MODERN RAP
"I'm stayin' up all night hopin', hittin' my head against the wall", this "Animal" gal raps on "Your Love Is My Drug"
Ke$ha
2008:
"19"
Adele
"Somebody Told Me", "When You Were Young"
The Killers
"I'll tell ya what I want, what I really, really want"--never to hear this group's 1996 song ever again!
This Police song sounds like a love song, but Sting admits it's really about jealousy & obsessiveness
Every Breath You Take
On Jay Sean's hit "Down", this "diminutive" guy steps in to rap, "Honestly, I'm down like the economy"
Lil Wayne
2004:
"Hot Fuss"
The Killers
"The Pretender", "Times Like These"
Foo Fighters
Maybe it would have been better if this Oscar-winning song from a 1997 movie froze to death in the Atlantic as well
My Heart Will Go On
She found a hit with Calvin Harris with "We Found Love"
Rihanna
"Jumpman" refers to the logo on Nike's Air Jordan shoes, on this song by Future and this rapper
Drake
2012:
"Night Visions"
Imagine Dragons
"I Love Rock 'N Roll", "I Hate Myself for Loving You
Joan Jett
"Come & find me, my name is" this, "always at the party con las chicas que son buena"
Masochists know "Sometimes love don't feel like it should" & are down with this John Mellencamp tune
Hurts So Good
I Know You Want Me" to call on you for the canine name of this Cuban-American rapper
Pitbull
2002:
"Songs About Jane"
Maroon 5
"Paint It Black", "Gimme Shelter"
"Life is brilliant" & sure, your "love is pure", but let's be blunt, James: this "pretty" song of yours is on the list
You're Beautiful
This hit begins, "This hit, that ice cold, Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold"
Uptown Funk
On "Love The Way You Lie", Eminem raps, "Now you get to watch her leave out the window/Guess that's why they call it" this
window pane
2001:
Songs in A Minor
Alicia Keys
"Highway to Hell", "You Shook Me All Night Long"
AC/DC
This Sisqo song about a piece of clothing mentioned another song on the list, "Livin' La Vida Loca"
Thong Song
This song from "Rocky III" mentions "the thrill of the fight"
Eye of The Tiger