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| 10 | A work (music videos don't count because of course they're titled after their music) titled after a pre-existing song, i.e. not something written in conjunction with the show/movie. If it's not the song's real title, it's something one could RefrainFromAssuming it was. |
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| 12 | Closely related to LiteraryAllusionTitle. TheFilmOfTheSong is a form of this. IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming can sometimes employ this as well. A SisterTrope to MusicalThemeNaming, where ''characters'' may be named after songs. Hence, if [[CharacterTitle the work is named after a character therein]], and the character is named after a song, you get both tropes. Sometimes a lyric comes full circle, and becomes AGoodNameForARockBand. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | For music albums titled after songs on them, see TitleTrack. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | ---- |
| 17 | !Examples (by category): |
| 18 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 19 | |
| 20 | !!Using the song (not necessarily as a ThemeTune): |
| 21 | |
| 22 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 23 | * ''Manga/CallOfTheNight'' is named after a single by Japanese hip-hop duo Creepy Nuts (the mangaka acquired permission to use the name of the song for the manga). Said song also serves as the ending theme song for the anime adaptation to acknowledge this. |
| 24 | * ''Manga/ElfenLied'' is named after the music piece "Elfen Lied". The song plays a role in the manga, but is notably absent from its anime adaptation. This makes it something of an ArtifactTitle. |
| 25 | * ''Manga/TheGirlFromTheOtherSide'' is subtitled ''Siúil, a Rún'', which alludes to the traditional Irish folk song of the same name. Some of the song's lyrics are used as part of the ending theme for the second [=OAD=]. |
| 26 | * ''Anime/GreatPretender'' is named after The Platters' song "The Great Pretender", the cover of which by Music/FreddieMercury plays in the end credits. The credits are even (mostly) a copy of Mercury's music video starring Mercury's cats. |
| 27 | [[/folder]] |
| 28 | |
| 29 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 30 | * ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''[='s=] first and tenth chapters, "At Midnight, All the Agents..." and "Two Riders Were Approaching...," are titled after lyrics of Music/BobDylan's "Desolation Row" and "All Along the Watchtower," which are quoted in the {{epigraph}}s (as is Music/ElvisCostello's "The Comedians" in the second chapter, titled "Absent Friends.") In [[Film/{{Watchmen}} the movie]] both of these songs ''were actually used'' in the soundtrack (albeit only the Music/JimiHendrix [[CoveredUp cover]] of "All Along the Watchtower" in the scene covering the event of the chapter; a version of "Desolation Row" by Music/MyChemicalRomance plays on the credits). |
| 31 | * ComicBook/RocketRaccoon is named after Music/TheBeatles song [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum "Rocky Raccoon"]], which is downright quoted in [[http://cdn.fansided.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/308/files/2014/07/hulk-271-splash-page-closeup.jpg his introductory story]]. |
| 32 | [[/folder]] |
| 33 | |
| 34 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 35 | * ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' has [[Music/WithinTemptation "Our Solemn Hour"]], which is briefly whistled by Calvin at one point. |
| 36 | * ''[[Fanfic/{{Cinderjuice}} Meteor Shower]]'' is named for the song by Music/OwlCity. Its three subheadings are made up of the lyrics from the (extremely short) song. |
| 37 | * ''Fanfic/FlyMeToTheMoon'' is a ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' fanfic titled after a Music/FrankSinatra song. The title comes from it being Shadow's favorite song. |
| 38 | * ''Fanfic/GleeReprise'' names each chapter after a quote from said chapter. As such, any chapter with a song being performed in it will be named after the song. |
| 39 | * ''Fanfic/HereticPride'' is named after a song by Music/TheMountainGoats, and the chapter titles are all Mountain Goats lyrics. |
| 40 | * ''Fanfic/IAgainstIMeAgainstYou'' and each of its chapters are all titled after songs and lyrics from the various ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' soundtracks by Trocadero and Jeff Williams. |
| 41 | * ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossing'': The subtitle takes it name from the jazz song Fly Me to the Moon (specifically, the Claire version used in Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion). A band performs the song during one of the Mauville City chapters. |
| 42 | * ''Fanfic/SevenDaysInSunnyJune'' is named after a Music/{{Jamiroquai}} song, and the chapter titles come from songs as well. |
| 43 | * ''Fanfic/TheSunWillComeUpAndTheSeasonsWillChange'' is named after the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U7FhrTXziQ Nina Nesbitt song]], and is implied to be referenced in a future chapter. |
| 44 | * ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/MaybeSproutWings'' is named from a song by Music/TheMountainGoats. |
| 45 | * ''Fanfic/TheWarOfTheMasters'': Stories or chapters are often titled after songs used as {{epigraph}}s. |
| 46 | ** "Fanfic/TheSilenceEnds" is named after a line from "Welcome to the Universe" by Music/ThirtySecondsToMars. |
| 47 | ** ''Fanfic/CreateYourOwnFate'' is named for a line from Music/{{Delain}}'s "April Rain". |
| 48 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10106102/1/Yes-Sir-I-Can-Boogie Yes Sir, I Can Boogie]]'' is named after a Boccara song. Harry starts dancing and singing along to it when it comes up on the jukebox in a Muggle pub. |
| 49 | [[/folder]] |
| 50 | |
| 51 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 52 | * ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'' is a JukeboxMusical about how a LovePotion complicates politics between a kingdom of fairies and a kingdom of goblins. |
| 53 | * ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' was the only Beatles movie which was based on a Beatles song instead of having the song written for the movie, having first appeared in 1966 on the album ''Revolver''. |
| 54 | [[/folder]] |
| 55 | |
| 56 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 57 | * ''Film/EighteenAgain1988'' takes its title from costar Creator/GeorgeBurns' 1980 country hit “I Wish I Was Eighteen Again”, which plays in the film. |
| 58 | * ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse2007'' is a romance set in Liverpool in the 1960s and leans heavily on Music/TheBeatles' music. |
| 59 | * ''Film/AddictedToLove'' gets its title from the Robert Palmer hit. It plays over the end credits. |
| 60 | * ''Film/AlexandersRagtimeBand'', an Music/IrvingBerlin JukeboxMusical named after the eponymous hit song. |
| 61 | * ''Film/AmericanPie'' is named after the classic hit by Music/DonMcLean. |
| 62 | %%* ''Film/AnchorsAweigh'' |
| 63 | %%* ''Film/AnotherDayInParadise'' |
| 64 | %%* ''Film/AutumnInNewYork'' |
| 65 | * ''Film/BabyDriver'', playing said Music/SimonAndGarfunkel song on the trailer. |
| 66 | %%* ''Film/BabyFace'' |
| 67 | * ''Film/BadBoys1995'': a scene has the main characters singing "Bad Boys" by Music/InnerCircle. |
| 68 | * ''Film/BadGirls'', which in the opening sequence has the protagonists singing the chorus to the Inner Circle song. |
| 69 | * ''Film/BedOfRoses'': Named after the Bon Jovi song. |
| 70 | * ''Film/TheBellsOfStMarys'' is named after a song composed nearly three decades earlier. |
| 71 | * ''Film/BeyondTheSea'', a Music/BobbyDarin biopic named after his best-known song. |
| 72 | * ''Film/BlueBayou'' takes its title from the song "Blue Bayou", originally recorded by Music/RoyOrbison. Kathy performs it at a party, and the lyrics (about a man who has left his loved ones behind in Blue Bayou and wants to return) echo her husband's situation. |
| 73 | * ''Film/BobMarleyOneLove'', a Music/BobMarley biopic titled after "One Love", one of his [[invoked]]{{signature song}}s. |
| 74 | * ''Film/BohemianRhapsody'', a Music/{{Queen}} biopic with an extended sequence showing the eponymous song being recorded. |
| 75 | * ''Film/BornToBeWild'': Named after the Steppenwulf song. |
| 76 | %%* ''Film/BroadwayRhythm'' |
| 77 | %%* ''Film/BlindedByTheLight'' |
| 78 | * ''Film/BlueVelvet'' is named after a Bobby Vinton hit, used in the movie. |
| 79 | %%* ''Film/BoysDontCry'' |
| 80 | * ''Film/{{Brazil}}'' has in the last scene an instrumental of the song (originally called "Aquarela do Brasil"). |
| 81 | %%* ''Film/BrightLightsBigCity'' |
| 82 | * ''Film/BrownSugar'': Named after the Rolling Stones song. |
| 83 | * ''Film/ByeByeLove'' is named for the song by Music/TheEverlyBrothers. A cover of the song by Music/TheProclaimers is heard in the film. |
| 84 | %%* ''Film/CantBuyMeLove'' |
| 85 | * ''Film/CantHardlyWait'' uses the [[Music/TheReplacements Replacements]] song of the same name over the end credits. |
| 86 | %%* ''Film/CatchUsIfYouCan'' |
| 87 | * ''Film/CoalMinersDaughter'' is a biopic about Music/LorettaLynn; the song, which she wrote about her childhood, appears in the film. |
| 88 | * ''Film/{{Convoy}}'': Named after the C. W. [=McCall=] novelty song. |
| 89 | * ''Film/TheCryingGame'' featuring a cover of the title song by Boy George. |
| 90 | * ''Film/LaCucaracha'': Named after the traditional song. |
| 91 | * ''Film/DeckTheHalls'', a Christmas movie named after a Christmas carol. |
| 92 | * ''Film/DemolitionMan'' (a song by Music/ThePolice; Sting does a new version of it as the end-credits song). |
| 93 | * ''Film/DetroitRockCity'' (Music/{{Kiss}} is central to the plot, and appear singing the title song in the end) |
