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1->''- Stravinsky! \
2- Gretchaninoff! \
3- Rumshinsky! \
4- Rachmaninoff! \
5- He'd better stop because we feel we all have undergone enough!''
6-->-- ''Theatre/LadyInTheDark''
7
8A List Song is a song whose lyrics lists a bunch of things that all tie together in some way.
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10Not quite the same thing as a PatterSong (though they can overlap). A patter song is a song which spits out a lot of words in very little time. Lots of sixteenth notes, a moderate-to-fast tempo, and more often than not, a very limited melody. The test of patter-songitute lies in the ''music''. An example of a patter song that isn't a list song would be "The Worst Pies in London" from ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'', or "Trouble" from ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'', or "I've Just Seen a Face" by Music/TheBeatles.
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12A list song is made so by the ''lyrics''. List songs that aren't patter songs include "I'm Still Here" from ''Follies'', and "It Might as Well Be Spring," from ''State Fair''. Admittedly, most list songs are going to be patter songs, but they aren't interchangeable terms.
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14Usually a List Song is used for one of three reasons: a series of jokes, giving a sense of something by its details ("the children out of school / the heat is getting boiling / The baseball season is really going / It must be the end of June..."), or Edutainment ("United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama..."), although both of the latter two frequently overlap with "comedy" anyway.
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16The difficulty of memorizing the lyrics of List Songs is evident when actors in live performances sometimes forget what they're supposed to be singing. It's also very easy for fans to add whole verses of unofficial lyrics to list songs; in many cases, far more lines were written by the original lyricists than could ever have been used.
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18Some particularly common examples are covered by {{subtrope}}s:
19[[index]]
20* DaysOfTheWeekSong
21* ListingCities
22* MajorGeneralSong
23* SongOfSongTitles
24* ThemeTuneRollCall
25* TheTwelveSpoofsOfChristmas
26* WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies
27[[/index]]
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29!!Examples:
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32[[folder:Advertising]]
33* [=McDonald=]'s had an ad back in the '80's - the [=McDonald=]'s Menu Song that was ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - it came as a 45 record in the Sunday edition of major newspapers[[note]]You could also get at [=McDonald's=].[[/note]], and if your copy had the class able to sing it all the way through, you won a million dollars.
34** "Big Mac, [=McDLT=], a Quarter Pounder with some cheese, Filet-O-Fish, a hamburger, a cheeseburger, a Happy Meal, [=McNuggets=], tasty golden french fries regular and larger sizes..." Set to the tune of "Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)" by Reunion, a great list song of golden oldie singers and groups.
35** Around 1980, a sort of jump-rope-rhythm song went:
36--->Big Mac, Filet-O-Fish, Quarter Pounder, French fries, icy Coke, thick shakes, sundaes, and apple pies.
37** This goes back before them all:
38--->Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun.
39** "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer? You're drooling on the mike again.]]"
40** Played with for a New Zealand ad advertising the “Kiwiburger”. It lists off several things that don’t have to do with the product- and also on the box for the burger.
41* San Francisco Bay Area tropers of a certain age will undoubtedly remember the infectious jingle for Denevi Camera mentioning their store’s locations (“Dublin, Berkeley, San Lorenzo, Cupertino, San Jose”).
42* "Advertising/DumbWaysToDie", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJNR2EpS0jw a PSA]] by Australian Metro that went viral, is a list of [[TooDumbToLive increasingly stupid ways to die]].
43-->''Set fire to your hair\
44Poke a stick at a grizzly bear\
45Eat medicine that's out of date\
46Use your private parts as piranha bait\
47Dumb ways to die\
48So many dumb ways to die\
49Dumb ways to di-i-ie\
50So many dumb ways to die!''
51* A radio ad during the early days of UsefulNotes/{{Kmart}} has this trope intermingled with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgkyoAK-Y_4 main jingle]].
52* The Christmas commercials for Advertising/{{Hhgregg}} mostly serve to list various products that are on sale to the tune of a Christmas song.
53* In the late 1970s, VISA credit cards had a series of commercials with list songs with a similar tune. [[https://youtu.be/B_0keMR_DBM This one]] lists items you can purchase with VISA, while another listed worldwide tourist destinations. One radio spot listed all 50 states.
54* A radio commercial for Tyson's Corner Center, a large shopping mall in Northern Virginia, also used the "Life is a Rock" tune. The lyrics listed the many stores found in the mall.
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57[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
58* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' gives us the Pokérap and the similar Japanese song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ6sQ382hRU "Pokémon Ierukana?"]][[note]]Meaning "Can You Name All the Pokémon?"[[/note]]. There have been Kanto and Johto versions for each, but the US got a Hoenn one and Japan got a Unova one.
59** In a more roundabout way, "What Kind of Pokémon are You?", which listed all of the Pokémon types from that era.
60** "2.B.A. Master" tried to list all the original 15 types, but it included Fire type twice (once normally and once by it's Japanese name "Flame") and skipped Poison.
61** There's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GKykZ5zmqU "Can't Stop Catching 'em All"]] from when ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' were released in North America, which is sort of an incomplete English Pokérap for Unova, though as stated prior Japan provided [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvo7UevIv_8 a complete one]].
62* Downplayed in the ''Manga/KOn'' movie - during a concert in London, Yui gets a bit over-excited and begins ad-libbing a List Song-esque breakdown that consists of her rattling off as many London-related things as she can think of. This drags the concert out just long enough that they have to sprint to the airport for fear of missing the plane back to Japan.
63* The ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' song "The ABC’s of Class-F" includes a list of Creator/FujikoFujio characters and their abilities:
64-->He's here! He's here! From the sky comes Manga/{{Perman}}!\
65No way, telekinesis?! Anime/EsperMami!\
66Inventing smiles, It's [[Manga/KiteretsuDaihyakka Kiteretsu and Korosuke]]!
67[[/folder]]
68
69[[folder:Audio Play]]
70* AudioPlay/ThirtySixQuestions:
71** ''One Thing'' slowly becomes a list song as the number of things that need to be repaired increases.
72** ''We Both'' has Judith listing similarities between herself and her alter-ego Natalie, followed by Judith listing things she and her husband have in common.
73[[/folder]]
74
75[[folder:Comedy]]
76* Australian comic duo The Scary Little Weird Guys did a couple. One was about the (highly venomous) wildlife of Australia, and the other was (supposedly) every name in the telephone book.
77* One Brazilian radio station does an almost-daily parody of "Because I Got High" in which the lyrics are the streets on which the traffic will get jammed that day. And they change the names every time!
78* German comedian Otto Waalkes has ''Wir haben Grund zum Feiern'' (we have reason to celebrate), which consists of a list of alcoholic drinks to the melody of Music/BillyJoel's 'We Didn't Start the Fire'.
79* Music/WeirdAlYankovic:
80** "CNR" is a list of Creator/ChuckNorris-esque MemeticBadass abilities and accomplishments of late actor Charles Nelson Reilly.
81** "Tacky" is a list of tacky behaviours and fashion choices the narrator displays.
82** "My Own Eyes" is a list of all the bizarre things the narrator [[BrainBleach wishes he could unsee]].
83** "Hardware Store" combines this with PatterSong when Al rapidly lists a ''lot'' of things he can get at the hardware store.
84* Creator/AdamSandler's "Chanukah Song" lists celebrities with both real and fictional connections to Judaism, which is often updated with new lyrics.
85* "The Philosopher's Song" from ''AudioPlay/TheMontyPythonMatchingTieAndHandkerchief'' is a List Song about various philosophers and their drinking habits. "There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach ya 'bout the raising of the wrist... Socrates himself was permanently pissed..."
86[[/folder]]
87
88[[folder:Fan Works]]
89* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP_ps92Krw0 [S] Karkat: Be a Fanboy]] has the title [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Homestuck]] character cleaning up a huge pile of movies (mostly [[RomanticComedy RomComs]]) to the tune of [[Film/MaryPoppins Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious]].
90-->''Film/ShesTheMan, Film/TheRebound, Film/{{Hitch}} and Film/MissCongeniality\
91This is just the tip of the iceberg that's my menagerie\
92Film/TheWeddingSinger, Film/GroundhogDay, Film/ThePrincessBride, Film/LoveActually,\
93Film/{{Titanic|1997}}, Film/{{Juno}}, Film/KnockedUp, Film/ShesAllThat, Film/CoyoteUgly''
94[[/folder]]
95
96[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
97* "I Before E Except After C," in ''WesternAnimation/ABoyNamedCharlieBrown,'' consisted largely of exceptions to that rule and how these exceptions work.
98* Mr. Ray, the schoolteacher in ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', sings these to educate his students. ("Let's name the zones, the zones, the zones/Let's name the zones of the open seeeaaaaaaaaa!")
99* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}'', Japeth the Goat sings "Be Prepared" which starts listing all the different sets of horns he has.
100-->Well, I got horns that open bottles, and I got horns that hold my keys\
101I got horns that when you turn 'em right, they help me watch TV\
102I got horns that open pickle jars and horns that come with hair\
103I got horns that hold my other horns, I always come prepared
104* ''WesternAnimation/MelodyTime'': The segment ''The Legend of Johnny Appleseed'' has "The Apple Song", in which Johnny's guardian angel convinces him to roam the land planting apple trees by rattling off the many things that apples make.
105-->'''Johnny's Angel:''' There's, uh... ''Apple pickles, oh, so tasty / Apple tarts and apple pastry / Apple dumplings, not to mention...''
106-->'''Johnny:''' ''Applesa'ce?''
107-->'''Johnny's Angel:''' ''Yes! And there's apple fritters, light as thistle / And for folks to wet their whistle...''
108-->'''Both:''' ''Tangy apple cider in a glass!''
109* "Playing With the Big Boys" from ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' starts off with the two priests listing the names of various Egyptian deities, and later on in the song the list returns [[OminousLatinChanting as an ominous chant in the background.]]
110* "A Whole Bunch of World" from the ''WesternAnimation/TeachersPet'' movie, which lists all the states in the US in alphabetical order.
111* All of the songs from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' except "The Healing Incantation" and "I See the Light" are like this: [[IWantSong "When Will My Life Begin"]] is about Rapunzel singing about all the things she will do in the tower (or outside, in the case of the TriumphantReprise), [[VillainSong "Mother Knows Best"]] is about [[BigBad Mother Gothel]] singing about all of the things that will "hurt" Rapunzel were she was to leave the tower, and [[CrowdSong "I've Got a Dream"]] is about all of the Snuggly Duckling thugs singing about all of the things they wanted to do besides acting like, um... thugs.
112[[/folder]]
113
114[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
115* The "Galaxy Song" from ''Creator/MontyPython's [[Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife The Meaning of Life]]'' is sort of a List Song, consisting as it does of a series of facts and figures about the universe strung together.
116** Sir Robin's song from ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' is a long list of all the grisly potential fates that await the knight, and about how he is not at all afraid of any of them. [[BlatantLies Yep, deeeeeeefinitely not afraid.]]
