# Top Lesbian Love Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 6, 2005, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740 "2005-11-06T04:16:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740/21 "2005-11-07T00:44:39Z")
[Take Me Or Leave Me](http://www.angelfire.com/realm/theatre/takeme.html) from the musical _RENT_, sung between the needy drama queen Maureen and her no-nonsense lawyer lover Joanne. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740/22 "2005-11-07T13:42:02Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Holly Near: > > “Rock Me in your Arms” and “You Bet”, both from _Imagine My Surprise_ I didn’t think anyone else would have heard of this album (or the performer, for the that matter). My wife has a copy of this from her what she calls her “radical-feminist-won’t-shave-my-armpits” phase. For whatever it is worth, Holly Near is no longer a lesbian (IIRC). ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740/23 "2005-11-07T14:10:30Z")
Explictly heterosexual, but a good friend of mine came out when The White Stripes’ “Fell in Love with a Girl” was a big hit, and she made it her personal anthem. She hates the Joss Stone cover, since she changed it to “Fell in Love with a Boy”. I like the cover based on Stone’s vocals, but I agree that it was a missed oppurtunity. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740/24 "2005-11-07T14:47:01Z")
Adia by Sarah MacL ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740/25 "2005-11-07T14:50:30Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Tori doesn’t belong in that group. She writes tons of songs about men - nothing about lesbians that I can think of (she’s straight). She has her share of gay fans, but my experience is that they’re mostly guys. I remember her comments about why she wasn’t interested in playing Lilith Faire, that she likes testosterone too much, then mentions that the only male deity who’d fit in there is “that little fairy Hermes, and some of the women playing at Lilith Faire probably have more testosterone than him.” I love Tori! ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740/26 "2005-11-07T15:04:53Z")
This may just be me, but I always got a fair bit of lesbian subtext from the Dixie Chicks’ [I’ll take care of you](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/I'll-Take-Care-of-You-lyrics-Dixie-Chicks/6C201C3B9797016B4825689D00264A70) Between… - “What can a working girl do… I’ll take care of you.” - “Let them talk about us, let them call us funny things.” - “When the laughter dies away…” Nothing conclusive there I know, but I thought I’d contribute that as a ‘maybe’. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740/27 "2005-11-07T15:38:02Z")
_Same ol’ Situation_ by **Motley Crue**. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740/28 "2005-11-07T15:47:21Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > You could cheat and get a [pre-made CD](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000003451/ref=pd_null_recs_m_t/102-5576006-7762529?v=glance&s=music). That album has a remake of Herman’s Hermit’s"Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter." I was wondering where I heard that verson from! _Smooch_ ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740/29 "2005-11-07T16:04:18Z")
I’ve downloaded about 12 of the above AND bought Lesbian Favorites. You guys rock! ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740/30 "2005-11-07T16:20:05Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > I’ve downloaded about 12 of the above AND bought Lesbian Favorites. You guys rock! I definitely second “Mamma’s Got a Girlfriend Now” by Ben Harper. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740/31 "2005-11-07T17:31:40Z")
Try **Dar Williams** ’ _Iowa_ and _Wilder than Her_. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740/32 "2005-11-07T17:50:19Z")
You could also throw in Sixpence None the Richer’s cover of “There She Goes.” Bonus irony points on this one, as Sixpence started out as a Christian rock group. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740/33 "2005-11-07T20:01:30Z")
_[Kiss that Counted](http://www.catiecurtis.com/index.php?page=songs&display=205)_ by Catie Curtis. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740/34 "2005-11-07T23:30:28Z")
Sarah McLachlan is a lesbian? I thought she was married to a man? ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740/35 "2005-11-08T02:13:47Z")
This is an ideal thread for one of my favorite jokes. Q: What do you call 1000 lesbians with assault rifles? A: Militia Etheridge ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740/36 "2005-11-08T02:41:14Z")
Sleater-Kinney recorded a slew of sapphic hump-dittys (see their albums _Call the Doctor_ and \*Dig Me Out \* especially) including \*\*One More Hour \*\* (actually I can’t figure out if she’s singing to a girl or a doll), **Buy Her Candy** and **I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone.** ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740/37 "2005-11-08T02:56:27Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > _[Kiss that Counted](http://www.catiecurtis.com/index.php?page=songs&display=205)_ by Catie Curtis. Bah. [Magnolia Street.](http://catiecurtis.net/songs/lyrics.php?49) ---
**Author:** ![poeticyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@poeticyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poeticyde)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740/38 "2005-11-08T03:13:45Z")
How about “Under Your Spell” from BtVS Once More With Feeling? And Phase42, you totally owe me a monitor cleansing!!! ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740/39 "2005-11-08T11:01:01Z")
Tracy Chapman - For My Lover [http://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/tracy-chapman/140284.html](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/tracy-chapman/140284.html) Mel C featuring Lisa “Left eye” Lopes - Never Be The Same Again [http://www.geocities.com/dexxus/l/m04.html](http://www.geocities.com/dexxus/l/m04.html) Ok, it’s horribly not trendy, but it’s nice if you read it as a love song beteen two girl-friends who have become girlfriends. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740/40 "2006-02-03T22:17:06Z")
“Miss Celie’s Blues” by Mother Tongue, from their self-produced CD \*Sister. Sister, you’ve been on my mind Sister, we’re two of a kind Sister, I’m keepin my eye on you\*. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-lesbian-love-songs/329740.md?page=3)