# Songs whose actual title is "\_\_\_\_ Song" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 2, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-actual-title-is-____-song/501666 "2009-07-02T04:11:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-actual-title-is-____-song/501666/1 "2009-07-02T04:11:44Z")
“The Logical Song” by Supertramp and “Thong Song” by Sisqo are two examples. Note that I’m not interested in unofficial titles like “The Hey Song” for Gary Glitter’s “Rock & Roll Part 2”. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-actual-title-is-____-song/501666/2 "2009-07-02T04:19:21Z")
Nothin’ Song by Alice in Chains. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-actual-title-is-____-song/501666/3 "2009-07-02T04:20:33Z")
“Immigrant Song” -Led Zeppelin “Love Song” -Insane Clown Posse “Another Love Song” -Insane Clown Posse “The Breakup Song” -The Greg Kihn Band EDIT: There’s also **[The Whistle Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4aqA7h1oF8)**, by DJ Aligator. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-actual-title-is-____-song/501666/4 "2009-07-02T04:22:10Z")
Simon and Garfunkel-59th Street Bridge Song ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-actual-title-is-____-song/501666/5 "2009-07-02T04:24:15Z")
“Your Song” Elton John “Lovesong” The Cure ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-actual-title-is-____-song/501666/6 "2009-07-02T04:28:02Z")
**[Here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afIriPmrsvU)** is The Whistle Song with far less fluff. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-actual-title-is-____-song/501666/7 "2009-07-02T04:29:53Z")
Nick Cave, “The Weeping Song”; “The Ship Song” Robert Calvert, “The Widow’s Song” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-actual-title-is-____-song/501666/8 "2009-07-02T04:31:05Z")
Annie’s Song, John Denver. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-actual-title-is-____-song/501666/9 "2009-07-02T04:31:05Z")
The SAM song ---
**Author:** ![SharkB8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@SharkB8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharkB8)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-actual-title-is-____-song/501666/10 "2009-07-02T04:54:32Z")
“Pyramid Song” by Radiohead. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-actual-title-is-____-song/501666/11 "2009-07-02T04:54:38Z")
How weird is it that I was listening to The Kills’ “Tape Song” when I noticed this thread? Okay, not so weird. It’s on a loop with ten other songs. AFI “The Leaving Song” American Hi-Fi “The Break Up Song” Angry Salad “The Milkshake Song” Bettie Serveert “Greyhound Song” Blink 182 “Adam’s Song” Carbon Leaf “Desperation Song” Cold “Anti-Love Song” Elastica “Car Song” Garageland “Love Song” (not a Cure cover) Guster “Airport Song” Incubus “Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song)” Iron & Wine “Evening On the Ground (Lilith’s Song)” Kidney Thieves “S+M (A Love Song)” National Product “Sean Song” Okkervil River “Another Radio Song” Patrick Wolf “Ghost Song” Possum Dixon “Apartment Song” Possum Dixon “Holding (Lenny’s Song” Red Hot Chili Peppers “Zepher Song” Silverchair “Ana’s Song (Open Fire)” Sleater-Kinney “Dance Song '97” Smoosh “Rock Song” Spin B “Pop Song for Vegetarians to Sing” Sum 41 “The Hell Song” The Appleseed Cast “Fight Song” The Good, The Bad, and The Queen “History Song” The Rasmus “Funeral Song” Tiger Trap “Alien Space Song” Toad The Wet Sprocket “The Nightingale Song” Vaeda “Battle Song” Weezer “The Sweater Song” ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-actual-title-is-____-song/501666/12 "2009-07-02T04:56:23Z")
“The Rain Song” Led Zeppelin ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-actual-title-is-____-song/501666/13 "2009-07-02T05:00:02Z")
The Christmas Song (“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire”). ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-actual-title-is-____-song/501666/14 "2009-07-02T05:02:44Z")
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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-actual-title-is-____-song/501666/15 "2009-07-02T05:04:06Z")
_The Animal Song_ - Savage Garden _Danny’s Song_ - Anne Murray (Canada’s best singer :)) _Love Song_ - Olivia Newton-John _The Ooh Ooh Song_ - Pat Benatar _The Whiffenpoof song_ - ??? _The Trolly Song_ - Judy Garland (and others) -------\> Possible?? _You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song)_ - Jeffrey Osborne ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-actual-title-is-____-song/501666/16 "2009-07-02T05:07:34Z")
[Title of the Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoCGKFg-WYw): Da Vinci’s Notebook ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-actual-title-is-____-song/501666/17 "2009-07-02T05:07:52Z")
The Complaint Song – Lawsuit and its little buddy, The AAA Song – The Preoccupied Pipers (what Lawsuit used to release demos and such as) ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-actual-title-is-____-song/501666/18 "2009-07-02T05:11:02Z")
Sing a Song - Earth, Wind and Fire ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-actual-title-is-____-song/501666/19 "2009-07-02T05:22:30Z")
“The Witness Song” - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds “The Hammer Song” - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds “The Rain Song” - The Bangles “The Birthday Song” - Ben Lee “The Wood Song” - Indigo Girls “The India Song” - Big Star “The Swamp Song” - Oasis “The Lighthouse Song” - Josh Pyke “The Anchor Song” - Bjork “The Stranger Song” - Leonard Cohen “Devil Song” - Beth Orton “God Song” - Beth Orton “Pyramid Song” - Radiohead “Radio Song” - REM “Winter Song” - Nico “Sea Song” - Doves “Landspeed Song” - Tanya Donnelly “Holiday Song” - The Pixies “Shit Song” - Kate Nash “Skeleton Song” - Kate Nash “Hotel Song” - Regina Spektor “History Song” = The Good, The Bad & The Queen ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-actual-title-is-____-song/501666/20 "2009-07-02T05:26:58Z")
Interstate Love Song - STP [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-actual-title-is-____-song/501666.md?page=2)