Names -> Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics -> M
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 | ||
| Madness | Cardiac Arrest | Between '79 and '83 Madness had 15 top 10 hits. Cardiac Arrest was one of only two singles during that period not to get in the top 10. (The other being The Prince). - Nick Brown | ||
| The Mamas & The Papas | Creeque Alley | The title is not mentioned in the lyrics in this autobiographical song, and the most repeated line is "And no one's gettin' fat 'cept Mama Cass." - crazydon | ||
| Marilyn Manson | Come White | A pill to make you numb A pill to make you dumb A pill to make you anybody else But all the drugs in this world Won't save her from herself - Katy | ||
| Marvin Gaye | Inner City Blues | Make me wanna holler and throw up both my hands! - Joe H | ||
| Metallica | No Leaf Clover | "When It Comes To Be" or "Freight Train" would have been better titles, but who's going to argue with these guys? (From the group's S & M live album.) - hardrock | ||
| Metallica | Enter Sandman | Sleep with one eye open./ Gripping your pillow tight./ Exit light./ Enter night./ Take my hand./ We're off to never-neverland. - Brian Kelly | ||
| MFSB and the Three Degrees | T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia) | Although considered by some to be an instrumental, it does contain the lyrics "Let's get it on, it's time to get down" in the repeat and fade section of the song. - Bob Borst | ||
| MGMT | Time To Pretend | "We were fated to pretend" is as close as it got. - electric | ||
| Monkees | Good Clean Fun | A typical Nesmith country rocker, and another one of his songs that doesn't mention the title. Also known as I Told You I'd Be Back. - JD | ||
| Monkees | Papa Gene's Blues | I have no more than I did before but now I've got all that I need cause I love you and I know you love me. I don't know who Papa Gene is, but he isn't mentioned anywhere in the song. - JD | ||
| The Monkees | Randy Scouse Git / Alternate Title | RCA disliked the title of Mickey Dolenz's song, but told The Monkees that as the words in the title did not appear in the lyrics, they would accept an 'alternate title' for the song. It was promptly named "Alternate Title" in protest. "Why don't you cut your hair?, Why don't you live up there?, Why don't you do what I do, See what I feel when I care?" - FussBudget | ||
| Moody Blues | Legend of a Mind | The song should be called 'Timothy Leary is Dead' because it focuses more on Timothy Leary. - Paul Warren | ||
| Muse | Apocalypse Please | It's better known as "This is the end of the world". - Paul Warren | ||
| Muse | Knights of Cydonia | No "knights or "Cydonia" are mentioned here, just a course of "No one's going to take me alive; you and I must fight for our rights". - britrock | ||
| My Chemical Romance | Famous Last Words | I am not afraid to keep on living/I am not afraid to walk this world alone/Honey if you stay I'll be forgiven/Nothing you can say can stop me going home - Lizzie | ||
| My Chemical Romance | Welcome to the Black Parade | Because one day I'll leave you/A phantom/To lead you in the summer/To join the black parade - flipside |
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