# Songs with the same name as the band themselves **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 6, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646 "2025-11-06T23:47:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646/1 "2025-11-06T23:47:42Z")
The only two that come to mind are [Living in a Box](https://youtu.be/mHzfhU8t5i8?si=lRhwIIgATtmXeQlE), by … Living in a Box, from their hit album … Living in a Box. They were a one-hit wonder with a minor hit, but the other song that comes to mind with the thread title is [Bad Company](https://youtu.be/JXQJpyQBShU?si=SXIzGdiACweLesln) by … Bad Company. They made it big and are being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646/2 "2025-11-06T23:54:22Z")
In the early days of MTV, I remember the song “Icehouse”, by the band Icehouse, on their self-titled debut album, and also the song “Iron Maiden”, by Iron Maiden, on their STDA. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646/3 "2025-11-06T23:56:44Z")
[Talk Talk](https://youtu.be/2IgjUYrDbWI?si=qkeb_O2rBm48jCti) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646/4 "2025-11-07T00:11:55Z")
“Black Sabbath” by Black Sabbath, from the album _Black Sabbath_. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646/5 "2025-11-07T00:11:56Z")
[Black Sabbath](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lVdMbUx1_k). Found on the album _Black Sabbath_, no less. Edit: Ack! Ninja’d! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646/6 "2025-11-07T00:16:27Z")
Not a band, but there’s this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3jrIK7YB0tE/maxresdefault.jpg "Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley [stereo]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jrIK7YB0tE) ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646/7 "2025-11-07T00:24:02Z")
Bad Company, by the band Bad Company. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646/8 "2025-11-07T00:42:57Z")
“Buena Vista Social Club” by the Buena Vista Social Club, as featured in the documentary _Buena Vista Social Club_. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646/9 "2025-11-07T00:52:21Z")
This might be borderline: “Utopia” from the album _Todd Rundgren’s Utopia_ (On subsequent albums the band name was just “Utopia” and the song became the “Utopia Theme” on the reissued album and later live releases.) ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646/10 "2025-11-07T01:04:09Z")
[2019 thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459). Metal Church had a song called “Metal Church” on their album _Metal Church_. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646/11 "2025-11-07T01:53:00Z")
Does this count? https://www.youtube.com/embed/J2nOGbgP0VQ?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDJ2nOGbgP0VQ ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646/12 "2025-11-07T02:03:11Z")
Night Ranger, by the band Night Ranger. But the album wasn’t called Night Ranger. Queensryche almost makes it with Queen of the Reich. ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646/13 "2025-11-07T02:16:16Z")
Anthrax had a song called Anthrax on the Fistful of Metal album. And Over Kill had a song by that name on the 1st album (and then several sequels like Overkill II: the nightmare continues, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646/14 "2025-11-07T02:24:50Z")
In a Big Country, by Big Country. Excellent song by a good Scottish band. But the definitive answer is Bad Company, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646/15 "2025-11-07T02:46:56Z")
Not sure how this link will work here, but here’s a Spotify playlist https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/0fAEqiYrneB1Vmvjrv5iqv?si=PeCWZlSOTH2x5GjdQQH1EA&utm_source=oembed ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646/16 "2025-11-07T02:53:04Z")
They Might Be Giants by They Might Be Giants. ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646/17 "2025-11-07T03:15:05Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jegGoCqezAg/maxresdefault.jpg "Kaleidoscope - Kaleidoscope") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jegGoCqezAg) Kaleidoscope by Kaleidoscope ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646/18 "2025-11-07T03:36:48Z")
Blue Öyster Cult had a song called Blue Öyster Cult, but it wasn’t on the album [i]Blue Öyster Cult[/i] - it came out first on the album [i]Secret Treaties[/i] (albeit under the title “Subhuman”), and was then rerecorded for the [i]Imaginos[/i] album under its original title. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ES8knTJwfo4/maxresdefault.jpg "Blue Öyster Cult") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES8knTJwfo4) ---
**Author:** ![Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reindeer_flotilla/32/3024_2.png) [@Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reindeer_Flotilla)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646/19 "2025-11-07T07:37:48Z")
**Hocus Pocus** by **Focus** doesn’t count obviously. But I feel like an honorable mention could be due as (after a close inspection of the, umm, lyrics), the song title had to based solely on the band’s name. As an aside, the live version from the show _The Midnight Special_ in 1973 is spectacular (and on YouTube) compared to the album version which was a more proggy 7-minute song. The producers of the show told them they had only 4 minutes slotted for them and to remove parts of the song. The band conferred amongst themselves, and decided they’re not cutting jack and speed-metal-powered the 7-minute song in 4 minutes. Yes, even the yodeling, everything. The result: A rare standing ovation from the studio audience and immortality. A viewing of this will have you thinking there’s no way this live performance can get more WTF (in an awesome way), _and then it does._ ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646/20 "2025-11-07T07:40:12Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > In the early days of MTV, I remember the song “Icehouse”, by the band Icehouse, on their self-titled debut album Actually when they recorded that track they were called Flowers. They later changed their name to match that track, as they moved to a more electronic sound. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646.md?page=2)