Names with Songs
by dotsmom on Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:38 am
I have been looking for songs that have my kids names in them. Linda and Pam had a blog about this, but I would like to add to it. Please chime in if you know of a song with a name in it. Thanks!
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ADELAIDE – John Cale
AJA – Steely Dan
ALBERTA – Bob Dylan
ALISON – Elvis Costello
ALLISON - The Pixies
ALTHEA – Grateful Dead
AMANDA – Boston
AMANDA - Rod Stewart
AMANDA - Don Williams
AMY - Ryan Adams
AMY - Pure Prairie League
AMY - Miami, My Amy - Keith Whitley
AMY - Amy's back in Austin
ANGELICA – Richard Marx
ANNIE'S SONG - John Denver
AUBREY — Bread
AUSTIN - Blake Shelton
BARBARA- Barbara Ann - Beach Boys
BERNADETTE — Four Tops
BETTY - Black Betty - Ram Jam
BILLIE JEAN – Michael Jackson
BILLIE - Son of a Preacherman - Janis Joplin
CAROLINE - Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
CARRIE - Carrie Anne - The Hollies
CATHY - Cathy's Clown - THe Everly Brothers
CECILIA — Simon & Garfunkel
CHARLIE - Me and Charlie Talking - Miranda Lambert
CHALOTTE - Charlotte Sometimes - THe Cure
CHLOE – Elton John
CLEMENTINE - Oh My Darling Clementine
CLEMENTINE – Jan & Dean
CORINNA – Bob Dylan
DELILAH – Chuck Berry, Queen
DONNA - Oh Donna - Richie Valens
DUNCAN – Paul Simon
EILEEN - Come on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
ELEANOR - Eleanor Rigby - Beatles
ELI – Laura Nyro, Three Dog Night
EVANGELINE – The Band
FERNANDO – ABBA
GEORGIA — Ray Charles
GUINNEVERE – Crosby, Stills & Nash
HAZEL — Bob Dylan
IRIS - Goo Goo Dolls
IZABELLA – Jimi Hendrix
JENNY - Jenny From The Block - Jennifer Lopez
JEREMIAH – Sting
JEREMY — Pearl Jam
JEZEBEL — Sade
JOLENE - Dolly Parton
JOSIE – Steely Dan
JUDE - Hey Jude - Beatles
KATE - Kiss Me Kate
KATE - Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
KATE - Linda Ronstadt
KATE - Ben Folds Five
KATE - I Wish I Could've Been There - John Anderson
KATIE - K-K-K-Katie
KATIE - She's In Love With the Boy - Trisha Yearwood
KATIE - Katie Wants a Fast One - Steve Wariner/Garth Brooks
KATIE - Maybe Katie - Barenaked Ladies
KATIE - Daylight Katie - Gordon Lightfoot
KATIE - Navajo Rug - Jerry Jeff Walker
KATIE - Never Wanted Nothing More - Kenny Chesney
KATIE - Katie Brought My Guitar Back Today - Rhett Akins
KATIE - Sons of Katie Elder - Johnny Cash
KATIE - There's Where Katie Waits - Charlie Walker
LAVENDER - Lavender Blue
LAYLA — Eric Clapton/Derek & the Dominos
LOLA – The Kinks
LORENZO — Phil Collins
LUCY - Bealtes
MADONNA - Lady Madonna - Beatles
MAGDALENA — Mothers of Invention
MAGGIE - Rod Stewart
MATILDA – Pink Floyd
MICHELLE - Beatles
MOLLY – Little Richard
NADINE – Chuck Berry
NIKKI – Prince
OPHELIA – The Band
PENNY - Penny Lane - Beatles
RENEE - Dont Walk Away Renee
RHIANNON – Fleetwood Mac
ROSEMARY - Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes
ROXANNE – The Police
RUBY – Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones
RUBY - Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town - Kenny Rogers
RUBY - Ruby Baby - Drifters
SEAMUS – Pink Floyd
SHARONA — The Knack
VENUS – Bananarama
VERA – Pink Floyd
VERONICA – Elvis Costello
Re: Names with Songs
by tinydancingdoll on Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:07 am
Well, there are sooo many songs...I Don't know any more with your kids' names in them but here are some others I know
- Sweet ADELINE (Elliott Smith)
- LUA (Bright Eyes - I always thought it was a name and fell in love with it, but I'm not really sure what it really refers to!)
