In this thread I wrote about The Clash’s song Death or Glory and then realized that Six Feet Under had a song by the same name. How many song titles can you name that have been used by more than one band? NOTE: Covers don’t count so Beast of Burden by The Rolling Stones and Bette Middler is not what we are after.
I remember Casey Kasem saying once that there had been something like six distinct songs to make the top 40 in ‘the rock era’ with the title “Lady”.
“Angel” Aretha Franklin/Jimi Hendrix/Aerosmith
“Crazy” Patsy Cline/Aerosmith
“I Need You” The Beatles/The Kinks
“I Love You” The Volumes/The Zombies/The Climax Blues Band
“Woman” Peter & Gordan/John Lennon
“Girls” Dwight Twilley/The Beastie Boys
“God Save the Queen” British National Anthem/Sex Pistols
“Road Runner” Bo Diddley/Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
“Gloria” Them/Laura Branigan/U2
“Dance, Dance, Dance” The Beach Boys/The Steve Miller Band
“Think” The 5 Royales (also James Brown)/Aretha Franklin
“It Takes Two” Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston/Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
“Heartbreak Hotel” Elvis Presley/Whitney Houston
“Venus” Frankie Avalon/Shocking Blue (also Banarama)
“Cry” Johnny Ray/Godley & Creme
“Rock and Roll” Velvet Underground/Led Zeppelin
“Heaven” Talking Heads/Bryan Adams
“What’s Your Name” Don and Juan/Lynyrd Skynyrd
“Stay with Me” Lorraine Ellison/The Faces
“That’s Entertainment” Judy Garland/The Jam
“One” Three Dog Night/Metallica/U2
“My Love” Petula Clark/Paul McCartney & Wings
“I’ll Be There” Bobby Darin/The Jackson 5
“All Around the World” Little Richard/Lisa Stansfield
“Hold On” Ian Gomm/En Vogue/Wilson Phillips
“Torn”, Natalie Imbruglia/Creed
“Fight Fire With Fire”, Kansas/Metallica
“I’m Sorry” by John Denver and Brenda Lee
“Behind the Wall of Sleep” by Black Sabbath & the Smithereens
“Call Me” by Blondie & Al Green
“Don’t Be Cruel” by Elvis Presley & Bobby Brown
“Fire” by the Ohio Players & Bruce Springsteen
“Lady” by Styx, Kenny Rogers, and the Little River Band
“Lucille” by Kenny Rogers & Little Richard
“Midnight Blue” by Lou Gramm & Melissa Manchester
“On the Road Again” by Willie Nelson & Canned Heat
“Stairway to Heaven” by Neil Sedaka & Led Zeppelin
“Victim of Love” by Bryan Adams, the Cars & the Eagles
“Change of Heart” - Eric Carmen; Cyndi Lauper; Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
“Africa” - Toto; Hall & Oates
“America” - Neil Diamond; Spinal Tap; Simon & Garfunkel
“Angel” - Fleetwood Mac; Eurythmics
“Another Day” - Paul McCartney; Rutles
“Don’t Bring Me Down” - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers; ELO
“Dream Police” - Gary Numan; Cheap Trick
…to name a few
I’m pretty sure Creed sings a song called “One.”
“We’re Not Going to Take It” The Who/Twisted Sister
According to my handy Joel Whitburn’s Top Pop Artists & Singles 1955-1978, and his Top 40 Hits 1955-Present
Run, Run, Run, was the title of different songs sung by
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- Ronny Douglas (#75 in 1961)
- Gestures (#44 in 1964)
- The Supremes (#93 in 1964)
- Third Rail (#53 in 1967)
- Jo Jo Gunne (#27 in 1972
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Runaway Del Shannon’s 1961 #1 classic
and a #12 hit for Jefferson Starship in 1978
**Nobody But You ** #21 for Dee Clark in 1961
and #86 for Loggins & Messina in 1972
And as far as the Lady title goes, I could find only five of them, those being
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- Jack Jones (#39 in 1967)
- Styx (#6 in 1975)
- Little River Band (#10 in 1979)
- Whispers (#28 in 1980)
- Kenny Rogers (#1 in 1980)
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Anybody got another?
