Some songs have titles that aren't used in the lyrics, and end up becoming better known for their lyrics than their title. Bob Dylan's "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" is better known for the refrain "Everybody must get stoned" than it is for the title.
The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 1131 Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics entries on the site.
Band | Song Title | Comments & Submittor Name | ||
They Might Be Giants | How Many Planets? | The answer is the track's position on the album: 8. - All-Starr | ||
The Incredible Machine | Hay Seed | No mention of a hay seed. - JohnHowarth | ||
The Incredible Machine | Hip Hop | This is a hip-hop song from and about The Incredible Machine video game series hence the title. - JohnHowarth | ||
Ali G & Shaggy | Me Julie | The words "me" and "Julie" are never said together. - JohnHowarth | ||
Green Day | One Eyed Bastard | No mention of a one eyed bastard in the song - JohnHowarth | ||
Mya | Case of the Ex | She mentions the word "ex" in the lyrics, but not the word "case". The lyric "whatcha gonna do" is used more frequently. - JohnHowarth | ||
The Neighbourhood | Sweater Weather | The singer, Jesse Rutherford, mentions a sweater, but he doesn't mention the word "weather". - JohnHowarth | ||
Raye & 070 Shake | Escapism | Close, but she says "escape" instead. - JohnHowarth | ||
Sabrina Carpenter | A Nonsense Christmas | This is a holiday remix of her song "Nonsense" hence the title. - JohnHowarth | ||
Ice Spice & Rema | Pretty Girl | Close, but "pretty gyal" is said instead of "pretty girl". - John Howarth | ||
Nicki Minaj | FTCU | The word "FTCU", which is nowhere to be seen in the lyrics, stands for F*** the Club Up, which is used more frequently. - JohnHowarth | ||
Eminem | We Made You | "We're the ones who made you" comes close - Burger King Corporation | ||
Vince Guaraldi | My Little Drum | Despite the name, the song never mentions a drum. The only lyrics in the song are "pu rum pu rum pu rum pum pum" and "ooh ooh". - JohnHowarth | ||
Trans-Siberian Orchestra | Christmas Canon | The song doesn't mention the word "canon". It still mentions Christmas. - JohnHowarth | ||
The Divinyls | Siren | No sirens mentioned in the song, but the parenthetical title "never let you go" is said. - JohnHowarth | ||
Sesame Street (TV) | Magic Pig | The song is about perspective and has nothing to do with magic or pigs. - JohnHowarth | ||
The Performing Hamsters (Reader Rabbit) | Nellie's Song | Nellie (the singer) doesn't say her name in the song. - JohnHowarth | ||
Doja Cat | Agora Hills | The lyrics have nothing to do with hills. - JohnHowarth | ||
The Moody Blues | The Night | Better know as the very familiar chorus: "Nights in White Satin". - Doug N. | ||
6ix9ine | Gooba | Close, but the rapper says "gobble" in the chorus. - JohnHowarth |
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