# Songs where the band name is self-referenced **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2003, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411 "2003-07-10T05:58:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![refusal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@refusal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/refusal)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/21 "2003-07-10T11:13:50Z")
“Antmusic” by Adam and the Ants with lines like “Don’t tread on an ant - he’s done nothing to you”. “Back in Denim” by Denim, featuring the lyrics “We’re back! We’re back in Denim! Coz Denim put the soul into rock and roll!” “Public Image” by Public Image Limited (PiL) comes in the tradition of bands giving themselves the same name as a song. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/22 "2003-07-10T11:19:27Z")
“Wild Wild West” - Escape: “Here come Escape Club to rock it alright” ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/23 "2003-07-10T11:33:35Z")
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden Motorhead - Motorhead Manowar - Manowar Helloween has Halloween I think there are a few more but I’d have to look them up. ---
**Author:** ![godzillatemple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@godzillatemple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/godzillatemple)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/24 "2003-07-10T11:36:51Z")
It’s been awhile, but I seem to remember “I Feel For You” by Chaka Khan starting out with the words, “Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan.” Barry ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/25 "2003-07-10T12:01:17Z")
**Creeque Alley** sort of qualifies. While it does not mention the group (_The Mamas and Papas_) by name, it mentions each of the members by name and gives backgrounds and drug induced states at the time of the recording. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2003, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/26 "2003-07-10T12:14:36Z")
Yellow Balloon by Yellow Balloon The Who did “Who Are You,” but that’s not really a band reference. However, in their song, “The Punk Meets the Godfather,” Daltrey refers to himself as “the punk with the stutter” and then sings “My-My-My-My G-g-g-generation.” The Fifth Dimension has the line “Sing along with the Fifth Dimension” in the song “Let the Sunshine In.” “Van Dyke Parks” by Van Dyke Parks ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Bee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Larry\_Bee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Bee)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/27 "2003-07-10T13:25:20Z")
Another Bowie one is \*\*[Teenage Wildlife](http://www.teenagewildlife.com/Albums/SM/TW.html) \*\*. ---
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/28 "2003-07-10T13:48:22Z")
Nirvana, “Paper Cuts”…the chorus is “Nirvana” repeated several times. Pearl Jam’s “Dirty Frank” doesn’t mention the band by name but mentions guitarist Mike McCready getting eaten. I think Green Day has an early song called Green Day. I know there’s more, older and newer ones too but that’s all I can think of right now… ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/29 "2003-07-10T13:51:36Z")
Rammstein by Rammstein Livin’ in a Box, by the band Livin’ in a Box, off the album Livin’ in a Box ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/30 "2003-07-10T14:00:19Z")
song and album title: In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson ---
**Author:** ![NYR407](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@NYR407](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NYR407)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/31 "2003-07-10T14:08:04Z")
Whiplash - Metallica “…cause were Metallica” ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/32 "2003-07-10T14:20:18Z")
Craaaaiiiggg Daaaaavid! in every bloody tune he does does UK garage pop count as rap in this thread? ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/33 "2003-07-10T14:34:46Z")
“I Wanna be a Dead Boy” by the Dead Boys ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/34 "2003-07-10T14:41:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by refusal \* > **Does “Killer Queen” by Queen count?** And ‘March of the Black Queen’ and ‘White Queen’ from Queen II. My favorite: ‘The Ballad of Cowboy Mouth’ by, well, Cowboy Mouth. It’s a song about how each member of the band came into it. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/35 "2003-07-10T14:44:02Z")
Ooo… ‘(You are not a) Dead Girl’ by Dead Girls and Other Stories ---
**Author:** ![hammos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@hammos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammos1)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/36 "2003-07-10T14:44:09Z")
‘Eye of the Tiger’- Survivor ("…and the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night") ‘EMF’- EMF ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/37 "2003-07-10T14:46:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*‘The Ballad of Cowboy Mouth’ by, well, Cowboy Mouth. > > It’s a song about how each member of the band came into it. \*\* 😃 ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/38 "2003-07-10T14:54:26Z")
David Allen Coe in “You Never Even Call Me By My Name!” (“But the only time, I know, they’ll hear David Allen Coe, is when Jesus has his final…JUDGEMENT DAY!”) And as any C/W fan knows, this was in fact the PERFECT C&W song! ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/39 "2003-07-10T15:11:48Z")
I love that David Allen Coe song. I think Limp Bizkit mentions their band name in just about every song they’ve ever recorded. At least, it’s a running joke in our house whenever they come on the radio. Roomie: “What band is this?” Fred Durst: “IT’S LIMP BIZKIT!” (ad nauseum) I saw Jon Spencer Blues Explosion open for the Beastie Boys a couple of years ago, and the entire chorus of one song performed was “JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION!” screamed over and over again. It really made me dislike the band. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/40 "2003-07-10T15:31:08Z")
“Amadeus” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the only example I can think of. Daniel [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411.md?page=3)