Stalker Song + Giveaway

I have been promising for some time that I would write about how most love songs are actually about stalking. However that time is not now on account of I am behind with everything. So far behind that I can’t continue any feuds with other YA writers or—much much worse—follow the Tour de France. Yes, it’s that bad. Again.

In the meantime tell me what your favourite/most appalling stalker song is in the comments below. I will send a signed (by me and Scott) copy of the anthology Love is Hell to the commenter whose stalker song selections most amuses me. Or at random if the busy-ness makes my brain not function enough to decide. You can find the first part of my story in the anthology here.

In the meantime here’s Stalker Song by Charlotte Martin (via Stephanie Leary):

116 comments

  1. bookwormchris on #

    Classic: The Police – Every Breath You Take

  2. Maggi on #

    Clay Aiken – Invisible

  3. Shell on #

    The song “Stalker” by Goldfinger is a nice twist on the whole love songs are about stalkers idea. He falls in love with his stalker.

  4. Seth Christenfeld on #

    “Charlene (I’m Right Behind You)” by Stephen and the Colberts.

  5. Rob Charron on #

    Hi 🙂
    Thanks for an interesting contest!
    Here’s my choice for STALKER song:

    So lately, I’ve been wonderin
    Who will be there to take my place
    When I’m gone, you’ll need love
    To light the shadows on your face
    If a great wave should fall
    It would fall upon us all
    And between the sand and stone
    Could you make it on your own

    [Chorus:]
    If I could, then I would
    I’ll go wherever you will go
    Way up high or down low
    I’ll go wherever you will go

    And maybe, I’ll find out
    The way to make it back someday
    To watch you, to guide you
    Through the darkest of your days
    If a great wave should fall
    It would fall upon us all
    Well I hope there’s someone out there
    Who can bring me back to you

    [Chorus]

    Runaway with my heart
    Runaway with my hope
    Runaway with my love

    I know now, just quite how
    My life and love might still go on
    In your heart and your mind
    I’ll stay with you for all of time

    [Chorus]

    If I could turn back time
    I’ll go wherever you will go
    If I could make you mine
    I’ll go wherever you will go

    The Calling: Wherever You Will Go

    🙂
    twitter.com/RKCharron

  6. CF on #

    Alone, most of these may seem like innocent love songs. Together, they paint a chilling tale.

    Across The Sea- Weezer
    I’ve Just Seen A Face- The Beatles
    Hello, I Love You- The Doors
    Hey There Delilah- Plain White T’s
    I Want You To Want Me- Cheap Trick
    I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend- The Ramones
    Why Can’t I Be You- The Cure
    One Way Or Another- Blondie
    It Wont Be Long- The Beatles
    All I Want Is More- Reel Big Fish
    Psycho Killer- Talking Heads

    It’s frightening. Especially with some of those songs’ backstories. ‘Hey There Delilah’? ‘Hey There Girl I Met Once And Struck Out With Because You Had A Boyfriend So I Wrote A Hit Song About Our Undying Love’?

    If that doesn’t spell stalker, I don’t know what does.

  7. toxicfur on #

    It’s possibly a stretch to call it a stalker song, but my favorite is probably Ani DiFranco’s “Untouchable Face” (warning NSFW lyrics). Youtube vid of performance is here.

  8. Jackie on #

    “I Want You to Want Me” by Cheap Trick

  9. Casey on #

    Peter Gabriel’s “Intruder” takes the cake for me!

  10. Salsa on #

    Better The Devil You Know — Kylie Minogue. Stalking via pleading and begging…

  11. Patrick on #

    There are too many Elvis songs to choose from.

  12. Celia on #

    The Enrique Iglesias’ song ‘Escape’ definitely counts as stalker-ish. “You can run, you can hide, but you can’t escape my love”?

  13. Steph on #

    My favorite stalker song is “Missed Me” by The Dresden Dolls. It’s a bit different then your typical stalker song; this one involves a young girl manipulating an older man. It’s a creepy, fun song. Also, the drummer of the Dresden Dolls puts on a pretty funny live performance in the song.

    ((There’s one curse word in it, just in case someone’s at work or something))

    Song:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpeWHPtviFQ

    Lyrics:
    http://www.elyrics.net/read/d/dresden-dolls-lyrics/missed-me-lyrics.html

  14. Dottie on #

    I Wanna Love You by Akon. It is completely disturbing! Quite appalling.

  15. Rachel on #

    “On the Street Where You Live” from My Fair Lady.

    And oh! The towering feeling
    Just to know somehow you are near.
    The overpowering feeling
    That any second you may suddenly appear!
    People stop and stare. They don’t bother me.
    For there’s no where else on earth that I would rather be.
    Let the time go by, I won’t care if I
    Can be here on the street where you live.

  16. Dottie on #

    I change my mind! I have a better one!

    I Will Possess Your Heart by Death Cab For Cutie:

    How I wish you could see the potential,
    the potential of you and me.
    It’s like a book elegantly bound but,
    in a language that you can’t read.
    Just yet.

    You gotta spend some time, Love.
    You gotta spend some time with me.
    And I know that you’ll find, love
    I will possess your heart.
    You gotta spend some time, Love.
    You gotta spend some time with me.
    And I know that you’ll find, love
    I will possess your heart.

    There are days when outside your window
    I see my reflection as I slowly pass,
    and I long for this mirrored perspective
    when we’ll be lovers, lovers at last.

    You gotta spend some time, Love.
    You gotta spend some time with me.
    And I know that you’ll find, love
    I will possess your heart.
    You gotta spend some time, Love.
    You gotta spend some time with me.
    And I know that you’ll find, love
    I will possess your heart.
    I will possess your heart.
    I will possess your heart.

    You reject my… advances… and desperate pleas…
    I won’t let you… let me down… so easily.
    So easily.

    You gotta spend some time, Love.
    You gotta spend some time with me.
    And I know that you’ll find, love
    I will possess your heart.
    You gotta spend some time, Love.
    You gotta spend some time with me.
    And I know that you’ll find, love
    I will possess your heart.
    You gotta spend some time, Love.
    You gotta spend some time with me.
    And I know that you’ll find, love
    I will possess your heart.
    I will possess your heart.
    I will possess your heart.

  17. Casey on #

    Here are a couple more:

    “Hungry Like The Wolf” by Duran Duran
    “Cold Desert” by Kings of Leon

  18. Linda on #

    Ooh, so many to choose from, but the first one that comes to mind is “Stalker” by Turin Brakes.

    I act like a friend
    I feel like a brand new start
    But I will break in
    Then I will break your heart

    Every sing thing you say
    I record I replay
    I’m a shadow just behind
    I am with you all of the time

    And Lady Gaga’s song “Paparazzi”

    I’m your biggest fan
    I’ll follow you until you love me…

    Promise I’ll be kind
    But I won’t stop until that boy is mine
    Baby you’ll be famous, chase you down until you love me…

  19. Jacquelyn on #

    “Stacy’s Mom” by Fountains of Wayne

  20. Astres on #

    My favourite is Living Room by Tegan and Sara 🙂 Every stalker song needs a banjo.

