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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 [an error occurred while processing this directive] Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics entries on the site.
Band | Song Title | Comments & Submittor Name | ||
| Supertramp | Breakfast in America | And you thought the title was "Take a Look at my Girlfriend," didn't you? - Alan the Ottoman | ||
| Lush | De-Luxe | The word "deluxe" is never mentioned, either as one word or a hyphenate. - British Bullcrap | ||
| The Fleetwoods | Come Softly To Me | The title as a whole does not appear. There are several choruses of "Come softly, Darling" and "Come to me, sta-a-y". So naturally some listeners thought the title was "Come Softly, Darling". - MOR | ||
| Slowdive | When The Sun Hits | If you listen closely, you'll hear Neil and Rachel sing "As the sun hits" and not "When". - British Bullcrap | ||
| The B-52's | 52 Girls | The lyrics include the names of 24 girls, but not the number 52. - Steven G. | ||
| Led Zeppelin | Out On The Tiles | British slang for a night at the bar - Alan the Ottoman | ||
| My Bloody Valentine | Only Shallow | It would be rare that any song from MBV's 1991 album "Loveless" would have the title in their lyrics. - British Bullcrap | ||
| Lush | For Love | Believe it or not, these two words are never together in the song. - She | ||
| Led Zeppelin | Fool in the Rain | Yeah, the four words are in there… but never together - Alan the Ottoman | ||
| Pretenders | Hymn To Her | 'Lay me beside you, down on the floor, i've been your lover from the womb to the tomb'... - Andrew | ||
| The Nails | 88 Lines About 44 Women | The title isn't in the lyrics, but it is a literal description of the song. - Brian Kelly | ||
| Counting Crows | A Murder Of One | All your life is just a shame, shame, shame./All your love is just a dream, dream, dream. (Note: While the song doesn't feature its own name, it does feature that of the band.) - Brian Kelly | ||
| Leonard Cohen | The Old Revolution | "I have changed my name so often, I've lost my wife and children but I have many friends, and some of them are with me." - Feurzeug | ||
| Leonard Cohen | Story of Issac | "You who build these altars now to sacrifice these children, you must not do it anymore. A scheme is not a vision and you never have been tempted by a demon or a god." No mention of Issac in the song. - Feurzeug | ||
| Leonard Cohen | One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong | "I lit a thin green candle, to make you jealous of me." I only just realised that some Leonard Cohen song titles are not used as lyrics. - Feurzeug | ||
| Underoath | It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door | My knuckles have turned to white There's no turning back tonight Kiss me one last time (Shut your eyes) [Also may be known for the lyrics:] Drowning in my sleep I'm drowning in my sleep - Jonathan S. | ||
| Stone Temple Pilots | Piece Of Pie | It's staring me down Wearing a crown... of apathy I'm standing around Dressed like a clown Don't know my name You know where to find me - Jonathan S. | ||
| Cyndi Lauper | The Goonies R Good Enough | The Goonies are never mentioned in the song even though it was from the movie. "Good enough" is mentioned several times. - MOR | ||
| The Chipmunks | Alvin's Harmonica | The lines "I wanna play my harmonica" and "I'm gonna play my harmonica" appear in the lyrics, but the title doesn't appear. - Candy Welty | ||
| John Mellencamp | Key West Intermezzo | No mention of any of the Florida Keys in this song, only "I saw you first" and something about crucifying John Lennon. - Indy |
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