TRAINS & BOATS & PLANES

Songs about Means of Mass or Public Transport in general

Air (Airplanes, Helicopters-Choppers, etc)

Aces High-IRON MAIDEN (1984 / Bandits at 8 o'clock move in behind us Ten ME-109s out of the sun)

Aeroplane-ROBERT PALMER (1990)
Aeroplane-RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS (1995)
Airport-MOTORS (1978 / I hear the plane is ready by the gateway... leaving on a Jet-plane)

All She Wants To Do Is Dance-DON HENLEY (1984 / Well we barely made the airport for the last plane out) 
Angel of Harlem-U2 (1988 / When we touched the ground at JFK: the airport)
Bad Woman-KOOL & THE GANG (1984 / hurry now, your plane is leaving)

Breakfast In America-SUPERTRAMP (1979 / Take a jumbo across the water Like to see America)
Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes)-KIM CARNES (1985)
Eight Miles High-THE BYRDS (1966 / notice: although the song seems to be referring to flying, it was widely known that it was more or less related to a drug use "state of mind")
El. Venizelos-EQUALEYES (2007 / the song refers to the Athens airport)

Elegy For A Lost Summer-ANNE CLARK (1994 / plane crashes)

Highway 5-THE BLESSING (1991 / Baby takes off in a DC-10 stares down Highway 5... Flying 500 miles an hour with no sense of time or space)

I Feel Like Buddy Holly-ALVIN STARDUST (1984 / I watched the planes come in On the early morning flights But I could not stand to see them land without you)

I Get A Kick Out Of You-FRANKIE (1962 / I get no kick in a plane, flying too high with some gal in the sky)
If You’re Not Here By My Side-MENUDO (1984 / Gotta catch that plane at 7:30)
Jet Airliner-STEVE MILLER BAND (1977)
Jet Airliner-MODERN TALKING (1987)

Landing In London-3 DOORS DOWN feat. BOB SEGER (2005 / I woke up today in London as the plane was touching down)
Leaving On A Jet Plane-PETER PAUL & MARY (1969)
Let's Groove-EARTH WIND & FIRE (1981 / move yourself and glide like a 747)
The Letter-BOX TOPS (1967), JOE COCKER (1969 / give me a ticket for an aeroplane, ain't got time to take a fast train)
Lights Of Cincinatti-SCOTT WALKER (1969 / I remember still, I guess I always will that winters day I took the west bound flight, as I looked down from the plane)
Next Plane Home-DANIEL POWTER (2008)
On A Plane-KAJAGOOGOO (1984)
Rock The Casbah-THE CLASH (1982 / the king called up his jet fighters)
Rockstar-NICKELBACK (2005 & 2007 / and a big black jet with a bedroom in it, gonna join the mile high club at thirty-seven thousand feet)
Sandman-AMERICA (1971 / Ain’t it foggy outside, all the planes have been grounded)
Seeing You Again-DAN FOGELBERG (1987 / strangers in an airport.... also: running for your train)
747-EDDIE RABBITT (1980)
747 (Strangers In The Night)-SAXON (1980)
Sledgehammer-PETER GABRIEL (1986 / you could have an aeroplane flying... also: you could have a steam train)

These Foolish Things-BRYAN FERRY (A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces An airline ticket to romantic places)

This Is The Day-THE THE (1983 / You watch a plane flying across a clear blue sky)

This Love-MAROON 5 (2002 / Whispered goodbye as she got on a plane)  

Woodstock-JONI MITCHELL, MATTHEWS SOUTHERN COMFORT (I dreamed I saw the bombers Riding shotgun in the sky And they were turning into butterflies Above our nation)




Sea (Boats, Ships, etc) 


All This Time-STING (1991 / If I had my way, take a boat from the river)

The Bad Touch-BLOODHOUND GANG (1999 / So if I capsize on your thighs high tide, B-5, you sunk my battleship)
Blue Monday-NEW ORDER (1983 / I see a ship in the harbor)
Boat On The River-STYX (1979)
Boat To Bolivia-MARTIN STEPHENSON & THE DAINTEES (1986)

Comfortably Numb-PINK FLOYD (1979 / A distant ship smoke on the horizon)
Das Boot-KLAUS DOLDINGER (1981), U 96 (1991)
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)-HARRY BELAFONTE (1956)

Dignity-DEACON BLUE (1987 / a ship called dignity)  
Do You Always (Have To Be Alone)?-E-TYPE (1995 / as captain of a peaceful phantom ship)
Don't Pay The Ferryman-CHRIS DE BURGH (1982)
Ferry 'Cross The Mersey-GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS (1964)

Golden Brown-THE STRANGLERS (1981 / On her ship tied to the mast)
I've Never Been To Me-CHARLENE (1976 / when I sipped champagne on a yacht)

If-BREAD / TELLY SAVALAS (1971 / If a face could launch a thousand ships Then where am I to go?)  
Immigrant Song-LED ZEPPELIN (1970 / the hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands)
The Lady Don't Mind-TALKING HEADS (1985 / Little boat that floats on a river)
Leuchtturm-NENA (1983 / Hey, halt dich fest, das U-Boot taucht)
Night Boat To Cairo-MADNESS (1979)

Ocean Rain-ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN (1984 / my ship's a sail)

Red Sky-THRICE (2005 / I know what lies beneath, I've seen the flash of teeth conspiring with the reef to sink our ship)
Sailing Away-CHRIS DeBURGH (1988 / Waiting at the water's edge, Watching all the ships as they are heading for the harbour wall)

Sea Of Heartbreak-POCO (1981 / The lights in the harbor Don't shine for me I'm like a lost ship Adrift on the sea)
Ship Of Fools-ERASURE (1988)

Sonnet-THE VERVE (1997 / Sinking faster than a boat without a hull)

Sorrow-MORT SHUMAN (1976 / Like a ship without a sailor)
Speedboat-LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS (1984)
Strange Boat-THE WATERBOYS (1988)

The Soul Cages-STING (1990 / I have here a cask of most magical wine A vintage that blessed every ship in the line It's wrung from the blood of the sailor's who died Young white bodies adrift in the tide... A body lies open in the fisherman's yard Like the side of a ship where the iceberg rips)

The Other Side Of The Sun-JANIS IAN (1979 / Leaving on a boat For beyond the other side of the ocean)

Weather With You-CROWDED HOUSE (1992 / Well, there's a small boat made of china It's going nowhere on the mantelpiece)
Whole Of The Moon-WATERBOYS (1985 / Flags, rags, ferry boats, scimitars and scarves)
Why-ANNIE LENNOX (1992 / this boat is sinking)

Yellow Submarine-THE BEATLES (1966)

Special category: Ships used allegorically

Can't Fight This Feeling-REO SPEEDWAGON (1985 / Its time to bring this ship into the shore)

Catch The Rainbow-RAINBOW (1975 / sail away on ships of wonder)

Closer To Fine-INDIGO GIRLS (1989 / I sailed my ship of safety till I sank it I'm crawling on your shores)

Hey Mr. DJ-VAN MORRISON (2002 / Cause I'm drifting like a ship out on the fog)
I'll Sail This Ship Alone-THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH (1989)

King Of Wishful Thinking-GO WEST (1990 / I'll get over you I know I will I'll pretend my ship's not sinking) 

Mr. Tambourine Man - BOB DYLAN (1965 / Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship) 
My Ship Is Comin’ In-THE WALKER BROTHERS (1965)
9 To 5-DOLLY PARTON (1980 / till the day your ship will come in)
Night & Fog-MERCURY REV (2001 / I hope you see your ship come in)

Rock The Boat-THE HUES CORPORATION (1973), FORREST (1982) our love is like a ship on the ocean
Uptown Girl-BILLY JOEL (1983 / when my ship comes in) 

White Flag-DIDO (2003 / But I will go down with this ship)

You & I-MADLEEN KANE (1979 / like a ship forever sailing)

Space (well... maybe in science fiction)

Clouds Across The Moon-RAH BAND (1985 / flight commander B. R. Johnson on Mars Flight 247)
No Doubt About It-HOT CHOCOLATE (1980 / what was this ship from outta space?)