117--->He was not in the least bit scared\
118To be mashed into a pulp\
119Or to have his [[EyeScream eyes gouged out]]\
120And [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking his elbows broken]]\
121To have his kneecaps split\
122And his body burned away\
123And his limbs all hacked and mangled\
124Brave Sir Robin\
125His head smashed in\
126And his heart cut out\
127And his liver removed\
128And his [[ToiletHumor bowels unplugged]]\
129And his nostrils raped\
130And his bottom burned off\
131And his [[GroinAttack penis-]]\
132'''Sir Robin:''' That's enough music for now, lads!
133* ''Film/MaryPoppins'' At the penguin restaurant, Bert sings with the Penguins about Mary Poppins:
134-->'''Bert:''' (''singing'') It's true that Mavis and Sybil have ways that are winning, and Prudence and Gwendolyn set your heart spinning. Phoebe's delightful, Maude is disarming.
135-->'''Penguins:''' Janice, Felicia, and Lydia.
136-->'''Bert:''' (''singing'') Charming! Cynthia's dashing, Vivian's sweet, Stephanie's smashing, Priscilla a treat.
137-->'''Penguins:''' Veronica, Millicent, Agnes, and Jane.
138-->'''Bert:''' (''singing'') Convivial company, time and again. Dorcas and Phyllis and Glynis are sorts. I'll agree are three jolly good sports. But cream of the crop, tip of the top....
139-->'''Bert and the Penguins:''' It's Mary Poppins, and there we stop!
140* In ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', the 1971 adaptation of ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'', Veruca Salt gets a VillainSong titled "I Want It Now", which consist of an [[OverlyLongGag incredibly long]] list of things [[IWantSong she wants]] [[SpoiledBrat right now!]]
141* Doctor Terminus, the medicine-show villain of ''Film/PetesDragon1977'', has the song "Passamaquoddy" in which he fluidly rattles off the New England towns where his cures have worked miracles... only for him to fumble helplessly when he tries to pronounce his current stop, to the irritation of the natives.
142* "America, Fuck Yeah!" from ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice'' is a parody of these. It supposedly lists all these things that make [[EagleLand the USA]] the best in the world, but is totally random and includes items that are morally wrong, not American at all or just plain weird. Slavery, fuck yeah! Sushi, fuck yeah! Fake tits, fuck yeah!
143[[/folder]]
144
145[[folder:Literature]]
146* "These Are the Things That Make a Man" in ''Literature/{{Wintersmith}}'' is a song that lists the chemicals that make up a man ("Iron enough to make a nail, water enough to drown a dog...") concluding with three [[InsubstantialIngredients intangibles]] (strength, time and love). This went on to become "The Making of a Man", Creator/TerryPratchett's favourite track on Music/SteeleyeSpan's album [[Music/{{Wintersmith}} based on the book]].
147** Also in the Series/Discworld series is The Hedgehog Song. The actual lyrics [[NoodleIncident are never given]], but it's implied to be a [[BawdySong rather dirty]] one of these.
148* In Creator/RobertRankin's ''Sex and Drugs and Sausage Rolls'', the [[ShowWithinAShow show-within-a-book]] ''Armageddon: The Musical: The Musical'' has Dalai Dan's song about Weird Stuff.
149[[/folder]]
150
151[[folder:Live Action TV]]
152* "Alexei Sayle's Stuff" featured a couple of these, notably "7 Things I Wouldn't Much Like To Do", in which Alexei produces several seven-item lists of undesirable activities, including running for the European Parliament dressed as a frog, and being employed to set fire to his bottom on BBC television. The song stops dead during the third verse when he lists 'Carrying on singing this bloody stupid song.'
153* On the ''Series/SesameStreet'' soundtrack, Oscar the Grouch sings "I Love Trash," a list of... well...[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin types of trash.]]
154* On an episode of ''Series/HappyDays'', Potsie sings "Pumps Your Blood," a song that lists the steps in which blood circulates through the body. It was forgotten by all but devoted fans of the show until years later, when it resurfaced in an aspirin commercial.
155* Rockapella's song "Capital", in which they list the capitals of the 50 United States. They inadvertently left off the capital of South Dakota (Pierre), and GOT A CALL FROM THE STATE'S GOVERNOR. He left a voice mail, which they then included on subsequent releases of the "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?" soundtrack album immediately after the track in question.
156* The EndingTheme to ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'', considered by fans to be ''Franchise/SuperSentai'''s take on the [[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries Pokérap]], lists all the previous 34 Super Sentai squadrons. Given how catchy the song is, it's quite an easy method to make one remember the names of every Franchise/SuperSentai ever.
157* Prior to that, the various Franchise/KamenRider crossovers often featured a special song listing all riders involved in the crossover. Black RX' crossover song is appropriately titled "11 Kamen Rider". Bonus points that the first two are Ichigô (one) and Nigô (two).
158** "George Karizaki's Rider System" does the same as the above ''Sentai'' and ''Rider'' examples, enumerating the main and secondary Riders of every series up to that point as well as every Rider from ''Series/KamenRiderRevice''.
159* An episode of ''Series/HannahMontana'' has Miley having to learn a list of the human bones for a biology test. She realises that she has no trouble remembering the words to songs and the steps to dances so composes a list song which she ends up teaching to the entire class.
160* The ending theme of ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'' lists off all 24 Zyudenchi.
161* Several in ''Series/HorribleHistories'', including a list of phrases coined by Shakespeare, a list of books by Charles Dickens, a list of inventions from the Victorian period, and a list of ancient Greek inventions. The English Kings and Queens Song is a list of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin English reigning monarchs]] since William the Conqueror.
162* ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' has "After Everything I've Done For You (That You Didn't Ask For)" and the reprise "After Everything You Made Me Do (That You Didn't Ask For)", which feature fast-spoken lists of all of the [[BlatantLies entirely selfless]], [[StalkerWithACrush totally non-creepy]] things they did for the person they're singing to. In both cases, rather than be impressed, the other person is horrified - [[spoiler:Josh's]] wordless reaction shots to [[spoiler:Rebecca's]] increasingly crazy list of supposed good deeds is priceless.
163* ''Series/TheSunnySideUpShow'': "The Pet Song," sung by Tim and Chica.
164[[/folder]]
165
166[[folder:Music]]
167* 1974's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16kh-AP4OCU Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)]]" by Reunion, mashes together a bunch of [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] to famous bands and singers.
168* "That's a Woman" by Celtic Thunder.
169* Music/BillyJoel's "[[http://www.teacheroz.com/fire.htm We Didn't Start The Fire]]", along with [[WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies its innumerable parodies]], is one of the most widely-known List Songs.
170* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWTreukfMTI Paren de Venir]]", from Argentinian group "The Sacados". As in "We Didn't Start The Fire", the lyrics are also a list of famous people's names. The chorus asks them to stop coming to visit the country.
171* Aterciopelados' "[[https://youtu.be/PaPkWAVn9zc?t=2m Baracunátana]]", which lists strange and offensive words for a cheating woman.
172* Music/WeirdAlYankovic does this once an album. Sometimes more than once. Examples include "White & Nerdy" (nerdy things he does), "One More Minute" (things he'd rather do than [[AntiLoveSong spend time with his ex]]) and its converse "You Make Me" (things his love makes him do) and also "Since You've Been Gone" (painful sensations comparable to the pain of a break up) and "You Don't Love Me Anymore" (the ways his girlfriend is abusing him), "Wanna B Ur Lovr" (TerriblePickUpLines), and "Hardware Store" (things he plans to do and buy when the eponymous store opens).
173** "Dare To Be Stupid" (various phrases and stupid acts), "One Of Those Days" (bad things that happened in the singer's day), "Fat" (things that happen due to massive obesity), "Good Old Days" (things that happened in the titular days)...
174** "Your Horoscope For Today" is a list of {{Strangely Specific Horoscope}}s for each of the signs in the Western Zodiac.
175--->'''Aquarius:''' There's travel in your future\
176When your tongue freezes to the back of a speeding bus\
177Fill that void in your pathetic life\
178By playing whack-a-mole seventeen hours a day\
179'''Pices:''' Try to avoid any Virgos or Leos\
180With the ebola virus\
181You are the true Lord of the Dance\
182No matter what those idiots at work say
183** Weird Al's song "Virus Alert" lists all of the awful things that will happen to you if the titular virus is downloaded onto your computer.
184--->(Look out!) It's gonna melt your face right off of your skull\
185(Look out!) And make your [=iPod=] only play Music/JethroTull\
186(Look out!) And tell you knock-knock jokes while you're tryin' to sleep\
187(Look out!) And make you [[BestialityIsDepraved physically attracted to sheep]]\
188(Look out!) Steal your identity and your credit cards\
189(Look out!) Buy you a warehouse full of pink leotards\
190(Look out!) Then cause a [[RealityWarper major rift in time and space]]\
191And [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking leave a bunch of Twinkie wrappers all over the place]]!
192** The bridge from "Hardware Store", which is [[PatterSong somehow said in one breath]]:
193--->They've got Allen wrenches, gerbil feeders, toilet seats, electric heaters, trash compactors, juice extractors, shower rods and water heaters, walkie-talkies, copper wires, safety goggles, radial tires, BB pellets, rubber mallets, fans and dehumidifiers, picture hangers, paper cutters, waffle irons, window shutters, paint removers, window louvers, masking tape and plastic gutters, kitchen faucets, folding tables, weather stripping, jumper cables, hooks and tackle, grout and spackle, power foggers, spoons and ladles, pesticides for fumigation, high-performance lubrication, metal roofing, water proofing, multi-purpose insulation, air compressors, brass connectors, wrecking chisels, smoke detectors, tire gauges, hamster cages, thermostats and bug deflectors, trailer hitch demagnetizers, [[GroinAttack automatic circumcisers]], tennis rackets, angle brackets, Duracells and Energizers, soffit panels, circuit breakers, vacuum cleaners, coffee makers, calculators, generators, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking matching salt and pepper shakers]].
194** "Bob" is [[FunWithPalindromes a list of palindromes]] sung in the style of Music/BobDylan.
195--->''I, man, am regal, a German am I\
196Never odd or even; If I had a hi-fi\
197Madam, I'm Adam; Too hot to hoot\
198No lemons, no melon; Too bad I hid a boot''
199** From ''Alpocalypse'': "CNR" is a list of [[Website/ChuckNorrisFacts Charles Nelson Reilly facts]]. "Craigslist" is mostly a list of things one could find or do on said site. "Ringtone" has a verse listing all the sorts of people around the world who hate the titular ringtone. "If That Isn't Love" is a list of things the singing character considers to be expressions of love. "Whatever You Like" (similar to the song it's based on) is a list of things the singing character will purchase or steal for his girlfriend. "Stop Forwarding that Crap to Me" is a list of stupid e-mails the singing character has been forwarded.
