# Bands with songs of the same name **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-of-the-same-name/280472 "2004-12-18T03:04:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ender\_Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-of-the-same-name/280472/1 "2004-12-18T03:04:51Z")
I can only think of three bands that take their name from one of their songs: Bad Company, Black Sabbath, and Rammstein. There’s gotta be more…what are they? ---
**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:** [December 18, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-of-the-same-name/280472/2 "2004-12-18T03:08:05Z")
Big Country - “In a Big Country”? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-of-the-same-name/280472/3 "2004-12-18T03:16:49Z")
Deicide, off their self-titled album. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-of-the-same-name/280472/4 "2004-12-18T03:22:07Z")
Madness. Jilted John. ---
**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 18, 2004, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-of-the-same-name/280472/5 "2004-12-18T03:30:44Z")
King Crimson (“In the Court of the Crimson King”) Do the Clash (“Clash City Rockers,” “This Is Radio Clash”) count? ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-of-the-same-name/280472/6 "2004-12-18T04:12:29Z")
Iron Maiden Exodus ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-of-the-same-name/280472/7 "2004-12-18T04:16:57Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Do the Clash (“Clash City Rockers,” “This Is Radio Clash”) count? Only if you include Queen/ Killer Queen. ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-of-the-same-name/280472/8 "2004-12-18T04:19:54Z")
Forgot to add: Iced Earth > [@Peter Morris](#): > > Only if you include Queen/ Killer Queen. Well, Helloween had a song called “Halloween”, maybe this could be a sub-group of close calls. 🙂 D ---
**Author:** ![Jplacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85f322/32.png) [@Jplacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jplacer)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-of-the-same-name/280472/9 "2004-12-18T04:43:10Z")
Motorhead Wang Chung “Everybody have fun tonight, everybody Wang Chung” ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-of-the-same-name/280472/10 "2004-12-18T04:59:54Z")
Talk Talk [Belle and Sebastian](http://www.belleandsebastian.com/recordings.php?release=15&view=lyrics&lyrics=108) ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-of-the-same-name/280472/11 "2004-12-18T05:05:07Z")
That was supposed to be[Talk Talk](http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php;jsessionid=70CF767220416A5D05D16C91D7549C1B?hid=Qhvzagt4y70%3D). Hmm, The Soft Boys had “Give It to the Soft Boys.” ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-of-the-same-name/280472/12 "2004-12-18T05:59:41Z")
They Might Be Giants named after themselves. It speculates that they might be really big jerks. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-of-the-same-name/280472/13 "2004-12-18T06:00:58Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > They Might Be Giants named after themselves. It speculates that they might be really big jerks. Named _a song_ after themselves. It’s neat when your sentences make sense. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-of-the-same-name/280472/14 "2004-12-18T06:18:34Z")
Bad Company had a song called “Bad Company” on the “Bad Company” album. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-of-the-same-name/280472/15 "2004-12-18T07:39:21Z")
Around 1971, there was a group called **the Sweet Inspirations** (which included Whitney Houston’s mother - Cissy Houston) and their biggest hit was called “I Need Your Sweet Inspiration”. ---
**Author:** ![Legolamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@Legolamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legolamb)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-of-the-same-name/280472/16 "2004-12-18T11:09:59Z")
Green Day (“Green Day” on 39/Smooth album) who were also previously called Sweet Children (“Sweet Children” on the Sweet Children EP) Spacehog ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-of-the-same-name/280472/17 "2004-12-18T11:25:44Z")
Living Colour ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-of-the-same-name/280472/18 "2004-12-18T13:26:03Z")
_Public Image_ by **PIL** _Theme From The Monkees_ by **The Monkees** _Jocko Homo_ by **Devo** self-refers in the chorus. **The Clash** have at least two, though I dislike both of them intensely. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-of-the-same-name/280472/19 "2004-12-18T13:27:37Z")
Oops! The 2 Clash songs I don’t like are This is Radio Clash and We Are The Clash. I forgot about Clash City Rockers, which I like. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guy_incognito/32/3920_2.png) [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-of-the-same-name/280472/20 "2004-12-18T15:01:24Z")
Stray Cats - “Stray Cat Strut” Escape Club - “Wild Wild West” (self-reference in the song) As far as self-references in songs go, I’m sure that there’s a ton of rap and hip hop tracks that could be listed here. (No, I’m not going to start listing them. I don’t follow the genre, but I’m sure that I’ve heard it many times when I’ve bothered listening to the lyrics.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-songs-of-the-same-name/280472.md?page=2)