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Old 27-03-2012, 20:20
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Me in my obliviousness completely missed Madonna's 'Lucky Star' reference in this line of 'Give Me All Your Luvin' until it was pointed out to me:

In another place, at a different time
You can be my lucky star


Another exists in Sophie Ellis-Bextor's 'Revolution' in which she sings:

Face to face
It's murder on the dancefloor
Cut to the chase
Just give us what we came for


What are some you've caught and what is your favourite self reference?
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Old 27-03-2012, 20:23
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In Britney Spears song 'Gasoline' on Femme Fetale I think, correct me if wrong, she sings 'Everytime you drive me crazy, two in there
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Old 27-03-2012, 20:26
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In Britney Spears song 'Gasoline' on Femme Fetale I think, correct me if wrong, she sings 'Everytime you drive me crazy, two in there
It's on Inside Out she sings "hit me one more time it's so amazing...you're the only one who ever drove me crazy!"
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Old 27-03-2012, 20:31
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Kelis says 'I'm the first girl to scream on a track' (Caught Out There) and 'I'm the one that brought all the boys to the yard' (Milkshake) in the lyrics to Bossy...

Gwen Stefani shouts 'wind it up!' in Yummy ft. Pharrell....
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Old 27-03-2012, 20:31
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Glass Onion by The Beatles from the White Album is rife with references to other songs of theirs.

I told you about strawberry fields,
You know the place where nothing is real
Well here's another place you can go*
Where everthing flows.
Looking through the bent backed tulips
To see how the other half lives*
Looking through a glass onion.

I told you about the walrus and me-man
You know that we're as close as can be-man.
Well here's another clue for you all,
The walrus was Paul.
Standing on the cast iron shore-yeah,
Lady Madonna trying to make ends meet-yeah.
Looking through a glass onion.
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah.
Looking through a glass onion.

I told you about the fool on the hill,
I tell you man he living there still.
Well here's another place you can be,
Listen to me.

Fixing a hole in the ocean
Trying to make a dove-tail joint-yeah
Looking through a glass onion
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Old 27-03-2012, 20:42
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Yeah Britney has two references in Inside Out. And I think lady Gaga has a Just Dance one in Monster.
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Old 27-03-2012, 20:44
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Lady Gaga - Monster

I wanna Just Dance
But he took me home instead
Uh oh! There was a monster in my bed
We french kissed on a subway train
He tore my clothes right off

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Old 27-03-2012, 20:56
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Rihanna in the Birthday Cake remix...

'Talk That Talk yeah I know i'm such a show off'
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Old 27-03-2012, 21:28
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In 'Push You Away' P!nk references 'Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)':

I know I said, “That you don’t own me, just leave me alone (I’m lonely)"
I wish you’d never listened to me….
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Old 27-03-2012, 22:23
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Obscure:

One of Steve Harley's songs had the line,

"All men are hungry, who said that tonight?"

All Men Are Hungry was a song of his, from Timeless Flight I believe.
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Old 27-03-2012, 23:44
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Doesn't Britney also say 'My loneliness ain't killing me no more' in a song, possibly Stronger?
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Old 27-03-2012, 23:58
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Madonna - Hung Up references Love Song (feat Prince) from the Like A Prayer album with the "time goes by so slowly for those who wait" hook.

Britney Inside Out references BOMT and Drive Me Crazy in the same lyric.
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Old 28-03-2012, 00:00
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Doesn't Britney also say 'My loneliness ain't killing me no more' in a song, possibly Stronger?
Yeah your right. The only ones I remember is that one and Inside Out which I am sure features three mentions.
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Old 28-03-2012, 00:10
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Bryan Ferry's 2010 single, You Can Dance contains the line 'And in the Dolce Vita, I'll find my Beauty Queen'.

Beauty Queen is a track on the second Roxy Music album contains the line 'Your swimming pool eyes, in Sea Breezes they flutter.

Sea Breezes is on the first Roxy album.
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Old 28-03-2012, 07:33
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Phil Oakey sings the line "This is Phil talking" in the Human League's 'Love Action'. That was supposedly inspired by "Jesus, this is Iggy" from Iggy Pop's 'Turn Blue'.

And Bo Diddley wrote a song called...'Bo Diddley'!
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Old 28-03-2012, 07:54
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`girl gone wild` is littered with former lyrics, from the start, the spoken intro are lyrics from `act of contrition`. she then references `erotic`, `bad girl` and even the `hey ey ey ey` could be a steal from `express yourself`.
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Old 28-03-2012, 08:07
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speaking of madge, `deeper and deeper` directly takes the following lyrics from `vogue`. `let your body move to the music
You got to just let your body go with the flow`.
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Old 28-03-2012, 09:33
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Madonna says "time goes by so slowly in Till death do us part and then it is used loads in Hung up
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Old 28-03-2012, 10:35
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Doesn't Britney also say 'My loneliness ain't killing me no more' in a song, possibly Stronger?
Yep she does. I always thought of Stronger as the sequel to Baby One More Time.
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Old 28-03-2012, 11:53
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Phil Oakey sings the line "This is Phil talking" in the Human League's 'Love Action'. That was supposedly inspired by "Jesus, this is Iggy" from Iggy Pop's 'Turn Blue'.

And Bo Diddley wrote a song called...'Bo Diddley'!
Iggy also references himself in China Girl

And when I get excited
My little China Girl says
"Oh Jimmy*, just you shut your mouth"


*Iggy's real name is James.
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Old 28-03-2012, 14:21
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"Baby we were born this way"

Heavy Metal Lover by Lady GaGa references Born This Way
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Old 28-03-2012, 15:37
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"Baby we were born this way"

Heavy Metal Lover by Lady GaGa references Born This Way
I've never noticed that *goes to listen*
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Old 28-03-2012, 15:49
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Britney's Mannequin from Circus: in the chorus you can here "did it again" - oops I did it again? lo
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Old 28-03-2012, 15:50
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Mary J. Blige - Family Affair. She references 'No More Drama' from the same album

It's only gonna be about a matter of time
Before you get loose and start to lose your mind
Cop you a drink, go head and rock your ice
'Cause we're celebrating no more drama in our life.
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Old 28-03-2012, 16:16
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Britney's Mannequin from Circus: in the chorus you can here "did it again" - oops I did it again? lo
Possibly.
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