| 1 | A song whose lyrics contain [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] to multiple other song titles. |
| 2 | ---- |
| 3 | !!Examples: |
| 4 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 5 | [[folder:Alternative Rock]] |
| 6 | * Music/BarenakedLadies' album ''Gordon'' contains several songs referential to the music industry and specific artists and songs. |
| 7 | * Music/{{Fall Out Boy}}'s song "What A Catch, Donnie" references lyrics to several of their previous hits, including "Grand Theft Autumn," "Sugar, We're Going Down," "Dance, Dance," "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race," "Thanks Fr Th Mmrs," and "Growing Up." Other lyrics (and the song title) refer to the songwriter/singer duo Donnie Hathaway and Roberta Flack. |
| 8 | ** And, of course, a song title made out of two titles: Fall Out Boy's "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me," referencing Film/SixteenCandles and "Touch Me" by Samantha Fox. |
| 9 | * Music/GreenDay's "Music/TwentyFirstCenturyBreakdown" has one with two songs the band covered: "[[Music/TheWho My Generation]] is zero / I never made it as a [[Music/JohnLennon Working Class Hero]]". |
| 10 | * Music/JimmyEatWorld's song "A Praise Chorus" has a final, pre-chorus verse composed of nothing but lines (almost all of them titles) from other songs. They are: "Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James and The Shondells, "Our House" by Music/{{Madness|Band}}, "Why Did We Ever Meet?" by The Promise Ring (Davey van Bohlen of The Promise Ring actually appears on the song), "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" by Music/BadCompany, "Don't Let's Start" by Music/TheyMightBeGiants, "All of My Everything" by The Promise Ring (again), and "Kickstart My Heart" by Music/MotleyCrue. |
| 11 | * Way too many Music/{{Oasis}} songs to list here have featured obvious references to a Beatles song. |
| 12 | ** "D'You Know What I Mean?" deserves an honorable mention for citing, along with two Fab Four songs ("Fool on the Hill" and "I Feel Fine"), Music/BobDylan's album ''Music/BloodOnTheTracks'' and their own song "Don't Look Back in Anger." And [[RefugeInAudacity all these references occur within three consecutive lines.]] (Dylan has another one later with "Get on the bus and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bringing_It_All_Back_Home bring it on home to me]]"). |
| 13 | *** "Don't Look Back in Anger" is itself a reference to ''Music/DavidBowie'''s "Look Back in Anger". |
| 14 | * Music/{{REM}} references several of their song titles in "Sing for the Submarine". |
| 15 | * Music/TheyMightBeGiants: |
| 16 | ** "Hey Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal" references some of their earlier songs: "The World's Address", "Rabid Child", and "Chess Piece Face". |
| 17 | ** "Why Must I Be Sad?" has Music/AliceCooper song titles. |
| 18 | * Music/{{Thrice}}'s "Anthology" is largely made up of lyrics borrowed from their other songs. Fittingly, it was the final song played on their farewell tour, and it provided the title for the live album from that tour, which also serves as a sort of GreatestHits collection. |
| 19 | * Music/{{Weezer}}'s "Heart Songs" is little more than a list of songs and artists important to Rivers Cuomo. It's roughly chronological, starting around 1976 with Music/GordonLightfoot's "The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald" and ending in 1991 with ''{{Music/Nevermind|Album}}'', which leads into him starting Weezer itself. |
| 20 | [[/folder]] |
| 21 | |
| 22 | [[folder:Blues]] |
| 23 | * Music/JimmyReed has "Honey, Don't Let Me Go", where he tries to convince the woman that he loves not to leave him by referencing other songs of his -- including "High and Lonesome", "Roll and Rhumba", "Boogie in the Dark", "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby", and "Rockin' with Reed". |
| 24 | [[/folder]] |
| 25 | |
| 26 | [[folder:Country]] |
| 27 | * Music/BradPaisley's "This Is Country Music" name-checks a laundry list of country classics, including "He Stopped Loving Her Today," "Amarillo by Morning," "Stand By Your Man" and "I Walk The Line." |
| 28 | * Not exactly the same, but Clint Black's "Tuckered Out" is jam-packed with the names of country ''singers''. |
| 29 | * The Music/GarthBrooks song "The Old Stuff" references his earlier hit "The Thunder Rolls", and even includes its distinctive riff. |
| 30 | * "Songs About Rain" by Music/GaryAllan and "The Hits" by Perfect Stranger both name-drop several country songs. Both songs have a similar theme about a man being saddened by the sad songs playing on the radio. |
| 31 | * Music/JakeOwen strings multiple pop and country songs titles almost every line of his song "After The Music's Stopped" in a comical way. The song is about what he wants do after the music's stopped. He combined "American Pie", "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay", "Be My Baby", "Walk the Line", "Ring of Fire", "I Still Haven't Found What I am looking for", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Dancing in the Streets", "Thunder Road", "Fire and Rain". "Yesterday", "Dancing in the Streets", "Heartbreak Hotel", "Hounddog" and other song titles into his song's lyrics. |
