With the 2016 Grammy Awards ceremony coming up on Monday, Feb. 15 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and with tax season and conference karaoke season well underway, CU Times compiled a list of songs and performers that incorporate financial services industry keywords.

Grammy-winning titles we found include “Money For Nothing” by Dire Straits (1985), which won Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal; “Money Maker” by Ludacris & Pharrell Williams, the Best Rap Song for 2006 and “Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue” by Terri Lyne, 2013's Best Jazz Instrumental Album.

The Cash family took home multiple Grammys for songs, including:

Johnny Cash, Best Country Vocal Performance for “Folsom Prison Blues” in 1968 and Best Male Country Vocal Performance for “Solitary Man” in 2000;
June Carter Cash, Best Female Country Vocal Performance for “Keep On The Sunny Side” in 2003; and
Rosanne Cash, Best American Roots Performance for “A Feather's Not A Bird” in 2014.

Eddie Money's “Take Me Home Tonight” received a Grammy nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance in 1986.

Some artists released multiple songs with financial references, including the Beatles (“Can't Buy Me Love”, 1964; “Penny Lane”, 1966; “Taxman”, 1966; “Baby You're a Rich Man”, 1967 and “You Never Give Me Your Money”, 1969) and AC/DC (“What Do You Do For Money Honey”, 1980; “Back In Business”, 1985; the Grammy-nominated “Money Talks”, 1985 and “Money Made”, 2008).

Then there was Wobbly Bob's “(Cash Machine Swallowed My) Debit Card Blues.” which did not win any awards.

Following is a selection of another 22 songs with some financial connections, presented in chronological order:

1. “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime,” Bing Crosby, 1932

They used to tell me I was building a dream

And so I followed the mob

When there was earth to plow or guns to bear

I was always there right on the job

2. “If I Were a Rich Man” (Zero Mostel in original cast recording), 1964

I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen

Right in the middle of the town

A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below

There would be one long staircase just going up

And one even longer coming down

And one more leading nowhere, just for show

3. “The Jolly Banker” Woody Guthrie, 1964

My name is Tom Cranker and I'm a jolly banker,

I'm a Jolly banker, jolly banker am I.

I safeguard the farmers and widows and orphans,

Singin' I'm a jolly banker, jolly banker am I.

4. “For the Love of Money” the O'Jays, 1973

Know that money is the root of all evil

Do funny things to some people

Give me a nickel, brother can you spare a dime

Money can drive some people out of their minds

5. “Mr. Banker,” Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1973

I told you mister

I ain't got no house

Ain't got no car

I got me a 1950 Les Paul guitar

Won't you take it mister banker

6. “Money,” Pink Floyd, 1973

Money, it's a crime

Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie

Money, so they say

Is the root of all evil today

But if you ask for a rise

It's no surprise that they're giving none away

7. “Money, Money, Money,” ABBA, 1976

I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay

Ain't it sad

And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me

That's too bad

In my dreams I have a plan

8. “Rich Girl,” Hall & Oates, 1976

You're a rich girl, and you've gone too far

'Cause you know it don't matter anyway

You can rely on the old man's money

9. “Take The Money and Run,” Steve Miller Band, 1976

Bobbie Sue, whoa, whoa, she slipped away

Billy Joe caught up to her the very next day

They got the money, hey

You know they got away

They headed down south and they're still running today

Singing go on take the money and run

10. “She Works Hard for the Money,” Donna Summer, 1983

She works hard for the money.

So hard for it, honey.

She works hard for the money.

So you better treat her right.

11. “Credit Card Baby,” Wham!, 1984

You can have my credit card baby

But keep your red hot fingers off my heart lady

All I know is what I see

You getting what you want and girl it ain't just me

12. “The Big Money,” Rush, 1985

Big money goes around the world

Big money underground

Big money got a mighty voice

Big money make no sound

Big money pull a million strings

Big money hold the prize

Big money weave a mighty web

Big money draw the flies

13. “Material Girl,” Madonna, 1985

'Cause we are living in a material world

And I am a material girl

You know that we are living in a material world

And I am a material girl

14. “C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me),” Wu Tang Clan, 1993

Cash rules everything around me

C.R.E.A.M. get the money

Take you on a natural joint

Here we here we go

Dollar, dollar bill y'all

15. “Money In The Bank,” Lonesome River Band, 1994

When we first met I was young and poor

I knew just what I was working for

But, the times have changed and so have you, I think

Well, I was making money you were making time

But, you can bet I won't stand in line

If you leave me it's like money in the bank

16. “Mo Money Mo Problems,” the Notorious B.I.G., 1997

I don't know what they want from me

It's like the more money we come across

The more problems we see

17. “Money Ain't a Thang,” Jermaine Dupri/Jay-Z, 1998

Bubble hard in the double R flashin the rings

With the window cracked, holler back

Money ain't a thang

18. “Credit Card,” Diana King, 2002

Gonna take your credit cards down Fifth Avenue

Me a go take this pain and charge it back to you

I'm thinkin' Prada, Gucci and Jimmy Choo

Me a go get my sweet revenge on you

19. “All About the Benjamins,” Puff Daddy, 2004

It's all about the Benjamins baby

Now, what y'all wanna do?

It's all about the Benjamins baby

Wanna be ballers, shot-callers

It's all about the Benjamins baby

20. “Gold Digger,” Kanye West, (2005)

She take my money when I'm in need

Yeah she's a trifling friend indeed

Oh she's a gold digger way over town

That digs on me

21. “Banker,” the Cinema, 2011

Rob you like a banker

I think I'm leaving with a new her

And some of your liquor

We'll be out for days now

Just counting money in the new house

22. “No Banker Left Behind,” Ry Cooder, 2011

My telephone rang one evening my buddy called for me

Said the bankers are all leaving better you come 'round and see

It's a startling revelation they robbed the nation blind

They're all down at the station no banker left behind

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