Songs that mention their title in the opening line of the song
Performer | Song Title | Opening Lines | Comments & Submittor Name | |||
A-Ha | Summer Moved On | Smmer moved on | - Mads | |||
A-Ha | The Sun Always Shines On TV | Touch me How can it be Believe me The sun always shines on TV. | - MOR | |||
Aaron Carter | Crazy Little Party Girl | Crazy little party girl | - mads. | |||
ABBA | Waterloo | My my, at Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender | - Candy Welty | |||
ABBA | Fernando | Can you hear the drums, Fernando? I remember long ago another starry night like this. | - Candy Welty | |||
ABBA | Honey, Honey | Honey, honey, how you thrill me | - Candy Welty | |||
ABBA | Summer Night City | Summer night city... Summer night city... | - Alex Bury | |||
AC/DC | Back In Black | Back in black I hit the sack I've been too long I'm glad to be back | If you don't know by the opening lines what this song is about, then obviously the opening drumbeat will let you know. - Peter | |||
The Academy Is... | About a Girl | One song, about a girl | - Alex | |||
The Academy Is... | LAX to O'Hare | It was a plane ride from LAX to O'Hare. | William Beckett has the voice of a god. Thank you. - Lizzie | |||
Accidental Superhero | Hold On | Hold on forever, or at least today | - Tommy | |||
Ace | How Long (Has This Been Going On) | How long has this been going on? | Featuring the vocals of Paul Carrack, who found himself in other bands such as Squeeze, Mike & The Mechanics, and Roxy Music. This song would later be covered by Rod Stewart on his 1981 Tonight I'm Yours album. - Vic George | |||
Adam Lambert | Soaked | Soaked to the bone | This song was written by Matt Bellamy from Muse - Nurul | |||
Adam Sandler | The Lonesome Kicker | Me, I'm the lonesome kicker. | - Brian Kelly | |||
Adele | Hello | Hello, it's me. | - Brian Kelly | |||
Adele | Right As Rain | Who wants to be right as rain, it's better when something is wrong. | Adele's first single, at least in the U.S. - Sheila Oh | |||
Adrian Belew | In My Backyard | Everything is pretty in my backyard | - Joe Pearson | |||
Aerial | In The Middle Of The Night | In the middle of the night, ooh it's lonely, shadows follow me | - Candy Welty | |||
Aerosmith | Back In The Saddle | I'm back. I'm back in the saddle again. | - Brian Kelly | |||
Aerosmith | Janie's Got A Gun | Janie's got a gun janie's got a gun | - Wolfgang59 | |||
Aerosmith | Rag Doll | Rag doll livin' in a movie. | - Brian Kelly | |||
Aerosmith | Dude Looks Like A Lady | Yeah, yeah. Dude looks like a lady. | - Brian Kelly | |||
AFI | Miss Murder | Hey Miss Murder can I, Hey Miss Murder can I, Make beauty stay if I take my life? | AFI's first radio hit. - tastes_like_chicken_32 | |||
Afrika Bambaataa + The Soulsonic Force | Looking For The Perfect Beat | Universal b-boy, looking for the perfect beat. | - Brian Kelly | |||
Against Me! | I Was A Teeenage Anarchist | I was a teenage anarchist, looking for a revolution | - Jonathan S. | |||
Against Me! | Stop! | Stop! Take some time to think Figure out what's important to you. | - Lizzie | |||
Agnes | Release Me | Release me, release my body. | - Dongquan | |||
Aimee Mann | Lost in Space | Lost in space, above all drifting | - Joe Pearson | |||
Aimee Mann | Susan | Oh, Susan, you were clued in | - Candy Welty | |||
Air Supply | Here I Am | Here I am playing with those memories again. | - Brian Kelly | |||
The Airborne Toxic Event | Sometime Around Midnight | And it starts sometime around midnight. | - Brian Kelly | |||
AJR | I Won't | Put your hands up 'cause I won't. | - Brian Kelly | |||
AJR | Bummerland | Bummerland, here I am. | - Brian Kelly | |||
AJR | Dear Winter | Dear Winter, I hope you like your name. | - Brian Kelly | |||
Akon | Ghetto | Ghetto Ghetto Ghetto Ghetto livin' | - Wolfgang59 | |||
Akon | Don't Matter | Nobody wanna see us together but it don't matter no cause I got you | - Wolfgang59 | |||
Al Casey | Surfin' Hootenanny | We're gonna have a surfin' hootenanny, oh, oh, come on | - Candy Welty | |||
Al Green | Something | Something gotta hold on me. | - Brian Kelly | |||
Al Green | Tired Of Being Alone | I'm so tired of being alone. I'm so tired of on-my-own. | - Candy Welty | |||
Al Martino | I Can't Get You Out Of My Heart | I can't get you out of my heart. For you, love, are part of my heart. | - Candy Welty | |||
Alabama | If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band) | If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band. | - crazydon | |||
Alan Jackson | Like Red on a Rose | Like red on a rose. Your lips first smiled at me. | - Anonymous1337 | |||