| 32 | * Music/JasonAldean's "1994" namechecks 8 different songs by fellow country singer Music/JoeDiffie, including his #1 hits "Third Rock From The Sun" and "Pickup Man" from the titular year. |
| 33 | * Music/KennyChesney's song "American Kids" directly references "Blue Jean Baby" by [=Scotty McCreery=], "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen, and "Pink Houses" by John Cougar Mellencamp. |
| 34 | ** The subject of "Live Those Songs" says he'd rather be "Rolling on a river with [[Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival Creedence]], stealing kisses from [[Music/BuddyHolly Peggy Sue]]", and "wasting away on the [[Music/OtisRedding dock of the bay]], watching the tide roll in." |
| 35 | * "Girl in a Country Song" by Music/MaddieAndTae [[DeconstructiveParody pokes fun at the female stereotypes]] in modern country music. "Get Me Some of That" by Thomas Rhett, "Redneck Crazy" by Tyler Farr, and "My Kind of Party" by Jason Aldean are mentioned by specific lyrics, and it generally criticizes the themes of the "bro-country" genre of songs by name-dropping elements in songs sung by male artists. |
| 36 | * Marcel, "Country Rock Star": |
| 37 | -->I liked Music/GunsNRoses, Music/JohnnyCash\ |
| 38 | [[Music/JohnMellencamp John Cougar Mellencamp]], Music/TheKnack\ |
| 39 | Singing oh My-Ma-Ma-Ma-My Sharona\ |
| 40 | I "Hurt So Good" in a "Ring of Fire."\ |
| 41 | "[[Music/DonMcLean American Pie]]," "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Gaynor I Will Survive]]",\ |
| 42 | Music/TheBeeGees sang, I was "Stayin' Alive."... |
| 43 | * "Song for Another Time" by Music/OldDominion. The verses reference "[[Music/GeorgeStrait Marina del Rey]]", "[[Music/TheBeatles Yesterday]]", "[[Music/BonnieRaitt I Can't Make You Love Me]]", "[[Music/RoyOrbison Oh, Pretty Woman]]", "[[Music/JohnnyCash Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down]]", "[[Music/JohnMellencamp Pink Houses]]", "[[Music/EltonJohn Candle in the Wind]]", and "[[Music/DollyParton I Will Always Love You]]", but the chorus takes it up a notch: |
| 44 | -->Let's be [[Music/VanMorrison brown eyed girl]], [[Music/NeilDiamond Sweet Caroline]]\ |
| 45 | [[Music/TomPetty Free fallin']], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Town_Saturday_Night_(song) small town Saturday night]]\ |
| 46 | Before [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ve_Lost_That_Lovin%27_Feelin%27 you lose that loving feeling]]\ |
| 47 | Let's go [[Music/LionelRichie dancing on the ceiling]]\ |
| 48 | Keep on living that [[Music/KatyPerry teenage dream]]\ |
| 49 | [[Music/GunsNRoses Paradise city]] where the grass is green\ |
| 50 | Pretty soon I'll be [[Music/HankWilliams so lonesome I could cry]][[note]]"Pretty soon you'll be [[Music/WillieNelson always on my mind]]" in the second chorus[[/note]]\ |
| 51 | But that's a song for another time |
| 52 | * "My Kind of Music" by Ray Scott also gives several title-drops. The song tells a story of a man and woman who can't get along because she doesn't like his (country) music. |
| 53 | * "Damn Strait" by Scotty [=McCreery=] does this with Music/GeorgeStrait song titles: |
| 54 | -->"Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her"\ |
| 55 | That was her favorite song\ |
| 56 | She sang along every time it came on\ |
| 57 | First time we danced was to "Marina del Rey"\ |
| 58 | And I fell right there and then\ |
| 59 | I didn't want that song to end\ |
| 60 | Baby blue was the color of her eyes\ |
| 61 | I can still see them in my mind\ |
| 62 | Probably will for the rest of my life |
| 63 | * Similarly, Music/ThomasRhett's "What's Your Country Song" references, among other songs, "[[Music/AlanJackson Drive (For Daddy Gene)]]", "[[Music/HankWilliamsJr Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound]]", "[[Music/MerleHaggard Mama Tried]]", "[[Music/{{Alabama}} Dixieland Delight]]", "[[Music/AlanJackson Chattahoochee]]", and "[[Music/JakeOwen Barefoot Blue Jean Night]]". And that's just the first verse. |
| 64 | * Music/TrishaYearwood's "When a Love Song Sings the Blues" refers to the songs "Faded Love" and "Born to Lose." |
| 65 | * "90s Country" by Music/WalkerHayes name-drops a bunch of 1990s country songs in its lyrics, including "[[Music/TimMcGraw I Like It, I Love It]]", "[[Music/GeorgeStrait Check Yes or No]]", "[[Music/JoeDiffie John Deere Green]]", and "[[Music/KennyChesney She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy]]". |
| 66 | [[/folder]] |
| 67 | |
| 68 | [[folder:Electronic]] |
| 69 | * The Eurobeat song "Cantare Ballare" ("Happy Eurobeat") drops the titles of various Eurobeat hits: |
| 70 | -->Suck A Bazooka, No One Sleeps in Tokyo\ |
| 71 | Din Don Dan, Money Go\ |
| 72 | Night of Fire, Bandolero Comanchero\ |
| 73 | Boom Boom Girl, Virtual Love\ |
| 74 | Go Go Dance, Technotronic Flight\ |
| 75 | Shadows in the Night, Telephone\ |
