Songs That Stop on the Word "STOP" Supercut (DELUXE)

A compilation of my favorite cliche in music. Perpetually updated version here: nebula.tv/videos/todd-in-the-...
Ground rules: If there was even the briefest of stops, I counted it. It's okay if the band holds the note rather than complete silence. But the entire band has to stop, not just a couple instruments; the singer can keep singing though.
This was compiled through months of research and extensive crowdsourcing. If you ever left a comment suggesting a song and it wound up in this video, it was probably your suggestion that did it.
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[@ToddintheShadows]

This was supposed to be a definitive list but you guys gave me about two dozen other good ones I missed so I made an even longer version on Nebula (link in description). Click if you want to see the version with Carole King, Run the Jewels, Steven Universe, etc. And keep suggesting more I missed and I will keep updating it on Nebula periodically for the rest of my life.

[@ChristmasPterodactyl]

Is this meant to be pinned? This seems like something that should be pinned.

[@claire-c]

Tip Toe by Crush ft. Lee Hi is another one!

[@bagabonescanameat6163]

Does the Nebula version have "Jackson Park Express" by Weird Al? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWWZaJJ3r99kldUsi=WSq7Hw5AxghjRVEP&t=398

[@emdiar6588]

Can't believe you even got Anouk in there. How on Earth did you research this subject? 90's Dutch rock chicks on your radar?. BTW, there's a classic example of ''Stop... '' which you missed, toward the end of the song Under Heavy Manners by Robert Fripp and the League of Gentlemen (ft David Byrne). Well worth a listen.

[@chimeramanticore]

what steven universe song does this? I've been a fan of the show for ages and I'm drawing a blank

[@Champiness]

Todd really pulled out all the stops for this one.

[@aceking_offsuit]

Actually, it sounds like he left all the stops in.

[@joearnold6881]

Oh, stop

[@singrdave]

+1000 internets

[@oldusernamewasbadlol]

Congratulations on this comment.

[@unduloid]

It's just a shame that almost none of the songs actually stop when they sing "stop."

[@defrostus]

"But what if the song really STOPS when you say stop? Holy shit, we've got something here!" -Every producer in history, apparently.

[@silentpartner9957]

And they’re right!

[@drakkenmensch]

For their next trick, they rhyme HERO with ZERO

[@oogiegoogie2826]

At this point it’s basically a tradition

[@CantTellYou]

Point proven 😂 I have a feeling this supercut will go at least somewhat viral. I’m rooting for it anyway

[@romulusnr]

I went to look at tvtropes to see if this had a name... and when I found it, it already linked to this video. You guys are busy

[@kriskris5907]

I saw Electric Six in concert and for the "Stop... Continue!" bit, they said "Stop!" then played the entirety of a completely different song, then picked up the og song at the "Continue!" flawlessly. Incredible hype, we all lost our minds lol.

[@mayaneff3728]

Sounds amazing

[@Crunchy_Punch]

I wonder how many times they played it live before they recognised the potential for this joke. Or perhaps they wrote it into the song entirely for this reason.

[@lillianward2810]

Fantastic

[@felixhenson9926]

Electric Six are so underrated tbh

[@senatorcthulu1815]

That's brilliant. They should take it one step further, open with the song, then have the continue section at the end of the encore.

[@danijobi]

I have a whole new layer of respect for Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" for just going harder and harder and never actually stopping, although the opportunity is there about twenty times!

[@awaredeshmukh3202]

Well you see that one is about NOT stopping!

[@danijobi]

@@awaredeshmukh3202 Right, but so are about a third of the ones on the list here. Like "You can't, you won't, and you don't stop", "high school never stops", "baby, you can't stop" etc etc.

[@awaredeshmukh3202]

@@danijobi you're absolutely right, maybe those ones SHOULDN'T have stopped XD

[@sierravanriel6906]

Right at the start, it does the don't. Stop. Me thing

[@bubbasully15]

@@sierravanriel6906yeah but each word is punctuated by staccato, not just “stop”. That’s not really what’s happening in the video

[@XxEvilTiggerxX]

I just love how it spans all genres. Every producer from every corner of music went "now hang on a minute, this is genius". Who knew the word stop was a uniting force.

[@UnfortunatelyTheHunger]

Also, how there are so many different ways to do this trick

[@FrenkTheJoy]

You really had the opportunity to say every producer went "stop wait a minute" but you borked it.

[@Lark1610]

If Paul Simon and Roy Orbison think it's OK, then it's OK.

[@trixxart777]

Seems to be done a bit more in older music

[@trixxart777]

Also it shows Tods music variety unless these are fan submitted

[@FrankenSteinsGate]

It's really interesting to see how many of these songs specifically seem to be referencing the stop in "Can't Touch This"

[@Dogy0909]

I was expecting more For What It’s Worth references after the chumbawumba song

[@tenkenroo]

The stop that was heard around the music industry

[@thekueken]

I am more interested in the fact that clearly this phenomenon has started way before MC Hammer, and now I have somewhere to point at to prove my point in further discussions of the matter :P

[@halloweenfan158]

@@thekuekenI don’t even know who the hell mc hammer is

[@etovakala]

Mc Hammer clearly stole it from Eminem

[@CookiesRiot]

*"Word painting"* in music is one of my guilty pleasures. Stopping on "stop," skipping a beat on "my heart skips a... beat," and singing high or low while singing "high" or "low" are such cheesy gimmicks, but they get me every time.

