He Said/She Said - songs where the title/chorus are actually someone ELSE saying it

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  1. donstemple

    donstemple Member of the Club Thread Starter

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    I want to see what other songs are out there where the title is actually the singer quoting someone else.

    Where a casual listener would think that the lead singer is actually saying these words to someone else, but actually, a woman is saying it to him.

    Examples:
    Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby

    But she looks in my eyes
    And makes me realize
    And she says "don't worry, baby"
    Don't worry, baby
    Don't worry, baby
    Everything will turn out alright​

    Journey - Anyway You Want It

    So hold tight, hold tight
    Ooh baby, hold tight
    Oh, she said,
    Any way you want it
    That's the way you need it
    Any way you want it​

    What other big songs are out there like this?
     
  2. thesisinbold

    thesisinbold Forum Resident

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    She Said, She Said -Beatles
     
  3. drad dog

    drad dog A Listener

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    Come a Little Bit Closer - Jay and the Americans
     
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  4. RoughAndRowdyWays

    RoughAndRowdyWays I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir.

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    Songs quoting someone?
     
  5. drad dog

    drad dog A Listener

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    She Said - Hasel Adkins
     
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  6. Wildest cat from montana

    Wildest cat from montana Humble Reader

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    That's what she said...
     
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  7. milankey

    milankey Forum Resident

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    Bachman Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
     
  8. Hanglow

    Hanglow Forum Resident

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    Five minutes in........[​IMG]
     
  9. milankey

    milankey Forum Resident

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    Dire Straits - Badges, Posters, Stickers & T-shirts
     
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  10. Big Blue

    Big Blue Forum Resident

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    I was quite surprised to find that wasn’t the OP’s first example... :laugh:
     
  11. GoodKitty

    GoodKitty Floyd

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  12. GoodKitty

    GoodKitty Floyd

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    But that's not the singer quoting someone else in the title , as the OP stipulates .
     
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  13. vamborules

    vamborules Forum Resident

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    Walk on the Wild Side
     
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  14. pbuzby

    pbuzby Senior Member

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    In Paul Simon's "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" a woman tells him "there must be 50 ways..." in the first two verses and then in the last verse he "realized she probably was right."
     
  15. Big Blue

    Big Blue Forum Resident

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    Ah, the chorus and the title, not the chorus or the title, as I would usually assume a “/“ means... got it.
     
  16. Rose River Bear

    Rose River Bear Senior Member

    Be My Lover-AC

     
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  17. mark winstanley

    mark winstanley Certified dinosaur, who likes physical product

    This kind of thing?

    Mondo Rock - Come Said The Boy

    "It was a party night,
    It was the end of school
    His head was feeling light -- first time
    She seemed much older then,
    She had turned 17,
    And she knew some older men -- first time

    Come said the boy,
    Let's go down to the sand.
    Let's do what we wanna do --
    Let me be a man for you.

    And she said -- well I've been waiting for a long time,
    And you've changed a lot.
    Up-till now it's been the wrong time
    To know whether to from here or not
    Ohhh well come with me boy,
    Just take my hand,
    I'll let you see what you wanna see -- come on be a man for me....... "

     
  18. drad dog

    drad dog A Listener

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    It's worth noting that the line ends in the first person.
     
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  19. john greenwood

    john greenwood Senior Member

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    What if she didn’t say?

     
  20. Celebrated Summer

    Celebrated Summer Forum Resident

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    The Miracles' "Shop Around" has the mom quoted in the verses and bridge. The singer (Smokey Robinson) narrates the opening and the chorus tag.

    Does that count? Mom is a "she," after all.

     
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  21. Patanoia

    Patanoia Third Ear Centre

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    This doesn't count because the title contains a spoiler (and parentheses), but always good to hear it: The Rave-Ups, "She Says (Come Around)".

     
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  22. drad dog

    drad dog A Listener

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    Get A Job - Silhouettes
     
  23. bataclan2002

    bataclan2002 All You Need Is Now.

    Prince’s “I Love U in Me” is a sparse Batman-era b-side which he’s played live on occasion. The provocative title is classic case of “that’s what she said.”
     
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  24. Juan Hitwonder

    Juan Hitwonder Forum Resident

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    Mama said there'd be days like this. There'd be days like this, Mama said. Mama said, Mama said.
     
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  25. thewonders

    thewonders Someone that I used to know

    And Molly says this as she takes him by the hand

    "Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, bra"
     
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