Same Title, Different Song

Listening to New Order's "Temptation" this morning I was struck by how similar and how different it is to Heaven 17's "Temptation".

"It Never Rains in Southern California" (Albert Hammond, Tony! Toni! Tone!)

Discovered this song today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb-gh6hJr30

Also an underrated classic from Timbo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d_aiPv5Neg

An instance of a singer doing two songs with the same title but different lyrics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O_d6JLGANk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWSDWgL_u94

What about when the Dave Clark Five put out a single in 1964 called “Everybody Knows (I Still Love You)” and then n 1967 they put out another single called “Everybody Knows” which was an entirely different song, and both of them were hits.

If everybody already knew, why tell them again?

What about when the Dave Clark Five put out a single in 1964 called “Everybody Knows (I Still Love You)” and then n 1967 they put out another single called “Everybody Knows” which was an entirely different song, and both of them were hits.

― Josefa, Thursday, June 23, 2022 7:55 PM

this blows my mind. one went to #37 and the other to #2! i wonder how many times it's happened?!

it's even mentioned in the wiki:

also known as "Everybody Knows (You Said Goodbye)", to avoid confusion with their 1964 song, "Everybody Knows (I Still Love You)."

lol

Reparata and the Delrons have “In My Diary” (1965) and “Look in My Diary” (1966) – the latter of which is far superior (it’s one of the best songs evah, imo), but wasn’t released until the ‘90s.