# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/61 "2017-01-10T20:30:21Z")
Wow…Impossible to pick just one. I love absolutely every song that’s been mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/62 "2017-01-10T21:46:03Z")
Another vote for _Celebrate_. Got the 45. Played the daylights out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/63 "2017-01-10T22:37:08Z")
Cory Wells had a set of pipes. Apparently they didn’t write it, but _Let Me Serenade You_ is a good example. In music, there is a concept of building tension, and then release… I’d say this is a good example. _Shambala_ is a great tune that I have early memories of so I kinda like that one. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/64 "2017-01-10T22:38:48Z")
Shambala ---
**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 11, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/65 "2017-01-11T03:15:21Z")
Navigate, navigate Map to the music. ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/66 "2017-01-11T11:44:36Z")
Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues), written by the late Allen Toussaint. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YyChmkPKi0I/hqdefault.jpg "Three Dog Night - Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues) (1974)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyChmkPKi0I) ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/67 "2017-01-11T13:26:56Z")
I like all of them very very much, but I guess “Pieces of April” would probably be my favorite. I wore the hell out of my album with that song. ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/68 "2017-01-11T17:57:49Z")
**Fire Eater** [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TArZJjj4ip8/hqdefault.jpg "Three Dog Night - Fire Eater") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TArZJjj4ip8) ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/69 "2017-01-11T19:38:40Z")
Another vote for Brickyard Blues. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/70 "2017-01-11T20:20:15Z")
I love the trumpets and harmonica in “Hi De Ho”. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/71 "2017-01-11T21:23:17Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I love the trumpets and harmonica in “Hi De Ho”. You’re not thinking of the “Hi De Ho” by Blood, Sweat & Tears, by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/72 "2017-01-12T01:26:29Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Me too. Me three!! ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/73 "2017-01-12T02:26:44Z")
I also like “Mama Told me Not to Come”. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/74 "2017-01-12T02:28:03Z")
“Mama Told Me Not to Come” is _the_ one, with honorable mentions for “Liar” and “Chest Fever.” ---
**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 12, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/75 "2017-01-12T03:36:07Z")
[quote=“Doyle, post:68, topic:776555”] **Fire Eater** [/QUOTE] I’d never heard that - thanks for sharing ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/76 "2017-01-12T04:00:37Z")
“Eli’s Coming” and “Mama Told Me Not to Come” primarily because I like Laura Nyro and Randy Newman a LOT and am pleased that they received big checks for these. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/77 "2017-01-12T22:19:06Z")
I like\* Eli’s Coming\* very much, but I like Laura Nyro’s version as much or more, so I’ll go with _Celebrate_. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/78 "2017-01-13T00:28:38Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > I like\* Eli’s Coming\* very much, but I like Laura Nyro’s version as much or more, so I’ll go with _Celebrate_. Well, of _course_ Laura Nyro’s version is better. I mean, it’s Laura Nyro. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555/79 "2017-01-13T00:47:21Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Shambala, or Black and White. +1 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-three-dog-night-song/776555.md?page=3)