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{{quote|''"This is one of those love songs that crosses that narrow divide between 'romantic' and 'deeply disturbing.' You know, the difference between 'I always want to be with you' and 'I want to wear your skin like a sweater."''|''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]''}}
The [[Obsession Song]] is like a love song written by a [[Stalker with a Crush]] or a [[
The Obsession Song falls into two basic varieties, although many have elements of both:
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Needless to say, this trope can be a potent source of [[Paranoia Fuel]].
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== Passive Type ==
* [[Massive Attack]] - "Angel". The song was originally done by constant collaborator/quasi-band member Horace Andy as a [[The Cover Changes the Meaning|Reggae love song]], but the harsh, [[Alternative Rock]] riffing and pounding drums just illustrate how the instrumental backing can drastically change a song's context.
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And put it in the ground
So you can never leave }}
* "Make Me Wanna Die"-[[The Pretty Reckless]]
{{quote|I'd Die for you, my love, my love
I'd lie for you, my love my love
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* "[[Play With Fire]]" by [[The Rolling Stones]] is an aggressive Obsession Song.
* Death Cab For Cutie's "I Will Possess Your Heart." It lasts 8 minutes (on the album).
* Even [[The Beatles]] did one, [https://web.archive.org/web/20100214065729/http://www.beatleslyricsarchive.com/viewSong.php?songID=92 and it's pretty aggressive, too.] "Run For Your Life" - ''Rubber Soul'', 1965. [[Old Shame|John Lennon came to hate this song.]]
{{quote|I'd rather see you dead, little girl,
Than to be with another man. }}
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You're all the things I've got to remember
You're shying away, ''I'll be coming for you anyway!'' }}
* Smoke and Mirrors, by [[LittleJayneyCakes]], has the singer begging the object of her affection to preform the trivial task of sincerely confess his love for her, and if he doesn't, she'll kill a girl she suspect's is his significant other. As a bonus, the lyrics in the video are in this font [http://y2blog.tumblr.com/post/29618353935/made-using-myscriptfontcom-download-here-see].
* Lollia - You Are My Senpai (Yandere ver.) [https://soundcloud.com/ytlollia/l-you-are-my-senpai-yandere-ver/s-1CTsp]
== Mixed/Uncategorized ==
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* [[Queens of the Stone Age]] have "You Can't Quit Me Baby", which could be either extreme passive or aggressive depending on how one interprets the ambiguous ending; the protagonist is either [[Spurned Into Suicide]] or [[If I Can't Have You|murders the woman he is stalking]], if not both.
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDlUWur3kEE The Stalker Song]."
* [[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]] - "I'm Your Boyfriend Now."
* [[Stephen Colbert]] did one on his show, "Charlene (I'm Right Behind You)" (also the shortest free downloadable track in ''[[Rock Band]]''). He also made a comment that would be a nice quote for this trope. It went something like, "By the way, Charlene, technically this doesn't violate the restraining order."
* "Betty's Body" by The Residents.
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* [[Cradle of Filth]] - "Nymphetamine."
* [http://www.metrolyrics.com/my-obsession-lyrics-icehouse.html "My Obsession"] by Icehouse.
* [[They Might Be Giants (band)|Mono Puff's]] remake of Gary Glitter's "Hello Hello" comes out along these lines.
* "Ingrata", from
* "I Know You're Out There Somewhere", Moody Blues.
* Stabbing Westward has a few of these: "What Do I Have to Do?", "Shame", "You Complete Me" and "Waking Up Beside You", among others.
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* The [[Dark Reprise]] of "All I Ask of You" at the end of the first act of ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' ends with: "You will curse the day you did not do/All that the Phantom asked of you!" The Phantom proves as good as his word when he causes the chandelier to fall immediately afterward.
** About half of everything the Phantom sings gets into this territory—the inevitable result of being both a [[Mad Artist]] and a [[Stalker with a Crush]].
* "[[
* The appropriately titled "
* "You Can't Change That", Ray Parker Jr.
* [[Depeche Mode]] - "It's No Good".
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** "Space Dementia" describes a weird [[Tsundere]] version: "You make me sick / But I adore you so..." That is, if it's not just talking about [[Space Madness]]. (Although there's always the possibility that it's both.)
* "Don't Leave Home," by Dido.
* The Legendary Pink Dots ''[[Incredibly Lame Pun|love]]'' this trope, with "Obsession" and "Thursday Night Fever" (see also [[
** Their song "True Love" is also a good (if still [[Nightmare Fuel|rather frightening]]) example of the passive variety, with the lyrical speaker telling the object of his affection that he'll do all kinds of dangerous or harmful things for her (including [[Eye Scream|plucking out his eyes]] "because love is blind"). It's made even worse when the last lyrics of the song abstractly suggest she's abusive or apathetic towards him.
* [[Taylor Swift]]'s "You Belong With Me" could be interpreted as this.
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