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Songwriters occasionally write songs that make overt references to real musicians and bands.  This list excludes [[hip hop music|hip hop]] songs because overt references to real musicians are more common than not.  Hip hop arose as an informal accompaniment to dance music, when performers spoke over percussion breaks.  Over time, these performers began speaking more and more in sync with the beat, and thus was born [[rapping]].  Eschewing traditional song structure, most of these early rappers told simple stories, jokes and teased their friends and enemies.  As a result, modern hip hop musicians traditionally mention performers that inspired them, performers who they consider untalented, or other simple references to real musicians.

==List==

Entries are listed with the following syntax: "''Song Title''" by ''musical artist(s) most associated with song'' references ''musicians and/or bands referred to''.

===Numbers===
*"1/15/96" by [[The Ataris]] references [[The Descendents]]
*"1974" by [[Robyn Hitchcock]] references [[David Crosby]], [[Syd Barrett]], and [[Led Zeppelin]]. (as well as covertly referencing [[David Bowie]].)
*"1977" by [[The Clash]] references [[the Beatles]], [[Elvis Presley]], and [[the Rolling Stones]]
*"[[1985 (song)|1985]]" by [[Bowling For Soup]] references [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], [[U2 (band)|U2]], [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]], [[Limp Bizkit]], [[Duran Duran]], [[Van Halen]], [[Wham!]], [[Whitesnake]], [[Mötley Crüe]] and [[Ozzy Osbourne]].
*"29x The Pain" by [[Wildhearts]] references [[The Beatles]], [[Blue Oyster Cult]], [[Kurt Cobain]], [[The Damned]], [[Heart (band)|Heart]]. [[Hüsker Dü]], [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], [[The Ramones]], [[The Replacements]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[The Sex Pistols]], and [[Stiff Little Fingers]]

===A===
*"Achy Breaky Song" by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] references [[Donny Osmond|Donny]] and [[Marie Osmond|Marie]] Osmond, [[Barry Manilow]], [[New Kids on the Block]], [[The Village People]], [[Vanilla Ice]], The [[BeeGees]], [[Billy Ray Cyrus]], [[Debbie Boone]], [[ABBA]], [[Slim Whitman]], [[Zamfir]], [[Yoko Ono]] and [[Tiffany (singer)|Tiffany]].
*"Acoustic Guitar" by [[Magnetic Fields]] references [[Steve Earle]], [[Charo]], and [[Gwar]].
*"Acting Like Black Sabbath" by the [[Dayglo Abortions]] references [[Black Sabbath]] and [[Tony Iommi]].
*"Afraid" by [[David Bowie]] references the [[Beatles]].
*"The Air Is Getting Slippery" by [[Primus]] references to [[The Residents]].
*"The Agony Of Laffitte " by [[Spoon]] references [[Metallica]].
*"Alex Chilton" by [[The Replacements]] references [[Alex Chilton]] and [[Big Star]].
*"Alan Parsons In A Winter Wonderland" by [[Grandaddy]] references [[Alan Parsons]].
*"All the Young Dudes" by [[Mott the Hoople]] references [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]], [[The Beatles]], and [[The Rolling Stones]].
*"Almost Gothic" by [[Steely Dan]] references [[Little Eva]].
*"AM Radio" by [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]] references [[Jimmy Page]] and [[Led Zeppelin]].
*"Amateur Hour" by [[Sparks]] references [[Yehudi Menuhin]].
*"And It Stoned Me" by [[Van Morrison]] references [[Jelly Roll Morton]].
* "Angel of Harlem" by [[U2 (band)|U2]] references [[John Coltrane]], [[Miles Davis]] and [[Billie Holiday]] by her nickname Lady Day.
*"Anti-Music Song" by [[The Mountain Goats]] references [[Van Morrison]], [[Morrissey]], [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Brian Jones]], and [[Brian Wilson]].
*"Antione" by [[The Incredible String Band]] referenced [[Hector Berlioz]]
*"Astrud" by [[Basia Trzetrzelewska|Basia]] references [[Astrud Gilberto]].
*"Axl Rose" by [[SR-71]] references [[Axl Rose]].
*"Au Contraire" by [[They Might Be Giants]] references [[David Bowie]].

===B===
*"Bach To Bach" by [[The Bobs]] references [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] (as if sung by him and his wife).
*"[[Back in My Arms Again]]" by [[The Supremes]] references Supremes [[Florence Ballard]] and [[Mary Wilson]]
*"Bad Cover Version" by [[Pulp]] references [[The Rolling Stones]].
*"[[Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)]] by [[The Temptations]] references [[The Beatles]].
*"The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" by [[Prince (artist)|Prince]] references [[Joni Mitchell]]
*"Ballrooms of Mars" by [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]] references [[Bob Dylan]] and [[John Lennon]].
*"Battle Of Who Could Care Less " by [[Ben Folds Five]] references [[The Cure]].
*"Be My Celine Dion" by [[The Arrogant Worms]].
*"Be My Yoko" by [[The Bobs]] references [[Yoko Ono]].
*"Be My Yoko Ono" by [[Barenaked Ladies]] references [[Yoko Ono]].
*"Beautiful Ground" by [[Grandaddy]] references [[Beck]].
*"Bessie Smith" by [[The Band]] references [[Bessie Smith]].
*"Blonde on Blonde" by [[Nada Surf]] references [[Bob Dylan]]'s album ''[[Blonde on Blonde]]''
*"Blow Your Tuneless Trumpet" by [[The Mekons]] references [[U2 (band)|U2]].
*"Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs" by [[The Minutemen (band)|The Minutemen]] references [[Bob Dylan]].
*"Bob Wills Is Still The King" by [[Waylon Jennings]] references [[Bob Wills]].
*"Bogusflow" by [[Beck]] references [[Public Enemy]] and [[The Clash]].
*"Born To Be Sold" by [[Transvision Vamp]] references numerous musicians, including [[Elvis Presley]] and [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]].
*"Brand New Book" by [[Graham Parker]] references [[Badfinger]].
*"Brian Wilson" by [[Barenaked Ladies]] references [[Brian Wilson]].
*"Brimful of Asha" by [[Cornershop]] references [[Asha Bhonsle]], [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Jacques Dutronc]], and maybe [[Marc Bolan]] ("Bolan Boogies").
*''Bubble Gum Music'' by [[The Rock & Roll Dubble Bubble Company of Philadelphia]] references [[Herb Alpert]], [[Tommy Boyce]], [[The Grateful Dead]], [[Bobby Hart]], and [[The Monkees]]
*"Buddy Holly" by [[Weezer]] references [[Buddy Holly]].

