Editing Answer song (section)

==Examples==
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===Pre-1950s===
*Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] and [[Christopher Marlowe]] traded life philosophies on the battlefield of poetry, namely, "[[The Passionate Shepherd to His Love|The Passionate Shepherd To His Love]]" (1599) and "[[The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd|The Nymph's Reply To The Shepherd]]" (1600).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Magee |first1=Bruce R. |title=The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (and the Nymph's Reply) |url=http://www2.latech.edu/~bmagee/201/marlowe/shepherd_&_notes.htm |website=www2.latech.edu |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref>
*The sentimental Irish ballad, "[[I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen]]" (1875) by [[Thomas Westendorf]] was written as a reply to the earlier "Barney, Take Me Home Again" by George W. Persley.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shalk |first1=El McMeen and Sandy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gOJhEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA198 |title=The Glory of CGDGAD Guitar Tuning: From Music to Method |date=24 February 2022 |publisher=Mel Bay Publications |isbn=978-1-5134-5910-3 |pages=198 |language=en}}</ref>
*"I Wonder Why Bill Bailey Don't Come Home" was written by [[William Jerome]] and recorded by [[Arthur Collins (singer)|Arthur Collins]] in 1902<ref>{{cite web|date=16 November 2005|title=I Wonder Why Bill Bailey Don't Come Home|url=http://www.library.ucsb.edu/OBJID/Cylinder2948|website=Library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> as an answer to "[[(Won't You Come Home) Bill Bailey|Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home]]", published by [[Hughie Cannon]] and recorded by Collins earlier the same year.
*"I Used to Be Afraid to Come Home in the Dark"<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.library.ucsb.edu/OBJID/Cylinder3584|title = I Used to Be Afraid to Come Home in the Dark|date = 16 November 2005|website=Library.ucsb.edu }}</ref> was recorded by [[Billy Murray (singer)|Billy Murray]] in 1909 as a response to his own 1908 hit, "I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark"<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.library.ucsb.edu/OBJID/Cylinder3295|title = I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark|website=Library.ucsb.edu | date=16 November 2005 }}</ref>
* The popularity of the 1923 song "[[Yes! We Have No Bananas]]" was answered that same year by "I've Got The Yes! We Have No Banana Blues" with lyrics by [[Lew Brown]], composed by [[Robert A. King (composer)|Robert King]] and [[James F. Hanley]]. The song referred to the ubiquity and nonsense lyrics of the original.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2838&context=mmb-vp |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124041534/https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2838&context=mmb-vp |archive-date=2019-01-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Eddie Cantor]], [[Eva Taylor]], [[Isabelle Patricola]], and [[Belle Baker]] all sang on releases of this song.
*[[Patsy Montana]]'s "[[I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart]]" (written 1934, recorded 1935), the first million seller hit by a female country artist, was an answer to [[Stuart Hamblen]]'s "Texas Plains".
* [[Woody Guthrie]]'s anthem "[[This Land Is Your Land]]" was written in 1940 as an answer to "[[God Bless America]]", written by [[Irving Berlin]] in 1918 (and revised in 1938). Guthrie originally called his response "God Blessed America for Me".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010428165056/http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/RADIO/woody/introframe.html Woody Guthrie: this man is your myth, this man is my myth<!-- Bot generated title -->], section American Hero</ref>

===1950s===
* "Where's-a Your House", written and recorded by [[Robert Q. Lewis]] in 1951, was a response to [[Rosemary Clooney]]'s "[[Come on-a My House]]" of the same year.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leszczak |first1=Bob |title=From Small Screen to Vinyl: A Guide to Television Stars Who Made Records, 1950-2000 |date=25 June 2015 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-4274-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UpucCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA192 |language=en}}</ref>
* "[[It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels]]", written by [[J. D. "Jay" Miller]] in 1952 and originally sung by [[Kitty Wells]], was a response to "[[The Wild Side of Life]]", made famous that same year by [[Hank Thompson (musician)|Hank Thompson]].<ref name="Kitty">{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/wells_kitty/bio.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040215215129/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/wells_kitty/bio.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2004|title=Country Music – Music News, New Songs, Videos, Music Shows and Playlists|website=Cmt.com|access-date=31 May 2018}}</ref>
*"[[Mannish Boy]]"  (1955) by [[Muddy Waters]] was a response to [[Bo Diddley]]'s "[[I'm a Man (Bo Diddley song)|I'm a Man]]", which also happened to be a response to "[[I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man]]", an earlier song by Muddy Waters in 1954.
* "[[Hot Rod Lincoln]]" (1955) is [[Charlie Ryan]]'s a response to "Hot Rod Race", (1950) [[Arkie Shibley]] and His Mountain Dew Boys and is arguably the more well known of the two songs. 
* "Can't Do Sixty No More", written and performed by [[The Dominoes]], was a response to their own hit song from four years earlier (1951), "[[Sixty Minute Man]]".
*One of the longest answer record cycles was started by [[Hank Ballard]] and [[The Midnighters]]' (1954) R&B hit "[[Work with Me, Annie]]", and its sequel song "[[Annie Had a Baby]]" (1954). Answer songs include "Annie's Answer" (1954) by [[The El Dorados]], "Annie Pulled a Humbug" (1954) by the Midnights, "Wallflower (Roll With Me Henry)" (1955) by [[Etta James]], and "I'm the Father of Annie's Baby" (1955), by Danny Taylor. [[The Midnighters]] also recorded an "answer to the answer": "Henry's Got Flat Feet (Can't Dance No More)" (1955).
*"Nothing Can Replace A Man" (1955) from the musical [[Ankles Aweigh]] bills itself in its verse as an answer to Rodgers and Hammerstein's "[[There Is Nothing Like a Dame|There Is Nothin' Like A Dame]]" (1949).
*"I Shot Mr. Lee" (1958) was [[The Bobbettes]]' response to their own 1957 hit, "[[Mr. Lee (song)|Mr. Lee]]".
* "That Makes It" was [[Jayne Mansfield]]'s response to [[The Big Bopper]]'s "[[Chantilly Lace (song)|Chantilly Lace]]" (1958),<ref>[http://www.hotshotdigital.com/tribute/TheBigBopper.html The Big Bopper] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112205037/http://www.hotshotdigital.com/tribute/TheBigBopper.html |date=January 12, 2012 }} Hotshotdigital.com</ref> suggesting what the girl may have been saying at the other end of the line.
