Music
- Tal Bachman's "She's So High" references Cleopatra
- Charles Griffes's "Cleopatra to the Asp" (1912)
- Charlie Sexton's "Impressed" references Antony and Cleopatra (from Pictures for Pleasure)
- Danny Schmidt's "Cleopatra" (2005)
- Spin Doctors's "Cleopatra's Cat" (1994) (from Turn It Upside Down)
- Sophie Tucker's "Cleopatra Had a Jazz Band" (1917)
- Thompson Twins's "Lies" references Cleopatra
- Adam and the Ants's Cleopatra (1979) (from Dirk Wears White Sox) - later covered by Elastica
- Frank Ocean's "Pyramids" (2012) extensively references Cleopatra
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