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This is a list of songs with songs about Computer and video games, sounds which interpolate game sounds, or which mention gaming peripherals.
Songs about specific games
| Artist | Album | Year | Song | Game Title | Game Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-3 Federation | - | - | "The Legend" | The Legend of Zelda | Nintendo |
| Ambassadors of Funk feat. MC Mario | Super Mario Compact Disco | 1992 | "SuperMarioLand" | Super Mario Land | Nintendo |
| Alex C. & Yasmin K. | - | 2003 | "Angel Of Darkness" | Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness | Core Design |
| Buckner & Garcia | Pac-Man Fever | 1982 | "Pac-Man Fever" | Pac-Man | Namco |
| "Do the Donkey Kong" | Donkey Kong | Nintendo | |||
| "Froggy's Lament" | Frogger | Konami | |||
| "Hyperspace" | Asteroids | Atari Games | |||
| "Mousetrap" | Mouse Trap | Exidy | |||
| "Ode to a Centipede" | Centipede | Atari | |||
| "The Defender" | Defender | Williams Electronics | |||
| "Goin' Berzerk" | Berzerk | Stern Electronics | |||
| Crispy | - | 1998 | "The Game" | - | - |
| Discordance Axis | Our Last Day | 2005 | "Ikaruga" | Ikaruga | Treasure Co. Ltd |
| Doctor Spin | - | 1992 | "Tetris" | Tetris | ELORG |
| Frank Black | Teenager of the Year | 1994 | "Whatever Happened to Pong?" | PONG | Atari |
| 50.Grind feat. Pokémon Allstars | - | 2001 | "Gotta Catch 'Em All" | Pokémon | Nintendo/Game Freak |
| Pizzicato Five feat. IMAKUNI?, raymond JOHNSON, OHASHI hiroko, Pokémon kids and yossie | Çà et là du Japon (?·?·? ????, Sa•e•ra Japon) | 2001 | "Gatta call'em all!" (??????????, Pokémon ierukana?) | Pokémon | Nintendo/Game Freak |
| Gröûp X | Stepping on the Crowtche owf Your Americain Presidaint | 2000 | "Mario Twins" | Super Mario Bros. | Nintendo |
| Digital Emotion | - | 1984 | "Go Go Yellow Screen" | - | - |
| HORSE the band | R. Borlax | 2003 | "Pol's Voice" | The Legend of Zelda | Nintendo |
| "Cutsman" | Mega Man | Capcom | |||
| The Mechanical Hand | 2005 | "Birdo" | Super Mario Bros. 2 | Nintendo | |
| Lostprophets | Thefakesoundofprogress | 2000 | "Ode to Summer" | - | - |
| "Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja" | Shinobi/Dragon Ninja | Sega/Data East | |||
| MadHatter | - | - | "Ganon Slayer" | The Legend of Zelda | Nintendo |
| MC Hawking | - | 2001 | "QuakeMaster" | Quake | Id Software |
| - | - | "GTA 3" | Grand Theft Auto III | Rockstar Games | |
| Mr. Bungle | - | 1991 | "Super Mario Bros." (live) | Super Mario Bros. | Nintendo |
| Propagandhi | Potemkin City Limits | 2005 | "America's Army (Die Jugend Marschiert)" | America's Army | U.S. Army |
| The Rabbit Joint | - | - | "Legend of Zelda" | The Legend of Zelda | Nintendo |
| Underworld | Beaucoup Fish | 1999 | "Jumbo" | Tetris | - |
| "Weird Al" Yankovic | - | - | "Pacman" | Pac-Man | Namco |
| Young Maylay | San Andreas: The Original Mix Tape | 2004 | "GTA: San Andreas Theme Freestyle" | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Rockstar North |
Songs about consoles or playing computer or video games in general
- 8-bit - "Zelda" (about Nintendo games, but features a Zelda beat)
- AC/DC - "Who Made Who"
- Aziz - "Oh My Good(NES)"
- Benefit - Warp to World 6-9 (also a reference to the 69 sex position)
- The Capricorns - "Nintendo Song"
- Clinton Moore - "Wario the Quario" (Wario)
- Dazz Band - "Joystick"
- Del Tha Funkee Homosapien feat. Khaos Unique - "Proto Culture"
- DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince - "Human Video Game"
- Dogs Die in Hot Cars - "I Love You 'Cause I Have To"
- Eiffel 65 - "My Console"
- Eraserheads - "Julie Tearjerky" (about the Playstation)
- Five Iron Frenzy - "Nintendo"
- Kyle from Pure Pwnage - "Feel Like Pwning Noobs"
- Freezepop - "I Am Not Your Game Boy"
- Funker Vogt - "Subspace"
- Green Day - Desensitized (about the Internet)
- Klymaxx - "Video Kid"
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen - "Video Monster"
- Machinae Supremacy - "Arcade"
- Machinae Supremacy - "Hero"
- Machinae Supremacy - "Player One"
- Mi-Sex - "Computer Games"
- Mirah - "1982 Atari"
- Molemen - "Put Your Quarter Up"
- Muckaferguson - "Atari 2600"
- Notorious BIG - "Juicy" (Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis)
- OZMA - "Game Over"
- Regurgitator - "Black Bugs"
- Regurgitator - "Strange Human Being"
- Tacoriffic - "NES Christmas 2000"
- The Pettit Project - "99 Lives"
- The Spinto Band - "Japan Is an Island"
- Joe Walsh - "Space Age Whiz Kids"
- Yellow Magic Orchestra - "Computer Games"
Songs using sounds of games
- Aphex Twin - "Bucephalus Bouncing Ball" (uses samples from Defender)
- Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - "Eternal" and "Crossroad" (both use music from Eternal Champions)
- Every song by Buckner and Garcia uses the sounds from the games being described.
- Coca Bravo - "Super Brooklyn" (uses music and sound effects samples from Super Mario Bros.)
- Lacuna Coil - "Tight Rope" (uses a sample from a PC game Descent by Interplay)
- Lady Sovereign - "Love Me or Hate Me" (uses a variety of sounds from Asteroids, Pacman, and Tetris)
- Lil Flip - "Game Over" (uses various sounds from Pac-Man and Mortal Kombat II)
- Limp Bizkit featuring Method Man and Red Man - N 2 Gether Now (uses Defender sounds in the radio edit)
- Power-Pill - every song on the Pac-Man EP samples the game of the same name.
- The Pretenders - "Space Invader" (an instrumental that ends with the sound effects from the game Space Invaders)
- Rammstein - "Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen" (uses death sound from Doom)
- Scary Kids Scaring Kids - "Drowning" (Uses a sound bit from Final Fantasy VI)
- Smashing Pumpkins - "Where Boys Fear To Tread" (uses explosion from Doom)
- The Azoic - "Not Justified" (uses opening choral notes from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night)
- Velvet Acid Christ - "The Hand (Violent Trance Mix)" (features voice clips from Harvester)
- Zombie Nation - "Kernkraft 400" (based on subtune #21 from Lazy Jones by David Whittaker)
- Eminem- "Hellbound" (features music and voice clips from Soul Calibur)
Songs with music videos involving computer and video games
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Californication"
See also
- Chiptune
- Video game music
- List of lists of songs Songs Computer and video games Computer and video games