  21. Shakespeare on #

    Good Charlotte’s Bloody Valentine. It’s the best, really.

  22. Caitlin on #

    I think my favorite stalker song is from the Killers: Mr. Brightside….the guys is watching the girl with another guy…you can get more stalkerish then that

  23. Erika on #

    Definitely Helen Hunt by Hank Green. Hahaha
    http://wiki.dftba.com/index.php/Helen_Hunt

    Um… Plain White T’s are very stalkerish… Hey there Delilah, You and Me, Write You a Song, and I could go on…

    You Found Me by Kelly Clarkson, kind of the other person is the stalker here. I mean just read the chorus:
    “You found me
    When no one else was lookin’
    How did you know just where I would be?
    Yeah, you broke through
    All of my confusion
    The ups and the downs
    And you still didn’t leave
    I guess that you saw what nobody could see
    You found me
    You found me”

  24. Hannah on #

    Check Yes Juliet- We The Kings
    (I won’t go, until you come outside- creepy, much?)

  25. Sharmaine on #

    I think the song “Paparazzi” by Lady GaGa fits the bill.
    Criteria: spooky, catchy and dancable. It fits in with our obsession with Ours! The cult of celebrity of which I’m a recruiter! 🙂 The pauses where she repeats syllables also lend themselves to a different disturbing meaning – someone mentioned Stacey’s Mom up there. You’ll be happily jamming along in the car until you realize the lyrics are…

    “I’m your biggest fan, I’ll follow you until you love me
    Papa, paparazzi
    Baby there’s no other superstar, you know that I’ll be
    Your papa, paparazzi

    Promise I’ll be kind
    But I won’t stop until the boy is mine
    Baby you’ll be famous, chase you down until you love me
    Papa, paparazzi.”

  26. Seth Christenfeld on #

    And as a second, Bree Sharp’s unjustly forgotten “David Duchovny.”

    David Duchovny/Why won’t you love me?

  27. Ellen on #

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE-SRaHCbg8

    Cole Porter’s ‘I’ve Got My Eyes on You’ (a weird song to tap dance to, even if it’s Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell).

    I’ve got my eyes on you, so best beware where you roam.
    I’ve got my eyes on you, so don’t stray too far from home.
    Incidentally, I’ve set my spies on you,
    I’m checking all you do, from a to zee.
    So, darling, just be wise, keep your eyes on me.

  28. Keren David on #

    Dido – White Flag. I can’t listen to it without wincing for the poor guy who’s dealing with this demented ex

    I know you think that I shouldn’t still love you,
    Or tell you that.
    But if I didn’t say it, well I’d still have felt it
    where’s the sense in that?

    I promise I’m not trying to make your life harder
    Or return to where we were

    I will go down with this ship
    And I won’t put my hands up and surrender
    There will be no white flag above my door
    I’m in love and always will be

    I know I left too much mess and
    destruction to come back again
    And I caused nothing but trouble
    I understand if you can’t talk to me again
    And if you live by the rules of “it’s over”
    then I’m sure that that makes sense

    I will go down with this ship
    And I won’t put my hands up and surrender
    There will be no white flag above my door
    I’m in love and always will be

  29. Nona on #

    Niki FM by Hawthorne Heights

    “I’m outside of your window with my radio.”

  30. toxicfur on #

    Oh! Steph’s mention of the Dresden Dolls reminded me of the Amanda Palmer/Neil Gaiman collaboration on “I Google You.” It’s not physical creepy stalking, but it’s the 21st century equivalent. Of course, none of *us* would google our exes, right? Youtube vid of her performance.

  31. Ellen on #

    Nickelback – Follow You Home ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg_odY57bLY )
    In case the title doesn’t say enough, here’s a sample of some lyrics:
    “You can make a couple calls
    And tell your brothers I’m in town
    Put a bounty on my head
    And tell my parents that I’m dead
    And hope to hell I’m never found
    You can steal me the keys
    To your daddy’s Cadillac
    Well you can tamper with the brakes
    Call it a mistake
    And pray I’m never coming back

    And I’ll stay alive
    Just to follow you home”

  32. Midnight on #

    Snow White Queen by Evanescence,
    A french and funny song by Renan Luce, Les Voisines (it can be translated as The Woman Next-Door or the Neighbour in English) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO2a5MNH0Us
    And finally Stalker by Recoil (not so famous and I prefer the two other songs, but creepy and strange).

  33. Katie on #

    “Johanna” from Sweeney Todd

    “Do they think that walls can hide you?
    Even now I’m at your window
    I am in the dark beside you
    Buried sweetly in your yellow hair
    Johanna…”

  34. Q on #

    “On the Street Where You Live” from My Fair Lady. The character Freddy sings this, and my most recent chance to see this live has shown me just how creepy a song it really is.

  35. Liz on #

    Not about songs, but your general thesis reminds me of how I think most romantic comedies are also about stalking. The first one I think of is Love Actually, when Keira Knightley learns a dude has a crush on her because he took lots of obsessive video footage of her. And she’s like, “Thanks, it’s beautiful!” Well.

  36. Rinnybird on #

    “Goodnight and Go” by Imogen Heap, but “invisible” by Clay Aiken is a close second.

    And, guys, don’t be idiots. I mean, seriously? “You Found Me” is about how the guy saw a light in her and fell in love when no one else did. And “Mr. Brightside” is about the guy having a nightmare that she’s with another guy: “And it’s all in my head but she’s touching his chest now…” etc.

  37. sylvia_rachel on #

    Ooh, stalker songs! What fun!

    I think almost my whole list has already been covered: “On the Street Where You Live”, “Every Breath You Take” ::shudder::, “Paparazzi”, “Johanna”.

    I’d only add (from My Fair Lady again) “Just You Wait” — which isn’t so much stalkery as just a revenge fantasy, I guess — and the Beatles’ super-creepy Run for Your Life, and … a bunch of stuff by Elvis. (I like Elvis, but I have to tune out a lot of the lyrics because they’re stalkery and/or boil down to shut up and hop on into that bed.)

  38. Chris McLaren on #

    I’ve always liked the Danny Michel song he wrote about the woman who was stalking Brad Pitt:

    “Coalmine”

    In the centrefold
    from the Superteen
    and the sparkle paint
    and the pretty dreams

    And the candycoat
    on your candy heart
    Well it chipped and broke
    and fell apart.

