Name a song with a girl's name in the title

[red dog 1]

Jennie Lee - Jan and Arnie


Jan Berry, Arnie Ginsburg and Dean Torrence were in a band called The Barons when they got the idea for this song.
Jennie Lee (real name Virginia Lee Hicks) was an exotic dancer famous for her twirling tassels.

[Luciferous]

1. Sweet Melissa. My mom sang it to me when I was a kid :)

[PoliticAverse]

2. A Boy Named Sue. n/t

[lkinwi]

3. Annies Song-John Denver

[Keefer]

4. Sherry

[demmiblue]

5. Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane

[Adsos Letter]

21. I had not heard that version before.

Different, and very nice. Thanks for making me aware of it.


As a 60+ year old rocker, I'm still a fan of this one (I apologize for the ad at the beginning, you can skip it after about the 5 second mark) :

&list=RD7FdWPeHFAMk&t=1

[demmiblue]

81. Very different, but special in their own ways.

The Cowboy Junkies' version was the first one I heard (so very calm and zen-like).

As always, a complete and appreciation for the original.


(P.S. There was no ad. I think they only play those beginning ads when you watch it directly on YouTube)

[NCjack]

6. "Hello Mary Lou (goodbye heart)" by Ricky Nelson.

[demmiblue]

7. Flogging Molly - Queen Anne's Revenge

[lastlib]

8. Carol - Al Stewart

Help Me Rhonda - Beach Boys
Eleanor Rigby - Beatles
Kathy's Song - Simon & Garfunkel
For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her - Simon & Garfunkel
Amanda - Boston
Mandy - Barry Manilow
Emma - Hot Chocolate
Laurie - Dickie Lee
Angie - Rolling Stones


(damn, I could play this game all day......)

[demmiblue]

9. Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon

[demmiblue]

10. TINA TURNER - PROUD MARY (LIVE 1982)

[50 Shades Of Blue]

11. Walk Away Renee by the Left Banke

[ailsagirl]

35. I've always liked that and also Pretty Ballerina

[50 Shades Of Blue]

39. Me too! I still listen to their albums.

[ailsagirl]

44. I listen to them on YouTube... takes me back

[50 Shades Of Blue]

59. I actually saw them perform a few times - last time was in 2012

They had a new lead singer but he sounded exactly like Steve Martin (original singer). Wonderful show!

And they have several more girl's names songs! Goodbye Holly, Desiree, Ivy Ivy, Myrah (off top of my head).

[ailsagirl]

90. That's cool!

The 60s were so exciting, what with new music coming at us daily! And really good stuff, too!!

[Kolesar]

157. Fun people here

Yes, I love that hit. Kind of a "wall of sound", IIRC

[red dog 1]

173. The Left Banke often used what the music press referred to as "baroque" string arrangements,

which led to their music being variously termed as "Bach-rock" or "baroque rock."
(Wikipedia)

[Kolesar]

175. I perceive that the vocalist sings in an unusual key

I has been decades since I studied music, so I don't know.
Left Banke reminds me of the Four Seasons.

[sl8]

12. Rodan

[nykym]

13. "Vera"

Roger Waters The Wall 1979

[exboyfil]

14. Brandy and Delta Dawn

And a work of literature:
A Rose for Emily

[TomSlick]

89. In 1973 or 74.

My high school band director took Brandy - sped up the tempo - and made it the school fight song.

They're still using it. No one but the old timers like me know the source.

[exboyfil]

92. Looking Glass has to be the poster child for one hit wonders

I am glad Guardians II integrated the song into the plot. Give it life for another generation.

[TomSlick]

94. It really a nice song.

At least before my high school band got a hold of it.

[sl8]

15. The Kelly Song

[sakabatou]

16. Yoko Kanno - Poor Faye

[LeftInTX]

17. Linda

I'm named after this song. The song was written by Lee Eastman about his one-year daughter, Linda Eastman. Linda would marry Paul McCartney.

[lastlib]

33. "Linda Was A Lady" - Kansas City

Great song that no one ever heard of - 1970

(sincere apologies for the record label!! in 1970, nobody knew it would become a curse word!)

