Line #1 MassiveMultiplayerCrossover/Music


1	* In the hip hop world this is known as a "posse cut," which is a song that features at least four consecutive verses by a different rapper. For example, "The Anthem" by Sway & King Tech, featuring RZA, Tech N9ne, Music/{{Eminem}}, Music/{{Xzibit}}, Pharoahe Monch, Kool G Rap, Jayo Felony, Chino XL, and KRS-One.
2	* Pigface is the side project of [[RevolvingDoorBand over one hundred musicians]]. While their individual tracks typically don't have a massive number of musicians, the credits to their albums are quite staggering, as most of them feature well over a dozen performers.
3	* Music/{{Weezer}}'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muP9eH2p2PI Pork and Beans]]" music video. It's got almost everything that ever appeared on Website/YouTube short of Music/OKGo and WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd.
4	** There's an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjbahK6Rk0U updated version]]. It is as though the internet gave birth.
5	* Music/BlakeShelton's 2013 single "Boys 'Round Here" features a huge cast of characters: co-writers Dallas Davidson, Craig Wiseman, and Rhett Akins (father of Music/ThomasRhett); producer Scott Hendricks; the Pistol Annies (Blake's then-wife, Music/MirandaLambert, along with Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley); and ''Series/TheVoice'' finalist [=RaeLynn=] (Blake is a judge on that show).
6	** Exaggerated on a remix released in June 2013 which has Music/JasonAldean, Music/LukeBryan, [[Music/BrooksAndDunn Ronnie Dunn]], Music/MirandaLambert, Music/RebaMcEntire, Music/BradPaisley, Josh Turner, Music/KeithUrban, and Music/HankWilliamsJr performing the "red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, redneck" in the opener (which was done by Davidson on the original).
7	* Music/HankWilliamsJr has done this several times:
8	** His cover of [[Music/HankWilliams his father's]] "Mind Your Own Business" had Music/RebaMcEntire, Music/TomPetty, Music/WillieNelson... ''and'' New York evangelist Reverend Ike.
9	** His 1988 single "Young Country" featured several up-and-comers and also-rans: Butch Baker, Music/SteveEarle, Highway 101, Dana [=McVicker=], Marty Stuart, Music/KeithWhitley, and T. Graham Brown, and that's not even covering the music video.
10	** In 1999, Chad Brock did a MillenniumBug-themed remake of Hank Jr.'s "A Country Boy Can Survive" that featured Hank Jr., Music/GeorgeJones, and John Anderson (whose part was cut from the radio edit).
11	** 2006's "That's How They Do It in Dixie" featured Music/BigAndRich, Gretchen Wilson, and Van Zant.
12	* Music/TravisTritt's 1992 single "Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man" had backing vocals from Music/BrooksAndDunn, T. Graham Brown, Music/GeorgeJones, Little Texas, Dana [=McVicker=], Music/TanyaTucker, and Porter Wagoner.
13	* Music/GeorgeJones' 1993 single "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" had Music/VinceGill, Music/MarkChesnutt, Music/GarthBrooks, Music/TravisTritt, Music/JoeDiffie, Music/AlanJackson, Music/PamTillis, Music/TGrahamBrown, Music/PattyLoveless, and Music/ClintBlack participating in a [[CallAndResponseSong call-and-response]] at the end.
14	* The multi-artist album ''A Tribute to Tradition'' (1998) featured the new song "Same Old Train", which had Clint Black, Joe Diffie, Music/MerleHaggard, Emmylou Harris, [[Music/AlisonKraussAndUnionStation Alison Krauss]], Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Music/PamTillis, Music/RandyTravis, Music/TravisTritt, and Music/DwightYoakam. This recording won the 1999 Grammy Award for Country Vocal Collaboration.
15	* In July 2001, an all-star version of "America the Beautiful" made the country charts (and re-entering as a patriotic tribute after 9/11) featuring Music/TraceAdkins, Billy Dean, Vince Gill, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Music/TobyKeith, Brenda Lee, Music/{{Lonestar}}, Music/MartinaMcBride, Jamie O'Neal, Music/KennyRogers, and Music/KeithUrban.
