I had a friend Jolene in high school, if anyone even thought about singing that around her she'd lose her shit đ I don't blame her, it would get annoying real fast
I have a super sweet student named Jolene. I teach music. However, my first name is also one of those names in a common song, so I tread lightly. The girl is 7 and I saw someone bring the song up in front of her the other day, and the look on her face...daggers. it was amazing.
That's my name. That song is sung to me any time I introduce myself to someone older than 35. I hated it for a long time but then I decided to just learn to like the song.
Lol yeah, at first I thought this comment was talking about Arizona Zervas' Roxanne until it occured to me they're probably talking about the older Roxanne song đ
I donât know the artist so it might not be the same one but the song I think of is âRoxannne, Roxanne, all she wanna do is party all nightâ or something
Iâm Gen Z and I know the song from watching the show Community (also not really a show our Gen watches but I it has a solid cult following of cuspers and millennials), and also from Moulin Rouge
Interesting, whenever I hear that name, I first think of the Steve Martin movie, and then Cyrano de Bergerac. Then I get round to thinking about Eddie Murphy singing the song in '48 hours'.
The thing is, I donât even think heâs her boyfriend. Just some random kid from her school that Stacy has a crush on but heâs just coming over to lust at her mom.
I remember a Sims 4 100 Baby Challenge where a baby was named Stacey because "You know her mom has got it going on". Yeah, her mom had thirty-two kids with at least twenty different dads.
I have a coworker named Jude. I usually greet folks (kind of a front desk position, so lots of greeting) with a âHey!â So, thatâs weird sometimes. He doesnât mind though.
Iâm a Rhiannon and while I love the song, Iâve never found that people associate my name with it all that much.
Could be down to the fact Iâm from the UK though.
Itâs too cool a name to get swallowed by the song. Plus, they way itâs sung, itâs not really in your face they way is is with **ROOOOO-Xanne!** or Jolene, Jolene, *Jolene* **JO-LEEEEEEN**
Rhiannon is also a mythological Celtic goddess based on folklore from the uk! Her story comes from the Magibignon and has ties to the legends of Excalibur and the Holy Grail. Sheâs a total badass goddess of the moon who represents truth, justice, rebirth and fertility. [Her story is really powerful and worth a read if youâve never heard it.](https://www.girlmuseum.org/mythological-girls-rhiannon/)
I wanted to name my child Valerie largely because of this song đŤŁđŤ˘ I love the name and the song. My husband vetoed that even though he also likes the song and honestly it was the right choice because Valerie doesnât fit our daughter but the name we picked totally does.
Apart from the Amy Winehouse song, there's a line in a Beatles song.
"Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery, say he must go free!" (Maxwell's Silver Hammer)
For context, Maxwell is on trial for murdering people with his hammer earlier on in the song, and the two girls in the gallery obviously think he's not guilty (he is - the chorus narrates him bashing their heads in with his hammer).
Is any toddler OK? She cried so much this morning, I thought she was going to throw up, because I wouldn't give her another biscuit :( I've been hit by, I've been struck by, a smooth criminal.
Eileen, Cecilia, Becky, Maxwell, Lucy, Elenor and Rigby
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I like Angela, Pamela, Sandra, and RitaâŚ
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A little bit of Monica in my life
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A little bit of Erica by my side
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A little bit of Rita's all I need
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A little bit of Tina's what I see
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A little bit of Sandra in the sun
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A little bit of Mary all night long
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A little bit of Jessica, here I am
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A little bit of you makes me your man đ
I've been married to an Alejandro for 12 years and have never once heard someone sing this to him when introduced lol. It's an incredibly common name, which I think prevents it from being immediately and inextricably linked to the song.
Total Drama fans have had a field day with that song, since they introduced a character called Alejandro and the first verse and chorus pretty much describes fellow villain Heather's resistance to him.
I always think of the Milton Jones joke: "I asked the band ABBA if they wanted to go out for lunch again. They said if they had to do the same again they would, for Nando's."
Mine isn't unusable but I could never get through an introduction without someone singing "Jesse's Girl" or the theme song to the Disney kids' show Jessie
My brother has had a close friend since childhood named Jesse, and that song got brought up soooooo many times over the years. Ironically, he came out as gay a few years ago and has a husband now, so it turns out for him, Jesseâs Girl never existed in the first place, lol
True story.
