# Pop song homonyms: same title, different songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 21, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427 "2007-08-21T21:56:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/21 "2007-08-22T16:48:35Z")
From just my iTunes, filtering out the local bands that fit “She” The Monkees and The Hoodoo Gurus “Louie Louie” The Kingsman (et al) and The Pretenders “Stumble” R.E.M. and Collapsis “Run Run Run” Velvet Underground and Concrete Blonde “Rock and Roll” Velvet Underground and Led Zepplin “Ride” The Vines and Liz Phair “Money” The Beatles and Pink Floyd “Little Sister” Elvis Presley (and Dwight Yoakum, at least) and Concrete Blonde “Lies” The Rolling Stones and The Knickerbockers “Jane” Barenaked Ladies and Ben Folds Five “Help Me” Joni Mitchell, Oingo Boingo and Concrete Blonde (three different songs) “Do It Again” Brian Wilson/Beach Boys and Matthew Sweet “Beautiful” Carole King and The Go-Go’s add Material Issue for “Crazy” ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/22 "2007-08-22T16:49:25Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] Hey You - Pink Floyd, Madonna, and B.T.O. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=ErinPuff] Also No Doubt. [/QUOTE] And my favorite, The Exies (heard on Guitar Hero) ---
**Author:** ![Wonderwall6129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Wonderwall6129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonderwall6129)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/23 "2007-08-22T16:52:10Z")
“Crazy”- Patsy Cline and Gnarls Barkley. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/24 "2007-08-22T17:05:15Z")
There are way too many to list, but my uneducated guess for the song title with the most number of different, easily-identifiable (still played on radio), versions would be **Fire** Jimi Hendrix Experience Crazy World of Arthur Brown U2 Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band Deaf School Prodigy …And a lot more less popular ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/25 "2007-08-22T17:08:06Z")
[QUOTE=DfrntBreign] “American Girl” - **Tom Petty** and **Melissa Ethridge** [/QUOTE] Also The **Promise Ring** - definitely one of their weaker offerings including everything on Wood/Water but hey, does quality count? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/26 "2007-08-22T17:13:49Z")
[QUOTE=Lucky 13] Hey, didn’t we have a thread like this a few weeks ago? [/QUOTE] [About three months ago, actually,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=421308&highlight=title+song) but yes, we did. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/27 "2007-08-22T17:15:30Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] 2) Van Halen & Kriss Kross both had #1 hits called “Jump” [/QUOTE] The Pointer Sisters also had a hit song called “Jump” although I don’t know if it went to #1. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/28 "2007-08-22T18:02:31Z")
“Woman” : John Lennon/Peter and Gordon “Breathe” : Pink Floyd/Faith Hill “Loving You”: Elvis Presley/Minnie Riperton “Dear God”: Midge Ure/XTC ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/29 "2007-08-22T18:55:39Z")
(Some variation of) \*Spy in the House of Love \* - \*\*Was (Not Was), Animal Logic \*\* and **the dB’s**. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/30 "2007-08-22T19:27:31Z")
Got another one… “The Rain Song” Led Zepplin and The Bangles ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/31 "2007-08-22T19:44:48Z")
[QUOTE=DfrntBreign] I just had this conversation with my brother. “Learning To Fly” - **Pink Floyd** and **Tom Petty** [/QUOTE] And also one by Emerson, Lake , and Powel (yes, _Powel_). ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/32 "2007-08-22T20:57:14Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] [About three months ago, actually,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=421308&highlight=title+song) but yes, we did. [/QUOTE] Huh. Well, at least I coined a spiffy new term for the phenomenon. Pop song homonym: Use it, love it, spread it. Further fodder for discussion: From this thread and the last one, it’s obviously not uncommon to see two or three different songs with the same title. What’s the threshold for it being an interesting phenomenon? Five? Eight? Ten? ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/33 "2007-08-22T21:19:46Z")
Maria: West Side Story, Ricky Martin, Café Tacuba, Olga Tañón, Green Day, Blondie, The Sound of Music, Rage Against the Machine, and others, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/34 "2007-08-22T21:58:07Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] “Do It Again” Brian Wilson/Beach Boys and Matthew Sweet [/QUOTE] and Steely Dan [QUOTE=Sean Factotum] “Beautiful” Carole King and The Go-Go’s [/QUOTE] and Christina Aguilera > [@JohnBckWLD](#): > > There are way too many to list, but my uneducated guess for the song title with the most number of different, easily-identifiable (still played on radio), versions would be **Fire** > > Jimi Hendrix Experience > Crazy World of Arthur Brown > U2 > Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band > Deaf School > Prodigy > …And a lot more less popular IIRC, the Pointer Sisters’ version of the Springsteen-penned “Fire” went to #2. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/35 "2007-08-22T22:31:05Z")
If you’re going to mention songs called “Fire,” how can you leave out the Ohio Players??? ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/36 "2007-08-22T22:50:43Z")
Add Tori Amos to the “Butterfly” list. “5:15” is just a train to Chris Isaac, but also a song for The Who. “I Got You” might count for James Brown and Split Enz, though the James Brown song is most properly “I Got You (I Feel Good)”. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/37 "2007-08-23T00:49:35Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] “Jane” Barenaked Ladies and Ben Folds Five [/QUOTE] Add Jefferson Starship to this one. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/38 "2007-08-23T01:04:53Z")
“Time After Time” is a jazz standard as well as a song by Cyndy Lauper ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/39 "2007-08-23T02:51:48Z")
“Crazy” - already mentioned for Patsy Cline, Pylon, Seal and Gnarls Barkley And now Aerosmith too. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/40 "2007-08-23T03:28:27Z")
**High Hopes** : by Jimmy van Heusen (popularized by Sinatra); Pink Floyd. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427.md?page=3)