# favorite Three Dog Night song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 7, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555 "2017-01-07T20:21:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/1 "2017-01-07T20:21:09Z")
pick ONE, that is the hard part passing over a lot of more obvious - and somewhat deserving songs - I will go with [Out In The Country](https://youtu.be/I61jbgvkGdU) name your very favorite 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/2 "2017-01-07T20:24:46Z")
I’ve always had a soft spot for [An Old Fashioned Love Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkkgYjazSkk). ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/3 "2017-01-07T20:25:23Z")
I liked most of their hits. My favorite is either “Shambala” or Harry Nilsson’s “One.” ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/4 "2017-01-07T20:27:13Z")
I can’t pick an all time favorite. They’re all pretty good. Today I really like Liar. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/5 "2017-01-07T20:38:06Z")
I also like all of their hits. I’m going with Mama Told Me. mmm ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/6 "2017-01-07T20:40:00Z")
> [@Mona\_Lott](#): > > Today I really like Liar. then you should go with it 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/7 "2017-01-07T20:41:21Z")
I love so many of their songs, but my heart immediately went to [Never Been to Spain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm6qw_yeo6o). Mama Told Me is a close second. ---
**Author:** ![CatandMouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@CatandMouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatandMouse)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/8 "2017-01-07T20:41:44Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > pick ONE, that is the hard part > > passing over a lot of more obvious - and somewhat deserving songs - > I will go with [Out In The Country](https://youtu.be/I61jbgvkGdU) > > name your very favorite 😃 That’s a tough choice. It’s a tie between Family of Man, and Never Been to Spain. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/9 "2017-01-07T21:09:52Z")
I like [Celebrate](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXI6CdTVJ-0) and I’ve always favored their version of [Chest Fever](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpHm7eGYCGA). ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/10 "2017-01-07T21:39:03Z")
Joy to the World It’s one of the first barre chord songs I learned on the guitar. I still occasionally play and sing it for fun. Written oddly enough by a folkie, Hoyt Axton. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dFypAB7nYGA/hqdefault.jpg "three dog night") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFypAB7nYGA) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/11 "2017-01-07T22:00:58Z")
My youth pastor used to do this version for us. Starts Jeremiah was a Prophet [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/s4XH9tLBF2s/hqdefault.jpg "Jeremiah was a Prophet") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4XH9tLBF2s) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/12 "2017-01-07T22:16:02Z")
[“The Show Must Go On.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lr-jzy-CNM) Written and originally recorded by Leo Sayer, radio stations usually fade it out at the 3 minute mark–you’ll see why. The cover of the album that song was on was kinda controversial; you’ll see on the video some creature giving birth to a vinyl record in an OR with the band playing “doctors.” What happened next, you ask? Later (and maybe original) versions had a HUGE Band-aid plastered across 80% of the front–at first, it was a Band-aid sticker and you’d kill yourself trying to peel it off to see what the hubbub was, bub. Later pressings had the Band-aid embossed into the cardboard over the original artwork. Whole lotta nuthin. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/13 "2017-01-07T22:51:50Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I love so many of their songs, but my heart immediately went to [Never Been to Spain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm6qw_yeo6o). Mama Told Me is a close second. Same here. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/14 "2017-01-07T22:56:50Z")
For me, definitely “Shambhala”. Gorgeous song with beautiful harmonies. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/15 "2017-01-07T23:00:18Z")
Another vote for Never Been to Spain ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/16 "2017-01-07T23:26:23Z")
Also worth mentioning: **Easy To Be Hard**. mmm ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/17 "2017-01-08T00:20:52Z")
I never pick a cover, but covers are all they did. So: Never Been To Spain and Liar I liked Family of Man but it’s a little slight. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/18 "2017-01-08T01:22:46Z")
Eli’s Coming was very big when I was in business school in 1970. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/19 "2017-01-08T01:27:49Z")
> [@](#): > > iked Family of Man but it’s a little slight. I like Family of Man, too, but what do you mean by slight? my number two has to be Joy To The World. so much for only one!! ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/20 "2017-01-08T01:56:00Z")
One – far and away my favorite. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555.md?page=2)