Trains


A Girl Called Johnny-THE WATERBOYS (1983 / The train came to town, boy she got on it With no looking back, with not a word If she said goodbye, well I never heard But the noise goes on)

Around The World In A Day-PRINCE (1985 / Open your heart, open your mind A train is leaving all day)
Auberge-CHRIS REA (1991 / On the hard fast train On the road to gain)
Back On The Chain Gang-THE PRETENDERS (1982 / we're back on the train)
Bakerman-LAID BACK (1989 / night train)

Boat To Bolivia-MARTIN STEPHENSON & THE DAINTEES (1986 / You can't catch a boat to Bolivia In a hollow train station)

Borderline-CHRI DE BURGH (1982 / I'm standing in the station I am waiting for a train)  
Candybar Express-LOVE & MONEY (1986)

Catch Yer Own Train-THE SILVER SEAS (2024)  
Charlotte Street-LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS (1984 / here comes my train)
Chattanooga Choo Choo-GLENN MILLER (1941), FLOYD CRAMER (1962)
Choo Choo Train-THE BOX TOPS (1968)
City of New Orleans-ARLO GUTHRIE (1972)

Couldn't Stand The Weather-STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN & DOUBLE TROUBLE (1984 / Like a train that stops at every station)
Crazy-AEROSMITH (1992 & 1994 / Say you're leavin' on a seven thirty train and that you're headin' out to Hollywood)
Crazy Train-OZZY OSBOURNE (1980)
The Day Before You Came-ABBA (1982), BLANCMANGE (1983 / my train, I'm certain, left the station just when it was due)

Desert Moon-DENNIS DeYOUNG (1984 / "Is this the train to Desert Moon?" Was all she said... I still can hear the whisper of the summer night It echoes in the corners Of my heart The night we stood and waited for the desert train)
Don't Stop Believin'-JOURNEY (1981 / Just a small-town girl, livin' in a lonely world She took the midnight train goin' anywhere)
Downtown Train-TOM WAITS (1985), ROD STEWART (1989)

Fantastic Day-HAIRCUT 100 (1982 / Well there's a great amount of strain about getting on that train)

The Gambler- KENNY ROGERS (1978 / On a warm summer's evening On a train bound for nowhere I met up with the gambler)
Green, Green Grass Of Home-TOM JONES (1966 / The old home town looks the same as I step down from the train and there to meet me is my Mama and Papa)

Groovy Tain-THE FARM (1990)

Half The World-BELINDA CARLISLE (1992 / the train that takes you from me brings somebody home)

Homeward Bound-SIMON & GARFUNKEL (1966 / I'm sittin' in the railway station Got a ticket for my destination, mmm On a tour of one night stands My suitcase and guitar in hand And every stop is neatly planned For a poet and a one man band)
It's A Man's Man's Man's World-JAMES BROWN (1966 / man made the trains to carry heavy loads)

Joyride-ROXETTE (1991 / She has a train going downtown She's got a club on the moon) 

Justified & Ancient-THE KLF feat. TAMMY WYNETTE (1991)
Justify My Love-MADONNA (1990 / make love in a train cross-country)
King Of The Road-ROGER MILLER (1965 / Third boxcar, midnight train, destination... Bangor, Maine)
La Solitudine-LAURA PAUSINI (1993 / e il treno delle 7:30 senza lui - english translation)

Lady Godiva's Room-SIMPLY RED  (1987 / The day we kissed on the Mistletoe train)
Last Train To Clarksville-THE MONKEES (1966)
Last Train To Heaven-PAUL KELLY & THE MESSENGERS (1986)
Last Train To London-ELO (1979)
Last Train To Trancentral-KLF (1991)
Life In A Northern Town-THE DREAM ACADEMY (1985 / as the train rolled out of sight, bye bye)

Little Girl-SANDRA (1986 / There she is inside a train And now she's leanin' back She's got money for one day And nothing in the rack)
Locomotive Breath-JETHRO TULL (1971 / Thank God, he stole the handle and the train won't stop going)
Long Train Runnin'-DOOBIE BROTHERS (1973), BANANARAMA (1991)
Looking For Linda-HUE & CRY (1988 / I was not looking for Linda, but Linda found me hiding away on the slow train home)
Love At First Sight-GIST (1982 / I was waiting at the station when your train came in)
Love Train-HOLLY JOHNSON (1989)
Love Train-O’JAYS (1972)

Man In The Rain-MIKE OLDFIELD feat. CARA DILLON (1998 / You're no loser, there's still time to ride that train)
Manic Monday-THE BANGLES (1985, 1986 / Have to catch an early train Got to be to work by nine)
Maria-BLONDIE (1999 / your heart beats like a subway train)
Marrakesh Express-CROSBY, STILLS & NASH (1969)
Midnight Train To Georgia-GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS (1973)
Midnight Special-TRADITIONAL / VAN MORISSON (1967)
Missing-EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL (1994 / I step off the train)

Modern Girl-SHEENA EASTON (1980 / It looks like rain again, she takes a train again She's on her way again through London town)
Most Of All-B.J. THOMAS (1970 / I'm at the railway station in Saint Paul)

Mystery Train-ELVIS PRESLEY (1955)
Never Marry A Railroad Man-SHOCKING BLUE (1970 / his heart is at his new train)
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down-THE BAND (1969), JOAN BAEZ (1971 / I drove on the Danville train 'Til so much cavalry came And tore up the tracks again In the winter of sixty-five We were hungry, just barely alive I took the train to Richmond that fell)
Night Train-ANDY TAYLOR (1987)
9 To 5-SHEENA EASTON (1980 / my baby takes the morning train)
Nightrain-GUNS 'N ROSES (1989 / Loaded like a freight train, flyin' like an aeroplane)
One Way Ticket-NEIL SEDAKA (1959), ERUPTION (1978 / choo choo train)
Out Of Time Man-MANO NEGRA (1991 / Tryin' to catch this fuckin train... With my anger and pain in the subway train)

People Get Ready-THE IMPRESSIONS (1965 / People get ready There's a train a comin' You don't need no baggage You just get on board All you need is faith To hear the diesels hummin' You don't need no ticket You just thank the Lord)
Peace Train-CAT STEVENS (1971)

Perfect Timing-Y'AKOTO (2014 / I missed the train I missed the bus I missed the plane The perfect timing)

Rainy Night In Georgia-BROOK BENTON (1969 / a distant moaning of a train Seems to play a sad refrain... Find my place in the boxcar So I take my guitar, to pass some time)

Rescue Me-THE ALARM (1987 / A renegade Rides a runaway train)

Rhinestone Cowboy-GLEN CAMPBELL (1975 / you're down when you're riding a train that's takin' the long way... with a subway token

Riding On A Train-THE PASADENAS (1988 / choo choo train she’s riding)

RockFerry-DUFFY (2007 / the midnight trains are boarding)

Seven Days-JOE COCKER (1982 / I'll be waiting at the station... she's coming in on the Fourth) 

Shooting Shark-BLUE OYSTER CULT (1984 / Want to run the train alone But the engine tracks straight through your heart... Accept the rails remove yourself from her side Do without her love As I lay back in the speeding train)
Slow Train To Dawn-THE THE (1986)
Smalltown Boy-BRONSKI BEAT (1984 / alone on a platform)

Sledgehammer-PETER GABRIEL  (1986 / You could have a steam train If you just lay down your tracks)
Somewhere Down The Crazy River-ROBBIE ROBERTSON (1987 / catch the blue train to places never been before)
Soul Train-SWANS WAY (1984)
Sowing The Seeds Of Love-TEARS FOR FEARS (1989 / the love train rides from coast to coast)
Spanish Train-CHRIS DE BURGH (1975)
Stop That Train-CLINT EASTWOOD & GENERAL SAINT (1983)
Stuck On You-LIONEL RICHIE (1983 / I'm leaving on that midnight train tomorrow)

Summer Rain - BELINDA CARLISLE (1988 / Whispering our goodbyes, waiting for the train I was dancing with my baby in the summer rain)
Sylvia's Mother-DR. HOOK & THE MEDICINE SHOW (1971 / Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's hurryin', She's catchin' the nine o'clock train")
Take It Round Again-THE CRY (1984 / come & catch the train)
That's Love-JIM CAPALDI (1983 / You walk out the door head for the train then in a while you're back again)
This City Never Sleeps-EURYTHMICS (1983 / You can hear the sound of the underground trains <sound of a train>)

This Is The Sea-THE WATERBOYS (1985 / Now I hear there's a train It's coming on down the line It's yours if you hurry You've got still enough time And you don't need no ticket And you don't pay no fee No you don't need no ticket You don't pay no fee Because that was the river And this is the sea!)