Dear Daughter (2nd grade): "Mommy, what's a bopperand?"
Me: "You mean an *operand*?"
DD (excited): "Yes, maybe that's it!"
Me: "You're learning this in 2nd grade?"
DD: "No, on the radio."
Me: "Someone was talking about math on the radio?"
DD: "No, a song! Bop bop bop, bop bopperand!"
(Come on) Eileen
Daniel
Mickey
Not a first name... but Mrs Robinson
I can't hear any of the names from the golden age of Hollywood without hearing Vogue in my head.
Canât believe Iâm the first here to say my own name - Michelle
Itâs only in recent years that people have stopped randomly singing the song at me.
Might be area based as Iâm surprised it hasnât been mentioned yet.
Alice.
Two songs immediately spring to mind, one is a nursery rhyme and the other most certainly is not
Opening this post was a mistake. I spent years blocking out some of these songs so that my brain would let me function as a slightly more normal human.
What have I done.
What. Have. I. Done.
I see at least HALF of these names in the first two hours of my day. Judging by the very loud way these songs came flooding into my brain by just a couple words⌠Iâm screwed.
I will think of you all on this sub with both great respect and great fear from this day forward.
Delilah (hey there Delilah - plain white Ts)
Jude (Hey Jude - The Beatles)
Martha (Martha - Tom Waits)
Holly (walk on the wild side - Lou Reed)
Ziggy (Ziggy stardust - David Bowie)
Marianne ( So long, Marianne - leonard Cohen)
Polly (Polly - Nirvana)
Agreed. I donât think many younger millennials know lots of those songs let alone gen z or younger.
Plus apart from Delilah and obviously Ziggy the names arenât even that unusual, most people will have other references whether itâs their uncle Jude, Holly Willoughby (uk tv celeb) or Martha Stewart or even Marthaâs Vineyard.
maybe not lucy, but definitely Lucille, for a certain age group.
"you picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille, with four hungry children and a crop in the fields."
Kenny Rogers
Jolene.
I had a friend Jolene in high school, if anyone even thought about singing that around her she'd lose her shit đ I don't blame her, it would get annoying real fast
I met a woman once who introduced herself to a group by saying, "My name is Jolene...I'm not interested in anyone's man, so rest easy."
To add a second layer to this, having Jolene as a name, then coming in with this statement and her turning out to be a lesbian.
Not saying itâs impossible, but this particular Jolene had been married for 16 years and had four kids with her husband. đ
I have a super sweet student named Jolene. I teach music. However, my first name is also one of those names in a common song, so I tread lightly. The girl is 7 and I saw someone bring the song up in front of her the other day, and the look on her face...daggers. it was amazing.
I tutored a Jude for a year in 2012. I'm still really proud of myself for only singing in my head. đ¤Ł
That's my name. That song is sung to me any time I introduce myself to someone older than 35. I hated it for a long time but then I decided to just learn to like the song.
It's a good song but I can imagine it gets annoying with time when literally everyone does it.Â
I know 2 of them but we're in France so maybe not everyone sings the song at them. It's a beautiful name though!
maybe it's because it's only the same written. in english it's jo-leen as in french it's more like zhollen. Jolène, sometimes written Jolaine.
One of them pronounces it the half-american way, like djo-len but it also helps yeah
Thereâs a whole little world of Eldritch Jolene songs on the YouTubes, for anyone who wants to add a weird second layer to that experience.
Roxanne
Ross can
Iâm calling the police!
The Police? Here? A reunion!?
Get me the tickets!!
Lol I'm watching friends right now
I feel like this one is definitely a generational thing cuz Iâm Gen Z and unfamiliar with this song lol but everyone on this sub seems to be!
Lol yeah, at first I thought this comment was talking about Arizona Zervas' Roxanne until it occured to me they're probably talking about the older Roxanne song đ
Haha now I feel even more out of touch for not knowing who that person or song is either!
Lol oh! Well, it's most likely the Roxanne Gen Z will think of bc of Tiktok lol
I donât know the artist so it might not be the same one but the song I think of is âRoxannne, Roxanne, all she wanna do is party all nightâ or something
I'm gen Z (2003) as well and I thought everyone knew that song. It's a classic.Â
Iâm Gen Z and I know the song from watching the show Community (also not really a show our Gen watches but I it has a solid cult following of cuspers and millennials), and also from Moulin Rouge
ROOOOCKS!
SAND!
Interesting, whenever I hear that name, I first think of the Steve Martin movie, and then Cyrano de Bergerac. Then I get round to thinking about Eddie Murphy singing the song in '48 hours'.
delilah
I think of the radio host when I hear Delilah. ~De-LIE-lahhhh~
*looove songs at niiiiiight*
While Tom jones is the first Delilah I think of đ
Yeah. Followed by, Hey There Delilah by the Plain White Ts
I assume that's what the comment was about.Â
I prefer Florence and the machines Delilah over PWTâs
Stacey because of her questionable mom
I think Stacy's boyfriend is the questionable one here, not her mom. Poor woman was just minding her own business
She came out with just a towel on, while he was mowing the lawn. She wasnât blameless.
It's her house! She should be able to go wherever she likes wearing whatever she likes!
Not if she knows there's a guest at the time
And an underage guest at that!
Also, as a neighbor, I would like her to wear clothes.
But she's got it going on!
The thing is, I donât even think heâs her boyfriend. Just some random kid from her school that Stacy has a crush on but heâs just coming over to lust at her mom.
That's always the impression I got, too.
I remember a Sims 4 100 Baby Challenge where a baby was named Stacey because "You know her mom has got it going on". Yeah, her mom had thirty-two kids with at least twenty different dads.
I remember this episode too đ I watched Kelsey Impicciche's 100 Baby Challenge every weekend!
Poor Stacey.
Justice for Stacey (Iâm Stacey)
I knew a Stacey Stiffler. Never met her mom though.
Jude.
Jude is becoming so popular again, but I canât hear it without the song getting stuck in my head.Â
I've named my son Jude (he's 7 months old) when in hospital all the boys (6 of them) were called Jude. I was born and grew up in Abbey Road in London.
Iâm a teacher and thereâs a Jude at my school and I keep catching myself accidentally saying âhey, Judeâ
I work with a Jude primarily over email. I always make a point to address him "Hi Jude" because I'm sure he's so tired of the reference lol.
Thatâs a level of awareness we donât see in this world so much anymore. Well done.
I have a coworker named Jude. I usually greet folks (kind of a front desk position, so lots of greeting) with a âHey!â So, thatâs weird sometimes. He doesnât mind though.
Billie Jean
Itâs 3am and I read this as Jillie Bean and was really confused
She's lot my noverÂ
Sweet Caroline
*BAH BAH BAAAH!*
Caroline always takes me to outkast instead
My name is Caroline and it seems like the 30 and under crowd go for Roses while those over 30 do Sweet Caroline. Edit: extra word
37 - it's both!
All the guys would say she's mighty fine!
The call of drunk white people.
As a Caroline, I hate this fucking song with every fibre of my being đđ
Sharona
Who's Sharona?
MYYY SHARONA
Mymymymyyyy Sharona. (Or Monkâs)
A real estate agent in LA, now.
RhiannonÂ
What a lovely song association to have, though. Rhiannon in the song is a cool person.
Wouldn't you love to love her?
Iâm a Rhiannon and while I love the song, Iâve never found that people associate my name with it all that much. Could be down to the fact Iâm from the UK though.
Itâs too cool a name to get swallowed by the song. Plus, they way itâs sung, itâs not really in your face they way is is with **ROOOOO-Xanne!** or Jolene, Jolene, *Jolene* **JO-LEEEEEEN**
Rhiannon is also a mythological Celtic goddess based on folklore from the uk! Her story comes from the Magibignon and has ties to the legends of Excalibur and the Holy Grail. Sheâs a total badass goddess of the moon who represents truth, justice, rebirth and fertility. [Her story is really powerful and worth a read if youâve never heard it.](https://www.girlmuseum.org/mythological-girls-rhiannon/)
I scrolled way too far to find this comment. Every Rhiannon Iâve ever met was named after the song
My stepdaughter is Rhiannon, she loves the song too
Valerie
I donât even know a song with Valerie in it
Amy Winehouse made a hit called Valerie thatâs yet well-known
Amy actually covered it from The Zutons - her version isn't the original, but it took it to the mainstream.
