Signature Songs.

[Agent Proto]

Ok, I was listening to the radio (<3 @ Classic Rock) and they were doing something during lunch with the listeners calling to vote on what a band's signature song is, and played the signature song of a band. They did several bands, and some of them I could agree with.

Anyway, the point of this thread is to name a song that a band/singer is well known for, and that's basically would be their signature song. Here are several bands' signature songs as voted by the listeners of the radio station.

Eric Clapton, Layla
Police, Roxanne
Led Zepplin, Stairway To Heaven
John Mellencamp, Jack And Diane
Eagles, Hotel California
Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody
Rolling Stones, Satisfaction
The Who, Who Are You
U2, Pride In The Name Of Love
Aerosmith, Dream On
Elton John, Tiny Dancer
Tom Petty, Refugee
Van Halen, Runnin' With The Devil
Lynyrd Skynard, Freebird
Pink Floyd, Another Brick In The Wall
CCR, Fortunate Son
Bruce Springsteen, Born To Run
Beatles, Hey Jude

Seems pretty easy to do. You may want to give some of the bands listed with a different song which you would consider their signature song, or you can list a different band or singer with their signature song of your choice. Get going. *whips*

[Skogs]

I've addedmy comments in brackets.

Eric Clapton - Layla (agreed - but admittedly he didn't even play the main riff - Duane Allman did)
Police - Roxanne (yup)
Led Zepplin - Stairway To Heaven (probably a grudging yes, but it really should be 'A Whole Lotta Love')
John Mellencamp - Jack And Diane (deffo)
Eagles - Hotel California (deffo)
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (deffo)
Rolling Stones - Satisfaction (toss-up between that and Jumpin' Jack Flash)
The Who - Who Are You (WRONG - My Generation, blatantly)
U2 - Pride In The Name Of Love (Yep)
Aerosmith - Dream On (nah, Sweet Emotion)
Elton John - Tiny Dancer (dunno, don't really care)
Tom Petty - Refugee (nah, Free Fallin')
Van Halen, Runnin' With The Devil (nah, Eruption or Jump)
Lynyrd Skynard - Freebird (that's a contentious one. The true rednecks would agree, but Sweet Home Alabama is the much more recognisable song)
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (probably)
CCR - Fortunate Son (who?)
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (probably)
Beatles - Hey Jude (probably, but by no means their best song - but the Beatles were pretty average by my books)

[fire_of_avalon]

I agree with a lot of them, but Clapton I think more people would associate with Cocaine before Layla, as it's solidly recognizable. It took me a couple of listens to catch on to the fact that it WAS Clapton. As for others I disagree with, definitely U2. I think of Mysterious Ways from Achtung, Baby when I think of U2, but I could be crazy. Or Sunday, Bloody Sunday. With the Eagles, I think Life in the Fast Lane is more their signature song. And for the Stones, when I think of them I think Brown Sugar, but I'm also weird.

Oh, and as much as I wish, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are more easily recognized by Free Fallin', though Refugee is a MUCH MUCH better song. However, I totally agree with the rest of them.

[Dking'squeen]

some of the songs are recent or old, I don't know. I'm just going by what I hear the most. Some of the songs listed in the beginning I've never heard or heard but don't know them, so...

Police~Every Breath You Take
U2~Vertigo
Breaking Benjamin~Co Cold
Shinedown~45
Chevelle~VitaminR
Green Day~ American Idiot/Holiday
Red Hot Chili Peppers~ *it's hard to say*

[Zell's Fists of Fury]

Red hot Chili Peppers - Give it Away. Obviously.
Green Day - When I Come Around
Guns and Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Oasis - Wonderwall
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Pearl Jam - Alive
Radiohead - Creep (As much as they don't want it to be, it's true)
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
Sublime - Santaria
ZZTop - La Grange
AC/DC - Back in Black

[nik0tine]

Im going to add one

Bob Dylan - Mr. Tamborine Man.

