# 30 Day Song Challenge, number 8: A Song You Know All the Words To. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2016, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-8-a-song-you-know-all-the-words-to/753170 "2016-04-26T06:21:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-8-a-song-you-know-all-the-words-to/753170/1 "2016-04-26T06:21:34Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fGj77BrEgj4/hqdefault.jpg "Jewel - You Were Meant For Me Official Music Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGj77BrEgj4) Known all the words to that one since 2001. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-8-a-song-you-know-all-the-words-to/753170/2 "2016-04-26T06:33:28Z")
**Idle** , you have a backslash at the end of your link that causes it to not work. C/P’ing and “Open Link In New Tab” do work. I love this band and they’ve been unjustifiably shunned in the US. They’re pretty big in Europe and Asia. This is one of their most known songs but they have so many other very good ones. [Toto - Africa](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-8-a-song-you-know-all-the-words-to/753170/3 "2016-04-26T07:52:40Z")
This song is actually the second song I thought of that I know all the words to, but it’s the subject of my [first thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=377984). The Cramps - [Call of the Wighat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGQzWxLEc48) ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-8-a-song-you-know-all-the-words-to/753170/4 "2016-04-26T09:12:32Z")
I could cheat [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdMTl9zHQ9Y](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdMTl9zHQ9Y) or [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p13yZAjhU0M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p13yZAjhU0M) But I won’t [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fWyzwo1xg0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fWyzwo1xg0) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-8-a-song-you-know-all-the-words-to/753170/5 "2016-04-26T11:21:36Z")
I had to go through a few 80s songs before finding one I still remembered. [Footloose](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltrMfT4Qz5Y). ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-8-a-song-you-know-all-the-words-to/753170/6 "2016-04-26T11:41:43Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > I could cheat > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdMTl9zHQ9Y](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdMTl9zHQ9Y) > > or > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p13yZAjhU0M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p13yZAjhU0M) > > But I won’t > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fWyzwo1xg0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fWyzwo1xg0) How are we defining, “Know all the words”, I wonder? I can’t tell you the words to most songs I love if you asked me to, but I can sing along once they start playing - the music triggers my memory. [“Soul Finger” - the Bar Kays](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16DduIqoRwE) [“Can’t You See” - The Marshall Tucker Band](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlc6xCPx60U) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-8-a-song-you-know-all-the-words-to/753170/7 "2016-04-26T11:44:01Z")
There aren’t too many songs I like that I \*don’t \*know all the words to, especially now that we can easily look them up. So I’ll mention one I had to figure out and memorize before the internet: _American Pie._. That is one long ass song for a little kid to remember. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-8-a-song-you-know-all-the-words-to/753170/8 "2016-04-26T11:44:23Z")
[Gold Digger](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi45tzznKzMAhUBgSYKHTfwC9gQyCkIIDAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D6vwNcNOTVzY&usg=AFQjCNGPYqO3pInWWivi8jECm51uoYqH1w&sig2=o-NOm36CKfZVOdRHREwaHA) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-8-a-song-you-know-all-the-words-to/753170/9 "2016-04-26T12:11:30Z")
[The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgI8bta-7aw) Because I lived near the Great Lakes and had seen the big iron boats up close on a number of ocassions, so the lyrics stuck with me. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-8-a-song-you-know-all-the-words-to/753170/10 "2016-04-26T12:18:27Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gK7n1Q-fDeA/hqdefault.jpg "Skol Retro Advert - Hagar Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK7n1Q-fDeA) ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-8-a-song-you-know-all-the-words-to/753170/11 "2016-04-26T12:21:13Z")
[It’s the end of the world as we know it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY). I _may_ have spent more time than is reasonable on this one back in college. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-8-a-song-you-know-all-the-words-to/753170/12 "2016-04-26T12:26:03Z")
For some reason, back when I was in high school, I glommed onto a lot of 60s music. And the first one that I found soooooo profound that I just had to learn the lyrics to, was Simon and Garfunkle’s “Sound of Silence.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4fWyzwo1xg0/maxresdefault.jpg "Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence (Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fWyzwo1xg0) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-8-a-song-you-know-all-the-words-to/753170/13 "2016-04-26T12:30:53Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > [It’s the end of the world as we know it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY). > > I _may_ have spent more time than is reasonable on this one back in college. Ha! This song is playing right now and I was just thinking about it in relation to this thread. I don’t think I know all the words to this one. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-8-a-song-you-know-all-the-words-to/753170/14 "2016-04-26T15:35:01Z")
Wow, as a performing musician, I know the words to a lot of songs, so I’ll go for the one I learned most recently. I’m performing Battle of Evermore next month with a friend for his daughter’s wedding. The daughter is very much into all thing LOTR, and the dad is a bang-up mandolin player (I play acoustic guitar), and we both sing, so we decided to go for it. I’ve known the music for years, but never really took time to memorize the lyrics. It’s a beauty. Should be a fun wedding. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-8-a-song-you-know-all-the-words-to/753170/15 "2016-04-26T15:58:52Z")
I know all the words to lots of songs – some, in languages I don’t even speak. But [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGM-wSKFBpo) I’ve known for over 55 years. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-8-a-song-you-know-all-the-words-to/753170/16 "2016-04-26T16:02:08Z")
In high school my best friend and I learned all the words to Dre & Snoop’s [“Nuthin’ But a G Thang.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4E4XC7qOfk) I still know it by heart. ---
**Author:** ![TheInimitableMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TheInimitableMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheInimitableMaven)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-8-a-song-you-know-all-the-words-to/753170/17 "2016-04-26T17:00:57Z")
**[“America” - Simon and Garfunkel](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pWK9KASwFU)** And not only do I know all of the words (and have since my teens), I also sing them quite well too. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-8-a-song-you-know-all-the-words-to/753170/18 "2016-04-26T17:02:44Z")
_Zip City_ **Drive-By Truckers** _“Keep your drawers on, Girl ‘cause it ain’t worth the fightin’ by the time you drop 'em, I’ll be gone and you’ll be right were they fall the rest of your life”_ ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-8-a-song-you-know-all-the-words-to/753170/19 "2016-04-26T17:16:04Z")
Not sure what to choose here, so I just went with something I always like to sing along with: [Bright Eyes - Bowl of Oranges](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km3polkFaWk). ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-8-a-song-you-know-all-the-words-to/753170/20 "2016-04-26T20:13:44Z")
Glen Campbell - “Rhinestone Cowboy”. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kAU3B9Pi\_U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kAU3B9Pi_U) It used to be a sing-along we’d do on car trips. “Gettin’ cards and letters from people I don’t even know…” > [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > How are we defining, “Know all the words”, I wonder? I can’t tell you the words to most songs I love if you asked me to, but I can sing along once they start playing - the music triggers my memory. > > [“Soul Finger” - the Bar Kays](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16DduIqoRwE) > > [“Can’t You See” - The Marshall Tucker Band](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlc6xCPx60U) Good call on the MTB. I could have referenced “This Ol’ Cowboy”, but the Glen popped in my head first. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-8-a-song-you-know-all-the-words-to/753170.md?page=2)