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* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/14449/1/Embryonic_Eclipse Embryonic Eclipse]] is an [[SubbingVersusDubbing anti-dub]] AntiSue ''Anime/SailorMoon'' fanfic written to rectify a complaint the author had with another fic: a DarkFic entitled "The Dark Side Of The Moon", which contained no other references to Music/PinkFloyd. This fic makes up for it with large amounts of references to the band, quoting a song in its entirety, and naming all the chapters after the album's tracklist.

** Of course, the ''actual'' meaning of ''Closer'' can be useful for writing {{Angst}}. Take, for instance, [[http://xmen.adultfanfiction.net/story.php?no=600090653 this]] (NotSafeForWork) Franchise/{{X-Men}} SlashFic. So yes, not all uses of ''Closer'' in a SongFic are MisaimedFandom.

* An example of the third variety: ''[[http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/rwb.shtml We Belong]]'', a ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'' SongFic by troper @/LooneyToons, set around the song of the same name by PatBenatar. (And written in 1998, before songfics wore out their welcome.)

* Another Friendship is Magic fanfic, the infamous Rainbow Factory, intersperses the lyrics of the WoodenToaster song 'Rainbow Factory' throughout the story. But it works here, since the fic is actually inspired by the song itself, which was about how the weather factory in Cloudsdale had some dark ominous secret behind how it makes rainbows. But where the song was very vague about exactly what goes on at the titular factory, instead saying that it's simply "Where your fears and horrors come true" and "Not a single soul gets through", the fic explains exactly what the Rainbow Factory's dark secret is, in all its gory detail.

* ''[[Fanfic/TotalDramaIslandByGilbertAndSullivan Total Drama Island, by Gilbert and Sullivan]]'' takes the song fic concept to [[UpToEleven reality warping levels]]. Instead of just one song, it’s over 70 percent of the total verse content from a whole series of 14 light operas. The thousands upon thousands of lines of Creator/GilbertAndSullivan lyrics are collected in a separate section with a cross-referencing system that allows the reader to quickly jump back and forth between the text and the lyrics. The overall effect is to turn the canon story arc of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland'' into a comic opera.

Another method is to have a character actually listening to or performing a particular song. This may fit in more neatly with the text, and is frequently a way that LiveActionTV shows intersperse famous background music-namely, by setting the scene in a bar or club and having the actual musicians performing onstage. There's also the variant of this set during the bar's karaoke night, which always features one character singing a song specifically to another; the rampant abuse of SuspiciouslyAproposMusic involved in this one is part of why so many people hate it.

The third way is to rewrite the lyrics of a song and replace them with lyrics of the author's creation. This is probably the most dubious method, since there's a very good chance readers won't recognize it unless you specifically spell out which song or band you're "covering", so to speak, and even then it could just as easily detract from the experience. Some fanficition is nothing ''but'' SongFic, essentially rewriting the lyrics into a poem that fits whatever franchise they're writing about.

* During the height of both their popularity, Savage Garden songs were common in ''GundamWing'' fanfiction, particularly the song "Crash and Burn".

When it's done right this can really benefit the story, especially if the lyrics really fit with whatever is happening in the story. Unfortunately, it can just as easily detract from the story, especially if the readers don't actually recognize the song. Posting lyrics from a MichaelJackson or [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] song is one thing, but posting lyrics from the writer's favorite indie band runs a much bigger risk that the reader won't actually recognize the song. Alternately, the reader might simply not ''like'' whatever song the writer is using, and it ends up spoiling the mood anyway.

* A character called Alice miscalculates during a lesson in preparing a hallucinogenic incapacitant. She inadvertently goes on a mind-bending trip and encounters smoking caterpillars, talking chessmen and a dormouse in a teapot. See Creator/AAPessimal's ''{{Discworld}}'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5169257/1/White-Rabbit White Rabbit]]''. A music/JeffersonAirplane song is intimately involved. Alice Band even finds herself merging with the essence of Grace Slick to sing it.

--> Credit for the above lyrics go to the band America ("Horse With No Name"), Music/PinkMartini ("Dosvedanya, Mio Bombino"), Jim Croce ("Had to Say I Love You In a Song"), and Music/TheBeatles ("Sun King.")

* {{Glee}}, being a show about a high school show-choir, is practically made for SongFic of the performing version. The quality varies.