16	* In 1967, all of the artists on Creator/RCARecords' country music division paid tribute to Chet Atkins with the song "Chet's Tune". The recording featured Eddy Arnold, Bobby Bare, Don Bowman, Jim Ed Brown, Archie Campbell, Floyd Cramer, Skeeter Davis, Jimmy Dean, George Hamilton IV, Homer & Jethro, Music/WaylonJennings, Hank Locklin, John D. Loudermilk, Music/WillieNelson, Norma Jean, Jerry Reed, Connie Smith, Hank Snow, Porter Wagoner, and Dottie West.
17	* Many {{Charity Motivation Song}}s are massive gatherings of famous singers. "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (which gets re-recorded basically every Christmas with new people) and "Music/WeAreTheWorld" are the most famous example.
18	* The credits to Mike Watt's first solo album practically reads like some kind of AlternativeRock hall of fame thanks to collaborations with literally dozens of musicians with their own bands. To list everyone who collaborated on the album would create a massive wall of text, so just take a look at his touring band at the time: Watt, himself, on bass and vocals, [[Music/PearlJam Eddie Vedder]] on vocals and guitar, [[Music/SunnyDayRealEstate William Goldsmith]] on drums, [[Music/{{Nirvana}} Dave]] [[Music/FooFighters Grohl]] alternating between drums and guitar, and [[Music/TheGerms Pat]] [[Music/FooFighters Smear]] on lead guitar.
19	* In 1995, Music/RebaMcEntire covered Patti [=LaBelle=] and Michael [=McDonald=]'s "On My Own" with guest vocals from Music/TrishaYearwood, Music/MartinaMcBride, and Linda Davis (best known for having previously worked with Reba on the 1993 hit "Does He Love You", and for being the mother of Music/LadyAntebellum's Hillary Scott).
20	* In 2004, Music/JimmyBuffett did a cover of Music/HankWilliams' "Hey Good Lookin'" that featured guest vocals from Music/ClintBlack, Music/KennyChesney, Music/AlanJackson, Music/TobyKeith, and Music/GeorgeStrait.
21	* In 1997, Creator/TheBBC created a corporate film promoting their diverse music coverage, featuring [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJpQJWpVJds a cover]] of the Music/LouReed song [[Music/{{Transformer}} "Perfect Day"]] sung by Music/DavidBowie, Music/EltonJohn, Music/TomJones, Suzanne Vega, Lesley Garett, [[Music/{{U2}} Bono]], Heather Small, Dr. John, Boyzone, Emmylou Harris, Tammy Wynette, Reed himself, and Laurie Anderson among others. The song was well-received enough to be released as the year's Series/ChildrenInNeed single ([[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff and became the Christmas #1 in Ireland, staying atop their singles chart for 7 weeks]]).
22	** According to Website/ThatOtherWiki there were also two other versions of the song, one sung by all female singers and one by all male singers.
23	* In October 2014, the above-mentioned "Perfect Day" received a SpiritualSuccessor in the form of a cover of Music/TheBeachBoys' [[Music/PetSounds "God Only Knows"]] (also released as a Series/ChildrenInNeed single while simultaneously marking the launch of BBC Music), featuring that band's lead singer Music/BrianWilson, along with the likes of [[Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine Florence Welch]], Music/{{Lorde}}, Music/SamSmith, Music/OneDirection, Music/EltonJohn, Paloma Faith, Music/KylieMinogue, Music/StevieWonder, [[Music/{{Queen}} Brian May]], Pharrell Williams, Music/DaveGrohl, [[Music/{{Pretenders}} Chrissie Hynde]], Jamie Cullum, [[Music/{{Coldplay}} Chris Martin]], and Emeli Sande. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqLTe8h0-jo It has to be seen to be believed.]]
24	* Urban/contemporary Christian artist Music/KirkFranklin's 1998 song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXBKaOkmQhw "Lean On Me"]] features guest vocals by [[Music/{{U2}} Bono]], Music/MaryJBlige, Music/RKelly, and Crystal Lewis. A remix of the song was included as a HiddenTrack on the album ''The Nu Nation Project''; the remix features additional vocals by Boyz II Men, Xscape, En Vogue, Music/NewEdition, Music/DestinysChild, K-Ci and Jojo, and Divine.
