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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.

Entries Beginning with W, Page PAGENUM

Band		Song		Comments & Submittor Name
Walter Egan		Magnet And Steel		He never sings these words consecutively, instead singing "For you are a magnet, and I am steel." - Opie M.
WarioWare		Drifting Away		The song is Japanese (aside from the lyric "Let's go, let's drive") - JohnHowarth
WarioWare Inc.: Mega Microgames		Four Seasons		The song is fully in Japanese. The English translation mentions the four seasons. - JohnHowarth
The Weeknd		Blinding Lights		Close, but he doesn't say "blinding". He says "blinded by the lights". - JohnHowarth
Weezer		Surf Wax America		You take your car to work I'll take my board And when you're out of fuel I'm still afloat - Jonathan S.
Weezer		Undone - The Sweater Song		Not the whole title is said in the lyrics, but the word "undone" is said in "I've come undone" and the word "sweater" is said in "If you want to destroy my sweater". - JohnHowarth
Weird Al Yankovic		Polka Power		First line is " Yo, I'll tell ya what I want, what I really really want". Might that or some part of it be used as an alternate "title"? Possibly, but that might be confusing, as something like "What I Really Really Want" might be the title of another song. Weird Al's songs, occasionally, rather than being whole-song parodies, are an asortment of lines from various other songs, strung together to polka rhythm and rousing accordion accompaniment. This song is a case in point. "Polka Power" is typical of the unlikely-to-be-found-in-lyrics type of titles that he gives to such amalgamated compositions. - Emmy Kay Butanone
Weird Al Yankovic		Ode to a Superhero		This song is about Spider Man, and the title is mentioned nowhere in the lyrics. - JohnHowarth
Weird Al Yankovic		Polkas On .45		Since this is one of Weird Al's polka songs where he does a polka-style medley of Top 40 hits, you won't find the title in the song (or songs?). - Funnyman
Weird Al Yankovic		A Complicated Song		The song is a parody of Avril Lavigne's "Complicated" hence the song's name, and I don't think the song mentions the word "complicated". - JohnHowarth
Weird Al Yankovic		Headline News		Also known as 'Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm' which is in the lyrics, but is the name of the original song by The Crash Test Dummies. - Ed
Weird Al Yankovic		Trapped in the Drive Thru		The song is a parody of R Kelly's Trapped in the Closet hence the title. - JohnHowarth
Weird Al Yankovic		The Saga Begins		This song is known as "Anakin Guy" which is in the lyrics. - Ed
Weird Al Yankovic		The Weird Al Show Theme		First line, and lyrics by which the song might best be known, if any, is "Oh, this is a story 'bout a guy named Al". Or such a surrogate "title" might be shortened to "Story 'bout a guy named Al" or simply "A guy named Al". The title of the song is never in the lyrics, as one would generally expect of a title that designates the song as a "Show Theme" A show theme would sound funny if it identified itself explicitly that way in the lyrics, wouldn't it? - Emmy Kay Butanone
Weird Al Yankovic		Smells Like Nirvana		There are no other names for this song (that I know about) and the whole song is well known for Weird Al fans like myself. - Ed
Weird Al Yankovic		The Saga Begins		First line, and lyrics by which the song might best be known, if any, is "A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far away...". Thus starts this parody of "American Pie", which gets its name because it is a humorous recounting of the events of the first movie (chronologically first, but fourth to be made) in the STAR WARS series. That title is never sung in the lyrics. - Emmy Kay Butanone
Weird Al Yankovic		Cavity Search		Known as "Numb me, Drill me, Floss me, Bill me" which is in the lyrics - Ed
When In Rome		The Promise		The word "promise" is preceded by "I" through the song, but "promise" is never preceded by "the" (Editor's note: Normally I would delete something like this as close enough, but the title clearly denotes "promise" as a noun while it only comes up in the lyrics as a verb.) - Isac
The White Stripes		Blue Orchid		You tickled my orchid, turned it blue - Evan
The White Tie Affair		Scene Change		"So count your chips and roll the dice You might find that it's twice as nice Around and around again (Get in where you fit in) I know it's quite deceiving when I look but I don't see me Around and around again (Get in where you fit in)" - Some Idiot
The Who		Won't get fooled again		The words 'don't get fooled again' are used several times, but the word 'won't' is never used. - Robin Doudna
The Who		Postcard		We're having a lovely time, wish you were here - Alan of Seville
The Who		Baba O'Riley		Known as "Teenage Wasteland" because that is the most-repeated line in the song. - crazydon
WHOwho		Her		And then she's looking in my eyes. - Jonathan S.
Wild Cub		Thunder Clatter		I couldn't say what I was thinking My heart shrinking Two sad sparks blinking in the sun Wait one minute I had to listen for it It was hidden in the fall Hidden in the fall Waiting on love to call Hidden in the fall [Note: There is a lyric that mentions "broken thunder", but that's as close as the song gets to saying its title.] - Jonathan S.
Willow Smith		Flowers		Like in "Maps" by Maroon 5, the singular form of the title is mentioned in the lyrics instead of the plural form which is used as the title. - JohnHowarth
Wilson Pickett		Land of a 1000 Dances		While it mentions many different dances in the song, no part of the title shows up in the lyrics. "Got to know how to pony Like Bony Maronie " - Joe H
Wings		Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey		"Uncle Albert" is clearly the title of the first part of the song, and while the second part does mention "Admiral Halsey," he is only mentioned once. The second part is better known for its "Hands across the water" chorus, which I originally thought was the title. - Raphael
The Wipeouters		Rocket Power Theme		The word "Rocket Power" is used as a lyric, but not the word "theme" - JohnHowarth
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy		Intro Song		Wow, wow, wubbzy, wubbzy wubbzy wow wow - John Howarth
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

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