Hip-Hop: 0-B | C-E | F-K | L-O | P-S | T-Z | Jazz & Blues: 0-L | M-Z
Rock & Metal: 0-C | D-G | H-L | M-P | Q-S | T-Z | Pop & Others: 0-D | E-L | M-R | S-Z
Artist/Band: Radiohead – English rock band, formed in 1985.
From: The King of Limbs, 2011
Title: Bloom
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
A giant turtle’s eyes
Artist/Band: RADWIMPS – Japanese rock band.
From: Altocolony no teiri, 2009
Title: Ameotoko
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
I’ve been round in circles like an overturning turtle, I guess so, so
Artist/Band: Raised by Uncles – American rock band.
From: Curb-Stomped Heart, 2018
Title: Chasing the Tortoise
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Rank Strangers – American indie rock band, founded in 1990.
From: My Name is Not the People, 2018
Title: Apple Apple Apple Hurry!
Why in the database: There is a reference to the Tortoise and the Hare.
The signal the flare the tortoise the hare
Artist/Band: Ray Stevens – Full name Harold Ray Ragsdale, american singer, songwriter and comedian.
From: Ahab The Arab, 2001
Title: A Hermit Named Dave
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned, the following line is repeated twice.
Well there was an old hermit named dave
Who lived by himself in the woods in a cave
Ate from a turtle shell, slept on a bath skin had a seven foot beard growing out of his chin
Artist/Band: Red Hot Chili Peppers – An English music group that mainly plays funk rock, founded in 1983.
From: Freaky Styley, 1985
Title: Yertle The Turtle
Why in the database: Song about Yertle the Turtle, it is an abridged version of the text from the book.
Look at the turte go bro
On a far away island
Of Salamasond
Yertle the turtle
Was king of the pond
A nice little pond
It was clean it was neat
The water was warm
There was plenty to eat
Until one day
The king of them all
Decided the kingdom
He ruled was too small
I’m a ruler of all that I see
But I don’t see enough
And that’s the trouble with me
With this stone for a throne
I am too low down
I cannot look down
Upon the places beyond
So Yertle the turtle king
Lifted his hand
And Yertle the turtle king
Lifted his hand
He ordered all the turtles
Onto one another’s back
He piled them high
Into a ten turtle stack
I’m Yertle the turtle
The things I now rule
I’m king of a cow
I’m king of a mule
Then down from below
In the great turtle stack
Came a burp from a plain
Little turtle named Mack
Just part of the throne
This burpin’ little turtle
Looked up and said “I beg
Your pardon king Yertle”
I’ve pains in my back
My shoulders and my knees
How long must we stand
Here your majesty
“Silence!” the king of the
Turtles barked back
To the bad burpin’
Little turtle named Mack
I’m Yertle the turtle
Oh marvelous me for
I am ruler of all that I see
Yertle, Yertle the turtle…
Yertle, Yertle the turtle…
Artist/Band: RH- – Polish rock group, active in the years 1969-1972.
From: RH- , 2011
Title: GDA/WWA
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
Do baru po browara jeszcze żółwia zbić.
Artist/Band: Rheostatics – Canadian indie rock band, formed in 1978.
From: The Blue Hysteria, 1996
Title: Feed Yourself
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
A cage of turtles, a cone of hemp
Artist/Band: Rheostatics
From: Introducing Happiness, 1994
Title: Onilley’s Strange Dream
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
I lived on Turtle Isle.
Artist/Band: Rick Wakeman – British rock musician and composer.
From: The Natural World Trilogy, 1999
Title: Sea Green Turtles
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Rod Stewart – See: Cut Across Shorty
Artist/Band: Roger Miller – American singer, songwriter, musician and actor.
From: Roger Miller, 1969
Title: Meanwhile Back In Abilene
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
All I catch is turtles and old boots
Artist/Band: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Australian indie rock band, founded in 2013.
From: Hope Downs, 2018
Title: The Hammer
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
I had a plot on the corner
I dug a hole to the turtle shells
I keep the lid on eternal
Artist/Band: Rozwell Kid – American indie rock band, founded in 2011.
From: Precious Art, 2017
Title: Michael Keaton
Why in the database: There is a reference to Ninja Turtles.
And Ninja Turtle gear
Artist/Band: Rudy + Blitz – American rock band.
From: Reverb on the Click
Title: Turtle Frown
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned, the following line is repeated four times.
I’m wearin a turtle frown
Everything gets me down
Artist/Band: Rugburns – American rock band.
From: Taking the World by Donkey
Title: I Hate Fuckin’ Christmas, 2004
Why in the database: There is a reference to Ninja Turtles.
