# Any bands have "signature" songs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-bands-have-signature-songs/256070 "2004-07-20T21:43:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Live_Better_Electrically)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-bands-have-signature-songs/256070/41 "2004-07-22T14:51:36Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > “Talk Talk” by Talk Talk Huh. I always assumed that Talk Talk took their name from the 1967 Music Machine hit of the same name, but that does not seem to be the case. ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-bands-have-signature-songs/256070/42 "2004-07-22T15:12:14Z")
There’s a million stars It’ll blow you away And it’s all so concrete blonde - Concrete Blonde, singing about life in Hollywood on _It’ll Chew You Up and Spit You Out_, from their self-titled debut album ---
**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:** [July 22, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-bands-have-signature-songs/256070/43 "2004-07-22T15:28:16Z")
> [@Live Better Electrically!](#): > > Huh. I always assumed that Talk Talk took their name from the 1967 Music Machine hit of the same name, but that does not seem to be the case. I always assumed that, too. I don’t think the fact that they wrote their own song with the same title rules it out. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-bands-have-signature-songs/256070/44 "2004-07-22T15:29:16Z")
The Go-Go’s song “Daisy Chain” doesn’t actually use the name “Go-Go’s,” but it does relate the entire history of the band and calls out each of the five members by name (or nickname). A pretty ambitious little song if you think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-bands-have-signature-songs/256070/45 "2004-07-22T15:36:55Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Mothers of Invention: “Motherly Love” Also “Mother People” And while I’m not sure this counts, “Jigsaw Puzzle” by the Rolling Stones contains this verse: “Oh the singer, he looks angry At being thrown to the lions And the bass player, he looks nervous About the girls outside And the drummer, he’s so shattered Trying to keep on time And the guitar players look damaged They’ve been outcasts all thier lives” ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-bands-have-signature-songs/256070/46 "2004-07-23T03:15:08Z")
The Aquabats- Theme Song \*Come fight along We’re the Aquabats We’re super guys We’re the Aquabats \* And so on, and so forth. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-bands-have-signature-songs/256070.md?page=2)