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List of bands that perform a song with the same name as their band

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Latest Entries

The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 187 Vain Song entries on the site.

Name
 
Song Name
 
Comments
 
Submittor Name
Heart Heartless Of course, it seems to contradict the band's name, but it's a song that appears on an album they released in 1976. Jeffrey
Jimmy Ray Are You Jimmy Ray? From his 1998 self-titled album. A three-fer (i.e., the artist, album, and song all have 'Jimmy Ray' in the name)! Cassandra
Ciara Oh Lyric: Ciara got that fire like, 'Oh' Calvin Amari
Las Ketchup The Ketchup Song English language version of a song from their debut album. It was an international hit in 2002. Cassandra
Billy Joel The Ballad of Billy the Kid From his debut album, Piano Man. Obviously not about Joel himself, but Joel's fictionalized story of 19th-century outlaw Billy The Kid. Cassandra
Fats Domino The Fat Man His very first single, released in 1949. Frank
The Dismemberment Plan The Dismemberment Plan Gets Rich Released on their 2001 EP, "Juno & The Dismemberment Plan" Alana
Public Image Ltd. This is PiL This is the title track to the new PiL album. The lyrics are practically nothing but self-declarations made by the band: "This is PiL. P-I-L. Public Image Ltd.", "You are entering a PiL zone" and so on. PiL has referred to themselves before, notably on their first release "Public Image". A. Person
Lil' Bow Wow Bow Wow (That's My Name) From his 2000 debut album, "Beware Of Dog." He later dropped the "Lil" from his rap name. Wade Miley Cyrus
Roxette Joyride Title track to the 1991 Joyride album. Right at the end of their last chorus Per and Marie interject with "Roxette!", which of course is the name of their own band. I Don't Have A Name?
Chic Le Freak One line which appears frequently throughout the song: "Le Freak, c'est Chic" Frank
The Impressions First Impressions Title track from their 1975 album. Elizabeth
DJ Alligator Turn Up The Music Lyrics: "This is the sound...of DJ Alligator" Whatever You Want To Call Me
Train Train Track #12 on their self-titled debut album, released in the late 1990's. Cassandra
King Crimson Court Of The Crimson King Title of the album it appears on: "In The Court of the Crimson King"! Orville Beddenrocker
The Sweet Inspirations Sweet Inspiration R&B-Gospel group led by Cissy Houston (mother of the late Whitney Houston); song was popular in 1968 and the only big hit for this group. Frank
A*Teens Slam "The A*Teens will make ya d-d-dance" -At least, they're honest Margaret
Chicago Take Me Back To Chicago Appears on their 1985 greatest-hits compilation of the same name, as well as their 1977 album, "Chicago XI". Cassandra
Tina Turner Tina's Wish Appears on the "What's Love Got To Do With It" soundtrack. Cassandra
Stray Cats Stray Cat Strut One of their most popular songs. Cassandra

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