# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/21 "2019-05-09T17:26:37Z")
Barry Manilow - “[One Voice](https://youtu.be/s7bv-Vn1_gw)” ---
**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:** [May 9, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/22 "2019-05-09T17:34:44Z")
The theme song for [_It’s Garry Shandling’s Show_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cWbkWTYwTw). How do you like it so far? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/23 "2019-05-09T17:52:10Z")
From _Snow White_: One Song (I have but one song)… ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/24 "2019-05-09T17:54:18Z")
Sunday Bloody Sunday isn’t about singing a song per se but it knows it is a song being sung. ---
**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, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/25 "2019-05-09T18:21:45Z")
Edith Piaf’s [Chanson d’Amour](https://lyricstranslate.com/en/chanson-damour-love-song.html) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/26 "2019-05-09T18:29:15Z")
[Alan O’Day, “Song”]([Account Suspended](http://doorbell.net/sounds/O'day) - Song (demo).wav) > [@](#): > > Could a little song change anything bad to good? > If a little song could bring you back, Love, I would, sing… ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/27 "2019-05-09T18:31:59Z")
Sing by Ed Sheeran ---
**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:** [May 9, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/28 "2019-05-09T19:02:58Z")
[“I’ve Got to Sing a Torch Song.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_wgmjaDrGM) [“Song for the Asking”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi290JIZ1uQ) – Simon and Garfunkel ---
**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, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/29 "2019-05-09T21:27:58Z")
And the songbirds are singing, like they know the score. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wTi19MPOvDw/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHUBoAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgXShQMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAF64p28XSGZkkoGZt-l1MAfiPLwA "Fleetwood Mac Songbird") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTi19MPOvDw) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/30 "2019-05-09T21:46:29Z")
[_When Smokey Sings_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXK71NEFkyI) – ABC [_The Load Out_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scsJZ67ssDY) – Jackson Browne ---
**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, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/31 "2019-05-09T21:53:32Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/N_J-hmyAS6c/maxresdefault.jpg "The Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_J-hmyAS6c) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/32 "2019-05-09T22:05:05Z")
[_Happy Working Song_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrwxIypQisY) – Giselle ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/33 "2019-05-09T22:27:23Z")
A song about being a singer (and a classic of the salsa genre) Hector Lavoe - El Cantante (The Singer) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Jn-EKeSQH2w/hqdefault.jpg "Hector Lavoe - El Cantante") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn-EKeSQH2w) ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/34 "2019-05-09T22:29:01Z")
You’d think some people would have mentioned “Silly Love Songs”. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/35 "2019-05-09T22:34:51Z")
Chicago’s first song on their first album, [Introduction.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ijix_xxK1E) ---
**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 10, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/36 "2019-05-10T00:01:04Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > You’d think some people would have mentioned “Silly Love Songs”. We’ve had enough of those. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/37 "2019-05-10T00:16:16Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > We’ve had enough of those. > > 😃 I look around me and I see it isn’t so. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/38 "2019-05-10T02:41:08Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U47qMn8Fcp8) ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/39 "2019-05-10T02:49:59Z")
[quote=“saucywench, post:38, topic:833721”] [/QUOTE] [And…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23qwtgvUCLI) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/40 "2019-05-10T03:02:57Z")
Sesame Street: [Sing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhbsb_tkGL0) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721.md?page=3)