Songs about "Emily"

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for a compilation. for someone called Emily, unsurprisingly. preferably with the name in the title, but i'm easy.
so far i have:
Mr T Experience - Hey Emily,
Elton John - Emily
and Simon and Garfunkel - for emily, wherever i may find her.

80 minute cd = 20 or so songs i guess.

go go go!

― Slump Man (Slump Man), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 11:46 (twenty-two years ago)

See Emily Play - The Pink Floyd

― kate, Wednesday, 4 June 2003 11:49 (twenty-two years ago)

"Wuthering Heights"?

― dave q, Wednesday, 4 June 2003 11:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Emily - John Cale

― Jrvision (visionjr), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 11:54 (twenty-two years ago)

"Emma" by Hot Chocolate is actually a song about someone called "Emily". That crazy Errol Brown, huh?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 11:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Yay, no one got to "A Rose for Emily" by the Zombies before me! It's pretty depressing, but a great song.

― NA. (Nick A.), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 11:59 (twenty-two years ago)

hate the name emily

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 12:00 (twenty-two years ago)

"Wuthering Heights"?
was any part of this song about the author? i think it can go on anyway.
these are great! more please

― Slump Man (Slump Man), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 12:06 (twenty-two years ago)

hate the name emily
coincidentally, emily hates the name dave.

is there a reason you hate the name?

― Slump Man (Slump Man), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 12:08 (twenty-two years ago)

i like the name emily

― gareth (gareth), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 12:19 (twenty-two years ago)

i really want to include De La Soul - Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa, so i guess the 'rules' now allow for songs which sound a bit like they have the name Emily in the title as well.

― Slump Man (Slump Man), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 12:27 (twenty-two years ago)

I could have sworn there was a song about Emily Dickenson, as well, but I can't remember who did it.

― kate, Wednesday, 4 June 2003 12:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I Hate Women Whose First Names End In A "y" or "ie" or "i" Or Similar Sound

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 12:42 (twenty-two years ago)

coincidentally, emily hates the name dave.
is there a reason you hate the name?

thinking on it, i don't really hate it at all, it's quite nice... just reminds me of someone quite unpleasant! names i really hate are sophie and sally... and i loathe dave... terribly dull...

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 12:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Emily's Changed - the Gun Club
beautiful...

― willem (willem), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 12:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Western Electric - Emily in Ginger

― Alex K (Alex K), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 12:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Kate, are you thinking of "The dangling conversation" by Simon and Garfunkel by any chance? "So you read your Emily Dickenson, and I my Robert Frost..." etc etc.

― Rob M (Rob M), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 13:03 (twenty-two years ago)

No.

I can't be sure, but I seem convinced that there is a late 80s or early 90s C86/tweepop song about Emily Dickenson somewhere.

Or maybe this is one of those things that I've managed to convince myself that because there *should* be such a song, that there is such a song.

― kate, Wednesday, 4 June 2003 13:05 (twenty-two years ago)

You could always write it yourself! 8-)

― Rob M (Rob M), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 13:17 (twenty-two years ago)

It might even be a long-lost Television Personalities song...

Or was Emily Dickenson at Salvador Dali's Garden Party?

― kate, Wednesday, 4 June 2003 13:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Emily Grace - Green Pajamas
When Emily Cries - TV Personalities

― largehearted boy (largeheartedboy), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 13:55 (twenty-two years ago)

emily - bowling for soup

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 15:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Los Lobos-Emily

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 17:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, there's that C86 band called Emily...

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 19:25 (twenty-two years ago)

'Emily' by Roger Whittaker - possibly the creepiest song ever committed to vinyl

― doctorB, Thursday, 5 June 2003 21:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Theme from Bagpuss "but Emily loved him"

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 5 June 2003 21:09 (twenty-two years ago)

of montreal 'question for emily foreman'

― keith (keithmcl), Thursday, 5 June 2003 22:06 (twenty-two years ago)

"Merry Christmas, Emily" by Cracker

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 6 June 2003 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)

one month passes...

"Emmie" by the late, great Laura Nyro ( "Emily, you're the natural snow, the unstudied sea, you're a cameo " ).

― Richie D, Thursday, 10 July 2003 00:11 (twenty-two years ago)

The only one I have that hasn't been mentioned is Miss Emily by Tom Verlaine.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 11 July 2003 21:24 (twenty-two years ago)

"Dreams of Sexual Perfection, Part 2" by the Fugs is about having sex with Emily Dickenson.

― J (Jay), Friday, 11 July 2003 21:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Palomar - Emily Song
Epic Soundtracks - Emily May
Richard Buckner - Emily Sparks
Lackloves - Emily
Of Montreal - A Question for Emily Foreman

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Friday, 11 July 2003 22:15 (twenty-two years ago)

four years pass...

hate the name emily

There is also a Freedy Johnston song called "Emily."

― roxymuzak, Thursday, 29 November 2007 07:17 (seventeen years ago)

"A Time for Emily" - The Elected

― Savannah Smiles, Thursday, 29 November 2007 08:30 (seventeen years ago)

"Emily on A Sunday" by The Clapham Junction.