===C===
*"Californication" by the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] references [[Kurt Cobain]]
*"Can U Dig It?" by [[Pop Will Eat Itself]] references [[Run DMC]], [[Renegade Soundwave]], [[AC/DC]] and [[DJ Spinderella]]
*"Carl Perkins' Cadillac" by the [[Drive-By Truckers]] references [[Johnny Cash]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], [[Carl Perkins]], [[Elvis Presley]]; it also references record producer [[Sam Phillips]].
*"Catch My Disease" by [[Ben Lee]] references [[Good Charlotte]], [[Beyonce]] and [[The Sleepy Jackson]].
*"The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song" by [[Jeffrey Lewis]] references [[Leonard Cohen]] and [[Sid Vicious]]
*"The Children of the Eighties" by [[Joan Baez]] references [[The Rolling Stones]], [[The Beatles]], [[The Doors]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Jimi Hendrix]], and [[Janis Joplin]].
*"Chocolate City" by [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]] references [[Stevie Wonder]] and [[Aretha Franklin]].
*"Chris Barnes is a Pussy" by [[Anal Cunt]] references [[Cannibal Corpse]] and [[Six Feet Under]]
*"City of the Dead" by [[The Clash]] references [[Johnny Thunders]].
*"Cleaning Windows" by [[Van Morrison]] references [[Blind Lemon Jefferson]], [[Leadbelly]], [[Brownie McGhee]], [[Jimmie Rodgers]], [[Sonny Terry]] and [[Muddy Waters]].
*"[[Come on Eileen|Come On, Eileen]]" by [[Dexy's Midnight Runners]] references [[Johnnie Ray]].
*"Couch Potato" by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] references [[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], and [[Jennifer Lopez]]
*"Creeque Alley" by [[The Mamas & the Papas]] references [[Roger McGuinn]], [[Barry McGuire]], and [[John Sebastian]] (plus extensive references to themselves).
*"Créme Brûlèe" by [[Sonic Youth]] references [[Neil Young]]
*"Cubs in Five" by [[The Mountain Goats]] references [[Heaven 17]].

===D===
*"D2 Boyfriend" by [[Moldy Peaches]], referencing [[Duran Duran]]
*"Daft Punk is Playing at My House" by [[lcd soundsystem]] references [[Daft Punk]]
*"The Day" by [[They Might Be Giants]] is about "The day [[Marvin Gaye]] and [[Phil Ochs]] got married".
*"Dead Elvis" by the [[Doug Anthony All Stars]] is about [[Elvis Presley]].
*"Dead Rock N Roll Stars" by [[Wally Pleasant]] references [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Buddy Holly]], [[Janis Joplin]], [[Marvin Gaye]], [[Elvis Presley]], [[Jim Morrison]], [[Keith Moon]], [[Sid Vicious]], [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]], [[Randy Rhoads]], [[Eddie Cochran]], [[Bob Marley]], [[Roy Orbison]], [[John Lennon]], [[Brian Jones]], [[Karen Carpenter]], and [[Wally Pleasant]].
*"Death Singing" by [[Patti Smith]] references [[Benjamin Smoke]].
*"Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant With My Two-Headed Love Child" by [[Mojo Nixon]] references [[Deborah Gibson]].
*"Desert Island Discs" by [[Rheostatics]] references [[AC/DC]], [[Ludwig von Beethoven]], [[The Inbreds]], [[Grace Jones]], [[Herbert von Karajan]], [[Martha and the Muffins]], [[Randy Newman]] and [[The Ramones]].
*"Destroy Rock And Roll" by [[Mylo]] references [[Michael Jackson]], [[Prince (artist)|Prince]], [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Tina Turner]], [[David Bowie]], [[Van Halen]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Huey Lewis and The News]], [[The Cars]], [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Bonnie Tyler]], [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Men At Work]], [[ZZ Top]], [[Paul McCartney]], [["Weird Al" Yankovic]], [[Cyndi Lauper]], [[Pink Floyd]], [[The Pretenders]], [[Billy Joel]], [[Billy Idol]], [[Elton John]], [[Neil Young]], [[Sheena Easton]], [[Patty Smyth]] and [[Scandal (band)|Scandal]], [[Fashion]], [[Big Country]], [[Morris Day]] and [[The Time (Band)|The Time]], [[John Lennon]], [[Apollonia 6]], [[REO Speedwagon]], [[David Gilmour]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[Pat Benatar]], [[Hall and Oates]], [[Wham!]], [[Rebbie Jackson]], [[Adam Ant]], [[Bananarama]], [[Christine McVie]], [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[John Cougar Mellencamp]], [[U2 (band)|U2]], [[Fleetwood Mac]], [[The Alan Parsons Project]], [[Rick Springfield]], [[The Thompson Twins]], [[Missing Persons]], [[Duran Duran]], [[Police]], [[Eurythmics]], [[Culture Club]] including [[Boy George]], [[Band-Aid]], [[Relax]] and [[Stevie Wonder]].
*"The Devil Is My Friend" by [[The Jazz Butcher]] references [[Frank Sinatra]] (as well as several leaders of the [[USSR]]) 
*"Dinu Lipatti's Bones" by [[The Mountain Goats]] references [[Dinu Lipatti]].
*"Dio" by [[Tenacious D]] references [[Ronnie James Dio]].
*"Dirt" by [[Lou Reed]] references [[Bobby Fuller]].
*"Do it With Madonna" by [[The Androids]] references [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Pink (musician)|Pink]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Britney Spears]], and [[Kylie Minogue]].
*"Do Re Me, So Far So Good" by [[Carter USM]] references [[Elvis Presley]].
*"Do You Remember" by [[The Beach Boys]] references [[Chuck Berry]] and [[Elvis Presley]]
*"Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio" by [[The Ramones]] references [[John Lennon]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], [[Ol' Moulty]] of the [[Barbarians(band)|Barbarians]], and [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]].
*"Don Henley Must Die" by [[Mojo Nixon]] references [[Don Henley]] and [[Glenn Frey]].
*"Don't Let Me Get Me" by [[Pink (musician)|Pink]] references [[Britney Spears]].
*"Don't Rock the Jukebox" by [[Alan Jackson]] references the [[Rolling Stones]] and [[George Jones]].
*"Dr. Slingshot" by [[The Amboy Dukes]] references [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[The Mothers Of Invention]], [[The Electric Flag]], [[Blue Cheer]], [[Cream]], [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]], [[The Who]], [[The Doors]], [[Donovan]], and [[Bob Dylan]].
*"Dreaming of Injured Popstars" by [[Chris T-T]] references [[Lisa Scott-Lee]], [[Jean Michel Jarre]], [[Céline Dion]], [[Cliff Richard]], [[Lou Reed]], [[Gloria Estefan]], [[Cher (entertainer)|Cher]], [[Bob Dylan]], and [[Kelly Jones]].
*"Drive-in Saturday" by [[David Bowie]] references [[Mick Jagger]] and [[Carl Jung]].

===E===
*"E-Bow the Letter" by [[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]] references [[Maria Callas]].
*"Eddie Vedder" by [[Local H]] references [[Eddie Vedder]] of [[Pearl Jam]].
*"El Scorcho" by [[Weezer]] references [[Green Day]]
*"Elvis Is Everywhere" by [[Mojo Nixon]] references [[Elvis Presley]].
*"Eminem Is Gay" by [[Chris T-T]] references [[Eminem]], [[Dr Dre]], and [[D-12]].
*"Endless Art" by [[A House]] references [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Sid Vicious]], [[Brian Jones]], [[Otis Redding]], [[Elvis Presley]], [[Johnnie Ray]], [[John Lennon]], [[Keith Moon]], [[Ian Curtis]], [[Ludwig van Beethoven]], [[Johann Sebastian Bach]], [[Johannes Brahms]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], [[Johann Strauß]] and [[Richard Strauss]] (and a lot more writers and artists)
*"Empty Garden (Hey, Hey Johnny)" by [[Elton John]] references [[John Lennon]].
*"Everybody's Makin' It Big But Me" by [[Dr. Hook]] references [[Elvis Presley]], [[Paul McCartney]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Neil Diamond ]], [[Alice Cooper]], [[Elton John]], [[David Bowie]] and [[Mick Jagger]]
*"Everything You Did" by [[Steely Dan]] references [[The Eagles]].
*"Everything Zen" by [[Bush (band)|Bush]] references [[Elvis Presley]] (it also covertly references [[David Bowie]]).
*"Everywhere I Go (I Hear the Go Go's)" by [[Phranc]] references [[The Go-Go's]].
*"Expectations" by [[Belle & Sebastian]] references [[The Velvet Underground]].

