History Main / SongOfSongTitles

* Pillar's song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou5CmbqrdCk Turn It Up]] was written to promote Christian rock music, and lists song titles from thirty or so bands and a variety of musical styles.

* In a variation, the lyrics to "In My Backyard" by DeadCelebrityStatus [[http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/deadcelebritystatus/inmybackyard.html consists nearly entirely]] of the names of other bands and musicians, with multiple song and album titles thrown in for good measure.

* In a variation, the lyrics to "In My Backyard" by DeadCelebrityStatus [[http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/deadcelebritystatus/inmybackyard.html consists nearly entirely]] of the names of other bands and musicians, with some song titles thrown in for good measure.

* In My Backyard, by Dead Celebrity Status, consists nearly entirely of these. At This Troper's last count, they managed over sixty references in three and a half minutes.

* Johnny Foreigner's album ''Grace and the Bigger Picture'' is practically an album of song titles. Pretty much every song title on the album gets a mention in another song - plus several b-sides, EPs and even songs from before they were signed ("Amateur! Historian!").

* {{Sublime}} has at least two, "Greatest Hits' mentions their "sister band" The Ziggens, "KRS-One" is about KRS-One,

* NoFX are fond of these, 13 stitches is manages to reference The Descendents, The Alley Cats, DOA, Millions Of Dead Cops, Ill Repute and Suicidal Tendencies in about 4 minutes.

* NoFX are fond of these, 13 stitches is manages to reference The Descendents, The Alley Cats, DOA, Millions Of Dead Cops, Ill Repute and Suicidal Tendencies in about 4 minutes.

* NoFX are fond of these, 13 stitches is manages to reference The Descendents, The Alley Cats, Kabuki Girl, DOA, Millions Of Dead Cops, Ill Repute and Suicidal Tendencies in about 4 minutes.

* Brad Paisley's "This Is Country Music" name-checks a laundry list of country classics, including "He Stopped Loving Her Today," "Amarillo by Mornin'," "Stand By Your Man" and "I Walk The Line."

* "Inane" from Xtort by KMFDM features the titles of a lot of their songs as the lyrics.

** "D'You Know What I Mean?" deserves an honorable mention for citing, along with two Fab Four songs ("''Fool on the Hill'', and ''I Feel Fine''"), BobDylan's album ''Blood on the Tracks''.
*** ''And'' their own song "Don't Look Back in Anger." And all three references immediately follow each other.

-->[[DavidBowie Ziggy]], [[EltonJohn Benny and the Jets]]...

** Said line might also be a reference to [[TheWho "My Generation"]], which they've also covered.

* Bon Jovi deserves a mention: in "It's My Life", the lyrics clearly reference "Livin' On A Prayer", arguably their best known song, by mentioning "Tommy and Gina, who never backed down".

* GreenDay's "21st Century Breakdown" with the line "My generation is zero / I never made it as a [[JohnLennon Working Class Hero]]". Also note that they covered the song themselves.

* Dawn of Winter's song "Titus Vanis" is composed almost entirely of Saint Vitus song titles. "Titus Vanis" is itself an acronym for Saint Vitus.

* GreenDay's "21st Century Breakdown" with the line "My generation is zero / I never made it as a [[JohnLennon Working Class Hero]]". Also note that they covered the song themselves.
* SnowPatrol's "Hands Open" namedrops SufjanStevens' "Chicago" as openly and literally as possible:
-->Put SufjanStevens on, and we'll play your favorite song,
-->Chicago bursts to life in your sweet smile remembers you

* SnowPatrol's "Hands Open" namedrops Sufjan Stevens' "Chicago" as openly and literally as possible:
-->Put Sufjan Stevens on, and we'll play your favorite song,

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* {{Sublime}} has at least two, "Greatest Hits' mentions their "sister band" The Ziggens, "KRS-One" is about KRS-One,

* The choruses Zebrahead's "We're not a Cover Band, We're a Tribute Band" are just random sentences that cram as many GuitarHero III song titles in as possible.

* "Metal Machine" by {{Sabaton}}.