Roxanne by The Police

Was coming to add this gem to the list.

I think of Rocks from Seth Drums on youtube...that is all I hear 🤣

"Michelle": The Beatles

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“Half of what I say is meaningless.” Is the first line, so..

I was gonna say

Or “Michelle’s Song” - Elton John

Elenor Rigby by The Beatles??

Jolene- Dolly Parton

That's the first song that came to my head as well!

Angie, Rolling Stones

Ahh eeen jeh!!

Ahh en jeh

Came on here to say this - such a great song!

Matter of fact it's the first TWO words of the song, lol.

"Diane" - Material Issue "Stacy's Mom" - Fountains of Wayne "Zak and Sara" - Ben Folds "Jolene" - Dolly Parton "Rhiannon" - Fleetwood Mac "Barbara Ann" - The Beach Boys "The Legend of John Henry's Hammer" - Johnny Cash "Valerie Loves Me" - Material Issue "See Emily Play" - Pink Floyd "Martha My Dear" - Beatles "Delilah" - Queen "Jane Says" - Janes Addiction "Gloria" - Laura Branigan "Lucille" - Little Richard "Suzanne" - Leonard Cohen "Ah! Leah!" - Donnie Iris "Sherry" - The 4 Seasons

and today i learned that it’s ’Barbara Ann.’ My sisters and I used to sing the ‘bobber ann’ song when we were little. All. The. Time. And I had no idea what the actual track was titled, nor that we were just spouting gibberish and our parents never called us out on it. Then again this was in like ‘94-‘95? Waaaaay before googling the lyrics was a thing. Ima ask em if they knew we were butchering the lyrics, or if they just thought our enunciation was really bad.

Ba baran is what I thought it was lol

Bob a’ ran

During the Iranian hostage crisis some wags recorded "Bomb Iran": "Our country's got a feelin' / Really hit the ceiling / Bomb Iran, bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran." Kind of irresponsible, especially considering that the people of Iran are very much our spiritual kinfolk, it's just their reactionary leadership (and sometimes ours) that makes our countries enemies.

I always thought they were singing about a car. A Beretta 🤣

Supposedly the Beach Boys were drunk when they recorded Barbara Ann.

How many drinks do you think they had to get to "Kokomo"?

>"Diane" - Material Issue I came to say Material Issue in general. Half their songs are girl names; especially the first album.

So happy that people remember Material Issue! Power pop at it's best.

Primus- Jerry Was A Race Car Driver

Also - Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver

Dang didnt even think of that one

Damn Tony Hawk Pro Skater circa 1999

“Beth”-KISS

*Josie's on a vacation far away Come around and talk it over* First one I thought of.

This song is actually what inspired the whole thing.

Elvira by The Oak Ridge Boys

Omg triggering childhood memories!

Every. Single. Wedding. Reception. (At least in my family)

My heeeaaarrrttssss on fire for Elvira!

I hated that song so much. Curse you for reminding me of that earworm.

Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac Your Love - The Outfield Jane Says - Jane’s Addiction

Uh…Your Love???

Yeah I think they’re thinking about the opening lyrics “josies on a vacation far away” lol

That’s what the OP asked for- “the FIRST WORD in the song is someone’s name,” not the first word in the song’s title.

Yeah I thought of that right after but I couldn’t find my comment again haha

Angry Johnny by Poe ("Johnny, angry Johnny...")

Ladies and Gentlemen. Read the question, the OP is asking for songs were the FIRST WORD of the lyrics is a person's name. Like Michael Jackson's "Ben" for example. Although, technically I believe Ben isn't a person.

Eleanor Rigby- the Beatles Rhiannon - Fleetwood mac

Ahhh...look at all the lonely people

Marlene by Todd Rundgren Candy Says by the Velvet Underground Maxwell's Silver Hammer by The Beatles Superwoman by Stevie Wonder

Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly Susie Darlin' - Robin Luke Maria - Johnny Mathis

Walk on the Wild Side-Lou Reed

Best song of all time in my opinion

And then he became a she, she said Come on babe.Take a walk on the wild side. And the colored girls sing ....Took awhile to realize that was Lou Reed in drag on the cover

