# Songs that don't have the title in the lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380 "2003-06-17T03:49:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ConnieS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@ConnieS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ConnieS)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380/21 "2003-06-17T06:49:51Z")
Cats Laughing – “Black Knight’s Work” Danzig – “Sistinas” Garbage – “Parade” and “Temptation Waits” Suzanne Vega – “Pilgrimage,” “Knight Moves,” “The Queen and the Soldier,” “Songs in Red and Gray,” “St. Clare” …okay, so some of those are a bit obscure… ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380/22 "2003-06-17T06:52:08Z")
“Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen “Tomorrow Never Knows” by the Beatles “Love You To” by the Beatles (does anyone even have any idea what that title is supposed to mean? Love you to what?) ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380/23 "2003-06-17T07:03:38Z")
Down Bottom - Ruff Ryders The 59th Street Bridge Song - Simon and Garfunkel ---
**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380/24 "2003-06-17T07:07:19Z")
In The Flesh, In The Flesh? and Young Lust - Pink Floyd Nautical Disastor - Tragically Hip ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380/25 "2003-06-17T07:20:01Z")
“All The Hot Babes In The World Should Rip Off Their Clothes And Throw Themselves At Me” by, uh, me. It’s an unreleased track. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380/26 "2003-06-17T07:26:41Z")
“Clint Eastwood” an “19-2000” - Gorillaz. The strangest thing is, what the hell are doing that titles there? ---
**Author:** ![nebco9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@nebco9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nebco9)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380/27 "2003-06-17T07:57:47Z")
**n.s.u.** and **swlabr** , both of these by **Cream**. ``` **ALSO** ``` I can’t think of many instrumentals that have the Title in the Lyrics. But I guess that’s cheating. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![nebco9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@nebco9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nebco9)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380/28 "2003-06-17T08:06:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by nebco9 \* > **ALSO** > > I can’t think of many instrumentals that have the Title in the Lyrics. But I guess that’s cheating. 😃 Sorry, I forgot that “no instrumentals” was mentioned in the OP. :o ---
**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380/29 "2003-06-17T08:14:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wolf\_meister \* > **"Sukiyaki" by Kyu Sakamato** I wonder if this should count, since the song’s original title (“Ue o muite aruko”) is in fact the first line of the song. Legend has it that DJ’s playing the song called it “Sukiyaki” because they couldn’t pronounce the original, and sukiyaki was one of the few Japanese words extant in the Western World at that time. The [actual(?) story](http://www.artistdirect.com/music/artist/bio/0,,488543,00.html?artist=Kyu+Sakamoto) is perhaps a bit more prosaic: the producer of a British cover version happened to change the name before the original caught on in the charts. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2003, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380/30 "2003-06-17T12:40:31Z")
**Won’t Get Fooled Again** – the Who (they sing “We don’t get fooled again,” not “won’t”) **A Quick One While He’s Away** – The Who **Heaven and Hell** – The Who/John Entwistle **Summer '68** – Pink Floyd **The Intro and the Outro** – Bonzo Dog Band **Postcard** – Bonzo Dog Band **The Bride Stripped Bare by the ‘Bachelors’** – Bonzo Dog Band **Steve Miller’s Midnight Tango** by the Steve Miller Band **Rainy Day Women #12 and 35** by Bob Dylan ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380/31 "2003-06-17T12:49:11Z")
Karn Evil 9 by Emerson, Lake & Palmer (“Welcome back my friends…”) Baba O’Riley by The Who (“teenage wasteland”) ---
**Author:** ![skin2skin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@skin2skin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skin2skin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380/32 "2003-06-17T12:52:36Z")
The greatest rock song of all time doesn’t say it’s title in it’s lyrics: **"Hair of the Dog" - Nazareth** ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380/33 "2003-06-17T13:04:52Z")
Basket Case - Green Day Timberwolves in New Jersey - Taking Back Sunday There’s No I In Team - Taking Back Sunday Bike Scene - Taking Back Sunday You’re So Last Summer - Taking Back Sunday Venus In Furs - Velvet Underground (?) Eskimo Joe - Ruby Wednesday Radiohead - The National Anthem Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Message ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380/34 "2003-06-17T13:32:43Z")
Poprocks and coke- Green day Kashmir - Led Zeppelin Sublime - Date rape song Audioslave- cochise ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380/35 "2003-06-17T13:50:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Xan \* > **Kashmir - Led Zeppelin** My Shangri-La beneath the summer moon, I will return again. Sure as the dust that floats high in June, when movin’ through **Kashmir**. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380/36 "2003-06-17T14:11:53Z")
So. Central Rain - R.E.M. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380/37 "2003-06-17T14:16:39Z")
1. “Rain, the Park and Other Things” - the Cowsills 2. LOADS of Led Zepelin songs, including “Black Dog” “Over the Hills and Far Away” “The Crunge” “Trampled Under Foot” “D’yer Mak’er” “The Immigrant Song” “The Wanton Song” “Black Country Woman” “Bron-yr-aur Stomp” “Hats Off to (Roy) Harper” “The Battle of Evermore” 1. Simon & Garfunkel’s: “For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her” “A Simple, Desultory Philippic” 1. The James Gang’s “Funk 49” 2. LOADS of Bob Dylan songs, including: “Positively Fourth Street” “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” 1. Blue Oyster Cult’s “I’m On the Lamb, But I Ain’t No Sheep” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380/38 "2003-06-17T14:17:05Z")
1. “Rain, the Park and Other Things” - the Cowsills 2. LOADS of Led Zepelin songs, including “Black Dog” “Over the Hills and Far Away” “The Crunge” “Trampled Under Foot” “D’yer Mak’er” “The Immigrant Song” “The Wanton Song” “Black Country Woman” “Bron-yr-aur Stomp” “Hats Off to (Roy) Harper” “The Battle of Evermore” 1. Simon & Garfunkel’s: “For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her” “A Simple, Desultory Philippic” 1. The James Gang’s “Funk 49” 2. LOADS of Bob Dylan songs, including: “Positively Fourth Street” “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” 1. Blue Oyster Cult’s “I’m On the Lamb, But I Ain’t No Sheep” 2. John Denver: “Annie’s Song” ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380/39 "2003-06-17T14:21:40Z")
Longview - Green Day ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380/40 "2003-06-17T14:30:49Z")
David Bowie has several, but the best known would be: “Space Oddity” (the song about Major Tom. “Major Tom” is the rip-off, uh, homage by Peter Schilling. “Ziggy Stardust” (only his first name is mentioned). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-dont-have-the-title-in-the-lyrics/182380.md?page=3)