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Songs that mention their title in the opening line of the song
Songs That Open With Their Titles, W
Performer | Song Title | Opening Lines | Comments & Submittor Name | |||
| Wadsworth Mansion | Sweet Mary | Sweet Mary sent a letter to me | - Candy Welty | |||
| The Waitresses | Square Pegs | Square pegs, square pegs, square pegs, square pegs, Always never quite right. | 1982's "Square Pegs" was recorded before the 1982 - 83 season minor hit CBS TV-show, by the New Wave group The Waitresses. But of course would be forever known as the "Theme From Square Pegs" after being adopted (or at least part of it, as the later song "I'll Be There For You" by The Rembrandts would be for NBC's "Friends") as the opening theme for the TV show about the awkward teenage years (the TV Show had moderate success, but CBS cancelled it after one season not having faith in it's ability to have staying power -- probably a move that CBS regrets to this day since "Square Pegs" introduced the world to a future powerhouse actress named, Sarah Jessica Parker -- yes, that Sarah Jessica Parker later known for "Sex And The City" was on "Square Pegs" as a dorky and nerdy teenaged girl). - Peter | |||
| The Waitresses | I Know What Boys Like | I know what boys like I know what guys want... | "I Know What Boys Like" was a minor (#62 on the charts) hit for the group known as The Waitresses from the summer of 1982. The Waitresses were a new wave/pop group formed in 1978 in Akron, Ohio and achieved moderate success after moving to New York City in the early 1980's. The Waitresses were led by Chris Butler and the original lineup (and the one heard on their most successful songs) included Patty Donahue, Dan Klayman, Mars Williams, Tracy Warmworth and Billy Ficca. "I Know What Boys Like" casts lead singer Patty Donahue in the role of a tease with the boys. Patty Donahue who also was known as Patty Darling was born Patricia J. Donahue on March 29, 1956. Unfortunately for many fans of The Waitresses and Patty Donahue, she would die of lung cancer on December 9, 1996 at the age of 40 years. - Peter | |||
| Walter Brennan | Old Rivers | How old was I when I first seen old Rivers? I can't remember when he wasn't around. | - Candy Welty | |||
| Walter Harris | What A Piece Of Work Is Man | What a piece of work is man. | "What A Piece Of Work Is Man" is yet another song from the musical, "Hair". It is a chorus piece, but in the original 1968 - 1972 Broadway production, actor/singer, Walter Harris sings the first lines. It is a reference to William Shakespeare's "What A Piece of Work Is Man" and probably is the most cynical song (almost as though the writers, Galt McDermot, Gerome Ragni and James Rado were predicting what would happen around the "Woodstock" generation for the next 38 years or so) from "Hair". - Peter | |||
| Walter Matthau | It Takes A Woman | It takes a woman all powdered and pink To joyously clean out the drain in the sink | With decidely tongue-in-cheek dated lyrics, even for 1964 and 1969, "It Takes A Woman" is a sexist man's favorite lyrics. "It Takes A Woman" was from Jerry Herman's musical, "Hello, Dolly!" In the 1964 Broadway production, Horace Vandergelder who sang this song very early on in the show was played by David Burns. Walter Matthau did the more memorable turn in the 1969 motion picture of "Hello, Dolly!" - Peter | |||
| Wanda Jackson | Right Or Wrong | Right or wrong, I'll be with you. I'll do what you ask me to. | - Candy Welty | |||
| Wanda Jackson | In The Middle Of A Heartache | I'm in the middle of a heartache, half out, half in | - Candy Welty | |||
| Wang Chung | True Love | True love is the answer to everything. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| War | Slippin' Into Darkness | Slippin' into darkness, take my mind beyond the dreams | - Candy Welty | |||
| War | Low Rider | All my friends know the low rider. | "Low Rider" was another top five hit for War from their 1975 lp, "Why Can't We Be Friends?" After undergoing several personnel changes, War disbanded in 1997. - Peter | |||
| War | Me And Baby Brother | Me and baby brother used to run together, me and baby brother used to run together | - Candy Welty | |||
| War | The Cisco Kid | The Cisco kid was a friend of mine. | The opening line is repeated once more. The seven member group War was from southern California and formed in 1969. War was an r&b crossover sensation when they combined elements of rock, funk, Latin music, R & B and reggae. They originally back Eric Burdon (the former lead singer of the Animals) and in 1971 went on their own having two huge lp hits with "The War Is A Ghetto" and "All Day Music". "The Cisco Kid" was a top five hit from the lp, "All Day Music". - Peter | |||
| War | Ballero | Ballero paquita que ballero, ballero paquita que ballero | - Candy Welty | |||
