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Songs that mention their title in the opening line of the song

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Songs That Open With Their Titles, A

Performer
 
Song Title
 
Opening Lines
 
Comments & Submittor Name
A-Ha Summer Moved On Smmer moved on  - Mads
A-Ha The Sun Always Shines On TV Touch me
How can it be
Believe me
The sun always shines on TV.
  - MOR
Aaron Carter Crazy Little Party Girl Crazy little party girl  - mads.
ABBA Waterloo My my, at Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender  - Candy Welty
ABBA Fernando Can you hear the drums, Fernando? I remember long ago another starry night like this.  - Candy Welty
ABBA Honey, Honey Honey, honey, how you thrill me  - Candy Welty
ABBA Summer Night City Summer night city... Summer night city...  - Alex Bury
AC/DC Back In Black Back in black I hit the sack I've been too long I'm glad to be back If you don't know by the opening lines what this song is about, then obviously the opening drumbeat will let you know. - Peter
The Academy Is... About a Girl One song, about a girl  - Alex
The Academy Is... LAX to O'Hare It was a plane ride from LAX to O'Hare. William Beckett has the voice of a god. Thank you. - Lizzie
Accidental Superhero Hold On Hold on forever, or at least today  - Tommy
Ace How Long (Has This Been Going On) How long has this been going on? Featuring the vocals of Paul Carrack, who found himself in other bands such as Squeeze, Mike & The Mechanics, and Roxy Music. This song would later be covered by Rod Stewart on his 1981 Tonight I'm Yours album. - Vic George
Adam Lambert Soaked Soaked to the bone This song was written by Matt Bellamy from Muse - Nurul
Adam Sandler The Lonesome Kicker Me, I'm the lonesome kicker.  - Brian Kelly
Adele Hello Hello, it's me.  - Brian Kelly
Adele Right As Rain Who wants to be right as rain, it's better when something is wrong. Adele's first single, at least in the U.S. - Sheila Oh
Adrian Belew In My Backyard Everything is pretty in my backyard  - Joe Pearson
Aerial In The Middle Of The Night In the middle of the night, ooh it's lonely, shadows follow me  - Candy Welty
Aerosmith Back In The Saddle I'm back. I'm back in the saddle again.  - Brian Kelly
Aerosmith Janie's Got A Gun Janie's got a gun janie's got a gun  - Wolfgang59
Aerosmith Rag Doll Rag doll livin' in a movie.  - Brian Kelly
Aerosmith Dude Looks Like A Lady Yeah, yeah. Dude looks like a lady.  - Brian Kelly
AFI Miss Murder Hey Miss Murder can I, Hey Miss Murder can I, Make beauty stay if I take my life? AFI's first radio hit. - tastes_like_chicken_32
Afrika Bambaataa + The Soulsonic Force Looking For The Perfect Beat Universal b-boy, looking for the perfect beat.  - Brian Kelly
Against Me! I Was A Teeenage Anarchist I was a teenage anarchist, looking for a revolution  - Jonathan S.
Against Me! Stop! Stop! Take some time to think Figure out what's important to you.  - Lizzie
Agnes Release Me Release me, release my body.  - Dongquan
Aimee Mann Lost in Space Lost in space, above all drifting  - Joe Pearson
Aimee Mann Susan Oh, Susan, you were clued in  - Candy Welty
Air Supply Here I Am Here I am playing with those memories again.  - Brian Kelly
The Airborne Toxic Event Sometime Around Midnight And it starts sometime around midnight.  - Brian Kelly
AJR I Won't Put your hands up 'cause I won't.  - Brian Kelly
AJR Bummerland Bummerland, here I am.  - Brian Kelly
AJR Dear Winter Dear Winter, I hope you like your name.  - Brian Kelly
Akon Ghetto Ghetto Ghetto Ghetto Ghetto livin'  - Wolfgang59
Akon Don't Matter Nobody wanna see us together but it don't matter no cause I got you  - Wolfgang59
Al Casey Surfin' Hootenanny We're gonna have a surfin' hootenanny, oh, oh, come on  - Candy Welty
Al Green Something Something gotta hold on me.  - Brian Kelly
Al Green Tired Of Being Alone I'm so tired of being alone. I'm so tired of on-my-own.  - Candy Welty
Al Martino I Can't Get You Out Of My Heart I can't get you out of my heart. For you, love, are part of my heart.  - Candy Welty
Alabama If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band) If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band.  - crazydon
Alan Jackson Like Red on a Rose Like red on a rose. Your lips first smiled at me.  - Anonymous1337
Alan Jackson True Love Is A Golden Ring True love is a golden ring. Like the vows we made, it's a precious thing.  - Claire Grayson
Alan Jackson Dallas Dallas packed her suitcase
And drove off in the brand new car I bought her
  - William Ransom
The Alan Parsons Project What Goes Up What goes up, must come down C; What must rise, must fall C; And what goes on in your life C; Is writing on the wall  - Doug N.