[Chris]

I'll list some female singers:

# Sade - Smooth Operator
# Grace Jones - Pull Up to the Bumper
# Björk - Venus As a Boy
# Enya - Orinoco Flow
# Aretha Franklin - R.E.S.P.E.C.T
# Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker
# Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
# Dolly Parton - Joleen
# Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have Fun
# Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were
# Liza Minnelli - Cabaret
# Shirley Bassey - This is My Life

[boris no no]

Beatles - help
robbie williams - angels
Red hot chilli peppers - californication
System of a down - sugar
Marilyn manson - beautiful people
REM - everybody hurts
Michael Jackson - Billie jean
placebo - taste in men
elton john - your song
the verve - bittersweet symphony
David Bowie - space oddity
Gary Numan - cars

some of them are my favs. sorry but i had to put them in!
your song

[Strider]

I'd say Under The Bridge for RHCP.
Aerosmith... Walk This Way.
John Mellencamp. Pink Houses.
Tom Petty... hmm. Running Down a Dream.
Van Halen. Gotta be Jump.
I don't care about Green Day, and neither should you.
I'm tempted to say November Rain for Guns and Roses, but I'll agree with Spiff on this one.
Pearl Jam... even though it isn't their best song, it's gotta be Jeremy.
ZZ Top... she's got Legs, she knows how to use them.

Anyway, for some others...

Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
Boston - More Than a Feeling
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Collective Soul - Shine
Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) the Reaper
Foreigner - Cold as Ice
Loverboy - Working for the Weekend
Bad Company - Bad Company
Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever
Queensrÿche - Silent Lucidity
Styx - Renegade
Yes - Roundabout
Supertramp - Take the Long Way Home

[Dr.K]

With Clapton, I think it depends on the era the listener has focused in on. Alot of people would certainly deem "Wonderful Tonight" or "Tears in Heaven" as prime candidates for his signature song, but I'd agree with Layla.
I'd say U2 would be better fitted with "One" or "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For".
For the Eagles, "Lyin' Eyes" wouldn't be scoffed at, but Hotel California is pretty much it. For Elton John I'd probably hazard "Sacrifice".

As for others...
RHCP's - Under the Bridge
Guns n Roses - Sweet Child
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Radiohead - Paranoid Andrioid
Green Day - Basket Case
The Kinks - You Really Got Me
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Oasis - Wonderwall
Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies
David Bowie - Heroes
Dire Straits - Walk of Life
Duran Duran - Rio

[Dking'squeen]

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Under The Bride, Breaking The Girl
The Temptations: My Girl, Papa Was A Rolling Stone, Beauty's Only Skin Deep
Enya: Only Time
Blink 182: All The Small Things
Phantom Planet: California (Here We Come)
Sugarcult: *can't think of the name but it goes like, "I'm bouncing off the walls again,. o-oh. I'm looking like a fool again o-oh*
Weezer: Buddy Holly, the Sweater Song, Say It Ain't So

[rubah]

Man, some of those signature songs I've never heard X.x; mostly just Hey Jude and satisfaction though. (of course I don't listen to the radio much, so songs I hear over and over are ones I *play* over and over)