| 76 | Try Me, Ike Ike\ |
| 77 | Dancing in the Jungle, Dancing in Maharaja Night |
| 78 | ** Same for "Bazoocow" by Franz Tornado: |
| 79 | --->Mad Cow Mad Cow\ |
| 80 | Go Round and Round\ |
| 81 | Discow Moscow\ |
| 82 | Caballero with Sombrero\ |
| 83 | I'm On Fire\ |
| 84 | Bad Desire\ |
| 85 | Back to the fight, come on now, Lady Night |
| 86 | * The lyrics to Datarock's "True Stories" are entirely made up of Music/TalkingHeads song names. Also the song name itself is a reference to one of their albums. |
| 87 | * [[ChristianRock Christian rap]] group dc Talk drops a lot of their older song titles in the final verse of "Word 2 the Father". |
| 88 | * "[[https://youtu.be/zFfL0y3zyfc When The Summer Dies]]" by Music/{{Deadmau5}} & Music/{{Lights}} has "[[Music/TheSmiths Hang the DJ]], play [[https://youtu.be/2sV5oew42vc Pretend]], [[https://youtu.be/cAA5mKnkR_A Burn the City]], [[https://youtu.be/9BYMO51DeDE Fuck Your Friends]]". |
| 89 | * Italian dance group Eiffel 65 (you know, [[OneHitWonder the guys who did "I'm Blue"]]) made a song, "Voglia di Dance all Night", whose refrain is made of popular disco song titles: |
| 90 | -->Last night a DJ saved my life,\ |
| 91 | Singing "Ah-ah-ah-ah, Stayin' Alive",\ |
| 92 | 'cause You make me feel,\ |
| 93 | like That's the way (uh-huh, uh-huh) I like it\ |
| 94 | Voglia di dance all night. |
| 95 | * "Turn It Up" by Robots In Disguise references pretty much everything from ''[[Music/{{Peaches}} Teaches of Peaches]]'' to ''[[Music/BillieHoliday Strange Fruit]]'' to ''[[Music/TheSmiths Hatful of Hollow]]''. |
| 96 | [[/folder]] |
| 97 | |
| 98 | [[folder:Filk]] |
| 99 | * Foozogz' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnPSfYiSX6k "Make it Special"]] is a collage of lyrical snippets from various ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' songs. |
| 100 | [[/folder]] |
| 101 | |
| 102 | [[folder:Folk]] |
| 103 | * One of Cat Stevens' last hit songs released before he became Yusuf Islam was "(I Never Wanted) To Be a Star" from 1977. In it he mentions four songs from his early years: the title track and "I'm Gonna Get Me a Gun" from ''Matthew and Son'', "A Bad Night" from ''New Masters'', and "I Think I See the Light" from ''Mona Bone Jakon''. |
| 104 | * Music/EricBogle: |
| 105 | ** "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda..." obviously refers to "Waltzing Matilda". |
| 106 | ** "Plastic Paddy" name-checks a dozen or so Irish folk songs. |
| 107 | * "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz5ofznEn2g&feature=kp Who Put the Mush]]" by The [=McCalmans=], a folk music parody of "Who Put the Bomp", references "Whiskey in the Jar", "The Rambling Rover", "Doon in the Wee Room", "Leezie Lindsay", "Don't Get Married Girls", "Domeama", "The Mingulay Boat Song", "Santianna", "Skip to My Lou", "Bonnie Charlie", "The Irish Rover", "Maids, When You're Young" and "Roll Me Over". As well as naming Music/EricBogle, Tom Paxton, Dolores Keane, Dick Gaughan, Music/ThePogues and The Chieftains. And on the rock side, references to Music/PaulMcCartney, Music/MichaelJackson and "[[Film/{{Grease}} Tell Me More]]". |
| 108 | [[/folder]] |
| 109 | |
| 110 | [[folder:Funk]] |
| 111 | * "Thank You (Falettin Me Be Mice Elf Again)" by Music/SlyAndTheFamilyStone has many references to their past songs. |
| 112 | [[/folder]] |
| 113 | |
| 114 | [[folder:Hip-Hop]] |
| 115 | * Every verse of Aste's song ''Sekopää'' is a string of references to earlier Finnish pieces ranging from Schlager to classic Suomirokki to then-recent pop songs. May of these references are also names for the relevant songs. |
| 116 | * The song '[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKyKAMLudgY Musigg I Dä Schwiiz]]' (Music in Switzerland) by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bligg Bligg]] is one gigantic list of well-known Swiss musicians and songs. And there's yodeling in it. |
| 117 | * In a variation, the lyrics to "In My Backyard" by Dead Celebrity Status [[http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/deadcelebritystatus/inmybackyard.html consists nearly entirely]] of the names of other bands and musicians, with multiple song and album titles thrown in for good measure. |
| 118 | * Music/GymClassHeroes' song "Taxi Driver" is a Song of Band Names, referencing Music/DeathCabForCutie, Music/FallOutBoy, and Music/JimmyEatWorld among ''many'' others. |
| 119 | * "Jackin' for Beats" by Music/IceCube is actually a Song of Song '''Beats''' - he raps about looking for beats to rap over, all while the music switches between different samples of famous rap songs (and the songs they sampled from, in turn.) |
| 120 | * Music/MCHammer spends the final seconds of his song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZgcCgdS_dY Burn It Up]]" acknowledging seven of his past hits. |
| 121 | * Large parts of the discography of the rap group Non Phixion, and the solo careers of its members includes allusions to various heavy metal songs and albums, but also references to each other. Closely affiliated act Jedi Mind Tricks also uses them. |
