Songs that don’t have the title in the lyrics

X Factor - Lauryn Hill

Subterranean Homesick Blues

The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars

"In Other Words" usually called incorrectly "Fly Me to the Moon."

^ Sorry, I think my example above doesn't actually fit the thread title.

“Plush”, “Interstate Love Song”, and “Big Empty” by Stone Temple Pilots.

Smells like teen spirit

Tom's Diner.

Bad by U2

For What It’s Worth: Buffalo Springfield

Most Radiohead songs

Ten Years Gone

The Rain Song

Brain Damage

"New York Mining Disaster 1941" by the Bee Gees.

Clothes Line Saga - Bob Dylan

Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers

The Saga of Jenny

Big Yellow Taxi-Joni Mitchell

Um, r18:

Late last night

I heard the screen door slam

And a big yellow taxi

Took away my old man

Wrong, R18.

Late last night

I heard the screen door slam

And a BIG YELLOW TAXI

Took away my old man...

The Beatles - A Day in the Life

David Bowie - Space Oddity

Baba O'Riley - The Who

(Why is this not called Teenage Wasteland?)

Lovely Day by Bill Withers

"Soliloquy," Billy's big number in Carousel.

"Good Riddance"

"The Ballad of John and Yoko"

"The Wedding Song"

The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows

Joe Simon - Theme From Cleopatra Jones

D'yer Mak'er

Bullet with Butterfly Wings

Bohemian Rhapsody

Empire State of Mind - Jay Z feat. Alicia Keys

Lithium by Nirvana

Endless, Nameless by Nirvana

Scentless Apprentice by Nirvana

Aneurysm by Nirvana

Things that are green.

Superstar- Carpenters

THEME FROM VALLEY OF THE DOOLS

Misty Mountain Hop (almost anything Led Zeppelin, actually)

Too many R.E.M. songs to list

I think the Goo Goo Dolls “Iris” owns this thread, I’ve been searching those lyrics for that word forever.

Song 2

"Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"

Weekend in New England - Barry Manilow

"Superstar" (Carpenters, Bette Midler, etc)

I can think of a few songs where the title is not in the chorus but in a verse -- "Big Yellow Taxi," "Careless Whisper," "Foolish Beat."

Bob Dylan's "Ballad of a Thin Man"

The ballad of Lucy Jordan

Bedtime Story - Madonna

Any more ?

"How Soon Is Now?" - The Smiths

Minnie's Lament

[quote]BoRhap

God you're a moron.

I Hear You (Prelude) by Wilson Phillips

[quote]"The Ballad of John and Yoko"

Any of Yoko Ono's songs

These Beatles songs:

Bad Boy

Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite

Flying

For You Blue

Love You To

Revolution #1

Revolution #9

The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill

Song for the Dumped

Ben Folds Five

Ode to Billy Joe

By Bobbie Gentry

Cat Stevens - Father and Son

Chad & Jeremy - A Summer Song

Gabriel's Message - Charlotte Church

Fortunate Son

Valley of the Dolls

as sung by that Hussy Dionne Warwick

You fill up my senses like a night in a forest...

Danny's Song

Good Riddance by Green Day

a/k/a Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)

After the Gold Rush

by Neil Young

also recorded by The Trio - Dolly, Linda, and EmmyLou

Wake up Maggie, I think I've got something to say to you...

"Maggie Mae" by Rod Stewart

The Simon and Garfunkel underappreciated classic - did the song title confusion hurt this song's popularity?

"El Condor Pasa"

featured prominently in the Desi Arnaz Jr & Mike Evans TV movie "Voyage of the Yes"

(on the set of which Lucy acted like a real Cunt)

I can't believe no one has posted this one yet:

Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine by Tom T. Hall

Every time the three title subjects are enumerated together in the lyrics, there is an additional "and" between "old dogs" and "children"

Of the songs that have "Superman" in the title, this song that doesn't contain that word anywhere in the lyrics

Superman by Five for Fighting

of course by the time this one was release the record companies had developed this format to help buyers locate the song - Superman (It's Not Easy)

Elton John - The Last Song

Was it for Ryan White, for Elton's father?

Will we ever know?

From "The Hotel California" album

"The Last Resort"

Everything But the Girl - "Missing"

A word "missing" from the song lyrics

Almost every New Order song. "1963" is the only one that is in the song that I can think of.

It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry - Bob Dylan

I would've bet "Weekend in New England" included that phrase

"Time in New England" is about as close as it comes

Goo Goo Dolls, "Iris"

Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones

Why Can't We Be Friends - War

Close but the title never is actually in the lyrics.

The first line is 'Well an old man said to me'.

Hootie & the Blowfish, "Old Man and Me"

Speaking of Hootie and the Blowfish, where is Hannah Jane in the lyrics of that song?

"One pill makes you larger; one pill makes you small..."

I suppose Jefferson Airplane forgot the pill that would cause them to actually sing the phrase "white rabbit" in their song of that name.

A fair number of Led Zeppelin songs.

The Monkees "For Pete's Sake"

It sounded as if it should've been called "This Generation", "Love is Understandin'" or even "We Gotta Be Free"

but I suppose the title was some kind of tribute to band member Peter Tork

^BTW, fuck you, Marcia Brady with your Davy Jones crush!

Peter had a huge dick!

Good one, R80

You remind me of this Cheech and Chong classic

Prelude's version was the best one, R67.

Layla…Let me reread the question.

Long Train Runnin' ....the Doobie Brothers

Funeral for a Friend, Elton John.