# The song does not remain the same: different songs with the same title \[game\]. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 10, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567 "2009-07-10T15:38:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567/41 "2009-07-11T05:53:38Z")
A few more pile-ons: To “Lies,” add The Thompson Twins. To “Jump,” add XTC. To “Summertime” and “Fourth of July,” add Galaxie 500. To “Black and White,” add The dB’s. To “I Want You,” add Elvis Costello and Pulp. To “Candy,” add The Presidents of the United States of America. To “Bad Reputation,” add The dB’s, The Reverend Horton Heat, and Freedy Johnston. New entries: “Think” – James Brown, Aretha Franklin “I Need Love” – Donna Summer, Sam Phillips “I’m Not in Love” – 10CC (and covered by Olive), Talking Heads “Warning Sign” – Talking Heads, Coldplay “Green Eyes” – Husker Du, Coldplay “Wake Up” – XTC, The Replacements “Dying” – XTC, Hole “Go” – Tones on Tail/Pearl Jam “She’s Gone” – Hall & Oates, The Brian Jonestown Massacre “In My Life” – The Beatles, The Brian Jonestown Massacre “Come Together” – The Beatles, Blur “Birthday” – The Beatles, Blur [hmm…] “Closing Time” – Leonard Cohen, Semisonic “Holiday” – The Bee Gees, The Other Ones “Drive” – The Cars, REM “True” – Spandau Ballet, Poi Dog Pondering “Glory Days” – Bruce Springsteen, Pulp “Hysteria” – Def Leppard, Muse “Bliss” – Phish, Muse “Black Out”/“Blackout” – Pavement, Muse. [okay, that one was a bit of a cheat.] ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567/42 "2009-07-11T13:19:34Z")
“Go” was also done by Asia. “She’s Gone” is also a track on Black Sabbath’s “Technical Ecstasy.” ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567/43 "2009-07-11T14:55:59Z")
Adding to… “Holiday” - Madonna “Call Me” - Skyy “Stairway to Heaven”- O’Jays “It’s My Life” - Bon Jovi, opposite song: “It’s Not Your Death” - Jon Bovi “Heartbreak Hotel” - Michael Jackson, title later changed to “This Place Hotel” “Express Yourself” - Salt and Pepa, NWA “Crazy Love” - Brian McKnight “I Need Love” - L.L. Cool J. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567/44 "2009-07-11T17:00:04Z")
“Do I Love You” Cole Porter/The Ronnettes “All Through The Night” Cole Porter/Cyndi Lauper “So In Love” Cole Porter/OMD “So Far Away” Carole King/Dire Straits “Tunnel of Love” Dire Straits/Bruce Springsteen “Walk Like A Man” The Four Seasons/Bruce Springsteen “Time” Pink Floyd/The Alan Parsons Project “Surrender” Elvis Presley/Cheap Trick “We’re Not Gonna Take It” The Who/Twisted Sister “It Takes Two” Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston/Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock “Stay With Me” Lorraine Ellison/The Faces “Step By Step” The Crests/New Kids on the Block “The Entertainer” Scott Joplin/Billy Joel “New York” The Sex Pistols/Ryan Adams “What’s Your Name” Don and Juan/Lynyrd Skynyrd “Would I Lie To You?” Eurhythmics/Charles & Eddie “Promises, Promises” Dionne Warwick/Naked Eyes “I’m A Man” Bo Diddely/The Spencer Davis Group “Songbird” Fleetwood Mac/Kenny G “Blue Monday” Fats Domino/New Order “Leader of the Pack” The Shangri-Las/UTFO “Heart and Soul” The Cleftones/Huey Lewis and the News “Shake” Sam Cooke/The Gap Band “Shining Star” Earth, Wind and Fire/The Manhattans “Fight The Power” The Isley Brothers/Public Enemy “The End” The Doors/The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567/45 "2009-07-16T19:33:37Z")
“I Call Your Name” - Switch/The Beatles “Take A Bow” - Rihanna/Madonna ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567/46 "2009-07-16T19:36:23Z")
> [@enomaj](#): > > [snip] > “Take A Bow” - Rihanna/Madonna …and Muse. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567/47 "2009-07-16T19:49:44Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > … > “S.O.S” ABBA/Rhianna …and Dave Edmunds. Three very different songs! ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567/48 "2009-07-16T20:35:00Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Kool & the Gang also did a (terrible) song called “Cherish,” and Luther Vandross had a “The Power of Love.” [Check this out!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Love) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567/49 "2009-07-17T03:39:06Z")
> [@The\_Scrivener](#): > > …“Holiday” – The Bee Gees, The Other Ones And by Madonna, as **enomaj** noted, and furthermore (per Wiki): # Holiday (Alaska in Winter album), an album by Alaska in Winter # Holiday (America album), an album by America # Holiday (album), an album by The Magnetic Fields # Holiday (Dilana song) # Holiday (Green Day song) # Holiday (Weezer song) # Holiday (Scorpions song) # Holiday (Jet song) # Holiday (Nazareth song) # Holiday (Dizzee Rascal song) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567/50 "2009-07-17T04:02:32Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > “Time” Pink Floyd/The Alan Parsons Project …/Madness “Diane” Fleetwood Mac/Material Issue/Trip Shakespeare ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567/51 "2009-07-17T04:33:19Z")
“Sway” The Rolling Stones (best version) Heartless Bastards (next best version) Spiritualized Voxtrot ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567/52 "2009-07-17T14:14:48Z")
To the host of “Angel”[s] we can add The Happy Mondays. “A Million Miles Away” – The Plimsouls, David Byrne “Freedom” – Jimi Hendrix, The Housemartins “Without You” – Fleetwood Mac, Badfinger “Some People” – Belouis Some, Goldfrapp ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567/53 "2009-07-20T08:58:30Z")
“Sunday Morning” - Velvet Underground and Acid House Kings ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567/54 "2009-07-20T11:08:32Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Oooh, thought of another one. > > “Lady” by Styx, “Lady” by the Little River Band, and “Lady” by Kenny Rogers. Wow am I late for the game… but this is what I thought of immediately. ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567/55 "2009-07-20T19:07:49Z")
“Coma” Overkill “Coma” Guns’n’Roses “Overkill” Overkill “Overkill” Motorhead “Liar” Megadeth “Liar” Motorhead “Go to Hell” Samson “Go to Hell” Megadeth “Go to Hell” Alice Cooper ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567/56 "2009-07-20T22:10:33Z")
> [@batsto](#): > > “Liar” Megadeth > > “Liar” Motorhead And Henry Rollins. ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567/57 "2009-07-20T22:55:54Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > Rain - Madonna and Patty Griffith > [@Marley23](#): > > And The Beatles. And Uriah Heep. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567/58 "2009-07-20T22:59:07Z")
“Into The Void” Black Sabbath/KISS “No Remorse” Metallica/Motörhead “Exciter” Judas Priest/KISS “The Man With The Golden Gun” Alice Cooper/Lulu (OK, I had to look up Lulu on Wiki) “Brown Sugar” Rolling Stones/ZZ Top ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567/59 "2009-07-21T01:22:14Z")
> [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](#): > > “Brown Sugar” Rolling Stones/ZZ Top D’Angelo [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same-different-songs-with-the-same-title-game/502567.md?page=2)