Songs mentioning the band name

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Do you know any songs which mention the name of the band? "Shine On" by The House of Love does in the refrain.

― alex in mainhattan, Sunday, 10 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It's the first verse, innit?

Can think a few songs where the actual song is named after the band (or vice versa):

Belle & Sebastian
Madness
Madder Rose

― N., Sunday, 10 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Public Enemy, surely? Chic?

― %00, Sunday, 10 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

For songs that don't contain the band name in the title, or contain samples that say the band name:

Uh, like a lot of hip hop groups. MC Lyte being the worst offender I think.
Jon Spencer Blues Explosions... all the fuckin' time, or an abbreviation thereof.
Super Furry Animals "Wherever I Lay My Phone That's My Home"
Rocket From the Crypt, a song off "Hot Charity" which says "the unconditional love of Rocket From The Crypt"

― Brian MacDonald, Sunday, 10 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

happens in hiphop all the time ...

― olly 360, Sunday, 10 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Some of these

― Ron Hudson, Sunday, 10 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

sorry, these. bad HTML grammar

― Ron Hudson, Sunday, 10 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Fuck it up, Pigface.

What's your favorite color baby? Living Color.

― bnw, Sunday, 10 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

A few great Mott the Hoople ones, and almost everything by the KLF or JAMMs.

― Martin Skidmore, Sunday, 10 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm surprisd that no one has mentioned KMFDM who engage in shameless self-promotion.

― MICHELINE, Sunday, 10 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Every Tenacious D song

NO, NO, NO DON'T THROW THAT BRICK AT ME!!

*ducks*

― vantasma, Sunday, 10 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"The Dismemberment Plan Gets Rich" and "Doing the Standing Still" where they refer to themselves as "the Plan". Maybe others.

― Keiko, Sunday, 10 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Devo - "Jocko Homo": "....are we not men? We are Devo!"

Cop Shoot Cop - "Triumphal Theme"

Living in a Box

the Clash - "We Are the Clash" (off CUT THE CRAP)

― Alex in NYC, Sunday, 10 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Bad Company" (off, I believe, an album called Bad Company), duh.

Sonic Youth - "Ca Plane Pour Moi", I think in "Nic Fit" too.

― sundar subramanian, Sunday, 10 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Monkees, "Hey, Hey, We're the Monkees"
Dandy Warhols, "Dandy Warhols T.V. Theme Song"
Archie Bell & The Drells, "Tighten Up"
Nazz, "Loosen Up"
Funkadelic, "Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?", others
Bo Diddley, "Bo Diddley", "Hey, Bo Diddley", "Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger", many, many others
For rap, it would be easier to list ones who don't.

― Curt, Sunday, 10 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Massive Attack, 5 Man Army
Metallica, Whiplash

― Lee, Sunday, 10 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Paper Cuts - Nirvana,Super - Neu!

― Damian, Monday, 11 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"I must fight this sickness, find a cure" ... from 'Pornography' by The Cure.

― Paz, Monday, 11 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Red Hot Chilipeppers - "Nevermind"
RC Mob - "Mob's Revenge"
Liquid Hippos - "Unicorn Hop"

-'twas always a common thing in funk (but these were all late 80's white-funk)

― Dave225, Monday, 11 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Julian H Cope (i know he's not a band, but still)

― rener, Monday, 11 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

minor threat 'minor threat' green day 'green day'

probably a host of other early hardcore and lame 90's skate punk bands follow this tactic.

― fields of salmon, Monday, 11 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

After listening to Intro Introspection: "Chaka Kahn, Chaka Kahn."

― nickn, Monday, 11 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

a couple of Milky Wimpshake songs. Also "secret shine" by Secret Shine, for the older of you. And the chorus to "boyracer" by (unsurprisingly) Boyracer. also that great first white town single ".. it's a white town, with green trees, and everything in love is free, and if it's not worth fighting for, it's worth nothinh at all"...

& every wu tang clan song ever. rightly

― kieron, Wednesday, 13 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Fast Driving Rave Up With The Dandy Warhols - Dandy Warhols
Living In A Big Country - Big Country
Disguise - Eric's Trip (starts with a taping of Sonic Youth's song Eric's Trip)
Imperial Teen - Imperial Teen.

― Mr Noodles, Wednesday, 13 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"The Groover" by T.Rex starts off with a chant: T-R-E-X!

― Sean, Wednesday, 13 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

and every Fall song which has the lyric "We are The Fall". There are several million, but the latest is new album opener "Jim's 'The Fall'": which adds the 'orginal' twist, "we are the new Fall"

― kieron, Wednesday, 13 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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