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Songs that mention their title in the opening line of the song
Performer | Song Title | Opening Lines | Comments & Submittor Name | |||
| The La's | There She Goes | There she goes. There she goes again. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Lamont Washington | Colored Spade | I'm a Colored spade. | Yes, "Colored Spade" is another song from the musical, "Hair". Not only would it be considered inappropriate today, it probably would have been considered inappropriate by many in 1968, but at the time it was more commonly used by many biggots to describe some in American society. Lamont Washington who played the African-American character of Hud in the original Broadway production of "Hair" sang it in a cheeky, tongue-in-cheek type a manner to sort of throw it back at the biggots of the time. - Peter | |||
| Laura | Billy Joel | Laura, calls me, in the middle of the night, passes on her painful information | Laura Jacoby, the youngest sister of Scott, Bobby, Billy, and Susan. - Mickey D. | |||
| Laura Branigan | Gloria | Gloria, you're always on the run now Running after somebody, you gotta get him somehow. | "Gloria" was Laura Branigan's first hit, in 1982, and her highest charting, going all the way to #2 for 2 weeks in December 1982. - Peter | |||
| LeAnn Rimes | Blue | Blue.... , Oh, so lonesome for you. Why can't you be blue over me? | The opening word is the title, "Blue", drawn out over several notes in a wailing manner. - Regina Haniger | |||
| Led Zeppelin | Dancing Days | Dancing days are here again. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Lee Dixon | Kansas City | I got to Kansas City on Frid'y, By Sattidy I l'arned a thing or two. | "Kansas City" is another song from Rodgers and Hammerstein's many award winning and historical musical, "Oklahoma!" Lee Dixon was the first thespian to sing this song for "Oklahoma!" - Peter | |||
| Len Barry | 1 2 3 | 1-2-3 Oh, that's how elementary it's gonna be. | The fall 1965 #2 hit, "1 2 3" has an interesting life all it's own. The song started as the Supremes' tune "Ask Any Girl" as written by the Motown writing trio of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland. "Ask Any Girl" released in 1962 didn't go far. Later Len Barry, the former lead singer of the Dovells, got the songwriting trio of Len Madara, David White and Leonard Borisoff to rework "Ask Any Girl" with the smash, "1 2 3" being the result. - Peter | |||
| Lenny Kravitz | Mr. Cab Driver | Mr. Cab Driver, won't you stop to let me in? | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Lenny LeBlanc | Above All | Above all powers, above all kings, above all nature and all created things. | - Vic George | |||
| Lesley Gore | Judy's Turn To Cry | Now, it's Judy' turn to cry, Judy's turn to cry, Judy's turn to cry-cry-cry, 'cause Johnny's come back, come back to me. | Just posting these opening line lyrics again, because I need to correct that it was Quincy Jones who wrote and produced this tune and "It's My Party". - Peter | |||
| Lesley Gore | You Don't Own Me. | You don't own me, I'm not just one of your many toys. | "You Don't Own Me" was a #2 hit for Lesley Gore in February 1964, ending up just behind the Beatles, who owned the #1 spot with "I Want To Hold Your Hand" during the two weeks that Lesley Gore's "You Don't Own Me" stayed at #2. "You Don't Own Me" was written by John Madara and David White. "You Don't Own Me" is also very ahead of it's time, for what Lesley Gore sings about. Remember that 1964 was eight years (and nearly nine in terms of the calendar of these two hits being #1) before 1972 when there would be Helen Reddy's "I Am Woman" being #1 and even three years before Aretha Franklin's version of "Respect". Lesley Gore certainly matches in intensity Helen Reddy and Aretha Franklin on "You Don't Own Me" in intensity that she's demanding to stand on her won without the guy putting on her display. - Peter | |||
| Lesley Gore | It's My Party | It's My Party, and I'll cry if I want to. | - anything | |||
| Lesley Gore | Judy's Turn To Cry | Now, it's Judy' turn to cry, Judy's turn to cry, Judy's turn to cry-cry-cry, 'cause Johnny's come back, come back to me. | "Judy's Turn To Cry" was the top ten follow-up to Lesley Gore's #1 song, "It's My Party". Lesley Gore beat other artist to the punch by providing her own answer tune to "It's My Party" with "Judy's Turn To Cry" as Johnny leaves Judy (as he did Lesley in "It's My Party") to come back to Lesley. Pure soap opera of the teen variety, 1963 style. "Judy's Turn To Cry" as with "It's My Party" was produced and written by James ingram, a producer and later artist in his own right that would have much success in the future with an artist named, Michael Jackson. - Peter | |||
