# Songs commonly played together **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 13, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-commonly-played-together/578298 "2011-04-13T23:16:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-commonly-played-together/578298/1 "2011-04-13T23:16:47Z")
Help me create a list of songs that are commonly played back-to-back, for example: We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions, by Queen Funeral for a Friend/ Love Lies Bleeding, Elton John ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-commonly-played-together/578298/2 "2011-04-13T23:42:47Z")
Eruption/You Really Got Me, by Van Halen ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-commonly-played-together/578298/3 "2011-04-13T23:50:10Z")
Found some [here](http://geekwhisperin.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/join-cd-tracks-an-excellent-trick-on-itunes/): Heartbreaker & Living Loving Maid – Led Zeppelin Load Out & Stay – Jackson Browne Black Magic Woman & Gypsy Queen – Santana Amie & Falling in and Out of Love – Pure Prairie League Foreplay & Long Time – Boston Brain Damage & Eclipse - Pink Floyd Guess Who – No Sugar Tonight & New Mother Nature ZZ Top – Waiting on the Bus & Jesus Just Left Chicago ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-commonly-played-together/578298/4 "2011-04-13T23:55:44Z")
The Grateful Dead had at least a dozen sets of songs that would fit this category: Scarlet Begonias/Fire On The Mountain Estimated Prophet/Eyes Of The World Victim Or The Crime/Foolish Heart China Cat Sunflower/I Know You Rider Help On The Way/Slipknot/Franklin’s Tower ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-commonly-played-together/578298/5 "2011-04-14T00:11:54Z")
Too many to list here: > **[3 Pairs of songs played back-to-back on the radio](https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/21683/3-pairs-songs-played-back-back-radio)** > > Before I even get into the subject, let me just state up front: I know there are plenty of other songs that are usually played back-to-back on the radio. These are just some of my favorites. How about you all? Let's hear what some of your favorite... ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-commonly-played-together/578298/6 "2011-04-14T00:19:00Z")
Grateful Dead: Help on the way\>Slipknot\>Franklins Tower Scarlet Begonias\>Fire on the Mountain China Cat\>I know you rider Alligator\>Caution Cryptical\>drums\>The Other One\>Cryptical Not fade away\>GDTRFD\>Not fade away (early 70’s) Weather report suite prelude\>Weather report suite 1\>Let it Grow (WRS2) Me and My uncle\>Big River None of these were ALWAYS done, but were typical. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-commonly-played-together/578298/7 "2011-04-14T02:24:32Z")
Journey: Feeling That Way + Anytime The Kings: This Beat Goes On + Switchin’ To Glide Yes: Long Distance Runaround + The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) ---
**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:** [April 14, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-commonly-played-together/578298/8 "2011-04-14T02:37:12Z")
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)/A Day in the Life The Abbey Road Medley. Do You Think It’s All Right?/Fiddle About ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-commonly-played-together/578298/9 "2011-04-14T02:57:43Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > The Grateful Dead had at least a dozen sets of songs that would fit this category: > > Scarlet Begonias/Fire On The Mountain > > Estimated Prophet/Eyes Of The World > > Victim Or The Crime/Foolish Heart > > China Cat Sunflower/I Know You Rider > > Help On The Way/Slipknot/Franklin’s Tower St. Stephen/The Eleven ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-commonly-played-together/578298/10 "2011-04-14T03:15:49Z")
The Alan Parsons Project: Sirius / Eye in the Sky ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-commonly-played-together/578298/11 "2011-04-14T03:26:42Z")
This is cheating a bit but Van Halen’s Little Guitars has an intro that is technically a separate track. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-commonly-played-together/578298/12 "2011-04-14T03:28:03Z")
Paul McCartney and Wings: Venus and Mars / Rock Show Bob Seger: Traveling Man / Beautiful Loser mmm ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-commonly-played-together/578298/13 "2011-04-14T03:35:51Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > This is cheating a bit but Van Halen’s Little Guitars has an intro that is technically a separate track. In addition to “Little Guitars (intro)”/“Little Guitars”, Diver Down also has “Intruder”/“(Oh) Pretty Woman”, both of which were used in the video. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-commonly-played-together/578298/14 "2011-04-14T03:51:24Z")
Does Sugar Mag./Sunshine Daydream fit? Oh, and for the OCD out there, there’s a typo in post# 6: it’s GDTRF **B**. ---
**Author:** ![FrustratedIdiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@FrustratedIdiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrustratedIdiot)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-commonly-played-together/578298/15 "2011-04-14T04:16:43Z")
Green Day, “Brain Stew/Jaded” ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-commonly-played-together/578298/16 "2011-04-14T04:20:30Z")
INXS - Need You Tonight/Mediate The songs “blend” into one another, and the video is basically for both songs. A lot of people don’t even know that “Mediate” is a stand-alone song (separate track on the CD). ---
**Author:** ![FrustratedIdiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@FrustratedIdiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrustratedIdiot)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-commonly-played-together/578298/17 "2011-04-14T04:22:19Z")
Soft Cell, “Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go?” ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-commonly-played-together/578298/18 "2011-04-14T10:10:11Z")
Robert Palmer’s Marvin Gaye covers twofer: [Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMT-oiiY7DE). ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-commonly-played-together/578298/19 "2011-04-14T10:21:02Z")
Got one more: [Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ndemIHszE4) by the 5th Dimension. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-commonly-played-together/578298/20 "2011-04-14T14:28:12Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > Eruption/You Really Got Me, by Van Halen I always thought of this as a classic example. Leaving “You Really Got Me” off of their Best of Vol.1 album had me wondering if they did it to piss of their fans. Then on their “Best of Both Worlds” album they included both songs but failed to put them together. WTF?? Why would they do that? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-commonly-played-together/578298.md?page=2)