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Fun Music Information -> Dionne Warwick
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Possible Misspelled Names:
These are the alternate spellings of the performer's name we've had to correct in submissions to amIright.
Dionne W, Elton J, Gladys K, & Stevie W, Dionne Warwick/Jeffrey Osborne, Dionne Warwick & Friends, Dionne Warwicke, Dionne Warwick and FriendsMusic Performer Pseudonyms:
Also known as: Marie Dionne Warwick. Submitted by: blaque
Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Valley Of The Dolls" | Despite the song being the theme to the movie of the same name, the title isn't included within the lyrics (which were written by Dory and Andre Previn, not Burt Bacharach). - MOR |
New Song Names:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Paper Machine" | "Paper Mache" | Bruce Curb |
| "Paper Machete" | "Paper Mache" | Bruce Curb |
| "Paper March" | "Paper Mache" | Bruce Curb |
| "Do You Know The Way To Santa Fe" | "Do You Know The Way To San Jose" | Isac |
| "Do You Know the Way Out of San Jose?" | "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" | Raphael |
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Windows Of The World," | No windows belong to or pertain to the whole world | Karen Smith |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
| "How Do You Talk To An Angel?," The Heights | "I Say A Little Prayer," Dionne Warwick | |
| "Take The Long Way Home," Supertramp | "Take The Short Way Home," Dionne Warwick | |
| "Advice," Christina Grimmie | "Walk On By," Dionne Warwick | |
| "When You Say Love," Sonny And Cher | "I Say A Little Prayer," Dionne Warwick | |
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Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Widows Of The World" originally "Windows Of The World"
Edward
"His Girl's In Love With You" originally "This Girl's In Love With You"
Bob
"Whisper In The Ark" originally "Whisper In The Dark"
Candy Welty
"Take The Shot Way Home" originally "Take The Short Way Home"
Candy Welty
"Trains And Boats And Plans" originally "Trains And Boats And Planes"
Hayley Spalding
There are additional song titles with a letter removed available.
Add a Letter to a Song Title:
"This Empty Placer" originally "This Empty Place"
Placer = a type of mineral deposit
Wendy Torrance
"This Empty Palace" originally "This Empty Place"
Wendy Torrance
"Anyone Who Had A Hearth" originally "Anyone Who Had A Heart"
Peter
"Glove Power" originally "Love Power"
Warwick sings to Michael Jackson?
Peter
"Love Powder" originally "Love Power"
didn't know they had a powder for that!
Serafina
There are additional song titles with a letter added available.
Change a Letter:
"Make The Music Plan" originally "Make The Music Play"
Yvette Bristle
"Whisper In The Park" originally "Whisper In The Dark"
Candy Welty
"Do You Know The Way To Say Jose?" originally "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?"
As a matter of fact I do; it's Ho-ZAY. ;)
Nancy
"Don't Take Me Over" originally "Don't Make Me Over"
Serafina
"Lose Power" originally "Love Power"
Serafina
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" | "Don't Make A Felon President" | eeL deaL |
| "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" | "Do You Know How To Keep Sam Away" | card |
| "I Say A Little Prayer for You" | "I Want To Look Good Bare For You" | Forteen and Baeutifuller |
| "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" | "Do You Know How To Keep Sam Away?" | annimal |
| "Deja Vu" | "Dragon Tales" | Z-Police Productions, Inc. |
| "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" | "Do You Know the Way of Vertebrae?" | Jonathan Spurlock |
| "Alfie" | "Trumpie" | Bob Gomez |
| "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" | "I'm Never Doing Drugs Again" | The Offenders |
| "Walk on By" | "Scroll on By" | Jim Reingruber |
| "The Look of Love" | "You Hook Your Glove" | John A. Barry |
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Songs for Commercials, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Do You Know the Way to San Jose? | Travel companies | Brionna Secret |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Do You Know the Way to San Jose? | Mapquest | Raphael |
| You'll Never Get To Heaven If You Break My Heart | Atheists' Association | MOR |
| Anyone Who Had A Heart | Cardiac Unit | FussBudgetVanPelt |
| Do You Know The Way To San Jose? | Gas station | oldtimer |
Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| I Want You To Know The Everly Brothers | Do You Know The Way To San Jose Dionne Warwick | I Want You To Know The Way To San Jose | Peter |
| I Need To Know Marc Anthony | Do You Know The Way To San Jose? Dionne Warwick | I Need To Know The Way To San Jose | Peter |
| You Oughta Know Alanis Morissette | Do You Know The Way To San Jose? Dionne Warwick | You Oughta Know The Way To San Jose | Peter |
| I Left My Heart In San Francisco Tony Bennett | Do You Know The Way To San Jose? Dionne Warwick | I Left My Heart In San Francisco On The Way To San Jose That is if you are traveling South. | Peter |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
Celine Dionne Warwick
Celine Dion combined with Dionne Warwick
Submitted By: Donna Gelpigi
Good Old Dionne Warwick
Good Old War combined with Dionne Warwick
Submitted By: Chelsea Turtle
Dionne Warwicked
Dionne Warwick combined with Wicked
Submitted By: Billy Reuben
Misheard Lyrics:
"Heartbreaker"
Misheard Lyrics: I get to the morning and you're Nabokov
Original Lyrics: I get to the morning and you never call
| "I'll Never Fall in Love Again"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm out of those chairs
Original Lyrics: I'm out of those chains
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"I'll Never Fall in Love Again"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm out of those chairs
Original Lyrics: I'm out of those chains
| "I'll Never Love This Way Again"
Misheard Lyrics: I know I'll never love discrimination
Original Lyrics: I know I'll never love this way again
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Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"Do You Know the Way to San Jose"
Misheard Lyrics: L.A. is a great big freeway
It's a hundred thousand miles long Original Lyrics: L.A. is a great big freeway
Put a hundred down and buy a car |
Story about this misheard lyric by: Old Comedywriter I put a hundred thousand miles on my car in LA. After that, I could handle traffic anywhere! |
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Nonsensical Song Lyrics:
"Paper Mache"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: There's a sale on happiness
You buy two, and it costs less Why They're Nonsensical: Happiness can't be bought or sold, so there's never a sale on happiness.
