# Songs About Other Songs

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-songs/774633
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [December 13, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-songs/774633 "2016-12-13T18:53:52Z")
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#### Post date: [December 13, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-songs/774633/11 "2016-12-13T19:53:58Z")

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“American Pie” directly references “That’ll Be the Day”, “The Book of Love”, “The Bible Tells Me So”, “A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation)”, “Like a Rolling Stone”, “Helter Skelter”, “Eight Miles High”, “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, and indirectly references “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” & “Sympathy for the Devil”.

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