| 94 | * ''Film/DevilInABlueDress'': Named after the R&B song "Devil With a Blue Dress" |
| 95 | * ''Film/DownWithLove'' incorporates StockFootage of Creator/JudyGarland singing the title song |
| 96 | * ''Film/DriveMeCrazy'' named after the Fine Young Cannibals single. |
| 97 | * ''Film/TheEdgeOfSeventeen'' is named for the song by Music/StevieNicks. |
| 98 | %%* ''Film/EverybodyWantsSome'' |
| 99 | * ''Film/FerryCrossTheMersey'' was named after one of Music/GerryAndThePacemakers' hits, which they play aboard a ferry in the movie. |
| 100 | * ''Film/ForMeAndMyGal'' (performed in the film by Creator/GeneKelly and Creator/JudyGarland) |
| 101 | * ''Film/ForeverYoung'': Named after the Rod Stewart song. |
| 102 | * ''(Kenny Rogers as) Film/TheGambler'' (the song was originally a hit for him) |
| 103 | * ''Film/GimmeShelter1970'', a rockumentary on a disastrous festival organized by Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}, featuring that song of theirs in the credits. |
| 104 | * ''Film/GirlsJustWantToHaveFun'' (although they don't use Cyndi Lauper's version of the song, which is the best known) |
| 105 | * ''Film/GlassOnion'', playing said song by Music/TheBeatles on the credits. |
| 106 | %%* ''Film/{{Guantanamera}}'' (1995 Cuban film) |
| 107 | * ''Film/AHardDaysNight'', ''Film/{{Help}}'', ''Film/MagicalMysteryTour'' and ''Westernanimation/YellowSubmarine'', all movies with Music/TheBeatles featuring those songs during the opening credits. |
| 108 | %%* ''Film/HallsOfMontezuma'' |
| 109 | %%* ''Film/HeadOverHeels2001'' |
| 110 | %%* ''Film/HelloMaryLouPromNightII'' |
| 111 | * ''Film/TheHouseILiveIn'' — the title song was originally featured in the 1943 musical ''Let Freedom Sing'' |
| 112 | * ''Film/IWalkTheLine'', a 1970 movie starring Creator/GregoryPeck titled after the Music/JohnnyCash song. |
| 113 | * ''Film/IWannaHoldYourHand'' (contracting the formal English in Music/TheBeatles' title) |
| 114 | * ''Film/IllBeHomeForChristmas'' is titled after the classic Christmas song, and is about a young man trying to, well, get home for Christmas. |
| 115 | %%* ''Film/IllBeSeeingYou'' |
| 116 | * ''Film/ImNotThere'', named after a Music/BobDylan "Basement Tape" whose first official release was in the film's soundtrack. |
| 117 | * ''Film/InTheBleakMidwinter'' (though it was retitled ''A Midwinter's Tale'' in the US) |
| 118 | %%* ''Film/InTheGoodOldSummertime'' |
| 119 | * ''Film/InTheMoodForLove'' (as far as the original title is concerned) |
| 120 | * ''Film/InTheMood'' — Not only using the Glenn Miller classic, but set in the time it was popular. |
| 121 | %%* ''Film/AnInnocentMan'' |
| 122 | %%* ''Film/IntoTheNight'' |
| 123 | %%* ''Film/ItTakesTwo1995'' |
| 124 | %%* ''Film/JacobsLadder'' |
| 125 | * ''Film/JeepersCreepers'' |
| 126 | * ''Film/JerseyGirl'' (twice) - Music/TomWaits CoveredUp by Music/BruceSpringsteen |
| 127 | * ''Film/JohnnyBeGood'' (sic; the song is titled "Johnny B. Goode") |
| 128 | * ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'' (the Music/GunsNRoses song is used in the trailer and the credits) |
| 129 | * ''Film/JumpinJackFlash'', the song by Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} is incorporated as a plot point. |
| 130 | * ''Film/JustLikeHeaven'' (the credits indeed play that song by Music/{{The Cure|Band}}) |
| 131 | %%* ''Film/JustTheWayYouAre'' |
| 132 | * ''Film/LaBamba'', a biopic of Music/RitchieValens, who had the best known hit version of the title song. |
| 133 | * ''Film/LastNightInSoho'' is named after the eponymous song by English pop band Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, which plays over the film's end credits. |
| 134 | * ''Film/LeanOnMe'': Named after the Bill Withers song. |
| 135 | * ''Film/LittleAnnieRooney'' (1925) has Annie Rooney thinking about how much she used to hate the song "Little Annie Rooney", a dance hall song from the 1890s. |
| 136 | %%* ''Film/LostHighway'' |
| 137 | %%* ''Film/LoveDontCostAThing'' |
| 138 | %%* ''Film/LovePotionNumberNine'' |
| 139 | %%* ''Film/LullabyOfBroadway'' |
| 140 | * ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'' (The 1992 Music/{{REM}} song about Creator/AndyKaufman became the title for his BioPic in 1999. The band wrote the film's underscore and incorporated the song as a {{Leitmotif}}. They also wrote a new song for it, "The Great Beyond", that serves as a companion piece to the original tune... and in turn led to the documentary on the movie being called ''Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond''). |
| 141 | * French movie ''Film/MaPetiteEntreprise''. |
| 142 | * ''Film/MeetMeInStLouis'' had both songs newly written for the movie and period tunes. The former include "The Trolley Song" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." Belonging to the latter group are "Under the Bamboo Tree" and the title song. "Skip to My Lou" straddles the line. |
| 143 | * ''Film/TheMidnightHour'' (although the song's full title is "In The Midnight Hour".) |
| 144 | * ''Film/TheMightyQuinn'' - a JustifiedTitle; the Music/BobDylan song is sung in the movie by some of the characters. |
| 145 | * ''Film/MoneyForNothing'': Named after the Dire Straits song. |
| 146 | * ''Film/MoonlightMile'', Music/TheRollingStones song is the favorite song of the female lead. |
| 147 | * ''Film/MrsBrownYouveGotALovelyDaughter'' - albeit the song plays in the movie as Music/HermansHermits befriend a racedog, implying Mrs. Brown is a dog herself? |
| 148 | * ''Film/MyBlueHeaven'': Named after the jazz song. |
| 149 | %%* ''Film/MyBoyfriendsBack'' |
| 150 | * ''Film/MyGirl'' (and by extension, ''My Girl 2'') gets its title from the song by Music/TheTemptations. |
| 151 | * ''Film/OneFineDay'': features the title song in its original 1963 hit version by The Chiffons as well as a cover version by Natalie Merchant of Music/TenThousandManiacs. |
| 152 | %%* ''Film/OnlyTheLonely'' |
| 153 | %%* ''Film/PaganLoveSong'' |
| 154 | * ''Film/PaperMoon'': Named after the jazz standard. The filmmakers added a scene where Addie poses on a paper moon so that viewers wouldn't be confused by the title. |
| 155 | %%* ''Film/PeggySueGotMarried'' |
| 156 | %%* ''Film/PinkCadillac'' |
| 157 | * ''Film/PrettyInPink'': Named after the Psychedelic Furs song. |
| 158 | * ''Film/PrettyWoman'' features the Music/RoyOrbison song "Oh Pretty Woman" in a montage. |
| 159 | * ''Film/MyOwnPrivateIdaho'' from Music/TheB52s' "Private Idaho". |
| 160 | %%* ''Film/PSILoveYou'' |
| 161 | %%* ''Film/PumpUpTheVolume'' |
| 162 | %%* ''Film/RacingWithTheMoon'' |
| 163 | * ''Film/ReignOverMe'', after Music/TheWho's "Love Reign o'er Me" (it is heard twice during the movie, and the credits are to an [[Music/PearlJam Eddie Vedder]] cover) |
| 164 | * ''Film/ReturnToMe'' |
| 165 | * ''Film/RocketMan2019'' (and while on it, ''Film/DisneysRocketMan'' - both of whom have the Music/EltonJohn song) |
| 166 | * ''Film/RomeoIsBleeding'': Named after the Tom Waits song. |
| 167 | * ''Film/{{Roxanne}}'' - associated with Music/ThePolice, although the heroine of ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'' was named Roxane. |
| 168 | * ''Film/RunningOnEmpty'' - Music/JacksonBrowne |
| 169 | * ''Film/{{Satisfaction}}'': Named after the Rolling Stones song. |
| 170 | %%* ''Film/SeaOfLove'' |
| 171 | * ''Film/ShockTreatment'': Though the song was written for the movie, the film went through a couple of {{Working Title}}s before they decided to name it after a song that was present from the start. |
| 172 | * ''Film/SilentNight2012'' (slasher film) and ''Film/SilentNight2021'' (BlackComedy about the end of the world) share a title with the Christmas song. |
| 173 | %%* ''Film/SimplyIrresistible'' |
| 174 | * ''Film/SixteenCandles'' (covered by The Stray Cats) |
| 175 | * ''Film/SmilinThrough'', all three film versions and the play that proceeded them, after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilinorg/wiki/Smilin%27_Through_(song) the song]] |
| 176 | * ''Film/SoClose'' is named after the song "Close to You" by the Music/{{Carpenters}}, even though the words "So Close" don't appear in it. |
| 177 | * ''Film/SoProudlyWeHail'' obviously derives its title from "The Star-Spangled Banner", which plays over the opening credits. |
| 178 | %%* ''Film/SomeKindOfWonderful'' |
| 179 | %%* ''Film/SomethingToTalkAbout'' |
| 180 | %%* ''Film/SoulMan'' |
| 181 | * ''Film/StandAndDeliver'', after the Mr. Mister song that plays over the end credits. |
| 182 | * ''Film/StandByMe'', which plays the eponymous Ben E. King song over the end credits. |
| 183 | * ''Film/StarsInMyCrown'' is a Western, titled after the hymn "Will There Be Any Stars in Our Crown?". It's the favorite hymn of the preacher who is the protagonist of the film. |
| 184 | * ''Film/StayingAlive'': Named after the Bee Gees song. |
| 185 | %%* ''Film/StormyWeather'' |
| 186 | * ''Film/SweetHomeAlabama'' (instead of the actual Music/LynyrdSkynyrd recording, you hear ''two'' cover versions in the film) |
| 187 | %%* ''Film/TakeThisWaltz'' |
| 188 | %%* ''Film/TequilaSunrise'' |
| 189 | * ''Film/ThingsToDoInDenverWhenYoureDead'' went from Music/WarrenZevon song to the title of a 1995 film. Then John Cale wrote a song about the film, which would have counted as an inversion if he hadn't shortened the title to just "Things." |
| 190 | %%* ''Film/ThisMustBeThePlace'' |
| 191 | %%* ''Film/ToTheShoresOfTripoli'' |
| 192 | %%* ''Film/TrueColors'' |
| 193 | %%* ''Film/UptownGirls'' |
| 194 | %%* ''Film/ValleyGirl'' |
| 195 | * ''Film/WalkingOnSunshine''. Interestingly the film's original WorkingTitle was ''[[Music/{{Madonna}} Holiday]]'', which arguably makes more sense than the actual title. |
| 196 | * ''Film/WeAreYourFriends'' |
| 197 | * ''Film/WalkTheLine'', a Music/JohnnyCash biopic named after his song "I Walk the Line" |
| 198 | %%* ''Film/WhatAGirlWants'' |