[Boomerproud]

150. There was also a song called "My Son John" about Linda's brother.

I read in a book that Julia Lennon would sing it around the house when John was growing up. Talk about coincidence!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

18. Miss Shapiro

Three versions:

The studio version from Diamond Head. That's Brian Eno singing:

From the outstanding live album 801 Live:

Finally, a rehearsal take, which I am listening to for the first time ever:

[Adsos Letter]

19. Maggie May

by Rod Stewart

[HeartachesNhangovers]

20. Ronnie Dawson - Veronica

[Jeroen]

22. NIKITA - Elton John

[sl8]

23. Clair

Clair
Gilbert O'Sullivan

[Verse 1]
Clair, the moment I met you, I swear
I felt as if something, somewhere
Had happened to me, which I couldn't see
And then, the moment I met you, again
I knew in my heart that we were friends
It had to be so, it couldn't be, No
But try as hard as I might do, I don't know why
You get to me in a way I can't describe
Words mean so little when you look up and smile
I don't care what people say
To me, you're more than a child

[Chorus]
Oh, Clair
Clair

[Verse 2]
Clair, if ever a moment so rare
Was captured for all to compare
That moment is you in all that you do
But why in spite of our age difference do I cry
Each time I leave you I feel I could die
Nothing means more to me than hearing you say
"I'm going to marry you
Will you marry me, Uncle Ray"


[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
Clair, I've told you before "Don't you dare"
"Get back into bed"
"Can't you see that it's late"
"No you can't have a drink"
"Oh, alright then, but wait just a minute"
While I, in an effort to babysit, catch up my breath
What there is left of it
You can be murderer at this hour of the day
But in the morning this hour will seem a lifetime away

[Chorus]

Written By
Gilbert O'Sullivan
Release Date
January 1, 1975

[sarge43]

24. Help me, Rhonda. The Beach Boys

[ailsagirl]

25. Rhiannon

[Glorfindel]

26. "Jolene" by Dolly Parton

[HopeAgain]

27. Mandy - Barry Manilow

I hated that song - maybe that's why I remember it.

[Ohiogal]

31. Me too

[HopeAgain]

28. Allison - Elvis Costello

I love that song!

[tymorial]

131. That's my little girl's name

[Ohiogal]

29. Oh Sheila - Prince

[Efilroft Sul]

162. That was Ready for the World, not Prince. They did a good knock-off sound of him, though.

[CatMor]

30. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond

[crazycatlady]

38. that's the one I resent the most

MY name is Caroline. The second someone starts singing that song to me, I am anything but sweet.

[CatMor]

42. Sorry about that....

you have to admit it is a catchy tune.

[malthaussen]

112. So, how do you feel about "Caroline, No?" n/t

[crazycatlady]

114. TBH I don't like songs with my name in it

And even after the fame of Neil Diamond's song, nobody can pronounce it correctly.

Carolyn and Caroline are two different names.

[sarge43]

32. Georgia

[Frances]

34. Cathys clown by the Everly Brothers

[Wwcd]

36. Layla

[CTyankee]

159. Great song! LOVE Clapton!

[Hoyt]

37. Is this fair? "Girl With No Name"

[Wwcd]

40. Amanda

[Ohiya]

41. Godzilla!

Although this song mistakenly identifies Godzilla as "He", I'm sure she was a she!

[Sophia4]

43. Laura.

"Laura" is a 1945 popular song. The music was composed by David Raksin for the 1944 movie Laura starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews, and is heard frequently in the movie. The lyrics were written by Johnny Mercer after the film had made the tune popular. According to Mercer, he had not yet seen the movie when he wrote the lyrics, but was aware that it was a romantic, somewhat haunting story.

The song has become a jazz standard, with more than 400 known recordings.[1] Some of the best-known versions are by Woody Herman, Dave Brubeck, Johnny Johnston, Emil Newman, David Rose, Billy Eckstine, Charlie Parker, J. J. Johnson, Carly Simon, Frank Sinatra[2] and Julie London (included on her 1955 debut album Julie Is Her Name, Vol. 1). The first 10 notes of the song are sometimes "quoted" during jazz solos, especially since Dizzy Gillespie did it during his "Perdido" solo at the famous Massey Hall concert in 1953.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_(1945_song)

And for a second, Eleanor Rigby.

How about Oh My Darling, Clementine.

[Wwcd]

47. Yes post # 46 A dreadful sad song for poor Clementine

[CTyankee]

160. My mother's name was laura. She always loved that song and so did I.

Interesting song. Some of the lyrics mystify me. Is she "only a dream"?

[Sophia4]

161. Beautiful tune. Words? Sometimes they are very important. Sometimes

they are chosen because they are beautiful. Sometimes because they rhyme with a word the lyricist wanted to use.

"only a dream" I love that.

