Songs whose title doesn't appear in the lyrics

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Heard E=MC² by Big Audio Dynamite on the radio earlier, and got me thinking on this. Got be songs that have lyrics, obviously. Big obvious one is Bohemian Rhapsody. Any more?

[Nurse Duckett]

Dexys Midnight Runners - Thankfully Not Living In Yorkshire It Doesn't Apply from Searching for the Young Soul Rebels

[3 Colours Red]

Bizarre Love Triangle was the first one that came to mind.

10538 Overture I thought might have been another but I Googled the lyrics and they do feature "one-O-five-three-eight". I blame the slightly fuzzy early 70s production for not spotting that one earlier.

[Vicarious Thrillseeker]

Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls. Not a great song, but it's my daughter's name.

[Auntie Beryl]

New Order, Propaganda and Cocteau Twins loom large here.

[gjw100]

Van Der Graaf Generator's 'The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other' album has three - 'Whatever Would Robert Have Said', 'Darkness 11/11' and 'After The Flood'.

[Janik]

New Order, Propaganda and Cocteau Twins loom large here.

First one that sprung to my mind was Blue Monday.

White Rabbit includes both 'White' and 'Rabbit' but doesn't pair them up.

[Janik]

I got a feeling there is a sub-category of songs with an unsung title, but which are on an album that calls itself after a line from the lyrics. However, irritatingly, I can't place what is niggling as existing.

[Janik]

Lightbulb - Smells Like Teen Spirit on Nevermind!

[delicatemoth]

There's definitely at least one, and now it's niggling at me. EDIT - more than one then, cos that wasn't what I was trying to remember.

[Kevin S]

IFWHITEAMERICATOLDTHETRUTHFORONEDAYITSWORLDWOULDFA LLAPART - Manics
Archives of Pain - Manics
Married With Children - Oasis
Song 2 - Blur
Train In Vain - The Clash
Paranoid Android - Radiohead
A Day In The Life - The Beatles
Goldfinger - Ash

edit - I don't know why it's put a space in FALL there; it's not in the editable post.

[delicatemoth]

There's definitely at least one, and now it's niggling at me. EDIT - more than one then, cos that wasn't what I was trying to remember.

'Dragnet' by The Fall, the title being from the track 'Before The Moon Falls'.
'Almost Killed Me' by The Hold Steady, title from the opening track 'Positive Jam'. Endearingly, they also use the phrase "hold steady" in at least the first two songs, possibly more. I did like them.

[Janik]

Paranoid Android - Radiohead

That phrase gets spoken by a vocoder type thing as backing vocals, doesn't it?

[multipleman78]

Lightbulb - Smells Like Teen Spirit on Nevermind!

Lithium
Territorial Pissings
Lounge Act

All from Nevermind.

Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle
Milk It
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
Tourette's

All from In Utero.

[Janik]

I was referring to the line from Smells Like Teen Spirit that runs It's hard to find the time, whatever, nevermind, which is the lyric the album was named after, despite it, nor any other lyric, titling the song it stems from. A double flip, if you like.

[Various Artist]

IFWHITEAMERICATOLDTHETRUTHFORONEDAYITSWORLDWOULDFA LLAPART - Manics

Hmm. I can't make the space disappear either if I quote you Kev – not even if I edit it:

IFWHITEAMERICATOLDTHETRUTHFORONEDAYITSWORLDWOULDFA LL - Manics

IFWHITEAMERICATOLDTHETRUTHFORONEDAYITSWORLDWOULDFL APART - Manics

Weird. Perhaps the boards just don't like The Holy Bible.

[Cal Alamein]

Lotsa Led Zep songs fit in this group.

Immigrant Song, Black Dog, Kashmir, Achilles Last Stand, and Trampled Under Foot quickly come to mind.

[multipleman78]

I was referring to the line from Smells Like Teen Spirit that runs It's hard to find the time, whatever, nevermind, which is the lyric the album was named after, despite it, nor any other lyric, titling the song it stems from. A double flip, if you like.

My apologies, i presumed you were adding Smells Like Teen Spirit to the overall list and had ignored your comment about a sub-category.

[Various Artist]

Count me as another for whom New Order/Joy Division were the first thing to spring to mind.

Otherwise, here's a bit of a random sprinkling:
The Ballad of John and Yoko – Beatles
New York Mining Disaster 1941 – Bee Gees
Space Oddity – David Bowie
Tubthumping – Chumbawamba
The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count – Divine Comedy
Unfinished Sympathy – Massive Attack
Porcelain – Moby
Acquiesce – Oasis
Souvenir – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Disco 2000 – Pulp
Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers

Odd meta-example: Enjoy The Silence – Depeche Mode. The title doesn't appear in the radio version you'll normally hear – but after the album version ends there's a few seconds of, er, silence, broken by Dave Gahan singing "Enjoy the silence!", followed by a sort of yogic chime; then an uncredited instrumental track kicks in for a minute or two before Policy Of Truth starts.

[multipleman78]

I can't think of every lyric off the top of my head, i am impressed if anyone can, but i think Rappers Delight may be an example.

[Satchmo Distel]

Beatles:

Tomorrow Never Knows
A Day In The Life

Dylan:
Positively Fourth Street
Rainy Day Women

The Smiths have several, such as, from their best album: Headmaster Ritual, Rusholme Ruffians, Barbarism Begins At Home, Meat Is Murder, Nowhere Fast. And their most famous track: How Soon Is Now?

[Satchmo Distel]

I got a feeling there is a sub-category of songs with an unsung title, but which are on an album that calls itself after a line from the lyrics. However, irritatingly, I can't place what is niggling as existing.

Searching for the Young Soul Rebels - line appears in "There There My Dear" from the album of that title.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search...ng_Soul_Rebels

[3 Colours Red]

Lotsa Led Zep songs fit in this group.
...Kashmir... quickly come to mind.

As the dust that floats finds you
We're moving through Kashmir

Sorry.

[SouthdownRebel]

The Police's Synchronicity II is one that comes to mind.

[Nurse Duckett]

Searching for the Young Soul Rebels - line appears in "There There My Dear" from the album of that title.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search...ng_Soul_Rebels

And for the follow-up, Too-Rye-Ay is a line from Come On Eileen.

Also: Beck's Odelay album title is sung in one of the songs thereon.