* "Oh Neil!" was [[Carole King]]'s response to [[Neil Sedaka]]'s "[[Oh! Carol]]" (1959); Sedaka and King were both co-workers and friends since high school.
* "Short Mort" (1959) by [[Carole King]] was a response to [[Annette Funicello]]'s "[[Tall Paul (song)|Tall Paul]]" (1959), referencing "Tall Paul" in the line, "You can keep Tall Paul, I'll take Short Mort."
* "Return of the All-American Boy" (1959) by Billy Adams was a response to the 1958 smash "[[The All American Boy]]" by Bill Parsons (aka [[Bobby Bare]]).
* "I Got a Job" (1957) by [[The Miracles]], "I Found a Job" by [[The Heartbeats (doo-wop group)|The Heartbeats]] (1958), "I Got A Job" by The Tempos, and "I Got Fired" by The Mistakes, were all responses to [[The Silhouettes]]'s self-penned chart-topper [[Get a Job (song)|Get a Job]] (1957).
* "Answer To The Pub With No Beer" (1958) by [[Slim Dusty]], was a direct response to Dusty's hit [[A Pub With No Beer]] (1957).

===1960s===
* "Tell Tommy I Miss Him" (1960) by [[Marilyn Michaels]] is a response to "[[Tell Laura I Love Her]]" (1960), recorded separately by both [[Ray Peterson]] and [[Ricky Valance]]. Versions of this answer song were also released by [[Skeeter Davis]] and [[Laura Lee (singer-songwriter)|Laura Lee]].
* "I'll Save the Last Dance for You" by [[Damita Jo DeBlanc|Damita Jo]] (1960) answers [[The Drifters]]' "[[Save the Last Dance for Me]]", sung by [[Ben E. King]] (also 1960).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Damita%20Jo.html|title=Damita Jo Page|website=Soulwalking.co.uk|access-date=December 9, 2019}}</ref>  Another Damita Jo track, "I'll Be There" (1961), was in response to King's solo hit "[[Stand by Me (Ben E. King song)|Stand by Me]]" (1960).
* "[[He'll Have to Stay]]" (1960) was [[Jeanne Black]]'s response to [[Jim Reeves]]' "[[He'll Have to Go]]" (1959), and was answered in turn by Johnny Scoggins' "I'm Gonna Stay" (also 1960).
* "(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too" (1960) was [[Skeeter Davis]]' response to [[Hank Locklin]]'s "[[Please Help Me, I'm Falling]]", as was [[Betty Madigan]]'s "I'm Glad That You're Falling" (1960).
* "There's Nothing on My Mind" (1960) was [[The Teen Queens]]' response to [[Bobby Marchan]]'s "[[There's Something on Your Mind]]" (also 1960).
* "Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight" (1960) was [[Dodie Stevens]]'s response to [[Elvis Presley]]'s "[[Are You Lonesome Tonight?]]" (also 1960).
* "I Really Want You to Know" (1961) was [[Skeeter Davis]]' response to [[Eddy Arnold]]'s "[[I Really Don't Want To Know]]".
* "Come on Back, Jack" (1961) written by [[Mort Shuman]] and [[Leon Carr]] and recorded by [[Nina Simone]], and "Well, I Told You" (also 1961), recorded by [[The Chantels]], are both different responses to "[[Hit the Road, Jack]]", written by [[Percy Mayfield]] and recorded by [[Ray Charles]].
* "Stay-at-Home Sue" by [[Linda Laurie]] and "I'm No Run Around" (both 1961) by Ginger Davis and the Snaps were responses to [[Dion DiMucci|Dion]]'s "[[Runaround Sue]]" (also 1961).
* "Hey Memphis" (1961) was [[LaVern Baker]]'s response to [[Elvis Presley]]'s "[[Little Sister (Elvis Presley song)|Little Sister]]" (also 1961).
* "Don'cha Shop Around" by Laurie Davis and "Don't Let Him Shop Around" by [[Debbie Dean (singer)|Debbie Dean]] (both 1961) were responses to [[The Miracles]]' "[[Shop Around]]" (1960). Both songs were written by [[Berry Gordy]] and [[Smokey Robinson]].
* "[[My Big John]]" (1961) was [[Dottie West]]'s response to [[Jimmy Dean]]'s "[[Big Bad John]]" (also 1961).
* "My Long Black Veil" (1961) was [[Marijohn Wilkin]]'s response to [[Lefty Frizzell]]'s "[[Long Black Veil]]" (1959).
* "Return of the Teenage Queen" (1961) was country singer Tommy Tucker's response to [[Johnny Cash]]'s "[[Ballad of a Teenage Queen]]" (1958).
* "Don't Wanna Be Another Good Luck Charm" (1962) was Jo's (of Judy and Jo) response to [[Elvis Presley]]'s "[[Good Luck Charm]]" (also 1962).
* "(I'm the Girl from) Wolverton Mountain" (1962) was [[Jo Ann Campbell]]'s response to [[Claude King]]'s "[[Wolverton Mountain]]" (also 1962).
*The Pearlettes' "Duchess of Earl" (1962) was a response to [[Gene Chandler]]'s "[[Duke of Earl]]" (1961).
* "[[Judy's Turn to Cry]]" (1963) was [[Lesley Gore]]'s response to her own song "[[It's My Party (Lesley Gore song)|It's My Party]]" (also 1963). Both of these songs appear in her debut album ''[[I'll Cry If I Want To]]''.
* "Blackhead Chinaman" (1963) was [[Prince Buster]]'s response to [[Derrick Morgan]]'s "Housewives Choice" (1961). Specifically, Buster claimed that Morgan and producer [[Leslie Kong]] stole hooks that Buster had created. Morgan responded with "Blazing Fire" and "No Raise, No Praise". The musical feud reportedly engulfed Jamaican culture to a level where the government ordered the two to appear in public together to calm the frenzied nation.
* "It Hurts to Be Sixteen" (1963) was [[Andrea Carroll]]'s response to [[Neil Sedaka]]'s "[[Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen]]" (1962). Sedaka wrote the melody to both songs (each with a different lyricist; his brother-in-law Ronnie Grossman wrote the lyrics to "It Hurts to Be Sixteen" while Sedaka's songwriting partner [[Howard Greenfield]] wrote "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen").
