bllklly@uwmacc.UUCP (Bill Kelly) (10/21/84)
Here are the final results in the recycled song title poll. Many thanks to
all the music lovers who participated! The results are:
1. Gloria (10)
This doesn't even count the various cover versions.
This surprises me -- aside from my aunt, I don't even
know anyone named Gloria!
2. Heartbreaker (8 + 1)
One close call is the tie breaker, namely Doo Doo Doo Doo
Doo (Heartbreaker) from the Stones. This title was my prediction
to begin with. Well, I was close.
3. Lady (8)
4. Call Me (7 + 1 close call)
5. Tell Me Why (7)
6. Fire (6)
and many with 4 or 5.
I was surprised by the number of multi-word titles. For two word titles,
we have Hold On and Mirror Man following Call Me. For three, there are
many: Tell Me Why, then Hey Little Girl, I Love You, and I'm a Man with 5
each.
Other trivia: Rick Kulawiec points out I invented a Patty Smith, when we
really have Patti Smith and Patty Smyth...maybe we need a recycled names
poll (no! not really!).
Alan Parsons Project contributes more songs to the list than any other
artists with Games People Play, Step by Step, and Time. Let's be a little
more original, Al!
And interestingly, all of the top six titles suggest some aspect of
romantic relationships. (I would say male-female relationships, but Patti
Smith's Gloria makes at least one exception.)
For anyone interested, here is the final tally in alphabetic order:
1984 Anthony Phillips
1984 David Bowie
1984 Rick Wakeman
1984 Van Halen
All Night Long Billy Squier
All Night Long Joe Walsh
All Night Long Lionel Richie
All Night Long Lipps, Inc.
Call Me Al Green 1972
Call Me Aretha Franklin
Call Me Blondie 1980 (from American Gigolo)
Call Me Chris Montez
Call Me Johnny Mathis
Call Me Ringo Starr 1974 Goodnight Vienna
Call Me Skyy 1982
Call Me (Irresponsible) Bacharach & David
Crazy Love Allman Brothers
Crazy Love Paul Anka
Crazy Love Poco
Dance With Me Drifters
DANCE WITH ME Orleans
Dance With Me Peter Brown
Dancing in the Dark "an old song"
Dancing in the Dark Bruce Springsteen
Dancing in the Dark Peter Wolf (original title for Lights Out)
Fire Bruce Springsteen
Fire Jimi Hendrix (Are You Experienced?)
Fire The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Fire The Ohio Players 1975.
Fire The Pointer Sisters (Cover of Springsteen's song?)
Fire U2 1981, October (same album as Gloria)
Free Chicago
Free Deniece Williams
Free Tom Leonetti
Games People Play Joe South (1969)
Games People Play Spinners (1975)
Games People Play The Alan Parsons Project (1981)
Girls Dwight Twilley 1984, Jungle
Girls David Johansen
Girls Iggy Pop
Gloria Enchantment
GLORIA Laura Branigan
Gloria Manhattan Transfer
Gloria Them, Patti Smith, The Doors (same song)
Gloria The Grateful Dead
Gloria Shadows of Knight
Gloria The Cadillacs
Gloria U2
Gloria Van Morrison?
Gloria Vivaldi
Heartbreaker Dionne Warwick
Heartbreaker Dolly Parton
Heartbreaker Free
Heartbreaker Gene Pitney
Heartbreaker Grand Funk Railroad
Heartbreaker Led Zeppelin
Heartbreaker Nantucket
Heartbreaker Pat Benatar
Heartbreaker Rolling Stones (actually it's Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker))
Here Comes the Night Them
Here Comes the Night David Johansen??
Here Comes The Night Bob Welch
Hey Little Girl Dee Clark
Hey Little Girl Del Shannon
Hey Little Girl Major Lance
HEY LITTLE GIRL Techniques
Hey Little Girl (Icehouse - Australian band)
Hold On Ian Gomm
Hold On Kansas
HOLD ON Santana
Hold On Triumph
Hold On ?Accidentally deleted
Hold On (It's Coming) Country Joe & the Fish
I LOVE YOU Climax Blues Band
I Love You Donna Summer
I Love You People
I Love You Volumes
I Love You Yello 1983 You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess
I'm a Man Joe Jackson
I'm a Man Spencer Davis
I'm a Man Fabian
I'm a Man Yardbirds
I`M A MAN Chicago
I'm a Man (Mannish Boy) Muddy Waters
I'm Sorry Brenda Lee
I'm Sorry John Denver
I`M SORRY Platters
Lady George Benson
Lady Jack Jones
Lady Kenny Rogers 1980 (written by Lionel Richie)
Lady Little River Band 1979
Lady Styx 1975
Lady Supertramp 1975 Crisis? What Crisis?
