Song titles same as band's name?

[HyeJinx1984]

This is a very curious phenomenon, one I never really understood... but some bands name a song of theirs AS the band's name. How many songs out there are like this? The only ones that jump to mind right away are...

Motorhead by Motorhead
Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath
Bad Company by Bad Company

Ironically, all three of those songs were also released on albums that were titled after the band.

What are some other songs like this?

Edit: yes, Motorhead was originally written by Lemmy while he was in Hawkwind, but it was performed by Motorhead on their album Motorhead, so it still counts :P

[MdrnDayWarrior]

Iron Maiden

[thedoorsdk]

Minor Threat

[TheDean]

Bang Camaro

[Jordashebasics]

I felt compelled to make a song titled after my band's name. It was easy enough, with a band name like Only One.

I'm not sure why. It just seemed like any easy thing to do.

[King_Nuthin]

Reagan Youth
Negative Approach
D.O.A.

Forbidden has a song Forbidden Evil. Forbidden Evil was their original name.

Dunno if this counts but MDC frequently titled albums and songs to match the acronym ie Millions of Damn Christians or Missile Destroyed Civilization. However they only have Dead Cops and not Millions of... Along opposite lines Government Issue had the song G.I.

Does Stray Cat Strut count? There are quite a few tunes like that as well where the band name is incorporated into a theme song of sorts.

[vandalizemenow00]

What about Godsmack taking their name from someone else's song. I think thats even cheesier.

MMMP

[HyeJinx1984]

What about Godsmack taking their name from someone else's song. I think thats even cheesier.

MMMP

Well Rolling Stones did the same thing :P

[vandalizemenow00]

Thats pretty cheesy too, at least they made up for their cheesyness by rocking a lot of people's socks off for a lot of years.

MMMP

[Rockbandfan23467]

Green Day.

Though I think they were still Sweet Childeren when they did it.

[JukeBoxHero]

Blue Oyster Cult

[MronoC]

I'm not sure about Bad Company or Iron Maiden, but I know that in the cases of Motorhead and Sabbath, the song came first, and the bands named themselves after the songs when made to change their original names for one reason to another, from Earth to Black Sabbath, and from Bastard to Motorhead.

[Lord_Mhoram]

Talk Talk by Talk Talk on the album Talk Talk.

I always found that one funny when it came up on MTV with the little text listing that..

Talk Talk
Talk Talk
Talk Talk
Whatever records.

[Runesmith]

Would The Ramones' R.A.M.O.N.E.S. count? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.A.M.O.N.E.S.

[TheCrimsonSaint]

The name Iron Maiden came before the song (it was inspired by some British flick that Steve Harris and Dave Murray saw together). I'm pretty sure the song had already been written, but had different lyrics at the time.

[a21schizoidman]

We Are Devo - Devo
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson

do those count?

[HyeJinx1984]

It's just weird to me, personally I don't like it. The songs can be great, but the concept of naming them like that is kind of annoying.

It's like why the word "Wars" doesn't show up in any of the Star Wars titles... it would sound weird and repetitive. Which is why, despite not being a horrible show, the title "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" irks me.

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Hootini!

[Soror_YZBL]

In a Big Country by Big Country

[baldassbat]

It's just weird to me, personally I don't like it. The songs can be great, but the concept of naming them like that is kind of annoying.

It's like why the word "Wars" doesn't show up in any of the Star Wars titles... it would sound weird and repetitive. Which is why, despite not being a horrible show, the title "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" irks me.



How has that enver occurred to me? I only disliked it because it wasn't good. But I was a little disappointed that the entire prequel triology wasn't named Clone Wars: <title>.

[MronoC]

Would The Ramones' R.A.M.O.N.E.S. count? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.A.M.O.N.E.S.

no, because it's not their song, it's Motorhead's

[WingsOfSteel]

We Are Devo - Devo

do those count?

No, because the song's real name is Jocko ****.

[CommanderDuff]

Iced Earth

[Schmeal]

Bad Religion

[baldassbat]

A little off-topic, but something annoying anyway.

Flogging Molly has an album called Swagger. But their song called Swagger is actually on the Drunken Lullabies album. Why is that?

[getchhellyeah]

Hellyeah by Hellyeah
Rammstein by Rammstein
Another Black Day by Another Black Day
Anthrax by Anthrax

[Soror_YZBL]

A little off-topic, but something annoying anyway.

Flogging Molly has an album called Swagger. But their song called Swagger is actually on the Drunken Lullabies album. Why is that?

Because Dave King is a drunk! :)

[My name is Fez]

A little off-topic, but something annoying anyway.

Flogging Molly has an album called Swagger. But their song called Swagger is actually on the Drunken Lullabies album. Why is that?

Houses of the Holy doesn't appear on Houses of the Holy =p

Me, I don't care, but that's because I effing love the song Black Sabbath.

Plus it makes me giggle when my iPod reads "Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath"

[thedoorsdk]

Houses of the Holy doesn't appear on Houses of the Holy =p


Same with Waiting for the Sun by The Doors. That one didn't show up until 2 albums later, on Morrison Hotel.

[a21schizoidman]

Same with Waiting for the Sun by The Doors. That one didn't show up until 2 albums later, on Morrison Hotel.

or Brain Salad Surgery by ELP, didn't show up until Works Vol. 2

[a21schizoidman]

No, because the song's real name is Jocko ****.
sorry, wrong song title

I meant: We're All Devo - Booji Boy & General Boy

[jayou521]

Children of Bodom

[koolwank]

How about this one:

Band: Indigo girls
Song: Watershed

Band: Watershed
Song: Indigo girl

[Soror_YZBL]

How about this one:

Band: Indigo girls
Song: Watershed

Band: Watershed
Song: Indigo girl

is that watershed the columbus band?

[schmeankman]

Head Shop - "Head Shop"

[koolwank]

is that watershed the columbus band?

I thought they were from South Africa. Look it up on YouTube, the singer is quite ugly in the video...

[My name is Fez]

I thought they were from South Africa. Look it up on YouTube, the singer is quite ugly in the video...

Kinda' like Dave Matthews. BA-ZING!

[Soror_YZBL]

I thought they were from South Africa. Look it up on YouTube, the singer is quite ugly in the video...

Different band then. There was a local band in columbus back in the 90's called watershed. generic cowpunk, which i say with a caveat that every band in columbus is a cowpunk band.