Music Top Ten Songs(listing game)

fanfly posted on May 27, 2011 at 04:47AM
Inspired by EllaBlack's link game.

Guide:
Create a list of your top 10 favourite songs concerning a subject, then submit a new subject for the next person. The subject can be anything from genre to words in the title to a specific artist/time period etc.

I'll pick the first subject:

Your top ten 80's songs.

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over a year ago EllaBlack said…
Aww, you credited me ^^ This is a great subject :) and these are all songs that either make me rock out of laugh out loud and most of em are guilty pleasures

1. Sweet Child of Mine-Guns N Roses
2. Eye of the Tiger-Survivor
3. Centerfold-J. Geils Band
4. Pour Some Sugar on me-Def Leppard
5. Livin' on a Prayer-Bon Jovi
6. Take On Me-A-ha
7. Tainted Love-Soft Cell
8. Billie Jean-Michael Jackson
9. Hungry Like the Wolf-Duran Duran
10. Down Under-Men At Work

best songs made for a movie (or made famous by)
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over a year ago fanfly said…
heart
^I admit...I loved Eye of the Tiger before Jensen made it even more awesome. Now I cannot help but burst into a huge smile every time I hear it. And Take On Me is probably my favourite 80s song ever.

1. Live and Let Die - Wings [Live and Let Die]
2. Tequila - the Champs [Pee Wee's Big Adventure]
3. Streets of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen [Philadelphia]
4. Maniac - Michael Sembello [Flashdance]
5. #1 Crush - Garbage [William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet]
6. Vindicated - Dashboard Confessional [Spider-Man 2]
7. Send Me On My Way - Rusted Root [Matilda]
8. Strange Face of Love - Tito & Tarantula [Desperado]
9. Gollum's Song - Emiliana Torrini [LotR: the Two Towers]
10. the Last Unicorn - America [the Last Unicorn


Songs about rain
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over a year ago EllaBlack said…
next topic?
over a year ago fanfly said…
big smile
^Sorry, I got excited and forgot to post the next top. It's Songs About Rain.
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over a year ago jlhfan624 said…
Can it be songs with 'rain' in the title too and not necessarily about rain?
over a year ago EllaBlack said…
It's cool! I automatically new my list on this topic ^^

1. I'm only happy when it rains-Garbage
2. Have You ever Seen the Rain-CCR
3. Thunder Only Happens When It's Raining-Fleetwood Mac
4. Fool in the Rain-Led Zeppelin
5. Box of Rain-The Grateful Dead
6. No Rain-Blind Melon
7. Rain-Madonna
8. It's Raining again-Supertramp
9. Sunday Morning-Maroon 5
10. Lightning Crashes-Live

Best songs from musicals
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over a year ago fanfly said…
^Cool list. Love CCR! And Garbage.

1. Brand New Day - Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog
2. Memory - Cats
3. Music of the Night - the Phantom of the Opera
4. Hindi Sad Diamonds - Moulin Rouge!
5. the Sound of Music - the Sound of Music
6. Tomorrow - Annie
7. I Yam What I Yam - Popeye
8. the Rainbow Connection - the Muppets
9. Look At Me I'm Sandra Dee - Grease
10. the Pitch - Moulin Rouge!

Best love songs
over a year ago EllaBlack said…
wink
Me too, they're some of my favorite bands on that list..And cue the brwonie points for including Dr. Horrible's Sing along Blog! I would consider all of these love songs :) I think I'm gonna turn it into a playlist! lol

1. Hotel Yorba-White Stripes
2. I Believe in a Thing Called Love-the Darkness
3. Where Have you Been?-Reel Big Fish
4. Wonderwall-Oasis
5. Resistance-Muse
6. Sheena is A Punk Rocker-the Ramones
7. Underneath it all-No doubt
8. Tonight, Tonight-Smashing Pumpkins
9. Meet Virginia-Train
10. Silent Lucidity-Queensryche

Alright, I'm throwing you a bone since I know you can give a great response to this.

