# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/21 "2001-07-10T19:38:39Z")
What Is Love – Haddaway/Howard Jones Don’t Let Go – Roy Hamilton/En Vogue Blinded by the Light – Manfred Mann/Bruce Springsteen Sail Away – Oak Ridge Boys/Hans Hartz/Jolly Napier All I Want – Toad the Wet Sprocket/Inoj Captain Jack – Captain Jack/Billy Joel Bad Boys – Inner Circle/Puff Daddy and Mase Dancing in the Dark – Bruce Springsteen/Frank Sinatra Tell Me Why – Expose/Winona Judd Butterfly – Limp Bizkit/Mariah Carey/Crazy Town/Smile.dk Everlasting Love – Howard Jones/better known version done by numerous artists Deliverance – Paul McCartney/any number of gospel bands You Should Be Mine – Jeffrey Osborne/too many others Also: Coconut – Harry Nilsson/Smile.dk Let’s Get Down – Tony Toni Tone/DJ Playaz (Hey, I like DDR, sue me…) S’more additions: Angel – Sarah MacLachlan (I’m surprised you all missed this one.)/Jon Secada Lies – EMF Power of Love – Celine Dion (“‘Cause I’m your laaay-daaayyyy, and yoou are my ma-a-ann…” :p) I Want You – Savage Garden Heart and Soul – The Monkees (_Really_ obscure song done IIRC very late in their career. Only place I ever heard it was on Nickelodeon.) Crazy – Seal (my favorite Seal song, BTW) I’m Free – Jon Secada Surrender – Swing Out Sister/KD Lang I’m almost certain there was at least one other It Takes Two…female singer, 120-ish pace, _kinda_ like the hiphop version but not hiphop. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/22 "2001-07-11T01:50:05Z")
> [@](#): > > “Heaven” Talking Heads/Bryan Adams/ \ Psychedelic Furs/Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians Add Warrant to the list. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/23 "2001-07-11T04:47:12Z")
My high school had a habit of having the first Prom Committee meeting at a time when it was pretty much inconvenient for everyone. My senior year, there were only three guys there. All were Zeppelin fans, and since “Stairway to Heaven” had been used a few years earlier, they chose “All My Love” for the theme. At the prom, after the king and queen were crowned, the DJ said, “And here it is, the 1996 Lee County High School Prom Theme!” He then proceeded to play some horrible R&B track (specifically, the genre a friend of mine calls “Ooh Girl” music) entitled “All My Love”. Everyone just stopped dancing and looked confused. Someone explained it to the DJ, who didn’t even have the right song on him. Fortunately, one hero happened to have his copy of “In Through the Out Door” out in his truck. Dr. J ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/24 "2001-07-11T06:24:00Z")
“Simple Man” by Charlie Daniels/Lynyrd Skynyrd “Fade to Black” by Metallica/Dire Straits/Rolling Stones “Right Now” by Chris (Garth Brooks)Gaines/Van Halen “My Generation” by The Who/Limp Bizkit “The End of the Line” by Kathy Mattea/Offspring/Traveling Wilburys -Brianjedi ---
**Author:** ![JadedNaive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@JadedNaive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JadedNaive)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/25 "2001-07-11T06:54:04Z")
Additions: “Breathe” Ministry/Faith Hill/Collective Soul/Newsboys “Crazy”(Patsy Cline/Aerosmith)/Pylon/Seal/Nine Days/Plumb “Photograph” Ringo Starr/Def Leppard/Verve Pipe “So Far Away” Carole King/Dire Straits/Nine Days Also: “Crown of Thorns” Dare/Social Distortion/Erasure “Forgiveness” Collective Soul/Fuel “Stay” No Motiv/Lisa Loeb “Unforgiven” Creed/Metallica “Wrong Way” Creed/Sublime ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/26 "2001-07-11T07:29:04Z")
“Closer”-NIN, Joy Division “sehnsucht”-Rammstein, Einsturzende Neubauten, wumpscut arg…that’s all i can think of for now…☹ ---
**Author:** ![BigStar303](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@BigStar303](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigStar303)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/27 "2001-07-11T20:44:15Z")
“I Need You” by: Rick Nelson The Beatles The Kinks The Who America Badfinger Paul Carrack “Tell Me Why” by: The Belmonts The Beatles Bobby Vinton Elvis Presley 20/20 “Woman” by: The Zombies Peter and Gordon The Beau Brummels John Lennon “Fire” by: The Jimi Hendrix Experience The Crazy World of Arthur Brown The Ohio Players Bruce Springsteen/The Pointer Sisters “I” by: The Knight Riders The Electric Prunes “Dream On” by: Arrowsmith The Righteous Brothers/The Oak Ridge Boys “Because” by: The Dave Clark Five The Beatles “Teen Angel” by Mark Dinning Donovan ---
