# Songs that break the 4th wall **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253 "2011-04-21T17:29:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253/21 "2011-04-21T19:25:00Z")
_This Song_ - Public Enemy _This Song_ - LeToya _This Song_ - George Harrison _This Guitar_ - George Harrison _Girls, Girls, Girls_ - Motley Crue (Vince: Hey Tommy, check that out man! / Tommy: Where Vince?! Where?) _This Song Brought To You By A Falling Bomb_ - Thursday I don’t think _The song is over_ by The Who counts (no one has mentioned it yet). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253/22 "2011-04-21T19:30:45Z")
2 AM, by Anna Nalick. \*2 AM and I’m still awake, writing a song If I get it all down on paper, it’s no longer inside of me, Threatening the life it belongs to And I feel like I’m naked in front of the crowd 'Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud And I know that you’ll use them however you want to. \* ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253/23 "2011-04-21T19:30:47Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Jimi Hendrix, “Can You See Me?”: “Can you hear me? Singing this song to you?” I missed the edit window to correct myself on the title of this one. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253/24 "2011-04-21T19:32:02Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Does Ringo saying “I need go to the bathroom” during the “na na na na” part of _Hey Jude_ count? > > ~5:36 [here](http://youtu.be/eDdI7GhZSQA) > [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > _Girls, Girls, Girls_ - Motley Crue (Vince: Hey Tommy, check that out man! / Tommy: Where Vince?! Where?) I think conversational lyrics like these aren’t really the same as breaking the fourth wall, but that’s just my two cents worth. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253/25 "2011-04-21T19:37:20Z")
_Maybe you’ll be out there on that road somewhere In some bus or train traveling along In some motel room there’ll be a radio playing And you’ll hear me sing this song_ - Bruce Springsteen, “Bobby Jean” _The time is gone The song is over Thought I’d something more to say_ - Pink Floyd, “Time” _I love the babes, don’t get me wrong Hey, that’s why I wrote this song_ - Dire Straits, “Heavy Fuel” ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253/26 "2011-04-21T19:39:02Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253/27 "2011-04-21T19:39:55Z")
Randy Travis’ _Forever and Ever Amen_ (By Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz) “If you wonder how long I’ll be faithful, just listen to how this song ends.” ---
**Author:** ![NotBob13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e19b73/32.png) [@NotBob13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotBob13)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253/28 "2011-04-21T19:44:51Z")
NOFX-- please play this song on the radio Monty Python --I bet you they won,t play this song on the radio They Might be Giants – hey mr DJ. (I think that’s its name) Sorry for the typos. I am typing on a new phone. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253/29 "2011-04-21T19:45:29Z")
Well, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song and he told me it was the perfect country & western song. _You Never Even Call Me By My Name_ ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253/30 "2011-04-21T19:47:10Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > I think the most brilliant example of this is the first verse of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah:” > > as the song proceeds from the four chord (F) to the five chord [G], then to Am (the minor fall) and back to F (the major lift). Just incredible! I’ve always wondered about that. Is “a minor fall and a major lift” normal music terms, or just for rhyming purposes? ---
**Author:** ![Hbns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hbns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbns)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253/31 "2011-04-21T19:47:24Z")
Crazy ABC’s - Barenaked Lady’s ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253/32 "2011-04-21T19:49:12Z")
There is my song, “You Think It’s So Easy,” which is about song writing. The last lines: _There is a man He is writing a song And he doesn’t know how to end it_ The song ends immediately as I sing _it_. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253/33 "2011-04-21T19:49:14Z")
But if I really say it, the radio won’t play it, Unless I lay it between the lines. The Mamas and the Papas - “I Dig Rock and Roll Music” ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253/34 "2011-04-21T19:54:10Z")
Can anyone think of any songs where the singer says “guitar!” as a way to introduce a guitar solo in the song? I’m thinking Kiss might do this, but I can’t think of the song. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253/35 "2011-04-21T20:10:00Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I’ve always wondered about that. Is “a minor fall and a major lift” normal music terms, or just for rhyming purposes? Music teachers will have to weigh in for a definitive answer, but I know exactly what he’s talking about: the minor chord has the third lowered, resulting in the more somber mood change. The major chord (with the 3rd lifted/raised) results in a brighter mood. I think it’s like tension and resolve. Anyhow, it’s brilliant songwriting. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253/36 "2011-04-21T20:16:39Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > Can anyone think of any songs where the singer says “guitar!” as a way to introduce a guitar solo in the song? I’m thinking Kiss might do this, but I can’t think of the song. Poison does this at least twice. “Talk Dirty to Me” has Bret Michaels say, “CC, pick up that guitar and talk to me.” Then, during “Fallen Angel,” Bret says, “Mmmmm…guitar!” Both precede guitar solos. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253/37 "2011-04-21T20:18:05Z")
Nice! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253/38 "2011-04-21T20:18:06Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > But if I really say it, > the radio won’t play it, > Unless I lay it between the lines. > > The Mamas and the Papas - “I Dig Rock and Roll Music” [Nitpick] That was Peter, Paul, and Mary. [/Nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253/39 "2011-04-21T20:18:07Z")
> [@NotBob13](#): > > NOFX-- please play this song on the radio > Monty Python --I bet you they won,t play this song on the radio > They Might be Giants – hey mr DJ. (I think that’s its name) > > Sorry for the typos. I am typing on a new phone. Hey, here’s a post that breaks the fourth wall! ---
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253/40 "2011-04-21T20:18:47Z")
There’s a love song called “The First Song on the Tape You Make Her” that has several passages like: I got it bad for you. So bad for you. The naughty what nots for you. A deep soft spot for you. I wasn’t sure how I should tell you, and all my other ideas fell through. This is the best way I could tell you… you look like Love… So just pop it in and play. I’ll be around in a couple of days to find out if you feel the same way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-break-the-4th-wall/579253.md?page=3)