# 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:** 238

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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:** [June 30, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4741 "2025-06-30T17:21:55Z")

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**Children’s Songs**

1. The Cat Came Back - Raffi
2. Itsy Bitsy Spider
3. Three Blind Mice
4. Pop Goes the Weasel
5. Bingo
6. The Farmer in the Dell
7. Baby Shark - Pink Fong
8. Old MacDonald Had a Farm
9. London Bridge is Falling Down

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4742 "2025-07-01T00:36:01Z")

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**Children’s Songs**

1. The Cat Came Back - Raffi
2. Itsy Bitsy Spider
3. Three Blind Mice
4. Pop Goes the Weasel
5. Bingo
6. The Farmer in the Dell
7. Baby Shark - Pink Fong
8. Old MacDonald Had a Farm
9. London Bridge is Falling Down
10. The Wheels on the Bus

_… go round and round. Round and round. Round and round._

Pass

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**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:** [July 1, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4743 "2025-07-01T01:04:54Z")

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**In honor of Canada Day: Songs About Canada, Canadians, and/or the Great White North**

1. _Take Off_, Bob and Doug McKenzie, ft. Geddy Lee

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**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:** [July 1, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4744 "2025-07-01T02:37:59Z")

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**In honor of Canada Day: Songs About Canada, Canadians, and/or the Great White North**

1. _Take Off_, Bob and Doug McKenzie, ft. Geddy Lee
2. _Boot to the Head_, The Frantics

That’s the song at the end of Tai Quan Leap

_People talking in movie shows,  
People smoking in bed,  
People voting Republican,  
Give them a boot to the head!_

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4745 "2025-07-01T02:51:18Z")

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**In honor of Canada Day: Songs About Canada, Canadians, and/or the Great White North**

1. _Take Off_, Bob and Doug McKenzie, ft. Geddy Lee
2. _Boot to the Head_, The Frantics
3. _Canadian Railroad Trilogy_ - Gordon Lightfoot

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4746 "2025-07-01T02:52:53Z")

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**Children’s Songs**

1. The Cat Came Back - Raffi
2. Itsy Bitsy Spider
3. Three Blind Mice
4. Pop Goes the Weasel
5. Bingo
6. The Farmer in the Dell
7. Baby Shark - Pink Fong
8. Old MacDonald Had a Farm
9. Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car - Wiggles

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4747 "2025-07-01T03:39:39Z")

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**In honor of Canada Day: Songs About Canada, Canadians, and/or the Great White North**

1. _Take Off_, Bob and Doug McKenzie, ft. Geddy Lee
2. _Boot to the Head_, The Frantics
3. _Canadian Railroad Trilogy_ - Gordon Lightfoot
4. _Runnin’ Back to Saskatoon_ - The Guess Who

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4748 "2025-07-01T05:18:40Z")

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**In honor of Canada Day: Songs About Canada, Canadians, and/or the Great White North**

1. _Take Off_, Bob and Doug McKenzie, ft. Geddy Lee
2. _Boot to the Head_, The Frantics
3. _Canadian Railroad Trilogy_ - Gordon Lightfoot
4. _Runnin’ Back to Saskatoon_ - The Guess Who
5. _Four Strong Winds_ - Ian and Sylvia

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4749 "2025-07-01T06:07:03Z")

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**In honor of Canada Day: Songs About Canada, Canadians, and/or the Great White North**

1. _Take Off_, Bob and Doug McKenzie, ft. Geddy Lee
2. _Boot to the Head_, The Frantics
3. _Canadian Railroad Trilogy_ - Gordon Lightfoot
4. _Runnin’ Back to Saskatoon_ - The Guess Who
5. _Four Strong Winds_ - Ian and Sylvia
6. _Northwest Passage_ – Stan Rogers

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4750 "2025-07-01T06:46:37Z")

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**In honor of Canada Day: Songs About Canada, Canadians, and/or the Great White North**

1. _Take Off_, Bob and Doug McKenzie, ft. Geddy Lee
2. _Boot to the Head_, The Frantics
3. _Canadian Railroad Trilogy_ - Gordon Lightfoot
4. _Runnin’ Back to Saskatoon_ - The Guess Who
5. _Four Strong Winds_ - Ian and Sylvia
6. _Northwest Passage_ – Stan Rogers
7. _YYZ_ - Rush

YYZ is the IATA airport identification code for Toronto Pearson International Airport, which was Rush’s hometown airport. The song’s rhythm is built around the Morse code for the letters Y-Y-Z.

