aka ... Songs titles in which the "title words" DO NOT appear in the lyrics ... (a classic example is the famous song by The Righteous Brothers titled "Unchained Melody", that phrase doesn't appear in the lyrics)

Two examples that come to mind is from The Refreshments album Fizzy, Fuzzy, Big and Buzzy ... the songs are European Swallow (which is just a song about a guy who gets into a fight at a bar), and Banditos (the song Benn mentions in a Star Trek Nitpickers thread).

Hmmm, where can I start?

"Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen
"Song 2" - Blur
"7 Days" - Craig David
"Song For Guy" - Elton John

Ash also had "Lose Control," "Goldfinger," and "A Life Less Ordinary."
The Bluetones also had "Slight Return," "Solomon Bites The Worm," and "Autophilia."

Of course, "Albatross" by Fleetwood Mac also counts, but that would be cheating.

Mike Nesmith of the Monkees was notorious for that practice. Among his songs in which the title does not appear in the lyrics are

1. "Papa Gene's Blues"
2. "Auntie's Municipal Court"
3. "Tapioca Tundra"
4. "Writing Wrongs"
5. "Good Clean Fun"
6. "Some of Shelly's Blues" (which the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has also recorded)
7. "Michigan Mohawk"
8. "The Crippled Lion"
9. "Admiral Mike"

Papa Nez is not the only one in the Monkees to write a song with a title that does not appear in the lyrics. Both Peter Tork and Micky Dolenz have such a song. Peter's was "For Pete's Sake", probably best known as "In This Generation",or the end theme for The Monkees during the show's second season. Micky wrote the song, "Randy Scouse Git". That title was deemed a bit obscene for British fans, so it was changed to "Alternate Title" for export across the Atlantic. Neither song titles appear in the lyric.

Blue Oyster Cult has

1. "I'm On the Lamb, But I Ain't No Sheep"
2. "Teen Archer"
3. "Cagey Cretins" (Except the word "cagey" does appear several times in the lyrics. "Cretins" does not appear at all.)
4. "The Revenge of Vera Gemini" (Except the words "Vera Gemini" are the very last words of the song. The title phrase does not occur at all, however.)
5. "The Vigil"
6. "The Marshall Plan"
7. "Shadow Warrior"
8. "Les Invisibles"
9. "The Siege and Investiture of Baron Von Frankenstein's Castle at Weisseria" (Could you even imagine singing that phrase?)

As the Stalk-Forrest Group, B.O.C. had the following songs:

1. "What Is Quicksand?"
2. "Curse of the Hidden Mirrors" (Though the word "mirrors" does appear in the lyrics.)
3. "A Fact About Sneakers" (Though the word "sneakers" does appear in the lyrics.)
4. "Bonomo' Turkish Taffy"

np - Southern By the Grace of God/Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour - Lynyrd Skynyrd (Somewhere, in the tracks recorded in Dallas, I'm in the audience, screaming my ass off.)

"The Immigrant Song" - Led Zeppelin
"Baba O'Riley" - the Who

np- the same album as before.

And some more I've thought up:

"Immigrant Song" - Led Zeppelin
"The Pop Singer's Fear Of The Pollen Count" - The Divine Comedy
"Married With Children" - Oasis
"A Day In The Life" - The Beatles
"Epic" - Faith No More

Radiohead also had a few: "Planet Telex", "Subterranean Homesick Alien", "Paranoid Android" (I think) and "Exit Music (for a film)."

Heheheheh. Beatcha to "The Immigrant Song", Sven. . Still, I knew there was a track on Sgt. Pepper's I wasn't thinking of. You got that one before me.

np - "Freebird" from the same album as before. And believe me, the audience's singing had to be tweaked in the studio. I've talked to several other people who were at that show and sitting in different places. (I was on the floor, stage right.) We all agree. After the first verse, the audience kinda of petered out. We weren't as loud as we were on the first verse.

Come to think of it, during the guitar solos at the end, I made my way to the stage. God, this CD brings back some killer memories!

I might have to disqualify #3 and #4 from your above post, Benn ... jus 'cause I CAN!
(nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk ... [slap!] Ooh!)

