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* Music/LinkinPark's "Step Up" is a RapRock song about RapRock, specifically a criticism of all the rap rockers at the time who [[PissTakeRap couldn't actually rap]].

* ''Heart Songs'' by Music/{{Weezer}}, consists of the band members' favorite song titles, lyrics, and bands, as well as several lines dedicated to Music/{{Nirvana}}'s ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'' album.

Named partly because these are often metal songs, and partly because [[JustForPun the pun was too good to pass up]]. Compare RadioSong, about the medium of {{radio}}. Can potentially overlap with RockstarSong. Compare ThisIsASong, which is about songs that are at least partially about themselves. See also TheSomethingSong for song titles with "[topic of song] Song."

* "Metal is Forged Here" by a Russian PowerMetal bad Ariya is a particularly tongue-in-cheek example of this trope. It's a long, hammy PowerBallad about awesomeness and badassery of those who create metal. The plot twist is that the song is about actual steel mill workers, not about musicians.

* "Living for Metal" and "Metal is Forever" by Music/PrimalFear.

* Music/ChuckBerry: "Roll Over Beethoven."

* 3rd Base's hit "Pop Goes The Weasel" was a slam against Vanilla Ice. One of the subjects of criticism was him choosing a well-known pop song (Under Pressure) as a sample and saying it was a cheesy thing to do. The song itself is contains several well-known pop song samples.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF1uQGV-QgA The Break-Up Song]]" by the Greg Kihn Band [[RecursiveReality is a break-up song that's about break-up songs]].

** You Don't Belong Here is all about the punk scene at the time BR joined it, it name checks quite a few of their fellow performers.

* Bowling for Soup's "Punk Rock 101."

* Above The Law: "Murder Rap."
* "This Is The Song That Never Ends" and "I Know A Song That Gets On Everybody's Nerves" by countless schoolchildren everywhere.
* Is "Christmas {{Glurge}}" a genre? If so, [[Series/TheColbertReport Another Christmas Song]], which is so self-referential it's a Klein bottle.
* Music/WeirdAlYankovic does this with his polkas. As well as in "(This Song's Just) Six Words Long"
* "Caress me Down" by Sublime mentions Reggae.

* "Rap Superstar" by Music/CypressHill. A sort of example is also their remix "Rock Superstar."

* A rare mixed-genre example: Music/BobMarley's "Punky Reggae Party."

* "Silly Love Songs" by Music/PaulMcCartney is a [[SillyLoveSongs Silly Love Song]] that justifies the existence of silly love songs.

** "Popscene" and "B.L.U.R.E.M.I." have lyrics directly criticial of the repetitiveness and lack of creativity in modern music.
* "All Over The World" by Music/PetShopBoys is a pop song about pop songs.

* Music/{{Cornershop}}'s "Brimful Of Asha", all about the history of Indian music and its usage in films.

* The anthem of Carolina Beach Music, is the Embers' "I Love Beach Music". The Lyrics consist heavily of popular beach music titles.

* A borderline case is the cover of Dylan's ''Like A Rolling Stone'' by... the Rolling Stones.
** A straight-forward example by the Rolling Stones, "It's Only Rock and Roll" ("But I like it, like it, yes I do!")
* ''Heart Songs'' by Music/{{Weezer}}, consists of the band members' favorite song titles, lyrics, and bands, as well as several lines dedicated to Nirvana's Nevermind album.

* "Pop Muzik" by M

** Five Iron was known for this. Other good examples are Blue Mix from Five Iron Frenzy 2:Electric Boogaloo and Four-Fifty-One from All the Hype That Money Can Buy! This probably had something to do with why such a popular Christian band never made it onto a major Christian Label. Good example of StickingItToTheMan as well.

* Music/SelenaGomez's ''Love You Like A Love Song'', a silly catchy love song which gets stuck in your head because it's lyrics are about a person who's just like a catchy love song which gets stuck in your head.

* Similarly, Creator/BillyConnolly's "Nine And A Half Guitars": "Hey, Jimmy! Gonnae gie us 'Ten Guitars'?"
* Music/{{Freezepop}}'s "Pop Music is not a Crime."

* The Music/EltonJohn song "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" is about...well, sad songs

* "Underground" by Ben Folds Five pokes fun at the post-grunge scene of the moment (mid-nineties). "And we'll be decked in all black / Slammin' the pit fantastic / Officer Friendly's little boy's got a mohawk..."
** Ben's solo single "Rockin' The Suburbs" is a slickly produced pop-rock song that pokes fun at slickly produced pop-rock songs.
*** The lyrics are more of a slam against white boy metal/rap bands like Korn (they had recently slammed him in the press about his style of music). The music is meant to be a {{Take That}} of sorts at the nu-metal sound, in the stylings of Ben Folds. Still qualifies as meta tho.

* "Antmusic" by Adam and the Ants is about how they have a whole new beat, and why you should "unplug the jukebox" and listen only to Antmusic.