- JETSABEL Removes The Undesirable (Bright Eyes)
- TEREZA & THOMAS (Bright Eyes)
- For EMMA, Forever Ago (Bon Iver)
- Oh my sweet CAROLINA (Ryan Adams)
Well, there are many more but I just found these awesome lists:
http://www.listology.com/list/songs-womens-names-title
http://www.listology.com/list/songs-mens-names-title
Re: Names with Songs
by twinkle on Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:04 am
I have always been fascinated by names which appear in songs!
Some more :
Grace - U2
Mandy - Barry Manilow
Hey Juliet - MGMT
I'm Mandy, Fly Me - 10cc
Rosie Lee - Bromhead Jackets
Martha, My Dear - The Beatles
Lisa Says - Velvet Underground
Sister Ray - Velvet Underground
Sweet Jane - Velvet Underground
Sally Can't Dance - Velvet Underground
Long Tall Sally - The Beatles
Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs
Julia - The Beatles
Hey, Julie - Fountains of Wayne
Dear Prudence - The Beatles
Lovely Rita - The Beatles
Stacey's Mom - Fountains of Wayne
Dizzy Miss Lizzy - The Beatles
Jezebel - Dizzee Rascal
Last Dance With Mary Jane - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Sweet Virginia - The Rolling Stones
Jacqueline - Franze Ferdinand
Polythene Pam - The Beatles
Jenny Was a Friend of Mine - The Killers
Oh Jenny, Don't Be Hasty - Paulo Nutini
Emma - Hot Chocolate
Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
Michelle - The Beatles
Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts - Bob Dylan
Believe Me, Natalie - The Killers
Queen Jane Approximately - Bob Dylan
Nola - Girl All The Bad Guys Want - Bowling For Soup - "Her name is Nola, she's a rocker with a nose ring"
Rio - Duran Duran
Hey Delilah - Plain White T's
A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
Maxwell's Silver Hammer - The Beatles
The Ballad of John and Yoko - The Beatles
Milo - Bowling For Soup
Jesse's Girl - Rick Springfield
Hey Mickey - Tony Basil
Vincent - Don McClean.
Apologies for the lack of alphabetical order, and any accidental repeats (I tried to check that their wasn't any).
Re: Names with Songs
by elena on Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:36 am
Here goes,
ALFIE - Lily Allen
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN - Squeeze
BRYN - Vampire Weekend
DIRTY HARRY - Gorillaz
DREAM ON HAYLEY - Jame Morrison
COME ON EILEEN - Dexy's Midnight Runners
GRACE - Will Young
CHARLOTTE ANNE - Julian Cope
HENRIETTA - The Fratellis
JEAN GENIE - David Bowie
JENNY WAS A FRIEND OF MINE - The Killers
LUKA - Suzanne Vega
LYLA - Oasis
MAYA - Sugababes
MARIELLA - Kate Nash
MOLLY'S CHAMBERS - Kings of Leon
MY YVONNE - Jack Penate
ROMEO - Basement Jaxx
TOM'S DINER - Suzanne Vega
VALERIE - Amy Winehouse / The Zutons
WEEPING WILLOW - The Verve
Haven't listened to some of them so sorry if they're bad songs :)
Re: Names with Songs
by disa_lan on Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:12 pm
A few -
Valerie Loves Me - Material Issue
Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies
Jane Says - Janes Addiction
Mamma Mia - Abba
Annabel Lee - Tiger Army
Sweet Leilani - Bing Crosby
Gloria - Laura Branigan
Accidentally Kelly Street - Frente
Bennie and The Jets - Elton John
Daniel - Elton John
Dani California - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Joey - Bob Dylan
Johnny B. Good - Chuck Berry
Jolene - Bob Dylan
Re: Names with Songs
by victoria on Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:50 pm
Johnny- Devil Went Down to Georgia
Hey Jude- The Beatles
Jenny was a friend of mine- The Killers
Janie's Got a Gun-Aerosmith
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds- The Beatles
Micah-Lips of an Angel- Hinder
Maria- West Side Story
Runaround Sue- Dion
Tell Laura I Love Her- Dave Berry
Vincent- Josh Groban
Sorry for any repeats!
