# Songs By The Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2006, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-the-day/364831 "2006-07-17T09:32:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-the-day/364831/1 "2006-07-17T09:32:17Z")
How many songs can we come up with that have day names in their title? The posts probably won’t end up ordered any specific way. “Sunday Morning” - Acid House Kings “Sunday Morning” - Velvet Underground “Sunday Morning Coming Down” - Johnny Cash “Sunday Will Never be the Same” - Spanky and Our Gang “Monday, Monday” - The Mamas and The Papas “Friday I’m in Love” - The Cure ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-the-day/364831/2 "2006-07-17T12:10:14Z")
“Never on Sunday” - not sure who performs it “Manic Monday” - Banarama “Ruby Tuesday” - Rolling Stones “Friday’s Child” - Will Young ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-the-day/364831/3 "2006-07-17T12:15:25Z")
“Saturday Night’s All Right for Fighting” - Elton John “S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night” - Bay City Rollers ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-the-day/364831/4 "2006-07-17T12:21:06Z")
“Gloomy Sunday” - A pair of [dead Hungarians](http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/gloomy.htm) 😉 I know a lot of ‘Sunday’ music for an atheist. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2006, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-the-day/364831/5 "2006-07-17T12:31:04Z")
Stormy Monday – Allman Brothers (and many others) Rainy Days and Mondays – Carpenters Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?) – Moody Blues (usually known as “Tuesday Afternoon”) Friday on My Mind – Easybeats She Gets Paid on Friday – (don’t recall the artist – Elvis Costello, maybe). Another Saturday Night – Sam Cooke/Cat Stevens ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-the-day/364831/6 "2006-07-17T12:33:02Z")
Does “Yesterday” count? ---
**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:** [July 17, 2006, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-the-day/364831/7 "2006-07-17T12:38:54Z")
Tell Me on a Sunday–Song & Dance cast recording Probably on Thursday–Ross Hannanstein ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-the-day/364831/8 "2006-07-17T12:48:16Z")
_I Don’t Like Mondays_ – The Boomtown Rats ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-the-day/364831/9 "2006-07-17T12:51:33Z")
“Sun Comes Up, It’s Tuesday Morning” - Cowboy Junkies ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-the-day/364831/10 "2006-07-17T13:14:01Z")
Sunday, Bloody Sunday - U2 Wednesday Week - The Undertones ---
**Author:** ![Southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southpaw)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-the-day/364831/11 "2006-07-17T13:58:40Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > “Manic Monday” - Banarama I think that’s the Bangles, not Bananarama. Saturday’s Child - The Monkees Sunday Morning Coming Down - Kris Kristofferson (?) Come Monday - Jimmy Buffet Saturday in the Park - Chicago Sunday in New York - Mel Torme (and others) ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-the-day/364831/12 "2006-07-17T13:58:48Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > She Gets Paid on Friday – (don’t recall the artist – Elvis Costello, maybe). Joe Jackson ---
**Author:** ![Ragiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ragiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ragiel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-the-day/364831/13 "2006-07-17T14:27:49Z")
One More Saturday Night — Grateful Dead. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-the-day/364831/14 "2006-07-17T14:33:32Z")
_Tuesday’s Gone_ by Lynyrd Skynyrd (much better than _Free Bird_ as Skynyrd Songs go, IMHO) _Tuesday’s Dead_ by Cat Stevens ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-the-day/364831/15 "2006-07-17T14:35:34Z")
Blue Monday - Fats Domino Saturday Night Holocaust - Dead Kennedys ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-the-day/364831/16 "2006-07-17T14:57:23Z")
> [@Southpaw](#): > > I think that’s the Bangles, not Bananarama. Correct. For some reason the words to Manic Monday were going through my head to the tune of “Robert DeNiro’s Waiting,” so figure _that_ one out. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-the-day/364831/17 "2006-07-17T15:18:56Z")
> [@Revenant Threshold](#): > > Does “Yesterday” count? Only if we include “Tomorrow” from _Annie_. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-the-day/364831/18 "2006-07-17T15:28:32Z")
Most of my additions are country: Raining on Sunday - Kieth Urban I Don’t Have To Be Me ('Til Monday) - Steve Azar Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. - Simon & Garfunkel Louisiana Saturday Night - Mel McDaniel Small Town Saturday Night - Hal Ketchum Sunday Morning Coming Down was Johnny Cash. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-the-day/364831/19 "2006-07-17T15:47:32Z")
“One February Friday” - Frankie Goes to Hollywood (B-Side to “Two Tribes”) “One September Monday” - Frankie Goes to Hollywood (B-Side to “Relax”) ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-the-day/364831/20 "2006-07-17T16:04:35Z")
Sunday Sun - Beck He Forgot That it was Sunday - John Prine Sunday’s Best - Elvis Costello Tuesday Morning - the Pogues (well, they call themselves the Pogues, but Shane McGowan wasn’t in the band for this) Good Friday - Cowboy Junkies Friday Night, Saturday Monring - the Specials The Heart of Saturday Night - Tom Waits [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-the-day/364831.md?page=2)