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List of references to Star Wars in music

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This is a list of references to Star Wars in music.

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[edit] 2 Skinnee J's

  • 2 Skinnee J's have referenced Star Wars several times, with song titles like "Mind Trick", and are best known for the song "Irresistible Force", which samples a loop from the Imperial March.

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[edit] Aquabats

  • In the ska band's music video for their song "Fashion Zombies," one of the kids during the fight scene carries a lightsaber.

[edit] Ash

  • Ash are big Star Wars fans, and did a cover version of Cantina Band, on the Girl From Mars b-side. Their album entitled 1977 opens with the sound of a TIE/ln starfighter. The final track entitled Darkside Lightside ends with a choral version of the Star Wars main theme. They also made their own record label and named it Deathstar. More recently, their song "Clones" was used in the game Star Wars: Republic Commando.

[edit] Barenaked Ladies

  • In the liner notes for their Stunt album, the printed lyrics for the song One Week include lyrics not included in the produced version of the song. One of these lyrics is "Like Skywalker, gotta big hunch / Hey that's my lunch / Yoda's a really really old guy."

[edit] Beastie Boys

  • The track "Do It" includes the lyric, "Like gravy on potatoes, Luke to Darth Vader / I'm a souped-up sucker and I'll see you all later."

[edit] Black Sun Empire

  • The name of this Drum 'n Bass trio is suspected to be taken from the infamous crimesyndicate Black Sun.

[edit] Blink-182

  • A song entitled A New Hope on their Dude Ranch album is about Princess Leia. Lyrics include Princess Leia where are you tonight; and who's laying there by your side. The song also makes reference to the moons of Endor, deserts of Tatooine, not as cool as Han, you're exactly the kind of Alderaanian that I need, drinking colt 45s with Lando, and the cantina in Mos Eisley.

[edit] The Bloodhound Gang

  • Possibly their best known song, "Fire Water Burn," includes the lyric: "Cause I'm kind of like Han Solo, always stroking my own Wookiee."
  • Another hit, "Why's Everybody Always Pickin' On Me," includes the lyric: "The morn' that I was born my old man beat up the doctor / He clocked the doctor 'cause the doctor said I looked like Chewbacca."
  • Also, the first verse of their song "Jackass" consists the lyrics: "I'm a pimped-out Jedi Knight / Obi-Wan meets Dolomite / Ben Kenobi went and got himself a Pompador / These aren't the whores you're looking for."
  • Their song "No Rest for the Wicked" includes the lyrics: "Leaving down my marker stalking like a stalker / Using the Force like my name was Luke Skywalker."

[edit] Blue County

  • A song called That's Cool contains the lyric "That old folding lawn chair makes the perfect X-wing fighter."

[edit] Boyz II Men

  • The track "Vibin' (The New Flava)" features Craig Mack rapping the lyrics, "Dope demonstrator, creator of the Force like, hey, Darth Vader / You imitator, I'm greater than your data / MC's run up so then they pack this doggie bag for later / I'm the wisdom-mystical, hyper-scientifical."

[edit] Sarah Brightman

  • The song "Starship Trooper" includes the lyrics: "Flash Gordon's left me / He's gone to the stars / And evil Darth Vader / Has me banished to Mars."

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[edit] Coheed and Cambria

  • Coheed and Cambria, while under the guise of Shabutie recorded the track "Goodnight" in 1999, which makes reference, by name, to Luke Skywalker, Jabba the Hutt, Boba Fett, X-Wing Fighters and Chewbacca, the song is sung by Claudio Sanchez as a boy dreaming of the Star Wars saga, pretending to be Darth Vader on the Death Star. The song also mentions the Clone Wars long before the series was released, showing Claudio's knowledge of the Star Wars saga was quiet extensive. This is an obvious influence on the saga of Coheed and Cambria.

[edit] Droid

  • Droid is a band started by Korn's guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer. The name of the heavy metal band is likely a Star Wars reference.

[edit] Missy Elliott

  • The track "All N My Grill" features Big Boi rapping the lyric, "And people around me is tellin' me that you's a stalker / Like Darth Vader takes a Skywalker / I told you I was the street talker."

