# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/81 "2020-01-27T15:52:50Z")
My First Song - Jay Z [Song 2](http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSbBvKaM6sk) - blur ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/82 "2020-01-27T15:55:16Z")
[Born to Run](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxuThNgl3YA) - Bruce Springsteen [Walk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PkcfQtibmU) - Foo Fighters ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/83 "2020-01-27T16:03:18Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > Up On The Roof - The Drifters > A Song From Under The Floorboards - Magazine You could have just stayed with the Drifters: “Up on the Roof” and “Under the Boardwalk” > [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > _She’s Always A Woman_ - Billy Joel > _She’s A Rainbow_ - The Rolling Stones Or, “She’s Always A Woman” (Billy Joel) “I’m a Man” (Bo Diddley) ---
**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 27, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/84 "2020-01-27T17:02:02Z")
[_You Talk Too Much_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw4pnQNbBxE) by Frankie Ford [_The Sounds of Silence_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fWyzwo1xg0) by Simon & Garfunkel [_Goody Two Shoes_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o41A91X5pns) by Adam Ant [_Bad Guy_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyDfgMOUjCI) by Billie Eilish [_Papa Was a Rolling Stone_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXiQtD5gcHU) by The Temptations [_Daddy’s Home_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIGla91-qmk) by Shep & the Limelites [_Higher Love_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9olaIio3l8) by Steve Winwood [_How Deep Is Your Love_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o51p5IRJ5Tc) by the Bee Gees ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/85 "2020-01-27T17:03:46Z")
“I Hate L.A.” - Hot Chelle Rae “I Love L.A.” - Randy Newman “Stand By Me” - Ben E. King “I Can’t Get Next To You” - Al Green ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/86 "2020-01-27T17:09:13Z")
“Norwegian wood”. Beatles “Fake plastic trees”. Marillion ---
**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 27, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/87 "2020-01-27T17:14:35Z")
Rubberband Man - Spinners Rubberband Girl - Kate Bush ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/88 "2020-01-27T17:15:38Z")
“God save the Queen”. Traditional “Anarchy in the UK”. Sex Pistols ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/89 "2020-01-27T17:17:19Z")
“Comfortably numb”. Pink Floyd I’m so excited”. Pointer Sisters. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/90 "2020-01-27T17:24:40Z")
From The Beginning - ELP The End- The Doors ---
**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 27, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/91 "2020-01-27T17:42:03Z")
_Johnny B. Goode_ - Chuck Berry [_Johnny Too Bad_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRm7j2UL3YY) - The Slickers ---
**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 27, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/92 "2020-01-27T18:24:51Z")
The Velvet Underground - [Beginning To See The Light](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddWoF1jeOEs) Bonnie Prince Billy - [I See A Darkness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAriDxTeed8) Siouxsie And The Banshees - [Into The Light](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx3JG9M25tU) War - [Slippin’ Into Darkness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L-2IQMDwcA) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/93 "2020-01-27T20:17:37Z")
“Take It Easy” “Take It to the Limit” Both by the Eagles! ---
**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 28, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/94 "2020-01-28T01:43:31Z")
Juliette - Little Feat Romeo - Wipers * * * Don’t Worry About the Government - Talking Heads Oxford Town, Masters of War - Dylan; Long TIme Gone, Almost Cut My Hair - CSN(Y) ---
**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 28, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/95 "2020-01-28T01:55:44Z")
Expressway to Your Heart - Soul Survivors The Long Cut - Uncle Tupelo ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/96 "2020-01-28T02:29:48Z")
[Cosmic Psychos - Back At School](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-j59oOzVAQ) [Alice Cooper - School’s Out](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBqiC5ox8Bw) ---
**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 28, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/97 "2020-01-28T14:22:35Z")
Keep It Coming Love - KC & The Sunshine Band Stop! In The Name of Love - The Supremes Please Come to Boston - David Loggins She’s Gone to California - Tom Paxton ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/98 "2020-01-28T15:51:58Z")
“All My Friends Say” Luke Bryan “Said Nobody” Old Dominion ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/99 "2020-01-28T19:10:39Z")
“I’m Coming Out,” Diana Ross “In the Closet,” Michael Jackson ---
**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 28, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922/100 "2020-01-28T21:55:13Z")
[_Hurts So Bad_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyUtEWaJI-g) by Little Anthony and The Imperials [_Hurts So Good_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dOsbsuhYGQ) by John Mellencamp [_Urgent_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA6id4--BDg) by Foreigner [_Take Your Time (Do It Right)_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d27679i-X4) by the S.O.S. Band [_Winning_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FmPg4lrBKc) by Santana [_I’m A Loser_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f70Z3cvrQd0) by the Beatles [_Hold On_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIbXvaE39wM) by Wilson Phillips [_Let Me Go, Lover_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hyLRbRCCLU) by Joan Weber [_Love Is A Rose_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed2r8cAyvEo) by Linda Ronstadt [_Love Is Like A Rock_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcbndNeCO-s) by Donnie Iris [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-with-opposite-meanings/846922.md?page=6)