| The Alphabet |
| Bands of Letters |
| A | Band: A-Ha | Also, lots of songs with USA in the title |
| B | Bee Girl | Pearl Jam or the Bee Gees |
| C | Sea of Love | The Honeydippers |
| D | Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee | Stockard Channing/Olivia Newton-John |
| E | D-I-V-O-R-C-E | Tammy Wynette |
| F | F Troop | by Irving Taylor and William Lava (a song about the civil war) |
| G | Gee, I'm A Nerd by Weird Al Yankovic | or Gee Ma I Wanna Go Home (war song) |
| H | H to the Izzo by Jay-Z | H-Blockx (band name) |
| I | Lots of songs about Eyes | |
| J | Jay's Rap | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Soundtrack |
| K | If You See Kay | Memphis Slim |
| L | El Dorado (soundtrack) | Elton John |
| M | Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm | Crash Test Dummies |
| N | Enya, En Vogue (band names) | |
| O | Oh What a Beautiful Morning | From Oklahoma |
| or, Oooooooo-Klahoma | From Oklahoma!  |
| P | The Longest Pee | Adam Sandler |
| Q | Susie-Q | CCR |
| R | You Are My Sunshine | Traditional |
| S | Ess Gee, Underworld | Or Jenny & the Ess Dog, Steven Malkmus |
| T | Tea for Two | from No, No Nanette |
| U | You | George Harrison |
| V | Bobby Vee | (Artist name) |
| W | There is a band called Double You! | |
| X | All My Ex's Live in Texas | George Strait |
| Y | Why | Annie Lennox |
| Z | ZZ Top (band) | or, Jay-Z |
| Stick a Fork in Me! |
| What Have You Done For Me Lately? | Janet Jackson | |
| It's All Been Done | Barenaked Ladies | |
| I’ve Done Everything For You | Rick Springfield | |
| Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song | BJ Thomas | |
| What Have I Done To Deserve This? | Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield | |
| All I Have To Do Is Dream | Everly Brothers | |
| All I Wanna Do | Sheryl Crow | |
| All She Wants To Do Is Dance | Don Henley | |
| Breaking Up Is Hard To Do | Neil Sedaka | |
| Change Will Do You Good | Sheryl Crow | |
| Da Do Ron Ron | Shaun Cassidy | (yes I know it is a stretch) |
| De Do Do Do De Da Da Da | The Police | |
| Do I Do | Stevie Wonder | |
| Do Me! | Bell Biv Devoe | |
| Do That To Me One More Time | Captain and Tennille | |
| Don't Do Me Like That | Tom Petty | |
| Don't You Know What The Night Can Do | Steve Winwood | |
| Everything I Do, I Do It For You | Bryan Adams | |
| I Do | Lisa Loeb | |
| I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do | ABBA | |
| Love Me Do | The Beatles | |
| Love Will Never Do Without You | Janet Jackson | |
| The Way You Do The Things You Do | The Temptations / UB40 | |
| Good, Better, Best |
| Good Morning Star Shine | The Fifth Dimension | |
| Good Times | Chic | |
| Good Vibrations | The Beach Boys | |
| Good Morning Girl | Journey | |
| You Give Good Love | Whitney Houston | |
| Tell Me Something Good | Rufus & Chaka Khan | |
| Change Can Do You Good | Sheryl Crow | |
| Good for Me | Amy Grant | |
| Good Love | Anita Baker | |
| Good Thing | Fine Young Cannibals | |
| Gonna Getcha Good | Shania Twain | |
| Have a Good Time | Paul Simon | |
| Better be Good to Me | Tina Turner | |
| Take Good Care Of My Baby | Bobby Vee | |
| Good Lovin' | Young Rascals | |
| Life's Been Good | Joe Walsh | |
| Back 2 Good | Matchbox 20 | |
| Kiss An Angel Good Morning | Charlie Pride | |
| Goody Two Shoes | Adam Ant | |
| You're No Good | Linda Rondstadt | |
| Johnny B. Goode | Chuck Berry | |
| Be Good Johnny | Men At Work | |
| Only The Good Die Young | Billy Joel | |
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| Better Love Next Time | Dr. Hook | |
| Even The Nights Are Better | Air Supply | |
| You Better You Bet | The Who | |
| Getting Better | The Beatles | |
| Things Can Only Get Better | Howard Jones | |
| She’d Be Far Better Off With You | (Aspects of Love soundtrack) | (Broadway play) |
| Should’ve Known Better | Richard Marx | |
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| Save The Best For Last | Vanessa Williams | |
| The Best Of Times | Styx | |
| Best Years Of Our Lives | Baja Men | Shrek |
| Best of My Love | The Emotions | ("Whoa, whoa, you got the besta my love") |