[edit] Eminem

  • The track "Rain Man" features Eminem rapping about Christopher Reeve, saying, "He used to be like a hero to me / I even believe I had one of those 25-cent stickers on my refrigerator right next to Darth Vader / And Darth must have put a hex on him for later."
  • The track "Stay Wide Awake" on Eminem's album Relapse contains the lyrics "Jump out on you like I was a Jawa from fucking Star Wars / Jabba the Hutt Betty-ba-ba Betty-ba-ba". The track also begins with "Come with me to the dark side of the Force".
  • The track "Old Time's Sake" in "Relapse" Eminem says "Don't fight the feeling if you're feeling the Force within."

[edit] Everclear

  • Everclear's popular song "Wonderful" includes the lyrics "I want the things that I had before, like a Star Wars poster on my bedroom door."

[edit] Falco

  • The song "Cowboyz and Indianz" features a mixture of English and German lyrics. One of the English lyrics is "Let the Force be with you / When the Empire strikes."

[edit] Falling Up

  • The Falling Up remix album Exit Lights includes the track "Bittersweet (A Jedi Force)," a reference to its producer, Jedi McKnight.

[edit] Fugees

  • The track "Recharge" features Wyclef Jean rapping the lyric "When it come to rappin', I'm the Darth Vader."

[edit] Gnarls Barkley

  • Known for their various outfit changes, Gnarls Barkley played their single "Crazy" at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards in Star Wars costumes. Cee Lo was Darth Vader, who unveiled himself before the performance, with Rebel pilots as backup. Stormtroopers played guitar and bass, while Imperial officers played violins. Danger Mouse, as Obi-Wan Kenobi was on the keyboard, while Jango Fett was the mixer and Chewbacca played the drums. The song they performed was not Star Wars based, considering they might perform in something else next time, but remain Star Wars fans.

[edit] Green Olive Tree

  • The indie rock band Green Olive Tree has a song called 'Dagobah' on their album 'Things I Tried To Be'.

[edit] The Halo Benders

  • The song 'Your Asterisk' contains the lyric - "You never thought you'd have to prove

A great disturbance in the force"

[edit] Handsome Devil

  • On the album "Love and Kisses from the Underground," the song "Samurai" contains the chorus lyrics, "I'm a [edited] Samurai/From the darkside."

[edit] House of Pain

  • From the self-titled House of Pain album, the song "Feel It" contains the lyrics "So catch me if you can, you know I'm the man like Chewbacca knows Han."
  • From "Top O' The Mornin' To Ya", "I rip shit and back flip like a Jedi"

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[edit] The Impossibles

  • The song "Plan B" features the lyric "She says there's still good left in me like I'm the dark lord of the sith."

[edit] Kanye West

  • The track "Gone" features Kanye rapping the lyrics "and if I ever switch sides like Anakin / you'll sell everything including the manikin"
  • The track "Big Screen" features Kanye rapping the lyrics "I'm back in your life / Return of the Jedi / L.A. for a night then return on the red eye."

[edit] Kasabian

  • In an unofficial biography (Kasabian: Sound, Movement & Empire) about the successful British band one of the chapters is titled "Not That Long Ago, In A Cowshed Far, Far Away", which is a clear reference to the famous opening crawl. The last chapter is called "A New Hope", a reference to episode IV.
  • Lead singer, Tom Meighan, was interviewed by starwars.com following a gig, where he had worn a T-shirt featuring the mask of Darth Vader.
  • Meighan revealed that he had once rented an Obi-Wan Kenobi outfit during the recording of their self-titled debut album.
  • Following the release of Revenge of the Sith Meighan let his beard grow, so as to look more like the young Obi-Wan Kenobi, whom he already resembled.
  • Meighan has spent 8.000 British pounds on exact replicas of R2-D2 and C-3PO.
  • Meighan has at least once dedicated the song "The Doberman" (from their second album Empire) to Jango Fett.
  • During the promotion of the band's third and latest album West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum the band gave an interview in which Meighan compared the band's members with Star Wars characters, calling himself Darth Vader, songwriter, singer and guitarist Sergio Pizzorno Han Solo, bass player Chris Edwards R2-D2, additional guitarist Jay Mehler Lando Calrissian and drummer Ian Matthews Chewbacca.

