Song Title Generator
Get song titles and song name ideas in one click. Instant, because the titles are already written rather than generated while you wait. 3395 of them so far.
- The Suitcase Still Smells Like Her Perfume
- When the City Beats
- Who’s Listening in the Hallway?
- Flip the Switch
- Duct-Tape the Exit Sign to the Color RED
- Spite-Clean
- Why Do We Always Lose Our Shoes and Not Our Minds
- Saturday Morning Cartoons on a Warped VHS
- Electric Hands in the Dark
- We Built the Coffin, You Dug the Hole
- Sharpie Drawings on Bathroom Walls
- Barefoot on the Asphalt Again
These are written for this site and are not the names of existing records.
What makes a song title work
Concrete beats abstract, and it is not close. A title naming a thing you could photograph carries further than one naming a feeling. The keys left on the hook, the last bus, a receipt in an old coat. Compare those with Lost Feelings or Broken Inside, which describe a mood without giving anyone an image to hold, and which several thousand songs already use.
Most working titles run two to five words. One word can work when the word is unusual or when it is doing double duty. Much past five and it stops fitting on a release, though there is a long tradition of very long titles being the joke.
The commonest source of a good title is the chorus. Take the line the song keeps returning to, then turn it very slightly so it reads as a phrase rather than a summary. That small turn is what separates a title from a label.
Can you use a title you find here?
Yes. Titles generally sit outside copyright in a way that lyrics do not, which is why more than one record can share a name. Two things are still worth doing: search the title to see whether a well-known song already owns it in people's minds, and check it is not a trademark if you are naming a release rather than a track.
Nothing on this page is the name of an existing record. The generator behind it is instructed to write new titles and to replace anything it recognises as a real one.
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Questions
Is this song title generator free?
Yes. The titles come from a library written in advance, so pressing the button costs nothing and there is no waiting.
Are these real song titles?
No, and deliberately so. Every title was written for this site. The generator is instructed not to return the name of an existing song, album or artist, because those belong to the people who made them.
Can I use a title I find here?
Yes. Titles are generally not protected by copyright the way lyrics are, so a title you like is yours to use. It is still worth searching it first to see whether a well-known record already carries it.
What makes a good song title?
Something concrete. A named object or a piece of plain speech beats an abstract noun almost every time. Two to five words is the usual range, and the strongest titles are often a phrase lifted from the chorus and turned slightly.
Do you have titles for a specific mood?
Pick one of the mood buttons and the list changes. Sad, love, breakup, hopeful, angry, nostalgic, party and lonely each have their own set.