Economics in Music Lyrics Writing Assignment

For this writing assignment, you are to pick song lyrics for one song that relates to any of the economic ideas/concepts that we have covered in class. The entire song does not have to be related to economic concepts, but you need to be able to make several connections using the lyrics.

When it comes to picking a song to analyze:

Your song CANNOT be about economics, like in this example Links to an external site.(all these types of songs do is regurgitate economic definitions of concepts). The point of this assignment is to pick a “regular” song and make connections of economic concepts to it, not to simply find a song that is repeating definitions of concepts we have learned about. However, that doesn’t mean it has to be a “radio” song either. I have had students choose songs from popular theater plays and Disney movies.
You do NOT have to pick a “clean” song. I am an adult and can handle adult language/themes.
You need to find a song that you can pluck at least three concepts from.
Banned Songs

The following songs cannot be used for this assignment, or you will receive a zero:

“I’m Gonna Miss Her” by Brad Paisley, examples of the assignment using this song (see below)
“7 Rings” by Ariana Grande
“Let the Dollar Circulate” by Billy Paul
“Money” by Pink Floyd
“Price Tag” by Jessie J
“Taxman” by The Beatles