Re: Names with Songs
by dearest on Sun Oct 25, 2009 6:02 pm
I know some Norwegian ones, and Tori Amos has a lot of names in her songs:
By Tori Amos:
Marianne - Marianne
Ernestine - Caught A Lite Sneeze
Anastasia - Yes, Anastasia
Angie - Angie (cover)
Anne - Talula (Anne Boleyn to be precise)
Athena - Don't Make Me Come to Vegas
Bette - Glory of the 80's (Bette Davis)
Betty Louise - Humpty Dumpty
Bonnie - '97 Bonnie and Clyde (cover)
Daisy - Daisy Dead Petals
Donna - Jackie's Strength
Echo - Bug a Martini
Eva Marie - Rattlesnakes (cover)
Ginger - The Wrong Band
Gladys - Muhammed My Friend
Heidi - The Wrong Band
Inanna - Caught a Lite Sneeze
Jackie - Jackie's Strength
Jane - Famous Blue Raincoat (cover)
Janet - Sister Janet
Jean - Not the Red Baron
Joan - Glory of the 80's
Jodie - Rattlesnakes (cover)
Josephine - Josephine
Joy - General Joy
Judy - Not the Red Baron + Happy Phantom
June - Graveyard
Katie - Datura
Lucy - Pretty Good Year
Madonna - Mary's of the Sea
Martha - Martha's Foolish Ginger
Mary - Mary's of the Sea + Mary (cover) + Professional Widow + Talula
Melusine - Dolphin Song
Missy - Sweet Dreams
Nancy - New Age (cover)
Pandora - Pandora's Aquarium
Peggy - Cooling
Peggy Ann - Jamaica Inn
Pele - Muhammad My Friend
Raquel - Glory of the 80's
Rebecca - Jamaica Inn
Ruby - Ruby Through the Looking Glass
Scarlet - Scarlet's Walk
Shekhina - Apollo's Frock
Simone - Rattlesnakes (cover)
Susan - Sweet Dreams
Talula - Talula
Bobby - Sugar
Neil - Numerous references to Neil Gaiman
Matthew - Dolphin song
Joe - Smoky Joe
Greg - Pretty Good Year
Billy - Precious Things
John - Mrs. Jesus
Paul - Mrs. Jesus
David - Jackie's Strength
Clyde - '97 Bonnie and Clyde (cover)
Muhammad- Muhammad My Friend
Norwegian:
Adelaide - Thomas Dybdahl 'Adelaide'
Cecilia - Thomas Dybdahl 'Cecilia'
Henry - Thomas Dybdahl 'Henry'
Maury - Thomas Dybdahl 'Maury the Pawn'
Others:
Blake - Amanda Palmer 'Blake Says'
Casimir - Sufjan Stevens 'Casimir Pulaski Day'
Prescilla - Bat for Lashes 'Prescilla'
Sarah - Bat for Lashes 'Sarah'
Daniel - Bat for Lashes 'Daniel'
Lyla - CocoRosie 'Lyla'
Tristan - Patrick Wolf 'Tristan'
Augustine - Patrick Wolf 'Augustine' (for a girl)
Anglene - PJ Harvey 'Angelene'
Billy - PJ Harvey 'C'mon Billy'
Elise - PJ Harvey 'A Perfect Day Elise'
Catherine - PJ Harvey ' Catherine'
Joy - PJ Harvey 'Joy'
And that's as much as I have time for... ^^
Re: Names with Songs
by rosamund on Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:25 pm
I love it when a name has a song!
Jessie-Joshua Kadison
Jesse- Roberta Flack
Jesse's Girl-Rick Springfield
Nina, Pretty Ballerina-ABBA
Sam- Olivia Newton-John
Lady Jane-Joshua Kadison
Mickey-Toni Basil
Re: Names with Songs
by sophieliz456 on Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:01 pm
My name is Sophie and I still havent found a song with my name in it. Why not i ask.
Re: Names with Songs
by twinkle on Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:08 pm
For Daisy, there is always the Victorian Daisy Bell song, too -
"Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do,
I'm half crazy all for the love of you.
It won't be a stylish marriage -
I can't afford a carriage,
But you'd look sweet upon the seat
Of a bicycle built for two."