Alan Jackson | True Love Is A Golden Ring | True love is a golden ring. Like the vows we made, it's a precious thing. | - Claire Grayson | |||
Alan Jackson | Dallas | Dallas packed her suitcase And drove off in the brand new car I bought her | - William Ransom | |||
The Alan Parsons Project | What Goes Up | What goes up, must come down C; What must rise, must fall C; And what goes on in your life C; Is writing on the wall | - Doug N. | |||
The Alan Parsons Project | Time | Time. Flowing like a river. | - Brian Kelly | |||
The Alan Parsons Project | Breakdown | I breakdown in the middle and lose my thread | - Sutch | |||
Alex Lifeson | Victor | Victor was a little baby, into this world he came | - Joe Pearson | |||
Alfred Drake | Pore Jud Is Daid | Pore Jud is daid, pore Jud Fry is daid, All gather round his cawfin now and cry. | "Pore Jud Is Daid" is another song from Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" - Peter | |||
Alfred Drake | The Surrey With The Fringe On Top | Chicks and geese and ducks better scurrey When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top. | "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top" is the second song from Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II's first major Broadway musical, "Oklahoma!" Coming during the middle of World War II in 1943 and lasting past the war into 1948 (the original production), "Oklahoma!'s" influence on American musical theatre and American music altogether is not to be underestimated. "Oklahoma!" was to set the stage (excuse the unintended pun) for Broadway musicals for the next two decades and finally give both voice and visual to an American way at looking at music in general and also the theatre in general. "Oklahoma!" was the first Broadway musical to show an entire story, independent of the music, but the music helped a great deal and added much. For the first time, not only did the Broadway musical audience expecting music, they also expected a story with the music. - Peter | |||
Alfred Drake | Out Of My Dreams | Out of my dreams and into your arms I long to fly. | Another song from Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" Alfred Drake was the first thespian to play the main character of Curty and sang many of these songs, many times, in the first version (1943 - 1948) of "Oklahoma!" - Peter | |||
Ali Thomson | Take A Little Rhythm | Take a little rhythm. Take a little of that sweet, sweet music. | - Candy Welty | |||
Alice Cooper | Welcome to My Nightmare | Welcome to my nightmare, I think you're gonna like it | - Joe Pearson | |||
Alice Cooper | Billion Dollar Babys | billion ....dollar babys.... | - funonthrun | |||
Alice Cooper | Long Way to Go | We still got a long way to go | - Joe Pearson | |||
Alice Cooper | Hello Hooray | Hello, Hooray, let the show begin I've been ready. | Alice has always opened his concerts with this song which barely made the Top 40 in 1973. - Rich Braham | |||
Alice Cooper | I Love the Dead | I love the dead before they're cold, the bluing flesh for me to hold | - Joe Pearson | |||
Alice Cooper | House Of Fire | House of Fire, House of Fire | Hey Alice, we got it the first time dude. - Chani | |||
Alice Cooper | Mary Ann | Mary Ann, I'm really crazy about you, do what I can | - Joe Pearson | |||
Alice Cooper | Sick Things | Sick things in cars rotate round my stars | - Joe Pearson | |||
Alice In Chains | Over Now | Yeah, it's over now. | - Brian Kelly | |||
Alice In Chains | Them Bones | I believe them bones are me. | - Brian Kelly | |||
Alice In Chains | Man In The Box | I'm the man in the box. | - Brian Kelly | |||
Alice In Chains | Angry Chair | Sitting on an angry chair. | - Brian Kelly | |||
Alice In Chains | Again | Hey, let 'em do it again. | - Brian Kelly | |||
Alice Merton | run away girl | Run away, girl, don't you ever look back. | The title is supposed to be lower case. - Brian Kelly | |||
Alicia Keys | Put It In A Love Song | Say you love me, say you love me, then put it in a love song. | - Liz Bone | |||
Alison Krauss | It Doesn't Matter | It doesn't matter what I want, it doesn't matter what I need | - Joe Pearson | |||
All About Eve | Wild Hearted Woman | Falling, falling, wild hearted woman | From the extended version. - Joey F. | |||
All Time Low | Holly (Would You Turn Me On?) | When you gonna give it up? You're giving me such a rush. Come on, Holly, would you turn me on? | - Liz Bone | |||
All Time Low | Once In A Lifetime | Once in a lifetime (x2) | - Brian Kelly | |||
All Time Low | Dear Maria, Count Me In | I've got your picture, I'm coming with you. Dear Maria, count me in. | - Liz Bone | |||