Time Passages-AL STEWART (1978 / Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight)
Tom’s Diner-SUZANNE VEGA (1987 / it’s time to catch the train)
Took The Last Train-DAVID GATES (1977)

Town Called Malice - THE JAM (1982 / The ghost of a steam train echoes down my track It's at the moment bound for nowhere)

The Power Of Love-HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS (1985 /   And it don't take money, don't take fame Don't need no credit card to ride this train)
The Train-THE NITS (1988 / "sound of a train")
Train Leaves At 8-MIKIS THEODORAKIS, THE WALKABOUTS (2000)
Trains And Boats And Planes-BURT BACHARACH (1965), DIONNE WARWICK (1966)
Trans Europe Express-KRAFTWERK (1977)

Tunnel Of Love-DIRE STRAITS (1980 / And I've been riding on a ghost train Where the cars they scream and slam)
Ventura Highway-AMERICA (1972 / Waitin' for the early train)
Waiting For A Train- FLASH & THE PAN (1982)
(Waiting For The) Ghost Train-MADNESS (1986)

Waiting To See You-DAN HARTMAN (1986 / You will be here on the next train moving slowly through the warm rain)

Wild Horses-GINO VANNELLI (1987 / And the wind whistles by like a runaway train)

Working In A Goldmine-AZTEC CAMERA (1987 / Waiting on the last train Flicking through the highlights Living in a suitcase Positively uptight)

Wish We Were Heroes-MELISSA MANCHESTER feat. DAVID GATES (1982 / two heroes waiting from the back of a train)  
The Worker-FISHER Z (1979 / The hated journey on the train)
Yellow Moon-THE NEVILLE BROTHERS (1989 / Did you see my baby, walking down the railroad tracks?)


Special category: Jumping or riding someone else's train

Don’t Cross The River-AMERICA (1972 / If you want you can ride my train)
Heartbeat City-THE CARS (1984 / when you jumped that train)
Jumping Someone Else's Train-THE CURE (1979) 

When Love Comes To Town-U2 featuring B. B. KING (1988 / I’m gonna jump that train)



Metaphorically-Allegorically:

A Song For The Lovers-RICHARD ASHCROFT (2000 / I'm moving like a train into some foreign land I ain't got a ticket for this ride, but I will)
Born On The Bayou-CCR (1969 / Wishin I were a fast freight train, Just a chooglin on down to new orleans)
Downbound Train-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (1984)

Dream Weaver-GARY WRIGHT (1975 / I’ve just closed my eyes again, climbed aboard the dream weaver train)
I'm On Fire-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (1984 / and a freight train running in the middle of my head)
Passengers-ELTON JOHN (1984) 
Rain In The Summertime-THE ALARM (1987 / sweat, like a train I come)
Runaway Train-SOUL ASYLUM (1992)
Shooting Shark-BLUE OYSTER CULT (1983 / wanna run my train alone but the engine tracks straight through your heart)
Train Of Thought-A HA (1985)

When The Going Gets Tough-BILLY OCEAN (1985 / Your love's like a slow train coming)
You Drive Me Crazy-SHAKIN' STEVENS (1981 / my heart starts speeding like a train on a track)



Various

Get Here-BRENDA RUSSELL (1988), OLETA ADAMS (1990)
Lyrics:
You can reach me by railway,
you can reach me by trailway
You can reach me on an airplane,
you can reach me with your mind
You can reach me by caravan,
cross the desert like an Arab man
I don't care how you get here,
just - get here if you can
You can reach me by sail boat,
climb a tree and swing rope to rope
Take a sled and slide down the slope,
into these arms of mine
You can jump on a speedy colt,
cross the border in a blaze of hope
I don't care how you get here,
just - get here if you can
There are hills and mountains between us
Always something to get over
If I had my way, surely you would be closer
I need you closer
You can windsurf into my life,
take me up on a carpet ride
You can make it in a big balloon,
but you better make it soon
You can reach me by caravan,
cross the desert like an Arab man
I don't care how you get here,
just - get here if you can
I don't care how you get here,
just -- get here if - you can.

ANTI DRUG & DRUG SONGS

"Drug" songs

The Drugs Don't Work - THE VERVE (1997)
First We Take Manhattan - LEONARD COHEN (1988 / the drugs that keep you thin)
I Want A New Drug - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS (1983)
Love Is The Drug - ROXY MUSIC (1975), SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE JUKES (1984)
Love Is A Stranger - EURYTHMICS (1982 / love is a dangerous drug)
Sex & Drugs & Rock’n’roll - IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS (1977)




Cocaine in songs

Across 110th Street - BOBBY WOMACK (1972/3)
Cocaine - J.J. CALE (1976 & 1977), ERIC CLAPTON (1977)

Cocane In My Brain - DILLINGER (1976)

Cocaine Decisions - FRANK ZAPPA (LP The Man From Utopia, 1983)
Der Kommissar - FALCO (1982 / Den "Schnee" auf dem wir alle Talwärts fahr'n)
Ganz Wien - FALCO (1982 / Ist heut auf Heroin...träumt mit Mozambin... greift auch zu  Kokain)

My Love - KOVACS (2014 / My love, no more whiskey and cocaine)
No Coke - DR. ALBAN (1990)
God Part II - U2 (LP Rattle & hum, 1988 / I don’t believe in cocaine, I got a speedball in my head)
I Get A Kick Out Of You - FRANK SINATRA (1962 / Some they may go for cocaine)
Kokain - EXTRABREIT (1983)
Loser - BECK (1994 / cocaine nose job)
Maracaibo - LU COLOMBO (1980 & 1982 / cokaina)
Make Your Own Way - CINDERELLA (1990 / drove me to cocaine eyes by the age of 15)
Smuggler’s Blues - GLEN FREY (1984 / cocaine, hash)
Sugar Walls - SHEENA EASTON (1984 / written by Alexander Nevermind a.k.a. Prince)
White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) - GRANDMASTER FLASH (1984), DURAN DURAN (1995)
You Could Be Mine - GUNS N' ROSES (1991 / and your cocaine tongue)




Heroin in songs

Big in Japan - ALPHAVILLE (1984)

Golden Brown-THE STRANGLERS (1982)
Heroin - VELVET UNDERGROUND (1967 / Heroin, be the death of me... Heroin, it’s my wife & it’s my life)
Hurt-NINE INCH NAILS (1995), JOHNNY CASH (2002)
King Heroin - JAMES BROWN (1972)

Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth - DANDY WARHOLS (1998 / heroin is so passe)
Snowblind - STYX (1981)
Under The Bridge-RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS (1991)
You Are My Heroin - BOY GEORGE (LP Tense nervous breakdown, 1988)


see:
Ενας Νέγρος Θερμαστής από το Τζιμπουτί - ΒΑΣΙΛΗΣ ΠΑΠΑΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ (1979 / Μου `λεγε πώς καπνίζουνε στο Αλγέρι το χασίς και στο Άντεν πώς χορεύοντας πίνουν την άσπρη σκόνη)




Various

Along Comes Mary - THE ASSOCIATION (1966 / Mary: Marijuana)
Ashes To Ashes - DAVID BOWIE (1980 / We know Major Tom's a junkie)
Brown Sugar - ROLLING STONES (1971)

