Hit Singles That Mention Famous People

[Crabwalk]

Sorry, I have read the thread honest!

[jobotic]

Fucking Ada have none of you chumps said

Madonna - Vogue

yet? (mentions Fucking Ada)

[Clatty McCutcheon]

REM - E-Bow The Letter, mentions 'Maria Callas, whoever she is'.

Charmless Man by Blur has 'I think he'd like to have been Ronnie Kray, but then nature didn't make him that way' (but I think it was used in the recent na-na-na-na round).

Alcazar - Crying at the Discotheque, mentions Richard Gere.
(number 13 in 2001, cheesy Eurodisco that samples Sheila B. Devotion's 'Spacer')

[machotrouts]

Sugababes - Hole in the Head (#1, 2003):

Seven hours since you went away
Eleven coffees, Ricki Lake on play


Of course, they are likely referring to "Ricki Lake", the title of the show hosted by the famous person Ricki Lake, rather than "Ricki Lake", the famous person who hosted the show Ricki Lake, rendering this null and void.

While I'm here, shout-out to my favourite disambiguation line on Wikipedia:



Love to imagine pissed-off fish disease fans wondering who the fuck the Sugababes are.

[Pearly-Dewdrops Drops]

Charmless Man by Blur has 'I think he'd like to have been Ronnie Kray, but then nature didn't make him that way' (but I think it was used in the recent na-na-na-na round).

Bonus question regarding singles that only mention famous twins: "Last of the Famous International Playboys" by Morrissey name checks both Kray twins.

[thecuriousorange]

Bowie
China Girl
Marlon Brando

[machotrouts]

Pet Shop Boys - Love etc. (#14, 2009):

You need more
than the Gerhard Richter hanging on your wall


Pet Shop Boys - Flamboyant (#12, 2004):

To look so loud
may be considered tacky
Collectors wear black clothes
by Issey Miyake

[machotrouts]

Madonna - Die Another Day (#3, 2002):

SIGMUND FREUD!
Analyse this!
Analyse this!
Analyse this this this this this!


Best Bond theme.

[machotrouts]

Lady Sovereign - 9 to 5 (#33, 2005)/The Ordinary Boys vs Lady Sovereign - Nine2Five (#6, 2006):

Ohh, Channel U, the ones who made me huge
Like Katie Price's boobs


Should have done a Bond theme.

[famethrowa]

Would "Doctoring the Tardis" count?
Dr Who is famous and not mentioned in the title, but not a real person as such.

aHEM... The song is aaaaactually only mentioning the name of the show, since the Doctor's name is just "The Doctor"

[Tombola]

Bigmouth Strikes Again by the Smiths mentions Joan of Arc a fair few times.

[Colin Sanction]

Psychic TV
Godstar
Brian Jones

[Icehaven]

REM
End Of The World As We Know It
LEO-NARD BERN-STEIN!

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

REM
End Of The World As We Know It
LEO-NARD BERN-STEIN!

Mentions more than one famous person, I'm afraid ( Lenny Bruce, for one. Might be others, but I've not heard that song for a while).

[The Culture Bunker]

Mentions more than one famous person, I'm afraid ( Lenny Bruce, for one. Might be others, but I've not heard that song for a while).

"Laughing" Leonid Brezhnev and Lester Bangs too.

[DrGreggles]

REM
End Of The World As We Know It
LEO-NARD BERN-STEIN!

Part of this week's Quickfire round.
The featured letter is 'R' and it goes from Ray Parker Jr saying "Who you gonna call?" to REM yelling "LEO-NARD BERN-STEIN!".

Oh, the hilarity of compiling pop quizzes...

[Phil_A]

Madness - (My Name Is) Michael Caine. Not sure if this counts, although the former Maurice Micklewhite does state his preferred nomenclature multiple times during the course of the song.

You could also have

Mark Cohn - Walking In Memphis (Elvis)
Mansun - Legacy (The Marquis De Sade)

[Clatty McCutcheon]

Bonus question regarding singles that only mention famous twins: "Last of the Famous International Playboys" by Morrissey name checks both Kray twins.

The loveable old far-right sympathiser also mentions Oliver Cromwell in the profound ethno-cultural musings of 'Irish Blood, English Heart'.

[The Culture Bunker]

Mark Cohn - Walking In Memphis (Elvis)

The "Reverend Green" line is a reference to the 'Let's Stay Together' hitmaker - Cohn went to see one of his services while in Memphis. And WC Handy is well known in blues music circles, I suppose.

[Fr.Bigley]

The "Reverend Green" line is a reference to the 'Let's Stay Together' hitmaker - Cohn went to see one of his services while in Memphis. And WC Handy is well known in blues music circles, I suppose.

It's also the worst song ever written. Alan partridge couldn't cause more cringe

[Sebastian Cobb]

We didn't start the fire mentions shitloads.

Seeing as you imposed a newer than 80's rule, I guess the 1991 Rod Stewart cover of Arthur Coneley's Sweet Soul Music.

[Captain Z]

Robbie Williams
Strong
Kiss

Also Oprah Winfrey and Ricki Lake

[Fr.Bigley]

Shania twain
That don't impress me much
Brad Pitt

[Brundle-Fly]

Fucking Ada have none of you chumps said

Madonna - Vogue

yet? (mentions Fucking Ada)

Breaks the Dr Greggles fourth stipulation. I've just discovered I broke it with Robbie Williams' Strong.

[Jerzy Bondov]

Shania twain
That don't impress me much
Brad Pitt

Also mentions Elvis. 'So what do you think you're Elvis or something?'

[Fr.Bigley]

Also mentions Elvis. 'So what do you think you're Elvis or something?'

Oh I thought she was directly talking to me, that was when I had the breakdown. Thanks for pointing that out. I'm not mad...anymore.

[Clatty McCutcheon]

The Lemonheads version of Mrs Robinson is also eligible (Joe DiMaggio, who I understand is a famous rounders player).

[The Culture Bunker]

The Lemonheads version of Mrs Robinson is also eligible (Joe DiMaggio, who I understand is a famous rounders player).

You don't consider Jesus famous? Get out of my sight, you heathen twat.

[KennyMonster]

Who Where Why by Jesus Jones mentions the band Jesus Jones using a sample (maybe Mike Edwards couldn't pronounce it or something).

[KennyMonster]

REM
The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight mentions Cheryl Baker in the chorus