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Songs That Open With Their Titles, A

Performer	Song Title	Opening Lines	Comments & Submittor Name
A-Ha	Summer Moved On	Smmer moved on	- Mads
A-Ha	The Sun Always Shines On TV	Touch me How can it be Believe me The sun always shines on TV.	- MOR
Aaron Carter	Crazy Little Party Girl	Crazy little party girl	- mads.
ABBA	Waterloo	My my, at Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender	- Candy Welty
ABBA	Fernando	Can you hear the drums, Fernando? I remember long ago another starry night like this.	- Candy Welty
ABBA	Honey, Honey	Honey, honey, how you thrill me	- Candy Welty
ABBA	Summer Night City	Summer night city... Summer night city...	- Alex Bury
AC/DC	Back In Black	Back in black I hit the sack I've been too long I'm glad to be back	If you don't know by the opening lines what this song is about, then obviously the opening drumbeat will let you know. - Peter
The Academy Is...	About a Girl	One song, about a girl	- Alex
The Academy Is...	LAX to O'Hare	It was a plane ride from LAX to O'Hare.	William Beckett has the voice of a god. Thank you. - Lizzie
Accidental Superhero	Hold On	Hold on forever, or at least today	- Tommy
Ace	How Long (Has This Been Going On)	How long has this been going on?	Featuring the vocals of Paul Carrack, who found himself in other bands such as Squeeze, Mike & The Mechanics, and Roxy Music. This song would later be covered by Rod Stewart on his 1981 Tonight I'm Yours album. - Vic George
Adam Lambert	Soaked	Soaked to the bone	This song was written by Matt Bellamy from Muse - Nurul
Adam Sandler	The Lonesome Kicker	Me, I'm the lonesome kicker.	- Brian Kelly
Adele	Hello	Hello, it's me.	- Brian Kelly
Adele	Right As Rain	Who wants to be right as rain, it's better when something is wrong.	Adele's first single, at least in the U.S. - Sheila Oh
Adrian Belew	In My Backyard	Everything is pretty in my backyard	- Joe Pearson
Aerial	In The Middle Of The Night	In the middle of the night, ooh it's lonely, shadows follow me	- Candy Welty
Aerosmith	Back In The Saddle	I'm back. I'm back in the saddle again.	- Brian Kelly
Aerosmith	Janie's Got A Gun	Janie's got a gun janie's got a gun	- Wolfgang59
Aerosmith	Rag Doll	Rag doll livin' in a movie.	- Brian Kelly
Aerosmith	Dude Looks Like A Lady	Yeah, yeah. Dude looks like a lady.	- Brian Kelly
AFI	Miss Murder	Hey Miss Murder can I, Hey Miss Murder can I, Make beauty stay if I take my life?	AFI's first radio hit. - tastes_like_chicken_32
Afrika Bambaataa + The Soulsonic Force	Looking For The Perfect Beat	Universal b-boy, looking for the perfect beat.	- Brian Kelly
Against Me!	I Was A Teeenage Anarchist	I was a teenage anarchist, looking for a revolution	- Jonathan S.
Against Me!	Stop!	Stop! Take some time to think Figure out what's important to you.	- Lizzie
Agnes	Release Me	Release me, release my body.	- Dongquan
Aimee Mann	Lost in Space	Lost in space, above all drifting	- Joe Pearson
Aimee Mann	Susan	Oh, Susan, you were clued in	- Candy Welty
Air Supply	Here I Am	Here I am playing with those memories again.	- Brian Kelly
The Airborne Toxic Event	Sometime Around Midnight	And it starts sometime around midnight.	- Brian Kelly
AJR	I Won't	Put your hands up 'cause I won't.	- Brian Kelly
AJR	Bummerland	Bummerland, here I am.	- Brian Kelly
AJR	Dear Winter	Dear Winter, I hope you like your name.	- Brian Kelly
Akon	Ghetto	Ghetto Ghetto Ghetto Ghetto livin'	- Wolfgang59
Akon	Don't Matter	Nobody wanna see us together but it don't matter no cause I got you	- Wolfgang59
Al Casey	Surfin' Hootenanny	We're gonna have a surfin' hootenanny, oh, oh, come on	- Candy Welty
Al Green	Something	Something gotta hold on me.	- Brian Kelly
Al Green	Tired Of Being Alone	I'm so tired of being alone. I'm so tired of on-my-own.	- Candy Welty
Al Martino	I Can't Get You Out Of My Heart	I can't get you out of my heart. For you, love, are part of my heart.	- Candy Welty
Alabama	If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)	If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band.	- crazydon
Alan Jackson	Like Red on a Rose	Like red on a rose. Your lips first smiled at me.	- Anonymous1337
Alan Jackson	True Love Is A Golden Ring	True love is a golden ring. Like the vows we made, it's a precious thing.	- Claire Grayson
Alan Jackson	Dallas	Dallas packed her suitcase And drove off in the brand new car I bought her	- William Ransom
The Alan Parsons Project	What Goes Up	What goes up, must come down C; What must rise, must fall C; And what goes on in your life C; Is writing on the wall	- Doug N.
The Alan Parsons Project	Time	Time. Flowing like a river.	- Brian Kelly
The Alan Parsons Project	Breakdown	I breakdown in the middle and lose my thread	- Sutch
Alex Lifeson	Victor	Victor was a little baby, into this world he came	- Joe Pearson
Alfred Drake	Pore Jud Is Daid	Pore Jud is daid, pore Jud Fry is daid, All gather round his cawfin now and cry.	"Pore Jud Is Daid" is another song from Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" - Peter
Alfred Drake	The Surrey With The Fringe On Top	Chicks and geese and ducks better scurrey When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top.	"The Surrey With The Fringe On Top" is the second song from Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II's first major Broadway musical, "Oklahoma!" Coming during the middle of World War II in 1943 and lasting past the war into 1948 (the original production), "Oklahoma!'s" influence on American musical theatre and American music altogether is not to be underestimated. "Oklahoma!" was to set the stage (excuse the unintended pun) for Broadway musicals for the next two decades and finally give both voice and visual to an American way at looking at music in general and also the theatre in general. "Oklahoma!" was the first Broadway musical to show an entire story, independent of the music, but the music helped a great deal and added much. For the first time, not only did the Broadway musical audience expecting music, they also expected a story with the music. - Peter
Alfred Drake	Out Of My Dreams	Out of my dreams and into your arms I long to fly.	Another song from Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" Alfred Drake was the first thespian to play the main character of Curty and sang many of these songs, many times, in the first version (1943 - 1948) of "Oklahoma!" - Peter
Ali Thomson	Take A Little Rhythm	Take a little rhythm. Take a little of that sweet, sweet music.	- Candy Welty
Alice Cooper	Welcome to My Nightmare	Welcome to my nightmare, I think you're gonna like it	- Joe Pearson
Alice Cooper	Billion Dollar Babys	billion ....dollar babys....	- funonthrun
Alice Cooper	Long Way to Go	We still got a long way to go	- Joe Pearson
Alice Cooper	Hello Hooray	Hello, Hooray, let the show begin I've been ready.	Alice has always opened his concerts with this song which barely made the Top 40 in 1973. - Rich Braham
Alice Cooper	Mary Ann	Mary Ann, I'm really crazy about you, do what I can	- Joe Pearson
Alice Cooper	House Of Fire	House of Fire, House of Fire	Hey Alice, we got it the first time dude. - Chani
Alice Cooper	I Love the Dead	I love the dead before they're cold, the bluing flesh for me to hold	- Joe Pearson
Alice Cooper	Sick Things	Sick things in cars rotate round my stars	- Joe Pearson
Alice In Chains	Over Now	Yeah, it's over now.	- Brian Kelly
Alice In Chains	Them Bones	I believe them bones are me.	- Brian Kelly
Alice In Chains	Man In The Box	I'm the man in the box.	- Brian Kelly
Alice In Chains	Angry Chair	Sitting on an angry chair.	- Brian Kelly
Alice In Chains	Again	Hey, let 'em do it again.	- Brian Kelly
Alice Merton	run away girl	Run away, girl, don't you ever look back.	The title is supposed to be lower case. - Brian Kelly
Alicia Keys	Put It In A Love Song	Say you love me, say you love me, then put it in a love song.	- Liz Bone
Alison Krauss	It Doesn't Matter	It doesn't matter what I want, it doesn't matter what I need	- Joe Pearson
All About Eve	Wild Hearted Woman	Falling, falling, wild hearted woman	From the extended version. - Joey F.
