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Songs that mention their title in the opening line of the song
Performer | Song Title | Opening Lines | Comments & Submittor Name | |||
| The Call | The Walls Came Down | They blew the horns, and the walls came down. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Cameron Mitchell | This Was A Real Nice Clambake | This was a real nice clambake, We're mighty glad we came. | "This Was A Real Nice Clambake" is from Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel". Cameron Mitchell sang the song in the motion picture version of "Carousel". - Peter | |||
| Candlebox | Cover Me | Cover me when I walk alone. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Captain and Tennille | Love Will Keep Us Together | Love, love will keep us together Think of me whenever | Neil Sedaka had a major comeback in 1975. Not only did he score #1 hits with 'Laughter in the Rain" and "Bad Blood," he wrote this #1 smash for the Captain and Tennille. Even the background singers sing "Sedaka Is Back" near the end of the song. - JD | |||
| Carl Douglas | Kung Fu Fighting | Oooo - Oooo - Oooo, Oooo - Oooo - Oooo, Oooo - Oooo - Oooo, everybody was Kung Fu Fighting. | The #1 hit from December 1974, "Kung Fu Fighting" started a huge mini-craze, that would be seen during much of 1975, of taking martial arts moves onto the Disco dance floor. And it was started by Jamiacan born Carl Douglas (born 1942) and his song "Kung Fu Fighting". Carl Douglas currently lives in Germany and runs a publishing company. - Peter | |||
| Carly Simon | Nobody Does It Better | Nobody does it better Makes me feel sad for the rest. | "Nobody Does It Better" was the theme song from the 1977 James Bond movie, "The Spy Who Loved Me". "Nobody Does It Better" was composed by Marvin Hamlisch, with lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager. And of course getting to sing a James Bond movie theme is a sign you've made it as a singer, and especially the very rare times it's been an American artist (along with Simon, they include Gladys Knight, Tina Turner, Garbage, Madonna and Nancy Sinatra). - Peter | |||
| Carpenters | Rainy Days And Mondays | Talking to myself and feeling old, Sometimes I'd like to quit, Nothing ever seems to fit, Hangin' around, nothing to do but frown, Rainy days and Mond | The rest of the opening lines: "... Mondays always get me down." "Rainy Days and Mondays" was another #2 hit for the Carpenters, in 1971. - Peter | |||
| Carpenters | It's Going To Take Some Time | It's going to take some time this time To get myself in shape. | "It's Going To Take Some Time" was another top ten hit in the year 1972 for the Carpenters. - Peter | |||
| Carpenters | We've Only Just Begun | We've only just begun to live, White lace and promises, A kiss for luch and we're on our way, We've just begun. | "We've Only Just Begun" was a #2 hit (and one of their first hits) back in 1970 for the brother and sister (with a backing band) team, the Carpenters (Richard and the late great vocal talent, Karen). "We've Only Just Begun" was also an instant hit to use at weddings and wedding receptions. - Peter | |||
| Carpenters | Goodbye To Love | I'll say goodbye to love, No one ever cared if I should live or die. | "Goodbye To Love" was another top ten hit for the Carpenters from 1972. - Peter | |||
| Carrie Underwood | Before He Cheats | Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats. | - Celeste | |||
| The Cars | Tonight She Comes | I know tonight, she comes. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Cars | You Might Think | You might think I'm crazy. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Cars | I'm Not The One | I'm not the one that you'll be shooting for. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Cars | Good Times Roll | Let the good times roll. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Cars | Candy-O | Candy-O, I need you. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Cars | Since You're Gone | Since you're gone, the nights are getting strange. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Cars | Moving In Stereo | Life's the same. I'm moving in stereo. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Cast of The Sound of Music | Climb Every Mountain | Climb every mountain, Search high and low. | - Lucille Ball sized hail | |||
| Cast of The Sound of Music | Edelweiss | Edelweiss, edelweiss, Every morning you greet me. | - Lucille Ball sized hail | |||
| Champs | Tequila | Tequila! | That's it. The only word said in this still used a great deal at parties song from 1958 is "Tequila!" - Peter | |||
| Charlie LeBlanc | Celebrate Jesus | Celebrate Jesus, celebrate | - Vic George | |||