Look’s like little Johnny just won’t get his
Teeneage Mutant Ninja Turtle
Well, I’d better wear a rubber
‘Cause that turtle might be fertile
Artist/Band: Runic – Spanish pagan /metal folk band.
From: Cancer Baby, 2019
Title: Traveling 89
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
sun tan upon the sea
tortoise shell for a seat
galapo-ghost ride the coast
Artist/Band: Running Wild – German heavy metal band, founded in 1976.
From: Rapid Foray, 2016
Title: Last of the Mohicans
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
The sign of the ”tortoise” is saving his life
Artist/Band: Rush – Canadian rock trio, playing hard rock and progressive rock, founded in 1968.
From: Test for Echo, 1996
Title: Dog Years
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned, the following line is repeated twice.
‘d rather be a tortoise from Galapagos
Or a span of geological time
Artist/Band: Ruth Ruth – American pop-punk band founded in 1993.
From: Laughing Gallery, 1995
Title: I Killed Meg The Prom Queen
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
She had a turtle named McPumpkin
Artist/Band: Serj Tankian – American musician, instrumentalist and singer of Armenian origin, member of the music group System of a Down.
From: Harakiri, 2012
Title: Cornucopia
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
Kiss an ugly turtle to make it cry
Artist/Band: Seweryn Krajewski – Polish composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist and former leader of the band Czerwone Gitary.
From: Przemija uroda w nas, 2005
Title: Spotkanie starych żółwi
Why in the database: Turtle in the title and the entire song is about turtles.
Czy wiesz, czy wiesz
i czy pamiętasz,
że ptak i żółw
to dwa zaklęcia.Nim żółwi rejs osiągnie Galapagos,
spróbujmy znów odnaleźć
zgubioną dawno radość.
Nim ptaków krzyk
w przestworzach czas zatrzyma,
spotkajmy się przy winie,
jak dawniej u Maksyma.Czy wiesz, czy wiesz
i czy pamiętasz,
że ty i czas
to dwa zaklęcia.Nim żółwi rejs…
Artist/Band: Sharky Sharky – British power metal/rock band, founded in 2012.
From: Super Awesome Mega Rock, 2015
Title: When All the Lights Go Out
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
Me and my assistant turtle
Artist/Band: Sheep’s Power – Swiss rock band.
From: Now Future, 2017
Title: Song for Ana
Why in the database: Whole song is about turtles.
Sitting side-by-side, waiting eagerly
Laying on the sand and facing the sea
Hand-in-hand we’ll stay until the sunset
It’s a night for sure we’ll never forget
For the sea-turtles this is the right time
For millions of years, the same ritual
Starlight or moonlight nothing will stop them
After a long trip, they come back to the fold
Ohhh yeah they come back to the fold
Ohhh yeah they come back to the fold
Dig, dig, dig, big turtle
Dig that hole and forget the moon
Make your nest with your hind legs
Bury, hide your precious eggs
Dig, dig, dig, my big turtle
Dig that hole and forget the moon
In a few weeks it will be time
Time to dig another one
Millions of years for you, thousand of years for us
You have been there for ages. You disappear away
It’s a race you could have, could have easily won
But the dice are loaded, but the dice are loaded
Dig, dig, dig, big turtle
Dig that hole and forget the moon
Make your nest with your hind legs
Bury, hide your precious eggs
Dig, dig, dig, my big turtle
Dig that hole and forget the moon
In a few weeks it will be time
Time to dig another one
Dig, dig, dig, big turtle
Dig that hole and forget the moon
Make your nest with your hind legs
Bury, hide your precious eggs
Dig, dig, dig, my big turtle
Dig that hole and forget the moon
In a few weeks it will be time
Time to dig another one
Artist/Band: Shonen Knife – Japanese rock band, founded in 1981.
From: Shonen Knife, 1990
Title: Tortoise Brand Pot Cleaner Theme (Green Tortoise)
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned in the title, as well as the entire lyrics (which consists of the below fragment singed two times) about a turtle.
Tortoise Brand Pot Cleaner
Specially selected Pot Cleaner
The best pot cleaner in the world is
Specially selected Tortoise Brand
Artist/Band: Siouxie and the Banshees – British rock band, founded in 1976.
From: Kaleidoscope, 1980
Title: Christine
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
Now she’s in purple, now she’s the turtle
Artist/Band: Skyclad – British heavy metal band strongly influenced by folk music, formed in 1990.
From: The Answer Machine?, 1997
Title: Worn Out Sole to Heel
Why in the database: There is a reference to the Tortoise and the Hare.
like the saintly tortoise and the godless hare.
Artist/Band: Sleepy LaBeef – See: Cut Across Shorty
Artist/Band: Slothrust – American rock band.
