For some reason I’ve had “I Hate Myself For Loving You” stuck in my head recently. I think it’s because just the title of the song makes me think “yeah, so true, so true.”
What are some other good song titles that are complete sentences and make you think “yeah, so true?”
Let’s try to stay away from country music songs. Nothing against country but those folks tend to come up with really good sentence titles and we could go on for days with them (unless you come up with some really good ones!)
By the way, I actually don’t hate myself or anyone else right now even though those song names are stuck in my head. really.
Objects in the Rearview Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are
Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ
Adam Raised a Cain
Love Is a Battlefield
Why’d You Come In Here Looking Like That?
I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)
I’d Lie for You and That’s the Truth
Don’t You Look at Me Like That
You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth
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[li]Don’t Look Back In Anger by Oasis[/li][li]I Don’t Like Mondays by Bob Geldof[/li][li]Hi, Opal![/li][li]Who Are You? by The Who[/li][li]Let Me Entertain You by Robbie Williams (Don’t tell anyone I like Robbie Williams!)[/li][li]Start Me Up by The Rolling Stones[/li][li]Hold My Hand by Hootie and the Blowfish[/li][li]The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight by R.E.M.[/li][li]Roll Me Away by Bob Seger[/li][li]We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions by Queen[/li][li]I Can See for Miles by the Who[/li][li]All I Want Is You by U2[/li][li]Walk On by U2 (It’s an imperative sentence, you see.)[/li][li]Let It Be by the Beatles[/li][li]Is There Love in Space? by Joe Satriani[/li][li]Another One Bites the Dust by Queen[/li][li]You Can’t Always Get What You want by the Rolling Stones[/li][li]Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses? by U2[/li][li]The Bitch Is Back by Elton John[/li][li]Help! by the Beatles (This one feels like I’m cheating.)[/li][li]The Devil Went Down to Georgia by the Charlie Daniels Band[/li][li]Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day[/li][li]Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right by Bob Dylan[/li][li]Where Is the Love? by the Black Eyed Peas[/li][li]All You Need Is Love by the Beatles[/li][li]Give My Love to Rose by Johnny Cash[/li][li]Take Me Home Country Roads by John Denver[/li][li]Sometimes You Can’t Make it on Your Own by U2[/li][li]**Wake Up **by the Arcade Fire[/li][li]Roll the Top Down by Ten Mile Tide (Good, free music!)[/li][li]I Will Follow by U2.[/li][li]It’s the End of the World as We Know it (And I Feel Fine) by R.E.M.[/li][li]Big Girls Are Best by U2[/li][li]The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash[/li][li]You Give Love a Bad Name by Bon Jovi[/li][li]Everybody Hurts by R.E.M.[/li][li]Who’ll Stop the Rain? by CCR[/li][li]Is There Anybody Out There? by Pink Floyd[/li][li]I Won’t Back Down by Tom Petty[/li][li]Carry On My Wayward Son by Kansas[/li][li]**Welcome to the Jungle **by Guns 'N Roses[/li][li]**Take It Easy **by the Eagles[/li][li]**You Shook Me All Night Long **by AC/DC[/li][li]I Predict a Riot by the Kaiser Chiefs[/li][li]Everyday I Love You Less and Less by the Kaiser Chiefs[/li][li]I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For by U2[/li][li]Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard[/li][li]What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? by R.E.M.[/li][li]Come as You Are by Nirvana[/li][li]We Shall Be Free by Garth Brooks.[/li][li]The Tide is Turning (After Live Aid) by Roger Waters[/li][/ol]
Whew!
A partial listing of tracks from the ever-amusing metal/hardcore underground legends Anal Cunt:
Jack Kevorkian Is Cool
You’ve Got No Friends
You Keep a Diary
You Own a Store
You Got Date Raped
Recycling Is Gay
You’re a Cop
You Can’t Shut Up
You’ve Got Cancer
We Just Disagree
You Are an Interior Decorator
Pottery’s Gay
Rich Goyette Is Gay
You Live in Allston
You Are a Food Critic
Your Band’s in the Cut-Out Bin
You’re Gay
You Look Adopted
Your Cousin Is George Lynch
You Have Goals
You Drive an Iroc
You Play on a Softball Team
You Sell Cologne
Being a Cobbler Is Dumb
You Live in a Houseboat
Your Kid Is Deformed
You Are an Orphan
You Go to Art School
You’re Best Friend Is You
You’re in a Coma
Windchimes Are Gay
The Internet Is Gay
Ha Ha, Your Wife Left You
You Went to See Dishwalla and Everclear (You’re Gay)
Technology’s Gay
Your Favorite Band Is Supertramp
A few entries from Irish and Scottish traditional music:
These are songs:
Donald Where’s Your Trousers?
Whiskey You’re the Devil
Are Ye Sleeping Maggie?
My Love She’s But a Lassie Yet (words by Robert Burns)
A Man’s A Man for A’ That (ditto)
I Am the Common Man (Battlefield Band; the rest AFAIK are “traditional”, meaning the writers are unknown and/or long dead)
These may not be strictly relevant because they’re names of tunes, not titles of songs:
Pull the Knife and Stick It Again
What Ails You?
Get Up Old Woman and Shake Yourself
Shut the Door
The Roe’s Among the Heather
Hand Me Down the Tackle
Toss the Feathers
Speed the Plough
Cherish the Ladies
Give Us a Drink of Water
There are many more.
And now for something completely different–Iggy Pop:
Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell
I’m Sick of You
Nick Lowe:
I Knew the Bride When She Used to Rock and Roll
“Don’t You Ever Dare Call Me Chickenhead,” Andy Partridge
“If You Want to Go, Go Now (Or Else You Gotta Stay All Night),” “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue,” “I Pity the Poor Immigrant,” Bob Dylan
“My Head’s in Mississippi,” ZZ Top
“(I Don’t Want to Go to) Chelsea,” “I’ll Wear It Proudly,” Elvis Costello
Most of the songs from Pet Sounds, including “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” “You Still Believe in Me,” “I’m Waiting for the Day,” et al
“Are ‘Friends’ Electric?”, Gary Numan
“Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight?”, Lonnie Donegan
“I’ve Got a Miniature Secret Camera,” Peter Murphy
Two from Mahavishnu John McLaughlin:
“What need have I for this - what need have I for that - I am dancing at the feet of my lord - all is bliss - all is bliss” (from Shakti)
“Don’t let the dragon eat your mother” (from Devotion)
(unless you come up with some really good ones!)