Celebrity Song

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    A is a song that is named after a famous person. The celebrity's name can be used in the song's lyrics as a comparison, a metaphor, or something that doesn't have anything to do with the subject.

    Related to Shout-Out. Compare with The Namesake, where the named thing doesn't appear until late in a story.

    Examples of Celebrity Songs include:

    Common examples

    • "Stone Cold" Steve Austin is an American former professional wrestler, actor, producer and television host known as one of the biggest stars in WWE history.
      • "Stone Cold Steve Austin" by blackbear, featuring MOD SUN
      • "Stone Cold Steve Austin" by Hot Dad
      • "STONE COLD" by DWN2EARTH
      • "StoneColdStunner" by BONES, featuring Wicca Phase Springs Eternal
    • Drew Barrymore is an American actress, producer and director known for acting in romantic comedies.
      • "Drew Barrymore" by SZA
      • "Drew Barrymore" by Bryce Vine
      • "Drew Barrymore Movie Marathons" by Help She Can't Swim
    • Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist, a crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Classical music.
    • Billy the Kid was an Old West outlaw and gunfighter.
      • "The Ballad of Billy the Kid" by Billy Joel
      • "Billy the Kid" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreaks
      • "Billy the Kid" by Billy Dean
      • "Billy the Kid Next Door" by Natalie Cole
      • "Me and Billy the Kid" by Pat Green
      • "Billy the Kid" by The Charlie Daniels Band
      • "Billy the Kid" by Woody Gunthrie
    • Bonnie and Clyde were an outlaw couple who became notorious for robbings and killings during The Great Depression.
    • Caligula was an infamous Roman emperor who reigned between AD 37 and AD 41.
      • "Caligula" by Macy Gray
      • "Caligula" by Ghostemane
      • "Caligula" by City Morgue
      • "Caligula" by Sodom
    • Jackie Chan is a Hong Kong stuntman, actor and director known for his dangerous stunts and physical humor.
      • "Jackie Chan" by Gucci Mane
      • "Jackie Chan" by Wifisfuneral
      • "Jackie Chan" by Preme, featuring Post Malone.
        • Remixed by Tiësto & Dzeko
    • "Casanova" (meaning a man considered romantic and gallant) is a word named after Giacomo Casanova, known for his sexual adventures with women.
      • "Casanova" by Roxy Music
      • "Casanova" by Levert
      • "Casanova" by TAU
      • "Casanova" by Allie X
      • "Casanova" by Casanova
      • "Cowboy Casanova" by Carrie Underwood
    • Kurt Cobain was an American singer and guitarist for Nirvana, one of the most influential bands of the 1990s.
      • "Cobain" by Lil Peep
      • "CLOUT COBAIN | CLOUT CO13A1N" by Denzel Curry, also a Pun-Based Title.
      • "Skurt Cobain" by Sneazzy, featuring Nekfeu, also a Pun-Based Title.
      • "Kurt Cobain" by Astronautalis
      • "Cobain" by Dark Polo Gang
    • Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, author and artist who has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades.
      • "Bob Dylan Blues" by Syd Barrett
      • "Bob Dylan is Dead" by Marvin Etzioni
      • "Bob Dylan" by Hot Dad
    • Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity and explained the photoelectric effect. "Einstein" is also a synonym for "genius".
    • Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.
      • "Vincent" by Don McLean
      • "Van Gogh's Crows" by Shahmen
      • "Van Gogh" by Loud Lary Ajust
      • "Vincent Van Gogh Ain't Got Shit on Me" by $uicideboy$
    • Gucci Mane is an American rapper who helped pioneer the Hip Hop sub-genre of Trap Music.
      • "Gucci Mane" by Lil Peep
      • "Gucci Mane" by Yoshi Thompkins
      • "Guwop" by Young Thug, featuring Quavo, Offset and Young Scooter.
    • Adolf Hitler was a German Nazi dictator and leader of the Nazi party during World War II.
      • "Little Adolf" by Bo Burnham
      • "Ich bin Adolf Hitler" by K.I.Z.
      • "Hitler töten" by Sudden, featuring Alligatoah.
      • "To Be or Not to Be (The Hitler Rap)" by Mel Brooks
    • Whitney Houston was an American singer and actress who is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of music.
      • "Whitney" by Rêve
      • "Feelin Whitney" by Post Malone
      • "RIP WHITNEY" by TyFontaine
    • Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American escape artist, illusionist and stunt performer, noted for his escape acts.
      • "Houdini" by Eminem
      • "Houdini" by Dua Lipa
      • "Houdini" by Kate Bush
      • "Houdini" by Foster the People
      • "HOUDINI" by Travis Scott
      • "Houdini" by Smokepurpp
      • "Houdini" by Death Grips
      • "Houdini" by KSI
      • "Houdini" by BabyTron
      • "houdini" by nothing,nowhere
    • Michael Jackson was an American singer, songwriter and dancer, regarded as one of the most significant figures of the 20th century.
      • "Michael Jackson (The Beat Goes On)" by Cash Cash
      • "MJ" by Bladee
      • "MJ" by Now, Now
    • Jesse James was a notorious outlaw of the American West.
    • Joan of Arc was a French military leader and mystic known for her involvement in the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War who was later captured and executed by the English.
    • Michael Jordan is an American former basketball player, considered one of the greatest players in the game's history.
      • "Michael Jordan" by Kendrick Lamar
      • "Michael Jordan" by Merkules
      • "MJ" by Big Scarr
    • Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, model and singer famous for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters.
      • "Marilyn Monroe" by Nicki Minaj
      • "Marilyn Monroe" by Pharrell Williams
      • "Marilyn Monroe" by Sevdaliza
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era.
      • "Mozart's House" by Clean Bandit
      • "Black Mozart" by Ryan Leslie
      • "Black Mozart" by Raekwon
      • "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco
      • "Wolfgang" by Lino
    • Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter and sculptor who is regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.
      • "Pablo Picasso" by David Bowie
      • "Pablo Picasso" by The Modern Lovers
      • "Pablo Picasso" by The Shin Sekai, featuring S.Pri Noir, Abou Debeing & Franglish.
      • "Picasso" by Hopsin
      • "Picasso" by SHINee
      • "Picasso" by Jamaika, featuring Branco.
      • "Picasso Baby" by Jay-Z
      • "Bulletproof Picasso" by Train
    • Frank Sinatra was an American singer, actor and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century.
      • "Frank Sinatra" by CAKE
      • "Frankie Sinatra" by The Avalanches
      • "Connect the Dots (The Saga of Frank Sinatra)" by Car Seat Headrest
      • "All Sinatra Everything" by Logic. He also has four songs titled after his alter ego Young Sinatra.

