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* Music/{{Devo}}'s "I Desire" comes off as one (if you don't miss it due to LyricalDissonance) even ''without'' the knowledge that it's based on a poem written by real life StalkerWithACrush who unsuccessfully tried to kill UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan in order to impress Creator/JodieFoster.

* Music/{{Devo}}'s "I Desire" comes off as one (if you don't miss it due to LyricalDissonance) even ''without'' the knowledge that it's based on a poem written by real life StalkerWithACrush [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hinckley_Jr John Hinckley Jr]].

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_95hSpuu4I Hellfire]]" from the Creator/{{Disney}} version of ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' about Frollo's obsession with Esmeralda qualifies. It's also his VillainSong with a nice BilingualBonus.

* As if there wasn't already enough FoeYay in Disney's ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'', Ratigan designs his DeathTrap with a MusicalTrigger with "a sprightly tune I recorded especially for" Basil, with lyrics such as "You followed me, I followed you -- we were like each other's shadows for a while."

* ''Passive'' - [[PropertyOfLove I belong to you]]. My entire life revolves around you even if you don't know that I exist and I would do absolutely ''anything'' to make you happy even if you treat me like dirt. Please [[ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe notice me]], or [[SpurnedIntoSuicide I'll probably kill myself]].
* ''Aggressive'' - [[{{Yandere}} You belong to me.]] [[{{Yandere}} You ''will'' be mine, whether you like it or not.]] [[MurderTheHypotenuse And I'll kill anyone else who looks at you]], [[IfICantHaveYou or you if you so much as look at anyone else]].

* ''Passive'' - "[[PropertyOfLove I belong to you]]. My entire life revolves around you even if you don't know that I exist and I would do absolutely ''anything'' to make you happy even if you treat me like dirt. Please [[ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe notice me]], or [[SpurnedIntoSuicide I'll probably kill myself]]."
* ''Aggressive'' - "[[{{Yandere}} You belong to me. You '' will'' be mine, whether you like it or not.]] [[MurderTheHypotenuse And I'll kill anyone else who looks at you]], [[IfICantHaveYou or you if you so much as ''look'' at anyone else]]."

* ''Aggressive'' - "[[{{Yandere}} You belong to me. You]] ''[[{{Yandere}} will]]'' [[{{Yandere}} be mine, whether you like it or not.]] [[MurderTheHypotenuse I'll kill anyone else who looks at you]], [[IfICantHaveYou or you if you so much as look at anyone else]]."

* Music/SteeleyeSpan's ''Discworld/{{Wintersmith}}''

* Music/ThePolice's "Every Breath You Take" from ''Music/{{Synchronicity}}'' is one of the most famous Obsession Songs, if not ''the'' most famous. Probably the most famous one you'll ever [[IsntItIronic dance to at homecoming]].
* "Can't Stand Losing You" from ''Music/OutlandosDAmour'' is another. A classic case of LyricalDissonance.

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* Spike's solo, "Rest In Peace", from the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' MusicalEpisode, qualifies. [[MisaimedFandom Although certain (pre-ensouling) Spike/Buffy shippers seem to not quite get this.]]

* Éponine's song from ''Theatre/LesMiserables'', "On My Own", is all about how she clings to daydreams of Marius loving her, but knows he never will. A more passive example than most -- she doesn't do much in the way of stalking in the musical; her book counterpart fits the trope better, but obviously doesn't sing the song.

** Indeed, and it seems that her efforts are actually paying off, if the title is any indication.

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* As the name implies, Assemblage 23's "Let Me Be Your Armor"'s protagonist is very chivalrous, but it's {{lampshade|Hanging}}d that his love is [[MyBelovedSmother a bit more possessive]] than most. That or its about an eerily overprotective parent. Either way its obsessive, controlling, and downright creepy.

* The Toadies' "Tyler": It starts out seeming like an ordinary romantic song about a man who's looking forward to being with his beloved again after a long time apart. Then in the last verse the narrator breaks into her house, and it becomes readily apparent that something else is going on...

* "What'll You Do About Me," originally recorded by Steve Earle, later CoveredUp by The Forester Sisters, Doug Supernaw and Music/RandyTravis.

-->With Harry, Mark and John.

-->With Harry, Mark and John.

* As if there wasn't already enough FoeYay in Disney's ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'', Ratigan designs his DeathTrap with a MusicalTrigger with "a sprightly tune I recorded especially for" Basil, with lyrics such as "You followed me, I followed you -- we were like each other's shadows for awhile."