[@ospoortus]

same here man I'm kinda surprised hearing people are tired of it

[@41-Haiku]

Music is so layered with meaning, and when all of the layers sync up, my brain does a happy dance.

[@IjeomaThePlantMama]

Never knew what that was called, but I love it too! I thought it was a weird ADHD thing

[@ethanellis4662]

Were you referring to Buck Owens with “my heart skips a beat”?

[@CookiesRiot]

@@ethanellis4662 Lenka's My Heart Skips a Beat. "My broken heart still skips a beat," from The Jeep Song by The Dresden Dolls. But Buck Owens applies too. And Olly Murs. I forgot to mention songs that repeat themselves on words like repeat, again, and replay.

[@liamtoovalid]

whenever I say "stop", I usually think of "stop, wait a minute, fill my cup, put some liquor in it" in my head. It just comes naturally to me.

[@cheezdoodle96]

Dude!! 👈 Same!! 👈

[@phastinemoon]

Or “hammer time” (Not unlike how when you hear “oh my god” you just have to add “Becky, look at her butt”)

[@SuperJNG18]

For me it's either that or "Hammer time!"

[@pumpkinhill4570]

“Get my goblet, and put some fire in it!” I’ve listened to Dark Lord Funk way more than the original.

[@Jayyemi]

This is like watching someone with extremely eclectic taste and very poor attention span flicking through a playlist

[@GAoftheBlackFlames]

Literally how I listen to music lol

[@felixhenson9926]

Yeah this is like one of my playlists you didn't need ro come for me like that lmao

[@seemsfishy23]

Me

[@IjeomaThePlantMama]

So THATS why this appealed to me so much. Bite size bits of info that immediately get the point across is my favorite way of learning

[@gildanonofyabiznez6430]

Don't have to call me out like that

[@abigailchiesa1337]

The fact that Todd not only put a Bruce Springsteen song right after 1985, but also that he took the time in editing to make sure that “bring back Springsteen” went IMMEDIATELY into the Boss is such a brilliant move. Todd saw the opportunity and took it

[@scotttaylor7146]

Timestamp?

[@draconblade]

@@scotttaylor7146 1:23

[@mirror_lock]

@@scotttaylor71461:23 or so

[@Champiness]

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[@anone.mousse674]

@@scotttaylor71461:20

[@arthurdurham]

Things are learned from this video: 1. Stoping on the word stop is apparently a cliche trick in hit music. Some act like it's the coolest most avante garde thing to do but crowds do go crazy for it at concerts. 2. Apparently Emmy Rossum had pop music singing career. 3. This hit a very specific part of my ADHD and I watched the whole thing straight through

[@chaos.corner]

"Do the thing". To be fair though, crowds are usually in high spirits at concerts and are predisposed to having a good time. And not infrequently drunk.

[@VinchVolt]

Stopping on the word "stop" is like modulating a song upward during the last chorus. It's cheesy and overused, but the songs that get it right get it fucking RIGHT.

[@bridgetcooney5085]

I wouldn't call it a cliche. I'd call it a tool. P is a plosive consonant, so you automatically stop making making sound at the end of saying or singing the word stop. It makes sense to emphasize that natural break for effect. Or to use a plosive consonant at the end of phrase you want end with with a dramatic pause or break. So many of these songs use other plosive sounds at the ends of complimentary lyrics to their "stop" phrase as well. Can you imagine how long a video of "dramatic plosives" would be?

[@EngineerLume]

I think what I love about this list is that it helps illustrate why this specific technique is so popular. The most obvious is that the music suddenly stopping before continuing adds a unique texture that grabs your interest, but the word Stop is a very percussive word without being harsh and is a single syllable word that has a lot of words it rhymes with. And because it's often used to cause a complete stop in the instrumentation it allows for an easy transition to a one-time element, a new section, or to end the song. It's such a simple technique with a wide range of uses that's incredibly versatile

[@Flargenyargen]

When you said no songs did this on Twitter, it was hilarious seeing everyone take you seriously and point out an example where you're wrong.

[@NegaLomie]

That’s how he beefed up the list

[@BlackTestament]

Perfect example of "Asking a question wrong on purpose will get you answers quicker than outright asking" on the internet. Well played Todd Well Played

[@PointsofData]

5000 IQ play

[@TemmiePlays]

You know how those mobile game ads show a person playing really badly on purpose to get you to downlaod and play bc youre way better? :)

[@alphalax7747]

​@@TemmiePlaysthe power of reverse psychology

[@RichardBatchelorComposer]

The tonal whiplash between Pink Floyd and Aaron Carter is quite something

[@PointsofData]

Billy Joel into "ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS" 😂

[@roundabout468]

Lmao yeah. The total tonal dissonance between one of the greatest acts in music history and Pink Floyd really hit.

[@swirlingfudge]

@@roundabout468😂😂

[@laurenk5379]

And then into Rob Zombie :)

[@redravin40]

Mac Davis to The Cure was the one that did it for me.

[@M0torsagmannen]

the fact that you includeed "Bad Lip Reading- Seagulls! (stop it now)" is hillarious. this video is insane though.

[@cheezdoodle96]

I love Todd so much for doing that! Bad Lip Reading's the fuckin' best!!

