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| 8 | A music trope, where a band or singer names one of their songs "The (Something) Song". Normally used light-heartedly, usually because the word that the song title references comes up in the lyrics a lot. Also used occasionally in [[TheMusical musical theatre]]. The Japanese equivalent is "(something) no uta". At times, it will be employed [[EitherOrTitle in brackets after an alternate title]]. |
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| 10 | Can sometimes be a form of HeavyMeta. |
| 11 | ---- |
| 12 | !!Examples |
| 13 | * Music/TheBeachBoys - "TM Song" from ''Music/TheBeachBoysLoveYou''. |
| 14 | * Music/TheBeatles - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfeK-p3UhIg Only a Northern Song]]" from ''Music/YellowSubmarine''. |
| 15 | * Music/DennisWilson - "River Song" from ''Music/PacificOceanBlue''. |
| 16 | * Music/{{America}} - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBpS9GYAhXA Rainbow Song]]". |
| 17 | * The Dresden Dolls - "The Jeep Song", "The Sheep Song". |
| 18 | * The Dollyrots - "The Bitch Song". |
| 19 | * Ocean Colour Scene - "[[http://www.vbox7.com/play:2bc2633e?r=google The Riverboat Song]]" |
| 20 | * Music/RedHotChiliPeppers - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N91oTNpptZc The Zephyr Song]]" from ''By The Way'', "The Greeting Song" from ''Blood Sugar Sex Magik'' and to an extent "Song That Made Us What We Are Today" (an outtake from ''Mother's Milk''). |
| 21 | ** Band's guitarist Music/JohnFrusciante also wrote a song called "The Dying Song" for ''Film/TheBrownBunny'''s soundtrack and "Song To Sing When I'm Lonely" on Shadows Collide With People. |
| 22 | * The Music/FlamingLips - "The Spiderbite Song", "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song". |
| 23 | * Music/ReginaSpektor - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbtYfcfTGbU Sailor Song]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG5N9OphQbc Hotel Song]]." Neither of them appear on her second album, "Songs." |
| 24 | ** Toybox also has a "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlti8Q-gU-Q Sailor Song]]". |
| 25 | * Music/{{Supertramp}} - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh3Kk5tZSmo The Logical Song]]". |
| 26 | * The Wannadies - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOSYBNhjCVQ You And Me Song]]". |
| 27 | * Music/LizPhair's "Divorce Song" from ''Music/ExileInGuyville''. |
| 28 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': |
| 29 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqhfLTsEeZg The F.U.N. Song]]" from "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E10CultureShockFUN F.U.N.]]". |
| 30 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQlNrn90pdg The Campfire Song Song]]" from "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E17 The Camping Episode]]". |
| 31 | ** "The Scare Song" from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfBooKiniBottom''. |
| 32 | %%* Betty Everett, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQvMBFZUk84 The Shoop Shoop Song]]". |
| 33 | * Music/LedZeppelin - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCvMKcNJCAY Immigrant Song]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39P9vpH5aCw The Lemon Song]]" from ''Music/LedZeppelinII'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cqO1uL0DCk The Rain Song]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI1GOPd3AfM The Wanton Song]]". |
| 34 | * Sisqo's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PuWDUsQvBg Thong Song]]" |
| 35 | * Music/{{Kyuss}} also has a song named "[[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=870158840029370978&ei=XKdTS_WxGeOFlgecy6zlDQ&q=kyuss+thong+song&hl=en&client=firefox-a# Thong Song]]", though unlike Sisqo they were referring to the footwear. |
| 36 | * Creator/MontyPython: |
| 37 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clPYfaTvHT0 The Lumberjack Song]]" from ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''. |
| 38 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sor9GzivGbk Money Song]]", officially released on the album ''Monty Python Sings''. |
| 39 | ** Many in the movies. ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife'' has "Penis Song (Not the Noel Coward Song)" and "Galaxy Song". ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'' has the TitleThemeTune "Brian Song". And ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' has "Knights of the Round Table (Camelot Song)". |
| 40 | * Music/{{Radiohead}}'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M_Gg1xAHE4 Pyramid Song]]" from ''Music/{{Amnesiac}}'', which has nothing to do with pyramids. |
