(obviously excludes instrumental hits)
1. the carpenters, "superstar"
― amateurist, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 08:10 (sixteen years ago)
2. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody3. M People - Renaissance
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 08:15 (sixteen years ago)
surely there are thousands of these
4. Supertramp - The Logical Song
wiki says: Rolling Stone called it a "small masterpiece" praising the "hot sax" and Hodgson' "wry humor"
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 08:15 (sixteen years ago)
5. destiny's child - bills bills bills
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 08:16 (sixteen years ago)
6. destiny's child - independent women part 1
re: Carpenters - what's so great is that you can sing "superstar" over every opening notes/lyric of the verses ("long ago" and "loneliness" iirc), which makes it a bit more unique imo
― willem, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 08:16 (sixteen years ago)
7. mya - case of the ex
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 08:17 (sixteen years ago)
8. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up?
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 08:18 (sixteen years ago)
8. New Order - Blue Monday9. New Order - True Faith
But yeah, there must be thousands. Anything called "The x Song" for starters.
― Dorian (Dorianlynskey), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 08:19 (sixteen years ago)
11. Underworld - Born Slippy
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 08:31 (sixteen years ago)
12. The Prodigy - Out of Space
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 08:34 (sixteen years ago)
Unchained Melody
― I am using your worlds, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 08:54 (sixteen years ago)
14. The Beatles 'The Ballad of John and Yoko'15. Simon & Garfunkel 'The Boxer'16. Oxide & Neutrino 'Casualty (Bound 4 Da Reload)'
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:15 (sixteen years ago)
17. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:18 (sixteen years ago)
18. Manic Street Preachers - If you tolerate this, your children will be next.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:44 (sixteen years ago)
Eh? Doesn't that tune have the title in the chorus?
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:46 (sixteen years ago)
Always inserts "then"
― Mark G, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:58 (sixteen years ago)
19. Culture Club: The War Song
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 11:58 (sixteen years ago)
20. Nirvana - Smells like Teen Spirit
― go in go hard brother (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 12:04 (sixteen years ago)
21. Yankovic - Smells Like Nirvana
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 12:57 (sixteen years ago)
"If you tolerate this, your children will be next""bills bills bills"
I dunno if I'd count these, but while we are in 1998,22. The Tamperer feat. Maya - Feel It
― ein fisch schwimmt im wasser ยท fisch im wasser durstig (a passing spacecadet), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 13:24 (sixteen years ago)
According to Wikipedia 4 Non Blondes named their song "What's Up?" and not "What's Going On?" so it wouldn't be confused with the Marvin Gaye song. I didn't know that! Too bad they still had to steal the verse melody from "Don't Worry, Be Happy".
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 13:28 (sixteen years ago)
22. Bob Dylan - "Positively 4th Street"
― a wicked 60s beat poop combo (Pancakes Hackman), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 13:31 (sixteen years ago)
picking stuff like "the boxer" and "bills bills bills" is splitting hairs a bit imo
― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 13:50 (sixteen years ago)
i mean he says in a clearing stands A boxer
The Who - Baba O'Riley
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 14:38 (sixteen years ago)
"logical song" seems borderline too.
― amateurist, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 14:46 (sixteen years ago)
How about hit songs that go out of their way to include the title phrase in their lyrics
― Mark G, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 15:03 (sixteen years ago)
Technically, "Ode to Billy Joe"
― mottdeterre, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 16:57 (sixteen years ago)
"Mother Popcorn" -- James Brown
― mottdeterre, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 17:08 (sixteen years ago)
"Green Onions"
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 17:10 (sixteen years ago)
dude, instrumentals don't count
― amateurist, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 17:21 (sixteen years ago)
"Rhymes" by Al Green (not really a HIT, but it's on a hit album)
but there are rhymes in it, right
― cialis morissette (goole), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 17:22 (sixteen years ago)
The Police - Synchronicity II
― Gavin in Leeds, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 19:45 (sixteen years ago)
Bjork - Hyperballad
― Gavin in Leeds, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 19:48 (sixteen years ago)
"When You Walk in the Room" -- Jackie DeShannon (and others)
― mottdeterre, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 20:42 (sixteen years ago)
"Creeque Alley" -- the Mamas and the Papas
― mottdeterre, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 20:44 (sixteen years ago)
Fade To Black - Metallica
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 20:47 (sixteen years ago)
Enter Sandman - Metallica
33. Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight34. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - The Message
― Tuomas, Thursday, 22 October 2009 15:54 (sixteen years ago)
35. Wu-Tang Clan - Triumph
― Tuomas, Thursday, 22 October 2009 15:57 (sixteen years ago)
Casualty [Bound 4 Da Reload
says Bound 4 Da Reload over and over, the other not-always-printed bit of the title is just legalese from the publisher and doesn't count
― RAPTOBER (sic), Friday, 23 October 2009 02:00 (sixteen years ago)
36. The Kinks - "Celluloid Heroes"
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 23 October 2009 02:37 (sixteen years ago)
37. The Cure "Inbetween Days"38. The Cure "Lovesong"
― Sean Carruthers, Friday, 23 October 2009 03:13 (sixteen years ago)