This section is dedicated to the number of cameo appearances and references that the Sonic the Hedgehog series has made in music.
| Song title & year | Artist & album | Character(s) | Sonic relation | Image |
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| "Wonderman" (1993) | Right Said Fred
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Sonic Tails (music video) |
Sonic 3 appears multiple times, a blue blur speeds by 24 seconds into the music video, the line "Attitude and Power Sneakers", the line "If you take a nap, he'll spin attack", the lines "Speedy Gonzales" and "Z-z-zoom Sonic Boom," at times like through a pipe a first person view has someone running through the pipes (the borders look like Sonic's eyes), a sign that says Hydrocity Zone is seen, and near the end, a witness says "He's just a flippin' hedgehog okay?!" Sonic also appears on the cover. In the music video, it shows some clips from the gameplay from Sonic 3. The song was also made as a tribute to Sonic 3 being released in England. | 
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| "Tripod Baby" (2005) | M-Flo
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Shadow | Shadow and scenes from his video game were featured in a music video of a remixed version of Tripod Baby by M-Flo. In it, CGI scenes from Shadow the Hedgehog can be seen along with Shadow himself trying to capture the video's singers in his own ship, along with him flying through space via Chaos Control, dancing and finally trapping the three singers at the end of the video. | 
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| "Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny" (2005) | Lemon Demon
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Sonic (music video) | Sonic makes a small cameo in the music video, in which he is in a slap fight with Mario. This a clear reference to the rivalry between Sonic and Mario. Oddly, neither Sonic's nor Mario's bodies are seen when the final winner is decided. | 
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| "Abiura di me" (2008) | Caparezza
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Sonic | This song refers to many video games, including Sonic with the line: "I'm closed like a Hedgehog more than Sonic." | 
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| "Dr. Robotnik" (2008) | Intercontinental Music lab
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Dr. Robotnik Sonic |
The lyrics throughout the song revolve around Dr. Robotnik and just how pathetic he is for failing time and again because of one little hedgehog. | 
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| "You Be Tails, I'll Be Sonic" (2010) | A Day To Remember
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Sonic Tails |
While the song is titled "You Be Tails, I'll Be Sonic," the lyrics have no references to either of the characters. | 
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| "Sonic Doesn't Need a Story" (2010) | Alex Day
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Sonic Werehog Tails Knuckles Flickies Team Chaotix Amy Dr. Robotnik Gerald Robotnik Silver Dark Gaia Rouge Blaze Shadow |
In 2010, this British indie singer-songwriter released a novelty EP of three songs expressing his discontent with the more recent installments of popular video game series (the other two being "I Hate Mario Kart Wii" and "Pokémon, What Happened to You?"). The song begins as a memoir of the singer's childhood happily spent playing Sonic the Hedgehog (1991), but quickly turns into a roast of each consecutive game and character included in SEGA canon (most notably Shadow toward the end of the song), arguing that the introduction of storyline is what killed the series for his generation. Specific lines in the song are criticisms of specific games. "Chaotix started to push my patience" is a reference to Knuckles' Chaotix, and likewise "Keep you Princesses" is Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), "Flickies took some time, but they were cute" is Sonic 3D Blast, "Don't make me play as him or tell me more about his dead grandfather" (talking about Eggman) is Sonic Adventure 2, "Half a Werewolf" is Sonic Unleashed, "Race car driver" is Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, "Keep your Olympic Games" is Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. |
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| "Live and Learn" (2011) | Otomania feat. Hatsune Miku
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N/A |
To celebrate Sonic's 20th anniversary, one of the tracks from the collaboration album given to those who pre-ordered the game Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Extend is a cover of the theme song of Sonic Adventure 2, "Live and Learn."[1] Manipulated by Otomania, this version is sung using Hatsune Miku's vocals. The artwork of "Sonic Style" Miku in the booklet is the same Yuji Uekawa illustration used as a loading screen in Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Extend. |
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| "Person of Interest" (2011) | Rebecca Black | Amy ("behind-the-scenes" music video) | In the music video of her third single, Rebecca Black dances in an arcade with a skee ball game in the background. On top of it, among other toys, is a large Amy Rose plush, which can be only seen in the behind-the-scenes video. | 
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| "Robot Bar Fight" (2011) | Your Favorite Martian | Dr. Robotnik | The song is about a bar fight breaking out at a club made exclusively for robots. At one point in the song, Dr. Robotnik is seen attempting to sneak attack Bender from Futurama, and is later shot by RoboCop. It is likely that singer Ray William Johnson was unaware that Robotnik himself is not a robot, or is referencing the Robo-Robotnik of the Archie Comics. | 
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| "Sonic's Best Pal" (2013) | Starbomb
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Sonic Tails Chaos Emeralds Rings Blaze Dr. Eggman Big Knuckles (album artwork) |
The song centers around Tails who, due low self-esteem, turns to life of drugs and promiscuity. During the song, Sonic tries to remain his upbeat self whilst Tails continues going off the rails. Eventually, Doctor Robotnik shows ups and is shot to death by Tails, who goes on to kill Big the Cat by breaking his spine. The song comes to an abrupt end when the narrator of the song is shot down by Tails for calling the cops on him. | 
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| "1UP (Video Games Part II)" (2014) | Funkoars
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N/A | In the song the lyric says, "Till I bumped into a Stanger and lost all of my rings" and then it also samples sound from Sonic the Hedgehog. | 
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| "Red Flags (ft. Montaigne)" (2022) | Tom Cardy | Sonic Adventure | While imagining himself being eaten by his date, the protagonist briefly makes a pose identical to the one seen in the Box Art for Sonic Adventure. | 
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| "Video Games" (2023) | Tenacious D |
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The music video references various video game series, one being Sonic the Hedgehog. The scene shows the music duo dressed as Sonic and Tails going through Green Hill, with the graphical style based on Sonic World. Additionally, a picture frame in the music video features Sonic's head (stylized in line with the Sonic Team logo and the 1-Up icons). | 
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References[]
- ↑ Sega (1 November 2011). Sonic the Hedgehog 20th Anniversary Topics (Japanese). Retrieved on 29 December 2016.