[@relientlykrazie6011]

Now we need a compilation of when an artist says "go!" and that cues an Instrumental break

[@Merjacevi]

YES!!!!!

[@Thedjbj2]

I want one where the singer shouts "guitar!" before the guitar solo.

[@TheAdrift]

@@Thedjbj2 I'm sure that would be fun for Todd to make--I remember when he talked about The Darkness on One Hit Wonderland, and he really liked that Justin went "GUITAAAHHH!!" right before the solo. Great fun was had by all!

[@cptnofgravytrain]

Static-X's entire discography, easy

[@Obssy]

@@cptnofgravytrain I feel offended, but can't disagree 😂

[@WaldoHandFord]

The transition from Bowling for Soup’s “Stop! And bring back Springsteen…” into a Springsteen song was glorious.

[@brendanb2982]

Congratulations to Todd on being the first human to link together Yu Yu Hakusho, Monster High, Dave Matthews, System of a Down, Skrillex, Muppets, 100 Gecs, and the Sopranos.

[@jenumba]

You forgot Bugs Bunny.

[@StarExploderEX]

And Monty Python, on top of all that. Though tbh YYH was the one that surprised me the most.

[@Greenteabook]

The Supremes and Nine Inch Nails don't usually share a playlist either 😂 Todd did manage to cover just about every music genre that uses English, didn't he?

[@sickfitz4256]

And most importantly LMFAO, the pinnacle of music.

[@aceking_offsuit]

You know how I know you haven't read my fanfic?

[@lotsagold]

the transition of pink floyd screaming to "how i beat shaq" feels like a punch to the gut

[@samtinkle9076]

and the transition from "how i beat shaq" to rob zombie feels like an uppercut

[@estellegrignon]

This and singers singing "high(er)" and "low(er)" by hitting an usually high or low note are cool, but nothing beats Leonard Cohen literally calling his shots litteraly saying "it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, the minor falls, the major lifts" in Hallelujah (The concept is called "Word painting" and is actually really cool)

[@esmeecampbell7396]

Kind of a lame name for it really, I was expecting something with a Latin or Greek derivation. "word painting" just sounds very basic American.

[@blackout2189]

Britney really did build an entire career on stop

[@Mr_Muda_Himself]

I like to imagine Todd just had a playlist just called "Stop" and we’re seeing it.

[@vanguardofthevoid740]

I don’t think even a hyperfixation like this could convince him to relisten to Girls like you

[@djpegao]

I mean, someone made a song compilation with only "yeah" as the lyrics

[@lepidoptery]

I'm disappointed he doesn't actually have a publicly available playlist of these songs in this order, though.

[@silkysmoothington]

​@@lepidopteryworking on it lmaoo

[@user-kw7mr6xt9n]

@@lepidoptery .... doesn't mean we can't make one...hmmmm

[@n00dl3gal]

The one-two punch of Tally Hall and Meat Loaf was already a lot, but then the chaser of LEMONADE MOUTH left me catatonic EDIT: Yu Yu Hakusho and Monster High effectively killed me, I'm a ghost now

[@thylacina5989]

It transcends genre. It transcends time. It transcends space. In hundreds of years music will just be waves transmitted directly to our brains, and still there will be a brief break in transmission right after whatever "STOP" translates to in Late-New-Modern English.

[@KennyFrierson]

MC Hammer really left his mark on the stop genre

[@chaos.corner]

The whole memeosphere.

[@vercopolis]

Vanilla Ice is missin'. Alright stop. Collaborate and listen.

[@aceking_offsuit]

The transition at 1:25 from "Stop... and bring back Springsteen" to a Springsteen song has been noted and appreciated.

[@TiredCapybara]

The Pink Floyd > Aaron Carter > Rob Zombie trio was really a three hit combo.

[@UnfortunatelyTheHunger]

Pitbull into Carpeners into Jinjer is another one

[@omegasmileyface]

my favorite scene in The Wall was when shaq showed up and pink had to play against him

[@FrenkTheJoy]

"You asked me what my sign is and I told you it was 'stop'" is a great line, wtf

[@phastinemoon]

Disney channel occasionally has some baller lines. This is a great “no means no” line, then there’s “Let’s just RELAX, turn on the RADIO - would you like AM? Or FM?”

[@EmilyTwigMonkey]

Victorious is Nickelodeon let's just be clear@@phastinemoon

[@Scarfaze724]

This can go hand in hand with every song that says "tonight" to end a verse or chorus

[@bru4773]

I was just thinking the same thing actually

[@ziggybowman6875]

We'll be here all night

[@hbmento8102]

That or "home" are the top contenders

[@unduloid]

tonight! wooh-mon! we'll be drivin' down Sepulveda with the t-top down?

[@andrewpappas9311]

Tonight, Tonight by Smashing Pumpkins will definitely be on there

[@shloka3915]

Seing "Seagulls! Stop it now" in this brings me so much joy 😂

[@Bilbert1997]

no shot

[@miaowmiaowchowface]

omg happy this is in here

[@felixhenson9926]

haha same! i'd minimised it to look up a song on Spotify but came RUNNING back when that happened lol

[@Lwhale.3797]

Honestly, props to Todd for finding so many video footage (music videos, live recordings, visualizers) for every single one of these songs. I bet 1/3rd of these videos aren’t even readily available on KZbin!

