Bands with eponymous songs

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Talk Talk - "Talk Talk"
Black Sabbath - "Black Sabbath"
Bo Diddley - "Bo Diddley"

― Pat in Cleveland, Sunday, 20 March 2005 19:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Big Country--In A Big Country

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Living in a Box - "Living in a Box" (from the album, Living in a Box)

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Code of Honor - "Code of Honor"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:03 (twenty-one years ago)

The Clash - "We Are the Clash"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Imperial Teen "Imperial Teen"

― miccio (miccio), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Cop $hoot Cop - "Triumphal Theme" (the chorus of which is a bitterly emphatic "COP SHOOT COP!")

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Public Image Ltd. - "Public Image"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Minor Threat - "Minor Threat"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Julian Cope - "Julian H. Cope"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Murder Inc. - "Murder Inc."

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Chairmen of the Board -- "Chairman of the Board"

"I'm the chairman of my baby's board..."

― lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Bob Dylan: Bob Dylan's 115th Dream

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Creation - "Creation" (on Creation records)

― mark grout (mark grout), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Public Enemy -- "Public Enemy No. 1"

(most absurd pairing/transition of all time)

They Might Be Giants -- "They Might Be Giants"

― lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Atari Teenage Riot - "Atari Teenage Riot" AND "Atari Teenage Riot II"

― latebloomer: damn cheapskate satanists (latebloomer), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Mogwai, "Mogwai Fear Satan"

― buck van smack (Buck Van Smack), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Green Day - "Green Day"

― Cheek0 (Cheek0), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Bad Company - "Bad Company"

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Iron Maiden - band name, album name and track name.

― dmun, Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Supercollider "Supercollider" (from Supercollider)

Sjálfsfróun "Sjálfsfróun" (from v/a comp Rokk Í Reykjavík)

Semi-eponymous:

<-0+ (or Prince) "My Name Is Prince"

Heavy Vegetable "Thingy" (Heavy Vegetable would later reform under the name Thingy)

― donut debonair (donut), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:44 (twenty-one years ago)

The Dandy Warhols "It's a Fast-driving Rave-up With The Dandy Warhols Sixteen Minutes"

The Dandy Warhols "It's a Fast-driving Rave-up With The Dandy Warhols Sixteen Minutes : Finale"

― donut debonair (donut), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Miles Davis -- Miles Runs The Voodoo Down

― lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Art Of Noise "Who's Afraid Of The Art Of Noise?"

― donut debonair (donut), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Funkadelic "Mommy What's a Funkadelic?"

― donut debonair (donut), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Godz "Godz" (from Contact High With The Godz)

― donut debonair (donut), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Lake Of Dracula "Lake Of Dracula"

― donut debonair (donut), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:51 (twenty-one years ago)

ooh, an obscure one..

The Monkees "(Theme From) The Monkees"

― donut debonair (donut), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Gravediggaz - 'Mommy, What's A Gravedigga?'
Prince Paul - 'Chubb Rock, Please Pay Prince Paul The $20,000 You Owe Him', 'DJ Prince Paul vs The World'
Fannypack - 'The Theme From Fannypack'
Sad Rockets - 'Sad Rockts' Rock Steady'
The Beta Band - 'The Beta Band Rap'
S' Express - 'Theme From S' Express'
Propellerheads - 'Props Got Mo' Skills'

― Deerninja B4rim4, Plus-Tech Whizz Kid (Barima), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Quickspace "Quickspace Happy Song Number One"
Renegade Soundwave "Renegade Soundwave" (from Howyoudoin')

― donut debonair (donut), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Mott the Hoople--"Ballad Of Mott The Hoople (March 26, 1972-Zurich)"

― lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Louis XIV, "Louis XIV" from the last EP

― buck van smack (Buck Van Smack), Sunday, 20 March 2005 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Jerry Lee Lewis -- "Jerry's Place" and "Lewis Boogie"

― lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Sunday, 20 March 2005 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)

If Funkadelic counts, then...

Gravediggaz - "Mommy, What's a Gravedigga?"

― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 20 March 2005 21:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Snrubby, you're too late there.

