Name 100 Great Songs Whose Titles Involve Colors

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1. The Silver Jews, "Blue Arrangements"

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 12 August 2004 13:52 (twenty-one years ago)

2. New Order - "Blue Monday"

― Neil FC (Neil FC), Thursday, 12 August 2004 13:56 (twenty-one years ago)

3. Bobby Vinton "Blue Velvet"

― Neil FC (Neil FC), Thursday, 12 August 2004 13:57 (twenty-one years ago)

4.Eiffel 65 - "Blue"

― giulio from genova, Thursday, 12 August 2004 13:57 (twenty-one years ago)

5. Three Dog Night, "Black and White"

― Joseph McCombs, Thursday, 12 August 2004 13:58 (twenty-one years ago)

6. Pulp "Pink Glove"

― Neil FC (Neil FC), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:00 (twenty-one years ago)

7. Joni Mitchell - Little Green
8. Joni Mitchell - Blue

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:00 (twenty-one years ago)

9. Pixies - "Into the White"

― Neil FC (Neil FC), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:01 (twenty-one years ago)

6. Metro Area - 'Orange Alert'

7. Cornelius - 'Star Fruits Green'/'Surf Rider Blue'

8. Dave Clarke - 'Red One'

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:01 (twenty-one years ago)

10. Clash - "white riot"

― giulio from genova, Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:02 (twenty-one years ago)

mission of burma - red
love - orange skies
coldplay - yellow
joni mitchell - blue
tony bennett - mood indigo

im blanking on green and violet.

― peter smith (plsmith), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Bloody hell.

19. Cornelius - 'Concerto No.3 From The Four Seasons (Pink Bloody Sabbath)'

20. Prince - 'Purple Rain'

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:02 (twenty-one years ago)

21. Chelsea F.C. - "Blue Is The Colour"

― zebedee (zebedee), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:03 (twenty-one years ago)

patty waters - black is the color of my true love's hair

― peter smith (plsmith), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:04 (twenty-one years ago)

23. Flipper's Guitar - 'Blu Shini' Quick Star'

24. Flipper's Guitar - 'Aquamarine'

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:06 (twenty-one years ago)

25. Zoot Woman - 'Grey Day' Paper Faces Mix

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:07 (twenty-one years ago)

One colour would be sufficient

26. Tim Buckley - Blue Melody
27. The Residents - Blue Rosebuds

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:07 (twenty-one years ago)

28. Babes In Toyland - "Bruise Violet"

― zebedee (zebedee), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:08 (twenty-one years ago)

29. The Psychedelic Furs! (you know the one I mean)

― zebedee (zebedee), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:09 (twenty-one years ago)

30. Plus-Tech Squeeze Box - 'White Drops'

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:11 (twenty-one years ago)

31. Basement Jaxx - 'Red Alert'

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:15 (twenty-one years ago)

32. Husker Du, "Green Eyes"

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:15 (twenty-one years ago)

33. George Jones, "White Lightning"

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:16 (twenty-one years ago)

34. love - the red telephone

― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:19 (twenty-one years ago)

35. Spandau Ballet - 'Gold'

― zebedee (zebedee), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:19 (twenty-one years ago)

36. VU - "Pale Blue Eyes"

― JC-L (JC-L), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:21 (twenty-one years ago)

37. Nick Drake - Pink Moon

― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:24 (twenty-one years ago)

38. Bob Welch, "Ebony Eyes"
39. Split Enz, "I See Red"
40. Los Bravos, "Black Is Black"

― phil d., Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:28 (twenty-one years ago)

41. Prince - Raspberry Beret
42. Prince - Little Red Corvette

― beanz (beanz), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:31 (twenty-one years ago)

husker du "pink turn to blue"
madness "grey day"
visage "fade to grey"

― giulio from genova, Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:33 (twenty-one years ago)

46. Beck, "Supergolden (Sunchild)"

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Pixies - Brick is Red
R.E.M. - Green Grow the Rushes
Sonic Youth - Green Light

― kickitcricket (kickitcricket), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:40 (twenty-one years ago)

50. Rolling Stones - Paint it Black

― Charlie Rose (Charlie Rose), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:41 (twenty-one years ago)

51. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Yellow Coat

― Charlie Rose (Charlie Rose), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:43 (twenty-one years ago)

52. The Stranglers - Golden Brown

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Um, Ken Nordine?

