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Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name	Song & Band Name
"Memorize Your Number," Leif Garrett	"19," Paul Hardcastle
"How Old Are You?," Miko Mission	"Nineteen," Paul Hardcastle
"Where Are You Tonight?," Tom Johnston	"Rainforest," Paul Hardcastle
"Where Did You Sleep Last Night?," Nirvana	"Rainforest," Paul Hardcastle
There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available.

Song Parody Lyrics:

Original Song Name	Parody Song Name	Parody Author
"19"	"Covid 19"	Joseph Little
"19"	"Amphetamines"	Robert D. Arndt Jr.

Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:

First Band/Song Name	Second Band/Song Name	New Song Name	Submittor
99 Toto	19 Paul Hardcastle	118 Another pair of numeric song titles added up!	Isac
Have You Ever Seen The Rain? Creedence Clearwater Revival	Rainforest Paul Hardcastle	Have You Ever Seen The Rainforest?	Serafina
Something In The Rain Tish Hinojosa	Rainforest Paul Hardcastle	Something In The Rainforest	Raphael
Watercolours In The Rain Roxette	Rainforest Paul Hardcastle	Watercolours In The Rainforest	Liza Lott
There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available.

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:

Sean Paul Hardcastle

Sean Paul combined with Paul Hardcastle

Submitted By: Gigi

Billy Paul Hardcastle

Billy Paul combined with Paul Hardcastle

Submitted By: Candy Welty

Ellis Paul Hardcastle

Ellis Paul combined with Paul Hardcastle

Submitted By: Candy Welty

Misheard Lyrics:

"19" Misheard Lyrics: Mikey Original Lyrics: 19	"19" Misheard Lyrics: N-n-n-n-n-eighteen Original Lyrics: N-n-n-n-n-nineteen
"The Wizard" Misheard Lyrics: Where florists have tried Original Lyrics: Where forests have died	"Just for Money" Misheard Lyrics: It's a life of mug shots Original Lyrics: It's a life of luxury
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Stories:

"19"

Misheard Lyrics:

More than 700 enemy troops were killed last week
In access to the portive area

Original Lyrics:

More than 700 enemy troops were killed last week
In that sensitive border area

Story about this misheard lyric by: Mike Mounier

At the computer store I worked at in 1985 the radio was always on in the background, and this song would play all the time ( ≈ twice a day, every day) in the summer of 1985.

Part of the song's lyrics are spoken rather than sung, including the part above, and I could never tell for sure what was being said in the 2nd line above, only that it sounded like what I wrote . . . I surmised that a "portive area" might be a designated area where helicopters picked up injured soldiers and airlifted them to a medical treatment facility, or something. Turns out that while the word "portive" does exist, it doesn't appear in the song.

Song Title Space Change:

"Rain Forest" originally "Rainforest"

Submitted by: Marlene L. Ram

Band Name Anagrams:

Herald Cast Paul Submitted by: Cassandra Lund

Plus A Cathedral Submitted by: Alexis

Alpacas Hurtled Submitted by: Alexis

They quickly moved in an uncontrolled manner.

Song Title Anagrams:

"Insert A 'For'" originally "Rainforest"

Was the word 'for' omitted from some sentence?

Submitted by: Heather Brockwell

"Frost An Ire" originally "Rainforest"

Submitted by: Natalie Lundgren

"Frost a Rein" originally "Rainforest"

Submitted by: Natalie Lundgren

"As Frontier" originally "Rainforest"

Submitted by: Joe

Real Places Mentioned in Songs:

"19"

The Lyrics:

In Vietnam the combat soldier typically served a twelve month tour of duty But was exposed to hostile fire almost everyday Ninininininininininin 19, ninininininininininin 19 Ninininininininininin 19, ninininininininininin 19
In Saigon a U.S. military spokesman said today more than 700 enemy troops Were killed last week in that sensitive border area
Throughout all of South Vietnam the enemy lost a total of 2689 soldiers

Why:

In 1985, "19" was a surprise top ten hit, and dance hit at that for artist Paul Hardcastle. A stinging post indictment on the Vietnam War and the fact that the average age of the soldiers/men who were killed were only 19 years old (at the time of that War not old enough to vote, at least not until 1971 when the voting age was lowered to 18 years old). Most of the record is Paul Hardcastle doing a voice over as a TV or radio announcer announcing the "news" about Vietnam with some ladies singing the extended "19" line. Besides the shoutout to the country of Vietnam is a rare shoutout to two places that would have been identified on a map of the 1960's and early 1970's, but don't exist (or with the one not with the name it had at that time). One of the places is the country of South Vietnam and the other is the city of Saigon which is now named, Ho Chi Minh City.

Submitted by: Peter