[@Nonesuch03]

Nope, that's the cameras he frequently hides (don't ask me how I know this)

[@variousthings6470]

It's amazing how every single song that has ever used this trick has a music video or filmed performance to go with it.

[@ToddintheShadows]

Some of these took a lot of hunting

[@Nonesuch03]

@@ToddintheShadows it's highly appreciated.

[@dackattac]

going from "waiting for the worms" to "how i beat shaq" was some kind of whiplash

[@kevincoleman2092]

This is the kind of hard-hitting, no-frills music journalism that I've come to expect from Todd

[@emily-tg8wk]

flight of the conchords, lemonade mouth, dr. horrible’s sing along blog, lovejoy, victorious, the lonely island… didn’t expect to see any of these i love it

[@phastinemoon]

I was most surprised to see Bad Lip Reading, Wicked, and United State of Pop 2011.

[@Gigi_V_K]

it's very interesting to me that one genre or style doesn't seem to be dominating here. everything from children's themes to very serious punk can't seem to resist this trope.

[@phastinemoon]

And in the version on Nebula (still being updated) there’s also The Wiggles, Steven Universe, and Weird Al! I’m more impressed with the variety of HOW the “stop” is used - hard punctuation, a wind down of the instruments, a quiet beat…

[@kimifw58]

@@phastinemoon He's making another? He should add "Mumbo Jumbo Jump" from ChalkZone.

[@casketbase7750]

Glorious. Still hoping for a compilation of songs that rhyme "girl" with "world." A cliche Todd clowned on in the Absolutely one hit wonderland.

[@lordprotectorofthevale5854]

Also, all the songs that rhyme fire with desire

[@fossilfighters101]

heart and apart (might not be feasible to do that supercut lol)

[@Speccy94]

What about lines that go "(pause)... tonight"?

[@peonylarkspur645]

i've been wondering how many songs go "that is what we are" (i can think of two: islands in the stream and secret lovers)

[@liimlsan3]

Love and above

[@NegaLomie]

Hearing LMFAO after Belle and Sebastian is a… unique experience.

[@doctorwhat3683]

From the sublime to the ridiculous

[@TiredCapybara]

A very unique type of whiplash.

[@Alice-cl9cf]

The "Stop... Continue!" scratches an itch in my brain I didn't even know I had.

[@kraig800i]

This would be a weird Spotify playlist, a lot of good sounding songs I never heard of before.

[@kayfimt7769]

If this doesn’t include Electric Six’s Improper Dancing I will riot. “STOP…CONTINUE!” Edit: It does, but live E6 do an incredible thing where they end the song on STOP, then play a few more songs after which Dick says CONTINUE and they resume Improper Dancing.

[@acousvnt]

That reminds me, this list still needs Robert Fripp's "Under Heavy Manners."

[@danreviewstheworld]

I came here specifically to make sure Improper Dancing was in the supercut

[@Crunchy_Punch]

I was expecting it to have been missed, but I suspect most people came into this expecting they knew a song that wasn't included. In the case of Improper Dancing it was in the first 6 or so.

[@PointsofData]

This has "california girls but you're being microwaved" potentials of virality, I can feel it

[@phastinemoon]

