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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The ''[[Ranma ½]]'' tie-in song, the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdXRFkNlypo "Nekohanten Menu Song"], sung by [[Rei Sakuma]], lists the dishes available at the titular cafe.
== [[Film]] ==
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* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnQScdw24yg That's a Woman]" by Celtic Thunder.
* [[Billy Joel]]'s "[http://www.teacheroz.com/fire.htm We Didn't Start The Fire]", along with [[We Didn't Start the Billy Joel Parodies|its innumerable parodies]], is one of the most widely-known List Songs.
{{quote|''Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
''South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio''
''Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television''
''North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe''.}}
:* And ''that'' is just the first verse!
* [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] does this once an album. Sometimes more than once. Examples include "White & Nerdy" (Nerdy things he does), "One More Minute" (Things he'd rather do than [[Anti-Love Song|spend time with his ex]]), its converse "You Make Me" (things his love makes him do) and "Hardware Store" (Things he plans to do and buy when the eponymous store opens).
** The bridge from "Hardware Store", which is somehow said in one breath:
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* Extreme's "Play With Me" is a big list of children's games.
* Cat Stevens, "Moonshadow" (a list of all the body parts X that if he ever loses he won't have to Y)
* "If I Had A Million Dollars" by [[Barenaked Ladies]]. The narrator, apparently, is willing to buy such things as a house, furniture for the house, a tree fort, a miniature fridge to go into the tree fort, a fur coat (but not a real fur coat, that's cruel), a green dress (but not a real green dress, that's cruel), the remains of John Merrick, an exotic pet (like a llama or an emu), art (maybe a [[Pablo Picasso|Picasso]] or [[Simon and Garfunkel|Garfunkel]]), and his girlfriend's love.
** Don't forget the pre-wrapped bacon, or the dijon ketchup for the piles of KD he'd be buying.
** Or the monkey!! Haven't you always wanted a monkey!!!
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGHa6XwJo54 The Rant Song] from ''[[Scrubs]]''' [[Musical Episode]].
* The Nails, "88 Lines About 44 Women".
** Brunching Shuttlecocks' [
** "88 lines about 44 Simpsons" by the great Luke Ski as well.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLD31GPt46w "99 Words For Boobs"], another [[Filk Song]], performed by Robert Lund to the tune of "99 Luftballons".
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* A good chunk of the lyrics to "The Girls Of Porn" by Mr. Bungle (essentially a glorified ode to [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]) is dedicated to listing ultra-[[Squick]]y kinks and fetishes.
* Born This Way-[[Lady Gaga]] [http://www.billboard.com/news/lady-gaga-gives-new-born-this-way-lyrics-1005014592.story#/news/lady-gaga-gives-new-born-this-way-lyrics-1005014592.story Check em out]
* [[NanowaR]]'s "[https://web.archive.org/web/20111209031050/http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/44362 Intrue]" lists metals (...and an alloy!), probably parodying "The Elements" by [[Tom Lehrer]] among other things.
* [[The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band]]'s "The Intro and the Outro," best known for having [[John Wayne]] on the saxophone and [[Adolf Hitler]] on vibes (not really).
* The verses of Don Williams' "I Believe In You" list the things he doesn't believe in and the chorus list the things he ''does'' believe in.
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* Fans of the [[Dr. Demento]] show will fondly recall its "theme song", the 1947 song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyz3g3vRb-8 "Pico and Sepulveda"] by Freddy Figueroa and his Orchestra (actually [[Freddy Martin]] and his orchestra), which is just a list of streets and sights in the Los Angeles area set to a tune with a Latin beat.
* The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5mwvVzd_ss 1986 Extended Version of "Paranoimia"] by [[The Art of Noise]] (featuring [[Matt Frewer]] as [[Max Headroom]]) spends its first three minutes listing all the celebrities allegedly in the band and what instruments they're playing -- along with a few bad jokes about them.
== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ==
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