    Well all the stars in Hollywood
    Shine shine shine
    All your love came crashing down
    Like an old coalmine

    So you’re camping out
    under a pretty sky
    And you seranade
    and you justify

    And you climb the gate
    and rehearse your lines
    and you set the plate
    and you pour some wine

    Well all the stars in Hollywood
    shine shine shine
    All your love came crashing down
    Like an old coalmine

    With a picketfence
    upon the hill
    With a couple kids
    and a Coupe de Ville
    and a cup of tea
    and a pretty pill
    Cause if i can’t have
    you no one will

    And the sirens wail
    on the TV set
    You love me you
    just don’t know it yet

    Well all the stars in Hollywood
    Shine shine shine
    All your love came crashing down
    Like an old coalmine

  39. Jay-wa on #

    I would have to say Sweet Tangerine by The Hush Sound is stalker-tastic. Crept through the curtains/as quick as the cold winds/slowly exploring the room where you sleep

  40. Sir Tessa on #

    I quite like Imogen Heap’s ‘Goodnight & Go’ – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyzgPNF8C8k

    It starts as your usual happy ‘oooh, I’ve got a crush I wants you bad’ pop song, until the second verse kicks in, which makes me laugh every time.

    Say goodnight and go

    Skipping beats
    Blushing cheeks
    I am struggling
    Daydreaming
    Bed scenes in
    The corner cafe
    And then i’m left in bits
    Recovering tectonic
    Tremblings
    You get me every time

    Why do you have to be so cute
    It’s impossible to ignore you
    Must you make me laugh so much
    It’s bad enough we get along so well
    Say goodnight and go

    Follow you home
    You’ve got your headphones on
    And you’re dancing
    Got lucky, beautiful shot
    You taking everything off
    Watch the curtains wide open
    Then you fall in the same routine
    Flicking through the TV
    Relaxed and reclining
    And you think your alone

    Oh why do you have to be so cute
    It’s impossible to ignore you
    Must you make me laugh so much
    It’s bad enough we get along so well
    Say goodnight and go

    One of these days
    You’ll miss your train
    And come stay with me
    Say goodnight and go
    We’ll have drinks
    And talk about things
    Any excuse to stay awake with you
    You’ll sleep here
    I’ll sleep there
    But then the heating may be down again
    At my convenience
    We’d be good
    We’d be great together

    Why do you have to be so cute
    It’s impossible to ignore you
    Must you make me laugh so much
    It’s bad enough we get along so well

    Say goodnight and go
    Why’s it always always
    Goodnight and go
    Oh darling not again
    Goodnight and go

  41. Karissa on #

    “I Don’t Want to Know (If You Don’t Want Me)” by The Donnas is a hilarious and catchy stalker song

  42. Meg on #

    “God Only Knows” by The Beach Boys actually disturbs me. SEEMS all happy and innocent, but the guy threatens to kill himself if the girl leaves? A little emotionally abusive.

    If you should ever leave me
    Though life would still go on, believe me
    The world could show nothing to me
    So what good would living do me?
    God only knows what I’d be without you…

  43. Gabby on #

    “Myspace Girl”-The Afters

    I saw you once, it was enough
    You asked me what I wanted, I want you
    But I replied, I’ll have some fries
    So mesmerized, my heart was over driving through

    I saw your name and unashamed
    I searched within 500 miles to find
    Any clue just as to who I’ve fallen for
    Cause you’ve got me and I’ve got time

    I saw your picture on Myspace
    Maybe someday we can turn it into ourspace baby
    I don’t care how long it takes
    I’m saving space in my top 8 for you

    The second time you were so nice
    I loved the way told me to enjoy my day
    But I know what you meant to say instead
    Was really that you wanted us to run away

    I said let’s go, I’ll pack my clothes
    Just promise me you’ll wear that purple dress you have
    You look so cute when you’re confused
    You backed away and asked me how I new about that

    I saw your picture on Myspace
    Maybe someday we can turn it into ourspace baby
    I don’t care how long it takes
    I’m saving space in my top 8 for you

    I know you’re scared
    I know our love is crazy
    And I’m so crazy
    You make me crazy
    For you

    I saw your picture on Myspace
    Maybe someday we can turn it into ourspace baby
    I don’t care how long it takes
    I’m saving space in my top 8 for you

    Music Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5USlsLVQzk&feature=related

  44. cbjames on #

    I’ll think about you Night and Day

    I’ve got you Under My Sking

    I’ll be loving Always

    Every Time We Say Goodbye I die a little

    They Can’t Take That Away From Me

    You may be right about this stalking thing.

  45. Caitlyn on #

    “Taylor the Latte Boy” combined with “Carol the Stalker Chick.” “Taylor” is harmless on its own, but “Carol” adds all-new, stalkerish meaning to it.

    “Taylor”
    “Taylor the Latte Boy
    bring me java, bring me joy!
    Taylor the Latte Boy
    I love him, I love him, I love him.”

    “Carol” (Taylor’s response)
    “Carol the Stalker Chick
    you’re a psycho and you’re sick.
    Carol the Stalker Chick
    you scare me, you scare me, you scare me.”

  46. Cristina on #

    Faint by Linkin Park:
    “I am what I want you to want, what I want you to feel
    But it’s like no matter what I do
    I can’t convince you to just believe this is real”

    “Sin miedo a nada” by Alex Ubago [translated to the best of my ability]:
    “I die to beg you
    That you don’t leave my life
    I die to hear you
    Say the things you never say
    But I keep quiet and you leave
    I keep hope
    To be able someday
    To not have to hide the wounds
    It hurts to think
    That I love you a every day a bit more.”

  47. Sarah on #

    I was going to mention ‘Taylor the Latte Boy’, but since that’s already been mentioned, I’ll talk about some of the other thousand million candidates instead.

    ‘Everywhere’ by Michelle Branch is about a girl obsessed with a guy, but the lyrics come off sounding like the guy is stalking her. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ky6_YU98tk

    ‘Just tell me why you’re here and who you are
    ‘Cause every time I look you’re never there
    And every time I sleep you’re always there’

    But my favourite stalker song is by far Busted’s ‘What I Go To School For’or’ is actually quite explict in its stalkerishness. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPd-58LJi58

    ‘I climb a tree outside her home
    To make sure that she’s alone
    I’ve seen her in her underwear
    I can’t help but stop and stare’

    And in the end he gets the girl! Moral: stalking your teachers will clearly result in ilicit romance.

    Even the criminally sanitised Jonas Brothers version keeps the stalkery tree climbing, even if it does get rid of the line about the underwear, and changes the teacher to a senior girl. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pe7Z-GC5gQ

    ‘What I Go To School For’ is so blatant about its intentions that it’s hard to fault the Busted boys for it, and it’s so completely stalkerish that even Disney couldn’t get rid of all the stalkerish lines. And that is why it is my favourte stalker song.

  48. Joey on #

    I have to say that I find “We Get On” by Kate Nash to be a hilarious sort-of-stalker song (sample lyrics: “I don’t ever dream about you and me
    I don’t ever make up stuff about us
    that would be considered insanity
    I don’t ever drive by your house to see if you’re in
    I don’t even have an opinion on that tramp
    that you are still seeing”)

  49. Megan on #

    Secret by Maroon 5 –
    “I know I don’t know you but I want you so bad”

  50. Kaitie on #

    Oh, yes. My friends and I have been joking about the frighteningly stalkerish qualities of this song for months!

