Songs with calendar months in the title... help?

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OK, so I was inspired by the earlier thread about September, which reminded me of a compilation I wanted to make ages ago that contained ONLY songs with month names in the title. I got pretty close, but couldn't get all 12, so I gave up. I'm SURE the fine folks of ILM can help me with some unfinished business... Here's what I can remember as a starting point:

JAN - January's Little Joke / Trash Can Sinatras
APR - April 5th / Talk Talk
- April Skies / Jesus & Mary Chain
SEP - Setember Girls / Big Star (and all the other ones from the eariler thread)
OCT - October / U2
NOV - November Spawned A Monster / Morrissey
DEC - December / Teenage Fanclub

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Monday, 22 September 2003 13:46 (twenty-two years ago)

wow my typing is extra-bad today...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Monday, 22 September 2003 13:47 (twenty-two years ago)

galaxie 500 'fourth of july'

― keith (keithmcl), Monday, 22 September 2003 13:48 (twenty-two years ago)

lilys 'february 14th'

― keith (keithmcl), Monday, 22 September 2003 13:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Guns N Roses "November Rain"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 22 September 2003 13:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh yeah crap you already have November huh? D'oh!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 22 September 2003 13:51 (twenty-two years ago)

March of the SOD - SOD

― M Carty (mj_c), Monday, 22 September 2003 14:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Ides of March - Iron Maiden

― M Carty (mj_c), Monday, 22 September 2003 14:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Friday Night, August 14th - Funkadelic

― M Carty (mj_c), Monday, 22 September 2003 14:02 (twenty-two years ago)

"August Was A Heavy Month", sir Bob Gandalf
:(

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 22 September 2003 14:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Drippy BOOHOOHOO emo to thread, and quickly

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Monday, 22 September 2003 14:04 (twenty-two years ago)

"June Salutes You" by Guided By Voices
"July, July" by The Decemberists (oh the irony)

― BrianB, Monday, 22 September 2003 14:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Nine Inch Nails - "March of the Pigs" (sorry)
Jesus & Mary Chain - "April Skies"
U2 - "4th of July"
Kuer Weill - "September Song"
U2 - "October"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 22 September 2003 14:26 (twenty-two years ago)

'winter in july' - bomb the bass
'august and september' - the the
'october' - u2
'february 14th' - huggy bear
'sometimes it snows in april' - prince and the revolution
'april showers' - dru hill
'april come she will' - simon + garfunkel
'my october symphony' - pet shop boys

― piscesboy, Monday, 22 September 2003 14:40 (twenty-two years ago)

"September The Ninth", Robert Wyatt
"Firs Falling Into December", Mirjam Tally

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

"If July", HNIA
"July Morning", Uriah Heep

Sub-thread: Songs With U.Eco-y Titles
1) "12th Of Never", Chi Lites

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:20 (twenty-two years ago)

"September's Not So Far Away" - The Field Mice

― jasiska, Monday, 22 September 2003 15:23 (twenty-two years ago)

P:ano, "all of november, most of october"
Heather Duby, "September"

― derrick (derrick), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:46 (twenty-two years ago)

"Gone `Till November" by Wyclef Jean

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:49 (twenty-two years ago)

"September" by dodgy Cure copyists, The Essence.

― flowersdie (flowersdie), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Isn't there a Counting Crows song called "Long December" or something?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 22 September 2003 16:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Boards Of Canada - June 9th
BT - Flaming June

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 22 September 2003 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Interesting that two songs called "Fourth of July" have been mentioned but neither is the classic by X. For purity, though, I think your comp should only include songs whose title is the month name exactly, nothing more, nothing less, such as...

February - Thinking Fellers Union Local
August - Love
September - Earth, Wind and Fire
November - Tom Waits
December - The Trouble Dolls

― fact checking cuz, Monday, 22 September 2003 16:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Bright eyes - "June on the West Coast" (drippy! boohoo! emo!)
carole King - "It might as well rain until September"

― cis (cis), Monday, 22 September 2003 16:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Hot damn! I leave the board for a while and lo and behold, an array of songs to choose from. Although we're still missing May...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Monday, 22 September 2003 20:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, and nothing against the mighty Iron Maiden, but does anyone have another song for March?

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Monday, 22 September 2003 20:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Liz Phair, "May Queen"

― Jeremy (Jeremy), Monday, 22 September 2003 20:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Katatonia - Dancing December (a perfect closing song, might I add)

― Siegbran (eofor), Monday, 22 September 2003 21:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Julie London released an album called "Calendar Girl" in 1956 with a track for each month AND then going one better than anyone with special bonus track "The Thirteenth Month"!!! Several of the songs are a bit rub though.

