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I’m looking for songs that contain the word “darling.” The word doesn’t have to be included in the title. Bonus points if “darling” is part of the chorus. Thanks!
posted by turniphead to Media & Arts (86 answers total) 14 users marked this as a favorite
 
Stand By Me, Ben E King
posted by macadamiaranch at 8:42 AM on May 4, 2013


Oh Darling, The Beatles
Darling Pretty, Mark Knopfler
Darling Nikki, Prince
Die Die My Darling, Misfits
posted by Radiophonic Oddity at 8:42 AM on May 4, 2013 [3 favorites]


oh my darling, clementine
and Darling Corey
posted by the twistinside at 8:43 AM on May 4, 2013 [1 favorite]




Darlin' Corey.
posted by tangerine at 8:44 AM on May 4, 2013


And Darling, Tegan and Sara
posted by incountrysleep at 8:49 AM on May 4, 2013


Darling Lorraine- Paul Simon
posted by charmedimsure at 8:50 AM on May 4, 2013


In the Flesh - Blondie. Lots of use of darling in that one.
posted by freejinn at 8:50 AM on May 4, 2013 [2 favorites]




Are You Tired of Me, Darling by the Carter Family, nicely covered by Nanci Griffith, emmylou Harris and Iris DeMent.
posted by vespabelle at 8:51 AM on May 4, 2013 [2 favorites]


Bruce Springsteen uses it all the time. There's 'Sherry Darling' where it's actually in the title, but it also turns up in the chorus of 'Youngstown', 'Long Walk Home', 'If I Should Fall Behind', and 'Matamoros Banks', just for a few.
posted by Catseye at 8:51 AM on May 4, 2013


Save the last dance for me
Unchained melody
posted by runincircles at 8:52 AM on May 4, 2013




and of course Darling Nikki, Prince
posted by freejinn at 8:53 AM on May 4, 2013


My Darling, My Darling from "Where's Charlie"
lyrics
posted by BillMcMurdo at 8:55 AM on May 4, 2013


Darlin' by Josh Ritter.
posted by TrixieRamble at 8:56 AM on May 4, 2013


My Darling, Wilco
Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy), John Lennon
Darlin' One, Replacements
posted by bah213 at 8:56 AM on May 4, 2013


Led Zep's Over the Hills and Far Away, home of "Oh darlin', darlin', darlin', walk a while with me..."

(Also, Stevie Wonder's "My Cherie Amour" if you're willing to accept translations, too)
posted by argonauta at 8:56 AM on May 4, 2013


You Never Even Called Me By My Name -- David Allen Coe, has a line in the chorus, "but you don't have to call me darlin', darlin' "
posted by bizzyb at 8:58 AM on May 4, 2013 [1 favorite]


You Never Even Called Me by My Name - David Allen Coe
posted by shoesietart at 8:58 AM on May 4, 2013 [2 favorites]


Darlin' by the Beach Boys.
posted by caek at 8:59 AM on May 4, 2013


Darlin' Companion -- June Carter & Johnny Cash
posted by Vervain at 9:03 AM on May 4, 2013


Eternal Flame by the Bangles
posted by jaguar at 9:04 AM on May 4, 2013


Knock three times by Tony Orlando
posted by taltalim at 9:05 AM on May 4, 2013


I Love You So Much It Hurts, Patsy Cline

My Dearest Darling, Etta James
posted by billiebee at 9:05 AM on May 4, 2013


Songs: Ohia, "Darling..."
posted by divined by radio at 9:08 AM on May 4, 2013


Candy by Paolo Nutini
posted by Balonious Assault at 9:15 AM on May 4, 2013


Basia Bulat - Oh My Darling
posted by snorkmaiden at 9:16 AM on May 4, 2013


Little Darling Pal of Mine by the Carter Family. If you want a version that's more, err, listenable to modern ears, try the Lucinda Williams version.
posted by showbiz_liz at 9:18 AM on May 4, 2013


Bob Dylan:

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
"Oh, where have you been, my darling young one?"

Black Diamond Bay
“My darling, je vous aime beaucoup”

Let's Keep It Between Us
" ’Til we don’t know who to trust Oh, darlin’, can we keep it between us?"