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4751 "2025-07-01T15:32:32Z")

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**In honor of Canada Day: Songs About Canada, Canadians, and/or the Great White North**

1. _Take Off_, Bob and Doug McKenzie, ft. Geddy Lee
2. _Boot to the Head_, The Frantics
3. _Canadian Railroad Trilogy_ - Gordon Lightfoot
4. _Runnin’ Back to Saskatoon_ - The Guess Who
5. _Four Strong Winds_ - Ian and Sylvia
6. _Northwest Passage_ – Stan Rogers
7. _YYZ_ - Rush
8. _Indian Love Call_ - Nelson Eddy & Jeanette MacDonald

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4752 "2025-07-01T16:24:45Z")

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**In honor of Canada Day: Songs About Canada, Canadians, and/or the Great White North**

1. _Take Off_, Bob and Doug McKenzie, ft. Geddy Lee
2. _Boot to the Head_, The Frantics
3. _Canadian Railroad Trilogy_ - Gordon Lightfoot
4. _Runnin’ Back to Saskatoon_ - The Guess Who
5. _Four Strong Winds_ - Ian and Sylvia
6. _Northwest Passage_ – Stan Rogers
7. _YYZ_ - Rush
8. _Indian Love Call_ - Nelson Eddy & Jeanette MacDonald
9. _God Bless You Canada_ - Lee Greenwood

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4753 "2025-07-01T16:31:30Z")

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**In honor of Canada Day: Songs About Canada, Canadians, and/or the Great White North**

1. _Take Off_, Bob and Doug McKenzie, ft. Geddy Lee
2. _Boot to the Head_, The Frantics
3. _Canadian Railroad Trilogy_ - Gordon Lightfoot
4. _Runnin’ Back to Saskatoon_ - The Guess Who
5. _Four Strong Winds_ - Ian and Sylvia
6. _Northwest Passage_ – Stan Rogers
7. _YYZ_ - Rush
8. _Indian Love Call_ - Nelson Eddy & Jeanette MacDonald
9. _God Bless You Canada_ - Lee Greenwood
10. _Blame Canada_ from _South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut_

New category:

**Songs about poor people**

1. Pearls - Sade

About a starving woman in Somalia scraping for bits of rice on the road.

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4754 "2025-07-01T16:39:36Z")

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**Songs about poor people**

1. Pearls - Sade
2. High Cotton - Alabama

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4755 "2025-07-01T16:42:44Z")

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**Songs about poor people**

1. Pearls - Sade
2. High Cotton - Alabama
3. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn

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**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:** [July 1, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4756 "2025-07-01T16:59:38Z")

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**Songs about poor people**

1. Pearls - Sade
2. High Cotton - Alabama
3. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn
4. Takin’ It To The Streets - The Doobie Brothers

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4757 "2025-07-01T17:02:25Z")

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**Songs about poor people**

1. Pearls - Sade
2. High Cotton - Alabama
3. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn
4. Takin’ It To The Streets - The Doobie Brothers
5. Dead End Street - The Kinks

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4758 "2025-07-01T17:41:47Z")

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**Songs about poor people**

1. Pearls - Sade
2. High Cotton - Alabama
3. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn
4. Takin’ It To The Streets - The Doobie Brothers
5. Dead End Street - The Kinks
6. Kill the Poor - Dead Kennedys

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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:** [July 1, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4759 "2025-07-01T18:14:23Z")

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**Songs about poor people**

1. Pearls - Sade
2. High Cotton - Alabama
3. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn
4. Takin’ It To The Streets - The Doobie Brothers
5. Dead End Street - The Kinks
6. Kill the Poor - Dead Kennedys
7. Mr. Wendal - Arrested Development

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**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4760 "2025-07-01T18:30:52Z")

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**Songs about poor people**

1. Pearls - Sade
2. High Cotton - Alabama
3. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn
4. Takin’ It To The Streets - The Doobie Brothers
5. Dead End Street - The Kinks
6. Kill the Poor - Dead Kennedys
7. Mr. Wendal - Arrested Development
8. Patches - Clarence Carter

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