# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/101 "2009-06-21T04:57:30Z")
Did The Zombies ever do a song called “Zombie Thread”? 'Cause that’d be apropos right about now. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/102 "2009-06-21T11:17:39Z")
> [@meenie7](#): > > Also, Canadian folkies Moxy Fruvous have “The Ballad of Cedric Fruvous”, which is sort of a reference… “King of Spain” ends with the line: “And now I’m jamming with Moxy Früvous.” \*\*\* Ponder ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/103 "2009-06-21T12:21:11Z")
The title of John Fogerty’s 2007 album, **Revival,** was a shoutback to his old band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, as was a track from that album, “Creedence Song.” ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/104 "2009-06-21T13:28:50Z")
The Pipettes: “We are the Pipettes.” ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/105 "2009-06-21T15:39:21Z")
“And my first name ain’t baby. It’s Janet. Miss Jackson if you’re nasty.” -Nasty Boys And as anyone who has ever rapped at lunch time in the high school cafeteria can tell you, the generic way to start a rap back in the 80s was “Well, my name is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ …” So the limit of rappers who namecheck themselves in their songs as x approaches the number of rappers in existence is equal to the number of rappers in existence. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/106 "2009-06-21T17:46:46Z")
Song: Bang Camero Album: Bang Camero Band: Bang Camero ---
**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:** [June 21, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/107 "2009-06-21T18:07:02Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > No kidding. Some friends and I made up a drinking game watching some MTV rap-a-thon where if the singer mentions his name, take a drink, grabs his crotch, take a drink. When he mentions his name AND grabs his crotch at the same time, drink the whole beer… How many of you went to the hospital? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/108 "2009-06-22T01:16:02Z")
> [@Anamorphic](#): > > Did The Zombies ever do a song called “Zombie Thread”? 'Cause that’d be apropos right about now. Sweet Zombie Jesus! I never even noticed. In his song “Shut Up,” Joe Walsh mentions a caller who asks him, “How’s Don Henley? How’s Glenn Frey?”. two of his band mates from the Eagles. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/109 "2009-06-23T05:18:15Z")
> [@hammos1](#): > > ‘Eye of the Tiger’- Survivor (“…and the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night”) > > ‘EMF’- EMF Also, KLF. The KLF, uhunh, uhunh…the KLF… ---
**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 23, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/110 "2009-06-23T15:33:00Z")
“Yellow Balloon” by Yellow Balloon. Dna eht pilf edis saw “Noolab Wolley,” oot! ---
**Author:** ![Nom\_de\_Plume](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@Nom\_de\_Plume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nom_de_Plume)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/111 "2009-06-23T17:12:30Z")
Hey does _Touch Me I’m Dick_ by Citizen Dick count, or is it disqualified 'cuz they’re not a real band? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/112 "2009-06-23T17:15:58Z")
_Wilco (the song)_ off of Wilco’s new album **Wilco (the album)** ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/113 "2009-06-23T21:41:51Z")
I have The Prom King’s self-titled album. The songs “Alone,” “Bleeding,” “Angel” and “The One” are the only songs that **don’t** include the band’s name in the lyrics. Not coincidentally, these are also the only four songs worth listening to. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/114 "2009-06-23T21:54:14Z")
And let’s not forget **Captain Kool and the Kongs**! ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/115 "2009-06-23T22:15:23Z")
The Ramones sang R.A.M.O.N.E.S, though to be fair, they were covering a Motorhead song… ---
**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 23, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/116 "2009-06-23T22:15:29Z")
Does History Lesson Part II by The Minutemen count? “Me and Mike Watt playing guitar.” ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/117 "2009-06-23T23:19:55Z")
Hah! I was just listening to Murder of One by Counting Crows, and thinking I should make a playlist where the band’s name is mentioned in their own song. I also love it when the title of a movie or tv series or episode within itself. > [@](#): > > I dreamt I saw you walking up a hillside in the snow > Casting shadows on the winter sky as you stood there > Counting crows > One for sorrow two for joy > Three for girls and four for boys > Five for silver six for gold and > Seven for a secret never to be told ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/118 "2009-06-23T23:24:30Z")
> [@Anamorphic](#): > > Did The Zombies ever do a song called “Zombie Thread”? 'Cause that’d be apropos right about now. White Zombie has the song “Die Zombie Die”. Rather apropos for this thread. ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/119 "2009-06-23T23:42:41Z")
\*\*Peter Gabriel \*\*covered \*\*Vampire Weekend’s \*\*Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa, which features the line: [QUOTE=Vampire Weekend] …and it feels so unnatural, Peter Gabriel too [/QUOTE] which he replaced with the line: [QUOTE=Peter Gabriel] …and it feels so unnatural to sing your own name. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411/120 "2009-06-24T00:13:38Z")
Big and Rich–“Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy.” “…havin’ ourselves a Big and Rich time…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411.md?page=7)