Song Titles Game! Last word → First word → Last word → First word …

Let's play a game‼

1. I will name a song title and the artist that performs it.

2. The next responder uses the last word of the previous song as the first word in another song.

3. The following player uses that last word as the first word in another song title, and so on, and so on, and so on …

RULES:

A. Refresh your screen often so that multiple entries aren't given for one answer.

B. The first word can be a contraction or conjugation or the singular/plural of (or a longer word that starts with) the last word (if you're having trouble coming up with an exact match).

C. Words should match in English (so please translate any foreign song titles).

D. You can repeat a song that was mentioned previously, as long as the last word of the latest song is the first word in the song you mention. You can't mention the same song in a row, however.

E. Letters and numbers that stand in for words can count as the words they represent, but don’t have to. {Updated MON, 1/11/2021.}

F. If a song is mentioned with a last word that players have trouble using as the first word for another song, they can use that last word's first letter as the start of a new song with that same first letter.

G. One-word song titles will take their last letter as the first-letter start of a new song title with the same letter.

H. Number your responses so everyone else knows what the next response should be. If you find you've responded at the same time as someone with the same number, revise your response and start again.

Everyone wins the satisfaction of playing well!

I will start.

1. Nothing Compares 2 U (Prince/Sinead O'Connor).

2. U Got the Look (Prince)

The next song title should be numbered "3" and start with "Look" (or a contraction, conjugation, or longer word with "look" at the beginning).

Have fun!


Addendum #01 (SUN, 8/2/2020): Any punctuation that may follow a last word does not count. Only the word that precedes it should.

Addendum #02 (SAT, 5/29/2021): Offbeat spelling of a hint counts. For example, if the hint from the previous answer was “Girls” (or a song beginning with the letter “G”), a performer that entitles their song “Gurlz” would be an acceptable response. {Likewise, if the previous last word was “Gurlz,” then “Girls” would count as an answer.} However, as an offbeat spelling and a one-word response, the next response would be a song starting with the letter “Z” (not “S”). When it’s clear that an offbeat spelling of the last word in a song (more than one word) refers to a specific word, that specific word’s correct spelling will count as the hint.

Addendum #03 (FRI, 9/8/2023 Update): Unless it’s the first word, only the words outside of parentheses in a song title count. For instance, any fan of Culture Club knows what song you’re mentioning when you say “Time”. The attributed words inside of parentheses are additional, not necessary, information. My guess is that Boy George wanted to distinguish his song {“Time (Clock of the Heart)”} from the many other similarly-named songs. In this game, the hint would be any song starting with the letter “E” (not the word “Heart”). Also, if a song title has all its words within parentheses, it functions as if it didn’t.

Addendum #04 (THU, 9/3/2020): An abbreviation counts as one (1) word. For instance, if a song title was “P.T.A.” then the first letter is “P” (it doesn’t have a first word of “Parent”) and the last letter is “A” (it doesn’t have a last word of “Association”).

Addendum #05 (MON, 1/11/2021): {Addition to “E”} [01] If a song, more than one word, ends in a number, you are more than welcome to start the next entry with a song that begins with that numerical value rather than its spelled-out word (if you can find a song that fits). However, if that number is one hundred or greater and you wish to spell it out, it’s last word is the spelled-out number from 1 to 99 (as those numbers, in English, are all considered one word {one to ninety-nine}. “0” {standing alone} = “Zero”. [02] Phone numbers take their last digit/word as the start of a new song (as do numbers with each digit separated by hyphens). A number at the end of a song or a one-number song can be the beginning of another song that starts with the numerical value of the first digit. Only a one-number song that equals one word spelled out, however, can use the last letter of that spelled-out number for the follow-up hint/clue.

Addendum #06 (MON, 1/11/2021): Hyphenated words are one word, not two or more.