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Fleetwood Mac also has an aversion. Rumours would have had a title drop had it kept its working title of Yesterday's Gone.


* Paula Cole's "Tiger" opens with the line "Where do I put ''this fire''?". It's the first song on said album, too.

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* Paula Cole's Music/PaulaCole's "Tiger" opens with the line "Where do I put ''this fire''?". It's the first song on said album, too.



* Music/TheCorrs' album ''In Blue'' is named for a line from the song "Give Me A Reason."
** And their earlier ''Talk On Corners'' takes its title from a line in "Queen Of Hollywood".

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* Music/TheCorrs' album ''In Blue'' is named for a line from the song "Give Me A Reason."
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** And their earlier ''Talk On on Corners'' takes its title from a line in "Queen Of of Hollywood".



* Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival's ''Music/WillyAndThePoorBoys'' takes its name from a line in "Down on the Corner."
* Music/TheCruxshadows' ''As The Dark Against My Halo'' drops its title in the chorus of "Halo". The bridge of "Quicksilver" from the same album drops the title of their 10 years prior album ''Wishfire''.

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* Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival's ''Music/WillyAndThePoorBoys'' takes its name from a line in "Down on the Corner."
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* Music/TheCruxshadows' ''As The the Dark Against My Halo'' drops its title in the chorus of "Halo". The bridge of "Quicksilver" from the same album drops the title of their 10 years prior album ''Wishfire''.



* Music/CultureClub references the previous album ''Kissing To Be Clever'' in the song "Miss Me Blind" from ''Music/ColourByNumbers''.

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* Music/CultureClub references the previous album ''Kissing To to Be Clever'' in the song "Miss Me Blind" from ''Music/ColourByNumbers''.



* "There, There, My Dear" by Music/DexysMidnightRunners contains the title of its parent album, ''Searching For The Young Soul Rebels'' in its spoken middle section.
** ''Too-Rye-Ay'', from the bridge of "Come On Eileen".

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* "There, There, My Dear" by Music/DexysMidnightRunners contains the title of its parent album, ''Searching For The for the Young Soul Rebels'' in its spoken middle section.
** ''Too-Rye-Ay'', from the bridge of "Come On on Eileen".



* The title of the Music/DixieChicks' ''Taking the Long Way'' comes up in "The Long Way Around," both independent of and mashed together with the song title ("Taking the long way / Taking the long way around").

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* The title of the Music/DixieChicks' ''Taking the Long Way'' comes up in "The Long Way Around," Around", both independent of and mashed together with the song title ("Taking the long way / Taking the long way around").



** ''When Dream And Day Unite'': "Only A Matter Of Time" ("And though the time will come when dream and day unite")

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** ''When Dream And Day Unite'': "Only A a Matter Of of Time" ("And though the time will come when dream and day unite")


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** The band also has an aversion. While the word "rumours" does not appear in any of [[Music/{{Rumours}} that album's]] tracks, the album originally had the working title ''Yesterday's Gone'', which ends the chorus of "Don't Stop".
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* The title of Music/JoannaNewsom's album ''The Milk-Eyed Mender'' is taken from a seemingly random lyric on the song "Sadie", a line which gains huge emphasis because of it.

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* The title of Music/JoannaNewsom's album ''The Milk-Eyed Mender'' is taken from a seemingly random lyric on the song "Sadie", "Sadie," a line which gains huge emphasis because of it.



* Music/CarolinePolachek's ''Desire I Want To Turn Into You'' is the chrous of "Welcome To My Island."

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* Music/CarolinePolachek's ''Desire ''Desire, I Want To Turn Into You'' is gets its title from the chrous chorus of "Welcome To My Island."
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* Subverted by The Voices of East Harlem's 1972 album ''Brothers & Sisters'', whose namesake song, "Sisters and Brothers", was instead released on the children's album ''Free To Be...You And Me'' the same year.
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* Music/PorcupineTree's fifth album name, ''Stupid Dream'', is a line from the album's second song, "Piano Lessons".

