# 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:** 216
**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 22, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4301 "2020-01-22T21:58:14Z")
Songs by bands with “Band” or “Group” in their name 1. Happy Anniversary - Little River Band 2. Free Ride - The Edgar Winter Group 3. The Weight - The Band 4. Freeze Frame - J. Geils Band 5. Gimme Some Loving - Spencer Davis Group ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4302 "2020-01-22T22:09:07Z")
Songs by bands with “Band” or “Group” in their name 1. Happy Anniversary - Little River Band 2. Free Ride - The Edgar Winter Group 3. The Weight - The Band 4. Freeze Frame - J. Geils Band 5. Gimme Some Loving - Spencer Davis Group 6. [Pick Up the Pieces - Average White Band](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfAJLGFWxYo) ---
**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 22, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4303 "2020-01-22T22:41:55Z")
Songs by bands with “Band” or “Group” in their name 1. Happy Anniversary - Little River Band 2. Free Ride - The Edgar Winter Group 3. The Weight - The Band 4. Freeze Frame - J. Geils Band 5. Gimme Some Loving - Spencer Davis Group 6. Pick Up the Pieces - Average White Band 7. Do They Know It’s Christmas? - Band Aid ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4304 "2020-01-22T23:06:19Z")
Songs by bands with “Band” or “Group” in their name 1. Happy Anniversary - Little River Band 2. Free Ride - The Edgar Winter Group 3. The Weight - The Band 4. Freeze Frame - J. Geils Band 5. Gimme Some Loving - Spencer Davis Group 6. Pick Up the Pieces - Average White Band 7. Do They Know It’s Christmas? - Band Aid 8. Rock’n Me - Steve Miller Band ---
**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 23, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4305 "2020-01-23T02:53:51Z")
Songs by bands with “Band” or “Group” in their name 1. Happy Anniversary - Little River Band 2. Free Ride - The Edgar Winter Group 3. The Weight - The Band 4. Freeze Frame - J. Geils Band 5. Gimme Some Loving - Spencer Davis Group 6. Pick Up the Pieces - Average White Band 7. Do They Know It’s Christmas? - Band Aid 8. Rock’n Me - Steve Miller Band 9. Shapes of Things - Jeff Beck Group ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4306 "2020-01-23T03:39:47Z")
Songs by bands with “Band” or “Group” in their name 1. Happy Anniversary - Little River Band 2. Free Ride - The Edgar Winter Group 3. The Weight - The Band 4. Freeze Frame - J. Geils Band 5. Gimme Some Loving - Spencer Davis Group 6. Pick Up the Pieces - Average White Band 7. Do They Know It’s Christmas? - Band Aid 8. Rock’n Me - Steve Miller Band 9. Shapes of Things - Jeff Beck Group 10. Twilight Time - Les Brown and His Band of Renown Next American songs in foreign language films 1. California Dreamin’ - Chungking Express ---
**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:** [January 23, 2020, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4307 "2020-01-23T06:48:42Z")
American songs in foreign language films 1. California Dreamin’ - Chungking Express 2. Keep Me in Mind by Patti Page - [Mientras Duermes](https://youtu.be/pJFXlyd9JwM) Relatively common for a lot of non-American movies to have at least one American song, but hard to think of one off the cuff, I think. ---
**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 23, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4308 "2020-01-23T14:36:30Z")
American songs in foreign language films 1. California Dreamin’ - Chungking Express 2. Keep Me in Mind by Patti Page - Mientras Duermes 3. What a Difference a Day Makes - Run Lola Run ---
**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:** [January 24, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4309 "2020-01-24T09:13:08Z")
American songs in foreign language films 1. California Dreamin’ - Chungking Express 2. Keep Me in Mind by Patti Page - Mientras Duermes 3. What a Difference a Day Makes - Run Lola Run 4. Quizás, Quizás, Quizás by Nat King Cole - 花样年华 (In the Mood for Love) ---
**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 25, 2020, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4310 "2020-01-25T05:52:11Z")
Can we pull the plug on this category? ---
