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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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::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]]

== 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)
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  What do you mean by "alternative"? I think we have quite a variety of music types, myself. [[User:Kyouketsusha|Kyouketsusha]]
:  I think pop songs rarely have obscure song titles for the same reason that albums are named after the biggest hit from that album: it makes the song easier to remember once you heard it. BTW, I've got a great list idea, [[List of albums whose title is not also a title of one of the songs from that album]]. The name needs some work to make it shorter, though. [[User:Grue|Grue]] 07:55, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
:: As far as I can think, naming an album after one of its tracks is neither the exception nor the rule.  It's just one of many ways in which albums are named, some of which are variations of this theme.  And so such a list would get endless.  And even when they are named after a track, there's no rule about which one - sometimes it's one of the singles released either before or after the album, and sometimes it isn't.  (Personally, I think they should choose one that isn't going to be a single - that way people won't confuse the single with the album.) -- [[User:Smjg|Smjg]] 10:32, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

== Band vanity ==
I noticed there are extensive lists of songs from some unknown to me bands who don't even have their own article. I suggest delete them and add a guideline so that these won't be added again (unless someone writes an article about them). [[User:Grue|Grue]] 09:39, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)

(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)