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Sixteen songs where the title does not appear in the lyrics:

• A Day In The Life – The Beatles.
• Astronomy Domine – Pink Floyd.
• Battle Hymn Of The Republic.
• Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen. This song was the 1975 Christmas no. 1 (nine weeks at no. 1) and has the distinction of, although not mentioning its own title, mentions the title of the song that followed it in the hit parade, Abba with Mamma Mia.
• Country Honk – Rolling Stones. The lyrics of this song are, of course, very similar to those of Honky Tonk Women.
• Fifth Dimension – The Byrds.
• Lover’s Concerto – The Toys.
• My Back Pages – Bob Dylan, he was so much older then, he’s younger than that now.
• New York Mining Disaster 1941 – The Bee Gees.
• Seven Drunken Nights – The Dubliners.
• Subterranean Homesick Blues – Bob Dylan.
• The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde – Georgie Fame.
• The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan – although originally recorded by Dr Hook, the best known version is by Marianne Faithfull.
• The Weight – The Band.
• Unchained Melody – originally written as the title song for Unchained, a film about life in prison, but the lyricist, Hy Zaret, refused to include the word unchained in the lyrics. Recorded by over 300 artists.
• White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane.