# 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:** 205
**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:** [January 15, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4081 "2020-01-15T17:57:38Z")
Gun Violence Protest March 1. Lay That Pistol Down, Babe - Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters 2. Saturday Night Special - Lynyrd Skynyrd 3. Bullet Train - Lost Dogs 4. Stop This Game - Cheap Trick 5. Buy A Gun For Your Son - Tom Paxton 6. This Gun Will Misfire - The Who 7. I Don’t Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats 8. Happiness is a Warm Gun - The Beatles ---
**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:** [January 15, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4082 "2020-01-15T18:01:23Z")
Gun Violence Protest March 1. Lay That Pistol Down, Babe - Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters 2. Saturday Night Special - Lynyrd Skynyrd 3. Bullet Train - Lost Dogs 4. Stop This Game - Cheap Trick 5. Buy A Gun For Your Son - Tom Paxton 6. This Gun Will Misfire - The Who 7. I Don’t Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats 8. Happiness is a Warm Gun - The Beatles 9. Put Out the Fire - Queen ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4083 "2020-01-15T18:42:22Z")
Gun Violence Protest March 1. Lay That Pistol Down, Babe - Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters 2. Saturday Night Special - Lynyrd Skynyrd 3. Bullet Train - Lost Dogs 4. Stop This Game - Cheap Trick 5. Buy A Gun For Your Son - Tom Paxton 6. This Gun Will Misfire - The Who 7. I Don’t Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats 8. Happiness is a Warm Gun - The Beatles 9. Put Out the Fire - Queen 10. Don’t Take Your Guns to Town - Johnny Cash pass ---
**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:** [January 15, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4084 "2020-01-15T19:29:21Z")
Songs about writing songs 1. Your Song - Elton John ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4085 "2020-01-15T19:34:50Z")
Songs about writing songs 1. Your Song - Elton John 2. You Never Even Called Me by My Name - David Allan Coe ---
**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:** [January 15, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4086 "2020-01-15T19:52:09Z")
Songs about writing songs 1. Your Song - Elton John 2. You Never Even Called Me by My Name - David Allan Coe 3. Love Song - Sara Bareilles ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4087 "2020-01-15T20:29:21Z")
Songs about writing songs 1. Your Song - Elton John 2. You Never Even Called Me by My Name - David Allan Coe 3. Love Song - Sara Bareilles 4. Sometimes a Song - Bill Withers ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4088 "2020-01-15T20:35:21Z")
Songs about writing songs 1. Your Song - Elton John 2. You Never Even Called Me by My Name - David Allan Coe 3. Love Song - Sara Bareilles 4. Sometimes a Song - Bill Withers 5. Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) - Barry Mann ---
**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:** [January 15, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4089 "2020-01-15T20:46:53Z")
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**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:** [January 15, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4090 "2020-01-15T20:45:51Z")
Songs about writing songs 1. Your Song - Elton John 2. You Never Even Called Me by My Name - David Allan Coe 3. Love Song - Sara Bareilles 4. Sometimes a Song - Bill Withers 5. Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) - Barry Mann 6. 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago Not a song about doing drugs, as commonly thought. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4091 "2020-01-15T21:05:59Z")
Songs about writing songs 1. Your Song - Elton John 2. You Never Even Called Me by My Name - David Allan Coe 3. Love Song - Sara Bareilles 4. Sometimes a Song - Bill Withers 5. Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) - Barry Mann 6. 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago 7. Road Song - Fountains of Wayne ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4092 "2020-01-15T21:13:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Hit songs or albums that became theater shows (AKA Jukebox Musicals): > > 1. Movin’ Out > 2. Mamma Mia! > 3. Jersey Boys > 4. Million-Dollar Quartet > 5. Our House > 6. Tommy(?) > 7. Sunshine on Leith - The Proclaimers > 8. Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story > 9. Forever Plaid > 10. Saturday Night Fever I think many of you misunderstood the criteria. Jersey Boys, Million-Dollar Quartet, Buddy, Forever Plaid, and Saturday Night Fever wouldn’t count since they were not hit songs or albums adapted into theater shows. They were just names of theater shows that contained hit songs. Movin’ Out is a song by Billy Joel Mamma Mia is a song by ABBA Our House is a song by Madness Tommy is a rock opera album by the Who Sunshine on Leith is a song by the Proclaimers ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4093 "2020-01-15T21:16:00Z")
Songs about writing songs 1. Your Song - Elton John 2. You Never Even Called Me by My Name - David Allan Coe 3. Love Song - Sara Bareilles 4. Sometimes a Song - Bill Withers 5. Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) - Barry Mann 6. 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago 7. Road Song - Fountains of Wayne 8. This Song Is Just Six Words Long - Weird Al Yankovic ---
**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:** [January 15, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4094 "2020-01-15T21:29:07Z")
Songs about writing songs 1. Your Song - Elton John 2. You Never Even Called Me by My Name - David Allan Coe 3. Love Song - Sara Bareilles 4. Sometimes a Song - Bill Withers 5. Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) - Barry Mann 6. 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago 7. Road Song - Fountains of Wayne 8. This Song Is Just Six Words Long - Weird Al Yankovic 9. I Write the Songs - Barry Manilow ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4095 "2020-01-15T22:59:46Z")
Songs about writing songs 1. Your Song - Elton John 2. You Never Even Called Me by My Name - David Allan Coe 3. Love Song - Sara Bareilles 4. Sometimes a Song - Bill Withers 5. Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) - Barry Mann 6. 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago 7. Road Song - Fountains of Wayne 8. This Song Is Just Six Words Long - Weird Al Yankovic 9. I Write the Songs - Barry Manilow 10. This Song - George Harrison Complaints 1. I’ve Had Enough - Paul McCartney/Wings ---
**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:** [January 15, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4096 "2020-01-15T23:19:53Z")
> [@](#): > > I think many of you misunderstood the criteria. Jersey Boys, Million-Dollar Quartet, Buddy, Forever Plaid, and Saturday Night Fever wouldn’t count since they were not hit songs or albums adapted into theater shows. They were just names of theater shows that contained hit songs. Million Dollar Quartet [was an album](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Dollar_Quartet) before it was a show. Complaints 1. I’ve Had Enough - Paul McCartney/Wings 2. Too Many People - Paul McCartney/Wings ---
**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:** [January 15, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4097 "2020-01-15T23:37:51Z")
Complaints 1. I’ve Had Enough - Paul McCartney/Wings 2. Too Many People - Paul McCartney/Wings 3. Nobody Told Me - John Lennon “Nobody told me there’d be days like these” ---
**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:** [January 15, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4098 "2020-01-15T23:56:25Z")
Complaints 1. I’ve Had Enough - Paul McCartney/Wings 2. Too Many People - Paul McCartney/Wings 3. Nobody Told Me - John Lennon 4. I Don’t Like Mondays - the Boomtown Rats ---
**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:** [January 16, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4099 "2020-01-16T00:43:01Z")
Complaints 1. I’ve Had Enough - Paul McCartney/Wings 2. Too Many People - Paul McCartney/Wings 3. Nobody Told Me - John Lennon 4. I Don’t Like Mondays - the Boomtown Rats 5. You Talk Too Much - Joe Jones ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4100 "2020-01-16T00:51:43Z")
Complaints 1. I’ve Had Enough - Paul McCartney/Wings 2. Too Many People - Paul McCartney/Wings 3. Nobody Told Me - John Lennon 4. I Don’t Like Mondays - the Boomtown Rats 5. The Pits - Sammy Hagar [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=204) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=206)