[HopeAgain]

45. Angie - The Stones

[Wwcd]

46. Saddest song about a woman ever written. "Darling Clementine"

TRADITIONAL LYRICS & VERSES

Oh My Darling Clementine Lyrics

Near a cavern, across from a canyon,
Excavating for a mine,
Lived a miner, forty-niner
And his daughter Clementine

CHORUS
Oh my Darling, Oh my Darling,
Oh my Darling Clementine.
You are lost and gone forever,
Dreadful sorry, Clementine.

Light she was and like a fairy,
And her shoes were number nine
Herring boxes without topses
Sandals were for Clementine.
CHORUS:

Drove she ducklings to the water
Every morning just at nine,
Hit her foot against a splinter
Fell into the foaming brine.
CHORUS:

Ruby lips above the water,
Blowing bubbles soft and fine,
But alas, I was no swimmer,
So I lost my Clementine.
CHORUS:

Then the miner, forty-niner,
Soon began to peak and pine,
Thought he oughter join his daughter,
Now he's with his Clementine.
CHORUS:

In the church yard in the canyon
Where the myrtle doth entwine
There grows roses and other posies
Fertilized by Clementine.
CHORUS:


Talk about a run of bad luck. Dang

[IcyPeas]

48. Donovan - Jennifer Juniper

[IcyPeas]

49. Donovan - To Susan on the West Coast

[IcyPeas]

50. Donovan - Lalena

[nocoincidences]

51. Elenore--the Turtles

Love this one!

[Kolesar]

154. The Fluorescent Leech and Eddie

Flo and Eddie~

[lapfog_1]

52. The Association - Wendy / Windy

[Eugene]

87. The Association - Along Comes Mary

[nocoincidences]

53. My Diane--the Bachelors

[HopeAgain]

54. Lola - The Kinks

Although, technically...

[FuzzyRabbit]

55. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed - The Allman Brothers

&index=17&list=FLGok_IXLPAu-B9mGbaUJrVQ

[sheshe2]

56. Beatles.....

Ballad of John and Yoko
Carol
Clarabella
Dear Prudence
Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Eleanor Rigby
Julia
Lady Madonna
Long Tall Sally
Lovely Rita
Lucille
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Maggie Mae
Martha My Dear
Michelle
Penny Lane
Polythene Pam
Sexy Sadie
What's the New Mary Jane

http://www.nefuri.com/Name_a_Beatles_song_with_a_womans_name_in_the_title_759993.html

[Eugene]

57. Valleri - The Monkees

[Eugene]

70. ...also from the Monkees - Mary Mary

[Shrek]

58. "Ode to Billie Joe"

Athena

A boy named Sue

[Shrike47]

71. I think Billie Joe is a guy.

[BlueTsunami2018]

60. Motorhead- Christine

[Eugene]

61. Gloria - Them

[longship]

85. Van Morrison's first band.

I hate that song, but love Van Morrison.

[Eugene]

62. Maybellene - Chuck Berry

[Eugene]

63. Roxanne, Roxanne - U.T.F.O.

[Eugene]

64. Nadia's Theme

[Ferrets are Cool]

65. The most famous of all.....

LAYLA.

[Orangeutan]

66. Amoreena--Elton John, Tumbleweed Connection

[janterry]

67. Step it Out Mary - Traditional Irish Song

here's a version by the High Kings

[Freddie]

68. Nancy With the Laughing Face - Frank Sinatra

Written to honor his little daughter

[Shrike47]

69. Evangelina by Hoyt Axton

[retread]

72. Dear Prudence - Beatles Suzanne - Leonard Cohen

[sl8]

73. Ariel - the only Billboard Top 40 song to contain the word 'Paramus'

Ariel
Dean Friedman

Lyrics
Way on the other side of the Hudson
Deep in the bosom of suburbia
I met a young girl she sang mighty fine
Tears on my pillow and Ave Maria
Standing by the water fall in Paramus Park

She was working for the friends of BAI
She was collecting quarters in a paper cup
She was looking for change and so was I
She was a Jewish girl, I fell in love with her

She wrote her number on the back of my hand
I called her up, I was all out of breath
I said, "Come hear me play in my rock and roll band"
I took a shower and I put on my best blue jeans

I picked her up in my new V double you van
She wore a peasant blouse with nothing underneath
I said "Hi", she said, "yeah, I guess I am"
Ariel, Ariel

We had a little time, we were real hungry
We went to Dairy Queen for something to eat
She had some onion rings, she had a pickle
She forgot to tell me how she didn't eat meat

I had a gig in the American Legion hall
It was a dance for the Volunteer Ambulance Corps
she was sitting in a corner against the wall
She would smile and I melted all over the floor

I took her home with me, we watched some TV
Annette Funicello and some guy going steady
I started fooling around with the verticle
We got the munchies so I made some spaghetti

