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Songs that mention their title in the opening line of the song
Songs That Open With Their Titles, R
Performer | Song Title | Opening Lines | Comments & Submittor Name | |||
| R.E.M | What's The Frequency, Kenneth? | 'What's the frequency, Kenneth?' is your benzedrine, uh, huh! | The title is based on an incident involving former CBS anchor Dan Rather getting beaten up by teenage punks while working with '60 Minutes'. They kept asking 'What's the frequency, Kenneth?' - Manfred Mann's Dirt Band | |||
| R.E.M. | Wendell Gee | That's when Wendell Gee | - Brian Kelly | |||
| R.E.M. | Suspicion | Now my suspicion's on the rise. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| R.E.M. | Walk It Back | Walk it back. Walk it back. Walk it back. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| R.E.M. | Old Man Kensey | Old man Kensey wants to be a sign painter. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| R.E.M. | Try Not To Breathe | I will try not to breathe. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| R.E.M. | Oddfellows Local 151 | Oddfellows local 151 behind the firehouse. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| R.E.M. | Mr. Richards | Mr. Richards, your position is a messenger pigeon. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| R.E.M. | The Apologist | They call me the apologist. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| R.E.M. | Shiny Happy People | Shiny happy people laughing. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| R.E.M. | Strange | There's something strange going on tonight. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| R.E.M. | All The Way To Reno | Humming all the way to Reno. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| R.E.M. | Nightswimming | Nightswimming deserves a quiet night. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| R.E.M. | The One I Love | This one goes out to the one I love. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| R.E.M. | Stand | Stand in the place where you live. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Radiants | Voice Your Choice | Voice your choice, voice your choice, voice your choice. Tell me who do you love? | - Candy Welty | |||
| Radiohead | You | You are the sun and moon and stars. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Radiohead | Fitter Happier | Fitter. Happier. More productive. | Technically not a song. - Brian Kelly | |||
| Radiohead | Karma Police | Karma police, arrest this man. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Rag Dolls | Dusty | Dusty, take me away with you | - Lily Orange | |||
| Rag'n'Bone Man | Human | I'm only human. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Rage Against The Machine | Down Rodeo | Yeah, rolling down Rodeo with a shotgun. | Just to be clear, that's ro-DAY-o as in Rodeo Drive, not ro-DEE-o. - Brian Kelly | |||
| Rage Against The Machine | Bombtrack | Ugh! Hey yo, it's just another bombtrack. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Rage Against The Machine | Killing In The Name | Killing in the name of | well the "of" isn't in the title but it's still one of the opening words... I think it deserves credit - Daniel | |||
| The Raindrops | That Boy John | That boy John, he looks so good and he walks so fine | - Candy Welty | |||
| The Raindrops | Another Boy Like Mine | There could never be another boy like mine. There could never be another love so fine. | - Candy Welty | |||
| The Rainmakers | Big Fat Blonde | I want a big fat blonde to hold my hand | - Sutch | |||
| Ram Jam | Black Betty | Oh, Black Betty (Bam-a-lam) | I'm surprised it isn't up yet, but better late than never. - Opie M. | |||
| Rammstein | Du Hast | Du. Du hast. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Rammstein | Weisses Fleisch | Weisses Fleisch!!! | I have no idea why they wanted to do that, but still, I love Rammstein - Usagi | |||
| The Ramones | Beat On The Brat | Beat on the brat, beat on the brat, beat on the brat with a baseball bat, oh yeah | I kind of wonder if this is the same baseball bat that made it into "Peanut Butter Jelly Time." - dwasifar | |||
| Randy Newman | Short People | Short people got nobody, short people got nobody, short people got nobody to love. | Satirical song about prejudice - many people still think it's really about hatred of short people. - Martha Hankins | |||
| Randy Starr | After School | After school, after school. Yesterday I waited for you at the corner candy store the way I always do. | - Candy Welty | |||
| Rare Earth | Hey Big Brother | Hey big brother, as soon as you arrive, you better get in touch with the people, big brother | - Yvette Bristle | |||
| Rare Earth | I Just Want To Celebrate | I just want to celebrate another day of living. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Rare Earth | We're Gonna Have A Good Time | We're gonna have a good time, just listen to the band | - Yvette Bristle | |||
| Ray Anthony | Sitting By The Window | Sitting by the window, watching the raindrops fall | - Candy Welty | |||
| Ray Charles | Careless Love | Oh love, oh love, oh careless love | - Candy Welty | |||
| Ray Charles | Busted | My bills are all due and the baby needs shoes and I'm busted. | - Odie Garfield | |||
| Ray Charles | Georgia On My Mind | Georgia, Georgia, The whole day through, Just an old sweet song, Keeps Georgia on my mind. | A #1 song in the fall of 1960 (actually on the day that John F. Kennedy was elected President of the U.S.), "Georgia On My Mind" was the real big breakthrough song for Ray Charles that would catapult Charles into the stardom that Atlantic records Ahmet Ertegun had signed Charles for nine years earlier in 1951. Unfortunately for Ertegun and Atlantic, Charles would have the #1 pop and R&B hit with "Georgia On My Mind" at ABC records. "Georgia On My MInd" has been one of the most recorded songs of all time, by many artists, but Charles as the writer of the song has by far the definitive version of the song. On April 24, 1979, the Georgia state legislature proclaimed, "Georgia On My Mind" as the official state song and Charles performed, on that date, the song on the floor of the Georgia state house. During the 6th season (1991 - 92) of CBS's then hit comedy series, "Designing Women", Ray Charles performed "Georgia On My Mind" on solo piano during the opening with the "Designing Women" looking on. And at the opening ceremonies of the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta, GA, Gladys Knight performed "Georgia On My Mind" live and worldwide. - Peter | |||