| 41 | * ''Music/{{Tsukiuta}}'' (lit. "Moon Song") is a vast multimedia multiverse about months personified as idols. |
| 42 | ** One of their songs is, of course, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh2HAkebEIw "Tsuki no Uta"]] (ツキノウタ), the season 1 finale... which they topped in season 2 with [[https://youtu.be/CAzKJ4a9o-Y "Tsuki no Uta"]] (月ノ詩。). They're pronounced exactly the same, and they're referred to as "the ''katakana'' one" and "the ''kanji'' one". |
| 43 | ** Kakeru (the December representative) also has "Chikoku no Uta" ("The 'I'm Late' Song"), which is about... being late. |
| 44 | * {{Britpop}} rivals Music/{{Oasis}} and Music/{{blur}} each have songs entitled "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-RFfZtm7Jw Swamp Song]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84MlCMahlWY Sad Song]]". Music/{{blur}} also has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuEPTmEXJms Mellow Song]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81kpCERmwyY French Song]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2NorSMvNzA Alex's Song]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM92IwpzzJw Good Song]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REiq8tTIiII Sweet Song]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX_fnMdIw3o The Wassailing Song]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlAHZURxRjY Song 2]]", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB0JhKXjpyM Woodpidgeon Song]]" and "A Song", all of which are stunning. They also have "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3odD4i2njA Sing]]" which, while it very tenuously fits here, if at all, is nonetheless very moving. Oasis, by contrast, has only instrumental "The Swamp Song". |
| 45 | * Finger Eleven: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLFSqo2G4jI Window Song]]" |
| 46 | * Ensiferum - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioWDijQ2Enw Battle Song]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyvPe0uqjjY Victory Song]]" |
| 47 | * Music/{{REM}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjsoDtDLy3s Radio Song]]" (although it includes the lyrics 'Radio Song' in it) |
| 48 | ** French band Superbus have their own "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry2QikE__Jw Radio Song]]" which is unrelated. The title and chorus are also an example of GratuitousEnglish. |
| 49 | ** R.E.M. also have "[[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xb940_rem-pop-song-89_music Pop Song '89]]". |
| 50 | ** Also, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=559eWB93jW4&ob=av3e Finest Worksong]]" |
| 51 | * Scouting for Girls: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7sHv9klMtg The Airplane Song]]" (which mentions airplanes whilst actually being about - those of you who haven't heard of the London indie band look away now - a girl) |
| 52 | * Music/JanesAddiction: "[[http://viddug.com/video.cfm/vid/2110989026 Mountain Song]]". |
| 53 | * Lisa Loeb has "Train Songs." (It's just one song; I don't know why the title's plural.) |
| 54 | * Music/PinkFloyd's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPwkyGDtH0M The Nile Song]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8bmLCzPEPE Crying Song]]", both from their early album ''Music/{{More}}''. |
| 55 | * Just about every song written by Australian comic singer/songwriter Martin Pearson. |
| 56 | * Music/WeirdAlYankovic examples: |
| 57 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RLCWxgDsoY Achy Breaky Song]]" |
| 58 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqU6U2Yhnps The Plumbing Song]]" |
| 59 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYWsMmE0BSY A Complicated Song]]" |
| 60 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sppRrbtxVD0 This Song's Just Six Words Long]]" |
| 61 | * [[Franchise/HarryPotter Wizard Rock]] examples: |
| 62 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlVN8gxHLbo The Sweater Song]]" (The Hermione Crookshanks Experience) |
| 63 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBE99IQcaW0 The Parselmouths Fun Song]]" (The Parselmouths) |
| 64 | * Music/MichaelJackson - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYHguBEXkac Earth Song]]" |
| 65 | * Music/{{Bjork}} - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WHKeFLy1Bo The Anchor Song]]" from ''Music/{{Debut}}''. |