Best song featured on Supernatural
over a year ago DarkSarcasm said…
Stranglehold - Ted Nugent
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
(Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Öyster Cult
Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas
Turn to Stone - Joe Walsh
Wheel in the Sky - Journey
Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi/Sam/Dean
Flirtin' With Disaster - Molly Hatchet
Wherever I May Roam - Metallica
Paranoid - Black Sabbath

subject: favorite songs by your favorite artist. was removed, but since fanfly is so stubborn and we have a double-posting problem... ;)
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over a year ago fanfly said…
big smile
*squeeeeeee* XD But how can I narrow it down to just 10?


1. Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas [of course!]
2. Back in Black - AC/DC
3. Hells Bells - AC/DC
4. Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
6. Ready for Love - Bad Company
7. Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
8. Renegade - Styx
9. Space Oddity - David Bowie
10. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

Ok...that was way too hard to narrow down. In fact, honorable mentions go to Thunderstruck, Highway to Hell and Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC, Ramblin' Man by the Allman Brothers, Heat of the Moment by Asia, White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane, Don't Fear the Reaper by the Blue Oyster Cult, Don't Look Back by Boston, the Gambler by Kenny Rogers, Do You Love Me by the Contours etc etc etc
XD


oops! Posted at the same time....well I'm leaving mine up as an ode to the best soundtrack of any show ever.
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over a year ago fanfly said…
smile
Already did it dasm! Sorry...lol

Tom Waits
1. Tango Til You're Sore
2. Shiver Me Timbers
3. Just the Right Bullets
4. I Don't Wanna Grow Up
5. God's Away On Business
6. Earth Died Screaming
7. Soldier's Things
8. Cold Water
9. San Diego Serenade
10. Invitation to the Blues

Best movie scores
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over a year ago EllaBlack said…
May I also point out Laugh I nearly died, by the stones, my favorite song in context on the show.

Fav band-CCR

1. Bad Moon Rising
2. Traveling Band
3. Fortunate Son
4. Born on the Bayou
5. Proud Mary
6. Run Through the Jungle
7. Looking out my Back Door
8. Down on the Corner
9. Green River
10. Have you Ever Seen the Rain

agh! everything keeps changing!
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over a year ago jlhfan624 said…
1. link - Saw
2. link - Triangle
3. link - Friday the 13th (2009)
4. link - Halloween (1978)
5. link - Sunshine
6. link - 28 Days Later
7. link - My Bloody Valentine 3D
8. link - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
9. link - Brick
10. link - Scream

Best songs with a number in the title
over a year ago EllaBlack said…
I give up

1. Fantasia
2. Psycho
3. Drag Me to Helll
4. Jaws
5. Star Trek
6. Lord of the Rings
7. Gladiator
8. Star Wars
9. Halloween
10. A Nightmare on elm Street
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over a year ago jlhfan624 said…
laugh
^ lol! I win this time!
over a year ago fanfly said…
It's all good!

And Ella you get super brownie points for CCR being your favourite band!!! XD
over a year ago EllaBlack said…
yay! brownie points!!! It's a tie between CCR and The Beatles

1. 500 Miles-the Proclaimers
2. 42-ColdPlay
3. 100%-Sonic Youth
4. 40'-Franz Ferdinand
5. One Second-Tegan and Sara
6. Zero-Smashing Pumpkins
7. Revolution 9-the Beatles
8. 175-Big D and the Kids Table
9. Four-Fifty-One-Five Iron Frenzy
10. 777-Danzig

Best Beatles songs ^^
over a year ago fanfly said…
^Me too!

