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Post by burcjm on Oct 10, 2018 13:13:57 GMT -5
Even though it's not in the chorus Bryan Adams's "Do I Have To Say The Words" seems like it should have been called "Rescue Me".
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Post by doofus67 on Dec 23, 2018 7:03:25 GMT -5
I heard this song on the radio today, and I would consider it mistitled... "As" by Stevie Wonder. I could see this song being called "Always" as that word is song during the refrain. "As" is the first word of the song... maybe that's why Stevie picked that title? "As" also had a strange chart run in late '77 and early '78... 40-40-39-out for 3 weeks-38-36- out. I wonder if it would have done better with a different title. Speaking of Stevie Wonder, the most obviously mistitled hit song of his has got to be "Sir Duke" (a phrase he sings ONE time). It should be titled "You Can Feel It All Over". "Love Light in Flight" could have been titled "Make Me Feel Like Paradise."
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Post by dth1971 on Dec 23, 2018 7:35:14 GMT -5
How about under the R&R titles these Billboard/AT40 charted songs?: "Giving You The Benefit" by Pebbles ("Giving You The Benefit of a Doubt") "Here We Go" by C&C Music Factory ("Here We Go, Let's Rock 'n Roll") "Hazard" by Richard Marx ("Hazard - The River")
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Post by doofus67 on Jan 14, 2019 13:22:33 GMT -5
"Yesterday's Songs" by Neil Diamond could have been called "Sayin' I Love You."
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Post by doofus67 on Jan 23, 2019 18:08:11 GMT -5
"Lonely Night (Angel Face)" by the Captain & Tennille could have been called "I Can't Gitcha Out of My Mind."
"Which Way You Goin', Billy?" by the Poppy Family could have been called "You Are My Whole, Babe."
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Post by doofus67 on Feb 7, 2019 13:49:03 GMT -5
Barry Manilow's "Daybreak" could have been called "Singin' to the World."
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Post by at40nut on Feb 8, 2019 4:00:29 GMT -5
Lou Christie's 1966 hit "Lightning Strikes" could have been titled "Lightning Striking Again".
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Post by doofus67 on Feb 8, 2019 12:07:00 GMT -5
Lou Christie's 1966 hit "Lightning Strikes" could have been titled "Lightning Striking Again". What's interesting is that he never sings the word "strikes."
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Post by at40petebattistini on Feb 9, 2019 12:55:47 GMT -5
Styx's "Renegade" could've been called "Oh Mama"
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Post by chrislc on Feb 9, 2019 14:47:06 GMT -5
Styx's "Renegade" could've been called "Oh Mama" or Bohemian Rhapsody Part 2
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Post by doofus67 on Mar 9, 2019 23:25:56 GMT -5
James Taylor's "Your Smiling Face" could have been titled "No One Can Tell Me That I'm Doin' Wrong Today."
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Post by skuncle on Mar 10, 2019 7:48:23 GMT -5
In some cases the song titles come from how the song was written. In my mind, the title should encapsulate what the song is about. Sometimes that would mean the title never appears in the lyrics (John Denver’s “Annie’s Song” for instance). Sometimes though it’s not titled the obvious choice (the oft repeated line in the song) because that’s not what the song is about. Sometimes it’s to avoid confusion with a song with the same title. Sheena Easton’s “Morning Train (9 to 5)” makes more sense to be “Morning Train” because that’s what the point of the song is, but it only got that title because of Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5”. Stevie Nicks has a song in her Bella Donna album called “How Still My Love”, but she originally called it “In The Still Of The Night”. She changed it because of the existing song of the same name. She still refers to it by its original title from time to time now.
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Post by doofus67 on Mar 10, 2019 9:09:59 GMT -5
True. "Your Smiling Face" is more to the point of the song.
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Post by at40nut on Mar 10, 2019 10:10:54 GMT -5
Although Head East's "Never Been Any Reason" never hit the Top 40 in 1975/1976, it could have also been titled "Save My Life I'm Goin' Down For The Last Time"
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Post by MrGeno502 on Jul 6, 2019 14:58:27 GMT -5
Just heard Aerosmith's "Last Child" on the 7/10/76 countdown and I think that a better title would have been "Home Sweet Home".That's what I thought the title was for the longest time.
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