# Songs that sound exactly like their name **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 27, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187 "2019-06-27T22:51:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/1 "2019-06-27T22:51:42Z")
Rather than go in one of the two existing threads about bands I thought I’d put my entry for songs here. The emo-pop song [Chica Chica](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8UV--q1FpQ) by Park sounds like it was Onomatopoetically named after the fast guitar crunches in the very beginning of the song. I’m sure there are a whole many other songs whose name is very evocative of their sound. ---
**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 27, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/2 "2019-06-27T23:41:16Z")
“The Song that Goes Like This” from Spamalot “Generic Upbeat Folk Song” by the Limelighters ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/3 "2019-06-27T23:44:28Z")
[Wonderful Pop Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5nSuumG4pA)– Sycophant ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/4 "2019-06-28T02:13:33Z")
From 1962, [Telstar by the Tornadoes.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrEPzsx1gQ) Very Space Age. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/5 "2019-06-28T02:18:27Z")
[Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbtfjPhcP3c) [Pata Pata](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsDfHvIFwiU) ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/6 "2019-06-28T02:23:22Z")
[Iko Iko](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wNSHPQj0W8) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/7 "2019-06-28T02:35:31Z")
[Boom Boom,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG7tAQ3NRfs) John Lee Hooker ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/8 "2019-06-28T13:29:07Z")
This is the Song That Never Ends… ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/9 "2019-06-28T13:34:05Z")
Wipeout! ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/10 "2019-06-28T13:42:45Z")
\*Mmmbop, ba duba dop Ba du bop, ba duba dop Ba du bop, ba duba dop \* MMMBop, by Hanson ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/11 "2019-06-28T13:50:41Z")
Not sure if we’re after onomatopoeia or not. If not [Motorhead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AUVGrUTE-Q) by Motörhead sounds pretty much like you would expect from the name. j Irrelevant and distracting bollocks: (a) the band has an umlaut, but not the song, apparently; and (b) it has no effect on pronunciation, because it’s a Metal Umlaut; and (c) there’s a wiki page on [Metal Umlaut](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_umlaut) (!) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/12 "2019-06-28T14:11:30Z")
[Da Da Da](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNYcviXK4rg). ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/13 "2019-06-28T14:42:59Z")
[De Doo Doo Doo, De Dah Dah Dah.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v2GDbEmjGE) The Police [Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNKuARjkWEg) Disney ---
**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:** [June 28, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/14 "2019-06-28T14:47:14Z")
If onomatopoeia is what we’re after, then the obvious answer is “Onomatopoeia” by Todd Rundgren. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/15 "2019-06-28T18:37:58Z")
[Title of the Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=734wnHnnNR4) by Da Vinci’s Notebook. You can’t get more literal than that. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/16 "2019-06-28T18:41:40Z")
_Mmmm Mmmm Mmmmm Mmmmmmm_ by the Crash Test Dummies. ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/17 "2019-06-28T19:32:21Z")
[“FX”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLi_N8SJUls) by Black Sabbath is almost two minutes of, well, echo effects. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/18 "2019-06-28T19:42:02Z")
> [@journeyman\_southpaw](#): > > [“FX”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLi_N8SJUls) by Black Sabbath is almost two minutes of, well, echo effects. The there’s [Feedback](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EufT25eJuY4) by the Grateful Dead, although that may not actually be the name of a song. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/19 "2019-06-28T22:04:58Z")
[Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICbbPSXUAmY) by _Pink Floyd_ sounds exactly as advertised ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187/20 "2019-06-28T23:03:20Z")
[Popcorn,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL2TYoBYsnY) Gershon Kingsley [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187.md?page=2)