200** ''Mandatory Fun'' has quite a few: "Handy" is a list of all the types of home improvement the singing handyman can do for you. "Lame Claim to Fame" lists a great many tenuous connections to celebrities. "Word Crimes" notes a number of common grammar mistakes that cheese Al off. "My Own Eyes" lists a number of strange occurrences the singer claims to have witnessed and [[BrainBleach wishes to un-see]]. "Mission Statement" strings together a list of meaningless corporate buzzwords. "FirstWorldProblems" is a list of exactly that. And "Tacky" is a list of all the tacky things the singer is prone to doing.
201** Another song of this type he wrote is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZCZ7M_lifM Polkamon]] (for the [[Anime/Pokemon2000 second Pokemon movie]] soundtrack), a Polka consisting almost entirely of naming various Franchise/{{Pokemon}}. He wimps out part of the way through, merely saying there's "at least 127 more". Also he used Ditto twice, thought that [[StealthPun may be part of the joke]].
202* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq-Ru6kQhE4 "What's Your Fantasy?"]] is an excuse for Ludacris to list all the places where [[IntercourseWithYou he'd like to have sex]]. Doing it onstage ''whilst performing'' is one of the tamer examples.
203* Music/TomLehrer:
204** "The Elements", from ''Music/AnEveningWastedWithTomLehrer'', is a listing of all the known elements [[ScienceMarchesOn at the time]]. (Its tune is taken from "[[MajorGeneralSong I am the very model of a modern Major-General]]" by Creator/GilbertAndSullivan.)
205** "Lobachevsky", from ''Music/SongsByTomLehrer'', includes a short list segment where he describes the course news takes across Russia, listing a bunch of cities in the USSR.
206* Music/AmateurTransplants, best known for "London Underground", have done a number of list songs:
207** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXROnzpsrlg The Drugs Song]]", based on Tom Lehrer's "The Elements"
208** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGXn6HuCodE Dorsal Horn Concerto]]", to the tune of Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4
209** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bygOaphU4o Finals Countdown]]", to the [[WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies tune of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire"]]
210* Extreme's "Play With Me" is a big list of children's games.
211** And "Smoke Signals" is a list of warnings.
212* Cat Stevens, "Moonshadow" (a list of all the body parts X that if he ever loses he won't have to Y).
213* El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico has a song called "No hay Cama pa' Tanta Gente"[[note]]"There is not Enough Room for so Many People"[[/note]] that is basically a list of famous salsa singers and bands.
214* Music/BarenakedLadies:
215** In "If I Had a Million Dollars", the narrator, apparently, is willing to buy such things as a house, furniture for the house, a tree fort, a miniature fridge to go into the tree fort, a fur coat (but not a real fur coat, that's cruel), a green dress (but not a real green dress, that's cruel), the remains of John Merrick, an exotic pet (like a llama or an emu), art (maybe a Garfunkel), and his girlfriend's love.
216*** Don't forget the pre-wrapped bacon, or the dijon ketchup for the piles of KD he'd be buying.
217*** Or the monkey!! Haven't you always wanted a monkey!!!
218*** The song was parodied by Richie Truxillo in the VideoGame/{{Everquest}} themed [[https://youtu.be/OBoYP1Asp1s If I Had a Billion Platinum]].
219** "The History of Everything" (the theme song for Series/TheBigBangTheory) is a list of events and developments that "started with the Big Bang".
220** "Crazy ABC's" is a list of unusual words that start with each letter of the alphabet:
221--->A is for '''aisle'''\
222B is for '''bdellium'''\
223C is for '''czar'''\
224And if you see him would you mind telling him?
225** "A", from their second album, lists a bunch of words that begin with the letter (and a few that don't) to describe the singer's behavior towards their significant other.
226--> A is for attitude I can't help but wield\
227A is for arrogance, emotional shield\
228A is for acting, A is for abhorrently\
229A is for asshole, which is what I am, how rude of me
230* [[Music/PinkFloyd Roger Waters]] is quite fond of making lists. A few examples:
231** "Eclipse" from ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon''
232** "What Shall We Do Now?" and "Nobody Home" from ''Music/TheWall''
233** "Every Stranger's Eyes" from ''Music/TheProsAndConsOfHitchHiking''.
234** "What God Wants" and "It's A Miracle" from his solo album "Amused To Death".
235** "Dogs" from ''Music/{{Animals|1977}}''.
236* Music/PinkFloyd in the Music/SydBarrett era had "Astronomy Domine" from ''Music/ThePiperAtTheGatesOfDawn'', which lists some bodies in the Solar System:
237--> Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania
238--> Neptune, Titan, stars can frighten
239** The second ED of the Best Wishes series is basically a faster version showcasing the Unova Pokémon.
240* "Let the Drummer Kick" by Citizen Cope is a list of words that sound the same. ("Relations, creation, incarceration, determination, equation, humiliation, reincarnation, situation, elation, identification, retaliation, education, inspiration, substitution, non-inclusion, solution, conclusion.")
241* Music/{{Radiohead}}'s "Fitter Happier" is apparently some kind of disturbed checklist ("Fitter. Happier. More productive...").
242* Music/KingCrimson's "Elephant Talk" is a list of ways to say talking, with each verse featuring words beginning with the same letter ("Arguments, agreements, advice, answers...").
243* Reverend Bizarre's "The Goddess of Doom" lists various doom metal bands.
244* [[Music/{{REM}} R.E.M.'s]] [[SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"]].
245* Café Tacvba and Calle 13's song ''No hay Nadie como Tú'' consists of a list of different kinds of people.
246* The title track to Music/{{Journey}}'s "Raised on Radio" LP.
247* Music/PaulSimon's "Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover", although he only does 6 or 7...
248** Which is parodied in Rob Balder's FilkSong "Fifty Ways To Leave Your Planet".
249** And now Music/{{Train}} has "Fifty Ways To Say Goodbye", consisting of about a dozen ways for his ex-girlfriend to get killed.
250* [[Music/TheNotoriousBIG Notorious B.I.G.'s]] "The Ten Crack Commandments." He also has "Just Playin' (Dreams)", which lists off the female R&B singers that he's attracted to.
251* Music/TomWaits' ''Cemetery Polka'' from ''Music/RainDogs'' lists the bizarre activities of all his 'uncles'.
252* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGHa6XwJo54 The Rant Song]] from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''' MusicalEpisode.
253* The Nails, "88 Lines About 44 Women".
254** Brunching Shuttlecocks' [[http://www.brunching.com/88lines.html "88 Lines About 42 Presidents"]].
255** "88 lines about 44 Simpsons" by the great Luke Ski as well.
256* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLD31GPt46w 99 Words For Boobs]]'', another FilkSong, performed by Robert Lund to the tune of "99 Luftballons". (NotSafeForWork)
257* The KMFDM song "Inane" manages to list the titles of every album and single they had produced up to that point, which works well as many of those titles are single common words.
258** "Me and My Gun" lists the names of various firearms.
259* The song "7 Things" by Miley Cyrus.
260* "Drop That Name" from ''Bells Are Ringing''.
261* Mylo's "Destroy Rock & Roll" is basically a list of various artists from the history of music.
262** Mostly based on a sample of some hellfire preacher from the Church Universal And Triumphant.
263* "The Begat" from ''Literature/FiniansRainbow''.
264* While the chorus of "Bicycle Race" by Music/{{Queen}} is just a man describing his urge to ride bikes, the verses list all of the popular things he is escaping by going on his bike rides.
265** "The Miracle" from ''Music/TheMiracle'' is basically Freddie Mercury naming all the things he considers to be "a miracle".
266* Music/NeilDiamond's "Done Too Soon" is a seemingly random list of names of celebrities and historical figures, the common thread being that they all supposedly died before their time. (Most of the people in the list did indeed die quite young, but a few of the people mentioned, such as Buster Keaton, managed to reach old age.)
267* Creator/NoelCoward was very famous for these.
268* The Divine Comedy did a couple - the best is "Gin Soaked Boy". They also covered Noel Coward ("I've Been To A Marvellous Party").
269** See also; The Booklovers and A Seafood Song
270* Music/JonathanCoulton has at least two of these: "[[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStates The Presidents]]" and "Washy Ad Jeffy" (both of which are about the Presidents of the United States).
271* "Up My Ass" by King Missile is a list of things (and sometimes ''people'') that are literally, well... ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Funnier than it sounds due to the intense vocals and how specific the list gets ("Encyclopedia Britannica! The Louisiana Purchase!").
272** Their "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIXz_vzROrw Take Stuff From Work]]" is mostly a list of things the "singer" recommends you steal from your office, and/or things he's stolen himself.
273** Don't forget "I Wish..." (a long list of increasingly less plausible wishes the narrator makes).
274* "On the first day of Christmas..."
275** Two other ChristmasSongs that qualify, "Come and I Will Sing You" and "Children Go Where I Send Thee".
276* Jay Foreman played one of these at his 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Show "20 Songs For Free" which listed all the countries of the world.
277** He also does a song listing ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jPyg2pK11M every station on the London Underground.]]''
278* Music/InsaneClownPosse's "Fuck The World" is a ClusterFBomb, ending with the line "Fuck Violent J!" (spoken by himself).
279* "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" by Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge. It's a short list, but potent.
280* The '40s novelty song "I'm My Own Grandpa".
281* The song from the Creator/DiscoveryChannel's "The World Is Just Awesome" commercials. "Boom de ya da, boom de ya da, boom de ya da, boom de ya da..."
282* Jim Carroll Band's "People Who Died".
283* In the 1960s, Lucky Starr performed a song written by George Mack called "I've Been Everywhere". It's basically several lists of Australian towns sung at lightning-fast speed. The song has since been performed by others and adapted to other geographical areas.
284** The best-known versions in the U.S. were by Hank Snow and Music/JohnnyCash.
285** To the same tune, "Came From Adelaide" by Greg Champion. While watching UsefulNotes/AustralianRulesFootball, a friend of his asserts that South Australians "can't play", prompting him to rattle off the names of great South Australian footballers.
286* Plenty in CountryMusic:
287** "I Love the Way You Love Me" by John Michael Montgomery and "Love Your Love the Most" by Music/EricChurch both feature the male narrator listing off things that he loves, obviously topping it off with what he loves the most — his woman.
288** "Things That Never Cross a Man's Mind" by Kellie Pickler is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a list of things that never cross a man's mind.
289** "Good Time" by Music/AlanJackson is mostly a list of things that comprise a "good time".
290** "The World" and "She's Everything", both by Music/BradPaisley, both feature lists of what the singer thinks of his lover.
291*** "Country Nation": each rendition of the chorus begins with a different list of UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball teams.
292** Music/RascalFlatts song "Backwards". A long list of people and possessions that a person gets back when they play a country song backwards.
293** "All My Ex's Live in Texas", by Music/GeorgeStrait.
294** "What I Wouldn't Give for your Love" by Kevin Fowler; notably, it exclude the moon and the sun.
