# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/41 "2004-10-25T18:11:15Z")
Mustang Sally — Wilson Pickett Mary Jane’s Last Dance — Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers I’m not trying to pad my post count, seriously. I just keep thinking of more. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/42 "2004-10-25T19:12:39Z")
**Sexy Sadie** - The Beatles **Polythene Pam** - The Beatles **Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds** - The Beatles ---
**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:** [October 25, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/43 "2004-10-25T19:16:50Z")
**Scrivener** , what _is_ your own name? Or more generally, what women’s names _haven’t_ been mentioned in song titles? I would have thought that by now _every_ name had been featured in some song or other. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/44 "2004-10-25T22:26:57Z")
Allison Foley - Better Than Ezra Emaline - Ben Folds Five Isobel - Dido Jackie’s Strength - Tori Amos Rosealia - Better Than Ezra Poor Mary Lane - Moxy Fruvous Jenny Washington - Moxy Fruvous Mary Jane - Alanis Morisette ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/45 "2004-10-25T22:28:52Z")
[Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)](http://www.lyricsxp.com/lyrics/b/brandy_you_re_a_fine_girl_looking_glass.html) by Looking Glass. [Cynthia](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/CYNTHIA-lyrics-Bruce-Springsteen/9684904D4BFF186748256871001FE40C) by Bruce Springsteen. [For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her](http://www.lyricsdepot.com/simon-garfunkel/for-emily-whenever-i-may-find-her.html) by Simon & Garfunkel. [Weaver Song (Holly Ann)](http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?hid=G7iMphXmflE%3D) by Judy Collins. [Marieke](http://www.lyricsdownload.com/jacques-brel-marieke-lyrics.html) by Jacques Brel. [Miriam](http://lyrics.rare-lyrics.com/T/Toxoplasma/Miriam.html) by Toxoplasma. [Suzie Q](http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Ccr/Suzie-Q.html) by CCR. ---
**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 26, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/46 "2004-10-26T00:24:09Z")
The updated list, with more of my own added to it: **Abigail** , Belle of Kilronan – The Magnetic Fields **Adia** – Sarah McLachlan **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** – Pixies **Allison** Road – Gin Blossoms **Allison** Foley – Better Than Ezra **Amanda** – Boston Stuck on **Amber** – The Boo Radleys **Amy** – The Little River Band **Ana** – Pixies **Ana** Ng – They Might Be Giants Pablo and **Andrea** – Yo La Tengo **Angel** – Aretha Franklin **Angel** – The Happy Mondays **Angel** – The Ohio Players **Angel** In Disguise – O.M.C. **Angel** of the Morning – C. Taylor Blue **Angel** – Roy Orbison **Angela** – Motley Crue **Angela** Dangerlove – Big Head Todd and the Monsters **Angelene** – PJ Harvey **Angelica** – Lamb **Angelika** Suspended – Poi Dog Pondering **Angie** – The Rolling Stones **Angie Baby** – Helen Reddy (I think) **Ann** – The Stooges **Anna** – covered by The Beatles (Alexander) **Anna** - Letmeinletmeout – Trio **Anna** Karina – Pell Mell **Anna** ’s Song – Marvin Gaye **Anna Lee** – Earl Hooker **Anna-Lisa** – Prozzak **Annie** – Elastica **Annie** Get Your Gun – Squeeze **Annie** ’s Gone – Redd Kross **Annie** ’s Song – John Denver Loud Mouth **Annie** – Myles & Dupont Little **Annie Mae** – Muddy Waters **Ariana** – Alphaville **Aubrey** – Bread [Is this really a female name? I’ve heard of two Aubreys, both male…] My Best Friend **Barbara** – Connie Francis \*\*Barbara Ann \*\* – The Beach Boys **Beatrice** Was – Superjack **Bernadette** – Four Tops Dr. **Bernice** – FSK **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** and Clyde – Serge Gainsbourg **Bonnie** and Clyde – El Casino Royale **Bonnie** Bradley – Samantha 7 **Bonny** – AC/DC **Brandy** , You’re a Fine Girl – Looking Glass **Candy** – Morphine So Like **Candy** – Elvis Costello **Carol** – Chuck Berry **Carol** – Material Issue **Carol** You Fool – Frank Zappa **Caroline** – Concrete Blonde **Caroline** ’s Fingers – Cocteau Twins **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 Sweet **Caroline** – Neil Diamond **Carrie** – Europe **Carrie-Anne** – The Hollies **Catherine** – PJ Harvey **Catherine** (let a positive stream…) – Lilys Something Happened to **Catherine** – Material Issue **Cathy** ’s New Clown – John Wesley Harding Carrying **Cathy** – Ben Folds **Cecilia** – Simon & Garfunkel **Cecilia Ann** – Pixies **Charlie** ’s Enormous Mouth – Frank Zappa **Charlotte** Sometimes – The Cure **Chloe** Dancer – Mother Love Bone **Christine** Sixteen – Kiss **Claire** Danes Poster – Size 14 Planet **Claire** – The B-52’s **Clarabella** – The Jodimars **Cleopatra** Jones – Mark Eitzel Abdul and **Cleopatra** – Jonathan Richman **Corrina, Corrina** – Bob Dylan **Cynthia** – Bruce Springsteen **Dahlia** – Phish **Daisy** Dukes – 95 South O **Dana** – Big Star **Daphne** – Squeeze **Daria** – Cake **Delta Dawn** – Tanya Tucker Hey **Deanie**! – The Raspberries **Debbie** Gibson is Pregnant With My Two-Headed Love Child – Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper **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 **Dolores** – Freedy Johnston **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 **Eliza** – Phish **Elizabeth** , My Dear – The Stone Roses **Elizabeth** On the Bathroom Floor – Eels In Memory of **Elizabeth** Reed – The Allman Brothers Band **Elke** Sommer’s Territory Band – FSK **Ella** Guru – Captain Beefheart **Ella** Megalast Burls Forever – Cocteau Twins **Eloise** – The Damned **Emaline** – Jonathan Richman **Emaline** – Ben Folds Five **Emily** – Los Lobos **Emily** Chambers – Ocean Colour Scene A Rose for **Emily** – The Zombies For **Emily** , Whenever I May Find Her – Simon & Garfunkle Big Leg **Emma** – Frank Zappa Miss **Emma** Peel – Dishwalla **Erika** Kane – Urge Overkill **Esther** – Phish Little **Eva** – Tom Tom Club \*\*Evangeline \*\* – Los Lobos \*\*Evangeline \*\* – Matthew Sweet Adam and **Eve** – Bob Marley & the Wailers **Evelyn** , A Modified Dog – Frank Zappa **Evie** ’s Garden – Freedy Johnston **Evie** ’s Tears – Freedy Johnston **Evileen** – The Atlanta Rhythm Section **Fergie** ’s Prayer – NRBQ **Francis** Farmer Will Have Her Revenge – Nirvana **Frankie** and Johnny – Etta James **Gail** Loves Me – Jonathan Richman **Georgia** – Boz Scaggs **Georgia On My Mind** – Hoagie Carmichael/Stuart Gorrell Sweet **Georgia** Brown – Bernie, Pinkard, Casey **Gina** – Blues Traveller **Gina** Lola Breakdown – Dixie Dregs **Giselle** – Stew **Gloria** – Patti Smith **Gloria** – Van Morrison **Gloria** – Laura Brannigan **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 **Heather** Heather – The Magnetic Fields Chasing **Heather** Crazy – Guided by Voices **Heidi** Is a Headcase – Ramones **Holly** Up on Poppy – XTC What **Holly** Sees – Madder Rose **Hollyanne** – Boston Weaver Song ( **Holly Ann** ) – Judy Collins **Imelda** – Mark Knopfler Dear **Ingrid** – Nicky Holland **Iris** – The Breeders **Iris** - Split Enz **Isis** – Bob Dylan **Isobel** – Bjork **Isobel** – Dido Poison **Ivy** – The Rolling Stones **Jackie** ’s Strength – Tori Amos Have You Seen **Jackie**? – XTC (as The Dukes of Stratosphear) The Return Of **Jackie** And Judy – The Ramones **Jacqueline** – Franz Ferdinand **Jamie** G. – Joe Jackson **Jamie Thomas** – Graham Coxon **Jane** – Barenaked Ladies **Jane** – Ben Folds Five **Jane** – Jefferson Starship Hanging On to **Jane** --Samantha 7 Lady **Jane** – The Rolling Stones Lazy Line Painter **Jane** – Belle and Sebastian Me- **Jane** – P.J. Harvey **Jane** Says – Janes Addiction **Jane** She Got Excavated – Ocean Colour Scene Sad **Jane** , First Movement – Frank Zappa Sad **Jane** , Second Movement – Frank Zappa Sweet **Jane** – Lou Reed Queen **Jane** , Approximately – Bob Dylan **Janet** – Three Dog Night **Janie** Jones – The Clash **Janie** ’s Got a Gun – Aerosmith **Jean** Genie – David Bowie **Jean** Harlow’s Return – Don Dixon String Bean **Jean** – Belle and Sebastian **Jeannie** ’s Diary – Eels Electric Aunt **Jemima** – Frank Zappa **Jennifer** Eccles – The Hollies **Jennifer** Ever – Smashing Pumpkins **Jennifer** Juniper – Donovan **Jennifer** She Said – Lloyd Cole & the Commotions **Jenny** (867-5309) – Tommy Tutone **Jenny** Artichoke – Kaleidoscope **Jenny** ’s Theme – Folk Implosion **Jenny** Washington - Moxy Fruvous Photo **Jenny** – Belle and Sebastian **Jessica** – Seals and Crofts **Jessica** – The Allman Brothers Band **Jessica** – They Might Be Giants Ask for **Jill** – The dB’s The Best of **Jill** Hives – Guided By Voices **Joan** Crawford – Blue Öyster Cult When Big **Joan** Sets Up – Captain Beefheart **Joanna** – Kool and the Gang Visions of **Johanna** – Bob Dylan **Jolene** – Cake **Jolene** – Dolly Parton **Josephine** – The Magnetic Fields Hello **Josephine** – Fats Domino My Girl **Josephine** – Supercat **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 St. **Judy** ’s Comet – Paul Simon Suite: **Judy** Blue Eyes – Crosby, Stills and Nash **Julia** – The Beatles **Julianne** – Ben Folds Five **Julie** ’s Blanket – Mary’s Danish **Julie** ’s In the Drug Squad – The Clash **Julie** With… – Brian Eno Romeo and **Juliet** – Dire Straits Romeo and **Juliet** – Alec Costandinos **Karen** – The Mekons **Kate** – Ben Folds Five **Kathy** ’s Waltz – The Dave Brubeck Quartet **Kim** – Eminem **Kim** The Waitress – Material Issue **Kim** ’s Watermelon Gun – The Flaming Lips Song for **Kim** – Concrete Blonde **Kimberly** Austin – Porno for Pyros **Laika** – Damon & Naomi **Laura** – Nick Heyward **Laura** – Ween **Laura** ’s Aura – Combustible Edison Slave **Laura** – Samantha 7 The Miseducation of **Lauren** Hill – Lauren Hill Slipped Away (The Ballad of **Lauretha** Vaird) – G. Love & Special Sauce **Layla** – Derek and the Dominos **Leah** – Roy Orbison Ahh! **Leah**! – Donnie Iris My Beautiful **Leah** – PJ Harvey Sweet **Leilani** – Frank Zappa **Lenina** – The Vapors **Lily** – Kate Bush **Lily** , Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts – Bob Dylan The Lovely **Linda** – Paul McCartney Anytime **Lisa** – What’s Up, Dog? **Liza** Radley – The Jam Little **Liza Jane** – The Neville Brothers **Lizzy** – Ben Kweller Dizzy Miss **Lizzie** – Larry Williams **Lola** – The Kinks **Lola** Rastaquouere – Serge Gainsbourg **Lorelei** – The Explorers **Lorelei** – Tom Tom Club **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 I love **Lucy** – William Bell & Booker T. Jones **Luedella** – Jimmy Rogers It’s **Lulu** – The Boo Radleys Down At **Lulu** ’s – Ohio Express Little Latin **Lupe Lou** – The Romantics **Lydia** – Jonathan Richman **Lydia** , the Tattooed Lady – Harold Arlen & Yip Harburg **Madeline** – Yo La Tengo **Magdalena** – Frank Zappa **Magdalene** – Lenny Kravitz **Maggie** ’s Farm – Bob Dylan \*\*Maggie Mae \*\* – The Beatles \*\*Maggie Mae \*\* – Rod Stewart **Mandy** – Barry Manilow **Marcella** – The