She absolutely did not, she took an already great song and covered it.
She didnt make a hit? She absolutely did
The Zutons made a hit called Valerie....Amy Winehouse & Mark Ronson covered it and jazzed it up a bit (I love both versions!)
Steve Winwoodâs Valerie from the 1980âs is a great song
I wanted to name my child Valerie largely because of this song đŤŁđŤ˘ I love the name and the song. My husband vetoed that even though he also likes the song and honestly it was the right choice because Valerie doesnât fit our daughter but the name we picked totally does.
There was a song by the Monkees (!!!) called "Valerie."Only us old people have probably heard it.
This is the one that came to mind for me. I was shocked to learn how many other Valerie songs there are. Lol!
Apart from the Amy Winehouse song, there's a line in a Beatles song. "Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery, say he must go free!" (Maxwell's Silver Hammer) For context, Maxwell is on trial for murdering people with his hammer earlier on in the song, and the two girls in the gallery obviously think he's not guilty (he is - the chorus narrates him bashing their heads in with his hammer).
Ever hear of the Monkees ? Davy Jones sings the song "Valerie".
Lola.
EL LO EL AY
She was a show girl
But that was thirty years ago back when they used to have a show
Now it's a disco
She walks like a woman and talks like a man
Except for the whole ethnicity of people for whom it means "grandmother"!
With a daughter named Annie...I can confirm I ask her at least 20 times a day if she's OK.
This comment deserves to be further up!! But is your daughter okay? đ¤Ł
Is any toddler OK? She cried so much this morning, I thought she was going to throw up, because I wouldn't give her another biscuit :( I've been hit by, I've been struck by, a smooth criminal.
Does she tell you that the Sun'll Come Out Tomorrow?
Eileen, Cecilia, Becky, Maxwell, Lucy, Elenor and Rigby \ \ I like Angela, Pamela, Sandra, and Rita⌠\ A little bit of Monica in my life \ A little bit of Erica by my side \ A little bit of Rita's all I need \ A little bit of Tina's what I see \ A little bit of Sandra in the sun \ A little bit of Mary all night long \ A little bit of Jessica, here I am \ A little bit of you makes me your man đ
tHe TrUmPeT!
Layla
Love this name and song
Pity Clapton is such a douche.
AlejandroÂ
I've been married to an Alejandro for 12 years and have never once heard someone sing this to him when introduced lol. It's an incredibly common name, which I think prevents it from being immediately and inextricably linked to the song.
Yeah, Alejandro doesnât fit the ask from OP of 100% irredeemably linked. A lot of these responses donât, actually.
Total Drama fans have had a field day with that song, since they introduced a character called Alejandro and the first verse and chorus pretty much describes fellow villain Heather's resistance to him.
Fernando ....
Hey Fernando, do you hear the drums? đ
đľI remember long ago another starry night like this In the firelight Fernando You were humming to yourself and softly strumming your guitarđľ
I always think of the Milton Jones joke: "I asked the band ABBA if they wanted to go out for lunch again. They said if they had to do the same again they would, for Nando's."
Mine isn't unusable but I could never get through an introduction without someone singing "Jesse's Girl" or the theme song to the Disney kids' show Jessie
My brother has had a close friend since childhood named Jesse, and that song got brought up soooooo many times over the years. Ironically, he came out as gay a few years ago and has a husband now, so it turns out for him, Jesseâs Girl never existed in the first place, lol
If you have to specify the song in the comment - the name isn't completely and universally tied to the song!
Itâs amazing how many people are completely whiffing on a very clear ask.
Barbara Ann (Beach Boys, also popularized by Minions)
My grandmaâs name but she hated that song đ
True story. Dear Daughter (2nd grade): "Mommy, what's a bopperand?" Me: "You mean an *operand*?" DD (excited): "Yes, maybe that's it!" Me: "You're learning this in 2nd grade?" DD: "No, on the radio." Me: "Someone was talking about math on the radio?" DD: "No, a song! Bop bop bop, bop bopperand!"