| Best of My Love | The Eagles | ("Every night I'm lyin' in bed Holdin' you close in my dreams") |
| Simply the Best | Tina Turner | |
| Giving You The Best That I Got | Anita Baker | |
| Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me | Gladys Knight & The Pips | |
| The Best Things In Life Are Free | Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson | |
| Anything's Better Than Nothing | Porter Waggoner & Dolly Parton | |
| Barry White would be Proud |
| My First, My Last, My Everything | Barry White | |
| The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | Roberta Flack | |
| The First Cut is the Deepest | Rod Stewart or Sheryl Crow | |
| Feels Like the First Time | Foreigner | |
| Last Dance | Donna Summer | TGIF |
| Save the Best for Last | Vanessa Williams | |
| Mary Jane’s Last Dance | Tom Petty | |
| Last Train to Clarksville | The Monkees |  The Monkees |
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| Everywhere | Michelle Branch | |
| I've Been Everywhere | Johnny Cash | |
| Everybody, Everybody | Black Box | (dance song) |
| Everybody Loves Me | Dr. Hook | |
| Everything | Avril Lavigne | |
| Everything's Coming Up Roses | (Steven Sondheim) | (From Gypsy) |
| Everything I Do (I Do It For You) | Bryan Adams | |
| Everybody | Madonna | |
| Everytime I Think Of You | The Babys | |
| Everybody | Madhouse | (Everybody, get up dance and sing) |
| Every Little Step | Bobby Brown | |
| I'm Every Woman | Whitney Houston | |
| We come, and we go |
| A New Day Has Come | Celine Dion | |
| Arrival | ABBA | |
| Baby, Come Back | Player | |
| Baby, Come to Me | James Ingram and Patti Austin | |
| Come And Get Your Love | Redbone | |
| Come Back When You Grow Up | Bobby Vee & The Strangers | |
| Come Dancing | The Kinks | |
| Come Go With Me | Expose | |
| Come Go With Me | Dell-vikings | |
| Come On Eileen | Dexie's Midnight Runners | |
| Come On Over | Shania Twain | ("Come on over, come on in") |
| Come On Over | Christina Aguilera | ("Come on over, come on over baby") |
| Come On-a My House | Rosemary Clooney | |
| Come To My Window | Melissa Etheridge | |
| Come Together | Beatles | |
| Come Undone | Duran Duran | |
| Comin' In And Out Of Your Life | Barbra Streisand | |
| Coming Up | Paul McCartney | |
| Here You Come Again | Dolly Parton | |
| If I Knew You Were Coming I'd've Baked A Cake | Eileen Barton | |
| If Tomorrow Never Comes | Garth Brooks | |
| I'm Coming Out | Diana Ross | |
| It Don't Come Easy | Ringo Starr | |
| Keep It Comin’ Love | KC&SB | |
| Mama Told Me (Not To Come) | Three Dog Night | |
| Then Came You | Dionne Warwick & The Spinners | |
| Tonight She Comes | Cars | |
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| Go Your Own Way | Fleetwood Mac | |
| Goin' Round In Circles | Friends of Distinction | |
| I'm Going to Go Back There Someday | Gonzo | |
| Never Going Back Again | Fleetwood Mac | |
| Life Goes On | LeAnn Rimes | |
| Should I Stay or Should I Go? | The Clash | |
| Since U Been Gone | Kelly Clarkson | |
| Don't Let Him Go | REO Speedwagon | |
| Please Don't Go | KC and the Sunshine Band | |
| When The Going Gets Tough | Billy Ocean | "Jewel of the Nile"...or not from it, rather. |
| Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone | Glass Tiger | |
| Songs with Bad Grammar In Them |
| Song | Artist | Wrong | Right |
| I Don't Want To Wait | Paula Cole | Say a little prayer for I | Say a little prayer for me |
| You use "I" in the subjective case, "me" in the objective case. Me is the object of the proposition "for." No matter where it appears, use ME as the object of prepositions. Too bad it just doesn't rhyme with the rest of the song!! |
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| I Wanna Talk About Me | Toby Keith | I Wanna Talk about I | I Wanna Talk About Me |
| Same as above. Only he does use the right grammar in the line just before it. |
| Hungry Eyes | Eric Carmen | I feel the magic between you and I | ...between you and me |
| Ditto. Now you tell me - what should this line be? |
