# 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:** 3
**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, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/41 "2020-01-25T23:40:03Z")
[_Big Bad John_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnnHprUGKF0) - Jimmy Dean [_Small Sad Sam_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX4BfrSWK8Q) - Phil McLean ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/42 "2020-01-25T23:58:00Z")
Stevie Wonder— “I Love Every Little Thing About You” Ugly Kid Joe— “I Hate Everything About You” ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/43 "2020-01-26T00:39:15Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > The Cure also have a song called [Hot Hot Hot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0E9urVs-2o)! Hot Hot Hot - Buster P. Cold Cold Cold - Little Feat Cold as Ice - Foreigner Hot as Sun - McCartney ---
**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 26, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/44 "2020-01-26T00:53:06Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > Hot Hot Hot - Buster P. > > **Cold Cold Cold - Little Feat** > > Cold as Ice - Foreigner > > Hot as Sun - McCartney [my bold] That’s great! I know the song well, but it slipped my mind :smack:. ---
**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 26, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/45 "2020-01-26T01:03:03Z")
- Goodnight Tonight \* by Wings - Hello Tomorrow \* by Zebrahead ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/46 "2020-01-26T01:22:08Z")
To those who think country music is only saccharine odes to momma, truck drivin’, and drinking: [Dolly Parton - To Daddy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW3kCIgMBFA) For those who don’t want to listen all the way through, the final verse: She never meant to come back home If she did, she never did say so to daddy Goodbye to daddy ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/47 "2020-01-26T01:28:56Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > To those who think country music is only saccharine odes to momma, truck drivin’, and drinking: > > [Dolly Parton - To Daddy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW3kCIgMBFA) > > For those who don’t want to listen all the way through, the final verse: Apologies- this was meant for another thread ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/48 "2020-01-26T01:54:15Z")
Money-- The Beatles Can’t buy me love-- The Beatles ---
**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 26, 2020, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/49 "2020-01-26T02:47:14Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > To those who think country music is only saccharine odes to momma, truck drivin’, and drinking: > > [Dolly Parton - To Daddy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW3kCIgMBFA) [Dolly Parton - To Daddy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW3kCIgMBFA) [Mapumba - Song from Daddy](https://mapumba.bandcamp.com/track/song-from-daddy) ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/50 "2020-01-26T03:24:00Z")
Gimme Shelter Gimme Danger ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/51 "2020-01-26T03:26:04Z")
Song for my Father - Horace Silver Mammy - Al Jolson ---
**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 26, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/52 "2020-01-26T05:42:52Z")
Southern Man - Neil Young Northern Lad - Tori Amos Coyote - Joni Mitchell Roadrunner - Modern Lovers ---
**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 26, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/53 "2020-01-26T12:21:06Z")
Don’t Speak by No Doubt Lots of songs. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/54 "2020-01-26T12:45:32Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > Don’t Speak by No Doubt > Lots of songs. “Tell Her About It” by Billy Joel ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/55 "2020-01-26T12:51:54Z")
_She’s Always A Woman_ - Billy Joel _She’s A Rainbow_ - The Rolling Stones ---
**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 26, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/56 "2020-01-26T13:23:56Z")
> [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](#): > > Coyote - Joni Mitchell > Roadrunner - Modern Lovers That’s a great one! ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/57 "2020-01-26T15:36:39Z")
“Li’l Red Riding Hood” by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. “Hungry Like the Wolf” by Duran Duran. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/58 "2020-01-26T15:56:37Z")
Migos Fight Night John Lennon Give Peace a Chance ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/59 "2020-01-26T15:59:23Z")
Pet Shop Boys Kings Cross Bronski Beat Smalltown Boy ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/60 "2020-01-26T16:02:55Z")
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