* "Hello Melvin (This Is Mama)" (1963) was [[Sandra Gould]]'s answer to "[[Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)]]" (also 1963), a novelty song by [[Allan Sherman]].
*[[The Beach Boys]]' "[[Don't Worry Baby]]" (1964) from ''Shut Down Volume 2'' was said to be an answer to [[the Ronettes]] song "[[Be My Baby]]" (1963).
*The Beach Boys' "[[The Girl from New York City]]" (1965) from ''[[Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)]]'' was a response to [[The Ad Libs|The Ad Libs']] "[[The Boy from New York City]]" (1964).
* "[[Queen of the House]]" (1965) was [[Jody Miller]]'s response to [[Roger Miller]]'s "[[King of the Road (song)|King of the Road]]" (1964).
* "[[That's My Life (My Love and My Home)]]" (1965) by [[Alfred Lennon]], [[John Lennon]]'s father, was a response to his son's song "[[In My Life]]" (also 1965), recorded by [[the Beatles]].
* "Hurry, Mr. Peters" (1965) by [[Lorene Mann]] and [[Justin Tubb]] was a response to [[Roy Drusky]] and [[Priscilla Mitchell]]'s "[[Yes, Mr. Peters]]".<ref name="whitburn drusky">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|pages=255–256|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref>
* "Slip-In Mules (No High Heel Sneakers) " (1964) was [[Sugar Pie DeSanto]]'s answer to "[[High Heel Sneakers]]" (also 1964), by [[Tommy Tucker (singer)|Tommy Tucker]].
*Wendy Hill's "Gary, Please Don't Sell My Diamond Ring" (1965) to [[Gary Lewis & the Playboys]]' "[[This Diamond Ring]]". (1965)
* "Dawn of Correction" by [[The Spokesmen]] is in response to "[[Eve of Destruction (song)|Eve of Destruction]]" by [[Barry McGuire]] (both 1965).
* "[[Morgan the Pirate (song)|Morgan the Pirate]]" (1966) by [[Richard Fariña]] was believed by Fariña's producer [[Maynard Solomon]], journalist [[Robert Christgau]], and others to be a response to [[Bob Dylan]]'s scathing "[[Positively 4th Street]]" (1965), of which Fariña may have been (or at any rate believed himself to be) the target.
* "[[4th Time Around]]" (1966) by Bob Dylan is seen as a response to "[[Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)]]" (1965) by the Beatles.
* "Evil Off My Mind" (1966) by [[Burl Ives]] was a response to [[Jan Howard]]'s song "[[Evil on Your Mind]]" (1966).
* "When a Woman Loves a Man" (1966) by [[Ketty Lester]] was a response to "[[When a Man Loves a Woman (song)|When a Man Loves a Woman]]" (also 1966) by [[Percy Sledge]].
*French [[Johnny Hallyday]]'s 1966 ''Cheveux longs et idées courtes'' is a riposte to a direct, personal mockery in a verse of [[Antoine (musician)|Antoine]]'s ''Élucubrations'' of the same year; both were hit songs. (See [[Antoine (musician)#Rivalry with Johnny Hallyday|Antoine's rivalry with Johnny Hallyday]]).
* "I'm Happy They Took You Away, Ha-Haaa!" (1966) is Josephine XIV's response in the form of Napoleon's wife to [[Napoleon XIV]]'s "[[They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!]]" (1966). Another answer song is "They Took You Away, I'm Glad, I'm Glad", also written by Jerry Samuels.
* "[[Your Good Thing (Is About to End)]]" (1966), written by [[Isaac Hayes]] and [[David Porter (musician)|David Porter]], was originally recorded by [[Mable John]], and served as a response to "[[You'll Lose a Good Thing]]" (1962) by [[Barbara Lynn]].
* [[Jay Lee Webb]]'s 1967 song, "I Come Home A-Drinkin' (To a Worn-Out Wife Like You)", was written as an "answer song" to his older sister [[Loretta Lynn]]'s No. 1 1967 country hit "[[Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)|Don't Come Home A Drinkin{{' }} (With Lovin' on Your Mind)]]".
* "[[List of Basement Tapes songs (1975)#"Clothes Line Saga"|Clothes Line Saga]]" (1967) by Bob Dylan and the Band is seen as a response to "[[Ode to Billie Joe]]" (1967) by Bobbie Gentry.
*"Yes, I Am Experienced" (1967) by Eric Burdon and the Animals, was an answer to [[Jimi Hendrix]]'s "[[Are You Experienced? (song)|Are You Experienced?]]" (1967).
* "[[Back in the U.S.S.R.]]" (1968) by [[The Beatles]] was a response to "[[Back in the U.S.A.]]" by [[Chuck Berry]] (1959) and "[[California Girls]]" by [[The Beach Boys]] (1965).
* "Billy, I've Got to Go to Town" (1969) by Geraldine Stevens was a response to "[[Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town]]" by [[Johnny Darrell]] (1967).
* "More on Ode to Billie Joe" (1969) by Rodd Rogers (aka [[Rodd Keith]]), Terri Peters (aka [[Teri Thornton]]), and the MSR Singers was a response to 1967's blockbuster "[[Ode to Billie Joe]]" by [[Bobbie Gentry]].
*Joni Mitchell's "[[The Circle Game (song)|The Circle Game]]" (1970) is an answer to Neil Young's "[[Sugar Mountain (song)|Sugar Mountain]]" (1964).

===1970s===
* "Hippie From Olema" (1971) was [[The Youngbloods]]' answer to [[Merle Haggard]]'s country hit, "[[Okie from Muskogee]]" (1969).
