TOTW #24: First names/ Last names/ Nicknames

Hello music lovers!

Here I am with a brand new theme this Sunday!

Shakespeare in his famous play Romeo & Juliet has said: "What's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet."

And while the thought that your name does not define who you are at your core does have merit, it's also true that our names are a part of our identity. Even for our UNs that we use on here (on IF or other SM platforms). They mean something to us. Right?

After all if we called a rose 'Gorgonzola' wouldn't it just be a salty blue cheese and not a sweet smelling flower? (no offence to Shakespeare )

So our theme this week is songs with names. First names, last names or nicknames for people.

Keep in mind, the song needs to have a name as a Proper Noun.

So songs stating a person's identity, profession, personality or state of mind like "Awara hoon" or "I am a Disco Dancer" or "Akela hoon main", "Main Albeli" will not count.

Sounds good?

Or confusing?

It's kind of like Savera84's theme on names of Places, instead with names of People.

I'll post a few songs to start y'all off.

As always, any language, any genre is allowed. And also, please try not to repeat songs (check the next post for the songs already posted- I’ll be updating it from time to time)

***If the opening stanza or the song title does not have a person's name in it, do post the part of the lyric that does, so we know where the name appears.

Let's go!

Songs posted

(repeated songs have been bolded)

P.1

Mera naam Chinchinchoo

Suno suno Miss Chatterjee

Naam hai mera Fonseca

Maxwell's Silver Hammer

Lucy in the sky with Diamonds

Jolene

P.2

Radha

Main hoon ek Khalasi

Kabhi kabhi Aditi

Aana mere pyar ko

Meri pyari Bindu

Ruk ja O dil deewane

Jaadu teri nazar

P3.

O meri Laila

Bhool gaya sab kuch

Tayyab Ali pyar ka dushman

O Maria

Piya tu ab to aaja

P4

Dilruba meri Neeta

The Devil went down to Georgia

Aaj O mere dilbar aaja (Noorie)

Jenny of Oldstones

Billie Jean

Michelle

God's gonna cut you down

P.5

Vogue

Gloria

Hey Jude

Anna (Go to him)

Eleanor Rigby

Sweet Caroline

Kaun hai jo sapno mein aaya

Lovely Rita

P.6

Heer toh badi sad hai

Senorita

Marguerita

Maria Maria - Hindi

Venumadhava (Telugu)

Smooth Criminal

Baar baar dine ye aaye

P.7

Maria Maria- Santana

Let it be

Venus

Chal Chameli

Mera naam hai Chameli

Tu jahan bhi chalega

Panna ki tamanna

Julia

I am the Best

P.8

Dum maro Dum

Rasputin

Roja Jaaneman

Radha kaise na jale

Tera naam

Fernando

Urvashi

P.9

Believer

Hey Shona

Sun Champa sun Tara

Rocky Raccoon

Pride (in the name of love)

O Priya O Priya

P.10

Summer of 69

Mrs. Robinson

Sachin Sachin

My name is Anthony Gonsalves

Tere chehre mein woh jaadu hai

Ek din sapne mein dekha sapna

Anhoni ko honi kar de

P.11

Aye Shivani

Humko tumse ho gaya hai

Musu musu hasi

Rocky mera naam

Mera naam hai Jameela

Parda hai Parda

Dulhe Raja

P.12

My name is Lakhan

Prem ratan dhan paayo

Aayi re aayi re Khushi

Ganpat

P.13

Prem Leela

Navrai Majhi

Mere do anmol Ratan

Tu kaun hai tera naam kya

Mera naam Raju

Bunty aur Babli

Chhalia mera naam

He Raju, he Daddy

Sang Basanti, ang Basanti

P.14

Raju chal Raju

Kabira

Raju awara barsaat mein

Kisna

Peggy Sue

Hello, Marylou

Mera naam hai Shabnam

Reshma mera naam

P.15

Nahi hona tha

Munni badnaam hui

Aisa na ho armaan jaag

Janeja (Nisha)

Ek Radha ek Meera

Leena o Leena

O meri Soni meri tamanna

P.16

Jogi Mahi

Bol Radha Bol Sangam

Bol Radha bol tune ye kya kiya

O Radha tere bina

Aa jao meri tamanna

East or West India is the best

Ye Dooriyan

P.17

Ghalib hona hai

Madhubala

Yaariyan Yaariyan

My name is Rozie

P.18

Ranchhod Rangeela (Gujrati)

Mera naam Rita Kristina

Govinda aala re

En peru Padayappa (Tamil)

Sarike Ninne Kanan (Malayalam)