| 122 | * The choruses of Music/ZebraheadBand's "We're not a Cover Band, We're a Tribute Band" are just random sentences that cram as many ''VideoGame/GuitarHero III'' song titles in as possible. |
| 123 | [[/folder]] |
| 124 | |
| 125 | [[folder:Indie]] |
| 126 | * The verses of Music/BuiltToSpill's "You Were Right" are based around famous classic rock lyrics, the general thread being that they're all pretty pessimistic sentiments (or at least ''sound'' pessimistic taken out of context): |
| 127 | -->You were right when you said\ |
| 128 | [[Music/LedZeppelin All that glitters isn't gold]]\ |
| 129 | You were right when you said\ |
| 130 | [[Music/{{Kansas}} All we are is dust in the wind]]\ |
| 131 | You were right when you said\ |
| 132 | [[Music/PinkFloyd We're all just bricks in the wall]]\ |
| 133 | And when you said [[Music/JimiHendrix manic depression's a frustrating mess...]] |
| 134 | * Johnny Foreigner's album ''Grace and the Bigger Picture'' is practically an album of song titles. Pretty much every song title on the album gets a mention in another song - plus several b-sides, [=EPs=] and even songs from before they were signed ("Amateur! Historian!"). |
| 135 | * The very title of Music/{{Metric}}'s "Gimme Sympathy", as well as its lyrics, invoke "Gimme Shelter" and "Sympathy for the Devil" by Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}, and the lyrics reference "Here Comes the Sun" by Music/TheBeatles. |
| 136 | * [[Music/OkkervilRiver Okkervil River's]] song "Plus Ones" from their album ''The Stage Names'' references [[http://blogsarefordogs.com/?p=482 at least nine other song titles, all of which contain numbers.]] In the lyrics, one is added to the number in each referenced song title (for example, "the 100th Luftballoon" and "eight Chinese brothers") |
| 137 | ** As well as at least two non-numerical song titles: "And what's new pussycat/Is you were once a lioness". |
| 138 | * Music/{{Pavement}}'s "Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence" is an ode to Music/{{REM}}'s first few albums and several of their songs are mentioned in the lyrics: |
| 139 | -->Flashback to 1983\ |
| 140 | ''Chronic Town'' was their first EP\ |
| 141 | Later on came ''Reckoning''\ |
| 142 | Finster's art... Titles to match "So. Central Rain" |
| 143 | "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville", "Harborcoat", "Pretty Persuasion", You're born to be a "Camera".\ |
| 144 | "Time After Time"'s my least favorite song.\ |
| 145 | "Time After Time" was my least favorite song!! |
| 146 | * The chorus of Plushgun's song "Just Impolite" references [[Music/TheBeatles "A Day in the Life"]], [[Music/JohnnyCash "Walk the Line"]], [[Music/LionelRichie "Stuck On You"]] and many others. |
| 147 | * The bridge of Music/SaintEtienne's "Popular" is a list of UK Number One singles (the song itself is about a blog which reviews every Number One single in order). |
| 148 | [[/folder]] |
| 149 | |
| 150 | [[folder:Jazz]] |
| 151 | * The verses of the Music/GeorgeGershwin song "Bidin' My Time" list the titles of 1920s popular songs. "Singin' in the Rain" (yes, [[Film/SinginInTheRain that song]]) is referenced in George Gershwin's music as well as in Ira Gershwin's lyrics. |
| 152 | [[/folder]] |
| 153 | |
| 154 | [[folder:Metal]] |
| 155 | * Beatallica title drops various Music/{{Metallica}} songs in their Beatles/Metallica mash-ups ("Hey, dude-it'z true not sad (...) Hey, dude, begin, don't wait for the Eye of the Beholder, you'll never know when [[XtremeKoolLetterz bellz]] toll for you...") |
| 156 | * Music/BlueOysterCult's ''The Revenge of Vera Gemini'' namechecks Music/PattiSmith's ''Horses''. |
| 157 | * Dawn of Winter's song [[SignificantAnagram "Titus Vanis"]] is composed almost entirely of Saint Vitus song titles. |
| 158 | * Music/DefLeppard's "Rocket" is full of this. |
| 159 | -->[[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Jack Flash]], [[Music/EltonJohn Rocket Man]]/ [[Music/TheBeatles Sergeant Pepper and the band]]/\ |
| 160 | [[Music/DavidBowie Ziggy]], [[Music/EltonJohn Benny and the Jets]]... |
| 161 | * A section of ''Octavarium'', from [[Music/DreamTheater Dream Theater's]] album of the same name, consists of numerous references to other songs and bands. |
| 162 | * Finger Eleven's "Paralyzer" includes the lyric "So far has not been fun // I should just stay home // If One Thing really means one", referencing their earlier BlackSheepHit. |
| 163 | * "Hector's Hymn" by Music/HammerFall definitely counts, its lyrics containing not just references from the band's previous singles, but also their albums. Exemplified beyond straight with [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PtGFIrvtiAs the music video which features even the old album covers as well.]] |
| 164 | * Music/{{KMFDM}}'s songs "Inane" and "Kunst" feature the titles of a lot of their songs as the lyrics. |
| 165 | ** KMFDM do this a lot. "Virus" references "More & Faster," "Light" references "Godlike," "Moron" references "Son of a Gun," etc. |
