# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Monocracy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monocracy/32/4493_2.png) [@Monocracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monocracy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/61 "2004-10-26T23:44:30Z")
Yes, **Anastasia** - Tori Amos **Anna Lee** - Dream Theater Dreamboat **Annie** - Heart **Charlotte** the Harlot - Iron Maiden **Inanna** - Tea Party **Lucy** - Candlebox (from the album of the same name) **Luna** - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers **Maggie** M’Gill - The Doors **Marianne** - Tori Amos Jesus, **Mary** , and the Holy Ghost - Dio **Mary** ’s New Car - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Suite Sister **Mary** - Queensryche **Mary Jane** - Megadeth **Matilda** Mother - Pink Floyd **Pandora** ’s Aquarium - Tori Amos Sweet **Rosalyn** - Sheryl Crow **Wilma** ’s Rainbow - Helmet (from the album Betty, no less) ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/62 "2004-10-27T00:12:15Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > **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. I just realized that my name, Melody, is used in many songs but not as a woman’s name. Can anyone inform of a song that uses the name Melody? ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/63 "2004-10-27T00:19:14Z")
> [@melondeca](#): > > I just realized that my name, Melody, is used in many songs but not as a woman’s name. Can anyone inform of a song that uses the name Melody? What about the song “Melody” by the Stones? I always thought they were referring to the name and not the musical term. \*Came home one morning about quarter to three I’m banging on my door cause I just lost my key Open up, baby, you got someone else inside I’m going to come get you dead or alive Melody, it was her second name Melody, it was her second name Melody, it was her second name Melody, it was her second name \* ---
**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 27, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/64 "2004-10-27T00:27:27Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Quote: > Originally Posted by 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. Sadly, no, no joke – merely a brain fart. I have tried to detect cover versions and find the original artist or writer, but a few are bound to slip through. I’m not John Peel, y’know. ☹ And **Thudlow Boink** , you’ll be pleased to know that my name is indeed on the list (as of yesterday), so I feel totally validated now… 😉 I’ve got an updated list, with all your additions, ready to post, but I think I’ll hold off until later this evening or even early tomorrow, if only because it’s so damned long it’ll gobble up most of the downloaded thread page (#7, now), and I don’t want to be accused of padding the thread length. As it is, I can’t even post the whole thing in one post… But that is, as Martha Stewart would smugly intone, “a good thing”. More later… ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/65 "2004-10-27T00:30:47Z")
G-L-O-R-I-A The Shadows of Knight Darcy Farrow John Denver ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/66 "2004-10-27T00:40:31Z")
**Jamie** - Weezer **Suzanne** - Weezer O **Lisa** - Weezer **Mykel** and **Carli** - Weezer My **Evaline** - Weezer Autumn **Jane** - Rivers’ Solo Thing **Shelia** Can Do It - Rivers’ Solo Thing **Rosemary** - Rivers’ Solo Thing **Wanda** - Rivers’ Solo Thing ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/67 "2004-10-27T00:47:20Z")
**Jamie** ’s Cryin’ - Van Halen Funky Cold **Medina** - Ton Loc ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/68 "2004-10-27T05:11:13Z")
Corrections: **Amy** – Pure Prairie League (not Little River Band, unless they did a cover) **Angie** Baby – Helen Reddy, definitely. **Bette** Davis Eyes – Kim Carnes **Frances** Farmer Will Have Her Revenge (Francis is a masculine name) The Miseducation of **Lauryn** Hill – Lauryn Hill **Maria** Bartiromo – Joey Ramone **Venus** – Frankie Avalon (not Paul Anka) Additions: The Downeaster “ **Alexa** ” – Billy Joel Poor Little **Allison** – Gordon Lightfoot Once In Love With **Amy** – Frank Sinatra (one of many to record this standard) Farewell to **Annabel** – Gordon Lightfoot **Barbara** Allen – folk song covered by Judy Collins, among many others **Betty** Called Me In – Gordon Lightfoot Me and **Bobby** Mc Gee – when sung by Gordon Lightfoot and other male artists, Bobby is referred to as “she” Oh! **Carol** – Neil Sedaka **Cathy** ’s Clown – Everly Brothers **Christie** Lee – Billy Joel Sweet **Guinevere** – Gordon Lightfoot **Jean** – Oliver Cotton **Jenny** – Gordon Lightfoot **Judy** ’s Turn To Cry – Lesley Gore Why **Judy**? Why? – Billy Joel Daylight **Katy** – Gordon Lightfoot **Laura** – Billy Joel Tell **Laura** I Love Her – Ray Peterson Approaching **Lavender** – Gordon Lightfoot All For **Leyna** – Billy Joel Oh, **Linda** – Gordon Lightfoot I’m Not **Lisa** – Jessi Colter **Lisa** Listen – Lisa Loeb **Lisa** , Listen to Me – Blood, Sweat & Tears They Call the Wind **Maria** – _Paint Your Wagon_ soundtrack Mountains and **Marian** – Gordon Lightfoot **Marie Christine** – Gordon Lightfoot Along Comes **Mary** – The Association Hello **Mary Lou** – Rick Nelson **Roberta** – Billy Joel **Rosalinda** ’s Eyes – Billy Joel **Rosanna** – Gordon Lightfoot Dream Street **Rose** – Gordon Lightfoot Love Grows (Where My **Rosemary** Goes) – Edison Lighthouse **Sheila** – Tommy Roe **Sunny** Came Home – Shawn Colvin On **Susan** ’s Floor – Gordon Lightfoot Wake Up Little **Susie** – Everly Brothers ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/69 "2004-10-27T05:18:17Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > The Downeaster “ **Alexa** ” – Billy Joel This deserves some kind of funky asterisk, since the song is actually about a boat, but the boat is named for his daughter. ---
**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 27, 2004, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/70 "2004-10-27T05:20:26Z")
The list so far (part 1): **Abigail** , Belle of Kilronan – The Magnetic Fields **Adia** – Sarah McLachlan **Aeisha** – The Boys **Aimee** – Ozzy Osbourne **Alexandra** Leaving – Leonard Cohen **Alice** – Sisters of Mercy **Alice** Childress – Ben Folds Five All the Girls Love **Alice** – Elton John/Bernie Taupin Love You **Alice** – Apples in Stereo **Alison** – Elvis Costello **Allison** – Rick Springfield **Allison** – Pixies **Allison** Road – Gin Blossoms **Allison** Foley – Better Than Ezra **Amanda** – Boston **Amber** Waves – Tori Amos Stuck on **Amber** – The Boo Radleys **Amy** – The Little River Band **Ana** – Pixies **Ana** Ng – They Might Be Giants Yes, **Anastasia** – Tori Amos 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 Are You Feeling Better **Angela**? – Speedstar **Angelene** – PJ Harvey **Angelica** – Lamb **Angelika** Suspended – Poi Dog Pondering **Angeline** – The Allman Brothers Band **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 Wicked **Annabella** – The Kinks **Anna Lee** – Dream Theater **Anna Lee** – Earl Hooker **Anna-Lisa** – Prozzak Time After Time ( **Annelise** ) – R.E.M. **Annie** – Elastica **Annie** Get Your Gun – Squeeze **Annie** ’s Gone – Redd Kross **Annie** ’s Song – John Denver Dreamboat **Annie** – Heart 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 **Billy** – Pretty & Twisted **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 Mykel and **Carli** – Weezer **Carol** – Chuck Berry **Carol** – Material Issue **Carol** You Fool – Frank Zappa **Caroline** – The Badloves **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 **Charlotte** the Harlot – Iron Maiden **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 **Darcy** Farrow – John Denver **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 **Deirdre** – The Beach Boys **Delilah** – Tom Jones Beautiful **Delilah** – Dave Davies Sampson and **Delilah** – The Washington Squares Dinner With **Delores** – Prince **Desdemona** – The Allman Brothers Band **Diana** – Michael Jackson **Diane** – Guster **Diane** – Material Issue Jack and **Diane** – John Cougar Mellencamp **Dinah** -Moe-Hum – Frank Zappa **Dolly** Dagger – Jimi Hendrix **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** – Jewel **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 My **Evaline** – Weezer \*\*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 **Gia** – Despina Vandi **Gina** – Blues Traveller **Gina** Lola Breakdown – Dixie Dregs **Giselle** – Stew **Gloria** – Patti