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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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Led Zeppelin Bron-Y-Aur Stomp This song's name is the name of Plant;s hut, which Plant and Page stayed at when they wrote songs for Led Zeppelin III. It's misspelled on the album by a mistake, the hut's name was(is?) "Bron-Yr-Aur". - Ruben
Led Zeppelin D'yer Mak'r Title is pronounced "Jeh-make-er", a pun on "Jamaica" (inspired by the reggae beat of the song) and British dialect for "Did you make her?" ("have sex with her?"). - Agrimorfee
Led Zeppelin The Immigrant Song We come from the land of the ice and snow, from the midnight sun where the hot springs blow. - Dodd Harris
Led Zeppelin Over The Hills and Far Away Many times I've lied and many times I've listened..... - Matt
Led Zeppelin The Battle of Evermore I don't see "Battle" or "Evermore" in the lyrics - Alan of Seville
Led Zeppelin Bron-Y-Aur Stomp Named for the house that the band lived in during a vacation from touring. - Agrimorfee
Led Zeppelin Black Dog Hey Hey Mama said the way you move gonna make you sweat gonna make you groove. It was named Black Dog because a black dog walked by their cottage as they were writing the song. - Matt
Limp Bizkit Take a Look Around "I know why you want to hate me". That quote should be the title of this song because it is the most repeated sentence in the song. The title of this song appears in the lyrics of another song by Limp Bizkit, called "My Generation". - B1982
Linkin Park Paper Cut It should be called "Beneath my Skin" since that's the Refrain. - Paul Warren
Linkin Park Points of Authority When you hear this song without having heard its title, you might think it's called "You live what you learn", because that's the most repeated sentence in the lyrics. - B1982
Linkin Park Papercut It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back/It's like a whirlwind inside of my head/It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within/It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin - Jonathan S.
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
Live Lakini's Juice The singer, Ed Kowlaczyk, mentions "wine" and "water", but no "juice". And who knows where Lakini is? - newrock
Live Selling The Drama I've willed, I've walked, I've read, I've talked. I know, I know I've been here before. - Brian Kelly
Liz Phair Chopsticks The song borrows the melody of the piano piece "Chopsticks", composed by Arthur de Lull Allen (or "Lulli", real name Euphemia Allen) in 1877. - sherock
Local H Bound For The Floor And You just don't get it/Keep your copacetic/And you learn to accept it/You know you're so pathetic - Jonathan S,
Lucky Boys Confusion Dumb Pop Song I'm gonna steal your girlfriend! - Jonathan S.

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