― Guymauve (Guymauve), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:46 (twenty-one years ago)

depeche mode "black celebration"
velvet underground "white light white heat"

― giulio from genova, Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:48 (twenty-one years ago)

53. The Cyrkle, "Red Rubber Ball"
54. Big Star, "Blue Moon"
55. Elvis, "Blue Moon"
56. The Marcels, "Blue Moon"
57. Bill Monroe, "Blue Moon of Kentucky"

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:50 (twenty-one years ago)

58. Tom Waits, "Big Black Mariah"
59. Richard Thompson, "1952 Vincent Black Lightning"
60. Lefty Frizzel, "Long Black Veil"

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)

61. Throwing Muses, "Bright Yellow Gun"

― phil d., Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)

62. Pearl Jam - Black

― beanz (beanz), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:53 (twenty-one years ago)

63. Nena - 99 Luftballons

― Charlie Rose (Charlie Rose), Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

64.Groundhogs, "The Grey Maze"

Bonus points for spotting rarely-used colours! (Mauve, turquoise, etc.) There's too many goddamn "blue" songs.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 12 August 2004 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)

No bonus points for German, though? Damn.

― Charlie Rose (Charlie Rose), Thursday, 12 August 2004 15:09 (twenty-one years ago)

65. Screamin' Jay Hawkins (again) - Orange Colored Sky

― Charlie Rose (Charlie Rose), Thursday, 12 August 2004 15:11 (twenty-one years ago)

66. Charles Mingus- "Orange was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk"

― earlnash, Thursday, 12 August 2004 15:12 (twenty-one years ago)

65. "Little Green Bag" - George baker Selection

― Wooden (Wooden), Thursday, 12 August 2004 15:23 (twenty-one years ago)

68. "It's All over now, Baby Blue" - Dylan

― Darin, Thursday, 12 August 2004 15:30 (twenty-one years ago)

69. grandmaster melle mel, "white lines"
70. scott walker, "montague terrace (in blue)"
71. bob wills, "yellow rose of texas"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 12 August 2004 15:37 (twenty-one years ago)

i dont think the german version of that song involves color.

just the english translation, where "luft" becomes "red"

― peter smith (plsmith), Thursday, 12 August 2004 15:39 (twenty-one years ago)

72. the beatles - yellow submarine
73. moonbabies - the orange billboard
74. emiliana torrini - baby blue
75. mojave 3 - bluebird of happines(adem mix)
76. aphex twin - yellow calx

― Von, Thursday, 12 August 2004 15:41 (twenty-one years ago)

that reminds me...

77. badfinger, "baby blue"
78. diane renay, "navy blue"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 12 August 2004 15:44 (twenty-one years ago)

79. donovan, "mellow yellow"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 12 August 2004 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, rats. I should've checked the translation instead of putting my faith in the record sleeve. I guess change that pick to the American version, "99 Red Balloons".

― Charlie Rose (Charlie Rose), Thursday, 12 August 2004 15:52 (twenty-one years ago)

80. crystal gayle - 'don't it make my brown eyes blue'

― zebedee (zebedee), Thursday, 12 August 2004 15:53 (twenty-one years ago)

81. grateful dead, "touch of gray"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 12 August 2004 15:56 (twenty-one years ago)

82 the hush - grey
83 randy alvey and the green fuz - green fuz
84 edwick rumbold - shades of grey
85 jason crest - turquoise tandem cycle
86 the kinsmen - glasshouse green, splinter red

― The Bells! The Bells!, Thursday, 12 August 2004 15:57 (twenty-one years ago)

87. smashing pumpkins - "thru the eyes of ruby"