However, to lend credence to your numbers 3 and 4 posted above, the song by Bobby Gentry titled Ode to Billie Joe does NOT contain that phrase, just the name "Billie Joe" ... so I guess I'll let proper names slide for being in the title.

Any more?

"Tomorrow Never Knows" - Thebe At Les
"Let Robeson Sing" - Manic Street Preachers, of course
"The Message" - Grandmaster Flash

Is this the fastest-growing board at this time? [checks stopwatch] Yup.

Which #3 and 4? I listed two sets of songs.

np - The Very Best of England Dan and John Ford Coley - England Dan and John Ford Coley.

Your "Blue Oyster Cult" #3 and #4 ...

Thought so, but I wanted to be sure. I didn't think they'd really count.

Some more:

"Yer Blues" - the Bealtes
"E=MC²" - Big Audio Dynamite
"Untitled" - Collective Soul
"Untitled" - the Cure
"Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)" - Concrete Blonde
"LoveSong" - the Cure (Though the word "love" does appear in the lyrics.)
"Elsie" - the Divinyls
"10538 Overture" - Electric Light Orchestra
"Heresy" - nine inch nails
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana

Okay ... how about Pink Floyd's The Wall ...

1) In The Flesh?
2) an interlude that is ALWAYS included in the radio broadcast song titled "Another Brick in the Wall" is the section titled The Happiest Days of Our Lives that begins with the lyrics "When we grew up and went to school ... and ends with "thrash them to within inches of their lives" (although the words "lives" DOES appear in the lyrics ... dern it!)
3) Young Lust
4) In the Flesh
5) The Trial

And some more:

"Richard III" - Supergrass
"Blue Monday" - New Order
"True Faith" - New Order

Just one more suggestion off the top of my head:

"Space Oddity" - David Bowie

"Sukiyaki" - A Taste of Honey I believe is another candidate for this list.

"Rainy Day Women #12 and 35" - Bob Dylan
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" - Bob Dylan
"Kinky Afro" - the Happy Mondays
"Life During Wartime" - Talking Heads
"Use Once and Destroy" - Hole
"Selling the Drama" - Live
"Valotte" - Julian Lennon
"Brain Damage" - Pink Floyd (but not "Eclipse")
"D.O.A." - Bloodrock

np - The Piper At the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd

Erasure - 'The Circus', 'Piano Song'

"Young Turks" - Rod Stuart (OK 'young' is there, but not 'Turks')
"Leviathan" - Pendragon
"2112" - Rush

And from Marillion's "Misplaced Childhood" album:
Bitter Suite
-part1 Brief encounter
-part2 Lost weekend
-part3 Blue angel

Blind curve
-part 1 Vocal under a bloodlight
-part 5 Threshold

Just thought of another song:

"Pepper" - the Butthole Surfers

np- Apocalypse '91: The Empire Strikes Black - Public Enemy

Apologies if I get something that someone else already has (deep breath):

"The National Anthem" by Radiohead.
"Space Oddity" by David Bowie
"Baba O'Riley" by The Who
"Sympathy For the Devil" by The Rolling Stones (I'm not 100% on that one, though.)
"For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her," "Wednesday Morning, 3 a.m.," "Punky's Dilemma," and "A Poem on the Underground Wall" by Simon and Garfunkel.
"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" by Green Day. (Yes, I realize that this is only a partial hit, as "Time of your life" is in the lyrics, but there ain't no "Good Riddance" in there.)
"Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls.
"Clint Eastwood" by Gorillaz.
"P2 Vatican Blues (Last Saturday Night)" by George Harrison (another partial hit.)
"Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba.
"It's Only Me (The Wizard of Magicland)" by Barenaked Ladies (another partial).
"The Inner Light" by The Beatles (another one I'm unsure of).

does Crosby Stills and Nash's "Suite Judy Blue Eyes" count?

"Opus 17" by The Four Seasons

Sparrow, Sven named Bowie's "Space Oddity" and I named the Who's "Baba O'Riley. Oh, and "Sympathy For the Devil" is probably going to be disqualified because of the lines, "So if you meet me/Have some courtesy/Have some sympathy..."