Doop - 'Doop'

― Deerninja B4rim4, Plus-Tech Whizz Kid (Barima), Sunday, 20 March 2005 21:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Love - "Love is Coming"
Stormtroopers of Death - "March of the S.O.D."
Stray Cats - "Stray Cat Strut"

― Steve Gertz (sgertz), Sunday, 20 March 2005 21:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Mott the Hoople--"Ballad Of Mott The Hoople (March 26, 1972-Zurich)"
See also:
Songs where the singer mentions his/her bandmates

― Ken L (Ken L), Sunday, 20 March 2005 21:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Girls Aloud - "Girls Allowed" (see, it's clever that one)

― Nick H (Nick H), Sunday, 20 March 2005 21:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Art in America, "Art in America." (From the album Art in America.)

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 20 March 2005 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, he's the frontman of the band, but: The Monochrome Set - "B-I-D Spells Bid"

― Ian Riese-Moraine. Sweeter than a lorry load of white Toblerones. (Eastern Mantr, Sunday, 20 March 2005 22:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Belle and Sebastian - "Belle and Sebastian"

― Ian Riese-Moraine. Sweeter than a lorry load of white Toblerones. (Eastern Mantr, Sunday, 20 March 2005 22:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Das EFX: "They Want EFX."

― ffirehorse (firehorse), Sunday, 20 March 2005 22:36 (twenty-one years ago)

three that spring to mind:

Saint Etienne - This Is Radio Etienne*
Saint Etienne - Etienne Gonna Die**
Saint Etienne - Le Ballade De Saint Etienne***

* Not a song but thirty seconds of French football commentry
** more like a song, but mainly movie dialogue
*** actually a song.

didn't/doesn't just about every House/Techno Band/Producer have one of these, especially in the early 90's like

LFO - LFO

and uh, so many others that i can't think of them right now...

― james porter (james porter), Sunday, 20 March 2005 22:49 (twenty-one years ago)

> Girls Aloud - "Girls Allowed" (see, it's clever that one)

see, for ages i thought they were called Girls Allowed, which struck me as a weird name...

― james porter (james porter), Sunday, 20 March 2005 22:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Iron Maiden - band name, album name and track name.

How on earth did I forget that one? I'm deeply, deeply, abjectly ashamed.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 20 March 2005 22:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Rammstein: "Rammstein."

― ffirehorse (firehorse), Sunday, 20 March 2005 23:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Madness - Madness
Motorhead - Motorhead

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 20 March 2005 23:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Red Hot CHili Peppers - Is it called "Nevermind"? It's on Freaky Styley, in any case.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 20 March 2005 23:42 (twenty-one years ago)

The Clash - "This is Radio Clash"

― Ian Riese-Moraine. Sweeter than a lorry load of white Toblerones. (Eastern Mantr, Monday, 21 March 2005 03:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Jay-Jay Johanson - "Jay-Jay Johanson"

― Seb (Seb), Monday, 21 March 2005 04:06 (twenty-one years ago)

railroad jerk, "ballad of railroad jerk"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 21 March 2005 04:29 (twenty-one years ago)

45 Grave
Bad Religion

― These Robust Cookies (Robust Cookies), Monday, 21 March 2005 05:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Theoretical Girls

― mn, Monday, 21 March 2005 05:09 (twenty-one years ago)

The Anti-Nowhere League - We Are The League

― Sasha (sgh), Monday, 21 March 2005 06:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Boredoms - "Turn Table Boredoms", "B for Boredoms", "Bore Now Bore", "Hey Bore Hey", "Nice B-O-R-E Guy & Boyoyo Touch"

― - (smile), Monday, 21 March 2005 07:33 (twenty-one years ago)

DJ Crash - 'He Is DJ Crash'

― BARMS, Monday, 21 March 2005 15:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Jilted John - "Jilted John"

― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 21 March 2005 15:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Railroad Jerk also had "Talkin' Railroad Jerk Blues" on their first, self-titled album.

― Huk-L, Monday, 21 March 2005 15:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Bob Dylan: Bob Dylan's 115th Dream
He also had just plain "Bob Dylan’s Dream"

King Crimson - "The Court Of the Crimson King" off of In The Court Of the Crimson King (Note extra In in album title)

― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 21 March 2005 15:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti - "Haunted Grafitti"

I feel like there are a lot of rap artists with these, but I can't think of any.

― sleep (sleep), Monday, 21 March 2005 16:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Beastie Boys

― BARMS, Monday, 21 March 2005 16:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Busta Rhymes - "Do The Bus A Bus"

DMX - "Fuckin' Wit' D"
DMX - "X is Comin'"

― sleep (sleep), Monday, 21 March 2005 16:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Pet Shop Boys - "Pet Shop Boys" (B-Side to the original Bobby O "One More Chance" single. Or maybe it was "West End Girls"?)

