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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 | ||
| Weird Al Yankovic | Polka Power | First line is " Yo, I'll tell ya what I want, what I really really want". Might that or some part of it be used as an alternate "title"? Possibly, but that might be confusing, as something like "What I Really Really Want" might be the title of another song. Weird Al's songs, occasionally, rather than being whole-song parodies, are an asortment of lines from various other songs, strung together to polka rhythm and rousing accordion accompaniment. This song is a case in point. "Polka Power" is typical of the unlikely-to-be-found-in-lyrics type of titles that he gives to such amalgamated compositions. - Emmy Kay Butanone | ||
| Weird Al Yankovic | Polkas On .45 | Since this is one of Weird Al's polka songs where he does a polka-style medley of Top 40 hits, you won't find the title in the song (or songs?). - Funnyman | ||
| Weird Al Yankovic | The Weird Al Show Theme | First line, and lyrics by which the song might best be known, if any, is "Oh, this is a story 'bout a guy named Al". Or such a surrogate "title" might be shortened to "Story 'bout a guy named Al" or simply "A guy named Al". The title of the song is never in the lyrics, as one would generally expect of a title that designates the song as a "Show Theme" A show theme would sound funny if it identified itself explicitly that way in the lyrics, wouldn't it? - Emmy Kay Butanone | ||
| Weird Al Yankovic | The Saga Begins | This song is known as "Anakin Guy" which is in the lyrics. - Ed | ||
| Weird Al Yankovic | The Saga Begins | First line, and lyrics by which the song might best be known, if any, is "A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far away...". Thus starts this parody of "American Pie", which gets its name because it is a humorous recounting of the events of the first movie (chronologically first, but fourth to be made) in the STAR WARS series. That title is never sung in the lyrics. - Emmy Kay Butanone | ||
| Weird Al Yankovic | Smells Like Nirvana | There are no other names for this song (that I know about) and the whole song is well known for Weird Al fans like myself. - Ed | ||
| Weird Al Yankovic | Headline News | Also known as 'Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm' which is in the lyrics, but is the name of the original song by The Crash Test Dummies. - Ed | ||
| Weird Al Yankovic | Cavity Search | Known as "Numb me, Drill me, Floss me, Bill me" which is in the lyrics - Ed | ||
| The Who | Baba O'Reilly | Until I was corrected by a classmate, I always thought it was called "Teenage Wasteland" - Albert Stadt | ||
| The Who | Baba O'Riley | Known as "Teenage Wasteland" because that is the most-repeated line in the song. - crazydon | ||
| Wilson Pickett | Land of a 1000 Dances | While it mentions many different dances in the song, no part of the title shows up in the lyrics. "Got to know how to pony Like Bony Maronie " - Joe H | ||
| Wings | Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey | "Uncle Albert" is clearly the title of the first part of the song, and while the second part does mention "Admiral Halsey," he is only mentioned once. The second part is better known for its "Hands across the water" chorus, which I originally thought was the title. - Raphael |
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