Just for fun: TIMESTAMPS! 0:02 - MC Hammer; U Can’t touch this. 0:08 - Gino Vannelli; I just wanna stop 0:15 - Macy Gray; I try 0:22 - James Taylor; How sweet it is (to be loved by you) 0:30 - B.o.B ft Bruno Mars; Nothing on you 0:39 - Motörhead; Born to raise hell 0:48 - Simon and Garfunkel; Overs 0:58 - Elvis Costello; Alison 1:04 - Electric Six; Improper Dancing 1:13 - Justin Timberlake ft Jay-Z; Suit & Tie 1:20 - Bowling for Soup; 1985 1:27 - Bruce Springsteen; Backstreets (Live in '78) 1:35 - Britney Spears; You Drive Me Crazy 1:42 - Britney Spears; Stronger 1:51 - Britney Spears; Lucky 2:02 - Eminem; Lose it 2:09 - Billy Joel; All for Leyna 2:18 - Big Sean ft Nicki Minaj; Dance (A$$) 2:24 - Siouxsie & the Banshees; Helter Skelter 2:31 - Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars; Uptown Funk 2:39 - Busta Rhymes; Break ya neck 2:46 - The Buzzcocks; Sixteen 2:56 - Jane's Addiction; Stop 3:04 - Tech N9ne ft Mayday, Kendall Morgan, Kendrick Lamar; Fragile 3:12 - The Beat; Ranking Full Stop 3:18 - Flight of the Conchords; Think about it 3:27 - Roy Orbison; Crying 3:38 - Belle& Sebastian; Like Dylan in the movies 3:45 - LMFAO; Party Rock Anthem 3:52 - Nicki Minaj ft Beyonce; Feelin myself 4:00 - Garbage; Queer 4:12 - Debbie Harry; Backfired 4:20 - J Holiday; Bed 4:26 - Prince; Batdance 4:30- clipping ft Cocc Pistol Cree; Work Work 4:38 - Against Me!; Stop 4:43 - Built to Spill; In the Morning 4:51 - The Supremes; Stop in the Name of Love 5:01 - The Offspring; Can't Repeat 5:11 - Jake Bugg; There's a Beast and we all feed it 5:18 - Nine Inch Nails; Came back haunted 5:25 - Take That; Shine 5:31 - The Gun Club; Fire Spirit 5:37 - N.W.A; 100 Miles and runnin' 5:45 - Pink Floyd; Waiting for the Worms 5:55 - Aaron Carter; That's how I beat Shaq 6:05 - Rob Zombie; Never gonna stop 6:13 - Little Texas; Stop on a dime 6:20 - Idina Menzel & Kristin Chenoworth; Defying Gravity 6:31 - Slipknot; All out life 6:39 - Beyoncé; Love on top 6:46 - Cheap Trick; Stop this game 6:52 - Kylie Minogue; Tell tale signs 7:01 - Violent Femmes; Old Mother Reagan 7:06 - Billie Ellish; Therefore I am 7:14 - NOFX; Release the hostages 7:18 - Lenka; The show 7:26 - Ben Folds Five; Jackson Cannery 7:32 - Hedley; Lose Control 7:38 - Emmy Rossum; Slow me down 7:45 - Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin; Young Presidents 7:52 - Stone Sour; Someone stole my eyes 7:57 - Dusty Springfield; Spooky 8:06 - U2; God Part II 8:12 - Brendan Maclean; Stupid 8:18 - XTC; Neon Shuffle 8:25 - Kesha; Boots 8:33 - Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra; Stop! The red light's on 8:41 - The Tears; Lovers 8:50 - Maroon 5 ft Cardi B; Girls like you 9:01 - The Turtles; You know what I mean - Tom Tom Club; Wordy Rappinghood - Bad Lip Reading; Seagulls, stop it now - The Beat; Click click 9:30 - Jay & the Americans; Come a little bit closer 9:37 - Pitbull ft TJR; Don’t stop the party 9:43 - The Carpenters; Sleigh Ride - Jinjer; Mediator - Erasure; Stop! 10:03 - Elvis Costello and the Attractions; King Horse - Marillion; Quartz - Prince; Gotta broken heart again - Gotye; Learnalilgivinlovin - Lola Rae; Watch my ting go 10:41 - Tally Hall; Ruler of Everything 10:49 - Meatloaf; Paradise by the Dashboard Light 10:59 - Lemonade Mouth; Determinate 11:06 - Of Montreal; Bunny Ain't No Kind of Rider - Luther Vandross; Stop to Love - Hilltop Hoods; The Return - The Who; The Song is Over - Sepultra; Biotech is Godzilla 11:41 - The Ronettes; Frosty the Snowman 11:54 - Anouk; Girl 12:00 - DJ Earworm; United State of Pop 2011 (World Go Boom) - Cibo Matto; Spoon - Kwabs; Walk - Bad Religion; Atomic Garden - Q-Tip; Breathe and Stop - Neil Patrick Harris; My Freeze Ray (Dr Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog) 12:56 - Cheap Trick; Don't Be Cruel 13:04 - High Inergy; You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of Turning Me On) - Powerman 5000 - Paul Sedaka - - Taylor Swift; Dress - 13:58 - The Ark; Joy Surrender 14:05 - Megan Trainor; All about that bass -The dBs; Black and white - The Four Seasons; I've got you under my skin - The Beths; Uptown Girl - Sibel; Stop 14:42 - Luther Vandross; Never Too Much - Pulp; She's a Lady 15:03 - Will Smith; Here he comes - Rolling Stones; Rock and a Hard place - Texas; Put your arms around me - Smashing Pumpkins; X.Y.U. - Leslie Gore; California Nights - Jon Secada; Stop 15:53 - Judas Priest; United 16:01 - Bugs Bunny; What's up doc? - Fiona Apple; Parting Gift - Eazy-E; Eazy Duz it - Saosin; Changing - David Byrne; This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) - Birdcloud; Vodkasodaburg - Victoria Monet; Stop (Asking Me 4Shyt) 16:54 - Phoebe Bridgers; Punisher 17:02 - Cage the Elephant; Lotus 17:08 - Electric Light Orchestra; Starlight 17:16 - Jedward ft Vanilla Ice; Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby) 17:23 - Dale and Grace; Stop and think it over 17:31 - Cobra Starship ft Sabi; You Make me feel - Percy Sledge; Sudden Stop - Candlebox; Understanding 18:00 - Charlie Puth; Girlfriend - Pat Travers; Stop & Smile - Operator Please; Leave It Alone - Phish; Down With Disease - Charly Garcia; Influencia - Joe Bonamassa; Stop! 18:54 - Olivia Rodrigo; bad idea right? 18:59 - The Toxhards; Doombop! 19:05 - Debbie Gibson; This So-Called Miracle - Coldplay; Guns - Cast of Mean Girls; Stop 19:27 - Extreme; Stop the world - Jonas Brothers; Pushing me away - Lonnie Mack; Stop 19:51 - James; If Things Were Perfect 19:58 - I Blame Coco; Self Machine 20:05 - Incubus; Smile Lines - Rae Morris; Someone out there - Victoria Justice & Liz Gillies; Take A HInt - Beastie Boys; Sure Shot - Elvis Presley; Stop where you are 20:41 - Eminem; My Name is 20:49 - Nsync; Pop 20:59 - Marianas Trench; Pop 101 21:02 - Backstreet Boys; It's gotta be you - Eminem ft Juice Wrld; Godzilla - Elvis Presley; You Gotta Stop - McAuley Schenker Group; No Time for Losers - Common; Take It EZ - Ethel Cain; Ptolemaea - Gims; Cameleon 21:55 - Robbie Williams; Hot Fudge 22:01 - Airborne Toxic Event; Missy - Anri; I Can't Stop the Loneliness - Fort Minor; Petrified - Travis Adkins; Help me understand - Glass Animals; Pork Soda - Level 42; The Machine Stops - The Go-go's; Automatic 22:51 - Lin Manuel Miranda; 96,000 23:01 - Bon Jovi; One Wild Night - Joe Tex; The Love You Save - Paul Oakenfold & Shifty Shellshock; Starry Eyed Surprise - Mac Davis; Stop and smell the roses - The Cure; Freakshow - Peebo Bryson; Can you stop the rain - Justice; Stop 23:58 - Sara White; Smilebomb (Theme from Yu Yu Hakusho) 24:04 - Train; Save me San Francisco 24:13 - Chromeo; Fall Back 2U - Ozzy Osborne; I don't wanna stop - Monty Python; I'm so worried - Luke Bryan; Games - Big Pun; Beware 25:02 - Jane's Addiction; Summertime Rolls - X-Press 2 ft David Byrne; Lazy - Flobots; Handlebars - Anthony Ramos; Stop - Madison Beer; We are Monster High - The Sleeping; Don't Hold Back - Miami Sound Machine; Conga - Indiana; Solo Dancing 25:57 - Roxy Music; Sentimental Fool 26:02 - Dave Matthews Band; Granny - Aqua; Be a Man - Fields of Nephilim; Preacher Man - Joe Jackson; Home Town - Guided by Voices; Weedking 26:37 - Foster the People; Sit next to me 26:47 - Skrillex ft Ragga Twins; All's fair in love and brostep 26:56 - Moody Blues; Stop 27:00 - Vandals; 43210-1 - Spice Girls, Last Time Lover - Violent Femmes; Breaking Up - System of a Down; Psycho - Abs; Stop Sign - Paul McCartney & Wings; Wild Life - Chumbawamba; Timebomb 27:51 - The Muppets; For what it's worth 27:59 - Jesse McCartney; Just so you know 28:06 - L'Trimm; Cars that Go Boom - Bring Me the Horizon; Medicine - Draggin' Your Boots - - Monkees; The Day We Fall in Love - Nine Inch Nails; Ruiner - Jessica Ware; Slow Me Down 28:59 - Apollo 440; Stop the rock 29:06 - 6ix9ine ft Kanye West; Kanga - The Pigeon Detectives; Stop or Go - Butthole Surfers; Edgar - 29:34 - Peter Gabriel; No Self Control - Plain White T's; Stop - - 32:34 - Utopia; Love in action 32:41 - They Might be Giants; Black Ops 32:46 - Eminem ft D12; When the Music Stops 32:51 - Smash Mouth; Come on, Come on 33:00 - Journey; Don't Stop Believin' (Sopranos version)

