Same Song Titles

[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/17/13 at 5:32pm

I was ripping Patti LaBelle music and I saw the song "On My Own" and I wondered when did she ever sing selections from Les Miserables. Then I realized it was an entirely different song.

What are other songs that have the same title?

I know there are three versions of Suppertime.

[all that jazz]

Posted: 7/17/13 at 5:37pm

There is yet another On My Own on Bells are ringing.

Also two of my favorite songs share the same title, Someone like you, Jekyll/Adele

Updated On: 7/17/13 at 05:37 PM

[ahhrealmonsters]

Posted: 7/17/13 at 5:42pm

There are a bunch of songs called "Home"- Beauty & The Beast, one by Scott Alan. There are probably more.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 7/17/13 at 5:50pm

Then there is Fever… Peggy Lee and the one by Judas Priest.

[all that jazz]

Posted: 7/17/13 at 5:51pm

There are also three songs named Never Never Land.

The glorious timeless classic from Peter Pan, the Scott Allan version and apparently a hip hop one, which I have very little interest in hearing.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 7/17/13 at 6:05pm

"Once in a Lifetime"

There's at least four: the David Byrne, the Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse, the Keith Urban, and the Beyonce

"All Through The Night"

At least three: the Cole Porter, the Johnnie Mercer/Arthur Schwartz, and the Cyndi Lauper
Updated On: 7/17/13 at 06:05 PM

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 7/17/13 at 6:43pm

all that jazz, there's a fourth "Never Never Land" with lyrics by Moose Charlap (the original lyricist of the Broadway version before Comden and Green were brought in) and more recent music by Richard Sherman (of the "Sherman Brothers").

The lyrics were re-discovered shortly before Disney released PETER PAN on DVD, so they asked Richard to set them to music. Paige O'Hara (original Belle of BATB) sings the song as an "extra" on the DVD.

At the moment, one can download the song sung by the composer or another woman I don't know. Richard's own version is rather sweet and touching. It ranks with the best of the composer-sings-his-own-song genre.

[all that jazz]

Posted: 7/17/13 at 6:52pm

I did not know that, thanks for the info!

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 7/17/13 at 7:03pm

You're welcome. I downloaded the Sherman version and it has really grown on me. There's something very poignant about an elderly man singing that song. (I also met him briefly and he was incredibly nice. I'm sure that colors my opinion.)

[Wynbish]

Posted: 7/17/13 at 7:21pm

Stay has multiple well-known songs

[Jon]

Posted: 7/17/13 at 9:08pm

Maria - West Side Story and Sound of Music.

Happily Ever After - Once Upon a Mattress and (cut from) Company.

There are also songs called "Home" in The Wiz and the Yeston "Phantom".

Of course, both versions of The Wild Party opened with "Queenie Was a Blonde".

[jnb9872]

Posted: 7/17/13 at 11:39pm

There are more songs that share titles than I can count.

Even iconic songs share titles. "New York, New York" from On the Town was well-known enough to command the full title "Theme from New York, New York" from Kander & Ebb, but Ryan Adams has a great song that uses "New York, New York" anyways.

[After Eight]

Posted: 7/17/13 at 11:48pm

Dear Friend: Tenderloin and She Loves Me
Beautiful: Madame Aphrodite and A Family Affair
I Hate Him: Destry Rides Again and Carnival!
Garbage: Shoestring Review and Dear World
I Love You: Mexican Hayride and Little Me

[jackieoh]

Posted: 7/17/13 at 11:58pm

You and I - Chess/Gaga
Electricity - Billy Elliot/Joni Mitchell
Cold Shoulder - Adele/Amy Ray
Blue - Joni Mitchell/Lucinda Williams/Leann Rimes/Eiffel 65

Also there are three different artists who have given their songs the very original title of "Love Song" - Cure (covered by Adele) Sara Bareilles, and Rihanna

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 7/18/13 at 3:13pm

"Dear Friend: Tenderloin and She Loves Me"

Not only the same title, After Eight, but also, as I'm sure you know, the same song writers.

[MaddieBB12]

Posted: 7/18/13 at 3:17pm

'I Believe' from both 'Spring Awakening' and 'The Book of Mormon'.
Ironically, BOTH played at the Eugene O'Neil theatre and both won the Tony for Best Musical, and the GRAMMY for the Musical Theatre album in their respective years.

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/18/13 at 3:42pm

Titles aren't copyrightable.

Only content.

Some titles can be trademarked as part of a brand, but good luck with that.

Warner Bros. recently sued Disney over "Oz the Great and Powerful" since they tried to rush the title into trademark protection, but it didn't work. Even though it was initially used in the MGM film, owned by Warner Bros. (in the book he says, "I am Oz, the Great and Terrible!"), the court said no-go and didn't allow it.

[Jon]

Posted: 7/18/13 at 5:28pm

There's also "Beautiful" in Sunday in the Park With George.

A title can be trademarked if the songwriter coined the phrase himself. Rodgers & Hammerstein trademarked "Some Enchanted Evening" to prevent anyone using as the name of a restaurant, perfume, beer, sexual lubricant, whatever.

[all that jazz]

Posted: 7/18/13 at 7:32pm

I just found out there is another All That Jazz!!


Ella Fitzgerald- All That Jazz

[After Eight]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 8:03am

"as I'm sure you know"

If you're sure I know, then why bother telling me?

Anyhow, here's another:

When I Grow Up: Listen to the Wind and Matilda.

[Jon]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 11:29am

There's also a "When I Grow Up" in the 1930's revue "Pins and Needles".

[all that jazz]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 11:41am

There's also The Pussycat Doll's "When I Grow Up."

[Jon]

Posted: 7/20/13 at 12:13pm

"I Love my Wife" from I DO, I DO
and
"I Love My Wife" from, well... I LOVE MY WIFE.