And they have to be reasonably well-known. My research has got me these:
Annie Get Your Gun - Squeeze
Annie, Let's Not Wait - Guillemots
Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy - Kid Creole and the Coconuts
... but there must be more, surely? Any help gratefully received.
UPDATE: crikey, that was more successful than I could reasonably have expected. Thank you blog people and Twitter chums.
UPDATE 2: this is also turning into quite a good 'misheard lyrics' thing as well.
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Annie Dream Will Do.
If there's Annie justice.
Is it Annie Wonder?
Move Annie Mountain.
Glad I could help.
Smooth Criminal?
Mr Angry, you are fired. Although I did like Move Annie Mountain.
Heliotropia - hurrah!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkGS263lGsQ
Annie's song - John Denver
Man in the Moon - REM
'annie are you goofing on Elvis?'
Annie - by Elastica.
Happy As Annie by Larrikin Love
Talking of whom, 'Polk Salad Annie' by Elvis, (originally by Tony Joe White)
Annie da Hero. I'm holding out for a hero til the end of the night.
Ooh these are all great, many thanks!
lettre por annie - annie phillipe
Annie by the Water - Iron & Wine
Annie - Vanessa Carlton
Annie Waits - Ben Folds
Annie-Dog - Smashing Pumpkins
Annie Use Your Telescope - Jack's Mannequin
Dreamboat Annie - Heart
Annie & I - Kriistina Wheeler
Annie - James Blunt
Annie's a Jolly Good Fellow.
Jason & the Scorchers have also done 'Polk Salad Annie'.
Sorry - twitter-replied a few times. Low grade for reading instructions.
Ones I don't see here (on v. quick review- may have missed):
Annie - Jonatha Brooke
Annie Laurie - folk tune, numerous recordings
Annie Christian - Prince
Also, re: the "Man in the Moon" reference, it's not Annie. It's Andy. The song is about Andy Kaufman.
Annie's Song - John Denver
Sorry, just noticed someone else said that!
How about "Take a load off, Annie" by The Band?
Hurrah, that's great! Thanks all.
Are you making me a special mix-tape James?
A good way to find songs with a specific name in them is to key the name into the iTunes music store. I did this once when I wanted to make a special mix-tape for my friend Cathy. She then thought I had spent years finding and collecting songs with her name in it — actually it took about 5 seconds.
That one by The Band is about "Fanny" not "Annie", I think.
Helioptropa beat me to it, but I'll post this anway...
I had a first aid instructor teach us how to get a response from the Resusci-annie with the Michael Jackson line "Annie are you okay, are you okay, are you okay Annie."
For UK chart entries you could try everyhit.com or chartstats.com, or any lyrics site where you can hopefully search the lyrics as well as titles.
Annie Dream Will Do...
Poke Salad Annie, by Tony Joe White (had to look up who sang it, but the lyrics are memorable - "everybody said it was a shame, cause her mama was a-workin' on the chain. Gang.")
Ooh, odd - re: the Annie/Fanny debate, I always thought it was Annie, but when you Google it there seems to be a real mixture! On one site there's even a discrepancy on its own page! Ah well!
Midnight Shift by Buddy Holly "Annie's been working on the midnight shift."
and
Little Annie by Little Red
This blog has been really useful to me as i am trying to compile a playlist of songs about Anne or Annie for a show. Keep up the good work.
AMHETAMINE ANNIE -CANNED HEAT
Awkward Annie - Kate Rusby
Annie - James Blunt
Annie - Mat Kearney
Annie - Safetysuit
Sweet Annie-Zach Brown Band
Check out Big Head Todd and the Monsters "Hey Annie"
Smooth Criminal
Smooth Criminal
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