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20{{Shout Out}}s in music, song titles, lyrics, and band names.
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22For related tropes, see [[ShoutOut the index page]]. See also SongOfSongTitles.
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25!!Artists/Groups with their own subpages:
26[[index]]
27* ShoutOut/AesopRock
28* ShoutOut/BoBurnham
29* ShoutOut/FallOutBoy
30* ShoutOut/{{Ghost|Band}}
31* ShoutOut/IronMaiden
32* ShoutOut/MeWithoutYou
33* ShoutOut/PsychoLeCemu
34* ShoutOut/{{Space}}
35* ShoutOut/SufjanStevens
36* ShoutOut/{{Superchick}}
37* ShoutOut/{{Tool}}
38[[/index]]
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40----
41!!Other examples:
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43* "Aliens on Earth" by 32Crash lifts its main chorus lyric from the title and refrain of Music/PublicEnemy's "Party For Your Right to Fight", which itself was a shout-out to Music/TheBeastieBoys' "Fight for Your Right to Party".
44* Music/FiftyCent
45** "187 Yayo" references Hummer, Nike sneakers, ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', and ''Series/TheWire''.
46** "Flight 187" references Max B, Michael Vick, Puff Daddy, and Tru Life.
47** "Many Men (Wish Death)" references ''Film/GoodFellas'', Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, and Music/TupacShakur.
48* Anotha Level, ''Let Me Take Ya''
49-->Because I don't smoke crack jack just fat sacks of indo \
50I'll whoop your ass with [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ken]] on my [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Nintendo]]
51* The 69 Eyes' "Wasting the Dawn" is a tribute to [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison]] and naturally includes some references to Music/TheDoors lyrics and details about his life: The title is a reference to The Doors' "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)", which includes the lyric "No eternal reward will forgive us now for '''wasting the dawn'''". The song also addresses Morrison as a "little bird of prey" and "the lizard", references to "Bird of Prey" and "Not to Touch The Earth" [[note]]"I am the lizard king, I can do anything"[[/note]]. The lines "Forgetting the night, darkest July, Paris '71" refer to the time and place Jim Morrison died. Finally, the music video includes scenes of [[{{Music/HIM}} Vile Valo]] dressed as Jim and possibly portraying his ghost.
52* Afroman's "Crazy Rap (Colt 45)" references Creator/CheechAndChong, Cadillac Coupe Deville, Music/DollyParton, ''Theatre/DrivingMissDaisy'', Hawaiian Punch, Hennessy, UsefulNotes/KentuckyFriedChicken, and Palmdale.
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54* On Music/{{Alabama}}'s "Southern Star", after the line "Let my mind just go and drift away", the guitarist plays the riff from "Drift Away" by Dobie Gray.
55* Music/BeastieBoys:
56** ''Flowin' Prose'' references Gandhi, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Toucan Sam.
57** Their music contains [[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek_parodies_and_pop_culture_references_(music)#Beastie_Boys quite a few references to]] ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.
58* As far back as the 80's, Big Daddy Kane referred to his style as "Transformin' on stage like a [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Decepticon]]."
59* Music/BigSean's "Supa Dupa" references Music/EltonJohn, Music/{{Jojo}}, Creator/LindsayLohan, Music/MichaelJackson, UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan, ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', ''Franchise/{{Robocop}}'', ''Series/{{Roots|1977}}'', ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', and ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''.
60* CB Radio's ''True Loves'' references John Wilkes Booth, [=MacBook=], and Toucan Sam
61* Music/ThreeDoorsDown's song "Kryptonite" is obviously a ComicBook/{{Superman}} reference. The music video is even about superheroes.
62* ''Acid Mothers Temple'' are fond of titling their albums or songs with punning references to their influences. A few of the more prominent examples:
63** ''Absolutely Freak Out (Zap Your Mind!!)'' mashes up the titles of two [[Music/FrankZappa Mothers Of Invention]] albums, ''Music/AbsolutelyFree'' and ''Music/FreakOut''.
64** ''Starless And Bible Black Sabbath'' similarly combines a Music/KingCrimson album title with Music/BlackSabbath. The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starless_and_Bible_Black_Sabbath#mediaviewer/File:Starlessbibleblacksabbath.jpg cover art]] is also a clear homage to that of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sabbath_%28album%29#mediaviewer/File:Black_Sabbath_debut_album.jpg Black Sabbath's self-titled album]].
65** ''41st Century Splendid Man'' is another King Crimson reference, to "21st Century Schizoid Man".
66** ''Son Of A Bitches Brew'' is a play on Music/MilesDavis' ''Music/BitchesBrew'', with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_a_Bitches_Brew#mediaviewer/File:Son_Of_A_Bitches_Brew_-_Album_Cover.jpg another homage cover]].
67** ''Are We Experimental?'' is a pun on The Music/JimiHendrix Experience's ''Music/AreYouExperienced''... As yet another [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_We_Experimental%3F#mediaviewer/File:Are_We_Experimental%3F.jpg cover art homage]] (to the better-known [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Experienced#mediaviewer/File:Are_You_Experienced_-_US_cover-edit.jpg US edition cover]]) makes obvious.
68* Music/AdamAndTheAnts' ''Cleopatra'' has a reference to the film Film/{{Cleopatra}}, and what a disappointment it was
69--> What a weak distorted image
70--> [[Creator/ElizabethTaylor Elizabeth]] and [[Creator/RichardBurton Richard]] gave you
71* Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s "Livin' On The Edge" includes a nod to the refrain of "You're A Better Man Than I" by The Yardbirds:
72-->If you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin
73-->Then '''mister, you're a better man than I'''
74** "Girl Keeps Coming Apart" includes a couplet borrowed from Music/FrankZappa's "Dinah-Moe Humm" from ''Music/OverNiteSensation'': "She was buns up and kneelin' / I was wheelin' and dealin'". Zappa is credited in the liner notes for this.
75* The Music/{{Air|Band}} instrumental "Mike Mills" is named after the director responsible for many of their music videos (not to be confused with the Music/{{REM}} bassist of the same name).
76* The video for Music/{{aha}}'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ir9HC9vYg The Sun Always Shines On TV]]" features an orchestra of mannequins, a nod to Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXa9tXcMhXQ "The Robots"]], which had robotic likenesses of the band singing and playing the instruments.
77* The bridge of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqlsCNCwOEc Put Your Hands Up]] by Alex featuring Marwa references Music/MichaelJackson's "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough", The Supremes' "Stop in the Name of Love", and a melodic hook from the refrain of Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)".
78* Music/JasonAldean's 2013 single "1994" repeatedly name-drops 1990s country hitmaker Music/JoeDiffie and several of his song titles.
79* Music/AltJ's song "Breezeblocks" references ''Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre'' at least twice. The song has the line "Do you know where the wild things go? They go along to take your honey" and later the ending chorus says "Please don't go - I'll eat you whole - I love you so, I love you so, I love you so" in reference to the books line “Oh please don't go - we'll eat you up - we love you so!"
80* ''Music/TheAntlers'' have a song titled "Sylvia". Here are a few lines from the chorus; you get three chances to guess [[Creator/SylviaPlath who]] it's a shout out to, but you'll only need one.
81-->Sylvia, get your head out of the oven\
82Go back to screaming and cursing\
83Remind me again how everyone betrayed you
84* Music/{{AOA}}'s "Get Out" MV has all the members cosplaying as several female characters to promote female empowerment - Choa as [[Film/LegallyBlonde Elle Woods]], Jimin as [[Film/TheProfessional Mathilda]], Yuna as [[Film/LaraCroftTombRaider Lara Croft]], Youkyung as [[Film/TheFifthElement Leeloo]], Hyejeong as [[Film/KillBill The Bride]], Mina as [[Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys Holly Golightly]], Seolhyun as [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Juliet]] (the 1968 version with Creator/OliviaHussey) and Chanmi as [[Film/HarryPotter Hermione]].
85* "Stop the Rock" by Music/Apollo440 has "Dancing like Music/{{Madonna}}, [[Film/DesperatelySeekingSusan into the groove]]". The title may also reference "Don't Stop The Rock" by Freestyle.
86* Apoptygma Berzerk - Incompatible: "[[Film/TheMatrix I ate the red pill, no turning back]]".
87** Similarly, in "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)" by Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine:
88--> Was that the wrong pill to take?
89* The Aquabats love cramming shout-outs into their songs however they can. Examples include:
90** "Idiot Box!" includes references to Casper the Friendly Ghost, WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo, Mr. Magoo, WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse, and and an off-hand allusion to Marc Antony's monologue in ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''.
91** "Tarantula!" contains two references to ''Franchise/IndianaJones'': a girl by the name of Marianne (Marion), who is the daughter of one Professor Jones.
92** "Radiation Song!" contains several references to ''[[Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior The Road Warrior]]'', as well as several direct quotes from the film.
93** The bridge from "Fashion Zombies!" is a parody of Creator/VincentPrice's monologue from the end of Music/MichaelJackson's "Music/{{Thriller}}"; the first three lines of both are even the same.
94* Arthur Conley's "Sweet Soul Music" (itself a retool of Music/SamCooke's "Yeah Man") does several shout outs, where he says "Spotlight on" and names the singer and some part of the lyrics they've used or their style. He mention Lou Rawls, James Brown, Wilson "Wicked" Pickett, and, on Otis Redding's segment, has the horn section play the chorus from Redding's "Sad Song (Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa)" at a faster tempo.
95** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp3JOzcpBds For your]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhCoDd21QpE listening pleasure]].
96** Tower of Power are into this to an obnoxious level, including a ShoutOut to this very song in "Soul With a Capital S". "Diggin' on Music/JamesBrown" is another example.
97* A Skylit Drive's first album ''Wires... and the Concept of Breathing'' contains various {{ShoutOut}}s to the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' franchise.
98* Music/KenAshcorp's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6xRSafBV8o 20% Cooler]]" is basically one big reference to ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', as obvious by the title coming from a memetic line stated by Rainbow Dash. It shout-outs to the cartoon many times.
99* {{Music/Ashnikko}}'s "Slumber Party" has the lyric "my girl look like [[Series/TheAddamsFamily Wednesday Addams]]". Meanwhile Princess Nokia's verse on the same song is mostly themed around early 2000s pop culture references - in order: [[{{Music/Nelly}} "Hot In Herre"]], [[Music/BritneySpears "I'm A Slave 4 U"]], ''Film/BringItOn'' [[note]]even calling herself a "Clover" and Ashnikko a "Toros", as in the competing cheerleader squads in the first movie[[/note]], and "Dip It Low" by Christina Milian [[note]]who was in a ''Bring It On'' movie, albeit one of the later direct to video sequels[[/note]].
100* The [[ClassicCheatCode Konami Code]] was paid homage to by the band The Ataris by the song entitled just what the code was: "Up, Up, Down, Down, etc..."
101** It also appears in "Anyone Else But You" by indie darlings The Moldy Peaches -- "Up up down down left right left right B A start/just because we use cheats doesn't mean we're not smart."
102** Eventually, it even became the name of a band in its own right.
103** The band "The Gothsicles" produced an album, titled [=NESferatu=], that has a song (and several remixes) about the Konami Code and its giving you "thirty guys" in ''{{VideoGame/Contra}}''.
104** Music/{{Deftones}} are apparently ''Contra'' fans as they have an original instrumental titled ''U,U,D,D,L,R,L,R,A,B,Select,Start'' in their 2006 album, ''Saturday Night Wrist''.
105** Schoolyard Heroes have an entire song about the code. 95% of the lyrics are the code repeated over and over.
106** "30 Lives" by The Motion Sick, featured in ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution X''.
107* The second verse of A7's "Piece of Heaven" has the line "Now I'm better off alone", a reference to Alice Deejay's hit "Better Off Alone", which uses the same instrumentation.
108* Music/BadReligion's 2002 album, ''The Process of Belief'' has a line about "Milo went to college, but you knew about that," a ShoutOut to the Music/{{Descendents}}' album, ''Milo Goes to College''.
109* Music/BarenakedLadies has lots of shout-outs, especially in their earlier albums.
110** Music/{{Rush|Band}}'s "Tom Sawyer" and "The Spirit of Radio", and Music/VinceGuaraldi's "Linus and Lucy" are sampled and a reference to "[[Music/LedZeppelin Stairway to Heaven]]" is made during "Grade 9".
111** The band repeats the phrase "[[Music/KilroyWasHere Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto]]" several times in "The King of Bedside Manor".
112*** Not to mention the fact that they do so immediately after yelling "STYX!"
113** An admittedly incomplete list of the cultural references in "One Week", in lyrical order: ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}, the Canadian restaurant chain Swiss Chalet, Music/BustaRhymes, Music/LeAnnRimes, Bert Kaempfert, ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'', the song "Scenario" by Music/ATribeCalledQuest (and also the late-1990s [=H5N1=] avian flu epidemic in China that spread to humans), ''Series/TheXFiles'', Creator/HarrisonFord, ''Film/{{Frantic}}'', Music/{{Sting}}, Snickers candy bars, Creator/AkiraKurosawa, ''Anime/SailorMoon'', Birchmount Stadium (an obscure Toronto sports venue), and "The Robbie" (a major youth soccer tournament hosted by said stadium).
114** "Odds Are" features the lyrics "twenty-three or four to one" which is a reference to Music/{{Chicago}}'s song "25 or 6 to 4".
115** The video of "One Week" starts with a homage to the "Doll on a Music Box" scene in ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang''.
116** "Music/BrianWilson".
117** Not only is "Silverball" a thinly-veiled shout-out to {{Pinball}}, but the lyrics also include shout-outs to the ''Pinball/LordOfTheRings'' game and the original pinball rock opera, ''Music/{{Tommy}}''.
118* The 2012 Berlin show "Best of Musicals" included a Disney medley with "Poor Unfortunate Souls" (from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989''). Whilst Ariel was singing as Ursula stole her voice, the actor for Ursula shouted "Sing, my Angel of Music!" This is not in the original; it's a reference to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yrAuc3tR3A the title song]] from ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', where Christine sings similarly high note sequences upon the Phantom's urging.
119* The Bevis Frond's ''Vavona Burr'' opens with the 30 second AlbumIntroTrack "Frond Cheer", a version of Country Joe And The Fish's "Fish Cheer" that spells "Frond" instead of "Fish". Country Joe [=McDonald=] gave ParodyAssistance by leading the cheer himself.
120* Another band that seems fond of these is Music/BlindGuardian. Naming an album ''Music/ANightAtTheOpera'' after the Music/{{Queen}} album is a bit obvious for a Shout Out, but the song "Welcome to Dying" ends with "I spread my wings and fly away" repeated four times which, given that they covered Queen's "Spread Your Wings" and are huge Queen fans, is probably a Shout Out.
121** "Blood Tears" includes the following lines of Music/{{Metallica}}'s "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)":
122-->"Welcome to where time stands still
123-->No one leaves and no one ever will"
124** Another probable ShoutOut include the chorus of "The Script for My Requiem", which mentions "jester's tears" (Music/{{Marillion}}'s first album is called ''Script for a Jester's Tear'').
125** These lines in "And Then There Was Silence" references Dream Theater's first album, which is called ''When Dream and Day Unite'':
126-->"The vision's so clear
127-->''When day and dream unite'', the end is near"
128** And, of course, there are all the references to literature and mythology. There's a list on Music/BlindGuardian's page.
129* Music/BlissNEso stuffed their track "Destiny Lane" with pop culture references. ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'', the ''[[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Black Pearl]]'', Creator/WilliamShakespeare, Creator/EdgarAllanPoe, Creator/TimBurton, Music/TheBeatles, and the list goes on... Other tracks also contain references to ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' among other things.
130* The Music/BlueOysterCult song "Revenge of Vera Gemini" contains the line "No More Horses, Horses, (We're going to swim like a fish)". This is a double reference to Music/PattiSmith's album ''Music/{{Horses}}'' and to the BOC's own song "Subhuman". Of course, the [[Music/PattiSmith co-writer of "Vera Gemini" sings co-vocals on this track...]]
131** "The Marshall Plan" quotes part of the Music/DeepPurple "Smoke on the Water" riff. It also includes spoken words from Don Kirshner, referencing Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert.