===F===
*"Fan Letter to Michael Jackson" by [[Rheostatics]] references [[Michael Jackson]].
*"Fat Lip" by [[Sum 41]] references [[Iron Maiden (band)|Iron Maiden]] and [[Judas Priest]].
*"Fire Water Burn" by [[The Bloodhound Gang]] references [[Barry White]], [[Frank Black]], [[Marvin Gaye]], [[Martha Raye]], [[Lawrence Welk]], [[Kurt Cobain]], and [[Jimi Hendrix]].
*"Folk Singer" by [[Brendan Benson]] references [[John Lennon]].
*"For the Love of Ivy" by [[Gun Club]] references [[Poison Ivy (The Cramps)]] ([[The Cramps]]).
*"For the Record" by [[Stretch Arm Strong]] references [[Black Flag]].
*"For the Singer of [[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]]" by [[fIREHOSE]] references [[Michael Stipe]].
*"Frank Sinatra" by [[Cake (band)|Cake]] references [[Frank Sinatra]].
*"Freeze" by [[Robyn Hitchcock]] references [[David Byrne]].
*"From Galway to Graceland" by [[Richard Thompson]] references [[Elvis Presley]].
*"From Hank to Hendrix" by [[Neil Young]] references [[Hank Williams]], [[Jimi Hendrix]], and [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]].
*"Fruitcakes" by [[Jimmy Buffett]] references [[Bob Marley]].
*"Fuck The Pain Away" by [[Peaches (artist)|Peaches]] references [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] and [[Chrissie Hynde]].
*"Furry Sings the Blues" by [[Joni Mitchell]] references [[Furry Lewis]].

===G===
*"Gee, I Wish I Was Back In The Army" by [[Irving Berlin]] (performed by [[Rosemary Clooney]], [[Bing Crosby]], [[Danny Kaye]], and [[Vera-Ellen]]) references [[Bob Hope]] and [[Al Jolson]].
*"Genius of Love" by [[Tom Tom Club]] references  [[Kurtis Blow]], [[Bohannon]], [[Bootsy Collins]], [[James Brown (musician)|James Brown]], [[Bob Marley]], [[Smokey Robinson]], and [[Sly and Robbie]].
*"Geno" by [[Dexy's Midnight Runners]] references [[Geno Washington]].
*"Get Off The Air" by [[The Angry Samoans]] references [[David Bowie]], [[Joan Jett]] and [[Phil Spector]].
*"Girl All The Bad Guys Want" by [[Bowling For Soup]] references [[Godsmack]] and [[Agent Orange]].
*"Go Go Train" by [[Mike Stevens]] references [[John Mayall]], [[Rod Stewart]], [[Eric Burdon]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Chris Farlowe]] and [[Long John Baldry]]
*"Golden Age Of Radio" by [[Josh Ritter]] references [[Patsy Cline]].
*"God" by [[John Lennon]] references [[Elvis Presley]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[The Beatles]], and [[Yoko Ono]].
*"Godstar" by [[Psychic TV]] references [[Brian Jones]]
*"Gone Country" by [[Alan Jackson]] references [[Bob Dylan]].
*"Good Times Rock and Roll" by [[Robyn Hitchcock]] references the [[Young Fresh Fellows]], [[Superdeluxe]], and the [[Presidents of the United States of America]].
*"Goodnight Saigon" by [[Billy Joel]] references [[The Doors]].
*"Grade 9" by [[Barenaked Ladies]] references [[Styx_(band)|Styx]]. (Note: the song also includes musical quotes of [[Rush (band)|Rush]]'s "Tom Sawyer" and "The Spirit of Radio")
*"Grant Hart" by [[The Posies]] references [[Grant Hart]] ([[Hüsker Dü]]).
*"Growing Up With GNR" by [[Aqueduct]] references [[Axl Rose]].

===H===
*"Hate My Love" by [[The Proclaimers]] references [[Johnny Cash]]
*"Hats Off to (Roy) Harper" by [[Led Zeppelin]] references [[Roy Harper]].
*"Have Mercy" by [[The Judds]] references [[Merle Haggard]] and [[George Jones]]
*"(He'll Never Be An) Old Man River" by [[TISM]] references [[Bon Scott]], [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]], [[Cass Elliott]], and [[Michael Jackson]].
*"Hell Yeah" by [[Montgomery Gentry]] references [[Merle Haggard]], [[Johnny Cash]], and [[Bruce Springsteen]]
*"Here's To Life" by [[Streetlight Manifesto]] references [[Kurt Cobain]].
*"Hey Hey My My" by [[Neil Young]] references [[Johnny Rotten]].
*"Hey Nineteen" by [[Steely Dan]] references [[Aretha Franklin]].
*"Hey Student!" by [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] references [[Pearl Jam]].
*"Hip-Hop and Honky Tonk" by [[Cledus T. Judd]] references [[Merle Haggard]], [[George Strait]], [[Snoop Dogg]], [[George Jones]], [[Shania Twain]], [[Jo Dee Messina]], [[Janet Jackson]], [[Michael Jackson]], [[Tito Jackson]], [[Stonewall Jackson (musician)|Stonewall Jackson]] and [[Alan Jackson]].
*"History Lesson, Part 2", by [[The Minutemen (band)|The Minutemen]] references [[Bob Dylan]], [[Joe Strummer]], [[Richard Hell]] and [[John Doe (musician)|John Doe]].
*"Home Before Dark" by [[The Nits]] references [[Nat King Cole]].
*"How Forever Feels" by [[Kenny Chesney]] references [[Jimmy Buffett]].
*"How Fucking Romantic" by [[Magnetic Fields]] references [[Rodgers and Hart]].
*"Hydra" by [[Dir en grey]] references [[Sid Vicious]].