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* Music/PorcupineTree's fifth album name, ''Stupid Dream'', ''Music/StupidDream'', is a line from the album's second song, "Piano Lessons".
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* Music/CarolinePolachek's ''Desire I Want To Turn Into You'' is the chrous of "Welcome To My Island."
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** ''Burn Your Fire For No Witness'' On "White Fire":

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** ''Burn Your Fire For No Witness'' On on "White Fire":
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* Music/AngelOlsen:
** ''Half Way Home'' on "Always Half Strange":
--> ''And it's always half strange to believe in anything''
--> ''Halfway insane, and halfway home in your arms''
** ''Burn Your Fire For No Witness'' On "White Fire":
--> ''If you've still got some light in you, then go before it's gone''
--> ''Burn your fire for no witness, it's the only way it's done''
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* The video for Music/ThePostalService's "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight'' ends with the digital alarm clock display saying ''Give Up''.

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* The video for Music/ThePostalService's "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight'' Tonight" ends with the digital alarm clock display saying ''Give Up''.
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* The video for Music/ThePostalService's "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight'' ends with the digital alarm clock display saying ''Give Up''.
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* Music/{{Moby}} and the Pacific Void Choir's "Are You Lost In The World Like Me?", from the album ''These Systems Are Failing'', has the lyric "If the systems fail, are you free?" The video also visually drops the album title several times.
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* "Outro: Ego" from the Music/{{BTS}} album ''Music/MapOfTheSoul7''.
--> Map of the Soul, map of the all (Map of the Soul)\\
That's my ego, that's my ego"
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* The Music/{{Nirvana}} album ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'' has its title in "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (''Oh well, whatever / Never mind'').

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* The Music/{{Nirvana}} album ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'' ''Music/{{Nevermind|Album}}'' has its title in "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (''Oh well, whatever / Never mind'').
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* In Music/{{Beck}}'s album ''Music/{{Odelay}}'', the word is used in the song "Lord Only Knows."

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* In Music/{{Beck}}'s Music/{{Beck|Musician}}'s album ''Music/{{Odelay}}'', the word is used in the song "Lord Only Knows."
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* Music/{{Belly}} song "Arms of Clay" from the album ''Dove'' has the lyric, "Send a dove, I leave it on the sill."

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* Music/{{Belly}} Music/{{Belly|Band}} song "Arms of Clay" from the album ''Dove'' has the lyric, "Send a dove, I leave it on the sill."
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** ''The Brightest Days'': The [[BookEnds first and last tracks]] include the lines "even on '''the brightest days''', I can't see where you've been."
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* Music/JungKook's "Standing Next to You", from ''Golden''.
--> "Leave ya body '''golden''' like the sun and the moon"

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* Music/VNVNation - "Control", from ''Automatic'': "Flip the switch to '''automatic''', I want control!"

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* Music/VNVNation - Music/VNVNation: "Control", from ''Automatic'': "Flip the switch to '''automatic''', I want control!"control!"
* Music/VyletPony: In "How to Talk to Your Shadow?" from ''Music/CarouselAnExaminationOfTheShadowCreekflow'':
--> Because you're ''riding the carousel!''
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* Music/{{Covenant}}'s "Morning Star" has "I keep my eyes on ''The Blinding Dark''".
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-->''Violence unimagined'', lasted for days

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-->''Violence unimagined'', -->'''Violence unimagined''', lasted for days
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* Nation of Language's "Sole Obsession" from ''Strange Disciple'' drops the album title at the end of both verses.
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* Music/{{Stereophonics}}:
** ''Word Gets Around'': "Billy Daveyʼs Daughter";
** ''Performance and Cocktails'': "Roll Up and Shine";
** ''Just Enough Education to Perform'': "Mr. Writer";
** ''You Gotta Go There to Come Back'': "I’m Alright (You Gotta Go There to Come Back)";
** ''Graffiti on the Train'': the title track;
** ''Scream Above the Sounds'': "All In One Night";
** ''Kind'': "Restless Mind"
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* Music/{{Jhariah}}: The TitleTrack of ''The Great Tale of How I Ruined It All'' includes the line "hear the great tale of how I ruined it all, if you have the will to spend".
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* Music/BillieEilish's debut album WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WERE DO WE GO? features that question in the song 'bury a friend'.