| 66 | * Music/ToriAmos - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnlGv1l_Hjs Doughnut Song]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnZU7MdEuGo Song for Eric]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO0hMT3SwV0 Dolphin Song]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-mLo9algvI Chocolate Song]]" |
| 67 | * Music/KateBush - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fexNR7nxk8s The Saxophone Song]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owAkE4GLH4w The Song of Solomon]]" |
| 68 | * Music/LizPhair - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J3EHUOYxjo Divorce Song]]" |
| 69 | * Music/RufusWainwright - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiKMqz2MhWE Greek Song]]" |
| 70 | * Music/LittleMix - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgy7vEje5-w Secret Love Song]]" |
| 71 | * Disney examples: |
| 72 | ** "The Silly Song" (WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs) |
| 73 | ** "The Dodo's Song" (WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland) |
| 74 | ** "The Unbirthday Song" (WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland) |
| 75 | ** "The Mob Song" (WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast) |
| 76 | ** "Siamese Cat Song" (WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp) |
| 77 | ** "The Apple Song" (WesternAnimation/MelodyTime) |
| 78 | ** "The Hula Song" (WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994) |
| 79 | ** The ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' songs written by the Sherman Brothers (i.e. all but "The Bare Necessities") have a subtitle listing who is the animal singing. For instance, "I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song)". |
| 80 | * Music/HelloProject examples: |
| 81 | ** Seishun SONG (Youth SONG) |
| 82 | ** Haru no Uta (Spring Song) |
| 83 | ** Ringo no Uta (Apple Song) |
| 84 | ** Osaka Koi no Uta (Osaka Love Song) |
| 85 | * About a sixth of all the songs created with Music/{{Vocaloid}} |
| 86 | ** Utautai no Uta |
| 87 | ** Tsumugi Uta |
| 88 | ** Bokura no Uta |
| 89 | ** Tori no Uta ([[VisualNovel/{{AIR}} Well, sort of. It was IA's debut, anyway.]]) |
| 90 | ** etc. |
| 91 | * "Undone (The Sweater Song)" by Music/{{Weezer}} |
| 92 | ** Their b-sides also include "Teenage Victory Song" and "The Christmas Song" (not the one that begins with "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire."). |
| 93 | * Comedian Sean Morey (not one of the ''other'' Bob and Tom guests, which should be a trope in its own right) has "The Man Song", and its sequel "The Woman Song". |
| 94 | * The ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' video ''Rack, Shack, and Benny'' had "The Bunny Song." |
| 95 | ** Also: "The Water Buffalo Song" |
| 96 | * Music/MarianneFaithfull - "The Pleasure Song" |
| 97 | * Creator/AllanSherman: "The Laarge Daark Aardvark Song". No, those are not typos. That's the way it's really spelled. |
| 98 | * Music/ThePixies - "Holiday Song" from "Come On Pilgrim". |
| 99 | * Creator/TomGreen - "The Bum Bum Song" |
| 100 | * In ''Series/LazyTown'', Stingy has a song referred to by fans as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_97GF1Okmig "The Mine Song"]]. (It is also known simply as "Mine".) |
| 101 | ** Also, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHXRqs2FzdE "Spooky Song"]]. |
| 102 | ** As a side note. the syndicated version of ''[=LazyTown=]'', due to a smaller budget with music, no musical numbers are used, instead background songs are used. |
| 103 | * "The Weeping Song" ("This is the weeping song / [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A song in which to weep]]") and "The Ship Song" ("Come sail your ship to me"), both by Music/NickCave & the Bad Seeds. |
| 104 | ** Additionally, "The Hammer Song" and "The Witness Song". |
| 105 | ** "Song of Joy", "Cassiel's Song", "The Train Song", "Little Ghost Song", and "Spinning Song" also count. |
| 106 | * Music/SystemOfADown - "Prison Song," "Highway Song," and "This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm On This Song." |
| 107 | * Gawkman and Murph - "The Dumb Song" (commonly mislabeled as a Psychostick song.) |
| 108 | * The band in the book ''This Lullaby'' has "The Potato Song." |
| 109 | * The Haunted - "Hate Song" |
| 110 | * Music/MarilynManson's album ''Music/HolyWoodInTheShadowOfTheValleyOfDeath'' has [[RuleOfThree three]]: "The Love Song", "The Fight Song" and "The Death Song". |
| 111 | * Emery has "The Movie Song" and "The Party Song" |
| 112 | * Music/{{The Cure|Band}} does this frequently: ''Three Imaginary Boys'' has "Subway Song", ''Head on the Door'' has "Kyoto Song", ''Music/{{Disintegration|Album}}'' has "Plainsong" and "Lovesong", and most recently ''4:13 Dream'' has "Sirensong" |
| 113 | * Music/TearsForFears: |
| 114 | ** "Badman's Song" |
| 115 | ** "Goodnight Song" |
| 116 | * ''Redemption Song'' by Music/BobMarley. |
| 117 | * Music/SimonAndGarfunkel - "The 59th Street Bridge Song" (AKA "Feelin' Groovy") |
| 118 | * Music/ViennaTeng - "Grandmother Song" |
| 119 | * Catch 22 - The Decembrists' Song |
| 120 | * The Avett Brothers - The Traveling Song |
| 121 | * Seven million Mountain Goats songs. |
| 122 | * Do Make Say Think - The Apartment Song |
| 123 | * Music/JimmyEatWorld - The Authority Song |
| 124 | * Music/TheDecemberists have "A Cautionary Song," "The Rake's Song," "The Mariner's Revenge Song," "Raincoat Song," "Apology Song," and "Baby Song." |
| 125 | * Streetlight Manifesto - "The Saddest Song" |
| 126 | * Music/{{Psapp}} - The Monster Song |
| 127 | * Sum 41 - "The Hell Song" |
| 128 | * Music/BenFoldsFive - "The Frown Song", "Song For The Dumped", "Hospital Song" |
| 129 | * Music/BadReligion - Punk Rock Song (though the refrain ''does'' start with "this is just a punk rock song") |
| 130 | * Jarvis Cocker - "Fuckingsong". |
| 131 | * Music/NickDrake - Cello Song (not named after anything in the lyrics, just after a prominent cello part in the arrangement of the song itself) from ''Music/FiveLeavesLeft''. |
| 132 | * Violent Femmes - "Country Death Song". |
| 133 | * Cat Empire - "The Lost Song," "The Wine Song," "Song for the Day," "Song for Elias," "Luck Song," "Radio Song," "The Car Song" |
| 134 | * Meat Puppets - "The Whistling Song" |
| 135 | * "The Christmas Song" (AKA "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire"). |
| 136 | ** Dave Matthews also had "Christmas Song" |
| 137 | * Carbon Leaf - "Desperation Song" |
| 138 | * Shellac - "Squirrel song", "Song against itself", "Shoe song", "Watch song", "The rambler song", "Billiardspielerlied", "Song of the minerals". |
| 139 | * Music/HarryNilsson did this a lot: "Daddy's Song", "Mr. Richland's Favorite Song", "The Puppy Song", "The Moonbeam Song", "The Lottery Song", "The Flying Saucer Song". |
| 140 | * Music/VanMorrison - "Autumn Song" (though it's part of the lyrics too) |
| 141 | * Alan Jackson - "Sissy's Song". Before that, he had "Three Minute Positive Not-Too-Country Up-Tempo Love Song", a combination of The Something Song, a long title, and ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. |
| 142 | * Music/LemonDemon - "The Too Much Song" |
| 143 | * Music/NeutralMilkHotel - "Song Against Sex" |
| 144 | * Music/RunningWild - "Pirate Song" |
| 145 | * Music/TheAfghanWhigs - "The Slide Song" |
| 146 | * Music/BadBrains - "Joshua's Song |
| 147 | * Big Star - "India Song" |
| 148 | * Catatonia - "Blues Song" |
| 149 | * Cracker - "Another Song About The Rain" |
| 150 | * The Damned - "Love Song" (yes, it's a different song than The Cure one) |
| 151 | * DC Youth Brigade - "No Song" and "No Song II" |
| 152 | * Deltron 3030 - "Battlesong" |
| 153 | * Dent May And His Magnificent Ukulele - "Love Song 2009" |
| 154 | * DJ Shadow - "The Number Song" |
| 155 | * Dr. Hook - "Stayin' Song" |
| 156 | * Drunken Boat - "Balloon Song" |
| 157 | * Music/FleetFoxes - "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song" |
| 158 | * Music/GinBlossoms - "Cajun Song" (presumably named after it's zydeco-style accordion breaks) |
| 159 | * Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - "The Humming Song" |
| 160 | * Komiya Mao's "{{Tsundere}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNhZDvJTiQk Song]]" |
| 161 | * Music/TheLas - "Freedom Song" |
| 162 | * Music/ModestMouse - "The Whale Song" |
| 163 | * Music/TheMonkees - "Porpoise Song" |
| 164 | * Passion Pit - "Seaweed Song" |
| 165 | * Music/{{Pavement}} - "The Sutcliffe Catering Song" |
| 166 | * Music/{{Queen}} - "The Prophet's Song" |
| 167 | * Self - "Uno Song" |
| 168 | * Music/{{Space}} - "Goodbye Song" |
| 169 | * St. Vincent - "The Apocalypse Song" |
| 170 | * Music/ThinLizzy - "Cowboy Song" |
| 171 | * Todd Rundgren - "Torch Song", "Song Of The Viking" |
| 172 | * Music/TomPetty - "The Apartment Song" |
| 173 | * YACHT - "Summer Song" |
| 174 | * Operator Please - "Song About Ping Pong" |
| 175 | * Music/StoneTemplePilots - "Interstate Love Song" |
| 176 | * Music/BowlingForSoup - "The Bitch Song" and "A Really Cool Dance Song" |
| 177 | * "The Monkey Song" by Hoagy Carmichael. |
| 178 | * Arlo Guthrie - "The Motorcycle Song" |
| 179 | * Thunderstone - "Suffering Song" |
| 180 | * Music/EltonJohn - "Border Song," "Your Song", "Elton's Song", "The Last Song" |
| 181 | * The Birthday Party's "A Dead Song" |
| 182 | * Vito Petroccito, Jr. - "The Assumption Song" |
| 183 | * Pete Seeger (among others) - "Clean Song" |
| 184 | * Music/SufjanStevens - "Vito's Ordination Song". |
| 185 | ---> This song may be dull, but it's certainly clean. |
| 186 | * Music/SaraEvans - "Bible Song" (a NonindicativeName, the song's about feeling stifled in a small town and draws its title from the memory of a choir singing at a funeral) |
| 187 | * Examples in musical theatre: |
| 188 | ** ''Theatre/AvenueQ'' - "The MoneySong" |
| 189 | *** Monty Python also did a "Money Song". |
| 190 | ** Speaking of Creator/MontyPython, Theatre/{{Spamalot}} has "The Song That Goes Like This" |
| 191 | ** ''Theatre/{{Urinetown}}'' - "Cop Song" |
| 192 | ** ''Theatre/PassingStrange'' - "Mom Song" |
| 193 | ** ''City of Angels'' - "The Tennis Song" |
| 194 | ** ''Theatre/{{Assassins}}'' - "Gun Song" |
| 195 | ** ''Theatre/{{The Last Five Years}}'' - "The Schmuel Song" |
| 196 | * Music/TaylorSwift - "Our Song", "Monologue Song" and "Mary's Song" |
| 197 | * Music/{{Flyleaf}} - "Christmas Song" |
| 198 | * Music/CarrieUnderwood- "Mama's Song" |
| 199 | * Music/{{Nirvana}} - "Token Eastern Song" |
| 200 | * Hard 'N Phirm - "The Camping Song" |
| 201 | * "The Last Song I Will Ever Write About A Girl" by The Ataris. |
| 202 | * "Comet Song" by Dethklok |
| 203 | ** "Fansong" |
| 204 | * The Mountain Goats have a fair amount of songs like this in their vast discography including "The Island Garden Song" and "The Monkey Song" |
| 205 | * Todd Rundgren - "Song of the Viking" |
| 206 | * Music/{{Voltaire}} - "The Happy Song" |
| 207 | ** "Ringo no uta" |
| 208 | ** "Death Death (devil, devil, devil, devil, evil, evil, evil, evil song)" from his self-released concept album/musical "To the Bottom of the Sea" |
| 209 | * Dillard & Clark - "The Radio Song" |
| 210 | * Invoked via ExecutiveMeddling for Enrique Iglesias' "Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)". Iglesias' record label insisted on adding the subtitle, alluding to the song's distinctive use of a ping-pong ball for percussion, in an attempt to make the song more marketable. The Spanish-language version is simply called "Dímelo"[[labelnote:Translation]]"Let Me Know"[[/labelnote]]. |
| 211 | * Music/TheAquabats - "Theme Song!", "Fight Song!", and "Radiation Song!" |
| 212 | * Barclay James Harvest - "Song for Dying" |
| 213 | * AFI - "The Leaving Song" |
| 214 | ** and "The Leaving Song, Part II" |
| 215 | * Music/{{Ayria}} - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brYz1HbfsHo "The Gun Song"]] |
| 216 | * Neil Diamond - "Song Sung Blue" |
| 217 | * Dave Seville and the Chipmunks - "The Chipmunk Song" was the debut of the Chipmunks. |
| 218 | * Vitaly Komar, Alex Melamid and David Soldier [[http://www.wired.com/listening_post/2008/04/a-scientific-at/ "The Most Unwanted Song"]] |
| 219 | ** And "[[http://www.wired.com/listening_post/2008/05/survey-produced/ The Most Wanted Song]]" |
| 220 | * Music/HarryBelafonte - Banana Boat Song, and its [[MemeticMutation memetic]] {{parody}}, "Bin Laden Bomb Song". |
| 221 | * Shirley Ellis' "The Name Game" is also known as "The Banana Song". |
| 222 | * Music/OtisRedding had both "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" and it's sort-of sequel "The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)". |
| 223 | * Everything But the Girl's "Clubland Lullaby". |
| 224 | * Music/{{Ween}}: "The HIV Song" |
| 225 | * The Angels Of Light have a number of these: "Song For My Father" on ''New Mother'', "Song For Nico" and "Untitled Love Song" on ''How I Loved You'', "Lena's Song" on ''...Sing: "Other People"'', and "Black River Song" and "Joseph's Song" on ''We Are Him''. |
| 226 | * Music/{{Placebo}} - "Song to Say Goodbye" |
| 227 | * Mint Royale - "Blue Song" |
| 228 | * Continental Drifters [[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+rain+song+drifters&aq=f version]] and Music/TheBangles [[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+rain+song+drifters&aq=f version]] - "The Rain Song" |
| 229 | * Music/StompinTomConnors is the patron saint - [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hockey_Song "The Hockey Song."]], "The Ketchup Song", "The Sasquatch Song", "The Snowmobile Song", "The Bug Song", "The Coal Boat song"... |
| 230 | * Holly Hanson - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFYOHBwOeOY The Snow Globe Song]] |
| 231 | * Two Christmas examples - "The Huron Carol" and "The Coventry Carol." |
| 232 | ** Also "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YClcMAn_wg The Wexford Carol]]" and "Carol of the Bells" |
| 233 | * Music/{{Mogwai}}'s Christmas Song |
