# Bands with songs named identical to the band name **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-named-identical-to-the-band-name/722461 "2015-06-13T21:04:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-named-identical-to-the-band-name/722461/1 "2015-06-13T21:04:00Z")
That’s funny. The other day, I mentioned to a friend Motörhead and Belle And Sebastian as bands on the opposite sides of my musical taste spectrum. Today I noticed that they both have songs named like the band: [Motörhead - Motörhead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urFqinsChYI) [Belle And Sebastian - Belle And Sebastian](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1hHEVxckIU) I thought about it, but can’t come up with more examples of that kind at the moment. Can you? ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-named-identical-to-the-band-name/722461/2 "2015-06-13T21:12:06Z")
“Bad Company”-Not only the same name but they say it twelve dozen time during the song. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-named-identical-to-the-band-name/722461/3 "2015-06-13T21:13:14Z")
Black Sabbath had an LP called [Black Sabbath](http://www.discogs.com/Black-Sabbath-Black-Sabbath/release/462466), that had a track called Black Sabbath. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-named-identical-to-the-band-name/722461/4 "2015-06-13T21:15:04Z")
> [@campp](#): > > Black Sabbath had an LP called [Black Sabbath](http://www.discogs.com/Black-Sabbath-Black-Sabbath/release/462466), that had a track called Black Sabbath. Damn, didn’t think of that one :smack:. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-named-identical-to-the-band-name/722461/5 "2015-06-13T21:18:57Z")
Iron maiden !!! ---
**Author:** ![Southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southpaw)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-named-identical-to-the-band-name/722461/6 "2015-06-13T21:51:53Z")
(Them from) The Monkees by The Monkees off of their first album The Monkees ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-named-identical-to-the-band-name/722461/7 "2015-06-13T21:53:20Z")
[Tin Machine, Tin Machine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ7D6-vsE5Q). ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/aeb1de/32.png) [@Lee\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lee_Q)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-named-identical-to-the-band-name/722461/8 "2015-06-13T22:20:31Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > That’s funny. The other day, I mentioned to a friend Motörhead and Belle And Sebastian as bands on the opposite sides of my musical taste spectrum. Today I noticed that they both have songs named like the band: > > [Motörhead - Motörhead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urFqinsChYI) > > [Belle And Sebastian - Belle And Sebastian](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1hHEVxckIU) > > I thought about it, but can’t come up with more examples of that kind at the moment. Can you? Icehouse Big Country ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-named-identical-to-the-band-name/722461/9 "2015-06-13T22:24:31Z")
“Hey, Paul, Hey, Paula” by Paul and Paula? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-named-identical-to-the-band-name/722461/10 "2015-06-13T22:31:14Z")
> [@Lee\_Q](#): > > Big Country Not identical. The song is “In a Big Country”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-named-identical-to-the-band-name/722461/11 "2015-06-13T22:36:41Z")
> [@campp](#): > > Black Sabbath had an LP called [Black Sabbath](http://www.discogs.com/Black-Sabbath-Black-Sabbath/release/462466), that had a track called Black Sabbath. See also: Living In A Box. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-named-identical-to-the-band-name/722461/12 "2015-06-13T22:40:16Z")
Talk Talk by Talk Talk ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-named-identical-to-the-band-name/722461/13 "2015-06-13T22:42:23Z")
> [@Sir\_Prize](#): > > Talk Talk by Talk Talk From their album, “Talk Talk”! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-named-identical-to-the-band-name/722461/14 "2015-06-13T22:48:01Z")
In 1971 the band Mandrill released an album titled _Mandrill_ with Side 1 Cut 1 being the song _Mandrill_. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-named-identical-to-the-band-name/722461/15 "2015-06-13T23:05:20Z")
D.O.A has a song called D.O.A. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/aeb1de/32.png) [@Lee\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lee_Q)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-named-identical-to-the-band-name/722461/16 "2015-06-13T23:06:46Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Not identical. The song is “In a Big Country”. My recall may be off, but I thought I remembered seeing the title written “(In a) Big Country” or just “Big Country.” It’s been many years since I saw it written down. Great song though! I always thought the song “sounded” like what it was singing about, it just somehow sounds big and expansive. Regarding Icehouse, it came out when I was still in school and I recall a local wiseguy DJ never failed to identify the song by saying “Icehouse, by the band Icehouse, from the album Icehouse.” We thought it was the coolest thing ever that album, band, and song were all the same. ---
**Author:** ![banjoDavid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@banjoDavid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/banjoDavid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-named-identical-to-the-band-name/722461/17 "2015-06-13T23:08:54Z")
Jerry Garcia playing banjo in 1975 It’s the name of the song, the album, and the band [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rYETHsxAv8c/hqdefault.jpg "Old & In The Way - Old & In The Way") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYETHsxAv8c) David ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-named-identical-to-the-band-name/722461/18 "2015-06-13T23:09:07Z")
Previous threads: [Songs named the same as the band](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=434376) [Same band name, album title, and song title](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=459849) The 80’s metal band **Overkill** has three original songs entitled “Overkill”, “Overkill II” and “Overkill III”, plus they’ve covered “Overkill” by Motorhead. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-named-identical-to-the-band-name/722461/19 "2015-06-14T01:02:52Z")
> [@Sir\_Prize](#): > > Talk Talk by Talk Talk > [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#): > > From their album, “Talk Talk”! On Talk Talk records and tapes! At least that was our lame college-radio DJ joke… ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-named-identical-to-the-band-name/722461/20 "2015-06-14T01:30:06Z")
Greg Kurstin (the “Geggy” of Geggy Tah and the “Bee” of The Bird and the Bee) put together a side project called **Action Figure Party** in 2001 that featured a whole bunch of random guest artists (Flea, Sean Lennon, Miho Hatori, etc.). [Here’s the title track to their eponymous album](https://youtu.be/TVN2DOChfDM).For some reason, that song got a fair bit of airplay on my local alternative station. (Spotify lists the album as being a Kurstin solo album, but AllMusic (and my memory) say that Action Figure Party was the credited artist’s name.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-named-identical-to-the-band-name/722461.md?page=2)