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An answer song, response song or answer record is a song (usually a recorded track) made in answer to a previous song, normally by another artist. The concept became widespread in and R&B recorded music in the 1930s to the 1950s. Answer songs were also popular in in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, sometimes as female responses to an original hit by a male artist or male responses to a hit by a female artist.

The original "Hound Dog" song sung by Big Mama Thornton reached number 1 in 1953, and there were six answer songs in response; the most successful of these was "Bear Cat", by which reached number 3. That led to a successful copyright lawsuit for $35,000, which is said to have led of to sell 's recording contract to .

(2026). 9780252069697, University of Illinois Press.

In Rock Eras: Interpretations of Music and Society, Jim Curtis says that "the series of answer songs which were hits in 1960 ... indicates the dissociation of the singer from the song ... Answer songs rode on the coattails, as it were, of the popularity of the first song, and resembled parodies in that their success depended on a knowledge of the original ... Answer songs were usually flukes by unknown singers whose lack of identity did not detract from the success of the record since only the song, and not the performer, mattered."

(1987). 9780879723699, Bowling Green State University Popular Press. .
Alternate .

Today, this practice is most common in hip hop music and , especially as the continuation of a feud between performers; the was a notable example that resulted in over a hundred answer songs.

(2026). 9780313343230, ABC-CLIO.
Answer songs also played a part in the battle over turf in The Bridge Wars. Sometimes, an answer record imitated the original very closely and occasionally, a hit song would be followed up by the same artist.

Examples
Pre-1950s
  • Sir and Christopher Marlowe traded life philosophies on the battlefield of poetry, namely, "The Passionate Shepherd To His Love" (1599) and "The Nymph's Reply To The Shepherd" (1600).
  • 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.
    (2022). 9781513459103, Mel Bay Publications. .
  • "I Wonder Why Bill Bailey Don't Come Home" was written by and recorded by Arthur Collins in 1902 as an answer to "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home", published by and recorded by Collins earlier the same year.
  • "I Used to Be Afraid to Come Home in the Dark" was recorded by Billy Murray in 1909 as a response to his own 1908 hit, "I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark".
  • 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 , composed by Robert King and James F. Hanley. The song referred to the ubiquity and nonsense lyrics of the original. , , Isabelle Patricola, and all sang on releases of this song.
  • '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 's "Texas Plains".
  • 's anthem "This Land Is Your Land" was written in 1940 as an answer to "God Bless America", written by in 1918 (and revised in 1938). Guthrie originally called his response "God Blessed America for Me". Woody Guthrie: this man is your myth, this man is my myth, section American Hero

1950s
  • "Where's-a Your House", written and recorded by Robert Q. Lewis in 1951, was a response to 's "Come on-a My House" of the same year.
    (2015). 9781442242746, Rowman & Littlefield. .
  • "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", written by J. D. "Jay" Miller in 1952 and originally sung by , was a response to "The Wild Side of Life", made famous that same year by Hank Thompson.
  • "" (1955) by was a response to 's "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 's response to "Hot Rod Race", (1950) 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 , 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 and ' (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 , and "I'm the Father of Annie's Baby" (1955), by Danny Taylor. 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 bills itself in its verse as an answer to Rodgers and Hammerstein's "There Is Nothing Like a Dame" (1949).
  • "I Shot Mr. Lee" (1958) was ' response to their own 1957 hit, "Mr. Lee".
  • "That Makes It" was 's response to The Big Bopper's "Chantilly Lace" (1958), The Big Bopper Hotshotdigital.com suggesting what the girl may have been saying at the other end of the line.
  • "Oh Neil!" was 's response to 's "Oh! Carol" (1959); Sedaka and King were both co-workers and friends since high school.
  • "Short Mort" (1959) by was a response to Annette Funicello's "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 ).
  • "I Got a Job" (1957) by , "I Found a Job" by The Heartbeats (1958), "I Got A Job" by The Tempos, and "I Got Fired" by The Mistakes, were all responses to ' self-penned chart-topper Get a Job (1957).
  • "Answer To The Pub With No Beer" (1958) by , was a direct response to Dusty's hit A Pub With No Beer (1957).

