# 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:** 50
**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:** [October 13, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/981 "2019-10-13T14:52:35Z")
Songs Featuring Unusual Instruments 1. Barbara Ann - The Beach Boys (Hal Blaine playing percussion on ashtrays) 2. Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz (The “harmonica” sounds are actually a Hohner’s melodica, a sort of mouth piano) 3. Wild Thing - The Troggs (ocarina) 4. Spoonman - Soundgarden (spoons) 5. Theme from 2000 Maniacs -The Amazing Pink Holes with Herschell Gordon Lewis (Jew’s harp, kazoo, AND slide tin whistle) 6. Summer Breeze - Seals & Crofts (toy piano) 7. Take A Pebble - ELP (Emerson strums grand piano strings w/guitar pick) 8. Baba O’Riley - Blue Man Group (Tuned PVC pipe contraptions; large mallet striking (tuned?) piano harp) 9. Star Trek Theme - Alexander Courage (theremin) 10. No Surprises - Radiohead (glockenspiel ) Bands with a song titled exactly “Hold On” 1. Commodores There are at least 16 such songs that have charted on Billboard’s “Hot 100,” and no doubt dozens if not hundreds more that never charted. It’s one of, if not the, most common song titles in English. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/982 "2019-10-13T14:57:13Z")
Bands with a song titled exactly “Hold On” 1. Commodores 2. Wilson Phillips ---
**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:** [October 13, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/983 "2019-10-13T14:58:50Z")
Bands with a song titled exactly “Hold On” 1. Commodores 2. Wilson Phillips 3. En Vogue Just bands or do solo artists count? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/984 "2019-10-13T14:59:42Z")
Whatever ---
**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:** [October 13, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/985 "2019-10-13T15:00:00Z")
Bands with a song titled exactly “Hold On” 1. Commodores 2. Wilson Phillips 3. En Vogue 4. [Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQeE7j_tcDw) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/986 "2019-10-13T15:26:56Z")
Bands with a song titled exactly “Hold On” 1. Commodores 2. Wilson Phillips 3. En Vogue 4. Rain 5. KT Tunstall ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/987 "2019-10-13T15:40:27Z")
Bands with a song titled exactly “Hold On” 1. Commodores 2. Wilson Phillips 3. En Vogue 4. Rain 5. KT Tunstall 6. Ian Gomm ---
**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:** [October 13, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/988 "2019-10-13T15:41:21Z")
Bands with a song titled exactly “Hold On” 1. Commodores 2. Wilson Phillips 3. En Vogue 4. Rain 5. KT Tunstall 6. Ian Gomm 7. Yes ---
**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:** [October 13, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/989 "2019-10-13T16:32:43Z")
Bands with a song titled exactly “Hold On” 1. Commodores 2. Wilson Phillips 3. En Vogue 4. Rain 5. KT Tunstall 6. Ian Gomm 7. Yes 8. Skepta Man, pity it has to be exact. On Hold by the XX is one of my current favorites… ---
**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:** [October 13, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/990 "2019-10-13T17:25:35Z")
Bands with a song titled exactly “Hold On” 1. Commodores 2. Wilson Phillips 3. En Vogue 4. Rain 5. KT Tunstall 6. Ian Gomm 7. Yes 8. Skepta 9. Tom Waits ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/991 "2019-10-13T18:22:28Z")
Bands with a song titled exactly “Hold On” 1. Commodores 2. Wilson Phillips 3. En Vogue 4. Rain 5. KT Tunstall 6. Ian Gomm 7. Yes 8. Skepta 9. Tom Waits 10. Herman’s Hermits Songs with foreign countries in the title 1. Morocco - Moon Taxi ---
**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:** [October 13, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/992 "2019-10-13T18:34:30Z")
Songs with foreign countries in the title 1. Morocco - Moon Taxi 2. Turning **Japan** ese - The Vapors ---
**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:** [October 13, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/993 "2019-10-13T18:37:23Z")
Songs with foreign countries in the title 1. Morocco - Moon Taxi 2. Turning Japanese - The Vapors 3. Australia - The Shins Except for Australian dopers, I guess. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/994 "2019-10-13T18:46:07Z")
Songs with foreign countries in the title 1. Morocco - Moon Taxi 2. Turning Japanese - The Vapors 3. Australia - The Shins 4. Mexican Moon - Concrete Blonde ---
**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:** [October 13, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/995 "2019-10-13T18:46:26Z")
Songs with foreign countries in the title 1. Morocco - Moon Taxi 2. Turning Japanese - The Vapors 3. Australia - The Shins 4. Mexican Moon - Concrete Blonde 5. China Girl - David Bowie ---
**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:** [October 13, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/996 "2019-10-13T18:47:31Z")
Songs with foreign countries in the title 1. Morocco - Moon Taxi 2. Turning Japanese - The Vapors 3. Australia - The Shins 4. Mexican Moon - Concrete Blonde 5. China Girl - David Bowie 6. Back in the USSR - The Beatles ---
**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:** [October 13, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/997 "2019-10-13T18:58:32Z")
Songs with foreign countries in the title 1. Morocco - Moon Taxi 2. Turning Japanese - The Vapors 3. Australia - The Shins 4. Mexican Moon - Concrete Blonde 5. China Girl - David Bowie 6. Back in the USSR - The Beatles 7. England Swings - Roger Miller ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/998 "2019-10-13T19:14:33Z")
Songs with foreign countries in the title 1. Morocco - Moon Taxi 2. Turning Japanese - The Vapors 3. Australia - The Shins 4. Mexican Moon - Concrete Blonde 5. China Girl - David Bowie 6. Back in the USSR - The Beatles 7. England Swings - Roger Miller 8. Never Been to Spain - 3 Dog Night ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/999 "2019-10-13T19:18:23Z")
Songs with foreign countries in the title 1. Morocco - Moon Taxi 2. Turning Japanese - The Vapors 3. Australia - The Shins 4. Mexican Moon - Concrete Blonde 5. China Girl - David Bowie 6. Back in the USSR - The Beatles 7. England Swings - Roger Miller 8. Never Been to Spain - 3 Dog Night 9. Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina - Madonna ---
**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:** [October 13, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1000 "2019-10-13T19:31:09Z")
Songs with foreign countries in the title 1. Morocco - Moon Taxi 2. Turning Japanese - The Vapors 3. Australia - The Shins 4. Mexican Moon - Concrete Blonde 5. China Girl - David Bowie 6. Back in the USSR - The Beatles 7. England Swings - Roger Miller 8. Never Been to Spain - 3 Dog Night 9. Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina - Madonna 10. Finland Song - Monty Python Songs with names of U.S. Cities: 1. New York, New York - Frank Sinatra [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=51)