25	* The 2011 Series/ChildrenInNeed single was a cover of Music/MassiveAttack's "Teardrop" by "The Collective", a supergroup made up of Music/EdSheeran, Chipmunk, Mz Bratt, Rizzle Kicks, Labrinth, Wretch 32, Dot Rotten, Tulisa Contostavlos, Ms. Dynamite and Tinchy Stryder.
26	* "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was the TitleTrack of a Massive Multiplayer Crossover album of country greats.
27	* Country fiddler Mark O'Connor's 1991 cover of Music/CarlPerkins' "Restless" featured Music/VinceGill, Music/SteveWariner, and Ricky Skaggs alternating on lead vocals and guitar. While O'Connor does not sing, he is prominently featured on fiddle.
28	* In September 2016, honoring the 50th anniversary of the Country Music Association awards, Creator/{{MCA}} Nashville released a multi-artist medley of "[[Music/JohnDenver Take Me Home, Country Roads]]", "[[Music/DollyParton I Will Always Love You]]", and "[[Music/WillieNelson On the Road Again]]". The featured artists are Music/BradPaisley, Music/KeithUrban, Music/TimMcGraw, Music/FaithHill, Music/LittleBigTown, Music/LukeBryan, Music/MirandaLambert, Music/BlakeShelton, Music/GeorgeStrait, Music/KaceyMusgraves, Music/EricChurch, Music/RonnieMilsap, Charley Pride, Music/DierksBentley, Music/TrishaYearwood, Music/LadyAntebellum, Music/CarrieUnderwood, Music/DariusRucker, Music/MartinaMcBride, Music/JasonAldean, Music/RascalFlatts, Music/WillieNelson, Music/BrooksAndDunn, Music/{{Alabama}}, Music/BrettEldredge, Music/RebaMcEntire, Music/AlanJackson, Music/VinceGill, and Music/DollyParton. Music/RandyTravis also makes a cameo in the song's music video, although he does not sing on the song due to his stroke.
29	* In 2011 a compilation album of Music/BuddyHolly covers by various artists titled "Rave On Buddy Holly" was released. The artists covering Holly are Music/TheBlackKeys, Music/FionaApple, Jon Brion, Music/PaulMcCartney, Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine, Music/CeeLoGreen, Karen Elson, Julian Casablancas, Jenny O., Music/JustinTownesEarle, She & Him. Music/NickLowe, Music/PattiSmith, My Morning Jet, Music/ModestMouse, Music/KidRock, the Detroit Cobras, Music/LouReed, John Doe, and Graham Nash.
30	* A 1994 cover of Music/MerleHaggard's "Workin' Man Blues" was credited to "Jed Zeppelin", which consisted of all six members of Music/DiamondRio, plus Music/SteveWariner and Lee Roy Parnell.
31	* Trick Pony's 2005 single "Ain't Wastin' Good Whiskey on You" featured vocals from Tracy Byrd, Joe Diffie, Mel Tillis, Tanya Tucker, and Darryl Worley on the last chorus.
32	* In 2002, Phil Vassar issued a charity single called "Words Are Your Wheels", a single exclusive to UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}} stores to promote their literacy campaign of the same name. The single featured vocals from Music/BrooksAndDunn, Music/KennyChesney, Music/SaraEvans, and Music/MartinaMcBride.
33	* Music/DariusRucker covered Drivin N Cryin's "Straight to Hell" in 2018, with guest vocals from Music/JasonAldean, Music/LukeBryan, ''and'' [[Music/LadyAntebellum Charles Kelley]].
34	* Music/{{Santana}} struck gold once he got a lot of famous guests in ''Supernatural'': Music/{{Dave Matthews\|Band}}, Everlast, [[Music/MatchboxTwenty Rob Thomas]], Music/LaurynHill, Cee-Lo Green, Wyclef Jean, Maná, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Music/EricClapton... the critical and commercial success led him to repeat the formula in the next two albums, ''Shaman'' (Michelle Branch, Music/{{Seal}}, Macy Gray, Music/{{POD}}, Dido, Placido Domingo, [[Music/{{Nickelback}} Chad Kroeger]] - replaced by [[Music/TheCalling Alex Band]] in the single) and ''All That I Am'' (Branch again, plus [[Music/{{Aerosmith}} Steven Tyler]], Big Boi, Mary J. Blige, Music/JossStone, will.i.am, Sean Paul, [[Music/{{Metallica}} Kirk Hammett]]...).