Beach Boys **Margaret** – Madder Rose **Margaret** Freeman – The Residents **Mari** In Love – The Pugs **Maria** Bartiramo – Joey Ramone Black **Maria** – Todd Rundgren O **Maria** – Beck Big Black **Mariah** – Tom Waits So Long, **Marianne** – Leonard Cohen **Marie-Madeleine** LaSaint-Louisienne – Youssou N’Dour **Marie** Provost – Nick Lowe Absolutely Sweet **Marie** – Bob Dylan **Marieke** – Jacques Brel She Bought a Hat Like Princess **Marina** – The Kinks **Marlene** – Todd Rundgren **Martha** – Deep Forest **Martha** My Dear – The Beatles Little **Martha** – The Allman Brothers Band Stuffin’ **Martha** ’s Muffin – Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper **Matilda** Mother – Pink Floyd **Mary** – Robert Fripp **Mary** – Oingo Boingo **Mary** of Silence – Mazzy Star **Mary** Had A Little Lamb – Stevie Ray Vaughan **Mary** Spins a Rainbow – Material Issue Along Comes **Mary** – The Association Crazy **Mary** – Victoria Williams Help Me **Mary** – Liz Phair Now **Mary** – The White Stripes Proud **Mary** – Creedence Clearwater Revival Riding With **Mary** – X Suddenly **Mary** – The Posies Tom and **Mary** – Ben Fold’s Five St. **Mary** ’s Gate – Love Spit Love The Wind Cries **Mary** – Robyn Hitchcock \*\*Mary Ann \*\* – Marshall Crenshaw \*\*Mary Jane \*\* – Rick James **Mary Jane** – Alanis Morisette **Mary Jane** ’s Last Dance – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers The Thoughts of **Mary Jane** – Nick Drake What’s the New **Mary Jane** – The Beatles \*\*Mary Jo \*\* – Belle and Sebastian Poor **Mary** Lane – Moxy Fruvous The Man From Utopia Meets **Mary Lou** – Frank Zappa \*\*Mary Marie \*\* – Tom Verlaine The **Mary Martin** Show – The New Pornographers **Matilda** – G. Khoury/H. Thierry **Maudie** – John Lee Hooker **Maureen** – Nick Lowe **Maybelline** – Chuck Berry **Maxine** – Donald Fagen **Melissa** – The Allman Brothers Band **Michelle** – The Beatles My **Michelle** – Guns-n-Roses **Mima** – Eddie Harris **Minnie** The Moocher – Cab Calloway **Miriam** – Toxoplasma **Molina** – Creedence Clearwater Revival **Molly** – **Molly** Says – The dB’s Good Golly Miss **Molly** – Marascalco, Blackwell **Mona Lisa** – Nat King Cole **Monica** – The Kinks **Nan** – Ween **Nancy** – G. Love & Special Sauce **Nancy** (Let Your Hair Down For Me) – Prefab Sprout **Nellie** Takes Her Bow – ELO Plum **Nellie** – Booker T & the Mgs **Nicole** – Ween **Nikki** – Burt Bacharach Darling **Nikki** – Prince **Nona** – Motley Crue Polythene **Pam** – The Beatles **Patricia** ’s Park – Alphaville Hey **Paula** – Paul & Paula Johnny Hit & Run **Pauline** – X **Peggy** Day – Bob Dylan **Peggy Sue** – Buddy Holly **Penny** Lane – The Beatles For **Phoebe** Still a Baby – Cocteau Twins **Polly** – Nirvana Dear **Prudence** – The Beatles **Ramona** – Guster **Ramona** – The Ramones **Raquel** – The Specials **Rebecca** – PJ Harvey **Regina** – Bunny Sigler **Regina** – Possum Dixon **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 **Rosalita** – Bruce Springsteen **Rosalita** – Gomez **Rosanna** – Toto **Rosanne** – The Mekons Pretty Pink **Rose** – Adrian Belew **Rosealia** – Better Than Ezra **Rosemary** – Gomez **Rosemary** – The Grateful Dead Lily, **Rosemary** and the Jack of Hearts – Bob Dylan Here Comes **Rosie** – The Cavedogs Villa **Rosie** – Blur **Rosy** Won’t You Please Come Home – The Kinks **Roxanne** – The Police **Roxy** – Concrete Blonde **Ruby** – Gallon Drunk **Ruby** – Apples In Stereo **Ruby** Baby – The Beach Boys **Ruby** Baby – Donald Fagen **Ruby** Dear – Talking Heads **Ruby** (Don’t take you love to town) – Kenny Rogers **Ruby Jean** and Billie Lee – Seals and Crofts **Ruby** , Tell Me – Apples In