One classic tune I thought of has an interesting story behind it. Seems the late George Harrison was going to play some guitar on a song that Eric Clapton wrote. The sheet music for the song was handwritten by ol' Slowhand himself. The part of the song that the Quiet Beatles was to play had a notation at the top. It said, "Bridge", but Harrison misread it and thought it said, "Badge". And so that became the name of the song by Cream. "In a white room/With black curtains..."

Another song that was mis-titled because of bad reading is Spinal Tap's "Clam Caravan". As any Tap fan should know, Nigel Tufnel, who wrote the song, meant the title to be "Calm Caravan". The title was misread with the "El" and "Aye" transposed. At any rate, the words "Clam", "Calm" or "Caravan" appear in the lyric of the song.

Others:

"So. Central Rain" - R.E.M.
"Little America" - R.E.M.
"Hydra" - Toto

np - Welcome to My Dream - MC 900 Ft. Jesus

Episode to Dippy - Donovan

<Slaps forehead!> I don't know how I forgot this Blue Oyster Cult track..."Divine Wind".

np - Seven the Hard Way - Pat Benatar

Okay, I had plowed through what had already been listed but I couldn't remember everything in my list.

And that song you're talking about (the Cream one)... I always thought it was called "White Room"...

"Okay, I had plowed through what had already been listed but I couldn't remember everything in my list." - Sparrow47

I kinda figured as much. But you said you said you didn't know which, if any, of your songs had already been listed. Just thought I'd let you know. (As if you really wanted to know.)

"And that song you're talking about (the Cream one)... I always thought it was called "White Room"... "

Nope. It's known officially as "Badge". And I can almost guarantee you that you are not the only one to make that mistake. Y'know, that could easily be another topic: "Songs that are known by other names than their real titles." Or something less awkwardly phrased.

np - St. Cecilia - The Elektra Recordings - the Stalk-Forrest Group

Does Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" fall into this category?

I'd say yes, except for the "And if you go chasing rabbits" line. Derf seems to be very picky about that sort of thing. Come to think of it, that would mean the Beatles' "A Day In the Life" should be disquailified: "I read the news today." What's your call, Derf?

Two more I thought of by the Electric Light Orchestra: "Illusions In G Major" and "Poker".

np - Portrait of an American Family - Marilyn Manson

Benn, the words "day" and "today" are not interchangeable, so therefore, your Beatles citation is valid. Keep on adding entries, you folkes!

Let's see ... Hhhmm ... how about I allow a SUBTITLE to be included ... such as The Theme From Rocky (Gonna Fly Now)

Yes, no? ... hhhmmm
whatya tink, folkes?

Dang - I knew I'd forgotten about "Clint Eastwood" and "Tubthumping"!

Benn: that would mean the Beatles' "A Day In the Life" should be disquailified

Would that be because it contains the word "the"?

More:
"An American Trilogy" - Elvis Presley
"Affirmation" - Savage Garden
"Get The Message" - Electronic
"19-2000" - Gorillaz

Derf: how about I allow a SUBTITLE to be included

In that case, I can also add:

"Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)" - Manic Street Preachers
"Street Spirit (Fade Out)" - Radiohead

"Let's see ... Hhhmm ... how about I allow a SUBTITLE to be included..." - Derf

Personally, I think it's a bit of a cheat, but it's your topic sir, and thus your rules. Besides, I think Sven has already cast his vote and has acted accordingly.

"Benn: that would mean the Beatles' 'A Day In the Life' should be disquailified."

"Would that be because it contains the word 'the'?" - Sven of Nine, with no hesistation, no repetition or deviation

LOL

Here's a few more from me:

"White Slavery" - Type O Negative
"Christian Woman" - Type O Negative
"Bloody Kisses (A Death In the Family)" - Type O Negative (Hey, if you're gonna allow subtitles...)
"Unsuccessfully Coping With the Natural Beauty of Infidelity" - Type O Negative
"Der Untermensch" - Type O Negative
"Xero Tolerance" - Type O Negative
"The Misinterpretation of Silence and Its Disastrous Consequences" - Type O Negative
"On Saturday Afternoon in 1963" - Rickie Lee Jones (Speaking of Little Rickie Lee, just what does "p.l.p." mean in her song "Chuck E's In Love"?)

np - Ten - Pearl Jam (What? You thought I was listening to Type O Negative? I haven't played any of their CDs in awhile.)

