Name some songs whose title is the same as the band's name (1 Viewer)

[Andy Olivera]

Hammerfall
In Extremo
...I wonder if anybody knows who they are.

 

[Vic_T]

If you want to get into jazz: Miles Davis has a song called "Miles", one called "Milestones" and one called "Miles Ahead". He also has one called "Sivad" (Davis spelled backward.

Of course, Jeff Beck had "Jeff's Boogie"

 

[Martin Fontaine]

Ok, in the stuff that I'm into:

Cleopatra - Cleopatra's Theme (From their 1998 debut album Comin' Atcha) The song is cheesy, but cool none the less...

Alisha's Attic - Alisha's Attic (From their upcomming unreleased songs compilation The Attic Vaults Part 2) the title is intriging... Considering where the name of the band comes from, that song should be interesting...

Melanie Doane - The Melanie Doane Song (From her 2001 live album Melvin Live) Now this one is cool, as that song is actually a cover of Beethoven's 5th symphony! Complete with explanation of why she refers to it as The Melanie Doane song. Very good modern rendition of that classic.

 

[Yee-Ming]

Living In A Box by Living In A Box, from their debut album Living In A Box; I belive it might have been their debut single as well.

for partials, Killer Queen by Queen, Wham Rap! by Wham! come to mind.

 

[KeithH]

Although not a band, Joe Satriani had a song called "Satch Boogie". Of course, Satch is his nickname.

 

[Anthony Hom]

Don't forget:

Stars on 45
by Stars on 45

Kool And The Gang
by Kool and The Gang

Do The Freddie
by Freddie and the Dreamers



Another question along these lines:

Is there a group out there that had an album and song that was also the name of the group and what was the highest charting name of that combination?

 

[Ted Lee]

"new church" by Lords of the New Church

 

[Louis C]

Utopia by (Todd Rundgren's) Utopia (1st album)

 

[Henry Gale]

Jerry Lee Lewis probably sets the record for using his name in songs.
Actual titles include:
Lewis Boogie from the Summer of '57
The Return Of Jerry Lee a novelty from '58
Lewis Workout recorded in '60

 

[Graeme Clark]

This is a bit of a cheat, but Theory of a Dead Man's song The Last Song was titled Theory of a Dead Man until they decided to name the band after the title.

 

[GlennH]

Damn Yankees (group, album, song)
partials:
James Taylor, "Sweet Baby James"
Queen, "Killer Queen" (mentioned above), but also "God Save the Queen"
Beach Boys, "Beach Boys Stomp" (a.k.a., "Karate")

 

[Ryan Spaight]

Jerry Lee Lewis probably sets the record for using his name in songs.

I don't know, I'd have to go with Bo Diddley.

Bo Diddley
Diddley Daddy
Bo Diddley 1969
Hey! Bo Diddley
The Story Of Bo Diddley
Diddling
Diddley Put The Rock In Rock 'N' Roll
Run Diddley Daddy
Bo's Blues
Bo Meets the Monster
Bo's a Lumberjack

Ryan

Bo's a Lumberjack???

 

[Jason Hughes]

Blue Murder by Blue Murder from the album Blue Murder.

 

[David Lawson]

Action Figure Party's "Action Figure Party" from the album Action Figure Party might qualify...

 

[Andy Hardin]

Fun Lovin' Criminals had The Fun Lovin' Criminal.

Close.

 

[Neil Weinstock]

I'm still confused by the original posting. The Big Country song title is actually "In a Big Country", and I'm not aware of a song entitled "Wang Chung" (I assume you're referring to "Everybody Have Fun Tonight", or is there another?)

So both of these fall into the category of songs in which the name of the artist is mentioned, which was interesting until rap artists started to do it in every song.

 

[Wilson W]

And there is Visage, by Visage, in the album Visage

A fairly decent album I might add.

 

[MikeH1]

This is in the sort of list

Eric B and Rakim - Eric B is president (album Paid in Full)

but how many hip-hop acts don't say their names in the song?

 

[Mikael Soderholm]

Can't have a thread without Bowie, now can we ?

Maybe you'll get extra points for not only having the song as the same name as the band, but the album as well.

So my nomination would be the song Tin Machine by the group Tin Machine from their debut album Tin Machine.

 

[Ryan Donovan]

Also, Skindive's "Skindive", off the album Skindive...