# Best single song representation of these four groups **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [February 8, 2024, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-song-representation-of-these-four-groups/997282 "2024-02-08T02:00:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-song-representation-of-these-four-groups/997282/1 "2024-02-08T02:00:37Z")
I would like for you to tell us what single song from these four groups best represents them over all. One song from each group, and it has to be your personal opinion, not something from the interwebs. “I have to pick one song from this era, and one song from that era…”- No, you don’t. If you have actually never heard from (or even heard _of_) any particular group, you can skip them. The Groups are: The Rolling Stones Queen The Who The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-song-representation-of-these-four-groups/997282/2 "2024-02-08T02:07:36Z")
1. Gimme Shelter 2. Somebody to Love 3. Baba O’Reilly 4. Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds These are my top of the head, first impulse answers. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-song-representation-of-these-four-groups/997282/3 "2024-02-08T02:07:53Z")
19th Nervous Breakdown Killer Queen Pinball Wizard A Day in the Life ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-song-representation-of-these-four-groups/997282/4 "2024-02-08T02:09:26Z")
The Rolling Stones - I Can’t Get No Satisfaction Queen -Bohemian Rapsody The Who - Pinball Wizard The Beatles - Let It Be ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-song-representation-of-these-four-groups/997282/5 "2024-02-08T02:09:52Z")
Gimme Shelter Bohemian Rhapsody ? For now Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-song-representation-of-these-four-groups/997282/6 "2024-02-08T02:10:01Z")
All but Queen straddle the mid-sixties when musicians radically changed their style almost overnight, so I’ll be aiming in the middle for those. Queen? Easy. **Bohemian Rhapsody** The Who? The proto-Tommy **A Quick One (While he’s Away)** The Beatles? Hmm. **Rain** kinda covers the gap The Rolling Stones? Lots of candidates, but I’ll go with **Jumpin’ Jack Flash**. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-song-representation-of-these-four-groups/997282/7 "2024-02-08T02:11:33Z")
1. Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter 2. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 3. The Who - My Generation 4. Beatles - A Day in the Life ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-song-representation-of-these-four-groups/997282/8 "2024-02-08T02:12:08Z")
For The Who… Baba O’Riley ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-song-representation-of-these-four-groups/997282/9 "2024-02-08T02:13:38Z")
Strictly what popped into my head: The Rolling Stones _You Can’t Always Get What You Want_ Queen _Somebody to Love_ The Who _Pinball Wizard_ The Beatles _Hey Jude_ ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-song-representation-of-these-four-groups/997282/10 "2024-02-08T02:21:59Z")
Extreme distillation from the discography but … The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up Queen - We Will Rock You The Who - Behind Blue Eyes The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-song-representation-of-these-four-groups/997282/11 "2024-02-08T02:24:26Z")
The Rolling Stones - _Sympathy For The Devil_ Queen - _Keep Yourself Alive_ The Who - _The Real Me_ The Beatles - (I’m going to cheat on this one…so sue me) _The Abbey Road Medley_ – And if that is totally unacceptable, then _Back In The USSR_ ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-song-representation-of-these-four-groups/997282/12 "2024-02-08T02:30:56Z")
Crap, I meant Won’t Get Fooled Again for The Who. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-song-representation-of-these-four-groups/997282/13 "2024-02-08T02:44:58Z")
Stones- Honky tonk woman Queen- don’t stop me now Who-Tommy Beatles-Ob la di Ob la da ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-song-representation-of-these-four-groups/997282/14 "2024-02-08T02:48:20Z")
The Stones- Sympathy For The Devil Queen- Bohemian Rhapsody The Who- Baba O’Reilly The Beatles- From Me To You ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-song-representation-of-these-four-groups/997282/15 "2024-02-08T02:56:17Z")
1. You Can’t Always Get What You Want 2. '39 3. Won’t Get Fooled Again 4. While My Guitar Gently Weeps ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-song-representation-of-these-four-groups/997282/16 "2024-02-08T02:57:16Z")
Honky Tonk Woman We Are the Champions Magic Bus Let it Be ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-song-representation-of-these-four-groups/997282/17 "2024-02-08T03:05:18Z")
It’s Honky Tonk Women. Mick had more than one. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-song-representation-of-these-four-groups/997282/18 "2024-02-08T03:16:12Z")
Get Off of My Cloud Fat Bottomed Girls I Can See For Miles Paperback Writer ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-song-representation-of-these-four-groups/997282/19 "2024-02-08T03:38:51Z")
Gimme Shelter Tie Your Mother Down The Real Me Twist and Shout ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-song-representation-of-these-four-groups/997282/20 "2024-02-08T04:13:38Z")
The Rolling Stones: Angie Queen: The Prophet’s Song The Who: Song is Over The Beatles: A Day in the Life [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-song-representation-of-these-four-groups/997282.md?page=2)