295** "1,000 Faces" by Randy Montana, is a list of various types of women ("There's brunettes, blonde girls, blue jeans, string of pearls / Take you on a trip around the world girls…")
296** Completely justified by Music/TobyKeith's "My List". It's about how he looks at his list of things to do today, but decides that what he should ''really'' do today is on a different list: play with his kids, call his parents, etc.
297** Another example from Keith is "I Love This Bar", where he lists off the various characters seen in a bar (e.g. "We got winners, we got losers / Chain smokers and boozers / And we got yuppies, we got bikers / We got thirsty hitchhikers…").
298** Music/GaryAllan's "Songs About Rain" that is both this and a SongOfSongTitles, listing all the depressing songs the radio [[MockingMusic won't stop playing]] while he's trying to keep his mind off the fact the love his life is getting married today...to someone else.
299** Creator/BoBurnham's "Country Song (Pandering)", a mocking parody of early-mid-2010s bro-country, has its first verse dedicated to Bo listing off random things that give off a vaguely rural American vibe in order to pander to listeners in FlyoverCountry. He tries to do it again in the second verse, this time while describing a girl he's into, only to realize that he's actually describing a scarecrow.
300--->''Instead of people actually telling their stories, you got a bunch of millionaire metrosexuals who've never done a hard day's work in their life, but they figured out the words and the phrases they can use to pander to their audience, and they list the same words and phrases off sort of Mad Libs-style in every song, raking in millions of dollars from actual working-class people! You know the words, you know the phrases, phrases like...\
301Dirt road, cold beer, blue jeans, red pickup\
302Rural noun, simple adjective\
303No shoes, no shirt, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick no Jews]], [[FreudianSlip you didn't hear that]]''
304* Music/{{Shakira}} has the song "Vuelve"[[note]]"Come Back"[[/note]], that is a list of analogies.
305* "Like a Boss" by Music/TheLonelyIsland lists everything a boss does on a daily basis, including sexually harassing an employee, promoting synergy, attempting suicide, auto-fellatio, having sex with a fish, and bombing the Russians.
306** Don't forget flying into the sun and ''dying''.
307** Similarly, there's "Flags Of The World", which purports to list the flags of different nations, but of course very quickly turns into something much more ridiculous ("Yahtzee flag, ROTC flag, Neo-Nazi [[Series/HappyDays Potsie]] flag!")
308** Their "Threw It On the Ground", as it sounds like, is basically a list of things the titular character threw on the ground.
309** Similarly to "Like a Boss", "After Party" is a list of ridiculous things an emotionally disturbed person keeps doing and both songs include "Meet a giant fish. Fuck his brains out."
310** "Semicolon" is a long list of examples of the use of semicolons.
311* One segment of Music/DreamTheater's Octavarium is a homage to The Who, Music/{{Yes}}, The Beatles, and a bunch of other bands that influenced them in List Song form.
312* Music/DieArzte have a song consisting of philosophers' names: Schopenhauer, Hegel, Kant, Wittgenstein, Platon, Popper, Cicero... It has other lyrics though.
313* Music/JohnLennon's "God" from ''Music/JohnLennonPlasticOnoBand'' is a list of things Lennon doesn't believe in ([[CreatorBacklash one of which is The Beatles]]).
314** Then there is "Give Peace A Chance," which isn't so much sung as shouted, interspersed with the chorus.
315** Similarly {{Music/U2}}'s "God Part II" a quasi-sequel to Lennon's song also has the singer list the things he does not believe in.
316* Music/TheBeatles themselves also had a couple: "Come Together" is a list of things old flattop be and got, "I am the Walrus" is partly a list of things the singer is (including, yes, the walrus), and "Penny Lane" is a list of things found in Penny Lane.[[note]] The Liverpool street Music/PaulMcCartney grew up on. [[/note]]
317* Bazooka Girl's "Cantare Ballare (Happy Eurobeat)" lists the titles of other Eurobeat songs in its lyrics.
318** Similarly, Time Allstars - 150 uses parts of the lyrics from various older [=TIME=] eurobeat songs, including Ding-a-Ling, Dark in the Night, and Music Fever.
319* Music/DaftPunk has two list songs: "Teachers", where all of their influences and favourite musicians are listed as being "in the house", and "Technologic", describing all of the things one can do with technology.
320* Sabaton's "Metal Crüe" is more or less a list of all the rock and metal bands the songwriter could come fit into the lyrics.
321* "Land of 1000 Dances" by Cannibal and the Headhunters, Wilson Pickett, and various others (originally by Chris Kenner, although the "Na nana na na" part was added by Cannibal) is simply a list of dances, starting with "You've got to know how to pony".
322* Part of M.I.A.'s song "[=XR2=]" consists of her listing a long series of initialisms related to pop culture:
323--> "[=XR2=], 808, [=MP3=], [=MC8=], XOX the [=MC5=], MTV has ADD, NBC and BET, BBC is OAP, REM, KLF, IQ up the ICQ, [=CB4=], CPT, BBD in ATL, PDD had BIG, NYC had R&B, OPP, YRB, TLC, SWV, JO, DC, XXX, I heart you [=SL2=]"
324* Similar to that, German rap band DieFantastischenVier has a song called "MFG" which lists common acronyms and abbreviations of the German language. [[http://german.about.com/library/blmus_fanta4mfg.htm Lyrics here.]]
325* ''Surfin' U.S.A.'' by the Music/TheBeachBoys is a list of good surf spots in the USA, mostly in [[HollywoodCalifornia California]].
326** "Kokomo" counts as this as well, though only in the chorus ("Aruba, Jamaica..."). The rest of the song has actual lyrics.
327* The obscure (but fun) "Apple Song" from WesternAnimation/MelodyTime.
328* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD9AFG1GdgI Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3]] by Music/IanDury and the Blockheads lists ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
329* Music/TheKinks' "Village Green Preservation Society" from ''Music/TheKinksAreTheVillageGreenPreservationSociety'' lists things they think are worth preserving, including WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, strawberry jam, and virginity.
330* "Time to Think" by Kimya Dawson is a List Song, first listing things she needs, then listing things she's seen. Under the 'seen' category, she pays homage to two other famous list songs:
331-->"Close calls and infinity, little kids who look up to me, It's the End of the World as we Know It" and "We Didn't Start the Fire" and Adam Green. I need more time to think, don't you think? I need more time to think."
332* The Pittsburgh-based band The Clarks have "Born Too Late," a list of historical figures that they were born too late to have known.
333* [[Franchise/HarryPotter Wizard Rock]] band Riddle TM has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkGNpGGQFNM "Beans"]], which lists different kinds of 'Bertie Bott's Every-Flavor Beans'. Lyrics are [[http://realwizardrock.com/more-bands/riddletm/secrets-of-the-darkest-art/beans/ here]].
334* Music/LemonDemon's song "Ode To Crayola":
335--->''Outrageous Orange, Laser Lemon, Jungle Green''\
336''That's what I said -- Wild Watermelon, Midnight Blue, Atomic Tangerine''\
337''Radical Red, Sky Blue, Shamrock too, Gold so true it glows''\
338''I love the Razzmatazz, Purple Pizzazz, Razzle Dazzle Rose..''
339** "Word Disassociation", from the same album, is literally just a 4 minute list of totally random words with no links to each other, connected by a chorus of just the song title.
340* Near the end of "I'm in Love with the Girl on a Certain Manchester Megastore Checkout Desk" (by The Freshies) it turns into a list of record labels that the band were (or at least purport to have been) rejected by.
341* [[Music/WeezerTheRedAlbum "Heartsongs"]] by Music/{{Weezer}} is mainly a list of Rivers Cuomo's musical influences. The list is roughly chronological, starting in the mid-70's (Music/GordonLightfoot's "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald") and ending in the early 90s ({{Music/Nirvana}}'s ''{{Music/Nevermind|Album}}''.
342* Brazilian singer Tim Maia has two lists in a row in "Do Leme ao Pontal": Rio de Janeiro beaches, and what he'll eat ("I drink guaraná, cashew juice, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goiabada Goiabada]] for dessert!")
343* Also from Brazil, Titãs has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi0WbKNAGXQ "O Pulso"]], where the lyrics, aside from the chorus, are just a long list of diseases. One of the bandmembers would also write for Marisa Monte "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEA4N8t8Nac Diariamente]]", a list of "For [something], [answer]" ("To shut a mouth, castor oil; To wash the clothes, Omo; For long trips, jet; For difficult math, calculator...").
344* The Alphabet Song, which lists the letters of the alphabet.
345* Jazz musician and baseball fan David Frishberg's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKzobTlF8fM "Van Lingle Mungo"]].
346* "These Foolish Things" is a song listing [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin foolish things]] which remind the singer of his lost love. More entertaining is Music/MitchBenn's "These Ghoulish Things", a parody which does the same but with a bunch of [[AntiLoveSong truly disgusting or downright evil]] things.
347-->A fallen crow with a broken back;\
348The smell of blood by a railroad track;
349-->A mushroom cloud in a sky of blue;
350-->These ghoulish things remind me of you.
351* Music/AlanisMorissette loves these.
352** Many of her songs have verses where nearly every line begins with the same words, completing the phrase a different way each time. "Are You Still Mad?", "Eight Easy Steps" and "Still" fit the format particularly well.
353** "Joining You" inverts this format with an ever-changing chorus: "If we were our ______, I'd be joining you."
354** "Thank U" from ''Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie'' has two sets of lists - the "How about"s in the verses, and the "Thank you"s in the chorus.
355** "Hand in My Pocket" from ''Music/JaggedLittlePill'' is well-known for listing pairs of contradictory statements about Alanis's identity and state of mind.
356** "Unsent" is a list of letters never sent to ex-lovers.
357** "Versions of Violence" rattles off more forms of emotional abuse than you were probably aware existed.
358** "21 Things I Want in a Lover" is probably her best example. By the time the final chorus winds down, she has only listed 20 of the desired characteristics, and then she crams in the 21st at literally the last second.
359* Music/PearlJam's appropriately titled "Wish List".
360* Played with on Music/{{Sublime}}'s "40 oz to Freedom" album. They had their producer read their album 'thank you's' set to music.
361* The Swedish comedy group ''Galenskaparna & After Shave'' have a number of these:
362** ''De Fyra Klädesplaggen'' (The Four Garments) from ''En himla många fina program'' is a list of articles of clothing set to the music of ''Puttin' on the Ritz''. (The B part is instead a list of things that come in fours.)
363** ''Piff puff paff!'' from ''En himla många fina program'' is a list of things you can do to perplex people.
364** ''S:t Sigfridsplan'' (Saint Sigfrid's Place) from ''En himla många fina program'' is a list of things that can be found in a particular busy Gothenburg intersection.[[note]] Asphalt! Asphalt! There almost everything is asphalt. Redlights! Idles! Cars in a queue, what a pleasent miljeu…[[/note]]
365** ''Bragdmamma'' from ''Stinsen brinner'' contains long lists of the supplies that the [[DotingParent Doting Mother]] is sending to her numerous sons, daughters[[spoiler:, and exhusbands]] as well as the places around the world where they live.
366* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3q2iZuU5WM I'm proud of the BBC]]'', by Music/MitchBenn, listing everything awesome about ''Creator/TheBBC'' between choruses.
367* Music/TheB52s, on their first album, have the song "52 Girls", singing of "the principal girls of the USA" but only list 23. In "Dance this Mess Around" they sing about how "they do all sixteen dances" but only list eight.
368* The song "Rodeo" from Music/GarthBrooks has a chorus that is nothing but a list of things one would see at a rodeo.
369** Also from the same artist: "Right Now" from ''Music/InTheLifeOfChrisGaines'', based on Cheryl Wheeler's "If It Were Up To Me" (a list of things that may be the contribution of what's wrong in this world) and combining it with the chorus of the Youngbloods' "Get Together".
370* Globus' "Europa" lists battles in Europe.
371* A good chunk of the lyrics to "The Girls of Porn" by Music/MrBungle (essentially a glorified ode to masturbation) is dedicated to listing ultra-{{Squick}}y kinks and fetishes.
372* "Born This Way" by Music/LadyGaga. [[http://www.billboard.com/news/lady-gaga-gives-new-born-this-way-lyrics-1005014592.story#/news/lady-gaga-gives-new-born-this-way-lyrics-1005014592.story Check em out.]]
373* Music/NanowarOfSteel's "[[http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/44362 Intrue]]" lists metals (probably parodying Lehrer's "The Elements" among other things).
374* Music/TheBonzoDogBand's "The Intro and the Outro," best known for having Creator/JohnWayne on the saxophone and UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler on vibes (not really).
375* The verses of Don Williams' "I Believe In You" list the things he doesn't believe in and the chorus list the things he ''does'' believe in.
376* Music/SavageGarden's "Affirmation" is a list of the things the singer believes in.
377* Music/{{U2}} has done a bunch of these.
378** ''Music/RattleAndHum'' has "God Part II," which follows the same list format as John Lennon's "God." The same album also has "Hawkmoon 269," a list of similes for needing love ("Like a needle in a vein/Like someone to blame" etc.).
379** "The Fly," from ''Music/AchtungBaby'', lists a bunch of things that "It's no secret that..."
380** ''{{Music/Zooropa}}'' has "Numb", where The Edge sings what's basically a list of "Don't"s. Later in the album there's "Some Days are Better Than Others" which is a list of different kinds of days.
381* Music/TheProtomen's song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y5kkkDyqOQ Due Vendetta]] is basically a listing of ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' characters.
382* Serbian artist Djordje Balasevic has the song "Namcor" about all the things he doesn't like (aside from the woman he loves and he doesn't really like that he loves her)
383Also "Al se nekad dobro jelo" ("We usedto eat so well) - just listing all the food they ate while visiting family. Listening to when hungry not advisable
384* Steven Wilson's Index lists... ways to list things.
385--> Hoard – Collect – File – Index
386--> Catalog – Preserve – Amass – INDEX
387* The refrain to "Johnny Saucep'n" by Music/MoxyFruvous. Bonus points for being sung very, very fast.
388* Swedish rock group Sator has the song "World" which lists things that... well, the chorus goes "How can we fail?/It's such a wonderful world/What could go wrong?/It's such a wonderful world". The first verse includes:
389-->UFO's - Donald Duck - Buddha - Jesus - Michael Jackson
390-->Santa Claus - USA - Challenger and science fiction
391-->King Kong - Bud Light - Old [=McDonald's=] got a farm
392-->Elvis Presley - Son of Sam - alcohol and bubblegum
393* Most of Luniz' seminal "I Got 5 On It" is a list of synonyms for marijuana.
394* Todd Snider has "Vinyl Records," a list of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin artists that the narrator has on vinyl:]]
395--> I got [[Music/WillieNelson Willie,]] [[Music/WaylonJennings Waylon,]] and Woody Guthrie,
396--> Music/JimmyBuffett, Lyle Lovett, and Bobby Gentry,
397--> Jerry Jeff, Music/BobDylan, Donnie Fritts, [[Music/TheGratefulDead The Dead]] and Music/TheDoors,
398--> Patsy Cline, John Prine, and more...
399** He also has "I Believe You", which lists all the things he believes in, between choruses of "I believe in everything".
400* "Dumpsite" by the Filipino band Pan, which lists off stuff you can find in piles of trash that are stinking up rivers -- even [[NauseaFuel corpses of insects, rats, dogs, cats, and humans!]]
401* "King of Pain" by Music/ThePolice is primarily a list of people, animals, and objects caught in dangerous situations, each followed by "That's my soul up there":
402-->There's a fossil that's trapped in a high cliff wall (that's my soul up there)
403-->There's a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall (that's my soul up there)
404-->There's a blue whale beached by a springtime's ebb (that's my soul up there)
405-->There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web (that's my soul up there)
406* The new version of Music/{{Blue Man Group}}'s finale, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtz-P1XOlr4 Shake It]]"'', mostly consists of (largely made-up) synonyms for the human rear end.
407* MC Lars' "Hot Topic Is Not Punk Rock" consists mostly of a list of things Hot Topic sells that are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin not punk rock]].
408** His song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhwrXs0nVO4 Facebook Friend Count]]" is literally just a list of other musicians MC Lars has friended on Facebook.
409* Let's not forget the traditional hymn "All Things Bright and Beautiful"...
410** ...brilliantly parodied by Creator/MontyPython's "All Things Dull and Ugly".
411* Creator/MontyPython's "Decomposing Composers". Yesterday - funny, today - still funny.
412** "Lumberjack Song", a diary
413* Martyn Joseph's ''Everything in heaven comes apart''. Poet Stewart Henderson, his co-writer on that song, specialises in this sort of thing.
414* The Church's ''Welcome''. [[http://homepage.mac.com/fipster/church/lyrics/church/15-mats.html#welcome These]] are the lyrics to the song. And [[http://www.shadowcabinet.net/454/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=400&Itemid=26 here]] is a breakdown of who all the people mentioned in the song actually ''are''.
415* The White Stripes have done a couple. "Lafayette Blues" is entirely composed of a long list of all the French street names in the band's native Detroit. On their final album, the song "Rag and Bone" includes a list of locations that the song's subjects intend to buy secondhand items at.
416* Music/TheBloodhoundGang's "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo" makes a list song out of a bunch of [[UnusualEuphemism Unusual Euphemisms]].
417* "Money for Nothing" by Music/DireStraits has a List Chorus ("We got to move these refrigerators..."), rattling off the working-class schlub's electronics-store inventory.
418** It's a short list: there are only four items on it (the actual lyrics are "we gotta install microwave ovens, custom kitchen deliveries, we got to move these refrigerators, we got to move these color [=TVs=]").
419* The Pogues' "Transmetropolitan," which lists a bunch of neighborhoods and streets in London.
420* "BAD" by Big Audio Dynamite (long, rhyming, semi-rapped lists of things that annoy the singer, tied together by the chorus "These are the things that drive me crazy/make me BAD").
421* Creator/AllanSherman had a few of these. "Holiday for States" was a version of "Holiday for Strings" in which he listed all fifty states plus DC. Many of his other songs were lists of things he or other people did. "Harvey and Sheila" is a short biography of the title couple. "Hungarian Goulash no.5" is a list of national cuisines (Borscht is what they're serving in the Soviet/Wait! I think I've got some on the stove yet"). "One Hippopotami" is a catalogue of irregular plural words (When Ben Casey meets Kildare you have a paradox"). Both versions of "Hello Muddah Hello Fadduh" is a list of stuff going on at camp. "Pills" is about....well, you get the idea.
422* Perry Como's "A You're Adorable."
423-->'A', you're adorable\
424'B', you're so beautiful\
425'C', you're a cutie full of charms
426* "Nell Flaherty's Drake" is a list of curses called down upon the person who killed the animal in question.
427-->May his spade never dig, may his sow never pig\
428May each hair in his wig be well thrashed with the flail\
429May his door never latch, may his roof have no thatch\
430May his turkeys not hatch, may the rats eat his meal
431* "Fifty Nifty United States" lists the states in alphabetical order.
432* Robert Goulet's "Summer Sounds" lists things like "the sizzle of the hot dogs at a barbecue" and "whistles on the beach when a peach goes by."
433* Music/TheStatlerBrothers had several of these as hit songs:
434** "Pictures," a 1971 top 15 hit about memories evoked by looking at photos, usually of family and friends and sometimes in candid situations.
435** ""Do You Remember These?" hit in the spring of 1972, right around the time postwar 1940s and 1950s nostalgia was all the rage, and this song has just such a list:
436-->Dancin' close, little moron jokes, and cooties in her hair\
437Captain Midnight, Ovaltine and the Whip at the county fair\
438Charles Atlas course, Roy Rogers' horse, and only the Shadow knows\
439Ah do you remember those
440** "The Class of '57": A whimsical, sometimes bittersweet reflection of whatever happened to the youngest member, Harold Reid's, high school classmates as of the fall of 1972. Some of the classmates were hugely successful, others had just everyday Main Street success or became housewives, others fared not so well ... and one took his life.
441** "Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott?" from early 1974, recalls a number of cowboy actors the singer would have preferred to movies of the time.
442** "The Movies," a 1977 roll call of the greatest movies of all time, from the earliest days to the (then) present.
443** "The Official Historian Of Shirley Jean Birrell," a 1979 ObsessionSong which exhaustively lists all the traits and qualities of a presumed GirlNextDoor type a young man has a crush on. The song's [[{{Irony}} Ironic Twist]]: He doesn't know where she is now.
444** "How To Be a Country Star", from 1979, is a who's who listing of top country stars of the time, set in a tongue-in-cheek, not-meant-to-be-taken-seriously advice session on what is needed to be a good country singer.
445* The counting part in the Violent Femmes' "Kiss Off" ("Okay, that's one, one, one cause you left me...")
446* The dB's' "Amplifier" lists all the belongings the subject of the song's ex stole from him or destroyed while he was out. "But she left his amplifier..."
447* "Roman Nvmerals" by Fergus & Geronimo initially seems to have WordSaladLyrics, but is actually a list of places in modern life where you're likely to encounter roman numerals:
448-->Superbowl sweatshirts
449-->Franchise/StarWars prequels
450-->Textbook diagrams
451-->Franchise/{{Rambo}} sequels
452-->Roman numerals!
453* A couple SouthernRock bands have songs that list other SouthernRock bands or artists:
454** Music/{{Molly Hatchet}}'s "Gator Country" references a few artists and the states they come from in each verse, then the singer sings about how he prefers his home state of Florida (gator country). In order, they are: Music/LynyrdSkynyrd (Alabama [[note]]because of "Sweet Home Alabama"; the band is actually from Jacksonville... in Florida[[/note]]); CharlieDaniels (Tennessee[[note]]though born and raised in North Carolina, he lived in Tennessee for essentially his whole adult life[[/note]]); [[Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand Richard Betts]] (Georgia); ElvinBishop (Mississippi); the MarshallTuckerBand (state not mentioned, but they're from South Carolina); and finally TheOutlaws, fellows from Florida ("Tampa town, a mighty fine place to be").
