(Don Chance)
The following are two lists. The first is songs in which money, banking, finance, etc. is in the title. Of course, money is one of the most universal of human passions, so it is not surprising that so many songs are about it. But I thought this list would be interesting. The second list is a very short one containing song without these themes in the title but which contain lines related to them. If you know of any more, please email me at dchance@lsu.edu.
An interesting and related site is that of Professor Rauli Susmel of the University of Houston is somewhat the reverse-engineered version of this. He takes various lyrics and gives the finance/economics interpretation.
Songs with money, banking, or finance in the titles:
| Song Title | Artist (composer in some cases in parentheses) |
|
Ain’t No Money |
Roger McGuinn |
|
And the Money Kept Rolling in |
from Evita – A.L. Webber & T. Rice (composers) |
|
Bag Full of Money |
Roger McGuinn |
|
Bank Robber |
Clash |
|
Bank Robber Man |
Lenny Kravitz |
|
Banks of Ohio |
Joan Baez |
|
Bankshot |
Operation Ivy |
|
Big Money |
Rush |
|
Blood Money |
Bon Jovi |
|
Boneheads Bank Holiday |
Oasis |
|
Daddy’s Money |
Ricochet |
|
Easy Money |
Cy Coleman & Ira Gasman (composers) |
|
Everyday I Think of Money |
Stereophonics |
|
Get This Money |
Jay Z |
|
Gimme Some Money |
Spinal Tap |
|
Got Your Money |
Old Dirty Bastard |
|
Heavenly Bank Account |
Frank Zappa |
|
I Only Play 4 Money |
Frogs |
|
If Life is Like a Love Bank I Want an Overdraft |
Wildhearts |
|
In It for Money |
Supergrass |
|
It’s Money That I Love |
Randy Newman |
|
Laughin All the Way to the Bank |
Craig Carnelia |
|
Lawyers Guns and Money |
Warren Zevon |
|
London Money |
Busker |
|
Makin Money |
Handsome Devil |
|
Mind Over Money |
Turin Brakes |
|
Miss Moneypenny |
Placebo |
| Mr. Banker | Lynyrd Skynrd |
|
Mo Money Mo Problems |
Notorious Big |
|
Money |
Beatles |
|
Money |
Ghoti Hook |
|
Money |
Michael Jackson |
|
Money |
Pink Floyd |
|
Money |
Space |
|
Money |
Strong Barrett |
|
Money |
The Sonics |
|
Money Becomes King |
Tom Petty |
|
Money Bought |
Nickelback |
|
Money Can’t Buy It |
Annie Lennox |
|
Money Changes Everything |
Cyndi Lauper |
|
Money City Maniacs |
Sloan |
|
Money for Nothing |
Dire Straits |
|
Money Honey |
Bay City Rollers |
|
Money in the Bank |
John Anderson |
|
Money is Such |
by Henry Mancini |
|
Money Money |
from Cabaret (J. Kander & F. Ebb, composers) |
|
Money Money Money |
ABBA |
|
Money Motive |
The Winans |
|
Money or Love |
Clint Black |
|
Money Talks |
ACDC |
|
Money Tree |
lots of people |
|
Money Will Roll Right In |
Nirvana |
|
Paper Money |
Ronnie Montrose |
|
Put the Money Down |
The Who |
|
Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth is |
Oasis |
|
Right on the Money |
Allan Jackson |
|
Send Me Your Money |
Suicidal Tendencies |
|
Shake Your Money Maker |
Fleetwood Mac |
|
Spendin’ Money |
R. Kelly |
|
Spending Money |
Jimmy Buffett |
|
T Shirt Money |
A |
|
Take the Money and Run |
Randy Peterson |
|
Take the Money and Run |
Steve Miller |
|
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo |
Fred Gilbert |
|
The Money Song |
Avenue Q |
|
Thing I do for Money |
Northern Pike |
|
Till the Money Runs Out |
Tom Waits |
|
We’re in the Money |
Al Dublin & Harry Warren (composers) |
|
What do You do for Money Honey |
ACDC |
|
With Plenty of Money and You |
Dick Powell |
|
You Never Give Me Your Money |
Beatles |
|
You Stole My Money Honey |
Stereophonics |
The following are lines from songs that do not qualify for the above list, but these lines are consistent with the theme:
| Line | Artist, Song |
|
“Clinging to your stocks and bonds” |
Elton John, Someone Saved My Life Tonight |
|
“And he won’t be down on Wall Street in the morning.” |
The Eagles, A New York Minute |
| "I have accountants pay for it all." | Joe Walsh, Life's Been Good to Me So Far |
Last updated: August 15, 2007