Celebrity Song

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A Celebrity Song is a song that is named after a famous person. The celebrity's name can be used in the song's lyrics as a comparison, a metaphor, or something that doesn't have anything to do with the subject.

Related to Shout-Out. Compare with The Namesake, where the named thing doesn't appear until late in a story.

Examples of Celebrity Songs include:

Common examples

  • "Stone Cold" Steve Austin is an American former professional wrestler, actor, producer and television host known as one of the biggest stars in WWE history.
    • "Stone Cold Steve Austin" by blackbear, featuring MOD SUN
    • "Stone Cold Steve Austin" by Hot Dad
    • "STONE COLD" by DWN2EARTH
    • "StoneColdStunner" by BONES, featuring Wicca Phase Springs Eternal
  • Drew Barrymore is an American actress, producer and director known for acting in romantic comedies.
    • "Drew Barrymore" by SZA
    • "Drew Barrymore" by Bryce Vine
    • "Drew Barrymore Movie Marathons" by Help She Can't Swim
  • Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist, a crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Classical music.
  • Billy the Kid was an Old West outlaw and gunfighter.
    • "The Ballad of Billy the Kid" by Billy Joel
    • "Billy the Kid" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreaks
    • "Billy the Kid" by Billy Dean
    • "Billy the Kid Next Door" by Natalie Cole
    • "Me and Billy the Kid" by Pat Green
    • "Billy the Kid" by The Charlie Daniels Band
    • "Billy the Kid" by Woody Gunthrie
  • Bonnie and Clyde were an outlaw couple who became notorious for robbings and killings during The Great Depression.
  • Caligula was an infamous Roman emperor who reigned between AD 37 and AD 41.
    • "Caligula" by Macy Gray
    • "Caligula" by Ghostemane
    • "Caligula" by City Morgue
    • "Caligula" by Sodom
  • Jackie Chan is a Hong Kong stuntman, actor and director known for his dangerous stunts and physical humor.
    • "Jackie Chan" by Gucci Mane
    • "Jackie Chan" by Wifisfuneral
    • "Jackie Chan" by Preme, featuring Post Malone.
      • Remixed by Tiësto & Dzeko
  • "Casanova" (meaning a man considered romantic and gallant) is a word named after Giacomo Casanova, known for his sexual adventures with women.
    • "Casanova" by Roxy Music
    • "Casanova" by Levert
    • "Casanova" by TAU
    • "Casanova" by Allie X
    • "Casanova" by Casanova
    • "Cowboy Casanova" by Carrie Underwood
  • Kurt Cobain was an American singer and guitarist for Nirvana, one of the most influential bands of the 1990s.
    • "Cobain" by Lil Peep
    • "CLOUT COBAIN | CLOUT CO13A1N" by Denzel Curry, also a Pun-Based Title.
    • "Skurt Cobain" by Sneazzy, featuring Nekfeu, also a Pun-Based Title.
    • "Kurt Cobain" by Astronautalis
    • "Cobain" by Dark Polo Gang
  • Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, author and artist who has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades.
    • "Bob Dylan Blues" by Syd Barrett
    • "Bob Dylan is Dead" by Marvin Etzioni
    • "Bob Dylan" by Hot Dad
  • Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity and explained the photoelectric effect. "Einstein" is also a synonym for "genius".
  • Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.
    • "Vincent" by Don McLean
    • "Van Gogh's Crows" by Shahmen
    • "Van Gogh" by Loud Lary Ajust
    • "Vincent Van Gogh Ain't Got Shit on Me" by $uicideboy$
  • Gucci Mane is an American rapper who helped pioneer the Hip Hop sub-genre of Trap Music.
    • "Gucci Mane" by Lil Peep
    • "Gucci Mane" by Yoshi Thompkins
    • "Guwop" by Young Thug, featuring Quavo, Offset and Young Scooter.
  • Adolf Hitler was a German Nazi dictator and leader of the Nazi party during World War II.
    • "Little Adolf" by Bo Burnham
    • "Ich bin Adolf Hitler" by K.I.Z.
    • "Hitler töten" by Sudden, featuring Alligatoah.
    • "To Be or Not to Be (The Hitler Rap)" by Mel Brooks
  • Whitney Houston was an American singer and actress who is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of music.
    • "Whitney" by Rêve
    • "Feelin Whitney" by Post Malone
    • "RIP WHITNEY" by TyFontaine
  • Jesse James was a notorious outlaw of the American West.
  • Joan of Arc was a French military leader and mystic known for her involvement in the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War who was later captured and executed by the English.
  • Michael Jordan is an American former basketball player, considered one of the greatest players in the game's history.
  • Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, model and singer famous for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters.
    • "Marilyn Monroe" by Nicki Minaj
    • "Marilyn Monroe" by Pharrell Williams
    • "Marilyn Monroe" by Sevdaliza
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era.
    • "Mozart's House" by Clean Bandit
    • "Black Mozart" by Ryan Leslie
    • "Black Mozart" by Raekwon
    • "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco
    • "Wolfgang" by Lino
  • Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter and sculptor who is regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.
    • "Pablo Picasso" by David Bowie
    • "Pablo Picasso" by The Modern Lovers
    • "Pablo Picasso" by The Shin Sekai, featuring S.Pri Noir, Abou Debeing & Franglish.
    • "Picasso" by Hopsin
    • "Picasso" by SHINee
    • "Picasso" by Jamaika, featuring Branco.
    • "Picasso Baby" by Jay-Z
    • "Bulletproof Picasso" by Train
  • Frank Sinatra was an American singer, actor and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century.
    • "Frank Sinatra" by CAKE
    • "Frankie Sinatra" by The Avalanches
    • "Connect the Dots (The Saga of Frank Sinatra)" by Car Seat Headrest
    • "All Sinatra Everything" by Logic. He also has four songs titled after his alter ego Young Sinatra.