===I===
*"I Am Damo Suzuki" by [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] references [[Damo Suzuki]] (of [[Can (band)|Can]]) and [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]].
*"I Dig Rock & Roll Music" by [[Peter, Paul & Mary]] references [[The Mamas & The Papas]], [[Donovan]], and [[The Beatles]].
*"I Do the Rock" by [[Tim Curry]] references [[John Lennon]], [[Yoko Ono]], and [[Mick Jagger]].
*"I Dreamed I Saw Julian Cope" by [[Robyn Hitchcock]] references [[Julian Cope]].
*"I Dreamed I Saw Nick Drake" by [[Robyn Hitchcock]] references [[Nick Drake]].
*"I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night" by [[Billy Bragg]] references [[Phil Ochs]].
*"I Feel Better Than James Brown" by [[Was (Not Was)]] references [[James Brown (musician)|James Brown]].
*"I Feel Like Buddy Holly" by [[Alvin Stardust]] references [[Buddy Holly]], [[Paul McCartney]] and [[Paul Simon]].
*"I Feel Lucky" by [[Mary Chapin Carpenter]] references [[Lyle Lovett]] and [[Dwight Yoakam]].
*"I Hate Jimmy Page" by [[Mindless Self Indulgence]] references [[Jimmy Page]].
*"I Hate Led Zeppelin" by [[Screeching Weasel]] references [[Led Zeppelin]].
*"I Hate Oasis (And I Hate The Beatles) by [[Teen Anthems]] references [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], [[The Beatles]], [[The Kinks]], [[The Faces]], and [[Cast (band)|Cast]].
*"I Hate The Beach Boys" by [[The Bobs]] references [[The Beach Boys]].
*"I Heard Ramona Sing" by [[Frank Black]] references [[The Ramones]].
*"I Just Shot John Lennon" by [[The Cranberries]] references [[John Lennon]].
*"I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow" by [[Ray Stevens]] references [[Barry Manilow]].
*"I Saw Nick Drake" by [[Robyn Hitchcock]] references [[Nick Drake]].
*"I Took Your Name" by [[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]] references [[Iggy Pop]].
*"I Try to Think about Elvis" by [[Patty Loveless]] references [[Elvis Presley]], [[the Beatles]], and the [[Rolling Stones]].
*"I Walk the Line Revisited" by [[Rodney Crowell]]  with [[Johnny Cash]] references [[Johnny Cash]].
*"I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone" by [[Sleater-Kinney]] references [[Joey Ramone]] and [[Thurston Moore]].
*"I Wanna Kill James Taylor" by [[Ivan and the Executioners]] references [[James Taylor]].
*"I Won't Be Your Yoko Ono" by [[Dar Williams]] references [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]].
*"If I had $1,000,000" by [[Barenaked Ladies]] references [[Art Garfunkel]]
*"If That Ain't Country" by [[David Allen Coe]] references [[Johnny Cash]]
*"I'll Never Smoke Weed with Willie Again" by [[Toby Keith]] references [[Willie Nelson]].
*"I'm A Cuckoo" by [[Belle & Sebastian]] references [[Thin Lizzy]] (by name and by stylistic homage).
*"I've Been Tired" by the [[Pixies]] references [[Lou Reed]].
*"Iceland" by [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] references [[Megas]].
*"In the Days Before Rock 'n' Roll" by [[Van Morrison]] references [[Ray Charles]], [[Fats Domino]], [[John Lee Hooker]], [[Lightning Hopkins]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], [[Elvis Presley]], possibly [[Sonny Terry]] or [[Sonny Boy Williamson]], and [[Muddy Waters]].
*"In the Garage" by [[Weezer]] references [[KISS (band)|KISS]].
*"It's 5 o'clock Somewhere" by Alan Jackson and [[Jimmy Buffett]] references Jimmy Buffett.
*"It's the End of the World as We Know It" by [[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]] references [[Leonard Bernstein]] and [[Lester Bangs]].
*"It Won't Happen With Me" by [[Jerry Lee Lewis]] mentions [[Elvis Presley]]. The cover by [[Johnny Rivers]] substitutes references to [[The Beatles]] for the Elvis references in the original song.
*"I Came to Dance" by [[Nils Lofgren]] mentions  [[Bob Dylan]]

===J===
*"Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)" by [[Van Morrison]] references [[Jackie Wilson]].
*"Jail Guitar Doors" by [[The Clash]] references [[Wayne Kramer]], [[Peter Green (musician)|Peter Green]], and [[Keith Richards]].
*"James Brown" by [[The Blood Brothers]] references [[James Brown]].
*"Jamie" by [[Weezer]] references [[The Beach Boys]] and [[The Rolling Stones]].
*"Janie Runaway" by [[Steely Dan]] references [[Frank Sinatra]].
*"Janis, Jeanie and George Harrison" by [[Redd Kross]] references [[The Beatles]] as well as specifically referring to [[George Harrison]]
*"Jason Donovan/Tessa Sanderson" by [[Cornershop]] references [[Jason Donovan]].
*"The Jean Genie" by [[David Bowie]] references [[Marilyn Monroe]] and [[Snow White]].
*"Jennifer Lopez" by [[Xiu Xiu]] references [[Jennifer Lopez]].
*"JESSICA" by [[Dir en grey]] references [[Sid Vicious]].
*"Jimmy Webb Is God" by [[The Boo Radleys]] references [[Jimmy Webb]].
*"Joan Jett of Arc" by [[Clem Snide]] references [[Joan Jett]] and [[Hall and Oates]].
*"Joe Strummer's Midnight Dream" by [[Chris Harford]] references [[Joe Strummer]].
*"Joey Ramoney" by [[Helen Love]] references [[Joey Ramone]]
*"John Cage Bubblegum" by [[Stereolab]] references [[John Cage]].
*"John Coltrane Stereo Blues" by [[The Dream Syndicate]] references [[John Coltrane]]
*"[[Johnny B. Goode]]" by [[Chuck Berry]] references [[Johnnie Johnson (musician)|Johnnie Johnson]] (common nickname).
*"Johnny Cash“ by [[Carter USM]] references [[Johnny Cash]].
*"Johnny's Gonna Die" by [[The Replacements]] references [[Johnny Thunders]].
*"Just Like Eddie" by [[Heinz]] references [[Eddie Cochran]]
*"Just Wonderin'" by [[River City High]] references [[Jimmy Page]] and [[Led Zeppelin]].

===K===
*"K-Klass Kisschase" by [[Heavenly (twee pop)|Heavenly]] references [[K-Klass]].
*"Kill the Bee Gees" by [[The Accident]] references [[The Bee Gees]].
*"King of Bedside Manor" by [[Barenaked Ladies]] references [[Styx (band)|Styx]].
*"Konstantine" by [[Something Corporate]] references [[Jimmy Eat World]].
*"Krupa" by [[Apollo 440]] references [[Gene Krupa]].
*"Kylie's Got A Crush On Us" by [[BMX Bandits]] references [[Kylie Minogue]].
*"Kylie Said To Jason" by [[The KLF]] references [[Todd Terry]], [[Kylie Minogue]], [[Jason Donovan]], and [[Rolf Harris]].