Stereo **Ruby** Tuesday – The Rolling Stones **Rubylove** – Cat Stevens **Ruthie-Ruthie** – Frank Zappa Little **Sadie** – Mark Lanegan Sexy **Sadie** – The Beatles **Sally** – The Police **Sally** Can’t Dance – Lou Reed **Sally** Cinnamon – The Stone Roses Lay Down **Sally** – Eric Clapton Long Tall **Sally** – Little Richard (Johnson/Penniman/Blackwell) Mustang **Sally** – Wilson Pickett Watch Out, **Sally**! – Diane Renay **Sandra** – Lotion **Sandy** – Bruce Springsteen **Sandy** – John Travolta [Grease sndtrk.] **Sara** – Bob Dylan **Sara** – Fleetwood Mac **Sara** – Starship **Sara** Smile – Daryl Hall & John Oates Zak and **Sara** – Ben Folds **Sarah** – Ween 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** – Morphine **Sheila** Take A Bow – The Smiths Oh **Sheila** – Ready For The World **Sherry** – Rudy Vallee & the Four Seasons **Sherry** Fraser – Marcy Playground Oh **Sherry** – Steve Perry Red **Sonja** – FSK **Stacy** ’s Mom – Fountains of Wayne O, **Stella** – PJ Harvey **Stephanie** Knows Who – Love **Sue** and Sonny – The Rave-Ups A Boy Named **Sue** – Johnny Cash Where’s **Summer** B.? – Ben Folds Five **Sunny** – Bobby Hebb **Susan** – Aimee Mann **Susan** ’s House – Eels Black Eyed **Susan** – Paul Westerberg Lazy **Susan** – The Bobs Switch Board **Susan** – Nick Lowe **Susie** – John Lee Hooker **Susie** Q – Hawkins/Lewis/Broadwater (CCR’s was a cover) **Suzannah** ’s Still Alive – Dave Davies **Suzanne** – Leonard Cohen **Suzanne** – John Wetton & Phil Manzanera **Suzy** Is a Headbanger – The Ramones Little **Suzy** – Clarence “Frogman” Henry (Robert Guidry) Son of **Suzy** Creamcheese – Frank Zappa **Sylvia** – The BoDeans **Sylvia** – Pulp **Sylvie** – St. Etienne **Talula** – Tori Amos **Tanya** – Joe Liggins and the Honeydrippers **Tara** – Roxy Music St. **Theresa** – Joan Osborne **Thumbelina** – The Pretenders **Thumbelina** – Tracy Bonham **Tina** – Camper Van Beethoven **Tina** – NRBQ **Tracy** I Love You – Luna **Tracy** In the Bathroom – Mary’s Danish **Tracy** Jacks – Blur ---
**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 26, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/47 "2004-10-26T00:26:17Z")
The last bit of the list: **Twiggy** Twiggy/Twiggy vs. James Bond – Pizzicato Five **Valeri** – The Monkees **Valerie** – Richard Thompson **Valerie** – Steve Winwood **Valerie** – Marshall Crenshaw **Valerie** Loves Me – Material Issue **Vanessa** – Sandle Woods **Vanessa** from Queens – Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks **Velouria** – Pixies **Venus** – Paul Anka (?) **Venus** in Furs – The Velvet Underground **Venus** Loves Leonard – Mary’s Danish Sex-O-Matic **Venus** Freak – Macy Gray The **Venus** of the Soup Kitchen – Prefab Sprout **Vera** – Pink Floyd **Veronica** – Elvis Costello **Victoria** – The Kinks **Violet** – Hole **Virginia** Woolf – Indigo Girls Meet **Virginia** – Train Tomorrow, **Wendy** – Concrete Blonde **Winona** – Matthew Sweet **Winona** ’s Big Brown Beaver – Primus The Ballad of John and **Yoko** – The Beatles Be My **Yoko** – The Bobs Dear **Yoko** – John Lennon Oh **Yoko**! – John Lennon **Yolanda** – Kid Creole & the Coconuts Donde Estas, **Yolanda**? – as covered by Pink Martini **Yoshimi** Battles the Pink Robots pt. 1 (& pt. 2) – The Flaming Lips Flowers for **Zoe** – Lenny Kravitz ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/48 "2004-10-26T09:20:22Z")
Rather than rack my brain I’ll give you all the Allman Brothers Band songs I can think of that fit the bill that aren’t _Melissa_. 😉 _In Memory of Elizabeth Reed_ _Little Martha_ _Jessica_ _Angeline_ _Desdemona_ Gregg Allman also has a solo tune I’ve never heard called _Island_, named for one of his daughters. Some other Tori Amos songs: _Yes, Anastasia_ _Scarlett’s Walk_ _Josephine_ _Pandora’s Aquarium_ _Amber Waves_ ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/49 "2004-10-26T09:42:07Z")