[edit] King

  • This band has a song and EP titled "She's Into Star Wars".

[edit] Liquid Tension Experiment

  • On their album Liquid Tension Experiment 2, they have a song entitled "Chewbacca."

[edit] Matthew Good Band

  • Their 1996 EP "Raygun" includes the track "Generation X-Wing".

[edit] mc chris

  • In 2001 rapper mc chris released a song entitled "fett's vette", written from the perspective of Boba Fett and containing numerous other direct references to Star Wars. Lyrics include the line, "My backpack's got jets, well, I'm Boba, the Fett, I bounty hunt for Jabba Hutt to finance my 'Vette." The voice of mc chris should be familiar to viewers of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.
  • A Star Wars: Galaxies themed video for this song can be found here: [1]

[edit] Method Man

  • The track "The ?" (yes, the question mark) features the lyric "One step ahead I / Return like Jedi."

[edit] Mushroomhead

  • The song Solitaire Unraveling repeats the line "I've Got Rembrandt As My Right Hand And Solo As My Pilot" several times

[edit] Nerf Herder

  • A band probably best known for creating the theme tune for television's Buffy The Vampire Slayer. The name is based on the insult "nerf herder."

[edit] Notorious B.I.G.

  • In Biggie's song "Hypnotize" off of his "Life After Death" album, he says, "Hit'em with the Force like Obi…"

[edit] Obraskai

  • This South Carolina band took its name from the misspelling of Obroa-skai used in Before the Storm. They now tell people that it is short for "Of A Burning Sky", because it sounds cooler than, "Hey, we ripped off Star Wars!". The reference was originally conceived in a dream the singer had.The band's MySpace page

[edit] Brad Paisley

  • In the music video for the song Online, the protagonist (played by Jason Alexander) is shown practicing with a toy lightsaber.

[edit] Pepper

  • On their album Kona Town, they feature a song called "Stormtrooper."

[edit] Jason Popson

  • Former singer Jason Popson (JMann) of Mushroomhead makes references to Star Wars in the songs The Wrist and Solitaire/Unraveling. Lyrics from The Wrist include Greedo died at the hands of Solo. Lyrics from Solitaire/Unraveling include I've got Rembrandt as my right hand Solo as my pilot. Jason Popson is also the singer in a band called the Alter Boys. On their first album The Exotic Sounds of the Alter Boys there is an instrumental titled Docking Bay 94.

[edit] Junior Senior

  • In the music video for the Junior Senior's song Move Your Feet features a scene in which a squirrel hurtles through space after destroying the Earth in a spacecraft mirroring Darth Vader's TIE Advanced x1 starfighter, complete with sound effects and the craft's "spin" in space following the Death Star's destruction.

[edit] The Presidents of the United States of America

  • From their album II, the song "Supermodel" begins with the lyrics "Love child to Genghis Khan, and a beautiful busy Amazon, on the Death Star with her godfather, Darth Vader, and nine months later..."
  • A song entitled Death Star appears in their album "Freaked Out and Small".

[edit] Quarashi

  • In their song "Baseline", the first phrase heard from a set of turntables is "I'm a Jedi Knight on the dark side."

[edit] Queen

  • In their song "Bicycle Race", the band expresses that they are seemingly not liking Star Wars: "You say shark, I say, hey, man! Jaws was never my scene and I don't like Star Wars."

[edit] Queens of the Stone Age

  • Their album The Split CD featured an instrumental track namend "These Aren't the Droids You're Looking For".

[edit] Red Hot Chili Peppers

  • In their song "Californication", they mention Alderaan and reference both Star Wars and Star Trek. Lyrics include Space may be the final frontier but it's made in a Hollywood basement" and "And Alderaan's not far away, it's Californication" (though the incorrect spelling of Alderon is used in the lyrics booklet).

[edit] Will Smith

  • In the song "He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper," Smith raps the lyric, "That's when I snap and I'll attack and go mad like Rambo, or maybe like Commando, or like Lando Calrissian, cause you know he was down with the Force."

