# Songs with John/Johnny in Them **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 22, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171 "2003-07-22T16:22:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [July 22, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171/21 "2003-07-22T22:30:30Z")
“Pizza Man” by Alice Playten. “My Johnny was a biker, oh my parents hated him/ I used to meet him secretly out behind the gym…” It was from one of those National Lampoon records. ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171/22 "2003-07-22T22:52:07Z")
“Who’s Johnny” - El DeBarge ---
**Author:** ![Semp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Semp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Semp)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171/23 "2003-07-22T23:00:45Z")
Also… “Johnny Ryall” by the Beastie Boys “Johnny Hit & Run Paulene” by X “Goodby Lucille #1 (Johnny Johnny)” by Prefab Sprout “When Johnnie Dies” by Bongwater “Johnny on the Monorail” by the Buggles ---
**Author:** ![teleute12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@teleute12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teleute12)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171/24 "2003-07-22T23:18:29Z")
\Leader of the Pack\ by the Carpenters - biker-boy’s name is Johnny. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171/25 "2003-07-23T01:19:53Z")
“Lonesome Johnny Blues” - Cracker ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171/26 "2003-07-23T02:13:21Z")
“Here’s Johnny” - Weird Al Yankovic (a parody of Who’s Johnny, written about Ed McMahon) ---
**Author:** ![cleops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@cleops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cleops)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171/27 "2003-07-23T02:14:38Z")
The ur-Johnny of rock 'n roll: JOHNNY B. GOODE ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171/28 "2003-07-23T02:38:35Z")
_Shotting Star_ by **Bad Company** - the song is about a guy named Johnny. ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171/29 "2003-07-23T02:38:52Z")
The Disney short about Johnny Fedora and Alice Bluebonnet --that’s a song, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171/30 "2003-07-23T02:41:06Z")
And if you can’t find _Shotting Star_, they’ve got another song called _Shooting Star_ that might fit the criteria.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171/31 "2003-07-23T02:41:45Z")
_New Kid In Town_ - The Eagles (Mentions John) _Song for John_ - Yoko Ono _Uncle John’s Farm_ - The Grateful Dead ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171/32 "2003-07-23T05:43:00Z")
**Johnny Strikes Up The Band** - _Warren Zevon_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_B.Goode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Johnny\_B.Goode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_B.Goode)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171/33 "2003-07-23T06:13:26Z")
People often forget or don’t know that Chuck Berry wrote two songs about Johnny B. Goode. The second being **Bye Bye Johnny** which is the tale of soon-to-be successful Johnny leaving the Log Cabin in Louisiana for Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![that.sound.again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e5b9ba/32.png) [@that.sound.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that.sound.again)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171/34 "2003-07-23T06:41:32Z")
**The Legend of John Henry’s Hammer** -Johnny Cash ---
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171/35 "2003-07-23T06:57:50Z")
**It’s My Party** - Leslie Gore _“Nobody knows where my Johnny has gone…”_ **The Devil Went Down To Georgia** - The Charlie Daniels Band _“The boy said ‘My name’s Johnny and it might be a sin’…”_ **Come On Eileen** - Dexy’s Midnight Runners _“Poor old Johnny Ray sounded sad upon the radio…”_ **Si Yo Fuera Mujer** (If I Were a Woman) - Patxi Andion _“…un tonto con coche, música de fondo y pose de John Wayne” (a fool with a car, background music and a John Wayne’s attitude)._ ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171/36 "2003-07-23T07:01:47Z")
**Mysterious Ways** - U2 _“Johnny take a walk with your sister the moon…”_ and _"Johnny take a dive with your sister in the rain…’_ ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171/37 "2003-07-23T07:13:32Z")
Thanks, **JulKatBo** , I kept thinking there was a U2 song with Johnny in it, and I could not for the life of me think of what it was. It was driving me nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171/38 "2003-07-23T07:23:39Z")
_Not Now John_ - Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171/39 "2003-07-23T08:11:21Z")
**They Got Lost** - They Might Be Giants _“John said to John, ‘I think we make a left at the light’…”_ ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171/40 "2003-07-23T11:32:53Z")
**The Homecoming Queen’s Got a Gun** – Julie Brown So I ran down and I said, in her good ear, “Debbie, why’d you do it?” She raised her head, smiled, and said “I - I did it for Johnny.” Johnny? Well like who’s Johnny? Answer me, Debbie, who’s Johnny? Does anybody here know Johnny? Are you Johnny? There was one guy named Johnny but he was a total geek, he always had food in his braces. Answer me, Debbie, who’s Johnny??" [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-john-johnny-in-them/190171.md?page=3)