===L===
*"La Vie Boheme", from the musical [[Rent]], references [[Bob Dylan]] and [[The Sex Pistols]].
*"Laser Show" by [[Fountains of Wayne]] references [[Pink Floyd]] and [[Metallica]].
*"The Last Day of Jimi Hendrix's Life" by [[The Mountain Goats]] references [[Jimi Hendrix]].
*"Late" by [[Ben Folds]] references [[Elliott Smith]].
*"The Late Great Johnny Ace" by [[Paul Simon]] references [[Johnny Ace]], [[The Beatles]], the [[Rolling Stones]], and [[John Lennon]].
*"Levi Stubbs' Tears" by [[Billy Bragg]] references [[Levi Stubbs]], [[The Four Tops]], [[Norman Whitfield]], [[Barrett Strong]], and [[Holland-Dozier-Holland]].
*"Let's Think About Living" by Bob Luman references Marty Robbins, Patti Page, and the Everly Brothers
*"Life in a Northern Town" by [[Dream Academy]] references [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[The Beatles]].
*"Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)" by [[Reunion (band)|Reunion]] references (take a deep breath) [[B. Bumble & The Stingers]], [[Mott The Hoople]], [[Ray Charles|Ray Charles Singers]], [[Lonnie Mack]], [[Duane Eddy]], [[Poco]], [[Deep Purple]], [[Sam Cooke]], [[Lesley Gore]], [[Richie Valens]], [[Mahavishnu Orchestra]], possibly [[The Ronettes|Ronnie Spector]], [[Barry White]], [[Righteous Brothers]], [[The Archies]], [[Harry Nilsson]], [[Fats Domino]], [[The Salutations]], [[Brenda & The Tabulations]], [[Carly Simon]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[Johnny Cash]], [[Johnny Rivers]], [[Mungo Jerry]], [[Peter, Paul and Mary|Peter, Paul & Mary]], [[Dr. John]], [[Doris Day]], [[Leon Russell]], [[Smokey Robinson & The Miracles]], [[Bonnie Bramlett]], [[Wilson Pickett]], [[Screamin' Jay Hawkins]], [[Dale Hawkins]], [[Ronnie Hawkins]], [[John Denver]], [[Donny Osmond]], [[J.J. Cale]], [[ZZ Top]], [[David Bowie]], [[Steely Dan]], [[Edgar Winter]], [[Joanie Sommers]], [[The Ides of March (band)|The Ides of March]], [[Johnny Thunders]], [[Eric Clapton]], and [[Stephen Foster]].
*"[[Life on Mars?]]" by [[David Bowie]] references [[John Lennon]].
*"Like Dylan in the Movies" by [[Belle and Sebastian]] references [[Bob Dylan]].
*"Limp Bizkit Think They're Black But They're Just Gay" by [[Anal Cunt]] references [[Limp Bizkit]]
*"Liquid Dreams" by [[O-Town]] references [[Destiny's Child]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Janet Jackson]], [[Jennifer Lopez]] (although the name Lopez itself is never mentioned) and several other non-musical female celebrities.
*"Lisdoonvarna" by [[Christy Moore]] references [[Jackson Browne]], [[Willie Clancy]], [[Noel Hill]], [[Liam Og O'Flynn]], [[Adam Clayton]], [[Bono]], [[The Chieftains]], [[Clannad]], [[Van Morrison]], [[Moving Hearts]], [[Planxty]], and himself.
*"Little Road" by [[Society of Rockets]] references [[Willie Nelson]].
*"Little Road and a Stone to Roll" by [[John Stewart]] references [[Carol King]]
*"[[London Calling (song)|London Calling]]" by [[The Clash]] references [[The Beatles]].
*"London's Brilliant" by [[Elvis Costello]], recorded by [[Wendy James]], references [[Joe Strummer]] and [[Mick Jones (The Clash)|Mick Jones]] of [[The Clash]].
*"Long Live The UK Music Scene" by [[Helen Love]] references [[The Bluetones]], [[Gina G]], [[Jonathan King]], [[The Longpigs]], [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], [[Ocean Colour Scene]], and [[Shed Seven]].
*"Long May You Run" by [[Neil Young]] references [[The Beach Boys]].
*"Long Time Gone" by [[Dixie Chicks]] references [[Merle Haggard]], [[Johnny Cash]], [[Eddie Money]], [[Hank Williams]], and [[Hank Williams, Jr.]]
*"Lou Reed" by [[Public Image Ltd.]] references [[Lou Reed]]
*"Love Love Love" by [[The Mountain Goats]] references [[Kurt Cobain]]
*"Love Will Keep Us Together" by [[Captain & Tennille]] references [[Neil Sedaka]]
*"Luckenbach, Texas" by [[Waylon Jennings]] references [[Waylon Jennings]], [[Willie Nelson]], [[Hank Williams]], and [[Mickey Newberry]].
*"Luther Played The Boogie-Woogie" by [[Johnny Cash]] references [[Luther Perkins]].

===M===
*"Made in England" by [[Elton John]] references [[Little Richard]]
*"Make Believe" by [[Pixies|The Pixies]] references [[Deborah Gibson]].
*"Man On The Moon" by [[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]] references [[Mott the Hoople]], [[Elvis Presley]]
*"Mary" by [[Tori Amos]] references [[Jimi Hendrix]]
*"Me and the Major" by [[Belle & Sebastian]] references [[Roxy Music]].
*"Meet the Beatle" by [[The Tall Dwarfs]] references [[The Beatles]].
*"Meanwhile, Rick James..." by [[Cake (band)|Cake]] references [[Rick James]].
*"Memphis in the Meantime" by [[John Hiatt]] references [[Ronnie Milsap]].
*"Michael Jackson" by [[Fatboy Slim]] references [[Michael Jackson]] and [[Tina Turner]]. The song contains few words except for "Michael Jackson" and "Tina Turner". See [http://www.lyricsdir.com/f/fatboy-slim/michael-jackson.php].
*"Midnight in Montgomery" by [[Alan Jackson]] references [[Hank Williams]]
*"Mike Love Not War" by [[Oranger]] references [[Mike Love]] of [[The Beach Boys]].
*"Mine Is No Disgrace" by [[Melvins]] references the band [[Yes]].
*"Mix Tape" by [[Brand New]] references [[Morrissey]] and [[The Smiths]]
*"Monkey" by [[Counting Crows]] references [[Ben Folds]].
*"Mota" by [[The Offspring]] references [[Jimmy Buffett]]
*"Motorvator" by [[The Riffs]] references [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]]
*"Motown" by Darkbuster references [[Smokey Robinson]], [[Sam Cooke]], [[Marvin Gaye]], [[Otis Redding]], [[Wilson Pickett]], [[Martha and the Vandellas]], [[The O’Jays]], [[Gladys Knight]], [[Diana Ross]], and [[The Supremes]].
*"Motownphilly" by [[Boyz II Men]] references [[Another Bad Creation]] and [[Bell Biv DeVoe]] (as "ABC" and "BBD"), as well as the group itself.
*"Mountain Energei" by [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] references [[Dolly Parton]].
*"Moving to L. A." by [[Art Brut]] references [[Axl Rose]] and [[Morrissey]].
*"Mr. Jones" by [[Counting Crows]] references [[Bob Dylan]]
*"Mr. Krinkle" by [[Primus]] references [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Cher]], [[Bocephus]], and [[James Brown]].
*"Mr. Sandman" by [[The Chordettes]] references [[Liberace]]
*"Mr. Wilson" by [[John Cale]] references [[Brian Wilson]]
*"Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" by [[Garth Brooks]] references [[Chris LeDoux]].
*"My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder" by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] references [[Eddie Vedder]] and [[Alanis Morissette]]
*"My First Rock Concert" by [[Rheostatics]], a song specifically ''about'' going to see other musicians in concert, references [[Aerosmith]], [[The Birthday Party]], [[Nick Cave]], [[Electric Light Orchestra]], [[Gang of Four]], [[Goddo]], [[Joe Jackson]], [[Meat Loaf]], [[The Ramones]], [[The Specials]], [[Michael Stipe]], [[Paul Weller]], [[XTC]] and the individual members of [[Rush (band)|Rush]].
*"My Perfect Cousin" by [[The Undertones]] references [[Human League|The Human League]].
*"My Sister" by [[Juliana Hatfield Three]] references [[The Violent Femmes]] and [[The Del Fuegos]]

===N===
*"Nassau Coliseum" by [[Lifter Puller]] references [[The Beatles]].
*"New Frontier" by [[Donald Fagen]] references [[Dave Brubeck]].
*"Nice Day for a Sulk" by [[Belle & Sebastian]] references [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] and [[Manfred Mann]].
*"The Night Hank Williams Came to Town" by [[Johnny Cash]] references [[Hank Williams]].
*"Night Shift" by the [[Commodores]] references [[Marvin Gaye]] and [[Jackie Wilson]].
*"No Show Jones" by [[Chris Difford]] references [[The Captain and Tennille]], [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]], and [[The Monkees]].
*"Not John" by [[Loudon Wainwright III]] references [[John Lennon]].
*"A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing" by [[Bob Dorough]] and [[Jack Sheldon]], from the [[Schoolhouse Rock]] TV series, references [[Chubby Checker]], [[the Beatles]], and [[the Monkees]].
*"Now I'm Here" by [[Queen (band)|Queen]] references [[Mott the Hoople]].