* Crass' "Punk is Dead." Enough said.

* Music/AnalCunt lived this trope. "Grindcore is Very Terrifying," "I'm Not Allowed to Like A.C. Any More Since They Signed to Earache," "Extreme Noise Terror Are Afraid of Us," "Chris Barnes Is A Pussy," etc.

* Acapella group The Nylons' "Bop 'Til You Drop"

* Folk singer {{Hamish Imlach}} wrote his own lyrics to "The Wild Rover". It's about a folk singer fed up with always being asked to play, well, "The Wild Rover".

* Music/{{Metallica}} got "Metal Militia", "Whiplash" and "Hit the Lights" too. Then they must have decided three songs about metal itself was enough -- all of the listed songs were on ''Kill 'Em All'' and they never really wrote any more lyrics in that vein after that.
** In an interview they said that the lyrics were an imitation of bands like the aforementioned Judas Priest; early in their career, they didn't know what to write lyrics about, so they just copied their idols.

* "Song 2" by Music/{{Blur}} is a pisstake of grunge, which [[MisaimedFandom ironically]] became the band's greatest hit in America.
** It also happens to be the second track on their SelfTitledAlbum, and happens to be two minutes and two seconds in length.

* Argent/KISS: "God Gave Rock'n'Roll To You."

* "70's Rock Must Die" by Lard. Their normal style is a mix of industrial rock and punk, but this particular song is an arena rock spoof, which of course adds deliberate irony to the lyrical content.

-->-- '''Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}''' on Music/BillyJoel's "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"

* ''Music/{{Massacration}}'', another parody of metal bands (and Heavy Meta bands in particular), ''lives'' off this trope, even when they're not talking about metal. Song examples include "Metal Is The Law", "Metal Massacre Attack", "[[WordSaladLyrics Metal Milkshake]]" and "[[DepravedDentist Metal Dental Destruction]]". Their [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} Other Wiki]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacration entry]] explains it best.

In metal, this often overlaps with MadLibMetalLyrics.

** Their song “Metal Gods” is, surprisingly, a subversion. Instead of being about the genre itself, it’s about a RobotWar.
* Music/{{Metallica}} got "Metal Militia", "Whiplash" and "Hit the Lights" too. Then they must have decided three songs about metal itself was enough - all of the listed songs were on ''Kill 'Em All'' and they never really wrote any more lyrics in that vein after that.

* Music/ChuckBerry - "Roll Over Beethoven."

* Music/VelvetUnderground - "Rock And Roll."

* Music/DavidBowie - Quite a few songs on the ''Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars'' album.
* Music/XJapan - "Easy Fight Rambling"
** Pata solo: "Story Of A Young Man"
* Argent / KISS - "God Gave Rock'n'Roll To You."
* The Arrows/[[CoveredUp Joan Jett & The Blackhearts]] - "I Love Rock'n'Roll."

* Within-fiction example: a tract by [[ComicBook/ChickTracts Jack Chick]] features a "[[TheMoralSubstitute Christian rock group]]" (who later fall under Satan's power, apparently because [[TheNewRockAndRoll all rock music is inherently evil]]) who sing a song with the lyrics "[[{{Narm}} We're gonna rock, rock, rock with the rock!]]".

** Mini Moni - Rock n Roll ~Kenchoushouzaichi Obochaina Series~.

** And "Let Go" - ''not'' their finest moment.

* Music/LedZeppelin - "Rock and Roll".

* Music/MeatLoaf: "Rock 'n' Roll Hero", "Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries", "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through", “Everything Louder Than Everything Else”.

* Music/DefLeppard - "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)", "Let's Get Rocked", "Rock of Ages", "Rock Brigade", "Rocket", and they covered "Rock On" and "The Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll".

** "Metal Will Never Die" - David Rock Feinstein ft. Ronnie James Dio
* "Rock 'n' Roll Thunder" by Chateaux
* "Gimme Just a Little Rock & Roll" and "Fighting for Rock 'n' Roll" by E.F. Band
* "Rock and Roll Angel" by Heaven and Hell

* Sugarhill Gang - "Rapper's Delight", the song that [[TropeMaker kickstarted]] HipHop.

* Above The Law - Murder Rap.

* Arthur Conley's "Sweet Soul Music" - the one that spotlights on Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, and James Brown.

* "Rock Rolls On" and "Rock and Roll to Death" by Music/{{WASP}}

* "Juke Box Hero" by Music/{{Foreigner}}.

* Music/{{Scorpions}} wrote a lot of them, for instance "Top of the Bill," "We Let It Rock...You Let It Roll," "Coming Home," "Can't Live Without You," and "Restless Nights." The most frequent theme in these songs is how much they love being on stage and playing for their fans.

* "Rock 'n' Roll Away" by Music/{{TNT}}.

* "Deadly Metal" by Music/{{TNT}}