| War | Why Can't We Be Friends | Why can't we be friends? | The opening line is repeated three times. The top five hit, "Why Can't We Be Friends" was from War's 1975 lp, "Wh Can't We Be Friends?" - Peter | |||
| Warrant | Cherry Pie | She's my cherry pie. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Was (Not Was) | Shadow and Jimmy | Shadow and Jimmy were always yesterday's news | Song was co-written by Elvis Costello. - Mickey D. | |||
| Was (Not Was) | Hello, Dad...I'm In Jail! | Hello, dad, I'm in jail! Hello, dad, I'm in jail! Hi, dad, I'm calling you from jail! | Song was used in 1989's "Slaves of New York" movie. - Mickey D. | |||
| Was (Not Was) | Go...Now! | Everybody say go...now! | No trouble! - Mickey D. | |||
| Was (Not Was) | Boy's Gone Crazy | Boy's gone crazy, oooooh, ooh ooh. Boy's gone crazy, oooooh, ooh ooh. | No comments. - Mickey D. | |||
| Was (Not Was) | Where Did Your Heart Go? | Where did your heart go? Did you put it on the train? | Song's also been redone by Wham! in 1986. - Mickey D. | |||
| Was (Not Was) | Robot Girl | Robot girl, robot girl. Robot girl, robot girl. Robot girl, robot girl. Robot girl, robot girl. | You are my whirl, you're my robot girl. - Mickey D. | |||
| Was (Not Was) | Wheel Me Out | Wheel me out. Wheel me out. Wheel me out. Wheel me out. | A funky-catchy song! - Mickey D. | |||
| Was (Not Was) | Man vs. The Empire Brain Building | Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Woman, Man vs. The Empire Brain Building | In my life there's just three things... - Mickey D. | |||
| Was (Not Was) | Carry Me Back To Old Morrocco | Carry me back to Old Morrocco, where the tea is strong and so are the people | No comments. - Mickey D. | |||
| Was (Not Was) | Anytime Lisa | Anytime Lisa was what the guys named her. You could have her tonight. | No comments. - Mickey D. | |||
| Was (Not Was) | Out Come The Freaks (1981 Version) | Woodwork squeaks and out come the freaks. | Detroit Johnny, he wears no tie. - Mickey D. | |||
| Was (Not Was) | The Party Broke Up | Needless to say that the party broke up | Feelings! Nothing more than feelings! Feelings of love! PROPER! - Mickey D. | |||
| Was (Not Was) | What Up, Dog? | What up, dog? What up, dog? What up, dog? | Well, "gosh-dog", I forgot my wallet! - Mickey D. | |||
| Was (Not Was) | Shake Your Head (Let's Go To Bed) | You can't stare into the sun, you can't pretend to have fun, shake your head | No comments. - Mickey D. | |||
| The Waterboys | December | December is the cruelest month. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Wax | California | I'm gonna move to southern California. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Wayne Newton | Heart! (I Hear You Beating) | Oh, heart, I hear you beating, but her heart just ain't beating like you | - Candy Welty | |||
| We Five | You Were On My Mind | When I woke up this morning You were on my mind And you were on my mind | "You Were On My Mind" was a top five hit for the American folk-pop group, We Five from the fall 1965. - Peter | |||
| We the Kings | Check Yes Juliet | Check yes, Juliet, are you with me? | - Liz Bone | |||
| We Were Promised Jetpacks | Quiet Little Voices | Quiet little voices creep into my head. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Ween | Ocean Man | Ocean man, take me by the hand. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Weezer | My Name Is Jonas | My name is Jonas. | I thought his name was Rivers Cuomo. - Brian Kelly | |||
| Weezer | The World Has Turned And Left Me Here | The world has turned and left me here. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Weezer | Records | I hear records in my head everywhere that I go. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Weezer | Crab | Crab if you want her. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Weezer | All My Favorite Songs | All my favorite songs are slow and sad. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Weezer | A Little Bit Of Love | A little bit, a little bit of love. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Weird Al Yankovic | Melanie | Melanie, what can the problem be? | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Weird Al Yankovic | I Can't Watch This | I Can't Watch This. | Parody of "U Can't Touch This". - Brian Kelly | |||
