# Album title is in a song, but it's not the song's title **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 3, 2009, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834 "2009-12-03T12:28:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834/41 "2009-12-03T19:47:03Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Not the same thing, since the song is titled “Shine On You Crazy Diamond.” > > Hatfield & the North: _The Rotters Club_ (“Share It”) Biffy, I have noticed that you and I seem to be soul mates in terms of musical tastes. Anybody who loves the Beatles as much as you do and also knows enough about Hatfield & the North to know that the title of _The Rotters Club_ comes from “Share It” is someone I could probably talk to for hours (and never say anything that any normal person would find interesting). Oh yes, one more contribution: Yello’s album _Claro Que Si_ takes its title from a line in the song “Pinball Cha Cha”. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834/42 "2009-12-03T19:57:31Z")
Sheena Easton’s “Do You.” Two of the songs “Do It For Love,” and “The Magic Of Love” feature Miss Easton reapeating the pharse “Do you,” over and over. Shawn Colvin’s “A Few Small Repairs” is a line from her hit “Sunny Came Home” ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834/43 "2009-12-03T20:04:23Z")
Van Halen: “Fair Warning” is a line from “Mean Street”. Jane’s Addiction: “Nothing’s Shocking” is from “Ted, Just Admit it…”. I think that’s what Ted (Bundy) is supposed to admit. > [@howye](#): > > “Signals” appears only in the singular form in “Chemistry”. “New World Man”, actually. Otherwise, you and **JC** beat me to it on the Rush. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834/44 "2009-12-03T20:28:00Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Rush’s ‘Counterparts’ has the song ‘Animate’ which contains the phrase ‘my counterpart, my foolish heart’ > [@howye](#): > > Also - “Hold Your Fire” is the opening lines to “Mission”. > > Slight hijack - Several Rush albums have titles that are close to words from songs but don’t match: “Vapor Trails” is not used in the song “Vapor Trail” and “Signals” appears only in the singular form in “Chemistry”. > [@sqweels](#): > > Van Halen: “Fair Warning” is a line from “Mean Street”. > > Jane’s Addiction: “Nothing’s Shocking” is from “Ted, Just Admit it…”. I think that’s what Ted (Bundy) is supposed to admit. > “New World Man”, actually. Otherwise, you and **JC** beat me to it on the Rush. The first line of _Chemistry_ is “Signal transmitted, message received”, and in fact the whole song is basically about emotions being biochemical/bioelectrical signals. Interestingly, _Vital Signs_, the final song from their previous album, also talked about these kinds of signals. Continuing the Rush train of thought: The title of their most recent album, “Snakes & Arrows” comes from the first line of the album’s second track, _Armor & Sword_: “The snakes and arrows a child is heir to are enough to leave a thousand cuts” ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834/45 "2009-12-03T20:34:09Z")
The Beastie Boys did this quite a bit: License to Ill (Paul Revere) Paul’s Boutique (B-Boy Bouillabaisse) Ill Communication (Sure Shot) Hello Nasty (Putting Shame In Your Game) ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834/46 "2009-12-03T21:31:07Z")
How about the **U2** album & movie _Rattle & Hum_. From the song _Bullet the Blue Sky_. ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834/47 "2009-12-03T22:26:09Z")
None of the Cardigans records have title tracks, but their last two album titles come from songs: **Long Gone Before Daylight** from ‘03:45 No Sleep’ **Super Extra Gravity** from ‘Holy Love’ The Corrs **In Blue** is from ‘Give Me A Reason’, and **Talk On Corners** is from ‘Queen Of Hollywood’ Regina Spektor’s **Soviet Kitsch** is in a song NOT on the album, but written before it/released after it, ‘Dusseldorf’ ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834/48 "2009-12-03T22:28:39Z")
_Pocket Full of Kryptonite_ by the Spin Doctors (appears in “Jimmy Olsen’s Blues”) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834/49 "2009-12-03T22:34:22Z")
**Time** by Electric Light Orchestra, appears in 5 different songs on the album: - Prologue - Twilight - Yours Truly, 2095 - Rain Is Falling - Hold On Tight ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Bongo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9adbd/32.png) [@Winston\_Bongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Bongo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834/50 "2009-12-03T22:58:52Z")
_Chutes Too Narrow_ by the Shins – the title comes from a line in the song “Young Pilgrims.” ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834/51 "2009-12-03T23:06:54Z")
Soda Stereo’s first live album was called “Ruido Blanco”, which is a line in the song “Prófugos”. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834/52 "2009-12-03T23:36:41Z")
Just thought of a really obvious one: Simon & Garfunkel: _Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme_ (“Scarborough Fair”) ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834/53 "2009-12-03T23:59:24Z")
Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again (from “Pipeline”) Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward (from “Lie to Me”) Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel (from “The Darkest Star”) Mesh - In This Place Forever (from “Confined”) Mesh - The Perfect Solution (from “Who Says?”) Anything Box - The Universe is Expanding (from “Welcome to the End”) Color Theory - Perfect Tears (from “Until Last Night”) Color Theory - Life’s Fairytale (from “Ponytail Girl”) Color Theory - Tuesday Song (from “The Perfect Song”) ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Kerrman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@Joe\_Kerrman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Kerrman)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834/54 "2009-12-04T02:31:42Z")
Bob Dylan’s worst album (so far), _Knocked Out Loaded_, gets its title from Bob Dylan’s worst songwriting collaboration (so far), “Under Your Spell,” co-written with Carole Bayer Sager. _I was knocked out and loaded in the naked night. When my last dream exploded, I noticed your light._ :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![FallingLeaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@FallingLeaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallingLeaves)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834/55 "2009-12-04T03:27:34Z")
Vertical Horizon has done this twice - Running on Ice is from the song Falling Down Burning the Days is in both Carrying On and I Believe In You ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834/56 "2009-12-04T04:13:45Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > This doesn’t quite fit but it’s odd enough that I thought I’d mention it anyway. The album “Starless and Bible Black” by King Crimson contains a song of the same name, but it’s an instrumental. But on their next album, “Red”, there was a song called “Starless” that had the refrain “Starless and bible black”. (The title track to the album “Red” was also an instrumental, but the album also contains a vocal track called “One More Red Nightmare”.) Which would be a great addition to my old thread [Groups that have a song and album of the same name, but the song is not on the album](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=434444), in which I nominate two like that but miss several, despite _having the albums_. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834/57 "2009-12-04T04:45:37Z")
Sting, _Nothing Like the Sun_ (from the lyric – actually a Shakespeare quote – in “Sister Moon”) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834/58 "2009-12-04T05:41:20Z")
The latest Carbon Leaf CD is called _Nothing Rhymes With Woman_, which is a line from the song “Another Man’s Woman.” ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834/59 "2009-12-04T05:46:49Z")
**Katy Lied** by Steely Dan. Part of the lyrics of the song _Doctor Wu,_ but not a title. _Under The Table and Dreaming_ by Dave Matthews Band. A lyric in _Ants Marching_ (one of their best songs, I think.) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834/60 "2009-12-04T15:30:02Z")
I think this is pretty common with live albums. For example, Neil Young’s “Rust Never Sleeps” takes its title from a line in the song “Hey Hey, My My.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-title-is-in-a-song-but-its-not-the-songs-title/519834.md?page=4)