# Looking for Stalker Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stalker-songs/205750 "2003-10-05T19:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stalker-songs/205750/61 "2003-10-07T12:55:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ccwaterback \* > **"How Can I Miss You When You Won’t Go Away?" - Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks** Huhhhh? The guy is desperately trying to get away from this woman and she won’t leave him alone. How is that a “stalker” song? Oh wait… _she’s_ the stalker. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stalker-songs/205750/62 "2003-10-07T15:35:18Z")
[“Superfan,” by Cracker.](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/c/cracker/33834.html) > [@](#): > > I know you like it > I was watching from outside my love > I saw her leaving > She’s not right for you my life, my love > I know what hurts you > Sing it to me again my life, my love > I know what hurts you > … I could hurt you ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stalker-songs/205750/63 "2003-10-07T15:48:25Z")
“Turn Around, Look At Me” by the Vogues There is someone walking behind you – Turn around, look at me. There is someone watching your footsteps – Turn around, look at me. ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stalker-songs/205750/64 "2003-10-07T16:17:08Z")
R.E.M.'s _Losing My Religion_ and _Strange Currencies_. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stalker-songs/205750/65 "2003-10-07T17:49:25Z")
Two “stalking a celebrity” songs _Barrel of a Gun_ by Guster. She will be sweet on me, just like a mystery It’s not so hard to see, if I’m not mistaken She comes from far away, and gets closer everyday And all that I can say is she’s all I want and all that I live for Also _Straw Hat and Dirty Ol’ Hank_ by the Barenaked Ladies I’m the farmer. I work in the fields all day. Don’t mean to alarm her, But I know it was meant to be this way. You cried a tear, I wiped it dry I put you up upon a pedestal so high If you should waiver, if you should sway I’d catch you, spread my tiny wings and fly away. You signed your picture with an O and X I bet you don’t write “love” each time you sign your cheques. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stalker-songs/205750/66 "2003-10-07T19:24:28Z")
“Unworthy of Your Love” from Sondheim’s ASSASSINS. “Suzanne” and “Bleeding All Over the Place” by Randy Newman. _Why don’t you love me like you used to do? What did I do wrong? Seems like you’re through with me, I wasn’t through with you Our love’s still very strong…_ ---
**Author:** ![Oreo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c57346/32.png) [@Oreo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oreo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stalker-songs/205750/67 "2003-10-07T20:05:08Z")
From the stalkee’s point of view: Alanis Morrisette’s “Uninvited.” \*Like any uncharted territory I must seem greatly intriguing You speak of my love like You have experienced love like mine before But this is not allowed You’re uninvited An unfortunate slight \* ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stalker-songs/205750/68 "2003-10-07T21:55:17Z")
Well, I’d rather see you dead, little girl, Than to see you with another man. You better keep your head, little girl, Or you won’t know where I am. You better run for your life if you can, little girl; Hide your head in the sand, little girl; Catch you with another man, That’s the end, little girl. “Run For Your Life”, the Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Age\_Quod\_Agis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@Age\_Quod\_Agis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Age_Quod_Agis)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stalker-songs/205750/69 "2003-10-07T22:53:10Z")
Dang! I jumped in here specifically to recommend “Barrel of a Gun” by Guster, but I see that **Hello Again** beat me to it. I think the interesting thing about that song is that it sounds sweetly innocent, until you listen to [the lyrics](http://www.metrolyrics.com/lyrics/40233/Guster/Barrel_Of_A_Gun/): > [@](#): > > Lie back and fast asleep > If you could see what I could see > Drip drop a lovely dream > > Goddamn you movie star > Can’t you just stay a minute more? > We’d be the best of friends > You could stay here forever. > > CHORUS: > > Four, Three, Two One > When at the barrel of a gun > Keep my head way down > Stay out I’ll stay in > Half dead, half numb > She’s enough to make me warm > It’s all so safe and sound And I’ve always thought “[Crash Into Me](http://www.lyricsondemand.com/d/davematthewsbandlyrics/crashintomelyrics.html)” by the Dave Matthews Band was about a peeping tom (although it’s not as obvious as Guster’s song). > [@](#): > > Oh I watch you there > through the window > And I stare at you > You wear nothing but you > wear it so well > tied up and twisted > the way I’d like to be > For you, for me, come crash > into me ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stalker-songs/205750/70 "2003-10-07T23:00:55Z")
It’s perfect… **Shadow Boy - [Scruffy the Cat](http://www.geocities.com/boomboomboombingo/scruffy.html)** Specifically about stalking. Sample [lyric](http://www.geocities.com/boomboomboombingo/scruffylyrics.html#shadow): \*On the bus and on the train There’s that shadow boy again He tags along wherever you go And now he’s standing outside your door \* The song is actually sort of bouncy and upbeat, which would be nicely ironic for your purposes. Also: **Losing My Religion - R.E.M.** About revealing a secret crush. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stalker-songs/205750/71 "2003-10-07T23:19:10Z")
Also: **I Put a Spell on You** by: Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (original version) Covered by: Creedence Clearwater Revival (best cover version, IMO) Marilyn Manson Bryan Ferry Bonnie Tyler Spooky song. Sample lyrics: _I love you, I love you, oh anyhow I don’t care if you don’t want me I’m yours anyhow I put a spell on you Because you’re mine_ ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stalker-songs/205750/72 "2003-10-07T23:49:06Z")