455** And Music/TheCharlieDanielsBand song "The South's Gonna Do It Again" listed off some {{Shoutout}}s to other SouthernRock bands, such as the MarshallTuckerBand ("them Tucker boys"), Music/LynyrdSkynyrd, [[Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand Richard Betts]], Music/ZZTop, BarefootJerry, and "C.D.B." (themselves).
456* The Music/RobertFripp song (featuring [[Music/TalkingHeads David Byrne]]) "Under Heavy Manners" consists almost entirely of a list of apparently random ''-isms''.
457* Music/WovenHand's song "Coup Stick" is a somewhat less obvious example. The liner notes for the album just lists the kings of Israel from the Old Testament, but this doesn't match up to what David Eugene Edwards sings in the song itself--because he sings the literal meanings of their names, translated into English.
458* Music/{{Spiritualized}}'s song "I Think I'm In Love" includes a long list of the singer's thoughts, followed by the probable unpleasant realities (Example: "I think my name is on your lips, probably complainin'") . The list ends with "I think I'm in love".
459* {{Music/Madonna}}'s "Vogue" has a list of celebrities from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood near the end of the song.
460** A [[https://youtu.be/2VBH5Nqv8qk?si=39gaEQOeWy4wfVHI&t=255 live cover]] by Music/{{Steps}} swaps those figures out for iconic musicians of TheNineties.
461* Music/TheJacksonFive: "ABC" lists all the stuff Michael is going to teach to a little girl.
462* Music/MichaelJackson's "Why You Wanna Trip on Me?" from ''Music/{{Dangerous|Album}}'' is a list of things Michael thinks people should worry about more than his personal life.
463** "Earth Song" has a similar list near the end of the song of things Michael thinks we should worry about involving the Earth's ecology.
464* Music/RobinMark's "Revival" from ''Revival In Belfast'' has a list of various types of people starting in the second verse who are waiting for a revival.
465* Bloated Monkey's "Playin' My Atari" has a list of {{VideoGame/Atari 2600}} games recited in MotorMouth fashion near the end of the song, with sound effects from Pac-Man, Frogger, and Donkey Kong overlaid.
466* Music/{{Kraftwerk}} has a song called "Vitamin". The lyrics are basically Ralf Hütter reciting the names of things you can find in the nutritional-supplements aisle at the grocery store.
467* "Do You Love Me" from Music/{{KISS}}, with Paul Stanley listing off the things that [[GoldDigger the person he's singing about likes of him]], while asking the title question.
468* Music/DarrenHayes' song "Boy" consists of a list of orders given by a parent to their son.
469--> "Get a job
470--> Turn it down
471--> Find a girl
472--> Rule the world"
473* The third verse of the Arrogant Worms' "Don't Go Into Politics" is a rapid-fire list of deceased musicians.
474* ''Music/RoadToRuin'' by Music/TheRamones has a song called "I'm Against It", in which Joey lists all the stuff the protagonist in the song hates: politics, Communism, games, fun, Jesus freaks, circus geeks, summer, spring, anything, sex, drugs, waterbugs, poverty, ping pong, the Viet Cong and Burger King.
475* "1 Nacht Alleen" ("One Night Alone") by Dutch band Music/DoeMaar from their album ''Music/VirusAlbum'' lists several girls the protagonist had over the weeks and whom he doesn't want to see again: Sylvia, Jeanette, Natalie, Fien, Elsje, Truusje, Truus, Babette, Betsie, Sabine, Greet, Margreet, Marie, Marei, Angeline, Mies, Marjan, Marjo, Marilyn and Kleine Tine".
476* On a similar but more upbeat note, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Bega Lou Bega]]'s "Mambo No. 5" (SampledUp from a Cuban mambo of the same name by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9rez_Prado Pérez Prado]]) [[WithLyrics adds lyrics]] including a famous chorus of women's names. There were also versions for Creator/{{Disney}} ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0WYGrvu1So]]), Creator/KidsWB ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB_hAAZ60EM]]), and ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'' ([[https://youtu.be/kjERnmcjbAE]]).
477* German Band Music/Knorkator has the song "Zoo" which is a list of many kinds of animals, and "Fortschritt", which lists tons of inventions that humans made in their history. Both are from the Album "We want Mohr"
478* FFS have "Things I Won't Get", where the verses are a list of things the narrator will never have... However it also lists a few things that the narrator doesn't "get" in the sense of not understanding them, such as String Theory, [[{{UsefulNotes/Existentialism}} Jean-Paul Sartre]], and French films.
479* Music/TheyMightBeGiants:
480** "Money for Dope" is a long check-list of [[NoodleImplements seemingly random objects]], including several references to "Money for dope" (a reference to the John Lennon song "Gimme Some Truth").
481--->Walking stick, lobster shell\
482Cellophane, acid bath\
483Legal pad, nitrogen\
484Avocado, sleeping bag, rope\
485Money for dope
486** "Definition of Good" from their album "Why?" is a list of childish simple pleasures ("Spin until you fall down / President in a wig / [[KidsPreferBoxes Cardboard box that a large appliance came in ]]").
487* The song ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3F-C-rDVtU The Star Trek Next Generation Episode Guide]]'' by Blake Hodgetts is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: A list of all the episodes of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.
488* "Big Bird" by Music/AndrewJacksonJihad (now known as 'AJJ') is simply a list of things the singer is afraid of.
489--> "I'm afraid of the way that I live my life
490--> I'm afraid of the way I don't
491--> I'm afraid of the things that I wanna do, but I won't
492--> I'm afraid of God
493--> I'm afraid to believe
494--> And I'm afraid of all the loved ones that I've made leave
495--> [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking I'm afraid that my dog doesn't love me anymore"]]
496* "Controversy" by Music/NataliaKills is a list of things that might be found offensive or, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin controversial]].
497-->Teen brides, white lines,\
498Politicians, headlines,\
499Prom queens, [=STDs=],\
500High school shootouts, dirty dreams
501* Butterscott's "Not A Bad Idea" has a SarcasticTitle, as it's a list of things you'd have to be TooDumbToLive to try, ranging from using a chainsaw naked to [[TakeThat "voting Republican"]].
502* “The Pride” by Music/FiveFingerDeathPunch, which is essentially a list of various aspects of American culture.
503* "Superstar Lady" consists of Music/TPain listing his "shawty's" sexy features likened to those of female celebrities.
504* Music/KateBush's "50 Words for Snow". ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
505* Music/ElectricLightOrchestra runs off names of classical artists in "Rockaria!" (from ''A New World Record'') that a girl in the song loves:
506-->She's keen on Wagner,\
507I think she'd die for Beethoven,\
508She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune,\
509And Verdi's always creepin' from his room
510* The chorus of "Passporte" by Music/{{CrazyBeats}} is a list of countries.
511* Passenger's "I Hate" is... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a list of things Passenger]] [[HateSong hates]]. It [[MoodWhiplash whiplashes back and forth]] between serious examples and tongue-in-cheek ones; for example, the first two lines are:
512-->I hate them racist blokes telling tasteless jokes, explaining where people belong\
513[[TakeThatAudience I hate ignorant folks who pay money to see gigs and talk through every]] [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] [[TakeThatAudience song]]
514* Music/PattyLoveless' "I Try to Think About Elvis" is a random laundry list of things that the narrator "tr[ies] to think about" but is unable to think about anything other than her lover.
515* Earl Robinson's "The House I Live In" is a list of things and people which represent America.
516-->The house I live in, a plot of earth, a street\
517The grocer and the butcher, and the people that I meet\
518The children in the playground, the faces that I see\
519All races and religions, that's America to me
520* "Hush Little Baby" is a lullaby that lists what the singer will buy the baby if s/he falls asleep.
521* "Old [=MacDonald=]" is a list of animals on the farm and what sounds they make.
522* The song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr0Wv5DJhuk "7 Things"]] by Music/MileyCyrus lists all the traits about a person that drive her crazy and make her love them more.
523* "You're Like a Dream Come True" by Brian [=McKnight=].
524-->1, you're like a dream come true.\
5252, just wanna be with you.\
5263, girl it's plain to see\
527that you're the only one for me and\
5284, repeat steps one through three.\
5295, make you fall in love with me.\
530If ever I believe my work is done, then I'll start back at one...
531* "Losing My Edge" by Music/LCDSoundsystem.
532-->But have you seen my records? Music/ThisHeat, Pere Ubu, Outsiders, Nation of Ulysses, Mars, The Trojans, The Black Dice, Todd Terry, Music/TheGerms, Section 25, Althea and Donna, Sexual Harrassment, Music/{{aha}}, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Pere Ubu]], Dorothy Ashby, [[Music/PublicImageLtd PIL]], Fania All-Stars, The Bar-Kays, Music/TheHumanLeague, The Normal, Music/LouReed, Music/ScottWalker, Monks, Niagara, Music/JoyDivision, Laurent Garnier, The Creation, Music/SunRa, Scientists, Royal Trux, 10cc, Rammellzee, Music/EricBAndRakim, Index, Basic Channel, Soulsonic Force (just hit me!), Juan Atkins, Manuel Göttsching, David Axelrod, Electric Prunes, Music/{{Gil|ScottHeron}}! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Scott! Heron!]], The Slits, {{Music/Faust}}, Mantronix, Pharoah Sanders and The Fire Engines, The {{Music/Swans}}, The Music/SoftCell, [[BrokenRecord The Sonics, The Sonics, The Sonics, The Sonics]]
533* Music/KoolMoeDee's diss track "Let's Go" had him taking the first two letters of Music/LLCoolJ's name and makes a list of mocking names the initials stand for:
534--> You got hands for tryna be me, now LL stands for\
535Lower Level, Lack Luster\
536Last Least, Limp Lover
537--> Lousy Lame, Latent Lethargic
538--> Lazy Lemon, Little Logic
539--> Lucky Leech, Liver Lipped
540--> Laborious Louse on a Loser's Lips
541--> Live in Limbo, Lyrical Lapse
542--> Low Life with the Loud Raps, boy
543* Many children's songs and folk songs (and parodies of them) follow this pattern.
544** ''Scarborough Fair'' is a list of [[ImpossibleTask impossible tasks]] for the singer's ex-lover.
545** "Old Macdonald Had A Farm" is a list of animals and animal sounds.
546** "I Bought me a Cat (Fiddle-Eye-Fee): is a [[LoopedLyrics cumulative song]] that adds another animal each verse.
547*** Its parody, "[[https://www.thefump.com/music/song/i-had-a-shoggoth I Had a Shoggoth]]" by Music/TomSmith, uses monsters instead of animals.
548* Music/{{Numberock}}:
549** Various songs about mutiples, counting, and similar topics list their numbers in order.
550** The "US Presidents Song" lists all Presidents of the USA in chronological order.