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Monday, 21 March 2005 17:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Slowdive - "Slowdive"

― Baaderonixxx le Jeune (Fabfunk), Monday, 21 March 2005 17:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Soft Boys - "Give It To The Soft Boys"

― Erik The Mainer (EZSnappin), Monday, 21 March 2005 17:10 (twenty-one years ago)

built to spil - " built to spill"

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 21 March 2005 17:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Every US hardcore punk band ever.

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Monday, 21 March 2005 17:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Meat Puppets

― These Robust Cookies (Robust Cookies), Monday, 21 March 2005 17:50 (twenty-one years ago)

The Dix - "Here Come The Dix"

― sleep (sleep), Monday, 21 March 2005 17:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Jay-Z - "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)"

('Hova being one of Jay-Z's monikers, and izzo being a letter in it.)

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Monday, 21 March 2005 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Talulah Gosh - Talulah Gosh

― elwisty (elwisty), Monday, 21 March 2005 18:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Freestyle - Freestyle Express
Ghostface - Ghostface

― Gavin Mueller, Monday, 21 March 2005 18:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Yellow Balloon, "Yellow Balloon"

(B-side: Noollab Wolley)

― msanthropic, Monday, 21 March 2005 20:13 (twenty-one years ago)

like a rolling stone - the rolling stones (not by them but they recorded and released it, so...)

― AleXTC (AleXTC), Monday, 21 March 2005 20:41 (twenty-one years ago)

its a stretch, but

The Who: Who Are You

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 21 March 2005 21:10 (twenty-one years ago)

The Monks - Monk Time
Can - Can Can

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 21 March 2005 21:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Squarepusher - "Squarepusher Theme"

― o. nate (onate), Monday, 21 March 2005 21:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Basement Jaxx - "Jaxxalude"
Wu-Tang Clan - "Method Man" (well he takes a major part in it)

― Nick H (Nick H), Monday, 21 March 2005 21:48 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

Just realised Method Man has a skit on Tical 2000 called "Where's Method Man?" too.

― Nick H (Nick H), Monday, 9 May 2005 09:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Madness - Madness

this isn't eponymous, and neither was the A-side

― kit brash (kit brash), Monday, 9 May 2005 13:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Alizee - "L'Alize"
Robyn - "Robyn Is Here"
Eric B & Rakim - "Eric B Is On The Cut" and "Eric B Is President"

― Nick H (Nick H), Monday, 9 May 2005 20:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Partenaire Particulier - Partenaire particulier
M.I.A. - MIA
Bentley Rhythm Ace - Bentley's gonna sort you out
That Biz Markie song...

― Sami (Sami), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 01:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Royal Pendletons, "Pendleton Man"
Descendents, "Descendents"
Banana Splits, "We're the Banana Splits"

― JAS, Tuesday, 10 May 2005 01:34 (twenty-one years ago)

The Human League, "Human"

Pet Shop Boys also had a b-side called "We're the Pet Shop Boys," although it was actually a cover of a track by My Robot Friend.

― brittle-lemon, Tuesday, 10 May 2005 02:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Men's Recovery Project - Men's Recovery Project

― Sasha (sgh), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 06:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Bentley Rhythm Ace also had Late Train To Bentley On C

― kit brash (kit brash), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 08:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Focus - Focus
Focus - Focus II
Focus - Focus III
Focus - Focus IV

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 08:50 (twenty-one years ago)

dad (disneyland after dark) - DAD - danish heavy metal
and peter gabriel named 4 lps - peter gabriel until "so"
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Pet Shop Boys - "Pet Shop Boys" (B-Side to the original Bobby O "One More Chance" single. Or maybe it was "West End Girls"?)
-- Mr. Snrub (mistersnru...), March 21st, 2005.
are you sure they did a song called "pet shop boys "?

