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** "Brainwascht" is directed at an old friend who had written a rather hurtful song about Ben [[note]] he's never outright said who it was or what song, but the prevailing fan theory is it's an answer to "Wrong" by Fleming & John - the duo had worked with him before, and part of "Brainwascht" seems to be mocking a set of StockRhymes that happen to be used in the first few lines of "Wrong"[[/note]]: "If you had to say it all in a pop song/ couldn't you at least have written me a good one?". Again there's a little TakeThatMe involved in that he points out how silly it is to trade barbs in song, suggesting "maybe next time we should just have a dance off".

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** "Brainwascht" is directed at an old friend who had written a rather hurtful song about Ben [[note]] he's never outright said who it was or what song, but the prevailing fan theory is it's an answer to "Wrong" by Fleming & John - the duo had worked with him before, and part of "Brainwascht" seems to be mocking a set of StockRhymes that happen to be used in the first few lines of "Wrong"[[/note]]: "If you had to say it all in a pop song/ couldn't you at least have written me a good one?". Again there's a little TakeThatMe involved SelfDeprecation involved, in that he points out how silly it is to trade barbs in song, suggesting "maybe next time we should just have a dance off".
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* OpinionOverride: "Jesusland" is about Jesus [[SecondComing returning]] and becoming appalled at the people who claim to believe in him.
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* SerialSpouse: Ben has been married and divorced four times.

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* SerialSpouse: Ben has been married five times and divorced four times.four, though he only has two children (with his third wife Frally Hynes).
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* EmotionalRegression: The narrator of "Kristine from the 7th Grade" laments this after discovering how unhinged she has become through her e-mails and social media posts.
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* HowIWroteThisArticleArticle: "One Down" is about the fact that he's contractually obliged to write 3.6 more songs and feels conflicted about "turning in a bunch of shit."
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** ''So There'' again includes a song with the same name.

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** ''So There'' and ''What Matters Most'' again includes each include a song with the same name.
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* ''What Matters Most'' (2023)
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** His infamous ''soft rock'' version of Music/DrDre's "Bitches Ain't Shit."

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** His infamous ''soft rock'' version of Music/DrDre's [[Music/TheChronic "Bitches Ain't Shit."Shit"]].



** A ska version of Music/TheClash's "Lost In The Supermarket" for the ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'' soundtrack.

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** A ska version of Music/TheClash's [[Music/LondonCalling "Lost In The Supermarket" Supermarket"]] for the ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'' soundtrack.



** "Hiroshima (B-B-B-B-B-Benny Hit His Head)" is, as the title suggests, is composed and produced to sound like "Benny And The Jets," both in the beat and the dubbed-in live audience.

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** "Hiroshima (B-B-B-B-B-Benny Hit His Head)" is, as the title suggests, is composed and produced to sound like "Benny "Bennie And The Jets," both in the beat and the dubbed-in live audience.
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** Ben turned the favor around and played piano on Al's "Why Does This Always Happen To Me?" (which was, appropriately, a style parody of Ben).

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** Ben turned the favor around and played piano on Al's [[Music/PoodleHat "Why Does This Always Happen To Me?" Me?"]] (which was, appropriately, a style parody of Ben).Ben's music).

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