132* Bob Segarini recorded a song, "I Like the Beatles And My Baby Loves The Rolling Stones". It references songs by both bands, including "I Wanna be Your Man", which Music/TheBeatles gave to the Music/TheRollingStonesBand, as well as recording their own version.
133* Boney M.'s famous "Oh, those Russians!" at the end of "Rasputin" is probably a shout-out to "Oh, those Turks!" in Eartha Kitt's performance of "Üsküdara" ("Kâtibim") - a Turkish folk song [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong the melody of which forms the musical core of "Rasputin"]].
134* Music/BonJovi, "It's My Life": "My heart is like an open highway, like [[Music/FrankSinatra Frankie]] said, 'I did it my way!'". When Music/PaulAnka, lyricist of "Music/MyWay", covered the song, it was changed to "He did it My Way".
135* The name of the band Boys Don't Cry is sometimes assumed to be a reference to Music/TheCure song of that name - according to members, it's instead a reference to "I'm Not In Love" by 10CC, which has a SpokenWordInMusic section where a woman repeats "big boys don't cry". As a nod to the misconception, Boys Don't Cry did release an instrumental song titled "The Cure".
136* "Ready or Not" by Bridget Mendler contains the lines "I could be your kryptonite", referencing ComicBook/{{Superman}}.
137* In "Stronger", Music/BritneySpears calls back to "Baby One More Time": "My loneliness ain't killing me no more!"
138** Also in "Inside Out" she has "You're the only one who drives me crazy" and "Hit me one more time it's so amazing" mentioned of cause her previous hit singles (You Drive Me) Crazy! and "Baby One More Time".
139* Music/BuiltToSpill's "Distopian Dream Girl" includes the lyrics:
140-->My stepfather looks just like Music/DavidBowie
141-->But he hates David Bowie
142-->I think Bowie's cool
143-->I think ''{{Music/Lodger}}'' rules
144-->My stepdad's a fool
145** "Nowhere Nothin' Fuckup" borrows most of it's verse lyrics from "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" by Music/VelvetUnderground, while the title is a reference to a fictional song mentioned in Creator/PhilipKDick's novel ''Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said''.
146** "You Were Right" is a variation on the SongOfSongTitles, as every line of the verses quotes a lyric from a famous rock song (e.g. "You were right when you said [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand 'you can't always get what you want']] / You were right when you said [[Music/TheFreewheelinBobDylan 'it's a hard rain's gonna fall']]"). Though they're not necessarily citing songs they're influenced by here, just ones that fit the pattern of being classic rock radio staples with pessimistic lyrics (or at least ones that have individual lines that sound pessimistic out of context).
147** "Planting Seeds" has the lines "I've heard that they'll sell anything / And I think they might / I think Creator/BillHicks was right / about what they should do". This alludes to an oft-referenced Hicks quote: "If you work in advertising or marketing... kill yourself".
148* Butter 08's "Dagobrah" is named after Dagobah, the [[SingleBiomePlanet swamp planet]] from Franchise/StarWars: The altered spelling is possibly for the sake of WritingAroundTrademarks, though the added "r" is distinctly pronounced in the chorus. Since it's a HardcorePunk pastiche, the song also parodies the spoken word section from Music/MinorThreat's "Out Of Step":
149-->Listen! I'm not trying to tell you how you live your life!\
150I'm just saying there are a lot of things out there that are real important to people that I don't find much importance in...\
151Whether it's eating squishies or playing mini-golf!
152* Buzzoven have admitted their name is a double {{Music/Melvins}} shout out - the name of Melvins vocalist/guitarist Buzz Osborne (sometimes credited as King Buzzo) plus their song "Oven".
153* Rapper Music/{{Cage}} originally went by the name '''Alex''', as a nod to ''Film/AClockworkOrange''. His single "Agent Orange" sampled Wendy Carlos' score from that film. ''Film/TheyLive'' is referenced in the artwork for his album ''Movies for the Blind''. [[Music/DeadKennedys Jello Biafra]], doing an imitation of [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush The Dubya]], says "I'll Fuck Anything That Moves!", quoting Dennis Hopper's character from ''Film/BlueVelvet''.
154* Italian rapper Music/{{Caparezza}} made a song about improving as an artist, that is, going to "the next level". Of course, it includes many references to video games from ''VideoGame/{{Arkanoid}}'' to ''VideoGame/WonderBoy''. Oh, and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od--00x73E8 video]] is a giant homage to ''Film/{{Tron}}''.
155* During the fade-out of Music/CaptainAndTennille's cover of Music/NeilSedaka's "Love Will Keep Us Together", Toni Tennille sings "Sedaka is back!", acknowledging both Sedaka's co-authorship of the song and his then-ongoing comeback in the 1970s.
156* Music/TheCardigans' "Heartbreaker" has an intro that sounds a lot like "Black Sabbath" by Music/BlackSabbath, and at the end of the song that same part is reprised, with Nina Persson saying "Oh no, please God help me" in the same way Ozzy did in that song. As unlikely as it might seem, the band are all fans of Ozzy-era Music/BlackSabbath, and have also done covers of "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" and "Iron Man".
157* Music/EricCarmen's "Make Me Lose Control" has the line:
158-->Jennifer's singing ''Stand by Me'' / And she knows every single word by heart
159* In Music/CatherineWheel's 1995 song "Hole", the first lyrics of the chorus are "Always the pretty songs for us to sing along and get fucked up", which bears a similarity to the chorus of "In Bloom" by Music/{{Nirvana}}. (Probably the most common interpretation of this song is that it's about the death of Kurt Cobain.)
160** From the same album, "Receive" includes the lyrics "Grow my hair long and strange / I'll be a walking mountain range", which is similar to lyrics from "I Shall Be Free No. 10" by Music/BobDylan.
161** Then, from their next album, "Phantom of the American Mother" includes the lyrics "Now there's a sinking look in your eyes / Like black holes in the sky", which references "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" by Music/PinkFloyd. (Catherine Wheel also recorded a cover of the title track of the album that song was from, ''Wish You Were Here''.)
162** Also, one of the songs on their second album is titled "[[Music/KingCrimson Fripp]]".
163* In Chamillionaire's "Ridin'", there is a cassette tape deck and video output to a car TV monitor for one or more game consoles. "[=PlayStation=]" refers to the first Platform/PlayStation, or the Platform/PlayStation2, as the song came out in 2006. The video shows an Platform/{{Xbox}} controller.
164-->"And my shine on the deck and the TV screen / And ride with a new chick, she like "Hold up" / Next to the [=PlayStation=] controller".
165* The works of Music/CharlesIves are full of {{Shout Out}}s - particularly to marches, hymns, folk songs, and school fight songs.
166* Music/ChildishGambino is full of nerdy references, including to ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' in "Bonfire" and ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' in "Not Going Back". He also acted in ''Film/TheMartian'', ''Film/{{Solo}}'', and ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', and is the voice of ComicBook/MilesMorales in season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012''.
167* Chilly Kids' "At The Ice Arcade" references ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Berzerk}}'', ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'', Grandmaster Flash, "The Message", ''VideoGame/PacMan'', Main/{{Pinball}}, and ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders''.
168* Music/ChrisBrown's "Look At Me Now" references Cîroc vodka, Creator/CirqueDuSoleil, ''Series/GuidingLight'', ''Film/TheKarateKid'', Lamborghini, Music/LLCoolJ, and Sprite.
169* Music/TheClash's version of "Police And Thieves" starts with Joe Strummer ad-libbing "Going through a tight wind!", which is a lyric from "Blitzkrieg Bop" by the Music/{{Ramones}}. It's possibly the earliest musical shout out the Ramones ever got, as the Clash song only came out a year after the first Ramones album.
170* Music/LloydCole's "Rattlesnakes" uses a little name-dropping to establish character:
171-->She looks like Creator/EvaMarieSaint in Film/OnTheWaterfront\
172She reads [[UsefulNotes/{{Existentialism}} Simone de Beauvoir in her American circumstance]]...
173* "Brimful of Asha" by Music/{{Cornershop}} is a tribute to Indian FilmiMusic. The title is a reference to playback singer Asha Bhosle; she's also name-checked in the lyrics, as are playback singers Mohammed Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar. The song later references All India Radio (a public broadcast outlet) and non-Indian musicians presumably played there, such as French singer Jacques Dutronc and "the Bolan Boogie" (the name of a compilation album by [[Music/MarcBolan T. Rex]]).
174* Denzel Curry's "ULTIMATE" references ''Film/DirtyHarry'', ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', the Glock pistol, and [[IAmSpartacus Spartacus]].
175* The video for Music/CyndiLauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" ends with a recreation of the stateroom scene from the Creator/TheMarxBrothers' movie ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera''.
176* The lyrics to Music/DaftPunk's "Teachers" are essentially a long list of artists who have influenced them: the majority are [=DJs=] and producers involved in techno or house music, but a few less expected names being checked are Music/BrianWilson, Music/DrDre, and Music/GeorgeClinton.
177* Danger Dan
178** ''Ölsardinenindustrie''
179-->Im Grunde will ich lieber ''[[VideoGame/MarioKart Mario Kart]]'' auf dem [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Nintendo]] spielen \
180Und jede Stunde, die ich damit verschwendet habe ''[[VideoGame/MarioKart Mario Kart]]'' zu spielen
181** ''Rumsitzen''
182-->Heute will ich nur noch 'n Fuffi Weed und ein Platform/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}} \
183Ich will einen alten Platform/GameBoy, mit ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'' und ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''
184* "Thin Line" by Dag Nasty ends with 30 straight seconds of the repeated lyric "I trusted you!". While still making sense in the context of the rest of lyrics, it also seems to be a nod to an Creator/AndyKaufman bit: Andy once appeared on variety show ''The Midnight Special'' and performed [[OverlyLongGag a deliberately repetitive three-minute rock song]] where the only lyric was "I trusted you!".
185* HipHop producer Dan "The Automator" Nakamura is apparently a big fan of comedian/actor/writer Chris Elliott:
186** His duo with fellow hip hop producer Prince Paul, Handsome Boy Modeling School, named themselves after a fictional modeling school from an episode of the Elliott-starring sitcom ''Get a Life'', and their album ''So... How's Your Girl?'' frequently used samples from the same episode. The pseudonym Nakamura used for the Handsome Boy Modeling School project was Nathaniel Merriweather, which was probably meant to sound similar to Nathaniel ''Mayweather'', Elliott's character in ''Film/CabinBoy''.
187** Another ''Cabin Boy'' reference he made was titling a mix album ''Wanna Buy A Monkey?'', after dialogue from the film. His publishing company is Sharkman Music, referencing the ''Cabin Boy'' character Chockie, who is "half man, half shark"... Similarly, when he produced [[Music/KoolKeith Dr. Octagon]]'s "halfsharkalligatorhalfman", he included some dialogue about Chockie as SpokenWordInMusic.
188* The first verse of Music/DavidBowie's "Music/TheManWhoSoldTheWorld" seems to be from the perspective of the ''other'' man in "Antigonish" (the one who wasn't there).
189** Also, the Bowie album ''Music/DiamondDogs'' is riddled with {{Shout Out}}s to Creator/GeorgeOrwell's ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''. Examples include the tracks "We Are The Dead", "1984" (of course), "Big Brother," and possibly "Rebel Rebel," which is sometimes thought to refer to the character Julia in the novel. Why all the shout outs? Well, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Bowie originally wanted to make a musical based on]] ''Nineteen Eighty Four'' but couldn't get the rights from Mrs. Orwell, so he incorporated what he had written so far into a concept album.
190** Bowie loves shout outs -- there's one right in the ''title'' of his first hit, [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey "Space Oddity"]].
191* "Stuart" by Music/TheDeadMilkmen mentions "That Johnny Wurster kid that delivers papers in the neighborhood". The character in the song is named after Jon Wurster, a friend of the band best known for drumming for Music/{{Superchunk}}.
192** In a much more overt shout out, they have an album called ''Literature/TheKingInYellow''.
193** "Punk Rock Girl" mentions Mojo Nixon ("We asked for Mojo Nixon, they said 'he don't work here' / we said if you don't got Mojo Nixon, then your store could use some fixin'!"). It also references [[Series/HeeHaw Minnie Pearl.]]
194** In "Fez", they make the self-effacing claim that "ripping off the Music/ButtholeSurfers is how we make our living".
195* Music/DeepPurple's song "The Mule" is based on a ''{{Franchise/Foundation}}'' story; "Literature/TheMule". The titular antagonist has MindControl and [[TheEmpath emotion-reading]] powers, and has Converted even his deadliest enemies into loyal servants.
196-->''No one sees the things you do\
197Because I stand in front of you\
198But you drive me all the time\
199Put the evil in my mind\
200[...]\
201Just another slave for the mule''
202** "Speed King" from ''Music/DeepPurpleInRock'' is referred to in the liner notes as, "Just a few roots, replanted". The first verse references Music/LittleRichard's songs "Good Golly Miss Molly," "Tutti Frutti" and "Lucille." The second verse references the soul classic "Rip It Up," as well as Music/ElvisPresley's "Hard Headed Woman" and Music/ChuckBerry's "Some People."
203* The verses in Def Leppard's "Rocket" contain references to the Rolling Stones, David Bowie (twice), Elton John (also twice), the Beatles, Thin Lizzy, Queen and others.
204* Music/{{Deltron 3030}} weaves its own bizarre anime-inspired science-fictional continuity, but also drops liberal references to comics, anime, video games, and other nerd culture. Music/DelThaFunkeeHomoSapien has been known to do so in his solo work as well, one of the better examples being "Proto Culture," a love letter to classic video games.
205* Some of Music/{{Diafrix}}'s tracks and music videos have references to [[Literature/WheresWally Wally]], Franchise/{{Superman}}, and other pop culture characters.
206* Yo-Landi from Music/DieAntwoord is often seen with a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]]-Hoodie. Pikachu also is mentioned in the song Banana Brain.
207* Dig's ''Defenders of the Universe'' includes songs titled [[Music/ElectricLightOrchestra "E.L.O."]] and "[[Music/BlackSabbath "White Sabbath"]].
208* "Calling Elvis" by Music/DireStraits is a shout out to... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin take a wild guess]].
209* The Dismemberment Plan named themselves after an easily missed bit of dialogue from ''Film/GroundhogDay'': It's a phrase Ned Ryerson uses during one of the [[GroundhogDayLoop many times]] he attempts to sell Phil Connors insurance.
210* A live atmosphere example: Music/{{Disturbed}} like to reference ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs'', playing clips from it before certain songs. The most prominent example of this is the show entrance, which has the lead singer strapped down to a hand truck in a straight jacket, wheeled out on-stage by one of the road crew, dressed in a white coat.
211* Numerous shout outs in Music/DoctorSteel's body of work. His song "The Dr. Steel Show" mentions and contains the tune of "[[Theatre/SouthPacific Bali Ha'i]]", referencing his secret island base. It also contains part of the tune of ''Series/HRPufnstuf'' (which also takes place on a mystical island). ''Spaceboy'' samples ''Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra''. The end of his song, ''Lullabye-bye'', contains the beginning of the Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This". The opening lines of his song, ''Ode to Revenge'', are a very twisted version of Nat King Cole's "Nature Boy". The song "Land Of The Lost", itself an {{Homage}} to the Sid and Marty Krofft show, ''Series/LandOfTheLost1974'' has a literal shout out, with a sample of Creator/RitaMoreno's "HEY YOU GUYS!" from ''Series/TheElectricCompany1971''.
212* Music/DoesItOffendYouYeah are named after dialogue spoken by David Brent in ''Series/TheOfficeUK'' - the full context of the line is "My drinking - does it offend you, yeah?". Also something of a LineOfSightName -before uploading some demo recordings online, they decided they'd name their band after the first thing they heard when they turned on the television, and that scene from the show happened to be what was playing.
213* "[[Music/DonMcLean American Pie]]" has many. [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory Speculation]], [[EpilepticTrees sometimes really wrong]], on ''what'' is referenced is common.
214* Music/{{Drake}}
215** "HYFR" references Georgia State University, and George Strait, “All My Ex’s Live in Texas”.
216** "Pop Style" references Channing Tatum, Chevrolet Tahoe, and Kawasaki motorcycles.
217** "Summer Sixteen" references Canada Goose, Music/JimiHendrix, Music/KanyeWest, and Music/LilWayne.