* [[Paul McCartney and Wings]]'s "[[Wild Life (Wings album)|Some People Never Know]]" & "Dear Friend" (both 1971), "[[Let Me Roll It]]" & "[[Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five]]" (both 1973), and "[[Silly Love Songs]]" (1976) all answered John Lennon's "[[How Do You Sleep? (John Lennon song)|How Do You Sleep?]]" (1971) which was [[John Lennon]]'s response to "[[Too Many People]]" (1971) by ex-[[The Beatles|Beatle]] and Lennon's former collaborator Paul McCartney.<ref name="Playboy1984">{{cite web |author=Playboy Magazine |url=http://www.beatlesinterviews.org/db1984.pmpb.beatles.html |title=Playboy Interview With Paul and Linda McCartney |publisher=Playboy Press |year=1984 |access-date=23 August 2008}}</ref>
* "[[The Lawrence Welk-Hee Haw Counter-Revolution Polka]]" (1972) was ''[[Hee Haw]]'' host [[Roy Clark]]'s answer to [[Gil Scott-Heron]]'s "[[The Revolution Will Not Be Televised]]". "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" was, in turn, a response to [[The Last Poets]]' "When the Revolution Comes."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Al Nasir |first=Abdul Malik |date=June 6, 2018 |title=Jalal Mansur Nuriddin: farewell to the 'grandfather of rap' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/06/jalal-mansur-nuriddin-last-poets-obituary-grandfather-of-rap |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621153934/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/06/jalal-mansur-nuriddin-last-poets-obituary-grandfather-of-rap |archive-date=June 21, 2018 |access-date=June 21, 2018 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
* "I'm Mr. Big Stuff" was the 1972 response by [[Jimmy Hicks]] to "[[Mr. Big Stuff]]" by [[Jean Knight]].
*"(Should I) Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree?" was the 1973 response by [[Connie Francis]] to [[Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree|"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree"]] by [[Tony Orlando & Dawn]].
* "[[Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces]]" (1973) was [[Cheech and Chong]]'s parody of the romantic song "Love Jones" (1972) by [[Brighter Side of Darkness]].
* "[[Sweet Home Alabama]]" (1974) was [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]'s response to [[Neil Young]]'s "[[Southern Man (song)|Southern Man]]" (1970) and "[[Harvest (Neil Young album)|Alabama]]" (1972).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718134604/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/yradish/response-songs-and-sequels.html|url-status=dead|title=Music &#124; Yahoo Entertainment|archive-date=July 18, 2012|website=Yahoo.com}}</ref> [[Warren Zevon]] then wrote a response to "Sweet Home Alabama", titled "Play It All Night Long" (1980).
* "From His Woman to You" (1975) sung by [[Barbara Mason]] was the response to "[[Woman to Woman (Shirley Brown song)|Woman to Woman]]" (1974) by [[Shirley Brown]].
* "Rak Off Normie" (1975) by Maureen Elkner was the response to "[[The Newcastle Song]]" (1975) by [[Bob Hudson (singer)|Bob Hudson]].
* "[[(I'm A) Stand By My Woman Man]]" (1976) sung by [[Ronnie Milsap]] was the response to [[Tammy Wynette]]'s "[[Stand By Your Man]]" (1968).
* "[[Two Out of Three Ain't Bad]]" (1977) by [[Meat Loaf]] was the answer song to "[[I Want You, I Need You, I Love You]]" (1956) by [[Elvis Presley]].
* Johnny Thunders' "[[So Alone (album)|London Boys]]" (1978) is a response to the [[Sex Pistols]]' "New York" (1977).

===1980s===
* "[[Love Will Tear Us Apart]]" (1980) by [[Joy Division]] was partly a response to "[[Love Will Keep Us Together]]" (1973) by [[Neil Sedaka]] and [[Howard Greenfield]].
* "Bad Boy" (1982) by [[Ray Parker Jr.]] was a response to his own hit of the same year, "[[The Other Woman (Ray Parker Jr. song)|The Other Woman]]".
* "I Was Country Before [[Barbara Mandrell]]" (1982) by [[Dave Dudley]] was a response to Mandrell's "[[I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool]]" from earlier in the year.
*"[[Candy Girl (New Edition song)|Candy Girl]]" (1982) by [[New Edition]] was a response to "[[ABC (The Jackson 5 song)|ABC]]" (1970) by [[The Jackson 5]].
* "[[Major Tom (Coming Home)]]" (1983) by [[Peter Schilling]] was the response to [[David Bowie]]'s 1969 song "[[Space Oddity]]".
* "[[Superstar (Lydia Murdock song)|Superstar]]" (1983) by [[Lydia Murdock]] was an answer song to "[[Billie Jean]]" (1983) by [[Michael Jackson]].
* "Taxi (Take Him Back)" was Anne LeSear's 1984 response to [[J. Blackfoot]]'s 1983 song "Taxi".
* [[Melba Moore]]'s "King of My Heart" (1985) was an answer song to [[Billy Ocean]]'s "[[Caribbean Queen]]" (1984).
*Blue Öyster Cult's "Spy In The House Of The Night" (1985) is about a pyromaniac who gets his kicks from being normal on the outside but a secret arsonist by night. It is also a shout out to [[The Doors]] song "The Spy" (1970), about a sexual voyeur.
*Reba McEntire's "[[Whoever's in New England]]" (1986) was a response to [[Barry Manilow]]'s hit "[[Weekend in New England]]" (1975).<ref>{{cite web |last=Dowling |first=Marcus K. |title=How Reba McEntire Flipped 'Whoever's in New England' (and Her Sound) to Create a Mega-Hit |url=https://theboot.com/reba-mcentire-whoevers-in-new-england-single/ |work=The Boot |publisher=[[Townsquare Media]] |date=March 2, 2021 |access-date=August 26, 2021}}</ref> "Whoever's in New England", in turn, inspired the 2007 answer song "[[Stay (Sugarland song)|Stay]]", written and sung by [[Jennifer Nettles]].<ref name="storybehindstay">{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1578707/20071228/sugarland.jhtml |title=The story behind Sugarland's "Stay" |access-date=2020-09-13 |last=Roznovsky |first=Lindsey |date=2008-01-02 |work=[[Country Music Television]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803190851/http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1578707/20071228/sugarland.jhtml |archive-date=2009-08-03 }}</ref>
* "Thunder & Lightning" (1986) by Miss Thang was a response to [[Oran "Juice" Jones]]'s song "[[The Rain (Oran "Juice" Jones song)|The Rain]]" from the same year. Other responses included "The Drain" by Leot Littlepage, and "After the Storm" by Stephan, also released in 1986.
* Actor [[Danny Aiello]] appeared in the [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] video for "[[Papa Don't Preach]]" (1986), as the titular "Papa", and later that year recorded "Papa Wants the Best for You", written by [[Artie Schroeck]], as a representation of the father's point of view.<ref>Liz Smith, "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19861022&id=jmoeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3WkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6710,2137407 Papa Gets Second Chance In New Video]", ''Sarasota Herald-Tribune'' (October 22, 1986), 5E.</ref>
*"Guys Ain't Nothing but Trouble" by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince (featuring Ice Cream Tee) was a response to "Girls Ain't Nothing but Trouble" from their 1987 debut album, "Rock The House" by [[DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince]].