We sat and we talked into the night
While channel 2 was signing off the air
I found the softness of a mouth
We made love, the bombs bursting in air
Ariel, Ariel, Ariel, Ariel

Way on the other side of the Hudson
Deep in the bosom of suburbia
I met a young girl
She sang mighty fine
Tears on my pillow and Ave Maria

[Eugene]

74. Carrie Anne - The Hollies

[demmiblue]

75. PJ Harvey- Angelene, A Perfect Day Elise, Catherine

[DonViejo]

76. Michelle and Eleanor Rigby by the Beatles

[nocoincidences]

77. Leah--Roy Orbison

[Eugene]

78. Oh! Carol - Niel Sedaka

also:

Oh Donna - Richie Valens

Runaround Sue - Dion

Take a Letter Maria

Tell Donna I Love Her

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

79. Sheila by Tommy Roe

[Bayard]

80. Some obscure, some not so much

Don Henley--Damn it, Rose, Annabell
Neil Diamond--Suzanne, Cherry
Crosby, Stills, Nash--Suite, Judy Blue Eyes
Journey--Oh, Sheri
Steely Dan--Ricki Don't Lose that Number

Never could decide if "Pieces of April", by 3 Dog Night was an ode to Spring, or the confession of a murderer.....

[exboyfil]

93. I didn't know that Suite, Judy Blue Eyes

was written for Judy Collins. Frankly I did not know who Judy Collins is, but she has a great voice. Don't know how I missed her.

I figured this out listening to old Alice Cooper and noting Hello Hooray was a cover of Judy Collins' song.

[Texasgal]

82. Valerie

by Steve Winwood.

[demmiblue]

83. Material Issue - Valerie Loves Me

[benld74]

84. Gimme 3 steps

Linda Lu

[red dog 1]

171. The song is based on a real-life experience Ronnie Van Zant had at a biker bar in Jacksonville

known as The Pastime.

The lyrics do include a girl called Linda Lou, but her name isn't in the title.
(In the Lynyrd Skynyrd song the bar's name was changed to The Jug)

However, in my opinion, it's one of the best rock & roll songs of all time....I LOVE it!

[Nay]

86. My Sharona -- The Knack

[Kolesar]

155. Ok, I am going to "out kitsch" you ... look below

[onecaliberal]

88. Oh Donna- Ritchie Valens

Mandy - Barry Manilow

[tirebiter]

91. I's say, "Lola"

But there are technicalities.

[malthaussen]

113. Well, OP does want a girl's name...

... that could be interpreted to mean the name of a particular female, or a name generally applied to females.

-- Mal

[red dog 1]

168. Lola counts!

Well, I'm not the world's most physical guy,
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
Oh my Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola

Well, I'm not dumb but I don't understand
Why she walk like a woman and talk like a man
Oh my Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola

[bluecollar2]

95. Sylvias mother - Dr. Hook

[bluecollar2]

96. Cecilia by Simon and Garfunkle...n/t

[wiggs]

97. Alexandra Leaving...Leonard Cohen. Amazing song. nt

[Doc_Technical]

98. Amelia

[rogerballard]

99. Lara's Theme Dr. Zhivago

[rogerballard]

101. Doris Day... That Jane from Maine...

[Tikki]

100. "Judy is a Punk"....RAMONES (1976)

Tikki

[Kolesar]

158. Janie Jones...The Clash...eom

[ProudMNDemocrat]

102. Peggy Sue...........Buddy Holley

[demosincebirth]

103. Laura

[ProudMNDemocrat]

104. Peggy Sue...........Buddy Holley

[Binkie The Clown]

106. Yup, that's the one I was going to say. nt

[True Dough]

105. Enid

[livetohike]

107. Dolly Dagger -Hendrix

Her love’s so heavy gonna make you stagger

[raccoon]

108. Chuck Berry--"Nadine" and "Carol."

"Hello, Mary Lou" by Ricky Nelson.

Four Seasons--"Dawn," "Mary Ann."

Randy and the Rainbows--"Denise."

[Locrian]

109. Peg

[MiltonBrown]

110. Dottie- Danny and the Juniors

[mahatmakanejeeves]

111. Virginia Plain, by Roxy Music

Musikladen, 1972:

[malthaussen]

115. "Alice Long"

(You're Still my Favorite Girlfriend) Boyce and Hart, 1968

[Eugene]

116. Judy in Disguise - John Fred & His Playboy Band

[Eugene]

117. Judy's Turn to Cry - Lesley Gore

[DFW]

118. Pamela Brown

By Tom T. Hall, covered by Leo Kottke

[DFW]

119. Amie (what you gonna do)

By The Pure Prarie League

[DFW]

120. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds

Did I miss this?

