Songs that have the title as the first line

Blondie - Denis
ABBA - Super Trouper
Oasis - Slide Away
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
 
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There's a plethora of Beatles examples - Love Me Do, She Loves You, Long & Winding Road, Lady Madonna, Hard Day's Night, Eleanor Rigby, Paperback Writer etc

The Beatles also have one for a related thread - singles that don't feature the title anywhere in the lyrics ....
Love Me Do and A Hard Day's Night need a stewards enquiry. I wouldn't accept them personally.
 
Don't Look Back Into The Sun - The Libertines
She's Electric - Oasis
Candy Says - Velvet Underground
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side - The Smiths
 
Blue Jeans- Lana Del Rey
We've Only Just Begun - The Carpenters
One of These Nights - Eagles
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light
Stand & Deliver - Adam & the Ants
Police - Roxanne
 
Pearl Jam - Seven O'Clock
Smut Peddlers - Let’s get f*#ked up
The Breeders - Drivin’ on 9
Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing purple
Faith No More - We Care A Lot
Ben Folds - B*tches Ain’t Sh*t
Air - Kelly Watch The Stars
The Charlatans - one to another
The Charlatans - How High
Dinosaur Jr - Feel the pain
Air - Sexy Boy
Guns n Roses - Used to Love Her
Antony & The Johnson’s - Hope There’s Someone
Martika - I Feel The Earth Move
Martika - Love… Thy Will Be Done
Huey Lewis and the news - The Power of Love
Ash - Oh Yeah
Ash - Kung Fu
M - Pop Muzik
Jane’s Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
Fuzz box - Pink Sunshine
Leftfield - Phat Planet
The Libertines - Don’t Look Back Into The Sun
Nirvana - Come As You Are
Nirvana - R*pe Me
Oasis - Some Might Say
Billy Ocean - When the going gets tough, the tough get going
Oasis - She’s Electric
Blink 182 - All the small things
Blondie - Denis
Pixies - Gouge Away
The Prodigy - Breathe
Smashing Pumpkins - Today
The Smiths - Panic
The Strokes - Last Night
Suede - Filmstar
t.A.T.u - All the things she said
Whale - Hobo Humpin’ Slobo Babe
The White Stripes - I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself
The White Stripes - I Want To Be The Boy Who Warms Your mother’s Heart
The White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl
The 5.6.7.8’s - I’m Blue
 
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There's a plethora of Beatles examples - Love Me Do, She Loves You, Long & Winding Road, Lady Madonna, Hard Day's Night, Eleanor Rigby, Paperback Writer etc

The Beatles also have one for a related thread - singles that don't feature the title anywhere in the lyrics ....

How about one where the opening lines are slightly different from the song title?

The Smiths - Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before - first line: Stop me if you thing that you’ve heard this one before.

The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl - first line: Hey Girl Hey Boy.
 
Just When You're Thinking Things Over - The Charlatans

They have a few on here.

Love Spreads - Stone Roses

Black - Pete Yorn

54321 - Manfred Mann
 
Pearl Jam - Seven O'Clock
Smut Peddlers - Let’s get f*#ked up
The Breeders - Drivin’ on 9
Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing purple
Faith No More - We Care A Lot
Ben Folds - B*tches Ain’t Sh*t
Air - Kelly Watch The Stars
The Charlatans - one to another
The Charlatans - How High
Dinosaur Jr - Feel the pain
Air - Sexy Boy
Guns n Roses - Used to Love Her
Antony & The Johnson’s - Hope There’s Someone
Martika - I Feel The Earth Move
Martika - Love… Thy Will Be Done
Huey Lewis and the news - The Power of Love
Ash - Oh Yeah
Ash - Kung Fu
M - Pop Muzik
Jane’s Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
Fuzz box - Pink Sunshine
Leftfield - Phat Planet
The Libertines - Don’t Look Back Into The Sun
Nirvana - Come As You Are
Nirvana - R*pe Me
Oasis - Some Might Say
Billy Ocean - When the going gets tough, the tough get going
Oasis - She’s Electric
Blink 182 - All the small things
Blondie - Denis
Pixies - Gouge Away
The Prodigy - Breathe
Smashing Pumpkins - Today
The Smiths - Panic
The Strokes - Last Night
Suede - Filmstar
t.A.T.u - All the things she said
Whale - Hobo Humpin’ Slobo Babe
The White Stripes - I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself
The White Stripes - I Want To Be The Boy Who Warms Your mother’s Heart
The White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl
The 5.6.7.8’s - I’m Blue
Some great tunes
 
How about one where the opening lines are slightly different from the song title?

The Smiths - Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before - first line: Stop me if you thing that you’ve heard this one before.

The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl - first line: Hey Girl Hey Boy.

The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
 
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