Artists who mention themselves or band members by name in their songs

[TheStranger]

Steely Dan - Show Biz Kids specifically mentions "Steely Dan T-shirt" in the lyrics

Girls' Generation's self titled song actually is an interesting twist as it is a cover of a late 80s tune (and thus arguably that kpop group got its name from the tune).  Having said that, kpop groups mentioning their own name in intros is not uncommon.  Specific to Girls' Generation, they namedrop themselves in their 2011 song The Boys - "Girls' Generation make you feel the heat" - and via abbreviation in the intro to their 2013 song I Got A Boy - "Ayo, GG!"

A little of a twist: Ben Folds's solo song Not The Same mentions a band member of his then-inactive band Ben Folds Five, when he talks about an event happening "at Robert Sledge's party"

In a couple of Billy Joel songs - namely Still Rock And Roll To Me - Billy directly precedes a Richie Cannata sax solo by yelling out "Hey Rico!".  In Piano Man, as he recounts his time playing at a piano bar in LA, he quotes a bar patron talking to him - "Bill, I believe this is killing me"

Before joining Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks were in a duo called Buckingham Nicks and one of the tunes is an instrumental from Lindsey titled "Stephanie" (Stevie's real first name)

During the Bitches' Brew era, one of Miles Davis's tunes on that album was called Miles Runs The Voodoo Down.  Another tune off that is named after that ensemble's guitarist: John McLaughlin.

Jason Molina's original band/project Songs:Ohia had a tune titled Cross The Road, Molina.

Another Beatles song came to mind here: John Lennon writing and singing in the lyric "The walrus was Paul" in Glass Onion, a sarcastic treatise towards fans who tended to overanalyze their lyrics (which to a degree also is why I Am The Walrus existed in the first place).

[SectorZ]

Another Beatles song came to mind here: John Lennon writing and singing in the lyric "The walrus was Paul" in Glass Onion, a sarcastic treatise towards fans who tended to overanalyze their lyrics (which to a degree also is why I Am The Walrus existed in the first place).

Obscure reference to that, in Veruca Salt's "Volcano Girls", Nina Gordon sings the line "The Seether's Louise", in regards to co-vocalist Louise Post and the song "Seether" from their prior album. Exists solely just to reference the Beatles.

[mgk920]

This was fairly common for a while during the 1980s due to radio stations not identifying the songs that they were playing.

Dev identified her backup band ('The Cataracs') in her song 'In the Dark' (2012).

Mike

[TheHighwayMan3561]

If we fudge things a bit, John Lennon's "God" has the line about believing in "just Yoko and me".

[Duke87]

Sean Paul is notorious for being unable to complete a song without saying his name.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Sean Paul is notorious for being unable to complete a song without saying his name.

DMX in "X Gon Give It To Ya"

[bulldog1979]

"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" by the Backstreet Boys. Fun aside, this song was on the their first American album (so they could hardly be "back"), but it came from their second European album. (The American debut drew from their first two European albums for its content.)

[roadman65]

Big Country mentions their name in their one big hit from 1983 called It's A Big Country.

[NWI_Irish96]

I Lost on Jeopardy: "That's right Al, you lost!"

[jmd41280]

"Invisible Man" by Queen - all 4 members are mentioned by name

[roadman65]

Alvin? Alvin? ALVIN? 😅