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Songs Where Artists Sings Their Own Name in Song?


Marvin Gaye - Sparrow

"Sing to me, Marvin Gaye before you fly away
Never stop singing sparrow 'til we hear your song"

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In the song Minor Threat by Minor Threat they call themselves a minor threat.

True story.

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I could have sworn that Whitney Houston sang "Oh, Whitney" in "How Will I Know" but I can't find it.

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I was gonna say Matisyahu in the song "Unique Is My Dove" because I've always thought that he says 'Matis' in one line(I've even changed it to my own name when I cover the tune out at a gig!)

I just looked it up to confirm and it turns out the line is "Stay modest with the humble heart always" 😒

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This tune is packed full of self-references...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaHyeHbQeNM


John and Mitchy were gettin' kind of itchy
Just to leave the folk music behind
Zal and Denny workin' for a penny
Tryin' to get a fish on the line
In a coffee house Sebastian sat
And after every number they'd pass the hat
McGuinn and McGuire just a gettin' higher
In L.A., you know where that's at
And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass
Zally said Denny, you know there aren't many
Who can sing a song the way that you do, let's go south
Denny said Zally, golly, don't you think that I wish
I could play guitar like you
Zal, Denny and Sebastian sat (at the Night Owl)
And after every number they'd pass the hat
McGuinn and McGuire still a gettin' higher
In L.A., you know where that's at
And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass
When Cass was a sophomore, planned to go to Swarthmore
But she changed her mind one day
Standin' on the turnpike, thumb out to hitchhike
Take me to New York right away
When Denny met Cass he gave her love bumps
Called John and Zal and that was the Mugwumps
McGuinn and McGuire couldn't get no higher
But that's what they were aimin' at
And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass
Mugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumps
Don't you work as hard as you play
Make up, break up, everything is shake up
Guess it had to be that way
Sebastian and Zal formed the Spoonful
Michelle, John, and Denny gettin' very tuneful
McGuinn and McGuire just a catchin' fire
In L.A., you know where that's at
And everybody's gettin' fat except Mama Cass
Di di di dit dit dit di di di dit, whoa
Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can't be trusted
And Mitchy wants to go to the sea
Cass can't make it, she says we'll have to fake it
We knew she'd come eventually
Greasin' on American Express cards
It's low rent, but keeping out the heat's hard
Duffy's good vibrations and our imaginations
Can't go on indefinitely
And California dreamin' is becomin' a reality

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Pretty much every rap song in history has that. Nom sane, G?

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Rapper’s Delight

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That's dope, whack and fresh all at the same time!

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