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This is only a partial list, as Jon Bradley Snyder is the master of SW references in music. See his article in SW Insider magazine #40, 1998-11.

Also see my list of recordings of SW music

group	album [and label]	song(s)	description / lyrics	year
Meco	Music Inspired by SW and Other Galactic Funk [Millennium Records]			1977-08
The Rebel Force Band	Living in These Star Warz [Bonwhit]	1. Living In These Star Wars 2. Don't Fall In Love With An Android 3. Leia 4. Chewie The Rookie Wookie [sic] 5. A Respirator For Darth Vader 6. Spaced Out 7. May The Force Be With You 8. The Ballad Of Obi Wan (OB-1) 9. You'll Be A Warrior 10. Living In These Star Wars (Disco Remix)		1977
Tomita	[RCA]			1977
Queen		Bicycle Race	"Jaws was never my scene and I don't like Star Wars"	1978
Freddy Weller	Love Got in the Way	Bar Wars		1978
Patrick Gleason	SW: Selections from the Film...			1978
Electronic Moog Orchestra	Music from SW			1978?
Lawrence Welk Orchestra	Lawrence Welk Live at Tahoe [Ranwood]	Star Wars		1978
Instant Funk		Dark Vader		1979
The Real Thing		Feel the Force		1979
Richard Holmes			mixture of SW and Close Encounters themes
Maynard Ferguson
Don Ellis and Survival
Neil Norman and his Cosmic Orchestra	[GNP Crescendo]
Meco	Meco Plays Music from ESB [RSO]			1980
Ron Carter et al.	Empire Jazz [RSO]			1980
John Rose	SW: John Rose Playing the Great Pipe Organ [Towerhill]			1980
Boris Midney	Music from ESB			1980
	Irwin Strikes Back	Vader's Theme [and great cartoon cover]		1980?
Meco	Christmas in the Stars [RSO]			1980-11
	SW Dub [Burning Sounds]			1981
SSD (Boston)	Power	Star Wars	punk; only 32 seconds long	1981
Blowfly		Blowfly vs. Darth Vader
Roots Radics Band	Scientist and Jammy Strike Back! [Trojan]	C-3PO + R2-D2 = THE FORCE The Crushing of the Stormtroopers Luke Skywalker Meets Flash Gordon Storming the Death Star etc.		1982
Meco	Ewok Celebration -- Music Interpretations from ROJ			1983
Raven	Live at the Inferno [Mega Force Records]	Star Wars		1984
Weird Al Yankovic	Dare to be Stupid []	Yoda [read lyrics here]		1985
Maggotron		Welcome to the Planet of Bass	Vader sound sampling	1987
Koto Cyber People Proxyon		Space Rock	[cover only, McQuarrie lightsaber duel]	1988
Divine Styler	Word Power		Cantina band sampling	1990
A Tribe Called Quest		After Hours	"...get the Force like Wan Kenobi"	1990
De La Soul		Ring Ring Ring	"...Luke Sky..."	1991
DAS EFX		Jussummen	"...operatin' like Jabba..."
Tomita	Kosmos [BMG/RCA 2816]			1991-07-09
BMX Bandits (Scotland)	Star Wars	Star Wars		1991
Nerf Herder			a nose-thumbing, smart-alecky punk/pop power trio from California. They have album(s?) from Arista and probably some smaller labels.	1990s
Bloodhound Gang		Fire, Water, Wind
Boba Fett Youth		Yearn for Mandalore		1994-
The Droids			Polish punkers from Wisconsin	1990s
Velvet Pelvis	Velvet Pelvis	SW Generation	[all-woman punkers from Spokane Washington]	1994
Nerdy Girl	[No Life]	Nerdy Girl	[about being a young female SW fan]	1994
Supernova	Music from the Motion Picture Clerks [Miramax]	Chewbacca		1994
Steakdaddy 6		Hip Hop Chewbacca		1994
Monsterland	[Seed]	Chewbacca		1994
[various artists]	Dark Empire Strikes Back [LSR]	[title only]		1994
Buckethead	Giant Robot [Sony]	Star Wars	instrumental rock version of main title	1994
Ash	Girl from Mars	Cantina Band		1995
Alec Empire	Generation Star Wars [Mille Plateaux]	[cover only, X-wing]		1995
The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets	Cthulhu Strikes Back		[album cover artwork only]	1995?
No Doubt	Tragic Kingdom	Tragic Kingdom	A saxophone plays the Star Wars theme at the very end of the song.	1995
Liquid Plumber	mmm...good [Banana Royal Records]	Yoda		1995
Meco	Christmas in the Stars [CD re-release]			1995
The Great Luke Ski	Fanboys 'n Da Hood []	Y.O.D.A. [to the tune of YMCA]		1996
