# Popular songs with marching drum beats **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2007, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-with-marching-drum-beats/416721 "2007-08-24T02:41:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-with-marching-drum-beats/416721/41 "2007-08-25T07:26:00Z")
Leonard Cohen’s Democracy. ---
**Author:** ![Winkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@Winkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winkie)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-with-marching-drum-beats/416721/42 "2007-08-26T02:55:27Z")
[QUOTE=percussion] thats not a marching band beat/marching band. a lot of drums tho [/QUOTE] I have, however, played \*\*The Obvious Child \*\* in marching band - so it always puts me in mind of a marching band drumline. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-with-marching-drum-beats/416721/43 "2007-08-27T00:56:20Z")
What about “One Tin Soldier”? I think it was back in the 60’s. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-with-marching-drum-beats/416721/44 "2007-08-27T04:27:24Z")
“Soul Finger.” I think that the original members of the Bar-Kays met in their high school’s drum corps. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-with-marching-drum-beats/416721/45 "2007-08-27T14:54:08Z")
“Doo Wah Diddy Diddy” by Mandfred Mann? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-with-marching-drum-beats/416721/46 "2007-08-27T15:01:16Z")
Gwen Stefani’s “Wind it Up” and “Holla Back Girl.” ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-with-marching-drum-beats/416721/47 "2007-08-27T15:23:52Z")
_Like Toy Soldiers_ by Eminem _Eton Rifles_ by The Jam, although it’s not really a straight marching beat. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-with-marching-drum-beats/416721/48 "2007-08-29T05:05:28Z")
“Land of Confusion” by **Genesis** ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-with-marching-drum-beats/416721/49 "2007-08-29T05:16:01Z")
“Rocket” by Def Leppard. Especially live. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-with-marching-drum-beats/416721/50 "2007-08-31T04:37:13Z")
Gloria Estefan’s “Reach” (specially written for an Olympics a few years back, IIRC). ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-with-marching-drum-beats/416721/51 "2007-08-31T05:15:13Z")
“Convoy” by CW McCall. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-with-marching-drum-beats/416721/52 "2007-08-31T05:25:59Z")
[QUOTE=medstar] What about “One Tin Soldier”? I think it was back in the 60’s. [/QUOTE] Yes, this was the theme song from [Billy Jack,](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066832/) performed by Coven. Several punk bands have covered it. _The Good Times Are Killing Me_ by Modest Mouse has a badass military-style drumbeat over the final verse and fade-out. (One of the best closing songs ever, in my opinion.) David Bowie’s _Space Oddity_ has a military drumbeat over the beginning (the countdown part.) ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-with-marching-drum-beats/416721/53 "2007-08-31T14:00:13Z")
“Hunter” by Bjork. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-with-marching-drum-beats/416721.md?page=2)