| 234 | * The Incredible String Band: The Minotaur's Song, The Mad Hatter's Song, The Hedgehog's Song, The Water Song, A Very Cellular Song |
| 235 | * Burton Earny's "The Llama Song." |
| 236 | * Marian Call's "The Volvo Song." |
| 237 | * Music/BlindGuardian's "The Bard's Song" and "Mordred's Song". |
| 238 | * Music/DeathCabForCutie: "Stable Song" |
| 239 | * Ally Kerr's "The Sore Feet Song", the opening to ''Manga/{{Mushishi}}.'' |
| 240 | * Kate Nash's "Shit Song," "Skeleton Song," and "Mansion Song." |
| 241 | * Music/BillyJoel's "Weekend Song." |
| 242 | * Music/DavidBowie's "The Wedding Song," written, fittingly, for his own wedding. |
| 243 | * Music/RingoStarr's "No-No Song," an [[LyricalDissonance upbeat little number]] about [[DrugsAreBad turning down a drug dealer.]] |
| 244 | * 'Lisa's Song' by Allison Crowe. |
| 245 | * 'Irish Drinking Song' by Buck-O-Nine. |
| 246 | * 'Victory Song', from the album 'Victory Songs', by Ensiferum. |
| 247 | * 'Master Song' and 'The Stranger Song' by Music/LeonardCohen. |
| 248 | * 'Scarecrow Song', 'Winter Song' and 'January Song' by Lindisfarne |
| 249 | * 'A Song for Departure and 'Autumn Song' by Music/ManicStreetPreachers |
| 250 | * "[[QuicksandSucks Swamp Song]]" by Music/{{Tool}}. |
| 251 | * 'New Song' by Music/{{Sublime}} |
| 252 | * Music/DreamTheater's original demos, released under the name Majesty, included a section consisting of several tiny jam-tracks, each under a minute long, called "Anti-Procrastination Song," "Solar System Race Song," "I'm About to Faint Song," "Mosquitos in Harmony Song," "John Thinks He's Randy Song," "Mike Thinks He's Dee Dee Ramone Introducing a Song Song," "John Thinks He's Yngwie Song," and finally "Gnos Sdrawkcab." Each of these songs has its name yelled dissonantly at the beginning. There's also "The School Song," which is full length, and so a more conventional example of the trope. |
| 253 | * "Adam's Song" and "The Party Song" by Music/Blink182. |
| 254 | * Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine, "Bird Song" and "Drumming Song." |
| 255 | * Music/JonathanCoulton's "Podsafe Christmas Song" |
| 256 | * ALL CAPS's "WORKOUT SONG" |
| 257 | * Günther's "Ding Dong Song" |
| 258 | * E-Type's "Ding Ding Song" |
| 259 | * Gummibär's "I am a Gummy Bear (The Gummy Bear Song)" |
| 260 | * DJ Manian's "Lovesong" |
| 261 | * Music/ThreeDogNight and Music/PaulWilliams had "An Old Fashioned Love Song"; also a subversion, as the song is ''about'' "an old fashioned love song / playin' on the radio," and isn't just a song with a self-descriptive title. |
| 262 | ** Paul Williams also wrote/recorded "Sad Song", another subversion. The song's opening line is "That's a Sad Song/That used to be our song..." |
| 263 | * Canadian sketchcom group RadioFreeVestibule came up with "Grunge Song," [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin to describe the parts of a grunge song]]. |
| 264 | * Music/AniDifranco's "The Waiting Song," "Lost Woman Song" and "Old Old Song." |
| 265 | * Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge's "Another Love Song," "Lightning Song," and "Mosquito Song" from ''Music/SongsForTheDeaf'' |
| 266 | ** And the title tracks of ''Songs For The Deaf'', "A Song For The Deaf" and "A Song For The Dead" |
| 267 | * Music/AliceInChains' "Nothing Song" and "Love Song" |
| 268 | * Music/SavageGarden - "The Animal Song" |
| 269 | * Bright Eyes - "A Song to Pass the Time" |
| 270 | ** Also by Bright Eyes, "Old Soul Song (For the New World Order)", "Another Travelin' Song", "Cleanse Song" and "Coat Check Dream Song" |
| 271 | * HIM - "Dying Song" |
| 272 | * German band Lacrimas profundere's "Gallowsong" |
| 273 | * Leaves' Eyes - "Norwegian Lovesong" |
| 274 | * English artist Patrick Wolf has "Wolf Song", "Pigeon Song", and "Ghost Song" |
| 275 | * Tegan and Sara sung "The Tegan Song" live once. |
| 276 | * OTEP - "Autopsy Song" |
| 277 | * Music/MyChemicalRomance's "Desert Song" |
| 278 | * Music/GreenDay's "Panic Song" |
| 279 | * Jason Webley's "Last Song" and "Drinking Song" |
| 280 | * Music/{{Jojo}} -The Happy Song |
| 281 | * Joe Jackson - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxcjA01oGyw The Obvious Song]]" |
| 282 | * Crash Test Dummies - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihUIPlLw2ZE Superman's Song]]" |
| 283 | * Music/BrunoMars - "The Lazy Song" |
| 284 | * Music/FaithNoMore - "Anne's Song" and "The Cowboy Song" |
| 285 | * Guster - "Airport Song". The song is about becoming a cult member; airports are only mentioned in the final line. |
| 286 | * Music/TheDeadMilkmen: Guitar Song, The Blues Song, Beach Song, Conspiracy Song, The Badger Song, etc. |
