# Topic Playlist (Part 3)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687>\
**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:** 181

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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:** [March 23, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3601 "2025-03-23T23:23:52Z")

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**Songs about smiles**

1. Make Me Smile - Chicago
2. Smile Please - Stevie Wonder
3. Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel.
4. Illegal Smile - John Prine
5. Reflective Smile - The Moody Blues
6. Smile A Little Smile For Me - The Flying Machine
7. Sara Smile - Hall and Oates
8. When I See You Smile - Bad English
9. Susie Smiles - The Residents

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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:** [March 24, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3602 "2025-03-24T00:52:18Z")

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**Songs about smiles**

1. Make Me Smile - Chicago
2. Smile Please - Stevie Wonder
3. Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel.
4. Illegal Smile - John Prine
5. Reflective Smile - The Moody Blues
6. Smile A Little Smile For Me - The Flying Machine
7. Sara Smile - Hall and Oates
8. When I See You Smile - Bad English
9. Susie Smiles - The Residents
10. Smile - Nat “King” Cole

New category:

**Songs about secret love affairs**

1. Part Time Lover - Stevie Wonder

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**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:** [March 24, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3603 "2025-03-24T01:06:58Z")

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**Songs about secret love affairs**

1. Part Time Lover - Stevie Wonder
2. Sneaking Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer

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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:** [March 24, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3604 "2025-03-24T01:13:43Z")

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**Songs about secret love affairs**

1. Part Time Lover - Stevie Wonder
2. Sneaking Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer
3. Love Story - Taylor Swift

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3605 "2025-03-24T01:35:28Z")

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**Songs about secret love affairs**

1. Part Time Lover - Stevie Wonder
2. Sneaking Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer
3. Love Story - Taylor Swift
4. Brave Strangers - Bob Seger

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**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3606 "2025-03-24T02:01:07Z")

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**Songs about secret love affairs**

1. Part Time Lover - Stevie Wonder
2. Sneaking Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer
3. Love Story - Taylor Swift
4. Brave Strangers - Bob Seger
5. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard

_Well I saw Uncle John with bald-head Sally  
He saw Aunt Mary comin’ and he ducked back in the alley_

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3607 "2025-03-24T02:08:15Z")

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**Songs about secret love affairs**

1. Part Time Lover - Stevie Wonder
2. Sneaking Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer
3. Love Story - Taylor Swift
4. Brave Strangers - Bob Seger
5. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
6. The Long Black Veil - Lefty Frizzell

_I spoke not a word though it meant my life  
For I had been in the arms of my best friend’s wife_

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**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:** [March 24, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3608 "2025-03-24T02:09:02Z")

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**Songs about secret love affairs**

1. Part Time Lover - Stevie Wonder
2. Sneaking Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer
3. Love Story - Taylor Swift
4. Brave Strangers - Bob Seger
5. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
6. The Long Black Veil - Lefty Frizzell
7. Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul

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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:** [March 24, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3609 "2025-03-24T02:15:30Z")

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**Songs about secret love affairs**

1. Part Time Lover - Stevie Wonder
2. Sneaking Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer
3. Love Story - Taylor Swift
4. Brave Strangers - Bob Seger
5. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
6. The Long Black Veil - Lefty Frizzell
7. Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
8. No Tell Lover - Chicago

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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:** [March 24, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3610 "2025-03-24T02:20:23Z")

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**Songs about secret love affairs**

1. Part Time Lover - Stevie Wonder
2. Sneaking Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer
3. Love Story - Taylor Swift
4. Brave Strangers - Bob Seger
5. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
6. The Long Black Veil - Lefty Frizzell
7. Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
8. No Tell Lover - Chicago
9. All I Ask of You from _Phantom of the Opera_

Raoul and Christine’s relationship wasn’t open for a little while, until Christine decided it was safe.