“What Goes On”, The Beatles/The Velvet Underground
“What’s Going On”, Marvin Gaye/Husker Du
“Run Run Run”, The Who/The Velvet Underground/The Third Rail/The Gestures
“Sweet Young Thing”, The Monkees/The Chocolate Watchband
“I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”, Ramones/The Rubinoos
“Heaven”, Talking Heads/Psychadelic Furs/Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
“Changes”, David Bowie/Sugar
“Superman”, R.E.M. (The Clique)/Cinerama
“Talk Talk”, The Music Machine/Talk Talk
“Money”, Barrett Strong (The Beatles)/Pink Floyd
Additions to posts already made:
“Crazy” (Patsy Cline/Aerosmith)/Pylon
“Runaway” (Del Shannon/Jefferson Starship)/Bon Jovi
“Angel” (Fleetwood Mac/Eurythmics)/Madonna
“Fire” (Ohio Players/Bruce Springsteen)/Crazy World of Arthur Brown/U2
“America” (Neil Diamond/Spinal Tap/Simon& Garfunkel)/Robyn Hitchcock
“Another Day” (Paul McCartney/Rutles)/U2
“I Need You” (The Beatles/The Kinks)/The Rationals
“All Around The World” (Little Richard/Lisa Stansfield)/The Jam
And a couple more new ones:
“Hold Me Now”, The Rumors/Thompson Twins
“Diane”, Husker Du/Material Issue
“Steppin’ Out”, Paul Revere & The Raiders/Joe Jackson
Also The Red Hot Chili Peppers
“Donna” has been the name of songs by:
10cc
David Johannsen
Cast of Hair
Bob Marley
Miles Davis
Richie Valens
Blues Busters
Daft
36C
Graham Grace
Carlo Fontana
XXX
and a few others.
“Mary” has even more.
“The One” - Limp Bizkit, The Backstreet Boys
“Breakdown” - Liquid Gang, Tantric
“In Too Deep” - Sum 41, Spitfires
“Down” - 311, Fuel, Blur, Stone Temple Pilots, Lit, Liquid Gang, Static-X and Stroke 9
“Lies” - Korn, Cyndi Lauper, Rolling Stones
“Layla” - Korn, Eric Clapton
“Trippin’” - Kittie, Godsmack
“Home” - Staind, Depeche Mode
I know there are more…I’ll think of them right after I post…
~Kittie
Not sure if this counts, but Paul Simon has “All Around the World (or, The Myth of Fingerprints)”.
“Time After Time”: R.E.M. / Cyndi Lauper
Power of Love -Huey Lewis & The News / Jennifer Rush
Frankenstein - New York Dolls/Edgar Winter
Heart And Soul Cleftones (1961) Huey Lewis & The News (1983) T’Pau (1987)
Hey Little Girl Techniques (1957) Dee Clark (1959) Del Shannon (1962) Major Lance (1963)
D’Angelo had a hit called “Lady” in the mid-to-late 90s (I don’t have my 7th edition of Joel Whitburns’s Billboard Top 40 Hits here to look up the position/year data.)
Another Bunch of Titles (Which I’ll Try to Do in Alphabetical Order):
“Again” Mel Torme/Janet Jackson
“Baby I Love You” The Ronettes/Aretha Franklin
“Best of My Love” The Eagles/The Emotions
“Bitch” The Rolling Stones/Meredith Brooks
“Blue Monday” Fats Domino/New Order
“Breathe” Ministry/Faith Hill
“Broken Arrow” Buffalo Sringfield/Robbie Robertson
“Brown Sugar” The Rolling Stones/D’Angelo
“Call Me” Aretha Franklin/Blondie
“Call On Me” Bobby “Blue” Bland/Chicago
“Candy” Cameo/Iggy Pop
“Candy Man” Roy Orbison/Sammy Davis Jr.
“Cherish” The Association/Madonna
“Check It Out” Tavares/John Cougar Mellencamp
“Cocaine” Jackson Browne/Eric Clapton
“Come As You Are” Peter Wolf/Nirvana
“Creep” Radiohead/TLC
'Crossroads" Robert Johnson (also Cream)/Tracy Chapman
“Dance with Me” The Drifters/Orleans/Peter Brown
“Day After Day” Badfinger/The Pretenders
“Devil Woman” Marty Robbins/Cliff Richards
“Diamonds and Pearls” The Paradons/Prince
“Do It Again” The Beach Boys/Steely Dan
“Don’t Look Back” The Temptations/Boston/Fine Young Cannibals
“Don’t Cry” Asia/Guns N Roses
“Dreams” Fleetwood Mac/Van Halen
“Drive” The Cars/REM/Incubus
“Emotion” Samantha Sang/DFX2
“The End” The Doors/The Beatles
“The Entertainer” Scott Joplin (also Marv Hamlisch)/Tony Clarke
‘Express Yourself" Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Band/Madonna
“Exodus” Ferrante & Teicher/Bob Marley & The Wailers
“Fame” David Bowie/Irene Cara
"Feel Like Makin’ Love" Roberta Flack/Bad Company
“Fight the Power” The Isley Brothers/Public Enemy
“Forever Young” Bob Dylan/Rod Stewart
“For You” Bruce Springsteen/Tracy Chapman
“Freedom” Wham!/George Michael
“Friends” Bette Midler/Whodini/Jody Watley
“A Girl Like You” The Smithereens/Edwyn Collins
“God” John Lennon/Prince
“Gold” John Stewart/Spandau Ballet
'Good Times" Sam Cooke/Chic
“Guitar Man” Elvis Presley/Bread
“Hanky Panky” Tommy James & the Shondells/Madonna
“Head Over Heels” The Go-Gos/Tears for Fears
“Heartbreaker” Dolly Parton/Pat Benatar/Dionne Warwick/Mariah Carey
“Help Me” Sonny Boy Williamson/Joni Mitchell
“hold My Hand” Eddie Fisher/Hootie and the Blowfish
“Hurts So Good” Millie Jackson/John Cougar
“I’m A Man” Bo Diddley (also The Yardbirds)/The Spencer Davis Group
“I’m Free” The Rolling Stones/The Who
“I’m On Fire” Dwight Twilley/Bruce Springsteen
“I Want You” Bob Dylan/Marvin Gaye
“I Wish” Stevie Wonder/R. Kelly
“It’s My Life” The Animals/Talk Talk
“It Never Rains in Southern California” Albert Hammond/Tony!Toni!Tone!