| Ray Charles | Am I Blue | Am I blue, am I blue, Ain't these tears in my eyes telling you | - Percy Fingertips | |||
| Ray Charles | Take These Chains From My Heart | Take these chains from my heart and set me free | - Candy Welty | |||
| Ray Charles | My Heart Cries For You | My heart cries for you, sighs for you, dies for you | - Candy Welty | |||
| Ray Charles | Unchain My Heart | Unchain my heart, baby let me be. | "Unchain My Heart" was a top five pop hit and top three R&B hit for Ray Charles in the winter of 1962. The only charts, at least at that time, that Charles had yet to conquer was the country charts, Charles was about to change all of that and big time. - Peter | |||
| Ray Charles | Born To Lose | Born to lose, I've lived my life in vain | - Candy Welty | |||
| Ray Charles | I Got A Woman | Well ... I got a woman, way over town. | 1955's "I Got A Woman" written by Ray Charles was Charles' first #1 R&B hit. In April of that same year he married his second wife, Della Beatrice Howard Robinson and had three children with her. - Peter | |||
| Ray Charles | Here We Go Again | Here we go again. She's back in town again. | - Candy Welty | |||
| Ray Charles | The Night Time (Is The Right Time) | You know the night time, darling (night and day) Is the right time, (night and day) To be (night and day) With the one you love, now (night and day). | "The Night Time (Is The Right Time)" was a 1958 R&B hit for Ray Charles. In that same year, Charles moved to New York City and hired a young girl group, the Cookies, to be his background singers and then they changed their names to the Raelettes. Ray Charles had his first crossover (to the pop charts) hit with the top ten impromptu blues hit, "What'd I Say". "What'd I Say", also an R&B #1 hit, was originally conceived in concert. Also in 1959, Ray Charles recorded "The Genius Of Ray Charles" lp and then moved for a more lucrative deal from Atlantic Records to ABC records, very shortly Ray Charles was about to become an even bigger household name. - Peter | |||
| Ray Charles | You Don't Know Me | (Ooh, you don't know me. Ooh, you don't know me.) You give your hand to me | - Candy Welty | |||
| Ray Charles | Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand | Baby, let me hold your hand Until I make you understand. | 1951's "Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand" was one of the most memorable and successful and beloved American musical artist and a pioneer pianist and soul musician's of all time first R&B hit. Ray Charles was born in Albany, Georgia on September 23, 1930 as Ray Charles Robinson to Aretha and Bailey Robinson. At the age of seven Ray Charles went totally blind. He was went to school at St. Augustine (FL) School for the Dear and Blind and learned how to play various musical instruments. While there his mother, Aretha, died and then two years later his father, Bailey died. Shortly after World War II in the late 1940's he left school and worked in Florida with various bands and jazz and country musicians and shortened his name to Ray Charles so as not to be confused with boxer, Sugar Ray Robinson. He moved to Seattle, WA in either 1947 or 1948, and started recording for Swingtime records. He also managed during the years to father twelve children with twelve different women -- although three of his surviving children would be with his second wife. He married Eileen Williams in July 1951, but would divorce her in 1952 when she produced no children. After he hit the R&B charts with "Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand", then Atlantic Records producer, Ahmet Ertegun signed him to Atlantic Records. In 1953 he charted, on Atlantic Records, two R&B hits, the rap-like, "It Should've Been Me" and the Ertegun written hit, "Mess Around". Just around the corner would be his first #1 R&B hit. - Peter | |||
| Ray Charles | Mary Ann | Well now, oh Mary Ann Well you sure look fine. | "Mary Ann" was an R&B hit for Ray Charles in 1957 while he was still recording for Atlantic records. "Mary Ann" was later covered by Stevie Wonder who also had a minor pop hit with the song. - Peter | |||
| Ray Charles and the Ray Charles Singers | I Can't Stop Loving You | (I can't stop loving you), I've made up my mind To live in memory of the lonesome times. | The 1962 #1 hit for five weeks in the spring of that year, "I Can't Stop Loving You's" place in the history of music is not to be underestimated, nor is the album it was from "Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music". Both the lp and the single not only charted at #1 in the pop charts, but also on the country and R&B charts. This was the first time that a black artists was able to chart at #1 on all three charts at the same time! For the album, "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music" and the single, "I Can't Stop Loving You", Ray Charles made one change as to backup singers. Instead of the Raelettes, Charles used some a white people's chorus to sing backup, it is this chorus that sings the beginning, "I can't stop loving you" and then Ray Charles picks up the rest of the opening line. After the success of this album and into the 1970's to the 1990's, Charles would only have moderate success on the pop and R&B charts. Then in 1965 started a downward spiral for Charles when he was arrested for possesion of heroin. Charles admitted he had been addicted to heroin for the last 17 years and he was on parole in 1966. Slowly after this, Charles life started turning around, in the 1970's he had success with his version of "America The Beautiful" (that is considered one of the definitive versions of the tune), and in 1979 he was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall Of Fame (the first ceremonies) and his song "Georgia On My MInd" was proclaimed Georgia's state song. In 1980, he