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Song Names -> Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics -> Latest Entries
Some songs have titles that aren't used in the lyrics, and end up becoming better known for their lyrics than their title. Bob Dylan's "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" is better known for the refrain "Everybody must get stoned" than it is for the title.
Latest Entries
The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 1153 Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics entries on the site.
Band | Song Title | Comments & Submittor Name | ||
| Pam Tillis | When You Walk in the Room | "Every time that you walk in the room" - William Ransom | ||
| Lari White | Soul Searchin' Blues | "I got one foot on the highway, one foot on that old dirt road back home" - William Ransom | ||
| Janie Fricke | The Followers | And did they know He was born in a manger plain and lowly Under the guiding star of David above And did they know He was born to be the King of Kings The greatest gift we've ever known is gift of love - William Ransom | ||
| Kathy Mattea | Love at the Five and Dime | The closest the lyrics come to the title is "love's on sale tonight at this five and dime." - William Ransom | ||
| SZA | BMF | Named after the Black Mafia Family, and previously known as "Boy from South Detroit". - JohnHowarth | ||
| Doechii | Denial is a River | No mention of a river in the song. - JohnHowarth | ||
| GoldLink | Crew | No mention of a crew anywhere in the song. - JohnHowarth | ||
| Fall Out Boy | The Kintsugi Kid (Ten Years) | Okay, the Ten Years part gets used, but there is no mention of Kintsugi in the song - Insertnamehere | ||
| Kylie Minogue | Enjoy Yourself | i didn't even realize it until some mentioned it on youtube - mad | ||
| The Script | Love Not Lovers | "But you will never find love, you will only find lovers" is as close as it gets - Insertnamehere | ||
| The Cure | A Letter to Elise | Elise is named several times in the song, but the words "A Letter To" are never used. - Nat | ||
| Simply Red | For Your Babies | Only one "baby" in the lyrics - Joey F. | ||
| Weird Al Yankovic | Trapped in the Drive Thru | The song is a parody of R Kelly's Trapped in the Closet hence the title. - JohnHowarth | ||
| Susie Stevens Logan & LeapFrog Enterprises | The Days of the Week | Close. The plural form of "days of the week" isn't said in the lyrics. Just the singular. - JohnHowarth | ||
| Coldplay | Charlie Brown | Despite the name, the lyrics have no relation to the Peanuts franchise, Charlie Brown's Steakhouse or anybody named Charlie Brown. - JohnHowarth | ||
| Green Day | Restless Heart Syndrome | No mention of the word "syndrome". - JohnHowarth | ||
| Altégo, Britney Spears and Ginuwine | Toxic Pony | The song is a mashup of Britney's Toxic and Ginuwine's Pony hence the name. - JohnHowarth | ||
| The Incredible Machine | Mad Scientist | The lyrics are mostly laughing - JohnHowarth | ||
| Paramore | Misery Business | The only time in the song the words "misery" and "business" are said are in "I'm in the business of misery". "Just feels so" is said more frequently. - JohnHowarth | ||
| Gym Class Heroes | Stereo Hearts | Travie McCoy and Adam Levine don't say the words "stereo" and "heart" together in the song. Also, they don't mention the plural "hearts". - JohnHowarth |
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