# 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:** ![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:** [November 8, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7443 "2020-11-08T12:44:22Z")

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**Songs about Waiting**

1. Tired of Waiting for You - The Kinks
2. Waiting on the World to Change - John Mayer
3. Hello Darlin’ - Conway Twitty
4. Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx
5. The Waiting - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
6. Waiting on a Friend - Mick Jagger
7. Non Ho l’Eta (I’m still too young) - Gigliols Cinquetti
8. Anticipation - Carly Simon
9. I Just Can’t Wait ('Til Christmas) - various

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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:** [November 8, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7444 "2020-11-08T18:13:35Z")

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**Songs about Waiting**

1. Tired of Waiting for You - The Kinks
2. Waiting on the World to Change - John Mayer
3. Hello Darlin’ - Conway Twitty
4. Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx
5. The Waiting - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
6. Waiting on a Friend - Mick Jagger
7. Non Ho l’Eta (I’m still too young) - Gigliols Cinquetti
8. Anticipation - Carly Simon
9. I Just Can’t Wait ('Til Christmas) - various
10. Waiting for a Girl Like You - Foreigner

**songs that mention a nationality**

1. Seven Spanish Angels

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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:** [November 8, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7445 "2020-11-08T18:14:26Z")

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**songs that mention a nationality**

1. Seven Spanish Angels
2. Japanese Sandman

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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:** [November 8, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7446 "2020-11-08T18:19:26Z")

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**songs that mention a nationality**

1. Seven Spanish Angels
2. Japanese Sandman
3. Englishman in New York - Sting

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**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7447 "2020-11-08T20:03:46Z")

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**songs that mention a nationality**

1. Seven Spanish Angels
2. Japanese Sandman
3. Englishman in New York - Sting
4. El Paso - Marty Robbins

Out in the West Texas town of El Paso  
I fell in love with a Mexican girl

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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:** [November 8, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7448 "2020-11-08T20:39:50Z")

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**songs that mention a nationality**

1. Seven Spanish Angels
2. Japanese Sandman
3. Englishman in New York - Sting
4. El Paso - Marty Robbins
5. American Child - Phil Vassar

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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:** [November 8, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7449 "2020-11-08T21:03:53Z")

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**Songs that mention a nationality**

1. Seven Spanish Angels
2. Japanese Sandman
3. Englishman in New York - Sting
4. El Paso - Marty Robbins
5. American Child - Phil Vassar
6. Frenchman for the Night - Jimmy Buffett

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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:** [November 9, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7450 "2020-11-09T01:29:54Z")

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**Songs that mention a nationality**

1. Seven Spanish Angels
2. Japanese Sandman
3. Englishman in New York - Sting
4. El Paso - Marty Robbins
5. American Child - Phil Vassar
6. Frenchman for the Night - Jimmy Buffett
7. Istanbul, not Constantinople - Four Lads

“Nobody’s business but the Turks”

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**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7451 "2020-11-09T04:09:07Z")

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**Songs that mention a nationality**

1. Seven Spanish Angels
2. Japanese Sandman
3. Englishman in New York - Sting
4. El Paso - Marty Robbins
5. American Child - Phil Vassar
6. Frenchman for the Night - Jimmy Buffett
7. Istanbul, not Constantinople - Four Lads
8. A Passage to Bangkok - Rush

“Sweet Jamaican pipe dreams”

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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:** [November 9, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7452 "2020-11-09T04:33:42Z")

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**Songs that mention a nationality**

1. Seven Spanish Angels
2. Japanese Sandman
3. Englishman in New York - Sting
4. El Paso - Marty Robbins
5. American Child - Phil Vassar
6. Frenchman for the Night - Jimmy Buffett
7. Istanbul, not Constantinople - Four Lads
8. A Passage to Bangkok - Rush
9. The Irish Rover - The Dubliners

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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:** [November 9, 2020, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7453 "2020-11-09T09:44:20Z")

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**Songs that mention a nationality**

1. Seven Spanish Angels
2. Japanese Sandman
3. Englishman in New York - Sting
4. El Paso - Marty Robbins
5. American Child - Phil Vassar
6. Frenchman for the Night - Jimmy Buffett
7. Istanbul, not Constantinople - Four Lads
8. A Passage to Bangkok - Rush
9. The Irish Rover - The Dubliners
10. Walk Like an Egyptian

Next  
Songs that are certain to give us all an Earworm.