218* On the subject of Dream Theater, the third movement of the song "Octavarium" is nothing but a gigantic list of well-placed shoutouts. The Other Wiki has a nice list right [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavarium_(song)#III._Full_Circle here]].
219* Music/DrDre's "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang" references Compton, Death Row Records, ''Film/{{Dolemite}}'', Dr. Dre, Evander Holyfield, Long Beach, and Snoop Dogg.
220* Dr. Hook's "On the Cover of ''Rolling Stone''" is a dream about what this rock group will do if they end up being pictured there.
221* Dum Dum Girls have said their name was inspired both by the Music/IggyPop song "Dum Dum Boys" from ''Music/TheIdiot'' and the Vaselines song and album ''Dum Dum''. It's been speculated that vocalist Dee Dee Penny's StageName was inspired by [[Music/{{Ramones}} Dee Dee Ramone]], but she's denied this.
222* In the 1995 [[Music/DuranDuran John Taylor]] album track "Anon" (from his solo album ''Feelings Are Good and Other Lies''), he sings, "As for Little Buddha/I like Creator/KeanuReeves." Keanu dated John's ex-wife Amanda de Cadenet shortly after the two divorced.
223* Music/DuranDuran shoutouts:
224** Their debut album included an instrumental called "Tel Aviv". When lead singer Simon Le Bon was working on an Israeli kibbutz before joining the band, he used to hang out in Tel Aviv.
225** ''Rio'' includes a song called "Last Chance on the Stairway", which in and of itself is a reference to the phrase "l'esprit d'escalier", or not being able to think of something good to say in response to someone else until it's too late. It also contains the lyric, "Just like a scene out of Voltaire, twisting out of sight," referring to how in many of Voltaire's works (''Candide'' in particular), the storyline twists and turns so fast the protagonists never seem to know what hit them.
226** On their 1988 album ''Big Thing'', there's a song called "Lake Shore Driving", which is a ShoutOut to Chicago's Lake Shore Drive. Chicago is one of keyboardist Nick Rhodes's favorite cities.
227** The band's name is derived from the MadScientist Durand Durand in ''Film/{{Barbarella}}''. Although they produced a song titled "Electric Barbarella" containing sound samples from the film, the lyrics have little to do with it, instead being about a {{Sexbot}}.
228* Dynamite Hack named themselves for a line of dialogue in ''{{Film/Caddyshack}}'' - At one point in the film, Carl Spackler offers Ty Webb some marijuana, which he refers to as "dynamite hack".
229** "Dear Kate," is a somewhat tongue-in-cheek ode to British model Kate Moss - her last name is never mentioned, but it's made clear through specific references to magazines she's appeared in, as well as a nod to the controversy over her waifish appearance. There's also this line, describing how the narrator's friends don't understand his celebrity crush on her:
230-->They all think [[{{UsefulNotes/Pettanko}} you're flat]]\
231They all think your face looks like Eric Stoltz in ''{{Film/Mask|1985}}''.
232* According to [[WordOfGod the band themselves]], the line "They stab it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast" from the Music/{{Eagles}}' "Music/HotelCalifornia" is a ShoutOut to Music/SteelyDan. This line was actually a response to "Everything You Did" by Steely Dan, which includes the line "Turn up the Eagles, the neighbors are listening".
233* The refrain of Edge of Dawn's "Beyond The Gate" echoes the ending of ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' notably Bowman's descent into the sun and transformation into the Starchild: "I'm a suicidal planet and I'm aiming for the sun, all the gravity inside me will give way to a beautiful calm..." The title may reference the Star Gate. The band itself is named after a song from Music/{{Covenant}}'s first album.
234* The electronic band Music/EgoLikeness is named after the holographic portraits from ''Franchise/{{Dune}}''.
235* Eiffel 65's "My Console" references The Platform/PlayStation console, and some [=PS1=] era games: ''[[Franchise/{{Tekken}} Tekken 3]]'', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'', ''VideoGame/OmegaBoost'', ''VideoGame/BloodyRoar'', ''VideoGame/TheXFilesGame'', ''VideoGame/RidgeRacer'', ''VideoGame/{{Oddworld}}'', and ''Winning Eleven''.
236* DoomMetal group Electric Wizard named themselves after two Music/BlackSabbath songs, "'''Electric''' Funeral" and "The '''Wizard'''". They've made further Sabbath references with album artwork: their self-titled album renders their name in a very similar font to that seen on the cover of Black Sabbath's own self-titled album, while the front cover to the EP ''Legalise Drugs And Murder'' is nearly identical to that of Sabbath's ''Master Of Reality''. Outside of that, they're fond of referencing horror films, often via SpokenWordInMusic clips.
237* Music/EazyE's "Boyz-n-the Hood" references the 1964 Chevrolet Impala, Bacardi, Guess jeans, and Eazy's friend Kilo G (not the rapper Kilo-G). The remix version's prologue references Music/{{NWA}}'s "Gangsta Gangsta".
238* Music/ElvisCostello:
239** The opening line to his song, "London's Brilliant Parade," "Outside my window..." is said in a very similar way to Music/{{Cream}}'s song, "World of Pain".
240* Music/{{Eminem}}
241** "Like Toy Soldiers" references Music/FiftyCent, Music/JayZ, and Music/{{Nas}}.
242** "Rap God" references Music/RunDMC.
243** "'Till I Collapse" [[TakeThat/{{Music}} disses]] Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston, and references Andre 3000, Jadakiss, Music/JayZ, Kurupt, Music/{{Nas}}, Music/TheNotoriousBIG, Redman, and Music/TupacShakur.
244** "We're Back" references Music/JayZ, Music/{{Nas}}, Music/TheNotoriousBIG, and Music/TupacShakur.
245* Eric B. and Rakim's "Microphone Fiend" is one of the most quoted songs in hip-hop. A lot of subsequent tracks have included the line "kick a hole in the speaker/pull the plug/and then jet" as a shout-out.
246* Music/EricChurch's 2013 single "Like Jesus Does" is book-ended by the line "I'm a long-gone [[Music/WaylonJennings Waylon]] song on vinyl". The second verse also contains the line "[[Music/DonMcLean I'm a good ol' boy drinkin' whiskey and rye on the levee]]".
247* AlternativeRock / PopPunk band Eve 6 named themselves after a character from the ''[[Series/TheXFiles X-Files]]'' episode "Eve".
248* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABYnqp-bxvg The video]] for Feist's "1234" ''might'' be a shout-out to the "Bonjour!" song from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'': The singer wears a spangly blue outfit while everyone else wears plain clothes in yellows, reds, greens, and purples (some wear blue jeans, but they don't [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles sparkle]]).
249* The Far East Movement song "Rocketeer" features references to ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' ("Where we go, we don't need roads") and ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' ("we're on to next level, Super Mario").
250* The band Fightstar did an entire concept album about ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', and it's actually not bad.
251** Not to mention a song entitled "Shinji Ikari"!
252** And the song ''Lost Like Tears In Rain'' which is sung from Shinji's POV. It even ends with the line "It's Neon Genesis"! The title of the song itself is a reference to Film/BladeRunner.
253* [=fIREHOSE=]'s ''If'n'' is titled as a reference to Music/BobDylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" ("It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe / If'n you don't know by now"). The cover art includes a photograph of Music/HuskerDu. Song titles include "For The Singer of {{Music/REM}}" and "In Memory of Elizabeth Cotten" (a folk/blues musician who died the year the album was released). The vinyl version has the entire track-list on the A-Side, so that the B-Side could feature [[Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival John Fogerty's]] autograph as given to bassist Mike Watt.
254* Music/FiveIronFrenzy's cover of "Sweet Talkin' Woman" ends with Reese Roper shouting "[[Music/ElectricLightOrchestra E.L.O.]], I have all your albums! Yes!"
255** Also, a WholeSongReference in "A Flowery Song"--the chorus ''is'' the English Common Doxology.
256* Music/FlamingLips "The Sun" features the line "It'd be so kind to see your face in my door", a slight variation on a lyric from Music/CaroleKing's "So Far Away" ("it'd be so ''fine'' to see your face in my door").
257** Early in their career, they made a habit of referencing Music/TheBeatles: "The Spontaneous Combustion Of John" quotes "The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill" from ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum'' ("Like the first time Captain Marvel zapped him right between the eyes"). ''Oh My Gawd!!!'' is [[BookEnds book-ended]] with Beatles samples - opening track "Everything's Explodin'" starts with a SpokenWordInMusic clip from "Revolution #9" ("Take this, brother, may it serve you well") and closer "Love Yer Brain" ends with a loop taken from "Tomorrow Never Knows". And "Out for a Walk" includes a clip of "La Marseillaise" that seems to be taken straight from the intro of "All You Need Is Love".
258** The song "In The Morning of the Magicians" takes its title from ''The Morning of the Magicians'', a 1960 book on the occult by Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier.
259* "Wind Up" by Music/FooFighters namedrops "Manimal" by hardcore punk band Music/TheGerms in the chorus ("Want a song that's indelible, like 'Manimal'"). Somewhat interestingly former Germs member Pat Smear was playing with the Foo Fighters at the time.
260** "Times Like These" has "I'm a ''new day rising''" (an album by Music/HuskerDu).
261* Franca Morgano - "Firewalker" has multiple shout-outs: "I can Walk on (the) Water (Catch) and I'm Walking in the Sky (DJ Encore), you just tumble in my footsteps when I'm walking Through the Fire (Chaka Khan)..."
262* Music/FrankTurner loves employing this trope in many of his songs, but most obvious of all is in "Substitute". The first chorus references Shakespeare ("If music was the food of love...") and in the second references Music/TheBeatles ("If love is really all that we need...").
263* Futuristic, ''Pound Cake (Remix)''
264-->Listen to my art switch, spitting since cartridge \
265In a [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Nintendo]], Platform/Nintendo64 that's that ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' shit \
266''VideoGame/PerfectDark'' bitch, change of heart, that's the game
267* Indie hip-hop group Furthermore ended their first album with "Melted Vinyl", which name-drops a downright ridiculous number of Creator/MarvelComics superheroes, then mentions a crossover with the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica in the final verse.
268* G-Eazy, ''California Culture''
269-->Stayin' stoned to the bone, I couldn't be higher \
270Playing Platform/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}}, ''Franchise/StreetFighter''
271* * Music/{{Garbage}} has a few:
272** Two [[ThrowItIn improvisations]] while recording their second album, [[Music/TheBeachBoys "don't worry baby, it will be alright"]] in "Push It" and [[Music/ThePretenders "we were the talk of the town..."]] in "Special". Both had to be cleared with author permission, and thankfully Brian Wilson and Chrissie Hynde approved.
273** "Sleep Together" ("If we sleep together, will you like me better?") has a clear homage to Romeo Void's "Never Say Never" ("I might like you better if we slept together!"). Shirley downright sung the original's lyrics during that album's 20th anniversary tour.
274** "Only Happy When It Rains", "Supervixen" and "Felt", amongst others, are homages to Shoegazing (Music/TheJesusAndMaryChain for the former, who released a song called "Happy When It Rains" back in 1987, and Music/MyBloodyValentine for the latter two, with "Supervixen" going so far as to imitate the opening drum roll and riff from "Only Shallow").
275** "Supervixen" is also named after 1970s ExploitationFilm ''Supervixens''.
276** Third album ''Beautiful Garbage'' is named after a line in Music/{{Hole}}'s "Celebrity Skin".
277* Galaxy Hunter's ''Quantum of Galaxy'' album is named after the James Bond film ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', and the intro track has the line "I am Hunter, Galaxy Hunter" along with interpolating the 007 theme's progression.
278* The verse of More's "Around the World"(not to be confused with ATC's hit released the same year) is a melodic reference to Music/{{Europe}}'s "The Final Countdown".
279* Music/TheGameRapper: "100" references Music/LilWayne, Music/TheNotoriousBIG, OVO Sound, Puff Daddy, and the Rolls-Royce Ghost.
280* Music/{{Genesis|Band}} examples:
281** Plenty in ''Music/TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway''. "Needles And Pins" (The Searchers); "My run-run-Runaway" (Del Shannon); "Raindrops-a Keep Falling On My Head, they keep falling on my..." (Burt Bacharach); "I wandered lonely as a cloud" (Robert Burns); "It's only knock and know-all, but I like it" (Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}), etc., etc.
282** The ''3 X 3'' EP is a twofold reference. The EP's name is a reference to Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}' album ''12 X 5'', and the cover of the EP is a black-and-white photograph of the band members jumping into the air in a very similar fashion to the cover of Music/TheBeatles' ''Twist and Shout'' EP.
283* Music/GeorgeStrait's "Blue Clear Sky" got its seemingly-backwards title as a shout-out to ''Film/ForrestGump''.
284* Music/{{GFRIEND}}'s [[https://youtu.be/9iPLjmz3_U4 Sunny Summer]] makes a recreation of Vermeer's {{painting|s}} "Art/GirlWithAPearlEarring" and a couple of references to Shakespeare's sonnets.
285* Gilby Clarke's solo debut album ''Music/PawnshopGuitars'' has a few.
286** "Cure Me...Or Kill Me" mentions "the [[Series/TheAddamsFamily Addams Family]] blood"
287** "Johanna's Chopper" mentions "ComicBook/{{Superman}}'s magic train"
288* Music/{{gmcfosho}} has songs referencing ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', ''ComicBook/XMen'', ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' (among other things), and one of his music videos contains a [[Franchise/StarWars lightsaber]].
289* The Godflesh song "Circle of Shit" gets its title from Italian art horror film ''Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom'' - the film is divided into four segments, one of which has the title card "Girone della Merda", or "Circle of Shit".
290* God Lives Underwater titled their album ''Life In The So-Called Space Age'' as a Music/DepecheMode shout out - that phrase appears in quotes on the back cover of the Depeche Mode album ''Music/BlackCelebration''. Fittingly, the same year they released that album, they also contributed a version of "Fly On The Windscreen", originally from ''Black Celebration'', to Depeche Mode [[CoverAlbum tribute album]] ''For The Masses''.
291* Rapper Greydon Square, who describes himself as "the black Carl Sagan."
292* Music/{{Grimes}}' album ''Geidi Primes'' is titled after Geidi Prime, a planet in ''{{Franchise/Dune}}'' - six of the ten songs on the album are also titled with ''Dune'' references. She also chose her stage name as a reference to the artist Ken Grimes.
293* On the booklet for Music/GunsNRoses' ''Music/UseYourIllusionI'', "You Could Be Mine" has thanks for Music/EltonJohn and his lyricist Bernie Taupin, as a title of one of their songs is on the lyrics ("'Cause I think ''we've seen that movie too!''").
294* "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_Driver_%28song%29 Taxi Driver]]" by Gym Class Heroes namedrops several bands within only two minutes. The list that's linked probably isn't even complete.
295** Their cover of [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers "Under The Bridge"]] replaces the song's TitleDrop with the chorus of KRS-One's "The Bridge Is Over".
296* The High & Mighty include references to ''Franchise/StarWars'' in their tracks, for example in their most famous "B-Boy Document '99" Mr Eon claims: "I'm Jedi Master, Mace Windu".
297* "Teeth For Eyes" by Ho-Ag seems to be from the point of view of [[ComicBook/TheSandman The Corinthian]]: The chorus might sound like WordSaladLyrics, but is actually a description of the character, who literally has [[TooManyMouths two mouths where his eyes should be]] ("Who am I? / Who am I? /Corinthian spy / I am that guy with the teeth for eyes")
298* The Hold Steady have a lovely shout out to Bruce Springsteen's famous line, "Tramps like us, baby, we were born to run" in their song "Charlemagne in Sweatpants" with the line "Tramps like us, and we like tramps."
299** The Hold Steady have numerous shout outs to the likes of Dillinger Four, Jack Kerouac, Youth of Today, Seven Seconds, John Cassavetes, John Berryman and more.
300** The Hold Steady have shout outs to their own songs: "Stay Positive" alone references "Hornets! Hornets!", "Positive Jam", "Massive Nights", "Sweet Payne", and "Most People are [=DJs=]". And that's just one song.
