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Thread #142235   Message #3277220
Posted By: GUEST
20-Dec-11 - 01:39 PM
Thread Name: Songs which mention websites
Subject: Songs which mention websites
Does anyone know of any songs which mention the name and/or the URLs of a website? (as in the form "mywebsite.com" or "www.mywebsite.com", although this could be the website of an organisation, company, etc)? I have tried a couple of times Googling for "Songs with URLs", "Songs which mention websites", etc, but have not come up with any "Hits."

The reason I am interested, is that I have written a song which mentions the URL of a website (leaving out the "www." bit at the beginning) at the end of the song, and want to know if it is a "World First". Even if not it would be interesting to know if there are any others and what year it/they appeared. The song referred to above however is not likely to be be published (though the words and tune are original) as it refers to a somewhat specialist subject (Butterflies) and has only been performed publicly once to a group of people with an interest in these.

If anyone reading this knows of any example please reply here, ideally quoting the name and composer of the song, and what country it refers to (e.g. U.S.A, U.K, etc).

Given the large number of people writing and publishing songs (which the Internet has probably made a lot easier) and the fact that many millions of people throughout the world have had access to the Internet during the last 20 years or so, it is certainly surprising that at best there are presumably very few proper songs which even mention the Internet (although presumably someone may have referred to on-line dating, social networking sites, etc)

I am about to partially answer my own question in that I have just remembered that on UK television there is currently an advert for moonpig.com (who make greeting cards, etc) which ends with the website moonpig.com being mentioned as part of an Advertising Jingle. There is also the (to me annoying) advert for "Go Compare" (to the tune of "Over There", I think) sung by a professional Welsh singer, whose names escapes me (I wish the words would also) although I don't think it mentions gocompare.com). However I don't think advertising Jingles really count as songs, or even music!