# "Stalker" songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-songs/386209 "2006-12-31T14:44:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-songs/386209/1 "2006-12-31T14:44:29Z")
One way, or another, I’m gonna get you.\*\* by Blondie. If you think about these kinda \*\*things, it is vaguely creepy. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-songs/386209/2 "2006-12-31T14:46:36Z")
Don’t forget the all-time classic Stalker song, Sting’s _Every Breath You Take._ ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-songs/386209/3 "2006-12-31T15:00:46Z")
[Women Call It Stalking](http://www.mastafull.ecwhost.com/lyrics/otis-lee-crenshaw_women-call-it-stalking.html) (I just call it ‘selective walking’) - Otis Lee Crenshaw. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-songs/386209/4 "2006-12-31T15:16:49Z")
“Shadow in the Street” by Allan Clarke (of “The Hollies” fame) ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-songs/386209/5 "2006-12-31T15:20:35Z")
“Baby Watch Your Back” - Nellie McKay ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-songs/386209/6 "2006-12-31T15:25:59Z")
Sarah McLachlan “Possession” ([wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possession_%28song%29)) And I say “Possession” is the hottest stalker song. Dayum. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-songs/386209/7 "2006-12-31T15:26:44Z")
**Wherever You Will Go** struck me as rather stalkerish when I heard it in the Enterprise promos a few years back. **It’s Me Again, Margaret** by Ray Stevens is, of course, one of the more amusing stalker songs ever. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-songs/386209/8 "2006-12-31T15:30:45Z")
[QUOTE=Only Mostly Dead] Sarah McLachlan “Possession” ([wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possession_%28song%29)) And I say “Possession” is the hottest stalker song. Dayum. [/QUOTE] Heh, I know that song. There was a piano version of it on an episode of Due South called “Victoria’s Secret”, about the mountie’s ex-girlfriend (a convicted bank robber, mentioned in passing a couple times earlier in the show) who shows up and basically ruins his life. A very serious episode in a normally very light-hearted show. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-songs/386209/9 "2006-12-31T15:31:37Z")
“Around … the world … I searched … for you …” - Bing Crosby “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me” - Supremes ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-songs/386209/10 "2006-12-31T15:38:56Z")
I always thought [“Silhouette on the Shade”](http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/paul/lyrics/hermanshermits/silhou~1.html) was reflective of a pretty unstable guy. Just happened to be walking past your house, eh? And then went into rage that would have led to him beating down the door, huh? Ah, true love! ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-songs/386209/11 "2006-12-31T15:41:06Z")
Would “Rid of Me,” by PJ Harvey count. That’s really more homicide centered. ---
**Author:** ![Euthanasiast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Euthanasiast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euthanasiast)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-songs/386209/12 "2006-12-31T16:45:13Z")
[Here are the top ones.](http://www.popculturemadness.com/Music/Stalker.html) ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-songs/386209/13 "2006-12-31T17:09:15Z")
[QUOTE=Euthanasiast] [Here are the top ones.](http://www.popculturemadness.com/Music/Stalker.html) [/QUOTE] I would disagree that many on that list would qualify as “stalker” songs, and the authors of the page would seem to agree with me since they note that it includes “I miss my guy/girl, I’m gonna kill myself” type songs which I wouldn’t classify as “stalker” songs. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-songs/386209/14 "2006-12-31T17:15:27Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] I would disagree that many on that list would qualify as “stalker” songs, and the authors of the page would seem to agree with me since they note that it includes “I miss my guy/girl, I’m gonna kill myself” type songs which I wouldn’t classify as “stalker” songs. [/QUOTE] Really. Where does stalking enter into “Can’t Stand Losing You?” “Don’t Stand So Close to Me?” And that’s just the Police songs in the top 20. I don’t think the word “stalker” means what that guy thinks it means. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-songs/386209/15 "2006-12-31T17:16:14Z")
New Stalker Song: _Makedamnsure_ by Taking Back Sunday _You will never get too far from me…I’ll make damn sure…_ ---
**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:** [December 31, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-songs/386209/16 "2006-12-31T17:28:10Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] I would disagree that many on that list would qualify as “stalker” songs, [/QUOTE] Like **saoirse** said, really. I mean, “American Woman”??? Where do they get that? ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-songs/386209/17 "2006-12-31T17:33:52Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Like **saoirse** said, really. I mean, “American Woman”??? Where do they get that? [/QUOTE] …and _Spooky_? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-songs/386209/18 "2006-12-31T17:57:54Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] Really. Where does stalking enter into “Can’t Stand Losing You?” “Don’t Stand So Close to Me?” And that’s just the Police songs in the top 20. I don’t think the word “stalker” means what that guy thinks it means. [/QUOTE] Can’t Stand Losing You: “Ive called you so many times today And I guess its all true what your girlfriends say That you don’t ever want to see me again And your brothers going to kill me and he’s six feet ten But I’m not prepared to go on like this I cant stand losing you…” Don’t Stand So Close to Me: “Young teacher the subject of schoolgirl fantasy She wants him so badly, knows what she wants to be Inside her there’s longing This girl is an open page Book marking she’s so close now This girl is half his age…” Also Every Breath You Take So Lonely Message in Bottle Every Little Thing She Does is Magic Roxanne Shit, is there a Police song NOT about stalking or obsession? Add to the list Don’t Leave Home - Dido (not really a staker, but one possessive chick!) and how about the 90s dance hit I’m Gonna Get You - Bizarre, Inc (“Why waste your time, you know you’re gonna be mine!”) ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-songs/386209/19 "2006-12-31T18:07:33Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] Can’t Stand Losing You: “Ive called you so many times today And I guess its all true what your girlfriends say That you don’t ever want to see me again And your brothers going to kill me and he’s six feet ten But I’m not prepared to go on like this I cant stand losing you…” [/QUOTE] This is stalking? You have had a girlfriend before who just quit taking your calls, rather than breaking up with officially, right? [QUOTE] Don’t Stand So Close to Me: “Young teacher the subject of schoolgirl fantasy She wants him so badly, knows what she wants to be Inside her there’s longing This girl is an open page Book marking she’s so close now This girl is half his age…” [QUOTE] It’s not stalking if she has to see him every schoolday anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-songs/386209/20 "2006-12-31T20:20:44Z")
Sheesh, and they didn’t include: GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL Go away little girl Go away little girl I’m not supposed to be alone with you Oh yes I know that your lips are sweet But our lips must never meet I belong to somebody else and I must be true. Please go away little girl Go away little girl It’s hurting me more each minute that you delay When you are near me like this You’re much too hard to resist So go away little girl before I beg you to stay. Or: “Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me” Girl you’re getting that look in your eyes And it’s starting to worry me I ain’t ready for no family ties Nobody’s gonna hurry me Baby, baby don’t get hooked on me 'Cause I’ll just use you then I’ll set you free Baby, baby don’t get hooked on me Girl you’re a hot blooded woman child And it’s warm where you’re touching me But I can tell by your trembling smile You’re seeing way too much in me Baby, baby don’t get hooked on me etc. etc [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-songs/386209.md?page=2)