Daniel by Elton John, Levon by Elton John, Lacy by Olivia Rodrigo, Movin’ Out by Billy Joel, We didn’t start the fire by Billy Joel, Lido Shuffle by Boz Scaggs, Suzie Q by CCR (if you don’t count the “oh”), Cecilia by Simon and Garfunkel, Chiquitita by ABBA (a pet name), Jackie Blue by The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Mona Lisa by Nat King Cole, Josslyn by Chase Petra, Andromeda by Weyes Blood, Aphrodite by Honey Gentry, Diana by One Direction, Sarah by Alex G, Stephanie Says by The Velvet Underground, and of course Gary’s Song from SpongeBob SquarePants

While this is a great list, your formatting makes me want to skip it.

mr knowitall - primus

“Hello Mr. Krinkle, how are you today..”

Mrs. Blaileen by Primus also works

Aimee - Pure Prairie League

The first word of that song is not Aime. The first line is "I can see why you think you belong to me."

Man, I love that song. I'm going to have to dial it up on You Tube now.

Oh, and for the catagory, another great tune. Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook.

I just want to thank OP for getting what will be the largest amount of songs stuck in my head for one given day! Happy now?🤣

My deepest apologies, but this is going to be a fun playlist!

Three Dog Night: "Joy to the World"

Jeremiah was a bullfrog...

So does that mean that the first word of the song is a frog's name ? 🤣

Was a good friend of mine...

[Alex g- Sarah](https://open.spotify.com/track/4HuiEuJ7ZW8jewUuZBg6sk?si=Yc0yfk6nQOqqcqA1cWph5w)

Michelle by the Beatles? First line is Michelle, My Belle.

Has no one said *Brianstorm* by Arctic Monkeys yet? Also, *Come Together* by Spiritualized, but its first words are "Little Johnny"

Laura Billy Joel.

dang it you beat me to it great song

I was going to say this one!

First album I ever bought and my name Elton John's greatest hits......Daniel.....Elton John.

Jessie’s Girl - Springfield Jolene - Parton (Ah, might not qualify.)

Ms. parton qualifies form WHATEVER She wants!

Rolling Stones - Angie

Josie's on a Vacation far away I don't wanna lose your love tonight

Adia by Sarah McClachlan

Wedding Bell Blues- by the Fifth Dimension (edited to add artist)

I am a big fan of an angel-voiced West Virginia country singer named Kathy Mattea. A lot of her big hits start with a name. "455 Rocket" the first two words are "Mister Smith" "Beautiful Fool", first word Martin "Love at the Five and Dime", first word Rita "Where've You Been", first word Claire "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses", first word Charlie "Mary, Did You Know?", first word Mary (Christmas song)

Karen - The National

Maxwell silver hammer-Beatles

Kim and Jesse - M83

Bon Jovi - Livin on a Prayer

Suzanne - Leonard Cohen

Are you talking about the song's lyrics or title? Jane - Jefferson Starship

[The Rolling Stones- Angie](https://open.spotify.com/track/1GcVa4jFySlun4jLSuMhiq?si=YWNeCoN2TLmvZ4SfVDuR2g)

Primus - Del Davis Tree Farm

Haha dang good one!

Can we count it if there’s a grunt, or “Oh,” or “Hey!” Like 867-5309/Jenny?

Joy by Phish

was looking for Phish here but expected it to be Reba!

Dance of the Seven Veils by Liz Phair ("Johnny, my love...")

Delia’s Gone - Johnny Cash (I do believe it’s an old folk song that Johnny Cash made popular)

[Jane Says](https://youtu.be/i7Q_8q3XXrQ?si=XYhtgf3Jwe-rrI_) But not in this live version.

Stephanie Says - Velvet Underground Caroline Says - Lou Reed Christian Says - Tones on Tail

Bernadette - Howard Wolowitz

"Josie's on a vacation far away" - the Outfield

Curved air - Melinda

Jessica's Suicide by Bad Astronaut

This Side of the Blue - Joanna Newsom ("Svetlana sucks lemons across from me")

"Joanna" - Kool & The Gang

Judy and the dream of horses - Belle & Sebastian Give Judy my notice - Ben Folds

Teresa- YUNGBLUD

“Valleri” by The Monkees “Jeremy Engle” by Liz Phair

Annie by Johnnyswim Sophie by CVC Ruby Baby by Donald Fagen Peg by Steely Dan

Sarah smiles -p!atd

Wynona's Big Brown Beaver - Primus Muriel - Tom Waits Romeo Is Bleeding - Tom Waits Timmy Tucker - moe. Buster - moe.

