Same artist, Same Title, Different Song
07-06-09 | 04:42 PM
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Same artist, Same Title, Different Song
In 1984, the British pop band Wham! had a hit song called "Freedom".
In 1990, former Wham! lead singer George Michael had a hit with another song called "Freedom" (although the official title of the song is "Freedom '90", I've never heard it referred to in this way; it's always just "Freedom").
Although the songs were sung by the same person and had the same title, that's the only thing they had in common. GM's version is not a "cover", it's a totally different song.
Has there ever been another case of a band having a hit song and a member of that band having having a hit later on with a different song that had the same title?
Cover versions, no matter how different they might be from the original, don't count, and neither do "Chubby Checker style" rewrites of the same song (aren't there something like a dozen or more different versions of "The Twist"?).
What say you?
In 1990, former Wham! lead singer George Michael had a hit with another song called "Freedom" (although the official title of the song is "Freedom '90", I've never heard it referred to in this way; it's always just "Freedom").
Although the songs were sung by the same person and had the same title, that's the only thing they had in common. GM's version is not a "cover", it's a totally different song.
Has there ever been another case of a band having a hit song and a member of that band having having a hit later on with a different song that had the same title?
Cover versions, no matter how different they might be from the original, don't count, and neither do "Chubby Checker style" rewrites of the same song (aren't there something like a dozen or more different versions of "The Twist"?).
What say you?
07-06-09 | 05:42 PM
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re: Same artist, Same Title, Different Song
They Might Be Giants have:
(She Was A) Hotel Detective
She Was A Hotel Detective
(She Was A) Hotel Detective In The Future
All three are very different songs.
(She Was A) Hotel Detective
She Was A Hotel Detective
(She Was A) Hotel Detective In The Future
All three are very different songs.
07-06-09 | 05:50 PM
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07-06-09 | 06:25 PM
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Why does Heartbreaker not count? They're different songs, not covers.
One that comes to mind is "I Kissed a Girl," which was a minor hit in 1995 by Jill Sobule. Recently, Katy Perry had a hit with a song of the same name.
Oh crap, I just read the OP. Never mind.
One that comes to mind is "I Kissed a Girl," which was a minor hit in 1995 by Jill Sobule. Recently, Katy Perry had a hit with a song of the same name.
Oh crap, I just read the OP. Never mind.
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07-06-09 | 06:34 PM
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Bruce Dickinson / Iron Maiden The Wickerman
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07-06-09 | 08:44 PM
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The Beatles had electric Revolution and accoustic Revolution, which were more or less the same song, and Revolution #9, which was a very different song.
07-06-09 | 08:52 PM
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07-06-09 | 08:56 PM
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I don't foresee many examples that fully comply.
07-06-09 | 08:59 PM
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Chris Rea - two songs called "Texas" that are not the same in any way. They are not 'hits' though but both appear on different studio albums.
07-06-09 | 09:50 PM
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How about "Hold Me Tight", first by The Beatles, then a different song later on by Paul McCartney?
07-07-09 | 12:02 AM
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Not 100% exact, but very close:
Prior to Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder was in a band called Bad Radio...while they never had any official/major label releases, they did record and self release two different demo tapes in 1989....on their second tape (entitled What The Funk), they had a song called "I'm Alive"....
Then, obviously afterwards (a year later), he wrote "Alive" with PJ...both songs are completely different from one another....granted, the Bad Radio song was not a hit, but this is almost another example...
(Bad Radio also recorded Better Man, but that was the same song he later brought out of the past for PJ.....)
Prior to Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder was in a band called Bad Radio...while they never had any official/major label releases, they did record and self release two different demo tapes in 1989....on their second tape (entitled What The Funk), they had a song called "I'm Alive"....
Then, obviously afterwards (a year later), he wrote "Alive" with PJ...both songs are completely different from one another....granted, the Bad Radio song was not a hit, but this is almost another example...
(Bad Radio also recorded Better Man, but that was the same song he later brought out of the past for PJ.....)
07-07-09 | 11:50 AM
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Re: Same artist, Same Title, Different Song
In 1984, the British pop band Wham! had a hit song called "Freedom".
In 1990, former Wham! lead singer George Michael had a hit with another song called "Freedom" (although the official title of the song is "Freedom '90", I've never heard it referred to in this way; it's always just "Freedom").
Although the songs were sung by the same person and had the same title, that's the only thing they had in common. GM's version is not a "cover", it's a totally different song.
Has there ever been another case of a band having a hit song and a member of that band having having a hit later on with a different song that had the same title?
Cover versions, no matter how different they might be from the original, don't count, and neither do "Chubby Checker style" rewrites of the same song (aren't there something like a dozen or more different versions of "The Twist"?).
What say you?
In 1990, former Wham! lead singer George Michael had a hit with another song called "Freedom" (although the official title of the song is "Freedom '90", I've never heard it referred to in this way; it's always just "Freedom").
Although the songs were sung by the same person and had the same title, that's the only thing they had in common. GM's version is not a "cover", it's a totally different song.
Has there ever been another case of a band having a hit song and a member of that band having having a hit later on with a different song that had the same title?
Cover versions, no matter how different they might be from the original, don't count, and neither do "Chubby Checker style" rewrites of the same song (aren't there something like a dozen or more different versions of "The Twist"?).
What say you?
07-07-09 | 12:19 PM
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My Dying Bride had a song on their Debut called "Sear Me", then "reimagined" the song 2 more times over 10 or 15 years. Same basic riff and lyrical theme, but still VASTLY different songs.
07-07-09 | 02:54 PM
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The closest example I can think of is that King's X has songs called "Sometime" and also "Sometimes." They are 2 entirely different songs and were recorded quite a few years apart.
07-07-09 | 03:09 PM
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This almost counts:
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, had two songs titled:"Joan of Arc" on Architecture & Morality but was forced to rename one: "Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans)" by the suits.
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, had two songs titled:"Joan of Arc" on Architecture & Morality but was forced to rename one: "Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans)" by the suits.
07-07-09 | 03:59 PM
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Re: Same artist, Same Title, Different Song
One other one I can think of that is an "almost" match is U2 having a song on The Unforgettable Fire called "Elvis Presley and America", then doing a song under the Passengers pseudonym called "Elvis Ate America".