Winterlude
"Winterlude, Winterlude, oh darlin'"
posted by mrmarley at 9:20 AM on May 4, 2013


But I'm always true to you darling in my fashion, says the Rogers and Hart standard.
posted by chrchr at 9:24 AM on May 4, 2013




Wendy Matthews' 'Ten Miles of Timber'. I don't have Spotify on this computer to check but hopefully this link works: http://open.spotify.com/track/5ZgCLc2UAXcrKj0UNWWAmB
posted by springbound at 9:34 AM on May 4, 2013


Darlington Darling by Moxy Früvous.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 9:39 AM on May 4, 2013


Thank You Darling by Ricky Nelson
posted by Iris Gambol at 9:43 AM on May 4, 2013


Darling from the Walk Hard soundtrack is essential.
posted by Sculthorpe at 9:49 AM on May 4, 2013


Inertia Creeps by Massive Attack
posted by seemoreglass at 9:51 AM on May 4, 2013


Not in the chorus, but it's the first word in Romance Is Boring by Los Campesinos!
posted by dogwalker at 9:54 AM on May 4, 2013




Linda & Teddy Thompson - Evona Darling

and of course "My Darling Clementine"
posted by nicebookrack at 9:57 AM on May 4, 2013


Little Darlin', by The Diamonds.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 10:06 AM on May 4, 2013


Clementine by Bobby Darin!
posted by davidmsc at 10:29 AM on May 4, 2013




Bo Diddley - Dearest Darling
Daniel Johnston - Favorite Darling Girl (not a happy romantic song)
The Moovers - Darling I'll Go
Bonnie Prince Billy - Raining in Darling
posted by hydrophonic at 10:31 AM on May 4, 2013


For the film High Noon, Tex Ritter sang the Academy Award-winning song Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'.
posted by theatro at 10:49 AM on May 4, 2013


Oh My Darlin' by Katie Herzig.
posted by anderjen at 10:55 AM on May 4, 2013


Adam and the Ants, Press Darlings
John Doe, Darling Underdog
posted by scody at 11:01 AM on May 4, 2013


Oh, and Neil Young & Crazyhorse's version of Clementine
posted by scody at 11:09 AM on May 4, 2013


Darlin' Don't - Stephen Fretwell
posted by amerrydance at 11:13 AM on May 4, 2013


Darling Be Home Soon - John Sebastion
posted by a humble nudibranch at 11:16 AM on May 4, 2013 [1 favorite]


Darlin' I by Tony Lucca
posted by MariJo at 11:31 AM on May 4, 2013


Cora is Gone - Flatt, Scruggs, and the Foggy Mountain Boys (and many others)
Who Will Call You Sweetheart - Stanley Bros and Clinch Mountain Boys
posted by bongo_x at 11:47 AM on May 4, 2013


Johnny Cash, Goodbye Little Darlin'
Ralph Stanley, Love Me Darlin' Just Tonight
Eminem, My Darling
posted by drlith at 11:54 AM on May 4, 2013


"Here Comes the Sun" - "little darling" is the beginning of each line in the verse


/everyone always overlooks george when john or paul are in the room...
posted by fingers_of_fire at 11:59 AM on May 4, 2013 [2 favorites]




Mary Margaret O’Hara: Dear Darling
The Jackson 5: Darling Dear
The Lovin’ Spoonful: Darling Be Home Soon
posted by misteraitch at 12:20 PM on May 4, 2013


Are You Still Dying, Darling? Siouxsie & the Banshees
posted by crush-onastick at 12:26 PM on May 4, 2013




You didn't limit it to English. Just about anything from Urusei Yatsura, sung from Lum's point of view:

Lum no Ballad
I, I, You & Ai
Kokoro Bosoi na
Pajama Jama Da
... and so on.

That is a pretty big technicality, but I am nothing if not pedantic.
posted by Suddenly, elf ass at 1:10 PM on May 4, 2013


Lordi - Hate at First Sight
posted by tykky at 1:52 PM on May 4, 2013


You Never Even Called Me By My Name by David Allen Coe prominently features "You don't have to call me 'darlin', Darlin'" in the chorus, as well as one of the all-time greatest final verses in country music.
posted by jquinby at 2:13 PM on May 4, 2013


Oh, rats - missed both prior suggestions for Coe.
posted by jquinby at 2:13 PM on May 4, 2013


It's in the chorus of "Emmylou" by First Aid Kit.
posted by lampoil at 2:53 PM on May 4, 2013




Golden Lights, The Smiths
posted by vincele at 4:24 PM on May 4, 2013


Here's two more:

1. Hank Williams Sr.: "Cry, Cry Darling"

2. Freddie Fender: "Vaya con Dios (My Darling)"
posted by vincele at 4:45 PM on May 4, 2013




"Psychic City" by YACHT ("Where you been, darlin', darlin'?").