All Time Low | Come One , Come All | Come one, come all, you're just in time to witness my first breakdown. | - Liz Bone | |||
All Time Low feat. blackbear | Monsters | Why do all the monsters come out at night? | - Brian Kelly | |||
All-4-One | Someday | Someday, when we are wiser, when the world's older | A version by British group Eternal was released instead in other parts of the world, such as the UK, Ireland and Australia. - Jacynthia Maries | |||
The All-American Rejects | Believe | I don't ever wanna believe, I don't ever wanna believe, yeah | Off their new album When the World Comes Down! - Alex | |||
Allan Sherman | Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah! | Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah! Here I am at Camp Grenada | - Joe Pearson | |||
Alliser | Somewhere On Fullerton | Somewhere down on Fullerton... | - Lizzie | |||
The Allman Brothers Band | Southbound | Well, I'm southbound. | - Brian Kelly | |||
The Allman Brothers Band | Ramblin' Man | Lord, I was born a ramblin' man. | - Brian Kelly | |||
The Allman Brothers Band | Black Hearted Woman | Black hearted woman, can't you see your poor man dyin' | - Joe Pearson | |||
The Allman Brothers Band | One Way Out | Ain't but one way out baby, Lord I just can't go out the door | - Joe Pearson | |||
Alter Bridge | Watch Your Words | Watch your words, or your words might drown you. | - Jessica | |||
America | Lonely People | This is for all the lonely people, thinking that life has passed them by. | Many people believe the song is titled "Drink From The Silver Cup". - Odie Garfield | |||
America | Amber Cascades | Amber cascades all over today. | - Red Ruffcorn | |||
America | All My Life | All my life, without a doubt I give you all my life | From Silent Letter (1979). - Joey F. | |||
American Authors | Believer | I'm just a believer. | - Brian Kelly | |||
The Ames Brothers | Forever Darling | Forever, darling, while other hearts go wandering, you'll find mine as faithful as can be | - Candy Welty | |||
The Ames Brothers | Melodie D'Amour | Melodie d'amour, take this song to my lover | - Yvette Bristle | |||
The Ames Brothers | The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane | The naughty lady of Shady Lane has hit the town like a bomb | - Candy Welty | |||
The Ames Brothers | It Only Hurts For A Little While | It only hurts for a little while. That's what they tell me. That's what they say. | - Candy Welty | |||
The Ames Brothers | Pussy Cat | Pussy cat, pussy cat, pussy cat, pussy cat, well, I was born in a little old house | - Candy Welty | |||
The Ames Brothers | You, You, You | You, you, you. I'm in love with you, you, you. | - Lily Orange | |||
Amy Grant | Thy Word | Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. | - Vic George | |||
Amy Grant | Baby, Baby | Baby, baby, I'm taken with the notion, to love you with the sweetest of devotion. | The song was written by Grant and dedicated to her then-six-week-old daughter Millie. - MOR | |||
Amy Grant | After the Fire | After the fire is over, after the ashes cool | - Erin | |||
Andrew W.K. | Party Hard | When it's time to party, we will party hard. Party hard. | Just try thinking while listening to this song. - Brian Kelly | |||
The Andrews Sisters | I Don't Know Why | I don't know why I love you like I do | - Leda Metro | |||
The Andrews Sisters | Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree | Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me Anyone else but me, No! No! No! Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me | "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree" was written and recorded originally back in World War II. The writers were Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept and Charles Tobias. It was originally envisioned to be sung my a male vocalist, in the guise as a serviceman writing home to his girlfriend, and was recorded by several artists both during World War II and afterwards. But the most famous and best selling version was by the Andrews Sisters with a very swinging beat. - Peter | |||
Andy Williams | More | More than the greatest love the world has known. This is the love I'll give to you alone. | - Candy Welty | |||
Andy Williams | Ain't It True | Ain't it true, no matter what you do, someday when life is through, they're gonna bury you | - Candy Welty | |||
Andy Williams | Promise Me, Love | Promise me, love, promise me kisses, sweet love meant for me | - Candy Welty | |||
Andy Williams | Almost There | Almost there, we're almost there. How wonderful, wonderful our love will be for you, for me. | - Candy Welty | |||
