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In modern times, the '''Answer Song''' became widespread almost as soon as recorded music became available, generally losing much of its combative character and with the answering song often imitating the original very closely. The convention became extremely common in R&B and Country music, where it generally took the form of a reply to a song made by a member of the opposite sex. It's also common as dirt in [[Filk]], where one singer makes a commentary on another's song, ranging from sarcastic to sad. Modern Hip-hop has returned to the scurrilous character of the medieval ''tensó'', deploying songs of a distinctly angry nature in which artists denounce each other.
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* Woody Guthrie's famous "This Land Is Your Land" was written as an answer to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America."
* One of the longest answer record cycles was started by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters' 1954 R&B hit "Work With Me Annie", and its [[Sequel Song]] "Annie Had a Baby". Answer songs include "Annie's Answer" by the El-Dorados, "Annie Pulled a Humbug" by the Midnights, "Roll With Me Henry" by Etta James, and "I'm the Father of Annie's Baby", by Danny Taylor.
* "Sweet Home Alabama" is [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]'s defense of the South, in response to [[Neil Young]]'s criticism of racism in "Southern Man" and "Alabama." (Unfortunately, its rebuttal of Young basically amounted to "so what?" Not exactly the best way to sell your point, guys.)
** [[Joni Mitchell]]'s "The Circle Game" is an answer to [[Neil Young]]'s "Sugar Mountain".
** Also, Warren Zevon wrote a pretty savage response to "Sweet Home Alabama", "Play It All Night Long".
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