# Groups that have a song and album of the same name, but the song is not on the album **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 28, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-that-have-a-song-and-album-of-the-same-name-but-the-song-is-not-on-the-album/417188 "2007-08-28T04:04:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-that-have-a-song-and-album-of-the-same-name-but-the-song-is-not-on-the-album/417188/1 "2007-08-28T04:04:31Z")
Inspired by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=434376) on bands that do songs with the same name as the band, the challenge here is to come up with cases where a group recorded an album and a song by the same name - but the song is _not_ on the album. I can think of exactly two examples: **The Doors** - _Waiting for the Sun_ **Led Zeppelin** - _Houses of the Holy_ ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-that-have-a-song-and-album-of-the-same-name-but-the-song-is-not-on-the-album/417188/2 "2007-08-28T04:15:35Z")
Elvis Costello–Almost Blue ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-that-have-a-song-and-album-of-the-same-name-but-the-song-is-not-on-the-album/417188/3 "2007-08-28T04:19:30Z")
The Mars Volta - “Frances the Mute” ---
**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:** [August 28, 2007, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-that-have-a-song-and-album-of-the-same-name-but-the-song-is-not-on-the-album/417188/4 "2007-08-28T04:27:29Z")
[QUOTE=42fish] Elvis Costello–Almost Blue [/QUOTE] Also **Imperial Bedroom** Emerson, Lake & Palmer: **Brain Salad Surgery** Gentle Giant: **The Power and the Glory** Mothers of Invention: **Absolutely Free** Tom Waits: **Frank’s Wild Years** ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-that-have-a-song-and-album-of-the-same-name-but-the-song-is-not-on-the-album/417188/5 "2007-08-28T04:37:59Z")
Superchunk – _On The Mouth_ and _Foolish_ ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-that-have-a-song-and-album-of-the-same-name-but-the-song-is-not-on-the-album/417188/6 "2007-08-28T04:38:36Z")
Concrete Blonde: **Free** ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-that-have-a-song-and-album-of-the-same-name-but-the-song-is-not-on-the-album/417188/7 "2007-08-28T05:43:11Z")
PiL- Happy ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-that-have-a-song-and-album-of-the-same-name-but-the-song-is-not-on-the-album/417188/8 "2007-08-28T06:45:18Z")
Almost-example; The Who’s _Face Dances_ didn’t have a title song on it, but a song by that name did appear on Townshend’s solo album _All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes_ the next year. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-that-have-a-song-and-album-of-the-same-name-but-the-song-is-not-on-the-album/417188/9 "2007-08-28T07:05:54Z")
The Who - The Kids Are Alright soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-that-have-a-song-and-album-of-the-same-name-but-the-song-is-not-on-the-album/417188/10 "2007-08-28T10:21:05Z")
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack. The album was their third but the song didn’t appear until ‘News of the World’. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-that-have-a-song-and-album-of-the-same-name-but-the-song-is-not-on-the-album/417188/11 "2007-08-28T11:48:20Z")
Well, in '87 Great White released Once Bitten… Then in '89 they released …Twice Shy with the song Once Bitten Twice Shy, though that was a cover. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-that-have-a-song-and-album-of-the-same-name-but-the-song-is-not-on-the-album/417188/12 "2007-08-28T12:03:35Z")
The Smashing Pumpkins’ new album - **Zeitgeist** The song “Zeitgeist” is only available as part of the album if you buy the Best Buy version (I think) that has the song as a bonus track. ---
**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 28, 2007, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-that-have-a-song-and-album-of-the-same-name-but-the-song-is-not-on-the-album/417188/13 "2007-08-28T12:36:17Z")
Meat Loaf: _Bat Out of Hell II_ and _Bat Out of Hell III_ ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-that-have-a-song-and-album-of-the-same-name-but-the-song-is-not-on-the-album/417188/14 "2007-08-28T15:37:01Z")
Gomez’s “Bring It On” was on their second album “Liquid Skin”, not their first “Bring It On”. Also, “High On Liquid Skin” didn’t make an appearance on an album until they released the B-Sides album, “Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline”. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-that-have-a-song-and-album-of-the-same-name-but-the-song-is-not-on-the-album/417188/15 "2007-08-28T15:45:54Z")
Several of the songs from the thread the OP linked to would qualify. For example, the song “They Might Be Giants” is not on They Might Be Giants’ first, self-titled album. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-that-have-a-song-and-album-of-the-same-name-but-the-song-is-not-on-the-album/417188/16 "2007-08-28T15:53:38Z")
**AC / DC = If You Want Blood** ; song on Highway to Hell, and a live album of the same name (“Ang-us! Ang-us!”) I used that song to get psyched up for various things, even to take tests. In the obscure-but-interesting movie **Empire Recor** ds (Liv Tyler, Robin Tunney, Renee Zellweger and a ton more people), Anthony LaPaglia as the owner of said record store retreats to his back office to play the drums and let off some steam to that track… Just a great, great song… ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-that-have-a-song-and-album-of-the-same-name-but-the-song-is-not-on-the-album/417188/17 "2007-08-29T01:27:47Z")
Jeez, I have several of these including ELP and Queen, I should have done better. Thanks all! BTW I didn’t mean to limit it to bands per se, any recording artist will count. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-that-have-a-song-and-album-of-the-same-name-but-the-song-is-not-on-the-album/417188/18 "2007-08-29T01:40:15Z")
Rocco DeLuca and the Burden - I Trust You To Kill Me I Trust You To Kill Me is a B-Side on one of the band’s singles, but appears no where on the album. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-that-have-a-song-and-album-of-the-same-name-but-the-song-is-not-on-the-album/417188/19 "2007-08-29T01:53:20Z")
Kate Bush’s song “Never For Ever” didn’t appear on her album “Never For Ever.” In fact, it’s never appeared anywhere, but it’s known that she did record it. ---
**Author:** ![MerryMagdalen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@MerryMagdalen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MerryMagdalen)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-that-have-a-song-and-album-of-the-same-name-but-the-song-is-not-on-the-album/417188/20 "2007-08-29T01:54:23Z")
PJ Harvey’s first album was called _Dry_, but the song “Dry” appears on her second album, _Rid of Me_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-that-have-a-song-and-album-of-the-same-name-but-the-song-is-not-on-the-album/417188.md?page=2)