1960s
  • "Tell Tommy I Miss Him" (1960) by is a response to "Tell Laura I Love Her" (1960), recorded separately by both and . Versions of this answer song were also released by and Laura Lee.
  • "I'll Save the Last Dance for You" by Damita Jo (1960) answers ' "Save the Last Dance for Me", sung by Ben E. King (also 1960). Another Damita Jo track, "I'll Be There" (1961), was in response to King's solo hit "Stand by Me" (1960).
  • "He'll Have to Stay" (1960) was 's response to ' "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 ' response to 's "Please Help Me, I'm Falling", as was 's "I'm Glad That You're Falling" (1960).
  • "There's Nothing on My Mind" (1960) was The Teen Queens' response to 's "There's Something on Your Mind" (also 1960).
  • "Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight" (1960) was 's response to 's "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" (also 1960).
  • "I Really Want You to Know" (1961) was ' response to 's "I Really Don't Want To Know".
  • "Come on Back, Jack" (1961) written by and and recorded by , and "Well, I Told You" (also 1961), recorded by , are both different responses to "Hit the Road, Jack", written by and recorded by .
  • "Stay-at-Home Sue" by and "I'm No Run Around" (both 1961) by Ginger Davis and the Snaps were responses to 's "" (also 1961).
  • "Hey Memphis" (1961) was 's response to 's "Little Sister" (also 1961).
  • "Don'cha Shop Around" by Laurie Davis and "Don't Let Him Shop Around" by Debbie Dean (both 1961) were responses to ' "" (1960). Both songs were written by and .
  • "My Big John" (1961) was 's response to 's "Big Bad John" (also 1961).
  • "My Long Black Veil" (1961) was 's response to 's "Long Black Veil" (1959).
  • "Return of the Teenage Queen" (1961) was country singer Tommy Tucker's response to '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 's "Good Luck Charm" (also 1962).
  • "(I'm the Girl from) Wolverton Mountain" (1962) was Jo Ann Campbell's response to 's "Wolverton Mountain" (also 1962).
  • The Pearlettes' "Duchess of Earl" (1962) was a response to 's "Duke of Earl" (1961).
  • "Judy's Turn to Cry" (1963) was 's response to her own 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 's response to 's "Housewives Choice" (1961). Specifically, Buster claimed that Morgan and producer 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 's response to '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 's answer to "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)" (also 1963), a novelty song by .
  • The Beach Boys' "Don't Worry Baby" (1964) from Shut Down Volume 2 was said to be an answer to 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 Boy from New York City" (1964).
  • "Queen of the House" (1965) was 's response to 's "King of the Road" (1964).
  • "That's My Life (My Love and My Home)" (1965) by , 's father, was a response to his son's song "In My Life" (also 1965), recorded by .
  • "Hurry, Mr. Peters" (1965) by and was a response to and Priscilla Mitchell's "Yes, Mr. Peters".
    (2026). 9780898201772, Record Research, Inc.
  • "Slip-In Mules (No High Heel Sneakers) " (1964) was Sugar Pie DeSanto's answer to "High Heel Sneakers" (also 1964), by 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 is in response to "Eve of Destruction" by (both 1965).
  • "I'm The Girl On The Billboard" is 's response to ' "Girl On The Billboard" (both 1965).
  • "Morgan the Pirate" (1966) by Richard Fariña was believed by Fariña's producer , journalist , and others to be a response to '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 was a response to 's song "Evil on Your Mind" (1966).
  • "When a Woman Loves a Man" (1966) by was a response to "When a Man Loves a Woman" (also 1966) by .
  • French 's 1966 Cheveux longs et idées courtes is a riposte to a direct, personal mockery in a verse of Antoine's Élucubrations of the same year; both were hit songs. (See 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 '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 and David Porter, was originally recorded by , and served as a response to "You'll Lose a Good Thing" (1962) by .
  • 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 's No. 1 1967 country hit "Don't Come Home A Drinkin (With Lovin' on Your Mind)".
  • "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 's "Are You Experienced?" (1967).
  • "Back in the U.S.S.R." (1968) by was a response to "Back in the U.S.A." by (1959) and "" 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 (1967).
  • "More on Ode to Billie Joe" (1969) by Rodd Rogers (aka ), Terri Peters (aka ), and the MSR Singers was a response to 1967's blockbuster "Ode to Billie Joe" by .
  • Joni Mitchell's "The Circle Game" (1970) is an answer to Neil Young's "Sugar Mountain" (1964).

1970s
  • "Hippie From Olema" (1971) was ' answer to 's country hit, "Okie from Muskogee" (1969).
  • Paul McCartney and Wings's "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?" (1971) which was 's response to "Too Many People" (1971) by ex- and Lennon's former collaborator Paul McCartney.
  • "The Lawrence Welk-Hee Haw Counter-Revolution Polka" (1972) was host 's answer to '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."
  • "I'm Mr. Big Stuff" was the 1972 response by to "Mr. Big Stuff" by .
  • "(Should I) Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree?" was the 1973 response by to "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 's response to 's "Southern Man" (1970) and "Alabama" (1972). then wrote a response to "Sweet Home Alabama", titled "Play It All Night Long" (1980).
  • "From His Woman to You" (1975) sung by was the response to "Woman to Woman" (1974) by .
  • "Rak Off Normie" (1975) by Maureen Elkner was the response to "The Newcastle Song" (1975) by Bob Hudson.
  • "(I'm A) Stand By My Woman Man" (1976) sung by was the response to 's "Stand By Your Man" (1968).
  • "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" (1977) by was the answer song to "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" (1956) by .
  • Johnny Thunders' "London Boys" (1978) is a response to the ' "New York" (1977).

