# Name 100 songs beginning with J? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 10, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-100-songs-beginning-with-j/147785 "2003-01-10T18:10:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Infectious\_Lass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e56c9b/32.png) [@Infectious\_Lass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infectious_Lass)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-100-songs-beginning-with-j/147785/1 "2003-01-10T18:10:40Z")
Okay, for some reason or another a game I like to play when I’m bored (which is fairly often!) is to try and name 100 songs whose title begin with the letter J. I always, always get stuck at about 35 or so. So I beseech you, Dopers, can you help me with this fabulous yet enticingly pointless endeavor? Sure you can! 😃 okay I get to start: 1.Junebug-B52s. I so never get close to 100, I am beginning to wonder if there really _is_ as many as 100 songs beginning with J… ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-100-songs-beginning-with-j/147785/2 "2003-01-10T18:13:55Z")
1. Jump - Van Halen ---
**Author:** ![okielady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@okielady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okielady)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-100-songs-beginning-with-j/147785/3 "2003-01-10T18:14:43Z")
Jokerman - Bob Dylan ---
**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:** [January 10, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-100-songs-beginning-with-j/147785/4 "2003-01-10T18:15:37Z")
1. Jump, Jive, and Wail ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-100-songs-beginning-with-j/147785/5 "2003-01-10T18:15:38Z")
Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel ---
**Author:** ![okielady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@okielady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okielady)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-100-songs-beginning-with-j/147785/6 "2003-01-10T18:17:00Z")
Oops, that was #3. Now for #4 Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-100-songs-beginning-with-j/147785/7 "2003-01-10T18:17:26Z")
Jumping Jack Flash its a gas, gas, gas ---
**Author:** ![HeatMiser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecd19e/32.png) [@HeatMiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeatMiser)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-100-songs-beginning-with-j/147785/8 "2003-01-10T18:18:36Z")
_stays out of the counting business_ Jack Of Speed - Steely Dan ---
**Author:** ![okielady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@okielady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okielady)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-100-songs-beginning-with-j/147785/9 "2003-01-10T18:18:57Z")
#7 Jeremy - Pearl Jam ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-100-songs-beginning-with-j/147785/10 "2003-01-10T18:19:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RealityChuck \* > \*\*3. Jump, Jive, and Wail \*\* - Louis Prima [sub]Do we get to count it again for Brian Setzer?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![HeatMiser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecd19e/32.png) [@HeatMiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeatMiser)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-100-songs-beginning-with-j/147785/11 "2003-01-10T18:20:55Z")
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy ---
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-100-songs-beginning-with-j/147785/12 "2003-01-10T18:21:13Z")
Joanna - Kool and the Gang Jesus Loves Me (But He Can’t Stand You) - Austin Lounge Lizards Just a Friend - Biz Markie Jack of Spades - Boogie Down Productions Jungle Boogie - Kool and the Gang Jump - Pointer Sisters Just My Imagination - Temptations Just Buggin’ - Whistle Jam On It - Newcleus ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-100-songs-beginning-with-j/147785/13 "2003-01-10T18:21:34Z")
Just the two of us – Bill Withers Jammin’ – Bob Marley and the Wailers Jimmy Crack Corn – ??? ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-100-songs-beginning-with-j/147785/14 "2003-01-10T18:21:40Z")
Jugulator - Judas Priest ---
**Author:** ![Infectious\_Lass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e56c9b/32.png) [@Infectious\_Lass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infectious_Lass)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-100-songs-beginning-with-j/147785/15 "2003-01-10T18:22:12Z")
to recap- 1. junebug 2. Jump 3.jokerman-bob dylan 4.just the way you are 1. jumping jack flash 2. jack of speed 3. jeremy 8?-Judy-the Db’s . (heh naughty me going again already-so to speak!) ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-100-songs-beginning-with-j/147785/16 "2003-01-10T18:22:31Z")
1. Joy to the World - Three Dog Night Susan ---
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-100-songs-beginning-with-j/147785/17 "2003-01-10T18:23:02Z")
Jam Master Jay, Jam Master Jamming, and Jay’s Game - Run DMC ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-100-songs-beginning-with-j/147785/18 "2003-01-10T18:23:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by okielady \* > \*\*Oops, that was #3. > > Now for > > #4 Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel \*\* Hmmm. I think I’d better try something that’s not likely to be simulposted. Okay, got one. Julie, Do Ya Love Me? - Bobby Sherman ---
**Author:** ![Infectious\_Lass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e56c9b/32.png) [@Infectious\_Lass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infectious_Lass)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-100-songs-beginning-with-j/147785/19 "2003-01-10T18:25:02Z")
oookay rather more than 8 as it turns out 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-100-songs-beginning-with-j/147785/20 "2003-01-10T18:25:03Z")
Jesse’s Girl - Rick Springfield [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-100-songs-beginning-with-j/147785.md?page=2)