# Songs that are actually two songs in one **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734 "2018-04-19T20:41:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/1 "2018-04-19T20:41:22Z")
Inspired by [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=853109) about movies. What songs can you think of that change at some point to what could be a completely different song? A famous example is the Beatles’ _A Day In The Life_, with John’s “I read the news today, oh boy” part morphing into Paul’s “Woke up, got out of bed” segment and back again. I can think of others, but I’ll throw it out to everybody else for more. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/2 "2018-04-19T20:45:12Z")
“[Layla](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izfg7YU9VgE)” by Derek & the Dominos. A guitar rocker with vocals that turns into a wistful piano solo with some guitar backing. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/3 "2018-04-19T20:50:05Z")
I’m not sure if “We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions” counts, since it often gets broken up into two separate songs for radio play. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/4 "2018-04-19T20:51:03Z")
**Long John Baldry** -\* Don’t try to Lay No Boogie-Woogie on The King Of Rock n’ Roll\* First half funny little story, second half rockin' Boogie tune ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/5 "2018-04-19T20:56:17Z")
In some cases it can be difficult to tell the difference between this and a two-song medley, if indeed there is any difference. But I have seen You are not listening Poems that are structured When I scream at you In such a way That I am not listening That when you hear them And I am going You will find out Away. Are any of those ones well-known songs? ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/6 "2018-04-19T21:00:58Z")
The Guess Who put “No Sugar Tonight” and “New Mother Nature” together at least sometimes, if not all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/7 "2018-04-19T21:30:39Z")
“The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac has to be a perfect example of this. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/8 "2018-04-19T21:37:34Z")
[Songs that are two songs put together.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=434355) [Songs that change completely (and stay that way) somewhere in the song.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=741512) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/9 "2018-04-19T22:35:53Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > The Guess Who put “No Sugar Tonight” and “New Mother Nature” together at least sometimes, if not all the time. The story behind that is that they had two songs that were in the same key but weren’t long enough to release as singles, so they simply morphed them together. And then there was this. Watch at your own risk. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/79r_XaUU7yE/maxresdefault.jpg "Will to Power - Baby I Love Your Way") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79r_XaUU7yE) ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/10 "2018-04-19T23:04:59Z")
I think most progressive rock bands can get at least five songs into one 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/11 "2018-04-20T00:29:35Z")
I knew I remembered this from somewhere! [Sanglots - poem by Guillaume Apollinaire](http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=1914) [Scroll to 5:22 for Sanglots - song by Francis Poulenc](http://youtu.be/Ee21a2RKWdg) - Poulenc himself at the piano, Pierre Bernac singing. A different kind of two songs in one. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/12 "2018-04-20T01:33:47Z")
Ike and Tina Turner’s version of _Proud Mary_: > [@](#): > > You know, every now and then > I think you might like to hear something from us > Nice and easy but there’s just one thing > You see, we never ever do nothing nice and easy > We always do it nice and rough > So we’re gonna take the beginning of this song and do it easy > Then we’re gonna do the finish rough > This is the way we do ‘Proud Mary’ > And we’re rolling, rolling, rolling on the river > Listen to the story ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/13 "2018-04-20T01:49:01Z")
Billy Joel’s Scenes From An Italian Restaurant. One song about a couple in a restaurant and another song about Brenda and Eddie. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/14 "2018-04-20T01:57:11Z")
That would be _Brender_. 😉 ---
**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:** [April 20, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/15 "2018-04-20T01:57:36Z")
“We’re Not Gonna Take It” by the Who, whose second part is also known on its own as “See Me, Feel Me.” But it’s a single song. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/16 "2018-04-20T05:11:06Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > That would be _Brender_. 😉 Isn’t that how it’s pronounced? Brender’n Eddie. They be sipping gin and soder, With lil Antnee an’em. That’s how we talk on Lawn Guyland. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/17 "2018-04-20T05:59:49Z")
Freebird. (raises lighter) ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/18 "2018-04-20T13:24:00Z")
Paul McCartney’s “Uncle Albert” is three different songs in one. Different tempos, different melodies, different voice inflections. But that’s nothing new for Paul, of course. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/19 "2018-04-20T14:29:14Z")
Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In from Hair ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/20 "2018-04-20T14:41:36Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > I think most progressive rock bands can get at least five songs into one 😉 Genesis’ “Supper’s Ready” for example, which has 7 parts (and is 23 minutes long) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734.md?page=2)