Pop song homonyms: same title, different songs

Cafe Society
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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”

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And my favorite, The Exies (heard on Guitar Hero)

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“Crazy”- Patsy Cline and Gnarls Barkley.

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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

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Also The Promise Ring - definitely one of their weaker offerings including everything on Wood/Water but hey, does quality count? :smiley:

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About three months ago, actually, but yes, we did.

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The Pointer Sisters also had a hit song called “Jump” although I don’t know if it went to #1.

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“Woman” : John Lennon/Peter and Gordon

“Breathe” : Pink Floyd/Faith Hill

“Loving You”: Elvis Presley/Minnie Riperton

“Dear God”: Midge Ure/XTC

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(Some variation of) *Spy in the House of Love * - **Was (Not Was), Animal Logic ** and the dB’s.

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Got another one…

“The Rain Song” Led Zepplin and The Bangles

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And also one by Emerson, Lake , and Powel (yes, Powel).

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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?

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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.

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and Steely Dan

and Christina Aguilera

IIRC, the Pointer Sisters’ version of the Springsteen-penned “Fire” went to #2.

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If you’re going to mention songs called “Fire,” how can you leave out the Ohio Players???

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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)”.

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Add Jefferson Starship to this one.

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“Time After Time” is a jazz standard as well as a song by Cyndy Lauper

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“Crazy” - already mentioned for Patsy Cline, Pylon, Seal and Gnarls Barkley

And now Aerosmith too.

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High Hopes: by Jimmy van Heusen (popularized by Sinatra); Pink Floyd.