35	* Music/DaveGrohl decided to follow a mellow Music/FooFighters album by recording some nasty, heavy instrumentals and inviting some of his metal idols to add lyrics and vocals. The resulting album, ''Probot'', has quite the line-up: [[Music/{{Venom}} Cronos]], [[Music/{{Sepultura}} Max Cavalera]], [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Lemmy]], [[Music/DirtyRottenImbeciles Kurt Brecht]], [[Music/CathedralBand Lee Dorian]], [[Music/CelticFrost Tom G. Warrior]], [[Music/{{Voivod}} Snake]], Music/KingDiamond... plus some guitar by [[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Kim Thayil]] and in a jokey hidden track, Creator/JackBlack!
36	* The 1992 film ''Falling from Grace'' featured in its soundtrack the song "Sweet Suzanne", performed by Music/JohnMellencamp (who also directed and starred in the movie), Music/DwightYoakam, and alternative country songwriters John Prine, Joe Ely, and James [=McMurtry=] (son of the film's writer, Larry [=McMurtry=]), an ensemble credited as "Buzzin' Cousins".
37	* ''Electronica'' by Music/JeanMichelJarre is two albums so far with mostly collaborations with other musicians, all of whom Jarre has visited personally instead of exchanging audio files via the Internet. In track order:
38	** Boys Noize ("The Time Machine")
39	** Music/{{M83}} ("Glory")
40	** Music/{{Air\|Band}} ("Close Your Eyes")
41	** Vince Clarke (founder of Music/DepecheMode, Music/{{Yazoo}} and Music/{{Erasure}}) ("Automatic (Part 1 and 2)")
42	** Music/LittleBoots ("If..!")
43	** Fuck Buttons ("Immortals")
44	** Music/{{Moby}} ("Suns Have Gone")
45	** Gesaffelstein ("Conquistador")
46	** [[Music/TheWho Pete Townshend]] ("Travelator (Part 2)")
47	** Music/TangerineDream (their last work before Edgar Froese's passing) ("Zero Gravity")
48	** Music/LaurieAnderson ("Rely On Me")
49	** Music/ArminVanBuuren ("Stardust")
50	** [[Music/MassiveAttack 3D]] ("Watching You")
51	** Creator/JohnCarpenter ("A Question Of Blood")
52	** Lang Lang ("The Train & The River")
53	** Rone ("The Heart Of Noise (Part 1)")
54	** Music/PetShopBoys ("Brick England")
55	** Julia Holter ("These Creatures")
56	** Music/PrimalScream ("As One")
57	** Music/GaryNuman ("Here For You")
58	** Music/HansZimmer ("Electrees")
59	** Edward Snowden ("Exit")
60	** Music/{{Peaches}} ("What You Want")
61	** Sebstian Tellier ("Gisèle")
62	** Siriusmo ("Circus")
63	** Music/{{Yello}} ("Why This, Why That And Why?")
64	** Jeff Mills ("The Architect")
65	** Music/CyndiLauper ("Swipe To The Right")
66	** Christophe (French chansonnier, Jarre used to write lyrics for him in TheSeventies including his big hit "Les mots bleus") ("Walking The Mile")
67	* Music/BillyRayCyrus has done this twice: his 2000 single "We the People" features vocals from John Anderson, Music/WaylonJennings, Danni Leigh, Music/MontgomeryGentry, and Yankee Grey. Then in 2012 he re-recorded "Some Gave All" with Darryl Worley, Craig Morgan, and Jamey Johnson.
68	* Music/DollyParton's 1992 single "Romeo" features Music/KathyMattea, Music/PamTillis, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Music/BillyRayCyrus.
69	* Both of Music/LilDicky's two big hits are examples:
70	** "Freaky Friday" has Music/ChrisBrown, Music/EdSheeran, Music/DJKhaled, and Kendall Jenner.