551* In French pop, one notable example is Rose's "La liste" (The List) which is an adorable list of things she plans to do together with her partner, ranging from totally ordinary (go to a concert, rent an apartment) to the suspiciously specific (smoke way too much, cry on a sidewalk, call you a jerk, piss off the people who are jealous of us).
552* Another notable example from French pop is L.E.J.'s "Pas peur" (Not Afraid) which is a long list of things she's not afraid of, mixing the mundane (storms, monsters, spiders, the dark) with examples of {{muindanger}} like hell, oblivion, getting old, losing a loved one, and failure. The one thing she is afraid of? "Mais putain qu'est-ce que j'ai peur que tu puisses vivre sans moi." ("But holy shit am I afraid that you could live without me.")
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555
556[[folder:Theater]]
557* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1v_8wjjlks The Seven Deadly Virtues]]" from ''Camelot''.
558* "My Favorite Things" from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''.
559** Name-checked by Music/RedHotChiliPeppers in another list song, "Mellowship Slinky in B-Minus," where Anthony Kiedis concludes, "These are just a few of my favorite things."
560* Cole Porter ''loved'' this genre:
561** "You're The Top" from ''Anything Goes'', whose title song also qualifies as a List Song in its original version.
562** Most of ''Kiss Me, Kate'': "I Hate Men," "Were Thine That Special Face," "Always True to You (In My Fashion)," "Brush Up Your Shakespeare," "Where is The Life That Late I Led," "We Open in Venice"... and that's off the top of my head.
563** "But In The Morning, No" from ''[=DuBarry Was A Lady=]'' is one DoubleEntendre after another.
564** With "You're The Top," Cole Porter started a series of comparison-based love songs, including "A Picture Of Me Without You" (from ''Jubilee''), "From Alpha To Omega" (from ''You'll Never Know''), and the duet "Cherry Pies Ought To Be You" (from ''Out Of This World'').
565** Then there are the List Songs with animal-related {{Double Entendre}}s: "Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)," "Where Would You Get Your Coat?", "Nobody's Chasing Me."
566* Stephen Sondheim also loves this genre:
567** "The Little Things You Do Together" and "The Ladies Who Lunch" from ''Company''
568** "Remember?" from ''A Little Night Music''
569** "I'm Still Here" from ''Follies''
570** "A Little Priest" from ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''
571* "Mix Tape" from ''Theatre/AvenueQ''
572* Creator/GilbertAndSullivan made extensive use of this trope:
573** "If you want a receipt for that popular mystery" from ''Theatre/{{Patience}}'', which is filled with literary references.
574** "Silvered is the raven hair," also from ''Theatre/{{Patience}}'', which lists things Lady Jane is losing due to advancing age in the first verse and things she's gaining too much of in the second.
575** One of their most famous is "If Someday It May Happen" song from ''Theatre/TheMikado'', about all the useless people the Lord High Executioner can kill, because they surely won't be missed!
576** Most famous of all, and frequently parodied: "I am the very model of a modern Major-General" from ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance''.
577* "They All Laughed" from ''Shall We Dance'' has a refrain that starts as a List Song and ends as a love song.
578* The song "Joseph's Coat" from the musical ''Theatre/JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat''
579-->[-"It was [[color:red: red]] and [[color:gold: yellow]] and [[color:green: green]] and [[color:brown: brown]]-]
580-->[-And [[color:darkred: scarlet]] and [[color:black: '''black''']] and [[color:saddlebrown: ochre]] and [[color:Moccasin: peach]]-]
581-->[-And [[color:deeppink: ruby]] and [[color:olive: olive]] and [[color:darkviolet: violet]] and [[color:sandybrown: fawn]]-]
582-->[-And [[color:plum: lilac]] and [[color:darkgoldenrod: gold]] and [[color:chocolate: chocolate]] and [[color:violet: mauve]]-]
583-->[-And [[color:blanchedalmond: cream]] and [[color:crimson: crimson]] and [[color:silver: silver]] and [[color:magenta: rose]]-]
584-->[-And [[color:dodgerblue: azure]] and [[color:yellow: lemon]] and [[color:maroon: russet]] and [[color:gray: gray]]-]
585-->[-And [[color:indigo: purple]] and [[color:white: white]] and [[color:hotpink: pink]] and [[color:orangered: orange]] and [[OverlyLongGag BLUE]]!"-]
586** Played to the same effect in the Franchise/HarryPotter [[FilkSong filk musical]] ''[[http://www.harrypotterfilks.com/musicals/turncoat.htm Harry and the Amazing Fifty-Percent-Blooded Turncoat]]'':
587-->[-He is bad and evil and mean and snide-]
588-->[-And snarky and dank and snaky and base-]
589-->[-And rotten and awful and violent and rude-]
590-->[-And wicked and foul and crooked and rank-]
591-->[-And vile and vicious and slimy and gross-]
592-->[-And hateful and hostile and hurtful and harsh-]
593-->[-And wretched and damned and cold and cruel!-]
594* "Down With Everything That's Up" from ''Let 'Em Eat Cake''.
595* The Catalogue Aria from Mozart's ''Theatre/DonGiovanni'', which outlines Don Giovanni's [[ReallyGetsAround sexual history.]]
596* "La Vie Boheme" from ''Theatre/{{Rent}}'' is pretty much a celebration of (and thereby list of) everything that the main characters consider bohemian.
597* In the musical ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'', Galinda lists all the ways Elphaba can become more "Popular".
598* "Rainbow High" from ''Theatre/{{Evita}}'', which is a list of things the stylists help Eva with, including eyes, hair, lips, figure, face, voice and so on.
599* From ''Film/{{Hair}}'':
600** "Sodomy / Hashish" -- a list of unmentionable acts and [[MushroomSamba drugs]], respectively.
601** "Colored Spade" -- "Iiiiii'm aaaaaa...." list of pernicious African-American stereotypes.
602** "Ain't Got No" -- [[strike:the end of]] the song is an insanely fast recitation of things the hippies don't need or can't afford.
603** "I Got Life" -- a recitation of body parts (sung on top of a table in [[TheMovie the film]])
604* ''Music/CarminaBurana'' actually contains music other than "O Fortuna!" One of them, "In Taberna Quando Sumus", contains a lengthy list of everyone currently drinking: the cleric, the soldier, the quick, the slow, whites, blacks, fools, scholars, the sister, brother, mother, that guy over there, and so on. All sung in an appropriately ludicrous tempo.
605* "Mystery" from ''Vanities'' (5th Avenue Theater/ACT version), sung at the beginning of each act while the cast is putting on their makeup and costumes. The first act's version lists the various makeup implements, the second lists makeup brands, the third lists clothes designers, and the fourth lists signs of aging. The IWantSong "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOeQASqFmQI I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing]]" lists the things the girls want in adulthood.
606* "Tchaikowsky (And Other Russians)" from ''Theatre/LadyInTheDark'', a list of four dozen Russian composers Creator/DannyKaye could rattle off in well under a minute. It was the inspiration for "The Elements."
607* In the musical ''Barnum'', the "Museum Song" is essentially a one-verse list song; the verse is repeated a second time at increased speed.
608* "The Begat" from ''Theatre/FiniansRainbow'' lists a variety of people who engage in the title activity, from the Garden of Eden to modern times.
609* In ''Theatre/BellsAreRinging'', "It's A Simple Little System" lists composers' names with the racetracks they stand for.
610* ''Theatre/ChildrenOfEden'' has "The Naming" of the animals, which Creator/StephenSchwartz has some fun with by including many extremely obscure animals, and "Generations" which is one of those big long "begetting" lists from Literature/TheBible done as a fun production number.
611* ''Theatre/WonderfulTown'' has "100 Easy Ways to Lose a Man" - essentially, Ruth listing the ways she's managed to scare off her potential suitors over the years, including correcting someone's grammar and demonstrating a superior knowledge of baseball. Thankfully, it doesn't go through all 100.
612* ''Theatre/OrdinaryDays'' has a section of "Rooftop Duet/Falling" where Jason and Claire list all the colors in the massive [[ItMakesSenseInContext whirlwind of fliers being thrown from the top of a building]].
613* ''Theatre/NextToNormal'' has "My Psychopharmacologist and I" listing medications.
614* "Things to Remember" from ''The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd'' is a list of mostly-ridiculous do's and don'ts, forbidding activities such as feeding gin to babies, lifting a whale by its flippers and eating curry with custard.
615* "Ex-Wives" from ''Theatre/SixTheMusical'' describes an old rhyme listing the fate of the six wives of UsefulNotes/HenryVIII.
616-->''Divorced. Beheaded. Died. Divorced. Beheaded. Survived.''
617* ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' has "The Ten Duel Commandments" which lists... ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
618* "Prologue" from ''Theatre/NatashaPierreAndTheGreatCometOf1812'' lists every major and minor character featured in the musical and their defining trait. Except [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Pierre]].
619-->''Balaga's fun, Bolkonsky's crazy, Mary is plain, Dolokhov is fierce, Hélène is a slut, Anatole is hot, Marya's old-school, Sonya's good, Natasha's young, and Andrey isn't here!''
620* The finale for the stage musical ''Film/KinkyBoots'', "Raise You Up/Just Be", ends with Charlie and Lola revealing the "Price and Simon Secret to Success."
621-->'''Lola''':Alright, now we've all heard of the Twelve Step Program, have we not? Yes, but what you can do in twelve, I want you to know that we all can do in six! Ow, and it goes like this:\
622'''Ensemble''': One! Pursue the truth.\
623Two! Learn something new.\
624Three! Accept yourself and you'll accept others too!\
625Four! Let love shine\
626Five! Let pride be your guide\
627Six! You change the world when you change your mind!
628[[/folder]]
629
630[[folder:Video Games]]
631* Music/TerryScottTaylor's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A12RLwNIUgg Coffee and other Just Desserts]] of ''VideoGame/TheNeverhood'' soundtrack [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin does extactly what its title implies]] - lists various desserts and throws an accordion at the end for good measure.
632* Blizzard's bonus rendition od [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMt6eoe8i6s 12 Days of Christmas]] names all the various ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' units using their own voices.
633* The lyrics to "[[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F2yu3Ur6Mbo Bahram Attack-Nekomata Master Remix]] from ''VideoGame/{{Beatmania}}'', a remix of a track from ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders'', consist of a list of 15 random moons of Uranus and another list of 15 random moons of Saturn, the last words of each list being "and [respective planet name]."
634[[/folder]]
635
636[[folder:Web Original]]
637* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T7ZbV-AFWo Things That Don't Exist]]" by Jason Eppink, Matt Hannon, & Alex Taite (concept based on [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=233 this]] strip from ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'').
638* WebAnimation/CharlieTheUnicorn: Lungfish, blackfish, alligator, icefish...
639** Also from Creator/FilmCow, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNZzJELbFRI Ferrets]], in which a Ferret lists all the things that make him happy to cheer up his friend Harold. It includes apple pie, breezy meadows, the sound of rain, guitars, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Holocaust denial, eugenics, sexual molestation, and murder]].