| Less Than Jake | She's Gonna Break Soon | She's gonna break soon, gonna break soon, gonna break soon. | - Lizzie | |||
| Less Than Jake | Modern World | This is the modern world. [x2] | - Lizzie | |||
| Levellers | One Way | There's Only One Way Of Life | - Chris Roberts | |||
| Liberty X | Got To Have Your Love | I've got to have your love. | Whispered over the introduction. - rok iz kool | |||
| Linda Ronstadt | Different Drum | You and I travel to a beat of a Different Drum. | It is also was mentioned on the first line of the song only. - Paul Warren | |||
| Linkin Park | Crawling | Crawling in my skin, these wounds they will not heal | - B1982 | |||
| Lionel Richie | Stuck On You | Stuck on you, got a feeling down deep in my soul that I just can't lose. | From his 1983 album Can't Slow Down. - Vic George | |||
| Lionel Richie | Say You, Say Me | Say you, say me; say it for always, that's the way it should be. | Originally appearing in the 1985 movie White Nights, this song was released a year later on his 1986 album Dancing On The Ceiling. - Vic George | |||
| Lisa Stansfield | When Are You Coming Back? | Tell me when you're coming back. When are you coming back?, When are you coming back? | From Affection. - A-lean | |||
| Lisa Stansfield | All Around The World | Been around the world and I,I,I. I can't find my baby | Excluding the spoken lines, the song opens with it's title - A-lean | |||
| Lisa Stansfield | This Is The Right Time | This is the right time to believe in love | From Affection - A-lean | |||
| Lisa Stansfield | Mighty Love | Mighty Love, Mighy Love. Spoken: It's once in a lifetime. And this time, it's mine. | From the Affection album. - A-lean | |||
| Little Richard | Tutti Frutti | A-Wop-bop-a-loo-lop a-lop-bam-boo, tutti-frutti, all over rootie | - Ed Iter | |||
| Little Richard | True Fine Mama | Oh, true fine mama, she's really on the ball, Yes, true fine mama, she's really on the ball, She hears my every plea, comes to my beckon' call. | "True Fine Mama" was written solely by Little Richard. - Peter | |||
| Little Richard | Slippin' And A Slidin' | Slippin' and a slidin', peepin' and a hidin', been told long time ago, Slippin' and a slidin', peepin' and a hidin', been told long time ago, I been | The rest of the opening line: " ... told, baby, you been bold, I won't be your fool more." "Slippin' And A Slidin'" was co-written by Little Richard, Albert Collins, Bocage and Smith. - Peter | |||
| Little Richard | Ooh! My Soul | Baby baby baby baby baby, Don't you know my love is true, Honey honey honey honey honey, Get up off of that money, Love love love love love, Ooh! my | The rest of the opening line: " ... soul." "Ooh! My Soul" was a hit solely written by Little Richard - Peter | |||
| Little Richard | Miss Ann | Oh, oh, oh, Miss Ann, you're doin' something no-one can, Yeah, yeah, yeah, Miss Ann, you're doin' something no-one can, Because believin' and | The rest of the opening line: " ... deceivin', it's drivin' me to grievin' now." "Miss Ann" was a hit co-written by Little Richard and Enotris Johnson. - Peter | |||
| Little Richard | Jenny Jenny | Jenny Jenny Jenny, won't you come along with me, Jenny Jenny, ooh, Jenny Jenny, Jenny Jenny Jenny, won't you come along with me, Jenny Jenny, ooh, | The rest of the opening line: "... Jenny Jenny, You know that I love, we could live so happily, Jenny Jenny, ooh, Jenny Jenny." "Jenny Jenny" was a Little Richard hit co-written by him and Enotiris Johnson. "Jenny Jenny" was later covered by Mitch Ryder. - Peter | |||
| Little Richard | Lucille | Lucille, you won't do your sisters will, Lucille, you won't do your sisters will, You ran off and married, but I love you still. | "Lucille" was a Little Richard hit co-written by him and Albert Collins. - Peter | |||
| Little Richard | Keep A Knockin' | Keep a knockin' but you can't come in, Keep a knockin' but you can't come in, Keep a knockin' but you can't come in, Come back tomorrow night and try | Rest of the opening lines: " ... it again." "Keep A Knockin'" was a Little Richard written exclusively by him. - Peter | |||
| Little Richard | Heeby Jeebies | Bad luck baby put the jinx on me, I got the heeby jeebies and I can't get well, I got the heeby jeebies and it's you I gotta tell, If I can't find my | Rest of the opening line is: "... baby, then you know darn well, I'm gonna ring your door till I break your bell." Another Little Richard hit not written by him. "Heeby Jeebies" was written by M. Jackson and John Marascalco. - Peter | |||
| Little Richard | Good Golly Miss Molly | Good golly Miss Molly, sure like to ball, Good golly Miss Molly, sure like to ball, When you're rockin' and a rollin', can't you hear your mama call. | "Good Golly Miss Molly" was one of the few hits by Little Richard not written or co-written by him. The song was written by Robert Blackwell and John Marascalco. It was later covered by Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels. - Peter | |||