| 166 | ** If songs full of lyrical references count, "Don't Blow Your Top" is almost entirely quotes from Music/FrankZappa songs. |
| 167 | * Jorn's "Song for Ronnie James" off of the album "Dio" is composed largely of the titles (and sometimes lyrics snippets) of songs that Music/RonnieJamesDio wrote at various points in his career. To someone not familiar with the works in question, parts of the song may begin to sound like WordSaladLyrics. |
| 168 | * Music/LimpBizkit has [[TakeThat a negative one]] of Music/NineInchNails titles in "Hot Dog" - primarily because Fred Durst [[BrokenPedestal was a fan of the band, but Trent Reznor criticized his.]] |
| 169 | -->"You [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closer_(Nine_Inch_Nails_song) wanna fuck me like an animal]]/You wanna [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_(Nine_Inch_Nails_song) burn me on the inside]]/You like to think that I'm a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Perfect_Drug perfect drug]]/Just know that nothing you do will bring you [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closer_(Nine_Inch_Nails_song) closer]] to me" |
| 170 | * "Victory" by Music/{{Megadeth}} is a song almost entirely consisting of references to their ''own'' song titles [[note]]two titles, "I Ain't Superstitious" and [[Music/SexPistols "Anarchy"]] are technically {{Cover Version}}s that appeared on Megadeth albums[[/note]] |
| 171 | * The lyrics of Norther's eponymous song from "Till Death Unites Us" are almost entirely composed of the titles of previous Norther songs. |
| 172 | * "Metal Machine" by Music/{{Sabaton}}. |
| 173 | ** "Metal Ripper" quotes famous lines from other metal songs and "Metal Crüe" is made out of bandnames. |
| 174 | ** "Man of War" consists almost entirely of Music/{{Manowar}} song titles. A great tribute from one warrior band to another. |
| 175 | * Twilightning did this with "Into Treason" on ''Plague-House Puppet Show;'' the song's lyrics contain titles of songs from this album and the band's previous release, ''Delirium Veil.'' |
| 176 | [[/folder]] |
| 177 | |
| 178 | [[folder:Pop]] |
| 179 | * Amy Grant's "Simple Things" refers to "Unchained Melody." |
| 180 | * Music/AshleyTisdale has "Suddenly," a song referring to most of the prior tracks on the ''Headstrong'' album. |
| 181 | * Music/BobbyDarin's "Splish Splash" references "Lollipop", "Peggy Sue" and "Good Golly Miss Molly", between others. |
| 182 | * "Stronger" by Music/BritneySpears includes the line "The loneliness ain't killing me no more," a clever reference to her debut "Baby One More Time." |
| 183 | * Music/{{BTS}}' song "Hip-Hop Phile" (also known as "Hip-hop Lover") is the group's tribute to the genre, as the group is a hip-hop/pop group (with members RM and SUGA having been part of the Korean underground rap scene as teens before even joining the company). A good part of RM and j-hope's verses is just each rapper naming his greatest rap influences, including name-drops of artists such as Music/GangStarr or Music/KanyeWest and albums and mixtapes such as ''[[Music/{{Nas}} Illmatic]]'', ''[[Music/SnoopDogg Doggystyle]]'', ''Music/ReadyToDie'', ''Music/TheChronic'' and ''[[Music/JCole Friday Night Lights]]'', as well as the song [[Music/AsapRocky "Wild for the Night"]]. |
| 184 | * Music/ChrisDeBurgh's first album ''Far beyond these castle walls'' contains a filler song, "Goodnight", that references ''every'' other song on the album. |
| 185 | * Creator/EmilyOsment's "1-800 Clap Your Hands (The Water Is Rising)" has "It's gonna take more than your [[Music/TheWhiteStripes seven-nation army]], I'll fight 'cause I know I'm right." |
| 186 | ** Another song on the same album is "[[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Get Yer Yah-Yah's Out]]". |
| 187 | * "Contenders" by Music/Heaven17 has the lyric "[[Music/FrankSinatra Got the world on a string]], [[Music/DukeEllington but it ain't got that swing]]". |
| 188 | * Music/{{iamamiwhoami}}'s "Changes" includes "[[Music/BonIver Holocene]]", "[[Music/NeilYoung The Needle And The Damage Done]]", [[Music/{{Bastille}} "As The Night Dissolves (Joy)]]", [[Music/{{Eurythmics}} "When Tomorrow Comes"]], [[Music/{{Delerium}} "Silence"]], "[[Music/NickDrake River Man]]", "[[Music/FleetwoodMac Rhiannon]]", "[[Music/{{KateBush}} The Hounds of Love"]], "[[Music/{{TheKnife}} Heartbeats]]", iamamiwhoami's own "Fountain", "[[Music/{{Kraftwerk}} Numbers]]", and "[[Music/BruceSpringsteen Born To Run"]]. |
| 189 | * "Love is Just a Word" by Music/JasmineThompson and Music/CalumScott is about how love has given them new understanding of songs, and their absence means the songs lose all meaning: |
| 190 | -->[[Music/{{Prince}} Purple Rain]] is only rain without you,\ |
| 191 | [[Music/PaulMcCartney Yesterday]] is just another day,\ |
| 192 | [[Music/LeonardCohen Hallelujah]]'s just an old song by an old man in a suit,\ |
| 193 | And I guess love is just a word,\ |
| 194 | Without you. |
| 195 | * The chorus of Music/KatyPerry's "Roar": |
