# Band/Song/Album **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 12, 2001, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-song-album/75921 "2001-08-12T17:38:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-song-album/75921/1 "2001-08-12T17:38:27Z")
In another thread, someone mentioned a band that has their name, an album, and a song title all called the same thing. For example, on the album Icehouse, the band Icehouse performs “Icehouse”. I know of Talk Talk as another band with this claim to fame. I know there’s others, but don’t know what they are. There are bands that almost go for the hat trick, but don’t quite make it. Of course, the album/band name thing is common, but some bands such as They Might Be Giants have songs named after them that don’t appear on their self-titled album. Anyone know more of these bands? ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-song-album/75921/2 "2001-08-12T17:46:49Z")
I spent most of that era in an alcohol-and-drug induced haze, so I’m not sure. b. ---
**Author:** ![Ich\_Bin\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Ich\_Bin\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ich_Bin_s)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-song-album/75921/3 "2001-08-13T16:58:01Z")
The three-hole punch would be “Living in a Box”, with their hit song “Living in a Box” on their album “Living in a Box” Minor Threat had a song called, you guessed it “Minor Threat” Railroad Jerk had a song “The Story of Railroad Jerk” Big Country had a self-tilted album, the song was “In a Big Country” Youth of Today had a self-titled album and a song called “Youth of Today”. I bet you could grab a stack of hard core albums and half of them would have the triumvirate. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-song-album/75921/4 "2001-08-13T17:27:23Z")
:: Re-designing my tinfoil hat as it obviously isn’t working quite right :: We had almost this exact conversation at **Demo** ’s house this weekend. Please cease and desist all mind control experiments until I can find a Faraday Cage. Thank you. Oh, and _ **Wang Chung** _ - but I’m not sure if that’s the name of the album. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-song-album/75921/5 "2001-08-13T17:35:30Z")
> [@](#): > > _quoted by Ich-Bin’s_ > \*\*The three-hole punch would be “Living in a Box”, with their hit song “Living in a Box” on their album “Living in a Box” \*\* Oh sure, I bring up Living in a Box in the Best Concert thread last Friday, but then that goatfluffer hacker made Friday go away… Let’s not forget Rammstein’s song Rammstein… ---
**Author:** ![Ich\_Bin\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Ich\_Bin\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ich_Bin_s)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-song-album/75921/6 "2001-08-13T17:42:32Z")
Sorry, pcubed, I did read that, and went to site it but realized the thread was gone. Should have mentioned it anyway. So even though I do own that album, I hereby pass credit for bringing it to light, to you, pcubed. Apologies for the toe-stepping. Didn’t Red Hot Chili Peppers do a song called …well, you know? ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-song-album/75921/7 "2001-08-13T17:44:07Z")
**Ich Bin’s** —Big Country’s first album was called _The Crossing_. (At least, I think that was the name of their first album. At any rate, that’s the one with the song _In a Big Country_.) ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-song-album/75921/8 "2001-08-13T17:50:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ich Bin’s \* > \*\*Sorry, pcubed, I did read that, and went to site it but realized the thread was gone. Should have mentioned it anyway. > > So even though I do own that album, I hereby pass credit for bringing it to light, to you, pcubed. > > Apologies for the toe-stepping.\*\* My toes are fine. I was just a little peeved at the hacker for ruining a good afternoon’s posting. No bad will was lobbed your way at all. The credit is yours. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-song-album/75921/9 "2001-08-13T17:50:28Z")
The Wang Chung song with their name in it was called “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” so it doesn’t count.And yes, the inspiration for this was the Living in a Box comment. I’ve been told that Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden did the hat trick, but I’m not much of a metalhead. Let’s examine this claim…(processing)…yep, works for both of them. ---
**Author:** ![Ich\_Bin\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Ich\_Bin\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ich_Bin_s)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-song-album/75921/10 "2001-08-13T19:02:26Z")
I can’t believe I missed the Big Country “The Crossing” as well. That’s the first LP I ever bought with my own money, and I still listen to it… Man, this is embarrassing. ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-song-album/75921/11 "2001-08-13T20:10:16Z")
**Bad Company** does the song “Bad Company” off of their debut album titled _Bad Company_\*. ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-song-album/75921/12 "2001-08-13T20:46:19Z")
**Ich Bin’s** —_The Crossing_ was the first LP you ever bought with your own money? Wow, man. It was the second I ever bought with my own money, and I was really, really into it at the time. My first? _Switched-On Bach_, by Walter Carlos (who is now Wendy Carlos). Maybe this is more embarrassing? _400 miles And not a word until you smile 400 miles On fields of **fire!!!** Shacch!_ Man, maybe I’m embarrassed now… ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-song-album/75921/13 "2001-08-13T22:12:27Z")
The champion: The Yellow Balloon had a single in 1967 entitled “Yellow Balloon” from their album “Yellow Balloon.” To top that, the B side of the single was “Noollab Wolley,” so they get **four** versions of their name. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-song-album/75921/14 "2001-08-13T23:53:14Z")
**King Crimson** does _“In the Court of the Crimson King”_ from their debut album of the same name. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-song-album/75921/15 "2001-08-14T00:25:16Z")
The Escape Club mentions themselves in “Wild Wild West”.