I'm pretty sure that The Killers have two songs like that, with Mr. Brightside being followed by Miss Atomic Bomb.
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Cher then all the divas after her
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Also, Haken's full albums Virus and Vector are prequels to the song Cockroach King from their album The Mountain.
It depends if an ouverture counts, and how popular of a song.
Bad Religion has Ouverture before Sinister Rouge. They are different tracks but they merge together.
Also, one could argue that most of the songs on the album American Idiot by Green Day, are a prequel to the next one. The songs can be separated but they are parts of a story.
The Prodigy - Omen(Reprise)
Didn't know about this, I'll give it a listen 👍🏽
Thomas D. of the German hip hop group Die fantastischen Vier has added more and more songs to his warrior trilogy over the years.
This might be a stretch. Mute - Walking on a Thin Line, which is the end of the album Remember Death, is the direct prequel to the song Resistance which actually starts the album. Its like it's there just to get you to listen to the whole thing again. Which you should. Its really good.
Metallica's My Friend of Misery and Inamorata
Not the obvious The Unforgiven 1, 2 and 3?
Those were already mentioned, so I thought I'd post something that feels like a sequel/prequel. I don't think they're officially though. At least I haven't heard about it from Metallica guys.
Empty spaces > What shall we do now?
"What shall we do now?" Is basically the part 2 of "Empty Spaces" but was removed from the album as it wouldn't fit the vinyl.
The song is still present in the film, and a boxset if I recall
Veruca Salt, in Volcano Girls, they reference Seether.
Destiny Potato - The Buildup. It establishes most of the motifs used in Indifferent one track later on the same album.
Isn't My Bkyfriend's Badk a sequel to It's My Party and I'll Cry if I Want To? Or the other way around?
The Unforgiven and The Unforgiven II by Metallica
Tim Armstrong was a guest on Bad Religion's Television, on Stranger Than Fiction. So I've always wondered if Radio by Rancid was a follow-up.
Not really super well know ones, but:
Marianas Trench - Masterpiece Theatre album has Masterpiece Theatre I, II, and III on it. My favorite album of theirs. The songs from this album actually permeate the rest of their albums after this one.
Sleeping With Sirens - If you were a movie, this would be your soundtrack. A five part musical of sorts that's really well done.
The first track in the album "diamond mine" which is a collaboration between Scottish singer King Creosote and producer John Hopkins. Absolutely fantastic album through and through but the first track is just ambience from a Scottish pub with the music very slowly coming in until it eventually seamlessly transitions into track 2 which is the "most famous" from the album. Just perfect.
Subway to Sally have a pretty popular song called Traum vom Tod II (Dream of Death 2). Took me years to find Traum vom Tod I.