*"Grab it!" (1988) by [[L'Trimm]] was a cheeky answer record to "[[Push It (Salt-n-Pepa song)|Push it]]" by [[Salt-N-Pepa]] (1985)
* "I'm Your Wild Thang" (1989) was [[Mamado and She]]'s answer to [[Tone Lōc]]'s "[[Wild Thing (Tone Lōc song)|Wild Thing]]" (1988).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Mamado-She-Im-Your-Wild-Thang/master/204330|title=Mamado & She - I'm Your Wild Thang|website=Discogs.com|year=1989 |access-date=31 May 2018}}</ref>
* "[[(Nothing But) Flowers]]" by [[Talking Heads]] contains lyrics that are an echo to [[Joni Mitchell]]'s "[[Big Yellow Taxi]]"—"There was a shopping mall, Now it's all covered with flowers&nbsp;... If this is paradise" in "(Nothing But) Flowers", whereas Mitchell sang "They paved paradise, And put up a parking lot&nbsp;...".

===1990s===
* "Eat The Bee" (1991) was Automation's answer to The Scientist's "The Bee" from 1990.
* [[R.E.M.]]'s "[[Out of Time (album)|Me in Honey]]" (1991) is a response to [[10,000 Maniacs]]' "Eat for Two" (1989).
* [[Bark Psychosis]]' ''Scum'' (1992) was an answer to [[Rozalla]]'s ''[[Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)]]''.<ref name="AudrieInterview">{{cite web | url=http://users.mark-itt.ru/dbender/data/bark_psychosis_interview.htm | title=Interview with Graham Sutton (taken by US zine Audrie's Diary, 1994) | work=Audrie's Diary | access-date=1 March 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424071237/http://users.mark-itt.ru/dbender/data/bark_psychosis_interview.htm | archive-date=24 April 2009 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* "Erasure-ish" EP (1992) was [[Björn Again]]'s answer to [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]]'s previous [[ABBA]] tribute, "[[Abba-esque]]". "Erasure-ish" features two Erasure tracks ("A Little Respect" and "Stop!") performed in the style of ABBA.
* "[[Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')]]" (1993) was [[Dr. Dre]] and [[Snoop Dogg]]'s answer to [[Tim Dog]]'s "[[Fuck Compton]]" (1991) (as well as being a diss towards [[Eazy-E]]).
*Italian pop group [[883 (band)|883]] topped the charts for months with their hit "Hanno ucciso l'Uomo ragno" ("Someone killed Spider-Man"). Some time later, obscure comedy band Tretriti recorded their answer, "È vivo l'Uomo ragno" ("Spider-Man Lives").
*[[Liz Phair]]'s ''[[Exile in Guyville]]'' (1993) album was a song-by-song response to The Rolling Stones{{'}} ''[[Exile on Main St.]]'' (1972).
* "I Wrote Holden Caulfield" (1994) was [[Screeching Weasel]]'s response to "[[Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?]]" (1992) by [[Green Day]].
* [[Third Eye Blind]]'s song "[[Semi Charmed Life]]" (1997) was written as a response to [[Lou Reed]]'s ''[[Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed song)|Walk on the Wild Side]]'' (1972), but from a San Francisco perspective.
* "[[The Boy Is Mine (Brandy and Monica song)|The Boy Is Mine]]" (1998) by [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]] and [[Monica (entertainer)|Monica]] was a response to "[[The Girl Is Mine]]" (1982) by [[Michael Jackson]] and [[Paul McCartney]].
* [[The Offspring]]'s song "[[The Kids Aren't Alright]]" (1998) is named as allusion to [[The Who]]'s "[[The Kids Are Alright (song)|The Kids Are Alright]]" (1965).
*After [[TLC (group)|TLC]] released the song "[[No Scrubs]]" in 1999, [[Sporty Thievz]] made an answer song called "[[No Pigeons]]" that same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everyhit.com/answer/|title=Answer Records |website=Everyhit.com|access-date=31 May 2018}}</ref>
* "A Pretty Girl Is Like..." (1999) from the album ''[[69 Love Songs]]'' by [[The Magnetic Fields]] was an answer song to [[Irving Berlin]]'s "[[A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody]]" according to songwriter [[Stephin Merritt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/1999/11/30/as-hundreds-cheer/|title=As Hundreds Cheer|website=Villagevoice.com|date=30 November 1999 |access-date=31 May 2018}}</ref>
* "The Medication Is Wearing Off" (1998) from the album [[Electro-Shock Blues]] was the [[Eels (band)]] answer song to their own 1996 hit [[Novocaine for the Soul]].
* [[Heartbreaker (Mariah Carey song)#Remix|"Heartbreaker (Desert Storm Remix)"]] by [[Mariah Carey]] was a response to "[[Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)]]" by [[Snoop Dogg]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1426929/mariah-carey-casts-rainbow-for-next-lp-taps-missy-da-brat-for-remix/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226005157/http://www.mtv.com/news/1426929/mariah-carey-casts-rainbow-for-next-lp-taps-missy-da-brat-for-remix/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 26, 2015|title=Mariah Carey Casts "Rainbow" For Next LP; Taps Missy, Da Brat For Remix|date=August 13, 1999|website=MTV News|access-date=May 7, 2009}}</ref>
* Mexican pop singer [[Alejandra Guzman]]'s "Hey Güera" (Hey Blondie) is a response to [[Paulina Rubio]]'s "Ese hombre es mío" (That man is mine).
* "[[Woman (Neneh Cherry song)|Woman]]" by [[Neneh Cherry]] in 1996 is a response song to 1966's "[[It's a Man's Man's Man's World]]" by [[James Brown]].
* "[[Old Before I Die]]" (1997) by [[Robbie Williams]] was in response to [[The Who]]'s "[[My Generation]]" (1965), which contains the lyrics "I hope I die before I get old."

