# Songs to Stalk By **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 19, 2001, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-stalk-by/77040 "2001-08-19T20:01:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-stalk-by/77040/1 "2001-08-19T20:01:22Z")
There are many love songs that, rather than being romantic, simply seem creepy. In fact, there are so many that Sting found that his song “Every Breath You Take”, which really is about a stalker, was mistaken for a love song. So let’s make a list of songs that would be appropriate for a _Songs to Stalk By_ compilation CD. Ones that were meant to be creepy (such as “Every Breath You Take”) are okay, but best of all are the ones that were serious. This thread was inspired by [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=76418), in which **Protesilaus** mentioned The Jayhawks’ “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me”. There was a popular song three or four years ago that contained a line in which the narrator tells the object of his affection that he won’t leave her alone even if she calls the cops, but I can’t recall the title or anything else about it. Does anyone know the song I mean? ---
**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 19, 2001, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-stalk-by/77040/2 "2001-08-19T20:11:32Z")
I don’t know that one, but I do know another one. Overload, it’s from “Dirty Dancing,” it plays when Baby and Johnny are going out in the rain to practice for the big dance. Until I got the soundtrack and actually listened to a few lyrics, I didn’t really think of it as a stalker song, but now I do. Pretty devious, eh? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-stalk-by/77040/3 "2001-08-19T20:13:48Z")
Cheap Trick’s “I Want You To Want Me” ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-stalk-by/77040/4 "2001-08-19T20:16:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KneadToKnow \* > \*\*Cheap Trick’s “I Want You To Want Me” \*\* A song made even creepier by that Coke commercial where the woman is always peeping through the bathroom window of the guy in the apartment across the way. ::shudder:: ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-stalk-by/77040/5 "2001-08-19T20:18:40Z")
The very thing that made me think of it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-stalk-by/77040/6 "2001-08-19T20:21:33Z")
You won’t see me by the Beatles ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-stalk-by/77040/7 "2001-08-19T20:25:08Z")
Not sure if it’s the title, but Etheridge has one 'I wanna come over" that says “To Hell with the consequence” that sounds like a restraining order was in force… ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-stalk-by/77040/8 "2001-08-19T20:25:57Z")
“Possession” by Sarah McLachlan, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-stalk-by/77040/9 "2001-08-19T20:30:33Z")
**Turning Japanese** by The Vapors ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-stalk-by/77040/10 "2001-08-19T20:32:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lurkernomore \* > \*\*Not sure if it’s the title, but Etheridge has one 'I wanna come over" that says “To Hell with the consequence” that sounds like a restraining order was in force… \*\* I always thought that line refered to the social consequences of being homosexual, but I guess you could go either way with it. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-stalk-by/77040/11 "2001-08-19T20:35:19Z")
_One Way or Another_ by Blondie ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-stalk-by/77040/12 "2001-08-19T20:37:52Z")
Well, _No One Else_ by Weezer is about a serious control freak. There’s _Grievances_ by Daniel Johnston (covered by Kathy McCarty). But the best unintentional stalker song has to be _On the Street Where You Live_ from the soundtrack for _My Fair Lady_. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-stalk-by/77040/13 "2001-08-19T20:46:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lamia \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by lurkernomore \* > > \*\*Not sure if it’s the title, but Etheridge has one 'I wanna come over" that says “To Hell with the consequence” that sounds like a restraining order was in force… \*\* > > I always thought that line refered to the social consequences of being homosexual, but I guess you could go either way with it. \*\* I thought it was about the consequences on cheating on the legitimate partner. “Two steps behind” Def Leppard. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-stalk-by/77040/14 "2001-08-19T21:46:48Z")
“Watch out for me” by loverboy had some slightly weird messages in it if I recall. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-stalk-by/77040/15 "2001-08-19T22:37:33Z")
**Obsession** by Animotion ---
**Author:** ![Rock-n-Rolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/22d042/32.png) [@Rock-n-Rolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rock-n-Rolga)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-stalk-by/77040/16 "2001-08-19T22:55:06Z")
“I’m Gonna Get Close To You” by Queensryche. Written by a woman, and not a band member, but is definitely a stalking song and makes no bones about it, for example this verse: “You fumble for your keys, I’m six or seven steps behind you, I’m so close to you. Are you terrified of me? What do I know about you? How did I find out?” Creeepyyy… They did a video for it where the singer appears to be following a woman around but the end reveals that she is a vampire and was stalking him. Uh huh, yeah. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-stalk-by/77040/17 "2001-08-19T23:05:15Z")
“O’ the night has a thousand eyes” ---
**Author:** ![IceQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/34f0e0/32.png) [@IceQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQueen)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-stalk-by/77040/18 "2001-08-19T23:09:32Z")
I don’t know the name of the song, as I only heard it a couple of times shopping. I believe the lyrics were: “If you ever leave me Will you take me with you If you’re ever lonely I wanna be lonely too” The meaning of the first two lines completely escapes me. What’s the point of leaving someone if you’re going to take him/her along? ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-stalk-by/77040/19 "2001-08-19T23:15:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pkbites \* > \*\*“Watch out for me” by loverboy had some slightly weird messages in it if I recall. \*\* What? Loverboy has a song other than “Workin’ for the Weekend”? ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-stalk-by/77040/20 "2001-08-19T23:37:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AHunter3 \* > \*\*“Possession” by Sarah McLachlan, of course. \*\* For anyone who doesn’t know, this song is actually about a stalker. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-stalk-by/77040.md?page=2)