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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.
Band | Song | Comments & Submittor Name | ||
| Led Zeppelin | Bron-Y-Aur Stomp | Named for the house that the band lived in during a vacation from touring. - Agrimorfee | ||
| Led Zeppelin | D'yer Mak'r | Title is pronounced "Jeh-make-er", a pun on "Jamaica" (inspired by the reggae beat of the song) and British dialect for "Did you make her?" ("have sex with her?"). - Agrimorfee | ||
| Led Zeppelin | Over The Hills and Far Away | Many times I've lied and many times I've listened..... - Matt | ||
| Led Zeppelin | Black Dog | Hey Hey Mama said the way you move gonna make you sweat gonna make you groove. It was named Black Dog because a black dog walked by their cottage as they were writing the song. - Matt | ||
| Linkin Park | Paper Cut | It should be called "Beneath my Skin" since that's the Refrain. - Paul Warren | ||
| Linkin Park | Points of Authority | When you hear this song without having heard its title, you might think it's called "You live what you learn", because that's the most repeated sentence in the lyrics. - B1982 | ||
| Live | Lakini's Juice | The singer, Ed Kowlaczyk, mentions "wine" and "water", but no "juice". And who knows where Lakini is? - newrock | ||
| Live | Selling The Drama | I've willed, I've walked, I've read, I've talked. I know, I know I've been here before. - Brian Kelly |
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