# Songs about singing songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721 "2019-05-09T13:53:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [May 9, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/1 "2019-05-09T13:53:24Z")
In the other thread people were writing them. So who is singing about singing them? ABBA’s Gonna Sing You My Love Song Roberta Flack’s Killing Me Softly With His Song ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/2 "2019-05-09T13:55:41Z")
_This the song that never ends It just goes on and on, my friends Some people started singing it Not knowing what it was And they’ll continue singing it forever Just because This is the song that never ends…_ ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/3 "2019-05-09T13:59:19Z")
Elton John _Your Song_ ---
**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:** [May 9, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/4 "2019-05-09T14:01:37Z")
Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song And that Billy Joel classic Piano Man sort of falls into this category. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/5 "2019-05-09T14:12:08Z")
_Song Sung Blue_, Neil Diamond. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/6 "2019-05-09T15:10:08Z")
Carpenters -Sing a Song ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/7 "2019-05-09T15:16:40Z")
Jenny Lewis, _Sing a Song For Them_ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/8 "2019-05-09T15:28:01Z")
Peter, Paul and Mary-_[I Dig Rock And Roll Music](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqY35SYsyfQ)_ Mostly about others singing a song. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/9 "2019-05-09T15:44:45Z")
She & Him - [Sing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lzkiTH69YQ) ---
**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:** [May 9, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/10 "2019-05-09T15:46:44Z")
I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/11 "2019-05-09T16:11:29Z")
Leon Russell’s “A Song for You”. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/12 "2019-05-09T16:15:58Z")
_I’ll sing my song to the wide open spaces I’ll sing my heart out to the infinite sea I’ll sing my visions to the sky high mountains I’ll sing my song to the free, to the free_ –The Song Is Over by The Who ---
**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:** [May 9, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/13 "2019-05-09T16:17:35Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > In the other thread people were writing them. So who is singing about singing them? I think some of the songs mentioned in that thread fit better in this one; and maybe vice versa. And sometimes it’s not clear. Is John Wesley Harding’s [“Sing Your Own Song”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxvEA-6iJxY) more about writing or singing? > [@](#): > > You can write your own words > You can sing your own song > And it doesn’t really matter if you’re out of tune > Or if no one sings along ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/14 "2019-05-09T16:18:23Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > Carpenters -Sing a Song Another Sing a Song… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HBpsOu8jyU8/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBmdtaBo9bel_Uv5haDBfvh0-PwrQ "Earth, Wind & Fire - Sing a Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBpsOu8jyU8) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/15 "2019-05-09T16:19:06Z")
The Mamas & The Papas: _But you’ve gotta make your own kind of music, Sing your own special song, Make your own kind of music Even if nobody else sings along_ ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/16 "2019-05-09T16:22:16Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ym4HtDQhoRg/hqdefault.jpg "Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi (lyrics)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym4HtDQhoRg) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/17 "2019-05-09T16:23:09Z")
Louis Prima: _Sing, sing, sing, sing Everybody start to sing La dee da, ho, ho, ho Now you’re singing with a swing_ ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/18 "2019-05-09T16:36:37Z")
Won’t you help to sing these songs of freedom? [Redemption Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrY9eHkXTa4) ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/19 "2019-05-09T16:38:52Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zj1FifK3bbg/hqdefault.jpg "I Love To Singa- Owl") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj1FifK3bbg) Whole cartoon… [![](https://vumbnail.com/260424794.jpg) ](https://vimeo.com/260424794) ---
**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:** [May 9, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/20 "2019-05-09T16:39:38Z")
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