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** "Me and My Gun" lists the names of various firearms.

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* The Swedish comedy group ''Galenskaparna & After Shave'' have a number of these:
** ''De Fyra Klädesplaggen'' (The Four Garments) from ''En himla många fina program'' is a list of articles of clothing set to the music of ''Puttin' on the Ritz''. (The B part is instead a list of things that come in fours.)
** ''Piff puff paff!'' from ''En himla många fina program'' is a list of things you can do to perplex people.
** ''S:t Sigfridsplan'' (Saint Sigfrid's Place) from ''En himla många fina program'' is a list of things that can be found in a particular busy Gothenburg intersection.[[hottip:*: Asphalt! Asphalt! There almost everything is asphalt. Redlights! Idles! Cars in a queue, what a pleasent miljeu…]]
** ''Bragdmamma'' from ''Stinsen brinner'' contains long lists of the suppplies that the [[DotingParent Doting Mother]] is sending to her numerous sons, daughters[[spoiler:, and exhusbands]] as well as the places around the world where they live.

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* Played with on {{Sublime}}'s "40 oz to Freedom" album. They had their producer read their album 'thank you's' set to music.
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* CarminaBurana actually contains music other than O Fortuna! One of them, In Taberna Quando Sumus, contains a lengthy list of everyone currently drinking: the cleric, the soldier, the quick, the slow, whites, blacks, fools, scholars, the sister, brother, mother, that guy over there, and so on. All sung in an appropriately ludicrous tempo.
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** "Ain't Got No" -- the end of the song is an insanely fast recitation of things the hippies don't need or can't afford.

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** "Ain't Got No" -- the [[strike:the end of of]] the song is an insanely fast recitation of things the hippies don't need or can't afford.
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** "Colored Spade" -- "Iiiiii'm aaaaaa...." list of pernicious African-American stereotypes.
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** "Sodomy / Hashish" -- a list of unmentionable acts and [[MushroomSamba drugs]], respectively.
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** "Ain't Got No" -- the end of the song is an especially insanely fast recitation of things the hippies don't need or can't afford.

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** "Ain't Got No" -- the end of the song is an especially insanely fast recitation of things the hippies don't need or can't afford.

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* {{Musical}} example: From ''{{Hair}}'':
** "Ain't Got No" -- the end of the song is an especially insanely fast recitation of things the hippies don't need or can't afford.
** "I Got Life" -- a recitation of body parts (sung on top of a table in [[TheMovie the film]])
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**Played to the same effect in the HarryPotter [[FilkSong filk musical]] ''[[http://www.harrypotterfilks.com/musicals/turncoat.htm Harry and the Amazing Fifty-Percent-Blooded Turncoat]]'':
-->[-He is bad and evil and mean and snide-]
-->[-And snarky and dank and snaky and base-]
-->[-And rotten and awful and violent and rude-]
-->[-And wicked and foul and crooked and rank-]
-->[-And vile and vicious and slimy and gross-]
-->[-And hateful and hostile and hurtful and harsh-]
-->[-And wretched and damned and cold and cruel!-]
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* "Rainbow High" from ''{{Evita}}'', which is a list of things the stylists help Eva with, including eyes, hair, lips, figure, face, voice and so on.
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* Barenaked Ladies: "If I Had A Million Dollars". The narrator, apparently, is willing to buy such things as a house, furniture for the house, a tree fort, a miniature fridge to go into the tree fort, a fur coat (but not a real fur coat, that's cruel), a green dress (but not a real green dress, that's cruel), the remains of John Merrick, an exotic pet (like an emu or a llama), art (maybe a {{Garfunkel}}), and his girlfriend's love.

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* Barenaked Ladies: "If I Had A Million Dollars". The narrator, apparently, is willing to buy such things as a house, furniture for the house, a tree fort, a miniature fridge to go into the tree fort, a fur coat (but not a real fur coat, that's cruel), a green dress (but not a real green dress, that's cruel), the remains of John Merrick, an exotic pet (like a llama or an emu or a llama), emu), art (maybe a {{Garfunkel}}), and his girlfriend's love.
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Not quite the same thing as a PatterSong. A patter song is a song which spits out a lot of words in very little time. Lots of sixteenth notes, a moderate-to-fast tempo, and more often than not, a very limited melody. The test of patter-songitute lies in the ''music''. An example of a patter song that isn't a list song would be "The Worst Pies in London" from ''SweeneyTodd'', or "Trouble" from ''TheMusicMan'', or "I've Just Seen a Face" by the Beatles.

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Not quite the same thing as a PatterSong.PatterSong (though a ListSong can also be a PatterSong). A patter song is a song which spits out a lot of words in very little time. Lots of sixteenth notes, a moderate-to-fast tempo, and more often than not, a very limited melody. The test of patter-songitute lies in the ''music''. An example of a patter song that isn't a list song would be "The Worst Pies in London" from ''SweeneyTodd'', or "Trouble" from ''TheMusicMan'', or "I've Just Seen a Face" by the Beatles.