| 199 | * ''Film/WhatsLoveGotToDoWithIt1993'', which is downright a Music/TinaTurner biopic that finishes on that song. |
| 200 | %%* ''Film/WhenAManLovesAWoman'' |
| 201 | %%* ''Film/WhiteChristmas'' |
| 202 | %%* ''Film/WhollStopTheRain'' |
| 203 | * ''Film/YankeeDoodleDandy'' (though technically the song's actual title is "The Yankee Doodle Boy") |
| 204 | * ''Film/Yesterday2019'' (WorkingTitle ''All You Need Is Love''.) |
| 205 | %%* ''Film/YoungAtHeart1955'' |
| 206 | [[/folder]] |
| 207 | |
| 208 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 209 | * A number of Creator/MaryHigginsClark's novels take their titles from popular songs as a form of ThemeNaming. |
| 210 | * Several of Creator/ManlyWadeWellman's ''Literature/SilverJohn'' stories are named after/inspired by Appalachian folk-tunes, including "Shiver In The Pines", "The Little Black Train" and "The Desrick on Yandro". The eponymous hero always sings at least a verse or two of the song in question, accompanying himself on his [[SilverHasMysticPowers silver-strung]] [[MagicMusic guitar]]. |
| 211 | * ''Literature/LessThanZero'' by Creator/BretEastonEllis, named for the Music/ElvisCostello song. |
| 212 | * ''Here Comes the Sun'' |
| 213 | ** A novel by Creator/TomHolt. The chorus is sung in the final scene. |
| 214 | ** Nicole Dennis-Benn also has a novel by this title. |
| 215 | * A pattern with Wally Lamb: ''She's Come Undone'', ''We Are Water'', ''I Know This Much is True'', ''The Hour I First Believed'', and ''Wishin' and Hopin'''. |
| 216 | * ''Literature/GoTellItOnTheMountain'' by Creator/JamesBaldwin, named for a famous gospel standard. |
| 217 | * ''Literature/NorwegianWood'' by Creator/HarukiMurakami. (Murakami is a noted fan of Music/TheBeatles.) |
| 218 | * Joan Didion's essay collection ''The White Album'' is yet another Beatles example. [[ZigzaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] in that it's named for an album ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin obviously]]) rather than a song, and it's not even the official name of [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum the album]] in question. |
| 219 | * ''Literature/IThinkILoveYou'' is titled after the [[Series/ThePartridgeFamily Partridge Family]] song, which is quoted at several points in the story. |
| 220 | * The ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'' short story "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" is titled after Music/TheKinks song. The narrator claims to be the actual person the song was about. |
| 221 | * ''Literature/FromTheNewWorld'': Named after the title of Dvořák's Symphony No. 9. Might be passed off as coincidence if not for the frequent use of the "Goin' Home" theme from the symphony's 2nd Movement ("Largo") throughout the anime adaptation. |
| 222 | * ''Literature/BringTheJubilee'' by Ward Moore and ''[[Literature/TheDraka Marching Through Georgia]]'' by S.M. Stirling are two alternate-history novels with titles taken from the pro-Union UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar song "Marching Through Georgia". |
| 223 | * Every book in Jill Churchill's "Grace and Favor" series is named after a popular song of the time in which it's set. The series consists of ''Anything Goes'', ''In the Still of the Night'', ''Someone to Watch Over Me'', ''Love for Sale'', ''It Had to Be You'' and ''Who's Sorry Now?''. |
| 224 | * ''Literature/{{The Rat-Catchers Daughter}}'' is named after a popular 19th century song. The female lead is a music-hall singer in VictorianLondon. |
| 225 | * ''Literature/HowMuchIsThatDoggieInTheWindow'' is a children's picture book based on the '50s novelty hit written by Bob Merrill and recorded by Patti Page. |
| 226 | [[/folder]] |
| 227 | |
| 228 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 229 | * Music/DavidBowie's "Life on Mars" wasn't the ThemeTune to ''Series/{{Life on Mars|2006}}'', but it did appear in a few significant moments. |
| 230 | * Likewise ''Series/AshesToAshes2008'', with the addition of the clown from Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes" video who appears in the lead character's hallucinations. |
| 231 | * ''Life Goes On'' (although of course the song title is "Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da"). |
| 232 | * ''Series/{{Heartbeat}}'', British police drama set in the 60s. Named for the Music/BuddyHolly song that is covered by Nick Berry as the theme tune. Also, beat - police. |
| 233 | * ''Series/WhatILikeAboutYou'', featuring a cover of The Romantics as its theme tune. |
| 234 | %%* ''One Fine Day'' |
| 235 | %%* ''Series/AsTimeGoesBy'' |
| 236 | %%* ''A Fine Romance'' |
| 237 | %%* ''Harper Valley P.T.A.'', TV movie and later series. |
| 238 | * Every episode of ''Series/TrueBlood'' is named after a song which serves as a LiteraryAllusionTitle to an episode's plot and are featured in the end credits of said episode. |
| 239 | * ''Series/TheYoungOnes''. The 1959 Music/CliffRichard tune was used as the opening theme. |
| 240 | * In the middle of ''Series/MiamiVice's'' first season, former Music/{{Eagles}} guitarist Glenn Frey released "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7uKjo_URBo Smuggler's Blues"]], a song about cocaine trafficking. The producers of the show immediately jumped on it, and not only titled the resultant episode "Smuggler's Blues", but they based the storyline on the lyrics of the song and cast Glenn Frey as Jimmy the Bush Pilot. |
| 241 | * ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' episode "I'll Be Seeing You." The song is also used in several other episodes. |
| 242 | * The [[Series/AfterschoolSpecial CBS Schoolbreak Special]] ''Dedicated to the One I Love''. |
| 243 | * Every episode in season 1 of ''Series/LukeCage2016'' is named after a Music/GangStarr song, and season 2 follows suit with works by Pete Rock & CL Smooth. |
| 244 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' had "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E19IOnlyHaveEyesForYou I Only Have Eyes For You]]". |
| 245 | * ''Series/GoodnessGraciousMe'', a BBC radio and TV sketch comedy series with an all-British Indian cast, named (with pointed irony) after a comic song by Creator/PeterSellers in which he used his "comedy Indian" accent. The series used a Bhangra-style cover of the song as a theme. |
| 246 | * British medical drama ''Staying Alive'' is named after ''Music/TheBeeGees'' song. |
| 247 | * ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019'': Episode 2 is titled after "Run Boy Run" by Woodkid, which plays in a flashback to when Five traps himself in the future. |
| 248 | * ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': |
| 249 | ** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S4E12IDreamOfGenie I Dream of Genie]]" refers to the line "I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair" from the 1854 song "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" by Stephen Foster. |
| 250 | ** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E12NinetyYearsWithoutSlumbering Ninety Years Without Slumbering]]" refers to the first line of the chorus of the 1876 song "My Grandfather's Clock" by Henry Clay Work. Sam Forstmann sings the song during the episode. An instrumental version of the song is also heard on two occasions. |
| 251 | * ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S2E9 Shelter Skelter]]" is a reference to Music/TheBeatles song "Helter Skelter". |
| 252 | * ''Series/ItsASin'' is named after the Music/PetShopBoys song which is used in trailers. |
| 253 | * Several ''Series/{{Glee}}'' episodes are titled after or referencing songs that are performed in the episode, though not always (as seen below). |
| 254 | ** From season one, both "Home" (after the song from ''Theatre/TheWiz'') and "Dream On" (by Music/{{Aerosmith}}. |
| 255 | ** Season two had "Silly Love Songs" (by Music/PaulMcCartney), "Blame it on the Alcohol" (by Creator/JamieFoxx), and "Born This Way" (by Music/LadyGaGa). |
| 256 | ** Season three had "I Kissed a Girl" (by Music/KatyPerry), " "Saturday Night Glee-ver" (a reference to the song, album, and film Film/SaturdayNightFever), and "Dance With Somebody" (by Music/WhitneyHouston). |
| 257 | ** Season four had "Diva" (by Music/{{Beyonce}}). |
| 258 | ** Season five had "Love, Love, Love" (a lyric from "All You Need is Love" by Music/TheBeatles) and "Movin' Out" (by Music/BillyJoel). |
| 259 | ** Season six has "What the World Needs Now" (written by Burt Bacharach) and "We Built This Glee Club" (referencing the song "We Built This City" by Music/{{Starship}}). |
| 260 | * Although the theme didn't feature in the show itself, the show ''Series/StandByYourMan'' is named for the Tammy Wynette song "Stand By Your Man". |
| 261 | [[/folder]] |
| 262 | |
| 263 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 264 | * Music/{{ABC}} were named after the Music/TheJacksonFive song of the same name. |
| 265 | * The music festival ''All Tomorrow's Parties'' was named after the song of the same name by ''Music/TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico'', the debut record for Music/VelvetUnderground. |
| 266 | * Music/BadBrains were named for the song "Bad Brain" from the Music/{{Ramones}}' ''Music/RoadToRuin''. |
| 267 | * Music/BigCountry also got their name from a Music/TalkingHeads number: "The Big Country." |
| 268 | * Music/TheBlackAngels were named after "The Black Angel's Death Song," a track on ''Music/TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico'' by Music/VelvetUnderground. Fittingly, their fifth album is called ''Death Song.'' |
| 269 | * Music/{{Boredoms}} were named after the Music/{{Buzzcocks}} song "Boredom." |
| 270 | * Music/CannedHeat was named after the Tommy Johnson song "Canned Heat Blues". |
