In no particular order, but I’m starting with “Cumbersome” because it came on XM last night and got me thinking about how many songs rhyme “girl” with “world.” Also because that song’s particular instance of rhyming “girl” with “world” is, well, cumbersome.

This is by no means an exhaustive list, but I’m looking to make it one. So if you know of others, comment or email me and I’ll add them. A bunch of these came courtesy of the gentlemen of Das Brodeo, three of whom are currently driving from Florida to DC and apparently have little else to do besides sit around thinking about songs that rhyme “girl” with “world.” Also, after I already started compiling, I did a Google search and found a few I hadn’t thought of here and here, and got more from the good people of Twitter.

Seven Mary Three — Cumbersome
No Doubt — Just a Girl
Cat Stevens — Wild World
Aqua — Barbie Girl
Madonna — Material Girl
Brooks and Dunn — Rock my World (Little Country Girl)
Nine Days — Story of a Girl
Prince — The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Jamiroquai — Cosmic Girl
Journey — Don’t Stop Believin’
Martha and the Vandellas — Dancing in the Streets
Queen — Fat Bottom Girls
The Beach Boys — California Girls
Billy Idol — Dancing With Myself
Cyndi Lauper — Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Billy Joel — Uptown Girl
Chromeo — Needy Girl
Notorious B.I.G. – Nasty Girl
Bruno Mars — Beautiful Girls
Pet Shop Boys — West End Girls
Violent Femmes — Please Do Not Go
Beatles — I Feel Fine
Led Zeppelin — Ramble On
Weezer — Cold Dark World
The Rolling Stones — Stupid Girl
2Pac — White Man’s World
Elliott Smith — Say Yes
Bob Dylan — Brownsville Girl
AM Radio — End of the World
U2 — Grace
Jay-Z — All Around the World
Mariah Carey — Your Girl
Ben Folds — Rent-A-Cop
Red Hot Chili Peppers — Californication
Green Day — Extraordinary Girl
Boyz-II-Men — Around the World
Black Keys — Psychotic Girl
Tom Petty — Century City
Elvis Costello — Party Girl
White Stripes — Fell in Love With a Girl
Dion — The Wanderer
Busta Rhymes — World Go Around
Black Sabbath — Sabbra Cadabra
Elton John — Island Girl
AC/DC — Girls Got Rhythm
Celine Dion — The Power of the Dream
Prodigy — Girls
Dead Milkmen — Punk Rock Girls
Snoop Dogg — Ain’t No Fun
Steve Miller Band — Quicksilver Girl
Gwen Stefani — Rich Girl