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Song Names -> Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics -> Latest Entries
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.
Latest Entries
The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 900 Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics entries on the site.
Band | Song Title | Comments & Submittor Name | ||
| Editors | Munich | People are fragile things you should know by now - JohnHowarth | ||
| Evolution Control Committee | Breakfast | The song is about breakfast, and the word "breakfast" is mentioned nowhere in the lyrics. - JohnHowarth | ||
| Evolution Control Committee | Dinner | The song is about dinner, and the word "Dinner" is mentioned nowhere in the lyrics - JohnHowarth | ||
| Evolution Control Committee | Lunch | The song is about lunch, and the word "lunch" is mentioned nowhere in the lyrics - JohnHowarth | ||
| Gorillaz | Double Bass | The song is mostly instrumental and the only lyrics are "All of which makes me anxious, at times unbearably so" - JohnHowarth | ||
| Scorpions | Animal Magnetism | From the eponymous 1980 album - Joey F. | ||
| Lemon Jelly | Nice Weather For Ducks | All the ducks are swimming in the water Fal-de-ral-de-ral-da, fal-de-ral-de-ral-da - Jonathan S. | ||
| Scorpions | Fly To The Rainbow | From eponymous 1974 album. - Joey F. | ||
| Scorpions | Obsession | 'Cause it feels so good to be your lover. (From 1999 album "Eye II Eye") - Joey F. | ||
| Scorpions | China White | From the 1982 album Blackout. This was used as entrance music for the professional wrestling tag team The Skyscrapers in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). According to Kerrang!, Rudolf Schenker said that he could not choose between his guitar solos on this song, so the US and European releases differed in this small detail. - Joey F. | ||
| Game Themes | Mario Drawing Song | The song is about how to draw Mario. - JohnHowarth | ||
| Joy Division | Atmosphere | Walk in silence - Joey F. | ||
| Green Day | Last Night On Earth | My beating heart belongs to you - Joey F. | ||
| Alicia Keys | Girl on Fire | This girl is on fire - John Howarth | ||
| Maroon 5 | Maps | So I'm following the map that leads to you - John Howarth | ||
| REM | Star Me Kitten | The title is censored. Michael's actually singing "F*** me kitten". - Brian Kelly | ||
| Wow! Wow! Wubbzy | Intro Song | Wow, wow, wubbzy, wubbzy wubbzy wow wow - John Howarth | ||
| Ayo & Teo | Rolex | Rollie - John Howarth | ||
| Inspector Owl | Clever Girl | The most prominent lyrics are "And you don't know why," and "You know you're not enough." - Jonathan S. | ||
| Crystal Waters | Gypsy Woman | "She's homeless....as she stands there singing for money" - Rich "sully" Connelly |
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