# Songs named the same as the band **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 27, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-named-the-same-as-the-band/417122 "2007-08-27T17:34:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-named-the-same-as-the-band/417122/21 "2007-08-27T18:38:19Z")
The first three albums by Focus included songs called “Focus,” “Focus 2,” & “Focus 3.” Iron Butterfly had “Iron Butterfly Theme.” Not a band, but Van Dyke Parks recorded “Van Dyke Parks.” How about Can’s “Can Can”? Halfway there: first song on the first Gentle Giant album was called “Giant.” ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-named-the-same-as-the-band/417122/22 "2007-08-27T19:42:48Z")
“Love Theme From Kiss” - Kiss “Butthole Surfer” - The Butthole Surfers “Stray Cat Strut” - The Stray Cats “Bo Diddley” - Bo Diddley “Hey, Bo Diddley!” - Bo Diddley “Diddley Daddy” - Bo Diddley “Run, Diddley Daddy” - Bo Diddley “The Story of Bo Diddley” - Bo Diddley “Bo Diddley 1969” - Bo Diddley “Bo Diddley Vamp” - Bo Diddley “Bo’s Beat” - Bo Diddley “Bo’s Guitar” - Bo Diddley “Bo’s Waltz” - Bo Diddley “Bo Diddley’s Dog” - Bo Diddley “Bo’s a Lumberjack” - Bo Diddley ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-named-the-same-as-the-band/417122/23 "2007-08-27T19:46:08Z")
“Art In America” by Art In America. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-named-the-same-as-the-band/417122/24 "2007-08-27T19:46:18Z")
“This is Cracker Soul,” by Cracker. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-named-the-same-as-the-band/417122/25 "2007-08-27T20:11:51Z")
Madness (the band) is named after a Prince Buster song, which they covered. They also later wrote and recorded a song called “Madness Is All In The Mind.” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-named-the-same-as-the-band/417122/26 "2007-08-27T20:19:42Z")
[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink] Madness (the band) is named after a Prince Buster song, which they covered. [/QUOTE] While we’re at it, Sisters of Mercy were named after a Leonard Cohen song, which they have also covered (at least in concert.) ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-named-the-same-as-the-band/417122/27 "2007-08-27T20:21:16Z")
Who Are You? by the Who–does that count? Also Wang Chung mentions themselves in “Everybody Have Fun Tonight.” ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-named-the-same-as-the-band/417122/28 "2007-08-27T20:32:21Z")
KMFDM has a song called “Sucks” which goes, in part “KMFDM SUCKS!” Not a 100% match to the OP… The Dead Milkmen have the “Milkmen Stomp” Belle & Sebastian have a song called “Belle & Sebastian” ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-named-the-same-as-the-band/417122/29 "2007-08-27T20:33:37Z")
**Jerry Lee Lewis** had the **Lewis Boogie** ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-named-the-same-as-the-band/417122/30 "2007-08-27T20:34:31Z")
From the 11th album: _Take Me Back To Chicago_ by Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tool_of_the_Conspiracy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-named-the-same-as-the-band/417122/31 "2007-08-27T20:35:59Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] Other than that…well Red Hot Chili Peppers have a song called “They’re Red Hot” [/QUOTE] “They’re Red Hot” is a cover of a Robert Johnson song. In 1987, Living In A Box reached #17 on the US pop chart with their song “Living In A Box”, from their album _Living In A Box_. (I don’t remember ever hearing the song, but I remember wondering how many times that had happened.) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-named-the-same-as-the-band/417122/32 "2007-08-27T20:37:53Z")
“Young Fresh Fellows Theme” by the [Young Fresh Fellows](http://www.amazon.com/Fabulous-Sounds-Pacific-Northwest-Topsy/dp/B000001PJM/ref=sr_1_1/103-1518416-0570237?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1188246899&sr=1-1). Damn, this was a great band. That no one remembers. Click on some of the samples. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-named-the-same-as-the-band/417122/33 "2007-08-27T20:39:31Z")
And I just remembered: _Killer Queen_ by Queen. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-named-the-same-as-the-band/417122/34 "2007-08-27T20:50:58Z")
Since a lot of these songs appear on the bands’ debut albums, it makes me wonder which came first: the song title, or the band name. I tend to think that a lot of these bands had really stupid, or at least unmarketable, names when they got signed, and a record company person pointed to the song title and said, “But that sounds cool. We’ll call you that.” ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-named-the-same-as-the-band/417122/35 "2007-08-27T20:52:53Z")
Not exact matches, but “Freezepop Forever” and “Parlez-vous Freezepop?” by Freezepop. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-named-the-same-as-the-band/417122/36 "2007-08-27T20:58:11Z")
“Supersucker Drive-By Blues” - The Supersuckers “Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing ta F’ Wit” - Wu-Tang Clan “Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber” - Wu-Tang Clan “Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber - Part II” - Wu-Tang Clan “As High As Wu-Tang Get” - Wu Tang Clan ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-named-the-same-as-the-band/417122/37 "2007-08-27T21:00:28Z")
“Who Are We? (The Dixie Hummingbirds)” by **The Dixie Hummingbirds**. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-named-the-same-as-the-band/417122/38 "2007-08-27T21:05:16Z")
From the late 1960’s “(I Need Your) Sweet Inspiration” by the **Sweet Inspirations** (which included Cissy Huston - Whitney’s mom). ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-named-the-same-as-the-band/417122/39 "2007-08-27T21:07:59Z")
[QUOTE=Phase42] Since a lot of these songs appear on the bands’ debut albums, it makes me wonder which came first: the song title, or the band name. I tend to think that a lot of these bands had really stupid, or at least unmarketable, names when they got signed, and a record company person pointed to the song title and said, “But that sounds cool. We’ll call you that.” [/QUOTE] The Butthole Surfers are one of the bands that did it the other way around. They used to go by a different bizzare and hilarious name every show (my favorite of which was “Nine Foot Worm Makes Own Food”), but they had a popular song called “Butthole Surfer.” Soon everyone was calling them “that ‘Butthole Surfer’ band” or “The Butthole Surfers” and they just went with it. Oddly enough, the song wasn’t on their debut EP. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-named-the-same-as-the-band/417122/40 "2007-08-27T21:12:04Z")
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