“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.
“Who’s Johnny” - El DeBarge
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
<i>Leader of the Pack</i> by the Carpenters - biker-boy’s name is Johnny.
“Lonesome Johnny Blues” - Cracker
“Here’s Johnny” - Weird Al Yankovic (a parody of Who’s Johnny, written about Ed McMahon)
The ur-Johnny of rock 'n roll: JOHNNY B. GOODE
Shotting Star by Bad Company - the song is about a guy named Johnny.
The Disney short about Johnny Fedora and Alice Bluebonnet --that’s a song, isn’t it?
And if you can’t find Shotting Star, they’ve got another song called Shooting Star that might fit the criteria.
New Kid In Town - The Eagles (Mentions John)
Song for John - Yoko Ono
Uncle John’s Farm - The Grateful Dead
Johnny Strikes Up The Band - Warren Zevon
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.
The Legend of John Henry’s Hammer -Johnny Cash
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).
Mysterious Ways - U2
“Johnny take a walk with your sister the moon…” and
"Johnny take a dive with your sister in the rain…’
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.
Not Now John - Pink Floyd
They Got Lost - They Might Be Giants
“John said to John, ‘I think we make a left at the light’…”
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??"