100 Most Interesting Song Titles : A Blog Creative Writing Workshop

The idea hit me when I was organizing my music library folder the other day. Stumbling on songs I didn’t know I had, I quickly realized that there are lot of interesting titles in the world of music. It certainly is not short of muses, – musically and literally. So without further ado, here are 100 of the most interesting song title I ever found ( in no particular order ) :

“Animal I Have Become” – 3 Days Grace

“Almost Lover” – A Fine Frenzy ( Kembang claimed this one )

“Super Trooper” – ABBA

“Sink the Pink” – AC/DC

“Goody Two Shoes” – Adam Ant

“Chasing Pavements” – Adele

“Summer Shudder” – AFI

“…. But Home is Nowhere” – AFI

“Bleed Black” – AFI

“Eye in The Sky” – Alan Parsons Project

“Uninvited” – Alanis Morrisette

“Black Velvet” – Alannah Myles

“Losing My Religion” – R.E.M. ( taken by Arisaja )

“Them Bones”- Alice In Chains

“Metalingus” – Alter Bridge

“House of The Rising Sun” – Animals

“Ghost In My Machine” – Annie Lennox

“D is for Dangerous” – Arctic Monkeys

“Robert De Niro’s Waiting” – Bananarama

“Send a Moses” – Barrington Levy

“The Cousin of Death” – Beastie Boys

“Cellphone’s Dead”- Beck

“I Plead Insanity” – Belinda Carlisle

“When I Think About You I Touch Myself”- Blondie

“Bed of Roses” – Bon Jovi

“Hedonistic Me”- Born Ruffians

“Water Runs Dry”- Boyz II Men

“Jack the Ripper” – Buckethead

“Gonna Make You Sweat”- C+C Music Factory

“Vulgar Before Me” – Candlebox

“It’s Hard To Be Tender” – Carly Simon

“Mulder & Scully” – Catatonia

“Galileo” – Indigo Girls

“In Dust We Trust” – Chemical Brothers

“Sunshower” – Chris Cornell

“Dip It Low” – Christina Millian

“Should I Stay or Should I Go ?” – The Clash ( unavailable, claimed by Leonnie FM )

“Fix You” – Coldplay ( unavailable, claimed by Alfa )

“Life Despite God” – Courtney Love

“Zombie” – Cranberries

“I Just Died In Your Arms” – Cutting Crew

“The Man Who Sold The World” – David Bowie

“Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Def Leppard

“Personal Jesus” – Depeche Mode

“Life For Rent” – Dido ( taken by NotAMeanGirl )

“Long Train Runnin’” – Doobie Brothers

“System of Survival” – Earth, Wind & Fire

“Fields of Gold” – Sting

“Hole-Hearted” – Extreme

“Total Eclipse of the Heart” – Bonnie Tyler

“My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama” – Frank Zappa

“Afterglow” – INXS

“I’m Only Happy When It Rains” – Garbage ( unavailable, claimed by Nana )

“Invisible Touch” – Genesis

“Wonderlust King” – Gogol Bordello

‘”Eat Yourself” – Goldfrapp

“Once Bitten, Twice Shy” – Great White

“Maneater” – Hall & Oates

“Love Autopsy” – Hugh Grant

“Megalomaniac” – Incubus

“Suicide Blonde” – INXS

“Naked As We Came” – Iron & Wine ( claimed by Rima Fauzi )

“Mediocre Bad Guys” – Jack Johnson

“Virtual Insanity” – Jamiroquai ( Nindha has taken this one )

“Wordplay” – Jason Mraz

“Curbside Prophet” – Jason Mraz

“Everyday I Love You Less and Less” – Kaiser Chiefs

“Mouthful of Poison” – Kittie

“Freak on a Leash” – Korn ( taken by Toni “Neofreko” )

“We Are the Robots” – Kraftwerk

“Destroy Everything You Touch” – Ladytron

“The Battle of Evermore” – Led Zeppelin

“Points of Authority” – Linkin Park

“Selling the Drama” – Live ( unavailable, claimed by Treespotter )

“Walk on the Wild Side” – Lou Reed

“Die Another Day” – Madonna ( unavailable, claimed by Nindya )

“Something’s Jumpin’ In Your Shirt” – Malcolm McLaren

“If I Was Your Vampire” – Marilyn Manson

“Angel With the Scabbed Wings” – Marilyn Manson

“I Got Money Now” – Pink

“Toy Soldiers” – Martika

“Butterfly Caught” – Massive Attack

“Till the Cops Come Knockin’” – Maxwell

“Of Wolf and Man” – Metallica

“Whiter Shade of Pale” – Procol Harum

“Dirty Diana” – Michael Jackson

“Man in the Mirror” – Michael Jackson

“Hand to Mouth” – George Michael

“Beds are Burning” – Midnight Oil

“Atlantis is Calling” – Modern Talking

“Rome Wasn’t Built In a Day” – Morcheeba

“Suedehead” – Morrissey

“Kickstart My Heart” – Motley Crue

“Seven Impossible Days” – Mr. Big

“Shake Your Tailfeather” – Nelly, P.Diddy & Murphy Lee

“Looking Like Danger” – New Kids On The Block

“The Hand That Feeds” – Nine Inch Nails

“Bombs Over Baghdad” – Outkast

“Don’t Mess With The Dragon” – Ozomatli

“Conversations With My 13-year-old Self” – Pink

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Now about the blogging project itself. I will start by writing a post inspired by one of the song titles from the list. My choice would be “The Hand That Feeds” from Nine Inch Nails, hence the strikeout. When I’m finished with it, I will tag two of my friends. They will then see the list, choose the title they want, and write about it. And so on, and so forth.

At first glance, this may seem uninteresting. Yet if you ponder the issue, you can write anything about the title you choose. A piece of fiction, rants, ramblings, humors, you name it. In this sense, this is like a Creative Writing Workshop, – which I figure will be useful for us bloggers to engage every once in a while.

I hope you’re with me… Have fun toying with the ideas….!

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POSTSCRIPT :

• Most of the songs are available for streaming via Last.fm.  I encourage you to listen to it at least once, or at least search for the lyrics.
• Please leave a comment to claim your title.  I will then strike it out as unavailable.

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UPDATES :

• Nindya reminds us to what’s important in life in her post, inspired by Madonna’s “Die Another Day”.
• Nana mused about feminism in her post, inspired by “Only Happy When It Rains” of Garbage.
• Alfa was being honest in her interpretation of Coldplay’s “Fix You”.
• Treespotter was indeed involved in some drama when he elaborated on Live’s “Selling The Drama”.
• Leonnie Fm tried her hand on a fiction with her piece on “Should I Stay or Should I Go ?” of The Clash.
• Arisaja shared his struggles with faith in his post on REM’s “Losing My Religion”.
• Nindha made a peek of her early brushes with music in her post on “Virtual Insanity” of Jamiroquai.
• Rima Fauzi questioned the recently-passed anti-porn bill, drawing inspiration from “Naked As We Came” of Iron & Wine.
• Neofreko mused about Korn’s “Freak on a Leash”.
• NotAMeanGirl did a profound reflection on Dido’s “Life For Rent”.
• Kembang compared unlucky romances to LV bags to the tune of “Almost Lover” by A Fine Frenzy