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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.

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Band		Song		Comments & Submittor Name
I Am Empire		Saints & Sinners		Instead of the title, what's actually sung is "How can you be/A saint when you're a sinner" - Jonathan S.
Ill Nino		What Comes Around		"Everything that is real comes around" might be close enough. - Danny Hates Dubstep
The Incredible Machine		Techno Rave		This is a techno rave piece of music hence the title. The most well known lyric is "Oh no, it's the machine". - JohnHowarth
Inspector Owl		Clever Girl		The most prominent lyrics are "And you don't know why," and "You know you're not enough." - Jonathan S.
Interpol		Evil		Sandy, why can't we look the other way? - Brian Kelly
INXS		The Loved One		"The Loved One" was originally done by the Australian rock band called The Loved Ones. Neither The Loved Ones nor INXS mentioned the song title. - Mickey D.
INXS		Three Sisters		I've gotten so emotional...(faintly heard at the end of the song by the late Hutch-meister) - Mickey D.
INXS		Freedom Deep		Freedom take me deeper, freedom take me deeper - Mickey D.
INXS		Soul Mistake		She says this was a lesson in love, she says this was a love to end all loves, this soul never listens to me, this soul has a lot to learn. - Mickey D.
INXS		Viking Juice		Maybe we came to the wrong show I've seen this before, it's called the End of Rock & Roll. - Mickey D.
INXS		Johnson's Aeroplane		A place to work and grow, a place to work and grow - Mickey D.
INXS		Questions		How do you know when it's time for you to go? How can you stop when you don't know how to start? etc. - Mickey D.
INXS		Big Go Go		Watch the world go-go, it'll spin 'til it stops, people gonna fly off, when they turn it off. - Mickey D.
Irish Rovers		The Unicorn		"But you're never gonna see no unicorn". - Rich Connelly
Iron Maiden		The Prisoner		The word "prisoner" is mentioned several times throughout the song. However, even though the word "prisoner" is preceded by "the" in the title, in the song it is preceded by "a." - Isac
Iron Maiden		Flight Of Icarus		The song is inspired by Greek mythology about the ill-fated flight of Icarus. But the song's title is not in the lyrics. - Hardrock Harry
Iron Maiden		Dance of Death		'Dance of the dead' is said once. 'Dance of death' is said 0 times. - Evan
Iyaz		Replay		Shawty like a melody - Kween_Kol!n

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