# Song titles with opposite meanings **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 24, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922 "2020-01-24T22:34:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/1 "2020-01-24T22:34:35Z")
I’m watching the D. A. Pennebaker 1989 Depeche Mode documentary “101” (it’s a strange film, with the parallel footage of the fan bus travelers, but Depeche Mode were absolutely on top of their game), and they played “[Behind The Wheel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEAuMiKqP-4)”. The thought struck me that the title is the straight opposite of “[Passenger Side](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhM5iyqc13k)”, a very different song by Wilco. So I thought this could be fun. So what are your examples? ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/2 "2020-01-24T23:24:21Z")
[Kaskade - Angel On My Shoulder](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hChhgMT5wq0) [Faith Marie - Devil On My Shoulder](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccsnMn2uxNM) ---
**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:** [January 24, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/3 "2020-01-24T23:39:29Z")
Stairway to Heaven Highway to Hell ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/4 "2020-01-24T23:40:04Z")
[Opus III It’s A Fine Day](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAxWoGC1rMM) [R.E.M. - Bad Day](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyk-Vdd_Qrk) ===================================== [Neko Case - Hold on, Hold on](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0vk5SGmw3w) [Frou Frou - Let Go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13WAhlE02ew) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/5 "2020-01-24T23:56:15Z")
Got one more: The Cure - [Lovesong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks_qOI0lzho) P.I.L. - [This Is Not A Lovesong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az_GCJnXAI0) ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/6 "2020-01-25T00:06:09Z")
[k.d. lang - Constant Craving](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXqPjx94YMg) [Devo - Satisfaction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jadvt7CbH1o) ==================================== [Moby - Wait for me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKTwvqR6BiI) [Paula Cole - I Don’t Want to Wait](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_dVEtLPdDE) [Morris Day ~ Don’t Wait For Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOi7Zz8ypEs) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/7 "2020-01-25T00:16:17Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > they played “[Behind The Wheel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEAuMiKqP-4)”. The thought struck me that the title is the straight opposite of “[Passenger Side](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhM5iyqc13k)”, a very different song by Wilco. I suppose we could follow this up with McCartney’s [The Back Seat Of My Car](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKsgckliB84). ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/8 "2020-01-25T00:22:16Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I suppose we could follow this up with McCartney’s [The Back Seat Of My Car](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKsgckliB84). That’s excellent! If if there’s a song called “In The Trunk”, we can complete the cycle. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/9 "2020-01-25T00:28:10Z")
Baby come to me by James Ingram. Just go away by Blondie. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/10 "2020-01-25T00:32:30Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > [k.d. lang - Constant Craving](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXqPjx94YMg) > > [Devo - Satisfaction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jadvt7CbH1o) In a similar vein: Muddy Waters - [I Can’t Be Satistfied](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTgwDknZlkA) Van Morrison - [Satisfied](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpN0WPFW_LA) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/11 "2020-01-25T00:53:04Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Stairway to Heaven > > Highway to Hell I guess we won’t find another such combination of classical songs. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/12 "2020-01-25T03:21:12Z")
Debbie Boone - “You Took My Heart By Surprise” GG Allin - “I Don’t Give a Shit” ---
**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:** [January 25, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/13 "2020-01-25T04:10:57Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > That’s excellent! If if there’s a song called “In The Trunk”, we can complete the cycle. I don’t know of any such song, but there IS a [Rumbleseat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPQy5-QPZHc). ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/14 "2020-01-25T04:38:42Z")
There are a couple of tracks on YouTube entitled “Junk in the Trunk”. ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/15 "2020-01-25T09:32:39Z")
The Beatles - I’m a Loser Ringo Starr - I’m the Greatest Both written by John Lennon. ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/16 "2020-01-25T09:41:00Z")
Beck – [Where It’s At](https://youtu.be/EPfmNxKLDG4) Del Amitri – [Not Where It’s At](https://youtu.be/BPFRIOI-HcE) ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/17 "2020-01-25T10:50:25Z")
Roy Orbison - Crying Pharell Williams - Happy ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/18 "2020-01-25T11:03:24Z")
Hello - Lionel Ritchie Goodbye Today - Anatomic ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/19 "2020-01-25T12:31:55Z")
Love Is a Rose - Neil Young/Linda Ronstadt Love Stinks - J. Geils Band ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/20 "2020-01-25T13:03:30Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > [k.d. lang - Constant Craving](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXqPjx94YMg) > > [Devo - Satisfaction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jadvt7CbH1o) Except that the Devo song is about NOT getting satisfied… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922.md?page=2)