# Same title, different song

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-title-different-song/324825>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 5, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-title-different-song/324825 "2005-10-05T02:31:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 15\
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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-title-different-song/324825/61 "2005-10-06T05:26:24Z")

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> [@Bambi Hassenpfeffer](#):
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> _Stay_  
> Destiny’s Child  
> Eternal  
> Lisa Loeb  
> Shakespeare’s Sister

Add Oingo Boingo, Frankie Valli and, as I discovered while googling for Valli’s name, U2 and the Dave Matthews Band.

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**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-title-different-song/324825/62 "2005-10-06T06:55:36Z")

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> “Dreams”  
> the Allman Brothers Band  
> Fleetwood Mac  
> Gabrielle  
> The Cranberries

Amon Duul II

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> “Do It Again”  
> Brian Wilson  
> Matthew Sweet

Steely Dan

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> “Little Siste”  
> Elvis Presley/Dwight Yoakum  
> Concrete Blonde

Assuming this is Little Sister, Stevie Ray Vaughn

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> “Freedom”  
> Jimi Hendrix  
> Voivod

Buffalo

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> “Hope”  
> Anathema  
> Apocalyptica  
> Antimatter

Golden Earring

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> “One”  
> Creed  
> Metallica

Johnny Farham

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> “Turn the Page”  
> Bob Seger  
> The Streets

Is it Harry Chapin I’m thinking of here?

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**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:** [October 6, 2005, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-title-different-song/324825/63 "2005-10-06T12:11:55Z")

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> [@Tengu](#):
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> _Crazy_  
> Patsy Cline  
> Barenaked Ladies  
> Aerosmith  
> And I think Britney Spears

Also cast of “Starlight Express”

Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote two different songs called “Hosanna”: one in “Jesus Christ Superstar” and one in 'Requiem."

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**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-title-different-song/324825/64 "2005-10-06T13:40:38Z")

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“Our House”

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Madness

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-title-different-song/324825/65 "2005-10-06T20:56:55Z")

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**Anything Goes**

Cole Porter (_In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking…_)

The other Cole Porter (_Anything goes in. Anything goes out. Fish, bananas, old pyjamas…_)

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**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-title-different-song/324825/66 "2005-10-06T21:33:58Z")

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[😃](http://www.ibras.dk/montypython/episode42.htm#6)  
The smile is a hyperlink.

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**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-title-different-song/324825/67 "2005-10-06T21:35:32Z")

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“Tear Stained Letter”  
Johnny Cash  
Richard Thompson

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**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-title-different-song/324825/68 "2005-10-06T22:21:43Z")

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> [@anyrose](#):
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> Breathe:  
> Pink Floyd

And Midge Ure (formerly of Ultravox)

Turn the Page was also a song by Rush

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**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-title-different-song/324825/69 "2005-10-06T22:24:33Z")

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In the mood

Rush  
Robert Plant  
Tommy Dorsey?

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**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-title-different-song/324825/70 "2005-10-07T01:34:19Z")

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> [@Askance](#):
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> > [@Sean Factotum](#):
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> > “Little Siste”  
> > Elvis Presley/Dwight Yoakum  
> > Concrete Blonde
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> Assuming this is Little Sister, Stevie Ray Vaughn

Add Rufus Wainwright.

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**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:** [October 7, 2005, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-title-different-song/324825/71 "2005-10-07T02:04:51Z")

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To _Run Run Run_ add Hunters & Collectors.

Also _Time After Time_: Cyndi Lauper and R.E.M.

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**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:** [October 7, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-title-different-song/324825/72 "2005-10-07T02:07:18Z")

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> [@drewbert](#):
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> Also _Time After Time_: Cyndi Lauper and R.E.M.

Add: The Electric Light Orchestra

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-title-different-song/324825/73 "2005-10-07T06:44:43Z")

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“Learning to Fly”

Pink Floyd  
Tom Petty

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**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:** [October 7, 2005, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-title-different-song/324825/74 "2005-10-07T12:50:40Z")

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_Superstar_  
The Carpenters  
Sheryl Crow

Add Andrew Lloyd Webber, who wrote the best known version (though most people think the title of the song is “Jesus Christ Superstar” it ain’t).

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-title-different-song/324825/75 "2005-10-07T13:30:34Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> **Anything Goes**
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> Cole Porter (_In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking…_)
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> The other Cole Porter (_Anything goes in. Anything goes out. Fish, bananas, old pyjamas…_)

I’m sorry - Monty Python must be put in the form of a question. Thank you for playing

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