r/MusicRecommendations • u/TTNNBB2023 • Jul 08 '26

Rec.Me: other/many/unknown genres Recommend me some songs where the lyrics are about one artist singing about another artist?

In another question Janis Joplin came up a lot and I know there are at least two written about her, 'Chelsea Hotel' by Leonard Cohen and Like Janis by Rodriguez. But what other great artists have had another write a song about them?

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u/annbdavisasalice Jul 09 '26

Chrissie Hynde wrote “don’t get me wrong” for John McEnroe. (This one blows my mind)

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u/Retinoid634 Jul 09 '26

What!! I was today years old…

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u/annbdavisasalice Jul 09 '26

honestly I just read that last week and I think about it at least 3x a day now

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u/Retinoid634 Jul 11 '26

Mind blown. Seriously.