===2000s===
*In 2001 [[Suzanne Vega]] wrote "[[(I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May]]" as a response to [[Rod Stewart]]'s "[[Maggie May]]"
*The 2002 song "[[Aserejé]]" by [[Las Ketchup]] based its chorus on the 1979 song "[[Rapper's Delight]]" by [[The Sugarhill Gang]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sebastián |first=GU San |date=2017-11-07 |title=The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight. El clásico del mes. |url=https://gusansebastian.com/the-sugarhill-gang-rappers-delight-clasico-del-mes/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=GU San Sebastián |language=es}}</ref>
*[[Travis Tritt]] wrote and released the song "[[Strong Enough to Be Your Man]]" in 2002 in response to [[Sheryl Crow]]'s "[[Strong Enough (Sheryl Crow song)|Strong Enough]]" (1994).
*[[KJ-52]] released the song "[[Collaborations (KJ-52 album)|Dear Slim]]" (2002) in response to [[Eminem]]'s song "[[Stan (song)|Stan]]" (2000).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefish.com/music/interviews/11617771/Getting-It-Right/|title=Getting It Right|last=Moring|first=Mark|publisher=Christianity Today International|access-date=30 November 2012}}</ref>
*"[[Can't Hold Us Down]]" by [[Christina Aguilera]] (2003) was a response to Eminem's song "[[The Real Slim Shady]]" (2000).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Janine |first=Rubenstein |date=May 3, 2018 |title=Christina Aguilera Recalls Being Dissed By Eminem and How 'Badass' Her Response Was |url=https://people.com/music/christina-aguilera-talks-eminem-diss-cant-hold-us-down-response/ |website=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref>
* "[[F.U.R.B. (Fuck You Right Back)]]" (2004) was [[Frankee]]'s response to [[Eamon (singer)|Eamon]]'s "[[Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)]]", promoting rumors that the two had been dating.<ref name="arts.guardian">{{cite web|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1219467,00.html|title=Discs at dawn|website=Arts.guardian.co.uk|access-date=31 May 2018}}</ref> It was the first answer song to reach No. 1 in the [[United Kingdom]]. Both songs had topped the charts in that country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everyhit.com/answer/|title=Answer Records / Sequels |publisher=everyhit.com}}</ref>
*Green Day's "[[American Idiot (song)|American Idiot]]" (2004), from the album of the same name, was written in response to a [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] song called "That's How I Like It".
* "[[You Should Really Know]]" by The Pirates, [[Shola Ama]], [[Naila Boss]] and [[Ishani]] (2004) was an answer song to "[[I Don't Wanna Know]]" by [[Mario Winans]], [[Enya]] and [[P. Diddy]].
*[[The Beatnuts]] song "Confused Rappers" (2004) was a response to [[Jennifer Lopez]] [[Cory Rooney]] and [[The Trackmasters]] for stealing the sample of "Hi-Jack" by [[Enoch Light]] from their 1999 single "Watch Out Now"
* "Good Idea At The Time" (2005) on [[OK Go]]'s "[[Oh No (OK Go album)|Oh No]]" album, was an answer song to [[The Rolling Stones]]' "[[Sympathy for the Devil]]" (1968): in it, the Devil argues that the historical atrocities enumerated in the original were entirely of human doing.
*''[[Das Urteil (song)|Das Urteil]]'' by [[Kool Savas]] was a response to ''[[Die Abrechnung]]'' by [[Eko Fresh]]. Eko Fresh's song claims Kool Savas showcases a bad character during their time on [[Optik Records]], while Kool Savas' song in return claims it was Eko Fresh who was a false friend during that time.
*"Me and Mr. Jones" (2006) on the ''[[Back to Black]]'' album by [[Amy Winehouse]] was an answer song to - at least a riff off the title of - "[[Me and Mrs. Jones]]" (1972), made famous by [[Billy Paul]].
*[[Camera Obscura (band)|Camera Obscura]] made the song "[[Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken]]" (2006) in response to [[Lloyd Cole and the Commotions]] 1984 song "Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?".
*"[[I Walk Alone (Tarja song)|I Walk Alone]]", popularized by [[Tarja Turunen]], is a response to "[[Bye Bye Beautiful]]" by [[Nightwish]].
*"[[Menor Que Yo]]" on ''[[Sentimiento (album)|Sentimiento]]'' (2007) album by [[Ivy Queen]] was a response to "[[Mayor Que Yo]]", a collaborative single by [[Daddy Yankee]], [[Héctor el Father]], [[Wisin & Yandel]], [[Baby Ranks]], and [[Tony Tun Tun]].
* [[Worm Quartet]] expressed exasperation with [[Marc Gunn]] for releasing so many songs about cats, in a song called "Goddammit Marc Gunn, Shut Up About Your Cat". Gunn responded with a song of his own, called "Dear Worm Quartet".
*"Boys, Boys, Boys" (2008) on ''[[The Fame]]'' album by [[Lady Gaga]] was a response to "[[Girls, Girls, Girls (Mötley Crüe song)|Girls, Girls, Girls]]" (1987) by [[Mötley Crüe]].
*[[Mitch Benn]]'s "Not Everybody Has to Imagine" (2008) is a reply to John Lennon's "[[Imagine (John Lennon song)|Imagine]]" (1971).
*[[They Might Be Giants]] released the answer song "Why Does the Sun Really Shine? (The Sun is a Miasma of Incandescent Plasma)" to their popular 1993 cover of Tom Glazer's 1965 song "[[Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)|Why Does the Sun Shine?]]".
* "A Baker's Tale" by [[Dean Friedman]] (2009, released 2010 on the album ''Submarine Races'') was a response to "The Bastard Son of Dean Friedman" by [[Half Man Half Biscuit]] (1987, on the album ''[[Back Again in the DHSS]]''). In 2010, Friedman performed his song at a Half Man Half Biscuit concert; and accompanied the band during a performance of theirs.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/music/dean-friedman-tells-jade-wright-3366435 |newspaper=[[Liverpool Echo]] |date=September 29, 2011 |title=Dean Friedman tells Jade Wright why he's planning revenge on Half Man Half Biscuit |first=Jade |last=Wright |access-date=September 12, 2015 }}</ref>
*Russian pop band [[Vintage (band)|Vintage (Винтаж)]] composed their song "Eva" (Ева) from their ''[[Sex (Vintage album)|SEX]]'' album as an answer to "Run from me" (Беги от меня) by Guests from the Future (Гости из будущего). In the original song, singer Eva Polna warns her significant other to run from her. In "Eva", singer Anna Pletnyova becomes a fan of Eva Polna writing her a love letter. Eva Polna agreed to re-record part of the original song to be included in Eva.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Гришин |first1=Михаил |title=Солистка группы "Винтаж" рассказала, что Польна восприняла песню "Ева" как "посмертную оду" - Газета.Ru {{!}} Новости |url=https://www.gazeta.ru/culture/news/2022/10/22/18856729.shtml |work=Газета.Ru |date=22 October 2022 |language=ru}}</ref>

===2010s===
* "[[The Devil Comes Back to Georgia]]" by [[Johnny Cash]], [[Charlie Daniels]], [[Mark O'Connor]], and [[Travis Tritt]] in 2010 responds to the Charlie Daniels Band's "[[The Devil Went Down to Georgia]]" (1979).