made a brief cameo in the movie, "The Blues Brothers", and appeared in 1985 on "The Cosby Show" and in 1990 in a "Diet Pepsi" commercial. In 1986 he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame (at the first ever ceremonies). In 1987 he received a Lifetime Grammy to go along with other Grammies he collected from 1959 to 1962. And in 1991 he was inducted into the Rhythm & Blues Foundation, as well as helping with the opening of the 6th season of "Designing Women". Ray Charles would continue to appear and work with many other recording artist and made his last public appearance on April 30, 2004, at the dedication of his Los Angeles music studios as an historic landmark. Ray Charles died of liver disease at his home in Beverly Hills, CA on June 10, 2004. There have been three successful posthumous CD's of Charles' work: "Genius Loves Company" in 2004 and "Genius & Friends" in 2005 recorded with several artists shortly before his death, and the 2006 CD, "Ray Sings, Basie Swings" a live 1973 recording he made with Count Basie. In 2006, actor Jamie Foxx won an Oscar award for his portrayol of Ray Charles in a biographical film. - Peter | |||
| Ray Charles with the Raelettes | Hit The Road Jack | Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more. | "Hit The Road Jack" was Ray Charles' second #1 pop hit, as well as being a #1 R&B hit in the Fall of 1961. The opening line was sung by Charles' background singers, the Raelettes. - Peter | |||
| Ray Coniff Singers | Somewhere My Love | Somewhere my love, There will be songs to sing. | "Somewhere My Love" also known as Lara's Theme was featured in the 1966 classic movie, Dr. Zhivago. "Somewhere My Love" was written by the duo of Francis Paul Webster and Maurice Jarre specifically for the film. - Peter | |||
| Ray LaMontagne | Trouble | Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble been dogging my soul since the day I was born | - Jacynthia Maries | |||
| Ray Parker Jr. | A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do) | A woman needs love just like you do. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Ray Parker, Jr. | The Other Woman | I'm in love with the other woman. My life was fine, yes it was, 'til she blew my mind. | And that line appears several times during the song. - Bob Boogie | |||
| Ray, Goodman & Brown | Special Lady | You must be a special lady | - Candy Welty | |||
| Reba McEntire | Pray for Peace | Pray for Peace | Pray for Peace is said 54 times. - JohnFedorchak | |||
| Reba McEntire | Sunday Kind of Love | I want a Sunday kind of love A love to last, past Saturday night. | - William Ransom | |||
| Reba McEntire | Hold On | Hold on 'cause this feels just like a first love | - William Ransom | |||
| Reba McEntire | How Blue | How blue can you make me | - William Ransom | |||
| Reba McEntire | The Greatest Man I Never Knew | The greatest man I never knew Lived just down the hall | - William Ransom | |||
| Reba McEntire | When You Have a Child | When you have a child You learn it's a serious business to have a little fun | - William Ransom | |||
| Reba McEntire | Congratulations | Congratulations. You made a fool out of me. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Reba McEntire | It's Your Call | It's your call, it's her Would you rather take it in the other room | - William Ransom | |||
| Reba McEntire | Promise Me Something | So promise me something right here and now | - William Ransom | |||
| Reba McEntire | If I Were a Boy | If I were a boy even just for a day | - William Ransom | |||
| The Record Company | Life To Fix | I got this life to fix. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Red Hot Chili Peppers | My Friends | My friends are so depressed. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Red Hot Chili Peppers | Readymade | Readymade, readymade | From their album "Stadium Arcadium" - RevengeFromMars YouTube | |||
| The Red Hot Chili Peppers | She's only 18 | She's only 18, don't like the Rolling Stones | - Jonathan S. | |||
| The Red Hot Chili Peppers | Parallel Universe | Deep inside of a parallel universe. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Red Hot Chili Peppers | Can't Stop | Can't Stop addicted to the shin dig | Love the song - Jerry | |||
| The Red Hot Chili Peppers | Get On Top | Get on Top Get on Top | From their album "Californication" - RevengeFromMars YouTube | |||
| The Red Hot Chili Peppers | Throw Away Your Television | Throw away your television, time to make this clean decision. | - J.D. | |||
| The Red Hot Chili Peppers | Cabron | Cabron | From their album "By the Way" - RevengeFromMars YouTube | |||
| The Red Hot Chili Peppers | Around The World | All around the world. We can make time. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| The Red Hot Chili Peppers | Porcelain | Porcelain | From their album "Californication" - RevengeFromMars YouTube | |||
| The Red Hot Chili Peppers | Scar Tissue | Scar tissue that I wish you sawww... | I love the goofy way the lyrics are sung. - Jonathan S. | |||
| The Red Hot Chili Peppers | This is the Place | This is the place | From their album "By the Way" - RevengeFromMars YouTube | |||
| The Red Hot Chili Peppers | Road Trippin' | Road trippin' with my two favorite allies | From their album "Californication" - RevengeFromMars YouTube | |||
| The Red Hot Chili Peppers | Dosed | I got dosed by you and | From their album "By the Way" - RevengeFromMars YouTube | |||
| The Red Hot Chili Peppers | Easily | Easily let's get carried away | From their album "Californication" - RevengeFromMars YouTube | |||
| Red Rider | Lunatic Fringe | Lunatic fringe, I know you're out there. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Reel Big Fish | Last Show | This is the last show I will ever play with you. | - Lizzie | |||
| Reel Big Fish | She Has A Girlfriend Now | She has a girlfriend now. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Relient K | Let It All Out | "Let It All Out, get it all out.." | - Heidi | |||
| Rene And Angela | I'll Be Good | I'll be good...good...good... | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Renee and Renato | Save Your Love | Save your love, my darling, save your love, for summer nights with moon and stars above. | - Jacynthia Maries | |||