The Alan Parsons Project Time Time. Flowing like a river.  - Brian Kelly
The Alan Parsons Project Breakdown I breakdown in the middle and lose my thread  - Sutch
Alex Lifeson Victor Victor was a little baby, into this world he came  - Joe Pearson
Alfred Drake Pore Jud Is Daid Pore Jud is daid, pore Jud Fry is daid, All gather round his cawfin now and cry. "Pore Jud Is Daid" is another song from Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" - Peter
Alfred Drake The Surrey With The Fringe On Top Chicks and geese and ducks better scurrey When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top. "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top" is the second song from Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II's first major Broadway musical, "Oklahoma!" Coming during the middle of World War II in 1943 and lasting past the war into 1948 (the original production), "Oklahoma!'s" influence on American musical theatre and American music altogether is not to be underestimated. "Oklahoma!" was to set the stage (excuse the unintended pun) for Broadway musicals for the next two decades and finally give both voice and visual to an American way at looking at music in general and also the theatre in general. "Oklahoma!" was the first Broadway musical to show an entire story, independent of the music, but the music helped a great deal and added much. For the first time, not only did the Broadway musical audience expecting music, they also expected a story with the music. - Peter
Alfred Drake Out Of My Dreams Out of my dreams and into your arms I long to fly. Another song from Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" Alfred Drake was the first thespian to play the main character of Curty and sang many of these songs, many times, in the first version (1943 - 1948) of "Oklahoma!" - Peter
Ali Thomson Take A Little Rhythm Take a little rhythm. Take a little of that sweet, sweet music.  - Candy Welty
Alice Cooper Welcome to My Nightmare Welcome to my nightmare, I think you're gonna like it  - Joe Pearson
Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babys billion ....dollar babys....  - funonthrun
Alice Cooper Long Way to Go We still got a long way to go  - Joe Pearson
Alice Cooper Hello Hooray Hello, Hooray, let the show begin I've been ready. Alice has always opened his concerts with this song which barely made the Top 40 in 1973. - Rich Braham
Alice Cooper Mary Ann Mary Ann, I'm really crazy about you, do what I can  - Joe Pearson
Alice Cooper House Of Fire House of Fire, House of Fire Hey Alice, we got it the first time dude. - Chani
Alice Cooper I Love the Dead I love the dead before they're cold, the bluing flesh for me to hold  - Joe Pearson
Alice Cooper Sick Things Sick things in cars rotate round my stars  - Joe Pearson
Alice In Chains Over Now Yeah, it's over now.  - Brian Kelly
Alice In Chains Them Bones I believe them bones are me.  - Brian Kelly
Alice In Chains Man In The Box I'm the man in the box.  - Brian Kelly
Alice In Chains Angry Chair Sitting on an angry chair.  - Brian Kelly
Alice In Chains Again Hey, let 'em do it again.  - Brian Kelly
Alicia Keys Put It In A Love Song Say you love me, say you love me, then put it in a love song.  - Liz Bone
Alison Krauss It Doesn't Matter It doesn't matter what I want, it doesn't matter what I need  - Joe Pearson
All About Eve Wild Hearted Woman Falling, falling, wild hearted woman From the extended version. - Joey F.