[@babscabs1987]

Do you have a job?

[@phastinemoon]

@@babscabs1987yes?

[@runnkorad]

Thank you for your public service

[@niceroundtv]

You missed "Stop" by the Spice Girls in the very end.

[@SosiskaTheHorrible]

The music didn’t stop during Stop though 😉

[@ritavermilyea5848]

i think it's beautiful that everyone from the hardcore, the indiest of indie, to the disney starlets all love this cliche

[@GolemAvalanche]

9:47 Karen Carpenter was much more fearsome than I'd realized if she can just blink others out of existence with a word.

[@shaynemack3017]

Not since the 90s Buses list has Todd made such an amazing out of context spectacle. Hope there are more videos like this.

[@grmpf]

I sometimes get the impression that Todd underestimates his talent for comedy and unique entertainment outside his usual formats, or even if he doesn't, he thinks that it's not what he should be sharing too frequently on his channel, but that's just wrong imo, I feel like there are a lot of weird ideas that pop into his head that we never get to see realised, and that's a shame.

[@judgesaturn507]

@@grmpf He unfortunately knows the KZbin algorithm is a stubborn beast

[@grmpf]

@@judgesaturn507 100% true. Second channel, perhaps? Little Joel is the best new channel in recent memory, after all. I feel like Song vs. Song is kind of that, but podcasts aren't really my thing.

[@CynnamonSpyder]

Thank you for reminding me of that! I'm gonna go watch it now!

[@NilZed1]

Ren..Money Game

[@greenhowie]

The order of the song choices and how they relate to each other is a form of comedy in itself.

[@JHXC]

Bro J Dilla's stop (13:33) has to be the most meta one here. The way it gets itself over with and doesn't break flow is actually brilliant.

[@channelname4238]

Fun fact: this technique in music is called textural painting.

[@yusra4284]

damn i did not know there would be 33 minutes of material for this genre

[@Pikachu2Ash]

If you needed proof that humanity is very unoriginal well 😅

[@Zestrayswede]

And this is only english-language songs

[@neminem233]

He even forgot Lil Jon's Get Low that's how popular this trope is

[@fangal12]

​@@neminem233he says stop but does the music drop out?

