Songs about Juliet
September 26, 2020 4:58 PM Subscribe
Hi! I'm looking for songs that mention Juliet. Any genre, though it probably should be in English, unless it's super famous. Thank you!
Taylor Swift's Love Story uses Juliet (and Romeo) as characters.
posted by batter_my_heart at 5:01 PM on September 26, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by batter_my_heart at 5:01 PM on September 26, 2020 [1 favorite]
I mean of course there’s T-Swift’s Love Story.
posted by goodbyewaffles at 5:02 PM on September 26, 2020
posted by goodbyewaffles at 5:02 PM on September 26, 2020
Just Like Romeo and Juliet by The Reflections, covered by Sha Na Na.
posted by Melismata at 5:02 PM on September 26, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by Melismata at 5:02 PM on September 26, 2020 [2 favorites]
Elvis Costello and the Brodsky Quartet did a whole album of songs to Juliet, The Juliet Letters. I'm not sure how many of the songs actually mention Juliet by name, but at least one does - I Thought I'd Write to Juliet.
posted by Redstart at 5:03 PM on September 26, 2020 [9 favorites]
posted by Redstart at 5:03 PM on September 26, 2020 [9 favorites]
Lou Reed Romeo Had Juliet
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 5:03 PM on September 26, 2020 [4 favorites]
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 5:03 PM on September 26, 2020 [4 favorites]
Although I guess technically that's about a random couple named Romeo and Juliet
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 5:07 PM on September 26, 2020
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 5:07 PM on September 26, 2020
LMNT's "Hey Juliet" should count.
posted by yellowcandy at 5:07 PM on September 26, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by yellowcandy at 5:07 PM on September 26, 2020 [1 favorite]
Bruce Springsteen's "Fire" mentions Romeo and Juliet, so does Don't Fear the Reaper.
posted by jozxyqk at 5:08 PM on September 26, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by jozxyqk at 5:08 PM on September 26, 2020 [1 favorite]
Whatever by Butthole Surfers (from the 1996 Romeo + Juliet movie soundtrack)
Fever by Peggy Lee, among others.
posted by northernish at 5:08 PM on September 26, 2020 [2 favorites]
Fever by Peggy Lee, among others.
posted by northernish at 5:08 PM on September 26, 2020 [2 favorites]
Madonna's Cherish, which took me too long to figure out but thank goodness it's now stuck in my head forever.
I was never satisfied with casual encounters
I can't hide my need
For two hearts that bleed with burning love
That's the way it's got to be
Romeo and Juliet, they never felt this way I bet
So don't underestimate my point of view
posted by General Malaise at 5:17 PM on September 26, 2020 [1 favorite]
I was never satisfied with casual encounters
I can't hide my need
For two hearts that bleed with burning love
That's the way it's got to be
Romeo and Juliet, they never felt this way I bet
So don't underestimate my point of view
posted by General Malaise at 5:17 PM on September 26, 2020 [1 favorite]
(Don't Fear) The Reaper, Blue Oyster Cult
Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity..
posted by mefireader at 5:18 PM on September 26, 2020 [2 favorites]
Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity..
posted by mefireader at 5:18 PM on September 26, 2020 [2 favorites]
Fire by the Pointer Sisters.
posted by mefireader at 5:26 PM on September 26, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by mefireader at 5:26 PM on September 26, 2020 [1 favorite]
We The Kings - Check Yes Juliet
posted by notjustthefish at 5:38 PM on September 26, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by notjustthefish at 5:38 PM on September 26, 2020 [2 favorites]
Depending on whether you want different versions of songs, I had no idea that the Romeo & Juliet version I knew and loved by Indigo Girls was actually a cover of the Dire Straits song to which vitout linked!
posted by The Wrong Kind of Cheese at 5:41 PM on September 26, 2020 [6 favorites]
posted by The Wrong Kind of Cheese at 5:41 PM on September 26, 2020 [6 favorites]
Skye Sweetnam's "Billy S" has the best lines:
"I don't need to read Billy Shakespeare,
Meet Juliet or Malvolio!"
posted by RGD at 6:07 PM on September 26, 2020
"I don't need to read Billy Shakespeare,
Meet Juliet or Malvolio!"
posted by RGD at 6:07 PM on September 26, 2020
It's already been mentioned, but I'm linking this version of Dire Straights' Romeo and Juliet because it's really good.
posted by Candleman at 6:46 PM on September 26, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by Candleman at 6:46 PM on September 26, 2020 [2 favorites]
If you're looking for an exhaustive list rather than just ones that people here like, doing a google search for "site:songmeanings.net juliet" and "site:genius.com juliet" will turn up a bunch.
posted by Candleman at 6:49 PM on September 26, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by Candleman at 6:49 PM on September 26, 2020 [2 favorites]
"My discotheque Juliet teenage dream" in Walk the Moon's Shut up and Dance
posted by freethefeet at 7:10 PM on September 26, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by freethefeet at 7:10 PM on September 26, 2020 [3 favorites]
Semisonic Singing In My Sleep: "Looking up to a Capulet on a balcony in your mind."