1. Eleanor Rigby
2. Rocky Raccoon
3. Let It Be
4. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
5. Maxwell's Silver Hammer
6. Birthday
7. Two of Us
8. Hello Goodbye
9. I'm Only Sleeping
10. Hard Day's Night

Last 10 songs you listened to
over a year ago jlhfan624 said…
1. ATB – Moments in peace
2. ATB – If It's Love (feat. Melissa Loretta)
3. ATB – This Is Your Life (feat. Fuldner) (Club Version)
4. ATB – Be like you (feat. JanSoon)
5. ATB – All I Need Is You (feat. Sean Ryan)
6. ATB – Twisted Love (feat. Cristina Soto) (Distant Earth Intro Vocal Version)
7. ATB – Magnetic Girl
8. ATB – Gold (feat. JanSoon)
9. ATB – Vice versa (with Armin van Buuren)
10. ATB – Twisted Love (feat. Cristina Soto) (Distant Earth Vocal Club Version)

Gotta love last.fm :)

Songs you like/love but don't necessarily like/love the artist
over a year ago EllaBlack said…
This also reads as a guilty pleasures list lol

1. Where is the Love?-Black Eyed Peas
2. Tired of Being Sorry-Enrique Iglesias
3. Bad Romance-Lady Gaga
4. Billionaire-Travis McCoy
5. La la-Ashley simpson
6. Bartender-Rehab
7. I'm Yours-Jason Mraz
8. Fireflies-Owl City
9. Before He Cheats-Carrie Underwood
10. Cupid's Chokehold-Gym Class Heros

Best Techno songs
over a year ago jlhfan624 said…
Can I do electronic songs in general? Techno is difficult to place, but I could totally give you a list of 10 best electronic songs :D
over a year ago jlhfan624 said…
1. Dreamscape - 009 Sound System
2. Heaven Scent - John Digweed
3. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Daft Punk
4. Where's Your Head At - Basement Jaxx
5. Galvanize - The Chemical Brothers
6. What About Us - ATB
7. Ecstasy - ATB
8. Marrakech - ATB
9. Fantasy (Morgan Page Radio Edit) - Nadia Ali
10. Around the World - Daft Punk

Best songs over 5 minutes long
over a year ago EllaBlack said…
1. Hey Jude-The Beatles
2. Space Oddity-David Bowie
3. Champagne Supernova-Oaisis
4. Knights of Cydonia-Muse
5. Hotel California-The Eagles
6. Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen
7. Jesus of Suburbia-Greenday
8. It's the End of the world As We Know it-REM
9. Hey Man Nice Shot-Filter
10. Re: Your Brains-Jonothan Coulton

Honorable mention: The Ultimate Showdown-Lemon Demon

best songs by underrated bands
over a year ago jlhfan624 said…
heart
1. link
2. Start of the Breakdown - Tears For Fears
3. Lips Like Morphine - Kill Hannah
4. Sail - Awolnation
5. Ah Ha - Under the Influence of Giants
6. Spit it Out - IAMX
7. Low Five - Sneaker Pimps
8. Denial - Sevendust
9. Ева - Винтаж
10. Stripped - Shiny Toy Guns

Best songs by an artist (band or singer) whose name begins with S (NOT the song name, but the artist name)
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over a year ago EllaBlack said…
1. Styx-Renegade
2. Seether-Country Song
3. the Sleeping-Believe What We Tell You
4. Smile Empty Soul-Silhouettes
5. Screaming Trees-Look at you
6. The Smiths-How Soon is Now
7. Saving Jane-Imperfection
8. The Scenic-Bon Voyage Mr. Bones
9. Seven Dust-Forever Dead
10. Saving Abel-Sailed Away

Songs you know by heart
over a year ago jlhfan624 said…
Hmm, that's a TON! Since I tend to have a habit of repeating songs I'm obsessed with over & over & over. But I'll go ahead & do my list of songs that I get stuck in my head often and can sing the whole thing in my head without skipping a beat. (pun intended)