===O===
*"Of Montreal" by [[The Stills]] references [[Of Montreal]].
*"Oh Yoko" by [[John Lennon]] references [[Yoko Ono]]
*"On and On" by [[Stephen Bishop (Musician)|Stephen Bishop]] references [[Frank Sinatra]].
*"One of the Survivors" by [[The Kinks]] references [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], [[Dion and the Belmonts]], [[The Hollywood Argyles]], [[Danny and the Juniors]], and [[Johnny and the Hurricanes]]
*"One Week" by [[Barenaked Ladies]] references [[Bert Kaempfert]] and [[Sting]].
*"Ono Soul" by [[Thurston Moore]] references [[Yoko Ono]]
*"Outside of the Inside" by [[Richard Thompson]] references [[Charlie Parker]].

===P===
*"Parker's Band" by [[Steely Dan]] references [[Charlie Parker]].
*"Patti Smith Math Scratch" by [[Thurston Moore]] references [[Patti Smith]].
*"Pennyroyal Tea" by [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] references [[Leonard Cohen]].
*"P.F. Sloan" by [[The Association]] references [[P.F. Sloan]].
*"Precious Things" by [[Tori Amos]] references [[Nine Inch Nails]].
*"Prime Mover" by [[Zodiac Mindwarp]] references [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]].
*"The Prince" by [[Madness (band)|Madness]] references [[Prince Buster]].
*"Problems and Bigger Ones" by [[Harvey Danger]] references [[Bob Dylan]]
*"Pull Over" by [[Trina]] references [[Sisqó]], [[Black Rob]], and [[Juvenile (rapper)|Juvenile]].
*"Punk Rock Girl" by [[The Dead Milkmen]] references [[Minnie Pearl]], [[The Beach Boys]], and [[Mojo Nixon]].
*"Punky Reggae Party" by [[Bob Marley]] references [[The Jam]], [[The Damned]], [[The Clash]], and [[Dr. Feelgood]].

===Q===
* "Qué Onda Guero" by [[Beck]] references [[Yanni]] and [[Michael Bolton]]

===R===
*"R.A.M.O.N.E.S" by [[Motörhead]] references [[The Ramones]]
*"R.D.A. (Rock Death America)" by [[Rheostatics]] references [[The Replacements]], [[The Beatles]], [[Elvis Presley]] and [[The Byrds]].
*"Rancid Sucks (And The Clash Sucked Too)" by [[Anal Cunt]] references [[Rancid]], [[The Clash]], [[Kenny G]], [[Yanni]], [[Garth Brooks]], and [[Liberace]].
*"Range Life" by [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]] reference [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] and [[Stone Temple Pilots]].
*"Rapture" by [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] references [[Fab Five Freddy]] and [[Grandmaster Flash]].
*"Razor Boy" by [[Steely Dan]] references [[Kathy Berberian]].
*"Ready Steady Go" by [[Generation X (band)|Generation X]] references [[The Beatles]], [[Bob Dylan]], and The [[Rolling Stones]].
*"Red Dragon Tattoo" by [[Fountains of Wayne]] references [[.38 Special]] and [[KoЯn]].
*"Redneck Woman" by [[Gretchen Wilson]] references [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]], [[Kid Rock]], [[George Strait]], [[Charlie Daniels]], [[Tanya Tucker]], and [[Hank Williams Jr]] (Referred to in the song as Ol' Bocephus).
*"Reminiscing" by the [[Little River Band]] references [[Glenn Miller]] (specifically, "Glenn Miller's band").
*"Reno Dakota" by the [[Magnetic Fields]] references [[Nino Rota]].
*"The Replacements" by [[Tommy Womack]] references [[The Replacements]].
*"Rhythm Section Want Ad" by [[They Might Be Giants]] references [[Menudo]], [[Eurythmics]], and [[MDC (band)|MDC]]
*"Rock and Roll Heaven" by [[The Righteous Brothers]] references [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Janis Joplin]], [[Otis Redding]], [[Jim Morrison]], [[Jim Croce]], and [[Bobby Darin]].
*"R-O-C-K in the USA" by [[John Cougar Mellencamp]] references [[Frankie Lyman]], [[Bobby Fuller]], [[Mitch Ryder]], [[Jackie Wilson]], the [[Shangri-La's]], the [[Young Rascals]], [[Martha Reeves]], and [[James Brown (musician)|James Brown]]
*"Rock Me Amadeus" by [[Falco (musician)|Falco]] references [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]; the Salieri Version remix explicitly references Falco himself.
*"Rock Show" by [[Wings (band)|Wings]] references [[Jimmy Page]].
*"Rockin' The Suburbs" by [[Ben Folds]] references [[Michael Jackson]], [[Quiet Riot]], and [[Jon Bon Jovi]].
*"Roll Over Beethoven" by [[Chuck Berry]] (and others) references [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] and [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]].
*"Roy" by [[Animals That Swim]] references [[Roy Orbison]] and [[Elvis Presley]].
*"Rufus is a Tit Man" by [[Loudon Wainwright III]] references [[Rufus Wainwright]] (although way before the latter's musical career).