Burnt By The Sun - SOPHIE SOLOMON feat. RICHARD HAWLEY (2005 / Prozac)
Captain Jack - BILLY JOEL (LP Piano Man, 1973)
Changes - TUPAC (1998 / give the crack to the kids who the hell cares... more black & white are smoking crack tonight)
Country House - BLUR (1995 / knocking back Prozac)
La Cucaracha - TRADITIONAL MEXICAN SONG (piano puede caminar, porque no tiene, porque le palta, marijuana que fumar)
Don’t Mess With Dr.Dream - THOMPSON TWINS (1985)
Down Under - MEN AT WORK (1982 / full of zombie / zombie: Australian slang for Marijuana)
Eight Miles High - BYRDS (1966)

First Six Months Of Love - MICHELLE GUREVICH (Gone on a serotonin ride, 2016)
Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky) - MARVIN GAYE (1971)

The Future-LEONARD COHEN (1992 / give me crack & anal sex)
Got To Get You Into My Life-THE BEATLES (1966 / the song refers ro Marijuana)
Hanging Around - THE STRANGLERS (1977)
Hassan I Sahba - HAWKWIND (1977 / hashish)

I Got 5 On It - LUNIZ (1995 / refers to Marijuana)
I’m Waiting For The Man - THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (1967),VANESSA PARADIS (1992)
Itchycoo Park-SMALL FACES (1967 / What did you do there? I got high)
Johnny - THIN LIZZY (1976 / he broke into a drugstore to cure his daily need / over just a little dope / just another juiced up junkie)
Legalize it / Bush Doctor - PETER TOSH (1976 / 1978, Marijuana)

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - BEATLES, ELTON JOHN (LSD)
Me Gustas Tu - MANU CHAO (2001 / Marijuana)
Mr. Tambourine Man - BOB DYLAN (1965-1966), BYRDS (1966)
Monkey - GEORGE MICHAEL (1987)
Mothers Little Helper - ROLLING STONES (1966)
My Brother's A Basshead - DE LA SOUL (1991 / about crack addicts)
Narcotic - LIQUIDO (1997 / Mary Jane)
Numbers - SOFT CELL (1983 / you're looking so thin these days, are you doing speed)
Original Prankster - OFFSPRING (Prozac can make it better)
Pretty Paracetamol - FISHER Z (1979)
Puff The Magic Dragon - PETER PAUL & MARY (1963 / OST Meet the parents: R. DE NIRRO & BEN STILLER)

Queen Of ChinaTown - AMANDA LEAR (1977 / opium queen)
Say No Go - DE LA SOUL (1989)
Senorita-JAMES (2001 / Mary Jane's on the game again: Marijuana - also see: Serotonin)
She Took My Soul In Istanbul - MARC ALMOND (1988 / hashish)
Sign O The Times - PRINCE (1987 / she came across the needle... high on crack)
Sister Morphine -THE ROLLING STONES (1969)
Special K - PLACEBO (2000 / Ketamine)
That Smell - LYNYRD SKYNYRD (1977 / got a monkey on your back)
The Pusher - STEPPENWOLF (1967)
Time To Pretend - MGMT (2005)
White Rabbit - JEFFERSON AIRPLANE (1967)
LP & single: Psychocandy - JESUS &MARY CHAIN (1985 / Marijuana)

see:
Ταξιδιάρα Ψυχή - ΤΡΥΠΕΣ (1985)
Τι Να Σου Προσφέρω-2002 GR (1983)

Bands named after drug related terms

DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS

DOOBIE BROTHERS, THE

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE

JESUS & MARY CHAIN, THE

MARY JANE GIRLS
MOTÖRHEAD
PROZAC

...OR SO THEY SAY

Famous (and not so famous) sayings in songs


Action Speaks Louder Than Words

Thin Line Between Love & Hate-PERSUADERS (1971), THE PRETENDERS (1984 / action speaks louder than words)




All Good Things Must End

A Summer Song- CHAD & JEREMY (1964 / all good things must end someday)
I Know There’s Something Going On-FRIDA (1982 / I know a good thing must end)
I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World-RONNIE MILSAP (1981 / They say that all good things must end)
Just The Way It Is-THE REMBRANDTS (1991 / all good things must end)
Touch Me In The Morning-DIANA ROSS (1973 / nothing good is gonna last forever)




All Is Fair In Love & War

Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy-KID CREOLE (1982 / all is fair in love & war)
Butterfly On A Wheel-MISSION (1989 / wise men say all is fair in love and war)
Fade-PARIS ANGELS (1991 / all is fair in love and war)

&
Power Of Love-HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS (1985 / they say that all in love is fair)




Beauty

Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor Doctor)-ROBERT PALMER (1979 / a pretty face don’t make a pretty heart)
Beauty’s Only Skin Deep-ASWAD (1989)
Handsome Dudes-HELEN REDDY (1983 / mama always told me you can't judge a book by its cover)
Your Mirror-SIMPLY RED (1992 / And your beauty lies within you)

Clothes Don't Make The Man

Freedom 90 - GEORGE MICHAEL (sometimes the clothes do not make tha man)




Don't Know What You Got Till It's Gone

Big Yellow Taxi- JONI MITCHELL (1970)
Don't Know What You Got Till It's Gone- CINDERELLA (1988)

Mandolin Rain- BRUCE HORNSBY & THE RANGE (1986 / you don't know what you got till you lose it all again)

Something Happened On The Way To Heaven -PHIL COLLINS (1989 / We had a life, we had a love But you don't know what you've got 'til you lose it)

Ignorance Is Bliss

River Of People - LOVE & MONEY (1986)

The Stars We Are - MARC ALMOND (1988)




No Good Deed Goes Unpunished (cynical)

Something To Remind You - STAIND (2011)




Nothing Lasts Forever

Another Cup Of Coffee-MIKE & THE MECHANICS (nothing ever lasts forever)

Coming Around Again-CARLY SIMON (I know nothing stays the same)
Dust In The Wind-KANSAS (nothing lasts forever than the earth & sky)
Everybody Wants To Rule The World-TEARS FOR FEARS (nothing ever lasts forever)
I Believe In You-KYLIE MINOGUE (nothing lasts forever)

Love Is A Shield-CAMOUFLAGE (1989 / but nothing is quite forever, especially staying together)
The Man With The Child In His Eyes-KATE BUSH (1977 / they say no no, it won’t last forever)
Nothing Lasts Forever-ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN (LP Evergreen, 1997)

Nothing Lasts Forever-GOO GOO DOLLS (2025)
Nothing Lasts Forever-MAROON 5 (LP It Won't Be soon Before Long, 2007)
November Rain-GNR (nothing lasts forever)
Only Forward-NAOMI (2008 / nothing can last forever)
Same Old Scene-ROXY MUSIC (1980 / nothing lasts forever)

Summer Of 69-BRYAN ADAMS (1984 / I guess nothing can last forever)

Swept Away-DIANA ROSS feat. JEFF BECK (1984 / nothing lasts forever)
The More You Live, The More You Love-A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS (1984 / they say that nothing lasts forever)

Touch Me In The Morning-DIANA ROSS (1973 / Hey, wasn't it me who said That nothin' good's gonna last forever?)