1. Never Gonna Dance Again - Sugababes
2. Yeah Yeah - Cheryl Cole
3. 3 Little Words - Frankmusik
4. Sail - Awolnation
5. Lips Like Morphine - Kill Hannah
6. Crazy - Seal
7. Carry Out - Timbaland
8. Diamond on a Landmine - Billy Talent
9. Elemental - Tears For Fears
10. Circus - Britney Spears

I have kickass taste in music, yeah? XD

Best songs from your #1 favorite singer (not band)
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over a year ago DarkSarcasm said…
(David Cook)
Declaration
Kiss on the Neck
Light On
Dream Big
Breathe Tonight
Always Be My Baby
A Daily Anthem
Day Tripper
Heroes
Innocent

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over a year ago EllaBlack said…
Ah! But I like so many singers! so I'm gonna ignore those that are bands, I think I'm gonna go with Pink, she was my favorite during middle school and highschool and I'm feelin' kinda nostalgic. Plus she's come out with some good songs lately.

1. Fuckin' Perfect
2. So What
3. Family portrait
4. Sober
5. Dear Diary
6. 18 Wheeler
7. Just Like a Pill
8. Don't Let Me Get Me
9. Who Knew
10. Stupid Girls

Best song titles
over a year ago DarkSarcasm said…
A Lap Dance Is So Much Better When the Stripper is Crying - Bloodhound Gang
I Wish I Was Queer So I Could Get Chicks - Bloodhound Gang
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition - Serj Tankian
Kiss Me, I'm Shitfaced - Dropkick Murphys
I Slept With Someone in FOB and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me - Fall Out Boy
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
Our Lawyer Made Us Change the Name of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued - FOB
I'm in Love with a Dead Movie Star - The Silence
Bullet with Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins
No One Loves Me and Neither Do I - Them Crooked Vultures

Songs you used to love but don't anymore
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over a year ago EllaBlack said…
Most of these are due to atleast one of two things, I was an idiot child, or they were over played.

1. Stronger-Brittany Spears
2. Complicated-Avril Lavigne
3. Bye, Bye, Bye-NSYNC
4. Beverly Hills-Weezer
5. Harder to Breathe-Maroon 5
6. Viva La Vida-Coldplay
7. Listen to Your Heart-Roxette
8. Are You Happy Now?-Michelle Branch
9. Pieces of Me-Ashley simpson
10. Love shack-The B-52's

Best indie songs
over a year ago fanfly said…
Not 100% sure these are all 'indie' but it's what popped into mind anyway...

1. Runs in the Family - Amanda Palmer
2. Sex Changes - the Dresden Dolls
3. Sail - AWOLNATION
4. Dashboard - Modest Mouse
5. Two Silver Trees - Calexico
6. Leaf on the Wind - Bedlam Bards
7. the Mariner's Revenge Song - the Decemberists
8. Coin-Operated Boy - the Dresden Dolls
9. No One Knows My Name - Gillian Welch
10. High Shelf Booze - Eilen Jewell

Best female rockers
over a year ago frankie_fan said…
1. I Love Rock N' Roll- Joan Jett
2. Sweet Sacrifice- Amy Lee (Evanescence)
3. Cherry Bomb- The Runaways
4. Heartbreaker- Pat Benatar
5. Stand Back- Stevie Nicks
6. Holding Out For Hero- Bonnie Tyler
7. Celebrity Skin- Courtney Love (Hole)
8. Misery Business- Hayley Williams (Paramore)
9. Bette Davis Eyes- Kim Carnes
10. Believe- Cher

Top ten rockabilly (or 1950s) songs
over a year ago fanfly said…
1. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
2. Everybody's Tryin' to Be My Baby - Carl Perkins
3. Hard Headed Woman - Wanda Jackson
4. Sag, Drag and Fall - Sid King and the Five Strings
5. Rock-a-Billy Boogie - Johnny Burnette
6. Ooby Dooby - Roy Orbison
7. I'm Getting Better All the Time - Barbara Pittman
8. Be-Bop-Lula - Gene Vincent
9. Long Gone Daddy - Pat Cupp
10. Bird Dog - Don Woody