"D.A.R.L.I.N.G." by Beach House (they only spell it, though).
posted by honey wheat at 5:06 PM on May 4, 2013


Barry Mann, "Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)":
"Darling, bomp bah bah bomp, bah bomp bah bomp bomp"
posted by kirkaracha at 5:46 PM on May 4, 2013 [1 favorite]


Thanks for the Memory:

But strictly entre nous, Darling, how are you?
And how are all those little dreams that never did come true?
posted by trip and a half at 7:08 PM on May 4, 2013


A couple Frank Turner songs:

Redemption: Darling, let me take your hand as I talk you through this & Wake me, darling, I need you to take me home & So, darling, I miss you, your music and your musk and your kisses

Wanderlust: Darling, I'm leaving, the distance keeps calling me on / Darling, come morning, I'll be gone
posted by mixedmetaphors at 8:56 PM on May 4, 2013


You call everybody darling !

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Call_Everybody_Darlin'

I like KT Oslin's 1990 version, but it goes way back, including the Andrews Sisters in '46.
posted by Kakkerlak at 8:56 PM on May 4, 2013


Lots of Patsy Cline songs/covers:

"You Belong to Me" -- Just remember, darling, all the while....

"Faded Love" -- I miss you, darling, more and more every day...

"Tennessee Waltz" -- I was waltzing with my darling to the Tennessee Waltz

"Seven Lonely Days" -- Oh, my darlin' I'm cryin', boo-hoo-hoo-hoo...

Etc.
posted by southern_sky at 10:08 PM on May 4, 2013


Cheers, darling by Damien Rice
posted by superfille at 11:19 PM on May 4, 2013


I feel compelled to point out that Always True to You (In My Fashion) is Cole Porter, not Rodgers and Hart.
posted by still_wears_a_hat at 1:49 AM on May 5, 2013


Bob Marley - Stir It Up
posted by Lanark at 2:58 AM on May 5, 2013 [1 favorite]




The mention of "Always True to You" reminded me that "darling" appears in another song from Porter's Kiss Me Kate: "So in Love."

"Even without you,
My arms fold about you,
You know, darling, why,
So in love with you am I."
posted by The Underpants Monster at 10:26 AM on May 5, 2013 [1 favorite]


Nobody's Girl by Reckless Kelly.
posted by commander biscuit at 12:01 PM on May 5, 2013


Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor, with Alison Krauss - "Slumber My Darling" [live version of full song on youtube]
The word "darling" appears throughout the song.

As mentioned above, "Tennessee Waltz" (this one goes to Patti Page's version)
Repeated/in chorus: "Yes, I lost my little darlin' the night they were playing / the beautiful Tennessee Waltz"

Another recording by Patti Page - "Changing Partners"
Repeated: "So I'll keep changing partners 'til you're in my arms and then / oh, my darlin' I will never change partners again"

Brook Benton - "Endlessly"
Repeated: "That's how I will love you / oh, darling / endlessly"

Nat King Cole - "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup"
Title phrase is repeated.

Emmylou Harris - "Darlin' Kate"
The word appears throughout the song.

Danny Schmidt - "Tennee, Mama, and Desiree"
Repeated: "Darlin I love you, and darlin I'm with you / Though I know I won't see you again / I'll think of you often, remember you dearly / And I hope you find peace in the end" [Official full lyrics]

The Jayhawks - "Darling Today"
The word appears throughout the song.

Alison Krauss - "Stay"
Repeated: "There is a way to make you stay / darlin', don't turn away / Don't doubt your heart and keep us apart / I'm right where you are / Stay"
posted by rangefinder 1.4 at 1:39 PM on May 5, 2013


Another Conway Twitty song, this with Loretta Lynn:
You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly
You're the reason our kids are ugly,
little darlin'
Ah, but looks ain't ev'rythin'
and money ain't ev'rythin'
But I love you just the same.
posted by readery at 1:54 PM on May 5, 2013


(Whoops, sorry for repeating the "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" suggestion earlier.)

Richard Buckner - "On Travelling" [live performance on youtube]
Beginning of the song: "Up above you darling (past the line, between the land), I'll call you from Vancouver / just staring @ your picture till it's all that I can stand"
posted by rangefinder 1.4 at 2:00 PM on May 5, 2013


I keep thinking of more -- here's another one and then I'll stop:

Hem - "Dance With Me, Now Darling"
The word appears throughout the song.
posted by rangefinder 1.4 at 2:18 PM on May 5, 2013


Kirsty MacColl & Billy Bragg sing a lovely little duet called Darling Let's Have Another Baby. So danged catchy that I find myself cheerfully singing along and I would never ever have children...
posted by kuppajava at 4:33 PM on May 5, 2013


John Wetton gets his darling on in the choruses of Asia's 'Don't Cry.'
posted by mintcake! at 9:04 AM on May 6, 2013


Darling One - Cracker w/Adam Duritz
posted by Quonab at 12:16 PM on May 8, 2013


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