― Neil FC (Neil FC), Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:10 (twenty-one years ago)

88. can't believe no-one's mentioned "pink orange red" by the cocteau twins

― Neil FC (Neil FC), Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:11 (twenty-one years ago)

and of course:-
88. pale clouded white
89. orange appled

― Neil FC (Neil FC), Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:13 (twenty-one years ago)

or cherry-cloured funk for that matter

― Von, Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)

sorry, 89. pale clouded white
90. orange appled

― Neil FC (Neil FC), Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)

91 jim lowe, the cramps, bill haley, crystal gayle, country dick - "green door"

― dan (dan), Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:15 (twenty-one years ago)

B.O.C.--The Red and The Black

― Stephen Boyle (SBoyle), Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:25 (twenty-one years ago)

92. Camper Van Beethoven, "Torquoise Jewelry"
93. The Kinks, "The Village Green Preservation Society"

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:38 (twenty-one years ago)

jim lowe, the cramps, bill haley, crystal gayle, country dick - "green door"

*pouts*

― shakin' stevens (zebedee), Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:43 (twenty-one years ago)

94. Yo La Tengo - Black to Blue

― strom (strom), Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Have we had BOC's'Orange Romeda'? if not then 95. BOC 'Orange Romeda'

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:44 (twenty-one years ago)

what are the odds of this thread stopping at 100?

― peter smith (plsmith), Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:45 (twenty-one years ago)

96. BOC "The Red and the Black"

― arb, Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:46 (twenty-one years ago)

oh snap ignore

― arb, Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:47 (twenty-one years ago)

96. The Men They Couldn't Hang - "Scarlet Ribbons"

― zebedee (zebedee), Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:48 (twenty-one years ago)

97. Tom Waits "Murder In the Red Barn"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:48 (twenty-one years ago)

98. Stevie Wonder "Golden Lady"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:49 (twenty-one years ago)

has anyone said BOC's "ROYGBIV" yet?
if not, thatll be 97

― peter smith (plsmith), Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:49 (twenty-one years ago)

what are the odds of this thread stopping at 100?
about zero. ILMers just don't respect THE RULES anymore. *sigh*

― zebedee (zebedee), Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:49 (twenty-one years ago)

98 3/4. D'Angelo "Brown Sugar"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:53 (twenty-one years ago)

99 7/8. ac/dc, "back in black"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 12 August 2004 18:11 (twenty-one years ago)

99 15/16: Edie Brickell, "Black & Blue"

― phil d., Thursday, 12 August 2004 18:33 (twenty-one years ago)

99 31/32. Dr. Octagon "Blue Flowers"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 12 August 2004 18:45 (twenty-one years ago)

99 33/40. AC/DC - Back in Black
99 34/40. Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale
99 35/40. Chris DeBurg - Lady in Red
99 36/40. The Essex Green - Everything is Green
99 37/40. Coldplay - Yellow
99 38/40. The Cure - All Cats Are Grey
99 39/40. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue

― Ex Slacker, Thursday, 12 August 2004 18:47 (twenty-one years ago)

oops. I just realized I double posted Back in Black.

― Ex Slacker, Thursday, 12 August 2004 18:48 (twenty-one years ago)

"back in black" and "yellow" already done, so readjust your numbers accordingly.

we're now up to 99 38/40, then.

99 38/40. brian hyland, "itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polkadot bikini"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 12 August 2004 18:49 (twenty-one years ago)

so then we're up to 99 39/40 still.

― peter smith (plsmith), Thursday, 12 August 2004 18:49 (twenty-one years ago)

bleh

― peter smith (plsmith), Thursday, 12 August 2004 18:49 (twenty-one years ago)

"Seeing Red" by Killing Joke
"Turn to Red" by Killing Joke
"Blacker Than Black" by Goodbye Mr.McKenzie

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 12 August 2004 18:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Um, Ken Nordine?

Yeah that was the first person I thought of.