All Time Low	Dear Maria, Count Me In	I've got your picture, I'm coming with you. Dear Maria, count me in.	- Liz Bone
All Time Low	Once In A Lifetime	Once in a lifetime (x2)	- Brian Kelly
All Time Low	Holly (Would You Turn Me On?)	When you gonna give it up? You're giving me such a rush. Come on, Holly, would you turn me on?	- Liz Bone
All Time Low	Come One , Come All	Come one, come all, you're just in time to witness my first breakdown.	- Liz Bone
All Time Low feat. blackbear	Monsters	Why do all the monsters come out at night?	- Brian Kelly
All-4-One	Someday	Someday, when we are wiser, when the world's older	A version by British group Eternal was released instead in other parts of the world, such as the UK, Ireland and Australia. - Jacynthia Maries
The All-American Rejects	Believe	I don't ever wanna believe, I don't ever wanna believe, yeah	Off their new album When the World Comes Down! - Alex
Allan Sherman	Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah!	Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah! Here I am at Camp Grenada	- Joe Pearson
Alliser	Somewhere On Fullerton	Somewhere down on Fullerton...	- Lizzie
The Allman Brothers Band	Southbound	Well, I'm southbound.	- Brian Kelly
The Allman Brothers Band	Ramblin' Man	Lord, I was born a ramblin' man.	- Brian Kelly
The Allman Brothers Band	Black Hearted Woman	Black hearted woman, can't you see your poor man dyin'	- Joe Pearson
The Allman Brothers Band	One Way Out	Ain't but one way out baby, Lord I just can't go out the door	- Joe Pearson
Alter Bridge	Watch Your Words	Watch your words, or your words might drown you.	- Jessica
America	Lonely People	This is for all the lonely people, thinking that life has passed them by.	Many people believe the song is titled "Drink From The Silver Cup". - Odie Garfield
America	Amber Cascades	Amber cascades all over today.	- Red Ruffcorn
America	All My Life	All my life, without a doubt I give you all my life	From Silent Letter (1979). - Joey F.
American Authors	Believer	I'm just a believer.	- Brian Kelly
The Ames Brothers	Forever Darling	Forever, darling, while other hearts go wandering, you'll find mine as faithful as can be	- Candy Welty
The Ames Brothers	Melodie D'Amour	Melodie d'amour, take this song to my lover	- Yvette Bristle
The Ames Brothers	The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane	The naughty lady of Shady Lane has hit the town like a bomb	- Candy Welty
The Ames Brothers	It Only Hurts For A Little While	It only hurts for a little while. That's what they tell me. That's what they say.	- Candy Welty
The Ames Brothers	Pussy Cat	Pussy cat, pussy cat, pussy cat, pussy cat, well, I was born in a little old house	- Candy Welty
The Ames Brothers	You, You, You	You, you, you. I'm in love with you, you, you.	- Lily Orange
Amy Grant	Thy Word	Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.	- Vic George
Amy Grant	Baby, Baby	Baby, baby, I'm taken with the notion, to love you with the sweetest of devotion.	The song was written by Grant and dedicated to her then-six-week-old daughter Millie. - MOR
Amy Grant	After the Fire	After the fire is over, after the ashes cool	- Erin
Andrew W.K.	Party Hard	When it's time to party, we will party hard. Party hard.	Just try thinking while listening to this song. - Brian Kelly
The Andrews Sisters	I Don't Know Why	I don't know why I love you like I do	- Leda Metro
The Andrews Sisters	Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree	Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me Anyone else but me, No! No! No! Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me	"Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree" was written and recorded originally back in World War II. The writers were Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept and Charles Tobias. It was originally envisioned to be sung my a male vocalist, in the guise as a serviceman writing home to his girlfriend, and was recorded by several artists both during World War II and afterwards. But the most famous and best selling version was by the Andrews Sisters with a very swinging beat. - Peter
Andy Williams	More	More than the greatest love the world has known. This is the love I'll give to you alone.	- Candy Welty
Andy Williams	Ain't It True	Ain't it true, no matter what you do, someday when life is through, they're gonna bury you	- Candy Welty