Lady The Commodores
Lady The Whispers 1980
Leave Me Alone Helen Reddy
Leave Me Alone Lou Reed
Leave Me Alone Ian Hunter
Let's Go P.J. Soles
Let's Go The Cars
Let's Go The Ramones
Liar Argent
Liar Queen
Liar Sex Pistols
Liar Three Dog Night
Magic Olivia Newton-John 1980
Magic Pilot 1975
Magic The Cars 1984
Magic Michael Waite and Eyes 1982 Cosmic Wave
Mirror Man Captain Beefheart Strictly Personal
Mirror Man The Human League
Mirror Man Prism 1979 Armageddon
Mirror Man Talk Talk
My Girl Chilliwack 1981
My Girl Donnie Iris 1982
My Girl Temptations 1965
My Love Lionel Richie 1983
My Love Petula Clark 1966
My Love Wings 1973
Possession Be Bop Deluxe
Possession Elvis Costello
Possession Iron Butterfly
Runaway Del Shannon (1961)
Runaway Jefferson Starship (1978)
Runaway Bon Jovi (1984)
Runaway Xtc (1983? English Settlement)
Ship of Fools Bob Seger
Ship of Fools Doors
Ship of Fools Grateful Dead
Step By Step Alan Parsons 1982 Eye In The Sky
Step By Step Crests
STEP BY STEP Eddie Rabbitt
Step By Step Joe Simon
Sweet Lorraine Country Joe & the Fish
Sweet Lorraine Johnny Mathis?
Sweet Lorraine unknown artist on Prairie Home Companion
Sweet Lorraine Uriah Heep
Tell Me Why The Beatles, 1964, A Hard Day's Night
Tell Me Why Belmonts
Tell Me Why Bobby Vinton
TELL ME WHY Elvis
Tell Me Why Neil Young
Tell Me Why Norman Fox
Tell Me Why The Rob Roys
THINK Aretha Franklin
Think Brenda Lee
Think James Brown
Think Rolling Stones?
Time Alan Parsons Project
Time Culture Club Kissing to be Clever
Time David Bowie
Time Pink Floyd
Tobacco Road Edgar Winter, John D. Loudermilk
Tobacco Road? Creedence Clearwater Revival
Tobacco Road Jefferson Airplane
Tobacco Road? The Leaves
Why Me Irene Cara 1983
Why Me Kris Kristofferson
Why Me Planet P 1983
Why Me Styx 1980
You Tony Banks 1979 A Curious Feeling
YOU George Harrison
You Marvin Gaye
You Rita Coolidge
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Bill Kelly
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"Life's like a jigsaw...you get the straight bits, but there's plenty
missing in the middle." -- Xtcron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (10/22/84)
The CALL ME by P.J.Soles and the Ramones is the same one. As a matter of fact, I believe that the R&R High School album has them singing it together. -Ron
agz@pucc-k (Andrew Banta) (10/25/84)
It's kinda obvious how much respect the Airplane/Starship gets on this
net. They have songs entitled "Fire" and "All night long", both on the
_Earth_ album. BTW, this is the same album that contained "Runaway", so
people have at least heard of it. As far as I can tell, they aren't
remakes, but original songs. Just thought that I'd update the FINAL
word on it ...
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Andy Banta {decvax!allegra!ihnp4}!pur-ee!pucc-k!agz
Dept. of Mental Instability, Purdue University --- "I'm OK, You're a CS Major"
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"New York, LA Times, Rock n' Roll Magazine said we couldn't make it,
But here we come again ... "gregbo@houxm.UUCP (Greg Skinner) (10/30/84)
Add another one to the list --
Here Comes the Night -- Beach Boys (1978)
--
Baby tie your hair back in a long white bow ...
Meet me in the field, behind the dynamo ...
Greg Skinner (gregbo)
{allegra,cbosgd,ihnp4}!houxm!gregbo