No wrote: Episode to Dippy - Donovan

The correct title is "Epistle to Dippy"

On the Cream front: The Billboard Top 40 book lists the song as White Room.

And another one;
"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" Bob Dylan

Uh, Butch, ol' buddy, ol' pal, I've already listed that Dylan song.

On the other hand...

"On the Cream front: The Billboard Top 40 book lists the song as 'White Room'."

Eep! I just checked my copy of The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock, and you're right. "Badge" and "White Room" are two different songs. The anecdote regarding how "Badge" got its title of is true, though. Now, I gotta figure out how I made that mistake...

np - The Complete Thom Bell Sessions - Elton John

Drat, missed it when I was skimming over what had already been listed.

Benn wrote: Speaking of Little Rickie Lee,
just what does "p.l.p." mean in her song "Chuck E's In Love"?)

A co-worker from Long Island, N. Y. told me it stands for 'public leaning post' AKA a lamp post.

Well, that clears up one ages-old mystery. I'm kinda disappointed, too. I thought it meant something dirty.

Two more:

"God Part II" - U2

"Rockestra Theme" - Rockestra (Paul McCartney and Wings and others)

'For Your Babies' - Simply Red

"Bookends Theme" by Simon and Garfunkel

This seems kinda obvious, so I don't know if it's already here, but: Unchained Melody, The Righteous Brothers?

Oh, also Kathy's Song, Simon & Garfunkel; Don Quixote, Gordon Lightfoot; and Sour Suite, The Guess Who.

One of my choices will have to be scrapped. Earlier today I realized that the last line in ELO's "10538 Overture" is "Did you see his face?/Was it 10538?" So much for that.

np - Back to the Egg - Wings

"Annie's Song" - John Denver

There's so many songs that fall under this category its hard to know where to begin. I could list hundreds of examples. Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" is one that comes to mind offhand.

"For What It's Worth" -- Buffalo Springfield

"Come to Mama" - Pete Townshend
"The Punk and the Godfather" - the Who
"The Dirty Jobs" - the Who

np - Symphony no. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 - Johannes Brahms - Israel Philharmonic Orchestra - Zubin Mehta (It was a noisy, stressful day at work. I need something soothing.)

Sorry, ScottN...

"there's something happening here
for what it's worth ain't exactly clear"

Ah... misheard lyrics on my part... I always thought it was

"There's something happening here
what it is ain't exactly clear"

And several lyrics sites agree with me on that!

So do I, for what it's worth... At least, that's the way I always heard it too.

I'd have to go with Scott on this one, Sparrow. I've always heard it as "What it is" and not "For what it's worth". I've never heard it any differently. I tried to check the official Stephen Stills and Buffalo Springfield websites, but neither provide lyrics on their sites.

np - Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player - Elton John

Okay, I really, really need to stop hallucinating these things up. I listened to the song again and even though I could've sworn the titular words were in there somewhere... well, apparently I'm smoking crack.

Objection withdrawn.

"Traffic" - Stereophonics

"New York Mining Disaster 1941" - Bee Gees

Blur - Song 2

"1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" by the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

I was wondering about that song, Sparrow.

I think "Big Log" by Robert Plant also fits. I just heard a live version and I don't think I heard the title in the lyrics.

np - The Best of the King Biscuit Flower Hour Disc One - various artists

Hmmmm...Does Billy Joel's Scenes From an Italian Restaurant count? The latter two words appear in the song, but not the whole phrase as such.

I was just wondering about Flatt and Scruggs' "The Ballad of Jed Clampett". At least in the version used as the theme for The Beverly Hillbillies, "Jed" is the only word in the title that occurs in the song. "Come and listen to my story about a man named Jed/A poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed..."

np - White City: A Novel - Pete Townshend

Got another bit o' Hendrix, namely "Third Stone From the Sun"

Um, no Sparrow. I think this one is disqualified:

"Third Stone From The Sun
Find this song on Sheet music, CD

{intro slowwed down talking begins}
Star fleet to scout ship, please give your position. Over.
I'm in orbit around the third planet from the star called
the sun. Over.
You mean its the Earth? Over.
Positive. It is known to have some form of intelligent species. Over.
I think we should take a look.
{intro slowwed down talking ends}

Strange beautiful grass of green,
with your majestic silver seas
Your mysterious mountains I wish to see closer
May I land my kinky machine?