&

Change Your Mind-SHARPE & NUMAN (1985 / nothing ever stays the same)

Cherish-KOOL & THE GANG (1984, nothing stays the same)

I'll Be Over You-TOTO (nothing stays the same)

You Left Your Mark On Me- MARTY BALIN (1981, nothing ever stays the same)

also

I Know Him So Well-ELAINE PAGE & BARBARA DICKSON (1984 / Nothing it so good it lasts eternally)

The Search Is Over-SURVIVOR (1984 / Can we last forever, do we fall apart The times it's so confusing, the questions of the heart)

Old Habits Die Hard

Old Habits Die Hard - MICK JAGGER (OST Alfie, 2004)

The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions

Something To Remind You - STAIND (2011)





What You Don't Know, Doesn't Hurt You

Jackie - SCOTT WALKER

paraphrase: 

What You Don't Know - EXPOSE (might hurt you)




You Can't Always Get What You Want

Waiting For The Day - GEORGE MICHAEL
You Can't Always Get What You Want- THE ROLLING STONES




Various

Anything Can Happen - WAS (NOT WAS)

Lyrics: Successful romance Comes when you leave it up to chance There's nothing you can do When the fire burns low And your heart turns cold It comes to you Out of the blue

Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe - BARRY WHITE

Lyrics: I've heard people say that Too much of anything is not good for you, baby

Can't Help Falling In Love - ELVIS PRESLEY

Lyrics: only fools rush in

Desert Moon - DENNIS DeYOUNG 

Lyrics: They say first love never runs dry

Dude (Looks Like A Lady) - AEROSMITH
Lyrics: So never judge a book by its cover Or who you gonna love by your lover

Every Kinda People - ROBERT PALMER

Lyrics: Honest men know that revenge does not taste sweet 

Everybody Gets A Scond Chance - MIKE + THE MECHANICS
Lyrics: Now there was someone I heard him say That the best laid plans Sometimes go astray

Fragile - STING 

Lyrics: nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could

Hail Hail Rock & Roll - GARLAND JEFFREYS

Lyrics: You can't judge a man by looking at the marque

Help Yourself - TOM JONES (1968)
Lyrics: We're always told repeatedly The very best in life is free

I Can't Stop Loving You - DON GIBSON (single, 1957)  RAY CHARLES (single, 1962)

Lyrics: They say that time heals a broken heart But time has stood still since we've been apart, yeah

I Heard It Through The Grapevine - MARVIN GAYE

Lyrics: People say you believe half from what you see Non non none from what you hear I can't help being confused If it's true won't tell me here

I Go Crazy - PAUL DAVIS

Lyrics: They say old lovers can be good friends

Jack & Diane - JOHN COUGAR (1982)

Lyrics: they say life goes on Long after the thrill of livin' is gone

Just The Two Of Us - GROVER WASHINGTON Jr. & BILL WITHERS
Lyrics: Good things might come to those who wait Not for those who wait too late

One Lonely Night - REO SPEEDWAGON (1984)

Lyrics: They say it's darkest right before the dawn But oh those darkest hours can be so long

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - THE PLATTERS 

Lyrics: they said someday you'll find, all who love are blind 

Time Flies - VAYA CON DIOS (1992)

Lyrics: They say you can learn from your mistakes It's a lie My redemption has been staged Numerous times

RUNNING IN THE FAMILY

Mothers, Fathers, Sisters & Brothers (Various family members)

A Special Kind Of Man-ROGER WHITTAKER (1975 / my brother was a poet & a ...)
All You Zombies-HOOTERS (1985 / sons & daughters)

Bad Boys-INNER CIRCLE (1987 / You chuck it on your mother and you chuck it on your father You chuck it on your brother and you chuck it on your sister)

Family Man-FLEETWOOD MAC (1987 / Mother, Father, Brother)
I Want Your Sex-GEORGE MICHAEL (1987 / I’m not your father, I’m not your brother, talk to your sister)
Money$ Too Tight Too Mention-VALENTINE BROTHERS, SIMPLY RED (1985 / brother, father)
Our House-MADNESS (1982 / father, mother, sister, brother)
Razzmatazz-PULP (1993)

Sarah Yellin'-3 DOORS DOWN (2002)
Shame And Scandal In The Family-LANCE PERCIVAL (1965)
Sunday Bloody Sunday-U2 (1983 / mothers, children, brothers, sisters torn apart)
What’s Going On-MARVIN GAYE (1971), CYNDI LAUPER (1986)
You’re The Voice-JOHN FARNHAM (1986 / we’re all someone’s daughter, we’re all someone’s son)




Mama & Papa songs

Advice For The Young At Heart-TEARS FOR FEARS (1989 / while they play mothers & fathers we play little boys & girls)
Bow Down-THE HOUSEMARTINS (1988 / Mother, father I think that I would rather stay at home with you for another year)
Brother Louie-HOT CHOCOLATE (1973 / to meet his mama & papa)
Evangeline-ICICLE WORKS (1987 / my mother loved the bayou my daddy worked the land)
Fast Car-TRACY CHAPMAN (1988 / See my old man's got a problem He live with the bottle that's the way it is He says his body's too old for working His body's too young to look like his My mama went off and left him)
Fight For Your Right-BEASTIE BOYS (1986 / your pop caught you smoking man he says no way / your mom busted in said what’s that noise)
From The Hip-LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS (1988 / without a father figured I / mother your wretched son)
Girl In A Million-DREAM ACADEMY (1985 / daddy... mammy)
Give It Away-RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS (1991 / papa, mama)
Gypsys Tramps & Thieves-CHER (1971 / mama...papa)
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)-ALAN SHERMAN (1963)
Keep The Faith-BON JOVI (1992 / mother…father)
Living With The Law-CHRIS WHITLEY (1991 / daddy, mama)
Love & Marriage-FRANK SINATRA (1955 / Dad was told by mother you can’t have one without the other)

Love Of The Common People-THE FOUR PREPS (1967), PAUL YOUN (1983 / Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can)
No Son Of Mine-GENESIS (1991 / mother, his words, I thought about him)
Papa Was A Rollin' Stone-THE TEMPTATIONS (1972)
Polk Salad Annie-T.J.WHITE (1968 / mama.. ..daddy... ...brothers)
Smoke-NATALIE IMBRUGLIA (1997 / where are you dad, mum’s looking sad)
Summertime-GEORGE GERSHWIN (your daddy’s rich & your mom is good looking)
Sunny Afternoon-KINKS (1966 / ma & pa)
That's All Right Mama-ELVIS PRESLEY (1954 / Mama she done told me Papa done told me too)
Telephone Mama-GAZEBO (1984 / telephone mama, pa)
Through The Barricades-SPANDAU BALLET (1986 / mother doesn’t know where love has gone / father made my history)
To The Moon & Back-SAVAGE GARDEN (1997 / Mama never loved her much, Daddy never keeps in touch)
Tobacco Road-NASHVILLE TEENS (1964 / Mama died and my daddy got drunk)
What’d I Say-RAY CHARLES (1959 / tell your mama, tell your pa I’m gonna send you back to Arkansas)
When Doves Cry-PRINCE (1984 / papa, father, mama)




Brothers & sisters

Are You Ready-PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC (1970), STAPLE SINGERS (1985 / brothers & sisters)
Be Thankful For What You Got-WILLIAM DeVAUGHN (1974), MASSIVE ATTACK (1991 / brothers & sisters)
Deliverance-THE MISSION (1990 /Brother, sister, give me, give me)
Disco 2000-PULP (1995 / our mothers said we could be sister and brother)
Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)-ROZALLA (1991 / brother & sister)
If I Had A Hammer-TRINI LOPEZ (1963 / the love between my brothers & my sisters)
The Look Of Love-ABC (1982 / sisters & brothers)
Me & The Farmer-HOUSEMARTINS (1987 / like brother like sister)
One-U2 (1991 / sisters & brothers)
Promised Land-JOE SMOOTH (1989), THE STYLE COUNCIL (1989 / sisters, brothers)
(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang-HEAVEN 17 (1981 / brothers, sisters)

see also:

We Are Family-SISTER SLEDGE (1979 / I got all my sisters with me)

Mama

Always On The Run-LENNY KRAVITZ (1991 / my mama said)

Baby Hold On-EDDIE MONEY (Mama's always told you, girl That money can't buy you love)
Bad News-MOON MARTIN (1981 / Mama tell me)
Band On The Run-PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS (1973 / Mama you Mama you)
Billie Jean-MICHAEL JACKSON (1982 / mother always told me)
Bobby Jean-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (1984 / your mother said you went away)
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy-ROD STEWART (1978 / so I can phone my mother)

Days Like This-VAN MORRISON (1995 / Well my mama told me there'll be days like this)
Dear Mama-2PAC (1995 / 1999)
Don’t Stop The Dance-BRYAN FERRY (1985 / Mama says truth is all that matters)
Faron Young-PREFAB SPROUT (1985 / every mother’s son’s romantic / frantic)
For Mama-MATT MONRO (1964)
Gangsta's Paradise-COOLIO (1995 / even my mama thinks that my mind is gone)
Girls Just Want To Have Fun-CYNDI LAUPER (1983 / My mother says when you gonna live your life right)