| REO Speedwagon | Can't Fight This Feeling | I Can't Fight This Feeling any longer | I had my first slow dance to this song, it's been one of my all time favorite songs ever since. - Larcen Tyler | |||
| REO Speedwagon | In Your Letter | In your letter, oooh, in your letter | The obvious pun "N. Yoletta" was credited as co-writer along with REO member Gary Richrath. - Rocky | |||
| REO Speedwagon | Keep The Fire Burnin' | Keep the fire burnin'. Let it keep us warm. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Rev Theory | Voices | I hear voices in my head | Randy Orton's second entrance theme. - Joey F. | |||
| Reveille | What You Got | What you got, what you got, what you got... | - Wolfgang59 | |||
| Rex Allen | Don't Go Near The Indians | Son, don't go near the Indians. Please stay away. | - Candy Welty | |||
| Rex Harrison and Robert Coote | You Did It | Tonight old man you did it. | "You Did It" right after the scene at the horse races in the musical, "My Fair Lady". It is a duet by Higgins (Rex Harrison) and Pickering (Robert Coote). The character of Pickering sings the first line in amazement about how Higgins has transformed Eliza. - Peter | |||
| Rex Orange County | Loving Is Easy | Loving is easy. You had me f---ed up. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Richard Beymer | Maria | Maria ... The most beautiful sound I ever heard, Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria ... All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word, Maria, Maria, | The rest of the opening line is: ... Maria, Maria ... Maria!" "Maria" is from the 1957 Broadway musical and 1961 motion picture, "West Side Story". "West Side Story" was one of the most successful Broadway plays and motion pictures ever. It was unique for it's time for presenting New York City and Italian and Puerto Rican gangs in a way that many young people could identify with (and even many ordinary people). But Leonard Bernstein who wrote the music and Stephen Sondheim who wrote the lyrics set in an ephermal setting and within the setting of one of the longest stories known to man, liberally borrowing from William Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet" with the gangs taking the place of the feuding families. "Maria" is sung shortly after the lead male character of Tony (from the Italians) meets the beautiful Puerto Rican girl, Maria. Richard Beymer is probably better identified with the song, because of playing Tony in the motion picture. The original thespian who played Tony on Broadway though is Larry Kert. - Peter | |||
| Richard Beymer and Natalie Wood | Somewhere | Somewhere there must be a place we can feel we're free, Somwhere there's got to be some place for you and me. | "Somewhere" is another song from the Bernstein and Sondheim musical, "West Side Story". Sung by the lead characters of Tony and Maria. It shows up later in the musical after Tony is killed (after he thought Maria was killed) and Maria tries to get both gangs to stop the violence. In 1986, Barbra Streisand would rework the song for her "The Broadway Album" and again set in ephermal environment, but make it song of hope for the future. - Peter | |||
| Richard Beymer and Natalie Wood | Tonight | Tonight, tonight, It all began tonight, I saw you and the world went away. | "Tonight" is another one of the songs from Bernstein and Sondheim's "West Side Story" (this musical would began the very successful career of Sondheim and his musicals becoming the stuff of legends in the world of Broadway). "Tonight" was sung first by the lead characters of Tony and Maria (I'm crediting the thespians from the 1961 motion picture, but originally on Broadway they were played by Larry Kert and Carol Lawrence). "Tonight" would be revisted later in the musical when it would become a chorus piece. - Peter | |||
| Richard Burton | Married Man | A married man, a married man. How wonderful to be a married man. | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Richard Marx | Hazard | My mother came to Hazard when I was just seven. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Richard Thompson | Valerie | Oh Valerie!, you give me heart attack | - Sutch | |||
| Richie Valens | La Bamba | La la la la la bamba. | Covered by Los Lobos for the movie. - Brian Kelly | |||
| Rick Nelson | I'm A Fool To Care | I'm a fool to care when you treat me this way | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | It's Late | It's late (it's late), we gotta get on home | - Candy Welty | |||
| Rick Nelson | Young Emotions | Young emotions are mixed emotions | - Candy Welty | |||
| Rick Nelson | Hello To The Wind | Hello, hello to the wind. Will you carry my song gently along as you sing? | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | For You | I will gather stars out of the blue for you. Yes, baby, for you. | - Candy Welty | |||
| Rick Nelson | Say You Love Me | Say you love me, say you do | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Garden Party | I went to a garden party to reminisce with my old friends, A chance to share old memories and play our old songs again. | "Garden Party" was a #3 hit for a more grown up Rick Nelson (no longer, Ricky), in 1971. It actually details a party he went to where the audience wasn't too happy with a new and more grown up version of "Ricky" Nelson's songs, and ends with the good advice of "You can't please everybody, so you got to please yourself". - Peter | |||
| Rick Nelson | I Tried | I tried, I tried. You said to go out, find another girl. Well I tried. | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Fools Rush In | Fools rush in where angels fear to tread | - Candy Welty | |||
| Rick Nelson | In My Dreams | I'll see you tonight in a place where we meet in my dreams | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Travelin' Man | I'm a travelin' man, made a lot of stops | Probably the earliest song ever to have a concept video made of it, the video aired after an episode of "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet." - crazydon | |||