    By genre

    Country

    Electronic

    • "Barbra Streisand" by Duck Sauce
    • "Franz Schubert" by Kraftwerk
    • "Ian Curtis Wishlist" by Xiu Xiu

    Folk

    Hip Hop

    • "Paul Revere" by Beastie Boys
    • "Rosa Parks" by OutKast
    • "Alfred's Theme" by Eminem, named after film director Alfred Hitchcock.
      • "Tobey", featuring Big Sean and BabyTron, named after actor Tobey Maguire.
      • An early tracklist of Encore featured the song "Christopher Reeves", which had numerous jabs at the Superman actor. The song was removed after Reeves' death in October 2004, eventually getting reworked 20 years later as "Brand New Dance".
      • Through his albums, numerous skits named "Paul" feature Eminem's manager Paul Rosenberg.
    • "Kenny Lofton" and "Chris Tucker" by J. Cole
    • "Joaquin Phoenix" by Lupe Fiasco
    • "The Story of O.J." by Jay-Z, named after football player O.J. Simpson, who was also a defendant in one of the most famous trials in American history.
    • "Jarreau of Rap (Skatt Attack)" by Nas, named after singer and musician Al Jarreau.
    • "MC Hammer" and "Bill Gates" by Rick Ross
    • "Justin Bieber" and "Miley Cyrus" by Lil B
    • "Ray Charles" by Chiddy Bang
    • "Tom Ford" by Jay-Z, named after the New York fashion designer.
    • "Kobe Bryant" by Lil Wayne
    • "Derrick Rose" by Meek Mill, named after the basketball player.
    • "HARDY BROTHERS FREESTYLE" by Lil Pump, featuring Smokepurpp, named after WWE wrestlers Jeff and Matt Hardy.
    • "Stevie" by Smokepurpp, named after singer and musician Stevie Wonder.
    • "Ghostface Killers" by 21 Savage, Offset and Metro Boomin (featuring Travis Scott), named after Ghostface Killah of Wu-Tang Clan.
    • "Ric Flair Drip" by Offset and Metro Boomin
    • "Madonna" by Drake
    • "Bob Marley" by Gucci Mane
    • "Jet Li", "John Madden", "Obama" and "ASAP Rocky" by Chief Keef
      • "Kobe", named after Kobe Bryant.
      • "Sosa Chamberlain", named after basketball player Wilt Chamberlain.
      • "Morgan Tracy", named after actor and comedian Tracy Morgan.
      • "Pharrell", named after rapper and producer Pharrell Williams.
      • "Wayne", named after Lil Wayne.
    • "DAPPER DAN" by Ski Mask the Slump God, named after the Harlem designer.
    • "I LUv My CLiQuE LiKe KaNyE WeSt" by XXXTentacion
    • "White Iverson" by Post Malone, named after basketball player Allen Iverson.
      • "Black Iverson" by Pi'erre Bourne, titled as a riff on "White Iverson".
    • "What Would Meek Do?" by Pusha T, featuring Kanye West, named after rapper Meek Mill.
    • "Ocho Cinco" by French Montana, named after footballer Chad Johnson's nickname.
      • "Sun Tzu"
    • Every track on JEFFERY by Young Thug, except "Pick Up the Phone", is named after one of his idols.
    • "Dennis Rodman" by Migos, named after the basketball player.
    • "Keanu Reeves" and "Nardwuar" by Logic
      • "Tony Revolori", named after the American actor and comedian.
      • "Indica Badu", named after American singer and songwriter Erykah Badu, also a Pun-Based Title.
    • "Lightskin Lil Wayne" by Tyga
