# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [November 10, 2015, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/61 "2015-11-10T07:03:10Z")
> [@Nema98](#): > > Didn’t Three Dog Night also have a hit called “One”? Yup. Its the loneliest number. ---
**Author:** ![tacos4all](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@tacos4all](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacos4all)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/62 "2015-11-10T07:39:29Z")
The 80s Lionel Ritchie jam and the new Adele single. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/63 "2015-11-10T08:43:16Z")
“Creep”–Radiohead, Stone Temple Pilots, TMC. I think they were simultaneous. “Come On Come On” Mary Chapin Carpenter, “C’mon C’mon” Sheryl Crow, also One Direction “Africa” Miriam Makeba and Toto “Baby Driver” Simon & Garfunkel, Kiss Multiple, dissimilar versions of “Mother Popcorn,” “Cripple Creek” and “Cotton-Eyed Joe” ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/64 "2015-11-10T13:57:31Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > “Creep”–Radiohead, Stone Temple Pilots, TMC. I think they were simultaneous. > > “Come On Come On” Mary Chapin Carpenter, “C’mon C’mon” Sheryl Crow, also One Direction I think you mean “Creep” by TLC, not TMC. Good song. For C’mon, C’mon there is also the song by the Von Bondies - great Detroit garage rock and used by Denis Leary for the open credits of his show about firemen: [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z\_z1aKfYhOM](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z_z1aKfYhOM) Yes, this is an old zombie thread, but what the heck. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/65 "2015-11-10T15:13:59Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Also Van der Graaf and the Doors. (Did Bruce Hornsby really do a “Ship of Fools” that wasn’t the Grateful Dead song? Where?) On doing a little research, I realized I was confused. It wasn’t Bruce Hornsby…it was [Robert Plant](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQqlnQDD6_U). No, I can’t fathom how I confused the two of them, other than to say the late 80s were a long, long time ago. [Mexico](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p41rCBCk7Ss) - Jefferson Airplane [Mexico](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQnHAb_6sOs) - James Taylor [Mexico](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT3BycO7WH4) - Butthole Surfers [Mexico](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZl_nB8SpoY) - instrumental standard ---
**Author:** ![fjs1fs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fjs1fs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fjs1fs)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/66 "2015-11-10T15:22:23Z")
Best of My Love - The Emotions, The Eagles ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/67 "2015-11-10T15:45:11Z")
[Dirty Laundry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNC4FHR4XLA) - Don Henley [Dirty Laundry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oDRhO2DOUk) - Bitter:Sweet [Dirty Laundry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0DKtKTQaL0) - Cayetana ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/68 "2015-11-10T15:52:59Z")
Downtown - Petula Clarke Downtown - Macklemore ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/69 "2015-11-10T17:44:35Z")
Driving in to work today, I heard Calvin Harris + Disciples’ “ **How Deep Is Your Love** ,” not to be confused with songs of the same name by the Bee Gees, The Rapture, or Dru Hill. (There are at least a couple of other songs with the same name, but I’m not familiar with them.) I also heard Adele’s previously mentioned “Hello.” ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/70 "2015-11-10T17:47:00Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > [Dirty Laundry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNC4FHR4XLA) - Don Henley > [Dirty Laundry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oDRhO2DOUk) - Bitter:Sweet > [Dirty Laundry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0DKtKTQaL0) - Cayetana [Linge Sale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GV3gSjNhAs) - Albert Marcoeur 😉 ---
**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:** [November 10, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/71 "2015-11-10T23:03:40Z")
Welcome back, old thread! Good to see you again. Since you’re back, I’ll add some more titles. **"Angel"** —SUPER popular name. Aerosmith, Anita Baker, Eurythmics, Fleetwood Mac, Jimi Hendrix, Massive Attack, Madonna, Sarah McLachlan … and many more. **"Photograph"** —Ringo Starr, Def Leppard, The Verve Pipe, Weezer, Nickelback, Ed Sheeran **"S.O.S."** —ABBA, Rihanna, Jonas Brothers, Good Charlotte, Pink Lady … ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/72 "2015-11-11T00:20:53Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > And Irene Cara (theme song for the movie; if you’re going to get nitpicky, Cara’s song is officially “Fame\*\*!\*\*”, but I think it’s close enough. > > “Ship of Fools” - the Grateful Dead / Bruce Hornsby & the Range / World Party > > “Winds of Change” - Eric Burdon & the Animals / the Bee Gees / Jefferson Starship / the Scorpions Yeah that counts. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/73 "2015-11-11T03:16:01Z")
> [@Millit\_the\_Frail](#): > > “Hold On.” [Wiki link.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hold_On) > > I thought there were about a dozen, but it looks like many more…and they didn’t even mention the Donny Osmond one! One two occasions, there have been two songs called “Hold On” in the Top 40 at the same time. The first was in the late 1970s, with Ian Gomm and Triumph. Neither were huge hits, chart-wise, but the latter in particular still gets airplay, albeit in a truncated-for-pop-radio version. In the early 1990s, there was Wilson Phillips’ “Hold On” and another for whom the artist’s name escapes me right now. For a while there a few years ago, I swore I couldn’t go into a store and NOT hear the WP version. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/74 "2015-11-11T04:54:14Z")
Only The Lonely-Roy Orbison and The Motels. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/75 "2015-11-11T16:17:36Z")
Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote songs called Hosanna for Jesus Christ Superstar and his Requiem mass. Nick Heyward and the ALW/Jim Steinman’s musical both had songs called Whistle Down the Wind ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/76 "2015-11-11T23:16:07Z")
King’s X and R.E.M. both have songs called “Fall On Me” and (The) “Burning Down”. “Burning Down” is by R.E.M.; “The Burning Down” is by King’s X. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/77 "2015-11-13T04:30:55Z")
“Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” OK, maybe someday ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427/78 "2015-11-13T13:19:27Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > One two occasions, there have been two songs called “Hold On” in the Top 40 at the same time. The first was in the late 1970s, with Ian Gomm and Triumph. Neither were huge hits, chart-wise, but the latter in particular still gets airplay, albeit in a truncated-for-pop-radio version. In the early 1990s, there was Wilson Phillips’ “Hold On” and another for whom the artist’s name escapes me right now. En Vogue [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427.md?page=3)