Meta Music List
Created Wednesday 17 July 2024
This is a list of music about music, music about the music business, and music that lampshades or otherwise breaks the "fourth wall" of music. It started from a discussion on the Music, Movies and TV Signal group.
Ordered by artist, when known.
Unknown - Little Drummer Boy
Unknown - Sur Le Pont D'Avignon
bridge of Avignon. Includes references to the musicians providing
the music for the dance.
A Day To Remember - Downfall Of Us All
signed on with a major record label.
Above The Law - Freedom of Speech
fast, slow, sloppy or neat / See I wish, when I do it, to have
freedom of speech."
Aldean, Jason - Dirt Road Anthem
Gilbert, Vance - Country Western Rap for why this might be
amusing to me.
Bad Company - Bad Company
Bad Company - Live For The Music
Live for the music / You know you're gonna find a lot / To ease
your mind"
Bareilles, Sara - Love Song
asked for it / 'cause you need one, you see"
Barenaked Ladies - Gordon (Album)
named it Gordon.
Beastie Boys - No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn
Beatles, The - A Little Help From My Friends
walk out on me?" Ringo was very self-conscious about his ability
to sing.
Beatles, The - Only A Northern Song
think anything of it, it's only a Northern song.
Beatles, The - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
similarity to the Beatles.
Beatles, The - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Berry, Chuck - Johnny B. Goode
guitarist who grew up poor.
Billy Joel - The Entertainer
Blues Traveler - Hook
I've Said nothing so far / And I can keep it up as long as it
takes"
Blur - Song 2
song itself is a troll.
Boston - Rock 'N' Roll Band
Brick - Dazz
blending Disco with Jazz.
Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
and I don't waste time / On the mike with a dope rhyme"
CAKE - Guitar Man
Cocker, Joe - A Little Help From My Friends
Cowboy Junkies - Musical Key
and how her parents always sang, to her, even when it was off-key.
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Night Song
/ sing this night song" and "Why not keep on singing anyway?"
Cure, The - Love Song
Daniels, Charlie - The Devil Went Down To Georgia
devil.
deadmau5 - Album Title Goes Here (Album)
deadmau5 - For Lack Of A Better Name (Album)
deadmau5 - Random Album Title (Album)
deadmau5 - W:/2016ALBUM/ (Album)
Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music
Dr. Hook - Cover of the Rolling Stone
Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark
Four Tops, The - It's The Same Old Song
line for this song is the same as one of their other songs (Sugar
Pie Honey Bunch) played backwards.
Gilbert, Vance - Country Western Rap
being both a Country singer and an African-American, into
creating a whole new genre of music combining Country and Rap.
Gomez, Selena and The Scene - Love You Like a Love Song
sung / And I guess right now, here's another one / So your melody
will pay on and on, with the best of 'em."
Healey, Jeff - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Hot Water Music (Band)
Jett, Joan - Album (Album)
Jett, Joan - I Love Rock 'N' Roll
genre, and the song's lyrics talk about using the same to set the
mood.
course, the hook, "Singing, I love rock and roll / So put another
dime in the jukebox baby / I love rock and rol / So come and take
your time and dance with me"
Jett, Joan - I Love Rock 'N' Roll (Album)
elsewhere about the album's title song.
Joel, Billy - The Piano Man
Lady Gaga - Telephone
can't text you with a drink in my hand, eh!"
Lucassen, Arjen Anthony - Pink Beatles In A Purple Zeppelin
chord's been strung before, And every melody's been made"
Lynnyrd Skynnyrd - Working For MCA
Madonna - Music
and the rebel"
Marshall Tucker Band, The - Heard It In A Love Song
Martin, Norman - Song That Never Ends, The
McCartney, Paul - Silly Love Song
Mendoza y Cortés, Quirino - Cielito Lindo
corazones" translates roughly to: "Sing and don't cry, because
when you sing, pretty darling, it makes the heart happy."
Metallica - Turn The Page
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Eine kleine Nachtmusik
music."
Nelson, Willie - On The Road Again
Nena - 99 Luftballons
German (not so in the English version): "Hast du etwas Zeit für
mich? / Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich / Von neunundneunzig
Luftballons / Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont / Denkst du vielleicht
grad an mich? / Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich / Von
neunundneunzig Luftballons / Und dass sowas von sowas kommt"
will sing a song for you / About ninety-nine balloons / On their
way to the horizon / Perhaps you are thinking of me? / Then I will
sing a song for you / About ninety-nine balloons / And what sort
of thing they caused."
Nine Inch Nails - Head Like A Hole
music. "Head like a hole / Black is your soul / I'd rather die /
Than give you control"
One Direction - The Best Song Ever
was the best.
Pink Floyd - Have A Cigar
the band. "The band is really fantstic / That is really what I
think. / Oh, by the way / Which one's Pink?"
Pink Floyd - Shine On Crazy Diamond
mind.
Pink Floyd - Welcome To The Machine
contract.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Barent during the band's rise to stardom.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (Album)
tracks as follows (yes, there are only four songs):
Wish You Were Here
Have A Cigar
Welcome To The Machine
Pretty Reckless - Take Me Down
signed on with a major record label.
Prima, Louis - Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)
Prima, Louis - The Music Goes 'Round and Around
/ The music goes 'round and around / And it comes out here"
Ramones, The - Censorshit
Is that some kind of warning to protect me?" and "Ask Ozzy, Zappa,
or me / We'll tell you what it's like to be free."
R.E.M. - Eponymous (Album)
Zeppelen released Led Zeppelin. This is R.E.M.'s answer to
eponymous albums.
R.E.M. - Radio Song
death, I guess.
Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
Rush - Spirit of Radio
station that gave them their first airplay, CFNY Toronto.
Interesting side-note, the Canadian pressing of the album it
appeared on (Permanent Waves) has 1021 in the catalog number, a
reference to CFNY's frequency of 102.1 MHz.
Seeger, Bob - Turn The Page
this song.
Sheeran, Ed - Sing
Simon, Carly - You're So Vain
about you."
Slipknot - The Heretic Anthem
band had with the record company over foul language.
Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
System of a Down - Steal This Album!
Steal This Book, which is regarded as a classic example of
counterculture literature. A similar title (Steal This Movie!) was
used for a movie about Hoffman's life. A year prior to this album
however, The Suicide Machines had already released an album titled
Steal This Record. The Coup had also released a Steal This Album
in 1998."
Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam
Tesla - Love Song
Thomas, BJ - Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song
Three Dog Night - An Old Fashioned Love Song
really gone away.
Toy Dolls, The - The Devil Went Down To Scunthorpe
a guitar playing contest for a fiddling contest.
Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
I play a dope melody / Anything less than the best is a felony"
and, of course, every chorus leads with "Check out my hook while
my DJ revolves it."
Ви́тас - 7 элемент (Vitas - Element 7)
/ Из хрустальных слез / Я пришёл дать эту песню / Для любви / Я
пришёл дать эту песню" English: "I came to bring this song / From
the world of dreams / I came to bring this song / From the crystal
tears / I came to bring this song / For the sake of love / I came
to bring this song"
Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music, White Boy