| Weird Al Yankovic | Let Me Be Your Hog | Let me be your hog. Let me be your hog now. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Weird Al Yankovic | Buy Me A Condo | Gonna buy me a condo. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Weird Al Yankovic | You Make Me | You make me wanna slam my head against the wall. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Weird Al Yankovic | Gotta Boogie | Gotta boogie. | Of course, he sings that multiple times before singing "Gotta boogie on my finger and I can't shake it off." - Brian Kelly | |||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic | Happy Birthday | Happy Birthday happy Birthday. Happy Birthday to you | funny song - Noah | |||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic | Trigger Happy | Trigger happy (x2) | One of my mum's favourite Weird Al songs. - Jonathan S. | |||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic | Christmas At Ground Zero | It's Christmas at ground zero. | Perhaps the world's only Christmas carol about nuclear war. - Brian Kelly | |||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic | Since You've Been Gone | Since you've been gone, I feel like I've been chewing on tinfoil. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic | Spam | Spam in the place where I live. | Parody of "Stand" by REM. - Brian Kelly | |||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic | Canadian Idiot | Don't wanna be a Canadian Idiot. | Parody of "American Idiot". - Brian Kelly | |||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic | Lasagna | La la la la lasagna. | Parody of "La Bamba". - Brian Kelly | |||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic | Gump | Gump sat alone on a bench in the park. | Parody of "Lump". - Brian Kelly | |||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic | I Want A New Duck | I want a new duck, one that won't try to bite. | Parody of "I Want A New Drug". - Brian Kelly | |||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic | It's All About The Pentiums | It's all about the pentiums, baby. | Parody of "It's All About The Benjamins". - Brian Kelly | |||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic | Alimony | Here she comes now, wants her alimony. | Parody of "Mony Mony". - Brian Kelly | |||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic | (This Song's Just) Six Words Long | This song's just six words long. (x4) | Parody of "Got My Mind Set On You". - Brian Kelly | |||
| Wendy Waldman | Living Is Good | Living is good, living is good, living is good, wo, living is good. Feel all right. | - Candy Welty | |||
| Wendy Waldman | Thinking of You | Thinking of you makes me wonder | - Sutch | |||
| Wham! | Last Christmas | Last Christmas I gave you my heart, but the very next day, you gave it away. | - Larcen Tyler | |||
| Wham! | Everything She Wants | Somebody told me That for everything she wants Is everything she sees. | "Everything She Wants" was the third #1 sing (June 1985) in the U.S. for the British duo Wham! Wham! was the duo that included George Michael and Andrew Ridgely. - Peter | |||
| The Whatnauts | I Can't Stand To See You Cry | I can't stand to see you cry. (I can't stand to see you cry.) If tears and sorrow has to fall, let them fall from your eyes. | - Candy Welty | |||
| Whispers | And The Beat Goes On | And the beat goes on. Just like my love everlasting. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| White Lies | To Lose My Life | He said to lose my life or lose my love. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| White Lies | There Goes Our Love Again | There goes our love again. Forgive my heart. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| White Lion | Wait | Wait just a moment before our love will die. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| White Plains | Show Me Your Hand | Show, show me your hand, give me a second chance, love | - Candy Welty | |||
| White Plains | My Baby Loves Lovin' | My baby loves (loves), My baby loves lovin' | My Baby Loves Lovin'" was the top selling single for the British pop group White Plains. -Chase - Chase P. | |||
| White Stripes | Fell In Love With A Girl | Fell in love with a girl. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| White Stripes | My Doorbell | I'm thinkin' about my doorbell. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The White Stripes | Seven Nation Army | I'm gonna fight 'em off. A seven nation army couldn't hold me back. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The White Stripes | Hypnotize | I wanna hypnotize you, baby, on the telephone | - Nat | |||
| White Stripes | Conquest | Conquest. He was out to make a conquest. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The White Stripes | Sugar Never Tasted So Good | Sugar never tasted so good, sugar never tasted so good. Sugar never tasted good to me, yeah! | - All-Starr | |||
| The White Stripes | Little Room | Well, you're in your little room, and you're working on something good | - Nat | |||
| The White Stripes | Well It's True That We Love One Another | Well, it's true that we love one another; I love Jack White like a little brother. | - Nat | |||
| Whitesnake | Still of the Night | In the still of the night, I hear the wolf howl, honey. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Whitesnake | Now You're Gone | Now you're gone, I can feel my heart is breaking | From Slip Of The Tongue (1989). - Joey F. | |||
| Whitesnake | Restless Heart | Restless heart, restless night | - Joey F. | |||
