Music lovers, get ready for a musical journey through songs that never mention their own titles! We’re diving into iconic tracks from Queen, Nirvana, The Beatles, and more, exploring the fascinating stories behind these unique song titles that never make it into their own lyrics. From Freddie Mercury’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” to Kurt Cobain’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” we’ll uncover the surprising origins and creative inspirations behind these legendary songs! Did any of these surprise you? Share in the comments.
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MY TOP 25 Songs Whose Titles Aren't in the Lyrics:
25. James Taylor- Love Songs
24. Donald Fagen- I.G.Y
23. Wilson Pickett- Land of 1000 Dances
22. New Order- True Faith
21. The Notorious B.I.G- Juicy
20. Nelly/Kelly Rowland- Dilemma
19. Panic! at the Disco- I Write Sins, Not Tragedies
18. The Police- Synchronicity
17. Rod Stewart- Young Turks
16. 4 Non-Blondes- What's Up?
15. The Righteous Brothers- Unchained Melody
14. Coldplay- Viva la Vida
13. New Order- Blue Monday
12. Metallica- Enter Sandman
11. Goo Goo Dolls- Iris
10. Blur- Song 2
9. Sugarhill Gang- Rapper's Delight
8. Rolling Stones- Sympathy for the Devil
7. Led Zeppelin- Immigrant Song
6. The Who- Baba O'Riley
5. The Beatles- A Day in the Life
4. David Bowie- Space Oddity
3. ZZ Top- La Grange
2. Nirvana- Smells Like Teen Spirit
1. Queen- Bohemian Rhapsody
We know exactly why. She didn't want her song confused within Marvin Gaye. It's not a secret!
Subterranean Homesick Blues? After The Gold Rush? For What It's Worth? Rainy Day Women #12 and 35? Danny's Song? SWLABR? Ballad Of A Thin Man? Bob Dylan is the all-time champion of songs with titles that don't appear in the lyrics.
A Pirate Looks at 40
Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season
Sorry, I was a Buffett fan since before we became ParrotHeads
Why do you have two number fours and no number three?
You could have added 'Enjoy the silence' by Depeche Mode, although in some versions, they do sing it. But no in all.
@WatchMojo please do top 10 songs that uses instruments that are not commonly used by most musicians or bands. my examples are "Love me do – beatless that used Harmonica. some songs that use shaker. 21 pilots uses ukelele a lot.
Young Turks by Rod Stewart
“Unfinished Symphony” – Tina Turner (from “Wildest Dreams” album)
Several popular Pink Floyd songs also.
Jack White / White Stripes, “Seven Nation Army”
“Grand Theft Autumn” by Fall Out Boy
Superstar / Leon Russell, Carpenters, etc
Sorry, you lost me with that drawn out hipster crap
"Superstar" – The Carpenters
3:11 Coldplay also had most of the songs with titles wasn’t in the mentions like…
– Princess of China
– Hymn For The Weekend
– Adventure of a Lifetime
Ode To My Family- The Cranberries
Yellow Ledbetter
Queen – The Prophet’s Song from the same album (A Night At The Opera 1975) also fits the category; and is just as epic! Check it out if you don’t know it – you won’t be disappointed 😃
Bangers! All of these are great songs 👍
Basically any fallout boy song.
Top 15?? I have only heard 2 of them…. Geesh.
Ahh I was hoping that Brain Damage by Pink Floyd would be mentioned lol 😅
At least another entry for New Order: "True Faith" also lacks both the words "true" and "faith".
Songs don't need to make sense or have proper lyrics to score hits…
I don't know if it counts as appearing in the lyrics but 'Unchained Melody' is said at the start of the version by The Goons.
Madonna- Bedtime Story and the album track from True Blue: White Heat
I would have put For What It's Worth in the list. Yes, it is a one-hit wonder, but we still manage to sing "It's time to stop, children. What's the sound? Everybody look what's going down." Over 50 years later!
AC/DC runaway train the title called rock and roll train
Blink-182 has a lot of songs where the song title’s not in the lyrics.
Does it really make sense for the songs title to always be in the song lyrics
You forgot to include Superstar by the Carpenters, and Good Clean Fun by the Monkees
On the other extreme are songs where the lyric IS just the title. I'm thinking "Tequila" and "Wipe Out".
Pity you couldn't find the Who playing the song.
I lost all respect for this list not seeing Smashing Pumpkins' "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" on this list. That should have really been number 1.
Mayonaise, Smashing Pumpkins
New York Mining Disaster 1941 by the Bee Gees.
I.G.Y. by Donald Fagen
Superstar – The Carpenters
Green day – basket case
Muse – bliss
Tenacious d – master exploder
Black sabbath – paranoid
Rem – south Central rain
the strokes – reptilia
Buffalo Springfield’s For What it’s Worth and the Who’s Baba O’Reilly
Rod Stewart ' s Young Turks to Julian Lennon 's Vallote to The Band's The Weight to Weird Al Yankovic 's Smells Like Nirvana! O hope WatchMojo does a part 2 because I would love to see that happen in the future for sure!
Coldplay has a bunch of songs with no title in the lyrics!!!
Papercut, points of authority Linkin Park
Oasis – The Importance of Being Idle, Supergrass – Richard III
Badge by Cream!
fun fact. a Rhapsody is a classical composition that is known for having multiple parts that are dramatic and dynamic. Bohemia is a region in the Czech Republic where the people are known for their freedom of self expression and being lovers of all things weird and wonderful.
Blur didn't just do song 2 they also did the Universal, and Damon Allbran also did the Gorillas who also made tunes like Clint Eastward and Dirty Harry. Methinks there might be a pattern..