# 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:** 469
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/9365 "2021-05-12T13:14:10Z")
**Stevie Wonder Deep Cuts** 1. Saturn 2. Joy Inside My Tears 3. Bird of Beauty 4. Bedtime for Toys ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/9366 "2021-05-12T14:05:52Z")
**Stevie Wonder Deep Cuts** 1. Saturn 2. Joy Inside My Tears 3. Bird of Beauty 4. Bedtime for Toys 5. Happier than the Morning Sun ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/9367 "2021-05-12T14:29:17Z")
**Stevie Wonder Deep Cuts** 1. Saturn 2. Joy Inside My Tears 3. Bird of Beauty 4. Bedtime for Toys 5. Happier than the Morning Sun 6. I Love Every Little Thing About You ---
**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:** [May 14, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/9368 "2021-05-14T15:04:22Z")
**Stevie Wonder Deep Cuts** 1. Saturn 2. Joy Inside My Tears 3. Bird of Beauty 4. Bedtime for Toys 5. Happier than the Morning Sun 6. I Love Every Little Thing About You 7. Big Brother ---
**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:** [May 14, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/9369 "2021-05-14T15:53:44Z")
**Stevie Wonder Deep Cuts** 1. Saturn 2. Joy Inside My Tears 3. Bird of Beauty 4. Bedtime for Toys 5. Happier than the Morning Sun 6. I Love Every Little Thing About You 7. Big Brother 8. [The Party at the Beach House](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwF-wPaKmaQ) Yes, Stevie Wonder released an album of surf music. The sixties were a strange decade. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/9370 "2021-05-18T14:41:31Z")
**Stevie Wonder Deep Cuts** 1. Saturn 2. Joy Inside My Tears 3. Bird of Beauty 4. Bedtime for Toys 5. Happier than the Morning Sun 6. I Love Every Little Thing About You 7. Big Brother 8. [The Party at the Beach House](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwF-wPaKmaQ) 9. Race Babbling 10. Sunshine in Their Eyes New category, anyone? ---
**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:** [May 18, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/9371 "2021-05-18T15:36:11Z")
**TV Show Themes That Made It To Radio** 1. Theme from Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name) - Gary Portnoy ---
**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:** [May 18, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/9372 "2021-05-18T15:49:28Z")
**TV Show Themes That Made It To Radio** 1. Theme from Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name) - Gary Portnoy 2. WKRP in Cincinnati Main Theme - Steve Carlisle Reached #65 on the Billboard chart in 1981. And, a song from a show about a Top 40 radio station, played on Top 40 radio stations, is very meta. 😃 ---
**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:** [May 18, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/9373 "2021-05-18T16:18:26Z")
**TV Show Themes That Made It To Radio** 1. Theme from Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name) - Gary Portnoy 2. WKRP in Cincinnati Main Theme - Steve Carlisle 3. Theme from Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini ---
**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:** [May 18, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/9374 "2021-05-18T16:24:08Z")
**TV Show Themes That Made It To Radio** 1. Theme from Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name) - Gary Portnoy 2. WKRP in Cincinnati Main Theme - Steve Carlisle 3. Theme from Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini 4. Welcome Back - John Sebastian Actually made it to #1 for a week. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/9375 "2021-05-18T16:42:28Z")
**TV Show Themes That Made It To Radio** 1. Theme from Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name) - Gary Portnoy 2. WKRP in Cincinnati Main Theme - Steve Carlisle 3. Theme from Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini 4. Welcome Back - John Sebastian 5. Zorro - The Chordettes ---
**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:** [May 18, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/9376 "2021-05-18T18:30:05Z")
**TV Show Themes That Made It To Radio** 1. Theme from Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name) - Gary Portnoy 2. WKRP in Cincinnati Main Theme - Steve Carlisle 3. Theme from Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini 4. Welcome Back - John Sebastian 5. Zorro - The Chordettes 6. Theme from The Greatest American Hero (“Believe It Or Not”) - Joey Scarbury ---
**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:** [May 18, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/9377 "2021-05-18T18:31:41Z")
**TV Show Themes That Made It To Radio** 1. Theme from Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name) - Gary Portnoy 2. WKRP in Cincinnati Main Theme - Steve Carlisle 3. Theme from Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini 4. Welcome Back - John Sebastian 5. Zorro - The Chordettes 6. Theme from The Greatest American Hero (“Believe It Or Not”) - Joey Scarbury 7. The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Made it to #1 on the country charts. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/9378 "2021-05-18T18:33:12Z")
**TV Show Themes That Made It To Radio** 1. Theme from Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name) - Gary Portnoy 2. WKRP in Cincinnati Main Theme - Steve Carlisle 3. Theme from Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini 4. Welcome Back - John Sebastian 5. Zorro - The Chordettes 6. Theme from The Greatest American Hero (“Believe It Or Not”) - Joey Scarbury 7. The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs 8. Theme to _Batman_ - Neal Hefti ---
**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:** [May 18, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/9379 "2021-05-18T19:17:44Z")
**TV Show Themes That Made It To Radio** 1. Theme from Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name) - Gary Portnoy 2. WKRP in Cincinnati Main Theme - Steve Carlisle 3. Theme from Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini 4. Welcome Back - John Sebastian 5. Zorro - The Chordettes 6. Theme from The Greatest American Hero (“Believe It Or Not”) - Joey Scarbury 7. The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs 8. Theme to _Batman_ - Neal Hefti 9. Hawaii Five-O ---
**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:** [May 24, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/9380 "2021-05-24T18:00:39Z")
**TV Show Themes That Made It To Radio** 1. Theme from Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name) - Gary Portnoy 2. WKRP in Cincinnati Main Theme - Steve Carlisle 3. Theme from Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini 4. Welcome Back - John Sebastian 5. Zorro - The Chordettes 6. Theme from The Greatest American Hero (“Believe It Or Not”) - Joey Scarbury 7. The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs 8. Theme to _Batman_ - Neal Hefti 9. Hawaii Five-O 10. Theme from “The Dukes of Hazzard” - Waylon Jennings **[Someone/something] is [doing something]** 1. Jamie’s Cryin’ - Van Halen ---
**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:** [May 24, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/9381 "2021-05-24T18:54:23Z")
**[Someone/something] is [doing something]** 1. Jamie’s Cryin’ - Van Halen 2. Somebody’s Knocking - Terri Gibbs ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/9382 "2021-05-24T21:38:15Z")
**[Someone/something] is [doing something]** 1. Jamie’s Cryin’ - Van Halen 2. Somebody’s Knocking - Terri Gibbs 3. She’s Leaving Home - The Beatles ---
**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:** [May 24, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/9383 "2021-05-24T21:42:38Z")
**[Someone/something] is [doing something]** 1. Jamie’s Cryin’ - Van Halen 2. Somebody’s Knocking - Terri Gibbs 3. She’s Leaving Home - The Beatles 4. Help Is On Its Way - Little River Band ---
**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:** [May 24, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/9384 "2021-05-24T21:54:31Z")
**[Someone/something] is [doing something]** 1. Jamie’s Cryin’ - Van Halen 2. Somebody’s Knocking - Terri Gibbs 3. She’s Leaving Home - The Beatles 4. Help Is On Its Way - Little River Band 5. The South’s Gonna Do It Again - Charlie Daniels Band [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=468) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=470)