Handsome Dudes-HELLEN REDDY (1983 / Now, mama always told me That you can't judge a book by its cover And I realize the same applies When you're picking out a lover...!)
Hey Mambo-BARRY MANILOW featuring KID CREOLE (1987 / did your mama teach you that)

I'll Always Love My Mama-THE INTRUDERS (1973)
Knocking On Heaven's Door-BOB DYLAN (1973)
Little James-OASIS (2000 / for you & your mom & that’s all)
Look Mama-HOWARD JONES (1985)
Love Fool-THE CARDIGANS (1996 / mama tells me I shouldn’t bother)
Mama-GENESIS (1983 / though the song refers to a prostitute)
Mama-SPICE GIRLS (1996)
Mama Help Me-EDIE BRICKEL & THE NEW BOHEMIANS (1990)
Mama Said-THE SHIRELLES (1961)
Mama Said Knock You Out-LL COOL J (1990)
Mama Used To Say-JUNIOR (1982)
Mama Weer All Crazee Now-SLADE (1972), QUIET RIOT (1984)

Missionary Man-EURYTHMICS (1986 / My mother told me good My mother told me strong. She said "Be true to yourself And you can't go wrong." "But there's just one thing That you must understand." "You can fool with your brother But don't mess with a missionary man.")
Ms. Jackson-OUTCATS (2001 / Never meant to make your daughter cry)
Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter-HERMAN'S HERMITS (1965)
Oh Mother-CHRISTINA AGUILERA (2007)
The Old Man Gown The Road-JOHN FOGERTY (1984 / he make the young girl’s mama cry)
Shakespeare’s Sister-THE SMITHS (1985 / No, Mama, let me go!)
Simple Man-LYNYRD SKYNYRD (1973 / Mama told me when I was young)
Summer of ‘69-BRYAN ADAMS (1983 / standing on your mama’s porch)
Sylvia's Mother-DR. HOOK & THE MEDICINE SHOW (1971 / please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her)
That’s The Way-CULTURE CLUB (1983 / mama had tears in her eyes)
Thinking Of You-LENNY KRAVITZ (1998 / tell me mama)
Too Late To Turn Back Now-CORNELIUS BROTHERS & SISTER ROSE (1972 / My mom told me)
Treat Her Like A Lady-THE TEMPTATIONS (1984 / When I was young, my mama used to say, Boy A woman's like a flower, with love on her you shower)
Whatever Wil Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)-DORIS DAY (1956 / I asked my mother what will I be)
White Rabbit-JEFFERSON AIRPLANE (1966 / the ones -pills- that mother gives you)

Will You Be There-MICHAEL JACKSON (1991 / Carry me Like you are my brother Love me like a mother)
You Can’t Hurry Love-THE SUPREMES (1966), PHIL COLLINS (1982 / my mama said)
You Don’t Fool Me-QUEEN (1995 / Mama said be careful of that girl)




Papa (Father & son)

Alcoholic-STARSAILOR (Don't you know you got your daddy's eyes)
Annie. I'm Not Your Daddy-KID CREOLE & THE COCOCUTS (1982)
Born On The Bayou-CCR (1969 / Now, when I was just a little boy, Standin to my daddys knee, My poppa said, son, dont let the man get you)
Boy Named Sue-JOHNNY CASH
Cat’s In The Cradle-HARRY CHAPIN
Don’t Cry Daddy-ELVIS
End Of The Innocence-DON HENLEY
Get That Beat-SHARP TIES (Daddy says)
Green, Green Grass Of Home-TOM JONES (1966 / The old home town looks the same as I step down from the train,and there to meet me is my Mama and Papa)
I’m On Fire-BRUCE (Hey little girl is your daddy home)
Jet-WINGS (was your father as bold as Sergeant major)
Jonah-BREATHE (I think of what my father told me)
Leader Of The Pack-SHANGRI-LAS (my Dad said find someone new)
The Living Years-MIKE & THE MECHANICS (see: movie Frequency)
Lover Lover-IAN McCULLOGH ..father....
Love Her Madly-DOORS ..wanna be her daddy...
My Father’s Eyes-ERIC CLAPTON
My Father’s Son-JOE COCKER
N'Oubliez Jamais-JOE COCKER (1997)
Oh Daddy-FLEETWOOD MAC (1977)
One Way-THE LEVELLERS (my father when I was young)
Papa-PAUL ANKA
Papa Don’t Preach-MADONNA
Papa Was Too-JOE TEX
Runaway-BON JOVI (when your daddy’s gonna talk to you.. daddy’s girl)
Running In The Family-LEVEL 42 (our dad... dad rang the officer in charge... brother Joe & me)

Wishful Thinking-CHINA CRISIS (I sat on the roof And watched the day go by I see the likeness in his smile and the way he stands Makes it all worthwhile)

CHILDREN IN SONGS

Suffer the children

Another Brick In The Wall-PINK FLOYD (1979)
Ask Me-AMY GRANT (1991 / about child abuse)
Child Of The Universe-BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST (1974)
The Children Are Crying-BLACK MACHINE (LP The Album, 1992)
Happy Children-P. LION (1983)
Luka-SUZANNE VEGA (1987 / about child abuse)
School-SUPERTRAMP (1974)
Suffer The Children-TEARS FOR FEARS (1983 / vocals by little Caroline Orzabal)
When The Children Cry-WHITE LION (1987)




Childrens voices in chorus'

Adult Education-HALL & OATES (1983)
Aeroplane-RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS (1995)
Another Brick In The Wall-PINK FLOYD (1979)
Get A Life-SOUL II SOUL (1989)
Happiness Is Easy-TALK TALK (1986)
Love Oh Love-LIONEL RICHIE (1992)
Play Some Rock-LIQUIDO (2000)
Sing-CARPENTERS (1973)
We Don’t Need Another Hero-TINA TURNER (1985 / all the children sing)
Youth Of The Nation-POD (2002)
&
Had A Dream-ROGER HODGSON (1984 / a baby's cry... children's voices)

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Songs referring to children in general

Children-ROBERT MILES (1996)
Children Say-LEVEL 42
Greatest Love Of All-G. BENSON (I believe that children are our future, teach them well)
School’s Out-ALICE COOPER

DRIVING... BUT NOT CARS

Songs "driving" you crazy

Boom Boom-PAUL LEKAKIS (1986 / you’re driving me crazy)
The Boys Are Back In Town-THIN LIZZY (1976 / driving all the old men crazy)
Cry Like A Baby-THE BOX TOPS (1968 / living without you is driving me crazy)
Do You Love Me-BRIAN POOLE & THE TREMELOES (1963 / driving me crazy)
Driven By You-BRYAN MAY (1991 / I love you but you drive me crazy)
Great Balls Of Fire-JERRY LEE LEWIS (1957 / you drive me crazy... too much love drive a man insane)
Hot Dog-SHAKIN’ STEVENS (1980 / drives me crazy)
Jack Knife Beat-RORY GALLAGHER (1976 / don’t drive me crazy)
Julia-PAVLOV’S DOG (1975 / you drive me crazy)
Laid-JAMES (1993 / driving me crazy)
Last Night A DJ Saved My Life-INDEEP (1982 / you know you drive me crazy baby)
Lonesome Loser-LITTLE RIVER BAND (1979 / his loneliness is driving him crazy)
Love Bites-DEF LEPPARD (1987 / making love to you might drive me crazy)
Music-MADONNA (2000 / it’s gonna drive me crazy)

My Girl-DONNIE IRIS (1981 / she's driving me crazy)
9 To 5-DOLLY PARTON (it’s enough to drive you crazy if you let it)
The People Next Door-RAY PARKER Jr. (driving me crazy)
Saturday Night-WHIGFIELD (I’ll drive you crazy)
She Drives Me Crazy-FYC
So Into You-ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION (driving me crazy)
Stars-SIMPLY RED (driving me crazy)
Take It Easy-EAGLES (don’t let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy)
Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)-SHEENA EASTON (1983 / like knowin' when the phone is gonna ring, too many times and it'll drive you crazy)
Tutti Frutti-LITTLE RICHARD (I got a girl named Daisy, she almost drives me crazy)
You Can’t Deny It-LISA STANSFIELD (1989 / we drive each other crazy)
You Drive Me Crazy-SHAKIN’ STEVENS (1981)
You See The Trouble With Me-BARRY WHITE (it’s gonna drive me crazy)




