# Favorite song names **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 21, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-names/819993 "2018-08-21T18:24:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-names/819993/1 "2018-08-21T18:24:35Z")
What are your favorite song titles? That is all. No restrictions or parameters other than “post at least one song name (and the artist) that you really like for whatever reason.” You can explain your choice(s) if you like, but absolutely no explanation, commentary, or other elaboration is required. To get the ball rolling: Quote Unquote - Mr. Bungle Squeeze Me Macaroni - Mr. Bungle Vengeance is Sleeping - Neko Case I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles - Dean Martin They Call Me Guitar Hurricane - Guitar Slim ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-names/819993/2 "2018-08-21T19:14:39Z")
“I Promise Not to Come in Your Mouth” - Frank Zappa What makes it funny is the description in the liner notes: “A sensitive instrumental ballad for late-nite easy listening.” ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-names/819993/3 "2018-08-21T19:16:11Z")
[If I Had It To Do All Over Again, I’d Do It All Over You.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y27h8krhCvg) [Mama Get A Hammer, (There’s A Fly On The Baby’s Head).](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJET1LmZM0A) ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-names/819993/4 "2018-08-21T19:19:49Z")
Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte Mozart Because much words with mucher letters 🙂 (more or less “While Louise Was Burning Her Unfaithful Lover’s Letters”) ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-names/819993/5 "2018-08-21T19:23:56Z")
Also a dynamic duo of titles from songs by Debussy Green Spleen (Yeah, me neither.) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-names/819993/6 "2018-08-21T19:32:56Z")
_Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis_- **Tom Waits** wrote it, but I prefer\*\* Neko Case\*\*'s version _Don’t Try To Lay No Boogie-Woogie On The King Of Rock’n’Roll_- **Long John Baldry** Just fun titles _The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down_- **The Band** Solid title. Solid song. _All That Will Be Has Become, All That Has Come Isn’t Gone_- **Arboretum** ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-names/819993/7 "2018-08-21T20:01:54Z")
“Debbie Gibson is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child” by Mojo Nixon. “Careful With That Axe, Eugene” by Pink Floyd. “Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict”, by Pink Floyd. ---
**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 21, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-names/819993/8 "2018-08-21T20:28:02Z")
[Vaseline Machine Gun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tew_fIhz3eY) – Leo Kottke [My Guitar’s Gonna Kill Your Mama](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Oj-eZqpHE)– Mothers. [Lick My Decals Off, Baby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZvAkh4hsSY) – Captain Beefheart ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-names/819993/9 "2018-08-21T20:36:22Z")
I’m a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin’ Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues – Hoagy Carmichael ---
**Author:** ![MacDuff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macduff/32/482_2.png) [@MacDuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDuff)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-names/819993/10 "2018-08-21T20:36:38Z")
December Hunting For Vegetarian Fuckface- Stars of the Lid ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-names/819993/11 "2018-08-21T20:56:28Z")
Do parody songs count? Psycho Chicken - The Fools White and Nerdy - Weird Al Middle Aged Waistline - Bob Rivers ---
**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:** [August 21, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-names/819993/12 "2018-08-21T21:07:18Z")
“Party at a Rich Dude’s House” - Kesha ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-names/819993/13 "2018-08-21T21:16:16Z")
[Drop Kick Me Jesus Through the Goal Posts of Life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO5Y1OuQIxo) -Bobby Bare ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-names/819993/14 "2018-08-21T21:23:31Z")
Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town - Pearl Jam ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-names/819993/15 "2018-08-21T22:33:59Z")
“Rainy Day Women #12 and 35” - Bob Dylan “Baba O’Riley” - The Who I mentioned the above because most people think those songs are called something else. “Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask” - who else, Frank Zappa ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-names/819993/16 "2018-08-21T22:36:01Z")
I’m a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with My Honolulu Mama Doin’ Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues - by Hoagy Charmichael ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-names/819993/17 "2018-08-21T22:37:22Z")
A couple country classics: Get your Tongue Out Of My Mouth, I’m Kissing You Goodbye-- Waylon Jennings Pardon Me, I’ve Got Someone To Kill-- Johnny Paycheck ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-names/819993/18 "2018-08-21T22:40:27Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > “Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask” - who else, Frank Zappa “Toads of the Short Forest” “Weasels Ripped My Flesh” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-names/819993/19 "2018-08-21T23:10:37Z")
[Transfusion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jojuPQXMm44), by Nervous Norvous [The Biggest Parakeets in Town](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhPwqez1X_c), Judd Strunk ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-names/819993/20 "2018-08-22T02:00:20Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > Do parody songs count? > > Psycho Chicken - The Fools > White and Nerdy - Weird Al > Middle Aged Waistline - Bob Rivers Everything counts. Hell, you don’t even have to actually _like_ the song itself, as long as you find the title compelling for whatever reason. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-names/819993.md?page=2)