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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.
Entries Beginning with G, Page PAGENUM
Band | Song | Comments & Submittor Name | ||
| The Galileo Affair | Hiy | Hiy stands for "He is Yahweh" - JohnHowarth | ||
| Game Themes | Mario Drawing Song | The song is about how to draw Mario. - JohnHowarth | ||
| Garbage | #1 Crush | "I would die for you....I would cry for you....I would pray for you...." Half the song is made up of "I would [such-and-such] for you" lines. - Jonathan S. | ||
| Garbage | My Lover's Box | They say "My lover's charms are in a box," but that doesn't match the title exactly. The song should be entitled "Send Me An Angel To Love," because those lyrics are heard twice during each chorus. At the end of the song, immediately after the third and final verse, the chorus is sung twice. - Isac | ||
| Garbage | Vow | I came to cut you up./I came to knock you down./I came around to tear your little world apart. (Note: "cut" and "knock" are changed out every verse.) - Brian Kelly | ||
| Gary Glitter | Rock and Roll #2 | Played at many sporting events; May be considered by many to be an instrumental with only word(s) spoken is "Hey" many times - Joe H | ||
| Gaslight Anthem | 45 | Nowhere in the chorus, does the singer state "45" I even checked the official lyrics - Jack | ||
| Genesis | Squonk | "At least the word is defined on the album lyric's sheet, but it still sounds like a working title that the band just could not be bothered to ramp-up." - princejellyfish | ||
| Genesis | It's A Shame | In the lyrics, Phil Collins always inserts the word "just" into the title. In other words, you hear "It's JUST a shame," not "It's a shame." - Jonathan S. | ||
| Genesis | Firth of Fifth | I would still like to know whet that means, because they don't even mention it on this song. - Paul Warren | ||
| Genesis | Man On The Corner | Phil Collins inserts the word "there" into the title. Instead of "Man ON the corner" he says "Man THERE on the corner." - Isac | ||
| George Frederic Handel | Messiah | Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! - Paul Warren | ||
| George Harrison | What Is Life? | He sings "What is MY life" instead. - Beegles | ||
| Godley & Creme | An Englishman In New York | Not to be confused with Sting's latter song of the same name, this 70's release was a none-too-subtle (yet friendly) dig at the American way of life. "Dismembered hopeful My-Lai veterans queuing for sleaze, 'Sorry no dogs, no fags, no shriners, and no amputees', Sexual athlete applies for audition, Willing to make it in any position, Just one of the extras with blood on their faces, In snow-white and the seven basket cases, I'm happy and dopey and dirty in places..." - FussBudget | ||
| Godsmack | Whatever | I'm doin' the best I ever did/I'm doin' the best that I can/I'm doin' the best I ever did/Now, go away - Jonathan S. | ||
| Goldfinger | Anxiety | It's not your time, yeah. - RevengeFromMars YouTube | ||
| Goldfinger | The City With Two Faces | F*** L.A. - RevengeFromMars YouTube | ||
| Goldfinger | King for a Day | Makin' plans to rule the world - RevengeFromMars YouTube | ||
| GoldLink | Crew | No mention of a crew anywhere in the song. - JohnHowarth | ||
| Goo Goo Dolls | Iris | And I don't want the world to see me 'cause I don't think that they'd understand W hen every thing's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am - Bob Borst | ||
| Gorillaz | Left Hand Suzuki Method | In the song, Noodle/Miho talks about the philosophy of the Suzuki Method in Japanese, then tries to translate it to English. Also, the only other lyrics are "Feel the impact" at the beginning. - JohnHowarth | ||
| Gorillaz | Clint Eastwood | Im happy - got sunshine in a bag - Maya | ||
| Gorillaz | Punk | 2D/Damon doesn't say "Punk" in any of the lyrics, but he says "Shut up". - JohnHowarth | ||
| Gorillaz | 19-2000 | Got the cool shoeshine - Leo X Daniels | ||
| Gorillaz | Feel Good, Inc. | The Gorillaz sing "Sha-sha ba da, sha va da, Feel Good while DeLaSoul later says "With yo' sound, you kill the Incorporated." They are never sung together. - Opie M. | ||
| Gorillaz | Re-Hash | It's the money to stop - John Howarth | ||
| Gorillaz | New Genius (Brother) | 2D/Damon doesn't say "New Genius" in any of the lyrics, but he says the word "brother" in the chorus: Brother, sister too, do what you must do. - JohnHowarth | ||
| Gorillaz | 5/4 | "5/4" is the time signature used in the song, and not used in the lyrics. - Evan | ||
| Gorillaz | Double Bass | The song is mostly instrumental and the only lyrics are "All of which makes me anxious, at times unbearably so" - JohnHowarth | ||
| Gorillaz | Slow Country | Can't stand your loneliness - JohnHowarth | ||
| Gorillaz | Man Research (Clapper) | Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah - JohnHowarth | ||
| Gorillaz | Sound Check (Gravity) | 2D/Damon doesn't say the word "Sound Check" in any of the lyrics, but he says "Gravity-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay on me" and "I don't pull me down" - JohnHowarth | ||
| Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 | The Message | Its like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder How I keep from goin under - Joe H | ||
