# 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:** 384

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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:** [December 15, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7663 "2020-12-15T16:39:30Z")

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**Songs about the passage of time**

1. Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
2. In the Year 2525 - Zager and Evans
3. Older - They Might Be Giants
4. Hazy Shade of Winter - Simon & Garfunkel
5. 100 Years - Five for Fighting
6. It Was A Very Good Year - Frank Sinatra
7. There Goes My Life - Kenny Chesney
8. In My Life - The Beatles
9. September Song - Frank Sinatra

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7664 "2020-12-15T22:41:18Z")

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**Songs about the passage of time**

1. Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
2. In the Year 2525 - Zager and Evans
3. Older - They Might Be Giants
4. Hazy Shade of Winter - Simon & Garfunkel
5. 100 Years - Five for Fighting
6. It Was A Very Good Year - Frank Sinatra
7. There Goes My Life - Kenny Chesney
8. In My Life - The Beatles
9. September Song - Frank Sinatra
10. Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen

**Songs that name a country in the title**

Holiday in Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys

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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:** [December 15, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7665 "2020-12-15T22:46:21Z")

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**Songs that name a country in the title**

Holiday in Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys  
Letter from Spain - Electric Light Orchestra

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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:** [December 15, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7666 "2020-12-15T22:56:34Z")

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**Songs that name a country in the title**

Holiday in Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys  
Letter from Spain - Electric Light Orchestra  
Back In The U.S.S.R. - 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:** [December 16, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7667 "2020-12-16T01:38:40Z")

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**Songs that name a country in the title**

Holiday in Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys  
Letter from Spain - Electric Light Orchestra  
Back In The U.S.S.R. - The Beatles  
England Swings - Roger Miller

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7668 "2020-12-16T01:52:57Z")

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**Songs that name a country in the title**

Holiday in Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys  
Letter from Spain - Electric Light Orchestra  
Back In The U.S.S.R. - The Beatles  
England Swings - Roger Miller  
Never Been to Spain - Three Dog Night

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7669 "2020-12-16T02:02:55Z")

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**Songs that name a country in the title**

Holiday in Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys  
Letter from Spain - Electric Light Orchestra  
Back In The U.S.S.R. - The Beatles  
England Swings - Roger Miller  
Never Been to Spain - Three Dog Night  
Going Down to Cuba - Jackson Browne

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7670 "2020-12-16T03:09:27Z")

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**Songs that name a country in the title**

Holiday in Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys  
Letter from Spain - Electric Light Orchestra  
Back In The U.S.S.R. - The Beatles  
England Swings - Roger Miller  
Never Been to Spain - Three Dog Night  
Going Down to Cuba - Jackson Browne  
7. Big in Japan - Alphaville

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7671 "2020-12-16T03:48:42Z")

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**Songs that name a country in the title**

Holiday in Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys  
Letter from Spain - Electric Light Orchestra  
Back In The U.S.S.R. - The Beatles  
England Swings - Roger Miller  
Never Been to Spain - Three Dog Night  
Going Down to Cuba - Jackson Browne  
7. Big in Japan - Alphaville  
8. Slow Boat to China - various artists

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7672 "2020-12-16T12:02:57Z")

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**Songs that name a country in the title**

1. Holiday in Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys
2. Letter from Spain - Electric Light Orchestra
3. Back In The U.S.S.R. - The Beatles
4. England Swings - Roger Miller
5. Never Been to Spain - Three Dog Night
6. Going Down to Cuba - Jackson Browne
7. Big in Japan - Alphaville
8. Slow Boat to China - various artists
9. Mozambique - Bob Dylan

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7673 "2020-12-16T13:39:10Z")

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**Songs that name a country in the title**

1. Holiday in Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys
2. Letter from Spain - Electric Light Orchestra
3. Back In The U.S.S.R. - The Beatles
4. England Swings - Roger Miller
5. Never Been to Spain - Three Dog Night
6. Going Down to Cuba - Jackson Browne
7. Big in Japan - Alphaville
8. Slow Boat to China - various artists
9. Mozambique - Bob Dylan
10. That’s Why God Made Mexico - Tim Mcgraw

