Songs that reference Beatles song titles

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I’m putting together a bonus for a trivia contest. This bonus will consist of clips that appear in songs, but are also titles of Beatles songs.

Example - “Shooting Star” by Bad Company:
Love Me Do, I think it was

Another example - “Glass Onion” by The Beatles (the only actual Beatles song I plan to include in the bonus):
*I told you about the fool on the hill
*

What other examples can you people come up with?
The songs don’t have to be referencing Beatles songs on purpose (although the two examples do). The main purpose of this approach is to make Googling the answers difficult.

And, thanks!

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David Bowie’s song “Young Americans” contains the line “I heard the news today, oh boy,” a reference to the Beatles’ “A Day in the Life.”

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It shouldn’t be too hard to come up with all kinds of lyrics that use the word “Help” – like “Help me make it through the night,” “Mother’s Little Helper,” etc. – you can go as hard as you like on that.

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John Lennon’s “How Do You Sleep?” begins with the line:

So Sgt. Pepper took you by surprise…

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“Shooting Star” by Bad Company:

Johnny was a schoolboy
When he heard his first Beatles song.
Love Me Do, I think it was.

:o It’s in the OP.

Then, I should add that “Glass Onion” mentions other songs as well: “Strawberry Fields Forever”, “I Am the Walrus”, “Lady Madonna”, “Fixing a Hole”

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John Lennon’s “God” has:

I was the walrus, now I’m John

Actually, he claims in “Glass Onion” that the walrus was Paul though. That’s confusing.

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This might help.

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Johnny Rivers: “Summer Rain” (“Everybody just kept on playing ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’”)

Sparks, “Rockin’ Girls” (“You’re the only girl I ever met who hates ‘Hey Jude’”)

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It also mentions “Yesterday.”

Another Beatles self-referential bit: near the end of “All You Need Is Love,” someone (Paul, I think) sings “She loves you, yeah, yeah. yeah…”

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Captain Beefheart’s “Beatle Bones ‘n’ Smokin’ Stones” references “Strawberry Fields Forever,” although some lyric sites claim that Beefheart is saying “Strawberry feels forever.”

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One missing at ArchiveGuy’s link is Simon & Garfunkel’s aside to “I Am the Walrus” in “Mrs. Robinson.”

Coo coo ca-choo,
Mrs Robinson,

Not a song title, though.

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Given that the Beatles song was recorded in Sept. 1967 and the film The Graduate was released barely 3 months later, I’m dubious as to whether there is much of a connection…or not. :dubious:

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Yes, it definitely will! Thanks!

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The film itself contains only the chorus of the song. The rest of the song wasn’t written until later, to be included on the Bookends album. Most of the work on that album was done in early 1968 and the album itself released in April.

See Pete Fornatale’s Simon & Garfunkel’s Bookends, which also makes the Beatles connection claim.

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Pearl Jam’s Love Boat Captain

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Pink Floyd’s Let There Be More Light contains the lines:

*The outer lock rolled slowly back
The service men were heard to sigh
For there revealed in glowing robes
Was Lucy in the sky
*

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And if it was referring to “Walrus” it would have to have been “goo goo goo joob,” because that’s the lyric in the Beatles record.

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Lazybone by Shonen Knife:

You dont need to be serious
You dont need to be the walrus
You dont need to be nervous
You dont need to be the eggman
*

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The winner:

Harry Nilsson’s version of “You Can’t Do That” from his first album. It has references and snippets of over 20 other Beatles songs, ending with “Strawberry Beatles Forever.”

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Sons of Champlin: “Rooftop” (“I’ve got one thing to say to the Fool on the Hill/You’re gonna feel funny on a rooftop!”)

Barclay James Harvest: “Titles”