1980s
  • "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1980) by was partly a response to "Love Will Keep Us Together" (1973) by and Howard Greenfield.
  • "Bad Boy" (1982) by Ray Parker Jr. was a response to his own hit of the same year, "The Other Woman".
  • "I Was Country Before " (1982) by was a response to Mandrell's "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" from earlier in the year.
  • "Candy Girl" (1982) by was a response to "ABC" (1970) by The Jackson 5.
  • "Major Tom (Coming Home)" (1983) by was the response to 's 1969 song "".
  • "Superstar" (1983) by was an answer song to "" (1983) by .
  • "Taxi (Take Him Back)" was Anne LeSear's 1984 response to J. Blackfoot's 1983 song "Taxi".
  • 's "King of My Heart" (1985) was an answer song to 's "" (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 song "The Spy" (1970), about a sexual voyeur.
  • Reba McEntire's "Whoever's in New England" (1986) was a response to 's hit "Weekend in New England" (1975). "Whoever's in New England", in turn, inspired the 2007 answer song "Stay", written and sung by .
  • "Thunder & Lightning" (1986) by Miss Thang was a response to Oran "Juice" Jones's 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 appeared in the 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 , as a representation of the father's point of view.Liz Smith, " Papa Gets Second Chance In New Video", Sarasota Herald-Tribune (October 22, 1986), 5E.
  • "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" by (1985)
  • "I'm Your Wild Thang" (1989) was Mamado and She's answer to Tone Lōc's "Wild Thing" (1988).
  • "(Nothing But) Flowers" by contains lyrics that are an echo to 's "Big Yellow Taxi"—"There was a shopping mall, Now it's all covered with flowers ... If this is paradise" in "(Nothing But) Flowers", whereas Mitchell sang "They paved paradise, And put up a parking lot ...".

1990s
  • "Eat The Bee" (1991) was Automation's answer to The Scientist's "The Bee" from 1990.
  • R.E.M.'s "Me in Honey" (1991) is a response to 10,000 Maniacs' "Eat for Two" (1989).
  • ' Scum (1992) was an answer to 's Everybody's Free (To Feel Good).
  • "Erasure-ish" EP (1992) was Björn Again's answer to Erasure's previous tribute, "". "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 's answer to 's "" (1991) (as well as being a diss towards ).
  • Italian pop group 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").
  • '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 .
  • Third Eye Blind's song "Semi Charmed Life" (1997) was written as a response to 's Walk on the Wild Side (1972), but from a San Francisco perspective.
  • "The Boy Is Mine" (1998) by and Monica was a response to "The Girl Is Mine" (1982) by and .
  • 's song "The Kids Aren't Alright" (1998) is named as allusion to 's "The Kids Are Alright" (1965).
  • After TLC released the song "" in 1999, made an answer song called "" that same year.
  • "A Pretty Girl Is Like..." (1999) from the album 69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields was an answer song to 's "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" according to songwriter .
  • "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 (Desert Storm Remix)" by was a response to "Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)" by .
  • Mexican pop singer 's "Hey Güera" (Hey Blondie) is a response to 's "Ese hombre es mío" (That man is mine).
  • "Woman" by in 1996 is a response song to 1966's "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" by .
  • "Old Before I Die" (1997) by was in response to 's "" (1965), which contains the lyrics "I hope I die before I get old."

