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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 1143 Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics entries on the site.
Band | Song Title | Comments & Submittor Name | ||
| The Cure | A Letter to Elise | Elise is named several times in the song, but the words "A Letter To" are never used. - Nat | ||
| Simply Red | For Your Babies | Only one "baby" in the lyrics - Joey F. | ||
| Weird Al Yankovic | Trapped in the Drive Thru | The song is a parody of R Kelly's Trapped in the Closet hence the title. - JohnHowarth | ||
| Susie Stevens Logan & LeapFrog Enterprises | The Days of the Week | Close. The plural form of "days of the week" isn't said in the lyrics. Just the singular. - JohnHowarth | ||
| Coldplay | Charlie Brown | Despite the name, the lyrics have no relation to the Peanuts franchise, Charlie Brown's Steakhouse or anybody named Charlie Brown. - JohnHowarth | ||
| Green Day | Restless Heart Syndrome | No mention of the word "syndrome". - JohnHowarth | ||
| Altégo, Britney Spears and Ginuwine | Toxic Pony | The song is a mashup of Britney's Toxic and Ginuwine's Pony hence the name. - JohnHowarth | ||
| The Incredible Machine | Mad Scientist | The lyrics are mostly laughing - JohnHowarth | ||
| Paramore | Misery Business | The only time in the song the words "misery" and "business" are said are in "I'm in the business of misery". "Just feels so" is said more frequently. - JohnHowarth | ||
| Gym Class Heroes | Stereo Hearts | Travie McCoy and Adam Levine don't say the words "stereo" and "heart" together in the song. Also, they don't mention the plural "hearts". - JohnHowarth | ||
| Jason Aldean | Dirt Road Anthem | He doesn't mention the word "anthem" in the song, but he mentions a dirt road. - JohnHowarth | ||
| Paul Simon | Father and Daughter | He doesn't say the words father, and and daughter together in the song, but he sings this in the chorus: "There could never be a father who loved his daughter more than I love you". - JohnHowarth | ||
| Linkin Park | Faint | "I can't feel the way I did before / Don't turn your back on me, I won't be ignored" - Nat | ||
| 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 |
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