posted by otolith at 9:35 PM on September 26, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by otolith at 9:35 PM on September 26, 2020 [2 favorites]
The Red Elvises, Juliet. Are you specifically looking for Juliet Capulet references, or just songs that reference anybody named Juliet?
posted by Pandora Kouti at 9:59 PM on September 26, 2020
posted by Pandora Kouti at 9:59 PM on September 26, 2020
bob dylan, "floater"
the sisters of mercy, "romeo down"
the reflections, "(just like) romeo & juliet"
"a time for us" is the love theme from the 1968 zefferelli film; here's mel tormé's 1969 version
ella fitzgerald sings cole porter's "just one of those things" (cole porter also wrote lyrics to kiss me kate, a musical adaptation of taming of the shrew, which reminds me that west side story is a loose adaptation of romeo and juliet.)
posted by 20 year lurk at 11:44 PM on September 26, 2020 [1 favorite]
the sisters of mercy, "romeo down"
the reflections, "(just like) romeo & juliet"
"a time for us" is the love theme from the 1968 zefferelli film; here's mel tormé's 1969 version
ella fitzgerald sings cole porter's "just one of those things" (cole porter also wrote lyrics to kiss me kate, a musical adaptation of taming of the shrew, which reminds me that west side story is a loose adaptation of romeo and juliet.)
posted by 20 year lurk at 11:44 PM on September 26, 2020 [1 favorite]
I am surprised no-one has mentioned the Four Pennies' Juliet
Also Lawson's Juliet
posted by TheRaven at 1:04 AM on September 27, 2020
Also Lawson's Juliet
posted by TheRaven at 1:04 AM on September 27, 2020
In fiction, Nick Horby’s “Juliet, Naked” is also the title of the fictional album(s) in the story.
posted by terrapin at 5:22 AM on September 27, 2020
posted by terrapin at 5:22 AM on September 27, 2020
Robyn Hitchcock's "Chinese Bones."
posted by johngoren at 6:58 AM on September 27, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by johngoren at 6:58 AM on September 27, 2020 [1 favorite]
Juliet is implied, though not mentioned by name (at approximately :52).
posted by elphaba at 8:26 AM on September 27, 2020
posted by elphaba at 8:26 AM on September 27, 2020
Richard Marx’ song “Someone Special” mentions Juliet.
posted by ChristineSings at 8:27 AM on September 27, 2020
posted by ChristineSings at 8:27 AM on September 27, 2020
The Indigo Girls gave their take on it as well.
posted by tafetta, darling! at 8:29 AM on September 27, 2020
posted by tafetta, darling! at 8:29 AM on September 27, 2020
- Green Day, "One for the Razorbacks" - "Juliet's trying to find out what she wants ..."
- Hoodoo Gurus, "What's My Scene" - "Now the style is set, where's my Juliet"
- Bruce Springsteen, "Point Blank" - "Well, you're gonna be my Juliet"
- Neil Young, "Song X" - "Romeo and Juliet, the doctor and his case"
- Clint Black, "Ode to Chet" - "'Cause I can win her over, like Romeo did Juliet"
- Patti Loveless, "I'm That Kind of Girl" - "I get the feelin' that he's never read Romeo and Juliet"
- John Michael Montgomery, "I Can Love You Like That" - "You will never forget the way you felt when Romeo kissed Juliet"
- also John Michael Montgomery, "Nothin' on Us" - "Well, I've read about Romeo and Juliet"
- Genesis, "Cinema Show" - "Home from work our Juliet clears her morning meal"
- Robyn Hitchcock, "Chinese Bones" - "Watching Juliet unrobe I would hasten toward her"
- The Ramones, "Love Kills" - "Like Romeo and Juliet you two made a pact of death"
- Neil Sedaka, "Calendar Girl" - "Romeo and Juliet on Halloween"
- Bruce Springsteen, "Incident on 57th Street" - "Like a late Juliet she knew she'd never be true"
- Jackie Wilson, "That's Why (I Love You So)" - "If Shakespeare thought that Juliet really loved Romeo ..."
posted by offog at 9:12 AM on September 27, 2020 [2 favorites]
Haven't We Met by Kenny Rankin:
And I know that's just how it happened
When Romeo met Juliet
Somewhere I've read that old Romeo said
"Pardon me, haven't we met?"
posted by creepygirl at 11:39 AM on September 27, 2020
And I know that's just how it happened
When Romeo met Juliet
Somewhere I've read that old Romeo said
"Pardon me, haven't we met?"
posted by creepygirl at 11:39 AM on September 27, 2020
Round and Round by Ratt!
posted by Clustercuss at 12:09 PM on October 3, 2020
posted by Clustercuss at 12:09 PM on October 3, 2020
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posted by vitout at 4:59 PM on September 26, 2020 [21 favorites]