| Little Richard | Bama Lama Bama Loo | Bama lama bama loo Got a girl named Lucinder, we call her the great pretender, Got a girl named Lucinder, we call her the great pretender, And when | The rest of the opening line: " ... she talks, she says bama lama loo." I won't say much about Little Richard, I'm assuming most people on this site are familiar with him. His influence on Rock 'n' Roll is very huge! He is still alive, of course. He was born Richard Wayne Penniman on December 5, 1932 in Macon, Georgia. A great piano player as well. "Bama Lama Bama Loo" is one of his hit songs written by him. - Peter | |||
| Live | Lightning Crashes | Lightning crashes and a new mother cries. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Loggins & Messina | Your Mama Don't Dance | Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't rock 'n' roll | - oldrock | |||
| Lordi | Would You Love A Monsterman? | Would you love a monsterman could you understand beauty of a beast? | - Mads | |||
| Lordi | Hard Rock Hallelujah | Hard rock hallelujah, hard rock hallelujah | This song represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006 and won. Finland won the ESC for the first time in history. - B1982 | |||
| Los Bravos | Black Is Black | Black is black I want my baby back It's gray, it's gray Since she went away, ooh-ooh What can I do 'Cause I-I-I-I'm feelin' blue. | "Black Is Black" was a top three American hit for the five man group Los Bravos back in the spring of 1966 (actually an international hit). Los Bravos is yet another example of how the British Invasion of the 1960's was much more international. Los Bravos was a five man group, with four of it's members from Spain and the fifth member (lead singer Michael Volker Kogel aka Mike Kennedy) hailing from Germany. But "Black Is Black" is one great dance and rock tune and is still very popular with many young people -- when they get to hear it. - Peter | |||
| Louis Armstrong | Hello, Dolly! | I said hello, dolly, ... well, hello, dolly It's so nice to have you back where you belong. | "Hello, Dolly!" was the #1 song that broke the Beatles string of #1 hits back in 1964, according to Billboard Magazine's HOT 100 charts. Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong sang this tune from the hit Broadway play and took it to #1 in May 1964. That is also him playing the solo trumpet on the record. "Hello, Dolly!" was so popular, both as a Broadway musical and a hit song, that President Lyndon Baines Johnson's re-election campaign (actually finishing up the term of the assassinated JFK) reworded the song and used it in the re-election campaign as, "Hello, Lyndon!" - Peter | |||
| Love Fist | Dangerous Bastard | I'm a dangerous bastard. | The song and the (fictional) band were featured in the video game "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City". - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Lovin' Spoonful | Do You Believe In Magic | Do you believe in magic in a young girl's heart? | This was covered by several artists such as Shaun Cassidy, John Mellencamp, Bud Shank, Randy VanWarmer, The Format, and BBMak. - Vic George | |||
| Lovin' Spoonful | Summer In The City | Hot town, summer in the city Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty. | In August 1966, "Summer In The City" was the Lovin' Spoonful's first and only #1 song on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 charts. - Peter | |||
| Lovin' Spoonful | Daydream | What a day for a daydream, what a day for a daydreamin' boy. | None, other than Peter forgot this one from the Spoonful. - Indy | |||
| Lovin' Spoonful | Rain On The Roof | You and me and rain on the roof, Caught up in a summer shower, Dryin' while it soaks the flowers, Maybe we'll be caught for hours, Waitin' out the su | - Peter | |||
| Lovin' Spoonful | Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind? | Did you ever have to make up your mind? | - Peter | |||
| Lovin' Spoonful | You Didn't Have To Be So Nice | You didn't have to be so nice, I would have liked you anyway, if you had just looked once or twice, And gone upon your quiet way. | - Peter | |||
| Lovin' Spoonful | Nashville Cats | Nashville Cats, play clean as country water | - Peter | |||
| Lynn Kellogg | I Believe In Love | I believe in love, I believe in love, I believe in love, I believe in love | "I Believe In Love" is from the musical, "Hair". It is sung by another main character, Sheila. Sheila was played in the original Broadway production of "Hair" by Lynn Kellogg. - Peter | |||
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | They Call Me The Breeze | They call me the breeze, I keep blowin' down the road. | Written by the great J.J. Cale. - Keith Urban Legend |
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