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| Don McLean has resisted all explanations for the cryptic title of his signature song -- I guess future generations will think it's the theme of a 1999 teen sex comedy | |
| Music scholar Sheila Whiteley thinks this Queen title comes from the individualism of the artists' world and the romantic ideals of art rock. Magnifico! | |
| This song by the Chili Peppers gets its title from a place where Anthony Kiedis used to do drugs (he doesn't want to ever feel like he did that day) | |
| 'I get knocked down' would seemingly have been the more logical title, but instead Chumbawamba went for an obscure word meaning a bandwagonning politician | |
| This intentionally nonsensical Beatles song gets its titular animal from a Lewis Carroll poem | |
| Is this Don Henley song about uncleaned clothes? Nope: it's a scathing indictment of the news media | |
| Perhaps known better as 'The Hey Song,' Gary Glitter's anthem actually goes by this seemingly serialized title | |
| No, Radiohead's not bad at math: they took the title for this album opener from a famous equation in Orwell's 1984 | |
| I read the lyrics of this hugely influential and enduring Beatles song, oh boy, but the Fab Four never mention the title | |
| Arguably Pearl Jam's most famous track, this song sounds like it's about water but it gets its title from a homeless man struggling to keep a coherent train of thought | |
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| Rather than name the song for a desire to stand on a mountain, bathe in the sea, lay like this forever, etc, Savage Garden instead went for lots of adverbs | |
| Led Zeppelin took the title of this reggae-influenced song from a corruption of 'Did you make her?' or 'Jamaica,' a reference to the punchline of an old joke | |
| From a combination of the the song's two main philosophical influences, Meher Baba and Terry Riley, though still known to many as 'Teenage Wasteland' | |
| It's not a call for safe sex or nuclear disarmament: this one-hit wonder by Men without Hats gets its title from the dangers of New Wave dancing | |
| This Rolling Stones jam would not help you make cookies: it's about sex, interracial relationships, slavery, heroin, and a whole lot beyond sweeteners | |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer's song (or extended recording, perhaps) about a futuristic carnival also takes its name from a corrupted spelling | |
| This popular R. Kelly song is known as a remix despite the fact that it has almost nothing in common with its supposed predecessor | |
| This Deep Purple jam, famous for its signature riff, has nothing to do with drugs: the title/song are about a fire in Montreux, Switzerland | |
| There are no amphibians in this Doors song. Jim Morrison gave no explanation for its title other than the song came from his poetry | |
| This song, arguably Enya's most popular, is commonly known as 'Sail Away' but is actually titled for a river in Venezuela | |
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Quiz Updated Aug 18, 2014
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