| The Who | Happy Jack | Happy Jack wasn't old, but he was a man . | - Britrock | |||
| The Who | Sea And Sand | Here by the sea and sand | From their album "Quadrophenia" - RevengeFromMars YouTube | |||
| The Who | Squeeze Box | Mama's got a squeeze box. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Who | Run, Run, Run | Run, run, run, run, run, run. (x2) | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Who | See Me, Feel Me | See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me | - Timothy | |||
| The Who | Do You Think It's Alright? | Do you think it's alright | From their album "Tommy" - RevengeFromMars YouTube | |||
| The Who | Magic Bus | Every day I get in the queue (too much, magic bus). | - Peter | |||
| The Who | Athena | Athena, I had no idea how much I'd need her | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Who | My Generation | People try to put us d-down (talkin' 'bout my generation). | - Peter | |||
| The Who | You | You - you're wasting my time | From their album "Face Dances" - RevengeFromMars YouTube | |||
| The Who | Who Are You? | Who are you? Who, who, who, who? | What's this band called again? - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Who | Tommy Can You Hear Me? | Tommy can you hear me? | From their album "Tommy" - RevengeFromMars YouTube | |||
| The Who | New Song | You need a new song | From their album "Who Are You" - RevengeFromMars YouTube | |||
| The Who | I'm Free | I'M FREE- I'm free | From their album "Tommy" - RevengeFromMars YouTube | |||
| The Who | You Better You Bet | You better you better you bet. | From their album "Face Dances" - RevengeFromMars YouTube | |||
| The Who | The Song Is Over | The song is over | From their album "Who's Next" - RevengeFromMars YouTube | |||
| Wilber Harrison | Kansas City | Goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come, Goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come, They got some crazy lil' women there, And I'm gonna get | The rest of the opening line: " ... me one". The 1959 #1 summer hit, "Kansas City" was the only #1 and hit for Wilber Harrison. But if you are going to be remembered for a hit this would be the one. "Kansas City" has been covered by many artists including (but not excluding) the Beatles. - Peter | |||
| Wilbert Harrison | 1960 | Well, this is 1960 and the day number one | - Candy Welty | |||
| Wilco | Box Full Of Letters | Got a box full of letters. Some things that you might like to see. | - Mr. Oblivious | |||
| The Wildhearts | Baby Strange | Baby Strange, what does it take to love you? Baby Strange, what does it take to loathe you? | Straight forward rock n roll, folks. - Joakim | |||
| Wiliam Tell | Fairfax | You're stil shakin' with your ass down on Fairfax. | - Lizzie | |||
| Will.I.Am | Good Morning | Good morning. Welcome to the thing called light. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Willie Nelson | Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? | Have I told you lately that I love you? Could I tell you once again somehow? | - Candy Welty | |||
| Willie Nelson | On The Road Again | On the road again, just can't wait to get on the road again | - Candy Welty | |||
| Willie Nelson | Ole Buttermilk Sky | Ole buttermilk sky, I'm keeping my eye peeled on you | - Candy Welty | |||
| Wilson Pickett | Mustang Sally | Mustang Sally, think you better slow your mustang down. | "Mustang Sally" was a top ten hit for the late great Wilson Pickett back in 1966. One of the first songs you could drive too and testify too at the same time. - Peter | |||
| Wings | Give Ireland Back To The Irish | Give Ireland back to the Irish. Don't make them have to take it away. | - Candy Welty | |||
| Wings | Maybe I'm Amazed | Maybe I'm amazed at the way you love me all the time | - Candy Welty | |||
| Wings | Girlfriend | Girlfriend, I'm gonna tell your boyfriend, yeah | - Sutch | |||
| Wolfmother | Woman | Woman, you know you're a woman. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Woody Guthrie | This Land Is Your Land | This land is your land, this land is my land, From California, to the New York Islands, From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf Stream Waters, This land | The rest of the opening line: "... was made for you and me." Folk singer and writer, Woody Guthrie, wrote this tune, as a protest tune, during the middle of the Great Depression and how things such as unemployment and the Dust Bowl in the Mid-west had displace. many people. Many artists have covered, "This Land Is Your Land", including (but not excluding), Peter, Paul & Mary. - Peter | |||
| The Wrights | Waiting on Something Good | I'm waiting on something good To come my way like I think it should | - William Ransom | |||
| Wynonna Judd | Rock Bottom | When you hit rock bottom You've got two ways to go | - William Ransom |
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