* [[Everybody Was in the French Resistance...Now!]] released an album titled ''Fixin' The Charts, Vol. 1''. As its title suggests, the album contains nothing but answer songs to pop hits. "G.I.R.L.F.R.E.N. (You Know I've Got A)", an answer song to [[Avril Lavigne]]'s hit "[[Girlfriend (Avril Lavigne song)|Girlfriend]]", is one example.
* "[[California Gurls]]" (2010) by [[Katy Perry]] featuring [[Snoop Dogg]] was a response to "[[Empire State of Mind]]" (2009) by [[Jay-Z]] featuring [[Alicia Keys]]. It was the first time both the original song and the answer song reached No. 1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|Billboard ''Hot 100'']].
* [[Taylor Swift]]'s "[[Better than Revenge]]" (2010) is an answer to The Jonas Brothers' "[[Lines, Vines and Trying Times|Much Better]]" (2009) which may have been an answer to Swift's "[[Forever & Always]]" (2008).
* [[Marina and the Diamonds]]' cover of [[Justin Bieber]]'s "[[Boyfriend (Justin Bieber song)|Boyfriend]]" (2012) is an answer song to the original tune, the lyrics adapted to give it a female perspective.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metrolyrics.com/blog/2012/04/24/marina-and-the-diamonds-get-sassy-re-arrange-boyfriend-lyrics/ |title=Marina and the Diamonds Covers Justin Bieber's 'Boyfriend', Re-Arranges Lyrics « Videos « MetroLyrics Loves |access-date=2012-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621080109/http://www.metrolyrics.com/blog/2012/04/24/marina-and-the-diamonds-get-sassy-re-arrange-boyfriend-lyrics/ |archive-date=2012-06-21 |url-status=unfit }}</ref>
* [[Lecrae]] made the song "[[Church Clothes|No Regrets]]" (2012) in response to "[[The Motto (Drake song)|The Motto]]" (2011) by [[Drake (entertainer)|Drake]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dasouth.com/reviews/9266-lecrae-church-clothes |title=Lecrae - Church Clothes |last=Hill |first=Kellus |date=14 May 2012 |publisher=Da South |access-date=30 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524093801/http://www.dasouth.com/reviews/9266-lecrae-church-clothes |archive-date=24 May 2013 }}</ref> Which itself is a response to "[[If Today Was Your Last Day]]" (2008) by Nickelback.
* Yasiin Bey (formerly [[Mos Def]]) released "Niggas in Poorest", (2012) in response to "[[Niggas in Paris]]" (2011) by [[Jay-Z]] and [[Kanye West]], chastising them for parading their wealth while so many are suffering with poverty, violence, crime, and exploitation.
* [[Mary Lambert (singer)|Mary Lambert]]'s "She Keeps Me Warm" (2013) is an extension of the chorus she sang on Macklemore's "[[Same Love]]" (2012). Where "Same Love" has a message of gay acceptance, "She Keeps Me Warm" is about a woman who falls in love with another woman and grows to accept her own sexuality.
* [[Ewert and the Two Dragons]] wrote their song "Jolene" on the album [[Good Man Down]] in response to Dolly Parton's 1973 single "[[Jolene (song)|Jolene]]" from the male perspective. Additionally, the 2017 song "[[Diane (Cam song)|Diane]]" performed by [[Cam (singer)|Cam]] sings from the perspective of Jolene.
* "[[Big Girls Cry]]" on [[Sia]]'s 2014 album ''[[1000 Forms of Fear]]'' is an answer song to [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]]'s hit "[[Big Girls Don't Cry (Fergie song)|Big Girls Don't Cry]]" (2007).
* "[[Anaconda (Nicki Minaj song)|Anaconda]]" by [[Nicki Minaj]] (2014) is viewed as an answer to [[Sir Mix-a-Lot]]'s "[[Baby Got Back]]" (1992), which is heavily sampled in the song. Whereas Sir Mix-a-Lot focuses on a woman's body and the pleasure it gives him, Minaj raps from the perspective of the unnamed woman, and shows how she uses her [[Venus Callipyge|callipygian physique]] to profit and empower herself.<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Lezama|first1= Nigel|date= March 2019|title= Status, Votive Luxury, and Labour: The Female Rapper's Delight|url= https://www.fashionstudies.ca|journal= Fashion Studies|volume= 2 |issue= 1|pages= 1–23 |doi= 10.38055/FS010202|s2cid= 226869546|access-date= 31 July 2019|doi-access= free}}</ref>
*[[Ellie Goulding]]'s song "[[On My Mind (Ellie Goulding song)|On My Mind]]" is seen as answer to [[Ed Sheeran]]'s "[[Don't (Ed Sheeran song)|Don't]]" by many critics,<ref>{{cite news|last=Corner|first=Lewis|title=6 ways Ellie Goulding's new single takes a swing at Ed Sheeran: A lyrical breakdown|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a669000/6-ways-ellie-gouldings-new-single-takes-a-swing-at-ed-sheeran-a-lyrical-breakdown/|work=Digital Spy|date=17 September 2015|access-date=14 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hodgson|first=Claire|title=Is Ellie Goulding's new song On My Mind about Ed Sheeran?|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/news/a38610/ellie-gouldings-ed-sheeran-on-my-mind/|work=[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]|date=18 September 2015|access-date=14 December 2018}}</ref> although Goulding herself has denied it.