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** It switches back and forth a lot, but then gets INCREDIBLY aggressive as he begs her to open the door to the closet where she's hiding.

* Music/{{Voltaire}} has the [[EarWorm incredibly catchy]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YUFFMA4V-w "Ex-Lover's Lover"]]

* The DarkReprise of "All I Ask of You" at the end of the first act of ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' 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.

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* Music/ThePolice's "Every Breath You Take" from Music/{{Synchronicity}} is one of the most famous Obsession Songs, if not ''the'' most famous. Probably the most famous one you'll ever [[IsntItIronic dance to at homecoming]].

* "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt applies as well. "She smiled at me on the subway. She was with another man. But I won't lose no sleep on that, 'Cause I've got a plan."

*** [[Music/Eurythmics Annie Lennox]] also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TrSMaOZm3Y makes it irresistibly sultry]].

** He actually gets physically aggressive with Sisi during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZmmVNEfNA8 "Der letzte Tanz"]] and "Wenn ich tanzen will": dancing violently, throwing her around, kneeling between her legs and leaning in very close to her face, grabbing her by the wrists hands and then the back of the head... All of this is done while he reiterates that no one loves/understands her as he does, she is free only through him, and she will want him/be his eventually.

* "Meant to Be Yours" from Theatre/{{Heathers}} manages to be both aggressive AND passive.

* Creator/StephenColbert did one on his show, "Charlene (I'm Right Behind You)" (also the shortest free downloadable track in ''VideoGame/RockBand''). 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."

* The DarkReprise of "All I Ask of You" at the end of the first act of ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' 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 MadArtist and a StalkerWithACrush.
* "Film/GoldenEye" by Music/TinaTurner, for the eponymous Film/JamesBond movie.
** Another example from the James Bond franchise is Gladys Night's "[[Film/LicenceToKill License To Kill]]".
-->''Got a license to kill, and you know I'm going straight for your heart. (Got a license to kill...)''
-->''Got a license to kill anyone who tries to tear us apart... (Got a license to kill....)''

* "It's a Dangerous Game" from ''Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical'' almost sounds like a romantic duet, except that it's about a psychotic killer stalking a prostitute who's too terrified of/fascinated by him to make a run for it.

* "Lonely Room" from ''Oklahoma!''
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cTa5d1yKt8 I Wanna Marry My Stalker]]" by Goldfinger. Although sung from the person who's being stalked point of view, the stalker certainly is... Persistent.
** Indeed, and it seems that her efforts are actually paying off, if the title is any indication.

* Messed around with in the movie Film/SayAnything, where the character Corey has written 65 songs about her ex-boyfriend

* "I Want Someone To Love" from ''Anime/SailorMoon'' is a more lighthearted example, made a little less lighthearted when you hear how much it sounds like Peek-a-Boo by Siouxsie and the Banshees. Here are links to both: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul1pKW-4vD8I Want Someone To Love]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i41W-NIjMfs Peek-a-Boo]]

* Snake River Conspiracy covers Lovesong in a way that invokes this trope

* As if there wasn't already enough FoeYay in Disney's ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'', Ratigan designs his DeathTrap with a MusicalTrigger with "a sprightly tune I recorded especially for" Basil, with lyrics such as "You followed me, I followed you -- we were like each other's shadows for awhile."

* Chauvelin gets "Marguerite" in the musical adaptation of ''Theatre/TheScarletPimpernel'', where's he PromotedToLoveInterest. Ironically, his obsession in the original novel is even stronger... it's just for [[FoeYay the Scarlet Pimpernel]].

* Does it count as an Obsession Song if it's not about a person? [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas In any case...]]
-->In these little bric-a-brac,
-->A secret's waiting to be cracked!
-->These dolls and toys confuse me so!
-->Confound it all, I love it, though...
-->Simple objects, nothing more,
-->But something's hidden through a door,
-->Though I do not have the key.
-->Something's here I cannot see!
-->What does it mean?!
-->''What does it mean?!''
-->... What does it ''mean?''

