Singers who sing references to thier own songs?

[Janice Johnson]

Any songs from a singer that give references to their other songs? I have a few.

Britney Spears's Stronger. She says, 'My lonliness ain't killing me no more." This is a reference to a song called, "One more time." In that song, she says, 'My lonliness is killing me."

Janet Jackson's Someday Is Tonight. She says, "I know I promised I'd be the wait." This is a reference to "Let's Wait A While". In that song, she says, "I promise I'll be the wait."

Michael Jackson's Billie Jean. In Billie Jean, he sings about a girl named Billie Jean. This is a reference to "Wanna Be Starting Something". In that song, he says, "Billie Jean is always talkin."

:D :)

[Steve M.]

"Glass Onion" by the Beatles, mentioning "Strawberry Fields Forever," "I Am the Walrus" (the walrus was Paul! :lol: ), "Lady Madonna," "The Fool On The Hill," and "Fixing A Hole."

[ABlairican Pie]

In "Demon Alcohol", Ozzy Osbourne refers to his controversial song "Suicide Solution" with the line "Don't speak of suicide solutions."
Also, in his song "Gets Me Through", he refers to his huge hit with Black Sabbath, "Iron Man" with the line "I'm not the anti-christ or the iron man."

In "The Memory Remains" by Metallica, they refer to one of their most popular earlier songs "Fade To Black" with the lines, "Ash to ash/Dust to dust/Fade to black..."

[vienna waits]

John Mayer...

He says "With "No Such Thing" playing on the radio..." in one of his songs.

[Steve M.]

"Helen Wheels" by Paul McCartney and Wings refers to "Band On the Run"

"Sailor Sam, he came from Birmingham, but he never will be found."

[Janice Johnson]

In "Get Up", Chamillionaire sings, "The cops are trying to catch me ridin dirty," a reference to his song, 'Ridin' Dirty".:)

[Steve M.]

"Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again)" by Sly and the Family Stone has references to their earlier hits sprinkled throughout the lyrics. :)

[Karen*]

"Bicycle Race" and "Fat Bottom Girls" by Queen - In the first song, there's a lyric saying "Fat bottom girls, they'll be riding today." In the latter, there's a lyric where the singer yells "Get on your bikes and ride!" I don't think that was in the original cut, but it was added on in later releases.

[Ohio8]

"Helen Wheels" by Paul McCartney and Wings refers to "Band On the Run"

"Sailor Sam, he came from Birmingham, but he never will be found."

That's not the only one: "1985" has "band on the run" twice at the end, and
"Jet" mentions "she said" several times. The Beatles also did this. At the end of "All You Need is Love," "She loves you yeah, yeah, yeah" is sung twice near the end.

[Steve M.]

That's not the only one: "1985" has "band on the run" twice at the end, and "Jet" mentions "she said" several times.

"She said?" :confused:

"Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me)" refers to "Jet" and "Mrs.Vanderbilt" ("Ho, hey ho!").

[James]

In "Love Is The Seventh Wave" by Sting in 1985, he sings "Every breath you take, every move you make" at the end, an obvious reference to the hit "Every Breath You Take" in 1983 when he was with The Police.

[Steve M.]

In "Love Is The Seventh Wave" by Sting in 1985, he sings "Every breath you take, every move you make" at the end, an obvious reference to the hit "Every Breath You Take" in 1983 when he was with The Police.

It was followed by "Every cake you bake, every leg you break. . . ." :lol:

[Ohio8]

"She said?" :confused:

"Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me)" refers to "Jet" and "Mrs.Vanderbilt" ("Ho, hey ho!").

Just listen to "Jet." The words "she said" ARE in it.

[Steve M.]

Just listen to "Jet." The words "she said" ARE in it.

I know that , and it refers to. . . . ? :confused:

[James]

In light of his passing, I thought I'd mention that at the end of James Brown's "Living In America" from the 1985 movie Rocky IV starring--and directed by--Sylvester Stallone (you know, Frank's brother! :D) one hears "I feel good!" at the end, a reference to his 1965 hit "I Got You (I Feel Good)". In fact, I remember the radio playing "Living In America", cut off the "I feel good" ending, and started playing "I Got You (I Feel Good)" sometime in the mid-late 1980s.

[Ohio8]

I know that , and it refers to. . . . ? :confused:

It refers to The Beatles song "She Said, She Said." I'm sorry that I didn't mention this before.

[Superstar]

In Ciara's song "1,2 Step" she says "Goodies make the boys jump on it" which refers to her number 1 single Goodies.

[Cactus Jack]

I listened to these two songs last night made me think of this

Thompson Twins

In the Name of Love: "This picture which hangs on my bedroom wall"
refers to
Hold Me Now:"I have a picture, pinned to my wall"

[Cactus Jack]

Also at the end of "All You Need Is Love" by the Beatles, near the end they start singing( actually its Mick Jagger and some others) singing ":"She loves you yeah yeah yeah "

[Steve M.]

Also at the end of "All You Need Is Love" by the Beatles, near the end they start singing( actually its Mick Jagger and some others) singing ":"She loves you yeah yeah yeah "

Listen carefully, and you'll hear on of the Beatles sing the word "yesterday." :D

[Ohio8]

The Kinks: "Destroyer" mentions their song "Lola" in the line "Met a girl named Lola," and "Girl I want to be with you" is from their song "All Day and All of the Night."
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[Ohio8]

Robert Plant/"Tall Cool One." He sings "Hey, hey mama" (from "Black Dog") and "Going Down" (from "When the Levee Breaks"). Jimmy Page played guitar on "TCO," and there are riffs from "Whole lotta Love," "Black Dog," "The Ocean" and probably one or two other Led Zeppelin tunes. :guitar:

[Ohio8]

I forgot this one: Black Sabbath's "Backstreet Kid" has the "...thinking about the hand of doom," referring the "Hand of Doom" song on the album Paranoid.

[AKA]

A couple of John Lennon solo tunes reference Beatles songs:

"So Sgt. Pepper took you by surprise..."
"The only thing you done was Yesterday." ("How Do You Sleep," 1971)

"I was The Walrus, but now I'm John." ("God," 1970)

[Ohio8]

The Steve Miller Band: "Space Cowboy" mentions "gangster of love," which is the character from the same-name song. "The Joker" mentions "the space cowboy" from "Space Cowboy" and "gangster of love" from "Gangster of Love."

[Ohio8]

The Steve Miller Band: "Space Cowboy" mentions "gangster of love," which is the character from the same-name song. "The Joker" mentions "the space cowboy" from "Space Cowboy" and "gangster of love" from "Gangster of Love."

CORRECTION: The Steve Miller Band's "Space Cowboy" has "I told you about living in the USA," which is the title of one of their other songs.

In his song "Devil Woman" song, Ringo Starr mentions Sexy Sadie, which is one of the songs on their "White Album.":D

[catlover79]

James Taylor's "That's Why I'm Here" refers to "Fire And Rain".

NKOTB's "Tonight" referenced 3-4 of their first hits, but I can't remember which ones.

[Ohio8]

In "Demon Alcohol", Ozzy Osbourne refers to his controversial song "Suicide Solution" with the line "Don't speak of suicide solutions."
Also, in his song "Gets Me Through", he refers to his huge hit with Black Sabbath, "Iron Man" with the line "I'm not the anti-christ or the iron man."

In "The Memory Remains" by Metallica, they refer to one of their most popular earlier songs "Fade To Black" with the lines, "Ash to ash/Dust to dust/Fade to black..."

A year ago I read on an Ozzy Osbourne Website that his song "No Bone Movies" was referenced in a later tune, and I think it was "Now You See it, Now You Don't."