Hit Singles That Are Just Someone's Name

[DrGreggles]

'Louise' by the Human League just came on my iPod.
Gave me an idea for a pop quiz round.
There must be LOADS of hit songs that are just someone's first name.

[Al Tha Funkee Homosapien]

Yes there are quite a few.

[thecuriousorange]

Roxanne
Laura
Sherry

All hits.

[Fr.Bigley]

Toto-Rosanna.

Fun Fact: This particular Rosanna was also the subject of the Peter Gabriel song "Come talk to me" AND "In your eyes". Turns out Rosanna Arquette really had an effect on Steve Porcaro and Ol' Gabriel.

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

Alison by Elvis Costello
Lola by The Kinks
Timothy by The Buoys

[samadriel]

Eleanor Rigby. That is all.

[DrGreggles]

Eleanor Rigby. That is all.

Pretty sure that Rigby is a surname.

[Better Midlands]

Frankie - Sister Sledge
Denis - Blondie
Susanna - The Art Company
Cherish - Kool & The Gang

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

Terry by Twinkle.
Disco 2000 by Pulp Gloria by Laura Brannigan
Joanna by Kool and the Gang

[Better Midlands]

Stan - Eminem
Faith - George Michael
Honey - Mariah Carey
Valerie - Mark Ronson
Luka - Suzanne Vega
Jolene - Dolly Parton

[Better Midlands]

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[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

Another category you could have would be songs written for other famous people by these singer/ band types. So, you could have the aforementioned song by them fellers who'd had a grand old time with Rosanna Arquette and thought she was smashing , and also " I Love You, Suzanne" written for Suzanne Vega by a besotted Lou Reed.

Erm...might be a bit limited , that category. If it's any help, I've started a band ( Lisa and the Likely Lads), and one of our songs is called " You've Got Killer Good Looks, Jodie! " ( # When it comes to acting, you do a dead good job/ ignore all those eejits who say you look like Pob#), although, admittedly, we ourselves are not very famous yet.

[bgmnts]

Gloria - Laura Branigan

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

Gloria - Laura Branigan

Are you referring  to the remix, then?

[bgmnts]

Are you referring  to the remix, then?

I suppose so? I just know that was a hit single.

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

I suppose so? I just know that was a hit single.

I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED IT, YOU NIT!
Although you could have countered with " Yep, I call it " The Correct Spelling Of Her Surname" Remix"".

[bgmnts]

I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED IT, YOU NIT!
Although you could have countered with " Yep, I call it " The Correct Spelling Of Her Surname" Remix"".

So you did. Apologies!!


Was Daniel by Elton John a hit?

[Clatty McCutcheon]

Eloise (Barry Ryan, or The Damned)
Ben (Michael Jackson)

[thecuriousorange]

Mandy - Mannilow
Angie - Stones

[rue the polywhirl]

Norman Bates by Landscape. Number 40 in 1981 with a bullet!

[Dr Rock]

Alice - Sisters Of Mercy
Christine - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Laura - Fields Of The Nephilim
Ann - The Stooges
Candy - Iggy Pop
Connie - Bongwater
Agatha - Pond
Mildred Pierce - Sonic Youth
Polly - Nirvana
Desiree - Left Banke

edit - many of these were not hit singles.

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

Norman Bates by Landscape. Number 40 in 1981 with a bullet!

Surname, y'see.
Also, " with a knife", Shirley?

[The Culture Bunker]

Toto-Rosanna.

Fun Fact: This particular Rosanna was also the subject of the Peter Gabriel song "Come talk to me" AND "In your eyes". Turns out Rosanna Arquette really had an effect on Steve Porcaro and Ol' Gabriel.

She must have had an effect on Pocaro's bandmate David Paich too, as he wrote the song.

[DrGreggles]

Good stuff y'all!*
Could do with more 90s/00s ones.

_{*apologies for saying 'y'all'}

[BlodwynPig]

billie jean
chris - christine & the queens
julienne - duett

[Fr.Bigley]

She must have had an affect on Pocaro's bandmate David Paich too, as he wrote the song.

I'm sure Porcaro had some influence there though, I mean he was involved everything in the 80's. He wrote Human Nature after all.

[bgmnts]

Kayleigh - Marillion

[rue the polywhirl]

I'm sure Porcaro had some influence there though, I mean he was involved everything in the 80's. He wrote Human Nature after all.

He contributed the synth solo but he was always outside of the Toto hit making machine. Human Nature was one of 3 songs from that era that he wrote, a scrap of a demo written because of frustration of having no influence from within the band.

[thecuriousorange]

With "Maggie May" is May the surname or part of the first name? She could be, say, Maggie May Anderson.

[Better Midlands]

Could do with more 90s/00s ones.

Paris - The Chainsmokers
Lucky - Britney Spears *pushing it a bit here*