| 287 | * Music/MileyCyrus- "Simple Song" |
| 288 | ** The Shins also have a "Simple Song" |
| 289 | ** As does Avail. |
| 290 | * Music/{{Hank|Green}} [[WebVideo/VlogBrothers Green]] - "The Anglerfish Song", for short. The full official title is "The Anglerfish Song Regarding the Human Mentality in Respect to How to Interpret Perpetually Felt Emotions While Educating You on the Subject of Anglerfish" |
| 291 | * Leaether Strip - "The Scalpel Song" |
| 292 | * Music/TVOnTheRadio - "Second Song", which is actually the ''first'' song on ''Nine Types of Light''. |
| 293 | * Most episodes of ''Series/ElmosWorld'' (which often occurs near the end of the more recent episodes of ''Series/SesameStreet'') often end with Elmo singing "The (insert topic here) Song", which is sung to the tune of "Jingle Bells", and composes of Elmo simply singing the topic name over and over again. In the ChristmasEpisode, Elmo actually sings the ''actual'' "Jingle Bells" song instead! |
| 294 | ** The "Elmo's World" theme itself is "[[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Elmo%27s_Song Elmo's Song]]", but with different lyrics. |
| 295 | ** Years before, there was an episode in which Elmo kept making up songs in the same vein, but with more mundane subjects, like a doorknob. It seemed to annoy the characters almost as much as Elmo's World -- and indeed, Elmo himself -- does to a certain segment of the PeripheryDemographic. |
| 296 | * Nits - "The Long Song", which at 4:15 is not in fact particularly long. |
| 297 | * Music/TheCars, "Sad Song". |
| 298 | * Music/{{Devo}} - "The Rope Song." |
| 299 | * Kilburn and the High Roads - "The Roadette Song", also covered by Music/{{Madness|Band}}. |
| 300 | * Furslide - "Love Song" (yes, yet another unrelated song of that name) |
| 301 | * Music/ButtholeSurfers - "Bong Song", "The Wooden Song", "The Annoying Song", and "Fart Song" |
| 302 | * Music/CultureClub - "The War Song", "The Medal Song" |
| 303 | * Used by comedian Tim Minchin; |
| 304 | ** The Pope Song |
| 305 | ** Three Minute Song |
| 306 | * Tom Wilson (Biff Tannen from ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'') has as part of his comedy act "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwY5o2fsG7Y The Question Song]]", in which he sings/complains about the endless barrage of the same questions fans always ask him regarding the movies. |
| 307 | * Punk rock band Music/{{Pennywise}} (no, not [[Literature/{{It}} that Pennywise]]) has "Competition Song." |
| 308 | * "The Black Angel's Death Song" from ''Music/TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico'' by the Music/VelvetUnderground |
| 309 | * "The No Seatbelt Song", Music/BrandNew |
| 310 | * "Marry Song" and "The First Song", Band of Horses |
| 311 | * "Sad Song", Music/LouReed, from ''Music/{{Berlin}}''. |
| 312 | * "Bus Driver's Song", Music/FlightOfTheConchords |
| 313 | * "Cave Song", WU LYF |
| 314 | * "Country Song", The Men |
| 315 | * Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights' "The Hut-Sut Song" |
| 316 | * Music/PeterPaulAndMary's "Garden Song," "The House Song," "The Unicorn Song" and "Song of Peace" |
| 317 | * ''Theatre/KnickerbockerHoliday'' has "September Song." |
| 318 | * ''Theatre/TheDesertSong'', in addition to the title tune, also features "The Riff Song," "French Military Marching Song," "The Sabre Song" and "Song of the Brass Key." |
| 319 | * Rodgers and Hart's ''The Vagabond King'' has "Scotch Archers' Song" and "Song of the Vagabonds." |
| 320 | * One-third of the songs in ''The Threepenny Opera'' have titles like this. |
| 321 | * ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' |
| 322 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzVGqJH3-ww The Rhyming Song]]" turns out to be a spoof when, despite Fozzie's best efforts, none of the couplets actually rhyme. |
| 323 | ---> The stars are twinkling in the sky, |
| 324 | ---> The rhyming song, the rhyming song, |
| 325 | ---> There's no hot water in my hotel! |
| 326 | ---> ...The rhyming song? |
| 327 | ** One episode had an assortment of ugly Muppet monsters singing Paul Tracey's "The Ugly Song". |
| 328 | * {{Music/Sakanaction}}: "Asa no Uta" ("The Morning Song"). |
| 329 | * Music/LeonRussell - "A Song For You", also covered by several others including the Music/{{Carpenters}}, who used it as the title song for one of their albums. |
| 330 | * The Music/GregKihnBand - "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)". |
| 331 | * Music/MoxyFruvous - "The Food Song" and "The Drinking Song." |
| 332 | * Empty Hats- "The [[BawdySong La La La]] Song". |
