This is the second in a series of posts featuring songs with names in the title. The title itself is a play on Name That Tune hence the featured image.

Like Name That Name 1.0, this list consists of songs with women’s names in the title. That list was one one word titles. I’m expanding my vocabulary this time with songs with two word titles.

The list is arranged in chronological order. Some of the songs are hits, others you may have never heard of. I like to mix things up.

We begin with Wilson Pickett. Say no more.

One of the best songs Graham Nash ever co-wrote was the 1967 power pop classic, Carrie-Anne. After leaving The Hollies, Nash went on to greater glory with CSN, CSNY, and CN. That’s a whole lotta initials but it sums up Nash’s career. FYI, I think Graham Nash is perhaps the greatest male harmony vocalist ever.

I’m not a Neil Diamond fan but he has written and recorded some swell songs. Sweet Caroline was inspired by the young Caroline Kennedy who grew up to call her first cousin a predator. The song is sung at every Red Sox home game at Fenway Park.

I’m old enough to remember when Rod Stewart was a critic’s darling. Maggie May was the song that made the artist formerly called Rod the Mod a superstar.

I’m using this Lou Reed live version of a song he wrote for the Velvet Underground because I prefer it to the studio OG. Rock n Roll Animal remains one of the best non-Grateful Dead live albums in rock history.

Ready for a punny title? Paul McCartney’s nickname for a vehicle he drove at a rural property was Hell On Wheels. Macca changed it to Helen and a great rock song was born.

Nick Lowe is one of my favorite songwriters. He puts a uniquely quirky spin on everything he does. Marie Provost is set at a crime scene. I am not making this up.

It’s time for some swell roots rock with The Blasters featuring the Brothers Alvin,  Phil and Dave.

Here’s a song about mortality written by Andy Prieboy for Johnette Napolitano and Concrete Blonde.

Delia’s Gone was written in 1950’s and covered by many artists. In 1994, Johnny Cash took ownership of the song.

What’s not to love about a band from New Jersey named for a business that Tony frequented on The Sopranos? True or not, it tickles me to think that the Janice in this song is Tony’s sister who whacked Richie Aprile on an impulse. That concludes the first Sopranos reference of 2025.

Finally, Roseanne Cash with a song she wrote with her hubby John Leventhal as a tribute to Etta Grant, the wife of Johnny Cash’s bass player. Etta died in 2011 and Etta’s Tune was released in 2013.

What’s the Sunday Dozen without some lagniappe? This time, Susanna Hoffs sings Rod The Mod: