Song titles that are girls’ names

10 Replies to “Song titles that are girls’ names”

1. You scare me.

2. There are probably as many of those as there are names for girls. You should continue the list.

   You’ll need these…

   Luka – Suzanne Vega
   Sara – Starship
   Veronica – Elvis Costello
   Jenny – Tommy Tutone
   Mandy – Barry Manilow
   Rosanna – Toto
   Ana Ng – TMBG
   Wendy – Beach Boys
   Eleanor Rigby – Beatles
   Josephine – Wallflowers
   Cecilia – Simon and Garfunkel
   Daria – Cake
   Janeane – Muckafurgason
   Christie Lee – Billy Joel
   Susie Q – CCR

3. I also forgot this lovely gem that can be found on the old Rev 105 Archive disk: Caroline, by Kirsty MacColl. This is an incredibly catchy tune, that I got stuck in my head this morning after checking the book Coraline (by Neil Gaiman) out from the Minneapolis Public Library.

   I couldn’t immediately remember who sings it (because I don’t know this Kirsty MacColl at all–maybe I should–), so I searched last.fm from my iphone, and got hundreds of song titles containing Caroline, including titles by OutKast, Fleetwood Mac, David Gray and Low. Now I want to find all these and listen to them!

4. So to sum my previous comment up:
   Caroline, by Kirsty MacColl
   Caroline, by Low
   Caroline, by OutKast

   I haven’t listened to the others yet. Here’s some more “new” ones:

   Cecilia Ann – The Pixies
   Priscilla – Suzanne Vega
   Isobel – Bjork
   Lydia – Her Space Holiday
   Nanci – Toad The Wet Sprocket
   Chelsea – Counting Crows
   Gina – Geggy Tah
   Margaret – Jill Sobule

5. Maria – Blondie
   Virginia Woolf – Indigo Girls

6. laura-ween
   sarah-ween
   pandy fackler-ween (really…it’s a name)
   patricia-doc corbin dart
   derek-animal collective
   liza-loudon wainrwight

7. john e. smoke-butthole surfers
   naomi-neutral milk hotel
   daniel-elton john
   madeline-mary – bonnie prince billy
   lupe-brokeback
   julio iglesias-butthole surfers
   dorothy-critters buggin
   ziggy stardust-david bowie
   clementine-elliot smith
   louise-howlin wolf
   doralee-jesse sykes
   anne-john frusciante
   vincent van gough, salvador dali-jonathan richman
   laura, sally walker – leadbelly
   suzanne-leonard cohen
   rubin-marvin pontiac
   lizzy, joan of arc – melvins
   frankie, louis collins-mississippi john hurt
   gideon-my morning jacket
   seamus-pink floyd
   kitty-pogues
   louise-shannon wright
   lucinda-tom waits
   dudley-yeah yeah yeahs

8. Noah & the Whale — Mary

9. wendy was by the association not the beach boys
   a lot missing here i was looking for an actual list but yall helped with some .. although don’t limit yourself to pop / rock ya missed a bunch of country songs

10. Thanks for the feedback Keefer, but I’m only listing songs I like here. ;)