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Some songs have titles that aren't used in the lyrics, and end up becoming better known for their lyrics than their title. Bob Dylan's "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" is better known for the refrain "Everybody must get stoned" than it is for the title.
The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are [an error occurred while processing this directive] Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics entries on the site.
Band | Song Title | Comments & Submittor Name | ||
| Tori Amos | Professional Widow | Honey bring it close to my lips, yeah! - Ben | ||
| Simon & Garfunkel | Bookends | The short title song from the duo's 1968 album doesn't contain the word 'bookends' in the lyrics. 1st verse: 'Time it was and what a time it was it was, A time of innocence a time of confidences.' 2nd verse: 'Long ago it must be, I have a photograph. Preserve your memories, they're all that's left you.' - George Straitjacket | ||
| System Of A Down | X | We don't need to multiply. - Jonathan S. | ||
| Green Day | East Jesus Nowhere | "A fire burns today/Of blasphemy and genocide/The sirens of decay/Will infiltrate the faith fanatics..." Wow, these guys've really got it in for religion, eh? - Jonathan S. | ||
| Rise Against | Savior | This one comes close; the chorus mentions a girl who says "I just wanna save you while there's still something left to save," but I don't recall the word "savior" being mentioned. - Jonathan S. | ||
| Wyclef Jean | Perfect Gentleman | These words don't appear anywhere in the song. Most repeated line in the song is "Just 'cos she dances loco, it don't make her a "ho" no". - James Pendleton | ||
| Adamski featuring Seal | Killer | On the original version, the word "Killer" does not appear. In Seal's version from his album he starts with the spoken sentence "it's the loneliness that's the killer" but not on the original with Adamski. Lyrics - "So you want. To be free. To live your life. The way you want to be." - James Pendleton | ||
| The Ramones | Censorshit | Tipper what's that sticker doing on my CD? Is that some kind of warning to protect me? Freedom of choice needs a stronger stronger voice ... Ah Tipper come on, don't you think you're getting on? Ask Ozzy, Zappa or me We'll show you what it's like to be free... Hey hey all you senators' wives You need to take a good look at your own lives Before you come preaching to me Your definition of obscenity... Neither the words "censorship" or "censorshit" are used but the lyrics clearly indicate what the subject is and what the Ramones feel about that issue. - Rock Out Censorship | ||
| The Beautiful South | Song For Whoever | Plenty of names but title doesn't appear eg Oh shirley, oh deborah, oh julie, oh jane I wrote so many songs about you - NI dave | ||
| Humble Pie | Natural Born Boogie | Sings "Natural born woman" in the lyrics - Alan Levitt | ||
| Stevie Wonder | As | Okay, it IS the first word of the song, but after seven minutes of hearing "Always" and "Until", it's hard to remember the title. -- JDonVance - JDonVance | ||
| Little Stevie Wonder | Fingertips | I don't remember seeing "Fingertips" by Little Stevie Wonder on this list. I don't recall the word "Fingertips" in the lyrics. Most well known lyric is "Everybody say yeah" "Yeah" - Patrick Curley | ||
| Moby | Porcelain | In my dreams I'm dying all the time, as I wake its kaleidoscopic mind I never meant to hurt you, I never meant to lie So this is goodbye, This is goodbye.... (mostly music with few lyrics and used in several ads and movie soundtracks, but still "Porcelain" is never mentioned in the song) - Allen Sanchez | ||
| Regina Spektor | Fidelity | I hear in my mind, All these voices I hear in my mind, all these words I hear in my mind all this music And it breaks my heart And it breaks my heart And it breaks my heaaaaaaaaaaart, It breaks my heaaaaaaaart (She streches out the "a" sound in the the chrorus - Allen Sanchez | ||
| Chumbawamba | Tubthumping | never got to No1 but still a classic - paul bolton | ||
| Grits | I Still Know What You Bit Last Summer | A short remix (of sorts) of their song "Stop Bitin'," which appears on the same album as this one (Grammatical Revolution). - Jonathan S. | ||
| Sick Puppies | Street Fighter (War) | Made for the game Street Fighter 4, which explains the main title. However, only the parenthetical title appears in the song. - Jonathan S. | ||
| Korn | Trash | "trash" never been used as lyrics..but in the lyrics, theres this line which can be refered 2 this word.. "im sorry, I just throw you away" - NoVa | ||
| KoRn | Clown | The video (very briefly) shows a clown, but that word never appears in the lyrics. - Jonathan S. | ||
| Gorillaz | 19-2000 | Got the cool shoeshine - Leo X Daniels |
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