Songs "driving" you mad

All The Things She Said-t.a.T.U. (2002 / it’s driving me mad)
I Need Your Love So Bad-TED TAYLOR (driving me mad)
I Want You (She’s So Heavy)-BEATLES (it’s driving me mad)
Johnny The Fox-THIN LIZZY (It drove the old man (his father) mad)
Jungle Love-STEVE MILLER BAND (jungle love it’s driving me mad)
Stupid Girl-GARBAGE (what drives you on can drive you mad)
Ticket To Ride-BEATLES (driving me mad)
Turn It On Again-GENESIS (1980 / driving me mad)




Driving "driving" you insane

Belladonna-UFO (maybe I’m crazy, maybe you drive me insane... driving rain)
Crazy Train-OZZY OSBOURNE, FUN LOVIN CRIMINALS (driving me insane)
Great Balls Of Fire-JERRY LEE LEWIS (too much love drive a man insane... you drive me crazy)
Hands To Heaven-BREATHE (I can’t believe this pain, it’s driving me insane)
Hole In My Soul-AEROSMITH (1997 / driving me insane)
I Like It-GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS (you‘re driving me insane)
Into Deep-BLINK 182 (driving me insane)

Love You Inside Out-BEE GEES (1979 / you're driving me insane)
Mad About You-HOOVERPHONIC (it’s driving me insane)
Sheila-TOMMY ROE (her name drives me insane)
Singing In The Shower-RITA MITSUKO feat. THE SPARKS (red hot kisses drive us insane)
Tear Me Apart-SUSI QUATRO (1977 / I’ll drive you insane)
Would I Find Love-DIZZY HEIGHTS (driving me insane)




Songs "driving" you out of your mind

If You’re Not Here By My Side-MENUDO (it’s the waiting that’s driving me out of my mind)
If You Can’t Give Me Love-SUSI QUATRO (you were driving me out of my mind)
Poison-BELL BIV DEVOE (it’s driving me out of my mind)
Satellite Of Love-LOU REED (drive me out of my mind)




Songs "driving" you wild

Heart Of Rock’n’roll-HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS (really drives them wild)
I Was Made For Loving You-KISS (something that drives me wild)
Midsummer Night-KENNY ROGERS (1983 / driving me wild)
Missing You-JOHN WAITE (it’s almost driving me wild)
Round & Round-NEW ORDER (something that drives me wild)




Songs "driving" you "around"

Big Log-ROBERT PLANT (driving me on, drive me down)
Cry Me A River-JULIE COVINGTON (you nearly drove me out of my head)
Driving My Life Away-EDDIE RABBITT
Hot Summer Nights-MIAMI SOUND MACHINE (driven by desire)
Something So Strong-JIM CAPALDI (driving me on)
That Don’t Impress Me Much-SHANIA TWAIN (you drive me up the wall)
This Corrosion-SISTERS OF MERCY (driven apart)

ECOLOGY, WORLD PEACE & UNIVERSAL LOVE IN SONGS

1) Ecology

Beautiful Day-U2 (LP All That You Can't Leave Behind, 2000)
Beds Are Burning-MIDNIGHT OIL (LP Diesel & Dust, 1988)

Big Yellow Taxi-JONI MITCHELL (1970)
Blue Sky Mine-MIDNIGHT OIL (LP Blue Sky Mining, 1990)

The Chant Has Begun-LEVEL 42 (LP True Colours, 1984)

Colors Of The Wind-VANESSA WILLIAMS (OST Pocahontas, 1995)
Dreamer-OZZY OSBOURNE (2001)

Earth Song-MICHAEL JACKSON (1995)
Fall On Me-R.E.M. (LP Life's Rich Pageant, 1986)
I.G.Y.-DONALD FAGEN (LP The Nightfly, 1982)
I Breathe-VACUUM (1997)
I'd Love To Change The World-TEN YEARS AFTER (LP A Space In Time, 1971)
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)-MARVIN GAYE (LP What's Going On, 1971)

Now Is The Time-JIMMY JAMES & THE VAGABONDS (1976)
Our Earth Was Once Green-RUNRIG (1987)
Saltwater-JULIAN LENNON (1991)
Sweet Harmony-THE BELOVED (1992 / LP Conscience, 1993)

This Is The World Calling-BOB GELDOF (1986)
What A Wonderful World-LOUIS ARMSTRONG (1967)




2) World Peace & Universal Love

Across The Universe-THE BEATLES (1969)
Age Of Reason-JOHN FARNHAM (1988)
All Together Now-THE FARM (1991)
Caravan Of Love-ISLEY JASPER ISLEY (1985), THE HOUSEMARTINS (1987)

Circle Of Life-ELTON JOHN (OST The Lion King, 1994)
For What It's Worth-BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD (1967)
Fragile-STING (1987), ISAAC HAYES (1995)

Freedom For The World-PAUL ANKA (1988)

From A Distance-NANCI GRIFFITH (1987), BETTE MIDDLER (1990)
Games Without Frontiers-PETER GABRIEL (LP Peter Gabriel 3, 1980)
Get Together-WE FIVE (1965), THE YOUNGBLOODS (1967)

Happiness Is Easy-TALK TALK (1986)
Harvest For The World-THE ISLEY BROTHERS (1976), THE POWER STATION (1985), THE CHRISTIANS (1988)
Heal The World-MICHAEL JACKSON (LP Dangerous, 1991)
If Only I Could-SYDNEY YOUNGBLOOD (LP Feeling Free, 1989)
Juxtapozed With U-SUPER FURRY ANIMALS (2001)

Lean On Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)- RED BOX (1985)
Like To Get To Know You Well-HOWARD JONES (1984)
Love Is The Answer-UTOPIA (1977), ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY (1979)
Love Train-O'JAYS (1972)

Peace Throughout The World-MAXI PRIEST (LP Bonafide, 1990)

People Are People-DEPECHE MODE (1984)
Think For A Minute-THE HOUSEMARTINS (LP London 0 Hull 4, 1986)
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding-BRINSLEY SCHWARZ (1974), ELVIS COSTELLO (1978)

Where Is The Love?-THE BLACK EYED PEAS (LP Elephunk, 2003)
Will We Ever Learn-OLETA ADAMS (LP Circle Of One, 1990)




3) ... and other social issues (hunger, poverty etc.)

Another Day In Paradise-PHIL COLLINS (1989)

Fly Like An Eagle-STEVE MILLER BAND (1976), THE NEVILLE BROTHERS (1992), SEAL (1996)

If I Had A Hammer-THE WEAVERS, PETER PAUL & MARY (1962), TRINI LOPEZ (1963)
North Winds-THE STRANGLERS (LP Aural Sculpture, 1984)

One Better Day-MADNESS (1984)

Total Eclipse-KLAUS NOMI (1981)

BLIND... SONGS

“Blindness” in songs
(No disrespect ment to all the sightless people out there)

Always On My Mind-ELVIS (1972 / I'm sorry, I was blind)

Angel Of The Morning-JUICENEWTON (1981 / And if we're victims of the night I won't be blinded by the light)
Being With You-SMOKEY ROBINSON (1981 / or can it be that like love I am blind)

Better Be Good To Me-TINA TURNER (1984 / did you think I'd just accept you in blind faith?)
Blind-TALKING HEADS (1988)
Blinded By The Light-MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND (1973)
Can I Play With Madness-IRON MAIDEN (1988 / he said you're blind, too blind to see)
Change Of Heart-CYNDI LAUPER (1986 / blind leading blind)
Changes-BLACK SABBATH (1972 / my heart was blinded)

Come Undone-DURAN DURAN (1993 / We'll try to stay blind To the hope and fear outside)
Connected-STEREO MC’S (1992 / I ain’t gonna go blind)