    I’m sure the song wasn’t meant to sound so damn creepy, but the lyrics choices in it can cause anyone to double-take and shiver a little. Which is ironic, because the title of the song is called “Shiver”!

    Shiver, by Coldplay, to be exact.

    Some examples of the creepy lyrical potential:

    “From the moment I wake
    To the moment I sleep
    I’ll be there by your side
    Just you try and stop me!”

    Seems like an invitation for a restraining order, no?

    “Did you want me to change?
    Well I changed for good
    And I want you to know
    That you’ll always get your way.”

    Sweet and caring, or unhealthily obsessive? You be the judge.

    “And it’s you I see
    But you don’t see me”

    I don’t know about you, but I get some horrible imagery of the singer hiding – dodgy-like – behind some bushes as he hungrily and stalker-ily stares at a girl…

    The song is filled with stalker-y lyrics – search it up on Google!

  51. Nicholas Waller on #

    There’s Joe Jackson’s “Is She Really Going Out With Him?”

    Here comes Jeannie with her new boyfriend
    They say that looks don’t count for much
    And so there goes your proof

    Is she really going out with him?
    Is she really gonna take him home tonight?
    Is she really going out with him?
    Cause if my eyes don’t deceive me
    There’s something going wrong around here

    But if looks could kill
    There’s a man there who’s marked down as dead
    Cause I had my fill
    Listen you take your hands from her head
    I get so mean around this scene
    Hey, baby

  52. Katie on #

    You didn’t specify a human stalker. How about The Cheeseburger Song? A sad vegetable stalking his cheeseburger love, waiting all hours to get inside the burger joint for one bite to share together. If that isn’t true stalkerdom… the chorus gives it away. “‘Cause you’re his cheeseburger, his yummy cheeseburger, he’ll wait for you, yeah, he’ll wait for you…” You get the idea.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XFNtXbkelM
    Yummy stalkerdom!

  53. Julia on #

    AS much as I like the song, A Never Ending Song of Love is pretty stalker.

    I’ve got a never-ending love for you
    From now on that’s all I want to do
    From the first time we met I knew
    I’d have a never-ending love for you

    After all this time of bein’ alone
    We can love one another, give for each other
    From now on (rest)
    It’s so good I can hardly stand it

    Never-ending love for you
    From now on that’s all I want to do
    From the first time we met I knew
    I’d sing my never-ending song of love for you

  54. AMV on #

    ITA with Maggi — Invisible by Clay Aiken

    I keep tracing your steps
    Each move that you make

    If I was invisible
    Then I could just watch you in your room
    If I was invincible
    I’d make you mine tonight
    If hearts were unbreakable
    Then I can just tell you where I stand
    I would be the smartest man
    If I was invisible
    (Wait..I already am)

  55. Casey on #

    That Myspace song is hilariously creepy!

  56. Julia Rios on #

    A lot of great suggestions here. I’m glad someone else mentioned Busted, who always seemed to me like the more commercially acceptable and cleaned up version of Derek Dubois.

    One extremely stalkertastic song I feel is often overlooked (due to a: not being a single, and b: being by a sort of Spice Girls copycat band who enjoyed a brief period of Disney Channel fame before fizzling) is “Never Giving Up” by B*Witched. It’s clearly meant to be an upbeat love will persevere song, but um yeah, creepy much?

  57. Cristina on #

    ohh I just thought of a better stalker song than then ones I put before!

    Santa Claus Is Coming To Town:
    “He sees you when you’re sleeping,
    he knows when you’re awake.
    He knows when you’ve been bad or good”

  58. PixelFish on #

    Well, I was going to put Number One Crush by Garbage down, but looks like Paleface beat me to it. I LOVE the song, but it is VERY VERY VERY stalkery.

    Lyrics:

    I would die for you
    I would die for you
    I’ve been dying just to feel you by my side
    To know that you’re mine

    I will cry for you
    I will cry for you
    I will wash away your pain with all my tears
    And drown your fear

    I will pray for you
    I will pray for you
    I will sell my soul for something pure and true
    Someone like you

    See your face every place that I walk in
    Hear your voice every time that I’m talking
    You will believe in me
    And I will never be ignored

    I will burn for you
    Feel pain for you
    I will twist the knife and bleed my aching heart
    And tear it apart

    I will lie for you
    Beg and steal for you
    I will crawl on hands and knees until you see
    You’re just like me

    Violate all the love that I’m missing
    Throw away all the pain that I’m living
    You will believe in me
    And I can never be ignored

  59. Paige on #

    I Will Follow You Into the Dark – Death Cab for Cutie.

    “If there’s no one beside you when your soul embarks, then I’ll follow you into the dark.”

    I’m still thinking up more.

  60. PixelFish on #

    Sorry, Palefire, I got your name wrong. Huge apologies.

  61. Kayli on #

    “The Horror of Our Love” by Ludo. It’s actually one of my favorite songs, and while very creepy, manages to somehow sound very sweet at the same time.

    “I’m a killer, cold and wrathful. Silent sleeper, I’ve been inside your bedroom. I have murdered half the town, left you love notes on their headstones, I’ll fill the graveyards until I have you.”
    Here it is with all of the lyrics:

  62. Palefire on #

    haha, it’s cool. It gave me a good laugh.
    My face is pretty pale… 🙂

  63. mb on #

    Cock Robin, “When Your Heart is Weak”

    “I’m gonna come without warning, when your defenses are down
    And you’re in a desperate need
    I’ll bet you then you’ll welcome me”

  64. Mira on #

    Well, Rob Charron took the song I was going to use (“Wherever You Will Go” by The Calling), so here are a few others which come to mind. They are not all love songs per se, but they definitely have their stalker-y moments.

    “Damn Regret” by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (the line about “footsteps all around”)

    “Truly Madly Deeply” by Savage Garden (the chorus, perhaps?)

    “Five Minutes to Midnight” by Boys Like Girls

    “She’s So High” by Everclear (the whole song just sounds like something that a stalker would think)

    “You’re Beautiful” by James Blunt (I absolutely hate this song, but it is definitely stalker-ish)

    “She Will Be Loved” by Maroon 5 (just think about the lyrics for a minute or two)

    “Collide” by Howie Day

  65. Nicole on #

    “The Calendar Hung Itself” by Bright Eyes

  66. Alexis on #

    the most stalker-y song?

    every breathe you take – the police

    (:

  67. Sue on #

    When I was 14 a boy gave me a cd and the first song on it was You Belong To Me by Dean Martin… talk about creepy!

  68. Jerry Stewart on #

    I’m not sure if any of these have been used, so far, but here’s my list:
    One Way Or Another – Blondie
    Infatuation – Rod Stewart
    I Want You To Want Me – Cheap Trick
    You Oughta Know – Alanis Morrisette
    Follow You Home – Nickleback

  69. Tim on #

    “Everywhere” – by Michelle Branch.

