What is the most common song title ever?

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Add Bon Jovi to the "Runaway" list.

Some of these may be covers, but still...

Covers can't count, can they? If they do, "Yesterday" wins by a landslide, doesn't it?

Then again, I'm not about to do the research, so ...

Rick Massimo (Rick Massimo), Thursday, 21 April 2005 13:37 (eighteen years ago) link

Duh. Sorry. Bon Jovi's there.

Rick Massimo (Rick Massimo), Thursday, 21 April 2005 13:38 (eighteen years ago) link

You - 10.

Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon
George Harrison
Au Pairs
Delta Five
Kleenex
Bill Withers
Ten Sharp
Bonnie Raitt
Point Break
S Club 7

mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 21 April 2005 13:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Covers can't count, can they? If they do, "Yesterday" wins by a landslide, doesn't it?

Covers are being weeded out. But who on this PLANET could possibly know whether all of those 56 dance tracks called "Move Your Body" are, um, original compositions?

mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 21 April 2005 13:40 (eighteen years ago) link

Like I said, not me. Rock (Someone's) Body!

Rick Massimo (Rick Massimo), Thursday, 21 April 2005 13:43 (eighteen years ago) link

The Creatures also do a song called "You" on [i]Boomerang[/i],
so "You" - 11

rentboy (rentboy), Thursday, 21 April 2005 13:47 (eighteen years ago) link

oops, damn bbcode

rentboy (rentboy), Thursday, 21 April 2005 13:47 (eighteen years ago) link

AMG lists 457 song entries for "You and I." A few of them are doubles.

Eric von H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 21 April 2005 13:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Freedom - 20.
Wham!
George Michael (covered by Robbie Williams)
Michelle Gayle
Shiva
QFX
Robert Miles ft Kathy Sledge
Erasure
Rage Against The Machine
Neil Young
Paul McCartney
Andy Griggs
Jurassic 5
Overlife
Madonna
Garzilli Enrico
RJ Helton
Ashanti
The Judds
Barbara Lewis
Pointer Sisters

mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 21 April 2005 13:50 (eighteen years ago) link

and Moose have a "Hold On" at the end of Honey Bee

so "Hold On"
Moose - 41

rentboy (rentboy), Thursday, 21 April 2005 13:52 (eighteen years ago) link

Looking up "I Love You" on AMG - 1150 results. Even if on average the song appears 10 times for each composer, ~115, probably more.

diedre mousedropping (Dave225), Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Don't the AMG results count titles that include your keywords, though? So if you put in "I Love You" then it would count "I Love You Honey Baby La-Di-Da" or something?

emil.y (emil.y), Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:16 (eighteen years ago) link

It shows those separately. I didn't count them.

diedre mousedropping (Dave225), Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:20 (eighteen years ago) link

More "You":

Marvin Gaye (later covered by Three Dog Night)

Rita Coolidge

Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:20 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm totally going to write a song called "I Love You Honey Baby La-Di-Da."

Rick Massimo (Rick Massimo), Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:23 (eighteen years ago) link

You - Radiohead. 14

Roz, Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:26 (eighteen years ago) link

You, R.E.M. - 15.

This thread rules the effing roost.

Guayaquil, Thursday, 21 April 2005 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link

1 for "The Half Eaten Sausage Will See You in His Office Now"
(The Locust)

Waking Up Onstage at Jumbo's (Bent Over at the Arclight), Thursday, 21 April 2005 19:58 (eighteen years ago) link

'California' - 45

low
wedding present
phantom planet
the aislers set
the adicts
beach boys
chuck berry
joe brooks
glen campbell
bobby conn
mikel erentxgun
eriq
facet
jad fair and kramer
mylene farmer
jay farrar
favorite atomic hero
flash and the pan
jeffrey foucault
the gadjits
14a
the freddy jones band
kingston trio
lenny kravitz
la guns
magnapop
lil' rob
manfred mann
john mayall
joni mitchell
gianna naninni
nantucket
rick nelson
tom petty
liz phair
gene pitney
jean luc ponty
quasi
josh ritter
eddie reader
semisonic
sexual milkshake
frank sinatra
mary timony
rufus wainwright
zen mafia

Michael B, Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:22 (eighteen years ago) link

"Tonight"
Ken Laszlo
The Raspberries
Shirley Bassey
The Move
Rubettes
Zaine Griff
Modettes
Steve Harley
Boomtown Rats
Kool & The Gang
David Bowie
New Kids On The Block
Def Leppard

(and these are all singles)

Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 21 April 2005 22:12 (eighteen years ago) link

California is up at 46 - you forgot the Luna version

schwantz, Thursday, 21 April 2005 22:56 (eighteen years ago) link

How many "Don't Stop"s have there been-
I can think of:

Adult.
Fleetwood Mac
The Cars

but there must be more, right?

Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Thursday, 21 April 2005 23:24 (eighteen years ago) link

For "Don't Stop" there's also

The Stone Roses
Alex Chilton
Brazilian Girls

and best of all

Sylvester

bbc6 personality (bbc6 personality), Thursday, 21 April 2005 23:40 (eighteen years ago) link

Walk Away - James Gang = 13.

jim wentworth (wench), Thursday, 21 April 2005 23:54 (eighteen years ago) link

Melissa Etheridge has an I Want You

Creep:
Idaho
Stone Temple Pilots
Radiohead
TLC
Afghan Whigs
The Chills
Revolting Cocks
The Fall

Jeremy (Jeremy), Friday, 22 April 2005 00:08 (eighteen years ago) link

Nick Lowe had a "Tonight," and America had an "I Need You."

Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 22 April 2005 00:13 (eighteen years ago) link

Walk Away

Kelly Clarkson
Cheap Trick = 15

Call Me - The Rembrandts = 14

brooke edel (brookedel), Friday, 22 April 2005 06:30 (eighteen years ago) link

The Cars song was Don't Cha Stop, unless they did another one called Don't Stop.

Dave M, Friday, 22 April 2005 06:52 (eighteen years ago) link

The name of this game, really, is just to search using the 'song' field on www.allmusic.com (it tells you the composer, so you can weed out the covers).

Which brings Come Together up to…

Afro-Mystik
Annie
Apostles
Beat Corp
The Beatles/Lennon solo
Blur
Steven Cragg
Cutting Edge
The Dramatics
Exuma
Gary’s Gang
Macy Gray
Hixxy
Thadeuth Hoggarth
Holland-Dozier-Holland
House Addicts
Innocence
The Isely Brothers
Gwen Jennier
Kid Frost
Killing Floor
Kool & The Gang
Dwayne Lee
Crystal Lewis
Kool & The Gang
Locus Eaters
M Factor
MC5
Denroy Morgan
Famoudou Don Moye
Primal Scream
Rocket
Sanitarium
Sabazz
Spiritualized
Star People
Straight Company
Sundiata
Ken Tamplin
That Kid Chris
Third Day
Third World
Bobby Timmons
Peter Tosh
Jeremy Connor
Raul De Chilli
Khazad Dhun
Dick Pearce
Eskimos & Egypt
Tomi Makila
Markus Binapfl
Michael Mercer
Stevio Cipriani
Will Hale

…55. Bollocks.

D.G. Jones (D.G. Jones), Friday, 22 April 2005 09:29 (eighteen years ago) link

Dick Pearce?

NickB (NickB), Friday, 22 April 2005 09:33 (eighteen years ago) link

does "(Hidden track)" count?

StanM, Friday, 22 April 2005 11:32 (eighteen years ago) link

or "Untitled" ?

StanM, Friday, 22 April 2005 11:37 (eighteen years ago) link

or "CALLOUT RESEARCH HOOK"

mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 22 April 2005 12:48 (eighteen years ago) link

three months pass...
Delta Goodrem had an early, obscure B side called Love.

Brian Peck, Monday, 8 August 2005 05:45 (eighteen years ago) link

U.S.E. now have a song called "Dance with Me" as well

Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Monday, 8 August 2005 06:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Maybe a bit late at the starting gate but a few called 'Angel':

Madonna, Poco, Jimmy Nail, Weekend Players, Jimi Hendrix.

I'm sure there must be a few more.

Add America and Pat Metheny to the list of songs titled 'You'.

avery keen-gardner (avery keen-gardner), Monday, 8 August 2005 09:12 (eighteen years ago) link

Power
Krayzie Bone
Ice T
kmfdm
Helloween
Tears For Fears
Fields Of The Nephilim
Rainbow
Agnostic Front
Peter, Paul & Mary
Clawfinger

The Power
Snap
Alias
Elton John
Vanessa Amorosi
Suede
Manowar
Die Krupps
Amy Grant
Cher

Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 8 August 2005 09:49 (eighteen years ago) link

Hold On:
1.Ian Gomm
2.Yes
3.John Lennon
4.Kansas
5.Santana
6.Pink Fairies

-- Myonga Von Bontee (scottyfield...), April 21st, 2005.
i'll add new kids on the block and wilson phillips and en vogue
make the 6 into a nine.

kordan jnight, Monday, 8 August 2005 09:57 (eighteen years ago) link

More

Power
BoA
Empire
Kansas
Mother's Finest
Planet P Project
Red Rider - 'Power (Stregth in Numbers)'
The Sound

That's 17 for Power and 9 for The Power

Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 8 August 2005 10:04 (eighteen years ago) link

Walk Away

Atheneum
Black Sabbath
Buffalo Tom
Eric Clapton
Linda Davis
Dokken
English Beat
Face To Face
Five Chinese Brothers
John Foxx
Gene Loves Jezebel
Goldfinger
Good Charlotte
Phylis Hyman
Indigo Girls
Madball
Wendy Matthews
Alanis Morisette
Northern Pikes
Pineforest Crunch
Ronnie Spector
Squeeze
Voice Farm
Joe Walsh
Weber And The Buzztones
Zebrahead

I make that 41 so far.

Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 8 August 2005 10:33 (eighteen years ago) link

Another "Power": Temptations f/ Rick James

Another "Hold On": Jamie Walters

I'm more intrigued by the multiple "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show"s: repetitions of titles that are a little more unusual. Like there being two distinct songs called "Never Had a Dream Come True."

Joe McCombs, Monday, 8 August 2005 19:18 (eighteen years ago) link

add u2 to the one loves

katie, a princess (katie, a princess), Monday, 8 August 2005 19:26 (eighteen years ago) link

seven months pass...
In case it "helps", there are 521 recordings called "Sweet dreams" on allmusic. They can't all be covers of the Eurythmics song, suuuuuuurely! I mean, I mean, (Woody Allen) it's not the deepest song ever written, is it?

Jonathan Michael Kent, Friday, 10 March 2006 09:04 (eighteen years ago) link


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