| 271 | * Cave In, after the Codeine song "Cave-In": They also released a CoverVersion of their namesake song as a bonus track to the album ''Perfect Pitch Black''. |
| 272 | * Music/ACertainRatio exists because of a line in Music/BrianEno's "The True Wheel". |
| 273 | * Music/DeadDisco was named after the song by Music/{{Metric}}. |
| 274 | * Music/DeathCabForCutie were named after the eponymous song by the Music/TheBonzoDogBand. |
| 275 | * The Belgian band Music/{{dEUS}} were named after the song "Deus" by [[Music/{{Bjork}} The Sugarcubes]]. |
| 276 | * The band Ella Guru were named after the Music/CaptainBeefheart song of the same name, from his ''Music/TroutMaskReplica'' LP. |
| 277 | * The Hotrats (side project of the band Music/{{Supergrass}}) were named after Music/FrankZappa's album ''Music/HotRats''. |
| 278 | * Music/JudasPriest was inspired by Music/BobDylan's "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest". |
| 279 | * Music/TheKillers were named after the fictional band in the music video of the Music/NewOrder song "Crystal". |
| 280 | * Music/LadyGaga was named after Music/{{Queen}}'s "Radio Gaga". |
| 281 | * Music/TheKooks were named after Music/DavidBowie's song "Kooks" from his album ''Music/HunkyDory''. |
| 282 | * Music/MachineHead got their name from the Music/DeepPurple song and corresponding [[Music/MachineHeadAlbum album]] both carrying that name. |
| 283 | * Music/{{Madness|Band}} thanks their name to the Prince Buster song of the same name, found on his album ''Music/OneStepBeyondAlbum''. |
| 284 | * Music/TheMoodyBlues were named after Music/DukeEllington's "Mood Indigo". |
| 285 | * Music/{{Motorhead}} were named after Music/{{Hawkwind}}'s "Motorhead". |
| 286 | * Music/{{Negativland}} were inspired by the Music/{{Neu}} song of the same name. Another Neu! song provided the name for their record label Seeland. |
| 287 | * Music/PierceTheVeil took their name from a song by Before Today, the previous band of founders Vic and Mike Fuentes. |
| 288 | * The Plastic People of the Universe, a Czech protest band, were named after the Music/FrankZappa song "Plastic People" from the album ''Music/AbsolutelyFree''. |
| 289 | * Music/{{Radiohead}} got their name from the Music/TalkingHeads song "Radio Head" from the album ''Music/TrueStories''. |
| 290 | * Music/TheRaveonettes thank their existence to the Music/BuddyHolly song "Rave On". |
| 291 | * Music/{{Roxette}} were named after Music/DrFeelgood's "Roxette". |
| 292 | * Bless Music/{{Motorhead}}'s "Dancing On Your Grave" for inspiring Music/{{Sepultura}} to translate the title in Portuguese and called themselves that. |
| 293 | * Industrial rock band Sister Machine Gun [[https://groups.google.com/g/rec.music.industrial/c/SRqIi2lDAPc/m/FNvokgHjirgJ took their name]] from a phrase appearing in Music/SkinnyPuppy's "Tin Omen." |
| 294 | * Music/TheSistersOfMercy were named after a song on Music/LeonardCohen's ''Music/SongsOfLeonardCohen''. |
| 295 | * Music/SkeletalFamily was named after the David Bowie song "Chant of the Ever-Circling Skeletal Family." |
| 296 | * Music/{{Spoon}} might have never existed under that name if it weren't for the Music/{{Can}} song "Spoon" from "Ege Bamyasi". |
| 297 | * Music/SteeleyeSpan took their name from John "Steeleye" Span, a character in the folk song "Horkstow Grange", which they eventually recorded on their 1998 album ''[[TitleTrack Horkstow Grange]]''. |
| 298 | * Music/{{Starsailor}} were named after Music/TimBuckley's album of the same name. |
| 299 | * Stiff Little Fingers were called that way because of the Vibrators' single of the same name. |
| 300 | * Throw That Beat In The Garbagecan! took their name from a song by Music/TheB52s, deleting a space and adding an exclamation mark. |
| 301 | * The March Violets inspired TWO '90s goth rock bands named in honor of their songs: Music/ChildrenOnStun and Music/GroovingInGreen. Neither of these songs ever became particularly popular. |
| 302 | [[/folder]] |
| 303 | |
| 304 | [[folder:Pinball]] |
| 305 | * ''[[Pinball/CaptainFantastic Capt. Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy]]'' is a variation, being named after the album by Music/EltonJohn. |
| 306 | [[/folder]] |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 309 | * Sirius XM has an AlternativeRock station called "Lithium". Yes, they do play the eponymous {{Music/Nirvana}} song. |
| 310 | [[/folder]] |
| 311 | |
| 312 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 313 | * Almost all {{Jukebox Musical}}s: ''Theatre/MammaMia'', ''Theatre/RockOfAges'', ''Theatre/WeWillRockYou'' etc. |
| 314 | * One might expect ''Theatre/MyFairLady'' not to include "London Bridge." Yet in the original production, its music was part of the OpeningBallet. In the recent revival produced by Cameron Mackintosh, it was actually sung in the middle of "Get Me To The Church On Time." |
| 315 | * ''Theatre/{{Jerusalem}}'' |
| 316 | * ''[[Theatre/{{SQS}} ROMEO in the Darkness]]'' gets the first half of its title from the [=SolidS=] song "ROMEO", which is indeed used as the theme song. The "in the darkness" part, however, is a quote from the bridge of a different [=SolidS=] song, the intense [[IntercourseWithYou sexually-charged]] "Crazy Baby Show", which the band does indeed perform in the act 2 concert. The full line is "''kotae wa itsumo'' in the darkness" (The answer is always in the darkness), and it is title-dropped entirely in Japanese ("''kotae wa itsumo yami no naka''") in the climax of the story. |
| 317 | * The folk opera ''Down in the Valley'' by Kurt Weill and Arnold Sundgaard. All the narration is sung to the tune of "Down in the Valley." Four other American folk songs are also included. |
| 318 | * ''Sweet Adeline''. At least one version of the show used the barbershop quartet favorite, as did the 1934 movie version, though at the time of the setting, it hadn't in fact been written yet. |
| 319 | [[/folder]] |
| 320 | |
| 321 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 322 | * ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal: Black'' uses Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}' "Paint it Black" for its ending theme. |
| 323 | * ''VideoGame/BurnoutParadise'''s Paradise City is named after the Music/GunsNRoses song used for the theme tune. |
| 324 | * Creator/{{Sega}}'s ''Teddy Boy Blues'' featured the song of the same name by J-pop star Yoko Ishino. Releases outside of Japan dropped the song and changed the title. |
| 325 | [[/folder]] |
| 326 | |
| 327 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 328 | * [[https://eunnieboo.tumblr.com/post/184192579421/pink-in-the-night Pink in the night]] was named after the same song by Mitski. The song's lyrics also used in the comic as well. |
| 329 | * ''Webcomic/WhatIfIKnowTooManyReasonsICanBeStrong'': The title of the webcomic references the beginning lyrics of "Gurenge" from the anime adaptation of the original manga. The motion comic adaptation plays the instrumental version of the song during the credits. |
| 330 | [[/folder]] |
| 331 | |
| 332 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 333 | * ''WebOriginal/DirtyLaundryAnAlternate1980s'' uses the Don Henley song of the same name, in the sense that the PointOfDivergence is that ''it never existed''. |
| 334 | * ''Moving Right Along: A [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppet]] Movie Podcast'' uses an instrumental arrangement of the song of the same name from ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'' as its first season theme. (Season 2 uses a similar arrangement of "[[Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper Hey, a Movie!]]", and season 3 uses "[[Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan Together Again]]".) |
| 335 | [[/folder]] |
| 336 | |
| 337 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 338 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}''. The episode [[Recap/ArcaneS1E5EverybodyWantsToBeMyEnemy "Everybody Wants To Be My Enemy"]] has Music/ImagineDragons playing the title song InUniverse. |
| 339 | * ''WesternAnimation/CodeMonkeys'' is named after a Music/JonathanCoulton song which [[RealSongThemeTune serves as the show's theme]]. |
| 340 | * Christmas specials such as ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' and ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'', though those are both animations telling the same story in a song. |
| 341 | * Most WesternAnimation/BettyBoop shorts that feature a song are named after said song. Most famous are the trilogy of shorts featuring performances by Music/CabCalloway, such as ''WesternAnimation/MinnieTheMoocher''. |
| 342 | * In the early years WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies were one-off cartoons based on (and named after) famous songs of the day, such as "WesternAnimation/ILoveToSinga," while Looney Tunes were character-based. Eventually, the only difference between Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes were the title cards. |
| 343 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has a variation with the episode "Heartbreak Hotel," which features a parody of the Music/ElvisPresley song it's named for called "Airport Hotel," meaning that no actual TitleDrop occurs. |
| 344 | * ''WesternAnimation/AKindOfMagic'' is named after the Music/{{Queen}} song. A mostly instrumental remix of that song is used as the theme song. |
| 345 | [[/folder]] |
| 346 | |
| 347 | ---- |
| 348 | |
| 349 | !!Using a brand-new title song: |
| 350 | |
| 351 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 352 | * ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' had a theme song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL1vcM3VSJs with lyrics]] written for it, but the producers ultimately decided to go with an instrumental version for the opening credits. |