― Kent Burt (lingereffect), Thursday, 12 August 2004 19:31 (twenty-one years ago)

99 + 0.X: The Who - Behind Blue Eyes

99 + 0.X^2: NOFX - Kill all the White Man

― Sasha (sgh), Friday, 13 August 2004 03:25 (twenty-one years ago)

ELO - Mr. Blue Sky

― Jimmy Mod, Man About Towne (ModJ), Friday, 13 August 2004 03:53 (twenty-one years ago)

The Fleetwoods - Mr. Blue

― Jimmy Mod, Man About Towne (ModJ), Friday, 13 August 2004 03:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Ken Nordine's the man.
The next week on the Hut is gonna be all tracks that have the word "Blue" in the title, but aren't blues.
Listing follows:
1. Langston Hughes "Too Blue"
2. Johnny Cash "Run Softly, Blue River"
3. Hank Williams "Blue Love In My Heart (Demo)"
4. Abbey Lincoln "Afro Blue"
5. John Coltrane "Afro Blue"
6. Sidney Bichet "Blue Horizon"
7. Sonny Rollins "The Blue Room [Take 1]"
8. Joe Pass "Blue Bossa" with J.J. Johnson
9. James Brown "Out of the Blue"
10. Prince "Blue Light"
11. Heavy D & the Boyz "Blue Funk"
12. Aesop Rock "Blue in the Face"
13. Stevie Wonder "Girl Blue"
14. Suzanne Vega "Small Blue Thing"
15. The Long Winters "Blue Diamonds"
16. Four Vagabonds "In The Blue Of The Evening"
17. Elvis Presley "Blue Moon"
18. Bob Dylan "It's All over Now, Baby Blue (Live)"
19. Aphex Twin "Blue Calx"
20. Blind James Campbell "I Am So Blue When It Rains"

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 August 2004 04:10 (twenty-one years ago)

joni mitchell - blue motel room
king crimson - red
brian eno - another green world

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Friday, 13 August 2004 15:54 (twenty-one years ago)

63. Nena - 99 Luftballons
???

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Friday, 13 August 2004 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Maybe the english translation...

― Jimmy Mod, Man About Towne (ModJ), Friday, 13 August 2004 16:35 (twenty-one years ago)

REM - Orange Crush

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Friday, 13 August 2004 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

two months pass...

Not necessarily great but by Bob Pollard:

"Apparent the Red Angus"
"Black Ghost Pie"
"Blue Gil"
"Blue Moon Fruit"
"Captain Black"
"Go Gold"
"Gold Star for Robot Boy"
"How Brown?"
"Long as the Block is Black"
"Marchers in Orange"
"Orange Jacket"
"Pink Drink"
"Pink Gun"
"Red Gas Circle"
"Red Hot Halos"
"Red Ink Superman"
"Red Whip and Miracles"
"Silver Eyeballs"
"Solid Gold"
"Striped White Jets"
"The Ash Grey Proclamation"
"The Top Chicks Silver Chord"
"White Car Creek"
"White Whale"
"White Gloves Come Off"
"Yellow Wife No. 5"

― Colin O, Monday, 1 November 2004 19:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Hah. Nobody's mentioned Donovan's "Colours" yet!

― Adam Bruneau (oliver8bit), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 02:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Better late than never:

Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine
Sugarloaf - Green Eyed Lady
Paul Mauriat - Love Is Blue
Bruce Springsteen - Pink Cadillac
Todd Rundgren - Black Maria, Little Red Lights

― jim wentworth (wench), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 02:44 (twenty-one years ago)

"my white bicycle," tomorrow
"red bus," the minders
"watercolor blues," james william hindle
"blue umbrella," john prine
"white wedding," billy idol

― rebecca s (rebecca S), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 03:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Ice-T "Colors"
Goldfrapp "Black Cherry" and "Crystalline Green"
Bowie "Red Sails"
Verve "Blue"
M83 "On a White Lake, Near a Green Mountain"
Ella Fitzgerald "Blue Skies"
Blondie "Union City Blue"

― Jeremy (Jeremy), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 04:06 (twenty-one years ago)

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