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** You can also count 'This Is How We Will End It,' where at the begining Alejandro is listing all the girls he used during the course of the show, and the final song 'Verses,' where the final two are listing body parts they need to get, while mocking the others. (Get me two knobby knees, and arms like logs of cheese, get parts to match his frame, all over-built and lame!)

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** You can also count 'This Is How We Will End It,' where at the begining Alejandro is listing all the girls he used during the course of the show, and the final song 'Verses,' where the final two are listing body parts they need to get, while mocking the others. (Get me two knobby knees, and arms like logs of cheese, get parts to match his frame, cheese!)
** Total Drama loves this trope, huh? 'Her Real Name Isn't Blaineley' is Geoff listing
all over-built and lame!)the bad things about Blaineley, including things like she buys her jeans large on purpose so you think she's lost weight, her hair is dyed, and, or course, her real name isn't Blaineley. [[spoiler: It's Mildred!]]
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** You can also count 'This Is How We Will End It,' where at the begining Alejandro is listing all the girls he used during the course of the show, and the final song 'Verses,' where the final two are listing body parts they need to get, while mocking the others. (Get me two knobby knees, and arms like logs of cheese, get parts to match his frame, all over-built and lame!)
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** "What I Wouldn't Give for your Love" by Kevin Fowler; notably, it exclude the moon and the sun.
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*Pearl Jam's appropriately titled "Wish List".
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* {{Alanis Morissette}} loves these.
** Many of her songs have verses where nearly every line begins with the same words, completing the phrase a different way each time. "Are You Still Mad?", "Eight Easy Steps" and "Still" fit the format particularly well.
** "Joining You" inverts this format with an ever-changing chorus: "If we were our ______, I'd be joining you."
** "Thank U" has two sets of lists - the "How about"s in the verses, and the "Thank you"s in the chorus.
** "Hand in My Pocket" is well-known for listing pairs of contradictory statements about Alanis's identity and state of mind.
** "Unsent" is a list of letters never sent to ex-lovers.
** "Versions of Violence" rattles off more forms of emotional abuse than you were probably aware existed.
** "21 Things I Want in a Lover" is probably her best example. By the time the final chorus winds down, she has only listed 20 of the desired characteristics, and then she crams in the 21st at literally the last second.
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* "These Foolish Things" is a song litsing [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin foolish things]] which remind the singer of his lost love. More entertaining is Mitch Benn's "These Ghoulsih Things", a parody which does the same but with a bunch of [[AntiLoveSong truly disgusting or downright evil]] things.

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* "These Foolish Things" is a song litsing [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin foolish things]] which remind the singer of his lost love. More entertaining is Mitch Benn's MitchBenn's "These Ghoulsih Things", a parody which does the same but with a bunch of [[AntiLoveSong truly disgusting or downright evil]] things.
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* The song "7 Things" by Miley Cyrus, to the extent that you could call anything she's recorded "music".

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* The song "7 Things" by Miley Cyrus, to the extent that you could call anything she's recorded "music".Cyrus.
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--> - Stravinsky! \\
- Gretchaninoff! \\
- Rumshinsky! \\
- Rachmaninoff! \\
- He'd better stop because we feel we all have undergone enough!
-->-- ''LadyInTheDark''
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* "These Foolish Things" is a song litsing [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin foolish things]] which remind the singer of his lost love. More entertaining is Mitch Benn's "These Ghoulsih Things", a parody which does the same but with a bunch of [[AntiLoveSong truly disgusting or downright evil]] things.
-->A fallen crow with a broken back;
-->The smell of blood by a railroad track;
-->A mushroom cloud in a sky of blue;
-->These ghoulish things remind me of you.
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* Jazz musician and baseball fan David Frishberg's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKzobTlF8fM Van Lingle Mungo]].

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* Jazz musician and baseball fan David Frishberg's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKzobTlF8fM Van "Van Lingle Mungo]].Mungo"]].
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* Jazz musician and baseball fan David Frishberg's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKzobTlF8fM Van Lingle Mungo]].
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*** The original by Hank Snow is arguably better known.
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* The Alphabet Song, which lists the letters of the alphabet.
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* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW3fhWegNuw That's a Woman]]" by Celtic Thunder.

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* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW3fhWegNuw com/watch?v=hnQScdw24yg That's a Woman]]" by Celtic Thunder.
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''A flying squirrel! Bubble bath! I change to bubbles, too! Mama! Pizza-no! Chips and some dip will do!!''\\

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''A flying squirrel! Bubble bath! I change to bubbles, too! Mama! Pizza-no! Chips and some dip will do!!''\\do!!''

