Looking for songs w/ Detective in title or lyrics about (Private) Detectives.

i.e. Watching the Detectives - Elvis Costello

Hello Pawl and thank you for your question.

My search returned the following results for songs with the word
detective in the title or lyrics about (private) detectives:


No Doubt – Detective
From the album "Rock Steady"
http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?sid=%0A6%DF%9Ab%14p%3D


They Might Be Giants - (She Was A) Hotel Detective
From the album "Miscellaneous T" 
http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?sid=%01%F0%B8j%01%83%EE%19


Rechelle Malin – CD Famous Girl Detective
Includes the song “What ever happened to Nancy Drew”
http://www.cdbaby.com/view/malin


Private Detective performed by Gene Vincent in Shaking Up a Storm
1964 Columbia Records
http://www.rockabillyhall.com/gvdiscs.html


Steely Dan - MY RIVAL
From the album "Gaucho"
http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?sid=4L%8D%26%2C%FFS2


Madness - Deceives The Eye
http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?sid=%BF%D8%8D%CE%EFL%07%95


D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Who Stole The D.J.
From the album "Homebase" 
http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?sid=%C8%B7%9C%F39M%3A%02


Rage Against The Machine - Hadda Been Playing On The Jukebox
Written by Allen Ginsberg, performed by Rage Against the Machine
http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?sid=%F5%E2%95%7EW%29%EA%A2


Alkaline Trio - Private Eye
From the album "From Here To Infirmary" 
http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?sid=%8B%A5%8D%AB%8A%15v%99


Private Eye Songs – An extensive list of songs about private
detectives.
http://www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/triv58.html


The Long Drive
Performed by Hamell On Trial
Written by Ed Hamell
From the album "Choochtown"
http://www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/triv58.html


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private eye songs
detective songs


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Bobbie7-ga

Great list, Bobbie7-ga...I don't want to interfere with your answer,
but want to pass on a great song reference source for you or any of
the other researchers -- and it just happens to be a book written by
my brother.
Hope this doesn't constitute "advertising," 'cause it's found in
libraries
as well as bookstores:  THE GREEN BOOK OF SONGS BY SUBJECT: The
Thematic
Guide to Popular Music by Jeff Green.  It lists over 900 categories
and
index of over 14,000 songs, complete with who recorded it and what CD
or album
it's on.  "Detective Songs," for example are in the section under
Police, Detectives, Secret Agents, Spies.     But your list is so
good, I think I'm going to pass it on to HIM to make sure he's got
everything YOU unearthed as well!

One extra suggestion which it took me a few weeks to recall (the
title, anyway). Yello have a track called "Ocean Club" (on various
singles, and also the 1991 Mercury album 'Baby'.

Here are the opening lyrics:

  My name is Norman -- Lou Norman
  I've been in this business for fifteen years
  If people have a problem and don't want talk to the police
  They want talk to me

...it continues in that faux-noir style. The rest of the lyrics are
here:

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/y/yello/32137.htm