| 353 | * ''Series/{{Glee}}'' has two episodes (season three's "Extraordinary Merry Christmas" and season four's "All or Nothing") which are titled after original songs written for said episode. |
| 354 | [[/folder]] |
| 355 | |
| 356 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 357 | * The musical ''Theatre/OfTheeISing''. |
| 358 | * The musical ''Merrily We Roll Along'' had an original title song by Music/StephenSondheim, though the title was really from the Kaufman and Hart play. Whether or not that play's incidental music included the traditional song is probably lost to history. |
| 359 | [[/folder]] |
| 360 | |
| 361 | ---- |
| 362 | |
| 363 | !!Song titles used without the song: |
| 364 | |
| 365 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 366 | * ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis Tokyo 2040'' |
| 367 | * ''Manga/TheKurosagiCorpseDeliveryService'': All the manga chapters are named after obscure japanese pop/rock songs, with each volume commonly containing chapters named after songs by the same artist or other similar relations. |
| 368 | * ''Anime/{{Kamichu}}'': Each episode shares its title with the name of a J-pop song from the '80s or early '90s. |
| 369 | * ''Manga/TheGentlemensAlliance'' is named after a song by Hiroko Yakushimaru. |
| 370 | * ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': Rather than any chapters of the manga itself, just about every Stand from Part 4 onward (and a couple of characters) is named after a song, band, or album, since Creator/HirohikoAraki is a big fan of American rock. Here are some particularly bizarre ones, as well as the alternate names used in US localizations in order to avoid lawsuits: |
| 371 | ** [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Red Hot Chili Pepper]] / Chili Pepper |
| 372 | ** Music/PearlJam / Pole Jam |
| 373 | ** [[Music/EarthWindAndFire Earth Wind and Fire]] / Terra Ventus |
| 374 | ** [[Music/{{Prince}} Gold Experience]] / [[TitleDrop Golden Wind]] |
| 375 | ** Music/{{Aerosmith}} / Li'l Bomber |
| 376 | ** Music/{{Spice Girl|s}} / Spicy Lady |
| 377 | ** Music/SexPistols / Six Bullets |
| 378 | ** Music/BlackSabbath |
| 379 | ** [[Music/MichaelJackson Man in the Mirror]] |
| 380 | ** [[Music/TheBeachBoys Beach Boy]] / Fisher Man |
| 381 | ** Music/{{Metallica}} / Metallic |
| 382 | ** Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} |
| 383 | ** [[Music/JimiHendrix Stone Free]] / [[TitleDrop Stone Ocean]] |
| 384 | ** Music/{{Kiss}} / Smack |
| 385 | ** Music/FooFighters |
| 386 | ** [[Music/AcDc Highway to Hell]] / Highway to Death |
| 387 | ** Music/MarilynManson |
| 388 | ** Music/LimpBizkit / Flaccid Pancake |
| 389 | ** Music/{{Survivor|Band}} |
| 390 | ** [[Music/{{Queen}} Bohemian Rhapsody]] |
| 391 | ** [[Music/AcDc Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap]] / Filthy Acts at a Reasonable Price |
| 392 | *** That last one is so utterly cumbersome that is it practically always abbreviated as "D.4.C.", even in-universe. Makes one wonder why the user even named it that. |
| 393 | * ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': |
| 394 | ** Most episodes (or "sessions") have English titles derived from songs or albums, including quite a few by Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} ("[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession3HonkyTonkWoman Honky Tonk Woman]]", "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession19WildHorses Wild Horses]]", "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession6SympathyForTheDevil Sympathy for the Devil]]", and "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession9JammingWithEdward Jamming with Edward]]", the last one after a side project album a few members of the band were involved in). There's also "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession7HeavyMetalQueen Heavy Metal Queen]]" (for a song by the band Trance), "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession11ToysInTheAttic Toys in the Attic]]" (for an Music/{{Aerosmith}} album), "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession14BohemianRhapsody Bohemian Rhapsody]]" (for the classic Music/{{Queen}} song), "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession15MyFunnyValentine My Funny Valentine]]" (a jazz standard, the most famous versions being the Music/FrankSinatra and Music/MilesDavis recordings), "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession18SpeakLikeAChild Speak Like a Child]]" (an album and song by Music/HerbieHancock), and "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession24HardLuckWoman Hard Luck Woman]]" (for the Music/{{KISS}} song). The two-part finale, "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession25TheRealFolkBluesPart1 The Real]] [[Recap/CowboyBebopSession26TheRealFolkBluesPart2 Folk Blues]]", takes its name not only from the show's end-credits song (an original piece), but also from a series of compilation albums released by Chess Records in the '60s, spotlighting the music of major blues artists associated with the label, including Music/MuddyWaters, Music/HowlinWolf, and others. |
| 395 | ** The ''Cowboy Bebop'' movie was released in some markets as ''Anime/CowboyBebopKnockinOnHeavensDoor'', an obvious tip of the hat to Music/BobDylan. |
| 396 | [[/folder]] |
| 397 | |
| 398 | [[folder:Audio Plays]] |
| 399 | * AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho |
| 400 | ** The ''Doctor Who Unbound'' drama ''Sympathy for the Devil'' is named after a Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} song. |
| 401 | ** The ''Doctor Who Unbound'' drama ''Masters of War'' is named after a Music/BobDylan song. |
| 402 | ** The title of the Fifth Doctor drama ''1963: Fanfare for the Common Men'' is a slight variant on a piece of classical music called "Fanfare for the Common Man" by Aaron Copland. |
| 403 | * The ''Franchise/FactionParadox'' drama ''In the Year of the Cat'' is named after an Music/AlStewart song. |
| 404 | [[/folder]] |
| 405 | |
| 406 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 407 | * ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'': The story in ''The Multiversity Guidebook #1'' is called "Maps and Legends", from the Music/{{REM}} song. |
| 408 | * ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'': The series and titular character are named after a song by Plumtree. |
| 409 | * ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': The series has issues titled "Bad Moon Rising," "Dream a Little Dream of Me" and "Lullabies of Broadway." |
| 410 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': The story "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice and the American Way?" based its title on "What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding?", a song written by Nick Lowe and recorded by Music/ElvisCostello. |
| 411 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'': |
| 412 | ** The story "Days of Future Past" is a play on the ConceptAlbum ''Music/DaysOfFuturePassed'' by Music/TheMoodyBlues. |
| 413 | ** While on X-Men, there is Negasonic Teenage Warhead, named after a Music/MonsterMagnet song, and who would be a one-story footnote if ''Film/Deadpool2016'' didn't put a version of her specifically for the awesome name, resurrecting the character. |
| 414 | * ''ComicBook/{{The Books of Magic}}k: Life During Wartime'' after the Music/TalkingHeads song. |
| 415 | ** Individual issue titles include: [[Music/BlowsAgainstTheEmpire "Have You Seen the Stars Tonight?"]], [[Music/PattiSmith "Pissing in a River"]], [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand "Tumbling Dice"]], [[Music/TheAnimals "We Gotta Get Out of This Place"]], [[Music/TomWaits "A Soldier's Things"]], [[Music/JohnLennon "War Is Over (If You Want It)"]], [[Music/{{REM}} "Losing My Religion"]], [[Music/JesusChristSuperstar "Hosanna Heysanna"]], and [[Music/{{Spiritualized}} "Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space"]]. |
| 416 | * The British comic ''Jet'' had a strip called "Paddy [=McGinty=]'s Goat", which had precisely zero to do with the music hall song of the same name, being [[ABoyAndHisX A Boy and His Alien Shapeshifter Disguised as a Goat]]. |
| 417 | [[/folder]] |
| 418 | |
| 419 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 420 | * The title to the ''Frozen'' fic ''Fanfic/TheCutOfYourLoveNeverHurtsBaby'' comes from "Crazy = Genius" by Music/PanicAtTheDisco. Many of its chapter titles also come from lyrics. |
| 421 | * ''Fanfic/{{Coping}}'' is named after a Music/{{Blur}} song. |
| 422 | * The title of ''Fanfic/GiveInGiveInAndRelishEveryMinuteOfIt'' comes from "The Walk" by Music/ImogenHeap. |
| 423 | * ''Fanfic/GuysBeingDudes'': All of the chapters except the first one are named after Music/EscapeTheFate or Music/FallingInReverse songs or lyrics. The bands get periodically referenced, but the songs referenced don't appear in the chapters that bear their names. |
| 424 | * ''Fanfic/{{Kokuten}}'' is named after one of Sasuke's battle BackgroundMusic: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d7MSKK-lSI Kokuten]]", which, by the way, translates from Japanese as "Black Spot". |
| 425 | * The infamous ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'' is titled after an Music/{{Evanescence}} song. The title has no bearing whatsoever on the content of the story except that [[AuthorAppeal the author clearly likes that genre]]. Though several songs are mentioned and quoted in the fic, and the protagonist is described in the very first sentence as looking like Amy Lee, no Evanescence songs including the titular one appear at any point. |
| 426 | * ''Life is a Roller Coaster,'' from the ''Fanfic/SkyholdAcademyYearbook'' series, is titled after a song by Ronan Keating. |
| 427 | * ''The Light In Me Will Guide You Home'' is a side story to ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fanfic ''Fanfic/SafeAnchorage'', titled using a line from the Music/ViennaTeng song "Harbor". |
