# Songs with sequels **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 26, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sequels/318660 "2005-08-26T01:25:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sequels/318660/41 "2005-08-26T14:26:38Z")
The Moody Blues’ _I Know You’re Out There Somewhere_ is a sequel to _Your Wildest Dreams_. Brian ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sequels/318660/42 "2005-08-26T14:32:31Z")
Rick Wakeman came out with the progressive rock **Return to the Center of the Earth** twenty five years after **Journey to the Center of the Earth**. (And Patrick Stewart is cooler than David Hemmings was) Don’t think of it as an album, but a really long song. It’s not like **Bat out of Hell** and **Back into Hell**. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sequels/318660/43 "2005-08-26T14:42:35Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Marty Robbins’ trilogy – El Paso, Feleena and El Paso City. Thanks for this info. I’m a huge fan of El Paso and El Paso City but had no idea Feleena existed. (So she killed herself when the cowboy died… who knew?) ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sequels/318660/44 "2005-08-26T14:46:18Z")
Not sure if its a true sequel, however **Chris De Burgh’s** song [Devil’s Eye](http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/chris_de_burgh/the_devils_eye.html) references his song [Spanish Train](http://oldielyrics.com/lyrics/chris_de_burgh/spanish_train.html) where the Devil says he cheated on the Spanish Train. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sequels/318660/45 "2005-08-26T14:47:31Z")
I always think of Del Shannon’s “Hats Off to Larry” as a sequel to “Runaway.” I don’t know if I’m right, but man, I love that bitter tone when Larry dumps his woman. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sequels/318660/46 "2005-08-26T14:54:33Z")
The Guns & Roses trilogy of videos for \*Don’t Cry, November Rain[i/] and \*Estranged[i/] certainly imply a continuous story arc. I don’t know if Aerosmiths videos for \*Cryin, Amazing , [i/]and \*Crazy[i/] are supposed to be sequals or if they just happen to have Alicia Silverstone. ---
**Author:** ![MikeTheTiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3be4f8/32.png) [@MikeTheTiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeTheTiger)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sequels/318660/47 "2005-08-26T14:57:30Z")
Another pair of segue songs is Pure Prairie League’s “Amie” and “Falling In and Out of Love”. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sequels/318660/48 "2005-08-26T15:11:25Z")
Several people recorded “Hot Rod Lincoln”, which was a follup to “Hot Rod Race”. > [@kunilou](#): > > > [@jsgoddess](#): > > > > The Snoopy songs! > > > > I have no idea who sang them. All I know is Snoopy is in 'em. > > The Royal Guardsmen. Snoopy and the Red Baron/Snoopy’s Christmas. Also “The Return of the Red Baron” and “Snoopy for President”. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sequels/318660/49 "2005-08-26T15:21:13Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Thanks for this info. I’m a huge fan of El Paso and El Paso City but had no idea Feleena existed. (So she killed herself when the cowboy died… who knew?) As a fan of your writing, consider the pleasure all mine, **Sampiro.** ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sequels/318660/50 "2005-08-26T15:42:22Z")
The Guns & Roses trilogy of videos for \*Don’t Cry, November Rain[i/] and \*Estranged[i/] certainly imply a continuous story arc. I don’t know if Aerosmiths videos for \*Cryin, Amazing , [i/]and \*Crazy[i/] are supposed to be sequals or if they just happen to have Alicia Silverstone. ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sequels/318660/51 "2005-08-26T15:50:03Z")
**Rush** has a couple of them: _Cygnus X-1_ was on the _Farewell to Kings_ LP, which was then followed by the _Hemispheres_ LP, the title song _Hemispheres_ is the sequel to _Cygnus X-1_. On second thought, it’s actually kind of a PREquel. They also had the Fear trilogy which included three songs from three consecutive LPs, _Witch hunt, The Weapon_, and _The Enemy Within_ I think there’s another one, but I can’t remember what it is. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sequels/318660/52 "2005-08-26T15:55:42Z")
Neil Sedaka wrote “Oh Carol” for his high school girlfriend Carol Klein. She responded with “Oh Neil” (and went on to become Carol King). ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sequels/318660/53 "2005-08-26T16:08:38Z")
Steve Lawrence had a #1 hit in 1962 with the Gerry Goffin/Carole King tune “Go Away Little Girl.” Joanie Smith answered that song with “I Won’t Go Away Little Boy.” I don’t think that song ever charted. Jimmy Dean followed up his 1961 smash hit “Big Bad John” with the completely forgettable “Little Bitty Big John.” ---
**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sequels/318660/54 "2005-08-26T16:09:21Z")
Cowboy Junkies: “Misguided Angel” and “Angel Mine” ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sequels/318660/55 "2005-08-26T16:19:24Z")
Maybe I’m reaching, but… _Southern Man_ by **Neil Young** and in response \* Sweet Home Alabama\* by **Lynyrd Skynyrd** ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sequels/318660/56 "2005-08-26T16:21:26Z")
> [@saoirse](#): > > There was a rap titled “Roxanne Roxanne,” by UTFO, which was followed by a sequel by [Roxanne Shante](http://www.globaldarkness.com/articles/roxanne_shante_bio.htm)back in the 80s. > > It turns out she wouldn’t go to the beach with him because it was the middle of December, when it’s 20 below. See, there are two sides to every story. Hey! I was sure I’d be the only one to think of the Roxannes! There’s also the answer song to TLC No Scrubs called No Pigeons by the Sporty Theivz. Shoulda been called No Chickenheads but some people just don’t have the balls. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sequels/318660/57 "2005-08-26T17:01:00Z")
I just pulled out my Thomas Dolby albums, and I realized that " Europa and the Pirate Twins"1 had a sequel, in the form of "Eastern Bloc"2. 1. From **the Golden Age of Wireless** 2. **Astronauts and Heretics** ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sequels/318660/58 "2005-08-26T17:24:49Z")
Enya’s “Oronoko Flow”, followed by “On my way home”. The lyrics are somewhat thematically connected, but if you listen closely in the background on “On my way home”, you can faintly here the chorus to “Oronoko Flow”. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sequels/318660/59 "2005-08-26T17:45:12Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > Don’t forget Peter Schilling take on the story, “Major Tom”. > > \*\*Oslo Ostragoth \*\*: do you recall where and when you saw this article? Probably a radio interview on NPR. Probably 10-15 years ago, too. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sequels/318660/60 "2005-08-26T18:12:15Z")
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