SONGS WHERE/SONGS THAT/SONGS WITH/SONGS IN WHICH

Songs that are not John Cage's 4' 33"

Songs in which Instrumentation is or is not used

Songs in which the vocalist audibly takes a drag on a cigarette between verses:

Sandy Denny - "No End"

this would be a good thread to collect all of the disparate 'songs where' threads, cause i can never find any of them.

songs where you can't find what you're looking for

"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" - U2

songs where you can't find what you're looking for

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K89RsKaEO7I

songs written by a non-famous family member of the recording artist:

Grizzly Bear - Marla
Throwing Muses - Sinkhole

Songs by 90's-era American indie bands about 80's-era British female singers:

Unrest - "Cath Carroll"
June & the Exit Wounds - "Cathy Dennis"

Songs by 90's-era American indie bands about 80's-era British female singers

Black Tambourine - Throw Aggi Off the Bridge

(about Aggie and Stephen Pastel)

the plot thickens!

songs where the narrator is so miserable that even the sight of children playing fails to cheer his burdened heart:

Rolling Stones - As Tears Go By
Pearl Jam - Black
Screaming Trees - Winter Song

Lol

young girl: hahaha wheeee I love playing in the puddles
Mark Lanegan, grunger: HOW CAN YOU BE SO CAREFREE WHEN MY SOUL IS LITERALLY DYING 😢😢😢

songs that in off whacking with which trailer

lol i have been bumping a lot of these

songs where the narrator is so miserable that even the sight of children playing fails to cheer his burdened heart

How could you leave off The Chi-lites, Have You Seen Her

and Chicago, Make Me Smile

Songs in which, it is not I who is mad, it's you normals!

Elton John - Madman Across the Water
Bonzo Dog Band - My Pink Half of the Drainpipe
Supertramp - Asylum

Songs where the singer is bored of music:

Cat Power - Colors and the Kids

songs where a singer expresses disdain for being put on a pedestal as artist

ionnalee- samaritan

songs where a singer expresses disdain for being put on a pedestal as artist

London Calling
Don't Look Back in Anger

?

much better to have a catch-all thread, good job

songs where a singer expresses disdain for being put on a pedestal as artist

Eminem - Marshall Mathers

songs where a singer expresses disdain for being put on a pedestal as artist

Ani DiFranco - Little Plastic Castle

People talk about my image
Like i come in two dimensions
Like lipstick is a sign of my decling mind
Like what i happen to be wearing
The day that someone takes a picture
Is my new statement for all womankind

And i wish they could see us now
In leather bras and rubber shorts
Like some ridiculous new team uniform
For some ridiculous new sport
Quick someone call the girl police
And file a report

songs where you can't find what you're looking for

"Where Is My Mind"

songs where a singer expresses disdain for being put on a pedestal as artist

Neil Young - On The Beach

^ arguable, but i think he touches on the need for an audience and how frustrating that is - possibly more ambivalent??

songs where the strength of the protagonist's relationship is evaluated based upon their awareness of their lover's potato preferences:

Gershwin - Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
Sia - Sweet Potatoes

Songs in which the Beatles wish you a Happy Birthday

Songs in which the singer reads off a phone number:

“867-5309/Jenny” — Tommy Tutone
“Group Sex” — Circle Jerks
“The Vietnamese Telephone Ministry” — Fiery Furnaces

^Brenda Lee - Bigelow 6-200

Transylvania 6-5000

Oh snap!

Songs in which the boys are back in town:

Thin Lizzy - The Boys are Back in Town

roxy music - remake/remodel ... "CPL 593H!"

scraping foetus off the wheel - DI-1-9026

isaac hayes - good love ... "call good love 69-9-69"

squeeze - "853-5937"

are there any phone-number songs yet that have modern 8, 10, or 11 digit numbers?

City Boy – 5705

roxy music - remake/remodel ... "CPL 593H!"

Not a phone number, it was the registration number of Bryan Ferry's car.

songs written by a non-famous family member of the recording artist:

Grizzly Bear - Marla
Throwing Muses - Sinkhole

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Lyn Paul - The Waiting Game (Doreen Belcher)

I know. I do.