| 333 | * Theatre/ShrekTheMusical has "Travel Song". |
| 334 | * Music/JohnDenver had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNOTF-znQyw Annie's Song]] ("You fill up my senses...) |
| 335 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': According to the album that includes these songs, "The Smile Song", "The Laughter Song" and "The Flim Flam Cider Song". |
| 336 | * {{Music/Brentalfloss}} - "The VideoGame/{{Bioshock}} Song" and "The VideoGame/BioshockInfinite Song". |
| 337 | ** Also (from before he was known as brentalfloss) "[[http://brentalfloss.bandcamp.com/track/mr-carey-christenberry-the-teacher-song The Teacher Song]]" and "[[http://brentalfloss.bandcamp.com/track/the-pussycat-song The Pussycat Song]]" |
| 338 | * WebVideo/RandomEncounters has, among others, "The Toys/{{Amiibo}} Song", "The [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Eevee]] Song", "The Zubat Song", "The Magikarp Song" and "The [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Flag Pole]] Song" |
| 339 | * Rupert Holmes wrote "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" |
| 340 | * Music/PoetsOfTheFall's "[[https://youtu.be/BAh6ay9QDtE?list=PLjACqN5i5sDUEienDV52g85W6J7chzLXV The Happy Song]]" an ode to psychopathy, and VillainSong of Mr. Scratch, HumanoidAbomination antagonist of ''Videogame/AlanWakesAmericanNightmare.'' |
| 341 | * Music/EgoLikeness has "Song for Samael" and "Song to the Divine." |
| 342 | * ''Music/SchweigtStillePlaudertNicht'''s popular name, "The Coffee {{Cantata}}" is in the vein of this trope. |
| 343 | * Alf Prøysen's "Musevisa" ("The Mouse Song") and "Julekveldsvisa" ("The Christmas Eve Song"). |
| 344 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie2TheSecondPart'' has the [[EarWorm aptly-named]] "Catchy Song". |
| 345 | -->''It's so catchy, catchy\ |
| 346 | It's such a catchy song\ |
| 347 | Gonna make you happy, happy\ |
| 348 | Don't try to fight it, sing along!'' |
| 349 | * Cisco Houston's "Soup Song". |
| 350 | * 1928 musical ''Whoopee!'' had "The Song of the Setting Sun". |
| 351 | * Music/{{Leadbelly}}'s "The Roosevelt Song". |
| 352 | * Music/WoodyGuthrie's "Miner's Song". |
| 353 | * Howard Jones' "New Song". |
| 354 | * Bing and Gary Crosby's "Sam's Song". |
| 355 | * Music/JohnMellencamp's "Authority Song". |
| 356 | * Music/DefLeppard's "Desert Song." |
| 357 | * Music/{{Sia}}'s "Natale's Song" and her solo track "Sia's Song" on her first band Crisp's EP ''Word and the Deal''. |
| 358 | * Faith and the Muse's "Relic Song." |
| 359 | * Music/TheCruxshadows' "The Dying Song." |
| 360 | * ''Theatre/BeMoreChill'''s ''The Squip Song'' and ''The Pants Song''. |
| 361 | * ''Theatre/AvenueQ'''s ''The Money Song''. |
| 362 | * ''Theatre/TheProm'''s ''The Acceptance Song''. |
| 363 | * ''Theatre/LizardBoy'''s ''Cary's Song''. |
| 364 | * ''[[Theatre/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians The Lightning Thief]]'''s ''The Campfire Song'' (no relation to the Spongebob song of a similar name). |
| 365 | * ''Theatre/TheTwentyFifthAnnualPutnamCountySpellingBee'''s "The 'I Love You' Song". |
| 366 | * Robert Wyatt - "Sea Song" |
| 367 | * ''Jumbo'''s "The Song of the Roustabouts". |
| 368 | * The music for ''VideoGame/KlonoaDoorToPhantomile'''s first vision (their name for levels), a green plain with a windmill in the middle of a rural town, is called "The Windmill Song". |
| 369 | * The soundtrack for ''VideoGame/TheLegendaryStarfy'' contains songs called "The Sad Theme", played during [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin sad moments]], and "The "Let's Go" Theme", played during points where the characters become determined. |
| 370 | * Music/JohnnyCash and Marty Robbins' "Song of the Patriot". |
| 371 | * ''Manga/OsomatsuKun's'' first anime adaptation had "Osomatsu-kun no Uta" as its first theme song, and the jazzier "Osomatsu-kun no Uta 2" succeeding it. |
| 372 | * Music/PhoebeBridgers's "Garden Song" and "Moon Song." |
| 373 | * Music/AngelOlsen's acoustic versions from her album ''All Mirrors'' usually have a [[EitherOrTitle subtitle in parentheses]] to differentiate the two versions. For "Lark" and "Summer," the acoustic versions are titled "Lark Song" and "Summer Song." |
| 374 | * Music/{{Grimes}}' "Swan Song." |
| 375 | * Music/BeachHouse's "Saturn Song" and "Space Song." |
| 376 | * Music/BlackCountryNewRoad's "Up Song" and "Laughing Song." |
| 377 | * Music/TheCardigans' "Last Song" and "Sunday Circus Song." |
| 378 | * Music/FKATwigs' "thank you song." |
| 379 | * Vashti Bunyan's "Train Song." |
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