This is probably more overt than you’re looking for, but “I think I’ve got a crush on Celine Dion” by The Arrogant Worms includes the line, “I can see your house from my van.” ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stalker-songs/205750/73 "2003-10-08T14:45:05Z")
> [@](#): > > There’s gotta be a\*\*Kate Bush[/] song that would fit. \*\* How about “The Wedding List”? _As I’m coming for him All I see is Rudy I die with him again and again And I’ll feel good in my revenge I’m gonna fill your head with lead Yeah I’m coming for you_ ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stalker-songs/205750/74 "2003-10-08T15:23:58Z")
the “extra” song off Green Day’s Dookie. a sample: "I went in your house no one was there… I went in your room I was all by myself… no one was looking I was thinking of you" ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stalker-songs/205750/75 "2003-10-08T16:00:20Z")
[I’ll Be Seeing You](http://christianinspirations.freeyellow.com/illbeseeingyou.html) Classic song, recorded by: Bing Crosby Frank Sinatra Billie Holiday Rod Stewart many others Wasn’t written as a stalker song, but it is really creepy if you re-imagine it as a stalker song. Sample lyrics: \*I’ll be seeing you In all the old familiar places That this heart of mine embraces All day through: In the small cafe, the park across the way, The children’s carousel, the chestnut tree The wishing well. I’ll be seeing you The song has a melancholy melody, which could set a nice creepy mood. I think this would be perfect for your play. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stalker-songs/205750/76 "2003-10-08T16:41:11Z")
I just thought of a local (Manahattan, Kansas) band called Ruskabank that has a song called “I wish I would have kissed you” Not conceived as a stalker song but the video idea I had (I shot their first video and was working on a second a few years back) was stalker-ish… [Lyrics](http://www.ruskabank.com/lyrics_wishiwouldhavekissedyou.htm) sample: Just you and me, sitting all alone. No one to bother us, your friend was on the phone. Looking through Newsweek, not caring what I read. Only thoughts of kissing you were going through my head. The story I envisioned (and the band liked too) was the singer sitting in a van outside her window, watching her talk on the phone and reading Newsweek… you get the idea. \ Plus, everyone should buy the album because my video is included on the CD. \ ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stalker-songs/205750/77 "2003-10-08T19:31:38Z")
Richard Thompson’s “From Galway to Graceland”, although can you really be stalking someone who’s already dead? "She was down at his graveside, day after day Come closing time, they would pull her away … And they dragged her away, it was in handcuffs this time She said “My good man, are you out of your mind? Don’t you know that we’re married, see I’m wearing his ring I’ve come from Galway to Graceland to be with the King.” ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stalker-songs/205750/78 "2003-10-08T21:59:31Z")
**Steve Earle’s** [_More Than I Can Do_](http://www.lyricsdomain.com/lyrics/23159/) fits the bill: > [@](#): > > Just because you won’t unlock your door > That don’t mean you don’t love me anymore > … > You said you’re gonna call the cops > But I ain’t gonna run > 'Cause you’re the only one and an incredibly creepy last couple of lines: > [@](#): > > You left me just when I needed you > So I ain’t even close to through with you ---
**Author:** ![sjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjc)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stalker-songs/205750/79 "2003-10-09T00:21:08Z")
I think there are some old blues songs that might fit the bill. A lot talk about a man who is obsessing over a lost or unfaithful woman. Plus some are slightly violent and/or full of braggadocio. One problem I can see is the tone often isn’t truly stalkerish. One problem is that they are told from the point of view of the man usually. I’m listening to a few blues CDs to find some. Muddy Waters, _I Can’t Be Satisfied_. Not quite right, but there is a sort of unhealthy relationship touched on (“I feel like snappin’ a pistol in your face”) and the refrain of “I can’t be satisfied”. Elmore James, _The Sky is Crying_. A melancholy song about a guy in the rain who is thinking about “his woman”. He saw her on the street this morning and his heart skipped a beat, but he’s got a bad feeling she doesn’t love him anymore. Eddie Boyd, _24 Hours_. Pretty obsessive, but also passive. It might work from the perspective of the the stalking guy if he starts out obsessing and only becomes truly scary. Little Walter (and others I’m sure) _Blues With a Feeling_. “Blues with a feeling, that’s what I’ve got today/I’m going to find my baby if it takes all night and day”. Maybe it’s a bit sympathetic to the obsessive man. Willie Dixon _29 Ways_. Basically about how this guy has 29 ways to get to his baby’s door. Refers to his “lovin’ baby” and the tone isn’t ironic, but in context it could be creepy. I’m not sure that any are quite perfect, but if you look around I bet you could find some more explicitly stalkerish blues songs. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stalker-songs/205750/80 "2003-10-09T01:04:18Z")
“Pomegranate” by Transglobal Underground. "You were the first woman I saw/ and I’ve been watching you/ and everything you do. It’s on a nice anthology called _Desert Roses & Arabian Rhythms._ Guess what Sting/Cheb Mami collaberation is also on the album. Also, kinda partial the the Natacha Atlas cover of “I Put a Spell on You”. Natacha’s voice gives the song a really haunting quality, plus you can belly dance to it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stalker-songs/205750.md?page=3)