301** The Hold Steady are a band composed of Shout Outs - poets, bands both obscure and well-known, previous events in the ongoing story of Holly, the Bible and earlier song lines and titles. There's now have a whole wiki devoted to explaining references.
302** "Raise a toast to Saint [[Music/TheClash Joe Strummer]] I think he might have been our only decent teacher!"
303* Music/TheHorrors thrive on this trope. Notable examples include:
304** “Sheena Is a Parasite”, which is a ShoutOut to the Music/{{Ramones}} and their song “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker”. This makes more sense when you realize that the song is actually a short, brutally told history of punk rock.
305** Faris openly lifted lines from the Jay and the Americans song “She Cried” for the bridge of “Who Can Say”.
306** Their song “Monica Gems” is a general ShoutOut to Sixties PsychedelicRock.
307** The band recently repainted their studio floor [[OrangeBlueContrast orange and blue stripes]] in homage to [[Music/PinkFloyd Syd Barret]].
308* The iconic Ian Dury and the Blockheads single "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasons_to_be_Cheerful,_Part_3#Composition Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3]]" is a veritable list of shout outs to the things Ian found delightful, from Music/ElvisPresley and [[Creator/{{Motown}} Smokey Robinson]] to Steven Biko, Creator/WoodyAllen, Italian crooner Adriano Celentano, and the Creator/TheMarxBrothers.
309* Music/IceCube, ''Friday''
310-->My big homey just got out \
311Used to be down now he's just cracked out \
312He's 'bout hard as [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]] \
313In his sweatshirt, khakis and Chuck Taylors\
314Smokin indo \
315Playin dat [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Nintendo]] \
316Hear a rat tat tat on my window
317* The Music/IconaPop song "Girlfriend" uses lines from Music/TupacShakur's "Me And My Girlfriend". It uses the line "All I need in this life of sin is me and my girlfriend" from the chorus and changes "Down to the ride to the bloody end" to "Down to ride 'till the happy end". Tupac's song is about a gun while [=IconaPop=] sings about ThePowerOfFriendship (or [[LesYay romance]] to [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation some]]).
318* Inquérito, ''Meu Super-Herói''
319-->Meu bom velhinho me manda um Platform/{{Atari|2600}} se der \
320Põe na lixeira que aqui em casa não tem chaminé \
321E a tv sempre mostrava ao contrário, num entendo \
322Criança feliz tinha que ter [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Nintendo]] \
323Carregava sempre a mesma arma, a marmita \
324O desemprego era o medo, a [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Kryptonita]]
325* Interface's "Mirror, Mirror" references a line from Assemblage 23's "The Noise Inside My Head": "A prisoner to the noise inside your head".
326* Music/InThisMoment's "Big Bad Wolf" uses "Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs" references as allegories about the protagonist.
327* The video to the Music/{{INXS}} track "Mediate" is a homage to the "Subterranean Homesick Blues" section of the Music/BobDylan {{rockumentary}} ''Film/DontLookBack''.
328* Ivan Ives, ''Villain''
329-->Well, I guess y'all thought I was the shit \
330Cause like a Platform/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}}, I got my [[MediaNotes/The16bitEraOfConsoleVideoGames 16 bit]]
331* Jared Evan, ''Super Nintendo (Outerlude)'': Video shows ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' in an [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]].
332-->What ya gonna do? \
333What ya gonna do when the game is over? \
334Platform/{{SuperNintendo|EntertainmentSystem}}, yea \
335But you ain`t on my level, aye
336* Music/JayZ:
337** "Big Pimpin'" references Bun B, Pimp C, and Timbaland.
338** He references several comic characters in his track "Kingdom Come" off the album of the same name. He compares himself to Franchise/{{Superman}}/Clark Kent, [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]], and [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]]. Plus the parallel between the state of Hip-Hop at the time of his album's release and the state of the world in DC's ''ComicBook/KingomCome''.
339* Rapper Jean Grae named herself after the Marvel superhero ComicBook/JeanGrey.
340* Jimmy Eat World's song "A Praise Chorus" contains a shout out to "Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James and the Shondells, "Our House" by Madness, "Why Did We Ever Meet" and "All of My Everything" by Promise Ring, "Don't Let's Start" by They Might Be Giants, and "Kickstart my Heart" by Motley Crue - all in one verse:
341-->Crimson and clover, over and over
342Our house in the middle of the street - why did we ever meet?\
343Started my rock n' roll fantasy\
344Don't, don't, don't let's start\
345Why did we ever part?\
346Kickstart my rock n' rolling heart
347** "The Authority Song" has the lines "The DJ never has it / JMC ''Automatic''": JMC is an abbreviation for Music/TheJesusAndMaryChain, and ''Automatic'' is one of their albums. The song's title is a reference to Music/JohnMellencamp's similarly named "Authority Song" - the TitleDrop is in the context of playing a song called "Authority Song" on a jukebox, and the lyrics also mention [[Music/TheVelvetUnderground "What Goes On"]].
348* The fourth movement from Music/JohannesBrahms' Symphony No. 1 in C minor contains a very obvious shout out to Music/LudwigVanBeethoven's ''Ode to Joy'' -- written into the Symphony when Music/RobertSchumann named Brahms "the second Beethoven". After the Symphony was finished (it only took Brahms 14 years to write it) Hans von Bulow dubbed it "Beethoven's Tenth". When told the two symphonies bore a certain similarity, Brahms replied, irritatedly, "Any ass can see that."
349* Johnny Polygon, ''Lovesick (Super Nintendo)''
350-->Love sick, masochists if this is all we are \
351Platform/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}} \
352It's okay, it's alright, we gon' get fucked up tonight \
353I play too much Platform/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}} \
354Staring at TV \
355Looking through windows so long \
356Ooh, baby, it hurts so good (so long) \
357Ooh, baby, it hurts so good (so long) \
358I play too much Super Nintendo \
359Super Nintendo (so long)
360* The lyric video for Italian singer Jovanotti's single "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5GR-70BrKg Nuova era]]" features a caricature of the artist in concert as an astronaut in front of a huge audience composed of aliens. Among them, the usual Greys, some Martians from ''Film/MarsAttacks'', Series/{{ALF}}, [[Film/RobotMonster Ro-Man]], Zorotl (the blue alien from Music/Eiffel65's, uh, ''Blue''), and others looking like [[VideoGame/OddWorld Mudokons]]. Also, as a FreezeFrameBonus, there's a hidden alien [[Literature/WheresWally Waldo]].
361* Music/{{Juniel}}'s stated ''Manga/OnePiece'' inspired her to write "Summer Vacation". Sure enough, the lyrics have lines like "With an old treasure map and a compass in our hands, let’s go to find our brilliant dreams".
362* Though he's never mentioned by name, "D.A.N.C.E." by {{Music/Justice|Band}} is a tribute to Music/MichaelJackson. The biggest hints at this are blatant lyrical nods to his hits "P.Y.T." ("You were such a P.Y.T.") and "Black Or White" ("Neither black or white / it doesn't matter"), as well as The Jackson 5's "ABC" ("Just easy as ABC").
363* Music/MichaelKamen's score for ''Film/DieHard2'' quotes Mrs. Gulch's theme from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' for the moment when [=McClane=] uses a bicycle to take out a bad guy!
364* Music/KanyeWest:
365** "Bonnie & Clyde Freestyle" references Music/{{Eminem}}, Music/JayZ, Mase, Music/{{Nas}}, Music/TheNotoriousBIG, and Music/TupacShakur.
366** "Breathe In Breathe Out" references ''Film/{{Candyman}}'', Lexus GS, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan Altima, [[Trivia/CentralProcessingUnit Pentium]], and the Sony Handycam.
367** "Siiiiiiiiilver Surffffeeeeer Intermission" not only refers to ''Comicbook/SilverSurfer'' and ''[[Film/FantasticFour2005 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer]]''; it is a shout out to Max B and the mixtape ''Public Domain 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer''.
368** ''Graduation'' (the album "Stronger" is on) also includes the track "Good Morning", where West rhymes
369--->Good morning and, look at the valedictorian\
370Scared of the future while I hop in the [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Delorean]]
371** Even his dark, brash [[NewSoundAlbum electro]] effort ''Music/{{Yeezus}}'' includes, on the song "Guilt Trip", the line
372--->Franchise/StarWars fur, yeah I'm rockin' Chewbacca
373* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bubOcI11sps announcing video]] by the Swedish band Music/{{Kent}} for their last album, ''Då som nu för alltid'' is basically ''consisting'' of this trope: It's full of references to old songs, albums and music videos by the band, in an amazing way.
374* Music/AliciaKeys' "Girl on Fire" has "She's a lonely girl, and it's a lonely world" (Eddie Holman) and "She gonna let it burn, baby, burn" (The Trammps). Earl Shuman, the writer of the former song, sued Keys for plagiarism.
375* DJ Khaled's "I'm So Hood (Remix)" references ''Film/Batman1989'', Cadillac, ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', Joe Frazier, the [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague New Orleans Saints]], the Rolls Royce Phantom, and T-Pain's "I'm So Hood".
376* Music/KidRock referenced "Amazing Grace" in "Cowboy": "I once was lost, but now I'm just blind", combining that line and the next, "Was blind but now I see". "Cowboy" references [[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Amadeus Mozart]] and "Rock Me Amadeus" by Music/{{Falco}}, and Beck's beer, Boone's wine, Four Seasons Hotel, Larry Flynt, and the [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation Los Angeles Lakers]].
377** "All Summer Long"'s refrain ends with "singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long" followed by the well-known guitar scores from the famous Lynyrd Skynyrd song.
378** In "Bawitdaba", in addition to referencing Busy Bee Starski, "Rapper’s Delight" by Music/TheSugarhillGang, Jack Daniels Whiskey, and Southern Comfort, Kid Rock is giving a shout out to strippers, those who peruse at strip clubs, cars packed with speakers, gangstas consuming 40 oz. beers, prostitutes utilizing beepers, crackheads, critics, cynics, heroes at the methadone clinic, hookers in Hollywood, hoods throughout the world, gangs receiving money, Ford Mustangs, pornography, acquaintances in cell block six of a county jail, grits, and the notorious hijacker D.B. Cooper.
379* Music/KlausSchulze:
380** "Bayreuth Return" and "Wahnfried 1883" from ''Timewind'', as well as Schulze's alternate name Richard Wahnfried, are references to the works of Music/RichardWagner. The former refers to the town where Wagner built his opera house for the first performance of ''[[Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung Der Ring des Niebelungen]]'', while the latter two refer to the name of the composer's home, where he was buried upon his death in 1883.
381** ''X'' includes tracks named for Creator/FriedrichNietzsche, Georg Trakl, Creator/FrankHerbert, Friedemann Bach, UsefulNotes/LudwigIIOfBavaria, and Heinrich von Kleist.
382** ''Dune'' is named for the famous [[Literature/{{Dune}} novel]] by Frank Herbert, while the cover art is a screenshot from ''Film/Solaris1972'' with the title overlayed which Schulze photographed directly from his television screen.
383** ''Trancefer'' includes a track named "Silent Running", after the [[Film/SilentRunning film of the same name]].
384* Lagwagon's ''Hoss'' album is named after the ''{{Series/Bonanza}}'' character, with the cover art being a photo of actor Dan Blocker as the character. Apparently, when asked permission for his likeness, the late Blocker's family just requested a small donation to charity in return.
385* Layzie Bone's "I Get Higher" references Toucan Sam of Froot Loops.
386* Ted Leo & The Pharmacists' album ''The Tyranny of Distance'' is named after a lyric from "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" by Split Enz - they would later do a CoverVersion of the Split Enz song on the EP ''Tell Balgeary, Balgury is Dead''.
387* "Sphinxes" from Music/LeonardBernstein's "Divertimento for Orchestra" is an unadorned representation of the principal theme which recurs throughout the work, much like the movement of the same name (intended not to be played) from Schumann's "Carnaval".
388* Ken Leavitt-Lawrence, a.k.a. [=MC=] Hawking, performs his astrophysics-themed raps with a [=WillowTalk=] speech-to-text and represents himself as ''being'' Creator/StephenHawking.
389* The artwork to Liars' "There's Always Room On The Broom" single is an AffectionateParody of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einst%C3%BCrzende_Neubauten_logo the logo]] of Music/EinsturzendeNeubauten - a crudely drawn broomstick and witch-hat are added to the stick figure-like symbol, and "Einstürzende Neubauten" is crossed out and replaced with "Liars".
390* In Canadian electropop singer Music/{{Lights}}' song "Ice" she pays a brief lyrical homage to Music/VanillaIce ("...I'll let a little light melt the '''Ice Ice Baby!'''").
391* Lil B, ''Video Game Master''
392-->Yeah, Lil B bitch \
393Yeah! I'm overseas bitch, yeah, playing Creator/{{Nintendo}} \
394Video games, all games, nigga, all-terrain \
395All the things, about anything, man I don't care \
396Yes, all games, any game... \
397[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda-uh]] \
398[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Super Mario]], [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash Bros]], anything man, smash hoes like [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash Bros]] \
399Smash in the back of this NASCAR, yeah so hard \
400[[VideoGame/GranTurismo Gran Turis']], yes sir \
401Franchise/FinalFantasy is the bitch \
402[[WebGames Flash games]], you better not play games \
403I'm not playin' games, nigga [[Platform/PlayStation2 PS2]] bitch \
404Don't play games, I got [[Platform/Xbox360 Xbox 3-6-Oh]], yes \
405Yes sir, put on pause \
406Mod chips and mod chips, I got video games like mod chips \
407I got [[Platform/Xbox360 360 games on my XBox]] \
408Hundred million games on my [[Platform/PlayStation PS]] \
409Hundred million games on my [[Platform/PlayStation2 2]], bitch \
410Video games, [[VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial ET]], [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} TT, Tekken 3, Tekken 6, 8]], haha \
411Video games \
412Play video games, nigga, y'kna mean? \
413I told y'all I've been on them motherfuckin' games since the [[Platform/SEGAGenesis Sega Genesis]] \
414Platform/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}}, y'kna mean? Platform/{{Atari|2600}}, Platform/SegaDreamcast, y'kna mean? \
415[[Platform/PlayStation2 PS2]] nigga, [[Platform/PlayStation PSOne]], y'kna mean? All that shit man, super fun \
416VideoGame/MetalGearSolid on y'all motherfuckers, y'kna mean? \
417I'm on y'all a hundred percent man \
418Hah, yeah \
419Video games, so real so strict \
420$50, oh my fucking god I don't give a fuck, [[Platform/PlayStation2 PS2]], $50 games? Hahaha \
421Yeah \
422I just wanna tell y'all man, niggas playing video games all day
423* Music/LilJon's "In Da Club" references ''Film/KillBill''.
424* Lil' Troy's "Wanna Be a Baller" references 2 Low, the Chevrolet Impala, the Ford Expedition, Lil Ike’s Auto Collision, Lil’ Will, Lorinser, Mercedes-Benz, Moët & Chandon champagne, Short Stop Records, Swisher Sweets, Vogue Tyres, and Yungstar.
425* Lil Uzi Vert is himself a lover of comics both Western and Japanese, and his passions have frequently influenced his work and his aesthetics. His ''Luv Is Rage''-''Lil Uzi Vert vs. The World''-''The Perfect LUV Tape'' mixtape trilogy is heavily inspired by ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' (particularly the cover art and name for ''vs. The World''), and he also drops various references to ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' on "New Patek", the instrumental for said song also sampling the main theme from {{Anime/Death Parade}}. The music video for "He Did It" is a full-blown AMV featuring shots of animes like ''Manga/OnePiece'', ''Anime/HellsingUltimate'', ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', as well as (censored) shots of both {{ecchi}} and {{hentai}}. The cover art for the lead single of ''Eternal Atake'', "Futsal Shuffle 2020", also shows an anime-fied version of him chased by various groupies in a similar fashion to a HaremGenre manga, and he has an entire collection of full {{Itasha}} wraps for his cars.
426* Music/LilWayne's "10,000 Bars" references ''Film/AustinPowers'', Big Daddy Kane, Music/BigPun, Bill Gates, Corona beer, Creator/DiscoveryChannel, Ferrari, Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers, Mase, Maybach, UsefulNotes/McDonalds, Mercedes-Benz, Nelly, Music/TheNotoriousBIG, ''Film/{{The Nutty Professor|1996}}'', Music/TheProdigy, "Smack My Bitch Up", Range Rover, Music/TupacShakur, ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'', and ''ComicBook/XMen''.