*[[Christine and the Queens]] rewrote [[Beyoncé]]'s "[[Sorry (Beyoncé song)|Sorry]]" from a male perspective.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=QueensChristine|author=Christine🌹theQueens|number=776533177229770756|date=15 September 2016|title=@AFNoli Beyoncé est indépassable ds l'original car c'est une femme bafouée qui se révolte - dans la mienne, je suis le cheater}}</ref>
*[[Esmé Patterson]] published [[Woman to Woman (Esmé Patterson album)|''Woman to Woman'']] (2014), an album of seven answer songs from the perspective of famous women in pop songs, including "[[Eleanor Rigby]]", "[[Billie Jean]]" and [[The Kinks]]' "[[Lola (song)|Lola]]".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Patterson |first=Esmé |date=2015-01-30 |title=My happiness depends on you: giving voice to the unsung women of pop |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/jan/30/my-happiness-depends-on-you-giving-voice-to-the-unsung-women-of-pop |access-date=2023-02-18 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* "The Quantum Enigma (Kingdom of Heaven Part II)" popularized by [[Epica (band)|Epica]] is a response to "Kingdom of Heaven"
* [[Eels (band)|Eels]]' 2018 single "Bone Dry" is an answer to their 2010 single "[[Fresh Blood (song)|Fresh Blood]]".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/eels-bone-dry-video-animation-the-deconstruction-album-listen-premiere-a8291401.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/eels-bone-dry-video-animation-the-deconstruction-album-listen-premiere-a8291401.html |archive-date=2022-05-07 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Eels unveil an incredible animated video for 'Bone Dry' - premiere|date=April 6, 2018|newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Fresh Blood was itself a sequel to their song "[[I Want to Protect You]]".<ref name="spinner">{{cite web |url=http://www.spinner.com/2009/03/31/eels-fresh-blood-song-premiere/ |title='Fresh Blood' on AOL Music |publisher=[[AOL Music]] |date=2009-03-31 |access-date=2009-03-31 |archive-date=2011-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524070402/http://www.spinner.com/2009/03/31/eels-fresh-blood-song-premiere/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* "Paper Doll" (2013) by [[John Mayer]] is viewed as a response to Taylor Swift's "[[Dear John (Taylor Swift song)|Dear John]]" (2010), and also mentions her song "[[22 (Taylor Swift song)|22]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/06/taylor-swift-paper-doll-photos|title=Photos: Five Reasons to Think Taylor Swift Is John Mayer's "Paper Doll"|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|language=en|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref>
*In 2013, [[Kay One]] released his diss track "Nichts als die Wahrheit" against his former label mates [[Bushido (rapper)|Bushido]] and [[Shindy]], as a response to Shindy's song "Alkoholisierte Pädophile", making fun of Kay One and his stepfather Olliwood. Bushido in return released the 11 minute storytelling diss track "Leben und Tod des Kenneth Glöckler", chronicling the rise and career of Kay One from his perspective, depicting him as an opportunist who only makes friends that get him further in the music business just to drop them when he finds someone more prestigious. One year later, Kay One released the 25 minute response song "Tag des jüngsten Gerichts", depicting his career from his own point of view, including attacks against many of his former friends on the way who turned their back on him, most prominently Bushido who he claims to have abused his power as a label boss and his ties to the [[Abou-Chaker]] clan to make Kay work lots for little money, as well as being a greedy man who rips off his fellow collaborators as well as his own fans. Many of the rappers mentioned in the song released their own diss tracks against Kay One as a response, however they received less media coverage and attention than those of Kay One and Bushido.
*3Think made "Shizuka (First Love)" (2014) in response to [[Leo Ku]]'s "[[Nobita (album)|Nobita]]" (2004).

===2020s===
*[[Coheed and Cambria]]'s 2020 song "Jessie's Girl 2" is a sequel to [[Rick Springfield]]'s 1981 song "[[Jessie's Girl]]". Featuring Springfield himself on the track, the song imagines what would have happened had Springfield succeeded in winning Jessie's girl.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/music/exclusive-rick-springfield-jessies-girl-sequel-song-coheed-and-cambria-video/|title=Rick Springfield helps give 'Jessie's Girl' murderous sequel in Coheed and Cambria music video|last=Lenker|first=Maureen Lee|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|language=en|access-date=2020-08-22}}</ref>
*[[Sabrina Carpenter]]'s 2021 single "[[Skin (Sabrina Carpenter song)|Skin]]" and song "Because I Liked a Boy" from her 2022 album "[[Emails I Can't Send]]" are speculated to be responses to [[Olivia Rodrigo]]'s [[Drivers License (song)|"Drivers License"]], although Carpenter denies this.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Walsh |first1=Charlotte |title=Sabrina Carpenter Gets Drenched Again While Performing ‘Skin’ |url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/02/sabrina-carpenter-james-corden-skin-performance.html |website=Vulture}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title="because i liked a boy" Lyrics on Genius.com |url=https://genius.com/26295692 |website=Genius.com}}</ref> "Skin" mentions a line used in "Drivers License" about Carpenter's appearance, while "Because I Liked a Boy" recalls all the threats she received after Rodrigo's song was released.
*[[Roselia (band)|Roselia]]'s 2022 song "Rozen Horizon" is a sequel to their 2019 song "Fire Bird", according the mini-album's page.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roselia ミニAlbum「ROZEN HORIZON」|url=https://bang-dream.com/discographies/3009|access-date=22 May 2022}}</ref>
*Country trio [[Chapel Hart]]'s 2022 song "You Can Have Him Jolene" answers [[Dolly Parton]]'s classic "[[Jolene (song)|Jolene]]" almost 50 years later.<ref name="Jolene">{{Cite web |last=Houghton |first=Cillea |date=2021-09-02 |title=Chapel Hart Build Sass and Soul into Sophomore LP The Girls Are Back in Town |url=https://www.audiofemme.com/playing-nashville-chapel-hart-the-girls-are-back-in-town/ |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=Audio Femme}}</ref>
*[[Miley Cyrus]]'s 2023 song "[[Flowers (Miley Cyrus song)|Flowers]]" paraphrases "[[When I Was Your Man]]" by [[Bruno Mars]], in lyrics as well as in chord progression (Cyrus uses a simplified version of Mars' verse chords in her chorus) and even in some melodic patterns. While Mars sings about what "he" could have done better in the now broken relationship, Cyrus sings about how "she" is better now that she is alone. Cyrus also takes some melodic figures from "[[I Will Survive]]" by [[Gloria Gaynor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eames |first1=Tom |title=Why Miley Cyrus' new song 'Flowers' is a response to Bruno Mars' 'When I Was Your Man' 10 years later |url=https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/bruno-mars/miley-cyrus-flowers-lyrics-meaning/ |work=Smooth |language=en}}</ref>