Crucified-THE FIXX (1991 / Was I so blind to see?)
Don’t Play Your Rock’n’roll To Me-SMOKIE (1975 / I ain’t so blind that I can’t see)

Dumb-THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH (1998 / It doesn't take a labrador To show a blind man sun)

Every You Every Me-PLACEBO (1999 / Like the naked leads the blind)

Everything-JODY WATLEY (1989 / I was too blind to see When you belonged to me)
Extreme Ways-MOBY (2002 / too much can make me blind)

Faded Flowers-SHRIEKBACK (1985 / these eyes are blind)
Fever-STARSAILOR (2001 / I must have been blind)
Fine Time-YAZZ (1988 / tell me now was I so blind)
For The First Time-KENNY LOGGINS (1997, OST One Fine Day / Now I wonder how I could of been so blind)

Forever Blue-SWING OUT SISTER (1989 / Close your eyes but you still see, though love is blind)
Gimme Hope Jo'anna-EDDY GRANT (1988)

Goodbye My Lover-JAMES BLUNT (2005 / love is blind)
Handbags & Gladrags-ROD STEWART (1969), STEREOPHONICS (2001 / Ever seen a blind man cross the road)
Heart Of Stone-DAVE STEWART (1994 / maybe I’m just too blind too see)
Him-RUPERT HOLMES (1979 / I’m not blind)
Honesty-BILLY JOEL (1978 / if you look for truthfulness you might just as well be blind)
Horsin’ Around-PREFAB SPROUT (1985 / Lord just blind me, don’t let her innocent eyes remind me)

I Can See Clearly Now-JOHNNY NASH (1967 / Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind)

(I’ll Love You) Till the End of the World-NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (1991 / And the blind pencil seller waving his stick)
I’d Rather Go Blind-CHICKEN SHACK (1968)
I Go Crazy-PAUL DAVIS (1977 / I realized that I was blind)
In The Ghetto-ELVIS (1969), NICK CAVE (1984 / are we that blind to see)
I’m Sorry-BRENDA LEE (1960 / love is blind & I was too blind to see)

Islands In The Stream-KENNY & DOLLY (1983 / tender love is blind)
I Only Have Eyes For You-THE FLAMINGOS (1959), MARILYN SCOTT (OST TWINS) (blind love)
Jocelyn Square-LOVE & MONEY (1988 / you blinded me, I refused to see your doubt)
Inspector Mills-AMERICA (1982 / I was blinded by the look in her eyes)

La Habanera-YELLO (1987 / Pedro Comacho The former informer of the secret police Is still standing outside the club Pretending to be blind)
The Last To Know-JOHNNY HATES JAZZ (1991 / I never knew I could be so blind)

Left In The Dark-BARBRA STREISAND (1984 / I should have known that it was coming to this But I must have been blind)
Let Me Be-DARYL BRAITHWAITE (1989 / If I’m blind when will I see)
Lion’s Mouth-KAJAGOOGOO (1984 / take my blindfold)
The Lover In Me-SHEENA EASTON (1988 / they say love is blind)
Maggie May-ROD STEWART (1971), WET WET WET (1989, I’m as blind as a fool can be)
The Message-GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE feat. MELLE MEL & DUKE BOOTEE (1982 / blind to the ways of mankind)
Miracle-JON BON JOVI (1990, I’ve got big plans, so big that any blind man could see)
Movin’ On Up-PRIMAL SCREAM (1992 / I was blind but now I see)

Never Gonna Give You Up-RICK ASTLEY (1987  / Don't tell me you're too blind to see)

The Night-ANIMALS (1983 / Like a blind man I feel you deep down inside I'm over the edge)
Nite & Day-AL B. SURE! (1988, love is blind)
No One In The World-ANITA BAKER (1987 / I must have been blind)

Nothing Left To Lose-THE WIPERS (1986 / Please don't say not a single thing Nothing but words, anyway Is this just a blind obsession Or was it destiny?)

One Wild Night-BON JOVI (2000 / blinded by the moonlight)
Pandora's Box-OMD (1991 / And it's a long long road But you're too blind to see)
Paranoid-BLACK SABBATH (1970 / I can't see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind)
Phantom Of The Opera-STEVE HARLEY & SARAH BRIGHTMAN (1986 / you give your love to me, for love is blind)
Pretending To Care-TODD RUNDGREN, DARYL BRAITHWAITE (1989), JENNIFER WARNES, (1992 / If I was blind, would you still be my eyes)
Powerful Stuff-FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS (make a blind man take a second look)
Put A Quarter In The Juke Box-BARRY MANILOW & RONNIE MILSAP (1981 / I’m sure it’s true that love is blind)
She Blinded Me With Science-THOMAS DOLBY (1982)
She Bop-CYNDI LAUPER (1983 / They say I better stop - or I'll go blind)
She Gives Me Love-GODFATHERS (1989 / make a blind man see)
Sister Of Mercy-THOMPSON TWINS (1984 / she’s blinded by the light)

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes-THE PLATTERS (all who love are blind)
So In Love-OMD (1985 / I was running blind)

That's The Way Love Goes-JANET JACKSON (My love is blind, can't you see my desire?)
Too Lost In You-SUGABABES (2003 / this love's got me blind)
Undercover Agent For The Blues-TJ WHITE (I was blinded by the blackness of her long silk stockings)
Up On The Down Side-OCEAN COLOR SCENE (2001 / these blind communications only last throughout the years)

When You Believe-MARIAH CAREY & WHITNEY HOUSTON (OST The Prince Of Egypt, 1998 / when you're blinded by your pain)
Why-ANNIE LENNOX (1992 / I may be mad I may be blind I may be viciously unkind)

Why Do I Keep You?-TELENOVA (2022 / Restless, blinded by my love I sink below the deep blue)

Working In A Goldmine-AZTEC CAMERA (1987 / Our love's the sound Of broken skies Too blind to see What lies inside)

You Might Need Somebody-RANDY CRAWFORD (1981 / She'd be blinded through the cold and I It can warm your lonely nights)
You See The Trouble With Me-BARRY WHITE (1976 / I’m like a blind man who lost his way)

Window Blind (Περσίδες)

Angie Baby - HELEN REDDY (1974)

Lyrics: Stopping at her house is a neighbor boy With evil on his mind 'Cause he's been peekin' in Angie's room At night through her window blind

Canoë Rose - VIKTOR LAZLO (1985)

Lyrics: Le soleil essaie de se glisser Par le store vénitien

Cat People (Puttin' Out Fire) - DAVID BOWIE (1982)

Lyrics: See these eyes so red Red like jungle burning bright Those who feel me near Pull the blinds and change their minds

Cuts You Up - PETER MURPHY (1990)

Lyrics: I find you in the morning After dreams of distant signs You pour yourself over me Like the sun through the blinds

Don't Leave Home - DIDO (2004)

Lyrics: When I've been here for just one day You'll already miss me if I go away So close the blinds and shut the door You won't need other friends anymore

Lebanese Blonde - THIEVERY CORPORATION (1998)

Lyrics: Now I can hear the sun The clouds drifting through the blinds

Set Adrift On Memory Bliss - PM DAWN (1991)

Lyrics: The camera pans the cocktail glass Behind a blind of plastic plants I found the lady with the fat diamond ring Then you know I can't remember a damn thing

Tonight’s The Night - ROD STEWART (1976)

Lyrics: Stay away from my window Stay away from my back door, too Disconnect the telephone line Relax, baby, and draw that blind

Blindfolded

Automatic - THE POINTER SISTERS (1983)

Lyrics: No way to control it It's totally automatic Whenever you're around I'm walking blindfolded

The Lion's Mouth - KAJAGOOGOO (LP Islands, 1984)

Lyrics: Take away my chains Don't want to see 'em again Take away my misery Take away my blindfold

Blindsided

Aces High - IRON MAIDEN (LP Powerslave, 1984)

Lyrics: Move in to fire at the mainstream of bombers Let off a sharp burst and then turn away Roll over, spin round to come in behind them Move to their blindsides and firing again Bandits at 8 o'clock move in behind us Ten ME-109s out of the sun Ascending and turning our Spitfires to face them Heading straight for them, I press down my guns