Best grunge songs
over a year ago Vishee said…
1. Lithium - Nirvana.
2. The Day I Tried To Live - Soundgarden.
3. Aneurysm - Nirvana.
4. Come As You Are - Nirvana.
5. Alive - Pearl Jam.
6. In Bloom - Nirvana.
7. Rape Me - Nirvana.
8. Go - Pearl Jam.
9. Heart-Shaped Box - Nirvana.
10. Would - Alice In Chains.

Best songs of last 5 years.
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over a year ago fanfly said…
cool
It was kinda hard to narrow it down...but Runs in the Family was a no brainer. XD

1. Runs in the Family - Amanda Palmer
2. F**kin' Perfect - P!nk
3. Dashboard - Modest Mouse
4. Howl - Florence and the Machine
5. Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
6. Sail - AWOLNATION
7. Lend A Hand - Jakob Dylan
8. Cold War - Janelle Monae
9. Fuck You - Lily Allen
10. Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons

Best songs that mention ghosts or have ghost in the title
over a year ago jlhfan624 said…
Congratulations fanfly, I think between the two of us 'Sail' has been mentioned 4 times in this entire thread. It must be a good song or something.
over a year ago fanfly said…
angelic
Did you hear that people? Sail must be a good song.
over a year ago DarkSarcasm said…
Ghost Town Blues - Social Distortion
Pretty People Never Lie - I Am Ghost
Question! - System of a Down
Kimberly's Ghost - Dope
Ghost - Clutch
Long Slow Goodbye - Queens of the Stone Age
Don't Wake Up - I Am Ghost
The Ghost of You - My Chemical Romance
Seen It All - Korn
Everybody Scream - Rob Zombie

songs with a woman's name in the title
over a year ago D_J267 said…
A boy named Sue - Johnny Cash
Jillian (I'd give my Heart) - Within Temptation
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
Sweet Amber - Metallica
Judy is a Punk - Ramones
Proud Mary -CCR
She's my Winona - Fall out Boy
Susie Q - CCR
The Wind Cries Mary - Jimmy Hendrix
Whole lotta Rosie - AC/DC

Best Hard Rock Songs
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over a year ago fanfly said…
big smile
1. Ophelia - Natalie Merchant
2. Eleanor Rigby - the Beatles
3. Susie-Q - CCR
4. Goodnight Elizabeth - Counting Crows
5. Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel
6. Annabelle - Gillian Welch
7. My Girl Josephine - Fats Domino
8. Maybelline - Chuck Berry
9. Lucinda - Tom Waits
10. Sweet Melissa - the Allman Brothers Band


Oops! Double post...
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over a year ago jlhfan624 said…
I've already made my list for the best songs with a man's name (I saw fanfly's post before she edited it), so can somebody give that as an option for the next one so I can post it?

1. Counting Bodies Like Sheep... - A Perfect Circle
2. Black - Sevendust
3. Waffle - Sevendust
4. Denial - Sevendust
5. Feel So Numb - Rob Zombie
6. How Can I Live - Ill Niño
7. Judith - A Perfect Circle
8. Thinking of You - A Perfect Circle
9. Weak & Powerless - A Perfect Circle
10. Dragula - Rob Zombie

I don't listen to hard rock much...