    Or, alternatively, for an intentionally stalkery song: “I Hold Your Hand in Mine” by Tom Lehrer. I love this one because it starts out all innocent and nice and then turns bad very quickly…

  70. Rajan on #

    My favorite is Elvis Costello’s “I Want You”, which is wonderfully dark and obsessive and could possibly be my favorite song of his ever.

    Then there’s Radiohead’s “Climbing Up the Walls” which I don’t see as a traditional stalker song (unless you can stalk yourself), but has creepy stalker lyrics:

    I am the key to the lock in your house
    That keeps your toys in the basement
    And if you get too far inside
    You’ll only see my reflection

    It’s always best when the covers up
    I am the pick in the ice
    Do not cry out or hit the alarm
    You know we’re friends till we die

    And either way you turn
    I’ll be there
    Open up your skull
    I’ll be there
    Climbing up the walls

    It’s always best when the light is off
    It’s always better on the outside
    Fifteen blows to the back of your head
    Fifteen blows to your mind

    So lock the kids up safe tonight
    Shut the eyes in the cupboard
    I’ve got the smell of a local man
    Who’s got the loneliest fear

    That either way you turn
    I’ll be there
    Open up your skull
    I’ll be there

    Climbing up the walls
    Climbing up the walls
    Climbing up the walls

  71. Laura-la on #

    I think that Two Steps Behind by Def Leppard is creepy stalker-ish .

    “Walk away if you want to.
    Its ok, if you need to.
    Well, you can run, but you can never hide
    From the shadow thats creepin up beside you.”

    “Well, I’ll be two steps behind you
    (wherever you go)
    And I’ll be there to remind you
    That it only takes a minute of your precious time
    To turn around and I’ll be two steps behind.”

  72. Lexi on #

    “My Eyes Adored You” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” both by Frankie Valli. I think both are kind of stalkerish.

    “My eyes adored you thought I never laid a hand on you,
    My eyes adored you like a million miles away from me
    You couldn’t see how I adored you,
    So close, so close and yet so far.”

    “You’re just to good to be true,
    Can’t take my eyes off of you,
    You’d be like heaven to touch,
    I wanna hold you so much.
    At long last love has arrived,
    And I thank God I’m alive,

    You’re just too good to be true,
    Can’t take my eyes off of you.

    Pardon the way that I stare,
    There’s nothing else to compare,
    The sight of you leaves me weak,
    There are no words left to speak.
    But if you feel like I feel,
    Please let me know that it’s real,

    You’re just too good to be true,
    Can’t take my eyes off of you.

    I love you baby,
    And if it’s quite all right,
    I need you baby to warm the lonely night,
    I love you baby, trust in me when I say,
    Oh pretty baby, don’t bring me down I pray,
    Oh pretty baby, now that I’ve found you stay,
    And let me love you, baby,
    Let me love you.
    You’re just too good to be true.”

  73. mensley on #

    “A Guy is a Guy” written by Oscar Brand, but it’s Doris Day’s version that charted. I was flabbergasted when I first heard this and how cheerful she seems about the guy stalking her and how she apparently has no say in the matter whatsoever:

    I walked down the street like a good girl should
    He followed me down the street like I knew he would
    Because a guy is a guy wherever he may be
    So listen and I’ll tell you what this fella did to me

    I walked to my house like a good girl should
    He followed me to my house like I knew he would
    Because a guy is a guy wherever he may be
    So listen while I tell you what this fella did to me

    I never saw the boy before
    So nothin’ could be sillier
    At closer range his face was strange
    But his manner was familiar

    So I walked up the stairs like a good girl should
    He followed me up the stairs like I knew he would
    Because a guy is a guy wherever he may be
    So listen and I’ll tell you what this fella did to me

    I stepped to my door like a good girl should
    He stopped at my door like I knew he would
    Because a guy is a guy wherever he may be
    So listen while I tell you what this fella did to me

    He asked me for a good-night kiss
    I said, “It’s still good day”
    I would have told him more except
    His lips got in the way

    So I talked to my ma like a good girl should
    And Ma talked to Pa like I knew she would
    And they all agreed on a married life for me
    The guy is my guy wherever he may be

    So I walked down the aisle like a good girl should
    He followed me down the aisle like I knew he would
    Because a guy is a guy wherever he may be
    And now you’ve heard the story of what someone did to me

    And that’s what he did to me

  74. Fallen on #

    Go-Getter Greg by Ludo.

  75. Fallen on #

    Oh, hello.
    Hi
    You must be new I guess
    At least you’re new to me
    Saw you unpacking your car
    So I said to myself
    Maybe I should help her out
    Since we’re neighbors now
    And all the other people here are elderly
    And probably a little standoffish
    And I’ve got nothing to do (and whatnot)
    By the way I live in 207
    My name is Greg
    Wherever are my manners
    Let me get that heavy box

    I’m a go-getter guy
    With a gun in my hand
    But just searching for that someone
    To be firing it
    I’ve narrowed down the field
    And I’m taking a glance
    And I’d say you’ve got a pretty good chance
    To be my girlfriend

    What’s up
    Didn’t mean to sneak up on you there
    I looked downstairs and saw you leaving
    So what’s up
    I haven’t seen you at the pool
    Since the barbecue
    Not that I’ve been checking
    Here’s the deal
    I’ve got this thing
    For work this weekend
    And I was wondering
    If you don’t have
    Anything going on
    That maybe
    Ok, hey that’s cool
    You’re busy
    But we should hit up
    Jose O’Flannegens
    For jello shots
    Your call
    It’s ok not this week
    But Monday
    You could come over tonight
    I’ll be watching cop dramas
    Smoking fatty fatties

    I’m a go-getter guy
    With a gun in my hand
    But just searching for that someone
    To be firing it
    I’ve narrowed down the field
    And I’m taking a glance
    And I’d say you’ve got a pretty good chance
    To be my girlfriend

    Oooo
    I’ve given it some thought
    Wahoo
    And I really think
    Wahoo
    That you could use
    A guy like me
    Ooo
    In your life
    Looking after you
    A man to take you home
    A hand for you to hold
    And I’d never
    Leave you alone!

    I’m a go-getter guy
    With a gun in my hand
    But just searching for that someone
    To be firing it
    I’ve narrowed down the field
    And I’m taking a glance
    And I’d say you’ve got a pretty good chance
    To be my girlfriend

    I’m a go-getter guy
    I’m a go-getter guy
    I’ve narrowed down the field
    And I’ve taken a glance
    And I’d say you’ve got a pretty good chance
    Chance
    Chance
    To be my girlfriend

    I’ll leave it there
    Call me back
    Call me back

  76. Emmy on #

    “Calling You” by Blue October. I absolutely love this song, but it’s kind of weird after you listen to it too much. My sister calls it the Ultimate Desperate Boyfriend Song.