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
AC*DC - Back in Black
Aerosmith - Don't Wanna Miss a Thing
AFI - Silver and Cold
Alice Cooper - School's Out
Aqua - Barbie Girl (;D)
Big City Groove - This Love
Blink 182 - All the Small Things
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper
Styx - Come Sail Away *or* Mr. Roboto. not sure which.
Boston - Taking My Time
Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
CCR - Proud Mary
Cher - Believe
Coldplay - Amsterdam
Creed - Six Feet from the Edge
ELO - Blinded by the Light
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
DC Talk - Jesus Freak
Depeche Mode - Free Love
Dir en Grey - Child prey
the Eagles - Hotel California (but wasted time is so much prettier. . .)
Eiffel 65 - Blue
Eric Clapton - Layla. (makes me sad how Yahoo was overusing it for the longest)
Evanescence - My Immortal
Eve 6 - Inside Out
Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop
Foreigner - Hot Blooded
Golden Earring - Twilight Zone
Goldfrappe - Train
Goo Goo Dolls - Black Balloons
Group X - Mario Twins (XD)
GusGus - Why
Heart - Baracuda
HIM - Resurrection
Hootie and the Blowfish - Time
Hooverphonic - Eden
Icon & the Black Roses - Black Rose
Iron Butterfly - In a Gadda Da Vita (sometimes I think I'm the only one that knows their other songs:/)
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Jethro Tull - Aqua Lung
Jewel - Pieces of You
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son (Dust in the Wind is a very close second.)
Led Zepplin - Stairway to Heaven.
Linkin Park - In the End
Lionel Ritchie - Running with the Night
Lonestar - Not a Day Goes By
Lynard Skynard - Freebird
Malice Mizer - Beast of Blood
Mercy Me - I Can Only Imagine
Merry - Tokyo Telephone
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Nena - 99 Luft Ballons
NOFX - The Decline
Neil Young - After the Goldrush
Simon and Garfunkle - Mrs. Robinson
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (pt 2 especially)
Queen - Bohemian Rapsody
Rammstein - Asche zu Asche
Rancid - Radio
Relient K - Sadie Hawkins Dance
Rod Stewart - Reason to Believe
Rolling Stones - Paint it Black
Rush - Manhattan Project
SADS - Masquerade
the Scorpions - No One Like You
Simple Plan - Perfect
Sloppy Meat Eaters - Escape
Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
Sum 41 - Motivation
System of a Down - Chop Suey
Tatu - All the Things She Said
Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever
the Alfee - Cinderella wa Nemurenai
the All-American Rejects - Swing Swing
the Black Mages - The Skies Above
the Cure - I Will Always Love You
the Postal Service - The District Sleeps Tonight
the Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Verve Pipe - The Freshman
the Zombies - Time of the Seasonnn
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul
Three Doors Down - Kryptonite
Tom Petty - Freefalling (is this because I won't let myself say refugee?)
Train - Drops of Jupiter
Weezer - Island in the Sun
X Japan - The Last Song
Zdob si Zdub - Mamaliga Malia

(two things of note-- so many of those songs *Aren't* their best songs. and so many of those bands are only noteworthy because of the one song^_^)

[Flamethrower]

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal (Ironically, not their own song)
American Hi-Fi - Flavor of the Week
Blink 182 - Dammit
Bowling For Soup - Girl All The Bad Guys Want
Dashboard Confessional - Screaming Infidelities
Foo Fighters - Times Like These
Goldfinger - Open Your Eyes
Green Day - Basket Case or Good Riddance. Can't decide.
Hoobastank - The Reason
Incubus - Pardon Me
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
MC Chris - Fett's Vette
Mest - Cadillac
New Found Glory - Hit or Miss
Phantom Planet - California
Relient K - Marylin Manson Ate My Girlfriend (OK, not actually their signature song I don't know what is)
Riddlin' Kids - I Feel Fine
Simple Plan - I'm Just A Kid
SR-71 - Right Now
Sugar Cult - Bouncing Off The Walls
Sum 41 - Fat Lip
Tenacious D - **** Her Gently
The Used - The Taste of Ink
Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue
Weezer - Hash Pipe

(In case you're wondering, no, I don't listen to only pop-punk x.X It's just what I like the most at the moment.)

[Dking'squeen]

Hoobastank - The Reason

I would think that Crawling In The Dark would be it and Running Away

Sugar Cult - Bouncing Off The Walls

that's what I couldn't remember

Incubus - Pardon Me

Incubus: Drive, Megalomaniac

[Flamethrower]

Crawling In The Dark is a much better song, but The Reason is much more well known. The Reason is what made Hoobastank popular and known to all, so that's why I think that's their signature song.