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* Weird Al Yankovic does this once an album. Sometimes more than once. Examples include "White & Nerdy" (Nerdy things he does) "One More Minute" (Things he'd rather do than [[AntiLoveSong spend time with his ex]]) and "Hardware Store" (Things he plans to do and buy when the titular store opens).

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* Weird Al Yankovic WeirdAlYankovic does this once an album. Sometimes more than once. Examples include "White & Nerdy" (Nerdy things he does) "One More Minute" (Things he'd rather do than [[AntiLoveSong spend time with his ex]]) and "Hardware Store" (Things he plans to do and buy when the titular store opens).



* "My Favorite Things" from ''The Sound Of Music''.

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* "My Favorite Things" from ''The Sound Of Music''.''TheSoundOfMusic''.



* Roger Waters is quite fond of making lists. A few examples off the top of my head:

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* [[PinkFloyd Roger Waters Waters]] is quite fond of making lists. A few examples off the top of my head:



* Radiohead's "Fitter Happier" is apparently some kind of disturbed checklist ("Fitter. Happier. More productive...").

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* Radiohead's {{Radiohead}}'s "Fitter Happier" is apparently some kind of disturbed checklist ("Fitter. Happier. More productive...").



* "Mix Tape" from ''Avenue Q''

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* "Mix Tape" from ''Avenue Q''''AvenueQ''



* Notorious B.I.G.'s "The Ten Crack Commandments"
* Tom Wait's ''Cemetary Polka'' lists the bizarre activities of all his 'uncles'.

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* [[TheNotoriousBIG Notorious B.I.G.'s 's]] "The Ten Crack Commandments"
* Tom Wait's TomWaits' ''Cemetary Polka'' lists the bizarre activities of all his 'uncles'.



* While the chorus of "Bicycle Race" by Queen is just a man describing his urge to ride bikes, the verses list all of the popular things he is escaping by going on his bike rides.

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* While the chorus of "Bicycle Race" by Queen {{Queen}} is just a man describing his urge to ride bikes, the verses list all of the popular things he is escaping by going on his bike rides.



* The "Galaxy Song" from ''MontyPython's The Meaning of Life'' is sort of a List Song, consisting as it does of a series of facts and figures about the universe strung together.

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* The "Galaxy Song" from ''MontyPython's [[MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife The Meaning of Life'' Life]]'' is sort of a List Song, consisting as it does of a series of facts and figures about the universe strung together.



** The best-known version in the U.S. was by Johnny Cash.

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** The best-known version in the U.S. was by Johnny Cash.JohnnyCash.



* "La Vie Boheme" from "Rent" is pretty much a celebration of (and thereby list of) everything that the main characters consider bohemian.

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* "La Vie Boheme" from "Rent" ''{{Rent}}'' is pretty much a celebration of (and thereby list of) everything that the main characters consider bohemian.



* John Lennon's "God" is a list of things Lennon doesn't believe in (one of which is The Beatles).

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* John Lennon's JohnLennon's "God" is a list of things Lennon doesn't believe in (one ([[CreatorBacklash one of which is The Beatles).Beatles]]).



** Similarly U2's "God Part II" a quasi sequel to Lennon's song also has the singer list the things he does not believe in.
* The Beatles themselves also had a couple: Come Together is a list of things old flattop be and got, I am the Walrus is partly a list of things the singer is (including, yes, the walrus), and Penny Lane is a list of things found in Penny Lane

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** Similarly U2's {{U2}}'s "God Part II" a quasi sequel to Lennon's song also has the singer list the things he does not believe in.
* The Beatles TheBeatles themselves also had a couple: Come Together "Come Together" is a list of things old flattop be and got, I "I am the Walrus Walrus" is partly a list of things the singer is (including, yes, the walrus), and Penny Lane "Penny Lane" is a list of things found in Penny Lane



* Daft Punk has two list songs: "Teachers", where all of their influences and favourite musicians are listed as being "in the house", and "Technologic", describing all of the things one can do with technology.

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* Daft Punk DaftPunk has two list songs: "Teachers", where all of their influences and favourite musicians are listed as being "in the house", and "Technologic", describing all of the things one can do with technology.



* Lemon Demon's song Ode To Crayola:

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* Brazilian singer Tim Maia has two lists in a row in "Do Leme ao Pontal": Rio de Janeiro beaches, and what he'll eat ("I drink guaraná, cashew juice, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goiabada Goiabada]] for dessert!")
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* TheKinks' "Village Green Preservation Society" lists things they think are worth preserving, including Donald Duck, strawberry jam, and virginity.

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* TheKinks' "Village Green Preservation Society" lists things they think are worth preserving, including Donald Duck, DonaldDuck, strawberry jam, and virginity.

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