**Author:** ![BigStar303](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@BigStar303](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigStar303)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/28 "2001-07-11T20:57:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BigStar303 \* > \*\*“Tell Me Why” by: > > The Belmonts > The Beatles > Bobby Vinton > Elvis Presley > 20/20 \*\* Acckkk! How could I forget Neil Young? ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/29 "2001-07-11T21:13:52Z")
Also add Bruce Springsteen to this grouping: “Don’t Look Back” The Temptations/Boston/Fine Young Cannibals ---
**Author:** ![BigStar303](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@BigStar303](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigStar303)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/30 "2001-07-12T05:22:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Odieman \* > \*\*Also add Bruce Springsteen to this grouping: “Don’t Look Back” The Temptations/Boston/Fine Young Cannibals > \*\* AND The Remains. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/31 "2001-07-12T19:28:20Z")
“America” (Neil Diamond/Spinal Tap/Simon& Garfunkel)/Robyn Hitchcock/_Prince_ “Unforgiven” Creed/Metallica/_Go-Gos_ “Stay” No Motiv/Lisa Loeb/_Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs_ “Breakdown” - Liquid Gang, Tantric, _Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers_ “In Too Deep” - Sum 41, Spitfires, _Phil Collins_ “Heaven” Talking Heads/Bryan Adams/Psychedelic Furs/Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians/Warrant/_Eurogliders_ “All I Want” – Toad the Wet Sprocket/Inoj/_Susanna Hoffs_ **A new one** : “Waterfalls,” Paul McCartney/TLC **And a correction:** “Blinded by the Light” – Manfred Mann/Bruce Springsteen This is the same song. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/32 "2001-07-12T23:02:54Z")
Add Shaggy and Lionel Richie to the “Angel” list… jayjay ---
**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/33 "2001-07-12T23:55:43Z")
\*\* > [@](#): > > “Dreams” Fleetwood Mac/Van Halen \*\* Also by the Allman Brothers Band ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/34 "2001-07-13T00:02:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fish42 \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*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.) > > \*\* Thanks for the update. My Whitburn’s is copyright 1996, and lists only “Brown Sugar” by D’Angelo. Well done. ---
**Author:** ![PlanMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@PlanMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlanMan)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/35 "2001-07-13T00:07:08Z")
An addition to **Fish42**'Crossroads" Robert Johnson (also Cream)/Tracy Chapman and _The Allman Brothers Band_ ---
**Author:** ![renigademaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@renigademaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/renigademaster)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/36 "2001-07-13T05:49:27Z")
Breathe - the prodigy Heaven - Rusted root Pink floyd/ new order/ brian Eno/ Money ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/37 "2001-07-13T06:56:48Z")
Learning to Fly Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Pink Floyd, Emerson, Lake and Powell (and I think that they all came out in the same year, too!) ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2001, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/38 "2001-07-17T17:43:36Z")
How could I forget…Rescue Me - Aretha Franlin. Probably the best-known one, too. Carry on… ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2001, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856/39 "2001-07-17T18:13:39Z")
Wow, you guys are good. I could only think of one. “I Will Remember You” by Sarah MacLachlan and Amy Grant. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-song-titles-different-bands/71856.md?page=1)