Not exactly the same title, but I think a little leeway is warranted.
Be My Yoko Ono, by Barenaked Ladies:
Be My Yoko, by the Bobs:
I Won’t Be Your Yoko Ono, by Dar Williams:
I think I give this one to BNL.
I swear these guys performed this with Benny Hill on his show in the 80’s!
Sailor - Girls Girls Girls
Not to be confused with Mötley Crüe!
I almost feel like we should exclude songs that only have one word for a title…
9 to 5, by Dolly Parton:
9 to 5 (Morning Train), by Sheena Easton:
C’mon, we all know this one goes to Dolly.
Cyndi Lauper sang this song “Hole in My Heart”; I remember it was on the soundtrack to her movie Vibes
… but I heard a more recent song with the same title that I also liked.
They played a lot in my local area, and I’m pretty sure they got effed plenty.
I didn’t think about it until I lined these two up:
Bon Jovi
… and the Rembrandts
Steve Miller …
… vs. Morris Day and The Time
I don’t think they covered “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”, but here’s Def Leppard …
If you have (or had since 2013) little girls, you know what’s coming next.
My wife was raised on country music, but I was an 80’s music kid. We never agree on this one.
Alabama
Bananarama
Have another one, two hymns of rebellion:
The Who - We’re Not Gonna Take It
Twisted Sister - We’re Not Gonna Take It
The Twisted Sister works better as a fist-raising anthem, but musically I like The Who’s better, though it really only works in the context of Tommy.
Everybody knows this one by The Cure …
… but there was also this very 80’s song from the movie The Terminator
This is my favorite Cure song.
Even the artists can get in on it! Listed chronologically and in decreasing preference:
“Show Me Love” – Robin S.
“Show Me Love” – Robyn
“Show Me Love” – Robin Schulz (and Richard Judge) – the one I didn’t know, but it’s almost got 100M views
P.S. I forgot to mention it above, but I think I’d go Spektor, Spoon, Summer for “On the Radio.”
Wow thanks. Who knew?
“Santa Fe” from Newsies has its fans…
…but my vote goes to “Santa Fe” from Rent.
Love Song, sometimes Lovesong.
One - Nilsson
One - U2
Harry for the win!
There’s also the Metallica song and a few others.
I know I said we should exclude songs with one-word titles, but …
ELO
Trixie Mattel (cover of a Lavender Country song)
VersaEmerge
… and then …
ELO
Cheap Trick