**Jenny** I Read - Concrete Blonde **Maria** Elena (Letter from L.A.) - Concrete Blonde & Los Illegals Ode to **Rosa** Lopez - Concrete Blonde & Los Illegals **Billy** - Pretty & Twisted Losing **Lisa** - Ben Folds **Emily** - Jewel **Mary** - Tori Amos **Mary** Street - The Bangles **Alexandra** Leaving - Leonard Cohen **Janey** ’s Gone - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Dammit, **Janet** - Barry Bostwick & Susan Sarandon (Rocky Horror Picture Show) And some Aussie stuff: **Jennifer** - Falling Joys **Sadie** - John Farnham **Caroline** - The Badloves **Josie** (Everything’s Gonna Be Fine) - Jebediah Happy Birthday **Helen** - Things of Stone and Wood **Rita** - Powderfinger Are You Feeling Better **Angela**? - Speedstar **Lucy** ’s Eyes - The Clouds **Maryanne** - The Clouds **Kathy** - The Clouds **Renee** ’s Problems - The Clouds Walk Away **Renee** - Rick Price Waltzing **Matilda** - A.B. “Banjo” Paterson & Marie Cowan ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/50 "2004-10-26T09:57:37Z")
> [@The Scrivener](#): > > The Wind Cries **Mary** – Robyn Hitchcock That’s a joke, right? 😉 I knew there were some other Jimi songs with women’s names in the title, and eventually I found _Izabella_ and _Dolly Dagger_. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/51 "2004-10-26T15:31:11Z")
> [@Flipstrip](#): > > Diane – Material Issue > Valerie Loves Me – Material Issue > Kim The Waitress – Material Issue > Something Happened to Catherine – Material Issue > > As you can see from my post, some artists have a tendency to write songs with women’s names in the title. You left out “ **Renee** Remains the Same” In the interest of completeness, here are some other names I don’t see on the list: **Samantha** – Madness **Paris** Smith – Prefab Sprout **Mockingbird** Franklin – E **Noelle** – Daniel Amos Wicked **Annabella** – The Kinks **Mary Jean** – Marshall Crenshaw (“A Boy Named Sue” shouldn’t count, should it?) ---
**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:** [October 26, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/52 "2004-10-26T16:07:12Z")
Thought of a couple more: **Deirdre** **Mona** **Wendy** – all by the Beach Boys Beautiful **Zelda** – Bonzo Dog Band ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/53 "2004-10-26T16:20:06Z")
Letter to **Hermione** by David Bowie **Janine** by David Bowie ---
**Author:** ![pasunejen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/54 "2004-10-26T17:56:40Z")
REM: Time After Time ( **Annelise** ) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/55 "2004-10-26T17:58:32Z")
\*\*Sylvia’s Mother \*\* by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/56 "2004-10-26T19:49:46Z")
Be My Yoko Ono - Barenaked Ladies Wendy Under the Stars - The Odds Brad and Suzy - Jude For Nancy (Cos’ it Already Is) - Pete Yorn Love You Alice - Apples in Stereo ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/57 "2004-10-26T21:27:29Z")
**Mary’s House** by _4 Non Blondes_. ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/58 "2004-10-26T21:43:59Z")
I found a couple more. **Gia** by Despina Vandi **Rosa Parks** by Outkast **Margaret** by seven mary three **Oh Nina** by the Muffs ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/59 "2004-10-26T22:22:28Z")
Hard Night for Sarah - Kid Rock Ballad of Jayne \_ LA Guns Iris - Goo Goo Dolls ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/60 "2004-10-26T23:20:29Z")
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