with police at the door at 6 A.M. and "Midnight" ends with the exact same situation.

* Ice T's "Midnight" has as spoken intro that more or less sets it up as a sequel to his earlier song "6 'N The Mornin'". The very last line reveals that it's more of a ''prequel'' song though, since "6 'N The Mornin'" begins with police at the door at 6 A.M. and "Midnight" ends with the exact same situation.

* Bobby "Boris" Pickett recorded several sequels to the novelty hit "Monster Mash", including "Monster Swim", "Transylvania Twist", and even "[[ChristmasSongs Monster's Holiday]]."

* BenFolds has "Fred Jones, Part 2", a sequel to "Cigarette" (which also had Fred Jones as a main character).