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14An alphabetical list of musical catch phrases:
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16* "2 CHAINZ!!!" - [[SingerNameDrop Take a wild guess]]...
17* "NOT!" - Music/{{Anthrax}}
18* "I buried Paul" - The final line in Music/TheBeatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" (1967), which was actually John Lennon muttering "cranberry sauce". Nevertheless the phrase "I buried Paul" became an urban legend.
19** "Yeah yeah yeah" - The Beatles. Their early songs often use "yeah yeah yeah" as a refrain. In France early pop music was even named "yéyé music", and Brazil's title for ''Film/AHardDaysNight'' was "The Kings of Ié Ié Ié''.
20* "On your feet or on your knees!" - Music/BlueOysterCult
21* "Jah Rastafari!" - Music/BobMarley
22* "Hi-de-ho!" - Music/CabCalloway
23* "¡Azucar!" - Music/CeliaCruz
24* "PERIODT!" - ''Music/CityGirls''
25* "Say our name with us now, one time together, my brothers, my sisters, my blood... [[AudienceParticipation WE ARE]]! Music/{{DISTURBED}}!"
26** "Spread the sickness, infect the world..."
27* "Mustard on the beat, ho." - The signature of any song produced by DJ Mustard.
28* "So far away" - Music/{{Dragonforce}}
29* "We love you madly"- Music/DukeEllington's traditional closing message.
30* "Elvis has left the building." - Closing statement after Music/ElvisPresley's concerts
31** "Thank you. Thank you very much." - Music/ElvisPresley
32* Music/{{Eminem}}:
33** "Guess who's back?" (Sometimes just "Guess who?") - Slim Shady
34** "Hi! My name is... ''chkka-chkka'' Slim Shady!"
35** "It ''feeeeels'' so good to be ''baaa-aack''!" - Eminem
36* "Doobie doobie do" - Music/FrankSinatra's famous scatting at the end of "Strangers in the Night" (1967)
37* "Oops upside your head- I say: oops upside your head" - "Oops Upside Your Head" (1979) by the Gap Band
38* "Bow wow wow yippie-yo yippie yeah/ Bow wow wow yippie-yo yippie yeah" - Music/GeorgeClinton in "Atomic Dog" (1983)
39* "Turned out nice again!" - Music/GeorgeFormby
40* "Scream for me, [[CheapHeat (city name)]]]! SCREAM FOR ME <city>!" - Music/BruceDickinson
41** "Up the Irons!" for Music/IronMaiden.
42* "Ain't it funky now?" - Music/JamesBrown
43** "Can't pass the people, can't pass me! Hit me!" -Music/JamesBrown
44*** "I feel good!"- Music/JamesBrown, who used this line in his SignatureSong "I Feel Good (I Got You)", but also dozens of other times in other songs and during public appearances.
45* "Hi[=/=]Hello, I'm Music/JohnnyCash."
46* YOU WANTED THE BEST, YOU GOT THE BEST! THE HOTTEST BAND IN THE WORLD...Music/{{KISS}}!
47** YOU WANTED THE WORST, YOU GOT THE WORST: THE ONE, THE ONLY, [[Music/LimpBizkit LIMP BIZKIT]]!
48* "I wish my brother George was here." - Liberace
49* "Young Moolah, baby!" - Music/LilWayne
50* "A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bop-bop!" - From Music/LittleRichard's [[SignatureSong 1956 hit Tutti Frutti]] became a catch phrase still associated with the singer.
51** "Ooh, my soul!" was another of his sayings, usually while catching his breath after a song.
52* "Can't touch this!" - Music/MCHammer
53* "Thank you all, you've been great; we've been Music/{{Megadeth}}".
54* "Shamone" - Music/MichaelJackson (Reference to his song "Bad", though he actually says: "c'mon". It has been spoofed in popular culture as "shamone" and "jah-mo".)
55* "We are Music/{{Motorhead}}, and we will kick your ass/play rock 'n roll."
56* "Dilo!" (idiomatic Spanish for "Say it!") - Perez Prado. He would shout it at his orchestra, multiple times per song.
57* Music/{{OFWGKTA}} has several. "Fuck Steve Harvey", "GOLF WANG", "swag me out" and of course "free Earl".
58* "Yeaaaaaah booooyyy!" - Flavor Flav of Music/PublicEnemy
59* "Gabba Gabba Hey!" - Music/TheRamones
60** "Hey! Ho! Let's go!" - Music/TheRamones
61* "We are Music/{{REM}} and this is what we do."
62** "...[[InnocentInnuendo when you're not looking]]."
63* "Look out!" - Music/RonnieJamesDio
64* In {{Music/Savatage}}'s ''Music/StreetsARockOpera'': "Jesus Saves!" is the catchphrase of both DT Jesus' music fans and his clients from his drug dealing days.
65* "No future!" - Music/SexPistols. [[Music/JohnLydon Johnny Rotten]] mentioned this phrase in their song "God Save The Queen" and it quickly became a nihilistic slogan for punks everywhere.
66* "[[Music/{{Slipknot}} This is your new National-fucking-anthem! This is surfacing!]]"
67* "YOUUUUUU!!!!! Music/SouljaBoy Tell Em..."
68* "Put your hands up in the air and wave 'em like you just don't care" - Used zillions of times in any catchy song. The earliest use was probably "Rapper's Delight" (1979) by Music/TheSugarhillGang.
69* "Is everybody happy?" - [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Lewis_(musician) Ted Lewis]]
70* The announcement "The Official Adventures of..." from Music/GrandmasterFlash.
71* Music/NeilYoung greeted audiences with a cheery "How ya doin'!", at any point during concert sets.

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