# List-'o-mania: songs with a woman's name in the title. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 24, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925 "2004-10-24T18:56:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/1 "2004-10-24T18:56:26Z")
Amazingly enough, I haven’t found a song title with my own name in it, but here’s what I’ve come up with so far… Contributions most welcome! All the Girls Love **Alice** – Elton John/Bernie Taupin **Alice** Childress – Ben Folds Five **Alison** – Elvis Costello Stuck on **Amber** – The Boo Radleys Pablo and **Andrea** – Yo La Tengo **Angela** Dangerlove – Big Head Todd and the Monsters **Anna** – covered by The Beatles (Alexander) **Anna** ’s Song – Marvin Gaye **Annie** – Elastica **Annie** ’s Gone – Redd Kross \*\*Barbara Ann \*\* – The Beach Boys **Beth** – Kiss \*\*Billie Jean \*\* – Michael Jackson So Like **Candy** – Elvis Costello **Carol** – Chuck Berry **Caroline** , No – The Beach Boys **Caroline** Says and Caroline Says II – Lou Reed **Charlotte** Sometimes – The Cure **Chloe** Dancer – Mother Love Bone Planet **Claire** – The B-52’s **Clarabella** – The Jodimars Abdul and **Cleopatra** – Jonathan Richman O **Dana** – Big Star Hey **Deanie**! – The Raspberries **Debra** – Beck **Delilah** – Tom Jones Beautiful **Delilah** – Dave Davies Sampson and **Delilah** – The Washington Squares Dinner With **Delores** – Prince **Diana** – Michael Jackson Earth to **Doris** – What’s Up, Dog? The Ballad of **Dorothy** Parker – Prince Come On **Eileen** – Dexy’s Midnight Runners **Eleanor** Rigby – The Beatles **Elizabeth** On the Bathroom Floor – Eels **Eloise** – The Damned **Emaline** – Jonathan Richman \*\*Evangeline \*\* – Matthew Sweet **Evileen** – The Atlanta Rhythm Section **Gail** Loves Me – Jonathan Richman **Georgia** – Boz Scaggs **Georgia On My Mind** – Hoagie Carmichael/Stuart Gorrell **Gina** – Blues Traveller **Giselle** – Stew **Gloria** – Patti Smith **Gloria** – U2 Spock On (Miss **Gloria** ) – The Pugs **Glynis** – Smashing Pumpkins **Grace** Kelly Blues – Eels **Griselda** – Antonia (covered by Yo La Tengo) **Guinnevere** – Crosby, Stills and Nash Have You Seen **Jackie**? – XTC (as The Dukes of Stratosphear) **Holly** Up on Poppy – XTC **Iris** – The Breeders **Isobel** – Bjork Poison **Ivy** – The Rolling Stones **Jamie Thomas** – Graham Coxon **Jane** – Barenaked Ladies Lady **Jane** – The Rolling Stones Lazy Line Painter **Jane** – Belle and Sebastian Sweet **Jane** – Lou Reed **Janie** Jones – The Clash **Jean** Genie – David Bowie String Bean **Jean** – Belle and Sebastian **Jeannie** ’s Diary – Eels **Jennifer** She Said – Lloyd Cole & the Commotions Photo **Jenny** – Belle and Sebastian Ask for **Jill** – The dB’s **Judy** – The dB’s **Judy** and the Dream of Horses – Belle and Sebastian Punch and **Judy** – XTC Suite: **Judy** Blue Eyes – Crosby, Stills and Nash **Julia** – The Beatles **Julianne** – Ben Folds Five **Julie** ’s In the Drug Squad – The Clash Romeo and **Juliet** – Dire Straits Romeo and **Juliet** – Alec Costandinos **Kate** – Ben Folds Five Song for **Kim** – Concrete Blonde **Laura** – Nick Heyward **Layla** – Derek and the Dominos **Lenina** – The Vapors **Lily** – Kate Bush Anytime **Lisa** – What’s Up, Dog? Dizzy Miss **Lizzie** – Larry Williams **Lola** – The Kinks **Loretta** ’s Scars – Pavement Quiche **Lorraine** – The B-52’s No Shoe Strings On **Louise** – Elton John/Bernie Taupin **Lucille** – Little Richard (penned by Collins/Penniman) **Lucy** – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds **Lucy** in the Sky with Diamonds – The Beatles It’s **Lulu** – The Boo Radleys **Lydia** – Jonathan