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\n* "Pop Song" by JonLajoie"
-->'Cause they market this song to young, impressionable, and insecure teenage girls\\
'Cause all you gotta say is "ooh baby, I love you" and "girl, I need you in my world"\\
Yes, they market this song to young, impressionable, and insecure teenage girls\\
'Cause all they gotta do is find a sexually attractive man that can sing all the words\\

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* And, of course, the Campfire Song Song from SpongeBobSquarePants.

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* And, of course, the Campfire Song Song from SpongeBobSquarePants.

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\n\n\n* Trace Adkins' "This Ain't No Love Song" is somewhere between this and SuspiciouslySpecificDenial:
-->''This ain't no love song''
-->''I just felt like gettin' my guitar on''
-->''And singing a tune, singing about you''
-->''Yeah feeling good and tapping my shoes''
-->''And all this stuff I’m making up''
-->''Well, you probably wont be hearing it on the radio''
-->''But then you never know''
-->''So baby, if you want, you can sing along''
-->''But this ain’t no love song''

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**** [[OverlyLongGag I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves, and this is how it goes...]]
***** [[ComboBreaker This is the song that never ends/ And it goes on and on my friends/ Some people started singing it not knowing what it was/ and now they keep on singing it forever just because...]]
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\n\n\n* "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi:
-->''This ain't a song for the broken-hearted''



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* {{Music/Pulp}}'s "The Fear":
--> ''So now you know the words to our song,''
--> ''Pretty soon you'll all be singing along.''
--> ''When you're sad, when you're lonely & it all turns out wrong.''
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\n\n\n* "This Song for You" by Chris de Burgh, although it's not ''entirely'' self-referential.



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** But played straight later in the same album with "#1 Radio $ingle", which actually IS a song about itself.
---> ''This is the part of the song where I talk about emotions''
---> ''And this is the part of the song where I sing about how I feel so cold inside''
---> ''And this is where my producer told me''
---> ''To say "Yeah!" (yeah!)''
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->''Joss, that song had no content. It wasn't even about the movie, it was about itself! That's like [[BreakingTheFourthWall breaking the ninth wall]]!''

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->''Joss, that song had no content. It wasn't even about the movie, it was about itself! That's like [[BreakingTheFourthWall breaking the the]] [[BeyondTheImpossible ninth wall]]!''
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When MediumAwareness meets music. There are quite a few songs in which the lyrics explicitly reference the fact... well, it's a song. However, since listing every example that does this would be practically impossible, this trope limits the range to songs that don't just [[BreakingTheFourthWall break the fourth wall]], but, in fact, are pretty much all about the fact that they're songs.

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When MediumAwareness meets music. There are quite a few songs in which the lyrics explicitly reference the fact...fact that... well, it's a song. However, since listing every example that does this would be practically impossible, this trope limits the range to songs that don't just [[BreakingTheFourthWall break the fourth wall]], but, in fact, are pretty much all about the fact that they're songs.
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--->''And I can tell now by the way that you’re looking at me''
--->''I’d better finish this song so my lips will be free.''




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--->''And -->''And I can tell now by the way that you’re looking at me''
--->''I’d -->''I’d better finish this song so my lips will be free.''



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\n\n* "When Did You Fall" by Chris Rice:
--->''And I can tell now by the way that you’re looking at me''
--->''I’d better finish this song so my lips will be free.''



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* "This is the Hook" by Deadmau5, which sounds something like an electronica-backed [=DJing=] lesson.
-->''Now it is time for the breakdown.''
-->''The breakdown allows the track to really break the repetition.''
-->''Let's filter the hi-hat, let's filter the chords, let's filter the bass.''
-->''I like the filters. I like the grooves, but I digress.''