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* Music/BillieEilish's debut album WHEN "''WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WERE WHERE DO WE GO? GO?''" features that question in the song 'bury a friend'.
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** ''This is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made for'' is dropped in "Traitors Never Play Hangman".
** ''Count Your Blessings'' is dropped in "Pray for Plagues".
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* Of Montreal's ''Skeletal Lamping'' goes a step further, being apparently taken from a line from a song on their ''previous'' full album, ''Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?'', namely "Faberge Falls For Shuggie."

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* Of Montreal's Music/OfMontreal's ''Skeletal Lamping'' goes a step further, being apparently taken from a line from a song on their ''previous'' full album, ''Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?'', namely "Faberge Falls For Shuggie."



* The title of "Mystery Girl," Music/RoyOrbison's final album, comes from the lyrics of the song "She's a Mystery to Me."

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* The title of "Mystery Girl," ''Mystery Girl'', Music/RoyOrbison's final album, comes from the lyrics of the song "She's a Mystery to Me."Me".
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No longer a trope.


** ''[[LongTitle There Is a Hell, Believe Me, I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret]]'' is lifted from the hook of "Crucify Me".

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** ''[[LongTitle There ''There Is a Hell, Believe Me, I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret]]'' Secret'' is lifted from the hook of "Crucify Me".



* Music/HappyMondays' ''Squirrel And G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)'' gets most of it's LongTitle from the full chorus of "Twenty Four Hour Party People": "Squirrel And G-Man" are never brought up though, and presumably "carnt" is supposed to be FunetikAksent for how Shaun Ryder pronounces "can't" in the song. Ironically, "24 Hour Party People" wasn't even on the original version of the album.

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* Music/HappyMondays' ''Squirrel And G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)'' gets most of it's LongTitle its long title from the full chorus of "Twenty Four Hour Party People": "Squirrel And G-Man" are never brought up though, and presumably "carnt" is supposed to be FunetikAksent for how Shaun Ryder pronounces "can't" in the song. Ironically, "24 Hour Party People" wasn't even on the original version of the album.

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Ronnie Milsap has an example.


* Music/McFly seem to like this trope:

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* Music/McFly Music/{{McFly}} seem to like this trope:



** "Above The Noise" appeared in the first lines of the second verse in "Shine a Light"; "Tell me can you hear my voice, loud and clear above the noise?"

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** "Above The the Noise" appeared in the first lines of the second verse in "Shine a Light"; "Tell me can you hear my voice, loud and clear above the noise?"



* Music/Mewithoutyou's ''Catch for us the Foxes'' in the song "The Soviet".

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* Music/Mewithoutyou's Music/{{Mewithoutyou}}'s ''Catch for us the Foxes'' in the song "The Soviet".


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* Music/RonnieMilsap's 2009 inspirational album ''Then Sings My Soul'' takes its title from the opening words of the chorus to the album's second track, "How Great Thou Art".
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* Music/NewFoundGlory's ''Catalyst'' is mentioned in the chorus of "All Downhill from Here".
** ''Not Without a Fight'' is name-checked in the opening line of "Right Where We Left Off."
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* Music/Beastie Boys

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* Music/Beastie BoysMusic/BeastieBoys
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* Music/Beastie Boys
** ''Ill Communication'': Title dropped on track 7, "Get it Together": "I'm like ma bell, I've got the ill communications."
** ''Hello Nasty'': Title dropped on track 9, "Putting Shame in Your Game": "You be like, 'Hello Nasty, where you been?'"

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