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| Satisfaction | The Rolling Stones | I can't get no…. | I can't get any… |
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| It Don't Come Easy | Ringo Starr | It don't come… | It doesn't come… |
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| Ain't No Sunshine | Bill Withers | Ain't no sunshine | there isn't any |
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| Unbreak My Heart | Toni Braxton | Unbreak? Come on. | |
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| I Can't Unlove You | Kenny Rogers | Unlove? | Sure I can. It's called hate! |
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| Love Don't Live Here Anymore | Madonna | Love don't live here… | Love doesn't live here… |
| They just didn't have room for that extra syllable I guess. |
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| Settle for a Slowdown | Dierks Bentley | You ain't showed it yet | We have to give *some* leeway, since it's country music and all... |
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| Six Feet From the Edge | Creed | Six feet from the edge and I'm thinkin', six feet ain't so far down | Nothing replaces this |
| This isn't so much bad grammar, as bad word choice. Any distance 'from the edge' implies a horizontal distance. 'Six feet ain't so far down' implies a vertical distance. Are you going over, or down??? |
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| Any song with Ain't - not that "ain't" isn't a great word, but usually it's followed by a negative - Ain't Nobody, Aint No .... etc. That would be a double negative, which would be a positive. |
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Don't you mean "....but usually its followed by...."? Heck no! It's is a contraction of 'It is.' that is the ONLY time you should use the apostrophe - when you can replace it's with "it is." Its is a perfectly acceptable plural possessive prounoun, just like 'his' or 'hers' or 'yours.' You wouldn't use "her's," now would you? Heaven forbid!!!
Use Its when you need to assign possession to an inanimate object - like a car. "The car lost its brakes when it was driven through a big puddle." or "The deciduous tree lost its leaves early in the fall this year."
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| HM: Bad English | (Band Name) | |
| What I learned from Sesame Street |
| Under |
| Land Down Under | Men At Work | |
| Under the Boardwalk | | |
| Underneath It All | No Doubt | |
| Underneath the Moon | Dennis Locorriere | |
| Underneath Your Clothes | Shakira | |
| Under the Bridge | Red Hot Chili Peppers | |
| Under Pressure | Queen / David Bowie | |
| Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | The Animals | |
| Misunderstanding | Genesis | |
| Over |
| Never Get Over You Gettin Over Me | Exposé | |
| I Just Can't Get Over Lovin' You | Raydio | |
| It Must've Been Love (But It's Over Now) | Roxette | Pretty Woman |
| I'll Be Over You | Toto | |
| When It's Over | Sugar Ray | |
| Bridge Over Troubled Water | Simon & Garfunkel | |
| Head Over Heels | Go-Go's or Tears for Fears | |
| Head Over Feet | Alanis Morrisette | |
| It Ain't Over Til It's Over | Lenny Kravitz | |
| Fool If You Think It's Over | Chris Rea | |
| Come On Over | Shania Twain or Christina Aguilera | (Different songs) |
| Moon Over Parma | Drew Carey | The Drew Carey Show |
| Someone To Watch Over Me | Willie Nelson | |
| Somewhere Over The Rainbow | Judy Garland et al | The Wizard of Oz |
| Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer | Randy Brooks | |
| One Toke Over the Line | Brewer and Shipley | |
| Around (and Through)! |
| I Get Around | Beach Boys | |
| Runaround Sue | Leif Garrett or Dion | |
| Rock Around the Clock | Bill Hayley & The Comets | |
| Second Time Around | Shalamar or Barry Manilow | (Different songs) |
| Comin' Around Again | Carly Simon | |
| All Around The World | Lisa Stansfield or Paul Simon | |
| Run Around | Blues Traveler | |
| Stop Draggin My Heart Around | Tom Petty with Stevie Nicks | |
| Up Around the Bend | CCR | |
| Shot Through the Heart | Bon Jovi | |
(*I play this*)