[edit] Spice Girls

  • In their music video "Spice Up Your Life", a marquee displays a movie called "Spice Wars" in the same fashion as the famous entrance.

[edit] SR-71

  • The song "Fame (What She's Wanting)" begins with the lyrics "Staring down from thirty thousand feet above the planet" and ends with "They all knew she end up just another loser's girlfriend / Who'd a thought she'd become a Jedi Knight."

[edit] Supernova

  • A song entitled Chewbacca (What a Wookiee) appeared on the Clerks soundtrack.

[edit] Matthew Sweet

  • Matthew Sweet's song "Where You Get Love" from the Blue Sky on Mars album includes the lines "You're getting your kicks right at the source / You're taking your guidance from the Force."

[edit] System of a Down

  • During their 2000 Snocore tour (named for the fact that the tour only visited cities which experience snow in the winter), System of a Down would enter the stage to a recording of John Williams's Imperial March, followed by the playing their opening song Suite-Pee.

[edit] The Taj Motel Trio

  • Their 2002 album "Feels the Force (Special Edition)" has a song entitled Vader. This song is about Darth Vader and also features ska renditions of the imperial march and the main theme.

[edit] Taking Back Sunday

[edit] Tenacious D

  • Are working on a song called "Death Star".

[edit] A Tribe Called Quest

  • The track "Wild Hot" features Q-Tip rapping the lyric, "No, 'cause he move like the wind, in flight / Counter-attack like a Jedi Knight."

[edit] Twiztid

  • From their song "Ain't a Damn Thang Change": "Blowin' in the wind just me and my microphone / I'm like a Jedi Knight bringin' the Force and alliance."
  • From their song "Raw Deal": "Why Do I Call Myself A Juggalo You Hater We Don't Flip Sides over a bitch like Darth Vader."

[edit] Vader

  • Vader is a death metal band from Olsztyn, Poland, founded in 1983. According to Piotr Wiwczarek, the band's founding singer and guitar player, the band's name was inspired by Darth Vader from the Star Wars film series.

[edit] White Zombie

  • The song "MurderWorld" features the lyrics: "Death Star reaches out to crush you, idealistic super-hero."

[edit] Girlicious

  • A line from the chorus of their song "Liar Liar" is "Cuz I got a Player on my hands, I got a real jabba on my hands, I got a faker on my hands" as a reference to "Jabba the hut" for being lazy and fat.

[edit] Keshia Chante

  • In her song "Too Much" she sings "Yo, why is it every time that I, Hit you, you be on some mind tricks like a jedi"

[edit] John Williams

  • In Star Wars composer John Williams' score for E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, in the track "The Magic of Halloween", a short quote of "Yoda's Theme" appears to underscore a moment when E.T. spots a Trick-or-Treater dressed as Yoda.

[edit] Robbie Williams

  • Lines from Viva Life on Mars are "Take a ride on your high horse / If the horse is blind, use the Force. / The Falcon flies in two straight lines / Red Five standing by, it's not a moon it's a space station".

[edit] Mark Wills

  • Mark Wills' song 19 Somethin', about growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, begins with the line, "I saw Star Wars at least eight times."

[edit] Wu-Tang Clan

  • The track "Starter" features Streetlife rapping the lyric: "Take flight like Skywalker, might wolf it on ya father."
  • The track "Hellz Wind" features Inspectah Deck rapping the lyric: "Lethal weapon, step through your section with the Force like Luke Skywalker / Rhyme author, orchestrate mind torture."
  • The track "Get Them Out Ya Way Pa" features U-God rapping the lyric: "Approach or get fired on, permanent chest scar / Empire Strikes Back, check out the Death Star."
  • The track "Shaolin Worldwide" features Method Man rapping the lyric: "The Jedi only use The Force if ya force me / Shaolin What? Don't get it fucked up and cross me."

[edit] "Weird Al" Yankovic

[edit] Young Jeezy

  • In Jeezy's video for "I Luv It", he wears a t-shirt with a stormtrooper helmet on it.


[edit] Wikipedia:Jamiroqaï

  • In Travelling without moving, song 3: use the force
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