===S===
*'"Sammy Hagar Weekend" by [[Thelonious Monster]] references [[Sammy Hagar]]
*"St. Dominic's Preview" by [[Van Morrison]] references [[Hank Williams]] and [[Edith Piaf]].
*"The Seeker" by [[The Who]] references [[Bob Dylan]] and [[The Beatles]].
*"Seymour Stein" by [[Belle & Sebastian]] references [[Johnny Marr]] and [[Electronic (band)|Electronic]], as well as [[Sire Records]] founder [[Seymour Stein]].  
*"Shoot The Sexual Athlete" by [[Belle & Sebastian]] references [[The Go-Betweens]].
*"Shooting Star" by [[Bad Company]] references [[The Beatles]].
*"Showbiz Kids" by [[Steely Dan]] references [[Steely Dan]].
*"Sid Vicious Was Innocent" by [[The Exploited]] (covered by [[Rancid]]) references [[Sid Vicious]]
*"Silver Heels" by [[Bob Welch (musician)|Bob Welch]] references [[Paul McCartney]] and [[Etta James]].
*"A Simple Desultory Philippic" by [[Simon and Garfunkel]] references [[The Beatles]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[Art Garfunkel]], and [[Bob Dylan]].
*"Sinatra" by [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] references [[Frank Sinatra]].
*"Sir Duke" by [[Stevie Wonder]] references [[Count Basie]], [[Glenn Miller]], [[Louis Armstrong]], [[Duke Ellington]], and [[Ella Fitzgerald]].
*"Sit on My Face, Stevie Nicks" by [[the Rotters]] references [[Stevie Nicks]].
*"Six String Music" by Jimmy Buffett references [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Ludwig von Beethoven]] and [[Jimmy Reed]].
*"Sleeps with Angels" by [[Neil Young]] references [[Kurt Cobain]].
*"Sleepwalker" by [[The Wallflowers]] references [[Sam Cooke]].
*"Smells Like Nirvana" by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] references (and parodies) [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]].
*"[[Smoke on the Water]]" by [[Deep Purple]] not only tells a story about the band itself but also mentions [[Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention]] and [[The Rolling Stones]].
*"Song for Bob Dylan" by [[David Bowie]] references [[Bob Dylan]] under his true name, Robert Zimmerman.
*"Song for Bob Dylan" by [[Wally Pleasant]] references [[Bob Dylan]], [[Woody Guthrie]], [[Lou Reed]], [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Tom Petty]], [[Neil Young]], [[Donovan]], [[Billy Bragg]], [[John Wesley Hardin]], [[Jackson Browne]], and [[Vince Neil]].
*"Song for Dennis Brown" by [[The Mountain Goats]] references [[Dennis Brown]].
*"Song for Randy Newman, Etc." by [[The Chills]] references [[Randy Newman]], [[Brian Wilson]], [[Syd Barrett]], [{Scott Walker]], and [[Nick Drake]].
*"Song to Woody" by [[Bob Dylan]] references [[Woody Guthrie]].
*"South's Going to It Again" by the [[Charlie Daniels Band]] references the Charlies Daniels Band, [[Barefoot Jerry]], [[Willie Nelson]], [[ZZ Top]], [[Elvin Bishop]], [[Richard Betts]], [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]], and the [[Marshall Tucker Band]].
*"Splendid Isolation" by [[Warren Zevon]] references [[Michael Jackson]].
*"S.R.V." by [[Eric Johnson]] references [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]].
*"Stan" by [[Eminem]] references [[Phil Collins]].
*"Stereo" by [[Pavement]] references [[Geddy Lee]].
*"Style it takes" by [[John Cale]] and [[Lou Reed]] references [[The Velvet Underground]].
*"Stratford-On-Guy" by [[Liz Phair]] references [[Galaxie 500]]
*"Stone for Bessie Smith" by [[Dory Previn]] references [[Bessie Smith]] and [[Janis Joplin]].
*"The Sublimation Hour" by [[Destroyer]] references [[The Beatles]] and [[The Clash]].
*"Sucks" by [[KMFDM]] references [[Michael Jackson]], [[Depeche Mode]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], and [[Kylie Minogue]].
*"Suck Baby Suck" by [[Serge Gainsbourg]] (in [[French language|French]]) references [[Chuck Berry]] and [[Bill Haley]]
*"Summer, Highland Falls" by [[Billy Joel]] references [[The Beatles]]
*"Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning" by the [[Cowboy Junkies]] references [[John Coltrane]]. 
*"Surfers Rule" by [[The Beach Boys]] references [[The Four Seasons]]
*"Surrender" by [[Cheap Trick]] references [[KISS (band)|KISS]].
*"Suzanne" by [[Weezer]] references [[Izzy Stradlin|Izzy]], [[Slash (musician)|Slash]], and [[Axl Rose]] from [[Guns N Roses]]
*"Sweet Gene Vincent" by [[Ian Dury]] references [[Gene Vincent]].
*"[[Sweet Home Alabama (song)|Sweet Home Alabama]]" by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] references [[Neil Young]].
*"Sweet Lord in Heaven" by [[Mike Doughty]] references [[Kurt Cobain]], [[Sam Cooke]], and [[Ian Curtis]].
*"Sweet Soul Music" by [[Arthur Conley]] references [[Sam and Dave]], [[Lou Rawls]], [[Wilson Pickett]], [[Otis Redding]], [[James Brown (musician)|James Brown]].
*"Swimming Pool" by [[Toy Love]] references [[Marc Bolan]], [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Brian Jones]], and [[Keith Moon]].

===T===
*"Take Me Home Tonight" by [[Eddie Money]] references [[Ronnie Spector]]
*"Take Me To The River" by [[Al Green]] references [[Junior Parker]]
*"Talkin' Woody, Bob, Bruce & Dan Blues" by [[Dan Bern]] references [[Woody Guthrie]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Prince (artist)|Prince]], and [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
*"Tall Cans In The Air" bu [[Transplants]] references [[Transplants]], [[Distillers]], [[AFI (band)|AFI]], [[LFB]] and [[Crystal Sound]].
*"Taxman Mr. Thief" by [[Cheap Trick]] references [[The Beatles]]
*"Tear Stained Letter" by [[Richard Thompson]] references [[The Clash]].
*"Teenage Dirtbag" by [[Wheatus]] references [[Iron Maiden (band)|Iron Maiden]] 
*"That Says It All" by [[Duncan Sheik]] refers to [[Mick Jagger]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[John Lennon]], [[Jimi Hendrix]], and [[Jimmy Page]]
*"That Was Your Mother" by [[Paul Simon]] references [[Clifton Chenier]].
*"There She Goes, My Beautiful World" by [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] references [[Johnny Thunders]]
*"Things I Want" by [[Sum 41]] ft. [[Tenacious D]] references [[The Beatles]], [[Moby]], and [[Mötley Crüe]] 
*"Thou Shalt Not Britney Spear" by [[TISM]] refers to [[Britney Spears]]
*"Thunder Road" by [[Bruce Springsteen]] references [[Roy Orbison]].
*"Tiger Woods" by [[Dan Bern]] references [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
*"Tipton" by [[Phranc]] references [[Billy Tipton]].
*"Totally Random Man" by [[Therapy?]] references [[Captain Beefheart]].
*"Tower of Song" by [[Leonard Cohen]] references [[Hank Williams]].
*"Trans-Europe Express" by [[Kraftwerk]] references [[Iggy Pop]] and [[David Bowie]]
*"True" by [[Spandau Ballet]] references [[Marvin Gaye]]
*"Trunk Fulla Amps" by [[Self]] references [[Glenn Danzig]], [[Freddie Mercury]], and [[Lenny Kravitz]].
*"Twisting" by [[They Might Be Giants]] references [[The dB's]] and [[Young Fresh Fellows]]
*"Two Hearts" by [[Danny Michel]] references [[David Bowie]]
*"Two Tub Man" by [[The Dictators]] references [[Lou Reed]]

===U===
*"Under The Sun" by [[Sugar Ray]] references [[Run DMC]], [[Culture Club]], [[The Clash]] and [[Men Without Hats]].
*"Unseen Power of the Picket Fence" by [[Pavement]] references [[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]]
*"Up On Cripple Creek" by [[The Band]] references [[Spike Jones]]

===V===
*"Van Halen" by [[Nerf Herder]] references [[Van Halen]] and makes fun of [[Sammy Hagar]] specifically.
*"Velvet Underground" by [[Jonathan Richman]] references [[The Velvet Underground]].
*"Vera" by [[Pink Floyd]] references [[Vera Lynn]].
*"Vic" by [[Animals That Swim]] references [[Vic Chesnutt]].

===W===
*"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by [[Wham! (pop duo)|Wham!]] references [[Doris Day]]
*"Wake-Up Bomb" by [[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]] references [[Queen (band)|Queen]] and [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]].
*"Wasn't it Sad About Lemon?" by [[Washboard Walter]] references [[Blind Lemon Jefferson]].
*"Watch That Man" by [[David Bowie]] references [[Benny Goodman]].
*"[[We Belong Together]]" by [[Mariah Carey]] references [[Bobby Womack]] and [[Babyface]].
*"[[We Didn't Start the Fire]]" by [[Billy Joel]] references [[Johnnie Ray]], [[Doris Day]], [[Sergei Prokofiev]], [[Arturo Toscanini]], [[Liberace]], [[Bill Haley & His Comets]] (indirectly), [[Elvis Presley]], [[Buddy Holly]], [[Chubby Checker]], [[Bob Dylan]], and [[the Beatles]].
*"We Love You" by [[The Psychedelic Furs]] references [[Frank Sinatra]], [[The Supremes]], [[Brigitte Bardot]], and [[Althea & Donna]]
*"We're an American Band" by [[Grand Funk Railroad]] references [[Freddy King]].
*"We're the Replacements" by [[They Might Be Giants]] references [[The Replacements]].
*"Welcome to the Diamond Mine" by [[Dickies]] references [[Jimmy Page]].
*"When Do I Get to Sing 'My Way'?" by [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]] references [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Sid Vicious]].
*"When I Kiss You I Hear Charlie Parker Playing" by [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]] references [[Charlie Parker]].
*"When Smokey Sings" by [[ABC (band)|ABC]] references [[Smokey Robinson]], [[Luther Vandross]], [[Sly Stone]] and [[Marvin Gaye]].
*"When the Healing Has Begun" by [[Van Morrison]] references [[Muddy Waters]].
*"When the Leaves Are Falling Down" by [[Van Morrison]] references [[Chet Baker]].
*"Where Did His Eye Go?" by [[The Dickies]] references [[Sammy Davis, Jr.]]
*"Where It's At" by [[Beck]] references [[Gary Wilson (musician)|Gary Wilson]]
*"Where Your Eyes Don't Go" by [[They Might Be Giants]] references [[Kurtis Blow]]
*"(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais" by [[The Clash]] references [[Dillinger (musician)|Dillinger]], [[Leroy Smart]], [[Delroy Wilson]], [[Ken Boothe]], and [[The Four Tops]]
*"Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" by [[George Jones]] references [[Willie Nelson]], [[Johnny Cash]], [[Merle Haggard]], [[Conway Twitty]], [[Elvis Presley]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], [[Charlie Rich]], [[Hank Williams]], and [[Lefty Frizzell]].
*"Why Must I Be Sad?" by [[They Might Be Giants]] references [[Alice Cooper]] (semi-overtly)
*"Wig Out at Denko's" by [[Dag Nasty]] references [[Minor Threat]] and [[Yanni]].
*"Wings" by [[The Albion Band]] references [[The Byrds]].
*"Woody Guthrie" by [[Alabama 3]] references [[Woody Guthrie]].
*"Wot" by [[Captain Sensible]] references [[Adam Ant]] as well as himself quite a bit.
*''The Wreck of the Arthur Lee'' by [[Robyn Hitchcock]] references [[Arthur Lee (musician)|Arthur Lee]].

===X===
*"XTC Vs. Adam Ant" by [[They Might Be Giants]] references [[XTC]] and [[Adam Ant]], as well as [[Bow Wow Wow]] and [[the Beatles]].

===Y===
*"Yer Blues" by [[the Beatles]] references [[Bob Dylan]].
*"You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" by [[Bob Dylan]] references [[Roger McGuinn]] ([[Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol.2]]-Version only).
*"You Better, You Bet" by [[The Who]] references [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]].
*"You Get What You Give" by the [[New Radicals]] references [[Beck]], [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]], [[Courtney Love]], and [[Marilyn Manson]].
*"You Never Even Called Me By My Name" by [[David Allan Coe]] references [[Waylon Jennings]], [[Charlie Pride]], [[Merle Haggard]], and David Allan Coe.
*"You Were Right" by [[Badly Drawn Boy]] references [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Jeff Buckley]], [[Kurt Cobain]], [[John Lennon]] and [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]].
*"Your Redneck Past" by [[Ben Folds Five]] references [[Billy Idol]] and [[Kool Moe Dee]]
*"Youth Culture Killed My Dog" by [[They Might Be Giants]] references [[Burt Bacharach]] and [[Hal David]].

===Z===
*"ZZ Top Goes To Egypt" by [[Camper Van Beethoven]] references [[ZZ Top]].

==Songs that mention Elvis Presley==
{{mergeto|List of songs about or referencing Elvis Presley}}
*"1977" by [[The Clash]] references [[The Beatles]], [[Elvis Presley]], and [[The Rolling Stones]]
*"A Century of Elvis" by [[Belle & Sebastian]] references [[Elvis Presley]].
*"Born To Be Sold" by [[Transvision Vamp]] references numerous musicians, including [[Elvis Presley]] and [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]].
*"Bones of Elvis" by [[Inner City Unit]] references [[Elvis Presley]]
*"Cities" by [[Talking Heads]] references [[Elvis Presley]].
*"Considering a Move to Memphis" by [[Colorblind James Experience]] references [[Elvis Presley]]. 
*"Do You Remember" by [[The Beach Boys]] references [[Chuck Berry]] and [[Elvis Presley]]
*"Elvis is Dead" by [[Living Colour]] references [[Elvis Presley]]. 
*"Elvis Is Everywhere" by [[Mojo Nixon]] references [[Elvis Presley]].
*"Fight the Power" by [[Public Enemy]] references [[Elvis Presley]].
*"Freak of the Week" by [[Marvelous 3]] references [[Elvis Presley]]
*"From Galway to Graceland" by [[Richard Thompson]] references [[Elvis Presley]]
*"I Try to Think about Elvis" by [[Patty Loveless]] references [[Elvis Presley]], [[the Beatles]], and the [[Rolling Stones]].
*"I Wish I Could Meet Elvis" by [[Alex Chilton]] references [[Elvis Presley]].
*"In the Days Before Rock 'n' Roll" by [[Van Morrison]] references [[Ray Charles]], [[Fats Domino]], [[John Lee Hooker]], [[Lightning Hopkins]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], [[Elvis Presley]], possibly [[Sonny Terry]] or [[Sonny Boy Williamson]], and [[Muddy Waters]]
*"It Won't Happen With Me" by [[Jerry Lee Lewis]] references [[Elvis Presley]]
*"Man On The Moon" by [[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]] references [[Mott the Hoople]] and [[Elvis Presley]]
*"Maybe Angels" by [[Sheryl Crow]]
*"There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" by [[Kirsty MacColl]] references [[Elvis Presley]]
*"Tupelo" by [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] references [[Elvis Presley]]
*"Velvet Elvis" by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] references [[Elvis Presley]].
*"Walking in Memphis" by [[Marc Cohn]] references [[Elvis Presley]].
*"[[We Didn't Start the Fire]]" by [[Billy Joel]] references [[Johnnie Ray]], [[Doris Day]], [[Sergei Prokofiev]], [[Arturo Toscanini]], [[Liberace]], [[Bill Haley & His Comets]] (indirectly), [[Elvis Presley]], [[Buddy Holly]], [[Chubby Checker]], [[Bob Dylan]], and [[the Beatles]].
*"Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" by [[George Jones]] references [[Willie Nelson]], [[Johnny Cash]], [[Merle Haggard]], [[Conway Twitty]], [[Elvis Presley]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], [[Charlie Rich]], [[Hank Williams]], and [[Lefty Frizzell]].

==See also==
* [[List of songs containing covert reference to real musicians]]
* [[List of band theme songs]]
* [[List of songs with the same name as their performers]]
* [[List of songs about fictitious bands or musicians]]
* [[Lists of songs]]

==External link==
*[http://www.mixedup.com/elvissongs.htm This website claims to list 215 songs that mention Elvis Presley]

[[Category:Lists of songs|Musicians]]