    • "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" by Lil Dicky
    • "Billy Crystal" by Yelawolf
    • "The Billy Williams Story" by Saba
    • "LeBron James" by Yo Gotti
    • "A$AP Ferg" by NAV and Metro Boomin
    • "R.I.P. Fredo (Notice Me)" by Playboi Carti, named after rapper Fredo Santana.
    • "P.A.T." by Denzel Curry, meaning "Project And Turmoil", is also named after rapper Project Pat.
    • "Drake & Chill", "Spike Lee" "Monica Lewinsky" and "Marie Curie" by Pi'erre Bourne
      • "@Pharrell", named after rapper and producer Pharrell Williams.
    • "Dr. Seuss" and "Paulo Coelho" by Russ
      • Every track on How to Rob is named after a famous rapper that has inspired him.
      • "DiMaggio", named after baseball player Joe DiMaggio.
    • "Jay Dee Come and Get It" by Kaytranada, named after rapper and hip hop producer J Dilla.
    • "John Deere" and "Jackie Robinson (42)" by X-Raided
    • "Spice Girl" by Aminé
    • "Catchin Bodies Like Gabrielle Union" by Father, named after the actress.
    • "Jon Voight (Live Fast, Die Young)" by $uicideboy$
    • "Michael Jackson" and "Hugh Hefner" by Lil Wop
    • "James Cameron Took My Bitch (Interlude)" by Night Lovell
    • "I Met R.C. Christian" by Ghostemane, named after the individual who commissioned the Georgia Guidestones.
      • "Euronymous", named after the guitarist of Mayhem.
      • "Barry White Pt. 1", with DJ Killa C.
    • "Do the Charles Manson" by Necro
    • "Joe Spinell" by The Circle of Tyrants
    • "Kid Cudi" by Blac Youngsta
    • "Kelly Price Freestyle" by Key! & Kenny Beats
    • "Free Tay K" by Lil Xan
    • "Billie Eilish" by Jumex
    • "Jahseh on My Wrist" by Bass Santana, Flyboy Tarantino, Kid Trunks & Craig Xen, named after rapper XXXTentacion.
    • "Richard Simmons" by Yung Gravy
    • "Tito Santana" by Joe Budden, featuring Wale.
    • "I'm a Slick Rick" by Nick Cannon
    • "That's How I Beat Shaq" by Aaron Carter
    • "Randy Savage" by Jake Paul, featuring Team 10 and Jitt & Quan.
    • "Snapbacks & Tatts (Helen Keller)" by Dot Dot Curve
    • "IDGT No Kevin Gates" and "2Pac" by Lil Nei
    • "Sur la tête de Marine Le Pen" by Sianna
    • "Drake Era", "Black Ben Carson", "Black Steve Austin", "Black Stecey Dash", "LL Cool J", "This That Shit Kid Cudi Coulda Been" and "Macaulay Culkin" by JPEGMAFIA
    • "Flex Like David Icke" by Pink Guy
    • "Gene Simmons" and "PS2 (John Mayer)" by Oliver Francis
    • "DEMI" by Comethazine, named after Demi Lovato
    • "G.S.P." by Les Anticipateurs, named after mixed martial artist Georges St-Pierre.
      • "Jean-Coutu", named after the Canadian drugstore chain founded by Jean Coutu.
      • "Gregory Charles", named after the Canadian singer.
      • "Céline", named after Canadian singer Céline Dion.
      • "Justin Trudeau", a diss track directed at the Prime Minister of Canada.
    • "#RONNYJIKILLEDTHIS" by Icy Narco
    • "Elton John" by Lil Phag with Hoodie Alien and Dr. Woke
      • "Mark Cuban", with Sammy Adamns and Dr. Woke, named after the owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team.

