# Same Song Titles (different bands) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 9, 2001, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856 "2001-07-09T17:47:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Opengrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@Opengrave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opengrave)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/1 "2001-07-09T17:47:18Z")
In [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=77400) 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. ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/2 "2001-07-09T18:59:12Z")
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”. ---
**Author:** ![Fish42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@Fish42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish42)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/3 "2001-07-09T18:59:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Opengrave \* > \*\*In [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=77400) 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. \*\* “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 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/4 "2001-07-09T19:10:37Z")
“Torn”, Natalie Imbruglia/Creed “Fight Fire With Fire”, Kansas/Metallica ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/5 "2001-07-09T21:35:46Z")
“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 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/6 "2001-07-09T22:03:49Z")
“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 ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/7 "2001-07-10T00:05:19Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Fish42 \* > “One” Three Dog Night/Metallica/U2_\* I’m pretty sure Creed sings a song called “One.” “We’re Not Going to Take It” The Who/Twisted Sister ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/8 "2001-07-10T00:44:06Z")
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 [ul] - 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 [/ul] **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 [ul] - Jack Jones (#39 in 1967) - Styx (#6 in 1975) - Little River Band (#10 in 1979) - Whispers (#28 in 1980) - Kenny Rogers (#1 in 1980) [/ul] Anybody got another? ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/9 "2001-07-10T00:50:08Z")
“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 ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/10 "2001-07-10T01:10:25Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/11 "2001-07-10T02:14:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by woodstockbirdybird \* > **"All Around The World" (Little Richard/Lisa Stansfield)/The Jam** Also The Red Hot Chili Peppers ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/12 "2001-07-10T02:33:50Z")
“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”](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=HMARY) has even more. ---
**Author:** ![Kittie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Kittie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kittie)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/13 "2001-07-10T04:15:21Z")
“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 ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/14 "2001-07-10T05:03:38Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/15 "2001-07-10T08:04:52Z")
**Power of Love** -Huey Lewis & The News / Jennifer Rush ---
**Author:** ![Harbour\_Lights](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7feea3/32.png) [@Harbour\_Lights](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harbour_Lights)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/16 "2001-07-10T12:13:24Z")
Frankenstein - New York Dolls/Edgar Winter ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/17 "2001-07-10T13:47:02Z")
**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) ---
**Author:** ![Fish42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@Fish42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish42)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/18 "2001-07-10T15:16:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hometownboy \* > \*\* > > And as far as the **Lady** title goes, I could find only five of them, those being > [ul] > > - Jack Jones (#39 in 1967) > - Styx (#6 in 1975) > - Little River Band (#10 in 1979) > - Whispers (#28 in 1980) > - Kenny Rogers (#1 in 1980) > [/ul] > > Anybody got another? \*\* 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 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/19 "2001-07-10T15:39:06Z")
“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 ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/20 "2001-07-10T16:12:17Z")
“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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856.md?page=2)