A catchy tune is a powerful thing.
No matter how silly, nonsensical, or abstract the lyrics are, some songs just get in your head and stay there. Take “I Am The Walrus” — most people couldn’t tell you what a single line of it means, but you still know every word.
But what about song titles? A lot of the most iconic track names in history don’t appear anywhere in the lyrics, and some have nothing to do with what the song is even about.
With that in mind, here’s how some of music’s biggest hits actually got their names.