[TexasBushwhacker]

184. Dear Prudence

Elenor Rigby too

[DFW]

121. Lovely Rita, Meter Maid

By SPLHCB

[DFW]

122. Sweet Loraine

By Country Joe and the Fish

[DFW]

123. Little Martha

By Duane Allman

[DFW]

124. Katyusha

Old Russian folk song

[nocoincidences]

130. One of the songs I learned to sing when learning the Russian language!

[DFW]

133. Later, it was used for a song about anti-personnel rockets.

Расцветали яблони и груши
Поплыли туманы над рекой.
Выходила на берег Катюша,
На высокий берег на крутой.

One of the first songs I learned when I joined my university's balalaika orchestra

[DFW]

125. You Make Me Dizzy Miss Lizzie

True story in my case

[chelsea0011]

126. Jean by Oliver

[regnaD kciN]

179. Written by Rod McKuen...

...for the film "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie."

[Zoonart]

127. Veronica

[nocoincidences]

128. Chelsea Dagger--The Fratellis

[oldtime dfl_er]

129. Billie Jean

By Michael Jackson of course!

[Eugene]

135. also by Michael Jackson, Dirty Diana

[CanonRay]

132. Mabeline

[Eugene]

134. I'm Not Lisa

[tblue37]

136. "Tell Laura I Love Her"--from the 1960s, when dead teenaged lovers songs were all the rage. nt

[red dog 1]

137. Denise

Randy and the Rainbows (1964)

[Alpeduez21]

138. Frankie and Johnnie - Taj Mahal

Roxanne - The Police
Proud Mary - CCR
Amazing Grace - Every church ever.

[pintobean]

139. Andy Pratt - Avenging Annie & Moon Martin - Rolene

[rogerballard]

140. Lili Marlene

Carly Simon's cover...

[betsuni]

141. Girl?

A girl is a child. I think you mean "woman." If you said "Name a song with a boy's name in the title" would you mean songs about men? It's confusing.

[red dog 1]

142. Lola - The Kinks

[Evergreen Emerald]

143. A boy named Sue

[Alpeduez21]

144. Alice's Restaurant - Woodie Guthrie

Sara- Bob Dylan

[DFW]

185. ARLO Guthrie!

Woody was his dad.

[Lazy Daisy]

145. Valerie Loves Me - Material Issue

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[rogerballard]

146. Libby... Carly Simon

[rogerballard]

147. Barbara Ann, The Regents...

Then The Beach Boys did it later...

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[rogerballard]

148. Patricia - Perez Prado...

[rogerballard]

149. Stella By Starlight...

Covered by so many... Miss Ella.

[JDC]

151. Gloria - U2

[Skittles]

152. Elvis: Susan When She Tried

[MontanaMama]

153. Sweet Maria - Never Long Gone

Mission Mountain Wood Band:

[Kolesar]

156. Hey Macarena

[Efilroft Sul]

163. Elvira.

[rogerballard]

164. Whatever Lola wants...

Lola gets ...

[red dog 1]

165. Joy - Harry Nilsson

[withoutapaddle]

166. Roxanne

[red dog 1]

167. Lucille - Little Richard

[red dog 1]

169. Donna the Prima Donna - Dion

[red dog 1]

170. Rowena's Theme - The Edge

[Eugene]

172. Barbie Girl - Aqua

[red dog 1]

174. Hey There Delilah -- Plain White T's

[chillfactor]

176. Amanda.......n/t

[regnaD kciN]

177. At the moment, I'm trying to think back...

...on every relationship/dating situation I've been in, and whether I was ever involved with a girl whose name didn't appear in a song title.

I can only think of two -- and, in one of those cases, that was her "unofficial" name she picked because she didn't like her birth name (which did appear in a title).

[lpbk2713]

178. Rosanna --- Toto

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[Eugene]

180. Mustang Sally

- Sir Mack Rice

- Wilson Pickett

[RandomAccess]

181. Marie, Lulu's Back in Town, Sweet Lorraine

[red dog 1]

182. Linda - Jan & Dean

[red dog 1]

183. Sandy - Dion

Also "Sandy" by Larry Hall

[red dog 1]

186. Eleanor Rigby

[hurl]

187. Lena is a White Table - Jane Siberry

Well maybe she should go to school. No, no, she's a table.

[hurl]

188. Wynona's Big Brown Beaver - Primus

[red dog 1]

189. Victoria - The Kinks