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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.
Band | Song | Comments & Submittor Name | ||
| 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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