| 428 | * ''Fanfic/ShesNotSoFamous'' is named after the last lyric of Blaineley's IAmGreatSong in ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaWorldTour'', where Courtney and Heather mockingly sing, "She's not so famous, turns out she's not so famous." It's a {{backstory}} fic that takes place when Blaineley was, indeed, not yet famous. |
| 429 | * ''Fanfic/SixesAndSevens'' has plenty of chapters that use these. |
| 430 | ** In the original story: Chapter 7 is from "Weapon" by Music/MatthewGood, Chapter 8 is "Wolf Like Me" by Music/TVOnTheRadio; Chapter 11 is "How Not To Drown" by Music/{{Chvrches}} featuring [[Music/{{The Cure|Band}} Robert Smith]]; Chapter 12 is "Devils and Dust" by Music/BruceSpringsteen. |
| 431 | ** Side story ''Upon the Chaos Dark'' gets it's title from a lyric in the hymn ''Eternal Father, Strong to Save'', which is often called the Naval Hymn. |
| 432 | ** In ''Shadow of the Eagle'': Chapter 5 is "Sleeping Sickness" by Music/CityAndColour; Chapter 6 comes from "Idumea" by the Sacred Harp Singers; Chapter 7 is "Anthem for Doomed Youth" by Music/TheLibertines; Chapter 9 is "Guns & Ammunition" by July Talks; the finale is "All This and Heaven Too" by Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine. |
| 433 | ** The title of ''Headfirst Slide into Latveria on a Bad Bet'' is a reference to "Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet" by Music/FallOutBoy. The titles of chapters focusing on Victor and the Invaders are taken from the song's lyrics, while those looking at other characters (Prince Rudolfo and Cynthia von Doom) are lyrics from other Fall Out Boy songs. |
| 434 | ** In ''Phantom Pain'': Chapter 6 gets it's title from a lyric in "Dead Souls" by Music/JoyDivision; Chapter 12 is "Nasty Boys Don't Ever Change" by Music/JanetJackson. |
| 435 | * ''Fanfic/TheseFoolishThings'' is named after the song "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" by Music/EllaFitzgerald and Music/LouisArmstrong. |
| 436 | * ''Fanfic/ThrowAwayYourMask'' is named after the song that plays while fighting the final boss, [[spoiler: Maruki]], in ''[[VideoGame/Persona5 Persona 5 Royal]]''. |
| 437 | * ''Fanfic/VowOfTheKing'': Every chapter is named after a song lyric with a notable preference towards rock and metal. |
| 438 | [[/folder]] |
| 439 | |
| 440 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 441 | * ''Film/AllThatJazz'' has the same title as a song from [[Theatre/{{Chicago}} another musical]] by Creator/BobFosse. But it doesn't use that song. |
| 442 | * ''All Tomorrow's Parties'' (idem) |
| 443 | * ''Film/AmericanPie'' |
| 444 | * ''Film/AskAPoliceman'': The title comes from the popular music hall song "Ask a Policeman". |
| 445 | * ''Film/BlueValentine'', named after the [[Music/BlueValentine album]] by Music/TomWaits |
| 446 | * ''Film/BoogieNights'' was named after the 1977 Heatwave song, though it's not on the soundtrack. |
| 447 | * ''Film/BrokedownPalace'' |
| 448 | * ''Film/DazedAndConfused'' (the Music/LedZeppelin song was meant to be on the soundtrack, but the band wouldn't clear it) |
| 449 | * ''Film/FoolsRushIn'' |
| 450 | * ''Film/HomeForTheHolidays'' |
| 451 | * ''Honeysuckle Rose'' |
| 452 | * ''I Feel Pretty'' |
| 453 | * ''Film/ItsAlwaysFairWeather'' |
| 454 | * ''Film/JackAndDiane'' |
| 455 | * ''Film/JennifersBody'' |
| 456 | * ''Film/JustTheWayYouAre'' |
| 457 | * ''Film/KnivesOut'', from a song by Music/{{Radiohead}}. Creator/RianJohnson simply thought that "Knives Out" would make a great title for a whodunit. |
| 458 | * ''Love Will Tear Us Apart'' by Yu Lik-wai (although not the original title) |
| 459 | * ''Film/{{Murder by Numbers|2002}}'' |
| 460 | * ''Film/MyBoyfriendsBack'' |
| 461 | * ''The Only Living Boy in New York'' |
| 462 | * ''Paper Heart'', an indie romantic comedy named after a 1983 New Wave song by Robert King. Its filmmakers nearly managed to get permission to use the actual song, but King got to them too late. |
| 463 | * ''Film/ParisWhenItSizzles'' gets its title from a paraphrased line in Music/ColePorter's "I Love Paris": |
| 464 | -->I love Paris in the springtime\ |
| 465 | I love Paris in the fall\ |
| 466 | I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles\ |
| 467 | ''I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles'' |
| 468 | * ''Film/PiecesOfApril'', named after a Three Dog Night song. Director Peter Hedges originally planned to include it on the soundtrack, but was talked out of doing so by score composer [[Music/TheMagneticFields Stephin Merritt]]. |
| 469 | * ''Film/SeasonOfTheWitch'' |
| 470 | * ''Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch'' |
| 471 | * ''Film/SomeKindOfWonderful'' |
| 472 | * ''Film/StreetsOfFire'' was named after Music/BruceSpringsteen's song of the same name, which Ellen Aim was supposed to sing at the end, but the filmmakers couldn't get the rights, so she sings an original song that doesn't reference the title. |
| 473 | * ''Film/ThrowMommaFromTheTrain'' |
| 474 | * ''Film/VelvetGoldmine'' would have used Music/DavidBowie's song of that title, but he didn't think much of the film--very loosely based on him and [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]]--and refused to clear it. |
| 475 | * ''Film/WhatsLoveGotToDoWithIt2022'' |
| 476 | [[/folder]] |
| 477 | |
| 478 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 479 | * Arguably, Poppy Z. Brite's ''Exquisite Corpse,'' after the song by Bauhaus. |
| 480 | * Several chapters of John Weir's book ''The Irreversible Decline of Eddie Socket'' are titled after songs by Music/StephenSondheim. |
| 481 | * ''[[Literature/MaridAudran When Gravity Fails]]'' (from the Music/BobDylan song "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues") and its sequel, ''Fire in the Sun'' (from "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue") |
| 482 | * ''I Know This Much is True'' by Wally Lamb, a novel named from/after the Music/{{Spandau Ballet}} song "True". |
| 483 | * ''Literature/DiamondDogs'' is titled after a Music/DavidBowie song (and album). |
| 484 | * ''Literature/LessThanZero'' is titled after an Music/ElvisCostello song; its sequel ''Imperial Bedrooms'' is an album title. |
| 485 | * Jill Churchill's Grace & Favor series: |
| 486 | ** ''Anything Goes'' |
| 487 | ** ''In the Still of the Night'' |
| 488 | ** ''Someone to Watch Over Me'' |
| 489 | ** ''Love for Sale'' |
| 490 | ** ''It Had to Be You'' |
| 491 | ** ''Who's Sorry Now'' |
| 492 | * "Out of the Night When the Full Moon is Bright" by Creator/KimNewman, which mixes werewolves into the legend of Franchise/{{Zorro}}, takes its title from the opening theme of the 1950s ''Series/{{Zorro|1957}}'' TV series. |
| 493 | * ''Franchise/BerniceSummerfield: Life During Wartime'', a short story collection set during the invasion of the Braxiatel Colection by the Fifth Axis, takes its name from the Music/TalkingHeads song. |
| 494 | * The ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novel ''No Future'' by Creator/PaulCornell, in which Benny joins a punk band, is titled after the refrain and WorkingTitle of Music/TheSexPistols' "God Save the Queen". It also has a chapter called "England's Dreaming". |
| 495 | * ''Literature/ScaryGodmother: Ghoul's Out For Summer'' is named after the Alice Cooper song "School's Out". |
| 496 | * Merrill Joan Gerber's ''Handsome as Anything'' is named after part of a line of "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" from ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof''. |
| 497 | * ''Literature/GhostRoads'': The short stories that were later collected into the first novel are all named after popular songs. "Tell Laura I Love Her" is notable because it's an example of the "lost my baby in a car wreck" genre that was popular in the late 50s to early 60s; "Dead Man's Curve" because it's about a wreck similar to the one that claimed Rose. |
| 498 | ** The author, Creator/SeananMcGuire, also wrote a song called "Sparrow Hill Road" about Rose, the same as the title of the first novel. However, they were released around the same time. |
| 499 | * As per usual with novels Creator/MaryHigginsClark has authored, several of the ''Literature/{{Under Suspicion|Series}}'' books are named after song lyrics and/or titles. The songs themselves aren't always referenced directly in the stories, though they have some symbolic relevance to the plot. |
| 500 | ** ''Literature/IveGotYouUnderMySkin'' is named after the Music/FrankSinatra song. If you're familiar with the lyrics, they can be interpreted as applying to both the main antagonists of the novel: Laurie's stalker is fixated upon getting revenge against her and her family [[spoiler:with Leo being his specific target]], while Betsy's killer is motivated by [[spoiler:obsessive romantic love for Betsy’s husband]]. Sinatra was also known as "Old Blue Eyes", while Laurie's stalker is primarily referred to as Blue Eyes. |
| 501 | ** ''Literature/AllDressedInWhite'' is taken from an alternate version of the classic wedding march "Here Comes the Bride", which is appropriate given the story revolves around a bride who went missing a day before her nuptials. The first few lines are featured before the prologue "Here comes the bride, all dressed in white. Radiant and lovely, she shines in his sight". [[spoiler:In hindsight, the "him" who is fixated on the bride doesn't just refer to her groom]]. |
| 502 | ** ''Literature/EveryBreathYouTake'' is titled after the song of the same name by Music/ThePolice. The lyrics speak of obsessive love gone wrong, which seems to point to Ivan being suspected of murdering his older lover Virginia [[spoiler:although removed from the romantic context, it could be interpreted as the way everyone else constantly watched and judged all of Virginia's actions, with the romance angle being more of a RedHerring]]. The song isn't directly referenced in the novel, although Ivan does say the words "every breath you take" as part of the speech he gave to Virginia when he proposed (in this context, the words are heartfelt and romantic rather than obsessive). |