Best songs about death
over a year ago fanfly said…
1. Shiver Me Timbers - Tom Waits
2. Tom Traubert's Blues - Tom Waits
3. Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
4. O Death - Jen Titus
5. Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
6. Daddy Sang Bass - Johnny Cash
7. Tear My Stillhouse Down - Gillian Welch
8. In the End - Eilen Jewell
9. Tombstone Shadow - CCR
10. Sodom, South Georgia - Iron & Wine

Best songs with a man's name in the title
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over a year ago jlhfan624 said…
big smile
1. Anthonio - Annie
2. Johnny Panic & the Bible of Dreams - Tears for Fears
3. The Harold Song - Ke$ha
4. Kennedy - Kill Hannah
5. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - Utada Hikaru
6. Scott Mescudi vs the World - Kid Cudi
7. Thomas - A Perfect Circle
8. Hey Andy! - Roland Orzabal
9. Raoul and the Kings of Spain - Tears For Fears
10. Judas - Depeche Mode

Best songs with kickass drum solos
over a year ago D_J267 said…
1.Moby Dick - John Bonham - Led Zeppelin
2.The Mule - Ian Paice - Deep Purple
3.Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - Lars Ulrich - Metallica
4.Won't Get Fooled Again - Keith Moon - The Who
5.Rat Salad - Bill Ward - Black Sabbath
6.Apocalypse - Daniel Erlandsson - Arch Enemy
7.Time - Nick Mason - Pink Floyd
8.Radar Love - Greg D'Angelo - White Lion
9.Hot for Teacher - Alex Van Halen - Van Halen
10.Painkiller - Scott Travis - Judas Priest

Best songs with days of the week in them
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over a year ago fanfly said…
1. Heart of Saturday Night - Tom Waits
2. Friday I'm In Love - the Cure
3. Saturday Night Special - Lynyrd Skynyrd
4. Ruby Tuesday - the Rolling Stones
5. Sunday Morning Coming Down - Johnny Cash
6. Blue Monday - Fats Domino
7. Manic Monday - the Bangles
8. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
9. Friday Night - Lily Allen
10. It's Saturday - Marcy Playground

Songs that start with the letter 'P'
over a year ago jlhfan624 said…
1. Passion - Utada Hikaru
2. Paper Dolls - Kill Hannah
3. Pitter-Pat - Erin McCarley
4. Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
5. Pale Shelter - Tears For Fears
6. People - Nadia Ali
7. Phonography - Britney Spears
8. Prisoners of Today - Billy Talent
9. Pursuit of Happiness - Kid Cudi
10. Pet - A Perfect Circle

Best ballads
over a year ago fanfly said…
1. Let It Be - the Beatles
2. Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
3. Desperado - the Eagles
4. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
5. Faithfully - Journey
6. Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas
7. Bad Company - Bad Company
8. Knockin On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
9. Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
10. Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton

Best punk songs
over a year ago DarkSarcasm said…
Angelfuck - Misfits
I Fought the Law - The Clash
Astro Zombies - Misfits
Anesthesia - Bad Religion
Mommy's Little Monster - Social Distortion
Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedys
Fuck Armageddon... This Is Hell - Bad Religion
The Kids Aren't Alright - The Offspring
Pipebomb on Lansdowne - Dropkick Murphys
Turning Japanese - The Vapors

Songs with something edible in the title
over a year ago fanfly said…
1. Strawberry Fields Forever - the Beatles
2. Beef Jerky - Cibo Matto
3. Peaches - the Presidents of the United States of America
4. Bleezer's Ice-Cream - Natalie Merchant
5. Crunchy Granola Suite - Neil Diamond
6. Lemon Meringue - Poe
7. Chop Suey! - System of a Down
8. Ripened Peach - Ethyl Meatplow
9. Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison
10. Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos

Songs that have an animal in the title
over a year ago jlhfan624 said…
1. Fish Out of Water - Tears For Fears
2. Schrodinger's Cat - Tears For Fears
3. Fly on the Windscreen - Depeche Mode
4. Fly Like an Eagle - Seal
5. Hummingbirds the Size of Bullets - Kill Hannah
6. Pony (It's Ok) - Erin McCarley
7. Heart of a Lion - Kid Cudi
8. New Sacred Cow - Kenna
9. Dog's A Best Friend's Dog - Tears For Fears
10. Hummingbird - Cheryl Cole

Best songs with a 3-word title
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