All Time Low Dear Maria, Count Me In I've got your picture, I'm coming with you. Dear Maria, count me in.  - Liz Bone
All Time Low Once In A Lifetime Once in a lifetime (x2)  - Brian Kelly
All Time Low Holly (Would You Turn Me On?) When you gonna give it up? You're giving me such a rush. Come on, Holly, would you turn me on?  - Liz Bone
All Time Low Come One , Come All Come one, come all, you're just in time to witness my first breakdown.  - Liz Bone
All Time Low feat. blackbear Monsters Why do all the monsters come out at night?  - Brian Kelly
All-4-One Someday Someday, when we are wiser, when the world's older A version by British group Eternal was released instead in other parts of the world, such as the UK, Ireland and Australia. - Jacynthia Maries
The All-American Rejects Believe I don't ever wanna believe, I don't ever wanna believe, yeah Off their new album When the World Comes Down! - Alex
Allan Sherman Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah! Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah! Here I am at Camp Grenada  - Joe Pearson
Alliser Somewhere On Fullerton Somewhere down on Fullerton...  - Lizzie
The Allman Brothers Band Southbound Well, I'm southbound.  - Brian Kelly
The Allman Brothers Band Ramblin' Man Lord, I was born a ramblin' man.  - Brian Kelly
The Allman Brothers Band Black Hearted Woman Black hearted woman, can't you see your poor man dyin'  - Joe Pearson
The Allman Brothers Band One Way Out Ain't but one way out baby, Lord I just can't go out the door  - Joe Pearson
Alter Bridge Watch Your Words Watch your words, or your words might drown you.  - Jessica
America Lonely People This is for all the lonely people, thinking that life has passed them by. Many people believe the song is titled "Drink From The Silver Cup". - Odie Garfield
America Amber Cascades Amber cascades all over today.  - Red Ruffcorn
America All My Life All my life, without a doubt I give you all my life From Silent Letter (1979). - Joey F.
American Authors Believer I'm just a believer.  - Brian Kelly
The Ames Brothers Pussy Cat Pussy cat, pussy cat, pussy cat, pussy cat, well, I was born in a little old house  - Candy Welty
The Ames Brothers You, You, You You, you, you. I'm in love with you, you, you.  - Lily Orange
The Ames Brothers Forever Darling Forever, darling, while other hearts go wandering, you'll find mine as faithful as can be  - Candy Welty
The Ames Brothers Melodie D'Amour Melodie d'amour, take this song to my lover  - Yvette Bristle
The Ames Brothers The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane The naughty lady of Shady Lane has hit the town like a bomb  - Candy Welty
The Ames Brothers It Only Hurts For A Little While It only hurts for a little while. That's what they tell me. That's what they say.  - Candy Welty
Amy Grant Thy Word Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.  - Vic George
Amy Grant Baby, Baby Baby, baby, I'm taken with the notion, to love you with the sweetest of devotion. The song was written by Grant and dedicated to her then-six-week-old daughter Millie. - MOR
Amy Grant After the Fire After the fire is over, after the ashes cool  - Erin
Andrew W.K. Party Hard When it's time to party, we will party hard. Party hard. Just try thinking while listening to this song. - Brian Kelly
The Andrews Sisters I Don't Know Why I don't know why I love you like I do  - Leda Metro
The Andrews Sisters Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me Anyone else but me, No! No! No! Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me  "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree" was written and recorded originally back in World War II. The writers were Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept and Charles Tobias. It was originally envisioned to be sung my a male vocalist, in the guise as a serviceman writing home to his girlfriend, and was recorded by several artists both during World War II and afterwards. But the most famous and best selling version was by the Andrews Sisters with a very swinging beat. - Peter
Andy Williams More More than the greatest love the world has known. This is the love I'll give to you alone.  - Candy Welty
Andy Williams Ain't It True Ain't it true, no matter what you do, someday when life is through, they're gonna bury you  - Candy Welty
