# Songs about stalking **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 25, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stalking/583157 "2011-05-25T14:35:54Z")\ **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 25, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stalking/583157/1 "2011-05-25T14:35:54Z")
Inspired by [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=609769) poll about The Police’s Every Breath You Take. Bob Marley’s [Waiting in Vain](http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/b/bob_marley/waiting_in_vain.html) comes to my mind. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stalking/583157/2 "2011-05-25T14:42:10Z")
There’s a snow patrol one - “Spitting Games” [http://www.lyrics007.com/Snow%20Patrol%20Lyrics/Spitting%20Games%20Lyrics.html](http://www.lyrics007.com/Snow%20Patrol%20Lyrics/Spitting%20Games%20Lyrics.html) > [@](#): > > I broke into your house last night > And left a note at your bedside ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stalking/583157/3 "2011-05-25T14:44:42Z")
_Until You Come Back to Me_ by Stevie Wonder, sung by Aretha Franklin: Though you don’t call anymore I sit and wait in vain I guess I’ll rap on your door Tap on your windowpane \*\* Why did you have to decide. You had to set me free. I’m gonna swallow my pride Gonna beg ya to please see me ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stalking/583157/4 "2011-05-25T14:47:56Z")
Los Abandoned “[Stalk U](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lu7lyupphI)” Goldfinger “[Stalker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqkmoh3XcWk&feature=watch_response)” ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stalking/583157/5 "2011-05-25T15:07:51Z")
Allan Clarke’s “Shadow in the Street.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stalking/583157/6 "2011-05-25T15:12:43Z")
_Every step you take Every move you make…_ ---
**Author:** ![Blackhawk441](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/76d3ee/32.png) [@Blackhawk441](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackhawk441)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stalking/583157/7 "2011-05-25T15:15:52Z")
“Happy Together” by the Turtles could definitely be interpreted as a stalker singing about his (unrequited) love. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stalking/583157/8 "2011-05-25T15:20:16Z")
I know you’ve deceived me, now here’s a surprise I know that you have 'cause there’s magic in my eyes I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles Oh yeah - The Who ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stalking/583157/9 "2011-05-25T15:25:20Z")
“I Got My Mind Set On You,” in which the singer describes (excitedly) the time, effort, and money needed to effect his plan to kidnap and imprison the object of his affection. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stalking/583157/10 "2011-05-25T15:36:40Z")
Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me” Seriously, if that had been released by Sting, people would be up in arms. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stalking/583157/11 "2011-05-25T15:41:01Z")
_The Night Has a Thousand Eyes_ by Benjamin Weisman, Dorothy Wayne and Marilynn Garrett, sung by Bobby Vee 'Cause the night has a thousand eyes And a thousand eyes can’t help but see if you are true to me So remember when you tell those little white lies That the night has a thousand eyes Translation: I’m following you around watching you all the time. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stalking/583157/12 "2011-05-25T16:03:57Z")
\*\*Barenaked Ladies \*\*- [Straw Hat & Old Dirty Hank](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rYc3pTGWho)is told from the point of a view of a stalker. The song is inspired by a real life stalker of Anne Murray and the song contains references/lyrics to some of her songs: _You cried a tear, I wiped it dry I put you up upon a pedestal so high If you should waver, if you should sway I’d catch you, spread my tiny wings and fly away You signed your picture with an O and X I bet you don’t write “love” each time you sign your checks_ . . . _You say you love me, is that the truth? Although they’ve heard the songs, my friends want living proof I know your address, I ring the bell I bring you flowers and a .22 with shells_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stalking/583157/13 "2011-05-25T16:45:39Z")
“Behind the Wall of Sleep” by the Smithereens sure sound stalkerish. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stalking/583157/14 "2011-05-25T16:49:01Z")
Oh, and Ted Nugent’s “Stranglehold” is about a stalker who’s actually gotten hold of his ex and is going to kill her! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stalking/583157/15 "2011-05-25T16:56:30Z")
“Every breath you take And every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take Ill be watching you” Sting ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stalking/583157/16 "2011-05-25T16:57:32Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Oh, and Ted Nugent’s “Stranglehold” is about a stalker who’s actually gotten hold of his ex and is going to kill her! Geez. I’ve liked that song forever, and never really paid attention in detail to the lyrics. Weird. Of course John Lennon penned this catchy little ditty with the Beatles. > [@](#): > > Well I’d rather see you dead, little girl > Than to be with another man > You better keep your head, little girl > Or I won’t know where I am Run for Your Life. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stalking/583157/17 "2011-05-25T17:03:44Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > _Every step you take > Every move you make…_ > [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](#): > > “Every breath you take > And every move you make > Every bond you break > Every step you take > Ill be watching you” > > Sting You didn’t notice that the OP mentioned this song? How about Sugarland’s Stuck Like Glue. I have to admit, I really can’t stand the song and haven’t really picked through the lyrics but the video was posted here a week or two ago and it seemed pretty stalkerish for such an upbeat 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 25, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stalking/583157/18 "2011-05-25T17:07:48Z")
Sarah McLachlan, “Possession” Blondie, “One Way or Another” > [@](#): > > I will drive past your house > And if the lights are all down > I’ll see who’s around ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stalking/583157/19 "2011-05-25T22:48:08Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > You didn’t notice that the OP mentioned this song? What, you expect people to read the whole entire first sentence of an OP before responding? Silly. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stalking/583157/20 "2011-05-25T22:56:59Z")
Louis XIV has a song called [Stalker](http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858707428/). The lyrical content is pretty predictable. Maybe you want to draw a line between peeping toms and stalkers, but if not, then the Killers’ [Mr. Brightside](http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858544190/) qualifies too. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stalking/583157.md?page=2)