2000s
  • In 2001 wrote "(I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May" as a response to 's "" (1971).
  • The 2002 song "Aserejé" by based its chorus on the 1979 song "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang.
  • wrote and released the song "Strong Enough to Be Your Man" in 2002 in response to 's "Strong Enough" (1994).
  • KJ-52 released the song "Dear Slim" (2002) in response to 's song "Stan" (2000).
  • "Can't Hold Us Down" by Christina Aguilera (2003) was a response to Eminem's song "The Real Slim Shady" (2000).
  • "F.U.R.B. (Fuck You Right Back)" (2004) was 's response to Eamon's "Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)", promoting rumors that the two had been dating. It was the first answer song to reach No. 1 in the . Both songs had topped the charts in that country.
  • Green Day's "American Idiot" (2004), from the album of the same name, was written in response to a song called "That's How I Like It" (2003).
  • "You Should Really Know" by The Pirates, , and (2004) was an answer song to "I Don't Wanna Know" by , and P. Diddy.
  • ' song "Confused Rappers" (2004) was a response to , and for stealing the sample of "Hi-Jack" by from their 1999 single "Watch Out Now".
  • "Good Idea At The Time" (2005) on 's "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 by was a response to by . Eko Fresh's song claims Kool Savas showcases a bad character during their time on , 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 was an answer song to - at least a riff off the title of - "Me and Mrs. Jones" (1972), made famous by .
  • 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", popularized by , is a response to "Bye Bye Beautiful" by .
  • "Menor Que Yo" on Sentimiento (2007) album by was a response to "Mayor Que Yo", a collaborative single by , Héctor el Father, Wisin & Yandel, , and Tony Tun Tun.
  • expressed exasperation with 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 album by was a response to "Girls, Girls, Girls" (1987) by Mötley Crüe.
  • 's "Not Everybody Has to Imagine" (2008) is a reply to John Lennon's "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?".
  • "A Baker's Tale" by (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.
  • Russian pop band Vintage (Винтаж) composed their song "Eva" (Ева) from their 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.

2010s
  • "The Devil Comes Back to Georgia" by , , Mark O'Connor, and 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 's hit "Girlfriend", is one example.
  • "" (2010) by featuring was a response to "Empire State of Mind" (2009) by featuring . It was the first time both the original song and the answer song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
  • 's "Better than Revenge" (2010) is an answer to The Jonas Brothers' "Much Better" (2009) which may have been an answer to Swift's "Forever & Always" (2008).
  • Marina and the Diamonds' cover of 's "Boyfriend" (2012) is an answer song to the original tune, the lyrics adapted to give it a female perspective.
  • made the song "" (2012) in response to "The Motto" (2011) by Drake. Which itself is a response to "If Today Was Your Last Day" (2008) by Nickelback.
  • Yasiin Bey (formerly ) released "Niggas in Poorest", (2012) in response to "Niggas in Paris" (2011) by and , chastising them for parading their wealth while so many are suffering with poverty, violence, crime, and exploitation.
  • Mary Lambert's "She Keeps Me Warm" (2013) is an extension of the chorus she sang on Macklemore's "" (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 "" from the male perspective. Additionally, the 2017 song "Diane" performed by Cam sings from the perspective of Jolene.
  • "Big Girls Cry" on 's 2014 album 1000 Forms of Fear is an answer song to Fergie's hit "Big Girls Don't Cry" (2007).
  • "Anaconda" by (2014) is viewed as an answer to '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 to profit and empower herself.
  • 's song "On My Mind" is seen as answer to 's "Don't" by many critics, although Goulding herself has denied it.
  • Christine and the Queens rewrote Beyoncé's "Sorry" from a male perspective.
  • Esmé Patterson published Woman to Woman (2014), an album of seven answer songs from the perspective of famous women in pop songs, including "", "" and ' "Lola".
  • "The Quantum Enigma (Kingdom of Heaven Part II)" popularized by Epica is a response to "Kingdom of Heaven"
  • Eels' 2018 single "Bone Dry" is an answer to their 2010 single "Fresh Blood". Fresh Blood was itself a sequel to their song "I Want to Protect You".
  • "Paper Doll" (2013) by is viewed as a response to Taylor Swift's "Dear John" (2010), and also mentions her song "22".
  • In 2013, released his diss track "Nichts als die Wahrheit" against his former label mates Bushido and , 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 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 's "Nobita" (2004).

2020s
  • Coheed and Cambria's 2020 song "Jessie's Girl 2" is a sequel to '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.
  • Sabrina Carpenter's 2021 single "Skin" and song "Because I Liked a Boy" from her 2022 album "Emails I Can't Send" are speculated to be responses to 's "Drivers License", although Carpenter denies this. "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's 2022 song "Rozen Horizon" is a sequel to their 2019 song "Fire Bird", according the mini-album's page.
  • Country trio 's 2022 song "You Can Have Him Jolene" answers 's classic "" almost 50 years later.
  • 's 2023 song "Flowers" paraphrases "When I Was Your Man" by , 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 .
  • French singer Louane's 2025 song Maman references, and is considered a sequel of, her 2015 song of the same name.

See also

Further reading
  • "Answer Records / Sequels", list of Answer Songs from everyhit.com
  • B. Lee Cooper and Wayne S. Haney, Response Recordings: An Answer Song Discography, 1950-1990, Scarecrow Press, 1990, (A comprehensive alphabetized list of over 2500 hit tunes that prompted the production of answer songs or other forms of response recordings)
  • Answer Songs, Spotify playlist of some of the answer songs on this page

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