Talk:Answer song

John Lennon's father
I thought "That's My Life (My Love And My Home)" (1965) by Alfred Lennon, John Lennon's father, to his son's song "In My Life" (1965). Anyone have anything on this? Artaxerxes (talk) 16:55, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Amy Winehouse
"Me and Mr. Jones" by Amy Winehouse would seem to be an answer song (of sorts) to Me and Mrs. Jones (1972) made famous by Billy Paul. Anyone have anything on this? Artaxerxes (talk) 16:44, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Suggestion
This is a good one to use I think, since it is two well known songs. Lynrd Skynrd's Sweet Home Alabama is, as mentioned in the lyrics, an "answer song" to Neil Young's "Southern Man"... "Well I heard mister Young sing about her. Well, I heard ole Neil put her down. Well, I hope Neil Young will remember. A Southern man don't need him around anyhow" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.69.104.195 (talk) 02:24, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Let It...
Should we add Let it Bleed as a notorious response to Let it Be? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.149.203.252 (talk) 05:03, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
 * +1.--91.122.42.132 (talk) 01:46, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Huh? 98.221.133.96 (talk) 09:16, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Is McCartney's "Let Me Roll It" actually an answer song? It sounds like the song is something of a response to, or a parody of, Lennon's new band, not a response to any particular song98.235.34.95 (talk) 02:50, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Page move
This article has been renamed as the result of a move request. Answer record &rarr; Answer song

Answer song previously contained a redirect to List of answer songs. Now someone has created an article on answer songs at answer record and. I have changed answer song to redirect at answer record but I'm fairly certain that the more widely used term is 'answer song', not 'answer record' and can't move it because of the existing redirect article. --Moochocoogle 18:53, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * Neutral What a stupid term in the first place. But how original can those people get when their vocabulary is limited to "benjamins," "whore," "crackwhore," "kill," and "pimp." &mdash;ExplorerCDT 01:16, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Not even a vote? You just had to vent some negative energy and racism and thought this would be a good place? Hyacinth 17:16, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Please note that this was originally on WP:RM and so ExplorerCDT probably doesn't have this page on his watchlist. violet/riga (t) 17:37, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Moved. violet/riga (t) 23:12, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I have not heard what are in actuality answer songs called that, only "answer record". Hyacinth 01:36, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Wrong Title?
This article mentions that answer songs have been around since the 1930's, but after that, the entire article is about Answer Songs in Hip-Hop Music. That would be a better title.Jennifer Brooks 05:19, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

List of Answer Songs page deletion
Speaking as a radio DJ, the deletion of the List of answer songs is quite annoying as I found the list to be of great value. I aim to bring it back. gigantibyte 19:28, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Stairway to Heaven

 * What about AC/DC's song Highway to Hell. Is it an answer song? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.122.42.132 (talk) 01:47, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

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Song Suggestion
I would like to suggest adding "A Pretty Girl Is Like..." from the album 69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields. Songwriter Stephin Merritt has called it an answer song to Irving Berlin's "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody." Reference can be found here. Maybe too obscure for some though...?