Smith **Gloria** – Van Morrison **Gloria** – Laura Brannigan **Gloria** – U2 **G-L-O-R-I-A** – The Shadows of Knight 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 Happy Birthday **Helen** – Things of Stone and Wood Letter to **Hermione** – David Bowie **Holly** Up on Poppy – XTC What **Holly** Sees – Madder Rose **Hollyanne** – Boston Weaver Song ( **Holly Ann** ) – Judy Collins **Imelda** – Mark Knopfler **Inanna** – Tea Party Dear **Ingrid** – Nicky Holland **Iris** – The Breeders **Iris** – Goo Goo Dolls **Iris** - Split Enz **Isis** – Bob Dylan **Isobel** – Bjork **Isobel** – Dido Poison **Ivy** – The Rolling Stones **Izabella** – Jimi Hendrix **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** – Weezer **Jamie** G. – Joe Jackson **Jamie** ’s Cryin’ – Van Halen **Jamie Thomas** – Graham Coxon **Jane** – Barenaked Ladies **Jane** – Ben Folds Five **Jane** – Jefferson Starship **Jane** Says – Janes Addiction **Jane** She Got Excavated – Ocean Colour Scene Autumn **Jane** – Rivers’ Solo Thing Hanging On to **Jane** – Samantha 7 Lady **Jane** – The Rolling Stones Lazy Line Painter **Jane** – Belle and Sebastian Me- **Jane** – P.J. Harvey Queen **Jane** , Approximately – Bob Dylan Sad **Jane** , First Movement – Frank Zappa Sad **Jane** , Second Movement – Frank Zappa Sweet **Jane** – Lou Reed **Janet** – Three Dog Night Dammit, **Janet** – Barry Bostwick & Susan Sarandon (Rocky Horror Picture Show) **Janey** ’s Gone – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds **Janie** Jones – The Clash **Janie** ’s Got a Gun – Aerosmith **Janine** – David Bowie Ballad of **Jayne** – LA Guns **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** – Falling Joys **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** I Read – Concrete Blonde **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** – Tori Amos **Josephine** – The Magnetic Fields Hello **Josephine** – Fats Domino My Girl **Josephine** – Supercat **Josie** – Steely Dan **Josie** (Everything’s Gonna Be Fine) – Jebediah **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** – The Clouds **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 ---
**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 27, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/71 "2004-10-27T05:25:35Z")
Oh crap, I just realized I missed picking up on **Sternvogel** ’s fine post, and with corrections, no less. That’ll be in tomorrow’s list, 'K? The list, Part II: The Miseducation of **Lauryn** Hill – Lauryn 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? Losing **Lisa** – Ben Folds O **Lisa** – Weezer **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** – Candlebox **Lucy** – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds **Lucy** in the Sky with Diamonds – The Beatles **Lucy** ’s Eyes – The Clouds I love **Lucy** – William Bell & Booker T. Jones **Luedella** – Jimmy Rogers It’s **Lulu** – The Boo Radleys Down At **Lulu** ’s – Ohio Express **Luna** – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 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** M’Gill – The Doors \*\*Maggie Mae \*\* – The Beatles \*\*Maggie Mae \*\* – Rod Stewart **Mandy** – Barry Manilow **Marcella** – The Beach Boys **Margaret** – Madder Rose **Margaret** – Seven Mary Three **Margaret** Freeman – The Residents **Mari** In Love – The Pugs **Maria** Bartiramo – Joey Ramone Black **Maria** – Todd Rundgren O **Maria** – Beck **Maria Elena** (Letter from L.A.) – Concrete Blonde & Los Illegals Big Black **Mariah** – Tom Waits **Marianne** – Tori Amos 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** – Tori Amos **Mary** of Silence – Mazzy Star **Mary** Had A Little Lamb – Stevie Ray Vaughan **Mary** ’s House – 4 Non Blondes **Mary** ’s New Car – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers **Mary** Spins a Rainbow – Material Issue **Mary** Street - -The Bangles Along Comes **Mary** – The Association Crazy **Mary** – Victoria Williams Help Me **Mary** – Liz Phair Jesus, **Mary** , and the Holy Ghost – Dio Now **Mary** – The White Stripes Proud **Mary** – Creedence Clearwater Revival Riding With **Mary** – X Suddenly **Mary** – The Posies Suite Sister **Mary** – Queensryche Tom and **Mary** – Ben Fold’s Five St. **Mary** ’s Gate – Love Spit Love The Wind