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Songs that mention their title in the opening line of the song
Songs That Open With Their Titles Latest Entries
The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 4221 entries in this section.
Performer | Song Title | Opening Lines | Comments & Submittor Name | |||
| Pink Floyd | On The Turning Away | On the turning away from the pale and downtrodden. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Waterboys | How Long Will I Love You? | How long will I love you? As long as stars are above you | - Nat | |||
| Stevie Ray Vaughan | The Sky Is Crying | The sky is crying. Can't you see the tears roll down the street? | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Night Ranger | Four In The Morning | Four in the morning came without a warning. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| James and Michael | When I Think Of You | When I think of you, I think of sunny days in June, warm nights in tune with the sun in your heart | Brothers James and Michael Williams were later known as the country duo James & Michael Younger. The song was covered by Leif Garrett and it charted in 1979 at Nos. 11 and 78 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary and Hot 100 charts, respectively - Joey F. | |||
| Alice Merton | run away girl | Run away, girl, don't you ever look back. | The title is supposed to be lower case. - Brian Kelly | |||
| Robyn Hitchcock And The Egyptians | So You Think You're In Love | So you think you're in love. Yes, you probably are. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Siouxsie And The Banshees | Happy House | This is the happy house. We're happy here. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Date With the Night | I got a date with the night | - Nat | |||
| Billy Bragg | Help Save the Youth of America | Help save the youth of America, help save them from themselves | - Nat | |||
| Jason Derulo | Cheyenne | Cheyenne, cheyenne | - JohnHowarth | |||
| George Thorogood And The Destroyers | I Drink Alone | I drink alone, yeah, with nobody else. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Sue Nicholls | Where Will You Be | Where Will You Be, When I need You... | - Rick Payne | |||
| Helen Reddy | I Don't Know How To Love Him | I don't know how to love him | Originally from the Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack - Sheila Oh | |||
| Killswitch Engage | Fixation on the Darkness | Fixation on the darkness that engulfs this world | - Nat | |||
| Stevie Ray Vaughan | The House Is Rockin' | Well, the house is a rockin'. Don't bother knockin'. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Clash | Police On My Back | Well, I'm running. Police on my back. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Green Day | The American Dream Is Killing Me | The American dream is killing me. (x2) When it's all double-talk of conspiracy. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Dr. Seuss | Trim Up the Tree | Trim up the tree with Christmas stuff like bingle balls and Whofoo fluff | - JohnHowarth | |||
| Thurl Ravenscoft | You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch | You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch, you really are a heel | - JohnHowarth |
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