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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.

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Band		Song		Comments & Submittor Name
Abney Park		Whole Life Crisis		I may not live in mansions I may not live life grand But I live life to the fullest And that's all I have planned - Jonathan S.
AC/DC		Rock N' Roll Train		Runaway train (running right off the tracks) - Stone Cold Crazio
The Academy Is		Skeptics and True Believers		Don't be so scared. It's harder for me. Don't be so scared - Ash
Adam Lambert		Whataya Want From Me?		Actual lyrics says: What do you want from me? - Dongquan
Adam Sandler		Ode To My Car		C'mon, you oughta know this one! "Piece of s%#* car...I got a piece of s#%! car" - Jonathan S.
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
Al Jolson		Anniversary Song		"Oh, how danced on the night we were wed" - Barbara Siegel
The Alan Parsons Project		The Tell-Tale Heart		From their first album based on the works of Edgar Alan Poe, "Tell-Tale Heart" is never used although the word "heart" does appear once in the lyrics. - Doug N.
Ali G & Shaggy		Me Julie		The words "me" and "Julie" are never said together. - JohnHowarth
Alice Cooper		Teenage Lament '74		Also known as "What Are You Gonna Do?", because he repeats this incessantly towrds the end. (But doesn't mention "Teenage lament".) - Rocky
Alice Cooper		Alma Mater		A tribute to his high school experience it seems. But you know It breaks my heart To leave you Camelback My high school - Azrael
Alice Cooper		10 Minutes Before the Worm		Let me be What a way for one too realize Gotta waste a bore, now I see How he is so happy feeling sad Heavily depressed God, I knew Think I will enjoy the view Oy the view, oy the view Everything is standing still, ill, ill - Azrael
Alive N Kickin		TIghter, Tighter		"Hold on...now just a little bit tighter, Baby" - rich "sully" connelly
All About Eve		Martha's Harbour		From the band's 1988 self-titled album, this song peaked at No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart, their highest-charting hit ever. - Joey F.
All Saints		Pure Shores		I've listened to this song loads of times,and I just haven't heard it. - Natasha
All Time Low		Coffeeshop Soundtrack		When it all comes down To a sunrise on the East Side, Will you be there to carry home The remains of my wasted youth? This wasted time on you Has left me shaking in waiting, Shaking in waiting for something more - Anonymous
Alter Bridge		Metalingus		I don't know how Alter Bridge comes up with the names of some of their songs! - Creedjaya
Altégo, Britney Spears and Ginuwine		Toxic Pony		The song is a mashup of Britney's Toxic and Ginuwine's Pony hence the name. - JohnHowarth
America		Rainbow Song		The only mention of the word "rainbow" is in the lyric "I am asleep on a rainbow," but nowhere in the song is the word "rainbow" followed by the word "song." - Isac
Amorphis		Divinity		Last day brings the grace / For bearers of forbidden name / Step into five fold mace / As son as father in a frame - Azrael
Amorphis		To Father's Cabin		O old man, good God / Careful man of Heaven / Keeper of storm clouds / Make misty weather / And create a tiny cloud / In whose shelter I may go - Azrael
Amorphis		Sampo		The days they blend into the nights / The moon, the sun unite / Order of stars expires / A wonder is born - Azrael
Amorphis		Exile of the Sons of Uisliu		A wave the sound of Noisiu's voice / His singing was ever sweet... - Azrael
Amorphis		Elegy		Long evenings full of longing / Low-spirited my mornings / Full of longing too my nights / And all the time the bitterest. - Azrael
Amorphis		Black Embrace		Terror, when the darkness binds your limbs / Terror, when the fear freezes your nerves / Horror, when the pain climbs up your veins / Darkness, creeping under you skin - Azrael
Amorphis		The Castaway		A bird flew out of Lapland / An eagle from the North East / One wing ruffled the water / And the other swept the sky / It's tail skimmed the sea / It flutters, it glides / it looks, it turns round / "Why, man are you in the sea / Fellow, among the billows?" - Azrael
Amorphis		Magic and Mayhem		Hey there, tiny wench / My perpetual serf / Put stew in a pot / Bring water for the guest / Before we part / Before your neck is broken / You strike first / Son of the North - Azrael
Amorphis		In the Beginning		I have a good mind / take into my head / To start of singing / Began reciting / We seldom get together / And meet each other / On these poor borders / The luckless lands of the north / Those words we have got / From the North's furthest fields / From the heaths of Kalevala - Azrael
Amorphis		Forgotten Sunrise		Once I had a mind / And thoughts was given / But nowadays, in this evil age / All my sense is somewhere else - Azrael
Amorphis		On Rich and Poor		Who would seek out the sun / Who spy out the moon ? / Who else if not God / The one son of God ? - Azrael
Anberlin		The Resistance		Nowhere does the singer state "the resistance." The title had my bandmate and I baffled until, today, he suggested "(The singer's) talking about a riot, that's sort of resistance. - Jack
Angels and Airwaves		The Adventure		Nothing like the title in the lyrics at all! - Jack
Angels and Airwaves		Breathe		Nowhere in the song does the title exist! - Jack
Anna Kendrick		Cups		From the original soundtrack of the movie "Pitch Perfect". It was a remake of Lulu and The Lampshades' "Cups (You're Gonna Miss Me)", which was a rendtion of and old folk song by J.E.Mainer's Mountaineers. I don't believe that the word "cups" was used in any of these versions. - Open Mike
Anne Murray		Christmas Wishes		"If I Had My Way This Christmas" is the opening line, and hence a potential alternate "title". The lyrics do mention Christmas, as in the opening line, and also wishes. She enumerates three wishes in the lyrics, saying "My first wish" and "My third wish" at points, but never the phrase "Christmas Wishes". - Ava Murphy
Anne Murray		Danny's Song		Written by Kenny Loggins, Anne's version was a bigger hit. Sadly, Danny only appears in the title. The most well known section is probably: "And even though we ain't got money I'm so in love with ya honey Everything bring a chain of lo-o-o-o-ve" - Bob Borst
Arctic Monkeys		Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong But...		'Cause all you people are vampires And all your stories are stale And though you pretend to stand by us I know you're certain we'll fail - Jonathan S.
Ariana Grande		Pov		POV stands for "point of view" - JohnHowarth
Ariana Grande		Intro		This is the first song in her album "My Everything" hence the title. - JohnHowarth
Ariana Grande		7 Rings		I want it, I got it - JohnHowarth
The Arrogant Worms		Carrot Juice Is Murder		What's actually sung is "Carrot juice CONSTITUTES murder." - Jonathan S.
Ash		Orpheus		"Sunshine in the Morning" is repeated in the chorus; "Orpheus" never actually appears in the song. - Rich
Ash		Lose Control		Here comes the night. Lead me on. In your veins. Warm inside. Heart beats fast. Lights are low. I want you. Let it go. - Brian Kelly
Audioslave		Hypnotize		Oh no, don't you keep your good luck to yourself. - Jonathan S.
Audioslave		Cochise		Go and save yourself Take it out on me - njdevil
Ava Max		Kings & Queens		"Kings", "and" and "queens" are never sung together - JohnHowarth
Avenged Sevenfold		Bat Country		Can't you help me as I'm startin' to burn (all alone) Too many doses and I'm starting to get an attraction My confidence is leaving me on my own (all alone) No one can save me and you know I don't want the attention - Jonathan S.
Avicii		Levels		Best known by its drop and, in the lyrical context, Etta James’ sampled vocals (from “Something’s Got a Hold On Me”): “Ooh sometimes, I get a good feeling...”, the only lyrics in the song. - BrilliantJ8
Ayo & Teo		Rolex		Rollie - John Howarth

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