| Cheap Trick | Hot Love | Hot love if you want it Got the time if you need it | Also taken from the self-titled debut album. - Mickey D. | |||
| Cheap Trick | I Want You To Want Me | I want you to want me. I need you to need me. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Cheap Trick | Dream Police | The dream police, they live inside of my head. The dream police, they come to me in my bed. | Off of their album "Dream Police". - rocky | |||
| Cher | Turn Back Time | If I could turn back time. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Cheryl Crow | I Found your Picture Today | Living my life in slow hell | - Chrisitna | |||
| Chicago | Never Been In Love Before | I've never been in love before Not like this you taught me more | From the movie "Father Of The Bride", Bryan McKenzie said to George Banks, "Never really been in love before." That referred to Chicago's song title. - Mickey D. | |||
| Chicago | If You Leave Me Now | If you leave me now, you'll take away the biggest part of me | - Peter | |||
| Chicago | Saturday In The Park | Saturday in the park I think it was the fourth of July | - Peter | |||
| Chiffons | One Fine Day | One fine day You'll look at me And you will know our love was Meant to be | "One Fine Day" was the Chiffons follow-up single to their #1 hit, "He's So Fine". "One Fine Day" reached all the way to #2 in the charts in 1963 and was written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. King would later record it for herself, and in 1980 it would go top ten for King. - Peter | |||
| Chiffons | He's So Fine | He's so fine, Wish he were mine, That handsome boy over there, The one with the wavy hair. | "He's So Fine" was the best selling single by a girl group before the days when the Supremes became hit makers in 1964. The Chiffons took "He's So Fine" to #1 in the spring of 1963. "He's So Fine" is also the song that was said to have it's instrumental parts lifted by George Harrison for Harrison's "My Sweet Lord". - Peter | |||
| Chimaira | Nothing Remains | *screams* NOTHING REMAINS!! | Awesome band - Me | |||
| Christmas Traditional | O Come, All Ye Faithful | O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day | I heard the bells, on Christmas Day,Their old familiar carols play | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | Joy To The World | Joy to the world, the Lord is come. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | I Wonder As I Wander | I wonder as I wander, Out under the sky, | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | O Little Town Of Bethlehem | O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see the lie. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen | God rest ye merry, Gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | Deck The Halls | Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | Up On The Housetop | Up on the housetop, Reindeer pause. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks | While shepherds watched their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | Jolly Old St. Nicholas | Jolly old St. Nicholas, Lean your ear this way. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | Ave Maria | Ave Maria, Gratia plena. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | Here Comes Santa Claus | Here comes Santa Claus, Here comes Santa Claus. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | Ding Dong ! Merrily On High | Ding Dong! Merrily on high, In Heaven the bells are ringing. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | We Wish You A Merry Christmas | We wish you a merry Christmas, We wish you a merry Christmas. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | O Christmas Tree | O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, Thy leaves are so unchanging. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | The Holly And The Ivy | The holly and the ivy, When they are both full grown. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming | Lo, how a rose e'er blooming, From tender stem hath sprung. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | O Come Little Children | O come, little children, O come one and all. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | Once In Royal David's City | Once, in royal David's city, Stood a lowly cattle shed. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | I Saw Three Ships | I saw three ships come sailing in, On Christmas Day, On Christmas Day. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | Good Christian Men, Rejoice | Good Christian men, rejoice, With heart and soul and voice. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | Good King Wenceslas | Good King Wenceslas looked out, On the feast of Stephen, | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | What Child Is This? | What child is this who, laid to rest, On Mary's lap is sleeping? | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | Silent Night | Silent night, Holy night. All is calm, all is bright. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | O Holy Night | O Holy night, The stars are brightly shining. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | Hark! The Herald Angels Sing | Hark! The herald angels sing. Glory to the newborn King! | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | Go Tell It On The Mountain | Go tell it on the mountain, Over the hills and everywhere. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | The First Noel | The first Noel the angels did say | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | We Three Kings | We three Kings of Orient are. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | Away In A Manger | Away in a manger, no crib for a bed. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christmas Traditional | Angels We Have Heard On High | Angels we have heard on high, Sweetly singing o'er the plains. | - Ava Murphy | |||
| Christopher Plummer | Edelweiss | Edelweiss, Edelweiss Every morning you greet me Small and white, clean and bright You look happy to meet me | "Edelweiss" was the final song written by the great Broadway songwriting duo of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. It was written for the Broadway musical nine months before Hammerstein was to die (August 1960). Edelweiss is a white flower that grows throughout Europe -- in the Alps (but is protected). Edelweiss is part of the sunflower family (Asteraceae) and it's scientific name is Leontopodium alpinum. Edelweiss in Greek means "lion's paw". In the movie "The Sound Of Music" there are two versions of "Edelweiss" sung, although the most popular would seem to be the solo version sung by actor Christopher Plummer. - Peter | |||
| Chubby Checker | Pony Time | It's pony time, get up Boogety, boogety, boogety shoo. | So, starts Checker's second #1 song (in spring 1961, and only other #1 besides "The Twist"). Again, Checker went back to introducing a dance craze for his second #1, this time, "The Pony". - Peter | |||
| Chubby Checker | The Twist | Come on baby let's do the twist. | So starts one of the most important introduction to a dance craze songs of the rock era. "The Twist" was a #1 for Chubby Checker twice (summer 1960 and winter 1962) and is the definite template as to how all other introduction to dance craze songs in the rock era would be done. But Chubby Checker did not originate "The Twist" (although he definitely popularized it). "The Twist" was written by Hank Ballard in 1958, and was originally released as a single by Ballard and his group the Midnighters (but didn't get very far). Checker heard Ballard's version and loved it and the rest became popular history, as well as legend. - Peter | |||
| Chuck Berry | Memphis | Long distance information, give me Memphis Tennessee Help me find the party trying to get in touch with me. | "Memphis" is another one of Chuck Berry's mid-1950's classics. It was recorded and made a hit, again, in 1964 by Johnny Rivers. - Peter | |||
| Chuck Berry | Rock And Roll Music | Just let me hear some of that Rock and Roll music, Any old way you choose it, It's got a back beat, you can't lose it, Any old time you use it. | Chuck Berry is another one of the early pioneers of Rock 'n' Roll music and has influenced generations of artists since. I'm not going to say much more than that, for more details go to, www.chuckberry.com, the official fan site. Chuck Berry was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 18, 1926. Just this song and another hit, "Roll Over Beethoven" show Chuck Berry's international influence on Rock and Roll, with the Beatles and several other artists recording "Beethoven" and the Beatles, the Beach Boys and several other artists recording, "Rock And Roll Music". A matter of fact one of John Lennon's fondest memories was said to have been the time he got to jam with Chuck Berry on "The Mike Douglas Show" back in the early 1970's, on "Rock And Roll Music" . - Peter | |||
| Chuck Berry | Maybellene | Maybellene, why can't you be true Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true You've started back doin' the things you used to do. | "Maybellene" sounds like one of Chuck Berry's mid-1950's original classics. But on this song, hearing can be deceptive as to the time when this song was recorded and was a hit record. It actually was recorded and released in 1964 and became a Top Ten hit, marking the only time that Chuck Berry would have a hit in the middle of the British invasion and Motown nearly lock on the charts. - Peter | |||
