# Topic Playlist! (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 3, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647 "2019-09-03T22:39:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 167
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3321 "2019-12-16T15:24:20Z")
Best songs written by one lone, solitary person 1. American Pie - Don McLean 2. Respect - Ottis Redding ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3322 "2019-12-16T15:28:37Z")
Best songs written by one lone, solitary person 1. American Pie - Don McLean 2. Respect - Ottis Redding 3. Redemption Song - Bob Marley ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3323 "2019-12-16T15:33:03Z")
Best songs written by one lone, solitary person 1. American Pie - Don McLean 2. Respect - Ottis Redding 3. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got Till it’s gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot ---
**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:** [December 16, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3324 "2019-12-16T16:41:54Z")
Best songs written by one lone, solitary person 1. American Pie - Don McLean 2. Respect - Ottis Redding 3. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell 4. Mr. Blue Sky - Jeff Lynne ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3325 "2019-12-16T16:47:03Z")
Best songs written by one lone, solitary person 1. American Pie - Don McLean 2. Respect - Ottis Redding 3. Redemption Song - Bob Marley 4. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell 5. Mr. Blue Sky - Jeff Lynne Just cleaning up a bit… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3326 "2019-12-16T16:48:12Z")
Best songs written by one lone, solitary person 1. American Pie - Don McLean 2. Respect - Ottis Redding 3. Redemption Song - Bob Marley 4. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell 5. Mr. Blue Sky - Jeff Lynne 6. Forever Young - Bob Dylan ---
**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:** [December 16, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3327 "2019-12-16T17:01:18Z")
Best songs written by one lone, solitary person 1. American Pie - Don McLean 2. Respect - Ottis Redding 3. Redemption Song - Bob Marley 4. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell 5. Mr. Blue Sky - Jeff Lynne 6. Forever Young - Bob Dylan 7. Matthew - John Denver ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3328 "2019-12-16T17:04:22Z")
Best songs written by one lone, solitary person 1. American Pie - Don McLean 2. Respect - Ottis Redding 3. Redemption Song - Bob Marley 4. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell 5. Mr. Blue Sky - Jeff Lynne 6. Forever Young - Bob Dylan 7. Matthew - John Denver 8. Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3329 "2019-12-16T17:12:05Z")
Best songs written by one lone, solitary person 1. American Pie - Don McLean 2. Respect - Ottis Redding 3. Redemption Song - Bob Marley 4. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell 5. Mr. Blue Sky - Jeff Lynne 6. Forever Young - Bob Dylan 7. Matthew - John Denver 8. Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen 9. Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan ---
**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:** [December 16, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3330 "2019-12-16T18:35:42Z")
Best songs written by one lone, solitary person 1. American Pie - Don McLean 2. Respect - Ottis Redding 3. Redemption Song - Bob Marley 4. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell 5. Mr. Blue Sky - Jeff Lynne 6. Forever Young - Bob Dylan 7. Matthew - John Denver 8. Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen 9. Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan 10. Bohemian Rhapsody - Freddie Mercury Next Topic: 1980s One Hit Wonders 1. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3331 "2019-12-16T18:38:18Z")
Next Topic: 1980s One Hit Wonders 1. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora 2. Whip It! - Devo ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3332 "2019-12-16T18:55:48Z")
Next Topic: 1980s One Hit Wonders 1. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora 2. Whip It! - Devo [3. Oh Yeah! - Yello](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jJkdRaa04g) _(chicka - chicka!)_ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3333 "2019-12-16T19:18:08Z")
1980s One Hit Wonders 1. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora 2. Whip It! - Devo 3. Oh Yeah! - Yello 4. Puttin’ On The Ritz - Taco ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3334 "2019-12-16T19:19:18Z")
Next Topic: 1980s One Hit Wonders 1. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora 2. Whip It! - Devo 3. Oh Yeah! - Yello 4. Tainted Love - Soft Cell I’d argue that Devo wasn’t a one hit wonder, they had plenty of other popular songs aside from Whip It! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3335 "2019-12-16T19:22:51Z")
1980s One Hit Wonders 1. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora 2. Whip It! - Devo 3. Oh Yeah! - Yello 4. Tainted Love - Soft Cell 5. Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3336 "2019-12-16T20:15:08Z")
1980s One Hit Wonders 1. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora 2. Whip It! - Devo 3. Oh Yeah! - Yello 4. Puttin’ On The Ritz - Taco 5. Tainted Love - Soft Cell 6. Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell 7. Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3337 "2019-12-16T21:01:48Z")
Pet peeve: the theme as played here should be **1980s One Hit Wonders in the USA**. Soft Cell had six top10 hits in the UK for instance. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3338 "2019-12-16T22:34:49Z")
1980s One Hit Wonders 1. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora 2. Whip It! - Devo 3. Oh Yeah! - Yello 4. Puttin’ On The Ritz - Taco 5. Tainted Love - Soft Cell 6. Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell 7. Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo 8. 867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3339 "2019-12-16T23:05:54Z")
1980s One Hit Wonders 1. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora 2. Whip It! - Devo 3. Oh Yeah! - Yello 4. Puttin’ On The Ritz - Taco 5. Tainted Love - Soft Cell 6. Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell 7. Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo 8. 867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone 9. Turning Japanese - The Vapors ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3340 "2019-12-17T11:12:01Z")
1980s One Hit Wonders 1. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora 2. Whip It! - Devo 3. Oh Yeah! - Yello 4. Puttin’ On The Ritz - Taco 5. Tainted Love - Soft Cell 6. Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell 7. Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo 8. 867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone 9. Turning Japanese - The Vapors 10. Don’t Close Your Eyes - Kix Juuust missed: singles that peaked at #2 1. Material Girl - Madonna [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=166) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=168)