Songs with DC References

Superman - R.E.M.

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“Salt”, by Ava Max

I got my thigh-highs on, feel like Wonder Woman

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Ooh, Superman, where are you now
Well, everything’s gone wrong somehow
The men of steel, the men of power
Are losing control by the hour

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Watching Don’t Worry Darling reawakened my short-lived One Direction phase…


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Two-Face by Jake Daniels


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Harley Quinn by Ilyaugust

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Taylor Swift has a song called “Superman”, and true to Taylor Swift fashion, Superman is the love interest (it totally gives off Lois Lane vibes, and no I am in no position to post the video from YouTube atm)

And Lion Babe has a song called “Wonder Woman”, including references to her “golden rope”.

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Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me) by XTC

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I love that song.

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Bang Bang- Jessie J, Ariana Grande, & Nicki Minaj

“Get a ride in the engine that could go
Batman, robbin’ it, bang-bang”

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Gabriel Cyphre
Joker and Harley Quinn

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Wonder Woman don’t you ever forget
You’re divine and he’s about to regret
He’s a bucka-mhm-buckbuckbuck-mhm boy
Bucka-mhm-buckbuckbuck
I’m not your bucka-mhm-buck-mhm-buck-mhm

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Lots of name drops in this one. Even Alfred gets a shout out.

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I found DC references in K-Pop! It’s not just English songs by western artists!

ANPANMAN by BTS


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Oh, so many options just songs about DC characters before even delving into passing references…
Sgt Rock (Is Going to Help Me) has already been mentioned, but we’ve got two other XTC songs…

That’s Really Super, Supergirl - XTC

Brainiac’s Daughter - The Dukes of the Stratosphere

(DotS is XTC plus Dave’s brother Ian)

Moving on… apologies that this post got really long; I tried collapsing it into sections, but that breaks the links. :frowning:

Justice League - Pat G

Gotham City God D:hear_no_evil:mn (All Star) - Tribe One

See also everything else by Tribe One, most of Swell Rell’s tracks (not forum appropriate, though), about 50% of Adam Warrock’s tracks (if you can find them; he got C&D’d years ago), and tons of other nerdcore content. This one wins because Nina Simone, but really take a moment for Dirty South Swamp Thing as well.

Suicide Squad - EKOH

Superman’s Song - Crash Test Dummies

Wonder Woman - Jayne County and the Electric Chairs

Lois Lane - Franz Ferdinand

Green Lantern - Blue Harvest

The Ballad of Barry Allen - Jim’s Big Ego

(I Adore) Big Barda - LZRS

In The Court of General Zod - Gama Bomb

Return of the Phantom Stranger - Rob Zombie

Dead City Radio And The New Gods Of Supertown - Rob Zombie

Science Police - Horse the Band

Catwoman - Shakespears Sister

Sunset Superman - Dio

The Ballad of Dick Grayson - Crafty McVillain

Deeply Dippy - Right Said Fred

Deeply dippy, I’m your Superman
I’ll explain; you’re my Lois Lane!

Tear in your Hand - Tori Amos

Let me take a deep breath, babe
If you need me, me and Neil’ll be hanging out with the Dream King
Neil said “Hi”, by the way

Horses - Tori Amos

And if there is a way to find you, I will find you.
But will you find me if Neil makes me a tree?

Comic Books - Deborah Harry

Fourteen was a gas for me
Batman on TV
I would cheer the super-heroes
They were all I wanted to be

You Don’t Mess Around with Jim - Jim Croce

You don’t tug on Superman’s cape
You don’t spiiiiiiit in the wind

Murder - Badsome

When we was drunk in Atlanta
It was dark, it was Halloween
You was dressed as Zatanna
While I was passing as Constantine

Kelly’s Heroes - Black Grape

Jesus was a black man
No, Jesus was Batman
No, no, no, no, not at all
That was Bruce Wayne

Twerk Team - Black Shinobi

Man, that booty like a planet, man, I’m tryna infiltrate
I’m a Martian, no Manhunter, so just point me to the cake

I-E-A-I-A-I-O - System Of A Down

Fightin’ crime with a partner, Lois Lane, Jimmy Carter
Fightin’ crime with a partner, Lois Lane, Jimmy Carter
Woo woo woo woo woo woo woo
I-E-A-I-A-I-O

Kinetic Energy - Gizmo De Trini

One time for the preacher and pusher man – hey
Got you hooked on that hope or that dope
When I spit I’m like Etrigan – hey
Straight fire I don’t joke what I wrote

Ramune & Coca-Cola - Cashamill Anime Boy

I own it I take it
but living the dream
assemble the team
guided by arrows like Oliver Queen
chasing the green
let them die man we ran outta sensu beans

And tracks I can’t link to because the non-comics lyrics haz some naughty words

Morgue Inn (Take it Deep) - Coal Cash


aiming barrel bullets turn through you like a green arrow
in Oliver Queen apparel, I’m the pharaoh supreme
extreme team surrounding me

Rain Man - Eminem

I feel like it’s my fault, 'cause of the way that
I stuck him up in between him and Lex Luthor
I killed Superman. I killed Super, man, and how ironic
That I’d be the bad guy, kryptonite, the green chronic

Knock Tha Hustle - Cozz


It seems we can’t get out the hood just like we Oliver Queen
With cops as crooked as the Gotham Police, I thought a bunch

HEADSHOT, DEADSHOT! - Andre Dafney

Head shot, red shot
Shoot a motha:hear_no_evil::hear_no_evil::hear_no_evil:a like Deadshot
Like a chili pepper, I’m red hot

My vibe is a spirit; it’s like I departed
Oliver Queen with the arrow; I’m cupid
Better than me? You sounding real stupid.

Got It - Lucille Crew

Thieves do the pull and squeeze
Stain ya tweed as we proceed
To burn green like Hal Jordan in the Justice League
Now excuse me, my days on ease

Rock Beast - Czarface

Like INS with a tool, here’s a cup for the drool
I’m a super villain illin, call me Ra’s al Ghul
Who is Bruce Wayne, hey man, cool chain
I train with Shaolin monks, no Liu Kang

// and the track ends with a Superfriends sample

Busy Philipps - Geothekitten

Booted up ‘til midnight, I don’t crash; I keep on goin’
Lantern Corps, my ring, I’m Hal Jordan, watch a n:hear_no_evil::hear_no_evil::hear_no_evil:a gloin’

Gyoza - Snuff

Sometimes the cavalry just can’t be arsed
Be Diana Prince, and I’ll be James Bond
And Q will find a way, to beat the odds

Komikbukdoh - Deep Breez

Illuminati probably spit that Zatanna
I’m like, “Where’s Namor.” My flow like Atlanna
My ego couldn’t fit inside the hat of Black Manta
Black like laundry day at Wayne Manor

I’m Bane with my knees bent; you a back crack.
Word to Squirrel Girl, you’re running with rats.
Y’all Barry Allen running ‘round the Monitor ‘til he collapse.
We Galactus with the Earth in a spoon.
Oh, where’s Shazam when unearthing his tomb?

Ample ammunition.
This Deadshot pops Stranger Things and knockoffs like Bedrock or Die Hard
But my squad ain’t about the super side
More like Morlocks living where the supers lie
Living in the shadows like, “Is he for real or not?”
Taking out the haters, making gators out of Killer Crocs
Kill a god. They love me on the block.
It’s alot like Dwayne McDuffie on the plot, yo.

… I’ll stop now.
For a while at least.

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