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* Music/{{Blondie}}'s hit from 1981 is not titled "The Man From Mars", it's "Rapture". The rap portion of the song, providing a detailed list of actions by that man is actually more memorable than the singing portion.

* "One Last Breath" by Music/{{Creed}} might be better known as "Hold Me Now" or "Six Feet From The Edge", both of which prominently appear as part of the chorus. The actual song title shows up in the penultimate lines of the first two verses. Nor have they ever recorded a song called "Look at Me." That would be "Bullets."

** That song which has also been covered by Music/TheHollies is not named "Sandy" but "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)". The "(Sandy)" part is sometimes omitted altogether, despite being the only bit of the title that actually appears in the lyrics.\\
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* Music/{{Squeeze}} have a song called "Black Coffee in Bed". Black is not added until near the end. This song might also be called "Stain on My Notebook".

* The memetic "Akane's Baka Song" from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' soundtrack is actually titled ''Yasashii, Ii Ko ni Narenai'' ("I Cannot Be a Gentle, Good Girl").

* Creator/AllanSherman: {{Inverted|Trope}}. Although the title is right in the first verse, "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter from Camp)" is often known under the SettingTitle "Camp Granada".

* Popular DJ {{Music/Sonique}} never had a song called "Your Love It Feels So Good". Nor did she ever have a song called "And That's What Takes Me High." It's called "It Feels So Good".

* The techno tune with the LoopedLyrics "I've got the hots for you" is "Theme from S-Express" by {{S-Express}}.

->''"I wish I had had the fucking sense to change the name of the song. “I'm Not Sick But I'm Not Well” is what everybody calls it."''

* The theme song to ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' is called the "Barney Theme Song", not "Barney is a dinosaur".
** The Iconic song sung at the end of the show is simply called "I Love You", not "I Love You, You love Me".

* The Jennifer Holliday/Jennifer Hudson song from the musical ''Dreamgirls'' with the lyric "I'm staying, I'm staying, and you, and you, and you... you're gonna love me." isn't called "I'm Staying" or "You're Gonna Love Me". The correct title is "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going".

** His tribute to Creator/MarilynMonroe is called "Candle In The Wind", not "Goodbye Norma Jean". And the version about Princess Diana is called "Candle In The Wind 1997", "Candle In The Wind '97" or "Candle In The Wind (1997 Version)", not "Goodbye England's Rose".

* ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'': "Daisy Bell" is the song HAL sang (or rather, ''covered''), not "Daisy, Daisy" or "Bicycle Built for Two". It was the first computer synthesized tune, in 1961.

** It's "Over the Rainbow", not "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." (''Everyone'' gets this one wrong.)

* The theme song to ''Series/Series/BarneyAndFriends'' is called the "Barney Theme Song", not "Barney is a dinosaur".

* Music/{{Madness}}'s debut single is properly called "The Prince" (which appears once, at the very end... and not at all in the version which appears on most of their hit compilations), not "Orange Street" (which appears three times). It's available on ''Music/OneStepBeyond''.

* Stereophonics did "Dakota", not "Make Me Feel Like The One".

* Many fans believe that the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' song "Endangered Love" is called "Barbara Manatee" because of how frequently that name appears in the song. The real title is only said once by the segment's narrator.

** THere's no song called "I'm Not Insane." The song that repeatedly uses that line is called "Almost Easy."

* A Christmas example, The classic Band Aid Christmas Charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas" is not titled "Feed The World!" or "Let them know it's Christmas Time". Although the much more obscure B-side was called "Feed the World", and it has been released occasionly as "Do They Know It's Christmas (Feed The World)".

* Music/ToriAmos never released a song called "Starfucker." It's "Professional Widow." (Although Music/TheRollingStonesBand ''did'' have a "Starfucker." Their record company made them change it to "Star Star.")

* Music/TheRollingStonesBand:

** The song about "Dressing for revenge" on ''"Midnights"'' is actually called "Vigilante Shit."

** A good number of P&F songs fall under title confusion. Some songs are given titles on [[TheWikiRule the wiki]] before the episode comes out, only these titles are different from the official BMI titles, which are sometimes different from the titles the writers and creators use. However, the song's unofficial, incorrect titles tend to spread fairly quickly over the Internet and Website/YouTube. Three examples: "History of Rock" not "Danny's Story", "Big Ginormous Airplane" not "The Paper Pelican Floor Show", and "Baliwood" not "Destroyed Dreams".

** "The Escapist" is not called "A Nightingale in a Golden Cage" or "Reality's Maze" or "Bring Me Back to Life" or any other phrase from the chorus. "Escapist" (no "the") does appear once in the lyrics, in the second verse ("This is who I am, escapist, paradise seeker").

* What about when the most-known part of the song doesn't even have lyrics? That's the case for "Life in a Northern Town" by The Music/DreamAcademy, otherwise known as that song that goes "Ah hey ma ma ma hey ah".

* The Christmas carol with the refrain "O tidings of comfort and joy" is called "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen".