palindromic beauty

[DueyC]

I saw the answer first and wondered what on earth you were on about  :lol:

[Mikey]

What is the only UK top 10 hit where both the band and the song are palindromes? (Courtesy of the Grauniad football rumours 2 days ago :!: )
Just to make it more exciting I'll post the (rather obvious) answer in Other Bands

Ah....now the .... ... makes sense (nearly gave away the answer)

[johninblack]

I saw the answer first and wondered what on earth you were on about  :lol:

Same here!!

[Pedro]

I saw the answer thread first...and just joined in!
Then I found out it was an answer thread!

[Mikey]

Names and titles
In 1975, the Swedish pop group ABBA had a hit single titled "SOS", a unique occasion in which a song's title and the name of its recording artist are both palindromes.
The Grateful Dead's 1969 album Aoxomoxoa is a notable early use of palindrome in the title of a popular music album.
In 1992, the grunge band Soundgarden released an EP called Satanoscillatemymetallicsonatas or SOMMS; the title is a palindrome and puns on the supposed connection between the Devil and heavy metal music.
The 2007 re-release of Yoko Ono's song "No, No, No" is credited simply to "Ono", making the artist–title combination a palindrome.
The Fall of Troy made a song with the famous palindrome "A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama" as the title.
The first and last tracks on Andrew Bird's album Noble Beast form a palindrome ("Oh No" and "On Ho!") and the seventh track is a palindrome in itself: "Ouo". He has also mentioned palindromes in earlier music, giving his songs names like "11:11" "T'N'T" and "Fake Palindromes" (although the last title is not a palindrome itself). He also mentions palindromes in the lyrics of the song "I" and the "I" redux "Imitosis".
"racEcar" by Vitamin Party features a repeating chorus of "A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama" (the title itself is palindromic).
"Never Odd or Even", which was to be the title of the first album by Aleka's Attic, the band formed by the late River Phoenix, is a palindrome.
"If I Had a Hi-Fi", a 2010 cover album by American alternative rock band Nada Surf, is a palindrome.
Miles Davis and Black Sabbath both had albums called "Live Evil". Inversely, Lynch Mob and Diamond Head had albums called "Evil Live".
D.R.U.G.S. has two songs that are palindromes on the self-titled debut album, "Mr. Owl Ate My Metal Worm" and "Laminated E.T. Animal".