Richman **Lydia** , the Tattooed Lady – Harold Arlen & Yip Harburg **Madeline** – Yo La Tengo \*\*Maggie Mae \*\* – The Beatles \*\*Maggie Mae \*\* – Rod Stewart **Marcella** – The Beach Boys **Mari** In Love – The Pugs O **Maria** – Beck Big Black **Mariah** – Tom Waits So Long, **Marianne** – Leonard Cohen She Bought a Hat Like Princess **Marina** – The Kinks **Martha** My Dear – The Beatles Suddenly **Mary** – The Posies \*\*Mary Ann \*\* – Marshall Crenshaw \*\*Mary Jane \*\* – Rick James What’s the New **Mary Jane** – The Beatles \*\*Mary Jo \*\* – Belle and Sebastian \*\*Mary Marie \*\* – Tom Verlaine **Michelle** – The Beatles **Molly** Says – The dB’s **Monica** – The Kinks Plum **Nellie** – Booker T & the MGs **Nikki** – Burt Bacharach Polythene **Pam** – The Beatles **Penny** Lane – The Beatles Dear **Prudence** – The Beatles **Regina** – Bunny Sigler Help Me, **Rhonda** – The Beach Boys Lovely **Rita** – The Beatles **Rosanna** – Toto Pretty Pink **Rose** – Adrian Belew Here Comes **Rosie** – The Cavedogs Villa **Rosie** – Blur **Rosy** Won’t You Please Come Home – The Kinks **Roxanne** – The Police **Ruby** Baby – The Beach Boys **Ruby** Dear – Talking Heads **Ruby** Tuesday – The Rolling Stones Sexy **Sadie** – The Beatles **Sally** – The Police **Sally** Can’t Dance – Lou Reed Lay Down **Sally** – Eric Clapton Long Tall **Sally** – Little Richard (Johnson/Penniman/Blackwell) **Sara** Smile – Daryl Hall & John Oates Calling **Sarah** – Jellyfish **Sebrina** , Paste and Plato – Jellyfish **Sharon** – The dB’s My **Sharona** – The Knack **Sheila** Take A Bow – The Smiths **Sherry** – Rudy Vallee & the Four Seasons Oh **Sherry** – Journey **Sue** and Sonny – The Rave-Ups A Boy Named **Sue** – Johnny Cash Where’s **Summer** B.? – Ben Folds Five **Susan** ’s House – Eels **Suzannah** ’s Still Alive – Dave Davies **Suzanne** – Leonard Cohen **Sylvia** – The BoDeans **Sylvia** – Pulp **Tina** – Camper Van Beethoven **Tracy** Jacks – Blur **Veronica** – Elvis Costello **Victoria** – The Kinks **Winona** – Matthew Sweet **Winona** ’s Big Brown Beaver – Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper The Ballad of John and **Yoko** – The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/2 "2004-10-24T19:09:27Z")
**Aubrey** – Bread (beautiful song too) ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/3 "2004-10-24T19:37:23Z")
**Allison** Road - Gin Blossoms **Amanda** - Boston **Carrie** - Europe Oh **Sherry** - Steve Perry ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/4 "2004-10-24T19:38:47Z")
(I realize Oh Sherry was mentioned in the OP, I was making the point that it was a Steve Perry solo effort, not Journey). ---
**Author:** ![LadySybil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c89c15/32.png) [@LadySybil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LadySybil)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/5 "2004-10-24T19:46:49Z")
Some others: “ **Cecilia** ” by Simon & Garfunkel “ **Janet** ” by Three Dog Night I don’t know the group, but “Black **Betty** ” “ **Sandy** ” by John Travolta ---
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Annie Get Your Gun - Squeeze. Donna - Ritchie Valens Jane Says - Janes Addiction ---
**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:** [October 24, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/7 "2004-10-24T19:49:06Z")
> [@LadySybil](#): > > I don’t know the group, but “Black **Betty** ” Ram Jam Also: “ **Nellie** Takes Her Bow” - ELO ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/8 "2004-10-24T20:04:52Z")
