1. War is all around / My mind says prepare to fight

• The Clash
• Prince
• Concrete Blonde
• Europe

2. 'Till the sun starts to cry / and the moon turns to rust

• Fisher
• Dido
• Aimee Mann
• Paula Cole

3. The moon hangs like a question mark

• The Lemonheads
• Cowboy Junkies
• Talking Heads
• LeeAnn Womack

4. Although you're untrue, I'm attracted to you

• Otis Redding
• The Foundations
• Al Green
• Frankie Valli

5. Take a look at yourself, and then make a change

• Wilson Phillips
• New Radicals
• Little River Band
• Michael Jackson

6. Your mouth is made up / but your mind is undone

• Sublime
• Blues Traveler
• Smash Mouth
• Elvis Costello

7. Love is so confusing, there's no peace of mind

• Linda Ronstadt
• Donna Summer
• Carly Simon
• Blondie

8. There's emptiness behind their eyes / There's dust in all their hearts

• New Order
• Psychedelic Furs
• Depeche Mode
• Shocking Blue

9. Everybody's goin' off the deep end

• Foghat
• Billy Squier
• Twisted Sister
• Loverboy

10. All I can manage to push from my lips / is a stream of absurdities

• The Firm
• Supertramp
• The Pointer Sisters
• Lipps, Inc.

11. Your brain seems bruised with numb surprise

• Deep Purple
• Pink Floyd
• The Doors
• The Who

12. And in your voice I hear / a choir of carousels

• The Fifth Dimension
• The Supremes
• Marvin Gaye
• Dionne Warwick

13. Who's gonna come around when you break

• The Cars
• Don Henley
• Greg Kihn Band
• U2

14. And I don't see an easy way to get out of this

• Johnny Hates Jazz
• Mr. Mister
• Starship
• Cutting Crew

15. Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?

• Mama's and the Papa's
• Bob Dylan
• Bette Midler
• Janis Joplin

16. Now that I'm alone again, / I can't stop breaking down again

• Dokken
• Elton John
• Paul McCartney
• Duncan Sheik

17. I came along / I wrote a song for you

• Jim Croce
• James Taylor
• Coldplay
• David Gray

18. But my girl can't get enough of his sullen demeanor

• Terry Tufts
• Weird Al Yankovic
• Nelly
• Lou Gatta

19. She's the wave / She turns the tide

• U2
• The Smiths
• The Guess Who
• EMF

20. But I watched the world float / to the dark side of the moon

• Five For Fighting
• Pink Floyd
• Ozzy Osbourne
• Three Doors Down