| 196 | -->''I've got the [[Music/{{Survivor|Band}} eye of the tiger]], a fighter, dancing [[https://youtu.be/ymuWb8xtCsc through the fire]], 'cause [[Music/{{Queen}} I am a champion]], and you're gonna [[https://youtu.be/rptW7zOPX2E hear me roar]]!'' |
| 197 | * "The Greatest" by Music/LanaDelRey references "[[Music/TheBeachBoys Kokomo]]" and "[[Music/DavidBowie Life On Mars?]]" |
| 198 | * "We Belong Together" by Music/MariahCarey mentions songs by Bobby Womack and Babyface. |
| 199 | * Music/ReginaSpektor's "On The Radio" mentions Music/GunsNRoses' "November Rain" playing. [[EpicRocking And complains the solo is enormous.]] |
| 200 | * Max Martin's "The Lady Is A Vamp" (sung by The Music/SpiceGirls) references many iconic songs this way. |
| 201 | * "Cherry Cherry Christmas" by Neil Diamond drops the names of a few of his biggest hits. |
| 202 | * The first verse of "Tonight" by Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock references multiple songs from their previous album: |
| 203 | -->Remember when we said "Girl, please don't go"\ |
| 204 | And how I'd be loving you forever\ |
| 205 | Taught you 'bout hanging tough\ |
| 206 | As long as you've got the right stuff\ |
| 207 | Didn't we, girl? |
| 208 | * The bridge of "We're the Music/PetShopBoys" (originally by an act called My Robot Friend, then covered by PSB themselves because they liked it so much) is a litany of Pet Shop Boys titles. |
| 209 | -->''Rent, shopping, being boring\ |
| 210 | It's all right, it's a sin\ |
| 211 | I'm not scared, in denial\ |
| 212 | I want a dog, I want a lover\ |
| 213 | Can you forgive her? Do I have to?\ |
| 214 | What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?'' |
| 215 | * {{Music/Prince}} 's "Push", from his ''Diamonds and Pearls'' album, name-checks all the first six songs of said album: |
| 216 | -->It's ''Thunder'' when I'm on the mic\ |
| 217 | ''Daddy Pop'' 's in the house and you're sure to like his ''Diamonds''\ |
| 218 | Sure to like his ''Pearls''\ |
| 219 | I'm good to ''Cream'' every boy and girl\ |
| 220 | 'Cause I'm a ''Strollin'' ', steady hip-hop rockin' rollin'\ |
| 221 | A ''Willing and Able'' horny pony... |
| 222 | * The second verse of "S.O.S." by Music/{{Rihanna}} (which samples the song "Tainted Love") includes the lyrics "So hold me close, boy, 'cause I'm your [[Music/EltonJohn tiny dancer]]", "[[Music/AHa Take on me]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(I_Just)_Died_in_Your_Arms I could just die up in your arms tonight]]", "You got me [[Music/TearsForFears head over heels]]", and "[[Music/TheSupremes You keep me hanging on]], "[[Music/MichaelJackson the way you make me feel]]". |
| 223 | * The second verse of "Spice Up Your Life" by the Music/SpiceGirls references "Kung Fu Fighting" and [[Music/{{ABBA}} "Dancing Queen"]]. |
| 224 | * Music/ToriAmos song "Wednesday" mentions Music/{{Prince}}'s "When Doves Cry." |
| 225 | [[/folder]] |
| 226 | |
| 227 | [[folder:Progressive Rock]] |
| 228 | * Barclay James Harvest references Music/TheBeatles in the aptly-named "Titles": |
| 229 | -->Lady Madonna, let it be\ |
| 230 | Something in the way you moved me yesterday\ |
| 231 | All you need is love to succeed |
| 232 | * "The second bridge of "Your Move" (the first part of the "I've Seen All Good People" medley) by Music/{{Yes}} has the backing vocals doing the chorus of John Lennon's "Give Peace A Chance." |
| 233 | [[/folder]] |
| 234 | |
| 235 | [[folder:Punk Rock]] |
| 236 | * "Twenty-First Century Digital Boy" by Music/BadReligion mentions other Bad Religion songs "No Control" and "Suffer". |
| 237 | * Music/TheGaslightAnthem does this a lot, often to Music/BruceSpringsteen (a major influence of theirs). For instance, "Meet Me By the River's Edge" references "No Surrender" ("no surrender my Bobby Jean") among others; "Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis?" has a shout out to Music/LeonardCohen's "Hallelujah" ("it's a broken hallelujah and a pain in my fist"). |
| 238 | * "Pop 101" by Music/MarianasTrench lampshades pretty much every music trope you can find in an early 2010s pop song, including nods to "[=SexyBack=]" by Justin Timberlake, "Shots" by Music/{{LMFAO}} and Music/LilJon, and "Baby" by Music/JustinBieber, while also name-checking Music/TheBlackEyedPeas, Music/ImogenHeap, and Music/MumfordAndSons. It becomes HilariousInHindsight if you know that lead singer Josh Ramsay co-wrote, produced, and provided backing vocals for [[Music/CarlyRaeJepsen Carly Rae Jepsen's]] "Call Me Maybe," arguably one of the biggest hits of that era, so he knows exactly what he's talking about. |
| 239 | * Music/{{NOFX}} are fond of these. |
| 240 | ** "13 Stitches" manages to reference Music/{{Descendents}}, The Alley Cats, DOA, Millions Of Dead Cops, Ill Repute and Suicidal Tendencies in about 4 minutes. |
| 241 | ** Likewise, "Jaw, Knee, Music" references Music/DeadKennedys, Reagan Youth, Music/XUSBand, Music/TheReplacements, Music/BlackFlag, Anti-Flag, Music/{{Adolescents}}, and Music/{{Rancid}}. |