1. Escape - The Pina Colada Song - Rupert Holmes

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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:** [November 9, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7454 "2020-11-09T12:41:24Z")

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**Songs that are certain to give us all an Earworm**

1. Escape - The Pina Colada Song - Rupert Holmes
2. It’s a Small World (After All) - The Sherman Brothers wrote it

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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:** [November 9, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7455 "2020-11-09T12:57:13Z")

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**Songs that are certain to give us all an Earworm**

1. Escape - The Pina Colada Song - Rupert Holmes
2. It’s a Small World (After All) - The Sherman Brothers wrote it
3. Baby Elephant Walk – Henry Mancini

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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:** [November 9, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7456 "2020-11-09T15:36:43Z")

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**Songs that are certain to give us all an Earworm**

1. Escape - The Pina Colada Song - Rupert Holmes
2. It’s a Small World (After All) - The Sherman Brothers wrote it
3. Baby Elephant Walk – Henry Mancini
4. God Said to Noah (The Arky Arky Song)

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7457 "2020-11-09T16:31:59Z")

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**Songs that are certain to give us all an Earworm**

1. Escape - The Pina Colada Song - Rupert Holmes
2. It’s a Small World (After All) - The Sherman Brothers wrote it
3. Baby Elephant Walk – Henry Mancini
4. God Said to Noah (The Arky Arky Song)
5. You Spin Me Round - Dead or Alive

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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:** [November 9, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7458 "2020-11-09T19:20:34Z")

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**Songs that are certain to give us all an Earworm**

1. Escape - The Pina Colada Song - Rupert Holmes
2. It’s a Small World (After All) - The Sherman Brothers wrote it
3. Baby Elephant Walk – Henry Mancini
4. God Said to Noah (The Arky Arky Song)
5. You Spin Me Round - Dead or Alive
6. Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus

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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:** [November 9, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7459 "2020-11-09T21:28:21Z")

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**Songs that are certain to give us all an Earworm**

1. Escape - The Pina Colada Song - Rupert Holmes
2. It’s a Small World (After All) - The Sherman Brothers wrote it
3. Baby Elephant Walk – Henry Mancini
4. God Said to Noah (The Arky Arky Song)
5. You Spin Me Round - Dead or Alive
6. Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus
7. Hello Goodbye - The Beatles

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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:** [November 9, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7460 "2020-11-09T23:22:14Z")

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**Songs that are certain to give us all an Earworm**

1. Escape - The Pina Colada Song - Rupert Holmes
2. It’s a Small World (After All) - The Sherman Brothers wrote it
3. Baby Elephant Walk – Henry Mancini
4. God Said to Noah (The Arky Arky Song)
5. You Spin Me Round - Dead or Alive
6. Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus
7. Hello Goodbye - The Beatles
8. Memory - from _Cats_

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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:** [November 10, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7461 "2020-11-10T16:48:05Z")

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**Songs that are certain to give us all an Earworm**

1. Escape - The Pina Colada Song - Rupert Holmes
2. It’s a Small World (After All) - The Sherman Brothers wrote it
3. Baby Elephant Walk – Henry Mancini
4. God Said to Noah (The Arky Arky Song)
5. You Spin Me Round - Dead or Alive
6. Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus
7. Hello Goodbye - The Beatles
8. Memory - from _Cats_
9. Dare - Stan Bush

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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:** [November 10, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7462 "2020-11-10T17:16:36Z")

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Also, damn you [jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)

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