427* Music/LimpBizkit's "Take a Look Around" has "[[http://www.lyricstime.com/eric-b-rakim-follow-the-leader-lyrics.html Follow me into a solo]], remember that, kid? So what you gonna do?"
428* [[Music/TheLonelyIsland This is the tale of]] [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Jack Sparrow!]]
429* The Finnish metal band Music/{{Lordi}} has the song "Bringing Back the Balls to Rock", which contains numerous references to Eighties rock, and one single's cover art is Music/{{KISS}}'s ''Creatures of the Night'' cover, but with them instead.
430* The third movement of Luciano Berio's Sinfonia is a veritable potpourri of shout outs and quotations.
431** The form of the movement is based on the third movement of Music/GustavMahler's Second Symphony.
432** The orchestra plays snatches of Music/ClaudeDebussy's "La Mer", Maurice Ravel's "La Valse", Music/IgorStravinsky's "The Rite of Spring", as well as quotations from Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, Music/JohannesBrahms, Henri Pousseur, Paul Hindemith and others.
433** An octet of singers and narrators intone (there's no other description) texts from Beckett, Joyce and others.
434* Music/LucindaWilliams has done a number of shout outs over her long career. Her best known album "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road" has three: Music/HankWilliams and Loretta Lynn in the title track, Music/RobertJohnson in "2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten", Music/HowlinWolf in "Lake Charles" and Music/ZZTop in "Metal Firecracker".
435* Ludacris
436** "Area Codes" references ''Film/NewJackCity'' and ''Series/NorthernExposure''.
437** "Beast Mode" references ''Series/ThirtyRock'', Creator/AlecBaldwin, ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'', ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', Bed, Bath & Beyond, ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'', ''Def Jam'', Website/{{Facebook}}, Creator/ForestWhitaker, Honda Civic, John Dillinger, ''Series/{{Martin}}'', ''VideoGame/PacMan'', ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', Website/{{Wikipedia}}, ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'', and ''ComicBook/XMen''.
438** "Get Lit" references ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty: VideoGame/ModernWarfare'', Lamborghini Aventador, and Nike Air Jordan sneakers.
439** "He-Man" references ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'', ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'', and ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh''.
440** "Hip Hop Quotables" references ''Film/AustinPowers'', ''Series/CrankYankers'', UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, Ferrari, Foot Locker, the UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation, Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles, Shaquille O'Neal, and ''Franchise/StarWars''.
441** "Not Long" references ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983''.
442** "Number One Spot" references ''Film/AustinPowers'', Cristal champagne, Music/IceT, UsefulNotes/McDonalds, Mike Tyson, Nike sneakers, and ''Series/TheOReillyFactor''.
443** "Press the Start Button" is one video game reference after another.
444* Music/LupeFiasco loves anime and [=RPGs=], and has made this known in many of his songs. He also has a punk band side project called Japanese Cartoon. While he denies naming his fifth album ''Tetsuo and Youth'' after the [[Manga/{{Akira}} character]], he does admit to being inspired by the character.
445* Music/LynyrdSkynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" has a chorus devoted to singer Music/NeilYoung, and how they felt he had insulted the state of Alabama:
446->Well I heard Mr. Young sing about her\
447Well I heard old Neal put her down \
448Well I hope Neil Young will remember \
449Us Southern men don't need him around, anyhow.
450* Music/MarianasTrench gives a shout out to Music/ImogenHeap, Music/TheBlackEyedPeas, and Music/MumfordAndSons in "Pop 101" while the lyrics reference Music/JustinBieber and the video references Music/{{LMFAO}}, Music/{{Kesha}}, and Robin Thicke.
451** "Here's to the Zeros" gives a TakeThis shout out to the success of [[Music/CarlyRaeJepsen "Call Me Maybe"]].
452* Music/MarilynManson has Omega, his persona throughout the ''Music/MechanicalAnimals'' ConceptAlbum + Part 2 of his triptych. Omega is an [[Music/DavidBowie androgynous space alien turned rock star]].
453* "Down at the Twist and Shout" by Mary Chapin Carpenter (a song about her love of Cajun music) mentions the band [=BeauSoleil=]. [=BeauSoleil=] provided background vocals for the song.
454* Max Tundra's "Gondry" is all about how cool director Michel Gondry's music videos are (and how much he'd like Gondry to direct a video for him, despite the fact that it'd probably be too expensive). There's yet to be a Michel Gondry directed Max Tundra video, but Gondry did in fact hear the song - The booklet included with ''Director's Series, Vol. 3 - The Work of Director Michel Gondry'' includes a letter he sent to Max Tundra about it, complete with an outline of what kinds of videos he could shoot for different listed budgets.
455* MC chris ships [[ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX Elixir and Wallflower]], if the song "Nrrrd grrrl" is any indication.
456* Darryl [=McDaniels=], one-third of Music/RunDMC, started his own line of comic books, [[https://www.somosarte.com/darryl-makes-comics Darryl Makes Comics]].
457* The British band Music/{{McFly}} is named after Marty [=McFly=] in the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' trilogy.
458* In "To Hell With Good Intentions", [=McLusky=] boast "We do more drugs than a touring funk band" - this is a play on a one-liner from Creator/BillHicks: "I don't do drugs anymore... [[LastSecondWordSwap than, say, the average touring funk band]]"
459* Music/MercuryRev's "Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp" ends with the repeated line "Waving goodbye, I'm not saying hello", which seems to invert a line in The Music/FlamingLips "Felt Good To Burn" ("I wasn't waving goodbye, I was saying hello"). It's probably an intentional nod, because Mercury Rev's Jonathan Donahue was in The Music/FlamingLips when they had written "Felt Good To Burn" itself.
460* Music/{{Metallica}}'s "Leper Messiah" borrows the title from a line of Music/DavidBowie's "Ziggy Stardust". "Murder One" is named after Lemmy's amplifier, and filled with references to Music/{{Motorhead}} to honor the recently departed frontman.
461* Method Man
462** "4:20" references ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', Mercedes-Benz, ''Literature/{{Tarzan}}'', and Timberland.
463** "4 Ever" references Coretta Scott King and Twix.
464** Music/JohnWilliams' score for ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' has one for the Wicked Witch of the West's theme as Dooku is on a "flying scooter" - perhaps noting a parallel betwen that vehicle and a FlyingBroomstick.
465* Music/{{MF DOOM}}: After his brother was killed in a car accident, he reinvented himself with a Doctor Doom-obsessed supervillain persona. His work contains references to numerous comic books, movies, and Saturday morning cartoons, and he collaborated with mega-producer Music/DangerMouse on an Creator/AdultSwim sponsored album called ''The Mouse and the Mask'' that contained songs about ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'', ''WesternAnimation/PerfectHairForever'', and more.
466* Mike Watt's ''Contemplating The Engine Room'' is a ConceptAlbum about working in a ship's engine room, which is meant as a metaphor for his experiences in Music/{{Minutemen}} (among other things). Accordingly, when his AuthorAvatar narrator gives a long list of fellow crew members in "Topsiders", he actually uses the names of various people who had some connection to SST Records, the record label the band were on: Members of Music/BlackFlag, Hüsker Dü and The Meat Puppets are named, as are people like frequent SST RecordProducer Spot, Black Flag roadie Mugger, and Black Flag and Minutemen cover artist Raymond Pettibon. The album also has a couple of references to "Fireman Hurley", who is clearly meant to be former Minutemen drummer George Hurley.
467* "I Love 64" by mind.in.a.box: "[[Music/TheBeatles Will you still love me when I'm sixty-four (bits)?]]"
468* The EP ''Supernaut'' by [[{{Music/Ministry}} 1,000 Homo DJs]] has a cover that homages that of Music/BlackSabbath's ''Master Of Reality'' - fittingly enough, the title track is a Black Sabbath cover.
469* Monuments - the song "Horcrux" is a ShoutOut to Franchise/HarryPotter, as in the part of The Amanuensis's storyline the song tells the main character has to hand over a piece of himself to the gatekeepers of the Garden of Sankhara (the basic principle of a horcrux in the Harry Potter franchise).
470* The Mooney Suzuki named themselves as a shout out to two former {{Music/Can}} vocalists: Malcolm '''Mooney''' and Damo '''Suzuki'''.
471* The Music/{{vocaloid}} song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eYAKofgVIM Full Moon Laboratory]] by Music/{{mothy}} is a shout out to ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''.
472* Moulty Records was an independent record label that mainly released Boston GarageRock and {{Punk}} music, and was named after Victor "Moulty" Moulton, the drummer from 60's Boston garage rock group The Barbarians. There was also a pun involved: They wanted to release records with "hooks", as in catchy refrains, and Moulty lost a hand for an accident and thus had a literal hook in its place.
473* Murda Turk, ''Dat Doen We Niet Meer (Remix)''
474-->[[Franchise/{{Superman}} Up, up and the way we go]] \
475''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' \
476Lay low, ik blijf zo \
477[[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Nintendo]] \
478Ik ben old school, ik ben oude school
479* The parade theme adopted by Music/MyChemicalRomance during their performances of ''Music/TheBlackParade'' was an allusion to Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand''.
480* My Morning Jacket's "Librarian" mentions "Rainy Days and Mondays" by the Music/{{Carpenters}}, and alludes to Karen Carpenter's death.
481* The video for "Ghost" by Music/MysterySkulls is a shout-out of ''Film/TheExorcist'', right down to the girl levitating off the bed.
482* "99 Red Balloons" by Nena references ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'':
483-->"Everyone's a superhero, everyone's a Captain Kirk"
484** If you look at the German lyrics, it means that everyone ''thinks'' they are Captain Kirk - that they live in deluded states, really. Which is why they think 99 balloons are a nuclear threat.
485--> Hielten sich für Captain Kirk
486* Music/PharrellWilliams' rock band side project is called N.E.R.D., and their symbol is the [[Franchise/StarTrek Vulcan salute]].
487* Music/RandyNewman's "Kathleen" quotes the 1958 Italian pop hit "Nel blu dipinto di blu," better known in the English-speaking world by the title used for Music/DeanMartin's TranslatedCoverVersion: "Volare"
488-->"Nel blu, dipinto, Dipinto di blu
489-->Felice de stare, Di stare lassu"
490-->That means you love him and he loves you
491-->"Piu bel ci sono Ci sei tu"
492* [=OnCue=], ''Inhale Exhale''
493-->Cause I felt like I had them, since I was 9 with ''[[VideoGame/AladdinCapcom Aladdin]]'' \
494On the [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Nintendo]], so please tell me where did this time go?
495* Nelly
496** "Hot in Herre" references Jason Kidd.
497** "(Hot Shit) Country Grammar" references the [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation Chicago Bulls]], Cocoa Puffs, Kenwood, Music/MCHammer, Mercedes-Benz, Range Rover, [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation Seattle SuperSonics]], ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', and Too Short.
498** "Ride Wit Me" references Cristal champagne, Mercedes-Benz, Range Rover, and ''Series/WheelOfFortune''.
499* Nerf Herder:
500** Their name comes from dialogue in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', where Princess Leia rebukes Han Solo's romantic advances by calling him a "nerfherder".
501** In "We Opened For {{Music/Weezer}}", they fondly reminisce about their first time touring, which was as a support act for Weezer in 1997. The members of Weezer themselves get mentioned, as do "fifth member" and band archivist Karl Koch, and originally fan club founders Mykel and Carli Allan. Specific Weezer songs are mentioned ("Say It Ain't So" and "Butterfly"), and a verse deals with the fact that ''{{Music/Pinkerton}}'', the album Weezer were supporting at the time, was being trashed by critics but would later be VindicatedByHistory. Even the music is arranged InTheStyleOf early Weezer. ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' also gets a mention in the song, since Nerf Herder performed the series opening theme, and the tour in question occurred right around the same time the first season of the show was airing. Finally, there's kind of a combination shout out and self-reference when the backing vocals start quoting "Jump" by Music/VanHalen - Nerf Herder's first hit single was titled "Van Halen", with lyrics about the band that also quoted "Jump".
502* Music/NickiMinaj:
503** Anaconda, which also uses a remixed sample from Music/SirMixALot's Baby Got Back, has a part in its lyric video where Nicki suddenly appears inside the theater of Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 and seems to really scare Tom Servo.
504** "Chun-Li" has her rapping about how she, like the titular ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' character, is the most [[BadassBoast powerful female character]] in her "game." The song also contains references to [[ComicBook/XMen Storm]], [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]], Franchise/KingKong, and UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan.
505* Music/{{Noah|Indonesia}}:
506** Their original name Peterpan may or may not have been a Shout-Out to Franchise/PeterPan -- they flip flop between saying it was named directly after the boy or it was named after something else which happens to share the name.
507** In the acoustic concert of ''Keterkaitan Keterikatan'', Ariel tells the cello player to play the Film/JamesBond Theme in the middle of "Kau Udara Bagiku". Said interpolation is noticably absent when the recording is released in an album.
508* "Jaw Knee Music" by NOFX is just a big collection of {{Shout Out}}s to classic punk bands, including the Music/TheDeadKennedys, Music/BlackFlag, Stiff Little Fingers and many others.
509* Music/TheNotorious BIG's "Juicy" references the battle between the Platform/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}} and Platform/SegaGenesis in the MediaNotes/ConsoleWars, often given a Shout Out:
510-->Platform/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}}, Platform/SegaGenesis \
511When I was dead broke, man I couldn't picture this
512** A$AP Rocky, ''New York Bittersweet Symphony''
513--->And I'm blowing up fast so I feel like [[Music/TheNotoriousBIG B.I.G]] \
514With the Platform/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}}, Platform/SegaGenesis
515** Chris Morris, ''Super Nintendo'' samples "Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis" from Music/TheNotoriousBIG's ''Juicy'', and samples ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' The "Super Nintendo" album cover shows [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Ryu and Ken]], VideoGame/{{Donkey Kong|Country}}, [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Link]], [[VideoGame/PunchOut Mike Tyson]], [[VideoGame/NinjaGaiden Ryu Hayabusa]], Franchise/{{Kirby}}, [[VideoGame/MetroidPrime Samus Aran]], [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario and Wario]].
516--->On this Platform/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}} I go so hard \
517My light bill large and I ain't paying the rent bro \
518And if they cut it shit that's what my friends for \
519I'm all Up in they crib tryna play my Nintendo\
520''VideoGame/{{Street Fighter|II}}'s'' my game, ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' the same \
521Ryu And Liu Kang Will send your ass to Japan \
522Bet five and it's on \
523A fireball to your chest \
524Finish off with a combo and put 'em to rest \
525Mom's yelling for chores and my girl says she's bored \
526So I turn off the game and I'll be back in the morn \
527Yeah I'll be back in the morn.
528** King Chip, ''Dear Hip-Hop''
529--->Platform/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}}, Platform/SegaGenesis \
530I was ten years old with the flow I reminisce
531** Minority$ociety, ''Dreams''
532--->Who know the old days can change the way you think \
533No taking it for granted, could be gone in a blink of an eye \
534Now it's too late, click rewind \
535Back to my Platform/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}}, Platform/SegaGenesis days.
536** Music/SnoopDogg, ''Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto'':
537-->I want a Platform/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}} ... yeah, Platform/SegaGenesis, yeah \
538[[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Street Fighter II]], all these games...
539** Spose, ''Why Am I So Happy?''
540--->When I was six, my biggest worry if I can reminisce \
541Was that I’d have a Platform/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}} but not a [[Platform/SegaGenesis Genesis]]
542** Teiji Mack, ''Cigarett Trips''
543--->Full crib, Platform/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}}, Platform/SegaGenesis \
544Back then the buttons for the [[Franchise/StreetFighter Hadouken]], seemed limitless \
545Pressing anything to hit a [[Franchise/MortalKombat fatality]]
546** Too Far Boyz, ''Juicy ;)''
547--->Platform/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}}, Platform/SegaGenesis \
548That's what I used to to before I found my dick.