[@neminem233]

@@fangal12 for like a quarter of a second but yeah

[@katelynpringle5506]

I feel like if you have trouble telling people what kind of music you like, you can watch this, pick out your top 10 songs and you’ll get a good read on your personal preferences.

[@Baddylongway]

Moment in this video that truly made me stop in my tracks was the realization that Gotye ever did more than that one song.

[@EphemeraAeterna]

His two albums are honestly worth a listen. There's some pretty solid songs.

[@phastinemoon]

@@EphemeraAeternaTWO albums? Damn, I have NOT been paying attention

[@desmondcoppin591]

@@phastinemoonNo one has.

[@Dracinard]

The terrifying thing is that, despite best efforts, I'm sure that's not exhaustive.

[@FortTheMighty]

bruh i love you for this. i have a playlist called "songs that weaponize silence" which is conceptually similar except they dont need to say stop, and the music has to cut out completely lol

[@ohthesefeelingz3457]

where can i find this? 👀

[@mmmghool]

Cool

[@Karmy.]

Edit The Sad Parts by Modest Mouse with it's two minutes of silence at the end

[@LoFiLime]

Add The Void by Shinobu to that one

[@sierravanriel6906]

4'33"

[@ColeYote]

Many points to Jane's Addiction for calling the song Stop, then stopping it on stop, and later ending the song also on stop.

[@aligonwa2256]

The fact that I can, without much effort at all, think of 2 songs that arent in this with this trope, speaks to how ubiquitous it is. Todd, you've done the world a service

[@phastinemoon]

Check Nebula - he’s got more songs on there, including some that I went “…wait, how did I forget that one?!?!” He’s flexing on us

[@woodywyatt557]

That Lovejoy one haha “why’d you have to kill my cat”

[@SparklRebel]

I know 😂 the most random one

[@patricklauer4452]

Absolutely killed me XD

[@racheleden9008]

even though i regularly listen to Lovejoy i forgot about that and it jumpscared me

[@freakfoxvevo7915]

The sequel we didn't need. The sequel we deserved.

[@Karmy.]

Yeah I was not expecting a supercut with 27 more minutes of examples

[@WilliamMorgan-rc5ud]

What’s it a sequel to?

[@heathercameron1485]

​​@@WilliamMorgan-rc5udTodd released a much shorter version of this years ago. It's probably still on his channel somewhere.

[@dukbass1197]

I must mention putting Bowling for Soup at the lyric "bring back Springsteen" and then having Springsteen as the next song was a very nice touch :)

[@anitacattorini7596]

As an argentinian, I really appreciate the inclusion of Charly Garcia in this excellent compilation. He is one of the founding fathers of modern argentinian music and I recommend everyone who felt curious to check out his work Update: omg you also included León Gieco (he is our Bob Dylan)!! Best compilation ever.

[@Dogy0909]

What is going on in that León Gieco video it’s crazy looking

[@anitacattorini7596]

@SmilingRayquaza that video is full 90s computer graphics cheese. It's also includes cameos of some of the best argentinian comedians and actors of that time. The song is really camp too. It's kind of a rap with lyrics composed only by words that have the vowel O.

[@ThePinkStarsGirl]

Right!!! Nunca lo esperaba de un vídeo de Todd

[@Thedjbj2]

Is "stop" the only English lyric those songs?

[@smoov22_sonic]

I’m going to stop what I’m doing to watch this

[@EeveeWoot]

Ayyyyyyy!

[@louisesargent5006]

Been re-watching Todd’s videos most of the day, got a feeling something was on the way :)

[@alejandrovasquez8527]

I'm going to stop What I'm doing to watch this

[@ramshaimam]

Seeing lemonade mouth in this was a real treat lol

[@PodcArne]

That song slaps tho

[@breawycker]

I do have to admit it does make my brain happy when they stop on stop

[@emmal7510]

Really gotta respect the massive style whiplash here.

[@ParsnipPizza]

As a patron, my money is being unironically used for the best projects, and I approve

[@Canera_bread]

You know this took Todd forever to collect all these, definitely well worth it

[@josefgordon7712]

Some people say art is dead but Todd pulls off this masterpiece which is more than I will ever be able to achieve in my own life.

[@Nonesuch03]

Todd breathes more brilliance than I will ever witness again.

[@xXMachineGunPhillyXx]

I’m terrified by how much I *remember* half of these. That Carpenters’ Christmas song gave me super acute nostalgia.

[@seanmcloughlin5983]

Remember when James Stephanie Sterling invented the copyright deadlock where they’d play multiple copyrighted materials at the same time so all the companies trying to claim it would fight Im assuming this is the largest example I’ve ever seen

[@phastinemoon]

Refuge in audacity.

[@samtinkle9076]

All you need is three or four conflicting copyrighted sources to make it work. This video is, to put it lightly, showing off

[@imonyoutuberightnow2668]

A deluxe version that doesn't disappoint.... what a spectacle!

[@MeepsNcheese]

As one of the three Girls' Generation fans that's also a fan of Todd, it's always nice that there's a mention here and there

[@newnewmi]

More of us than you thought!

[@rel4998]

All 3 of us right here

[@dizzydaisy909]

make it four, i became one through this video just now

[@pigeondance]

ay yo I'm the fifth one!