From: The Pact, 2018
Title: Peach
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
Little turtle, Kindergarten
Artist/Band: Smashing Pumpkins – American rock band, founded in 1988.
From: The Aeroplane Flies High, 1996
Title: Transformer
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
sorry she’s happy as a turtle
Artist/Band: Smog – American underground rock band.
From: Julius Caesar, 1993
Title: Stalled on the Tracks
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
A turtle on its back
Artist/Band: Smog
From: Knock Knock, 1999
Title: No dancing
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
There’s always some turtle snapping in my head
Artist/Band: Sparklehorse – American indie rock band, founded in 1995.
From: Distorted Ghost, 2000
Title: Waiting for Nothing
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
Turtle trapped on its back
Artist/Band: Spirit of the West – See: Sunshine Superman
Artist/Band: Splashdown – American pop-rock band, founded in 1996.
From: Redshift, 1999
Title: Mayan Pilot
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned, żółwia skorupa jako miejsce w którym można się schować.
Oh, if we meet pay no mind if I hide in my tortoise shell…
Artist/Band: Splendour Hyaline – American rock band.
From: Present-Future, 2019
Title: Tortoise and the Hare
Why in the database: There is a reference to the Tortoise and the Hare, in title, lyrics are without any turtle mentions.
Artist/Band: Slow Smile – British rock band.
From: Hute Sai Yah, 2010
Title: Stories of What Might Have Been
Why in the database: A tortoise Tim is mentioned.
with me and my tortoise Tim
Artist/Band: Slow Smile
From: Rice Pudding Records – the Purple Years, 2006
Title: One Small Step for Man One Giant Leap for a Slug
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
Leave behind another time, tortoise walking, sweet talkin’
Artist/Band: SNFU – Canadian hardcore punk band, founded in 1981.
From: If You Swear, You’ll Catch No Fish
Title: Snapping Turtle
Why in the database: A snapping turtle is mentioned.
Let me let me chew chew chew
Chew upon you like a snapping turtle when I do bite
(…)
Chew chew
Chew upon you like a snapping turtle
When I do bite your fucking head off
Artist/Band: Spider – Polish heavy metal band, founded in 1986.
From: –
Title: Zapomniałem
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned, a reference to slowness.
Majster gada, że łażę jak żółw
Artist/Band: Starsoup – Russian band playing progressive metal/rock, founded in 2011.
From: Castles of Sand , 2017
Title: Your World Is Dead
Why in the database: Very turtle song, strongly based on the “Dark Tower” series by Stephen King.
See the turtle of giant girth!
On his shell he’s holding the Earth,
On his back he carries the Truth
And there’s Love, there’s Duty and Youth
Where’s the door, where’s the answer?
Where can you hide and see the light?
How can you reach for the crossroads of the worlds?
And save the Tower from eternal night?
He is slow but he’s always kind;
He holds us all in his mind.
He loves the Earth and the Sea,
And he even loves a child like me.
(…)
Artist/Band: Stelth Ulvang – American musician, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
From: American Boredom, 2018
Title: Denim
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
Burnt edges, dusty fingers, trampled corners, broken tortoise
Artist/Band: Stephen Stills – American folk-rock musician, singer, and guitarist.
From: Stephen Stills 2, 1971
Title: Sugar Babe
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
How do turtles talk to one another
They just look, there’s no reason to cower
Just like people they’re drawn to each other
Artist/Band:Sting –
From: The Dream Of The Blue Turtles, 1985
Title: The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Sting – See: The Lowest Trees Have Tops
Artist/Band: Sting – See: Fine Knacks For Ladies
Artist/Band: Stone Temple Pilots – American grunge band, founded in 1990.
From: Stone Temple Pilots, 2010
Title: Huckleberry Crumble
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
Ol’ Tom Turtles
Artist/Band:Suggested Friends – British indie rock quartet.
From: Turtle Taxi, 2019
Title: Turtle Taxi
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned in the title and in the lyrics.
I’ll be your honest turtle taxi
Artist/Band: Super Furry Animals – Welsh rock band founded in 1993.
From: Phantom Power, 2003
Title: Venus and Serena
Why in the database: There is a reference to the Tortoise and the Hare.
Take the turtle and hare
Don’t run around when you can walk there
Artist/Band: Swamp Nuts – American goregrind band, founded in 2016.
From: Swamp Nuts
Title: Turtle Heads & Yellow Snakes
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned in the title and in the lyrics.
turtle Heads & Yellow Snakes!
Artist/Band: Sztywny Pal Azji – Polish rock band, founded in 1986.
From: Fiss Pink, 2012
Title: Akvalium
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
Są tu ryby i żółwie
