Actually good christian rock songs
- Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
- Lifeboat - Steve Taylor
Steve Taylor - Lifeboat - YouTube
Actually good christian rock songs
- Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
- Lifeboat - Steve Taylor
- I Will Rise - Chris Tomlin
Actually good christian rock songs
- Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
- Lifeboat - Steve Taylor
- I Will Rise - Chris Tomlin
- I Still Believe (Great Design) - The Call
(Youtube link, for those not familiar: The Call - I Still Believe (Great Design) - YouTube )
Actually good christian rock songs
- Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
- Lifeboat - Steve Taylor
- I Will Rise - Chris Tomlin
- I Still Believe (Great Design) - The Call
- Flood - Jars of Clay
Actually good christian rock songs
- Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
- Lifeboat - Steve Taylor
- I Will Rise - Chris Tomlin
- I Still Believe (Great Design) - The Call
- Flood - Jars of Clay
- Put Your Hand in the Hand - Ocean
Honorable mention to My Sweet Lord, which, although undeniably highly spiritual, is not a christian rock song.
Actually good christian rock songs
- Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
- Lifeboat - Steve Taylor
- I Will Rise - Chris Tomlin
- I Still Believe (Great Design) - The Call
- Flood - Jars of Clay
- Put Your Hand in the Hand - Ocean
- Every Grain of Sand - Bob Dylan
Actually good christian rock songs
- Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
- Lifeboat - Steve Taylor
- I Will Rise - Chris Tomlin
- I Still Believe (Great Design) - The Call
- Flood - Jars of Clay
- Put Your Hand in the Hand - Ocean
- Every Grain of Sand - Bob Dylan
- One Tin Soldier - Coven
Actually good christian rock songs
- Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
- Lifeboat - Steve Taylor
- I Will Rise - Chris Tomlin
- I Still Believe (Great Design) - The Call
- Flood - Jars of Clay
- Put Your Hand in the Hand - Ocean
- Every Grain of Sand - Bob Dylan
- One Tin Soldier - Coven
- Gotta Serve Somebody - Bob Dylan
Actually good christian rock songs
- Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
- Lifeboat - Steve Taylor
- I Will Rise - Chris Tomlin
- I Still Believe (Great Design) - The Call
- Flood - Jars of Clay
- Put Your Hand in the Hand - Ocean
- Every Grain of Sand - Bob Dylan
- One Tin Soldier - Coven
- Gotta Serve Somebody - Bob Dylan
- Save the Country - Fifth Dimension
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Songs that mention other songs in their lyrics:
- Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra (“…faded like the Beatles in ‘Hey Jude’”)
Songs that mention other songs in their lyrics:
- Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra ("…faded like the Beatles in ‘Hey Jude’")
- Glitter Years - The Bangles (“Driving home that night he was singing ‘You better Hang on to Yourself’”)
Songs that mention other songs in their lyrics:
- Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra ("…faded like the Beatles in ‘Hey Jude’")
- Glitter Years - The Bangles (“Driving home that night he was singing ‘You better Hang on to Yourself’”)
- Songs That She Sang in the Shower - Jason Isbell (“And the songs that she sang in the shower still ring in my ear/Like ‘Wish You Were Here’/How I wish you were here”)
Songs that mention other songs in their lyrics:
- Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra (“…faded like the Beatles in ‘Hey Jude’”)
- Glitter Years - The Bangles (“Driving home that night he was singing ‘You better Hang on to Yourself’”)
- Songs That She Sang in the Shower - Jason Isbell (“And the songs that she sang in the shower still ring in my ear/Like ‘Wish You Were Here’/How I wish you were here”)
- Why Must I Be Sad? - They Might Be Giants (many Alice Cooper songs)
To quote TMBG’s John Flansburg:
The list:
“No More Mr. Nice Guy” from Billion Dollar Babies
“I Love the Dead” from Billion Dollar Babies
“Welcome to My Nightmare” from Welcome to My Nightmare
“Dead Babies” from Killer
“Raped and Freezin’” from Billion Dollar Babies
“You Drive Me Nervous” from Killer
“Elected” from Billion Dollar Babies
“Generation Landslide” from Billion Dollar Babies
“Under My Wheels” from Killer
“Muscle of Love” from Muscle of Love
“School’s Out” from School’s Out
“Only Women Bleed” from Welcome to My Nightmare
“Billion Dollar Babies” from Billion Dollar Babies
Songs that mention other songs in their lyrics:
- Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra ("…faded like the Beatles in ‘Hey Jude’")
- Glitter Years - The Bangles (“Driving home that night he was singing ‘You better Hang on to Yourself’”)
- Songs That She Sang in the Shower - Jason Isbell (“And the songs that she sang in the shower still ring in my ear/Like ‘Wish You Were Here’/How I wish you were here”)
- Why Must I Be Sad? - They Might Be Giants (many Alice Cooper songs)
- Ariel - Dean Friedman (I met a young girl, she sang mighty fine, Tears On My Pillow and Ave Maria)
Songs that mention other songs in their lyrics:
- Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra ("…faded like the Beatles in ‘Hey Jude’")
- Glitter Years - The Bangles (“Driving home that night he was singing ‘You better Hang on to Yourself’”)
- Songs That She Sang in the Shower - Jason Isbell (“And the songs that she sang in the shower still ring in my ear/Like ‘Wish You Were Here’/How I wish you were here”)
- Why Must I Be Sad? - They Might Be Giants (many Alice Cooper songs)
- Ariel - Dean Friedman (I met a young girl, she sang mighty fine, Tears On My Pillow and Ave Maria)
- Runnin’ Down A Dream - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ("me and Del were singin’ little Runaway’)
Songs that mention other songs in their lyrics:
- Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra ("…faded like the Beatles in ‘Hey Jude’")
- Glitter Years - The Bangles (“Driving home that night he was singing ‘You better Hang on to Yourself’”)
- Songs That She Sang in the Shower - Jason Isbell (“And the songs that she sang in the shower still ring in my ear/Like ‘Wish You Were Here’/How I wish you were here”)
- Why Must I Be Sad? - They Might Be Giants (many Alice Cooper songs)
- Ariel - Dean Friedman (I met a young girl, she sang mighty fine, Tears On My Pillow and Ave Maria)
- Runnin’ Down A Dream - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ("me and Del were singin’ little Runaway’)
- Having A Party - Rod Stewart (“Play that one called “Soul Twist”/Play that one called “I Know”/Don’t forget the “Mashed Potato”/No other songs will do”)
Songs that mention other songs in their lyrics:
- Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra ("…faded like the Beatles in ‘Hey Jude’")
- Glitter Years - The Bangles (“Driving home that night he was singing ‘You better Hang on to Yourself’”)
- Songs That She Sang in the Shower - Jason Isbell (“And the songs that she sang in the shower still ring in my ear/Like ‘Wish You Were Here’/How I wish you were here”)
- Why Must I Be Sad? - They Might Be Giants (many Alice Cooper songs)
- Ariel - Dean Friedman (I met a young girl, she sang mighty fine, Tears On My Pillow and Ave Maria)
- Runnin’ Down A Dream - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ("me and Del were singin’ little Runaway’)
- Having A Party - Rod Stewart (“Play that one called “Soul Twist”/Play that one called “I Know”/Don’t forget the “Mashed Potato”/No other songs will do”)
- Play it All Night Long - Warren Zevon (“Sweet Home Alabama’/Play that dead band’s song/Turn the speakers up full blast/Play it all night long.”)
Songs that mention other songs in their lyrics:
- Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra ("…faded like the Beatles in ‘Hey Jude’")
- Glitter Years - The Bangles (“Driving home that night he was singing ‘You better Hang on to Yourself’”)
- Songs That She Sang in the Shower - Jason Isbell (“And the songs that she sang in the shower still ring in my ear/Like ‘Wish You Were Here’/How I wish you were here”)
- Why Must I Be Sad? - They Might Be Giants (many Alice Cooper songs)
- Ariel - Dean Friedman (I met a young girl, she sang mighty fine, Tears On My Pillow and Ave Maria)
- Runnin’ Down A Dream - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ("me and Del were singin’ little Runaway’)
- Having A Party - Rod Stewart (“Play that one called “Soul Twist”/Play that one called “I Know”/Don’t forget the “Mashed Potato”/No other songs will do”)
- Play it All Night Long - Warren Zevon (“Sweet Home Alabama’/Play that dead band’s song/Turn the speakers up full blast/Play it all night long.”)
- All Summer Long - Kid Rock (“Sweet Home Alabama”)
Songs that mention other songs in their lyrics:
- Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra ("…faded like the Beatles in ‘Hey Jude’")
- Glitter Years - The Bangles (“Driving home that night he was singing ‘You better Hang on to Yourself’”)
- Songs That She Sang in the Shower - Jason Isbell (“And the songs that she sang in the shower still ring in my ear/Like ‘Wish You Were Here’/How I wish you were here”)
- Why Must I Be Sad? - They Might Be Giants (many Alice Cooper songs)
- Ariel - Dean Friedman (I met a young girl, she sang mighty fine, Tears On My Pillow and Ave Maria)
- Runnin’ Down A Dream - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ("me and Del were singin’ little Runaway’)
- Having A Party - Rod Stewart (“Play that one called “Soul Twist”/Play that one called “I Know”/Don’t forget the “Mashed Potato”/No other songs will do”)
- Play it All Night Long - Warren Zevon (“Sweet Home Alabama’/Play that dead band’s song/Turn the speakers up full blast/Play it all night long.”)
- All Summer Long - Kid Rock (“Sweet Home Alabama”)
- Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd (“Well I hope Neil Young will remember/A southern man don’t need him around anyhow”)
(Songs with) Parenthetical Titles
- Escape (The Piña Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
(Songs with) Parenthetical Titles
- Escape (The Piña Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
- Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - The Four Lads (and a well-known cover by They Might Be Giants)