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Songs that mention their title in the opening line of the song
Performer | Song Title | Opening Lines | Comments & Submittor Name | |||
| Nancy Sinatra | You Only Live Twice | You only live twice or so it seems, One life for yourself and one for your dreams. | From the James Bond movie of the same name. Nancy Sinatra was the first American artists to record (or be asked to) a James Bond movie theme. The second American artists, Carly Simon, wouldn't be asked to until a decade later. - Peter | |||
| Nat "King" Cole | Unforgettable | Unforgettable, that's what you are Unforgettable though near or far Like a song of love that clings to me How the thought of you does things to me | "Unforgettable" was writtin by Irving Gordon, and Cole took it to #12 in 1951 - 52. It also charted again for the Dick Hyman Trio in 1954 (#29), Dinah Washington in 1959 (#17) and then posthumously for Nat and his daughter Natalie in 1991. - Peter | |||
| Nat "King" Cole | Mona Lisa | Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you You're so like the lady with the mystic smile Is it only cause you're lonely they have blamed you? | "Mona Lisa" was a #1 song for 8 weeks on Billboard Magazine's HOT 100 charts back in 1950. It was written by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans. It won an Academy Award (Oscar) and was featured in the film, "Captain Carey" starring Alan Ladd. - Peter | |||
| Nat King Cole | Caroling, Caroling | Caroling, caroling now we go, Christmas bells are ringing. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Nat King Cole | Mona Lisa | Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you You're so like the lady with the mystic smile | "Mona Lisa" was a #1 song, according to Billboard Magazine's HOT 100 charts, for Cole for 8 weeks back in 1950. It was written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. It also won an Oscar award. It was from the U.S. film, "Captain Carey" starring Alan Ladd. - Peter | |||
| Nat King Cole | Unforgettable | Unforgettable, that's what you are | "Unforgettable", according to Billboard Magazine's HOT 100 charts, was a #12 hit for Cole back in 1951 - 52. It was written by Irving Gordon. The song also charted three other times: In 1954 for the Dick Hyman Trio (#29), in 1959 for Dinah Washington (#17) and as a duet by a posthumous Nat and his daughter, Natalie in 1991. - Peter | |||
| Natalie Wood | I Feel Pretty | I feel pretty. Oh, so, pretty, I feel pretty and witty and gay. | From the moive version of "West Side Story". (Wood's voice was actually dubbed by Marnie Nixon). Of course, the meaning of the word "gay" was different when Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics (in 1957) than what it is now. - broadway | |||
| Natalie Wood and Rita Moreno | A Boy Like That | A boy like that who'd kill your brother, Forget that boy and find another, One of your own kind! | "A Boy Like That" is another song from the Bernstein and Sondheim musical, "West Side Story". It is a duet between Maria and her friend, Anita, with Anita trying to plead in the first couple of lines for Maria to break things off with Tony. Anita was played in the motion picture by Rita Moreno and in the original Broadway musical by Chita Rivera. - Peter | |||
| Natasha Bedingfield | Pocketful of Sunshine | I've got a pocket, got a pocketful of sunshine. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Neil Diamond | Song Sung Blue | Song sung blue Everybody knows one | This was Diamond's 2nd #1 song, in 1972. - Peter | |||
| Neil Diamond | Cracklin' Rosie | Cracklin' Rosie, get on board Were gonna ride till there ain't no more to go | Even though Neil Diamond had been having several hits going back to 1966, and even writing hits for the Pre-Fab four group known as the Monkees, it would take the year 1970 and "Cracklin' Rosie" for Diamond to have his first #1 hit on Billboard Magazine's HOT 100 charts. - Peter | |||
| Neil Diamond | Love On The Rocks | Love on the rocks. Ain't no surprise. | From "The Jazz Singer" soundtrack. - MOR | |||
| Nick Straker Band | A Walk in the Park | A walk in the park, I've got to get some sense back into my head | The Nick Straker Band was a British band best known for their hits "A Walk in the Park" & "A Little Bit of Jazz" - Dylan Baranski | |||
| Night Ranger | Sister Christian | Sister Christian, oh the time has come. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Nikki Blonsky | I Can Hear The Bells | I can hear the bells. Well,don'cha hear them chime? | - Jessica | |||
| Nine Inch Nails | Hurt | I hurt mysef today. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Nino Tempo & April Stevens | Deep Purple | When the deep purple falls over sleepy garden walls And the stars begin to twinkle in the night, In the mist of a memory you wander on back to me, | The rest of the opening line: " ... Breathing my name with a sigh-sigh-yigh-yigh-a-yigh ." "Deep Purple" was originally a #1 song for Larry McClinton & his Orchestra back in 1939. But it would be Nino Tempo & April Stevens (brother and sister named at birth, Antonio and Carol Lo Tempio) version that would be more memorable by several generations. - Peter | |||
| Nirvana | All Apologies | What else should I be? All apologies. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Nirvana | Come As You Are | Come as you are, as you were, as I want you to be | third track off "Nevermind" - nina | |||
| Nirvana | Polly | Polly wants a cracker. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Nirvana | Rape Me | Rape me. Rape me, my friend. | I hope he's kidding. - Brian Kelly | |||
| No Doubt | Ex-Girlfriend | I kinda always knew I'd end up your ex-girlfriend. | - Brian Kelly |
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