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3611 "2025-03-24T12:25:37Z")

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**Songs about secret love affairs**

1. Part Time Lover - Stevie Wonder
2. Sneaking Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer
3. Love Story - Taylor Swift
4. Brave Strangers - Bob Seger
5. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
6. The Long Black Veil - Lefty Frizzell
7. Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
8. No Tell Lover - Chicago
9. All I Ask of You from _Phantom of the Opera_
10. Back Door Man - Howlin’ Wolf

next

**Songs mentioning fruit** (either botanical or culinary)

1. Poison Apple - Danny Blu & Echo Black

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**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:** [March 24, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3612 "2025-03-24T12:48:10Z")

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**Songs mentioning fruit** (either botanical or culinary)

1. Poison Apple - Danny Blu & Echo Black
2. Peaches - Keller Williams and The Keels

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**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:** [March 24, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3613 "2025-03-24T14:35:23Z")

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**Songs mentioning fruit** (either botanical or culinary)

1. Poison Apple - Danny Blu & Echo Black
2. Peaches - Keller Williams and The Keels
3. The Banana Boat Song - Harry Belafonte

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3614 "2025-03-24T14:39:53Z")

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**Songs mentioning fruit** (either botanical or culinary)

1. Poison Apple - Danny Blu & Echo Black
2. Peaches - Keller Williams and The Keels
3. The Banana Boat Song - Harry Belafonte
4. Watermelon On the Vine - Tennessee Ernie Ford

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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:** [March 24, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3615 "2025-03-24T14:57:33Z")

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**Songs mentioning fruit** (either botanical or culinary)

1. Poison Apple - Danny Blu & Echo Black
2. Peaches - Keller Williams and The Keels
3. The Banana Boat Song - Harry Belafonte
4. Watermelon On the Vine - Tennessee Ernie Ford
5. Be My Cherry Pie - Warrant

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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:** [March 24, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3616 "2025-03-24T15:01:12Z")

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**Songs mentioning fruit** (either botanical or culinary)

1. Poison Apple - Danny Blu & Echo Black
2. Peaches - Keller Williams and The Keels
3. The Banana Boat Song - Harry Belafonte
4. Watermelon On the Vine - Tennessee Ernie Ford
5. Be My Cherry Pie - Warrant
6. Chiquita Banana Song - Carmin Miranda

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**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:** [March 24, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3617 "2025-03-24T15:24:01Z")

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**Songs mentioning fruit** (either botanical or culinary)

1. Poison Apple - Danny Blu & Echo Black
2. Peaches - Keller Williams and The Keels
3. The Banana Boat Song - Harry Belafonte
4. Watermelon On the Vine - Tennessee Ernie Ford
5. Be My Cherry Pie - Warrant
6. Chiquita Banana Song - Carmin Miranda
7. Orange Crush - REM

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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:** [March 24, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3618 "2025-03-24T15:33:19Z")

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**Songs mentioning fruit** (either botanical or culinary)

1. Poison Apple - Danny Blu & Echo Black
2. Peaches - Keller Williams and The Keels
3. The Banana Boat Song - Harry Belafonte
4. Watermelon On the Vine - Tennessee Ernie Ford
5. Be My Cherry Pie - Warrant
6. Chiquita Banana Song - Carmin Miranda
7. Orange Crush - REM
8. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino

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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:** [March 24, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3619 "2025-03-24T16:31:56Z")

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**Songs mentioning fruit** (either botanical or culinary)

1. Poison Apple - Danny Blu & Echo Black
2. Peaches - Keller Williams and The Keels
3. The Banana Boat Song - Harry Belafonte
4. Watermelon On the Vine - Tennessee Ernie Ford
5. Be My Cherry Pie - Warrant
6. Chiquita Banana Song - Carmen Miranda
7. Orange Crush - REM
8. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
9. Put The Lime In The Cocoanut - Harry Nilsson

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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:** [March 24, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3620 "2025-03-24T19:17:16Z")

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**Songs mentioning fruit** (either botanical or culinary)

1. Poison Apple - Danny Blu & Echo Black
2. Peaches - Keller Williams and The Keels
3. The Banana Boat Song - Harry Belafonte
4. Watermelon On the Vine - Tennessee Ernie Ford
5. Be My Cherry Pie - Warrant
6. Chiquita Banana Song - Carmen Miranda
7. Orange Crush - REM
8. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
9. Put The Lime In The Cocoanut - Harry Nilsson
10. Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles

New category:

**Songs mentioning politicians**

1. Taxman - The Beatles

Mentions Harold Wilson of the Labour government and Ted Heath of the Conservative Party. The Beatles were bitching about the 95% supertax on their earnings. (“One for you, nineteen for me.”)

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