Sara - Starship Sara Smiles - Hall & Oates Jane - Ben Folds Five Where’s Summer B? - Ben Folds Five Carrying Cathy - Ben Folds Lizzy - Ben Kweller She Thinks She’s Edith Head - TMBG Diane - Guster Ramona - Guster Virginia Woolf - Indigo Girls Daphne - Squeeze Esther - Phish Jenny’s Theme - Folk Implosion ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/9 "2004-10-24T20:06:42Z")
Oooh my bad, some of those were in the OP which I didn’t notice until after I posted. Woops! ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/10 "2004-10-24T20:20:15Z")
**Rikki** Don’t Lose That Number- Steely Dan ---
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Darling Nikki – Prince Daria – Cake Jolene – Cake Diane – Material Issue Valerie Loves Me – Material Issue Kim The Waitress – Material Issue Something Happened to Catherine – Material Issue Christine Sixteen – Kiss Hanging On to Jane --Samantha 7 Slave Laura – Samantha 7 Bonnie Bradley – Samantha 7 Seane Girl – Samantha 7 Omabolashire – Prozzak Europa – Prozzak Anna-Lisa – Prozzak Mandy – Barry Manilow Velveteen – Transvision Vamp Allison – Rick Springfield As you can see from my post, some artists have a tendency to write songs with women’s names in the title. ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/12 "2004-10-24T21:22:19Z")
Roberta; Flim & The BB’s Jacqueline; Franz Ferdinand Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up; Frank Zappa Sad Jane, First Movement; Frank Zappa Sad Jane, Second Movement; Frank Zappa Evelyn, A Modified Dog; Frank Zappa Dinah-Moe-Hum; Frank Zappa Heavy Duty Judy; Frank Zappa The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou; Frank Zappa Sharleena; Frank Zappa Harry & Rhonda; Frank Zappa Artificial Rhonda; Frank Zappa Doreen; Frank Zappa Charlie’s Enormous Mouth; Frank Zappa Sweet Leilani; Frank Zappa Big Leg Emma; Frank Zappa Joan Crawford; Blue Öyster Cult Be My Yoko; The Bobs Lazy Susan; The Bobs Minnie The Moocher; Cab Calloway Edie (Ciao Baby); The Cult Kathy’s Waltz; The Dave Brubeck Quartet Gina Lola Breakdown; Dixie Dregs Ruby Baby; Donald Fagen Maxine; Donald Fagen Hello Josephine; Fats Domino Miss Luann; George Thorogood Mona Lisa; Nat King Cole Hey Paula; Paul & Paula Mary; Oingo Boingo Vera; Pink Floyd Roberta; The Rev. Billy C. Wirtz Josie; Steely Dan Mary Had A Little Lamb; Stevie Ray Vaughan Caroline, No; They Might Be Giants Jessica; They Might Be Giants whew! …gets up, wanders off in search of beer… ---
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Aimee - Ozzy Catherine - PJ Harvey O, Stella - PJ Harvey Angelene - PJ Harvey My Beautiful Leah - PJ Harvey A Perfect Day Elise - PJ Harvey Rebecca - PJ Harvey Kim - Eminem Suzy Is a Headbanger - Ramones Judy Is a Punk - Ramones Sheena Is a Punk Rocker - Ramones Heidi Is a Headcase - Ramones The Return Of Jackie And Judy - Ramones Ramona - Ramones Maria Bartiramo - Joey Ramone Talula - Tori Amos Jolene - Dolly Parton Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner Meet Virginia - Train Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac Sweet Melissa - Allman Brothers Band Dee - Randy Rhoads ---
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If the OP’s gonna cite songs with “Georgia” and “Carolina” in the title, why not Alabama and Virginia? Etta James - Frankie and Johnny Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones. Four Tops - Bernadette Ready For The World - Oh Sheila The Boys - Aeisha Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebaum De La Soul - D.A.I.S.Y. Age 95 South - Daisy Dukes Honorablr mention - Lou Bega’s Mambo No. 5, for the lady-laden lyrics ---
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Does Sussudio by Phil Collins count? I don’t know what the hell’s going on in this awful song, but I think it’s a girls name ---