By genre

Country

Electronic

  • "Barbra Streisand" by Duck Sauce
  • "John Cage" by Ross from Friends
  • "Franz Schubert" by Kraftwerk
  • "John Hughes" by Anamanaguchi
  • "Ian Curtis Wishlist" by Xiu Xiu
  • "Disney" by Kara-Lis Coverdale
  • "Murakami" by Tritonal, named after Japanese author Haruki Murakami
  • "Michael Jackson (The Beat Goes On)" by Cash Cash
  • "Alexander the Great" by Alexander Lewis

Folk

Hip Hop

  • "Paul Revere" by Beastie Boys
  • "Rosa Parks" by OutKast
  • "Kenny Lofton" and "Chris Tucker" by J. Cole
  • "Joaquin Phoenix" by Lupe Fiasco
  • "The Story of O.J." by Jay-Z, named after football player O.J. Simpson, who was also a defendant in one of the most famous trials in American history.
  • "Jarreau of Rap (Skatt Attack)" by Nas, named after singer and musician Al Jarreau.
  • "MC Hammer" and "Bill Gates" by Rick Ross
  • "Justin Bieber" and "Miley Cyrus" by Lil B
  • "Ray Charles" by Chiddy Bang
  • "Tom Ford" by Jay-Z, named after the New York fashion designer.
  • "Kobe Bryant" by Lil Wayne
  • "Derrick Rose" by Meek Mill, named after the basketball player.
  • "HARDY BROTHERS FREESTYLE" by Lil Pump, featuring Smokepurpp, named after WWE wrestlers Jeff and Matt Hardy.
  • "Stevie" by Smokepurpp, named after singer and musician Stevie Wonder.
  • "Ghostface Killers" by 21 Savage, Offset and Metro Boomin (featuring Travis Scott), named after Ghostface Killah of Wu-Tang Clan.
  • "Ric Flair Drip" by Offset and Metro Boomin
  • "Madonna" by Drake
  • "Bob Marley" by Gucci Mane
  • "Jet Li", "John Madden", "Obama" and "ASAP Rocky" by Chief Keef
    • "Kobe", named after Kobe Bryant.
    • "Sosa Chamberlain", named after basketball player Wilt Chamberlain.
    • "Morgan Tracy", named after actor and comedian Tracy Morgan.
    • "Pharrell", named after rapper and producer Pharrell Williams.
    • "Wayne", named after Lil Wayne
  • "DAPPER DAN" by Ski Mask the Slump God, named after the Harlem designer.
  • "I LUv My CLiQuE LiKe KaNyE WeSt" by XXXTentacion
  • "White Iverson" by Post Malone, named after basketball player Allen Iverson.
    • "Black Iverson" by Pi'erre Bourne, titled as a riff on "White Iverson".
  • "What Would Meek Do?" by Pusha T, featuring Kanye West, named after rapper Meek Mill.
  • "Ocho Cinco" by French Montana, named after footballer Chad Johnson's nickname.
    • "Sun Tzu"
  • Every track on JEFFERY by Young Thug, except "Pick Up the Phone", is named after one of his idols.
  • "Dennis Rodman" by Migos, named after the basketball player.
  • "Keanu Reeves" by Logic
  • "Lightskin Lil Wayne" by Tyga
  • "Billy Crystal" by Yelawolf
  • "The Billy Williams Story" by Saba
  • "LeBron James" by Yo Gotti
  • "A$AP Ferg" by NAV and Metro Boomin
  • "R.I.P. Fredo (Notice Me)" by Playboi Carti, named after rapper Fredo Santana.
  • "P.A.T." by Denzel Curry, meaning "Project And Turmoil", is also named after rapper Project Pat.
  • "Drake & Chill", "Spike Lee" "Monica Lewinsky" and "Marie Curie" by Pi'erre Bourne
    • "@Pharrell", named after rapper and producer Pharrell Williams.
  • "Dr. Seuss" and "Paulo Coelho" by Russ
    • Every track on How to Rob is named after a famous rapper that has inspired him.
    • "DiMaggio", named after baseball player Joe DiMaggio.
  • "Jay Dee Come and Get It" by Kaytranada, named after rapper and hip hop producer J Dilla.
  • "John Deere" and "Jackie Robinson (42)" by X-Raided
  • "Spice Girl" by Aminé
  • "Catchin Bodies Like Gabrielle Union" by Father, named after the actress.
  • "Jon Voight (Live Fast, Die Young)" by $uicideboy$
  • "Michael Jackson" and "Hugh Hefner" by Lil Wop
  • "James Cameron Took My Bitch (Interlude)" by Night Lovell
  • "I Met R.C. Christian" by Ghostemane, named after the individual who commissioned the Georgia Guidestones.
    • "Euronymous", named after the guitarist of Mayhem.
    • "Barry White Pt. 1", with DJ Killa C.
  • "Do the Charles Manson" by Necro
  • "Joe Spinell" by The Circle of Tyrants
  • "Kid Cudi" by Blac Youngsta
  • "Kelly Price Freestyle" by Key! & Kenny Beats
  • "Free Tay K" by Lil Xan
  • "Billie Eilish" by Jumex
  • "Jahseh on My Wrist" by Bass Santana, Flyboy Tarantino, Kid Trunks & Craig Xen, named after rapper XXXTentacion.
  • "Richard Simmons" by Yung Gravy
  • "Tito Santana" by Joe Budden, featuring Wale.
  • "I'm a Slick Rick" by Nick Cannon
  • "That's How I Beat Shaq" by Aaron Carter
  • "Randy Savage" by Jake Paul, featuring Team 10 and Jitt & Quan.
  • "Snapbacks & Tatts (Helen Keller)" by Dot Dot Curve
  • "IDGT No Kevin Gates" and "2Pac" by Lil Nei
  • "Sur la tête de Marine Le Pen" by Sianna
  • "Drake Era", "Black Ben Carson", "Black Steve Austin", "Black Stecey Dash", "LL Cool J", "This That Shit Kid Cudi Coulda Been" and "Macaulay Culkin" by JPEGMAFIA
  • "Flex Like David Icke" by Pink Guy
  • "Gene Simmons" and "PS2 (John Mayer)" by Oliver Francis
  • "DEMI" by Comethazine, named after Demi Lovato
  • "G.S.P." by Les Anticipateurs, named after mixed martial artist Georges St-Pierre.
    • "Jean-Coutu", named after the Canadian drugstore chain founded by Jean Coutu.
    • "Gregory Charles", named after the Canadian singer.
    • "Céline", named after Canadian singer Céline Dion.
    • "Justin Trudeau", a diss track directed at the Prime Minister of Canada.
  • "#RONNYJIKILLEDTHIS" by Icy Narco
  • "Elton John" by Lil Phag with Hoodie Alien and Dr. Woke
    • "Mark Cuban", with Sammy Adamns and Dr. Woke, named after the owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team.