**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:** [January 25, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4311 "2020-01-25T06:27:58Z")
I could fill the whole thing, if you want: American songs in foreign language films 1. California Dreamin’ - Chungking Express 2. Keep Me in Mind by Patti Page - Mientras Duermes 3. What a Difference a Day Makes - Run Lola Run 4. Quizás, Quizás, Quizás by Nat King Cole - 花样年华 (In the Mood for Love) 5. Fine on the Outside by Priscilla Ahn - When Marnie Was There 6. Guilty by Al Bowlly - Amelie 7. Watermelon on Easter Hay - by Frank Zappa - Y Tu Mama Tambien 8. Rise by Katy Perry - Train to Busan 9. I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor - Perfetti Sconosciuti 10. You Make Me Feel (Like a Natural Woman) by Aretha Frankllin - Una Mujer Fantástica And Pass. ---
**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 25, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4312 "2020-01-25T15:42:27Z")
English songs with some foreign language lyrics in them 1. Look What They’ve Done To My Song, Ma - Melanie (French) ---
**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:** [January 25, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4313 "2020-01-25T16:26:45Z")
English songs with some foreign language lyrics in them 1. Look What They’ve Done To My Song, Ma - Melanie (French) 2. Hold On Tight - ELO (French) ---
**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 25, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4314 "2020-01-25T16:38:10Z")
English songs with some foreign language lyrics in them 1. Look What They’ve Done To My Song, Ma - Melanie (French) 2. Hold On Tight - ELO (French) 3. Der Kommissar - After the Fire (German) It was a cover of Austrian singer Falco’s song, which was mostly in German with some English lyrics. 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 25, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4315 "2020-01-25T18:32:02Z")
English songs with some foreign language lyrics in them 1. Look What They’ve Done To My Song, Ma - Melanie (French) 2. Hold On Tight - ELO (French) 3. Der Kommissar - After the Fire (German) 4. Kites - Simon Dupree Big Sound (unidentified Chinese language) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4316 "2020-01-25T19:02:31Z")
English songs with some foreign language lyrics in them 1. Look What They’ve Done To My Song, Ma - Melanie (French) 2. Hold On Tight - ELO (French) 3. Der Kommissar - After the Fire (German) 4. Kites - Simon Dupree Big Sound (unidentified Chinese language) 5. Michelle - The Beatles (French) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4317 "2020-01-25T19:06:06Z")
English songs with some foreign language lyrics in them 1. Look What They’ve Done To My Song, Ma - Melanie (French) 2. Hold On Tight - ELO (French) 3. Der Kommissar - After the Fire (German) 4. Kites - Simon Dupree Big Sound (unidentified Chinese language) 5. Michelle - The Beatles (French) 6. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads (French) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4318 "2020-01-25T19:07:22Z")
English songs with some foreign language lyrics in them 1. Look What They’ve Done To My Song, Ma - Melanie (French) 2. Hold On Tight - ELO (French) 3. Der Kommissar - After the Fire (German) 4. Kites - Simon Dupree Big Sound (unidentified Chinese language) 5. Michelle - The Beatles (French) 6. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads (French) 7. Que Sera Sera - Pink Martini [Spanish] ---
**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 25, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4319 "2020-01-25T19:40:25Z")
English songs with some foreign language lyrics in them 1. Look What They’ve Done To My Song, Ma - Melanie (French) 2. Hold On Tight - ELO (French) 3. Der Kommissar - After the Fire (German) 4. Kites - Simon Dupree Big Sound (unidentified Chinese language) 5. Michelle - The Beatles (French) 6. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads (French) 7. Que Sera Sera - Pink Martini [Spanish] 8. Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup - Nat King Cole (French) ---
**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 25, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4320 "2020-01-25T20:55:36Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:4319, topic:839647”] English songs with some foreign language lyrics in them 1. Look What They’ve Done To My Song, Ma - Melanie (French) 2. Hold On Tight - ELO (French) 3. Der Kommissar - After the Fire (German) 4. Kites - Simon Dupree Big Sound (unidentified Chinese language) 5. Michelle - The Beatles (French) 6. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads (French) 7. Que Sera Sera - Pink Martini [Spanish] 8. Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup - Nat King Cole (French) 9. Skeletons Of Quinto - The Folksmen (Spanish) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=215) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=217)