| The Clash | This Is Radio Clash | This is Radio Clash on pirate satellite. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Clash | Should I Stay Or Should I Go | Darling, you've got to let me know. Should I stay or should I go? | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Clash | London Calling | London calling to the faraway towns | - Peter | |||
| Cobra Starship | The City Is at War | The city is at war, a place among the young and rich. | - Lizzie | |||
| Cobra Starship | Guilty Pleasure | And I came here to make you dance tonight, I don't care if I'm a guilty pleasure for you. | - Lizzie | |||
| Cobra Starship | The Church Of Hot Addiction | Just let me ask you: Hey, have you heard of my religion? It's called the Church of Hot Addiction | - Felicia | |||
| Cobra Starship | Snakes on a Plane (Bring It) | Time are strange, we got a free upgrade for snakes on a plane | - Felicia | |||
| Coheed and Cambria | The End Complete III: The End Complete | These are the days, the end complete. A world still turning to the sound of the suffering. You are the jury, we are the saints. | - Katy | |||
| Coheed and Cambria | Everything Evil | Wait for everything evil in you comes out. | - Katy | |||
| Coldplay | In My Place | In my place, in my place | This song is so sad, yet wonderful at the same time. - Jim | |||
| The Commodores | Brick House | She's a brick...house. She's mighty, mighty, a-lettin' it all hang out. | Lionel Richie DID sing these lines. - James Hash Brown | |||
| Concrete Blonde | Everybody Knows | Everybody knows the dice are loaded. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Connie Francis | Frankie | Frankie, wherever you are, I love you. | "Frankie" was another top ten hit for Connie Francis. The opening line posted here, was spoken by Connie Francis. - Peter | |||
| Connie Francis | Don't Break The Heart That Loves You | Don't break the heart that loves you, Handle it with care. | "Don't Break The Heart That Loves You" was Connie Francis' third and final #1 song from the spring of 1962. Her first two #1 hits were in 1960, "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" and "My Heart Has A Mind Of It's Own". - Peter | |||
| Connie Francis | Follow The Boys | I'll follow the boys, Wherever they go. | - Peter | |||
| Connie Francis | Stupid Cupid | Stupid cupid, you're a real mean guy. | - Peter | |||
| Connie Francis | Where The Boys Are | Where the boys are, someone waits for me, A smilin' face, a warm embrace, two arms to hold me tenderly. | "Where The Boys Are" is another top five hit for Connie Francis, taken from the teen flick movie of the same name. - Peter | |||
| Connie Francis | Among My Souvenirs | There's nothing left for me, Of days that used to be, They're just a memory, Among my souvenirs. | Connie Francis was born Concetta Ros Maria Franconero on December 12, 1938 in Newark, New Jersey. Connie Francis is considered the first woman of Rock 'n' Roll, because Connie was the first woman to have hits in the new Rock 'n' Roll era starting in 1955 after the #1 song by Bill Haley & the Comets' "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock". "Among My Souvenirs" was one of Connie Francis early top ten hits, in 1958. - Peter | |||
| Cookies | Chains | Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains. | "Chains" was a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and became a hit for a girl group, the Cookies, in 1962. It was later covered very well on the Beatles' 1963 debut lp, "Please Please Me". - Peter | |||
| Corey Hart | Sunglasses At Night | I wear my sunglasses at night. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Counting Crows | She Don't Want Nobody Near | She don't want nobody near, but you can't get away from that. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Counting Crows | Long December | A long December and there's reason to belive. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Cranberries | Electric Blue | Electric blue eyes, where did you come from? | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Cranberries | Delilah | Shout shout shout, Delilah. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Cranberries | No Need To Argue | There's no need to argue anymore. | The title track off their second album. - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Cranberries | Will You Remember | Will you remember the dress I wore? | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Cranberries | Pretty | You're so pretty the way you are. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Cranberries | Disappointment | Disappointment, oh. You shouldn't have done. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Cranberries | Warchild | Who will save the warchild baby? | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Cranberries | Waltzing Back | Who gave them the right, waltzing back into your life? | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Cranberries | I'm Still Remembering | I'm still remembering the day I gave my life away. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Cranberries | Still Can't... | Still can't recognize the way I feel. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Cream | Crossroads | I went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees. | - Peter | |||