    Pop

    • "Paul McCartney" by Scissor Sisters
    • "Grace Kelly" by Mika
    • "Mr. James Dean" by Hilary Duff
    • "John Wayne" by Lady Gaga
    • "The Lovely Linda" by Paul McCartney, named after his wife Linda McCartney
    • "Farrah Fawcett Hair" by Capital Cities, featuring Andre 3000.
    • "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes
    • "Steve McQueen" by Sheryl Crow
    • "Marvin Gaye" by Charlie Puth, featuring Meghan Trainor.
    • "Huey Newton" by St. Vincent
    • "It's Still Billy Joel to Me", "Velvet Elvis", "My Baby's in Love With Eddie Vedder" and "Jerry Springer" by "Weird Al" Yankovic
      • "CNR" is a satirical tribute to actor Charles Nelson Reilly.
    • "Michael Caine" by Madness
    • "Bill Murray" by Phantogram
    • "Pete Davidson" by Ariana Grande, named after the comedian and her then-fiancé.
    • "The Ballad of Marie Curie" by Army of Lovers
    • "I Feel Better Than James Brown" by Was (Not Was) - The title is a riff on the song "I Got You (I Feel Good)".
    • "Robert De Niro's Waiting" by Bananarama
    • "Brodyquest" by Lemon Demon, named after actor Adrien Brody.
    • "Rickroll" by LeetStreet Boys, named after the Rick Astley meme.
    • "His Name Is Pewdiepie" by Roomie
    • "PewDiePie", "Tim Heidecker", "Philip DeFranco" and "Elon Musk (Cars in Space)" by Hot Dad
      • "Fieri", named after restaurateur and television personality Guy Fieri.
      • "Mac DeMarco" and "Tyler, The Creator", from PPL.
      • Every track on Are President is named after a presidential candidate in the 2016 US election.
      • Every track on Wrestle is named after a professional wrestler.

    R&B

    • "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder, named after jazz musician Duke Ellington.
    • "Kim K" by K. Michelle, named after Kim Kardashian.
    • "Sally Ride" by Janelle Monáe, named after the astronaut.
    • "June Carter" by JMR
    • Every song on I Wanna Meet Richard Dreyfuss by Gabriel Gundacker, except "Saddles", is named after actor Richard Dreyfuss.

    Rock

    Other

    • "Bundy" by Peter Sotos, from the sound collage album Buyer's Market, collects interviews related to serial killer Ted Bundy.
    • "Ostia (The Death of Pasolini)" by Industrial group Coil, named after Italian film director Pier Paolo Pasolini.

    Songs named after multiple celebrities

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