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**Songs with a named body of water in the title**

1. Corpus Christi Bay - Robert Earl Keen

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7674 "2020-12-16T14:03:01Z")

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**Songs with a named body of water in the title**

1. Corpus Christi Bay - Robert Earl Keen
2. On The Banks of the Wabash (Far Away) - many

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7675 "2020-12-16T14:33:51Z")

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**Songs with a named body of water in the title**

1. Corpus Christi Bay - Robert Earl Keen
2. On The Banks of the Wabash (Far Away) - many
3. South Canadian River Song - Michael Martin Murphey

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7676 "2020-12-16T14:37:29Z")

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**Songs with a named body of water in the title**

1. Corpus Christi Bay - Robert Earl Keen
2. On The Banks of the Wabash (Far Away) - many
3. South Canadian River Song - Michael Martin Murphey
4. Low Bridge, Everybody Down (Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal) - various

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7677 "2020-12-16T14:43:24Z")

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**Songs with a named body of water in the title**

1. Corpus Christi Bay - Robert Earl Keen
2. On The Banks of the Wabash (Far Away) - many
3. South Canadian River Song - Michael Martin Murphey
4. Low Bridge, Everybody Down (Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal) - various
5. [L. A. River](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG3fORdnKH0&ab_channel=bminne90) - E

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7678 "2020-12-16T17:58:42Z")

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**Songs with a named body of water in the title**

1. Corpus Christi Bay - Robert Earl Keen
2. On The Banks of the Wabash (Far Away) - many
3. South Canadian River Song - Michael Martin Murphey
4. Low Bridge, Everybody Down (Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal) - various
5. [L. A. River](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG3fORdnKH0&ab_channel=bminne90) - E
6. The Blue Danube - Strauss

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7679 "2020-12-16T20:03:25Z")

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**Songs with a named body of water in the title**

1. Corpus Christi Bay - Robert Earl Keen
2. On The Banks of the Wabash (Far Away) - many
3. South Canadian River Song - Michael Martin Murphey
4. Low Bridge, Everybody Down (Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal) - various
5. [L. A. River](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG3fORdnKH0&ab_channel=bminne90) - E
6. The Blue Danube - Strauss
7. Down by the Zuider Zee - Harry Ross

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7680 "2020-12-16T20:29:58Z")

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**Songs with a named body of water in the title**

1. Corpus Christi Bay - Robert Earl Keen
2. On The Banks of the Wabash (Far Away) - many
3. South Canadian River Song - Michael Martin Murphey
4. Low Bridge, Everybody Down (Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal) - various
5. [L. A. River](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG3fORdnKH0&ab_channel=bminne90) - E
6. The Blue Danube - Strauss
7. Down by the Zuider Zee - Harry Ross
8. Pacific Ocean Blue - Dennis Wilson

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7681 "2020-12-16T20:46:28Z")

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**Songs with a named body of water in the title**

1. Corpus Christi Bay - Robert Earl Keen
2. On The Banks of the Wabash (Far Away) - many
3. South Canadian River Song - Michael Martin Murphey
4. Low Bridge, Everybody Down (Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal) - various
5. [L. A. River](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG3fORdnKH0&ab_channel=bminne90) - E
6. The Blue Danube - Strauss
7. Down by the Zuider Zee - Harry Ross
8. Pacific Ocean Blue - Dennis Wilson
9. Moon River - Henry Mancini

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7682 "2020-12-16T21:04:32Z")

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**Songs with a named body of water in the title**

1. Corpus Christi Bay - Robert Earl Keen
2. On The Banks of the Wabash (Far Away) - many
3. South Canadian River Song - Michael Martin Murphey
4. Low Bridge, Everybody Down (Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal) - various
5. [L. A. River](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG3fORdnKH0&ab_channel=bminne90) - E
6. The Blue Danube - Strauss
7. Down by the Zuider Zee - Harry Ross
8. Pacific Ocean Blue - Dennis Wilson
9. Moon River - Henry Mancini
10. Montego Bay - Bobby Bloom

**Title starts with “Who”**

1. Who Put the Bomp - Barry Mann

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