Morgan Phillips	SW Breakbeats			1996
Dweeb	Chart Raider / Space Invader 45 [Fierce Panda]	[cover only, stormtrooper close-up]		1996
The Force (California)	The Theme from SW [Trax]	Chewie's Drum and Bass Mix		1996
The Force	I Don't Like You Either	Star Destroyer	album cover is Greedo art
Valvolux	Supercharger	[cover artwork only, SW 'C' poster parody]
Meco	The Best of Meco [Mercury Records]			1997-02-04
Vibrus	Vibrus [Calhoun]	[cover only]		1997
Red Five
Twin Sister	Twin Sister [Bionic Family Records]	Scoundrel You'll Never be a Jawa Slave I	A Portland Oregon Star Wars Tribute Band. Released their first CD in 1997-02. Originally known as Boba Phett, they changed their name to Twin Sister for legal reasons. On stage, the band members dress up as Star Wars characters (singer = Darth Vader, drummer = Chewbacca, guitarist = stormtrooper, guitarist = Yoda, and bassist = Tusken Raider). All their lyrics are taken from the movies, with many direct quotes. The music is heavy alternative-funk.	1997-
Radish	Restraining Bolt
Man or... Astro-Man?			[they show SW action figure movies before concerts]	1998
Notorious BIG		Hypnotize	"Hit'em wit da Force like Obi"	1998
2 Skinnee J's		Mind Trick		1998
Lounge Brigade	Put Some Style In It [Shanachie]	Star Wars		1998
Negative Reaction	Orbit EP [Game Two Records]	Dianoga		1998
The Evil Genius Orchestra	SW Cocktails in the Cantina [CD]			1999
Meco	Music Inspired by SW and Other Galactic Funk [CD re-release] [Hip-O / Universal HIPD-40171]			1999
Damn Nation		Jar Jar Binks Must Die!		1999
Weird Al Yankovic	Running with Scissors [BMG]	The Saga Begins	to the tune of "American Pie"	1999
The Trotter Trio	Sketches on SW [Varese Sarabande VSD-5794]		jazz	1999-07
Damn Nation		I Did it All for the Wookiee! [download MP3]		1999-09
Skabba the Hutt			[band name only]	1999
Yo Da Man	SW Main Theme Millennium Mix [K-Tel]		bad dance mixes	1999
Dezrok	Starwars [Pop Music]		entire album (6 tracks) or dance mixes	1999
Code 13	A Part of America Died Today [Havoc Records]	Paen	Imperial march can be heard	1999?
Salacious Crumb (Australia)			band's name only	1999?
Grand Moff Tarkin (Atlanta)		"Burning Down Mos Eisley" "I'm Not the Droid You're Looking For" "My TIE" etc.	The entire band dresses in elaborate SW costumes. See their web site.
Everclear	Songs From An American Movie Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile [EMI]	Wonderful	"Like a Star Wars poster on my bedroom door"	2000
Byron Lee and His Dragonaires		Star Wars Soca	calypso style
Supernaturals (Britain)		Star Wars	acoustic
Probot			acid rock
Eminem	Encore [Aftermath]	Rain Man	"I even believe I had one of those 25 cent stickers on my refrigerator / Right next to Darth Vader And Darth must have put a hex on him for later"	2004
Jedi Mind Tricks			hip hop
Blink 182		A New Hope	Princess Leia where are you tonight? Even though I'm not as cool as Han I still wanna be your man I was hanging out with Lando down at Mos Eisley
Good Clean Fun
Aquabats		Ska Robot Army	Chewbacca's on a scooter, man
		Playdough	Greedo, Chewbacca, Luke, Artoo and Han; Threepio, Yoda, Boba Fett and Obi-Wan
The Presidents of the USA		Death Star
Jamiroquai		Use the Force
Too Hip for the Room		Ballad of Boba Fett
They Might Be Giants	Venue Songs [Idlewild]	Santa Cruz	"Darth Vader is naked"	2004
They Might Be Giants	The Else [Idlewild]	Scott Bower	"my lightsaber determines my Death Star"	2007
Jonas Brothers	Jonas Brothers [Hollywood Records]	Year 3000	"Girls there with round hair like Star Wars"	2007
Weird Al Yankovic	Alpocalypse [Volcano]	Another Tattoo	"I got this rad Boba Fett..."	2011
Blue Snaggletooth	Dimension Thule			2011-07
Wilco	Star Wars [dBpm]	none	"The album has nothing to do with Star Wars" says the artist.	2015
group	album [and label]	song(s)	description / lyrics	year

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