# 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:** 2
**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:** [January 25, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/21 "2020-01-25T15:34:46Z")
Any Dream Will Do - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Welcome to my Nightmare - Alice Cooper ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/22 "2020-01-25T18:21:16Z")
From the musical Rent - _Love Heals_ Nazareth - _Love Hurts_ Get Set Go - _I Hate Everyone_\* Corey Smith -\* I Love Everyone\* - A great song for cheering myself up on down days. ---
**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, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/23 "2020-01-25T18:27:01Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Get Set Go - _I Hate Everyone_\* > Corey Smith -\* I Love Everyone\* > > - A great song for cheering myself up on down days. Got one more that fits: Belle And Sebastian - [I Don’t Love Anyone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8S7-ZuV68E) ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/24 "2020-01-25T18:35:55Z")
Not exactly opposite titles, but the songs are opposites: “Our House” - Madness _Our house, in the middle of our street._ “Mean Street” - Van Halen _This is home. This is mean street._ ---
**Author:** ![Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicest_of_the_Damned)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/25 "2020-01-25T19:53:41Z")
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car Foghat - Slow Ride The Night Before - The Beatles The Morning After - Maureen McGovern ---
**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, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/26 "2020-01-25T20:04:15Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Except that the Devo song is about NOT getting satisfied… Yes, that’s true. But the question was “Song titles with opposite meanings,” not “song lyrics with opposite meanings.” ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/27 "2020-01-25T21:11:13Z")
_Heart of Stone_ - The Rolling Stones _Heart of Glass_ - Blondie ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/28 "2020-01-25T21:39:40Z")
[_Daybreak_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3lYO3E02Sc) by Harry Nilsson and [_Morning Has Broken_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZAsfB1Np-8) by Cat Stevens [_Sundown_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3lYO3E02Sc) by Gordon Lightfoot [_Hot Hot Hot_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhZba-P7R18) by Buster Poindexter [_Cold As Ice_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAESnjvz3lQ) by Foreigner ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/29 "2020-01-25T21:44:38Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > That’s excellent! If if there’s a song called “In The Trunk”, we can complete the cycle. Grace Jones “Pull up to the Bumper”? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/30 "2020-01-25T21:45:01Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > _Heart of Stone_ - The Rolling Stones > _Heart of Glass_ - Blondie Good one. The Rolling Stones - _Let Me Go_ Blondie - _Just Go Away_ ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/31 "2020-01-25T21:55:41Z")
_War_ - Edwin Starr _Peace on Earth_ - U2 ---
**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, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/32 "2020-01-25T22:08:39Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > [_Daybreak_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3lYO3E02Sc) by Harry Nilsson and [_Morning Has Broken_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZAsfB1Np-8) by Cat Stevens > [_Sundown_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3lYO3E02Sc) by Gordon Lightfoot > > [_Hot Hot Hot_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhZba-P7R18) by Buster Poindexter > [_Cold As Ice_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAESnjvz3lQ) by Foreigner The Cure also have a song called [Hot Hot Hot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0E9urVs-2o)! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/33 "2020-01-25T22:40:44Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > The Cure also have a song called [Hot Hot Hot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0E9urVs-2o)! And the Stones have _She’s So Cold_ ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/34 "2020-01-25T22:46:57Z")
- Love For Sale \* by Ella Fitzgerald - Can’t Buy Me Love \* by The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/35 "2020-01-25T22:50:03Z")
_Shout_ - The Isley Brothers _Hush_ - Deep Purple ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/36 "2020-01-25T22:51:57Z")
- Slipping Thorough My Fingers \* by ABBA - You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me \* by The Miracles ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/37 "2020-01-25T23:02:42Z")
_We Are the Champions_ - Queen _I’m a Loser_ - The Beatles ---
**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, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/38 "2020-01-25T23:12:27Z")
_Divorce_ - Tammy Wynette _Saving Ourselves For Marriage_ - AxCx ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/39 "2020-01-25T23:30:52Z")
_Sunshine on My Shoulders_ - John Denver _Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head_ - B.J. Thomas ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/40 "2020-01-25T23:32:53Z")
[_Endless Sleep_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aORD1aRz_qI) by Jody Reynolds [_(Last Night) I Didn’t Get To Sleep At All_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GztV3yWNJJw) by the 5th Dimension [_Teenage Dream_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98WtmW-lfeE) by Katy Perry [_Welcome To My Nightmare_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOeP4p1fjMs) by Alice Cooper _I’m Alive_ by ELO [_D.O.A._](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClJLrxGClxk) by Bloodrock [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922.md?page=3)