# Your Songonyms **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [February 17, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710 "2022-02-17T23:25:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/161 "2022-02-28T09:37:41Z")
All Through the Night: Welsh Folk Song (Ar Hyd y Nos) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yWU07oVhF_4/hqdefault.jpg "Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through the Night) - Bryn Terfel") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWU07oVhF_4) Cole Porter [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/95TeMaPZ4UE/hqdefault.jpg "Anything Goes - Cole Porter - "All Through the Night"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95TeMaPZ4UE) Cyndi Lauper [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZONKoKIQ9RY/maxresdefault.jpg "Cyndi Lauper - All Through the Night (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZONKoKIQ9RY) Tone Loc [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cqIx2qxW55M/hqdefault.jpg "Tone Loc Feat El Debarge - All Through The Night") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqIx2qxW55M) The best, for me, by a mile, is the first, the Welsh folk song. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/162 "2022-02-28T11:16:39Z")
Get your tissues handy and Cry Me A River. Julie London: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DXg6UB9Qk0o/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAJhe6k7_HYiW18RLfBdIgwVnjDqA "JULIE LONDON - CRY ME A RIVER") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXg6UB9Qk0o) Justin Timberlake: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DksSPZTZES0/maxresdefault.jpg "Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DksSPZTZES0) Sorry, Justin, but I’ll take Julie’s version any day. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/163 "2022-03-08T22:54:12Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VTRHv1I0xig/hqdefault.jpg "Tom Lehrer - Be Prepared") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTRHv1I0xig) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pVvdc57T_0E/hqdefault.jpg "The Lion King (1994) - Be Prepared") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVvdc57T_0E) Gonna give this one to Lehrer. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/164 "2022-03-08T23:05:41Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Get your tissues handy and Cry Me A River. Bad quality source, but Yeardley Smith: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xEDCSQV3NTE/hqdefault.jpg "Yeardley Smith - Cry me a river") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEDCSQV3NTE) And Joe Cocker: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Tjs3zvvnDEY/maxresdefault.jpg "Joe Cocker - Cry Me A River") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjs3zvvnDEY) ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/165 "2022-03-09T15:35:02Z")
That’s a bit over the top. Are you actively collecting songs with ‘butterfly’ in the title? ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710/166 "2022-03-09T17:05:54Z")
No, it’s truly a coincidence. But I have almost 9000 songs on my iPod (yes, I still use one) so the chances of a coincidence like this are high. Also, it seems to be a popular song title in K-pop for some reason, and that is a big genre for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-songonyms/959710.md?page=8)