549** "Batman & Robin", while ostensibly a cover/parody of the Creator/AdamWest ''Series/Batman1966'' series, Snoop mentions characters that weren't in the series, such as Clayface. Generally Snoop Dogg has proven himself to be quite nerdy, showing interest in a wide variety of areas, including Series/GameOfThrones and Anime/DragonBallZ.
550* Music/TheNotoriousBIG's "Hypnotize" references the BMW M3, Coogi, "Da Doo Ron Ron" by The Crystals, the [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation Detroit Pistons]], DKNY, ''Film/KingOfNewYork'', the Lexus [=LX450=], ''Series/{{Martin}}'', the Mercedes-Benz [=SL600=], Moschino, ''ComicBook/RichieRich'', ''Series/{{Roots|1977}}'', ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', Timberland boots, Fruit of the Loom Underoos, and Versace.
551* Ogre You Asshole are named after dialogue from ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds'' [[note]] For context, there is a character named Ogre in the movie, and the line "Ogre you asshole" is said as a RepeatAfterMe gag[[/note]], sort of: The story goes that drummer Arata Nishi ran into Eric Judy of Music/ModestMouse, who were touring Japan at the time, and being a fan, he asked Judy to name their band - he replied "I can't" at first, but then he wrote "Ogre You Asshole" on Nishi's arm. It was only later that the band learned it was a reference to the movie, which none of them had seen. After the band did take the time to watch the film, they made a further shout out by calling an album ''[=AlphaBeta=] vs. Lambda'', after the dueling fraternities at the center of the plot.
552* Okkervil River's song "Plus Ones" from their album ''The Stage Names'' is a SongOfSongTitles, and the same album's closer, "John Allyn Smith Sails", fuses a story about the suicide of poet John Berryman with a cover of the song "Sloop John B".
553* Orange Goblin included a pretty major shout out to Black Sabbath in their song "Nuclear Guru". They borrowed the final verse of Sabbath's "Into the Void" for their song's final verse.
554-->Mama said she's come to take us home\
555Leave this broken planet all alone\
556Find a world where love is there to stay\
557Peace and happiness in every day\
558It's gonna be okay
559* One verse of "Rip It Up" by Orange Juice ends in the line "...and my favorite song is entitled boredom", which is a shout out to the Music/{{Buzzcocks}} song "Boredom". The lyric is immediately followed by a musical quote of that song's distinctive two note guitar solo.
560* Ozma's ''Rock And Roll Part Three''. It wasn't their [[ChronologicalAlbumTitle third release]] [[note]] It was actually their debut, not counting a self-released demo[[/note]] or a sequel to anything else called "Rock And Roll"; the title was meant as a nod to Gary Glitter's "Rock And Roll, Part One" and "Rock And Roll, Part Two".
561* Music/PanicAtTheDisco's first album, ''A Fever You Can't Sweat Out'', has several Creator/ChuckPalahniuk references, most obvious in the song "Time to Dance".
562* Peter, Paul and Mary's "I Dig Rock-And-Roll Music" directly references by name, The Mamas and the Papas and "California Dreaming" and indirectly references their drug habits (John Phillips would, years later, admit he gave drugs to his daughter Mackenzie), by mentioning how he could really get on the scene that the Mamas and the Papas were into, but he couldn't flat out admit what it was because "if I really say it, the radio won't play it." Donovan and Music/TheBeatles are also name-dropped in the same song.
563* Petty Morals named themselves after a Music/KeithRichards quote. During a trial resulting from a drug raid, Richards was quoted as saying of himself and the other members of Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} "We are not old men. We are not worried about petty morals". The band also sells t-shirts based on the quote.
564* Music/PhoebeBridgers' album ''Stranger In The Alps'' is named after an infamous {{Bowdlerise}}d version of ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' - in the TV edit of the film, the line "do you see what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass!?" is nonsensically dubbed over as "Do you what happens when you find a stranger in the alps!?". Phoebe decided the censored line would make a good album title because she found it "kind of poetic on accident".
565* Pinback's "AFK" includes the line "I miss you, but not in a Music/{{Slint}} way". This is most likely a reference to the Slint song "Good Morning, Captain", which ends on a very creepy note with Brian [=McMahan=] [[CarefulWithThatAxe shrieking "I MISS YOU!"]]
566** "Hurley" is named as a shout out to former Music/{{Minutemnen}} drummer George Hurley: [[NonAppearingTitle He's not actually mentioned anywhere in the lyrics]], but the song [[{{Sampling}} samples]] the drum intro from Minutemen's "It's Expected I'm Gone".
567** The band named themselves after a character from ''Film/DarkStar''.
568* Music/PoetsOfTheFall
569** The title of their first album, (and later ''Temple of Thought'' [[BonusMaterial Bonus Track]]) ''Signs of Life,'' is a nod to Music/PinkFloyd’s instrumental of the same name.
570** Zoltar the Fortuneteller, the SadClown automaton singer from the video for "[[https://youtu.be/MKk1u5RMTn4?list=PLjACqN5i5sDWIIpg-5EB4WcitMMqnXhFP Carnival of Rust]]," is named for the Zoltar Speaks machine in ''Film/{{Big}}.''
571** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3rYhyIk8jM&list=PLjACqN5i5sDV1jkUkrNCzytFOlYdQN8rM The Ultimate Fling]]" has nods to two of Firm/DirtyHarry’s quotes in its chorus; specifically, "Make my day," and "Do [[BeamMeUpScotty you]] feel lucky?"
572* The first lyrics from "Movin' On Up" by Primal Scream are "I was blind, now I can see / You made a believer out of me", which are very similar to the lyrics in the bridge of "Yoo Doo Right" by Can, a band that Primal Scream have mentioned in interviews as an influence on them.
573* Music/{{Prince}} shout-outs:
574** "Get Your Groove On": "Bring the player, I'll bring the [=CDs=] / But don't U put nothing slow on / That new D'Angelo, some N.P.G. / And we'll make a bet 2 see who keep their clothes on."
575** "Good Love": "Music/GustavMahler No. 3 jammin' on the box."
576** "Undisputed": "My level is now what you must learn to rise above / Talk to D'Angelo or better yet ?uestlove."
577* Princess Nokia mentions being a fan of Marvel comics on the track "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]]", the reason being:
578-->''Characters look just like me,\
579And women don't have roles that make them look too sexually''
580* Speaking of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', the entirety of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0j5XWnb8aE A Thousand Angels]] by Rachel Macwhirter is basically a shout out to it.
581** She's also done a ''Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName'' fan song, which can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPzeZp7-JuY here]].
582* Music/TheRadiatorsUS:
583** "Long Hard Journey Home" is a tribute to Music/ProfessorLonghair, who is namechecked in the first line.
584** "I Want to Go Where the Green Arrow Goes" references the [[ComicBook/GreenArrow comic book character]].
585** "Sunglasses On" is full of references to the [[Literature/TheBible biblical]] character Moses.
586** ''The Last Watusi'' (their farewell concert and album) was a reference to Music/TheBand's farewell concert and album, ''The Last Waltz''. A watusi, like a waltz, is a type of dance--but a much less...respectable one.
587* The Raveonettes have said they arrived at their name by mashing up references to two of their main musical influences: Specifically, it's meant to be a shout out to both the GirlGroup The Ronettes and the Music/BuddyHolly song "Rave On".
588* Music/RedHotChiliPeppers' "Good Time Boys" includes several prominent references to other bands: Music/{{Fishbone}} ("Funk it up, Fishbone"), Music/XUSBand ("If you don't believe me just ask John Doe", along with a brief sample of "White Girl"), Music/{{Minutemen}}, and [=fIREHOSE=] ("He'll tell you in a '''minute''' about the '''men''' he knows / he'll tell you 'bout a band called [=fIREHOSE=]"). A line mentioning "the Watt towers" might also be an oblique reference to Mike Watt (who was in both Music/{{Minutemen}} and [=fIREHOSE=]).
589** "Melowship Slinky In B-Major" from Music/BloodSugarSexMagik has "''Good god, [[Music/JimiHendrix purple haze]] now / Good god, [[Music/BadBrains the baddest of brains]] now''".
590*** One of their {{B Side}}s is an instrumental titled "Fela's Cock" - fans who don't catch the reference to Nigerian musician and political activist Music/FelaKuti tend to assume it's a typo for "''Flea'''s Cock".
591** "Deep Kick" has the line "...but the Music/ButtholeSurfers always said 'it's better to regret something you did than something you didn't do'", referencing the intro to Music/ButtholeSurfers' "Sweat Loaf".
592** "Purple Stain" off of ''Music/{{Californication}}'' is chock-full of these.
593** Also from ''Californication'', this set of lines from the TitleTrack:
594--> ''[[Franchise/StarTrek Space may be the final frontier]] but it's made in a Hollywood basement\
595And [[Music/KurtCobain Cobain]] can you hear [[Music/FooFighters the Spheres]] \
596Singing songs off [[Music/DavidBowie Station to]] [[Music/StationToStation Station]]\
597And [[Franchise/StarWars Alderaan's]] not far away, it's Californication.''
598* Music/ReeceMastin has a few in "Rock Star" the music video and song, one to his audition on Series/TheXFactor, one to Music/EmmaStone and Music/{{Pink}} and Patrone and some other moments in his history.
599* Music/ReelBigFish have references to their other songs in the song "Alternative, Baby".
600* Reggie and the Full Effect's ''41'' is named after the age [[IAmTheBand James Dewees]] was when the album was recorded, just like {{Music/Adele}} does with [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming all of her album titles]] - the album art is also a parody of Adele's ''[[Music/TwentyOne 21]]'', using a DeliberatelyMonochrome closeup of James with his eyes closed and his head resting on one hand, shortening the group name to just Reggie, and using similar fonts for the text.
601* "On the Radio" by Regina Spektor: "On the radio/We heard [[Music/GunsNRoses November Rain]]/The solo's real long/But it's a pretty song" and "And on the radio/You hear November Rain/That solo's awful long/But it's a good refrain"
602* The Rentals' "Sweetness And Tenderness" has the lines "It's just like when Music/GaryNuman says / 'you're just a viewer, cold and distant'". Minus the actual namedrop, this is a slight paraphrasing of Gary Numan's "Conversation" ("You're just the viewer, so cold and distant").
603* "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)" by Reunion, in addition to being a SongOfSongTitles, drops ''tons'' of references from 50s, 60s and 70s pop culture. (Although the reference to UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper ''isn't'' a ShoutOut. Hopefully.) If you're interested, see the list at the end of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_is_a_rock this article]] at Website/TheOtherWiki or, perhaps better still, watch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16kh-AP4OCU this video]].
604** Incidentally, UsefulNotes/McDonalds used the music from "Life Is a Rock" for its "Menu Song" in the late 80s. (Mmm, [=McDLT=].)
605* Rico Nasty appears with a Franchise/HelloKitty backpack in her track "Smack A Bitch", and includes anime-styled versions of herself in promotions. Her [[https://www.riconastymusic.com/ website]] includes an interactive 8-bit streetfighter version of herself.
606* Rittz, ''Profit''
607-->No tours and shit, no Platform/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}}, but I got cartridges
608* Rocket From The Crypt named themselves after another band, Rocket From The Tombs - this became slightly more confusing when Rocket From The Tombs, who had broken up in 1975 without releasing an album and were mainly heard via [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes bootleg recordings]], reunited and started releasing official studio albums. The Rocket From The Crypt album ''Scream, Dracula, Scream!'' was named after a Music/WesleyWillis catchphrase, although Wesley probably got it from the title of {{blaxploitation}} horror parody film ''Film/ScreamBlaculaScream'' to begin with.
609* Redman's "Dunfiato" references Berkeley College, Darryl Strawberry, ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'', Kendrick Lamar, Martin Luther King Jr., Michael Jordan, Serena Williams, ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Tic Tac mints, and Wayne Gretzky.
610* Remy Banks's "Saturday" references Apple Jacks, Billionare Boys Club, Cartoon Network, Children of the Night.
611* The name of PowerPop band Ridel High is a pun combining Rydell High, the fictional high school setting of ''Film/{{Grease}}'', with the name of their vocalist, Kevin Ridel.
612* The title of Music/DariusRucker's second country album (and third solo album), ''Charleston, SC 1966'', is a shout-out to Radney Foster, one of the main influences on Rucker's country career. Foster's debut album, which Rucker said "showed me the possibilities of country music", was named after Foster's birthplace and year of birth: ''Del Rio, TX 1959''. One guess as to where and in what year Rucker was born.
613* "Road Trip" by Scottish folk-rock band Runrig includes a paraphrase of Music/BruceSpringsteen with the line "'Cause, baby, tramps like us were born with the ''cianalas''" (Gaelic for homesickness).
614* The end of Music/{{Rush|Band}}'s "The Spirit of Radio" has a spoof of the last line of Music/SimonAndGarfunkel's "The Sound of Silence".
615* RZA's "And Justice For All" references Ghostface Killah, "Can It Be All So Simple", ''Film/FullMetalJacket'', ''Comicbook/GhostRider'', ''Film/InTheHeatOfTheNight'', Julius Erving, ''Series/{{MASH}}'', ''Series/{{Roots|1977}}'', and ''Series/TrapperJohnMD''.
616* Almost [[OnceAnEpisode Once An Album]], Music/{{Sabaton}} has a song made entirely of references to other metal songs, bands or lyrics.
617* Music/{{Sade}}'s song ''Smooth Operator'' has the following lyrics:
618-->''[[AlbumTitleDrop Diamond life]], lover boy\
619He move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy\
620City lights and business nights\
621When you require <u>streetcar desire</u> for higher heights''
622->Which is a shout-out, of course, to the play ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'' and its film adaptation.
623* Saigon, ''Oh yeah (Our Baby)''
624-->I remember one time I was over at my Auntie house \
625Spending the night. And we playin' Platform/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}}
626* Music/SasakureUK:
627** "For Campanella" is based on ''Literature/NightOnTheGalacticRailroad''.
628** "Tiger Rampage" is based on ''The Moon Over the Mountain'' by Atsushi Nakajima.
629** "Crybaby Pippo" quotes "Be not defeated by the rain, Nor let the wind prove your better", the famous line from ''Be not Defeated by the Rain'' by Kenji Miyazawa.
630** "A Soliloquy of The Boy who Cried Wolf" is based on ''The Boy Who Cried Wolf'', one of Literature/AesopsFables.
631** "Little Cry of The Abyss" is based on ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid''. The music video includes the original Danish text of the fairy tale.
632** "to Asteroid B-612" is told from the perspective of the titular character of ''Literature/TheLittlePrince''.
633* "Rät" by Penelope Scott is a song mocking elitist Silicon Valley "tech bros" like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, and includes the line "And I hope someday Selmers rides her fuckin' train." This is a nod to "Selmers" Forrester from ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods'', who wrote a poem with similar sentiments about wanting to "catch a bus out to the West Coast / and burn their silicon city to the ground."
634* Scott Walker's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMUk1R_fKEA "The Seventh Seal"]] is a lyrical homage to the Ingmar Bergman film [[Film/TheSeventhSeal of the same name]].
635* Seth Gueko, ''Barre de Fer''
636-->Du coup j'crève mes ballons, j'me console avec ma Platform/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}}
637* Music/EdSheeran's ''Castle on the Hill'' has the line "Driving at 90 down those country lanes / singing to [[Music/EltonJohn Tiny Dancer]]."
638* The end of "Music/ShiaLaBeoufLive" has Creator/ShiaLaBeouf giving a dead-serious SlowClap in the silent theater, a nod to ''Film/CitizenKane'' where Kane does the same for Susan after her terrible opera debut. [=LaBeouf=] is shot from the same angle as Kane and is even wearing the same tux and white bowtie.
639* MC Silk, ''[=#Hot16challenge=]''
640-->Synapsy stymulowane [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Nintendo]] \
641Dla zasady suki synu, jak samuraje kendo
642* Simon Curtis' "Joystick" is an innuendo filled IntercourseWithYou song consisting completely of video game references.
643** His song "Diablo" uses a piece of "If U See Amy" by Music/BritneySpears.
644* [[Music/OCRemix Sixto Sounds & zircon's]] [[VideoGame/MegaMan3 Flash Man]] remix "Nuclear Flash" includes a short riff from the old ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'' cartoon. [[http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01702/ Hear it here]] (section in question is at ~1:56).