| Rick Nelson | Salty Dog | Let me be your salty dog | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Waitin' In School | I been a-waitin' in school all day long, a-waitin' on the bell to ring so I can go home | - Candy Welty | |||
| Rick Nelson | A Teenager's Romance | A teenager's romance is fickle or true | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | String Along | String along, that's all I am is just your String along, someone that you just seem to Bring along whenever you are all alone, need some company You | The rest of the opening line: "... always turn to me." "String Along" was a #25 hit for Ricky Nelson in 1963, it was written by Bobby Doyle and J. Duncan. - Peter | |||
| Rick Nelson | Welcome To My World | Welcome to my world. Won't you come on in? | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Hello Mary Lou | Hello Mary Lou, goodbye heart | - crazydon | |||
| Rick Nelson | You Are My Sunshine | You are my sunshine, my only sunshine | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Night Train To Memphis | Take that night train to Memphis, take that night train to Memphis, and when you arrive at the station I'll be right there to meet you | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Every Time I See You Smiling | Every time I see you smiling, I see a love so real | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | When The Chips Are Down | Whatcha gonna do when the chips are down | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Love Is The Sweetest Thing | Love is the sweetest thing. What else on earth could ever bring such happiness to everything | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Walkin' Down The Line | I'm walkin' down the line, I'm walkin' down the line, I'm walkin' down the line, my feet'll be a-flyin' | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Congratulations | Congratulations for breaking my heart | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Never Be Anyone Else But You | There'll never be anyone else but you for me | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Again | Again. This couldn't happen again | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Come Out Dancin' | Hey, come out dancin', yeah yeah yeah | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Today's Teardrops | Today's teardrops are tomorrow's rainbows | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | You're So Fine | Well you're so fine. Got you on my mind. | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | What Comes Next? | What comes next? Ahh, do you break my heart? | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Love And Kisses | Your love and kisses, uh-huh, your love and kisses, uh-huh, fulfill all of my wishes | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Excuse Me Baby | Excuse me baby, but you're lookin' mighty fine | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | One Minute To One | One minute to one and you gotta go home | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | It's Up To You | It's up to you because I've done everything I can | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | The Bridge Washed Out | The bridge washed out and I can't swim and my baby's on the other side | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Thank You Darling | Thank you, thank you darling, for everything you gave to me | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | One Of These Mornings | Well one of these mornings I'm gonna rise and shine | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Shirley Lee | Well I got a gal her name is Shirley Lee | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | I Wonder (If Your Love Will Ever Belong To Me) | Well I wonder if your love will ever belong to me. Well a voice within keeps talkin' and it's tellin' me | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Mad Mad World | Everybody's runnin' in a mad mad world | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | So Long | It's been so long, so very long | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | I'd Climb The Highest Mountain | I'd climb the highest mountain if I knew that when I climbed that mountain I'd find you | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Just A Little Bit Sweet | If you'd be just a little bit sweet to me | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Baby You Don't Know | Baby you don't know what you're doin' to me | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Here I Go Again | Here I go again in a great big world of spin | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | I Will Follow You | I will follow you, follow you wherever you may go | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Love Is Where You Find It | Love is where you find it, on the city streets, wherever people meet, anywhere you go | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Sure Fire Bet | Yeah, you're a sure fire bet to win my lips | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Time After Time | Time after time I tell myself that I'm so lucky to be loving you | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Every Time I Think About You | Every time I think about you I get so mad | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Be My Love | Be my love, for no one else can end this yearning | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Lucky Star | Lucky star, shine on me | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Yes Sir, That's My Baby | Yes sir, that's my baby. No sir, I don't mean maybe. | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Baby Won't You Please Come Home | Baby won't you please come home because your daddy's all alone | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Raincoat In The River | I'm gonna throw my raincoat in the river | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | I'll Make Believe | I'll make believe that I don't miss you | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Believe What You Say | I believe what you say when you say you're goin' steady with nobody else but me | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans | Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans and miss it each night and day? | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Dinah | Dinah. Is there anyone finer | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Break My Chain | Won't you break my chain? Don't turn me down. | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Someday | I know that someday you'll want me to want you | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Hello Mister Happiness | Hello Mister Happiness, goodbye misery. I've got a pretty girl to walk along with me. | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | My Old Flame | My old flame, I can't even think of her name | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Just Take A Moment | Just take a moment to remember the love that we once knew | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | You're Free To Go | You're free to go, darling. I'll break the ties that bind. | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | That Same Old Feeling | That same old feeling, that same old feeling, each time I hold you, when I feel good, uh-huh | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Down Home | Down home, oh down home, there used to be rivers and trees | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Hey There, Little Miss Tease | Hey there, little Miss Tease. You got me weak in the knees. | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | I'm Confessin' | I'm confessin' that I love you. Tell me, do you love me too? | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Am I Blue | Oh, am I blue? Am I blue? Ain't these tears in my eyes tellin' you? | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | If You Can't Rock Me | Well, if you can't rock me, I'll find somebody who can. | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Have I Told You Lately That I Love You | Have I told you lately that I love you? Could I tell you once again somehow? | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Nelson | Boppin' The Blues | Well, all my friends are boppin' the blues. It must be goin' 'round. | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Rick Springfield | Rock Of Life | I feel the big beat, the rock of life; big beat talk to me, waking up blind with the house on fire. | From his 1988 Rock Of Life album. - Vic George | |||
| Rick Springfield | Speak To The Sky | Speak to the sky whenever things go wrong | - Candy Welty | |||
| Rick Springfield | State Of The Heart | It's just the state of the heart; I'm waiting for you in the state I'm in. | From his 1985 Tau album. - Vic George | |||
| Rickie Lee Jones | A Lucky Guy | Oh, he's a lucky guy, oh, he's a lucky guy, he doesn't worry about me when I'm gone | - Candy Welty | |||
| Right Said Fred | Mojive | This is the house of mojive | - mads. | |||
| Right Said Fred | I'm Too Sexy | I'm too sexy for my love. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Rihanna | Pon de Replay | Mr. DJ, song pon de replay | - Alex | |||
| Rihanna | Oh Baby | Oh, baby, oh, still a long way to go | - Candy Welty | |||
| Ringo Starr | Back Off Boogaloo | Back off boogaloo, I said, back off boogaloo, come on, back off boogaloo boo | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Ringo Starr | Wrack My Brain | Wrack my brain, wrack my brain, till my head's filled with pain | - Alyssa Jayne | |||
| Ringo Starr | It Don't Come Easy | It don't come easy. You know it don't come easy. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Rita Coolidge | I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love | I'd rather leave while I'm in love while I still believe the meaning of the word | Recorded by the song's writers, Peter Allen and Carole Bayer Sager before Rita Coolidge took it to the top 40 hit in 1979 - KL Fan | |||
| The Ritchie Family | Brazil | Brazil. You've got me where you want me, you've got me where you want me. | - Candy Welty | |||
| Robbie Robertson | Broken Arrow | Who else is gonna bring you a broken arrow? | Famously covered by Rod Stewart. - Brian Kelly | |||
| Robbie Williams | Lazy Days | :Lazy days, Calling to you | - Rocky Mak | |||
| Robbie Williams | One of God's Better People | You're one of God's better people, and you don't know, that's why you're special | This is the final song of "The Ego Has Landed" album. Watch out for a hidden poem at 13:30. - Rocky Mak | |||
| Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise | Once Upon A Time | Once upon a time, when I was in high school | Music video directed by Steve MacCorkle. - Mickey D. | |||
| Robert DeLong featuring Ashe | Better In College | I liked you better in college. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Robert Gordon | Red Hot | My girl is red hot. | Am I the only one who finds this song really obnoxious? - Brian Kelly | |||
| Robert Plant | In the Mood | I'm in the mood for a melody | - Sutch | |||
| Robert Plant | Little By Little | Little by little, my heart green. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Robert Preston | Gary, Indiana | Gary, Indiana! | "Gary, Indiana" is yet one more song from Meredith Wilson's musical, "The Music Man". Robert Preston as Professor Harold Hill starts out the singing on this song, supposedly about his hometown, which would become a chorus piece as it goes along. - Peter | |||
| Robert Preston | Seventy-six Trombones | Seventy-six trombones led the big parade With a hundred and ten cornets close at hand. | "Seventy-six Trombones" is another song from Meredith Wilson's musical, "The Music Man". Robert Preston who played Professor Harold Hill, the lead character, would not only play the character in the original Broadway run, but also play Hill in the 1962 motion picture. Later in the musical, "Seventy-six Trombones" is chorus and full cast piece. - Peter | |||
| Robert Rounseville | When The Children Are Asleep | When the children are asleep we sit and dream, The things that every other dad and mother dream. | "When The Children Are Asleep" is another song from Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel". Robert Rounseville sang this tune in the motion picture version of "Carousel". - Peter | |||
| Roberta Flack | The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | The first time ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes. | Good 70s MOR song. - Rich Braham | |||
