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Your Favourite Songs Where the Title is not in the Lyrics (No Instrumentals Please)

  • 25-03-2026 01:59PM
    #1
    Declan A Walsh
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    Please think of songs that you really like where their titles are not mentioned in the lyrics.

    I will list some of mine to start this off.

    New Order have many examples of this. Some of my favourites include: Everything's Gone Green, Temptation, Fine Time, Chemical, Liar, Guilt is a Useless Emotion, Superheated and of course Blue Monday.

    Also:

    Nirvana - Smells like Teen Spirit

    Snow Patrol - Chocolate

    That's off the top of my head. I know there are others!



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  • #2
    waterfaerie
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    My favourite is an obscure one that most people won't know:

    Ayla Nereo - Turning Wake

    Some others I can think of:

    Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

    The Smiths - How Soon is Now

    Nirvana - About a Girl

    David Bowie - Space Oddity

    There are lots of songs whose title is more of a statement of what the song is about / for. Some examples I can think of:

    Traditional song (many artists) - The Cowboy's Lament

    The Beatles - The Ballad of John and Yoko

    John Denver - Annie's Song

    Sinead O Connor - This is a Rebel Song - also one of my favourites

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  • #3
    Declan A Walsh
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    Another example from New Order that I really like is Bizarre Love Triangle. I will also add Gypsy by Suzanne Vega to the list.



  • #4
    adaminho
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    Not sure which thread this falls under but Susan Vega's Toms Diner mentions a diner in the first verse but doesn't say Tom's.



  • #5
    Ceist_Beag
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    The Pogues - Fairytale of New York



  • #6
    Declan A Walsh
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124342501#Comment_124342501

    Technically that is an example as it did not mention the actual song title.



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  • #7
    littlevillage
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    The Who - Baba O'Riley

    (they really should have just called the song "Teenage wasteland")

    Rod Stewart - The killing of Georgie



  • #8
    magicbastarder
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    'What Godzilla Said To God When His Name Wasn't Found In The Book of Life' by American Music Club

    'Tom Traubert's Blues' by Tom Waits



  • #9
    adaminho
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    Lovesong for a Vampire - Annie Lennox

    Venus in Furs - Velvet Underground



  • #10
    The Princess Bride
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    The Unforgettable Fire, 40 and Bad by U2.

    Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls.



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