Andy Williams	Promise Me, Love	Promise me, love, promise me kisses, sweet love meant for me	- Candy Welty
Andy Williams	Almost There	Almost there, we're almost there. How wonderful, wonderful our love will be for you, for me.	- Candy Welty
Andy Williams	Are You Sincere	Are you sincere when you say "I love you"?	- Candy Welty
Andy Williams	Days Of Wine And Roses	The days of wine and roses laugh and run away, like a child at play	- Candy Welty
Andy Williams	It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year	It's the most wonderful time of the year, With the kids jingle belling and everyone telling.	- Ava Murphy
Andy Williams	A Fool Never Learns	A fool never learns to get away, just run away before his heart begins to break	- Candy Welty
Andy Williams	Hopeless	This is hopeless. Yes, it's so hopeless 'cause you're not coming back anymore.	- Candy Welty
Andy Williams	Dear Heart	Dear heart, wish you were here to warm this night	- Candy Welty
The Angels	My Boyfriend's Back	My Boyfriend's Back and you're gonna be in trouble now.	- Larcen Tyler
Animal Kingdom	Strange Attractor	Strange attractor. Strange, strange attractor.	- Brian Kelly
Animotion	Obsession	You're an obsession.	- Brian Kelly
Anita Bryant	I Can't Do It By Myself	I can't do it by myself, I can't do it by myself, I need somebody else to help me	- Candy Welty
Ann-Margret	One Boy	One boy, One special boy, One boy to go with, To talk with, And walk with ...	"One Boy" is another one of the songs from Charles Strause and Lee Adams' musical, "Bye Bye Birdie". Ann-Margret played the teenaged Kim McAfee in the 1963 motion picture (Susan Watson played the character in the Broadway version, and in a 1995 TV special the character was played by Chynna Phillips). Ann-Margret is better known for the role, as well as the song. - Peter
Anna King	If Somebody Told You	If somebody told you that they didn't love you	- Candy Welty
Anna Nalick	Breathe (2 AM)	2 AM and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake	- Alex
Anne Murray	Sweet Little Jesus Boy	Sweet little Jesus boy, They made you be born in a manger.	- Ava Murphy
Anne Murray	What About Me	Hey, hey, hey, what about me? I've got some feelings on my mind too.	- Candy Welty
Anne Murray	Shadows In The Moonlight	We'll be shadows in the moonlight, darlin', I'll meet you at midnight	- Candy Welty
Annette	O Dio Mio	O Dio mio, I love him so. O Dio mio, please let him know how much I need him, how much I want him	- Candy Welty
Annette	Pineapple Princess	Pineapple princess, he calls me pineapple princess all day	- Candy Welty
Annette	First Name Initial	First name initial, first name initial, first name initial, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh	- Candy Welty
Annie Lennox	Big Sky	Big Sky, I'm gonna hurt you	- Joe Pearson
Annie Lennox	Walking On Broken Glass	Walking On Broken Glass	If you thought that Annie Lennox without Dave Stewart was going to leave behind giving us the title in the opening lines, this tune will disabuse you of that. - Peter
Annie Lennox	Dark Road	It's a dark road, and a dark way that leads to my house	- Joe Pearson
Annie Lennox	Why	Why	She sings/stretches out the opening title before she gets into the actual verses. - Ryan
Annie Lennox	Womankind	One more time for the womankind	- Joe Pearson
Annie Lennox	Money Can't Buy It	Money can't buy it, baby. Sex can't buy it, baby	- Joe Pearson
Anthony Green	Dear Child (I've Been Dying to Reach You)	Dear child, they're asking us to move. I watched her taking off her shoes.	- Nat
Antsy McClain And The Trailer Park Troubadours	I Was Just Flipped Off By A Silver-Haired Old Lady With A "Honk If You Love Jesus" Sticker On The Bumper Of Her Car	I was just flipped off by a silver-haired old lady with a "Honk if you love Jesus" sticker on the bumper of her car	I defy anyone to come up with a longer title! ...I mean, OTHER than the band I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business. [See my submission for them in the Stupid Band Names section to see what I mean.] - Jonathan S.
April Wine	You Could Have Been A Lady	Could have been alright, could have been here tonight, Could have been sweet as wine, you could have been a lady.	- Peter
Aqua	Around The World	I've been around the world, hey hey!	- Joey F.