{start slowwed down}
Strange beautiful, grass of green
with your majestic silver seas
Your mysterious mountains I wish to see closer
May I land my kinky machine?
{end slowwed down}

Although your world wonders me,
with your majestic and superior cackling hen
Your people I do not understand,
so to you I shall put an end
And you'll
never hear
surf music again

{start slowwed down...rough guess at lyrics}
Secret
Oh, secret
Oh
Shhhh...
{end slowwed down}"

Great song, though.

np - Diver Down - Van Halen

On the other hand, "Up From the Skies" by James Marshall Hendrix does qualify.

Wow. I've never seen the entire lyrics, just the parts that are at normal speed. Looks like I stand corrected for, oh, about the billionth time...

Don't worry Sparrow. It's not like I don't make mistakes. I've made plenty. Derf has already disqualified two or three of my choices. [Mutters under breath] Beside, IIRC, it was you who corrected me on a matter concerning the lyrics to C,S,N & Y's "Woodstock", didn't you?

After listening to Van Halen's Diver Down, I got to wondering if "The Full Bug" qualifies. Having checked the lyrics (http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/5150/lyrics/full_bug.txt), it does. And so does "5150" (http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/5150/lyrics/5150.txt).

np - Quadrophenia - the Who

I know I've already mentioned the songs "The Punk and the Godfather" and "The Dirty Jobs" from the Who's Quadrophenia album. I thought those were the only ones from that album. In checking the lyrics to another song on the CD, I noticed that the song "Drowned" does not have the title in the lyrics.

Oh, don't worry, Benn, I wasn't seriously hacked off or anything. No harm done.

Oh, and speaking of "Woodstock," I got my hands on the Joni Mitchell version of the song. Tres different! And I figured out where all the confusion came from earlier.

Lemme guess, Joni's version lacked the added line, right? I think I've heard her version several years ago, but for some reason it didn't stick with me.

BTW, Sparrow, I didn't think you were seriously hacked off. Just thought I'd point out that I've screwed up a number of times, too.

np - Living In Oblivion The 80s Greatest Hits Volume 4 - various artists

Do instrumentals count? If so,

"East St. Louis Toodle-oo" -- Steely Dan

On another note, the original title of "Rock the Casbah" was "Mustapha Dance".

ScottN: Do instrumentals count?

They would... but as I said in my first post above, that would be cheating.

This is one of my personal favorites, as far as titles go: "The Great Banana Hoax" by the Electric Prunes.

"A Lover's Concerto" by The Toys

Todd Pence: This is one of my personal favorites, as far as titles go: "The Great Banana Hoax" by the Electric Prunes.

That being said ... I have another song that fits this category ... the song is "Banana Boat" sung by Harry Belafonte.

"That being said ... I have another song that fits this category ... the song is 'Banana Boat' sung by Harry Belafonte." - Derf

Not according to your rule it doesn't:

"Artist : Harry Belafonte
Song : Banana Boat Song (Day-O)


"Day-o, Day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
Me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home

"Work all night on a drink a' rum
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Stack banana till the mornin' come
Daylight come and me wan' go home

"Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home

"It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot BUNCH!
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot BUNCH!
Daylight come and me wan' go home

"Day, me say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day...
Daylight come and me wan' go home

"A beautiful bunch a' ripe banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Hide the deadly black tarantula
Daylight come and me wan' go home

"It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot BUNCH!
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot BUNCH!
Daylight come and me wan' go home

"Day, me say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day...
Daylight come and me wan' go home

"Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home

"Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
Me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home"

Does that fact that the word "teen" appear in the lyrics disqualify Alice Cooper's "Teenage Lament '74"?

Here's one I'm surprised no one mentioned: "Hair of the Dog" - Nazareth. It's the song with the chorus, "Now you're messing with a son-of-a-b1tch." Which is probably what most people think is the title of the song.

np - Fire of Unknown Origin - Blue Oyster Cult

"It's all one song" - Neil Young

And, of course:

"The Elements" - Tom Lehrer

Not to mention more by Tom Lehrer:

"Werner Von Braun",
"The Wild West is Where I Want to Be",
"Pollution",
"New Math"

And probably a bunch more that I can't remember off the top of my head.

