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List of bands that perform a song with the same name as their band
Latest Entries
The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 230 Vain Song entries on the site.
Name | Song Name | Comments | Submittor Name | |||
| The Law | Laying Down The Law | Appears on the band's self-titled album, the only one they would release (1991). | Mike | |||
| The Stompers | Quater To Four Stomp | Obscure hit from 1962 | Greg | |||
| Kool And The Gang | Hollywood Swinging | Contains the lines: "I went to the theater, and I saw the Kool in the gang show" and "And Koo's got the swinging of the dance." | Reggie Pillbox | |||
| Fishbone | Party At Ground Zero | Lyrics near the middle of the song: "Please do not fear, 'cause Fishbone is here" | Greg | |||
| Buck Owens and the Buckaroos | Buckaroo | Instrumental country hit from 1965. | Susan | |||
| Doris Day | It's A Lovely Day Today | Yeah, her last name appears in the title, so I figured it might count. Song was actually written by Irving Berlin circa 1950, for the musical "Call Me Madam." The first two recorded versions were performed by Perry Como and Doris Day, who each had single versions of it on the charts. Other artists have also performed it since then. | Quyjibo | |||
| Kid Rock | My Name Is Rock/Where U At Rock (2 songs) | Both tracks, whose titles contain the second half of his name, appear on Rock's 1996 album "Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp." At this point in his career, he was still a rock-rap singer. | Mike | |||
| Alabama | My Home's In Alabama | Title track from the band's 1980 album | Mike | |||
| Adiemus | Adiemus | Adiemus is actually a music act created by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins; the first track, which is self-titled, appears on the 1995 album "Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary." | Joe | |||
| Jethro Tull | A Song for Jeffrey | Jeffrey being the band's bassist Jeffrey Hammond | Evan | |||
| Madness | Madness (Is All In The Mind) | From their 1983 album 'The Rise And Fall.' It should not be confused with another song of theirs, simply titled "Madness", from their 1979 debut. | nally | |||
| Poison | Home (Bret's Story) | Bret Michaels is Poison's lead singer. | GlamRockNinjaLord | |||
| Poison | Talk Dirty To Me | Right before the guitar solo, you can hear lead vocalist Bret Michaels say "CC! Pick up the guitar! Talk to me!" (CC Deville is Poison's lead guitarist) | GlamRockNinjaLord | |||
| Ratt | Wanted Man | Lyrics contain: "it's your neck, from this Ratt gang" | GlamRockNinjaLord | |||
| Raven-Symone | That's So Raven | Theme song to the sitcom in which she starred (2003-2007). In addition, her character's first name was also Raven. | nally | |||
| Slipknot | Slipknot | From their 1996 demo "Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat." | Please use a sensible name. | |||
| Stars on 45 | Stars on 45 | Issued in early 1981. The song is also credited as "Stars on 45 Medley." | nally | |||
| Mother Love Bone | Capricorn Sister | A section of the song that I believe to be the pre-chorus, features the words "Mother Love Bone" | Evan | |||
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | The Ballad of Jimi | Written about a "friend" of Hendrix who died after being loved by everyone for five years, five years before Hendrix died. | Evan | |||
| Tenacious D | Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown) | Lyrics contain: "we are the D" | GlamRockNinjaLord |
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