# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1485
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29684 "2014-09-28T14:49:43Z")
Bands That Were Successful With Different Front(wo)men 1. Van Halen 2. AC/DC 3. Genesis 4. Iron Maiden 5. Black Sabbath 6. Survivor 7. The Drifters 8. Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29685 "2014-09-28T19:09:33Z")
Bands That Were Successful With Different Front(wo)men 1. Van Halen 2. AC/DC 3. Genesis 4. Iron Maiden 5. Black Sabbath 6. Survivor 7. The Drifters 8. Pink Floyd 9. Fleetwood Mac ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29686 "2014-09-28T19:17:02Z")
Bands That Were Successful With Different Front(wo)men 1. Van Halen 2. AC/DC 3. Genesis 4. Iron Maiden 5. Black Sabbath 6. Survivor 7. The Drifters 8. Pink Floyd 9. Fleetwood Mac 10. Journey ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29687 "2014-09-28T20:21:43Z")
Bands That Were Successful With Different Front(wo)men 1. Van Halen 2. AC/DC 3. Genesis 4. Iron Maiden 5. Black Sabbath 6. Survivor 7. The Drifters 8. Pink Floyd 9. Fleetwood Mac 10. Journey 11. Doobie Brothers ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29688 "2014-09-28T21:16:09Z")
Bands That Were Successful With Different Front(wo)men 1. Van Halen 2. AC/DC 3. Genesis 4. Iron Maiden 5. Black Sabbath 6. Survivor 7. The Drifters 8. Pink Floyd 9. Fleetwood Mac 10. Journey 11. Doobie Brothers 12. Alan Parsons Project ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29689 "2014-09-28T22:31:53Z")
Bands That Were Successful With Different Front(wo)men 1. Van Halen 2. AC/DC 3. Genesis 4. Iron Maiden 5. Black Sabbath 6. Survivor 7. The Drifters 8. Pink Floyd 9. Fleetwood Mac 10. Journey 11. Doobie Brothers 12. Alan Parsons Project 13. Chicago Songs with the name of a foreign place in the title (foreign to the country of the song’s origin). 1. Big in Japan ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29690 "2014-09-28T23:06:38Z")
Songs with the name of a foreign place in the title (foreign to the country of the song’s origin). 1. Big in Japan 2. Three Dog Night’s “Never Been to Spain” ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29691 "2014-09-28T23:07:40Z")
Songs with the name of a foreign place in the title (foreign to the country of the song’s origin). 1. Big in Japan 2. Three Dog Night’s “Never Been to Spain” 3. Roger Miller’s “England Swings” ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29692 "2014-09-28T23:18:01Z")
Songs with the name of a foreign place in the title (foreign to the country of the song’s origin). 1. Big in Japan 2. Three Dog Night’s “Never Been to Spain” 3. Roger Miller’s “England Swings” 4. The Beatles - “Back in the U.S.S.R.” ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29693 "2014-09-28T23:20:49Z")
Songs with the name of a foreign place in the title (foreign to the country of the song’s origin). 1. Big in Japan 2. Three Dog Night’s “Never Been to Spain” 3. Roger Miller’s “England Swings” 4. The Beatles - “Back in the U.S.S.R.” 5. George Strait - “Blame it on Mexico” ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29694 "2014-09-28T23:22:21Z")
nm Ninjad ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29695 "2014-09-28T23:22:35Z")
Songs with the name of a foreign place in the title (foreign to the country of the song’s origin). 1. Big in Japan 2. Three Dog Night’s “Never Been to Spain” 3. Roger Miller’s “England Swings” 4. The Beatles - “Back in the U.S.S.R.” 5. George Strait - “Blame it on Mexico” 6. Trey Parker & Marc Shaiman - “Blame Canada” ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29696 "2014-09-28T23:31:07Z")
Songs with the name of a foreign place in the title (foreign to the country of the song’s origin). 1. Big in Japan 2. Three Dog Night’s “Never Been to Spain” 3. Roger Miller’s “England Swings” 4. The Beatles - “Back in the U.S.S.R.” 5. George Strait - “Blame it on Mexico” 6. Trey Parker & Marc Shaiman - “Blame Canada” 7. Van Halen - “Panama" ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29697 "2014-09-28T23:31:27Z")
Songs with the name of a foreign place in the title (foreign to the country of the song’s origin). 1. Big in Japan 2. Three Dog Night’s “Never Been to Spain” 3. Roger Miller’s “England Swings” 4. The Beatles - “Back in the U.S.S.R.” 5. George Strait - “Blame it on Mexico” 6. Trey Parker & Marc Shaiman - “Blame Canada” 7. The Kingston Trio - “The Tijuana Jail” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29698 "2014-09-28T23:35:33Z")
Songs with the name of a foreign place in the title (foreign to the country of the song’s origin). 1. Big in Japan 2. Three Dog Night’s “Never Been to Spain” 3. Roger Miller’s “England Swings” 4. The Beatles - “Back in the U.S.S.R.” 5. George Strait - “Blame it on Mexico” 6. Trey Parker & Marc Shaiman - “Blame Canada” 7. The Kingston Trio - “The Tijuana Jail” 8. Supertramp - “Breakfast in America” ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29699 "2014-09-28T23:38:13Z")
Holy shit. Ninjad again! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29700 "2014-09-28T23:42:06Z")
Songs with the name of a foreign place in the title (foreign to the country of the song’s origin). 1. Big in Japan 2. Three Dog Night’s “Never Been to Spain” 3. Roger Miller’s “England Swings” 4. The Beatles - “Back in the U.S.S.R.” 5. George Strait - “Blame it on Mexico” 6. Trey Parker & Marc Shaiman - “Blame Canada” 7. The Kingston Trio - “The Tijuana Jail” 8. Supertramp - “Breakfast in America” 9. Bee Gees - “Massachusetts” ETA: What in the world is “Big in Japan?” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29701 "2014-09-28T23:46:49Z")
Songs with the name of a foreign place in the title (foreign to the country of the song’s origin). 1. Big in Japan 2. Three Dog Night’s “Never Been to Spain” 3. Roger Miller’s “England Swings” 4. The Beatles - “Back in the U.S.S.R.” 5. George Strait - “Blame it on Mexico” 6. Trey Parker & Marc Shaiman - “Blame Canada” 7. The Kingston Trio - “The Tijuana Jail” 8. Supertramp - “Breakfast in America” 9. Bee Gees - “Massachusetts” 10. Billy Murray - “I’ll See You In C-U-B-A” N.B.: not Bill Murray ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29702 "2014-09-28T23:47:52Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > ETA: What in the world is “Big in Japan?” Alphaville (80’s one hit wonder) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29703 "2014-09-29T00:02:37Z")
There’s a thing the kids these days are all calling “YouTube”: [Alphaville - Big In Japan (Official Music Video) - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl6u2NASUzU) Songs with the name of a foreign place in the title (foreign to the country of the song’s origin). 1. Big in Japan 2. Three Dog Night’s “Never Been to Spain” 3. Roger Miller’s “England Swings” 4. The Beatles - “Back in the U.S.S.R.” 5. George Strait - “Blame it on Mexico” 6. Trey Parker & Marc Shaiman - “Blame Canada” 7. The Kingston Trio - “The Tijuana Jail” 8. Supertramp - “Breakfast in America” 9. Bee Gees - “Massachusetts” 10. Billy Murray - “I’ll See You In C-U-B-A” 11. Murray Head - “One Night in Bangkok” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1484) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1486)