# Songs That Reference Other Songs (Not Sampling)

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reference-other-songs-not-sampling/847234
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [January 30, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reference-other-songs-not-sampling/847234 "2020-01-30T18:14:47Z")
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#### Post date: [January 31, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reference-other-songs-not-sampling/847234/29 "2020-01-31T03:27:09Z")

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> [@Aspidistra](#):
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> Apparently this song was never big in the US, but Anne-Marie’s [2002](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il-an3K9pjg) is the absolute poster child for this thread. She gets up to [six](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_(song)) in a row

I’d give that title to “American Pie.” Not only because it references more songs, but because it’s stood the test of time and known internationally.

> [@Songs About Other Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-songs/774633/11):
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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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