* "Nigun Atik" ("Ancient Melody"), a famous poem by Israeli poet Nathan Alterman, starts passive and ends up aggressive. In the first three verses, the speaker states that he will do anything for his love, including selling his own eyes and giving his life as her birthday gift. The final verse however roughly translates to:
-->But if you will ever laugh
-->at a party without me,
-->my jealousy will silently pass
-->and burn your house down.
* A sort of passive/aggressive mix and a disturbing one at that (though considering that the song is from the perspective of ComicBook/TheJoker, it's understandable), in Music/CoheedAndCambria's "Deranged" off the VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity album.
-->Who will be your pretty, little enemy?
-->When I'm gone your world will prove empty.
-->I promise you will always remember me.
-->The joke's on you, poison me.
-->While you clean the streets of misfortune,
-->I pick the innocent from my dirty teeth.
-->[[NotSoDifferent We're one and the same]]...deranged.

* Music/PoetsOfTheFall's "[[https://youtu.be/MKk1u5RMTn4?list=PLjACqN5i5sDWIIpg-5EB4WcitMMqnXhFP Carnival of Rust]]" has its LoveHungry singer advertising his deeply dysfunctional, passive-aggressive fixation on his listener via an opening verse that takes the form of a TrialBalloonQuestion ''lathered'' in WishfulProjection.
-->D'you breathe the name of your saviour in your hour of need\\
N' taste the blame if the flavor should remind you of greed,\\
Of implication, insinuation and ill will, till' you cannot lie still\\
In all this turmoil, before red cape and foil come closing in for a kill?
::And this is ''before'' the ScareChord punctuated chorus, which changes to a blatant, direct demand to be loved, or his life will be ruined.
* "Under The Willow Tree" has Music/MadelineHarperGuest watching an ObsessionSong unfold from the sidelines. All she wants is to be with her lover again, but she doubts that'll ever happen.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_95hSpuu4I Hellfire]]" from the Creator/{{Disney}} version of ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' about Frollo's obsession with Esmeralda qualifies. It's also his VillainSong with a nice BilingualBonus.
--> Protect me, Maria! Don't let this siren cast her spell!
--> Don't let her fire sear my flesh and bone!
--> Destroy Esmeralda, and let her taste the fires of hell,
--> Or else let her be mine and mine alone!
--> Hellfire, dark fire
--> Now gypsy, it's your turn!
--> Choose me or your pyre
--> Be mine or you will burn!

* ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' has "Johanna", which in the film version of the play comes off as quite stalkerish -- the guy singing it has just taken one hell of a beating at the Beadle, and the look on his bloody face as he sings is quite creepy:
-->''"I'll steal you, Johanna, I'll steal you. Do they think that walls could hide you? Even now, I'm at your window. I am in the dark beside you, buried sweetly in your yellow hair! I feel you, Johanna, and one day I'll steal you!"''
** But it's nothing compared to the "Johanna" sung by Judge Turpin, which makes the above guy look positively heroic by comparison. Which may be the intention.
** Speaking of Sondheim, there's also "Unworthy of Your Love" from ''Theatre/{{Assassins}}'', sung by John Hinckley Jr. and Squeaky Fromme to Jodie Foster and Charles Manson, respectively. Though that one almost sounds sweet out of context.

* The song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNIUkO2o_p4 Feeling Kinda Naughty]]" from the show ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend''. It's about Rachel's obsession with Valencia, the girlfriend of her ex-boyfriend:
-->''I wanna kill you and wear your skin like a dress,''\\
''But then also have you see me in the dress,''\\
''And be like "OMG you look so cute in my skin!"''

* John Jasper's half of "The Name of Love" from the Mystery of Edwin Drood. Bonus points that it's a duet sung with his terrified victim/love interest, Rosa. "I see you scowl; you see me smile. Tis you I'll break! I've no denial. My words are mad: I speak them in the name of love..."

* Children of the Monkey Machine and Dani took the VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII love song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qcW0oiLKHg Eyes On Me]] and remixed it into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMdV3EERK50 Obsession]].

* Spike's solo, "Rest In Peace", from the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' MusicalEpisode, qualifies. [[MisaimedFandom Although certain (pre-ensouling) Spike/Buffy shippers seem to not quite get this.]]

* In Crysania's song "Playing with Fire", from the Russian musical ''The Last Trial,'' she expresses her desire to prove her faith by [[LoveRedeems redeeming]] the soul of a dark mage, even if she [[LoveMartyr dies in the attempt]].

* Éponine's song from ''Theatre/LesMiserables'', "On My Own", is all about how she clings to daydreams of Marius loving her, but knows he never will. A more passive example than most -- she doesn't do much in the way of stalking in the musical; her book counterpart fits the trope better, but obviously doesn't sing the song.