Artist	Song	Buy
R.E.M.	Radio Song
from Out Of Time (1991)
Paul Revere & The Raiders	Legend of Paul Revere
from Paul Revere & The Raiders: Greatest Hits (1967)
Squirrel Nut Zippers	Suits Are Picking Up The Bill
from Perennial Favorites (1998)
The Police	A Sermon
from Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings (1980)
They Might Be Giants	Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal
from Miscellaneous T: B Side / Remix Compilation (1991)
Elvis Costello	Radio, Radio
from The Very Best of Elvis Costello And The Attractions (1978)
The Ramones	Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
from Mania (1980)
Monty Python	I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio
from Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album (1980)
They Might Be Giants	Hello Radio
from Miscellaneous T: B Side / Remix Compilation (1991)
Rush	Spirit of Radio
from Permanent Waves (1980)
Art Brut	Formed A Band
from Bang Bang Rock & Roll (2006)
Monty Python	Rock Notes
from Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album (1980)
The Byrds	So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star
from The Byrds: Greatest Hits (Remastered) (1967)
Hole	Playing Your Song
from Celebrity Skin (1998)
The Replacements	Left Of The Dial
from Tim [Expanded Edition] (1985)
Pernice Brothers	We Love the Stage
from Goodbye, Killer (2010)
A Tribe Called Quest	Check The Rhime
from The Low End Theory (1991)
Steinski	Hit The Disco (Mc Enuff Mix)
from What Does It All Mean?: 1983-2006 Retrospective (2002)
J-Live	Them That's Not
from The Best Part (2001)
Nirvana	Pay to Play
from DGC Rarities, Vol. 1 (1994)
Wilco	The Late Greats
from A Ghost Is Born (2004)

Comment:

Did you ever notice how many songs there are about the music business itself? I think the popular music industry is possibly even more self-referential than the newspaper industry (though not nearly as self-referential as the Internet.). I started hearing the connection a few years ago and began collecting examples in a playlist, and I finally have enough to share with you.
Of special note is the hip-hop section (coming just after Joe Pernice's wry anti-anthem decrying touring, "We Love the Stage"), featuring "Check the Rhime," origin of "Music industry rule #4080/record company people are shady," followed by Steinski's record industry slag off mix of "Hit the Disco," wrapping up with J-Live's epochal "Them That's Not," which features the most astonishing bit of tempo bending that I'm aware of.

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