# 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\
**Page:** 348

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6943 "2020-08-11T13:32:43Z")

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Songs with a four-or-more-syllable word in the title

1. Isolation - John Lennon
2. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
3. Ain’t Misbehavin’ - Hank Williams Jr.
4. Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor
5. Just My Imagination - The Temptations
6. Mississippi Queen - Mountain
7. My Generation - The Who
8. A Simple Desultory Philippic - Simon & Garfunkel

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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:** [August 11, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6944 "2020-08-11T14:03:59Z")

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Songs with a four-or-more-syllable word in the title

1. Isolation - John Lennon
2. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
3. Ain’t Misbehavin’ - Hank Williams Jr.
4. Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor
5. Just My Imagination - The Temptations
6. Mississippi Queen - Mountain
7. My Generation - The Who
8. A Simple Desultory Philippic - Simon & Garfunkel
9. Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6945 "2020-08-11T15:49:35Z")

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[quote=“Nonsuch, post:6944, topic:839647, full:true”]  
Songs with a four-or-more-syllable word in the title

1. Isolation - John Lennon
2. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
3. Ain’t Misbehavin’ - Hank Williams Jr.
4. Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor
5. Just My Imagination - The Temptations
6. Mississippi Queen - Mountain
7. My Generation - The Who
8. A Simple Desultory Philippic - Simon & Garfunkel
9. Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
10. Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - The Four Lads

Songs whose titles have three or more words of only one syllable each

1. I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6946 "2020-08-11T16:10:31Z")

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Songs whose titles have three or more words of only one syllable each

1. I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
2. The Last Thing On My Mind - Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton

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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:** [August 11, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6947 "2020-08-11T16:43:53Z")

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Songs whose titles have three or more words of only one syllable each

1. I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
2. The Last Thing On My Mind - Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
3. The Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd

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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:** [August 11, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6948 "2020-08-11T16:48:32Z")

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Songs whose titles have three or more words of only one syllable each

1. I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
2. The Last Thing On My Mind - Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
3. The Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd
4. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - The Police

(Would also qualify for the earlier “nonsense lyrics” playlist 😃 )

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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:** [August 11, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6949 "2020-08-11T16:48:55Z")

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Songs whose titles have three or more words of only one syllable each

1. I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
2. The Last Thing On My Mind - Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
3. The Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd
4. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - The Police
5. If This Is It - Huey Lewis & The News

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6950 "2020-08-11T16:50:37Z")

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[quote=“Thudlow\_Boink, post:6949, topic:839647, full:true”]  
Songs whose titles have three or more words of only one syllable each

1. I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
2. The Last Thing On My Mind - Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
3. The Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd
4. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - The Police
5. If This Is It - Huey Lewis & The News
6. Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart - Judy Garland

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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:** [August 11, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6951 "2020-08-11T19:57:08Z")

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Songs whose titles have three or more words of only one syllable each

1. I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
2. The Last Thing On My Mind - Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
3. The Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd
4. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - The Police
5. If This Is It - Huey Lewis & The News
6. Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart - Judy Garland
7. Stop In The Name of Love - The Supremes

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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:** [August 11, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6952 "2020-08-11T20:20:59Z")

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Songs whose titles have three or more words of only one syllable each

1. I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
2. The Last Thing On My Mind - Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
3. The Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd
4. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - The Police
5. If This Is It - Huey Lewis & The News
6. Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart - Judy Garland
7. Stop In The Name of Love - The Supremes
8. You’re My Best Friend - Queen

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6953 "2020-08-11T20:34:10Z")

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Songs whose titles have three or more words of only one syllable each

1. I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
2. The Last Thing On My Mind - Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
3. The Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd
4. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - The Police
5. If This Is It - Huey Lewis & The News
6. Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart - Judy Garland
7. Stop In The Name of Love - The Supremes
8. You’re My Best Friend - Queen
9. Good Girls Don’t - The Knack

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6954 "2020-08-11T20:59:47Z")

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Songs whose titles have three or more words of only one syllable each

1. I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
2. The Last Thing On My Mind - Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
3. The Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd
4. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - The Police
5. If This Is It - Huey Lewis & The News
6. Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart - Judy Garland
7. Stop In The Name of Love - The Supremes
8. You’re My Best Friend - Queen
9. Good Girls Don’t - The Knack
10. I Still Want You - The Del Fuegos

Songs spoken/sung by William Shatner

1. I Can’t Get Behind That

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6955 "2020-08-11T21:02:26Z")

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Songs spoken/sung by William Shatner

1. I Can’t Get Behind That
2. Bohemian Rhapsody

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6956 "2020-08-11T21:03:25Z")

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Songs spoken/sung by William Shatner

1. I Can’t Get Behind That
2. Bohemian Rhapsody
3. Mr. Tambourine Man

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6957 "2020-08-11T21:03:34Z")

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Songs spoken/sung by William Shatner

1. I Can’t Get Behind That
2. Bohemian Rhapsody
3. Mr. Tambourine Man

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6958 "2020-08-11T21:29:04Z")

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Songs spoken/sung by William Shatner

1. I Can’t Get Behind That
2. Bohemian Rhapsody
3. Mr. Tambourine Man
4. Space Oddity

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6959 "2020-08-11T23:17:07Z")

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Songs spoken/sung by William Shatner

1. I Can’t Get Behind That
2. Bohemian Rhapsody
3. Mr. Tambourine Man
4. Space Oddity
5. [Rocket Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lul-Y8vSr0I)

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**Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6960 "2020-08-12T16:20:42Z")

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Songs spoken/sung by William Shatner

1. I Can’t Get Behind That
2. Bohemian Rhapsody
3. Mr. Tambourine Man
4. Space Oddity
5. [Rocket Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lul-Y8vSr0I)
6. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

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**Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6961 "2020-08-12T16:37:02Z")

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Songs spoken/sung by William Shatner

1. I Can’t Get Behind That
2. Bohemian Rhapsody
3. Mr. Tambourine Man
4. Space Oddity
5. [Rocket Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lul-Y8vSr0I)
6. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
7. [My Way](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYHzO6lCtWg)

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Songs spoken/sung by William Shatner

1. I Can’t Get Behind That
2. Bohemian Rhapsody
3. Mr. Tambourine Man
4. Space Oddity
5. [Rocket Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lul-Y8vSr0I)
6. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
7. [My Way](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYHzO6lCtWg)
8. [O Canada](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRTwPyIzY4A)

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