Submitted by: Candy Welty
| "Paper Mache"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: Anything that's wrong
Can be just swept away Spray it with cologne And the whole world smells sweet Why They're Nonsensical: Most wrong things can't be swept away, and there's no way to make the entire world smell sweet.
Submitted by: Candy Welty
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Who Gets The Guy"
Opening Lines: Who gets the guy at the end of the show?
Comments: Submitted by: Candy Welty
| "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself"
Opening Lines: I just don't know what to do with myself, don't know just what to do with myself
Comments: Submitted by: Candy Welty
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| There are additional spelling lyrics available. | |
Song Title Space Change:
"Mess Age To Michael" originally "Message To Michael"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"Train, Sand Boat, Sand Planes" originally "Trains And Boats And Planes"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"Train, Sand Boats, And Planes" originally "Trains And Boats And Planes"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"The Me From "Valley Of The Dolls"" originally "Theme From "Valley Of The Dolls""
From when I was very stiff. LOL!
Submitted by: Peter
"I'll Never Fall In Love: A Gain" originally "I'll Never Fall In Love Again"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
There are additional Song Title Space Change available.
Band Name Anagrams:
Crake In Window Submitted by: Caroline Vale
Crake = any short-billed bird within rail family
Creak In Window Submitted by: Alexis
Weirdo Can Wink Submitted by: Alexis
Kiwi Dancer Now Submitted by: That No-one Candy Nye
Song Title Anagrams:
"Rainbow Hid In Thee" originally "Hide In The Rainbow"
Submitted by: Hayley Spalding
"Trains And Planes Not As Bad" originally "Trains And Boats And Planes"
Submitted by: Anna Graham
"Trains And Boats And Al's Pen" originally "Trains And Boats And Planes"
Submitted by: Calop
"Train, Sand, Boats And Planes" originally "Trains And Boats And Planes"
This would also work for a space-change.
Submitted by: Calop
"Toads Ban Trains And Planes" originally "Trains And Boats And Planes"
Remarkable toads!
Submitted by: Calop
There are additional Song Title Anagrams available.
Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"Do You Know The Way To San Jose?"
The Lyrics: L.A. is a great big freeway. Put a hundred down, and buy a car. In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star. Weeks turn into years. How quick they pass. And all the stars that never were Are parking cars and pumping gas.
Why: The main chorus of this song mentions L.A. which is short for Los Angeles in California.
Submitted by: Peter
| "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?"
The Lyrics: Do you know the way to San Jose? I've been away so long, I may go wrong and lose my way. Do you know the way to San Jose? I'm going back to find some peace of mind in San Jose.
Why: A song written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David mentions very clearly San Jose, California.
Submitted by: Peter
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Song Title Spoonerisms:
"I Spray A Little Air" originally "I Say A Little Prayer"
Submitted by: Blake DeKalb
"I Spray A Little Air" originally "I Say A Little Prayer"
Submitted by: Blake DeKalb
Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:
"I'll Never Fall In Love Again"
The Lyrics: What do you get when you kiss a guy?
You get enough germs to catch pneumonia After you do, he'll never phone ya I'll never fall in love again Dontcha know that I'll never fall in love again. Why: "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" was another hit for singer Dionne Warwick and songwriting duo, Hal David and Burt Bacharach (the song was released in December 1969 and went up to #6 in the charts in early February 1970). And now, Dionne decides to totally swear off love in this tune (that's until near the end of the song, when she decides maybe until tomorrow). It was again set to an uptempo easy listening dance beat. The lyrics upabove are the second verse of the tune. I think Dionne might have been grateful that when she kissed the guy who gave her pneumonia that it wasn't about ten years later (which is gross in and of itself), because she might have gotten AIDS or something even worse (?)!
Submitted by: Peter
| "Walk On By"
The Lyrics: Walk on by, walk on by
Foolish pride Is all that I have left So let me hide The tears and the sadness you gave me When you said goodbye Walk on by (don't stop) and walk on by (don't stop) and walk on by (don't stop) Why: Dionne Warwick probably comes very near to being the "Queen" of solo singers who had hits with songs that were uptempo beats but with depressing lyrics (although Diana Ross & the Supremes are probably the top group in that category). Take her first top ten hit from 1964, "Walk On By" for example. Written by the reknowned duo of Hal David & Burt Bacharach (who would write even more tunes and hits for Warwick, including two more hits that fit this category) and the only hit by Warwick produced by Phil Spector (long before his criminal dealings) with his "Wall of Sound", the whole song (although uptempo) is about a woman not wanting to show her former boyfriend who dumped her that she's in pain from the dump -- so, all she can say to him is, "Walk On By". Written up above by me is the third and final verse of "Walk On By" with Warwick still pleading to the former boyfriend to "Walk On By".
Submitted by: Peter
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