# 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:** 150
**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:** [February 9, 2025, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2981 "2025-02-09T05:53:12Z")
**Remakes/Covers That Were Also Hits** 1. Der Kommissar - After the Fire 2. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston A cover of Dolly Parton’s original song, which hit number 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Country in 1974. Houston’s version hit number 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in 1992. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2982 "2025-02-09T05:56:11Z")
**Remakes/Covers That Were Also Hits** 1. Der Kommissar - After the Fire 2. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston 3. Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles Originally recorded by Simon and Garfunkel; The Bangles’ version was included in the _Less Than Zero_ soundtrack. It peaked at #2 in 1987. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2025, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2983 "2025-02-09T06:01:05Z")
**Remakes/Covers That Were Also Hits** 1. Der Kommissar - After the Fire 2. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston 3. Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles 4. Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner It hit #2 for CCR/John Fogerty and #4 for Ike/Tina. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2025, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2984 "2025-02-09T13:11:38Z")
**Remakes/Covers That Were Also Hits** 1. Der Kommissar - After the Fire 2. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston 3. Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles 4. Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner 5. Blue Skies - Willie Nelson A #1 hit for both Ben Selvin and His Orchestra in 1927, and Willie in 1978. Multiple versions have ‘charted’ over the years. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2985 "2025-02-09T17:34:10Z")
**Remakes/Covers That Were Also Hits** 1. Der Kommissar - After the Fire 2. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston 3. Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles 4. Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner 5. Blue Skies - Willie Nelson 6. Pinball Wizard - Elton John The original, of course, having appeared on The Who’s album (and in the movie) _Tommy_ previously. ETA: Oops. The original was on the album. Elton’s version was in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2986 "2025-02-09T18:27:21Z")
**Remakes/Covers That Were Also Hits** 1. Der Kommissar - After the Fire 2. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston 3. Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles 4. Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner 5. Blue Skies - Willie Nelson 6. Pinball Wizard - Elton John 7. You Can’t Hurry Love - Phil Collins Charted 16 years after the Supremes hit #1 with it in 1966. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2987 "2025-02-09T18:31:14Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > **Remakes/Covers That Were Also Hits** > > 1. Der Kommissar - After the Fire > 2. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston > 3. Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles > 4. Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner > 5. Blue Skies - Willie Nelson > 6. Pinball Wizard - Elton John > 7. You Can’t Hurry Love - Phil Collins 1. It Ain’t Me, Babe - The Turtles (original by Dylan) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2988 "2025-02-09T18:37:28Z")
**Remakes/Covers That Were Also Hits** 1. Der Kommissar - After the Fire 2. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston 3. Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles 4. Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner 5. Blue Skies - Willie Nelson 6. Pinball Wizard - Elton John 7. You Can’t Hurry Love - Phil Collins 8. It Ain’t Me, Babe - The Turtles (original by Dylan) 9. You Won’t See Me - Anne Murray (original by The Beatles) Murray’s version charted at #8 in 1974. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2025, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2989 "2025-02-10T01:52:56Z")
**Remakes/Covers That Were Also Hits** 1. Der Kommissar - After the Fire 2. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston 3. Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles 4. Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner 5. Blue Skies - Willie Nelson 6. Pinball Wizard - Elton John 7. You Can’t Hurry Love - Phil Collins 8. It Ain’t Me, Babe - The Turtles (original by Dylan) 9. You Won’t See Me - Anne Murray (original by The Beatles) 10. Got to Get You into My Life - Earth, Wind, and Fire (original by The Beatles) It landed at #8 on the Billboard Top 100, and became EWF’s signature song. New category: **Songs that tell a story** 1. Rocky Raccoon - The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2990 "2025-02-10T01:55:26Z")
**Songs that tell a story** 1. Rocky Raccoon - The Beatles 2. Taxi - Harry Chapin ---
**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:** [February 10, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2991 "2025-02-10T01:59:42Z")
**Songs that tell a story** 1. Rocky Raccoon - The Beatles 2. Taxi - Harry Chapin 3. Ode To Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry Pass the biscuits please. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2992 "2025-02-10T03:11:13Z")
**Songs that tell a story** 1. Rocky Raccoon - The Beatles 2. Taxi - Harry Chapin 3. Ode To Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry 4. Albuquerque - Weird Al As weird as it is. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2025, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2993 "2025-02-10T03:14:20Z")
**Songs that tell a story** 1. Rocky Raccoon - The Beatles 2. Taxi - Harry Chapin 3. Ode To Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry 4. Albuquerque - Weird Al 5. Alice’s Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2994 "2025-02-10T03:16:00Z")
**Songs that tell a story** 1. Rocky Raccoon - The Beatles 2. Taxi - Harry Chapin 3. Ode To Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry 4. Albuquerque - Weird Al 5. Alice’s Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie 6. Mainstreet - Bob Seger ---
**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:** [February 10, 2025, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2995 "2025-02-10T03:16:22Z")
**Songs that tell a story** 1. Rocky Raccoon - The Beatles 2. Taxi - Harry Chapin 3. Ode To Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry 4. Albuquerque - Weird Al 5. Alice’s Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie 6. The Saga Begins - Weird Al Tells the story of Star Wars: Episode I. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2025, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2996 "2025-02-10T03:31:08Z")
**Songs that tell a story** 1. Rocky Raccoon - The Beatles 2. Taxi - Harry Chapin 3. Ode To Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry 4. Albuquerque - Weird Al 5. Alice’s Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie 6. The Saga Begins - Weird Al 7. Tweeter and the Monkey Man - The Traveling Wilburys ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2997 "2025-02-10T03:37:33Z")
**Songs that tell a story** 1. Rocky Raccoon - The Beatles 2. Taxi - Harry Chapin 3. Ode To Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry 4. Albuquerque - Weird Al 5. Alice’s Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie 6. The Saga Begins - Weird Al 7. Tweeter and the Monkey Man - The Traveling Wilburys 8. Street Hassle - Lou Reed ---
**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:** [February 10, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2998 "2025-02-10T11:41:36Z")
**Songs that tell a story** 1. Rocky Raccoon - The Beatles 2. Taxi - Harry Chapin 3. Ode To Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry 4. Albuquerque - Weird Al 5. Alice’s Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie 6. The Saga Begins - Weird Al 7. Tweeter and the Monkey Man - The Traveling Wilburys 8. Street Hassle - Lou Reed 9. Benny the Bouncer - ELP ---
**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:** [February 10, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2999 "2025-02-10T11:57:24Z")
**Songs that tell a story** 1. Rocky Raccoon - The Beatles 2. Taxi - Harry Chapin 3. Ode To Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry 4. Albuquerque - Weird Al 5. Alice’s Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie 6. Main Street - Bob Seger 7. The Saga Begins - Weird Al 8. Tweeter and the Monkey Man - The Traveling Wilburys 9. Street Hassle - Lou Reed 10. Benny the Bouncer - ELP Housekeeping, number 6 was left off. @dirtball its your pick ---
**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:** [February 10, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3000 "2025-02-10T12:18:04Z")
Very well, then. Since my story song was about a guy who gets cut up into pieces… **Body parts** 1. Legs - ZZ Top [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=149) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=151)