Lyrical Nods

Songs that nod to another song’s lyrics—quoting or riffing on the words, but without borrowing any of its melody.

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  1999

  Charli xcx
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  A More Perfect Union

  Titus Andronicus
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  Adam's Song

  blink-182
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  All Delighted People

  Sufjan Stevens
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  Ashes to Ashes

  David Bowie
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  Bitchin’ Camaro

  The Dead Milkmen
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  Clementine

  Elliott Smith
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  Coffee

  Sylvan Esso
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  Davy Crockett

  Thee Headcoats
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  Everybody’s Stalking

  Badly Drawn Boy
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  Glass Onion

  The Beatles
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  In the Springtime of His Voodoo

  Tori Amos
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  Land: Horses / Land of a Thousand Dances / La Mer(de)

  Patti Smith
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  Leonard Cohen

  boygenius
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  Let’s Not and Say We Did

  Silver Jews
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  Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)

  Reunion
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  Mothership Connection (Star Child)

  Parliament
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  New Orleans

  Silver Jews
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  One Headlight

  The Wallflowers
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  Parties In The U.S.A.

  Jonathan Richman
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  Punk Rock Girl

  The Dead Milkmen
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  Push It

  Salt-N-Pepa
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  Rats

  Pearl Jam
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  Smith & Jones Forever

  Silver Jews
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  Stronger

  Britney Spears
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  Sweet Home Alabama

  Lynyrd Skynyrd
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  The Gospel

  The Dandy Warhols
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  Toby Take a Bow

  Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
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  Waltz #2 (XO)

  Elliott Smith
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  Was a Sunny Day

  Paul Simon