640* ''Webcomic/CaseyAndAndy'' has a fan-created one with all the characters (plus "the conquistador") that the author put up on the website
641* The Bedroom Philosopher enjoys these, most famously in the song "I'm So Postmodern". (''I'm so postmodern that I stole everyone's mail, and cut them up into a ransom note and hid it in a thermos...I'm so postmodern I take all my Lego to the supermarket, and build my own shopping trolley, and only buy one nut...''etc.)
642* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'' had its 200th comic, "The History of Nintendo", which near the end includes a list of many well-known games that have appeared on Nintendo systems.
643* Comedy band WebAnimation/YourFavoriteMartian had plenty of songs that would namedrop several characters or things that relate to the theme of the song, such as Robot Bar Fight naming a lot of famous robot characters, Club Villain listing off as many popular culture villains as possible, Fight To Win being full of fighting game characters, etc. Not QUITE list songs, but close enough to be considered.
644* "Have You Ever?" by ''WebVideo/RhettAndLink'' is a list of embarrassing and awkward situations that grows increasingly bizarre as the song continues.
645-->Have you ever wanted a snack that you've never tried\
646So you bought a bag of air but there were chips inside?\
647Have you been fully convinced that your belt was a snake?\
648Or dated relatives by mistake?
649* In the ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'' "different town", Strong Bad sings about all the ways he'd make his town different.
650-->'''Strong Bad:''' The Poopsmith, he could talk\
651'''Poopsmith:''' Hello!\
652'''Strong Bad:''' And Marzipan would rock\
653And the Stick would be this big ol' tree\
654That'd try to eat everyone, except for the Cheat and me!\
655'''Strong Mad:''' AND ME!\
656'''Strong Bad:''' We'll see!
657* Jay Foreman's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jPyg2pK11M Every Tube Station]] lists every single station on the London Underground, all 270 of them.
658
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660
661[[folder:Western Animation]]
662* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' had a song listing all the parts of the brain. (It's set to the tune of "Camptown Races".)
663--> "Brain stem! Brain stem!"
664* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' had one for the nations of the world, one for the states of the US and their capitals and one for all the US presidents up to that point (Clinton).
665** They also parodied themselves by purporting to have Yakko singing every word in the dictionary.
666** Yakko also sang a song listing all the planets in the Solar System, except [[UranusIsShowing Uranus]].
667** There's a song about all the senses, including horse sense, common sense, and fashion sense.
668** One starts out as a quasi-list song of movies, but punning on them the whole way (''Film/ThePrincessBride'' got married to the handsome ''Prince of Tides'' / which makes her dad, ''Film/TheFisherKing'', the ''Film/{{Father of the Bride| 1991}}''). It then goes into a straighter version where the Warners rattle off the names of as many movie stars as they can think of.
669** [[WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020 The revival]] has a song about the First Ladies up to Melania Trump.
670* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
671** A DVD-exclusive song from "Lois Kills Stewie" involves Stewie singing about the people he hates and wants to kill.
672** The episode "Baby Got Black", Peter tries to get Jerome to be more tolerant of white people by singing about their contributors to the world.
673--->'''Jerome:''' You know what? That song only made me hate white people even more.
674--->'''Peter:''' What about eight more verses?
675* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
676** "Today Is Gonna Be A Great Day" by Bowling for Soup (the extended version of the theme song) is a list of crazy things to do during summer vacation:
677-->Crossing a tundra, or building a roller coaster
678-->Skiing down a mountain of beans
679-->Devising a system for remembering ''everything''
680-->Or synchronizing submarines
681** "Mom, Look!" from "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbRollercoasterTheMusical Rollercoaster: The Musical]]" is a list of [[ContinuityNod previous schemes the boys have pulled off]] to which Candace has tried (and failed) to alert their mother.
682-->"They built a submarine, a time machine, a haunted house that made me scream
683-->Drove cattle through the mall, built a giant bowling ball
684-->[[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever Blew me up to fifty feet]], a chariot dragged me down the street
685-->Made their stupid clothes a fashion craze, [[WhatTheHeckIsAnAglet shoelace tips]] a household phrase
686-->Shot me through a circus tent, [[PhraseCatcher always asked where Perry went]]
687-->A lava flow destroyed my face, a giant roller-derby race
688-->Thawed a caveman out of ice, built a roller coaster TWICE!"
689** "All Terrain Vehicle" from "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbTheSecretOfSuccess The Secret of Success]]" lists all the various things the vehicle can travel on:
690-->"Cross the tundra, through a cave,
691-->Surfing on a tidal wave
692-->Over pillows, over nails
693-->Off the road, and off the rails
694-->A tight rope, a trampoline, having tea with the queen
695-->I think you're gonna like my all terrain machine"
696* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' has a couple of examples in the music-oriented ''[[NewSeasonNewName World Tour]]'' season:
697** In "Before we Die", the contestants are falling to their seemingly likely deaths after being blown out of the plane, and sing in rapid succession of what they wanted to do before they die. At the end of the song, they switch to asking for things that could save their lives.
698--->''Some wings! A jetpack! A rift in time! Parachute?''\
699''Waterbed! A trampoline! Springy shoes! Rocket boots!''\
700''A flying squirrel! Bubble bath! I change to bubbles, too! Mama! Pizza-no! Chips and some dip will do!!''
701** "Her Real Name Isn't Blaineley" has Geoff listing Blaineley's mostly petty flaws, including things like dyeing her hair, buying two pairs of the same pants in different sizes so people will ask if she's lost weight when she wears the larger pair, and, of course, that her real name isn't Blaineley. (It's Mildred.)
702* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'', Ludwig von Drake demonstrates his knowledge by naming every character present in the club that evening... in song, no less.
703-->So, there's WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}} to the left\
704And WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}} to the right\
705WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} and [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella]]\
706And [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Prince Charming and Snow White]]...
707** In another episode the Mad Hatter sings “Ode to a Hat”, which lists different types of hat, some real and some more ridiculous options like “hats that are made up of giant broccoli.”
708* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' featured the song "ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything" which lists things that the titular pirates don't do.
709* ''Trumpton'' loves this trope.
710* Used in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' where the Ashleys give everyone "ratings", and Vince gets a nine, therefore, he has to hang out with the rest of the nines. Singer Kid, who as his name implies, always sings instead of speaks, and he starts singing one of these songs listing all the "champions" in the nines.
711** ["First there's me, the statewide singing champ, and then there's her, the statewide spelling champ, and then there's him, the statewide chess champ, AND THAT'S NOT AAAAALL!!!"
712* Creator/CartoonNetwork had a promo in the 90's that listed off as many characters from the channel as possible titled, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEc4gDFHEBw "Boo Boo Baba Dee Dee".]]
713** A similar one happened in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l4Du7-dxFY Summer 2005 promo]].
714** A later one listed all the aliens in ''Franchise/Ben10''.
715** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW_DFcfi2H4 This]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPkrnsOcltk this]] are basically the Brazilian equivalents of "Boo Boo Baba Dee Dee".
716* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
717** "[=SpongeBob's=] Last Stand" had the song "Give Jellyfish Fields a Chance", in which the majority of the lyrics is a list of random objects that rhyme. The objects don't really relate to anything or each other.
718** "Don't Be a Jerk, It's Christmas" from "It's a [=SpongeBob=] Christmas!" mainly lists the inconsiderate behaviors you shouldn't do around Christmas.
719* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' features one in the song "Glass of Water" from the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E11ThreesACrowd Three's A Crowd]]", sung by none other than Creator/JohnDeLancie as [[GreatGazoo Discord]].
720-->''A little glass of water, please\
721A fresh-pressed hankie if I sneeze\
722Some tea with honey from the bees\
723Whenever you can brew it\
724\
725And while I get a little rest\
726One teeny-tiny small request\
727Some codfish oil for my chest\
728Poured from a crystal cruet''
729* ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim'' featured "The Inert Gases Song" in a ShowWithinAShow:
730-->I know which gases are inert\
731Helium, neon and argon\
732I'll sing this song [[EarWorm until it hurts]]\
733Krypton, xenon and radon!
734* The ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' episode "[[Recap/LittlestPetShop2012S1E25BlythesPetProject Blythe's Pet Project]]" has the song "Lost and Found Box," whose lyrics consist largely of objects discovered within said lost-and-found box.
735* ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' brings us the Dethklok song "Murmaider", which contains a list of things a mermaid might need to commit murder or take revenge.
736-->Knives? Check\
737Rope? Check\
738Dagger? Check\
739Chains? Check\
740Rocks? Check\
741Laser beams? Check\
742Acid? Check\
743Body Bag? Check
744* ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7UarlyBIaM Langtree's Lament]]", which details the history of Miss Langtree's brief romance with her boyfriend Jimmy Brown while also listing the alphabet and the numbers 1-9 in order.
745* The first ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'' special has this at one point during the [[ItMakesSenseInContext tree marching song]].
746* In the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes WarTimeCartoon "Scrap Happy Daffy", WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck sings a song called "We're In To Win" which includes a very long list of items that can be recycled for the war effort, including:
747-->Pots, pans, old tin cans
748-->Pails, nails, empty jails
749-->Vats, hats, rubber mats
750-->Missing links, kitchen sinks...
751* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' has a lot of them. "So Many Moons" lists all the moons of Jupiter [[ScienceMarchesOn at the time the episode aired (2016)]], "Solar System Song" lists all the planets of the Solar System, and "Night of a Bazillion Stars" lists our neighborhood stars.
752-->"You see there’s Sirius, Castor, and Beta Centaurus"
753-->"Arcturus, and Vega, and more!"
754-->"Canopus, Rigel, and Achernar"
755-->"There’s Deneb, and Polaris and there's more by far!"
756-->"Betelgeuse, Altair, and Kaus Borealis"
757-->"Pollux, Mimosa, Alula Australis"
758-->"Procyon, Spica, and wait, I’m so sorry"
759-->"I left out our nearest neighbor, Alpha Centauri!"
760* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E14GorgeousGrampa Gorgeous Grandpa]]" has a list song within Mr. Burns' VillainSong "High to be Loathed", where he goes on to list villains who are the among most popular characters from their work of origin, and also some infamous real people.
761-->[[Film/ChildsPlay Chucky,]] Stalin, [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Megatron,]]\
762[[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Eric Cartman,]] VideoGame/DonkeyKong,\
763[[Franchise/StarWars Vader,]] Nader, [[Literature/UncleTomsCabin Simon Legree,]]\
764[[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Terminators,]] [[Film/TheTerminator 1,]] [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay 2]] and [[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines 3,]]\
765[[Theatre/{{Othello}} Iago,]] [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Joker,]] [[Literature/HarryPotter Voldemort,]]\
766[=MacEnroe=] on center court,\
767[[CardCarryingVillain Mr. Burns]] and [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor,]]\
768keep your good guys, what a snore!
769* The theme song of ''WesternAnimation/HaileysOnIt'', is a list of some of the things Hailey needs to do to complete her list that will help her save the world.
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