| Grass Roots | Let's Live For Today | The band members omit the word "let's" from the lyrics. During the choruses, they say "Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today." - Isac | ||
| The Grateful Dead | New Potato Caboose | I think The Grateful Dead may fall short of thier goal of writing a song for every single person on the planet, but at least three billion of their numbers may fall into this catagory. - princejellyfish | ||
| Green Day | One Eyed Bastard | No mention of a one eyed bastard in the song - JohnHowarth | ||
| Green Day | East Jesus Nowhere | "A fire burns today/Of blasphemy and genocide/The sirens of decay/Will infiltrate the faith fanatics..." Wow, these guys've really got it in for religion, eh? - Jonathan S. | ||
| Green Day | Restless Heart Syndrome | No mention of the word "syndrome". - JohnHowarth | ||
| Green Day | Longview | Bite my lip and close my eyes. Take me away to paradise. I'm so damn bored I'm going blind. And I smell like... - Brian Kelly | ||
| Green Day | Last Night On Earth | My beating heart belongs to you - Joey F. | ||
| Green Day | 409 In Your Coffeemaker | "In A Daze" or "In My Daze" might be thought to be the title, as one of those phrases ends several verses. The actual title is nowhere in the lyrics. - Alan Toyce | ||
| Green Day | Prosthetic Head | You have a growth that must be treated Like a severed severe pain in the neck - RevengeFromMars YouTube | ||
| Green Day | Basketcase | Sometimes, I give myself the creeps. Sometimes, my mind plays tricks on me. It all keeps adding up. I think I'm cracking up. Am I just paranoid, or am I just stoned? - Brian Kelly | ||
| Green Day | Panic Song | The world is a sick machine Breeding a mass of s**t - RevengeFromMars YouTube | ||
| Green Day | Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) | Just the parenthetical title is mentioned. Surprised no one else has submitted this one yet. - Jonathan S. | ||
| Green Day | Bab's Uvula Who? | [The uvula is what hangs down from the roof of your throat] I lose myself and I'm all wound up - RevengeFromMars YouTube | ||
| Green Day | Brain Stew | "My eyes feel like they're going to bleed/Dried up and bulging out my skull" is probably the closest Billie Joe Armstrong comes to mentioning a "brain stew". - newrock | ||
| Green Day | Armatage Shanks | [Armitage Shanks is the UK version of American Standard, maker of bathroom fixtures] I'm a loner in a catastrophic mind - RevengeFromMars YouTube | ||
| Green Day | Who Wrote Holden Caulfield? | [Holden Caulfield was a character in The Catcher in the Rye] There's a boy who fogs his world and now he's getting lazy There's no motivation and frustration makes him crazy He makes a plan to take a stand but always ends up sitting. Someone help him up or he's gonna end up quitting - RevengeFromMars YouTube | ||
| Green Day | Android | It makes me wonder when I grow to be that age Will I be walking down the street begging for your spare change - RevengeFromMars YouTube | ||
| Green Day | Private Ale | Because I feel so right Let my imagination go Until you're in my sight And through my veins temptation flows - RevengeFromMars YouTube | ||
| Green Day | One for the Razorbacks | [Razorbacks is the team name for the University of Arkansas.] Juliet's crying cause now she's realizing love can be filled with pain and distrust - RevengeFromMars YouTube | ||
| Green Day | Dry Ice | Oh I love her / Keep dreaming of her / Will I understand if she wants to be my friend? - RevengeFromMars YouTube | ||
| Green Day | Paper Lanterns | So when are all my troubles going to end? I'm understanding now that we are only friends - RevengeFromMars YouTube | ||
| Green Day | The Judge's Daughter | Princess in a school girl's dream, may I please speak with you? - RevengeFromMars YouTube | ||
| Green Day | Going to Pasalacqua | That's when I say... What the hey! - RevengeFromMars YouTube | ||
| Greg Kihn Band | The Breakup Song | "They don't write 'em like that any more" - Joe H | ||
| Grinspoon | Just Ace | I don't really know anyone who knows the song, but I think some people would refer it as "Living in Another Space". In fact, I think I heard "Mistake" as "Just Ace". - Ned | ||
| Grits | Return Of the Antagonist | Interestingly, while they never say, "Return of," the OTHER half of the title is mentioned in the song's chorus: "The antagonist has got me locked in a room The doors shut behind me It'll be mornin' before they find me I hear a fiendish laugh! (Ha ha ha) But I'm still gettin' half" - Jonathan S. | ||
| Grits | I Still Know What You Bit Last Summer | A short remix (of sorts) of their song "Stop Bitin'," which appears on the same album as this one (Grammatical Revolution). - Jonathan S. | ||
| Gucci Mane | Letter to Takeoff | Close, but the rapper mentions "Letter to Take", which is never sung as part of the whole title in the song. However, he mentions Takeoff multiple times. - JohnHowarth | ||
| Guns 'N' Roses | Estranged | So nobody ever told you baby How it was gonna be So what'll happen to you baby Guess we'll have to wait and see - RevengeFromMars YouTube | ||
| 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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