| Roberta Flack | Killing Me Softly With His Song | Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words, Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song, Telling my | The rest of the opening line is: "...whole life with his words, Killing me softly with his song ..." Flack's second #1 was able to move up the charts a lot quicker then her first. It was a #1 song in 1973 and the #1 song of the year. "Killing Me Softly With His Song" was written by Flack in response to Don McLean's "American Pie" that was the #1 song in 1972. The Fugees would have a successful remake of the song in the 1990's. - Peter | |||
| Roberta Flack | First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | The first time ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave To the dark and the empty skies | The rest of the first line: ", my love, To the dark and the empty skies. "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' was the first #1 song for Roberta Flack, back in 1972. It also won the Grammy, in 1973, for Song of the Year. But this tune had a longer history than that before reaching #1 for Flack and the Atlanta record company that she recorded it for. It was written by folk singer, Ewan MacColl back in 1957 for his wife, Peggy Seeger. The unknown Roberta Flack first recorded and released it back in 1968, but it went nowhere. It was released again, and became a hit when it was featured in the Clint Eastwood movie, "Play Misty For Me". - Peter | |||
| Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Where Is The Love | Where is the love, where is the love? | - Candy Welty | |||
| Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | The Closer I Get To You | The closer I get to you, the more you'll make me see | - Loree Dare | |||
| Roberta Flack & Maxi Priest | Set The Night To Music | Set the night to music, set the night to music. | The song opens with the title repeated twice. - Larcen Tyler | |||
| Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson | Tonight I Celebrate My Love | Tonight, I celebrate my love for you | - Larcen Tyler | |||
| Robin Beck | First Time | First time, first love, oh what feeling is this | From her second album Trouble Or Nothin' (1989). She re-recorded this song in 2009 as part of Trouble Or Nothing - 20th Anniversary Edition. - Joey F. | |||
| Robin Mark | I Heard The Sound Of Voices | I heard the sound of voices, from every tribe and nation | - Vic George | |||
| Robin Mark | Behold The Son Of God | Behold the Son of God, who dies upon the cross. | From his 2001 Come Heal This Land worship album. - Vic George | |||
| Robin Mark | Days Of Elijah | These are the days of Elijah, declaring the Word of the Lord. | - Vic George | |||
| Robin Mark | Jesus, All For Jesus | Jesus, all for Jesus, all I am and have and ever hope to be. | - Vic George | |||
| Robin Mark | You're The Lion Of Judah | You're the Lion of Judah, the Lamb who was slain. | Sometimes the title of the song is "The Lion Of Judah". - Vic George | |||
| Robyn Hitchcock And The Egyptians | So You Think You're In Love | So you think you're in love. Yes, you probably are. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians | Balloon Man | I was walking up Sixth Avenue when Balloon Man came right up to me. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Rocky Burnette | Tired Of Toein' The Line | Baby, I'm tired of toein' the line. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Rod Stewart | Some Guys Have All The Luck | Some guys have all the luck. Some guys have all the pain. | - Candy Welty | |||
| Rod Stewart | Baby Jane | Baby Jane, don't leave me hanging on the line. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Rod Stewart | Have I Told You Lately | Have I told you lately that I love you? | I'm surprised this one hasn't been added. - Larcen Tyler | |||
| Roger Daltrey | After The Fire | After the fire, the fire still burns | From his album "Under A Raging Moon". - Rocky | |||
| Roger Miller | Old Toy Trains | Old toy trains, little toy tracks, little boy toys comin' from a sack | - Candy Welty | |||
| Roger Miller | You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd | You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd, you can't roller skate in a buffalo herd | - Candy Welty | |||
| Roger Whittaker | One Night With You | One night with you, one night with you. Nothing can be just the same as before. | - Candy Welty | |||
| Rolf Harris | Sun Arise | Sun arise, she bring in the morning | - Candy Welty | |||
| Rolling Stones | Neighbors | Neighbors, neighbors, neighbors | That is the opening line, but Mick Jagger really belts this one word three times. A track from the Rolling Stones' 1981 album, "Tattoo You". - Peter | |||
| The Rolling Stones | I'm Free | I'm free to do what I want any old time | - Candy Welty | |||
| Rolling Stones | Lady Jane | My sweet Lady Jane When I see you again Your servant am I And will humbly remain. | From the Rolling Stones' 1966 album, "Aftermath". - Peter | |||
| The Rolling Stones | Angie | Angie, Angie! | - Hunter M. | |||
| Rolling Stones | Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow | Have you seen your mother, baby, standing in the shadow | A 1966 single for the Rolling Stones. - Peter | |||
| Rolling Stones | (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction | I can't get no satisfaction | The first #1 song in the states for the Rolling Stones was this July 1965 #1, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction". - Peter | |||
| Rolling Stones | Time Is On My Side | Time is on my side, yes it is | - Peter | |||
| Rolling Stones | Under My Thumb | Under my thumb, The girl who once had me down. | - Peter | |||
| The Romantics | What I Like About You | What I like about you, you hold me tight. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Ronnie And The Hi-Lites | I Wish That We Were Married | I wish that we were married so we'd never, never, never, never say goodbye | - Claire Grayson | |||
| Ronnie Dove | One Kiss For Old Times' Sake | One kiss for old times' sake, just like it used to be | - Candy Welty | |||
| Ronnie Hawkins | Down In The Alley | Down in the alley, just you and me | - Claire Grayson | |||
