Songs and poetry often rely on ambiguous words for artistic effect, as in the song title " Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue " ( where " blue " can refer to the color, or to sadness ).

Some well-known songs are " Ol ' Man River ", " Can't Help Lovin ' That Man " and " Make Believe " from Show Boat ; " Indian Love Call " from Rose-Marie ; " People Will Say We're in Love " and " Oklahoma " ( which has been the official state song of Oklahoma since 1953 ) from Oklahoma!

According to Stephenson the material the group was given was " very, very young pop " and included the song " We're Gonna Make It Happen ", a record that never came to light.

The track " Make a Move ", was released to radio in late May, and song reached No. 17 ( Modern Rock Charts ) and No. 19 ( Mainstream Rock Charts ).

Many popular songs make reference to Captain Kangaroo, including the Statler Brothers ' 1965 hit song " Flowers on the Wall ", the " Weird Al " Yankovic song " The Brady Bunch ", the Bloodhound Gang's " Your Only Friends Are Make Believe ", and the VeggieTales song, " The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything ".

The song " I'll Make a Man Out of You " was performed by Donny Osmond, who commented that his sons decided that he had finally " made it " in show business when he was in a Disney film.

*" Pacific Coast Highway ", a song by Burt Bacharach from Make It Easy on Yourself

* " Beverly Hills " ( song ), the first single by Weezer from their fifth album Make Believe

An unusual popular culture reference may be found in the 1968 Mothers of Invention song " Let's Make The Water Turn Black ".

* Divas of Dance-Volume 3 ( Remixes ); song " You Make Me Feel ( Mighty Real )"

*" Make Make ", a song by Mike Oldfield from Heaven's Open

By the beginning of December 1961 the EP with the title song " Quand le film est triste ", covering Sue Thompson's " Sad Movies ( Make Me Cry )" was on sale.

The city is also mentioned in the Bob Dylan song " You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go ".

The song " Make Me Laugh " is critical of Televangelism, a popular target of thrash metal bands of that period.

She also appeared on Bonnie Raitt's 1995 live DVD Road Tested singing the song " Never Make Your Move Too Soon.

She sang on various episodes of the show, including a heavily altered version of Aretha Franklin's " Respect " and the original song, " Make Up Your Mind " produced by Robert Jerald of N ' Spyre Music Productions.

She also co-wrote the movie's theme song, " Can't Make it Good ", with Maida.

Smith along with his band, joined Korn onstage for the band's unplugged performance in 2006 where they played a mashup of Korn song " Make Me Bad " and Cure song " In Between Days ".

Bob Dylan, in his 1975 song " You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go ," sings,

** " Charles Atlas Song " was replaced by a reworked version of the song, " I Can Make You a Man ", for the film version.

Richard O ’ Brien's revision of the script in 1990 featured a hybrid of the two songs under the title " I Can Make You a Man ", in the 1999 revised script this song was replaced by the film version which continues to be used in all major productions.

In June 2008, on DJ Cisco's Urban Legend mixtape, Ice-T criticized DeAndre Cortez " Soulja Boy Tell ' Em " Way for " killing hip hop " and his song " Crank That " for being " garbage " compared to the works of other hip-hop artists such as Rakim, Das EFX, Big Daddy Kane and Ice Cube.

Both musicians also sampled Brown's work, with Hammer having sampled the rhythms from " Super Bad " for his song, " Here Comes the Hammer ", from his best-selling work, Please Hammer, Don't Hurt ' Em.

On March 5, 2011, The Presidents performed a new tribute song, " Can't Stop ( Catchin ' ' Em All )" at the Nintendo World launch event for the video games Pokémon Black and White.

* Biko is referenced in the Public Enemy song " Show ' Em Whatcha Got " on the album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.

On June 24, 2011 Anthrax released the song " Fight ' Em ' Til You Can't " from the upcoming album on their website.

Professional wrestler Bill Goldberg of World Championship Wrestling fame, who also starred in Universal Soldier: The Return, also used " Crush ' Em " as an entrance song.

The school fight song is the theme from the movie Hang ' Em High.

Pavement, a band hailing from nearby Stockton, immortalizes the town in " Feed ' Em To The ( Linden ) Lions ," song three on their 1992 EP, Watery, Domestic.

He also performed " Please Hammer, Don't Hurt ' Em ", a song that didn't make it on his next album, but did appear in the same-titled movie.

" Roll ' Em Pete " is now considered to be an early rock and roll song.

* Sheepdog ( song ), a song from the album Bring ' Em In by Swedish band Mando Diao

His earthy song, " Junker's Blues ", with its stories about needles and reefer and the Angola prison farm was recorded in 1940 by Champion Jack Dupree, who called Drive ' Em Down his " father ", citing him as " teaching me his style ".

Jackson's first official appearance was on a song titled " React " with the group Onyx on their 1998 album Shut ' Em Down.

The song " If You Want Blood ( You've Got It )" is also featured in four films ; Empire Records, The Longest Yard, Shoot Em Up, and finally, The Dukes of Hazzard ( film ).

In early 2004, Common made an appearance on fellow Chicagoan Kanye West's multi-platinum debut album, The College Dropout ( on the song " Get Em High "), and announced his signing to West's then-newfound label GOOD Music.

II included the song " Read ' Em and Weep ", written and produced by Steinman.

A popular Tin Pan Alley song of 1919 asked, concerning the United States troops returning from World War I, " How Ya Gonna Keep ' Em Down On the Farm After They've Seen Paree ?".

After the Bath Festival of 1970, Led Zeppelin paid tribute to Harper with their version of the traditional song " Shake ' Em on Down ".

The song was also used on As If, Holiday Showdown, Wife Swap, That'll Teach ' Em and Grumpy Old Men, and in 2005 was included in VH2's list of the best indie songs of all time.

According to Sigmund Spaeth, in his 1926 book, Read ' Em and Weep: The Songs You Forgot to Remember, the interpreter of a Case song would sing in a " very matter-of-fact voice, with little or no expression, letting the words speak for themselves.

They dissed Em, took our verses and added them to the song so they can bring traffic and make it seem like we turning on Em ... as a desperate attempt to be heard after ducking and dodging Em for 7 years.

The song is a medley of fragments of blues songs and lyrics, including " Shake ' Em on Down " by Bukka White.