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{{quote|'''Brian:''' Wow, a song named after a girl. There aren't a million of those already.<br />
'''Stewie:''' [[Name One|Name twenty]].<br />
'''Brian:''' [[Toto (Music)|Rosanna]], [[The Police (Music)|Roxanne]], [[The Beatles (Musicband)|Michelle]], [[Elvis Costello (Music)|Alison]], [[Thin Lizzy (Music)|Sarah]], [[The Rolling Stones (Music)|Angie]], Brandy, [[Barry Manilow (Music)|Mandy]], [[U 2 (Music)U2|Gloria]], [[Simon and Garfunkel (Music)|Cecilia]], [[Rod Stewart (Music)|Maggie May]], [[The Allman Brothers Band (Music)|Jessica]], [[Frank Sinatra (Music)|Nancy]], [[The Beach Boys (Music)|Barbara Ann]], [[Michael Jackson (Music)|Billie Jean]], [[Eric Clapton (Music)|Layla]], [[The Kinks (Music)|Lola]], [[Nirvana (Music)|Polly]], [[My Chemical Romance (Music)|Helena]], [[Jennifer Lopez (Music)|Jenny from the Block.]]<br />
'''Stewie:''' Name six more.<br />
'''Brian:''' [[Frankie Valli and Thethe Four Seasons (Music)|Sherry]], [[Scissor Sisters (Music)|Laura]], [[The Beach Boys (Music)|Wendy]], [[Blondie (Musicband)|Maria]], [[Buddy Holly (Music)|Peggy Sue]], [[Cab Calloway (Music)|Minnie the Moocher]].<br />
'''Stewie:''' Name five more.<br />
'''Brian:''' Tracy, Jean, [[Barenaked Ladies (Music)|Ja]][[Jefferson Starship (Music)Airplane|ne]], [[Eurovision Song Contest|Mary Ann]], [[The Beatles (Musicband)|Eleanor Rigby]].<br />
'''Stewie:''' ([[Rage Quit|throws down guitar]]) Go [[Sound Effect Bleep|BLEEP]] yourself.|''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]''}}
 
 
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== Alternative Dance ==
* "Jezebel" - [[Depeche Mode (Music)|Depeche Mode]]
 
== Alternative Hip Hop ==
* "Bonita Applebaum" - [[A Tribe Called Quest (Music)|A Tribe Called Quest]]
 
== Alternative Rock ==
* "Joey" - [[Music/Concrete Blonde|Concrete Blonde]]. A rare example of a One Man Song.
* "Laura" - [[Scissor Sisters (Music)|Scissor Sisters]]' pop number opening their first full album. Also the name of a song by Billy Joel.
** Also, "Mary".
* "Mary Jane" - [[Alanis Morissette (Music)|Alanis Morissette]]
* "Valerie" - The Zutons (covered - Mark Ronson, of course). Also the name of a song by Steve Winwood.
* "Ramona" - Beck (From ''[[Scott Pilgrim Versus the World]]'')
* "Isobel" - [[Bjork (Music)|Bjork]]
* "Emaline" - Ben Folds Five
** Also "Julianne," "Kate," "Alice Childress," and "Gracie."
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**** Also Ben Folds' (no longer Five) "Saskia Hamilton"
* "Caroline" - Concrete Blonde
* "Grace" - [[Jeff Buckley (Music)|Jeff Buckley]]
* "Magdalena", "Brena", and "Judith" - [[A Perfect Circle]]
* "Jacqueline" - [[Franz Ferdinand (Music)|Franz Ferdinand]]
* "Tautou" - [[Brand New]]
* "Mary", "Talula", "Ophelia", "Marianne" and "Josephine" -[[Tori Amos (Music)|Tori Amos]]
* "Lucy" - [[Skillet (Music)|Skillet]]
* "Ruby <ref>Ruby Ruby Rubaaaaaaaay!</ref> " -The [[Kaiser Chiefs]]
* "Adrienne" - [[The Calling (Musicband)|The Calling]]
 
== Blues ==
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== Folk ==
* "Suzanne" - [[Leonard Cohen (Music)|Leonard Cohen]]
* "Barbara Allen" (Also "Barbarous Ellen", for her treatment of the Jimmy Grove.) - traditional British; variants all over the English-speaking world.
* "To Ramona" - [[Bob Dylan (Music)|Bob Dylan]]
 
== Folk Rock ==
* "Cecilia" - [[Simon and Garfunkel (Music)|Simon and Garfunkel]] (She's breaking his heart, shaking his [[Overly Long Gag|confidence daily]]; AND he's begging her please to come home)
* "Sally Anne", "Penelope" and "Margarita" - [[Great Big Sea]].
* "Rosie" -Fairport Convention
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== Grunge ==
* "Polly" - [[Nirvana (Music)|Nirvana]]
** If addressing your rape victim as if she was a pet bird counts.
 
== Hard Rock ==
* "Beth" - [[KISS (Music)|KISS]] (He hears her callin', but he can't come home right now)
* "Carrie" - [[Europe (Music)|Europe]]
 
== Indie Pop ==
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== Jazz ==
* "Minnie the Moocher" - [[Cab Calloway (Music)|Cab Calloway]] scat-heavy jazz hit.
 
== Jazz Rock ==
* "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", "Peg", and "Josie" by [[Steely Dan (Music)|Steely Dan]].
 
== Metal ==
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== New Wave ==
* "Darlene" - [[Erasure (Music)|Erasure]] (interesting in that it is sung as if to a love interest, but the singer is a gay male)
 
== Pop ==
* "Maggie May" by Rod Stewart, about a possessive girlfriend.
* "Billie Jean" - [[Michael Jackson (Music)|Michael Jackson]]'s signature song.
** Also, "Dirty Diana," from the ''Bad'' album.
* "Jenny from the Block" - Jennifer Lopez's [[Rockstar Song]]
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* "Brandy" - Looking Glass (She's a fine girl. What a good wife she would be.)
* "Diana" - Paul Anka
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq4ychrRkQA Rosanna]" by [[Toto (Music)|Toto]], sung about the lead singer's girlfriend at the time, [[Rosanna Arquette]].
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mak-aWAcXYM Alison]" - Jordy (with both the singer and the [[Roger Rabbit Effect|cartoon girl]] being children).
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzz-iUQbkb0 Célimène]" - David Martial.
* "Oh! Carol" - Neil Sedaka
* "Windy" - Ruthann Friedman, sung by The Association
* "Angie" - [[Cobra Starship (Music)|Cobra Starship]]
* "Carrie Ann" - [[The Hollies]]
 
== Pop Punk ==
* "Haushinka" - [[Green Day (Music)|Green Day]]
** "Maria" as well.
* "Josie" - [[Blink 182 (Music)|Blink 182]]
* "Jasey Rae" - All Time Low
* "Dakota" - A Rocket to the Moon
* "Sarah Smiles" - [[Panic! Atat the Disco (Music)|Panic At the Disco]]
 
== Pop Rock ==
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* "Elenore" - The Turtles
* "Lisa" - Dead Flowers
* "Jane" - [[Barenaked Ladies (Music)|Barenaked Ladies]]
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGll0KmTW2w Alia]" - [[Roza Rymbaeva]]. This song is a [[Dedication]] to a [[Great Patriotic War]] sniper.
 
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== Post-Punk ==
* "Alice" and "Marian" - [[The Sisters of Mercy (Music)|The Sisters of Mercy]]
** They also covered "Emma" by Hot Chocolate and "Jolene" by Dolly Parton.
 
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== Rap Metal ==
* "Maria" - [[Rage Against the Machine (Music)|Rage Against the Machine]]
 
== Rock ==
* "Roxanne" - [[The Police (Music)|The Police]] about "redeeming" a prostitute.
* "Michelle" - Old [[Silly Love Songs|Silly Love Song]] from [[The Beatles (Musicband)|The Beatles]] when they didn't know how to write anything else.
** "Eleanor Rigby" - The classic Beatles [[Tear Jerker]], of course.
** "Julia" and "Sexy Sadie", too.
* "Angie" - Depending on which rumor you believe: Mick Jagger [[Your Cheating Heart|bragging about nailing David Bowie's wife]], Mick Jagger [[Triang Relations|lamenting wanting Bowie's wife]], or Mick Jagger [[Take a Third Option|apologizing for nailing her husband]].
* "Barbara Ann" - [[The Beach Boys (Music)|The Beach Boys]]' surf rock classic, of course. They tried other girls, but they knew they wouldn't do.
* "Sara" - [[Bob Dylan (Music)|Bob Dylan]]
* "Sara" - [[StarshipJefferson (Music)Airplane|Starship]] (Storms are the wind in her eyes, of course.)
* "Rosalita", "Leah", "Sherry Darling" - [[Bruce Springsteen (Music)|Bruce Springsteen]]
* "Suzy Lee" - [[The White Stripes (Music)|The White Stripes]]
* "Emily" - The title of songs by From First to Last, [[Elton John (Music)|Elton John]], and Michael W. Smith, and Frankie Valli, all unrelated to one another
* "Susie Q" - originally by Dale Hawkins, made famous by [[Creedence Clearwater Revival (Music)|Creedence Clearwater Revival]] (Baby, I love you)
* "Sophia" - [[Hed PE (Music)|Hed PE]]
* "Rosemary" - Lenny Kravitz
* "Lydia" - Fur Patrol
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* "Carol" and "Anna" - Al Stewart
* "Vivica" - Jack Off Jill
* "Jane" - [[Jefferson Starship (Music)Airplane|Jefferson Starship]]
 