    “I will keep calling you to see
    If you’re sleeping, are you dreaming?
    If you’re dreaming, are you dreaming of me?”

    Although I think “Myspace Girl” takes the cake for creepy stalker songs.

  77. Bee P. on #

    Definitely Crush by Paul Van Dyk:
    Here are the lyrics:

    Cant run away, cant run away from me
    Ill navigate the seven seas just to find you
    Cant hide away, cant hide away from me
    Ill be your shadow when the sun dont shine
    I’ll be your fly on the wall
    Your wrecking ball
    Your wake up call on a sleepless night
    Ill be your cigarette smoke
    Your Junkies dope
    Youll be hanging by a thread and Ill be holding the rope

    Cars and planes and boats wont do
    Yeah you can be sure Ill find you
    I know you want me
    Why wont you see me?
    If I suffer then youll too
    Im not alone out in the blue
    You cant escape me
    I wont just disappear

    Cant fly away, cant fly away from me
    Ill grab your wings and pull back down
    Cant walk away, cant walk away from me
    Cant you understand were meant to be?
    Ill be the soles on your feet
    Your sticky sheet
    Your big black cloud on a sunny day
    I’ll be your shoulders chip
    Your sinking ship
    Dont try to turn the pages, it’s not that easy to spit

    Cars and planes and boats wont do
    Yeah you can be sure Ill find you
    I know you want me
    Why wont you see me?
    If I suffer then youll too
    Im not alone out in the blue
    You cant escape me
    I wont just disappear

    Dont throw it all away
    Because Ill be back for loving

    I know you want me

    ..haha really straight forward and sooo creepy!

  78. Rachel on #

    Since you haven’t picked yet I’ll add another:

    I don’t know if intentionally stalkery songs count, but “Lonely Room” from Oklahoma! is rawther creepy.

  79. Erin on #

    Hey There Delilah by the Plain White Tees. It’s most obviously the Stalker Alliance’s National Anthem.

  80. Zayas on #

    Paula Abdul’s creepy stalker on American Idol!

  81. Allie on #

    The Police-Every Breath You Take

    Every single day
    Every breath you take
    I’ll be watching you

    totally stalker status

  82. Ariel on #

    “Hey Juliet” is a pretty spooky stalker song by LMNT, with lyrics like, “I know you really want me… So why you trying do to without me?”

    And Weird Al’s “Do I Creep You Out,” is a classic stalker song.

    “I know that you
    Don’t know me very well
    We’ve barely met
    But I can surely tell
    No one will ever
    Love you like I do

    I like to feel
    The warm spot on your chair
    Sometimes I drool
    And usually I stare
    My precious one
    I saved that gum
    That you threw in the garbage

    You’re the one I dream about
    But the only question with me now
    Is ‘Do I creep you out?'”

    Yeah, you do, actually. Seriously.

    Love Scott and your books. 🙂

    ~Ariel

  83. xakousti on #

    Alanis Morissette
    (“You Oughta Know”),

    She’s Krazy, do u need to know any more!!

  84. Molly E. on #

    Favorite stalker song would probably be Binoculars by Julia Nunes. It’s witty and oddly sweet.

    Funniest stalker song would probably be If Ever You Should Stalk a Stalker ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTnJuJM7-Zw ).

    Neither are very subtle about the subject, but they’re still good!

  85. Melissa on #

    I have two stalker songs I adore:

    Patsy Cline “She’s Got You”
    I’ve got your picture
    That you gave to me
    And it’s signed with love
    Just like it used to be
    The only thing different
    The only thing new
    I’ve got your picture
    She’s got you

    I’ve got the records
    That we used to share
    And they still sound the same
    As when you were here
    The only thing different
    The only thing new
    I’ve got the records
    She’s got you

    CHORUS:
    I’ve got your memory
    Or, has it got me
    I really don’t know
    But I know, it won’t let me be

    I’ve got your class ring
    That proved you cared
    And it still looks the same
    As when you gave it, dear
    The only thing different
    The only thing new
    I’ve got these little things
    She’s got you

    and “Johanna” from Sweeney Todd
    I feel you, Johanna,
    I feel you.
    I was half convinced I’d waken,
    Satisfied enough to dream you.
    Happily I was mistaken,
    Johanna.
    I’ll steal you, Johanna,
    I’ll steal you.

    [dialogue]

    I’ll steal you, Johanna,
    I’ll steal you.
    Do they think that walls could hide you?
    Even now, I’m at your window.
    I am in the dark beside you,
    Buried sweetly in your yellow hair!
    I feel you, Johanna,
    And one day I’ll steal you!
    Til I’m with you then,
    I’m with you there,
    Sweetly buried in your yellow hair!

  86. dozzzier on #

    There’s the classics — “One Way Or Another” by Blondie, “I Will Follow Him” by Little Peggy March, “I’ll Be There” by the Jackson 5, “Every Breath You Take” and “Can’t Stand Losing You” and “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” by Police. (Police? CREEPIEST. BAND. EVER. :P)

    There’s the more contemporary — “As Long As You Love Me” by the Backstreet Boys gave me an irrational fear of boy bands. “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” solidified by hatred of Kylie Minogue.

    My personal favorite is “Escape” by Enrique Iglesias. “If you feel like leaving, I’m not gonna make you stay. Soon you’ll be finding, you can run, you can hide, but you can’t escape my love.” If that doesn’t creep you out, I don’t know what will.

  87. Justine on #

    Dozzzier: Steady on! This is an Australian blog: there will be no Kylie Minogue hating.

  88. Danielle on #

    I think nothing beats The Police- “Every Breath You Take” (“Every move you make… I’ll be watching you”) as the ultimate stalker love song.
    But as for straight up stalker songs, how about “Stan” by Eminem? It’s about this obsessed fan, Stan, who basically kills himself because Eminem never answered his letters. Great song, but a little scary.

  89. Whitney on #

    You guys are totally missing THE BEST stalker song of ALL TIME!

    Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter, by Herman’s Hermits!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv8k0VI9tBc

    Every time I hear this song, I can feel an earnest-voiced and fresh-faced British bloke lurking outside my window in the dark.

    “Mrs. Brown you’ve got a lovely daughter,
    Girls as sharp as her are somethin’ rare.
    But it’s sad, she doesn’t love me now,
    She’s made it clear enough it ain’t no good to pine.

    She wants to return those things I bought her,
    Tell her she can keep them just the same.
    Things have changed, she doesn’t love me now,
    She’s made it clear enough it ain’t no good to pine.

    Walkin’ about, even in a crowd, well…
    You’ll pick her out, makes a bloke feel so proud!

    If she finds that I’ve been round to see you,
    (round to see you)
    Tell her that I`m well and feelin’ fine.
    (feelin’ fine)
    Don’t let on, don’t say she’s broke my heart.
    I’d go down on my knees but it’s no good to pine.

    Walkin’ about, even in a crowd, well…
    You’ll pick her out, makes a bloke feel…!

    If she finds that I’ve been round to see you,
    (round to see you)
    Tell her that I`m well and feelin’ fine.
    (feelin’ fine)
    Don’t let on, don’t say she’s broke my heart.
    I’d go down on my knees but it’s no good to pine.

    Mrs. Brown you’ve got a lovely daughter… (lovely daughter)
    Mrs. Brown you’ve got a lovely daughter… (lovely daughter)
    Mrs. Brown you’ve got a lovely daughter… (lovely daughter)
    Mrs. Brown you’ve got a lovely daughter… (lovely daughter)”

  90. Genna on #

    I’m Right Behind You (Charlene) by Stephen Colbert is a pretty hilarious stalker video.

  91. Lindsay on #

    Clay Aiken’s “Invisible” is by far the world’s best stalker song. I mean, come on, check out these lyrics and tell me that you don’t get serious goosebumps:

    “Whatcha doin’ tonight
    I wish I could be a fly on your wall
    Are you really alone
    Who’s stealin’ your dreams
    Why can’t I bring you into my life
    What would it take to make you see that I’m alive”

    And things just get creepier from there:

    “Saw your face in the crowd
    I call out your name
    You don’t hear a sound
    I keep tracing your steps
    Each move that you make
    Wish I could read what goes through your mind
    Wish you could touch me with the colors of your life”

    Any song that talks about touching someone with the “colors of your life” should automatically win some sort of award. I’m not exactly sure what these “colors” are that Clay speaks of, but I can tell you this: I don’t want them anywhere near me.

    Finally, and perhaps most importantly, “Invisible” is the best choice because, honestly, this is probably it’s only shot at ever being the “best” at anything because it flat out sucks. It’s like tee ball: Even the awkward, bench-warming kid gets a trophy at the end of the season.

    Maybe if Clay doesn’t win this contest, he can win a “Funniest Funeral Song” contest? Because seriously, who doesn’t wanna hear the words “if I was invisible, I would just watch you in your room” while they’re staring at a dead body? It wouldn’t be funny at all for the mourners, but I bet the dead guy would be laughing his butt off somewhere.

  92. Morgan on #

    Does a parody song count? My friends and I made a parody of Stop and Stare by One Republic called “Stalk and Stare” The chorus goes-

    Stalk and Stare
    I think about you all the time
    I swear
    You are mine and I will never share
    oh oh ooooh

    Stalk and Stare
    When you are alone
    I am always there
    So tell your Boyfriend to beware
    oh oh ooooh

    Stalk and Stare
    I love the way the moonlight
    shines on your hair
    Without you there would be no air
    oh oh ooooh

    It keeps going and gets pretty crazy.

    But if it has to be song I would go with “Somebody’s Watching Me” By Micheal Jackson. This one of course is from the stalkee’s point of view. I want to know how no one thought of this song though!

    When I’m in the shower
    I’m afraid to wash my hair
    ‘Cause I might open my eyes
    And find someone standing there
    People say I’m crazy
    Just a little touched
    But maybe showers remind me
    Of Psycho too much
    That’s why

    (I always feel like)
    (Somebody’s watching me)
    And I have no privacy
    Whooooa, oh-oh
    (I always feel like)
    (Somebody’s watching me)
    Who’s playin’ tricks on me

    Then there is also “Kelsey” by Metro Station

    So take one word you said
    You put it in your bed
    You rest your tiny head on your pillow
    You wonder where you’re going next
    You got your head pushed to my chest
    and now you’re hoping that someone let’s you in
    Well I’ll sure let you in
    You know ill let you in
    Oh Kelsey, you.

    So don’t let anyone scare you
    You know that I’ll protect you
    Always,
    now through the thick and thin
    Until the end
    You better watch it
    You know you don’t cross it because
    I’m always here for you
    and I’ll be here for you
    (I know x3) I know how it feels believe me
    I’ve been there and
    (I know x3) I know what it feels like
    tell me Kelsey

    And I’ll swim the ocean for you
    the ocean for you
    whoa, oh Kelsey
    and I’ll swim the ocean for you
    the ocean for you
    whoa, oh Kelsey
    (i hear you darlin’)

    Find More lyrics at http://www.sweetslyrics.com
    Now it’s gonna get harder
    and it’s gonna burn brighter
    and it’s gonna feel tougher each and every day
    so let me say, that i love you
    you’re all I’ve ever wanted
    all I’ve ever dreamed of to come
    and yes you did come
    i want you so bad (so bad)
    can you feel it too? (it too)
    you know I’m so, I’m so in love with you
    i want you, so much
    i need you, so much
    i need your, i need your, your touch

    and I’ll swim the ocean for you
    the ocean for you
    whoa, oh Kelsey
    x4
    and you never ever let me in (let me in)
    x4

    The entire song is full of stalkerish sayings!

  93. Kailey on #

    Definitely Every Breath You Take by the Police. I actually call it “the stalker song”.

  94. Rapunzel on #

    I have to put in another vote for Sir Tessa’s suggestion of “Say Goodnight and Go” by Imogen Heap. It just sounds so . . . pretty, and then you realize what she’s singing.

  95. Krista on #

    I was going to say I Will Possess Your Heart by Death Cab for Cutie, but someone already said that.

    Bright Eyes – The Calendar Hung Itself

  96. Zahra Ali on #

    Hands down?
    Johanna from Sweeney Todd. Short but effective.

    I feel you, Johanna.
    I’ll steal you, Johanna,
    I’ll steal you.
    Do they think that walls could hide you?
    Even now, I’m at your window.
    I am in the dark beside you,
    buried sweetly in your yellow hair.

    GOOSEBUMPS. If this doesnt creep you out, I dont know what will. Jamie Campbell Bower makes it that much more creepy! Talk about obsession, poor Johanna! Great movie in my opinion, though. ;D

  97. Johnny Rollerfeet on #

    “Tyler” by the Toadies.

    “…I hear her call out to me, I hear the fear in her voice…I will be with her tonight!”

    How did a song that creepy even get airplay?

  98. Michael on #

    No question it’s “Under the Sofa” by Marit Larsen. It’s so creepy! Here’s the music video.

  99. Cathymw on #

    Personally, I think Taylor Swift’s latest, “You Belong with Me” is a bit stalker-esque. And since I’ve been in situations like that, I totally hated the video. That’s not how real life works. Well, maybe if you’re Taylor Swift, it does.

    Someone else mentioned Rod Stewart’s “Infatuation”, I think his “Crazy About Her” is much worse.