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 22 September 2003 21:12 (twenty-two years ago)

and then there was the "working holiday" comp that simple machines put out in the mid 90s, collecting a year's worth of singles from a series in which every song was supposed to be about a holiday from the time of the year it was released. amazingly enough, only one song on the album mentions a month, but that does give you one more january song to choose from:

"11:59 It's January" - Scrawl

― fact checking cuz, Monday, 22 September 2003 21:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Dragon, "April Sun in Cuba"

― Jeremy (Jeremy), Monday, 22 September 2003 21:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Low - July

― Leee (Leee), Monday, 22 September 2003 21:24 (twenty-two years ago)

july july july - billy paul

― gaz (gaz), Monday, 22 September 2003 21:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Mayfly by Belle and Sebastian?

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 22 September 2003 21:30 (twenty-two years ago)

expose - "december"

― Annouschka Magnatech (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 22 September 2003 21:38 (twenty-two years ago)

"Cold Day in July" - Dixie Chicks
"April 14, 1992" - Sublime

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Monday, 22 September 2003 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

"Scatter January" - Lovespiralsdownwards
"It's February" - Jandek
"Ides Of March" - Cale/Riley
"Images Of April" - Pearls Before Swine
"Throughout Dark Months Of April And May" - Cocteau Twins
"Moon In June" - Soft Machine
"4th Of July" - X
"My Last August" - Hood
"September Cones" - Robyn Hitchcock
"October 12th" - Roy Harper
"November" - Can
"December's Boudoir" - Laura Nyro

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Monday, 22 September 2003 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Black Day in July - Gordon Lightfoot

― derrick (derrick), Monday, 22 September 2003 22:37 (twenty-two years ago)

"Wordless May" - Venus Hum

― brooke edel (brookedel), Monday, 22 September 2003 23:25 (twenty-two years ago)

of montreal 'the problem with april'

― keith (keithmcl), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 02:46 (twenty-two years ago)

"August & September," the The

Two with one blow!

― Colin, Tuesday, 23 September 2003 02:53 (twenty-two years ago)

January - Pilot. It was number one for weeks when I was about 9.

What about June O the Way to San Jose?.

Sorry

― Jez (Jez), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 05:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Then Came the Last Days of May. Blue Oyster Cult.

― briania, Tuesday, 23 September 2003 06:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Soundgarden - 4th of July

― M Carty (mj_c), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 06:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Thea Gilmore, 'December In New York'
Aimee Mann, '4th Of July' (could probably fill a compilation with songs called this)
Tori Amos, 'Black Dove (January)'

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 07:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Motorhead - March or Die

― M Carty (mj_c), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 10:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Spacemen 3 - May the circle be unbroken

― M Carty (mj_c), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 10:09 (twenty-two years ago)

"January" - Mega City 4

― David Gates of Delirium, Tuesday, 23 September 2003 15:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Hank Snow - January
Pansy Division - February 17
Wooden Stars - March
Chapter House - April
Snailhouse - May
Eric's Trip - June
Luna- 4th of July [Dean covering himself]
Elevator To Hell - Why I Didn't Like August 93
John Tesh - September [Come on, the album is Sax On The Beach!!]
U2 - October (song and album)
Tom Waits - November (From Black Rider)
Julie Doiron - Will You Still Love Me In December?
Or if thats too much Julie Doiron and Mike Feuerstack for you:
Hayden - In December

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 17:09 (twenty-two years ago)

To add to the rather large list of 4th of July tunes:

'4th of July' - Sweet
'Sandy (4th of July, Asbury Park)' - Bruce Springsteen

Also:

'Pieces of April' - 3 Dog Night

― John Bullabaugh (John Bullabaugh), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 01:53 (twenty-two years ago)

This is amazing. I wish ILM existed back when I had a college radio show - I was always struggling to find songs for interesting themes... Thanks!

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 07:28 (twenty-two years ago)

six months pass...

'february,' dar williams
'june, july,' john vanderslice

― shannon c, Friday, 26 March 2004 03:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Hot August Night / Neil Diamond
See You In September / the Happenings?
Ode to Billy Joe / Bobby Gentry: "It was the third of June..."

But please, don't associate me with any of these.

― jim wentworth (wench), Friday, 26 March 2004 04:13 (twenty-one years ago)

"the Air of December", Edie Brickell/New Bohemians

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Friday, 26 March 2004 05:18 (twenty-one years ago)

wow, i was compiling the exact same theme for a playlist. here's what i had:

February Stars - Foo Fighters
One Heavy February - Architecture in Helsinki
April 29, 1992 - Sublime
May 16 - Lagwagon
June July - John Vanderslice
July! July! - The Decemberists
July Jones - The New Pornographers
November Rain - GNR

― pinder, Friday, 26 March 2004 06:41 (twenty-one years ago)

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