Andy Williams Are You Sincere Are you sincere when you say "I love you"?   - Candy Welty
Andy Williams Almost There Almost there, we're almost there. How wonderful, wonderful our love will be for you, for me.  - Candy Welty
Andy Williams Promise Me, Love Promise me, love, promise me kisses, sweet love meant for me  - Candy Welty
Andy Williams Days Of Wine And Roses The days of wine and roses laugh and run away, like a child at play  - Candy Welty
Andy Williams It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year It's the most wonderful time of the year, With the kids jingle belling and everyone telling.  - Ava Murphy
Andy Williams A Fool Never Learns A fool never learns to get away, just run away before his heart begins to break  - Candy Welty
Andy Williams Hopeless This is hopeless. Yes, it's so hopeless 'cause you're not coming back anymore.  - Candy Welty
Andy Williams Dear Heart Dear heart, wish you were here to warm this night  - Candy Welty
The Angels My Boyfriend's Back My Boyfriend's Back and you're gonna be in trouble now.  - Larcen Tyler
Animal Kingdom Strange Attractor Strange attractor. Strange, strange attractor.  - Brian Kelly
Animotion Obsession You're an obsession.  - Brian Kelly
Anita Bryant I Can't Do It By Myself I can't do it by myself, I can't do it by myself, I need somebody else to help me  - Candy Welty
Ann-Margret One Boy One boy, One special boy, One boy to go with, To talk with, And walk with ... "One Boy" is another one of the songs from Charles Strause and Lee Adams' musical, "Bye Bye Birdie". Ann-Margret played the teenaged Kim McAfee in the 1963 motion picture (Susan Watson played the character in the Broadway version, and in a 1995 TV special the character was played by Chynna Phillips). Ann-Margret is better known for the role, as well as the song. - Peter
Anna King If Somebody Told You If somebody told you that they didn't love you  - Candy Welty
Anna Nalick Breathe (2 AM) 2 AM and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake  - Alex
Anne Murray Sweet Little Jesus Boy Sweet little Jesus boy, They made you be born in a manger.  - Ava Murphy
Anne Murray Shadows In The Moonlight We'll be shadows in the moonlight, darlin', I'll meet you at midnight  - Candy Welty
Anne Murray What About Me Hey, hey, hey, what about me? I've got some feelings on my mind too.  - Candy Welty
Annette O Dio Mio O Dio mio, I love him so. O Dio mio, please let him know how much I need him, how much I want him  - Candy Welty
Annette Pineapple Princess Pineapple princess, he calls me pineapple princess all day  - Candy Welty
Annette First Name Initial First name initial, first name initial, first name initial, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh  - Candy Welty
Annie Lennox Big Sky Big Sky, I'm gonna hurt you  - Joe Pearson
Annie Lennox Walking On Broken Glass Walking On Broken Glass If you thought that Annie Lennox without Dave Stewart was going to leave behind giving us the title in the opening lines, this tune will disabuse you of that. - Peter
Annie Lennox Dark Road It's a dark road, and a dark way that leads to my house  - Joe Pearson
Annie Lennox Why Why She sings/stretches out the opening title before she gets into the actual verses. - Ryan
Annie Lennox Womankind One more time for the womankind  - Joe Pearson
Annie Lennox Money Can't Buy It Money can't buy it, baby. Sex can't buy it, baby  - Joe Pearson
Anthony Green Dear Child (I've Been Dying to Reach You) Dear child, they're asking us to move. I watched her taking off her shoes.  - Nat
Antsy McClain And The Trailer Park Troubadours I Was Just Flipped Off By A Silver-Haired Old Lady With A "Honk If You Love Jesus" Sticker On The Bumper Of Her Car I was just flipped off by a silver-haired old lady with a "Honk if you love Jesus" sticker on the bumper of her car I defy anyone to come up with a longer title! ...I mean, OTHER than the band I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business. [See my submission for them in the Stupid Band Names section to see what I mean.] - Jonathan S.
April Wine You Could Have Been A Lady Could have been alright, could have been here tonight, Could have been sweet as wine, you could have been a lady.  - Peter
Aqua Around The World I've been around the world, hey hey!  - Joey F.
