# Name a song about... **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 12, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-about/546427 "2010-07-12T18:19:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-about/546427/41 "2010-07-14T16:26:44Z")
“Yellow River Road,” by Suzy Bogguss Um… “I Gave My Love a Cherry” (folk song) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-about/546427/42 "2010-07-14T16:30:20Z")
“Waveland Avenue” - Quarterflash “Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie” - Jay & The Techniques ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-about/546427/43 "2010-07-14T17:32:34Z")
What say we come up with a new topic every day? I’ll leave the next one for someone else. In the meantime: Banana Pudding (Southern Culture OTS) Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree (Andrew Sisters - Glenn Miller?) Watermelon in Easter Hay (Frank Zappa) ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-about/546427/44 "2010-07-14T17:44:39Z")
You forgot _Funky Street - Arthur Conley_. ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-about/546427/45 "2010-07-14T18:15:45Z")
_(Old dogs, and children, and) Watermelon Wine_ – Tom T. Hall _Blueberry Boat_ – The Fiery Furnaces _It’s a Long Hard Road_ – The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-about/546427/46 "2010-07-14T18:26:11Z")
_Agent Orange_ - Tori Amos _The Orange County Lumber Truck_ - Frank Zappa \*When the Apple Blossoms Blossom in the Windmills of Your Mind I’ll Be Your Valentine \*- ELP _I Will Give My Love An Apple_ - old Irish folksong _Animal Showdown (Yes We Have No Bananas)_ - Rick Wakeman _Banana Flip_ - Guru Guru _Peaches En Regalia_ - Frank Zappa _Rotten Peaches_ - Elton John _(Up On) Cherry Blossom Road_ - Heart _Tangerine Rabbit Jam_ - Djam Karet _Rock-N-Roll Pumpkin_ - Green Jellö ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-about/546427/47 "2010-07-14T18:28:52Z")
Heh… my location my post. 😃 Oops… missed the switch to fruits n’ veggies. What about New Potato Caboose? Or Rosemary? Or Sage and Spirit? Sorry, stuck on a Dead kick 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-about/546427/48 "2010-07-14T18:39:34Z")
Orange Skies - Love I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye Tangerine - Led Zeppelin ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-about/546427/49 "2010-07-14T18:41:27Z")
Cherry Lips - Garbage Limelight - Alan Parsons Project (yeah, this one is marginally acceptable) Who sings the song with the lyrics “Going to the country gonna get myself some peaches”? ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-about/546427/50 "2010-07-14T18:52:35Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > Cherry Lips - Garbage > Limelight - Alan Parsons Project (yeah, this one is marginally acceptable) > > Who sings the song with the lyrics “Going to the country gonna get myself some peaches”? That would be “Peaches” by Presidents of the United States of America. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-about/546427/51 "2010-07-14T18:55:14Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Lemon Tree – various Ah, but did you think of “[Lemon Tree](http://www.metrolyrics.com/lemon-tree-lyrics-blind-melon.html)” by **Blind Melon**? Double Whammy! ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-about/546427/52 "2010-07-14T18:55:27Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > That would be “Peaches” by Presidents of the United States of America. One of those songs I can’t get out of my head. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-about/546427/53 "2010-07-14T20:08:38Z")
Love Street - The Doors ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-about/546427/54 "2010-07-14T21:13:17Z")
A couple of these are obvious so maybe I just missed them Limelight (Rush) Orange Crush (REM) Elderberry Wine (Elton John) The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead (XTC) And some leftovers Love is a Long Road (Tom Petty) Every Day Is a Winding Road (Sheryl Crow) ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-about/546427/55 "2010-07-15T14:33:03Z")
Black Horse and a Cherry Tree (K.T. Tunstall) Stickers on Fruit (Nancy White) ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-about/546427/56 "2010-07-15T14:46:17Z")
I can’t believe we left out Little Richard Penniman and his all-encompassing “Tutti Frutti” from 1955. A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-boom! ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-about/546427/57 "2010-07-16T17:53:49Z")
Cherry Baby – Starz Pass the Apple, Eve – B.J. Thomas Strawberry Letter 23 – The Brothers Johnson Strawberry Farms – Tom T. Hall Pickin’ Wild Mountain Berries – Peggy Scott and Jo Jo Benson Peel Me a 'Nanner – Roy Drusky Lime Street Blues – Procol Harum Apples and Oranges – Pink Floyd Apple Scruffs – George Harrison Polk Salad Annie – Tony Joe White I Think Ol’ John’s Been Shuckin’ My Corn – Onie Wheeler Beans in My Ears – The Serendipity Singers Kandy Korn – Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band (OK, that’s cheating a little!) ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-about/546427/58 "2010-07-18T18:14:54Z")
“Graffiti Street” by Tangerine Dream. I win… 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-about/546427.md?page=2)