When it comes to picking short sharp song titles, this lot thought more was more...
British Whale - 'This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us' Look at it! It's a whopper! Is it any wonder this band named themselves after the biggest mammal on the planet? Yes, actually, because oddly enough, this band consists of rock signpost Justin Hawkins... and nobody else! And OK, it's not really his song (it actually belongs to the Mael brothers, who as Sparks, originally released the song in 1974), but he must have had to get a permit for a title that big, surely? What's more impressive is that the song has a chorus big enough to fit all those words in - and that is a grand feat indeed. Well done, wordy fellas!
U2 - 'Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own' Some say that life's all about balance. So if you've got one of the shortest names on planet pop, you wanna make up for it with an enormous word-gobbling, keyboard-slaughtering monster of a song title, right? A quick look at past behaviour sees that Bono and co regularly fatten up the Big Book Of Long Song Titles with their songs. The latest has even been reduced to 'SYCMIOYO' (possibly by someone who is allergic to words) and joins the likes of 'Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of' ('SIAMYCGOO' - The sound of a baby having a poo), 'Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me' ('HMTMKMKM' - Anger at having been picked last at football) and 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' ('ISHFWILF' - The sound of trying to work out the square of 127).
Kaiser Chiefs - 'Everyday I Love You Less And Less' Most bands get around to putting their experiences of chucking, or getting chucked, into handy song form at some point, and again, titles like 'Because You Fart In Bed' or 'I Hate You' are obvious choices (Take note, Avril...). But Ricky and co are far too likeable a bunch of chaps to do that. They wear blazers and everything! So the Kaisers own ode to falling out of love is as sheepish as Meg White at a Marilyn Manson make-up masterclass, and all the better for it (Oi! Stop thinking of the Meg/Manson thing!).
Rachel Stevens - - 'I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)' By now you might have thought that word-hogging song titles game was the job of the rock brigade (cos us pop heads, we've got like, really short attention spans or something. Anyway, what was I saying?) But no, Rachel's brought her own tiles in the game of song title Scrabble. What's more, Rach's newie can be broken into two parts for easier packing into the pop brain, thanks to the R'n'B chancer's eternal friend, the humble brackets. At this rate we'll need a crowbar to get the next one in the charts. You wait!
Kylie Minogue - 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' Bringing up the pop rear (sorry) in the long name game is Kylie, who can't match Rachel for wordage, but surpasses her potential throne snatcher for sheer head-clinging snappy titleness. Little did we know it back in 2000, but it would take a pop cotton bud the size of Belgium to shift this song, and part of the reason for that was because the title was a psychological grappling hook on the end of a very sticky thread of pop brilliance. Think about it. Catchiness aside, how can you possibly forget a song title that's all about not being able to forget something? Genius! Whew! I need a sit down now.
Tae M
13/09/2005
Got an overly long song title? Let's hear it!
_x_Ratette_x_ fall out boy :'i slept with someone in fall out boy and all i got was this stupid song written about me' (yes, that is the name of the song) lol...in fact most of the songs off their album have long names! xx
emzy lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off, by Panic! at the disco. my favourite song, but WHAT a title!!!
British Whale - 'This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us'
Look at it! It's a whopper! Is it any wonder this band named themselves after the biggest mammal on the planet? Yes, actually, because oddly enough, this band consists of rock signpost Justin Hawkins... and nobody else! And OK, it's not really his song (it actually belongs to the Mael brothers, who as Sparks, originally released the song in 1974), but he must have had to get a permit for a title that big, surely? What's more impressive is that the song has a chorus big enough to fit all those words in - and that is a grand feat indeed. Well done, wordy fellas!
U2 - 'Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own' 
Some say that life's all about balance. So if you've got one of the shortest names on planet pop, you wanna make up for it with an enormous word-gobbling, keyboard-slaughtering monster of a song title, right? A quick look at past behaviour sees that Bono and co regularly fatten up the Big Book Of Long Song Titles with their songs. The latest has even been reduced to 'SYCMIOYO' (possibly by someone who is allergic to words) and joins the likes of 'Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of' ('SIAMYCGOO' - The sound of a baby having a poo), 'Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me' ('HMTMKMKM' - Anger at having been picked last at football) and 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' ('ISHFWILF' - The sound of trying to work out the square of 127).
Kaiser Chiefs - 'Everyday I Love You Less And Less'
Most bands get around to putting their experiences of chucking, or getting chucked, into handy song form at some point, and again, titles like 'Because You Fart In Bed' or 'I Hate You' are obvious choices (Take note, Avril...). But Ricky and co are far too likeable a bunch of chaps to do that. They wear blazers and everything! So the Kaisers own ode to falling out of love is as sheepish as Meg White at a Marilyn Manson make-up masterclass, and all the better for it (Oi! Stop thinking of the Meg/Manson thing!).
Rachel Stevens - - 'I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)'
By now you might have thought that word-hogging song titles game was the job of the rock brigade (cos us pop heads, we've got like, really short attention spans or something. Anyway, what was I saying?) But no, Rachel's brought her own tiles in the game of song title Scrabble. What's more, Rach's newie can be broken into two parts for easier packing into the pop brain, thanks to the R'n'B chancer's eternal friend, the humble brackets. At this rate we'll need a crowbar to get the next one in the charts. You wait!
Kylie Minogue - 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head'
Bringing up the pop rear (sorry) in the long name game is Kylie, who can't match Rachel for wordage, but surpasses her potential throne snatcher for sheer head-clinging snappy titleness. Little did we know it back in 2000, but it would take a pop cotton bud the size of Belgium to shift this song, and part of the reason for that was because the title was a psychological grappling hook on the end of a very sticky thread of pop brilliance. Think about it. Catchiness aside, how can you possibly forget a song title that's all about not being able to forget something? Genius! Whew! I need a sit down now.