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Jack and **Diane** - John Cougar Mellencamp ---
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Another ALICE by Sisters of Mercy on Some Girls Wander by Mistake. ---
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Jack and **Diane** by John Mellancamp **Judy** In Disguise by John Fred and his Playboy Band Lovely **Rita** Meter Maid by the Beatles **Guenevere** by the cast of _Camelot_ Your Aunty **Grizelda** by the Monkees **Eleanor** by the Turtles **Angie** by the Rolling Stones **Angie Baby** by Helen Reddy (I think) **Janie’s Got a Gun** by Aerosmith **Delta Dawn** by Tanya Tucker **Valeri** by the Monkees **Joanna** by Kool and the Gang **Venus** by Paul Anka (?) **Jessica** by Seals and Crofts _Ruby Jean and Billie Lee_ by Seals and Crofts **Sweet Melissa** by the Allman Brothers Another Honorable Mention: the Nail’s 88 Lines about 44 Women…lots and lots of girls names in that song. ---
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Betty Davis Eyes: Kim Carnes ---
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Amazingly enough, I still haven’t found a song title with my own name in it, but here’s the list, with your contributions added: **Aeisha** – The Boys **Aimee** – Ozzy Osbourne **Alice** – Sisters of Mercy All the Girls Love **Alice** – Elton John/Bernie Taupin **Alice** Childress – Ben Folds Five **Alison** – Elvis Costello **Allison** – Rick Springfield **Allison** Road – Gin Blossoms **Amanda** – Boston Stuck on **Amber** – The Boo Radleys Pablo and **Andrea** – Yo La Tengo **Angela** Dangerlove – Big Head Todd and the Monsters **Angelene** – PJ Harvey **Angie** – The Rolling Stones **Angie Baby** – Helen Reddy (I think) **Anna** – covered by The Beatles (Alexander) **Anna** ’s Song – Marvin Gaye **Anna-Lisa** – Prozzak **Annie** – Elastica **Annie** Get Your Gun – Squeeze **Annie** ’s Gone – Redd Kross **Aubrey** – Bread [Is this really a female name? I’ve heard of two Aubreys, both male…] \*\*Barbara Ann \*\* – The Beach Boys **Bernadette** – Four Tops **Beth** – Kiss **Betty** Davis Eyes – Kim Carnes Ruby Jean and **Billie Lee** – Seals and Crofts Black **Betty** – Ram Jam \*\*Billie Jean \*\* – Michael Jackson **Bonita** Applebaum – A Tribe Called Quest **Bonnie** Bradley – Samantha 7 So Like **Candy** – Elvis Costello **Carol** – Chuck Berry **Caroline** , No – The Beach Boys **Caroline** , No – They Might Be Giants [Is this just a cover of the Beach Boys song?] **Caroline** Says and Caroline Says II – Lou Reed **Carrie** – Europe **Catherine** – PJ Harvey Something Happened to **Catherine** – Material Issue Carrying **Cathy** – Ben Folds **Cecilia** – Simon & Garfunkel **Charlie** ’s Enormous Mouth – Frank Zappa **Charlotte** Sometimes – The Cure **Chloe** Dancer – Mother Love Bone **Christine** Sixteen – Kiss Planet **Claire** – The B-52’s **Clarabella** – The Jodimars Abdul and **Cleopatra** – Jonathan Richman **Daisy** Dukes – 95 South O **Dana** – Big Star **Daphne** – Squeeze **Daria** – Cake **Delta Dawn** – Tanya Tucker Hey **Deanie**! – The Raspberries **Debra** – Beck **Dee** – Randy Rhoads **Delilah** – Tom Jones Beautiful **Delilah** – Dave Davies Sampson and **Delilah** – The Washington Squares Dinner With **Delores** – Prince **Diana** – Michael Jackson **Diane** – Guster **Diane** – Material Issue Jack and **Diane** – John Cougar Mellencamp **Dinah** -Moe-Hum – Frank Zappa **Donna** – Ritchie Valens **Doreen** – Frank Zappa Earth to **Doris** – What’s Up, Dog? The Ballad of **Dorothy** Parker – Prince **Edie** (Ciao Baby) – The Cult