20 songs that give the album its title
10 November 2024, 09:00 | Updated: 2 May 2025, 16:20
You know when they say the title of the movie in the movie? It’s like that, but with albums.
What are we talking about? Well, it's when a lyric from a song throws up the phrase or word that gives its parent album its title. Here’s Peter Griffin from Family Guy to explain this X-List.
Family Guy - say the title of a movie in the movie
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The Streets - Has It Come To This?
“Original pirate material / You’re listening to The Streets / Lock down your aerial / Make yourself at home.”
The Streets - Has It Come to This? (Official Video)
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Pink Floyd - Brain Damage
“And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes / I'll see you on the dark side of the moon.”
Pink Floyd - Brain Damage
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Arctic Monkeys - D Is For Dangerous
"I think you should know you're his favourite worst nightmare.”
Arctic Monkeys - D Is For Dangerous
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Elbow - Grounds For Divorce
“Mondays is for drinking to the seldom seen kid.”
Elbow - Grounds For Divorce
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Interpol - NYC
“It's up to me now, turn on the bright lights.”
Interpol - NYC
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Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
“I found it hard, it's hard to find / Oh well, whatever, never mind.”
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
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The Cure - Close To Me
“But if I had your faith / Then I could make it safe and clean / Oh, if only I was sure / That my head on the door was a dream.”
The Cure - Close To Me
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Blur - For Tomorrow
"Turns it off and makes some tea / Says modern life, well, it's rubbish.”
Blur - For Tomorrow
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Muse - Starlight
“Our hopes and expectations / Black holes and revelations.”
Muse - Starlight [Official Music Video]
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Radiohead - 2+2=5
"I swat 'em like flies / But like flies, the buggers keep coming back / Not, but I'm not / All hail to the thief"
2 + 2 = 5
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Pixies - Mr Grieves
“Pray for a man in the middle / One that talks like Doolittle”
Pixies.- Mr. Grieves (Live 1989)
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Editors - Camera
"If we hide, they look in the back room.”
Editors - Camera
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The Chemical Brothers - Galvanize
"The time has come to... PUSH THE BUTTON"
The Chemical Brothers - Galvanize (Official Music Video)
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Guns N'Roses - Locomotive (Complicity)
"You can use your illusion / Let it take you where it may / We live and learn / And then sometimes it's best to walk away."
Locomotive (Complicity)
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Maximo Park - Once, A Glimpse
"Slipping under sliding down / All I need is a certain trigger / The path you take will never make you happy / All I need is a certain spur"
Maxïmo Park - Once, A Glimpse
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The Breeders - Cannonball
"Blown to hell, crash / I'm the last splash"
The Breeders - Cannonball
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U2 - Bullet The Blue Sky
"In the locust wind comes a rattle and hum" (the original version of the track appeared on the Joshua Tree album; there's a live version on the Rattle & Hum album.
Locomotive (Complicity)
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The Killers - The World We Live In
"I heard a rumour that you quit this day and age"
The Killers - The World We Live In
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Depeche Mode - Lie To Me
"Make me think that at the end of the day / Some great reward will be coming my way."
Lie To Me
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The Fratellis - Henrietta
"These are crazy times down at Costello music"
The Fratellis - Henrietta (Official Music Video)
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De La Soul - The Magic Number
"How high's the water, mama? Three feet high and risin'" - a sample of Johnny Cash, no less.
Five feet high and rising - Johnny Cash