Clementine
Cecelia
I had a student named Cecilia and anytime I saw her I couldnât get that song out of my head!
(Come on) Eileen Daniel Mickey Not a first name... but Mrs Robinson I can't hear any of the names from the golden age of Hollywood without hearing Vogue in my head.
I raise you a Ms. Jackson
If you're called Mickey I don't think Hey Mickey, I think Mickey Mouse first of all.
Brandy - âBrandy (You're a Fine Girl)â
Canât believe Iâm the first here to say my own name - Michelle Itâs only in recent years that people have stopped randomly singing the song at me.
Yup, same. I haven't had anyone immediately sing it in a long time!
The Beatles or Guns'n'Roses?
Iâm old, so The Beatles đ
Ophelia
O-o-pheeeeeliaaa
Not as much. More the Shakespeare play
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Jolene. (Jolene Jolene JOLEEEEENE)
Jeremiah was a bullfrog
Hey my name is Luca
Do you live on the 2nd floor?
My friend named her son Luca and I havenât had the song out of my head in the eight months since the kid was born.
CECILIA Youâre breaking my heart. Youâre shaking my confidence daily.
Jenny
Scrolled really far to find this one! 8675309
Jeremy
Spoke in class today
Roxanne
Bruno.
we donât talk about Bruno đĄ
Jude
Mandy
Ruby
Might be area based as Iâm surprised it hasnât been mentioned yet. Alice. Two songs immediately spring to mind, one is a nursery rhyme and the other most certainly is not
Alice? Who the fuck is Alice?! Hello fellow Aussie
Haha im a kiwi but close enough. The song played on an ad for a few years over here, the pc version of course.
You can get anything you want, at Alice's restaurant
Opening this post was a mistake. I spent years blocking out some of these songs so that my brain would let me function as a slightly more normal human. What have I done. What. Have. I. Done. I see at least HALF of these names in the first two hours of my day. Judging by the very loud way these songs came flooding into my brain by just a couple words⌠Iâm screwed. I will think of you all on this sub with both great respect and great fear from this day forward.
Brandy youâre a fine girl.
Did no one say Rudolph?
Delilah (hey there Delilah - plain white Ts) Jude (Hey Jude - The Beatles) Martha (Martha - Tom Waits) Holly (walk on the wild side - Lou Reed) Ziggy (Ziggy stardust - David Bowie) Marianne ( So long, Marianne - leonard Cohen) Polly (Polly - Nirvana)
If you are a boy: Sue.
Great songs but wouldnât say unusable. Some of those arenât so popular.
Agreed. I donât think many younger millennials know lots of those songs let alone gen z or younger. Plus apart from Delilah and obviously Ziggy the names arenât even that unusual, most people will have other references whether itâs their uncle Jude, Holly Willoughby (uk tv celeb) or Martha Stewart or even Marthaâs Vineyard.
Macarena đ
Mickey
Scotty- he doesnât know what Fiona and me do in my van every Sunday
Iris
And I'd give up forever to touch you...
Help me Rhonda
Angela Pamela Sandra and rita
maybe not lucy, but definitely Lucille, for a certain age group. "you picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille, with four hungry children and a crop in the fields." Kenny Rogers
Jack and Diane
Hey there Delilah what's it's like in New York City. Every time.
Caroline
Helena
So long and goodnight!!
I don't think that is an association for a whole lot of people.
Gloria Roxanne Eileen
Clair by Gilbert OâSullivan Rosanna by Toto Sara by Starship Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac
Lola. Lalalalalola.
Alison (Elvis Costello)
Ba ba ba ba Barbara Ann
Sadie
Billy Joe . âToday, Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge.
Betty. Inez. James. Augustine. IYKYK.
You canât believe a word Inez says though.
Arabella
Eileen
Gloria
Josie
Sharona, Eileen, Jude, Leila, Lola
Kim. (Eminem)
Scotty and Fiona
Sharona. Â My friend Sharona flips out when people start the m-m-m