Andy Williams | Are You Sincere | Are you sincere when you say "I love you"? | - Candy Welty | |||
Andy Williams | Dear Heart | Dear heart, wish you were here to warm this night | - Candy Welty | |||
Andy Williams | It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year | It's the most wonderful time of the year, With the kids jingle belling and everyone telling. | - Ava Murphy | |||
Andy Williams | Hopeless | This is hopeless. Yes, it's so hopeless 'cause you're not coming back anymore. | - Candy Welty | |||
Andy Williams | Days Of Wine And Roses | The days of wine and roses laugh and run away, like a child at play | - Candy Welty | |||
Andy Williams | A Fool Never Learns | A fool never learns to get away, just run away before his heart begins to break | - Candy Welty | |||
The Angels | My Boyfriend's Back | My Boyfriend's Back and you're gonna be in trouble now. | - Larcen Tyler | |||
Animal Kingdom | Strange Attractor | Strange attractor. Strange, strange attractor. | - Brian Kelly | |||
Animotion | Obsession | You're an obsession. | - Brian Kelly | |||
Anita Bryant | I Can't Do It By Myself | I can't do it by myself, I can't do it by myself, I need somebody else to help me | - Candy Welty | |||
Ann-Margret | One Boy | One boy, One special boy, One boy to go with, To talk with, And walk with ... | "One Boy" is another one of the songs from Charles Strause and Lee Adams' musical, "Bye Bye Birdie". Ann-Margret played the teenaged Kim McAfee in the 1963 motion picture (Susan Watson played the character in the Broadway version, and in a 1995 TV special the character was played by Chynna Phillips). Ann-Margret is better known for the role, as well as the song. - Peter | |||
Anna King | If Somebody Told You | If somebody told you that they didn't love you | - Candy Welty | |||
Anna Nalick | Breathe (2 AM) | 2 AM and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake | - Alex | |||
Anne Murray | Sweet Little Jesus Boy | Sweet little Jesus boy, They made you be born in a manger. | - Ava Murphy | |||
Anne Murray | What About Me | Hey, hey, hey, what about me? I've got some feelings on my mind too. | - Candy Welty | |||
Anne Murray | Shadows In The Moonlight | We'll be shadows in the moonlight, darlin', I'll meet you at midnight | - Candy Welty | |||
Annette | Pineapple Princess | Pineapple princess, he calls me pineapple princess all day | - Candy Welty | |||
Annette | O Dio Mio | O Dio mio, I love him so. O Dio mio, please let him know how much I need him, how much I want him | - Candy Welty | |||
Annette | First Name Initial | First name initial, first name initial, first name initial, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh | - Candy Welty | |||
Annie Lennox | Big Sky | Big Sky, I'm gonna hurt you | - Joe Pearson | |||
Annie Lennox | Walking On Broken Glass | Walking On Broken Glass | If you thought that Annie Lennox without Dave Stewart was going to leave behind giving us the title in the opening lines, this tune will disabuse you of that. - Peter | |||
Annie Lennox | Womankind | One more time for the womankind | - Joe Pearson | |||
Annie Lennox | Why | Why | She sings/stretches out the opening title before she gets into the actual verses. - Ryan | |||
Annie Lennox | Money Can't Buy It | Money can't buy it, baby. Sex can't buy it, baby | - Joe Pearson | |||
Annie Lennox | Dark Road | It's a dark road, and a dark way that leads to my house | - Joe Pearson | |||
Anthony Green | Dear Child (I've Been Dying to Reach You) | Dear child, they're asking us to move. I watched her taking off her shoes. | - Nat | |||
Antsy McClain And The Trailer Park Troubadours | I Was Just Flipped Off By A Silver-Haired Old Lady With A "Honk If You Love Jesus" Sticker On The Bumper Of Her Car | I was just flipped off by a silver-haired old lady with a "Honk if you love Jesus" sticker on the bumper of her car | I defy anyone to come up with a longer title! ...I mean, OTHER than the band I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business. [See my submission for them in the Stupid Band Names section to see what I mean.] - Jonathan S. | |||
April Wine | You Could Have Been A Lady | Could have been alright, could have been here tonight, Could have been sweet as wine, you could have been a lady. | - Peter | |||
Aqua | Around The World | I've been around the world, hey hey! | - Joey F. | |||
The Arbors | A Symphony For Susan | If I could write a symphony for Susan | - Candy Welty | |||
Arcade Fire | Month Of May | Gonna make a record in the month of May. | - Brian Kelly | |||
Aretha Franklin | The House That Jack Built | This is the house that Jack built, y'all | - Yvette Bristle | |||
