# Songs in which the title does not appear within the lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2011, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-in-which-the-title-does-not-appear-within-the-lyrics/583941 "2011-06-01T09:42:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-in-which-the-title-does-not-appear-within-the-lyrics/583941/61 "2011-06-03T18:34:43Z")
More Beatles: The Ballad of John and Yoko The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill Tomorrow Never Knows Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite And Stones: Let It Bleed Sympathy for the Devil And The Who: Won’t Get Fooled Again mmm ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-in-which-the-title-does-not-appear-within-the-lyrics/583941/62 "2011-06-03T21:50:57Z")
R.E.M. – Country Feedback ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-in-which-the-title-does-not-appear-within-the-lyrics/583941/63 "2011-06-03T21:54:57Z")
Against Me!: “Thrash Unreal” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rzJ21OpFnZ0/hqdefault.jpg "Against Me! - Thrash Unreal (Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzJ21OpFnZ0) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-in-which-the-title-does-not-appear-within-the-lyrics/583941/64 "2011-06-03T22:49:51Z")
“Corduroy,” Pearl Jam “Nautical Disaster,” The Tragically Hip “Texarkana,” REM “Interstate Love Song,” Stone Temple Pilots “Song 2,” Blur (Actually, most songs that have the word “song” in the title) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-in-which-the-title-does-not-appear-within-the-lyrics/583941/65 "2011-06-03T22:56:09Z")
Incidentally, for fun, I looked up the first list of great songs Google would provide; Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The top rated song that does not have the title in the lyrics is the already-cited “Smells Like Teen Spirit” at #9. Also high on the list: “The Weight,” by The Band, which never uses the word “weight.” ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-in-which-the-title-does-not-appear-within-the-lyrics/583941/66 "2011-06-04T11:32:03Z")
Lots of Ozzy era Black Sabbath. “Black Sabbath”, “N.I.B.”, “Behind The Wall Of Sleep”, “Warning”, “Paranoid”, “Hand Of Doom”, “Planet Caravan”, and tons more. I guess it helps that a lot of their early songs didn’t really have choruses. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-in-which-the-title-does-not-appear-within-the-lyrics/583941/67 "2011-06-07T14:52:01Z")
The 12 Days of Christmas Odd to realize that. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-in-which-the-title-does-not-appear-within-the-lyrics/583941/68 "2011-06-07T17:13:41Z")
“Country Death Song” by Violent Femmes ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-in-which-the-title-does-not-appear-within-the-lyrics/583941/69 "2011-06-07T19:32:47Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > “Bizarre Love Triangle” by New Order. Always kind of bugged me, for some reason. Actually, this is the case for almost every New Order song up until the last album or so. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-in-which-the-title-does-not-appear-within-the-lyrics/583941/70 "2011-06-09T00:02:49Z")
All by Counting Crows: “A Murder of One” “Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby” “Einstein On the Beach (for an Eggman)” “Carriage” “On a Tuesday in Amsterdam Long Ago” “On Almost Any Sunday Morning” “Another Horsedreamer’s Blues” “Speedway” ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-in-which-the-title-does-not-appear-within-the-lyrics/583941/71 "2011-06-09T03:30:47Z")
> [@5-HT](#): > > Actually, this is the case for almost every New Order song up until the last album or so. I was going to mention this. Even on the last album, “Krafty” and “Guilt Is A Useless Emotion” don’t have the titles in the song. It’s probably easier to name the pre-reformed New Order songs that _do_ have the title in the lyrics: “The Perfect Kiss,” “Shellshock,” “Confusion,” “State of the Nation,” “Touched by the Hand of God.” Unsurprisingly, this tendency dates back to Joy Division. “Means to an End,” “Kokamino,” “Glass,” “Warsaw,” “Dead Souls,” “Atmosphere,” etc. Nitpick: Radiohead’s “Paranoid Android” has the title in the lyrics. When Thom Yorke sings “What’s there?” you can hear the Mac voice “Marvin the Paranoid Android” saying “I am Paranoid Android.” Of course Marvin has his own track on the album, “Fitter Happier.” ---
**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:** [June 9, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-in-which-the-title-does-not-appear-within-the-lyrics/583941/72 "2011-06-09T13:20:27Z")
Counry Joe & The Fish–I-Feel-Like-I’m-A-Fixin-To-Die-Rag Tom Paxton-Talking Vietnam Potluck Blues Well, I may be crazy, but I think not. I swear to God that I smell pot. But who’d have pot in Vietnam? He said “What do you think you’ve been sitting on?” These funny little plants. Thousands of them. Good God Almighty. Pastures of Plenty. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-in-which-the-title-does-not-appear-within-the-lyrics/583941.md?page=3)