"Maybe Baby" had some lines written by Buddy Holly's mom.

George Harrison's "Piggies" had one line he couldn't fill, needed to rhyme with "lacking". His mum suggested "What they need's a damn good whacking" which is the "WHOA" line in the song.

Songs where the singer is bored of music:

Isn’t this every Cat Power song?

POLL: Songs Written By The Artist's Mom

Harry Nilsson, "Little Cowboy"
Harry Nilsson, "Marchin' Down Broadway"

are there any phone-number songs yet that have modern 8, 10, or 11 digit numbers?

Jeremih - 773 LOVE

This doesn't count but Hoyt Axton's mom wrote "Heartbreak Hotel."

Not a phone number, it was the registration number of Bryan Ferry's car.

arggghh of course... dunno what i was thinking... it was late.

Bryan says sorry but the traffic was bad

don't forget The B-52s "6060-842". Which is a weird way to format a local US telephone number circa 1979.

Cat Stevens’ Father and Son

Not an answer but the q makes me think of “1999”

Peter Hammill does the octave jump on the chorus of "Lemmings" and probably in other songs. Bowie does it twice in the opening verse(s) of "Sweet Thing".

Pop songs that make hooks out of pauses

The Beach Boys - The Little Girl I Once Knew
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)
Garbage - Supervixen
Madonna - Don't Tell Me

Funny how a song you haven't heard in maybe 30 years can sometime be the first to pop into your head after a prompt like this:

The Colorblind James Experience - A Different Bob

Maybe the whole thing is too stop-start to count, but:
Television - Prove It

Antici

pation

The Breeders – Cannonball

English Beat - Rankin Fullstop

Fugazi - Waiting Room

Songs which announce individual sections

From the Viz magazine single "Bags of Fun with Buster" by Johnny Japes & His Jesticles (who are certainly not John Otway, Andy Partridge and Dave Gregory):

Oh Buster, why do you let your sac swing so low? / Sax swing solo? Yes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugIShP1qgKk

Songs that mention unsent letters:

R.E.M. - Letter Never Sent
The Folk Implosion - Burning Paper
Lana Del Rey - Sweet

Top Ten Songs Titles Improved by Replacing the Word "Walk" with "Wank"

Walk Like an Egyptian
Walk a Mile in My Shoes
Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)
I Walk on Gilded Splinters
Walk Away Renee
Walking in Rhythm
These Boots Are Made for Walking
Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast
You'll Never Walk Alone
Walkin' the Dog

Walking to New Orleans
Walking in Memphis

But I would wank 500 miles, and I would wank 500 more...

Alternatively, how about songs improved by changing "Walkin'" to "Walken"?

https://ministryofbollockscouk.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/boots_walken.jpg

60s UK toytown pop songs which contain the phrase “all fingers and thumbs”:

Manfred Mann - Ha! Ha! Said the Clown
World of Oz - The Muffin Man

Baggy-type songs by (ahem) non-baggy artists. Whether intentional or not (almost always intentional).

Bon Jovi - Keep the Faith
George Michael - Freedom '90
Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Kiss Them for Me
The Cure - Never Enough, Harold & Joe
U2 - Mysterious Ways
The Fall - Telephone Thing
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Far Gone and Out, Reverence, etc
Julian Cope - Poet Is Priest...
Fatboy Slim - Praise You
The Beautiful South - Hooligans Don't Fall in Love
Manic Street Preachers - La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)
Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall

Can - I'm So Green

songs about getting around l.a. without a car

missing persons - "walking in l.a."
juan wauters - "millionaire"

Hit singles that begin really dissonant and/or atonal

OMD - Maid of Orleans
Adam & the Ants - Prince Charming
The Cure - The Caterpillar
Family - In My Own Time

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I suppose Purple Haze

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The Human Beinz - Nobody But Me

(which I guess is just following the example of The Beatles - I Feel Fine)

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The Wedding Present - No Christmas. Which was a hit...