Available on this : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Peculiar-Hole-Sky-Various-Artists/dp/B00006IQEV/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1196328873&sr=8-2

― Dr.C, Thursday, 29 November 2007 09:35 (seventeen years ago)

Emily brought confetti - Fairfield Parlour.

Or are you trying not to depress her?

(oh, he's gone by now prob)

― Mark G, Thursday, 29 November 2007 09:40 (seventeen years ago)

well there's a song called 'emily' by joanna newsom. and it's all of 12 minutes long!

― Charlie Howard, Thursday, 29 November 2007 14:54 (seventeen years ago)

Art Brut's 'Emily Kane' is one of their better pop tunes.

― MacDara, Thursday, 29 November 2007 15:31 (seventeen years ago)

well there's a song called 'emily' by joanna newsom. and it's all of 12 minutes long!

-- Charlie Howard, Thursday, 29 November 2007 14:54 (40 minutes ago)

That made me cry at ATP in April. I love an Emily. MacDara OTM re 'Emily Kane' too.

― Mister Craig, Thursday, 29 November 2007 15:37 (seventeen years ago)

Bright Eyes - Emily, Sing Something Sweet

― Finefinemusic, Thursday, 29 November 2007 15:40 (seventeen years ago)

Emily Jean Stock--Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 29 November 2007 18:54 (seventeen years ago)

Deadly Syndrome - "Emily Paints"
Deleted Waveform Gatherings - "Emily Barratt's Dead"
Shocking Pinks - "Emily"
Dear Nora - "Emily"
Robert Deeble - "The Secret Life Of Emily Dickinson"

― zaxxon25, Thursday, 29 November 2007 23:46 (seventeen years ago)

Awww Dear Nora! That's a great song.

― Mister Craig, Thursday, 29 November 2007 23:47 (seventeen years ago)

"Emily" is a Manics song...you knew it was coming. Also, there was a band called Screaming for Emily around 1986

― Morley Timmons, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 20:05 (seventeen years ago)

well there's a song called 'emily' by joanna newsom. and it's all of 12 minutes long!

-- Charlie Howard, Thursday, November 29, 2007 9:54 AM (5 days ago) Bookmark Link

^^ This.

― three handclaps, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 21:54 (seventeen years ago)

two years pass...

Thanks guys - looking for an Emily song for my father daughter dance. Thanks for the ideas!

I was named after the song "Miss Emily's Picture" by John Conlee. But it's about heartbreak so I figured it wouldn't be the best to play at my wedding...yeah.

― Emily, Friday, 7 May 2010 23:21 (fifteen years ago)

well there's a song called 'emily' by joanna newsom. and it's all of 12 minutes long!

-- Charlie Howard, Thursday, November 29, 2007 9:54 AM (5 days ago) Bookmark Link

^^ This.

― three handclaps, Tuesday, December 4, 2007 4:54 PM

came in here to post what i already posted two and a half years ago

― ksh, Friday, 7 May 2010 23:22 (fifteen years ago)

well there's a song called 'emily' by joanna newsom. and it's all of 12 minutes long!

-- Charlie Howard, Thursday, 29 November 2007 14:54 (40 minutes ago)

That made me cry at ATP in April. I love an Emily.

I didn't see this at the time. Major AWWWWWWWS.

― emil.y, Friday, 7 May 2010 23:45 (fifteen years ago)

one year passes...

I'm looking for some emily songs because i kind of like the name emily. and its my name.

― Emily M, Thursday, 22 March 2012 23:27 (thirteen years ago)

EMILY BY JOANNA NEWSOM!!!

― markers, Thursday, 22 March 2012 23:28 (thirteen years ago)

Love Song Requiem by Trading Yesterday
Emily by From First To Last
They are my favourite emily songs

― Emily M, Thursday, 22 March 2012 23:28 (thirteen years ago)

KG - "Emilie, Would You Let Me Taste Your Mouth If I Record Your Band?"

Close enough.

― svend, Thursday, 22 March 2012 23:38 (thirteen years ago)

Seems like this thread is missing the Johnny Mandel and Johnny Mercer composition "Emily," title song of the film The Americanization of Emily, played at every old school jazz guitar gig ever. Here is Tony Bennett version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H00RUW9PI8

― Radio Boradman (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 March 2012 10:28 (thirteen years ago)

Someone must have done a survey of the most-often used girls name in a song.

"Emily" would be quite high up on the list, I'm sure.

― Mark G, Friday, 23 March 2012 10:32 (thirteen years ago)

Lil Wayne - A Milli

― Valéry Giscard d'Staind (NickB), Friday, 23 March 2012 10:34 (thirteen years ago)

the fairways - emily
the darlings - emily

god, the fairways were so great, when will clay hips release anything?

― keythhtyek, Saturday, 24 March 2012 15:54 (thirteen years ago)

I click on this thread and the first song I thought of was Miss Emily's Picture by Jon Conlee, but I see it was mention, such a sad song.

― JacobSanders, Saturday, 24 March 2012 17:59 (thirteen years ago)

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