Money

Songs about or mentioning money.

Central theme

• Alienation's For The Rich
• All Expenses Paid
• Bills, Bills, Bills
• Dollar For Dollar
• Great - "If you have $100, I can save you $200"
• Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal - The song is about a musician (or a band) that bribes a DJ to play their record.
• Lord Snowdon - Told from the perspective of a man who seems to be very wealthy, yet is discontented
• Minimum Wage
• Money For Dope
• The Neck Rolls Aren't Working - The chorus includes "And I saved up all my money for some lessons on how to spend money"
• Renew My Subscription
• Snowball In Hell - "Money's all broke", "Time is Money", "Money I owe, money-iy-ay"
• Token Back To Brooklyn
• Yeah, The Deranged Millionaire

Briefly mentioned

• Absolutely Bill's Mood - "Put a dime in my jukebox"
• All The Lazy Boyfriends - "All of the girlfriends' buyers' remorse"
• Anyone Can Fill My Shoes - "But when do I collect my pay?"
• Apple Juice Blues - "Gimmie a dollar! Gimmie two dollars!"
• Bangs - "The money's under your hat"
• Best Regrets - "And what was happening was happening with ten quarters and five dimes"
• Birdhouse In Your Soul (Demo) - "People couldn't live in it, but I think it's worth the money and hurt"
• Careless Santa - "Bag of money is all he stole for me"
• Charleston - "Government paying subsidies, music farmers take the cash"
• Christmas In The Big House - "Begging some guy for a loan"
• Cast Your Pod To The Wind - "Disregard the expense"
• Celebration - "The racer must attach five dollars to their car and drive to the DJ booth."
• Complete Paranoia - "Doesn't take a millionaire to see"
• Countdown Intro - "Make way for the one band that can overcome the zero in their bank account."
• Different Town - chocolate hundred-dollar bills
• Dog - "He’s a dog who made his money selling troubled assets"
• Don't I Have The Right? - "You sure weren't rich"
• Don't Let's Start - "Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account"
• Everything Right Is Wrong Again - "Every five and dime's been gained and spent"
• Feel Good Sublet - "We couldn't think, pay, or ask for much more"
• Flo Wheeler - "Work zone, fines are doubled"
• Glasgow - "Forty bucks", "The tip jar"
• Gudetama's Busy Days - "Selling white flags at a discount"
• Helicopters Of Elves - "Outside of banks"
• He's Loco - "I'm investing all my money in the Microsoft Zune"
• Hillbilly Drummer Girl - "Free beer and eight dollars. That's money for new sticks."
• Hodgman Promo 3 - "Skipped out on $1200 worth of back-rent"
• I Broke My Own Rule - "A cost you can't / you can't afford to pay"
• I Need Some Lovin' - "To spend my money"
• I Palindrome I - "Someday mother will die and I'll get the money"
• Irving Plaza - "You've got the greenbacks"
• It Never Fails - "Makes a twenty dollar knockoff from a thousand dollar shirt"
• James K. Polk - "Made sure the tariffs fell / And made the English sell the Oregon Territory / He built an independent treasury"
• The Long Grift - "I'm just another dollar that you made in your long, long grift."
• Mario Speaks - "Mario! Integrity is everything! You keep the money. We'll live on love"
• Moonbeam Rays - "ATMs for a 20 dollar bill"
• Negative Ad - "This ad was paid for with somebody else's money"
• No Answer - "The bank foreclosed on his dungeon when the Duke was late in paying"
• Number Three - "A rich man once told me, 'Hey, life's a funny thing.' A poor man once told me that he can't afford to speak"
• Re-PETE Offender - "Even the price is erased"
• Rhythm Section Want Ad - "For every one with dollar signs in his eyes"
• Rowboat Mayor - "Our gold doubloons lost in the spray are never floating up"
• Santa Claus - "And lots of money"
• Seven Eleven - "Looked at an expensive item"
• She's Actual Size - "She's got all the money money couldn't buy"
• She Was A Hotel Detective - "She's a billionaire", "I don't think it was the money"
• Sketchy Galore - "...like he lost a dollar bill"
• South Carolina - The lines "I won some damages and they were punitive" and "I'd crush my head / Collect the bread" both obliquely refer to money
• Spoiled Milk From A Pampered Cow "And why did the man put his money in the fridge? He wanted some cold hard cash"
• Stalk Of Wheat - "I was all out of money like a bunny that's broke"
• Starry Eyes - "We paid for all the phone calls / The money's off the shelf", "Talking to the money men and carrying out affairs"
• T-Shirt - "Half will be money"
• There Will Be Sad - "Bill collectors gather and a debt will soon be paid"
• Thinking Machine - "Sleep expensive cloud enjoy"
• This Is Only Going To Go One Way - "Flip a piece of eight in the air"'
• Town To Town - "Money moving from town to town"
• Trucker's Coffee - "I need a buck / I gotta deliver these apples"
• Untitled - "But what does he ge-how does he make money on this?"
• Village Gate Concert Promo - "It's only $7.50 to get in to the Village Gate"
• Wearing A Raincoat - "A friend that comes at a price"
• We Want A Rock - "I'd hammer on my piglet. I'd collect the seven dollars and I'd buy a big prosthetic forehead"
• What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round? - "If I get the money, well I'll ride the same old train"
• When Will You Die - "We'll be lining up and buying tickets", "All the banks will close"
• Why Must I Be Sad? - Among the Alice Cooper songs mentioned is Billion Dollar Babies.
• You Are Old, Father William - "By use of this ointment, one shilling a box"
• You'll Miss Me - "Your money talks but my genius walks"

Honorable mention

• Don't Let's Start (EP) - Cover art features a snowman warming himself over a pile of burning money.
• Experimental Film - In the Homestar Runner video, the ATM, Strong Bad and Strong Mad stealing money from the ATM, and Strong Sad getting bags of money from the ATM.
• Now That I Have Everything - "I wasn't always so fortunate / But I knew what I had to do / To be well-to-do"