The Cure - Strange Attraction. Which wasn't, unless apparently getting to no. 145 in Oz counts.

Songs that have a conspicuous exhale
Janet Jackson - All For You

Albums whose best songs are the first and final tracks (yes, I know this is subjective):

Pinback - Summer in Abaddon
The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth

The best songs on Summer in A are in the middle, “red book,” “3x0,” etc

My favorite track in the middle is “Bloods on Fire”… I love the It's not in the spark that's not in your eye /
Like we used to talk… part.

(But “Non-Photo Blue” and “AFK” are just all-time jams)

songs which list a geographical region that doesn't exist or at least isn't a place that's remarkable like they made it out to be

"Don't Stop Believin'" - South Detroit
"The Night Chicago Died" - the East Side of Chicago

"Kids in America" - East California

Artists, not songs, but seems as good a thread as any...

Albert Ayler
Billy Bragg
Charlie Christian
Delia Derbyshire
Eazy E
Freddy Fender
Grant Green
Holly Herndon
II
Janis Joplin
Kerry King
Lyle Lovett
Marissa Marchant
NN
Ozzy Osborne
Patti Page
QQ
Rick Ross
Sly Stone
Tanya Tucker
UU
Vinny Vincent
Wesley Willis
Xiu Xiu
YY
ZZ Hill

It's Immaterial

Nina Nastasia

or Nervous Norvus

Yin and Yan

Zig & Zag

Quando Quango

nappy nina, rapper from the bay

quickly, quickly

deadpan 90s dance covers of rock songs with Meaning

jam tronik - another day in paradise
a.d.a.m. feat. amy - zombie
atlantis - d'you know what i mean

songs which are on all early 2001 dance compilations and were hit singles but no one remembers them now

santos - camels
hatiras - spaced invader

Oh boy, I *totally* remember 'Spaced Invader' - I could sing it to you if you wanted!

'Camels', on the other hand, I have literally no memory of.

Glad then that Spaced Invader erasure hasn't been totally successful, it's a cracking record

Other uk/european dance hits of the periods which I feel *are* remembered/still used on comps:
Safri Duo - Played-a-Live
Jakatta - American Dream
Planet Funk - Chase the Sun
Public Domain - Operation Blade (but not so much its inferior twin, Warp Brothers - Phat Bass)
Rui da Silva - Touch Me
M&S/The Girl Next Door - Salsoul Nugget

And more which could join Camels and Spaced Invader:
ATB feat York - The Fields of Love
Voodoo & Serano - Blood Is Pumpin'
Fragma - Every Time You Need Me
Simon - Free at Last (only a minor hit though)
Rhythmkillaz - Wack Ass MF (ditto)

songs slower than November Rain and faster than Get Lucky are now banned in Chechnya.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/08/europe/chechnya-music-ban-scli-intl/index.html

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Songs in which a woman takes a pregnancy test:

Nilsson - "1941" (positive!)
NRBQ - "It Was a Accident" (negative!)
Lovedrug - "Skeleton Jill" (we don't find out!)
Squeeze - "Up the Junction" (positive, although the narrator seems ambivalent about impending parenthood)

Any others? Implied in Madonna "Papa Don't Preach", though it occurs before the song begins so not sure if it should count.

Older songs that invoke this trope usually reference seeing a doctor, as home pregnancy tests weren't widely available yet. I wonder if younger listeners innately understand what the doctor visit is for.

Aerosmith - "Sweet Emotion"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_test

Wow, I had no idea what "the rabbit done died" meant in Sweet Emotion. Apparently "the rabbit died" was code for "I'm pregnant" in lots of vintage films, and the "rabbit test" was the procedure performed in the days following the aforementioned doctor visits. In actuality the rabbit always died, pregnant or not.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-rabbit-test

yes! thank you for giving me the chance to share this otherwise useless trivia, lol

songs/tracks that have titles instructing you what to do with the track:

GusGus - Add This Song
Martine Gore / Vince Clark - Skip This Track

Blur - Turn It Up
Black Eyed Peas - Play It Loud

not quite the same thing
The Tamperer feat Maya - If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better)