# Topic Playlist! (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 26, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532 "2021-08-26T02:21:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 459

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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:** [October 5, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9162 "2023-10-05T21:26:34Z")

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**Songs for dumb folks**

1. Shit for Brains - Jack Logan
2. Dumb Girl - Run DMC
3. 'Cause I’m A Blonde - Julie Brown
4. Valley Girl - Moon Unit and Frank Zappa
5. Stupidity - Dr. Feelgood
6. What a Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers
7. Mayor of Simpleton - XTC
8. Dumb Things - Paul Kelly
9. Fool on the Hill - The Beatles
10. Simple Man - Stephen Stills

**Songs with witches or witchcraft**

1. Witchy Woman - The Eagles

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**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9163 "2023-10-05T21:30:10Z")

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**Songs with witches or witchcraft**

1. Witchy Woman - The Eagles
2. Zero the Hero and the Witch’s Spell - Gong

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**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9164 "2023-10-05T21:37:00Z")

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**Songs with witches or witchcraft**

1. Witchy Woman - The Eagles
2. Zero the Hero and the Witch’s Spell - Gong
3. Witch Queen - Chantoozies

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9165 "2023-10-05T21:41:13Z")

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**Songs with witches or witchcraft**

1. Witchy Woman - The Eagles
2. Zero the Hero and the Witch’s Spell - Gong
3. Witch Queen - Chantoozies
4. Witch Doctor - Alvin and the Chipmunks

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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:** [October 5, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9166 "2023-10-05T21:53:57Z")

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**Songs with witches or witchcraft**

1. Witchy Woman - The Eagles
2. Zero the Hero and the Witch’s Spell - Gong
3. Witch Queen - Chantoozies
4. Witch Doctor - Alvin and the Chipmunks
5. Wicked Annabella - The Kinks

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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:** [October 5, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9167 "2023-10-05T22:20:56Z")

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**Songs with witches or witchcraft**

1. Witchy Woman - The Eagles
2. Zero the Hero and the Witch’s Spell - Gong
3. Witch Queen - Chantoozies
4. Witch Doctor - Alvin and the Chipmunks
5. Wicked Annabella - The Kinks
6. Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9168 "2023-10-06T00:39:24Z")

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**Songs with witches or witchcraft**

1. Witchy Woman - The Eagles
2. Zero the Hero and the Witch’s Spell - Gong
3. Witch Queen - Chantoozies
4. Witch Doctor - Alvin and the Chipmunks
5. Wicked Annabella - The Kinks
6. Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra
7. Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead - Arlen and Harburg

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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:** [October 6, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9169 "2023-10-06T00:42:05Z")

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**Songs with witches or witchcraft**

1. Witchy Woman - The Eagles
2. Zero the Hero and the Witch’s Spell - Gong
3. Witch Queen - Chantoozies
4. Witch Doctor - Alvin and the Chipmunks
5. Wicked Annabella - The Kinks
6. Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra
7. Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead - Arlen and Harburg
8. Witchcraft - The Misfits

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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:** [October 6, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9170 "2023-10-06T00:47:14Z")

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**Songs with witches or witchcraft**

1. Witchy Woman - The Eagles
2. Zero the Hero and the Witch’s Spell - Gong
3. Witch Queen - Chantoozies
4. Witch Doctor - Alvin and the Chipmunks
5. Wicked Annabella - The Kinks
6. Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra
7. Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead - Arlen and Harburg
8. Witchcraft - The Misfits
9. Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac

Stevie Nicks was inspired by the novel _Triad: A Novel of the Supernatural_, which featured a witch of that name; Rhiannon was also the name of a mystical woman in Welsh mythology.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9171 "2023-10-06T00:51:56Z")

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**Songs with witches or witchcraft**

1. Witchy Woman - The Eagles
2. Zero the Hero and the Witch’s Spell - Gong
3. Witch Queen - Chantoozies
4. Witch Doctor - Alvin and the Chipmunks
5. Wicked Annabella - The Kinks
6. Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra
7. Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead - Arlen and Harburg
8. Witchcraft - The Misfits
9. Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
10. A Newlywed Couple - Theme from Episode 1 of _WandaVision_

New category:

Movie themes and the men and women who composed them

1. _Batman_ - Danny Elfman

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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:** [October 6, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9172 "2023-10-06T00:56:06Z")

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**Movie themes and the men and women who composed them**

1. _Batman_ - Danny Elfman
2. _James Bond Theme,_ from _Dr. No_ - John Barry

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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:** [October 6, 2023, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9173 "2023-10-06T01:27:18Z")

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**Movie themes and the men and women who composed them**

1. _Batman_ - Danny Elfman
2. _James Bond Theme,_ from _Dr. No_ - John Barry
3. Repo Man - Iggy Pop

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9174 "2023-10-06T01:48:14Z")

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**Movie themes and the men and women who composed them**

1. _Batman_ - Danny Elfman
2. _James Bond Theme,_ from _Dr. No_ - John Barry
3. Repo Man - Iggy Pop
4. _Lawrence of Arabia_ - Maurice Jarre

It earned him his first Academy Award

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9175 "2023-10-06T02:12:43Z")

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**Movie themes and the men and women who composed them**

1. _Batman_ - Danny Elfman
2. _James Bond Theme,_ from _Dr. No_ - John Barry
3. Repo Man - Iggy Pop
4. _Lawrence of Arabia_ - Maurice Jarre
5. _Back to the Future_ - Alan Silvestri

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9176 "2023-10-06T06:20:20Z")

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**Movie themes and the men and women who composed them**

1. _Batman_ - Danny Elfman
2. _James Bond Theme,_ from _Dr. No_ - John Barry
3. Repo Man - Iggy Pop
4. _Lawrence of Arabia_ - Maurice Jarre
5. _Back to the Future_ - Alan Silvestri
6. _Jaws_ - John Williams

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**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:** [October 6, 2023, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9177 "2023-10-06T06:50:40Z")

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**Movie themes and the men and women who composed them**

1. _Batman_ - Danny Elfman
2. _James Bond Theme,_ from _Dr. No_ - John Barry
3. Repo Man - Iggy Pop
4. _Lawrence of Arabia_ - Maurice Jarre
5. _Back to the Future_ - Alan Silvestri
6. _Jaws_ - John Williams
7. _Animal House_/Faber College theme - Elmer Bernstein

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9178 "2023-10-06T07:06:10Z")

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**Movie themes and the men and women who composed them**

1. _Batman_ - Danny Elfman
2. _James Bond Theme,_ from _Dr. No_ - John Barry
3. Repo Man - Iggy Pop
4. _Lawrence of Arabia_ - Maurice Jarre
5. _Back to the Future_ - Alan Silvestri
6. _Jaws_ - John Williams
7. _Animal House_/Faber College theme - Elmer Bernstein
8. _Emma_ - Rachel Portman

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9179 "2023-10-06T07:58:56Z")

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**Movie themes and the men and women who composed them**

1. _Batman_ - Danny Elfman
2. _James Bond Theme,_ from _Dr. No_ - John Barry
3. Repo Man - Iggy Pop
4. _Lawrence of Arabia_ - Maurice Jarre
5. _Back to the Future_ - Alan Silvestri
6. _Jaws_ - John Williams
7. _Animal House_/Faber College theme - Elmer Bernstein
8. _Emma_ - Rachel Portman
9. _Psycho_ - Bernard Hermann

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9180 "2023-10-06T08:22:40Z")

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**Movie themes and the men and women who composed them**

1. _Batman_ - Danny Elfman
2. _James Bond Theme,_ from _Dr. No_ - John Barry
3. Repo Man - Iggy Pop
4. _Lawrence of Arabia_ - Maurice Jarre
5. _Back to the Future_ - Alan Silvestri
6. _Jaws_ - John Williams
7. _Animal House_/Faber College theme - Elmer Bernstein
8. _Emma_ - Rachel Portman
9. _Psycho_ - Bernard Hermann
10. _The Pink Panther Theme_ – Henry Mancini

**Motown’s Greatest Hits** _(top hits released under the Motown label)_

1. Please Mr. Postman – the Marvelettes _(Motown’s first #1 single)_

_ **-BB"-** _

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9181 "2023-10-06T10:03:55Z")

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**Motown’s Greatest Hits** _(top hits released under the Motown label)_

1. Please Mr. Postman – the Marvelettes _(Motown’s first #1 single)_
2. ABC - the Jackson 5

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