# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/21 "2018-04-20T14:47:36Z")
Oops I swear I didn’t notice the OP already mentioned A Day in the Life. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/22 "2018-04-20T14:48:32Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > 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. I thought it was the name of one person: Brenda Renetti. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/23 "2018-04-20T14:58:18Z")
The late Richard ‘Dimples’ Fields’ [She’s Got Papers on Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1C41hRkwV4). The first part of it starts off with him in the shower, thinking about his sweetie (who is not his wife). After a couple of minutes of this, his wife (Betty Wright) makes a surprise appearance back in the house because she had forgotten her sweater, and after having overheard his singing, the rest of song is her rant about how she’s getting ready to rid his sorry @ss. (paraphrasing: ) “Now sit down right her and have a seat. . . but don’t get too comfortable, 'cause you ain’t gonna be here long. 'Cause this is where you _used to_ live.” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/24 "2018-04-20T14:58:21Z")
A special case, deliberately made as two songs that could be combined into one For the Fleischer Studios 1939 full-length cartoon motion picture **Gulliver’s Travels** (their response to Disney’s _Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs_) they changed the cause of the Lilliput-Blefuscu War from a dispute overwhich end of the egg ought to broken to a debate over which nation’s song should be sung at the wedding of their prince and princes. King Little of Lilput opted for Lilliput’s song (naturally), “Faithful”, [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/f5lw-VUhzAE/maxresdefault.jpg "Faithful") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5lw-VUhzAE) while King Bombo of Blefuscu held out for Blefuscu’s “Forever” The eventual solution, was to sing the two together as the two-part “Faithful Forever” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-CfjrfKwrUc/maxresdefault.jpg "Faithul Forever") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CfjrfKwrUc) The songs were composed by Leo Robin and Ralph Painger, who had a lot of roadway credits. I think the double song idea is a clever one, and not fully appreciated. Gulliver’s Travels was nominated for a “Best Score” Oscar, but lost to “The Wizard of Oz”. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/25 "2018-04-20T14:58:48Z")
“We Can Work it Out” is another Beatles club sandwich; the John part complements but has a distinctively different tone and attitude than the Paul part. Laura Nyro was famous for composing songs that ride off in all directions. “Timer” is a good example of five or six different songs shoehorned together into a very satisfying whole. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4cX7ahizSh8/hqdefault.jpg "laura nyro timer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cX7ahizSh8) (“Timer” was the name of Laura’s cat in 1968.) ---
**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, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/26 "2018-04-20T15:00:11Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > I think most progressive rock bands can get at least five songs into one 😉 Are there regressive bands that only manage half a song? 🙂 ---
**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 20, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/27 "2018-04-20T15:02:34Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > Are there regressive bands that only manage half a song? 🙂 Maybe that’s punk rock? ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/28 "2018-04-20T15:04:14Z")
Led Zeppelin’s Heartbreaker and Livin Loving Maid are usually played on the radio as one song, but on the album (Led Zeppelin II) they are separate. ---
**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, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/29 "2018-04-20T15:29:14Z")
Irving Berlin was famous for his contrapuntal songs, where one person would sing a song, another would sing another, and they’d then sing simultaneously. “[You’re Just In Love.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGBbfAkzZvM)” “[An Old Fashioned Wedding](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ3IyCa8bG4)” ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/30 "2018-04-20T15:41:35Z")
Well a couple that are truthfully medleys but most people know as one song: George Thorogood’s “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” is really a medley with “House Rent Boogie” The version of “Just a Gigalo” most everyone is familiar with is really a medley with “I Ain’t Got Nobody”. The first thing that popped in my mind was Canadian one-hit wonders The Kings with [“This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ To Glide”](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sxkjvKBPQjo) ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/31 "2018-04-20T16:05:23Z")
You guys have mentioned many of my favorites, so I will nominate Elton John and “Funeral For a friend/Love Lies Bleeding”. Man that takes me back to listen to it. This 11 minute song has everything: church organ music, swelling orchestral riffs, hot guitar licks, all tied together with Elton and Bernie's absolute mastery of lyric writing. You don't have to guess at what these lyrics mean, they just tear at the heart. The version of the video is great with photos of band members and performances fading in and out plus the lyrics on top so you don’t miss anything. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/32 "2018-04-20T16:38:09Z")
Just a gigolo - Louis Prima Question - Moody Blues Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b19PcuJsQbA/hqdefault.jpg "Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well (Part 1 & 2)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b19PcuJsQbA) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/33 "2018-04-20T17:52:08Z")
> [@Orwell](#): > > 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. Ditto “Band on the Run.” There’s the intro, then the “if we ever get out of here” part, then the main part of the song. Like you say, it’s something Paul does. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/34 "2018-04-20T20:10:18Z")
Do songs that switch in the middle, then switch back, count? I’m thinking of Gypsy’s “Dead and Gone”, which has this weird lounge-singer-y interlude in the middle of an otherwise rocking song. ---
**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 20, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/35 "2018-04-20T20:15:55Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Ditto “Band on the Run.” There’s the intro, then the “if we ever get out of here” part, then the main part of the song. > > Like you say, it’s something Paul does. I don’t know if that part is an actual third song. I’d call it the bridge, myself. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/36 "2018-04-20T20:31:27Z")
Jackson Brown’s _The Load Out_ and \* Stay \* are usually played together as they were intended to be one song. I like how they sound together, both lyrically and musically. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/37 "2018-04-21T04:36:54Z")
Any DJ who plays _Suite: Judy Blue Eyes_ without an immediate segue to _Marrakech_ is dj’ing wrong. Same if they play _Hazy Shade of Winter_ without _At the Zoo_ as a chaser. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/38 "2018-04-21T04:45:44Z")
[Poland Whole/Madam I’m Adam](https://youtu.be/_jLGfqFT5eI) by The Tubes ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/39 "2018-04-21T06:37:25Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Do songs that switch in the middle, then switch back, count? I’m thinking of Gypsy’s “Dead and Gone”, which has this weird lounge-singer-y interlude in the middle of an otherwise rocking song. Switching to a contrasting part in the middle _and then switching back_ is one of the normal structures for a song. But should a song be considered not normal if the sections are so different that they seem to have nothing to do with each other? There’s no absolute rule, it’s a matter for opinion and argument ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734/40 "2018-04-21T11:10:27Z")
The most famous version of Benny Goodman’s Sing Sing Sing (With A Swing) from the 1938 Carnegie Hall concert doesn’t credit it, but it’s actually a medley of Louis Prima’s Sing Sing Sing combined with Fletcher Henderson’s Christopher Columbus. Since they both have the same tempo and blend together well, hardly anybody ever notices. Fletcher Henderson was working as an arranger for Goodman at this point, so he probably threw it together himself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-actually-two-songs-in-one/812734.md?page=3)