Ram kare aisa ho jaye

Ram ka naam badnaam na karo

P.19

Mera naam Salma

Julie Julie Johnny ka dil tumpe

Salma O Salma

Jimmy Jimmy aaja aaja

Pehla pehla pyar hai

Radha hi Bawri

Jhoome jo Pathaan

P.20

Badrinath ki dulhaniya

Chandni meri chandni

Main Prem ki deewani hoon

Bani bani

Sultan title song

P.21

Raju ban gaya gentleman

Sheila ki Jawani

Naam Abdul hai mera

Baadshah o Baadshah

P.22

O Mr. Raja laut ke aaja

Singham title song

O Basanti pawan paagal

Satyam Shivam Sundaram

P.23

Pāṇḍu Nṛpati Janaka Jayā (Marathi)

Jis desh mein Ganga rehta hai

Wake up, little Susie

P.24

Polythene Pam

Martha my dear

Cecilia

Pretty Peggy-O

How do you solve a problem like Maria?

Nina cried power

Delilah

P.25

Cindy

Mera naam Abdul Rehman

Ram Jaane

Chandni aaya hai tera deewana

Don Title song

P.26

Main hoon Jhumroo

John Jani Janardhan

Bure bhi hum..Banarasi Babu

Rampur ka wasi hoon main

Sultana Sultana tu na ghabrana

Sultana Sultana mera naam hai

Mannubhai motor chali

P.27

Meri bheegi bheegi si

Main hoon khushrang Heena

Yaaron sun lo zara

Macchagandhā Ho Devā Māzhaṃ Nāṃva (Marathi)

Thodi si jo pi li hai

P.28

Stop that

Chal chal ri meri Ram Pyari

Sun Neeta main tere

Chal re kathmandu

Soolaimon

P.29

Arnold Layne

Layla

Shilo

Cracklin' Rosie

Charlie Brown

P.30

Roxanne

Bennie & the Jets

Rhiannon

Mambo No.5

Gimme hope Joanna

Janie's got a gun

P.31

Rio

Oh Sherrie

8675309 (Jenny)

Tom's Diner

P.32

The Rains of Castamere

Ave Cesaria

Hey ya!

Luka

Nirma Jingle

P.33

Alison Gross

Nina, pretty ballerina

Carrie (Cliff Richard)

Carrie (Europe)

Kung Fu fighting

Angelina

P.34

Matilda

Sad Lisa

Chiquitita

Johnny B. Goode

Johnny Angel

Footloose

P.35

Rekha O Rekha

Long tall Sally

Dear Prudence

Elaine

Hey, hey Helen

P. 36

Me and Bobby and Bobby's brother

Flintstones theme

Scooby Doo theme

PowerPuff girls theme

She'll bewitch ya (Sabrina)

Dr. Robert

Being for the benefit of Mr. Kite

P.37

Dizzy Miss Lizzy

My Sharona

Dirty Diana

Lay down Sally

You can call me Al

Sexy Sadie

Song: Mera naam Chinchinchoo

Film: Howrah Bridge (1958)

Music: O.P. Nayyar

Lyrics: Qamar Jalalabadi

Singer: Geeta Dutt

Actor/Dancer: Helen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm614TkznG8

Song: Suno suno Miss Chatterjee

Film: Baharein phir bhi aayegi (1966)

Music: O.P. Nayyar

Lyrics: Anjaan (YT lists the lyricist as Shevan Rizvi who also wrote songs for this movie, yet another site credits Aziz Kashmiri so idk)

Singer: Mohammed Rafi & Asha Bhosle

Actor: Johnny Walker & Moni Chatterjee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFNGa-aI8D4

Song: Naam hai mera Fonseca

Film: Jo jeeta wohi Sikander (1992)

Music: Jatin Lalit

Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri

Singers: Amit Kumar/ Alka Yagnik

Actors: Deepak Tijori & Pooja Bedi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnB_VS38d5U

TW: Bludgeoning, Battery, Murder

Song: Maxwell's Silver Hammer {Album: Abbey Road - 1969}

Songwriters: Lennon/McCartney

Artist: The Beatles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJag19WoAe0

Song: Lucy in the sky with Diamonds {Album: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 1967}

Songwriters: Lennon/McCartney

Artist: The Beatles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4hTUPFBaaQ

TW: Infidelity/ cheating

Song: Jolene {Album: Jolene 1974}

Singer-Songwriter: Dolly Parton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixrje2rXLMA

Nice theme Riya

Song: Radha

Movie: SOTY

Actors: Alia, Sidharth and Varun

Singers: Udit Narayan and Shreya Ghosal

Lyrics: Kunaal Vermaa

Music: Abhijit Vaghani

Radha

Song: Main hoon ek Khalasi/ Mera naam hai Bhimpalasi

Film: Sargam (1950)

Music: C.Ramchandra

Lyrics: Pyarelal Santoshi

Singer: Chitalkar

Actor: Raj Kapoor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHfHmUFkHL8&list=RDoHfHmUFkHL8&start_radio=1

Post your favorite 'name' songs!