| 242 | ** "We Got Two Jealous Agains" uses albums, [=EPs=] and compilations - the concept is that the narrator looks through his partner's record collection, and while initially dismayed at her taste, starts finding they have more music in common than he thought (''Jealous Again'', for example, referring to a Music/BlackFlag song and EP) |
| 243 | * Music/{{Sublime}} has at least two. "Greatest Hits' mentions their "sister band" Music/TheZiggens, "KRS-One" is about [[Music/KRSOne KRS-One]]. |
| 244 | [[/folder]] |
| 245 | |
| 246 | [[folder: R&B]] |
| 247 | * "Lieder" from Adel Tawil paraphrases many English and German song titles in German, with occasional mentions of the artists the songs are from. |
| 248 | * Larry Williams' "Short Fat Fannie" included references to "Heartbreak Hotel," "Blueberry Hill" and "Long Tall Sally," among others. |
| 249 | * Music/ThePointerSisters have the appropriately named [[https://youtu.be/-LjK-7bpjEE "Old Songs"]]. |
| 250 | [[/folder]] |
| 251 | |
| 252 | [[folder:Rock]] |
| 253 | * Music/TheBeatles' "Glass Onion" references five other Beatles song titles: "Strawberry Fields Forever", "I Am the Walrus", "Lady Madonna", "The Fool on the Hill" and "Fixing A Hole". |
| 254 | ** "All You Need Is Love" also has John suddenly burst into "She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah!" during its closing. |
| 255 | * Music/BonJovi's "It's My Life" has two, to the band's own "Livin' On A Prayer" ("Like Tommy and Gina, who never backed down") and "My Way" ("Like [[Music/FrankSinatra Frankie]] said, 'I did it my way" - once Paul Anka, lyricist for "My Way", covered the song, changed to "He did it my way"). |
| 256 | ** The Music/BowlingForSoup song "Punk Rock 101" also includes the line "Like Tommy and Gina, they're living on a prayer." |
| 257 | * "Legendary" by Music/BonJovi: |
| 258 | -->Friday night comes around like a song,\ |
| 259 | [[Music/NeilDiamond Sweet Caroline]], and we all sing along,\ |
| 260 | Got [[Music/VanMorrison my brown-eyed girl]] and she believes in me. |
| 261 | * Music/{{Crush 40}}'s "Sonic Youth'' has its verses composed primarily of the names of their past songs. |
| 262 | * Music/{{Daughtry}}'s song "Long Live Rock & Roll" is a tribute to the genre, with almost every line having a reference in one way or another. Seven of those references are either the title or a lyric to a rock song including: "Rock and Roll All Nite" (Music/{{Kiss}}), "Don't Stop Believin'" (Music/{{Journey}}), "Pour Some Sugar On Me" (Music/DefLeppard), "Summer of '69" (Music/BryanAdams), "Runnin' Down a Dream" (Music/TomPetty), "Livin' On A Prayer" (Music/BonJovi) and of course, "Long Live Rock N Roll" (Music/{{Rainbow}}). |
| 263 | * The Music/DeepPurple song "Speed King" from ''Music/DeepPurpleInRock'' references several songs from the rock 'n' roll era: "Good Golly Miss Molly", "Lucille", "Rip It Up", "Tutti Frutti", "Rock Island Line", to name a few. |
| 264 | * Music/DireStraits' [[Music/BrothersInArmsAlbum "Walk of Life"]] employs this to discuss a street musician: |
| 265 | -->Here comes Johnny singing Oldies, Goldies\ |
| 266 | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4_5593-skQ Be-bop-a-lula]], [[Music/RayCharles baby, what I say]]\ |
| 267 | Here comes Johnny singing [[Music/RayCharles I gotta woman]]\ |
| 268 | Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay\ |
| 269 | (...)He do the song about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X78SoS231Ak the sweet lovin' woman]]\ |
| 270 | He do [[Music/BobbyDarin the song about the knife]]\ |
| 271 | And he do the walk, he do the [[TitleDrop walk of life]]\ |
| 272 | Yeah, he do the walk of life |
| 273 | ** "Calling Elvis" name-checks a number of Music/ElvisPresley songs. |
| 274 | * "American Pie" by Music/DonMcLean has many: "This'll be the day that I die" ("That'll be the Day", by one of the killed artists who inspired the song, Music/BuddyHolly), "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Who_Wrote)_The_Book_of_Love Did you write 'the Book of Love']]", "I was a [[http://www.lyricstime.com/dion-lonely-teenager-lyrics.html lonely teenage]] broncin' buck [[http://www.tsrocks.com/m/marty_robbins_texts/a_white_sport_coat_and_a_pink_carnation.html with a pink carnation]] and a pickup truck,", "[[Music/TheBeatles Helter skelter]] in a summer swelter" and "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Miles_High Eight miles high]] and falling fast". |
| 275 | * The unreleased Music/ElectricLightOrchestra track "Beatles Forever" [[SugarWiki/GushingAboutShowsYouLike rhapsodizes about the Fab Four]], listing off their songs as they occur to the narrator. |
| 276 | * Music/HarryNilsson's version of "You Can't Do That" has backup vocals singing the titles of various other Beatles songs during the verses. |
| 277 | * Music/TheHoldSteady references their own song titles in most of their discography, since their music seems to feature the same set of people and locales. |
| 278 | * The Mighty Weaklings' children's album ''You Can't Rock Sittin' Down'' has a song called "It's Sunny When You Share". Its lyrics include many a ShoutOut to Sonny and Music/{{Cher}} ([[ParentalBonus not that many kids would notice them right away]]), including their songs "The Beat Goes On", "I Got You Babe", and Cher's solo hit "If I Could Turn Back Time". |
