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Fun Music Information -> Edwyn Collins
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Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name |
| "Boy Like Me," Jessica Harp | "A Girl Like You," Edwyn Collins |
Add a Letter to a Song Title:
"Ax Girl Like You" originally "A Girl Like You"
Doug Wells
"Ad Girl Like You" originally "A Girl Like You"
Doug Wells
"A Girl Liked You" originally "A Girl Like You"
Changes "like" from a preposition to verb.
Samantha Wayland
"A Girl Likes You" originally "A Girl Like You"
Changes "like" from a preposition to a verb
Natalie Stonecipher
Change a Letter:
"A Girl Like Lou" originally "A Girl Like You"
Lou could be either a boy or a girl name.
Ashley Michelle McGowan
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "A Girl Like You" | "I Never Met a Gerl Who Was Such a Bore" | Tony Wiseguy |
| "A Girl Like You" | "The Salomon Kalou Song" | Jakko Wakko |
Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Image Of A Girl The Safaris | A Girl Like You Edwyn Collins | Image Of A Girl Like You | Ralph |
| About A Girl Nirvana | A Girl Like You Edwyn Collins | About A Girl Like You | Frank |
| Another Girl The Beatles | A Girl Like You Edwyn Collins | Another Girl Like You | Serafina |
| With You Jessica Simpson | A Girl Like You Edwyn Collins | With A Girl Like You | Joe Siebert |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
Misheard Lyrics:
"A Girl Like You"
Misheard Lyrics: Noggin on my door
Original Lyrics: Knocking on my door
| "A Girl Like You"
Misheard Lyrics: I hear you come knocking, knocking on my door
Original Lyrics: Here you come knocking, knocking on my door
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"A Girl Like You"
Misheard Lyrics: Please be at college with the devil and me
I hope to God I'm talking metaphorically Hope that I'm talking medical category No doubt I'm talking about the way I feel Original Lyrics: You made me acknowledge the devil in me
I hope to God I'm talking metaphorically Hope that I'm talking allegorically Know that I'm talking about the way I feel | "A Girl Like You"
Misheard Lyrics: And I never met a gay like you before
Original Lyrics: And I never met a girl like you before
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"A Girl Like You"
Misheard Lyrics: Too many potty singers,
Not enough potty songs Original Lyrics: Too many protest singers
Not enough protest songs. |
Story about this misheard lyric by: Aditya Was listening to this when I was almost asleep. Woke me right up!!! |
Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"A Girl Like You"
Opening Lines: Never knew a girl like you before.
Comments: This is a correction. Last time I submitted this song, I mistakenly attributed it to Edwin McCain.
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
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Band Name Anagrams:
No Windy Cells Submitted by: Alexis
Wendy Collins Submitted by: Alexis
A possible female relative of his?
Cons Will Deny Submitted by: American Idle
Song Title Anagrams:
"Your Agile Ilk" originally "A Girl Like You"
Submitted by: Andy Gibb's Free Energy
"Uglier Yak Oil" originally "A Girl Like You"
Submitted by: Andy Gibb's Free Energy
Lyrics Pronunciation:
"A Girl Like You"
The Lyrics: Too many protest singers
Not enough protest songs. Why: In both instances, "protest" is pronounced as "bro-dus". (Forgot the last word on the previous entry.)
Submitted by: Jim Rummy
| "A Girl Like You"
The Lyrics: Too many protest singers
Not enough protest. Why: In both lines, Collins pronounces "protest" as "bro-dus".
Submitted by: Jim Rummy
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Song Title Spoonerisms:
"Yay, Earl Like Goo" originally "A Girl Like You"
Submitted by: Hilary Duffelbag
"Gay Earl Like You" originally "A Girl Like You"
Submitted by: Hilary Duffelbag
Band Name Spoonerisms:
Wed N. Collins originally "Edwyn Collins"
Submitted by: Dawn Anwad
Performers with Handicaps:
"Cerebral Hemmorhage"
Submitted to hospital on 20th September 2005 after apparently suffering a major cerebral hemorrhage. After suffering a second hemorrhage he had an operation on 25th February 2005, which was followed by a lengthy programme of neurological rehabilitation owing to right-sided weakness and difficulty with speech.The aphasia he suffered allowed him to repeat only four phrases, over and over again: "yes", "no", "Grace Maxwell" and "the possibilities are endless A BBC Scotland documentary, Edwyn Collins:Home Again, was broadcast on 19 May 2008 and narrated by Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos. Filmed during 2007, it followed Collins's progress in recovering from his illness, and his first return to live performance at the BBC Electric Proms. He also performed at the Glastonbury Festival, broadcast on 28 June 2008 on BBC Two and at T in the Park on 10 July 2009. On 20 February 2010 he joined The Maccabees onstage at Brixton Academy for their encore, performing vocals on a storming rendition of "Rip It Up."
Submitted by: Kenny McDonald