“Joy to the World” Xmas Carol/Three Dog Night
“Jump” Van Halen/Kriss Kross"
'Leader of the Pack" The Shangri-Las/UTFO
“Let’s Dance” Chris Montez/David Bowie
“The Letter” The Medallions/The Box Tops
“Lies” The Knickerbockers/The Thompson Twins
“The Look of Love” Dusty Springfield/ABC
“Love Me” Elvis Presley/Yvonne Elliman
“Lonely Boy” Paul Anka/Andrew Gold
“Magic” Pilot/Olivia Newton-john/The Cars
“Money Honey” The Drifters/The Bay City Rollers
“My Baby” The Temptations/The Pretenders
“On And On” Gladys Knight & the Pips/Stephen Bishop/Eryka Badu
“Our House” Crobsy Stills & Nash/Madness
“Photograph” Ringo Starr/Def Leppard
“Poison” Alice Cooper/Bel Biv DeVoe
“Problems” The Everly Brothers/The Sex Pistols
'Romises, Promises" Dionne Wirwick/Naked Eyes
“Promised Land” Chuck Berry/Bruce Springsteen
“Rag Doll” The Four Seasons/Aerosmith
“Rain” The Beatles/Madonna
“Real Love” Jody Watley/The Beatles
“Rescue Me” Fontella Bass/Madonna
“Reason to Belive” Tim Hardin (also Rod Stewart)/Bruce Springsteen
“Rock N Roll Fantasy” The Kinks/Bad Company
“Sara” Fleetwood Mac/Starship
“Scorpio” Dennis Coffey/Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five
“Shining Star” Earth Wind & Fire/The Manhattans
“Show Me” Joe Tex/The Pretenders
“Shout” The Isley Brothers/Tears for Fears
'Slow Ride" Foghat/The Beastie Boys/Bonnie Raitt
“So In Love” The Tymes/Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark
'So Far Away" Carole King/Dire Straits
“Someday” Glass Tiger/Mariah Carey/Sugar Ray
“Somebody to Love” Jefferson airplane/Queen
“Something About You” The Four Tops/Level 42
“Stand” Sly & The Family Stone/REM
“Stuck on You” Elvis Presley/Lionel Richie
“Summertime” Cast of ‘Porgy & Bess’/DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
“Superstar” Murray Head/The Carpenters
'Surrender" Elvis Presley/Cheap Trick
“Take Me Home” Cher/Phil Collins
“Tall Cool One” The Wailers/Robert Plant
“Tell Me Why” The Beatles/Neil Young
“Tonight’s The Night” The Shirelles/Neil Young
“Tragedy” The Fleetwoods/The Bee Gees
“Two Hearts” Bruce Springsteen/Phil Collins
“Uptown” Roy Orbison/The Crystals
“Walk Like A Man” The Four Seasons/Bruce Springsteen
'The Wanderer" Dion/Donna Summer
“War” Edwin Starr/Bob Marley & the Wailers
“Why?” Bronski Beat/Tracy Chapman
“Wild Thing” The Troggs/Tone Loc
“Words” The Monkees/The Bee Gees
“Would I Lie To You” Eurhythmics/Charles & Eddie
“Words” (The Monkees/Beegees)/Missing Persons
“Blue Monday” (Fats Domino/New World Order)/Susie Hatton
“The Entertainer” (Scott Joplin/Tony Clarke)/Billy Joel
“Tonight’s the Night” (The Shirelles/Neil Young)/Rod Stewart
“Uptown” (Roy Orbison/The Crystals)/Prince
“Surrender” (Elvis Presley/Cheap Trick)/U2
“Creep”(Radiohead/TLC)/Stone Temple Pilots
“Gold” (John Stewart/Spandau Ballet)/Prince
“Good Times” (Sam Cooke/Chic)/Hoodoo Gurus
“I Want You” (Bob Dylan/Marvin Gaye)/Elvis Costello
Oh, and “I Ned You” by the Rationals was a cover of the Kinks song. Sorry. Gotta listen to my CDs more often.