| 503 | ** ''Literature/YouDontOwnMe'' is titled after the song by Music/LesleyGore. The lyrics clearly apply to the murder victim, Martin Bell's controlling and psychologically abusive treatment of his wife Kendra. They can also apply to [[spoiler:Martin's similarly controlling treatment of his lover and the control Kendra's blackmailer exerts over her]]. |
| 504 | [[/folder]] |
| 505 | |
| 506 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 507 | * Almost any individual episode of a TV show with a song title, because it doesn't pay to license a song for just one episode, particularly if it's done as a form of IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming. |
| 508 | ** ''Series/{{Angel}}'' has various episodes titled after songs, e.g. "Shiny Happy People", "Over the Rainbow", "Not Fade Away" |
| 509 | ** ''Series/BlackMirror'''s "Beyond the Sea" takes its title from Music/BobbyDarin's "Beyond the Sea" — the original French version, "La Mer", plays multiple times over the episode. |
| 510 | ** ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' had already done this occasionally. The peak was when at one point in season two, three out of four consecutive episodes had song titles: "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered", "Killed By Death", and "I Only Have Eyes For You". |
| 511 | ** Starting in Season 2, ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' uses (mostly)'80s songs for its episode titles. This changes in seasons 10-14, as many episodes are named for songs from the '90s and 2000s. |
| 512 | ** ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' titles its episodes after songs, mostly by Music/StephenSondheim. |
| 513 | ** ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episodes titled after songs include "Won't Get Fooled Again," "A Kiss Is But A Kiss" and "Dream a Little Dream." |
| 514 | ** ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' also uses song titles for episodes, including the two-parter "It's The End of The World"/"... As We Know It." |
| 515 | ** ''Series/{{Lost}}'' used the titles "House of the Rising Sun" and "Music/BornToRun" without the songs (though the lyrics of the former certainly would have echoed the episode.) |
| 516 | ** ''Series/OneTreeHill'' uses song titles/lyrics/album names as episode titles, as well as being named after a Music/{{U2}} song. |
| 517 | ** ''Series/CovertAffairs'' named all the Season One episodes (except the pilot) after Music/LedZeppelin songs, their Season Two episodes after Music/{{REM}} songs, their Season Three episodes after Music/DavidBowie songs, and their Season Four episodes after songs by Music/ThePixies. |
| 518 | ** ''Series/CougarTown'' names most of their episodes after songs by Music/TomPetty. The only exceptions are "Pilot" and "Everything Man". |
| 519 | ** Each of the four final seasons of ''Series/That70sShow'' had episodes titled after songs from a particular band per season (Music/LedZeppelin on [=S5=], Music/TheWho on [=S6=], Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} on [=S7=] and Music/{{Queen}} on [=S8=]). |
| 520 | * ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie'' is named after the first words of the Stephen Foster song "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair". The original ThemeTune was simply named "Jeannie", and [[ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics the lyrics weren't used at all]]. |
| 521 | * Every episode of ''Series/{{ALF}}'' was named for a song title. |
| 522 | * ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', titled after a Music/ColePorter song. |
| 523 | * British sitcom ''September Song''. The song in question was already being used by a rival broadcaster's ''May to December''. |
| 524 | * ''Series/{{Californication}}'', although entirely unrelated to the Music/RedHotChiliPeppers. |
| 525 | * The ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E01InMyTimeOfDying "In My Time Of Dying"]] based on a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_My_Time_of_Dying gospel song]] covered by Music/BobDylan and Music/LedZeppelin. Various other episodes use song-based titles as well (e.g. "Folsom Prison Blues", "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "I Believe the Children Are Our Future", "Good God Y'all", etc.) |
| 526 | * ''Series/VeronicaMars'' episode "Like a Virgin" is titled after the Music/{{Madonna}} song and album. |
| 527 | * ''Dave Gorman's Modern Life is Good-ish'' is a play on the Music/{{Blur}} album ''Modern Life is Rubbish'', which in turn is [[AlbumTitleDrop a line from the song]] "For Tomorrow". |
| 528 | * The ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' episode "[[Recap/BattlestarGalactica2003S03E15ADayInTheLife A Day in the Life]]" is named after Music/TheBeatles classic from ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand''. |
| 529 | * Creator/TheBBC Scotland Schools history programme ''Jacobites'' had three episodes, each titled after a song of the period: "Ye Jacobites by Name" (the Hanoverian perspective), "Charlie is My Darling" (the Jacobite perspective) and "Over the Sea to Skye" (the aftermath). |
| 530 | * ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'': "Samson And Delilah" and "Music/BornToRun" are both named for songs by Music/BruceSpringsteen (and the former does have the eponymous song in the opening scene). |
| 531 | * The ''Series/EnemyAtTheDoor'' episode "After the Ball" shares its name with a 19th-century popular song. The verses don't fit the episode, but the refrain does: |
| 532 | -->Many a heart is aching,\ |
| 533 | If you could read them all;\ |
| 534 | Many the hopes that have vanished\ |
| 535 | After the ball. |
| 536 | * ''Series/MidnightCaller'' was originally the title of a Music/{{Badfinger}} song. |
| 537 | * ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' episodes "Here I Go Again" and "Dancing Queen" are named after Music/{{Abba}} songs. |
| 538 | * ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave'' had an episode titled "The Man In The Long Black Coat" after a Music/BobDylan song. There was also an episode titled "The Executioner's Song", a common alternate title for "I've Got A Little List" / "As Someday It May Happen" from ''Theatre/TheMikado''. |
| 539 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'' has done it a couple of times, taking episode titles from Semisonic's "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E12ClosingTime Closing Time]]"[[note]]Note that song and episode both revolve around fatherhood.[[/note]] and [[Music/GeorgeMichael Wham!]]'s "[[Recap/DoctorWho2014CSLastChristmas Last Christmas]]" |
| 540 | * Though there are plenty of ''Series/{{Glee}}'' episodes which are titled after songs that are performed in the episode (see above), others are clearly references to songs that are nowhere to be seen. |
| 541 | ** "Bad Reputation" in season one is about songs with a bad reputation, but has nothing to do with the Music/JoanJett song of the same name. |
| 542 | ** "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle" is named after the infamous Superbowl Shuffle, as it aired directly after the 2011 Superbowl. However the song itself is never heard. |
| 543 | ** "Hold On to Sixteen" from season three has Sam reference the lyrics of "Jack and Diane" by Music/JohnMellencamp, but never performs the song. |
| 544 | ** "Girls (and Boys) On Film" from season four was all about famous songs from movies, despite being a clear reference to the song "Girls on Film" by Music/DuranDuran (although the song was later covered in the next season during Sam's modelling career, which is a more fitting use anyway). |
| 545 | ** Also from season four, "Sweet Dreams" is named after the song by Music/{{Eurythmics}}, but part of the plot is kicked off by Will suggesting the song for the club's Regionals setlist and the kids rejecting it for being old-fashioned. |
| 546 | ** Despite being the second part of the season five's [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] tribute, "Tina in the Sky with Diamonds" never features a cover of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". |
| 547 | ** The sixth and final season opens with "Loser Like Me", named for the original song that was performed in season two. Despite this there's no reprise of it in sight (though that might be because it was redone late in the previous season). |
| 548 | * [[Series/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall1978 Both]] [[Series/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall2020 versions]] of ''All Creatures Great and Small'' take their title from the Anglican hymn "All Things Bright and Beautiful" (1848) by Cecil Francis Alexander, as did several of the Creator/JamesHerriot books on which the series were based. |
| 549 | -->''All things bright and beautiful,\ |
| 550 | '''All creatures great and small''',\ |
| 551 | All things wise and wonderful,\ |
| 552 | The Lord God made them all.'' |
| 553 | * All the episodes of ''Series/RoswellNewMexico'' (except "Pilot") are named after 90s songs. |
| 554 | [[/folder]] |
| 555 | |
| 556 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 557 | * Music/DeepPurple, from an [[GenteelInterbellumSetting interbellum]] ballad that had been a hit for bandleader Artie Shaw. |
| 558 | * ''Strangers in the Night'', Music/{{UFO|Band}}'s best-known live album. |
