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For an October 2004 deletion debate over this page see [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/List of songs whose title does not appear in the lyrics]]
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== Translations ==
Translations? If a song (Like Nick Cave's "Time Jesum...") mentions its title in a different language, does that count in or out? I'm not sure. [[User:Tolo|Tolo]] 17:02, Jul 30, 2004 (UTC)

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:And there are probably a number of folk songs to qualify there, perhaps before the alphabetical list of authors there should be a section for folk/various artists songs. [[User:Grue|Grue]] 13:56, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
::Or possibly file them all under 'T' for 'Traditional. Failing that, I'm sure a number of people have recorded it, so find a famous one and file under that, stating also that it's been recorded many times by various artists. [[User:Kyouketsusha|Kyouketsusha]]


I believe that "John Smith" by [[Graham Kendrick]] is a candidate.  Can someone confirm?  The only lyrics I can seem to find online are incomplete. -- [[User:Smjg|Smjg]] 10:47, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)⏎
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== Bias ==

Just out of curiousity, is the bias towards alternative artists an artifact of the editors or an artifact of the sort of bands that title their songs this way? [[User:Dcoetzee|Deco]] 07:44, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
: What do you mean by "alternative"? I think we have quite a variety of music types, myself. [[User:Kyouketsusha|Kyouketsusha]]
(contracted; show full)t famous, it just means no one has written about them yet. I say leave the songs unless its an obvious vanity. (For example, someone who's written a vanity article on their band and is trying to add them here as well, but how common will that be anyway?) [[User:Premeditated Chaos|<font color=#FF00FF>P</font>]][[User_talk:Premeditated Chaos|<font color=#FF33FF>M</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Premeditated Chaos|<font color=#FF66FF>C</font>]] 00:44, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)