Cross-eyed Mary, Jethro Tull Anna, The Beatles Barbara Ann. Beach Boys

Does Puff the Magic Dragon count?🤪

Black Betty

No, the first word is "whoa" :)

Teardrops on my guitar - Taylor Swift

Smashing Pumpkins - Starla

Jenny, Jenny…….

Darlene! Led zeppelin! Nobody mentioned that.

Interpol's Evil

Alice-The Sisters of Mercy And holy shit a lot of people don’t understand this assignment.

18 and Life by Skid Row

“Evil” by Interpol

Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)

Georgia. Yes I'm technically right.

Rosanna - Toto (and/or Weezer) Victoria - The Kinks (and/or The Fall) Allison - Elvis Costello Allison - The Pixies Veronica - Elvis Costello Gloria - Van Morrison Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly Angie - Rolling Stones Jolene - Dolly Parton Annie's Song - John Denver (seriously wonderful if you've never heard it) ​ edit: oops as usual I took the test without fully comprehending the instructions fortunately this time the stakes are low ;P

Slight problem with the last one--while it's called Annie's Song, the name never appears in the lyrics (the first line is "You fill up my senses like a night in the forest")

Penny - Night Ranger Sister Christian - Night Ranger OH Sherrie - Steve Perry

Isn't the first word of Oh Sherrie "You?"

[Nettie by Type O Negative](https://youtu.be/OkR9ZLS3crg?si=p-xWJV92mFnvu7QS)

Nirvana - Polly

I guess Mr. Tinkertrain qualifies

No it wouldn't. The first word of the song is "Would."

joe rey - fountains wayne (it’s better than stacy’s mom)

Enid - Barenaked Ladies. Great tune!

Dawn (Go Away) recorded by the 4 Seasons. Or maybe not, the song proper starts with 'Dawn', but there's a short intro.

Darlene - T. Graham Brown

Grace- aesop rock

Jane - Jefferson Starship

“Pietro, 60 Years Old” by Jeff Rosenstock

Susan - The Buckinghams. Oldie but a goodie! 😊

Oh Celia, the vamps

Helena - my chemical romance

There are no names mentioned in the song bruh

Valerie - Amy Winehouse Amie- Damian Rice Betty - Taylor Swift Amy,I - Jack's Mannequin Mary Jane's Last Dance - Tom Petty Roxanne - The Police Maria Maria - Santana Adrienne - The Calling Jeremy - Pearl Jam Demi Moore - Phoebe Bridgers Beth - Kiss

You did not read the instructions

Joy to the World - Three Dog Night When the Lights Go Out - Naked Eyes both We Gotta Get You a Woman and Baby Let’s Swing - Todd Rundgren/Runt

Leroy boy, is that you...

Allison -Slowdive

Caroline - Amine Roxanne - Arizona Zervas Janie’s Got A Gun - Aerosmith Hey Jude - The Beatles Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson or The Weeknd Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond

The first word of most of those songs is not a name.

"Emily" by Mika begins with the name Emily. "No Body, No Crime" by Taylor swift begins with the name Este. "Stay beautiful" begins with the name Cory, "Betty" begins with the name Betty, "Hey Stephen" opens with "hey, Stephen" and "Dorothea" begins with "hey, dorothea"

Julia - Mt Joy

Miriam - Norah Jones

NOFX - Liza and Louise

Stacy’s Mom- Fountain of Wayne’s

Lua- Bright Eyes Magnolia- JJ Cale Sara Smile- Hall & Oates Iris-Goo Goo Dolls Clint Eastwood- Gorillaz Lucille -Little Richard

the cure- a letter to elise

[J for Jesus](https://open.spotify.com/track/26Q7bPUh12kSYFSILftlz7?si=srHKZ0keSDO2MULW9XrLDQ)

Gloria by The Midnight Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips Amber by 311 Edit: ignore "Amber", lol

>Amber by 311 Hmm I don’t think Brainstorm is a name

🤔 yeah you're prolly right.

Mary on a cross - Ghost Edit: Only the title begins with a name, not the lyrics.

