Thirty Days of Music, Day Twenty One

Why do I get the feeling that one of the easiest tasks I’ve been set during this challenge is going to end up being one of the hardest? There are literal billions of songs that include a name. I think I’ve got another list to put together this evening.

First things first, what I chose in 2020.

Day 21: A song you like with a person’s name in the title

2020: “Hey Jude”, The Beatles

No real comment needed, I feel. On we go.

So I decided to help me along my way with today’s choice I’d look through my Spotify, mainly the bands and artists that I have saved and find a song from them that includes a person’s name in its title. And it kind of spiraled out of control. You can have anything of the following:

• “Beryl”, Barbara
• “Eleanor Rigby”, The Beatles
• “Jeff Goldblum”, Bebe Barry
• “Isobel”, Bjork
• “Gary”, Blossoms
• “Tracy Jacks”, Blur
• “Olson”, Boards of Canada
• “Lazarus”, The Boo Radleys
• “Mulder and Scully”, Catatonia
• “Elisha”, The Clause
• “Bill McCai”, The Coral
• “Brimful of Asha”, Cornershop
• “Proud Mary”, Creedence Clearwater Revival
• “The Jean Genie”, David Bowie
• “Come Home Billy Bird”, The Divine Comedy
• “Jolene”, Dolly Parton
• “Otis”, The Durutti Column
• “Victoria”, The Fall (Hold on a mo before you get your knickers in a twist about that one)
• “Nancy From Now On”, Father John Misty
• “Clint Eastwood”, Gorillaz
• “Donovan”, Happy Mondays
• “Here Comes Alice”, The Jesus and Mary Chain
• “Oh Yoko!”, John Lennon
• “Ruby”, Kaiser Chiefs
• “Michael (What’s Your Call?), Keyside
• “Lola”, The Kinks (Told you. Thought I’d let the Fall have their little moment)
• “James Dean”, The Kowloons
• “Caesar on a TV Screen”, The Last Dinner Party
• “The Life of Riley”, The Lightning Seeds
• “Grace”, The Lilacs
• “Enola/Alone”, Manic Street Preachers
• “Egg Shaped Fred”, Mansun
• “Johnny Don’t Be Scared”, The Molotovs
• “Richard Has A Racecar”, MOOON
• “Deanna”, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
• “Polly”, Nirvana
• “Jennifer String”, The NonStick Pans
• “Lyla”, Oasis
• “A Perfect Day Elise”, PJ Harvey
• “Luciana”, The Painted Ceilings
• “Isaiah”, Pastel
• “Careful with That Axe, Eugene”, Pink Floyd
• “Nancy Boy”, Placebo
• “Kowalski”, Primal Scream
• “The Night That Minnie Timperley Died”, Pulp
• “Eleanor”, Red Rum Club
• “Catherine’s Wheel”, Rialto
• “Angie”, The Rolling Stones
• “Candle For Ira”, The Safest Place
• “Joanna”, Scott Walker
• “Nice Guy Eddie”, Sleeper
• “Luna”, The Smashing Pumpkins
• “William, It Was Really Nothing”, The Smiths
• “Gloria”, The Snuts
• “The Ballad of Tom Jones”, Space
• “Veronica Lake”, Sparks
• “A Message to You Rudy”, The Specials
• “Madame Helga”, Stereophonics
• “Sally Cinnamon”, Stone Roses
• “Metal Mickey”, Suede
• “Mary”, Supergrass
• “Hermann♥’s Pauline”, Super Furry Animals
• “Neil Jung”, Teenage Fanclub
• “Delilah”, Tom Jones
• “Deere John”, Welly
• “Making Plans For Nigel”, XTC
• “Valerie”, The Zutons

Loath as I am to reference Family Guy, but I now understand what it was like for Seth McFarlane to try and come up with a long list of songs that all have a girl’s name in the title.

And out of all of that, what am I going to go for? None of them, because it just so happens I went to a grand ol’ tribute gig to Frank Zappa earlier this year so…

2025: “Bobby Brown Goes Down”, Frank Zappa

En-f*cking-joy!