| Ronnie Hawkins | Forty Days | I'm gonna give you forty days to get back home | - Claire Grayson | |||
| Ronnie Milsap | Any Day Now | Any day now, I will hear you say 'Goodbye my love', and you'll be on your way | - Candy Welty | |||
| The Rooftop Singers | Shoes | Shoes, shoes, shoes, shoes, I got on my travelin' shoes | - Leda Metro | |||
| The Rooftop Singers | Walk Right In | Walk right in, sit right down, Daddy, let your mind roll on | - Candy Welty | |||
| The Rooftop Singers | Mama Don't Allow | Mama don't allow no guitar playin' here | - Leda Metro | |||
| The Rooftop Singers | Brandy Leave Me Alone | Brandy leave me alone [3 times], I'm tired and I must go home | - Leda Metro | |||
| The Rooftop Singers | Ham And Eggs | Ham and eggs, pork and beans | - Leda Metro | |||
| The Rooftop Singers | Rained Five Days | Rained five days and the sky turned dark at night | - Leda Metro | |||
| The Rooftop Singers | You Don't Know | You don't know, you don't know, you don't know my mind | - Leda Metro | |||
| The Rooftop Singers | Tom Cat | I got an old tom cat, and when he steps out, all the other cats in the neighborhood, they begin to shout | - Leda Metro | |||
| The Rooftop Singers | Hey Boys | Now hey boys, can't you learn 'em | - Leda Metro | |||
| Rosanne Cash | My Least Favorite Life | This is my least favorite life | - William Ransom | |||
| Rosanne Cash | Particle and Wave | Light is particle and wave | - William Ransom | |||
| Rosanne Cash | If You Change Your Mind | If you change your mind And leave the past behind You know where you'll always find me | - William Ransom | |||
| Rosanne Cash | Where Will the Words Come From | Where will the words come from when I tell you I don't love you anymore? | - William Ransom | |||
| Rosanne Cash | Three Steps Down | Three steps down, below the city streets | - William Ransom | |||
| Rosanne Cash | Will You Remember Me | Will you remember me like the circled stones On the ancient hills where you walk alone? | - William Ransom | |||
| Rosanne Cash | I'll Change for You | I'll change for you (3x) I'll turn night into day | - William Ransom | |||
| Rosanne Cash | Good Intent | I sailed in on the good intent | - William Ransom | |||
| Rosanne Cash | Black Cadillac | It was a black Cadillac that drove you away | - William Ransom | |||
| Rosanne Cash | On the Surface | On the surface, everything seems right | - William Ransom | |||
| Rosanne Cash | I Don't Want to Spoil the Party | I don't want to spoil the party so I'll go | - William Ransom | |||
| Rosemary Clooney | Come On-A My House | Come on-a my house, my house, I'm gonna give you candy | "Come On-A My House" was a #1 song for Rosemary Clooney back in 1952 and probably Clooney's most memorable tune. Rosemary Clooney was the paternal aunt of actor George Clooney. Rosemary Clooney passed away a few years ago. - Peter | |||
| Rosemary Clooney | Botch-A-Me | Botch-a-me, I'll botch-a-you and ev'rything goes crazy | - Candy Welty | |||
| Rosemary Clooney | You Go To My Head | You go to my head, you linger like a haunting refrain | - Leda Metro | |||
| The Rowans | If I Only Could | If I only could be with you again | - Candy Welty | |||
| Roxette | Milk And Toast And Honey | Milk and toast and honey make it sunny on a rainy Saturday | Rest in peace, Marie. - Joey F. | |||
| Roxette | Dangerous | Hold on tight. You know she's a little bit dangerous. | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Roxy Blue | Nobody Knows | Nobody knows what you're feeling | - Joey F. | |||
| Roxy Music | Angel Eyes | Angel eyes, am I deceived or did you sigh? | - Brian Kelly | |||
| Roy Drusky | Three Hearts In A Tangle | Three hearts in a tangle, one heart will have to break | - Candy Welty | |||
| Roy Hamilton | You Can Have Her | Well, you can have her. I don't want her. She didn't love me, anyway. | - Candy Welty | |||
| Roy Orbison | Dream Baby | Sweet dream baby, Sweet dream baby, Sweet dream baby, How long must I dream. | "Dream Baby" was one of the very early (1958) top five hits for Roy Orbison (born Roy Kelton Orbison on April 23, 1936 -- died: December 6, 1988). - Peter | |||
| Roy Orbison | Pretty Woman | Pretty woman walking down the street, | - Larcen Tyler | |||
| Roy Orbison | Pretty Paper | Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue | - Candy Welty | |||
| Roy Orbison | Running Scared | Just running scared, each place we go | - Candy Welty | |||
| The Rubinoos | Hold Me | Hold me, baby, baby, won't you hold me | - Candy Welty | |||
| Ruby & the Romantics | Our Day Will Come | Our day will come and we'll have everything. | "Our Day Will Come" was the only hit for the group, Ruby & the Romantics (#1 in spring 1963). It has been covered by many artists since Ruby & the Romantics took it to #1, including the Four Seasons. - Peter | |||
| Ruby Wright | Let's Light The Christmas Tree | Let's light the Christmas tree, set its branches glowing | - Candy Welty | |||
| Rufus featuring Chaka Khan | Hollywood | He's on his way, he's goin' to Hollywood | - Sutch | |||
| Run DMC | Rock Box | Run DMC! Rock box! | They also leave no doubt as to who's performing the song. - Brian Kelly | |||
| Run Kid Run | Love at the Core | We want love, love at the core | I like bursting in with the chorus at the beginning, it gives this song a certain originality. - Alex | |||
| Run-DMC | Dumb Girl | Dumb Girl! Dumb dumb dumb... | They conclude with an interjection: STUPID AS CAN BE! - Lemme Tell Ya, Them Guys Ain't Dumb | |||
| Rupert Holmes | I Don't Need You | I don't need you, I don't need you half as much as you need me | - Candy Welty | |||
| Rush | The Big Money | Big money goes around the world. | - Michael | |||
| Rusty Draper | Freight Train | Freight train, freight train, goin' so fast | - Lily Orange | |||
| Rusty Draper | Held For Questioning | Held for questioning [4 times], you're being held for questioning | - Lily Orange | |||
| Rusty Draper | Tiger Lily | Tiger Lily, Tiger Lily, Tiger Lily, I love her so | - Lily Orange | |||
| Ry Cooder | J. Edgar | Down on the farm we had a pig, J. Edgar was his name | - Sutch | |||
| Ryan Cabrera | Photo | A photo can say a thousand things | - Alex |
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