71	** "Earth" features Music/JustinBieber, Music/ArianaGrande, Music/{{Halsey}}, Music/{{Zac Brown\|Band}}, [[Music/PanicAtTheDisco Brendon Urie]], Creator/HaileeSteinfeld, Music/WizKhalifa, Music/SnoopDogg, Creator/KevinHart, [[Music/MaroonFive Adam Levine]], Music/ShawnMendes, Music/CharliePuth, Music/{{Sia}}, Music/MileyCyrus, Music/LilJon, Music/RitaOra, Miguel, Music/KatyPerry, Lil Yachty, Music/EdSheeran, Music/MeghanTrainor, Joel Embiid, Tory Lanez, Music/JohnLegend, Music/{{PSY}}, Bad Bunny, Kris Wu, Music/BackstreetBoys, and Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio.
72	* ''Music/SiivaGunner'' 's ''King For a Day'' and it sequel, ''King For Another Day''.
73	* ''Music/NewCenturyUltramanLegend'' is a 15-minute long music video made for the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'', and features ''every'' Ultramen existing at that point in the franchise, from ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' to ''Series/UltramanCosmos'', in a massive DancePartyEnding. Ever seen ''29'' tapdancing Ultramen, all at once? You will in this video!
74	* In a old ''MTV Video Mods'' music video, features dozens of video gaming legends and other media with VG Unity playing in the background.
75	* In 2006, Nashville songwriter Wayne Warner assembled "The All Star Choir" to put together a charity single about adoption titled "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzduvorBvO8&ab_channel=WayneWarner God Bless the Children]]". Among the names featured are a then-unknown Music/TaylorSwift, Jimmy Fortune of Music/TheStatlerBrothers, Richard Young of Music/TheKentuckyHeadhunters, Kevin Sharp, Mila Mason, The Jordanaires, Jamie Lee Thurston, Hometown News, Lila [=McCann=], Deborah Allen, Billy Yates, and Mark [=McGuinn=].
76	* Spanish death metal band Avulsed released an album in November 2016 titled ''Deathgeneration'', which contains reworked versions of several fan favorite songs from their previous works and was created to celebrate their 25th anniversary as a group. It features 16 guest appearances from numerous prolific vocalists in the genre as well as a few underground musicians to fill the void left by those the band couldn't get ahold of. The lineup of 12 all star guests in order of appearance includes as follows:
77	** Per Boder (God Macabre) on "Breaking Hymens"
78	** Chris Reifert (Music/{{Autopsy}}) on "Sweet Lobotomy"
79	** Antti Boman (Music/{{Demilich}}, ex-Deathchain) on "Burnt but Not Carbonized"
80	** Sven de Caluwé (Music/{{Aborted}}) on "Daddy Stew"
81	** Will Rahmer (Mortician) on "Addicted to Carrion"
82	** Rogga Johansson (Paganizer, Ribspreader) on "Dead Flesh Awakened"
83	** Mike van Mastrigt (ex-Sinister) on "Gorespattered Suicide"
84	** Johan Jansson (ex-Centinex) on "Nullo (The Pleasure of Self-Mutilation)"
85	** Anton Reisenegger (Criminal, Brujeria, Lock Up) on "Carnivoracity"
86	** Tomas Lindberg (Music/AtTheGates) on "Devourer of the Dead"
87	** Kam Lee (Massacre) on "Horrified by Repulsion"
88	** John [=McEntee=] (Incantation) on "Red Viscera Serology"
89	* Music/{{Aborted}} released ''Vault of Horrors'' in 2024, which functions similarly to Avulsed's ''Deathgeneration'' listed above (which also featured Sven), except that it features all original songs and has a much more modern lineup of guests. Here we have:
90	** Ben Duerr (Music/ShadowOfIntent) on "Dreadbringer"
91	** Francesco Paoli (Music/FleshgodApocalypse, ex-Music/HourOfPenance) on "Condemned to Rot"
92	** Johnny Ciardullo (Angelmaker) on "Brotherhood of Sleep"
93	** Alex Erian (Music/DespisedIcon) on "Death Cult"
94	** Matt [=McGachy=] (Music/{{Cryptopsy}}) on "Hellbound"
95	** Jay Evans (Music/{{Ingested}}) on "Insect Politics"
96	** Hal Microutsicos (Engulf, Blasphemous) on "The Golgothan"
97	** Oliver Rae Aleron (Music/{{Archspire}}) on "The Shape of Hate"
98	** David Simonich (Music/SignsOfTheSwarm) on "Naturom Demonto"

Context MassiveMultiplayerCrossover / Music