ScottN ...
Werner Von Braun
(Call him a Nazi, he won't even frown
"Ah, Nazi, Smatzi" says Werner Von Braun)
Pollution
(Pollution, pollution, you can use the latest toothpaste
Then rinse your mouth with industrial waste)
AND New Math
(Hoorah for New Math, New-hoo-hoo math
It won't do you a bit of good to read New Math
It's so simple, so very simple
That only a child can do it)
ALL contain those phrases in each respective song. (I'm not familiar with "The Wild West" song) ...

Unless, you were just mentioning the songs as an homage to Tom Lehrer, in that case, here are some you may remember ...
Poisioning Pidgeons In The Park
Clementine
The Vatican Rag
The Masochism Tango

Whoops! Wrong board! I thought I was on the "Science Fiction Songs" board...

Just ignore me...

Goes and hides in a corner, cringing

However, ScottN, The Elements IS a valid entry to this board ... so don't feel too bad.

Yeah, but I didn't suggest "The Elements", I was responding to it!

No, but *I* suggested The Elements!

You are ScottN's evil twin! I am ScottN's evil twin!

Darn! That should be "You are not ScottN's Evil Twin!"

Then I am *you're* evil twin too!

"Chop Suey" - System of a Down

np - Drivin' to Mexico - Cold Blue Steel

"It's all one song" - Neil Young

Interesting thing about "Song 2" by Blur:

It's the 2nd track on their self-titled album ("Blur")
It's 2 minutes long.
It was the 2nd single to be released from that album.
It reached #2 in the UK charts!

'Family Affair' - Mary J. Blige

"Baba O'Riley" The Who
"Immigrant Song" Zep
"Nebel" Rammstein
"Adios" Rammstein
"High Hopes" Pink Floyd
"Meddle" Pink Floyd
"Astronomy Domine," Pink Floyd

Does "The Great Gig in the Sky" count?

(gee, guess what my two favorite bands are?)

Hey, Hannah, both "The Immigrant Song" and "Baba O'Riley" have already been listed. And to the best of my knowledge, the Floyd does not have a song called "Meddle". They do have an album by that title. It's probably my favorite Pink Floyd album.

np - Sticky Fingers - the Rolling Stones

"It's all one song." - Neil Young

Speaking of Floyd:

"Let There Be More Light"
"Paintbox" (I Think)
"Jugband Blues"

and on the Syd Barrett side of things:

"Opel"
"Terrapin"

np - Figure 8 - Elliott Smith

And yet much, much more Pink Floyd!

"Flaming"
"Take Up Thy Stethescope and Walk"
"Chapter 24"
"See Saw"
"Ibiza Bar"
"Grantchester Meadows"
"A Pillow of Winds"
"Summer of '68"
"Dogs"
"Sheep"
"The Hero's Return"
"Yet Another Movie"
"A New Machine"
"Poles Apart"
"Lost For Words"

Dylan:
Subterranean Homesi . . . TAKEN.
Rainy Day Wom . . . TAKEN
Positively 4th Street? MINE!

So what IS the rule for subtitles? ("Feelin' Groovy" is just a subtitle for "59th Street Bridge Song.")

"Synchronicity II" by the Police

Sven wrote:

>> Interesting thing about "Song 2" by Blur:

It's the 2nd track on their self-titled album ("Blur")
It's 2 minutes long.
It was the 2nd single to be released from that album.
It reached #2 in the UK charts! <<

As regards to the first three, maybe it was intentional. Can't account for the fourth one though.

Or was that what you were trying to say?

"Does this Bus Stop at 82nd Street?" -- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

Someone said Goldfinger. Goldfinger is NOT one. They say 'Goldfinger' in it.
Here are some Beatles' songs where the title is not in the song:
Revolution 9
The Ballad Of John And Yoko
The Inner Light
Love You To
Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove

And the best song by Black Sabbath:
Paranoid

"Revolution #9" does have the refrain of "Number nine. Number nine." in it, though. Whether that counts or not...

np - "Sweet Salvation" - the Cult

Grand Funk's "Paranoid", like Sabbath's, also does not have the title in the lyrics.