# 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:** 187
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3721 "2025-03-30T21:54:38Z")
**Hit Songs from Broadway Musicals** 1. Defying Gravity – _Wicked_ 2. Tomorrow - _Annie_ 3. My Favourite Things - The Sound of Music 4. One Night in Bangkok - _Chess_ 5. Hair - _Hair_ 6. Music of the Night - _Phantom of the Opera_ 7. Summer Nights - _Grease_ ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3722 "2025-03-30T22:56:45Z")
**Hit Songs from Broadway Musicals** 1. Defying Gravity – _Wicked_ 2. Tomorrow - _Annie_ 3. My Favourite Things - The Sound of Music 4. One Night in Bangkok - _Chess_ 5. Hair - _Hair_ 6. Music of the Night - _Phantom of the Opera_ 7. Summer Nights - _Grease_ 8. Tonight - _West Side Story_ ---
**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 31, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3723 "2025-03-31T00:15:36Z")
**Hit Songs from Broadway Musicals** 1. Defying Gravity – _Wicked_ 2. Tomorrow - _Annie_ 3. My Favourite Things - _The Sound of Music_ 4. One Night in Bangkok - _Chess_ 5. Hair - _Hair_ 6. Music of the Night - _Phantom of the Opera_ 7. Summer Nights - _Grease_ 8. Tonight - _West Side Story_ 9. Summertime - _Porgy & Bess_ ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3724 "2025-04-01T01:16:09Z")
**Hit Songs from Broadway Musicals** 1. Defying Gravity – _Wicked_ 2. Tomorrow - _Annie_ 3. My Favourite Things - _The Sound of Music_ 4. One Night in Bangkok - _Chess_ 5. Hair - _Hair_ 6. Music of the Night - _Phantom of the Opera_ 7. Summer Nights - _Grease_ 8. Tonight - _West Side Story_ 9. Summertime - _Porgy & Bess_ 10. Ease on Down the Road - _The Wiz_ **Fly or Flying Songs** 1. _Butterfly,_ Crazy Town ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3725 "2025-04-01T01:31:11Z")
**Fly or Flying Songs** 1. _Butterfly,_ Crazy Town 2. _Learning to Fly_ - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3726 "2025-04-01T01:35:46Z")
**Fly or Flying Songs** 1. _Butterfly,_ Crazy Town 2. _Learning to Fly_ - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 3. Fly Me To the Moon - Frank Sinatra ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3727 "2025-04-01T02:06:28Z")
**Fly or Flying Songs** 1. _Butterfly,_ Crazy Town 2. _Learning to Fly_ - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 3. Fly Me To the Moon - Frank Sinatra 4. Learning to fly - Pink Floyd ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3728 "2025-04-01T02:15:31Z")
**Fly or Flying Songs** 1. _Butterfly,_ Crazy Town 2. _Learning to Fly_ - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 3. Fly Me To the Moon - Frank Sinatra 4. Learning to fly - Pink Floyd 5. The Letter - The Box Tops ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3729 "2025-04-01T02:22:17Z")
**Fly or Flying Songs** 1. _Butterfly,_ Crazy Town 2. _Learning to Fly_ - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 3. Fly Me To the Moon - Frank Sinatra 4. Learning to fly - Pink Floyd 5. The Letter - The Box Tops 6. Flying High Again - Ozzy Osbourne ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3730 "2025-04-01T02:23:21Z")
**Fly or Flying Songs** 1. _Butterfly,_ Crazy Town 2. _Learning to Fly_ - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 3. Fly Me To the Moon - Frank Sinatra 4. Learning to fly - Pink Floyd 5. The Letter - The Box Tops 6. Flying With The King - Lee Kernaghan The King in this case being Aussie Country icon Slim Dusty ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3731 "2025-04-01T02:25:08Z")
**Fly or Flying Songs** 1. Butterfly - Crazy Town 2. Learning to Fly - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 3. Fly Me To the Moon - Frank Sinatra 4. Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd 5. The Letter - The Box Tops 6. Flying High Again - Ozzy Osbourne 7. Flying With The King - Lee Kernaghan 8. Wish I Could Fly - Roxette And housekeeping. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3732 "2025-04-01T04:54:36Z")
**Fly or Flying Songs** 1. Butterfly - Crazy Town 2. Learning to Fly - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 3. Fly Me To the Moon - Frank Sinatra 4. Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd 5. The Letter - The Box Tops 6. Flying High Again - Ozzy Osbourne 7. Flying With The King - Lee Kernaghan 8. Wish I Could Fly - Roxette 9. Learn to Fly - Foo Fighters ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3733 "2025-04-01T09:24:02Z")
**Fly or Flying Songs** 1. Butterfly - Crazy Town 2. Learning to Fly - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 3. Fly Me To the Moon - Frank Sinatra 4. Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd 5. The Letter - The Box Tops 6. Flying High Again - Ozzy Osbourne 7. Flying With The King - Lee Kernaghan 8. Wish I Could Fly - Roxette 9. Learn to Fly - Foo Fighters 10. Flying Purple People Eater - Shep Wooley **Covers of old blues songs** 1. The Sky is Crying - George Thorogood (Elmore James) ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3734 "2025-04-01T12:24:05Z")
**Covers of old blues songs** 1. The Sky is Crying - George Thorogood (Elmore James) 2. Crossroads - Cream (Robert Johnson) ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3735 "2025-04-01T12:48:52Z")
**Covers of old blues songs** 1. The Sky is Crying - George Thorogood (Elmore James) 2. Crossroads - Cream (Robert Johnson) 3. Midnight Special - CCR (the most famous “old blues” recording being Lead Belly’s) ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3736 "2025-04-01T12:50:19Z")
**Covers of old blues songs** 1. The Sky is Crying - George Thorogood (Elmore James) 2. Crossroads - Cream (Robert Johnson) 3. Midnight Special - CCR (the most famous “old blues” recording being Lead Belly’s) 4. Black Betty - Ram Jam (Lead Belly) ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3737 "2025-04-01T12:52:26Z")
**Covers of old blues songs** 1. The Sky is Crying - George Thorogood (Elmore James) 2. Crossroads - Cream (Robert Johnson) 3. Midnight Special - CCR (the most famous “old blues” recording being Lead Belly’s) 4. Black Betty - Ram Jam (Lead Belly) 5. Hound Dog - Elvis (Big Momma Thornton) ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3738 "2025-04-01T12:54:11Z")
**Covers of old blues songs** 1. The Sky is Crying - George Thorogood (Elmore James) 2. Crossroads - Cream (Robert Johnson) 3. Midnight Special - CCR (the most famous “old blues” recording being Lead Belly’s) 4. Black Betty - Ram Jam (Lead Belly) 5. Hound Dog - Elvis (Big Momma Thornton) 6. When the Levee Breaks - Led Zepplin (Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3739 "2025-04-01T15:50:06Z")
**Covers of old blues songs** 1. The Sky is Crying - George Thorogood (Elmore James) 2. Crossroads - Cream (Robert Johnson) 3. Midnight Special - CCR (the most famous “old blues” recording being Lead Belly’s) 4. Black Betty - Ram Jam (Lead Belly) 5. Hound Dog - Elvis (Big Momma Thornton) 6. When the Levee Breaks - Led Zepplin (Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy) 7. Back Door Man - The Doors (Willie Dixon, Howlin’ Wolf) ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3740 "2025-04-01T16:28:13Z")
**Covers of old blues songs** 1. The Sky is Crying - George Thorogood (Elmore James) 2. Crossroads - Cream (Robert Johnson) 3. Midnight Special - CCR (the most famous “old blues” recording being Lead Belly’s) 4. Black Betty - Ram Jam (Lead Belly) 5. Hound Dog - Elvis (Big Momma Thornton) 6. When the Levee Breaks - Led Zepplin (Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy) 7. Back Door Man - The Doors (Willie Dixon, Howlin’ Wolf) 8. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - George Thorogood and The Destroyers (Hooker, Milburn) Thorogood’s cover is actually a medley of John Lee Hooker’s “House Rent Boogie” and Amos Milburn’s “One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer” (note the re-ordered drinks). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=186) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=188)