The Arbors A Symphony For Susan If I could write a symphony for Susan  - Candy Welty
Arcade Fire Month Of May Gonna make a record in the month of May.  - Brian Kelly
Aretha Franklin The House That Jack Built This is the house that Jack built, y'all  - Yvette Bristle
Aretha Franklin Chain Of Fools Chain, chain, chain, chain, chain, chain, chain, Chain, chain, chain, chain of fools Yes, again the Queen of Soul repeats a word, this time "chain", but this time ten times (instead of twelve times as with "Think" in this classic of hers. But her being the Queen of Soul and the rest of the song, "Chain Of Fools" we forgive her. - Peter
Aretha Franklin Angel Gotta find me an angel  - Sutch
Aretha Franklin Think Think (think) think (think) think (think) Think (think) think (think) think (think)  Yes the opening lines for this Queen of Soul's classic is the title repeated twelve times. - Peter
Arlo Guthrie The City Of New Orleans Ridin' on the City of New Orleans, Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail  - Candy Welty
Army Of Me Come Down To DC Why don't you come down, come down to DC?  - Lizzie
Arrested Development Tennessee Tennessee. (Tennessee.) Tennessee. (Tennessee.) I prefer the sitcom actually. - Brian Kelly
Art Garfunkel I Shall Sing I shall sing, sing my song, be it right, be it wrong  - Candy Welty
Ash Girl From Mars Do you remember the time I knew a girl from Mars?  - Brian Kelly
Ashley Tisdale Last Christmas Last Christmas, I gave you my heart... i luv this song like sooo much! - Raphaella So
Ashton Shepherd I'm Just a Woman I guess I'm just a woman
And that's why I feel the way I do
  - William Ransom
Ashton Shepherd Let Me Love Your Pain Away Let me love your pain away
Let me love all your pain away
  - William Ransom
Asia You're the Stranger Don't hang that sign on me, you're the stranger  - Joe Pearson
The Association Cherish Cherish is the word I use to describe All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside  "Cherish" was the first of two #1's for the 6-man group known as the Association (the second would be "Windy" in the summer of 1967). "Cherish" reached #1 for three weeks in September 1966. - Peter
The Association Broccoli Broccoli--I really dig it steamed  - Leda Metro
The Association Come To Me Come to me, now that we know where we're going  - Leda Metro
The Association Toymaker She's a toymaker, an attic child  - Leda Metro
The Association I'm The One I'm the one who's at your door  - Leda Metro
The Association Love Affair What a place to begin a love affair  - Leda Metro
The Association Angeline Angeline, Angeline, her soft warm face  - Leda Metro
The Association On A Quiet Night On a quiet night you can hear the rustling of the leaves  - Leda Metro
The Association Come On In Come on in, you know you're welcome here  - Leda Metro
The Association Round Again Here I go 'round again  - Leda Metro
The Ataris In This Diary Here in this diary, I write you visions of my summer.  - Lizzie
Atlanta Atlanta Burned Again Last Night Atlanta burned again last night  - harderman
Atlantic Starr Circles Circles, go 'round in circles  - Lily Orange
Atmosphere You You love the people that love you.  - Brian Kelly
Avenged Sevenfold Seize The Day Seize the day or die regretting the time you lost  - sucka
Average White Band Cut The Cake Cut the cake, give me a little piece  - Candy Welty
Average White Band Pick Up The Pieces Pick up the pieces, uh-huh! Pick up the pieces, uh-huh! Pick up the pieces, uh-huh! Pick up the pieces, woo-hoo! The Average White Band took this funky mainly instrumental dance tune to #1 on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 charts in 1975. "Pick Up The Pieces" was extremely popular in Discos of the time. The only lyrics in the song appear half-way through, and it's the title repeated four times. - Peter
Avicii Hey Brother Hey, brother, there's an endless road to rediscover.  - Brian Kelly
Avril Lavigne Why Why do you always do this to me?  - Brian Kelly
Avril Lavigne Girlfriend Hey hey, you you. I don't like your girlfriend. Possibly the newest song on the list...for now. - Brian Kelly
Awolnation Sail Sail! This is how I show my love.  - Brian Kelly
Awolnation The Best I just wanna be the best.  - Brian Kelly
Aztec Camera Walk out to winter Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there Chill will wake you, high and dry, you'll wonder why Tried using it in a beat the intro quiz on seasons. FAIL! - Baldrick

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