1. "I feel so suicidal, just like X's Mr. Jones" (Beatles): Dylan
2. "Roll over X, dig these rhythm and blues" (Chuck Berry/Beatles/ELO): Beethoven
3. "We'll put the speakers in the window and we'll go, on the roof and listen to XX echo to the alley down below" (Rod Stewart): The Miracles
4. "It's not XX and this is not Thriller" (Run-DMC): Michael Jackson
5. "You ain't bad but we've heard it all before, yeah it sounds like X, X and X (Sugarloaf): John, Paul, and George
6. "The street sounds like a symphony, we got XX and A Love Supreme" (U2): John Coltrane
7. "When X sings, I hear violins" (ABC): Smokey (Robinson)
8. "Up all night with XX, I got to tell you, poker's his thing" (Grand Funk): Freddie King
9. "And I've been calling, Hey Hey X, can't you come out and play" (Elton John): Johnny (John Lennon)
10."To the sound of old XX, and Who's Next" (The Who): T. Rex
11. "X, you were a friend of mine" (Commodores): Marvin (Gaye)
12. "To the sounds of the guitar, yeah, yeah, played by XX" (Santana): Carlos Santana
13. "It's not for lack of bread, like the XX" (Cowsills): Grateful Dead
14. "My heart is like an open highway, like X said, I did it my way" (Bon Jovi): Frankie (Sinatra)
15. "XX and the X were at the best place around" (Deep Purple): Frank Zappa and the Mothers
16. "The other night I dreamt of knives, continental drift divide, mountains sit in a line, XX" (R.E.M.): Leonard Bernstein
17. "I'm not the first king of controversy, I am the worst thing since XX" (Eminem): Elvis Presley

Bonus: What three bands were name-checked by James Brown in his 1976 hit "Get Up Offa That Thing?": Ohio Players, KC and the Sunshine Band, Parliament