# Topic Playlist (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 26, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687 "2024-01-26T15:37:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 110
**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 23, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2181 "2024-10-23T16:07:32Z")
**Songs about Songs** 1. Just A Song Before I Go - Crosby, Stills & Nash 2. Only a Northern Song - The Beatles 3. Sing a Song - The Carpenters 4. Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond 5. The Song That Goes Like This - Spamalot (Eric Idle) ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2182 "2024-10-23T16:12:10Z")
**Songs about Songs** 1. Just A Song Before I Go - Crosby, Stills & Nash 2. Only a Northern Song - The Beatles 3. Sing a Song - The Carpenters 4. Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond 5. The Song That Goes Like This - Spamalot (Eric Idle) 6. Your Song - Elton John ---
**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 23, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2183 "2024-10-23T16:15:25Z")
**Songs about Songs** 1. Just A Song Before I Go - Crosby, Stills & Nash 2. Only a Northern Song - The Beatles 3. Sing a Song - The Carpenters 4. Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond 5. The Song That Goes Like This - Spamalot (Eric Idle) 6. Your Song - Elton John 7. Love, This Is My Song - Petula Clark ---
**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 23, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2184 "2024-10-23T16:16:07Z")
**Songs about Songs** 1. Just A Song Before I Go - Crosby, Stills & Nash 2. Only a Northern Song - The Beatles 3. Sing a Song - The Carpenters 4. Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond 5. The Song That Goes Like This - Spamalot (Eric Idle) 6. Your Song - Elton John 7. Love, This Is My Song - Petula Clark 8. The Song That Never Ends - Shari Lewis ---
**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 23, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2185 "2024-10-23T16:17:09Z")
**Songs about Songs** 1. Just A Song Before I Go - Crosby, Stills & Nash 2. Only a Northern Song - The Beatles 3. Sing a Song - The Carpenters 4. Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond 5. The Song That Goes Like This - Spamalot (Eric Idle) 6. Your Song - Elton John 7. Love, This Is My Song - Petula Clark 8. The Song That Never Ends - Shari Lewis 9. Rock and Roll All NIght - KISS ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2186 "2024-10-23T18:35:44Z")
**Songs about Songs** 1. Just A Song Before I Go - Crosby, Stills & Nash 2. Only a Northern Song - The Beatles 3. Sing a Song - The Carpenters 4. Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond 5. The Song That Goes Like This - Spamalot (Eric Idle) 6. Your Song - Elton John 7. Love, This Is My Song - Petula Clark 8. The Song That Never Ends - Shari Lewis 9. Rock and Roll All NIght - KISS 10. An Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night pass ---
**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 23, 2024, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2187 "2024-10-23T23:15:39Z")
**Songs Which Reference Songs by Other Artists** 1. Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra “My Shangri-La has gone away, fading like the Beatles on _Hey Jude_” ---
**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 23, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2188 "2024-10-23T23:51:04Z")
**Songs Which Reference Songs by Other Artists** 1. Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra 2. Summer Rain – Johnny Rivers “And the jukebox kept on playin’ _Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band_” _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2189 "2024-10-23T23:52:23Z")
**Songs Which Reference Songs by Other Artists** 1. Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra 2. Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money “Be my baby”, sung by a still striking fifty-something Ronnie Spector ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2190 "2024-10-24T00:52:03Z")
**Songs Which Reference Songs by Other Artists** 1. Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra 2. Summer Rain – Johnny Rivers 3. Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money 4. Radar Love - Golden Earring "Radio plays that forgotten song / Brenda Lee, “[Coming on Strong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKo2q0l2Fyc)” Also, housekeeping. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2191 "2024-10-24T02:21:40Z")
**Songs Which Reference Songs by Other Artists** 1. Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra 2. Summer Rain – Johnny Rivers 3. Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money 4. Radar Love - Golden Earring 5. Nightshift - The Commodores Calls out Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Goin’ On?” and two Jackie Wilson songs - “Baby Workout” and “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher”. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2192 "2024-10-24T06:15:00Z")
**Songs Which Reference Songs by Other Artists** 1. Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra 2. Summer Rain – Johnny Rivers 3. Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money 4. Radar Love - Golden Earring 5. Nightshift - The Commodores 6. Jackie Wilson Said - Van Morrison “Jackie Wilson said it was “Reet-Petite” Kind of love you got knock me off my feet Let it all hang out Oh, let it all hang out” ---
**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:** [October 24, 2024, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2193 "2024-10-24T06:25:34Z")
**Songs Which Reference Songs by Other Artists** 1. Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra 2. Summer Rain – Johnny Rivers 3. Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money 4. Radar Love - Golden Earring 5. Nightshift - The Commodores 6. Jackie Wilson Said - Van Morrison 7. Rock and Roll Heaven - the Righteous Brothers Too many to list all, but among them are “Dock of the Bay,” by Otis Redding; “Piece of my Heart,” by Janis Joplin; and “Light My Fire,” by the Doors, in the song’s first iteration. ---
**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 24, 2024, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2194 "2024-10-24T08:49:40Z")
**Songs Which Reference Songs by Other Artists** 1. Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra 2. Summer Rain – Johnny Rivers 3. Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money 4. Radar Love - Golden Earring 5. Nightshift - The Commodores 6. Jackie Wilson Said - Van Morrison 7. Rock and Roll Heaven - the Righteous Brothers 8. Only Wanna Be with You - Hootie and the Blowfish It quotes extensively from “Idiot Wind” by Bob Dylan, and mentions “Tangled Up in Blue”. ---
**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 24, 2024, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2195 "2024-10-24T11:02:07Z")
**Songs Which Reference Songs by Other Artists** 1. Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra 2. Summer Rain – Johnny Rivers 3. Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money 4. Radar Love - Golden Earring 5. Nightshift - The Commodores 6. Jackie Wilson Said - Van Morrison 7. Rock and Roll Heaven - the Righteous Brothers 8. Only Wanna Be with You - Hootie and the Blowfish 9. Glass Onion - the Beatles I told you about the fool on the hill. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2196 "2024-10-24T14:07:53Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > 1. Glass Onion - the Beatles > > I told you about the fool on the hill. It’s by the same artist. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2197 "2024-10-24T14:08:52Z")
**Songs Which Reference Songs by Other Artists** 1. Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra 2. Summer Rain – Johnny Rivers 3. Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money 4. Radar Love - Golden Earring 5. Nightshift - The Commodores 6. Jackie Wilson Said - Van Morrison 7. Rock and Roll Heaven - the Righteous Brothers 8. Only Wanna Be with You - Hootie and the Blowfish 9. Frank Sinatra - Cake “While Frank Sinatra sings ‘Stormy Weather’” ---
**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 24, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2198 "2024-10-24T17:27:50Z")
**Songs Which Reference Songs by Other Artists** 1. Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra 2. Summer Rain – Johnny Rivers 3. Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money 4. Radar Love - Golden Earring 5. Nightshift - The Commodores 6. Jackie Wilson Said - Van Morrison 7. Rock and Roll Heaven - the Righteous Brothers 8. Only Wanna Be with You - Hootie and the Blowfish 9. Frank Sinatra - Cake 10. Soul Twist - Sam Cooke _Play that song called “Soul Twist”_ _Play that one called “I Know”_ _Don’t forget the “Mashed Potatoes”_ _No other songs will do_ **Songs with Ghosts** 1. With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm - Stanley Holloway _Now through the Tower of London large as life The ghost of Anne Boleyn walks we declare…_ ---
**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 24, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2199 "2024-10-24T17:59:09Z")
**Songs with Ghosts** 1. With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm - Stanley Holloway 2. The Jogger - Bobby Bare ---
**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 24, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2200 "2024-10-24T18:29:06Z")
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