645* Skepta's "Mike Lowery" is full of those, starting with the line that gives the title (and there's a version that opens with a ''Film/{{Snatch}}'' sample):
646-->Look a badboy straight in the face, tell him I'm a real badboy, fuck [[Film/BadBoys1995 Mike Lowery]]\
647I just say Film/{{Candyman}} five times in the mirror but nothing ain't happening \
648I been producing since ''VideoGame/MarioPaint'' on the Platform/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}}.
649* In Music/TheSmashingPumpkins' song "If There Is a God", the singer ponders that if there were a God, He'd like "his loud guitars and his [[Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars spiders from Mars]]".
650* Music/SnoopDogg
651** "Drop It Like It's Hot" references Chandon champagne, Ice Cream sneakers, Rolex, and the Rolls-Royce Phantom.
652** "Gin and Juice" references Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Long Beach, and Tanqueray gin.
653* South Park Mexican
654** "Hillwood" references Cadillac and Lexus.
655** "You Know My Name" references Chevrolet Impala and Lexus.
656* Solarstone's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E8DUibDUSo "The Last Defeat, Part 2"]], in addition to being stylistically reminiscent of Music/SarahMcLachlan, includes the lyric "A Sweet Surrender".
657* In the middle of Music/SoulCoughing's "Casiotone Nation", Mike Doughty throws in quotes from the title theme from ''Film/YorTheHunterFromTheFuture'' ("Yor, Yor, he's the man, he's the man") and Music/{{Fugazi}}'s "Waiting Room" ("everybody's movin', everybody's movin', everybody's movinmovinmovinmovin'!").
658* Music/SouljaBoy has admitted to having an anime obsession. He released a mixtape that sampled the ''Manga/DeathNote'' soundtrack, and he released two mixtape-exclusive tracks titled "{{Anime}}" and "[[Anime/DragonBallZ Goku]]".
659* Spandau Ballet's song "True" has a line "Listen' to Marvin [Gaye] all night long. "
660* Spencer Owen's ''Uncaged'' references ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', Dumbledore, Hermione, Snape, and Susan Sarandon.
661* Spit's "Blue Velvet" - the lyrics are entirely quotes from ''Film/BlueVelvet''; specifically, they're all lines said by the character Frank Booth. The chorus is a direct sample of the movie, a loop of Creator/DennisHopper yelling "Don't you fuckin' look at me!".
662* [=SpongeBOZZ=]'s ''Streetfighter'' references Platform/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}}, Jack in ''[[Franchise/{{Tekken}} Tekken 6]]'', Ryu and Ken in ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', ''Film/FightClub'', Creator/HeathLedger, ''Film/KissOfTheDragon'', ''Film/OngBak'', Creator/JohnWoo, Creator/JackieChan, Creator/BruceLee, and ''Franchise/MortalKombat''.
663* [[Creator/{{Egoraptor}} Arin Hanson]]'s project Music/{{Starbomb}} is composed of nearly constant video game references, though he's better known as an animator and [[WebVideo/GameGrumps Grump]] than rapper.
664* Music/StevieWonder's "Sir Duke" from ''Music/SongsInTheKeyOfLife'' has a lot of references to 1940s musicians (names not appearing in the lyrics in square brackets):
665-->Music knows it is and always will \
666Be one of the things that life just won't quit\
667But here are some of music's pioneers\
668That time will not allow us to forget\
669For there's [Count] Basie, [Glenn] Miller, [Louis] "Satchmo" [Armstrong]\
670And the king of all Sir Duke [Ellington]\
671And with a voice like Ella [Fitzgerald]'s ringing out\
672There's no way the band can lose
673* Music/AlStewart has a lot:
674** "Terminal Eyes" is a deliberate imitation of "[[Music/TheBeatles I Am the Walrus]]." The liner notes dedicate the song to "egg-men everywhere."
675** "Year of the Cat" mentions Creator/HumphreyBogart and Creator/PeterLorre.
676** "Song on the Radio" mentions French florist [[http://www.lilypaloma.fr/ Lily Paloma]].
677** "Flying Sorcery" references the Wright Brothers, Leonardo Da Vinci, Manfred von Richtofen's "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdgeschwader_1_%28World_War_I%29 Flying Circus]]," [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Tiger_Moth de Havilland Tiger Moth]] biplanes, British aviatrix [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Johnson Amy Johnson]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Far_Fighter_Flight the Gloster Gladiator biplanes that flew in defense of Malta in WWII]].
678** As you might expect, his other historical songs are full of them.
679* Stephanie Mabey's "The Zombie Love" is about a zombie woman who falls for a living man. Being a late 2000s, early 2010s song it [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece obviously]] references a certain book.
680-->And all of your friends, they'd try to kill us. But only because they'd be jealous that our love is deeper than [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward and Bella's]].
681* Rap-metal band Stuck Mojo drops comic references in its songs, including in "Here Comes The Monster" referencing ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk -- note reference to ''Bruce'' Banner, as in the comics, and not David Banner, as in the TV show:
682--> Ill fools from Atlanta busting out Like Doctor Bruce Banner.
683--> I am green with envy I just want my shot in the Industry.
684* Music/RichardStrauss's symphonic poem "Ein Heldenleben" (A Hero's Life) has a section titled "The Hero's Works of Peace" which is mostly made out of {{Leitmotif}}s lifted out of Strauss's previous compositions. These include several each from Strauss's popular tone poems "Don Juan," "Don Quixote" and "Also Sprach Zarathustra," but the single most frequent source is his little-known first opera ''Guntram''.
685* Music/{{Sublime}}
686** "April 29, 1992" references "Deep Cover" by Music/SnoopDogg and Music/DrDre.
687** "Caress Me Down" references the ''Franchise/GIJoe'' Kung Fu Grip and Ron Jeremy.
688** "Doin' Time" references Bradley Nowell, DJ Marshall Goodman, Long Beach, California, and the Dalmatian Lou Dog.
689** "Garden Grove" references Garden Grove, Lou Dog the Dalmatian, and the music from Jamaica.
690** "KRS-One" references Music/KRSOne, Breath Control by D-Nice and KRS-One, and Elijah Muhammad.
691** "Smoke Two Joints" references "Rock Me Tonight" by Freddie Jackson.
692** "STP" references Flava Flav, Just-Ice, Matt Vargas, and {{Reggae}} music.
693** "What I Got" references Long Beach, California, the Dalmatian Lou Dog, "Lovin'" by Half Pint, "My Mom Smokes Pot" by the Rolling Scabs, "The New Style" by the Beastie Boys, and "Nappy Heads" by Fugees,
694** "Wrong Way" references "It’s Up To You" by The Specials.
695* Music/SugarRay's "Fly" has the line "Twenty-five years old, my mother, God rest her soul." This is a direct reference to a line from Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Alone Again, Naturally", in which the mother's age was 65.
696** "Rivers" was written to sound like a Music/{{Weezer}} song, and its NonAppearingTitle refers to Weezer's Rivers Cuomo. The shout out was apparently appreciated; about ten years later, Rivers Cuomo gave the song "Love Is The Answer" for Sugar Ray to perform, and appeared on their version of the song.
697* "Rapper's Delight" by Music/TheSugarhillGang, the first rap hit, had an extended album version that included a verse where Big Bank Hank talks about meeting ComicBook/LoisLane and disses Franchise/{{Superman}}.
698* "Alive" by Music/{{Superchick}} has a reference to ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxyTrilogy''.
699* Swashbuckle, a pirate-themed ThrashMetal band, begins their song "Cruise Ship Terror" with some dialogue that ends with "[[Music/{{Megadeth}} Take no prisoners, take no shit!]]" They also have a song, "We Are the Storm", is shouts out to Music/Alestorm and other FolkMetal bands.
700* Teenage Fanclub named their album ''Thirteen'' after the Music/BigStar song of that name. Another nod to a Big Star song title was in the liner notes to ''Bandwagonesque'' - the "thank you" list had the heading "Thank You Friends".
701* Music/ThousandFootKrutch's song "I Get Wicked" has the line "P.S.: Don't play me like a [[Platform/Nintendo3DS 3DS]]."
702* Too Much Joy's "Susquehanna Hat Company" is titled after an Abbot and Costello routine: in the routine, the duo are trying to deliver hats to the title business and need directions, but anyone who they stop to ask flies into a rage when they so much as say the name of the place. The song is apparently about a girl who has a similar effect on people: "all you do is say, say, say her name/ and everybody goes insane".
703* Music/TitusAndronicus use quite a few shout outs in their music, perhaps the most badass being the ones in reference to Bruce Springsteen. See: "Tramps like us, baby we were born to '''DIE'''!"
704* Music/TomTomClub's "Genius of Love" name-drops several notable black musicians, namely (in lyrical order) Music/GeorgeClinton, Music/BootsyCollins, Smokey Robinson, Music/BobMarley, Jamaican rhythm section/production team Sly and Robbie, disco pioneer Hamilton Bohannon, rap pioneer Music/KurtisBlow, and Music/JamesBrown.
705* Music/ToneLoc's ''Funky Cold Medina'' tells how "Just like Mick Jagger, ''I can't get no satisfaction''."
706* Rapper [[http://www.flocotorres.com Floco Torres]] has released two albums which reference ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': ''Floco's Modern Life'' and ''Ralph BIGhead''.
707* Music/ToriAmos has given shout outs to Creator/NeilGaiman in many of her songs:
708** "If you need me, me and neil'll be hangin' out with the DREAM KING / Neil says hi by the way," in "Tear in Your Hand".
709** "Get me Neil on the line. No, I can't hold. Have him read 'Snow Glass Apples' where nothing is what it seems," in "Carbon" refers to Gaiman's short story, "Snow, Glass, Apples".
710** "Seems I keep getting this story twisted so where's Neil when you need him," in "Space Dog".
711** "and if there is a way to find you, I will find you. but will you find me if Neil makes me a tree," in "Horses" refers to [[http://www.hereinmyhead.com/neil/plug.html a deal between Tori and Gaiman]] during his writing of ''Stardust''.
712** "Got a sister named Desire...Teach me about them old worlds big brother," in "A Sister Named Desire".
713** "Where are the Velvets?" in "Hotel" refer to characters from ''Neverwhere''.
714** "Wednesday...so we go from year to year with secrets we've been keeping..." in "Wednesday," referring to the character in ''American Gods''.
715** "Neil is thrilled he can claim he's mammalian/'But the bad news,' he said, 'Girl, you're a dandelion.'" in "Not Dying Today".
716** She also includes him in the album credits of ''From the Choirgirl Hotel'', ''Scarlet's Walk'', ''Strange Little Girls'', ''Under the Pink'', and ''To Venus and Back''.
717** Also, a shoutout to Music/NineInchNails in "Precious Things": "With their nine inch nails and little fascist panties..."
718* ''Music/ToyDolls'': "PC Stoker" begins with a musical quote from the theme from ''Series/ZCars'.
719* Music/{{Train}}'s "Soul Sister" has the line "Hey soul sister, ain't that MrMister on the radio, stereo", referring to the group that performed "Broken Wings".
720* Two Song Place, a subunit comprising Music/FTIsland's Song Seunghyun and comedian Song Eunyi, parodied many KoreanPopMusic music videos that were popular the time in their video for "Age Height". They parodied
721** Music/{{EXO}} twice, first by reenacting "Wolf"'s... tree scene, and secondly with "Growl" by having the two and their backup dancers dancing in uniforms like the original.
722** Sunmi's "24 Hours" by having Eunyi depressingly sit on the bed in a white shirt like the soloist.
723** [[Music/{{TwoNEOne}} 2NE1]]'s "Missing You" by having Eunyi plus some female backup dancers reenacting a group scene.
724** miss A's "Hush" by Eunyi and female backup dancers dancing the choreography in the same outfits plus the comedian biting the lollipop like Suzy.
725** Troublemaker's "Now" with the pair copying the backhug and car scenes and Seunghyun spoofing Music/{{B2ST}}'s Hyunseung's ComicBook/TheJoker scene.
726* Tyga's Switch Lanes references Chris Brown, Chris Tucker, [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII E-Honda]], ''Money Talks'', Nike Air, and Rihanna.
727* [[Music/OddFuture Tyler, the Creator]] is a huge fan of the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' franchise, even recording new music for the game's [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV fifth installment]].
728* Music/{{UFO|Band}}'s "Doctor, Doctor" has an incredibly obvious shout out to Music/LedZeppelin in its "Livin', Lovin'" chorus, although they make it sound original by taking it in a different direction. They also reference a band playing "[[Music/JimiHendrix Little Wing]]", and have an album with the incredibly Springsteen-ish title ''The Wild, the Willing, and the Innocent''.
729* A few shout outs crop up on the album ''Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?'' by The Unicorns:
730** "Les Os" has the lines "Is this love of ours alive? / Is it chemically derived?", which paraphrase "What Is The Light" by Music/FlamingLips ("What is the light / that you have / Shining all around you? / Is it chemically derived?").
731** "Ready To Die" mentions [[Music/TheNotoriousBIG Biggie Smalls]] in it's lyrics, so it's probably not a coincidence that the song shares it's name with his first album.
732** "(I Was Born) A Unicorn" includes a spoken breakdown that parodies Creator/VincentPrice's spoken word section of "Music/{{Thriller}}".
733* Music/{{U2}}'s "Staring At The Sun" includes the lyric "Stuck together with God's glue", which is a reference to an album of the same name by fellow Dublin rock group Something Happens.
734* Music/VanHalen's "Can't Stop Lovin' You" in the final chorus shows that Music/RayCharles' "I Can't Stop Loving You" was an influence:
735--> And I know what I got to do\
736Hey, Ray, what you said is true, ooh\
737I can't stop lovin' you
738* Music/VampireWeekend's song "Holiday" has a first line ("Holiday, oh, holiday, and the best one of the year") that closely echoes the first line of Fairport Convention's "Matty Groves."
739* The title of Velvet Crush's ''Teenage Symphonies To God'' is a shout out to Music/TheBeachBoys - Brian Wilson was famously quoted as describing ''Music/{{Smile|TheBeachBoys}}'' as "A teenage symphony to God". They also called a compilation ''A Single Odessey'' as a shout out to The Zombies' ''Odessey And Oracle'' (note that both titles spell "odyssey" the same way).
740* {{Grindcore}}[=/=]HardcorePunk band Venomous Concept have a name that plays on the name of HardcorePunk band Poison Idea - According to the band themselves, their name is meant to sound like "Poison Idea" rendered in IntentionalEngrishForFunny, so it's both a tribute to Poison Idea and an AffectionateParody of Japanese hardcore bands with GratuitousEnglish names.
741* Aside from being named after a ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' character, Music/VerucaSalt have made a lot of shout outs to other bands:
742** The album ''American Thighs'' is named for a line in Music/{{ACDC}}'s "You Shook Me All Night Long".
743** ''Eight Arms To Hold You'' was also a WorkingTitle for a [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] album (which became ''Help!'' instead).
744** In another Beatles reference, the bridge to "Volcano Girls" parodies "Glass Onion":
745--->Told you 'bout the Seether before\
746You know the one who's neither or nor\
747Well here's another clue if you please\
748[[TheWalrusWasPaul The seether's Louise]]
749** The bridge of "Born Entertainer" is a nod to Music/CheapTrick's "I Want You To Want Me":
750--->I want you to want me\
751I need you to need me\
752I dare you to ditch me\
753I beg you to miss me
754** "Number One Blind" includes a short bridge with the repeated lyric "It is time", a confirmed reference to Music/ThePixies' SingleStanzaSong "Stormy Weather". The chorus of the song is centered around a pun about a brand of window blinds, of all things: "Levolor, which of us is blind?"
755** "Laughing In The Sugar Bowl" has the lines "[[Music/LedZeppelin 'Whole Lotta Love']] is playing on the radio" and "[[{{Music/TheB52s}} 'Dirty Back Road']] is playing on the stereo".
756** Though the band themselves haven't said so, the EP title ''Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt'' has been interpreted as a parody of ''Music/NevermindTheBollocksHeresTheSexPistols''.
757* Music/VisionDivine to Survivor's "Eye Of The Tiger" on their instrumental Nemesis.