Unbesorgt (talk) 22:48, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Hm, how about Mariah Carey's "Obsessed". That's an answer song to Eminem in general and to his unreleased track song "Bagpipes From Baghdad" off his 2009 album "Relapse". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.4.56 (talk) 22:03, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Strongly agree with previous comment on Lynyrd Skynyrd and Neil Young; "Sweet Home Alabama" is one of the most famous answer songs out there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.161.128.67 (talk) 19:55, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Unsupported examples
The following songs lack sufficient notoriety or support to be included as answer song examples--and one includes a rather in-your-face obscenity in it's title. Remaining examples in the article could use substantiation in many cases. Artaxerxes (talk) 17:24, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
 * “F.U.R.B. (Fuck You Right Back)” was Frankee's response to Eamon's “Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)”, promoting rumors that the two had been dating. It was the first answer song to reach No. 1.
 * Christina Aguilera's “Woohoo” featuring vocals of Nicki Minaj was a response to “Blah Blah Blah” by Kesha feat. 3OH!3.
 * “California Gurls” by Katy Perry was a response to “Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, according to Perry.
 * The filk "307 Hell" is an answer song to Tom Smith's "307 Ale," describing an unwary drinker's adverse reaction to drinking the aforementioned 153% proof alcohol concoction.
 * Escape Key's "Into the Fire" is a follow-up to Echo's Children's "Under the Gripping Beast" sung from the point of view of the bereaved lover of the first song's protagonist, learning of her deal with the devil and determined to free her from it.
 * Noelle - "I Already Know" was an answer single to "I Don't Wanna Know" by Mario Winans feat. P Diddy
 * "You Should Really Know" by The Pirates featuring Shola Ama, Enya, Naila Boss and Ishani was also an answer song to "I Don't Wanna Know" by Mario Winans feat. P Diddy
 * Everybody Was in the French Resistance...Now! are a side project of Art Brut and The Blood Arm, dedicated entirely to writing answer songs, and have replied to Bob Dylan, Kanye West and Avril Lavigne, amongst others.
 * The Wanderer (Dion song) and Runaround Sue.
 * Rapper Eminem and singer Mariah Carey exchanged answer songs in response to Eminem's Jimmy Crack Corn. Carey responded first with Obsessed. Though she personally denies this, it is widely believed to be in response. Afterwards Eminem replied with an answer song, also considered a diss song, titled The Warning.
 * “There's No I in Team” was Taking Back Sunday's response to Brand New's “Seventy Times 7”.
 * “No Pigeons” was Sporty Thievz's response to TLC's “No Scrubs”.
 * “No Billz (Why, Why, Why?)” was Sporty Thievz's response to Destiny's Child's “Bills, Bills, Bills”, which was coincidentally co-written by Kandi Burruss, who also co-wrote “No Scrubs”.
 * O-IWI-O, by Korean boy band MBLAQ member G.O and Korean rapper Nassun, is a reply to the Girl's Generation song Gee.
 * Super Junior, a Korean boy band released their answer song titled "Sorry Sorry - Answer" to their previous song Sorry Sorry.
 * Japanese singer Thelma Aoyama released an answer song "Koko Ni Iru Yo" as an answer song to her previous song collaboration with SoulJa tited "Soba Ni Iru Ne".
 * Miss Thang's "Thunder & Lightning" is a reply song to Oran "Juice" Jones' "The Rain".
 * "I Didn't Just Kiss Her" was Jen Foster's response to "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry.
 * "New York City Gurls" was Kat DeLena's response to "California Gurls" by Katy Perry.
 * Yet you yourself have added at least two without any such substantiation, apparently based on no more than that you think "they seem to be" answer songs. I have no problem with allowing only properly cited examples, but don't dictate what is and isn't allowed when you aren't observing policy yourself. 12.233.146.130 (talk) 19:55, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
 * This list of less-notable and less-supported songs was placed here for discussion: can/should they be included in the article? can they be better supported? There has been no dictating of 'what is and isn't allowed' (not by me, at least).  (The first title on the list above was re-included in the article, as could be all the rest--with the enhanced support.)  A lack of a reference is not enough, for example, to say that a song is not well-supported.  If it has a page/article dedicated to it, and that article clearly states how the song qualifies, the link to that article should show sufficient support for that song. But I don't recommend a laundry list of songs; this is not a list page.  Best to include a few examples that best exemplify the 'answer song', that help readers to understand what the genre is exactly, the history of it.  Listing every single song that anyone has ever thought might be some sort of a response to another is not helpful in establishing a clear definition (or history). Artaxerxes (talk) 20:32, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Setting the criteria is tricky. Ideally I'd like to do away with a list format and have everything written in paragraphs. Having to write a paragraph explaining why the song was important to the concept would deter people for just adding any old song. --Salix (talk): 16:33, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Fleshing out each entry would help, as in text added to each bulleted item. Making the whole section paragraphs of flowing text might be a little harder to do concisely (and more difficult to get for a reader). Artaxerxes (talk) 16:59, 24 December 2011 (UTC)


 * As much as I love the idea of this, I can't find any evidence that Drake's "The Motto" is a response to Nickelback's "If Today Was Your Last Day." The citation that is currently provided goes to a Lecrae track that does not mention the issue at all. ClaireJV (talk) 21:47, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

More unsupported examples as of October 2022
At a quick look, there are a lot of examples given without citations that have been added since 2014. If you are in love to the idea that any of these should stay on the list you better put a ring on it ..er put a put a citation on it soon. Later I will go through the article and remove anything lacking support. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 15:30, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Additional citations
Why and where does this article need additional citations for verification? What references does it need and how should they be added? Hyacinth (talk) 04:21, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Physical and Pride
This article is lacking Robert Palmer's 'Pride', which is a response to Olivia Newton-John's 'Physical'. RPFan 06:34, 31 March 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.253.61.84 (talk)

Possible entry
How about "Bounce Me Brother With a Solid Four", an answer to "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar"? It seems a pretty obvious "answer song" though I don't know where to find a source to prove it.

Probably the most famous version of each song was the one by the Andrews Sisters, which is a little odd (can you sing an answer song to answer yourself?) but arguably that just makes it a more interesting example. --Trovatore (talk) 07:30, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

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