    Crazy About Her
    I walk the streets at night
    until the morning light comes shining through
    Can’t get a good night’s sleep
    Ain’t been to work in weeks
    What am I gonna do
    Help me

    Can’t get her off my mind
    I’m drinking too much wine
    I’m burning up inside
    If I could touch her face
    or take her out some place I’d be satisfied

    Hey, I’m a loaded gun
    I’m crazy about her, crazy about her
    Hey, I’m a lovesick son
    I’m crazy about her

    I see her jogging in Central Park
    with one of them Walkman’s on her head.
    She was hot, young, beautiful
    and I said to myself
    She’s destined to be mine

    I see her every day
    in rush hour or subway, in a grocery store
    She don’t notice me,
    I might as well just be a cockroach on the floor

    If she belonged to me I’d give her everything
    I’d never cheat or lie
    I’d treat her with respect, not just a sex object
    I ain’t that kind of guy

    Hey, I’m a loaded gun
    I’m crazy about her, crazy about her
    Hey, I’m a lovesick son
    I’m crazy about her

    I was standing outside the Met one day
    when she drove by in a black Corvette
    I said Hey baby
    I could’ve died, she looked straight through me
    But I know she’s destined to be mine

    Spoken:
    Every night I stand around her door and wait for her to come by
    She lives in one of those brown-stones with the guard outside
    and the limousines and the Rolls Royces coming and going

    My friends all say she’s way outta my class
    but I know if she’d just get know me
    I could give her something all those rich guy ain’t got
    Yeah!

    Ain’t gonna bide my time ain’t gonna stand in line
    Somebody gonna get burned
    But, oh the problem is I think my loves at risk
    She’s the boss’s girl
    Oh no

  100. Rachel Brown on #

    “Run for your life” by the Beatles. (I think that’s the title.)

    You better run for your life if you can, little girl
    Hide your head in the sand, little girl
    Catch you with another man, that’s the end, little girl

    It basically says he’s going to KILL HER. Isn’t it romantic?

    In terms of songs that know they’re sung by stalkers, I adore the Magnetic Fields’ “Absolutely Cuckoo.”

    Don’t fall in love with me yet
    we only recently met
    true i’m in love with you but
    you might decide i’m a nut
    give me a week or two to
    go absolutely cuckoo
    and when you see your error
    then you can flee in terror
    like everybody else does

    I think I dated that guy!

  101. Paula on #

    I work at a very busy public library in the suburbs of a large city. We have a frequent phone customer we’ve nicknamed “Mr. Lonelyhearts” because he calls on an almost daily basis, asking us to look up womens’ phone numbers. This has been going on for years.

    Who are these lucky gals? Well, Mr. Lonelyhearts watches a lot of court shows: Judge Judy, Divorce Court, Judge Mathis, and so on. He says he thinks he can help the women who appear on the show. And if they’re publicly listed numbers, we give them to him.

    He has been warned in the past for trying to put moves on the librarian staff (always over the phone).

    Sooooo…about two months ago, he called wanting to know who wrote the song “Hello, It’s Me.” That would be Todd Rundgren, and now whenever he calls I feel all skeevy as I think of the lyrics:

    Hello, it’s me
    I’ve thought about us for a long, long time
    Maybe I think too much but something’s wrong
    There’s something here that doesn’t last too long
    Maybe I shouldn’t think of you as mine

    Seeing you
    Or seeing anything as much as I do you
    I take for granted that you’re always there
    I take for granted that you just don’t care
    Sometimes I can’t help seeing all the way through

    It’s important to me
    That you know you are free
    ‘Cause I never want to make you change for me

    Think of me
    You know that I’d be with you if I could
    I’ll come around to see you once in a while
    Or if I ever need a reason to smile
    And spend the night if you think I should

    It’s important to me
    That you know you are free
    ‘Cause I never want to make you change for me

    Think of me
    You know that I’d be with you if I could
    I’ll come around to see you once in a while
    Or if I ever need a reason to smile
    And spend the night if you think I should

    Think of me…
    Think of me…
    Think of me

  102. K.A on #

    “I’ll Be Watching You” . . I don’t recall who it is by, I saw it on singstar.

  103. Zahra Ali on #

    Oh no, someone told me I posted a song that was already posted. I don’t know if that’s allowed 🙁

    Just in case, I’ll post this one:
    ————
    OKaysions- Girl Watcher

    I’m a girl watcher, I’m a girl watcher…
    Watchin’ girls go by, hey, my my
    I’m a girl watcher, I’m a girl watcher…
    Here comes one now…

    I was just a boy when I threw away my toys
    And found a new pastime to dwell on
    Whenever I detects them there of the other sex
    I play the game I do so well on

    Mumble something female, my my, but you do look swell
    Could you please walk a little slower…
    Wonder if you know that you’re putting on a show
    Could you please walk a little closer…
    ———-

    My second creepiest song. He’s FOLLOWING her, it freaks me out xD Hope it creeps you out too!

  104. Rachel on #

    Throw Your Arms Around Me by Hunters and Collectors.

  105. Kt on #

    the stalker by piebald (boston area indie band)

    [its got claps and double claps]

    I’ll be around every corner you go. Don’t you look so surprised.
    I’ll be in every dressing room that you’re in.
    I’ll be holding every door you walk through. You don’t even have to say thanks.
    I’ll get groceries at the same time as you.

    Don’t think I don’t know what suits you well. Don’t think I don’t know.

    I’ll be in every smoky corner you’ve seen counting your drinks.
    I’ll be the guy who drives past your house.
    I’ll be hiding behind your mirror watching you crimp your hair.
    I’ll follow you with sunglasses on.

    Don’t think I don’t know what suits you well. Don’t think I don’t know.

    I’ll be looking through your windows at night.
    Watching you sleep. I will see you at your big game.
    I’ll be at the same parties as you, and I’ll meet you in the closet.
    I’ll follow you home when the sun comes up

    Don’t think I don’t know what suits you well. Don’t think I don’t know.

  106. Chelsea on #

    I wrote a song a couple of months ago in which I reveal my stalkerish feelings for Spencer Martin. Does that count?

  107. Deanna and Maegan on #

    Bella’s Lullaby!
    Edward writes it for Bella before he even knows her, and hums it to her while he watches her sleep, completely unaware of his presence… sounds like the song of a stalker to us!

  108. Tom on #

    There is a song called the stalker song by the Australian comedy group Tripod. It sort of misses the point a bit because it’s meant to be a little (read: a lot) creepy. It is pretty funny, though.

    Check it out:

  109. Holly on #

    Follow you home, by Nickelback.

  110. Julie-wa on #

    mad late entry, sorry, but I just thought of a completely beautiful song but totally stalkerish:

    the whole song, but specifically the lines enclosed with /// <— those things

    from the musical Sweeney Todd: “Johanna”

    I feel you, Johanna,
    I feel you.
    I was half convinced I’d waken,
    Satisfied enough to dream you.
    Happily I was mistaken,
    Johanna.
    I’ll steal you, Johanna,
    I’ll steal you.

    I’ll steal you, Johanna,
    I’ll steal you.
    ///Do they think that walls could hide you?
    Even now, I’m at your window.
    I am in the dark beside you,
    Buried sweetly in your yellow hair!///
    I feel you, Johanna,
    And one day I’ll steal you!
    Til I’m with you then,
    I’m with you there,
    Sweetly buried in your yellow hair!

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