She Thinks She’s **Edith** Head – TMBG Come On **Eileen** – Dexy’s Midnight Runners **Eleanor** – The Turtles **Eleanor** Rigby – The Beatles A Perfect Day **Elise** - PJ Harvey **Elizabeth** On the Bathroom Floor – Eels **Ella** Guru – Captain Beefheart Big Leg **Emma** – Frank Zappa **Eloise** – The Damned **Emaline** – Jonathan Richman **Esther** – Phish \*\*Evangeline \*\* – Matthew Sweet **Evelyn** , A Modified Dog – Frank Zappa **Evileen** – The Atlanta Rhythm Section **Frankie** and Johnny – Etta James **Gail** Loves Me – Jonathan Richman **Georgia** – Boz Scaggs **Georgia On My Mind** – Hoagie Carmichael/Stuart Gorrell **Gina** – Blues Traveller **Gina** Lola Breakdown – Dixie Dregs **Giselle** – Stew **Gloria** – Patti Smith **Gloria** – U2 Spock On (Miss **Gloria** ) – The Pugs **Glynis** – Smashing Pumpkins **Grace** Kelly Blues – Eels **Griselda** – Antonia (covered by Yo La Tengo) Your Aunty **Grizelda** – The Monkees **Guenevere** – the cast of Camelot **Guinnevere** – Crosby, Stills and Nash **Heidi** Is a Headcase – Ramones **Holly** Up on Poppy – XTC **Iris** – The Breeders **Isobel** – Bjork Poison **Ivy** – The Rolling Stones Have You Seen **Jackie**? – XTC (as The Dukes of Stratosphear) The Return Of **Jackie** And Judy – The Ramones **Jacqueline** – Franz Ferdinand **Jamie Thomas** – Graham Coxon **Jane** – Barenaked Ladies **Jane** – Ben Folds Five Hanging On to **Jane** --Samantha 7 Lady **Jane** – The Rolling Stones Lazy Line Painter **Jane** – Belle and Sebastian **Jane** Says – Janes Addiction Sad **Jane** , First Movement – Frank Zappa Sad **Jane** , Second Movement – Frank Zappa Sweet **Jane** – Lou Reed **Janet** – Three Dog Night **Janie** Jones – The Clash **Janie** ’s Got a Gun – Aerosmith **Jean** Genie – David Bowie String Bean **Jean** – Belle and Sebastian **Jeannie** ’s Diary – Eels **Jennifer** She Said – Lloyd Cole & the Commotions Photo **Jenny** – Belle and Sebastian **Jenny** ’s Theme – Folk Implosion **Jessica** – Seals and Crofts **Jessica** – They Might Be Giants Ask for **Jill** – The dB’s **Joan** Crawford – Blue Öyster Cult **Joanna** – Kool and the Gang **Jolene** – Cake **Jolene** – Dolly Parton Hello **Josephine** – Fats Domino **Josie** – Steely Dan **Judy** – The dB’s **Judy** and the Dream of Horses – Belle and Sebastian **Judy** In Disguise – John Fred and his Playboy Band **Judy** Is a Punk – The Ramones Heavy Duty **Judy** – Frank Zappa Punch and **Judy** – XTC Suite: **Judy** Blue Eyes – Crosby, Stills and Nash **Julia** – The Beatles **Julianne** – Ben Folds Five **Julie** ’s In the Drug Squad – The Clash Romeo and **Juliet** – Dire Straits Romeo and **Juliet** – Alec Costandinos **Kate** – Ben Folds Five **Kathy** ’s Waltz – The Dave Brubeck Quartet **Kim** – Eminem **Kim** The Waitress – Material Issue Song for **Kim** – Concrete Blonde **Laura** – Nick Heyward Slave **Laura** – Samantha 7 **Layla** – Derek and the Dominos My Beautiful **Leah** – PJ Harvey Sweet **Leilani** – Frank Zappa **Lenina** – The Vapors **Lily** – Kate Bush Anytime **Lisa** – What’s Up, Dog? **Lizzy** – Ben Kweller Dizzy Miss **Lizzie** – Larry Williams **Lola** – The Kinks **Loretta** ’s Scars – Pavement Quiche **Lorraine** – The B-52’s No Shoe Strings On **Louise** – Elton John/Bernie Taupin Miss **Luann** – George Thorogood **Lucille** – Little Richard (penned by Collins/Penniman) **Lucille** Has Messed My Mind Up – Frank Zappa **Lucy** – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds **Lucy** in the Sky with Diamonds – The Beatles It’s **Lulu** – The Boo Radleys **Lydia** – Jonathan Richman **Lydia** , the Tattooed Lady – Harold Arlen & Yip Harburg **Madeline** – Yo La Tengo \*\*Maggie Mae \*\* – The Beatles \*\*Maggie Mae \*\* – Rod Stewart **Mandy** – Barry Manilow **Marcella** – The Beach Boys **Margaret** Freeman – The Residents **Mari** In Love – The Pugs O **Maria** – Beck **Maria** Bartiramo – Joey Ramone Big Black **Mariah** – Tom Waits So Long, **Marianne** – Leonard Cohen She Bought a Hat Like Princess **Marina** – The Kinks **Martha** My Dear – The Beatles **Mary** – Oingo Boingo **Mary** Had A Little Lamb – Stevie Ray Vaughan Proud **Mary** – Ike & Tina Turner Suddenly **Mary** – The Posies \*\*Mary Ann \*\* – Marshall Crenshaw \*\*Mary Jane \*\* – Rick James What’s the New **Mary Jane** – The Beatles \*\*Mary Jo \*\* – Belle and Sebastian The Man From Utopia Meets **Mary Lou** – Frank Zappa \*\*Mary Marie \*\* – Tom Verlaine **Maxine** – Donald Fagen Sweet **Melissa** – The Allman Brothers **Michelle** – The Beatles **Minnie** The Moocher – Cab Calloway **Molly** Says – The dB’s **Mona Lisa** – Nat King Cole **Monica** – The Kinks **Nellie** Takes Her Bow – ELO Plum **Nellie** – Booker T & the MGs **Nikki** – Burt Bacharach Darling **Nikki** – Prince Polythene **Pam** – The Beatles Hey **Paula** – Paul & Paula **Penny** Lane – The Beatles Dear **Prudence** – The Beatles **Ramona** – Guster **Ramona** – The Ramones **Rebecca** – PJ Harvey **Regina** – Bunny Sigler **Rhiannon** – Fleetwood Mac Artificial **Rhonda** – Frank Zappa Harry & **Rhonda** – Frank Zappa Help Me, **Rhonda** – The Beach Boys **Rikki** Don’t Lose That Number – Steely Dan Lovely **Rita** – The Beatles **Roberta** – Flim & The BB’s **Roberta** – The Rev. Billy C. Wirtz **Rosanna** – Toto Pretty Pink **Rose** – Adrian Belew Here Comes **Rosie** – The Cavedogs Villa **Rosie** – Blur **Rosy** Won’t You Please Come Home – The Kinks **Roxanne** – The Police **Ruby** Baby – The Beach Boys **Ruby** Baby – Donald Fagen **Ruby** Dear – Talking Heads **Ruby Jean** and Billie Lee – Seals and Crofts **Ruby** Tuesday – The Rolling Stones Sexy **Sadie** – The Beatles **Sally** – The Police **Sally** Can’t Dance – Lou Reed Lay Down **Sally** – Eric Clapton Long Tall **Sally** – Little Richard (Johnson/Penniman/Blackwell) **Sandy** – John Travolta [Grease sndtrk.] **Sara** – Starship **Sara** Smile – Daryl Hall & John Oates Calling **Sarah** – Jellyfish **Seane** Girl – Samantha 7 **Sebrina** , Paste and Plato – Jellyfish **Sharleena** – Frank Zappa **Sharon** – The dB’s My **Sharona** – The Knack **Sheena** Is a Punk Rocker – Ramones **Sheila** Take A Bow – The Smiths Oh **Sheila** – Ready For The World **Sherry** – Rudy Vallee & the Four Seasons Oh **Sherry** – Steve Perry O, **Stella** – PJ Harvey **Sue** and Sonny – The Rave-Ups A Boy Named **Sue** – Johnny Cash Where’s **Summer** B.? – Ben Folds Five **Susan** ’s House – Eels Lazy **Susan** – The Bobs **Suzy** Is a Headbanger – The Ramones **Suzannah** ’s Still Alive – Dave Davies **Suzanne** – Leonard Cohen **Sylvia** – The BoDeans **Sylvia** – Pulp **Talula** – Tori Amos **Tina** – Camper Van Beethoven **Tracy** Jacks – Blur **Valeri** – The Monkees **Valerie** Loves Me – Material Issue **Venus** – Paul Anka (?) **Vera** – Pink Floyd **Veronica** – Elvis Costello **Victoria** – The Kinks **Virginia** Woolf – Indigo Girls Meet **Virginia** – Train **Winona** – Matthew Sweet **Winona** ’s Big Brown Beaver – Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper The Ballad of John and **Yoko** – The Beatles Be My **Yoko** – The Bobs * * * Honorable Mentions: **Mambo No. 5** – Lou Bega **88 Lines about 44 Women** – The Nails (lots and lots of girls names in that song [– yep, 44!– ed.]) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925.md?page=2)