# Songs with the album title in the lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 8, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-album-title-in-the-lyrics/581130 "2011-05-08T04:15:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-album-title-in-the-lyrics/581130/21 "2011-05-09T15:51:49Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > I just realized that a LOT of live albums follow this naming convention. Good call! I’ll contribute Big Country’s live album, _Come Up Screaming_, a line from their song “In a Big Country.” ---
**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:** [May 10, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-album-title-in-the-lyrics/581130/22 "2011-05-10T20:36:06Z")
In Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby,” he says, “_ **To the extreme** _ I rock a mic like a vandal, light up a stage and wax a chump like a candle.” ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-album-title-in-the-lyrics/581130/23 "2011-05-10T20:53:25Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > **Wilco** ’s _A Ghost is Born_ is from the song “Theologians” > [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > By the same band, their album _Wilco_ has a song titled “Wilco” that repeats the name frequently in the chorus. And “Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot” is repeated over and over in the song “Poor Places”, off the _Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot_ album. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-album-title-in-the-lyrics/581130/24 "2011-05-10T21:01:39Z")
Not quite what the OP is asking for, but not completely unrelated… The album **Houses of the Holy** by Led Zeppelin takes its name from the song _Houses of the Holy_, which also contains the lyric…but the song does not appear on the album. Although it was recorded with the intent of being the ‘Title Song’ for the album, the band decided it didn’t fit musically, so it didn’t appear on record until their next album, _Physical Graffiti_. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-album-title-in-the-lyrics/581130/25 "2011-05-10T22:21:05Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Not quite what the OP is asking for, but not completely unrelated… > > The album **Houses of the Holy** by Led Zeppelin takes its name from the song _Houses of the Holy_, which also contains the lyric…but the song does not appear on the album. Although it was recorded with the intent of being the ‘Title Song’ for the album, the band decided it didn’t fit musically, so it didn’t appear on record until their next album, _Physical Graffiti_. Similarly, the Door’s “ **Waiting for the Sun** ” was named after a song they recorded but left off the album. It later appeared on **Morrison Hotel** ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-album-title-in-the-lyrics/581130/26 "2011-05-10T22:23:04Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > The album **Houses of the Holy** by Led Zeppelin takes its name from the song _Houses of the Holy_, which also contains the lyric…but the song does not appear on the album. Although it was recorded with the intent of being the ‘Title Song’ for the album, the band decided it didn’t fit musically, so it didn’t appear on record until their next album, _Physical Graffiti_. That’s another category: albums with a “title song” that isn’t included on the album. Other examples: ELP’s _Brain Salad Surgery_, the Mothers of Invention’s _Absolutely Free_, Captain Beefheart’s _Safe as Milk_. Elvis Costello had a linked pair: the title song of _Almost Blue_ turned up on _Imperial Bedroom_, and the title song of _Imperial Bedroom_ was the B-side of a single. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-album-title-in-the-lyrics/581130/27 "2011-05-11T13:11:53Z")
Iron Maiden, “Piece of Mind” is spoken in the song “Still Life”. Judas Priest, “Sad Wings of Destiny” and “Sin After Sin” are spoken in the song “Genocide”. AC/DC, “Blow Up Your Video” is spoken in the song “That’s The Way I Wanna Rock 'n Roll”. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-album-title-in-the-lyrics/581130/28 "2011-05-11T13:54:18Z")
The Strokes’ “Reptilia” is from the album _Room on Fire_ and contains the lyric, “The room is on fire as she’s fixing her hair”. Mumford and Sons’ EP, _Love Your Ground_, has a ‘secret track’ stuck on to the end of the last track called “Sister”, with the lyric “If you want to be alive then learn to love your ground”. Tangentially, The Tallest Man on Earth has a song called “The Gardener” which has a lyric “so I could stay the tallest man in your eyes”. He does have an eponymous EP but that song isn’t on it. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-album-title-in-the-lyrics/581130/29 "2011-05-11T14:07:19Z")
The examples I can think of are movie soundtracks with various artists. Phil Collins, **Against All Odds** , “Take a Look At Me Now” The Beach Boys, **Cocktail** , “Kokomo” Carley Simon, **The Spy Who Loved Me** , “Nobody Does It Better” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-album-title-in-the-lyrics/581130/30 "2011-05-11T14:42:30Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > That’s another category: albums with a “title song” that isn’t included on the album. Other examples: ELP’s _Brain Salad Surgery_, the Mothers of Invention’s _Absolutely Free_, Captain Beefheart’s _Safe as Milk_. Elvis Costello had a linked pair: the title song of _Almost Blue_ turned up on _Imperial Bedroom_, and the title song of _Imperial Bedroom_ was the B-side of a single. Along these lines, the Smithereens’ debut album was entitled \*\*\* Especially For You.\*\*\* But their song “Especially For You” appeared on their second album _ **Green Thoughts.** _ ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-album-title-in-the-lyrics/581130/31 "2011-05-11T16:13:10Z")
Oh yeah, and the Kinks’ _Everybody’s in Show-Biz_, which is a lyric in the song “Celluloid Heroes”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-album-title-in-the-lyrics/581130.md?page=1)