# Need songs that refer to "Lola"
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-that-refer-to-lola/308912
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [June 19, 2005, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-that-refer-to-lola/308912 "2005-06-19T13:22:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2005, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-that-refer-to-lola/308912/1 "2005-06-19T13:22:06Z")
We have a new puppy, and we’ve named her “Lola.” NoCoolSpouseName would like a set of songs in honor of the cute little thing.
I’ve got _Lola_ by **The Kinks** (Lo, lo, lo, lo, Lola; L-O-L-A) and _Copacabana (At the Copa)_ by **Barry Manilow** (She was a showgirl) as well as _Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets_, a lovely rendition by **Ella** , the Queen of Soul.
What other songs should I consider? I’m looking for well-known tunes, not obscure stuff.
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-that-refer-to-lola/308912/2 "2005-06-19T13:31:49Z")
\*Lola \* by Lindsey Buckingham
_Lola_ by Ricky Martin
_Frank and Lola_ by Jimmy Buffett
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### Author:  [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-that-refer-to-lola/308912/3 "2005-06-19T13:33:01Z")
Well, the name’s not in title or even in the song in a big way, but the Kink’s mention “her” again in ‘Paranoia’.
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### Author:  [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-that-refer-to-lola/308912/4 "2005-06-19T14:09:01Z")
> [@Revtim](#):
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> Well, the name’s not in title or even in the song in a big way, but the Kink’s mention “her” again in ‘Paranoia’.
Nitpick…the name of the song is _Destroyer_.
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### Author:  [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-that-refer-to-lola/308912/5 "2005-06-19T14:15:54Z")
Ah, I kinda thought maybe that wasn’t the title, shoulda looked it up. Thanks for the correction.
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### Author:  [@mikeargo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeargo)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-that-refer-to-lola/308912/6 "2005-06-19T15:57:40Z")
_Whatever Lola Wants_, from the musical \* Damn Yankees\*
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### Author:  [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-that-refer-to-lola/308912/7 "2005-06-19T16:19:18Z")
Lola Falana’s Greatest Hits
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### Author:  [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-that-refer-to-lola/308912/8 "2005-06-19T17:55:40Z")
Perhaps you could pick up the soundtrack to **Run, Lola, Run**. I believe most of it was instumental, but it could be theme music for your pup.
Jack
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### Author:  [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-that-refer-to-lola/308912/9 "2005-06-19T20:53:35Z")
“Lola-Lola” from the 1959 version of “The Blue Angel.”
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### Author:  [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-that-refer-to-lola/308912/10 "2005-06-19T21:53:37Z")
> [@mikeargo](#):
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> _Whatever Lola Wants_, from the musical \* Damn Yankees\*
I was going to say that, too, but he mentioned it in his OP.
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### Author:  [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2005, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-that-refer-to-lola/308912/11 "2005-06-20T06:26:54Z")
Lola by Chris Smither. You can listen to a sample of it [here](http://www.younghunter.com/trainhome.html).
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### Author:  [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2005, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-songs-that-refer-to-lola/308912/12 "2005-06-20T08:35:07Z")
A good way to hunt up song titles is to head for [All Music](http://www.allmusic.com) which is to recorded music as the Internet Movie Data Base is to movies.
Right at the top of the page is a white box labeled “Search.” Just to the right of that is a blue drop-down menu indicataor with the little up-and-down triangles on it. The default setting is “name,” used to search for the name of a performer or group, but the site is also searchable by album name and by song.
Type Lola into the searchbod, pull the drop-down menu to “song” and you’ll see [Lots of songs with “Lola” in the title](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=17:894032)
It also indidcates that 180 people or groups have performed a song named Lola. Suspect that Ray Davies didn’t have that many other people record his song and you’d be right. Since titles can’t be copyrighted [(The Master on the subject)](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_144a.html) you’ll find completely different songs using the title “Lola,” including one Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote for [The Coasters](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4kd3vwrwa9ik) The CD was released in 2004, so it should be available.
Happy searching.