I recently read on another board about a man who knew multiple women named Rita, and claimed they all hated the Beatles’ “Lovely Rita”. Do you know anyone who shares the name with a famous song, or are you one yourself? What do they think of the songs, and what interesting incidents has it brought up?
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My first name has two common spellings. I can think of 3 songs off the top of my head which use that name in the title - with the other spelling.
No, those songs are not about me, mmmmkay?
Let’s say my name is Diane and I spend a lot of time down at the Tastee Freeze, and now let’s say I start dating a guy named Jack who has a habit of doing James Dean impressions, but because I’ve never heard the song Jack and Diane I can’t figure out why everyone keeps laughing. Except substitute a different set of names, a different set of oddly specific characteristics, and a much, much worse song. Not fun.
Many years ago, just after a painful break-up, a song burst onto the airwaves that - let’s keep this hypothetical rather than based on my real name - had a chorus that went, “Suzy is SWEET! Suzy is SWEET!” Given that my name IRL is Suzy Sweet* I was horrified at the thought of the song becoming a major hit heard everywhere. I was certain my ex would hear it all the time and feel that he was having his nose rubbed in our unhappy separation.
Luckily, the song went nowhere. With some difficulty, I’ve been able to track it down on youtube, but it is obscure, to say the least.
I am glad the song never caught on. I did not like it. It was annoying.
*It’s not really, but you all know that.
A song with my name in the title was a big hit in multiple languages; famous enough that I do get people humming it. I almost drove my car off the autobahn that time it unexpectedly came up in German. I have no idea why the heck would a station dedicated to the top 40s suddenly play a song whose original is from 1961 (my German wasn’t good enough to follow what the DJs said).
As for the hummers, it’s kind of cute so long as it’s not overdone. At least those will remember my name 
I used to have a friend named Barbara Ann. When she was planning her wedding, her fiance wanted the song played as she marched down the aisle. She came close to calling off the wedding.
My cousin Sherry felt the same way.
My name is Timothy. When the song of the same name was popular I was a junior in high school. I remember getting tired of cannibalism jokes pretty quickly.
I used to work with a Rhonda. When one of us needed her assistance, she greatly preferred that we not break into song.
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Years ago, I knew someone whose name was Lola…
That’s when I learned to never make jokes about someone’s name. They know them all and are sick of them?
I once said Kiss Me Kate, and she married me.
Sometimes this works the other way. When Debbie Reynolds released “Tammy”, the names Debbie and Tammy both immediately shot to the top of the list as the most popular girls names.
I went to high school with a girl named Roxanne. She heard it EVERY day … mostly from me. Also dated a girl named Bernadette. I never had heard the song before then. But whenever I would introduce her to someone or mention her name, people would sing out “Bernadette!”.
I imagine women have this problem a lot more than men, unless your name is Mickey…
What a coinkydink; I heard one of “my” songs a few minutes ago on the drive in to work.Unfortunately it was the one I really dislike (Oh, Sherrie by Journey). I used to have people singing the Four Season’s Sherry Baby to me pretty often and I always found that quite endearing, especially the way everyone would do it falsetto like Frankie Valli. Now I’m just lucky if anyone around here speaks to me 
I knew a woman named Susan to whom I made the mistake of singing “Oh Susie Q”. That happened exactly once; she was not amused. I currently work with a Christine who seems to enjoy when I sing “Christine, the strawberry girl. Christine, banana split lady”. Not sure what response I’d get if I busted out with Christine Sixteen.
On a different but slightly related note, does anyone else feel compelled to shout “Who the fuck is Alice” whenever they hear that name?
I wish I could find the Full House clip of Uncle Jesse explaining how he keeps all his date’s names straight (using Beach Boys songs).
I have a customer at work that calls in orders and when you ask for her name, she’ll say “the first name is Mickey… that’s M-I-C-K-E-Y”. Whether she wants to or not, it’s really hard not to respond with “M-O-U-S-E”
I worked with a girl name Rhia. If you asked her about her name, she had no problem telling you it was short for Rhiannon…because her parents conceiverd her with that song on. Now, she was probably 15 or 16 when she told me that, and very goth/shock value-ish. I’m curious, 20 years later if she still likes knowing what song was on when her mom and dad were banging.
Nitpick: “Oh Sherrie” by Steve Perry solo. (Although Wikipedia tells me that Journey did play it in concert on occasion.)
My name is Julie, and chances are I do not love you and do not care and am not thinking of you and am planning on leaving the vicinity.
You’re not Lisa? 
A friend of mine would sing that song every time I saw him. I’ve never actually heard it otherwise. 
I’ve heard enough songs with my real name to last a lifetime. And then there’s Annie Christmas…