The Arbors	A Symphony For Susan	If I could write a symphony for Susan	- Candy Welty
Arcade Fire	Month Of May	Gonna make a record in the month of May.	- Brian Kelly
Aretha Franklin	The House That Jack Built	This is the house that Jack built, y'all	- Yvette Bristle
Aretha Franklin	Chain Of Fools	Chain, chain, chain, chain, chain, chain, chain, Chain, chain, chain, chain of fools	Yes, again the Queen of Soul repeats a word, this time "chain", but this time ten times (instead of twelve times as with "Think" in this classic of hers. But her being the Queen of Soul and the rest of the song, "Chain Of Fools" we forgive her. - Peter
Aretha Franklin	Angel	Gotta find me an angel	- Sutch
Aretha Franklin	Think	Think (think) think (think) think (think) Think (think) think (think) think (think)	Yes the opening lines for this Queen of Soul's classic is the title repeated twelve times. - Peter
Arlo Guthrie	The City Of New Orleans	Ridin' on the City of New Orleans, Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail	- Candy Welty
Army Of Me	Come Down To DC	Why don't you come down, come down to DC?	- Lizzie
Arrested Development	Tennessee	Tennessee. (Tennessee.) Tennessee. (Tennessee.)	I prefer the sitcom actually. - Brian Kelly
Art Garfunkel	I Shall Sing	I shall sing, sing my song, be it right, be it wrong	- Candy Welty
Ash	Girl From Mars	Do you remember the time I knew a girl from Mars?	- Brian Kelly
Ashley Tisdale	Last Christmas	Last Christmas, I gave you my heart...	i luv this song like sooo much! - Raphaella So
Ashton Shepherd	I'm Just a Woman	I guess I'm just a woman And that's why I feel the way I do	- William Ransom
Ashton Shepherd	Let Me Love Your Pain Away	Let me love your pain away Let me love all your pain away	- William Ransom
Asia	You're the Stranger	Don't hang that sign on me, you're the stranger	- Joe Pearson
The Association	Cherish	Cherish is the word I use to describe All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside	"Cherish" was the first of two #1's for the 6-man group known as the Association (the second would be "Windy" in the summer of 1967). "Cherish" reached #1 for three weeks in September 1966. - Peter
The Association	Broccoli	Broccoli--I really dig it steamed	- Leda Metro
The Association	Toymaker	She's a toymaker, an attic child	- Leda Metro
The Association	Love Affair	What a place to begin a love affair	- Leda Metro
The Association	Come To Me	Come to me, now that we know where we're going	- Leda Metro
The Association	On A Quiet Night	On a quiet night you can hear the rustling of the leaves	- Leda Metro
The Association	I'm The One	I'm the one who's at your door	- Leda Metro
The Association	Come On In	Come on in, you know you're welcome here	- Leda Metro
The Association	Angeline	Angeline, Angeline, her soft warm face	- Leda Metro
The Association	Round Again	Here I go 'round again	- Leda Metro
The Ataris	In This Diary	Here in this diary, I write you visions of my summer.	- Lizzie
Atlanta	Atlanta Burned Again Last Night	Atlanta burned again last night	- harderman
Atlantic Starr	Circles	Circles, go 'round in circles	- Lily Orange
Atmosphere	You	You love the people that love you.	- Brian Kelly
Avenged Sevenfold	Seize The Day	Seize the day or die regretting the time you lost	- sucka
Average White Band	Cut The Cake	Cut the cake, give me a little piece	- Candy Welty
Average White Band	Pick Up The Pieces	Pick up the pieces, uh-huh! Pick up the pieces, uh-huh! Pick up the pieces, uh-huh! Pick up the pieces, woo-hoo!	The Average White Band took this funky mainly instrumental dance tune to #1 on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 charts in 1975. "Pick Up The Pieces" was extremely popular in Discos of the time. The only lyrics in the song appear half-way through, and it's the title repeated four times. - Peter
Avicii	Hey Brother	Hey, brother, there's an endless road to rediscover.	- Brian Kelly
Avril Lavigne	Why	Why do you always do this to me?	- Brian Kelly
Avril Lavigne	Girlfriend	Hey hey, you you. I don't like your girlfriend.	Possibly the newest song on the list...for now. - Brian Kelly
Awolnation	Sail	Sail! This is how I show my love.	- Brian Kelly
Awolnation	The Best	I just wanna be the best.	- Brian Kelly
Aztec Camera	Walk out to winter	Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there Chill will wake you, high and dry, you'll wonder why	Tried using it in a beat the intro quiz on seasons. FAIL! - Baldrick

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