Aretha Franklin | Chain Of Fools | Chain, chain, chain, chain, chain, chain, chain, Chain, chain, chain, chain of fools | Yes, again the Queen of Soul repeats a word, this time "chain", but this time ten times (instead of twelve times as with "Think" in this classic of hers. But her being the Queen of Soul and the rest of the song, "Chain Of Fools" we forgive her. - Peter | |||
Aretha Franklin | Angel | Gotta find me an angel | - Sutch | |||
Aretha Franklin | Think | Think (think) think (think) think (think) Think (think) think (think) think (think) | Yes the opening lines for this Queen of Soul's classic is the title repeated twelve times. - Peter | |||
Arlo Guthrie | The City Of New Orleans | Ridin' on the City of New Orleans, Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail | - Candy Welty | |||
Army Of Me | Come Down To DC | Why don't you come down, come down to DC? | - Lizzie | |||
Arrested Development | Tennessee | Tennessee. (Tennessee.) Tennessee. (Tennessee.) | I prefer the sitcom actually. - Brian Kelly | |||
Art Garfunkel | I Shall Sing | I shall sing, sing my song, be it right, be it wrong | - Candy Welty | |||
Ash | Girl From Mars | Do you remember the time I knew a girl from Mars? | - Brian Kelly | |||
Ashley Tisdale | Last Christmas | Last Christmas, I gave you my heart... | i luv this song like sooo much! - Raphaella So | |||
Ashton Shepherd | I'm Just a Woman | I guess I'm just a woman And that's why I feel the way I do | - William Ransom | |||
Ashton Shepherd | Let Me Love Your Pain Away | Let me love your pain away Let me love all your pain away | - William Ransom | |||
Asia | You're the Stranger | Don't hang that sign on me, you're the stranger | - Joe Pearson | |||
The Association | Cherish | Cherish is the word I use to describe All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside | "Cherish" was the first of two #1's for the 6-man group known as the Association (the second would be "Windy" in the summer of 1967). "Cherish" reached #1 for three weeks in September 1966. - Peter | |||
The Association | Broccoli | Broccoli--I really dig it steamed | - Leda Metro | |||
The Association | Come To Me | Come to me, now that we know where we're going | - Leda Metro | |||
The Association | Love Affair | What a place to begin a love affair | - Leda Metro | |||
The Association | Angeline | Angeline, Angeline, her soft warm face | - Leda Metro | |||
The Association | Round Again | Here I go 'round again | - Leda Metro | |||
The Association | I'm The One | I'm the one who's at your door | - Leda Metro | |||
The Association | Come On In | Come on in, you know you're welcome here | - Leda Metro | |||
The Association | Toymaker | She's a toymaker, an attic child | - Leda Metro | |||
The Association | On A Quiet Night | On a quiet night you can hear the rustling of the leaves | - Leda Metro | |||
The Ataris | In This Diary | Here in this diary, I write you visions of my summer. | - Lizzie | |||
Atlanta | Atlanta Burned Again Last Night | Atlanta burned again last night | - harderman | |||
Atlantic Starr | Circles | Circles, go 'round in circles | - Lily Orange | |||
Atmosphere | You | You love the people that love you. | - Brian Kelly | |||
Avenged Sevenfold | Seize The Day | Seize the day or die regretting the time you lost | - sucka | |||
Average White Band | Cut The Cake | Cut the cake, give me a little piece | - Candy Welty | |||
Average White Band | Pick Up The Pieces | Pick up the pieces, uh-huh! Pick up the pieces, uh-huh! Pick up the pieces, uh-huh! Pick up the pieces, woo-hoo! | The Average White Band took this funky mainly instrumental dance tune to #1 on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 charts in 1975. "Pick Up The Pieces" was extremely popular in Discos of the time. The only lyrics in the song appear half-way through, and it's the title repeated four times. - Peter | |||
Avicii | Hey Brother | Hey, brother, there's an endless road to rediscover. | - Brian Kelly | |||
Avril Lavigne | Why | Why do you always do this to me? | - Brian Kelly | |||
Avril Lavigne | Girlfriend | Hey hey, you you. I don't like your girlfriend. | Possibly the newest song on the list...for now. - Brian Kelly | |||
Awolnation | Sail | Sail! This is how I show my love. | - Brian Kelly | |||
Awolnation | The Best | I just wanna be the best. | - Brian Kelly | |||
Aztec Camera | Walk out to winter | Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there Chill will wake you, high and dry, you'll wonder why | Tried using it in a beat the intro quiz on seasons. FAIL! - Baldrick |
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