[@rabbitruler44]

Oh you’re so real for including Determinate by Lemonade Mouth

[@brendaneichler5244]

Using Bowling for Soup's 1985 as the lead in for Bruce Springsteen was especially clever.

[@ewanwatson5732]

Petition for Todd to do songs that go "la la la" next?

[@UnfortunatelyTheHunger]

A comprehensive supercut of that trope would feature so many crooner-era eurovision entries

[@alphalax7747]

Or the millenial whoop

[@Karmy.]

or "na na na"

[@DaveWraptastic]

I don't think the KZbin servers could handle a video that long

[@daniellemhall1358]

That video would take a day

[@sunfastrose]

The nice thing is that I can use this to find new songs to listen to just based on the clips

[@sixstringedthing]

If you really think I'm going to devote an entire thirty-three minutes and twenty-two seconds of my life to watching all of these, you're goddamn right I am.

[@doctorwhat3683]

The brief appearance from Belle and Sebastian has now automatically made this my favourite Todd video ever. Incredible band if you’ve never checked them out.

[@twig8523]

Listened to them while taking too much acid in my 20s... verrRrRrry nostalgic band for me. 😅

[@michaeledwards6683]

i am this comment’s 69th like

[@somecanadiangirl1]

If this is how I get Todd acknowledging Ethel Cain I'll take it

[@mcj88]

Now we just need someone to make a video of all of these songs playing simultaneously with the STOPs synced

[@emjaypanziku4037]

As a guy who doesn’t listen to any of the songs you normally talk about it was wild to be able to actually hear some songs and bands I recognize! Banger video, great editing

[@MsQueenOfDance]

How this video doesn't have any copyright claims is beyond me

[@phastinemoon]

Because they’re all fighting with each other, and only the winner will be able to make the claim.

[@Pikachu2Ash]

​@@phastinemoon😂😂😂😂

[@NEEDbacon]

@@phastinemoon Like a legal quagmire version of the Ultimate Showdown.

[@samuelstensgaard4828]

"We call this Three Stooges Effect."

[@isabelfolland3830]

It’s a real thing 😂 The copyright deadlock

[@Credaxi]

The juxtaposition of NIN and Take That with the "Stop!" was glorious.

[@emilywhite1429]

I genuinely didn't expect to watch this whole thing through in one sitting, couldn't seem to *stop* Absolutely perfect choice for the ending as well

[@daynemora259]

I clicked on this absolutely sure you wouldn't include "Improper Dancing" by Electric Six, but you had in there just slightly after the first minute mark. That song, besides being hella awesome, is behind one of the coolest moments I've seen live. At "Stop" the entire band left the stage, except Dick Valentine who dropped his pants to his ankles, picked up a guitar, and then performed all of the song "Jimmy Carter". When he was done, the rest of his bandmates returned, Valentine put down the guitar and pulled up his pants, then yelled out "Continue" and they completed the rest of the song. All of this was done with deadpan expressions and not comment. So damn weird and surreal.

[@markuscriticus8278]

I thought you were just kidding when you talked on twitter about remaking this. You truly are a musical historian.

[@szymonjakistam3776]

Ok but Bowling for soup and Springsteen part was genious

[@RoseAbrams]

The best ones are the songs that entirely built around this trope. I particularly remember a Swedish dance hit whose title translates to "Dance, Pause" which does this alternation constantly. I guess clubgoers are supposed to freeze in their dance at those moments.

[@19BrightLights]

Its both an outrageous display and a comprehensively researched account - thank you for doing what only Todd can do

[@Setashi]

Watching this saga unfold on Twitter was a treat.

[@LucisZ39]

Todd this is the most unhinged thing you've put out since the bus video. Needless to say it's also glorious

[@RussellB]

This makes me feel that no one is original and we are destined to repeat things mindlessly in a cycle endlessly until one by one, we stop

[@BertholdTheFiretruck]

Genius. The way he highlights the subjectivity of all list-based content by taking a relatively straightforward and objective criterion and making you think "Hey wait, why does this song count" or "Why would he include this song rather than that song" while still more or less adhering to the formula had to have taken an enormous amount of work. My favorite part is that he managed to include Vanilla Ice but not include the song you'd expect from Vanilla Ice.

[@CorrectFossa]

Yes, it’s been a trope for decades. Yes, it still fucks hard every time.

[@shaw497]

I like how during 1985 the lyrics bring back Bruce Springsteen then cuts to a Springsteen song

[@Schell3092]

1:21

[@1sabella]

Great video Todd but I held my breath the entire time waiting for “New York City Cops” by The Strokes only for it to never come LMAO I respect the effort though

[@carolyns4519]

I died when Lemonade Mouth appeared. He really fid find EVERY song with "stop"

[@roenais]

its amazing how many genres and decades this trope crosses. truly the most unifying musical quirk.

[@legionaireb]

On a similar note, the song 'I'm Too Sexy' ends abruptly when the singer says "I'm too sexy for this song."

[@margaretschultz6209]

"I couldn't finish this song because I got high" should have been an abrupt end as well

[@MineCraftAuto5]

A lot of people are pointing out the Bowling for Soup -> Bruce Springsteen transition, but I though the Saint Motel -> The Motels transition towards the end was pretty cheeky

[@Onattamato]

I love the cut from 1985's "stop! And bring back Springsteen..." to a Springsteen song. Absolute art.