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Songs with Animal Names in the Title

Here's a topic with a bit of a biological slant. I'm wondering how many songs have different members of the Animal Kingdom mentioned in the title (I'm excluding Homo sapiens here-- not to discriminate but just for the sake of focus 🤓). I happened to meet an octopus during a snorkel a few years ago & have been obsessed with them ever since ... so  I'll start this off with my favorite animal 🐙:

 

Octopus's Garden -- The Beatles

 

 

 PS ... This is not a strict rule but I think it would be nice if we just have one song title per post so each animal gets its own honorable mention. ❤

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The Hounds of Winter - Sting

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Strange Bird -- Jimmy Buffett

 

Just read this interesting NYT article about how Jimmy Buffett, the icon of beach chill, built his Margaritaville empire. Very smart, thoughtful man: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/08/arts/jimmy-buffett-does-not-live-the-jimmy-buffett-lifestyle.html

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Free Bird --  Lynyrd Skynyrd

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The Bird and the Worm -- Owl City 

 

"With fronds like these well, who needs anemones?"

 

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Hound Dog  - Elvis

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Year of the Cat -- Al Stewart

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Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin

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Eye Of The Tiger -- Survivor

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"They Call Her the Cat", Elton John

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A Horse with No Name - America

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Fireflies -- Owl City

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Changing gears . . .

 

The Flight of the Rat - Deep Purple

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White Rabbit -- Jefferson Airplane

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Mule Skinner Blues - The Fendermen

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Crocodile Rock - Elton John

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@MaVolta wrote:

Crocodile Rock - Elton John


Good one!!

 

Here's one more from the Beatles:

 

Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey

 

Some people say this song is about drugs, but this is what John Lennon himself said, "That was just a sort of nice line that I made into a song. It was about me and Yoko. Everybody seemed to be paranoid except for us two, who were in the glow of love. Everything is clear and open when you're in love. Everybody was sort of tense around us: you know, 'What is she doing here at the session? Why is she with him?' All this sort of madness is going on around us because we just happened to want to be together all the time." 

 

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@millineutron wrote:

 

 

Here's one more from the Beatles:

 

Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey

 

Some people say this song is about drugs, but this is what John Lennon himself said, "That was just a sort of nice line that I made into a song. It was about me and Yoko. Everybody seemed to be paranoid except for us two, who were in the glow of love. Everything is clear and open when you're in love. Everybody was sort of tense around us: you know, 'What is she doing here at the session? Why is she with him?' All this sort of madness is going on around us because we just happened to want to be together all the time." 

 


It's so interesting to find the true meaning behind song lyrics. Sometimes the lyrics will mean different things to different people, but the writer often had something else in mind! 

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And one more from The Beatles - Dig A Pony

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@MaVolta wrote:

And one more from The Beatles - Dig A Pony


I never noticed before how many animal songs the Beatles had. It's like a musical menagerie! Here's one more:  Rocky Raccoon 

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Might as well keep it going  - - -  Smiley Very Happy

 

And Your Bird Can Sing - The Beatles

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Haha ... shoulda called this Beatles Songs with Animal Names in the Title:

 

Piggies 🐷 🐷 -- The Beatles

 

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The Color of the Wind...fom Pocahontas

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The Beatles sure had a lot of them!  . . . including . . .

 

Hey Bulldog!

 

 

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And yet another!

 

Blue Jay Way -- The Beatles

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Wait, another Beatle's song "Blackbird"...

 

The story behind "Blackbird" is interesting to me, especially now..

 

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Wow! I had no idea that's what that song was about! Thank you for sharing that.

 

OK here's another Beatles song:

 

I Am the Walrus

 

 

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Geat first song, btw!

 

I'm going with Savage Garden's "The Animal Song"...

 

So we've got all Animals covered from post 2!

 

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Jim Stafford recorded a very funny song called Spiders and Snakes

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