| Cream | White Room | In the white room with black curtains near the station. | - Peter | |||
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Bad Moon Rising | I see a bad moon rising. | This one's for you, Chris. - Brian Kelly | |||
| Crowded House | Locked Out | I been locked out, I been locked in. | - i lurve the enz | |||
| Crystal Gayle | Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For | Why have you left the one you left me for? | - Erin | |||
| Culture Club | Miss Me Blind | Miss me, I know you'll miss me, I know you'll miss me blind. | "Miss Me Blind" was the third top five hit (actually went to #5 in the spring of 1984) from the Culture Club's sophomore lp (that proved that the Culture Club had no sophomore slump), "Colour By Numbers". Before "Miss Me Blind", "Colour By Numbers" yielded the #10 hit, "Church Of The Poisoned Mind" in November 1983, and the #1 hit "Karma Chameleon" in February 1984 (in it's three weeks at #1 "Karma Chameleon" was actually #1 twenty years to the weeks that the Beatles had the #1 song with "I Want To Hold Your Hand" -- much was made in the press about that at the time). "Colour By Numbers" yield one more hit, the #11 hit, "It's A Miracle" and then the hits seemed to stop for the group with the follow-up lp going nowhere, with "Miss Me Blind" almost seeming prophetic. After this the group broke up for a while, and Boy George actually developed a drug addiction that has remained with him until this day (although he's not nearly as bad with the drug addiction as he once was) -- those heady days of 1982 to 84 and the down year of 1985 have recently been chronicled in a Broadway musical co-written by Boy George. Culture Club would rebound, somewhat, in 1986 with the #12 hit, "Move Away". But then after this Boy George became a solo act, and also finally admitted that he was bi-sexual. Boy George has had two hits since "Move Away" of note, a remake of the American group Bread's "Everything I Own" and the 1993 top ten hit, "The Crying Game" from the international hit movie of the same name. - Peter | |||
| Culture Club | Move Away | Moving, moving...move away | From their 1986 From Luxury To Heartache album. - Vic George | |||
| Culture Club | Do You Really Want To Hurt Me | Do you really want to hurt me? | "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" was the first big international hit for the group the Culture Club in 1982 - 83. "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" went to #1 in Britian in the fall of 1982, but would stall at #2 for three weeks in the U.S. in the spring of 1983 behind Michael Jackson's huge hit, "Billie Jean" at #1. Culture Club was led by the controversial (and still controversial) androgynous singer, "Boy George" O'Dowd, who originally started as a member of the group Bow Wow Wow. Boy George very much made people question their views on sexual stereotypes. "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" was on the Culture Club's first album, "Kissing To Be Clever" which also yield the #2 hit in June 1983, "Time (Clock Of The Heart)" (which went to #1 in Britian) and the #9 hit, "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" in September 1983. - Peter | |||
| Culture Club | Black Money | Do you deal in black money? | From their 1983 Colour By Numbers album. - Vic George | |||
| Culture Club | Hello Goodbye | Hello, hello goodbye | From their 1984 Waking Up With The House On Fire album. - Vic George | |||
| Culture Club | Victims | The victims we know so well, they shine in your eyes when they kiss and tell. | From their 1983 Colour By Numbers album. - Vic George | |||
| The Cure | Pictures of You | I've been looking so long at these pictures of you. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Cure | Fascination Street | It's opening time down on Fascination Street. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Cute Is What We Aim For | Curse of Curves | I've got the gift of one-liners and you've got the curse of curves. | - Lizzie | |||
| Cutting Crew | (I Just) Died In Your Arms | I just died in your arms tonight. | It must've been something you said. - Brian Kelly | |||
| Cyndi Lauper | All Through The Night | All through the night I'll be awake and I'll be with you | - Peter |
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