Cries **Mary** – Jimi Hendrix **Maryanne** – The Clouds \*\*Mary Ann \*\* – Marshall Crenshaw \*\*Mary Jane \*\* – Rick James **Mary Jane** – Alanis Morisette **Mary Jane** – Megadeth **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 Jean** – Marshall Crenshaw \*\*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 Waltzing **Matilda** – A.B. “Banjo” Paterson & Marie Cowan **Maudie** – John Lee Hooker **Maureen** – Nick Lowe **Maybelline** – Chuck Berry **Maxine** – Donald Fagen Funky Cold **Medina** – Ton Loc **Melissa** – The Allman Brothers Band **Melody** – The Rolling Stones **Michelle** – The Beatles My **Michelle** – Guns-n-Roses **Mima** – Eddie Harris **Minnie** The Moocher – Cab Calloway **Miriam** – Toxoplasma **Mockingbird** Franklin – E **Molina** – Creedence Clearwater Revival **Molly** Says – The dB’s Good Golly Miss **Molly** – Marascalco, Blackwell **Mona** – The Beach Boys **Mona Lisa** – Nat King Cole **Monica** – The Kinks **Mykel** and Carli – Weezer **Nan** – Ween **Nancy** – G. Love & Special Sauce **Nancy** (Let Your Hair Down For Me) – Prefab Sprout For **Nancy** (Cos’ it Already Is) – Pete Yorn **Nellie** Takes Her Bow – ELO Plum **Nellie** – Booker T & the Mgs **Nicole** – Ween **Nikki** – Burt Bacharach Darling **Nikki** – Prince Oh **Nina** – The Muffs **Noelle** – Daniel Amos **Nona** – Motley Crue Polythene **Pam** – The Beatles **Pandora** ’s Aquarium – Tori Amos **Paris** Smith – Prefab Sprout **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 **Renee** Remains the Same – Material Issue **Renee** ’s Problems – The Clouds Walk Away **Renee** – Rick Price **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 **Rita** – Powderfinger Lovely **Rita** – The Beatles **Roberta** – Flim & The BB’s **Roberta** – The Rev. Billy C. Wirtz **Rosa** Parks – Outkast Ode to **Rosa** Lopez – Concrete Blonde & Los Illegals **Rosalita** – Bruce Springsteen **Rosalita** – Gomez Sweet **Rosalyn** – Sheryl Crow **Rosanna** – Toto **Rosanne** – The Mekons Pretty Pink **Rose** – Adrian Belew **Rosealia** – Better Than Ezra **Rosemary** – Gomez **Rosemary** – The Grateful Dead **Rosemary** – Rivers’ Solo Thing 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 **Sadie** – John Farnham 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 **Samantha** – Madness **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 Hard Night for **Sarah** – Kid Rock **Scarlett** ’s Walk – Tori Amos **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 **Shelia** Can Do It – Rivers’ Solo Thing **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 **Simone** – The Stone Roses 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 **Suzanne** – Weezer **Suzy** Is a Headbanger – The Ramones Brad and **Suzy** – Jude Little **Suzy** – Clarence “Frogman” Henry (Robert Guidry) Son of **Suzy** Creamcheese – Frank Zappa **Sylvia** – The BoDeans **Sylvia** – Pulp **Sylvia** ’s Mother – Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show **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 **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 **Wanda** – Rivers’ Solo Thing **Wendy** – The Beach Boys **Wendy** Under the Stars – The Odds Tomorrow, **Wendy** – Concrete Blonde **Wilma** ’s Rainbow – Helmet **Winona** – Matthew Sweet **Winona** ’s Big Brown Beaver – Primus The Ballad of John and **Yoko** – The Beatles Be My **Yoko** – The Bobs Be My **Yoko** Ono – Barenaked Ladies 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 Beautiful **Zelda** – Bonzo Dog Band Flowers for **Zoe** – Lenny Kravitz * * * 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.]) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/72 "2004-10-27T05:30:56Z")
Set Me Free ( **Rosa Lee** ) - Los Lobos ---
**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 27, 2004, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925/73 "2004-10-27T23:35:26Z")
> [@The Scrivener](#): > > The list so far (part 1): > > **Josie** (Everything’s Gonna Be Fine) – Jebediah Ooops - sorry, my bad. This is actually by **Blink 182**. This song is sitting next to a Jebediah song on a compilation I have, and my brain had a brain fart. Dumb brain. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-mania-songs-with-a-womans-name-in-the-title/270925.md?page=3)