# Topic Playlist! (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5101 "2020-02-28T08:59:48Z")

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“Be” songs (must start with that verb)

1. Be Your Shadow - The Wombats
2. Be My Baby - The Ronettes
3. Be Good Johnny - Men at Work
4. Be the One - Dua Lipa

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**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:** [February 28, 2020, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5102 "2020-02-28T09:11:10Z")

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“Be” songs (must start with that verb)

1. Be Your Shadow - The Wombats
2. Be My Baby - The Ronettes
3. Be Good Johnny - Men at Work
4. Be the One - Dua Lipa
5. Be near me - ABC

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**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:** [February 28, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5103 "2020-02-28T11:28:22Z")

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“Be” songs (must start with that verb)

1. Be Your Shadow - The Wombats
2. Be My Baby - The Ronettes
3. Be Good Johnny - Men at Work
4. Be the One - Dua Lipa
5. Be near me - ABC
6. Be a Santa - Subways Are for Sleeping

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**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:** [February 28, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5104 "2020-02-28T11:41:36Z")

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“Be” songs (must start with that verb)

1. Be Your Shadow - The Wombats
2. Be My Baby - The Ronettes
3. Be Good Johnny - Men at Work
4. Be the One - Dua Lipa
5. Be near me - ABC
6. Be a Santa - Subways Are for Sleeping
7. Be - Neil Diamond

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**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:** [February 28, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5105 "2020-02-28T12:40:14Z")

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“Be” songs (must start with that verb)

1. Be Your Shadow - The Wombats
2. Be My Baby - The Ronettes
3. Be Good Johnny - Men at Work
4. Be the One - Dua Lipa
5. Be near me - ABC
6. Be a Santa - Subways Are for Sleeping
7. Be - Neil Diamond
8. Be Like the Bluebird - Anything Goes

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**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:** [February 28, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5106 "2020-02-28T13:39:45Z")

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“Be” songs (must start with that verb)

1. Be Your Shadow - The Wombats
2. Be My Baby - The Ronettes
3. Be Good Johnny - Men at Work
4. Be the One - Dua Lipa
5. Be near me - ABC
6. Be a Santa - Subways Are for Sleeping
7. Be - Neil Diamond
8. Be Like the Bluebird - Anything Goes
9. Be a Clown - Gene Kelly

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**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:** [February 28, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5107 "2020-02-28T13:47:01Z")

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“Be” songs (must start with that verb)

1. Be Your Shadow - The Wombats
2. Be My Baby - The Ronettes
3. Be Good Johnny - Men at Work
4. Be the One - Dua Lipa
5. Be near me - ABC
6. Be a Santa - Subways Are for Sleeping
7. Be - Neil Diamond
8. Be Like the Bluebird - Anything Goes
9. Be a Clown - Gene Kelly
10. Be My Yoko Ono - Barenaked Ladies

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Songs That Begin With “Why”

1. Why Don’t We Do It In the Road - The Beatles

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**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:** [February 28, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5108 "2020-02-28T13:58:55Z")

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Songs That Begin With “Why”

1. Why Don’t We Do It In the Road - The Beatles
2. Why Don’t You Love Me(Like You Used To Do) - Hank Williams

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**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:** [February 28, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5109 "2020-02-28T14:10:41Z")

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Songs That Begin With “Why”

1. Why Don’t We Do It In the Road - The Beatles
2. Why Don’t You Love Me (Like You Used To Do) - Hank Williams
3. Why Can’t We Be Friends? - War

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**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:** [February 28, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5110 "2020-02-28T14:13:46Z")

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Songs That Begin With “Why”

1. Why Don’t We Do It In the Road - The Beatles
2. Why Don’t You Love Me (Like You Used To Do) - Hank Williams
3. Why Can’t We Be Friends? - War
4. Why Can’t I Be You - The Cure

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**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:** [February 28, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5111 "2020-02-28T14:38:52Z")

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Songs That Begin With “Why”

1. Why Don’t We Do It In the Road - The Beatles
2. Why Don’t You Love Me (Like You Used To Do) - Hank Williams
3. Why Can’t We Be Friends? - War
4. Why Can’t I Be You - The Cure
5. Why - Annie Lennox  
Somebody had to be the one posting it, I guess.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5112 "2020-02-28T15:04:32Z")

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Songs That Begin With “Why”

1. Why Don’t We Do It In the Road - The Beatles
2. Why Don’t You Love Me (Like You Used To Do) - Hank Williams
3. Why Can’t We Be Friends? - War
4. Why Can’t I Be You - The Cure
5. Why - Annie Lennox
6. Why Can’t This Be Love? - Van Halen

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**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:** [February 28, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5113 "2020-02-28T15:06:25Z")

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> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#):
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> Somebody had to be the one posting it, I guess.

Why?

😃

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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:** [February 28, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5114 "2020-02-28T15:37:13Z")

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Songs That Begin With “Why”

1. Why Don’t We Do It In the Road - The Beatles
2. Why Don’t You Love Me (Like You Used To Do) - Hank Williams
3. Why Can’t We Be Friends? - War
4. Why Can’t I Be You - The Cure
5. Why - Annie Lennox
6. Why Can’t This Be Love? - Van Halen
7. Why Do Fools Fall in Love? - Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers

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**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:** [February 28, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5115 "2020-02-28T15:56:52Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> Why?
> 
> 😃

Nonono… you should have written whyyyyyy-yyy-yyyyy-yy?

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**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:** [February 28, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5116 "2020-02-28T16:10:17Z")

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Songs That Begin With “Why”

1. Why Don’t We Do It In the Road - The Beatles
2. Why Don’t You Love Me (Like You Used To Do) - Hank Williams
3. Why Can’t We Be Friends? - War
4. Why Can’t I Be You - The Cure
5. Why - Annie Lennox
6. Why Can’t This Be Love? - Van Halen
7. Why Do Fools Fall in Love? - Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
8. Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad - Derek and The Dominos

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**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:** [February 28, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5117 "2020-02-28T16:12:23Z")

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Songs That Begin With “Why”

1. Why Don’t We Do It In the Road - The Beatles
2. Why Don’t You Love Me (Like You Used To Do) - Hank Williams
3. Why Can’t We Be Friends? - War
4. Why Can’t I Be You - The Cure
5. Why - Annie Lennox
6. Why Can’t This Be Love? - Van Halen
7. Why Do Fools Fall in Love? - Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
8. Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad - Derek and The Dominos
9. Why Worry - Dire Straits

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**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:** [February 28, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5118 "2020-02-28T17:39:31Z")

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Songs That Begin With “Why”

1. Why Don’t We Do It In the Road - The Beatles
2. Why Don’t You Love Me (Like You Used To Do) - Hank Williams
3. Why Can’t We Be Friends? - War
4. Why Can’t I Be You - The Cure
5. Why - Annie Lennox
6. Why Can’t This Be Love? - Van Halen
7. Why Do Fools Fall in Love? - Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
8. Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad - Derek and The Dominos
9. Why Worry - Dire Straits
10. Why Should I Cry - Hank Williams

Hit B-sides

1. Maggie May - Rod Stewart

Originally released as the B-side of “Reason to Believe.”

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**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:** [February 28, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5119 "2020-02-28T19:35:00Z")

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Hit B-sides

1. Maggie May - Rod Stewart
2. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor  
The company tried to make the song “Substitute” a big hit, but DJ’s just liked the B Side better.

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**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:** [February 28, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5120 "2020-02-28T21:06:30Z")

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Hit B-sides

1. Maggie May - Rod Stewart
2. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
3. Beth - Kiss

Originally the B-side to “Detroit Rock City.”

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