* A curious example is the ''Manga/DeathNote'' fic ''Requiem'' by firelordzuko, which is at a songfic based on the [[OminousLatinChanting Greek and Latin lyrics]] of the traditional Catholic Mass for the Dead (or Requiem Mass). The music is the Requiem in d-minor by WolfgangAmadeusMozart. The plot follows Near at L's funeral, where Mozart's Requiem is performed.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10906194/5/The-Rise-of-Fireclan The Rise of FireClan]]'', the [[ImprobableAge kitten]] protagonist sings ''[[WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog Slipping]]'' while killing Snake and Ice. How he even [[FurryConfusion knows]] what "cavemen" or "lemmings" are is never explained.

* While not a fanfic per say(though it was originally a WoW parody)''Looking for group'' periodically has character periodically break into song, such as Richard singing ''Never gonna give you up'' by Rick Astley [[http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/144/ 144]].

* And then there's, [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/14449/1/Embryonic_Eclipse Embryonic Eclipse]] is an [[SubbingVersusDubbing anti-dub]] AntiSue ''Anime/SailorMoon'' fanfic written to rectify a complaint the author had with another fic: a DarkFic entitled "The Dark Side Of The Moon", which contained no other references to Music/PinkFloyd. This fic makes up for it with large amounts of references to the band, quoting a song in its entirety, and naming all the chapters after the album's tracklist.
* Played with in ''GodelEscherBach''. It has dialogues between each chapter that are named after musical works by J. S. Bach. There was at least one where the characters were listening to, and talking about, the piece the dialogue was based on.

* The MLP AlternateUniverse known as ''Fanfic/TheCadanceverse'' is nothing ''but'' Songfics; including a ponified version of ''Opera/{{Carmen}}'' replacing ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIs MagicS1E22ABirdInTheHoof A Bird in the Hoof]]''.

* And then there's, [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/14449/1/Embryonic_Eclipse Embryonic Eclipse]] is an [[SubbingVersusDubbing anti-dub]] AntiSue ''Manga/SailorMoon'' fanfic written to rectify a complaint the author had with another fic: a DarkFic entitled "The Dark Side Of The Moon", which contained no other references to Music/PinkFloyd. This fic makes up for it with large amounts of references to the band, quoting a song in its entirety, and naming all the chapters after the album's tracklist.

This trope is a classic example of how TropesAreTools and TropesAreNotBad. While {{Song Fic}}s are deplored by some people and major sites like [[http://www.fanfiction.net/guidelines/ Fanfiction.Net]] forbid the use of non-public domain lyrics due to copyright issues, they can be highly effective if they're used correctly and can add more depth to a story than you might think.

--> Credit for the above lyrics go to the band America ("Horse With No Name"), Music/Pink Martini ("Dosvedanya, Mio Bombino"), Jim Croce ("Had to Say I Love You In a Song"), and Music/TheBeatles ("Sun King.")

--> Credit for the above lyrics go to the band America ("Horse With No Name"), Pink Martini ("Dosvedanya, Mio Bombino"), Jim Croce ("Had to Say I Love You In a Song"), and the Beatles ("Sun King.")

* Not exactly a fanfic... or a song, for that matter, but RichardCorben & RichMargopoulos' ''HauntOfHorror'' has several stories where the panels are juxtaposed with poetry from EdgarAllanPoe or Creator/HPLovecraft. One particularly amusing example would be Poe's ''Israfel'' on a story about a GangstaRap beef.

* There is a rather elegant ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' version of this in ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1612626/1/The_bUniverse_b_is_Resting_in_My_bArms_b The Universe is Resting in My Arms]]''. The lyrics flow almost seamlessly into the story -- this troper did not realise it was a songfic until seeing them quoted in one hit at the end.

''I've been through the desert on a horse with no name,\\

''[[Theatre/TheYeomenOfTheGuard I have a song to sing, O]]\\

''The samovar is full of tea\\

''But every time I tried to tell you\\

''[[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign Quando para mucho mi amore de felice corazón]]\\

* ''[[Fanfic/TotalDramaIslandByGilbertAndSullivan Total Drama Island, by Gilbert and Sullivan]]'' takes the song fic concept to [[UpToEleven reality warping levels]]. Instead of just one song, it’s over 70 percent of the total verse content from a whole series of 14 light operas. The thousands upon thousands of lines of GilbertAndSullivan lyrics are collected in a separate section with a cross-referencing system that allows the reader to quickly jump back and forth between the text and the lyrics. The overall effect is to turn the canon story arc of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland'' into a comic opera.

* FanFic writers shoehorned the Train song "Meet Virginia" into countless HarryPotter fanfics involving Ginny Weasley.

* Will not a fanfic per say(though it was originally a WoW parody)''Looking for group'' periodically has character periodically break into song, such as Richard singing ''Never gonna give you up'' by Rick Astley [[http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/144/]].