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* {{SimonAndGarfunkel}}'s "Song for the Asking"

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* {{SimonAndGarfunkel}}'s {{Simon and Garfunkel}}'s "Song for the Asking"

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* {{SimonAndGarfunkel}}'s "Song for the Asking"
-->''Here is my song for the asking''
-->''Ask me and I will play''
-->''So sweetly I'll make you smile''
-->''This is my tune for the taking''
-->''Take it, don't turn away''
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* And, of course, the Campfire Song Song from SpongeBobSquarePants.
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\n* A snippet of Deadpool's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNzjQPI14eQ]] ringtone from ''[=~I'm a Marvel... and I'm a DC~=]''

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Generally PlayedForLaughs, Closely related to TheTropeSong. Compare SelfDemonstratingSong.

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Generally PlayedForLaughs, PlayedForLaughs. Closely related to TheTropeSong. Compare SelfDemonstratingSong.
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Generally PlayedForLaughs, [[DependingOnTheWriter though that may depend on the songwriter]]. Closely related to TheTropeSong.

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Generally PlayedForLaughs, [[DependingOnTheWriter though that may depend on the songwriter]]. Closely related to TheTropeSong. Compare SelfDemonstratingSong.
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-->--Jed, ''Ten Dollar Solo'', ''CommentaryTheMusical''

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-->--Jed, -->--'''Jed''', ''Ten Dollar Solo'', ''CommentaryTheMusical''

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->''Joss, that song had no content. It wasn't even about the movie, it was about itself! That's like [[BreakingTheFourthWall breaking the ninth wall]]!''
-->--Jed, ''Ten Dollar Solo'', ''CommentaryTheMusical''



* Half the songs on ''CommentaryTheMusical'', but particularly ''Ten Dollar Solo'':
-->''Joss, that song had no content. It wasn't even about the movie, it was about itself! That's like [[BreakingTheFourthWall breaking the ninth wall]]!''

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* Half the songs on ''CommentaryTheMusical'', but particularly ''Ten Dollar Solo'':
-->''Joss, that song had no content. It wasn't even about
Solo'', as seen in the movie, it was about itself! That's like [[BreakingTheFourthWall breaking the ninth wall]]!''
page quote.

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* [=DaVinci's=] Notebook's song ''Title of the Song'' is made of this trope.

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* [=DaVinci's=] Notebook's song ''Title ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=734wnHnnNR4 Title of the Song'' Song]]'' is made of this trope.
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--> This song ain't bad or good and as far as I know
--> Don't infringe on anyone's copyright so
--> This song we'll let be

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--> This ''This song ain't bad or good and as far as I know
know''
--> Don't ''Don't infringe on anyone's copyright so
so''
--> This ''This song we'll let bebe''



-->This, this is our new song
-->Just like the last one
-->A total waste of time
-->My iron lung...

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-->This, -->''This, this is our new song
-->Just
song''
-->''Just
like the last one
-->A
one''
-->''A
total waste of time
-->My
time''
-->''My
iron lung...
lung...''

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* {{Radiohead}}'s "My Iron Lung", which was about FanDumb audiences who wanted to hear "Creep" and only "Creep". It's up to interpretation whether the song is talking about itself or a hypothetical song, though, in the relevant part:
-->This, this is our new song
-->Just like the last one
-->A total waste of time
-->My iron lung...

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* [[{{Histeria}} I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves, and this is how it goes...]]
** [[RobotBoy I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves, and this is how it goes...]]
*** [[RuleOfThree I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves, and this is how it goes...]]
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--> ''There's just two songs in me, and I just wrote the third.''

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--> ''There's just only two songs in me, and I just wrote the third.''
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[[caption-width:297:Sarah's ringtone is very descriptive]]
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* [[FreshPrinceOfBelair Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down...]]
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-->''This is the song that comes under the credits, These are the credits, so this is that song.''

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-->''This is the song that comes under the credits, These are the credits, so this is that song.where it goes.''



-->''There should be a rule that the song under the credits Should have something to do with the movie's basic point. But that's not a rule!''


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-->''There should be a rule that the song under the credits Should have something credits, remotely pertains to do with the movie's basic point. plot! But that's not a rule!''

the case!''

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* "Untitled Opening Number" from TitleOfShow is mostly one of these.
-->''It's the opening song\\
It doesn't have a title, no\\
And it's not very long\\
But it's the starting point for our musical''

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