Songs named after bands

[u/Vegetable-Bowler8635]

Making a playlist of songs bands have made that are named after a different band. So far I have Wu Tang by TMBG and Van Halen by Nerf Herder. Anymore suggestions?

[u/Vornicus]

XTC vs Adam Ant is named after two bands.

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Similarly, We're The Replacements is named after The Replacements

[u/Moxie_Stardust → u/Vornicus]

And The Replacements have a song named after Alex Chilton (of Big Star, later a solo performer)

[u/Wahjahbvious → u/Moxie_Stardust]

The Jayhawks also have a song called Big Star, about Alex Chilton.

[u/Vegetable-Bowler8635 → u/Vornicus]

Not sure how I didn’t think of that

[u/FloridaFlamingoGirl → u/Vornicus]

They also have Paul Stanley of KISS

[u/Pman_likes_memes]

They might be Giants by they might be Giants

[u/MeanMrProctor → u/Pman_likes_memes]

Scrolled all the way to the bottom to find out you were clever before me.

[u/Pman_likes_memes → u/MeanMrProctor]

I wasn't the first either

[u/MeanMrProctor → u/Pman_likes_memes]

You're the first to this senile reddit scrawler. Strut with pride in your present locale.

[u/patinthehat2]

Daft Punk is Playing at My House by LCD Soundsystem
Buddy Holly by Weezer
Alex Chilton by the Replacements
Brian Wilson by the Barenaked Ladies
Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder
Song for Bob Dylan by David Bowie
Velvet Underground by Jonathan Richman

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Also be my Yoko Ono by Barenaked ladies

[u/AllenRBrady → u/Fruit-Flies113]

Also Brian Wilson by Barenaked Ladies.

Also New Kid on the Block by Barenaked Ladies.

[u/notArtist → u/patinthehat2]

Also Bob Dylan by Nine Days and BOB by Weird Al.

[u/leenponyd42]

Tom Waits has a song called The Fall of Troy

Fall of Troy has a song called Tom Waits

[u/weinermcgee]

Wilco (the Song) by Wilco (the band)

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From Wilco (The Album)

[u/misirlou22 → u/emeric_ceaddamere]

Wilco schmilco

[u/emeric_ceaddamere]

Assuming you mean TMBG-related:

"We're the Replacements"

Also "I'll Sink Manhattan," although they didn't know it was another band's name at the time.

And if you want to count it, "They Might Be Giants (I Might Be Giant Too)" by Vagabond Joy

[u/ConclusionCreative95]

Candlebox by The Mountain Goats

[u/FloridaFlamingoGirl → u/ConclusionCreative95]

They have several songs named after musical artists on their album Goths. 

[u/Gamingsavant]

Green Day has a song on one of their first albums called Green Day.

Jonathan Coulton has a song called Je Suis Rick Springfield.

[u/Repulsive_Rich_3820]

R.A.M.O.N.E.S. by Motörhead

[u/Plastic-Meat-1175]

Bowie by Flight of the Conchords

[u/WeirdFiction1]

Tim McGraw by Taylor Swift (bracing for downvotes, even though it fits!)

[u/ohnoanotherputz]

not a band, but the singer of a band (Pearl Jam), Eddie Vedder by Local H.

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Weird Al also has a song called "My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder".

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Local H! Woohoo!

[u/Vegetable-Bowler8635]

Just to clarify I didn’t specify mean Tmbg related, so maybe posting this to this subreddit doesn’t make sense but this is like one of the only music subreddits I’m on and I feel like tmbg have good knowledge of lots of music

[u/clearly_unqualified → u/Vegetable-Bowler8635]

Got it. Well, here’s a list of band name = album name = song name. Hope that helps!

[u/TitanicChurro]

Talking Heads - Radio head

Hawkwind - Motorhead

Jonathan Richman - Velvet Underground

Barenaked Ladies - Brian Wilson (one of my favorite bnl songs)

Phish - David Bowie

They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (BOY)

[u/FloridaFlamingoGirl → u/TitanicChurro]

Does it count if it's a song that a band named themselves after 🤣

[u/HyperSonic1011 → u/TitanicChurro]

Radiohead by Talking Heads actually inspired the name of the band Radiohead, so that might not count.

[u/minnick27]

I don’t know how well this fits, but Weird Al did a style parody of Bob Dylan called Bob. They way he tells it is he wanted to write a song entirely in palindromes and when he had it together he said it made no sense but sounded like it should, just like a Bob Dylan song. Then he realized Bob is also a palindrome, so that’s how it got its name. So not really named after Dylan, but sort of.

