Namechecks

Songs that namecheck other artists, songs, or albums by name — a passing mention rather than a direct lyrical quote or melodic interpolation.

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  1999

  Charli xcx
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  A Good Song Never Dies

  Saint Motel
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  Agnus Dei

  The Last Dinner Party
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  Alex Chilton

  The Replacements
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  All Men Are Liars

  Nick Lowe
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  All The Young Dudes

  Mott The Hoople
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  Another Song For A Blue Guitar

  Red House Painters
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  Baby Britain

  Elliott Smith
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  Beetlejuice

  Mariah the Scientist
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  Ben’s My Friend

  Sun Kil Moon
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  Bicycle Race

  Queen
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  Bitchin’ Camaro

  The Dead Milkmen
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  Black and Brown Blues

  Silver Jews
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  Blonde On Blonde

  Nada Surf
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  Britney's Silver Can

  James Kochalka
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  brutal

  Olivia Rodrigo
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  Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa

  Vampire Weekend
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  Certain Songs

  The Hold Steady
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  Clean Elvis

  Dan Reeder
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  Clementine

  Elliott Smith
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  Come On Eileen

  Dexy’s Midnight Runners
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  Constructive Summer

  The Hold Steady
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  Crayon Box

  Gerbils
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  Dancing Feet (feat. DNCE)

  Kygo
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  Deadbeat Club

  The B-52's
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  deja vu

  Olivia Rodrigo
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  Do Ya

  Electric Light Orchestra
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  Don’t Stop The Dance

  Bryan Ferry
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  drop dead

  Olivia Rodrigo
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  Drop Dead Gorgeous

  Princess Nokia
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  Dylan

  Emmy The Great
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  El Scorcho

  Weezer
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  Emmylou

  First Aid Kit
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  End of the Line

  Traveling Wilburys
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  Fight the Power

  Public Enemy
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  Folk Singer

  Brendan Benson
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  Frank Sinatra

  Cake
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  Free Fallin’

  Tom Petty
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  From Here to Utopia

  Ramshackle Glory
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  Garden Party

  Ricky Nelson
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  Genius of Love

  Tom Tom Club
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  Hands Open

  Snow Patrol
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  Heavy Metal Drummer

  Wilco
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  Hey Hey My My (Into the Black)

  Neil Young
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  How Fucking Romantic

  The Magnetic Fields
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  I Dig Rock and Roll Music

  Peter Paul and Mary
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  I Forgot That You Existed

  Taylor Swift
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  I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone

  Sleater-Kinney
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  I’m A Cuckoo

  Belle and Sebastian
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  In the Garage

  Weezer
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  It’s My Life

  Bon Jovi
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  Jackie Wilson Said (I’m in Heaven When You Smile)

  Van Morrison
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  Kate

  Ben Folds Five
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  Leonard Cohen

  boygenius
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  Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)

  Reunion
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  Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken

  Camera Obscura
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  Mona

  The Beach Boys
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  Nightshift

  Commodores
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  Not Strong Enough

  boygenius
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  On the Radio

  Regina Spektor
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  One Headlight

  The Wallflowers
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  Parties In The U.S.A.

  Jonathan Richman
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  Party In The USA

  Miley Cyrus
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  Play It All Night Long

  Warren Zevon
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  Popular Mechanics for Lovers

  Beulah
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  Punk Rock Girl

  The Dead Milkmen
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  Range Life

  Pavement
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  Ribs

  Lorde
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  Ronnie And Neil

  Drive-By Truckers
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  Runnin’ Down A Dream

  Tom Petty
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  Seymour Stein

  Belle and Sebastian
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  Shangri-La

  Electric Light Orchestra
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  Song for Marion Brown

  Superchunk
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  Step

  Vampire Weekend
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  Stereo

  Pavement
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  Summer Rain

  Johnny Rivers
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  Sweet Home Alabama

  Lynyrd Skynyrd
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  Take Me Home Tonight

  Eddie Money
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  Teenage Dirtbag

  Wheatus
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  the cure

  Olivia Rodrigo
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  The Lines You Amend

  Sloan
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  The Way We Get By

  Spoon
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  Thirteen

  Big Star
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  Thunder Road

  Bruce Springsteen
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  Twee

  Tullycraft
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  Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence

  Pavement
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  Walk of Life

  Dire Straits
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  We’re The Replacements

  They Might Be Giants
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  Weather With You

  Crowded House
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  When Do I Get to Sing “My Way”

  Sparks
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  Writing To Reach You

  Travis
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  Yer Blues

  The Beatles
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  You Get What You Give

  New Radicals