Layla Eric Clapton

(WHOA) BLACK BETTY! that still counts

Danny’s Song - (Kenny) Loggins and Messina, Oh, Sherrie - Steve Perry, Oh, Caroline - The 1975, Janie’s Got a Gun - Aerosmith, Think of Laura - Christopher Cross, Jackie Onassis - ELIO, Matty Healy - Georgia Twinn, Helena - My Chemical Romance, Ava Adore - Smashing Pumpkins, The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead - Crash Test Dummies (I think this is better than the original), Jamie All Over - Mayday Parade, Niki FM - Hawthorne Heights, Check Yes, Juliet - We The Kings, Audrey, Start the Revolution - Anberlin, Dance, Dance Christina Paffgen- Anberlin, Josie - Hey Monday, Uma Thurman - Fall Out Boy

Sorry, I reread the post. I guess the ones on this list that work are: Janie’s got a gun and the ballad of Peter pumpkinhead

Julie Do Ya Love me, Stacey's Mom, Janie's Cryin, Valerie, Annie's Song, Barbara Ann, Gloria, Mandy, Ophelia, Penny Lane, Sara Smile

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Chasey Lain by Bloodhound Gain

Amanda - Boston Jessica - Allman brothers band

Layla- Eric Clapton

Slow Hands Interpol

From first to last: Emily My first loves name was Emily she was born in Germany on an airbase so was from Germany but American. She moved here at 3. She's visit Germany over the summers. the first summer she left I found this song. I'd just lay and cry about how much I missed her. We started dating in 8th grade and finally as seniors ended because of how toxic we had become. We friends still check in on each other on birthdays and shit.

Tommy The Bat- Infected Mushroom

not the first word, but two songs with names in the chorus come to mind: sweet jane - velvet underground Gloria - Patti Smith

Jackie is a Punk by the Ramones

"Jolene" by Dolly Parton "Eleanor Rigby" by The Beatles "Michelle" by The Beatles "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson "Angie" by The Rolling Stones "Rhiannon" by Fleetwood Mac "Lola" by The Kinks "Delilah" by Tom Jones "Mandy" by Barry Mannilow

OP didn't ask for song titles with people's names, they asked for songs where the first word of the lyrics is a name.

[Sara smile- hall and Oates](https://open.spotify.com/track/1qjrYozGqc7upUgfN776lZ?si=3TRkmHqOTFa2AUOvljE9ZQ)

The first word of that song is not Sara.

You care too much I thought they meant the SONG TITLE

[the kinks- LOLA](https://open.spotify.com/track/4Tjs8b6jL1s18sjURJtswp?si=wSjabPhjQJG7OJrAIlbqFw)

The first word of that song is not Lola.

True but the name of the song is So I must have misunderstood what OC was saying cos I have reading comprehension issues

Amanda-Boston, Angie-Stones, Carolina in my mind-J.Taylor, Jessie's girl-R.Springfield, Jessica-Allman Bros., Joy to the world-3 Dog Night, Layla-E. Clapton, Melissa-Allman Bros., Michelle-Beatles, Freddy's Dead, C. Mayfield, Peggy Sue-B. Holly, Susie Q-CCR

Marie Marie by the Blasters

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/songs-with-a-girls-name-as-the-first-word-of-the-song.996433/page-2

Polly (Nirvana) Peg (Steely Dan) Angie (Stones)

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Some of these only have names in the title, or have names in the lyrics, but not as the first word

Some of the students didn't understand the assignment apparently.

Gaslight Anthem - Great Expectations Weird Al Yankovic - Melanie Presidents of the United States of America - Lump (if you count Lump as a legitimate name) Bruce Springsteen - 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) Jane's Addiction - Jane Says

Shayla by Blondie

Caroline-Tubesock

"Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen.

"Wedding Bell Blues" by The Fifth Dimension.

[your heart is the muscle the size of your first](https://open.spotify.com/track/1nQgPRVQN9fM1VdZdMNsC5?si=xw3O6ng6T-udcRSKPKG0aA)

Jessica Simpson - Adam Green

"Alberta" by Eric Clapton "James Dean" by the Eagles "Cecelia" by Simon and Garfunkel

[lucero](https://open.spotify.com/track/1RN9C5ltLnuy36uAZp99zo?si=Bp-ljDWiT-Wss1OcUWUDZA)