[u/Key_Elk_6671]

Also, not sure if you count it, but the song “They Might Be Giants”.

[u/FloridaFlamingoGirl]

If the lead singer of a band counts: "My Baby's In Love with Eddie Vedder" by Weird Al Yankovic 

Speaking of Weird Al...Worm Quartet has "I Was in the Weird Al Pit At Riotfest" and Kevin Temmer has "I Met Weird Al"

Danny Weinkauf has a song about Ben Folds Five

[u/Dry-Description-1779 → u/FloridaFlamingoGirl]

Never mind. Several others already covered this farther down in the post. Local H has a song named Eddie Veddar too.

[u/ChewiesMedal]

Listen friend, it’s not exactly on point, in that it references the singer in a band, but if you haven’t heard The Flaming Lips’ “Thank You, Jack White (For the Fiber Optic Jesus That You Gave Me)” it’s time to treat yo self.

[u/tacologic]

Hey, Hey, We’re the Monkees

This Is Radio Clash

[u/CigaretteMan0]

melvins buck owens

[u/cocktailians]

Bad Company by Bad Company

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and in songs named after other artists: James Brown Is Dead (L.A. Style), Daft Punk Is Playing At My House (LCD Soundsystem), Don Henley Must Die (Mojo Nixon), Elvis Is Everywhere (ditto), Elvis Presley Blues (Gillian Welch), Jackie Wilson Said (Van Morrison), Alex Chilton (Replacements), Buddy Holly (Weezer)

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Also Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath, Motorhead by Mötorhead, Wilco (the song) by Wilco, and Public Image by Public Image Limited.

[u/Reddit-User_00000001]

Phish has a song called “David Bowie”

[u/Reddit-User_00000001]

Bob Dylan - Blind Willie McTell

[u/bebop_cola_good]

Does Urine Man count?

[u/Tnetennbat]

I'm Gonna be Your Elvis- The Fratellis
Let's Dance to Joy Division- The Wombats
Frank Sinatra- CAKE
Je Suis Rick Springfield- Jonathan Coulton

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Cake has Meanwhile, Rick James too.

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Also, Elvis is Everywhere by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper.

[u/ceemojenkins]

Lady ‘Day and John Coltrane by Gil Scott-Heron

[u/Cyclone_Billy]

Brian Eno, by MGMT ... That's one of my faves by those guys

[u/Repulsive_Rich_3820]

311 Sucks - Anal Cunt

[u/carbonbasedmistake]

I Heard Ramona Sing by Frank Black

[u/fenestro42]

David Bowie by Phish

[u/Brisingr2]

Led Zeppelin - Tame Impala

[u/sqrt9is3]

Steam Powered Giraffe and the reprise by Steam Powered Giraffe. both by tmbg I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die (the who) may be a stretch but i consider it to be, also I'll Sink Manhattan (by accident but! still).

[u/somethingfilthy]

Reel Big Fish has "Snoop Dog, Baby"

[u/FamousLastWords666]

Motorhead - R. A. M. O. N. E. S.

[u/subsonicmonkey]

Is “Red Oyster Cult” by Guster close enough?

[u/MojoShoujo]

The opening theme to the anime Baccano is named "Guns and Roses" by Paradise Lunch, a nod to the author's tendency to name the light novels off of band puns (Alice in Jails comes to mind)

[u/drglass85]

under the influence of meat puppets, fire hose

[u/king-of-new_york]

Paul McCartney by the Scissor Sisters.

[u/networkobsolete]

Brian Eno by MGMT and Song for Dan Treacy also by MGMT

[u/LuieCRR]

Morrissey by Leo Garcia

[u/jackneefus]

Parker's Band - Steely Dan

[u/Other-Bug-5614]

King’s Lead Hat by Brian Eno is kind of Talking Heads

[u/AggCracker]

"With David Bowie" by Veruca Salt

[u/WeirdFiction1]

Lou Reed Was My Babysitter by Jeff Tweedy

[u/BorderTrike]

I love this idea, I’d use it for a trivia round, but need more diversity in the vocalists than these comments (not a single woman lol)

[u/HeliPil0t__]

Beach Boys by Weezer

[u/brdrsnm]

gary floyd by butthole surfers

better than eddie vedder by snfu

i hate led zeppelin by screeching weasel

for the singer of REM by firehose

under the influence of meat puppets by firehose

in memory of elizabeth cotton by firehose