| 559 | * [=NWOBHM=] and early speed metal bands had a tendency to be named after a song by an iconic band. Examples include Chinatown and Black Rose (Music/ThinLizzy songs), Heavy Pettin' and Obsession (Music/{{UFO|Band}} albums), Exciter (Music/JudasPriest song), Overkill (Music/{{Motorhead}} song), and Machine Head (Music/DeepPurple album). |
| 560 | * Music/BadBrains, after "Bad Brain" by the Music/{{Ramones}}. |
| 561 | * Human Highway, Music/NeilYoung song. |
| 562 | * Powderfinger, after a Neil Young song. |
| 563 | * Velocity Girl, Music/PrimalScream song. |
| 564 | * The Canadian indie rock band Eric's Trip named themselves after the last song on side B of Music/SonicYouth's ''Daydream Nation''. |
| 565 | * Gigolo Aunts are named after Music/SydBarrett's "Gigolo Aunt". |
| 566 | * Music/{{Radiohead}}, Music/TalkingHeads song (though the song is technically "Radio Head") |
| 567 | * Music/JudasPriest took their name from the Music/BobDylan song "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest." |
| 568 | * Scottish hard rock band Nazareth took their name from "The Weight" by Music/TheBand. |
| 569 | * Music/DixieChicks were named after the Little Feat song "Dixie Chicken". |
| 570 | * Rare "Titled After the Album" example: 1980s country duo Sweethearts of the Rodeo named themselves after Music/TheByrds' ''Sweetheart of the Rodeo'' album, and even paid homage to said album with the cover of their ''Buffalo Zone'' album. |
| 571 | * Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} took their name from Music/MuddyWaters' "Rollin' Stone". |
| 572 | ** Likewise, Music/HowlinWolf took his stage name from another Muddy Waters song, "I'm a Howlin' Wolf". |
| 573 | * Music/TheLovinSpoonful got their name from the song "Coffee Blues" by Mississippi John Hurt. |
| 574 | * Music/{{Ladytron}} from the song of the same name on Music/RoxyMusic's first album |
| 575 | * A Certain Ratio were named after a line in ''Music/BrianEno's "Third Uncle". |
| 576 | * Music/DeathCabForCutie, after a song by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. |
| 577 | * British folksinger John Wesley Harding, after the song and album by Music/BobDylan. |
| 578 | * Cave In, after the Codeine song "Cave-In". They would eventually cover their namesake song as a bonus track to the album ''Perfect Pitch Black''. |
| 579 | * Music/{{Mayhem}} were named after the Music/{{Venom}} song "Mayhem with Mercy". |
| 580 | * Music/{{Enslaved}} take their name from an Music/{{Immortal}} demo track, "Enslaved in Rot". |
| 581 | * Music/{{Moonsorrow}} are named after the Music/CelticFrost song "Sorrows of the Moon". |
| 582 | * Music/JimmyEatWorld's "Authority Song" has the rare distinction of being named after ''another song'' ("Authority Song" by Music/JohnMellencamp). The TitleDrop occurs when the narrator plays "Authority Song" on a jukebox. |
| 583 | * Bolivian rock band Duvet is named after the song of the same name by Music/BoaUK (which is known as the main song for ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain''). |
| 584 | * Music/{{Slowdive}} are named after a Music/SiouxsieAndTheBanshees song. Slowdive also wrote their own song with that title, making it a song named after a band, named after a song. |
| 585 | * Gouge Away, after the {{Music/Pixies}} song. |
| 586 | [[/folder]] |
| 587 | |
| 588 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 589 | * ''Frog Kissin[='=]'', a fan podcast for Franchise/TheMuppets, is named after the Chet Atkins song of the same name. Which, not coincidentally, was performed on ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' episode with Linda Lavin, though only in the UK extended cut of said episode. |
| 590 | [[/folder]] |
| 591 | |
| 592 | [[folder:Roleplay]] |
| 593 | * Many thread titles in ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' happen to be these, due to the storyline being written by a community of writers with differing tastes. If we were to list them all it would take a while. |
| 594 | [[/folder]] |
| 595 | |
| 596 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 597 | * For some reason, the subsections of the ''Pyramid'' article "[[http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=2919 Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dread]]: [[EvilOverlord Dark Lords]] in ''TabletopGame/GURPSDiscworld''" are Music/BruceSpringsteen quotes: "And Remember Just Don't Smile" (from "Meeting Across the River"); "Born to Ruin" (play on "Music/BornToRun"); "Darkness on the Edge of Town" ("Darkness on the Edge of Town"); "It's a Death Trap; It's a Suicide Rap" ("Born to Run" again). |
| 598 | [[/folder]] |
| 599 | |
| 600 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 601 | * ''Theatre/RockOfAges''. Ironically, they couldn't get the rights to the Music/DefLeppard song. |
| 602 | [[/folder]] |
| 603 | |
| 604 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 605 | * The ''A-Train'' series of railway sim games is titled after the jazz standard "Take The 'A' Train." |
| 606 | * ''Kagirinaki Tatakai'', a 1983 game for the Sharp X1 published by Enix, has the same Japanese title as Music/LedZeppelin's song "The Battle of Evermore." |
| 607 | * ''VideoGame/AChangeInTheWeather'' is titled after the Music/EricBogle song of the same name. |
| 608 | * ''VideoGame/{{Painkiller}}'' (from the Music/JudasPriest song). |
| 609 | * ''VideoGame/RockOfAges'' |
| 610 | * ''VideoGame/JustDance'' series after a song by Music/LadyGaga. Ironically the song did not appear in the games until ''Just Dance 2014''. |
| 611 | * ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'', after a song by Music/JohnLennon. |
| 612 | * ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'', after an album (and its title song) by Music/TheStranglers. |
| 613 | * The ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' GameMod series ''Back to Saturn X'' is named after a song by Music/GuidedByVoices; the same goes for all the individual episode subtitles of the series and all the map names. In a later re-release as a commercial add-on, to avoid legal concerns, the mod was renamed to ''BTSX'' and all maps had their names changed. Some of the new map titles are, in turn, taken from the songs from the mod's soundtrack. |
| 614 | * Most, if not all [[SideQuest Side Jobs]] in ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' are named after historical songs by real bands, such as "[[Music/{{Ramones}} Beat on the Brat]]", "[[Music/TheClash I Fought The Law]]", and "[[Music/TheDoors Queen Of The Highway]]" (see also a full rundown in [[https://forums.cdprojektred.com/index.php?threads/names-of-cyberpunk-2077-quests-and-references-to-famous-songs.11075486/ this forum thread]]). From Act 2 onwards, even main story jobs start following the convention, justified by [[spoiler:the famous rocker Johnny Silverhand now living in V's head and shaping their self-perception -- in fact, it is strongly implied by the quest log entries' style that it is actually Johnny who maintains them for V]]. The only major exceptions are side jobs directly related to Johnny Silverhand's legacy, which are instead named after the in-fiction songs by Johnny himself and his old band, Samurai. |
| 615 | [[/folder]] |
| 616 | |
| 617 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 618 | * ''WebAnimation/OneMinuteFly'': "Fly to the Moon" is named after the Kaye Ballard song "Fly Me to the Moon". |
| 619 | [[/folder]] |
| 620 | |
| 621 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 622 | * ''[[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/owlor/melody/series.php Sounds Like a Melody]]'', which is named after the song by 1980s German synthpoppers Music/{{Alphaville}}. |
| 623 | * ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz''. Each track (chapter) is named after a different song. |
| 624 | * All of ''WebComic/KidRadd'''s strips are named after 80s songs. |
| 625 | * ''Rule Of Three'' started out titling each strip after a rock song. |
| 626 | * ''Webcomic/NineteenSeventySevenTheComic'' titles most of its strips after songs from TheSeventies. |
| 627 | * The webcomic ''[[http://www.mighthavebeen.net/ My Name Is Might Have Been]]'' gets its name from the Music/CourtneyLove song "Celebrity Skin." |
| 628 | * The ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' story arc "Painted Black" is named after Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} song "Paint It, Black". |
| 629 | * ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' strip "I See a Red Robe and I Want to Paint it Black" is named after the same song. |
| 630 | * Many ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' strips, including a whole string [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming idiosyncratically named]] after indie songs. |
| 631 | * ''Webcomic/{{Royal}}'''s chapters are named after song titles. |
| 632 | * ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' is likely named after the Roy Orbison song. |
| 633 | [[/folder]] |
| 634 | |
| 635 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 636 | * The second [[PowerOfLove Star Sapphires]] episode of ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'' is called "Love is a Battlefield". |
| 637 | * ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShopAWorldOfOurOwn'' does this as both a ShoutOut and a TakeThat in one of its episode titles. "Let It Go (Not the Hit Song)" is a reference to the ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' song, "Let It Go". |
| 638 | * ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' was named after a verse in the folk song “Don’t Fence Me In”. |
| 639 | * The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Spice Up Your Life!" is titled after a song by Music/TheSpiceGirls. |
| 640 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Music/TheBeatles I Want You (She's So Heavy)]]." |
| 641 | [[/folder]] |
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