― tina, Tuesday, 10 May 2005 09:14 (twenty-one years ago)

808 State - 808080808 and Pacific 808:98

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 09:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Alien Sex Fiend - Alien Sex Fiend

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 09:51 (twenty-one years ago)

"Twin Hype" - Twin Hype (from the album Twin Hype)
"C is the Heavenly Option" - Heavenly

― Tony Bleach, Tuesday, 10 May 2005 16:53 (twenty-one years ago)

seven months pass...

the boy least likely to- 'the ballad of the boy least likely to'

― theghostrobot (theghostrobot), Thursday, 5 January 2006 06:57 (twenty years ago)

LFO: "LFO"
Nas: "Nas Is Like"
Westbam: "Bam Bam Bam"
Queen: "Killer Queen"
Grandmaster Flash: "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel"
Jonzun Crew: "We Are the Jonzun Crew"
Ms. Dynamite: "Dy-Na-Mi-Tee"
Cosmic Baby: "Cosmic Greets Florida"
Ray Barretto: "El Nuevo Barretto"
UNKLE: "UNKLE (Main Title Theme)"

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 5 January 2006 07:59 (twenty years ago)

kiss "then he kissed me".

― retrokid, Thursday, 5 January 2006 08:35 (twenty years ago)

The Ruts: In a Rut

― Cunga (Cunga), Thursday, 5 January 2006 08:52 (twenty years ago)

nine months pass...

Dr Dre - Still D.R.E.
Annie - Anniemal

― Nick H (Nick H), Saturday, 21 October 2006 09:57 (nineteen years ago)

Madness - Madness

― chap who would dare to welcome our new stingray masters (chap), Saturday, 21 October 2006 14:18 (nineteen years ago)

Flying Burrito Brothers - Hot Burrito #1 and #2

― sonofstan (sonofstan), Saturday, 21 October 2006 14:21 (nineteen years ago)

Pet Shop Boys - "Pet Shop Boys" (B-Side to the original Bobby O "One More Chance" single. Or maybe it was "West End Girls"?)

There used to be a band called West End Girls, wasn't there? They should cover this song. :)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 21 October 2006 16:54 (nineteen years ago)

seven years pass...

i wish solo artists had eponymous singles

― nathey, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 12:44 (twelve years ago)

Julian Cope - "Julian H. Cope"
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, March 20, 2005 8:09 PM (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 13:06 (twelve years ago)

Oh, singles

― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 13:07 (twelve years ago)

uh huh
"hi everybody, my name's miguel & here's my new song.... 'miguel!',
"migueeeeeeeelllllll..."

― nathey, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 13:10 (twelve years ago)

Well Bo Diddley did it, but that was about 60 years ago now

― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 13:17 (twelve years ago)

Prince - "My Name is Prince"

― president of the people's republic of antarctica (Arctic Mindbath), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 13:21 (twelve years ago)

nine years pass...

Some purely eponymous ones

Deepest Blue
Hi-Tension
The Good, the Bad & the Queen
Flower Power
The Selecter
Quadrophonia
The Boomtown Rats
Mr Blobby
Storm (the Jam & Spoon alias)
Absolutely Fabulous (if it counts)
The 1975 (several times)

― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 20:08 (two years ago)

“Wilco the Song” on Wilco the Album I guess

― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 3 October 2023 20:23 (two years ago)

Fat Boys

― frogbs, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 20:24 (two years ago)

La Dusseldorf -- band name, song name (with and without the La), and album name

― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Tuesday, 3 October 2023 20:42 (two years ago)

Does Can "Can Can" count?

― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Tuesday, 3 October 2023 20:42 (two years ago)

Focus - Focus
Focus - Focus II
Focus - Focus III
Focus - Focus IV

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 08:50 (eighteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Focus - Focus
Focus - Focus II
Focus - Focus III
Focus - Focus IV
Focus - Focus V
Focus - Focus VI
Focus - Focus 7
Focus - Focus 8
Focus - Focus 9
Focus - Focus 10
Focus - Focus 11
Focus - Focus 12

― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Tuesday, 3 October 2023 21:06 (two years ago)

yeah Can Can counts double

― frogbs, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 21:08 (two years ago)

I mean they never would've done it if they weren't called "Can"

― frogbs, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 21:09 (two years ago)

Rappin' is Fundamental - "Rapping is Fundamental"

― intheblanks, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 21:16 (two years ago)

Kaleidoscope, "Kaleidoscope"

― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Tuesday, 3 October 2023 21:19 (two years ago)

"Metal Church" by Metal Church.

― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 5 October 2023 02:44 (two years ago)

Spacehog by the band Spacehog

― Florin Cuchares, Thursday, 5 October 2023 04:26 (two years ago)

I did a search and I have over 300 of these in my mp3 folder.

― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 5 October 2023 10:02 (two years ago)

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