758* [[Music/WalkOffTheEarth Walk Off The Earth's]] "[[https://youtu.be/1bt-FHaFVH8 Red Hands]] references "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Betty Black Betty]]":
759-->Don't put the blame on me, child, the damn thing gone wild
760* Music/{{Weezer}} have a few songs full of these:
761** "I look just like Music/BuddyHolly, oh, oh, and you're Creator/MaryTylerMoore..."
762*** And the video to that song is a homage to ''Series/HappyDays'', complete with footage from the series.
763** "In The Garage" references the ComicBook/XMen, Music/{{KISS}}, and ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons,'' while "El Scorcho" mentions Music/GreenDay, Cio Cio San from the opera ''Theatre/MadameButterfly'', and professional wrestlers Johnny Grunge and New Jack.
764** "Heart Songs" is essentially a ListSong of Rivers' musical influences over the years, organized chronologically from the 1970s (starting with Music/GordonLightfoot's "Wreck of the ''Edmund Fitzgerald''") to 1991 (a full verse about how hearing ''{{Music/Nevermind|Album}}'' inspired him to start Weezer itself).
765** "Jamie", "Susanne", and "Mykel And Carli" are tributes to the band's lawyer, an A & R assistant at their record label, and the former leaders of their fan club, respectively.
766** And, of course, "Pork and Beans" — while the song itself is mostly {{Take That}}s to the mainstream (Timbaland is even mentioned by name), the video is ''filled'' with {{Shout Out}}s to [[MemeticMutation YouTube memes]], with a lot of Internet celebrities personally appearing in original footage.
767** "Devotion" includes a somewhat obscure KISS reference: Rivers Cuomo mentions being "no six foot, hot look, all American man" in that song, whereas in "All American Man", Paul Stanley refers to himself as "a six foot, hot look, all American man".
768* [[Music/StoneTemplePilots Scott Weiland's]] "Jimmy Was A Stimulator" begins with a sound effect of a car starting up, a Miami bass style hip hop drum loop, and Scott ad-libbing "we like the cars, the cars that go boom" - this is a reference to "Cars with the Boom" by Miami bass hip hop duo L'Trimm.
769* Music/WeirdAlYankovic:
770** He directly quotes a verse of the ''Series/GilligansIsland'' theme in "Amish Paradise": "No phone, no lights, no motorcars, not a single luxury. Like Robinson Crusoe, it's as primitive as can be". Also, "[[Music/{{Prince}} Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1699"]].
771** The name and cover of Al's fifth album, ''Even Worse'', are an obvious reference to Music/MichaelJackson's ''Music/{{Bad}}'', with the song "Fat" parodying the title track of said album.
772** He spoofed Chamillionaire's track "Ridin'" with "White and Nerdy", which is all about an extremely geeky white guy who wishes he could be accepted by the 'gangsters'. Given the title of the spoof, this was of course full of nerdy references, from collecting ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics to finding out if he liked [[Franchise/StarTrek Kirk or Picard]] better.
773** The AnimatedMusicVideo for "Don't Download This Song" homages the EverythingExplodesEnding of ''Film/WhiteHeat''.
774* The band Whirlwind Heat named themselves after the cover art to Music/SonicYouth's ''Goo''. Said album cover includes the following text: "I stole my sister's boyfriend. It was all '''whirlwind, heat,''' and flash. Within a week we killed our parents and hit the road"
775* Music/JohnWilliams' theme to ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'' plays "When You Wish Upon a Star" from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' quite clearly at one point. The tune is played as a message to the aliens at the end of the film.
776* "I've Seen All Good People" by Music/{{Yes}} has the background vocals "[[Music/JohnLennon All we are saying/is give peace a chance]]". Along with another Lennon shoutout in the lead vocals, "send an instant karma to me/initial it with loving care."
777* The title of HeavyMetal band Zimmers Hole's album ''When You Were Shouting At The Devil... We Were In League With Satan'' combines two somewhat contrasting 1980s metal references - Music/MotleyCrue's song and album ''Shout At The Devil'' and {{Music/Venom}}'s song "In League With Satan". It supposedly came out of a band member overhearing an argument between two people about who was "more metal" and turned into a band in-joke; Since Venom are considered more "underground" than Crue, the title translates to "when you were a poseur, I was the real deal".
778* What would happen if some radio executive somewhere decided that it would be a good idea to form a bubblegum pop band aimed solely at [[FanGirl teenaged female nerds]]? They might end up with something like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=189QSTKC5no "Yuri the Only One",]] a pop song whose lyrics are ''entirely composed of video game and anime references.'' A sample of the lyrics:
779-->[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion You're my angel out of Tokyo-3]],\
780[[CelShading Cel-shaded face]] [[FanVid in an AMV]],\
781Just like [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Ranma, you're the better half of me.]]
782** Hell, the opening riff of the song is the main theme of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''.
783* The album ''Prayer for the Weekend'' is filled with {{Shout Out}}s: "The Worrying Kind" has the line "[[Music/DavidBowie just a mortal with potential of a superman]]," "New Pollution" actually shifts into a lyrical and musical parody of "Amazing Journey" from ''Music/{{Tommy}}'' at the start of the chorus, and the title track is one long ShoutOut to Alice Cooper. Beyond that, a line from "Little Dysfunk You" is "always quoting Morrisey, but did you ever do it with a boy?"
784* A trance tune called "14 Hours To Save The Earth" references a line from the ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'' movie: "But we only have 14 hours to save the earth!" One of the mixes is called the Rocket Ajax mix, after War Rocket Ajax from the same movie.
785* A couple SouthernRock bands have songs containing a bunch of {{Shout Out}}s to other SouthernRock bands or artists:
786** MollyHatchet's "Gator Country" [[ShoutOut shouted out]] to Music/LynyrdSkynyrd, CharlieDaniels, [[Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand Richard Betts]], ElvinBishop, the MarshallTuckerBand, and TheOutlaws.
787** And TheCharlieDanielsBand song "The South's Gonna Do It Again" [[ShoutOut shouted out]] to the MarshallTuckerBand ("them Tucker boys"), Music/LynyrdSkynyrd, [[Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand Richard Betts]], ElvinBishop, Music/ZZTop, BarefootJerry, and "C.D.B." (themselves).
788* Eurobeat songs frequently contain shout-outs, for example "Go Rocky Joe" by Maximum Power, in addition to being [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong very similar to]] "Spiderman" by Mark Foster, has the line "Rocky Joe, now somebody's watching you", shouting out to "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell.
789* The NewWaveOfBritishHeavyMetal was chock-full of bands named after songs by Music/ThinLizzy, [=UFO=], and Music/JudasPriest. Chinatown, Black Rose, Heavy Pettin', Obsession, and Dissident Aggressor, just as the tip of the iceberg. Later speed metal bands borrowed Exciter (Music/JudasPriest song, band initially an Iron Maiden clone), Music/{{Overkill}} (Music/{{Motorhead}} song), and Machine Head (Music/DeepPurple album).
790* Two CoveredUp versions with Shout Outs to the performer of the cover: Seal's "Fly Like an Eagle" goes into the chorus of his song "Crazy", and Lenny Kravitz's "American Woman" goes "I gotta go! I gotta get away! Baby I gotta go! I wanna ''fly away!''".
791* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7pJFMZPlUs Taj Mahal's "Jorge Ben"]] is a full song shout out to South American musician Jorge Ben Jor, who wrote [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYOojpMqQSQ "Taj Mahal"]] - which was well known for being Rod Stewart's "inspiration" for his one disco single(of which le later lost a lawsuit over).
792* Music/TupacShakur
793** "5 Deadly Venomz" references ''Film/FiveDeadlyVenoms''.
794** "California Love" references Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers, Elliot Ness, Inglewood, Locs sunglasses, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, Pasadena, Sacramento, and San Francisco.
795* Ty Dolla $ign's "Blasé" references Bombay Sapphire, Christian Louboutin, Hennessy, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz, Ludacris's "Area Codes", and Nate Dogg.
796* Rapper Wale, who, although he nicely drops sports references in his rhymes (and refers to himself occasionally in songs as "Wale Ovechkin" as per the Washington Capitals player), gained notice for a critically acclaimed [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mixtape_About_Nothing mixtape that was inspired by (and used samples from)]] Series/{{Seinfeld}}. He had a second Seinfeld-themed (and popular) mixtape some years later.
797* Warren G's "Annie Mae" references Music/TheSugarhillGang's "Rapper's Delight".
798* Creator/WillSmith's "Gettin' Jiggy With It" references ''Series/TheJeffersons'', the Los Angeles Lakers, Oakland Raiders, and Shaquille O'Neal.
799* Music/WuTangClan
800** "Bring Da Ruckus" references ''Film/The36thChamberofShaolin'', ''Film/FrightNight1985'', Richard Nixon, Steven Seagal, and ''Film/ShaolinAndWuTang''.
801** "16th Chamber" references ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'', Bo Jackson, ''Five Fingers of Death'', ''WesternAnimation/HongKongPhooey'', Mystic beer, and Snapple.
802** "Can It Be All So Simple" references Honda Acura Legend, Jeep, Lexus, Toyota Land Cruiser, and ''Film/ShaolinAndWuTang''.
803** "Clan in Da Front" references Ballantine's Finest, ''Claudine'', ''Film/CooleyHigh'', ''Film/{{Dolemite}}'', Music/EllaFitzgerald, ''Franchise/IndianaJones'', ''The Mack'', ''Film/MiracleOnThirtyFourthStreet'', Pampers Diapers, and ''Film/ShaolinAndWuTang''.
804** "Da Mystery of Chessboxin'" references ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'', ''Film/EnterTheDragon'', ''Film/FiveDeadlyVenoms'', Creator/JacquesCousteau, Mariah Carey, ''Series/{{Roots|1977}}'', ''Film/ShaolinAndWuTang'', Timberland, Toyota Land Cruiser, and ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone''. , while the title references the 1979 movie ''Mystery of Chessboxing''.
805** "I Can't Go To Sleep" references Big L, Music/BigPun, ''Series/CandidCamera'', Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers, Music/TheNotoriousBIG, and Music/TupacShakur.
806** "Method Man" references ''Film/The36thChamberofShaolin'', ''WesternAnimation/FatAlbertAndTheCosbyKids'', ''Film/MaryPoppins'', ''Film/ShaolinAndWuTang'', and "Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs".
807** "Protect Ya Neck" references Arnold Schwarzenegger, Joe Frazier, ''Franchise/TheLoneRanger'', Pablo Escobar, ''Film/ShaolinAndWuTang'', "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain", ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'', and Tevin Campbell.
808** "Shame On A Nigga" references Lexus, ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'', and ''Film/TheWarriors''.
809** "Triumph" references ''Comicbook/GhostRider'', ''Literature/TheGunsOfNavarone'', ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', Puma sneakers, Rod Strickland, Sonny Liston, and ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire''.
810** "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta Fuck Wit" references ''Executioners from Shaolin'', ''Series/FamilyFeud'', ''The Gavin Report'', Super Cat, ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'', and Zulu Nation.
811** "Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber" references Joe Frazier, ''Series/{{Maverick}}'', Muhammad Ali, ''Mystery of Chessboxing'', and Nike sneakers.
812** "Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber, Pt. 2" references ''Film/GoodMorningVietnam'', Joe Frazier, Lexus, ''Series/{{Maverick}}'', Muhammad Ali, ''Mystery of Chessboxing'', ''Night Flight'', and Creator/SpikeLee.
813* Music/WynonnaJudd's "Girls with Guitars" has the riffs to "Sunshine of Your Love" and "Smoke on the Water". The final line of the song quotes Music/DireStraits' "Money for Nothing" as well.
814* XV
815** ''80's Baby''
816-->Getting a [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Nintendo]] was a thing in your dreams \
817I was the first one on the block with it, felt like a king
818** ''Awesome'' references Cuba Gooding, Jr., ''Film/DeathProof'', ''Series/FullHouse'', Music/PinkFloyd, Planters peanuts, and ''Film/WaynesWorld''.
819* Yo Gotti's "Down in the DM" references Angela Simmons, BMW, Instagram, Facetime, and Snapchat.
820* Your Old Droog, ''Sonic Youth''
821-->Team [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Nintendo]], I never played [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] as a youth \
822NBA Live with Mitch Richmond on the cover
823* Swedish rapper Music/YungLean seemingly has a soft spot for the Super Mario franchise, having referenced it in lyrics and song titles on numerous occasions. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stgrSjynPKs the video for his song "Hurt"]], he can also be seen waving around Pokemon cards and Nintendo 64 paraphernalia.
824* The first verse of Music/{{Steps}}' "Deeper Shade of Blue" quotes Music/TheInkSpots' "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall". The chorus also references the line "Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do" from Music/DavidBowie's "Music/SpaceOddity".
825* The main lyric of "Magic Carpet Ride" (no relation to the Steppenwolf song) by Mighty Dub Katz is a reference to "White Horse" by Laid Back: "If you wanna get high, get on my carpet ride. If you wanna get rich, you're gonna pay like it's a bitch."
826* Near the end of Jr. Jr.'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq0mpgHNapc "Gone"]] video, the chorus line of disembodied legs performs a gravity-defying 45-degree lean similar to that in Music/MichaelJackson's "Smooth Criminal", but sideways.
827* The bridge of Music/MariahCarey's "Fantasy", which SampledUp Music/TomTomClub's "Genius of Love", covers the first verse of the original song.
828* The verses of Gerard Joling's "Together Again" each interpolate a line from Music/NeilYoung's "Only Love Can Break Your Heart", namely "How does it feel to be alone?" and "You have a friend you never see".
829* The chorus of Music/{{Bananarama}}'s "Look on the Floor" almost directly quotes that of My Mine's 1984 ItaloDisco single "Hypnotic Tango".
830* "[[https://youtu.be/4EDWcbdGcWE In Space, No One Can Hear You Cry]]" by Color Theory includes shout-outs to both of Creator/RidleyScott's most famous films: the title referencing the tagline of ''Film/{{Alien}}'', along with the PreviewsPulse in the intro, and a bridge passage similar to Music/{{Vangelis}}'s end titles theme from ''Film/BladeRunner''.
831* The title track of Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s ''Music/TransEuropeExpress'' has the lyric "From Music/StationToStation, back to Dusseldorf City, meet Music/IggyPop and Music/DavidBowie".
832* Power Glove's ''Playback'' album cover depicts lookalikes of [[TheAhnold Ahnold]] and [[Creator/SylvesterStallone Sly Stallone]] posed in the style of the NES box art for ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}''.
833* "Everyone Falls in Love" by Tanto Metro & Devonte has two: [[Music/SpiceGirls "Tell me whatcha wanna, whatcha really really wanna do"]], and [[Music/MissyElliott "Beep beep, the singer got the key to the Jeep, vroom"]].
834** Fellow Jamaican dancehall artist Beenie Man, in "Who Am I?", likewise has "Sim simmer, who's got the keys to my Bimmer?"
835* "[[https://youtu.be/SfKioljfjsQ Twilight Zone"]] by Dance Mafia feat. Ange Lloyd both samples the theme tune of [[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 the 1959 series]] and interpolates the 2 Unlimited song's main riff.
836* The covers of Music/{{BT}}'s second and third albums both reference ''Film/TwoThousandAndOneASpaceOdyssey''. ''ESCM'' displays TheMonolith, while the vinyl sleeve of ''Movement in Still Life'' has the Star Child.
837* Bomfunk MCs' "Freestyler" has a double shout-out in its first verse: "Or [[Film/Titanic1997 will your heart go on]] like Music/CelineDion, [[Music/CultureClub Karma Chameleon]]". Then the second verse gives us "Like Debbie Does Dallas, yeah we come scandalous, so who the fuck is Alice, she from the Buckingham Palace?"
838* "Petit Love" by Music/SmileDk, featured in ''VideoGame/DanceManiax 2nd MIX'' and ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution 4th MIX PLUS'', gives us "[[Music/TheBeatles Mr. Lennon said it, all you need is love]]".
839* Music/PetShopBoys' "I Want To Wake Up" mentions "songs like [[Music/SoftCell 'Tainted Love']] and [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is_Strange 'Love Is Strange']]".
840* Music/{{Buttress}}: The plot of "Brutus" is inspired by Shakespeare's ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'', with the main conflict arising from Brutus' betrayal of her friend and benefactor Julius Caesar.

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