Pop

  • "Paul McCartney" by Scissor Sisters
  • "Grace Kelly" by Mika
  • "Mr. James Dean" by Hilary Duff
  • "John Wayne" by Lady Gaga
  • "The Lovely Linda" by Paul McCartney, named after his wife Linda McCartney
  • "Farrah Fawcett Hair" by Capital Cities, featuring Andre 3000.
  • "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes
  • "Steve McQueen" by Sheryl Crow
  • "Marvin Gaye" by Charlie Puth, featuring Meghan Trainor.
  • "Huey Newton" by St. Vincent
  • "It's Still Billy Joel to Me", "Velvet Elvis", "My Baby's in Love With Eddie Vedder" and "Jerry Springer" by "Weird Al" Yankovic
    • "CNR" is a satirical tribute to actor Charles Nelson Reilly.
  • "Michael Caine" by Madness
  • "Bill Murray" by Phantogram
  • "Pete Davidson" by Ariana Grande, named after the comedian and her then-fiancé.
  • "The Ballad of Marie Curie" by Army of Lovers
  • "I Feel Better Than James Brown" by Was (Not Was) - The title is a riff on the song "I Got You (I Feel Good)".
  • "Robert De Niro's Waiting" by Bananarama
  • "Brodyquest" by Lemon Demon, named after actor Adrien Brody.
  • "Rickroll" by LeetStreet Boys, named after the Rick Astley meme.
  • "His Name Is Pewdiepie" by Roomie
  • "PewDiePie", "Tim Heidecker", "Philip DeFranco" and "Elon Musk (Cars in Space)" by Hot Dad
    • "Fieri", named after restaurateur and television personality Guy Fieri.
    • "Mac DeMarco" and "Tyler, The Creator", from PPL.
    • Every track on Are President is named after a presidential candidate in the 2016 US election.
    • Every track on Wrestle is named after a professional wrestler.

R&B

Rock

Other

  • "Bundy" by Peter Sotos, from the sound collage album Buyer's Market, collects interviews related to serial killer Ted Bundy.
  • "Ostia (The Death of Pasolini)" by Industrial group Coil, named after Italian film director Pier Paolo Pasolini.

Songs named after multiple celebrities