== Rock and Roll ==
* "Donna" - Ritchie Valens
* "Lucille" - Little Richard
* "Maybellene" and "Nadine" - [[Chuck Berry (Music)|Chuck Berry]]
* "Peggy Sue" - [[Buddy Holly (Music)|Buddy Holly]]
 
== Southern Rock ==
* "Jessica" - [[The Allman Brothers Band (Music)|The Allman Brothers Band]]
** Also "Melissa", "Desdemona" and "Little Martha"
 
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== Alternative Dance ==
* "Lilian" - [[Depeche Mode (Music)|Depeche Mode]]. Ostensibly about a ''really'' evil ex who's just broken up with the singer.
 
== Alternative Rock ==
* "Mary Jane" - [[Tori Amos (Music)|Tori Amos]]. It's not about a girl.
* Also subverted in "Song for Whoever" by the [[Beautiful South]], where due to repeated [[Muse Abuse]] the singer/writer can't remember which of the many One Women is which:
{{quote| ''Oh Shirley,Oh Deborah, Oh Julie, Oh Jane''<br />
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{{quote| ''Oh Cathy, Oh Alison, Oh Phillipa, Oh Sue''<br />
''You made me so much money I wrote this song for you'' }}
* Subverted in [[My Chemical Romance (Music)|"Helena"]]; the song is about grieving for a dead woman ([[Word of God]] says the singer's grandma.)
* Subverted in "Debra" - Beck. The song's lyrics begin to direct the song towards one girl ("oh girl, I only wanna be down with you") until it's revealed that Beck has a secondary interest: Debra, the girl's sister ("and your sister, I think her name is Debra"). The track is done in the vein of R. Kelly-like R&B ballads and seems to be one until the hilarious twist of Beck pining for a little more is made apparent.
 
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== Hip Hop ==
* "Kim" - [[Eminem (Music)|Eminem]]. Not in the way this trope usually goes. This is no [[Silly Love Song]].
 
== Musical ==
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== New Wave ==
* "52 Girls" - [[The B 52s (Music)-52's|The B 52s]]: a song full of girls' names!
* "Shirley" - by [[Charlie Peacock]], which is a song with seemingly [[Word Salad Lyrics]].
 
== Pop ==
* "Alejandro" by [[Lady Gaga (Music)|Lady Gaga]] is possibly a triple subversion. First it is inverted. Second there are three men in the song. And finally Gaga is fending off their advances.
* "Stephen" by [[Kesha (Music)|Kesha]] is a song about a man, sung by a woman.
* "Etienne" by Guesch Patti, also a song by a woman about a man.
 
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== Rock ==
* "Lola" - Silly little number by [[The Kinks (Music)|The Kinks]]... that's actually about a [[Transvestite]]. [[Epileptic Trees|Maybe]].
** Similarly, "Chelsea Dagger" by The Fratellis.
* "Delilah" by [[Queen (Music)|Queen]]. The lines "You get away with murder so innocent" and "you pee all over my Chippendale suit" feel [[Lyrical Dissonance|somewhat out of place]] in a sweet and catchy love song, if you don't realise that {{spoiler|it's about a cat}}.
* [[Leelee Sobieski|Why Leelee Won't Love Me]] by Primitive Whore.
* "Martha My Dear" by [[The Beatles (Musicband)|The Beatles]]. It's about Paul's ''dog''.
* "Noelle" by [[Daniel Amos (Music)|Daniel Amos]], which isn't a love song by any means.
* "Mia" by [[Chevelle (Music)|Chevelle]]. [[Word Salad Lyrics|No one's quite sure what it's about]].
 
== Comedy ==
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