| 279 | * Pillar's song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou5CmbqrdCk Turn It Up]] was written to promote Christian rock music, and lists song titles from thirty or so bands and a variety of musical styles. |
| 280 | * Music/{{Queen}}'s "More of that Jazz" references most, if not all of the songs on the album which the song was on (''Jazz''), and includes samples of each song. |
| 281 | ** "Soul Brother", the B-Side to "Under Pressure", has a majority of its lyrics being many different Queen songs, including the one that it's a B-Side to! |
| 282 | * The second verse of "Hearthammer" by Runrig, about listening to [[BuccaneerBroadcaster Radio Caroline]] in the late sixties, early seventies: |
| 283 | -->[[Music/TheByrds Sweetheart of the Rodeo]],\ |
| 284 | Mining [[Music/NeilYoung Heart of Gold]],\ |
| 285 | I think it was somewhere post-[[Music/TheBeatles Rubber Soul]] |
| 286 | * Music/{{Spoon}}'s "The Way We Get By" mentions "Some Weird Sin" by Music/IggyPop, as well as "Down on the Street" and "Shake Appeal" by his band Music/TheStooges (without mentioning either artist by name). |
| 287 | * Music/SteveMiller's "The Joker" references "Space Cowboy", "Gangster of Love" and "Enter Maurice" in the first verse, while the second verse quotes several lines from the first verse of the Clovers' 1954 single "Lovey Dovey". |
| 288 | * Suede's "These Are The Sad Songs". |
| 289 | * The chorus of Travis' "Slideshow" includes references to songs by Music/{{Oasis}}, the Music/ManicStreetPreachers and Music/{{Beck|Musician}}, of all people. |
| 290 | * Music/VanHalen's "You And Your Blues" describes - [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan while calling out]] - a {{Wangst}}y woman through song titles. |
| 291 | -->Your bad mood's permanent\ |
| 292 | [[Music/LedZeppelin Communication breakdown]]\ |
| 293 | Like watching someone reinvent\ |
| 294 | Their [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand 19th nervous breakdown]] |
| 295 | [[/folder]] |
| 296 | |
| 297 | !!Other examples: |
| 298 | [[AC: Live-Action TV]] |
| 299 | * At one point, Series/TheBananaSplits song "Soul" mentions "Music/OtisRedding on the dock of the bay". |
| 300 | |
| 301 | [[AC: Professional Wrestling]] |
| 302 | * From pro wrestler [[Wrestling/GlennGilbertti Disco Inferno]]'s WCW entrance theme: |
| 303 | -->"You want to see him [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Shake,_Shake,_Shake)_Shake_Your_Booty shake, shake his booty]]\ |
| 304 | [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Down_Tonight Get down tonight]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogie_Oogie_Oogie Boogie Oogie Oogie"]] |
| 305 | |
| 306 | [[AC: Theater]] |
| 307 | * Music/ColePorter's "From This Moment On" references the titles of "Begin the Beguine," "Tea for Two," "Hoop-Dee-Doo," and "Ridin' High." |
| 308 | * "Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee" has allusions to many other song titles, including "Look for the Silver Lining" and (again) "Singin' in the Rain." |
| 309 | * "Annie 3" from ''Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly'' references various optimistic songs of Broadway fame, usually with one key word changed: |
| 310 | -->Look for the silver rainbow\ |
| 311 | When gray clouds [[Theatre/FunnyGirl rain on your parade]]!\ |
| 312 | [[Theatre/HelloDolly Before it passes by]], [[Theatre/{{Annie}} the sun'll come out]],\ |
| 313 | And blues are gonna fade!\ |
| 314 | Be [[Theatre/SouthPacific a cockeyed oculist]]!\ |
| 315 | [[Theatre/TheKingAndI Whistle a happy song]]!\ |
| 316 | [[Theatre/{{Gypsy}} Ev'rything's coming up chrysanthemums]]!\ |
| 317 | Why don't you hum along! |
| 318 | |
| 319 | [[AC: Video Games]] |
| 320 | * ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'': The series does this a lot, mostly in lines with Lotus Juice. |
| 321 | ** ''VideoGame/PersonaQ2NewCinemaLabyrinth'', being a {{Crossover}} between ''VideoGame/Persona3'', ''VideoGame/Persona4'', and ''VideoGame/Persona5'', does this multiple times in its battle themes. |
| 322 | *** "Remember, We Got Your Back" includes the line "we'll keep on reaching out to the truth." "Reach Out to the Truth" is the battle theme of ''Persona 4''. |
| 323 | *** "Wait and See" and "Pull the Trigger" include the lyric "burn my dread", which is the name of the title theme in ''Persona 3''. |
| 324 | ** ''VideoGame/Persona4DancingAllNight'': |
| 325 | *** "Backside of the TV (Lotus Juice Remix)" has the lines "burn these dreads" and "baby baby baby", referencing "Burn My Dread" and "Mass Destruction" from ''Persona 3''. There's also the lyric "believe in beauty of destiny", with "Beauty of Destiny" being a track in ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation''. |
| 326 | *** One line in "Dance!" is "ain't nobody can hold me down", which is a song from ''Persona 4 The Animation''. |
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