# 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:** 251

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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 25, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5001 "2025-07-25T04:35:19Z")

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**Extra Senses (ESP, Proprioception, hunger, thirst, etc.)**

1. If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
2. Eye in the Sky - Alan Parsons Project
3. Clairvoyant — The Seventh Dawn
4. Pinball Wizard - The Who
5. Love is All Around Me - The Troggs
6. Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen
7. Smugglers Blues - Glenn Frey

_I had a premonition that I should not go alone_

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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 25, 2025, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5002 "2025-07-25T08:14:24Z")

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**Extra Senses (ESP, Proprioception, hunger, thirst, etc.)**

1. If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
2. Eye in the Sky - Alan Parsons Project
3. Clairvoyant — The Seventh Dawn
4. Pinball Wizard - The Who
5. Love is All Around Me - The Troggs
6. Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen
7. Smugglers Blues - Glenn Frey
8. Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - The Carpenters

_In your mind you have capacities, you know_  
_To telepath messages through the vast unknown_  
_Please close your eyes and concentrate_

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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 25, 2025, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5003 "2025-07-25T08:58:39Z")

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**Extra Senses (ESP, Proprioception, hunger, thirst, etc.)**

1. If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
2. Eye in the Sky - Alan Parsons Project
3. Clairvoyant — The Seventh Dawn
4. Pinball Wizard - The Who
5. Love is All Around Me - The Troggs
6. Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen
7. Smugglers Blues - Glenn Frey
8. Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - The Carpenters
9. Gimmie Some Water - Eddie Money

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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:** [July 25, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5004 "2025-07-25T17:25:21Z")

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**Extra Senses (ESP, Proprioception, hunger, thirst, etc.)**

1. If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
2. Eye in the Sky - Alan Parsons Project
3. Clairvoyant — The Seventh Dawn
4. Pinball Wizard - The Who
5. Love is All Around Me - The Troggs
6. Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen
7. Smugglers Blues - Glenn Frey
8. Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - The Carpenters
9. Gimmie Some Water - Eddie Money
10. I Can See For Miles - The Who

**Instrumentals that Charted**

1. Feels So Good - Chuck Mangione

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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:** [July 25, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5005 "2025-07-25T17:27:35Z")

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**Instrumentals that Charted**

1. Feels So Good - Chuck Mangione
2. Popcorn - Hot Butter

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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 25, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5006 "2025-07-25T17:32:42Z")

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**Instrumentals that Charted**

1. Feels So Good - Chuck Mangione
2. Popcorn - Hot Butter
3. A Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band

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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 25, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5007 "2025-07-25T17:34:59Z")

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**Instrumentals that Charted**

1. Feels So Good - Chuck Mangione
2. Popcorn - Hot Butter
3. A Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band
4. Classical Gas - Mason Williams

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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 25, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5008 "2025-07-25T17:37:12Z")

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**Instrumentals that Charted**

1. Feels So Good - Chuck Mangione
2. Popcorn - Hot Butter
3. A Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band
4. Classical Gas - Mason Williams
5. The Axel F Theme - Harold Faltermeyer

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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:** [July 25, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5009 "2025-07-25T17:49:00Z")

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**Instrumentals that Charted**

1. Feels So Good - Chuck Mangione
2. Popcorn - Hot Butter
3. A Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band
4. Classical Gas - Mason Williams
5. The Axel F Theme - Harold Faltermeyer
6. The Third Man Theme - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

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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 25, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5010 "2025-07-25T17:57:25Z")

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**Instrumentals that Charted**

1. Feels So Good - Chuck Mangione
2. Popcorn - Hot Butter
3. A Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band
4. Classical Gas - Mason Williams
5. The Axel F Theme - Harold Faltermeyer
6. The Third Man Theme - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
7. Also Sprach Zarathustra - Deodato

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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 25, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5011 "2025-07-25T18:47:44Z")

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**Instrumentals that Charted**

1. Feels So Good - Chuck Mangione
2. Popcorn - Hot Butter
3. A Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band
4. Classical Gas - Mason Williams
5. The Axel F Theme - Harold Faltermeyer
6. The Third Man Theme - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
7. Also Sprach Zarathustra - Deodato
8. _Miami Vice_ Theme - Jan Hammer

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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 25, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5012 "2025-07-25T19:44:05Z")

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**Instrumentals that Charted**

1. Feels So Good - Chuck Mangione
2. Popcorn - Hot Butter
3. A Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band
4. Classical Gas - Mason Williams
5. The Axel F Theme - Harold Faltermeyer
6. The Third Man Theme - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
7. Also Sprach Zarathustra - Deodato
8. _Miami Vice_ Theme - Jan Hammer
9. Chariots of Fire - Vangelis

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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 25, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5013 "2025-07-25T23:35:24Z")

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**Instrumentals that Charted**

1. Feels So Good - Chuck Mangione
2. Popcorn - Hot Butter
3. A Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band
4. Classical Gas - Mason Williams
5. The Axel F Theme - Harold Faltermeyer
6. The Third Man Theme - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
7. Also Sprach Zarathustra - Deodato
8. _Miami Vice_ Theme - Jan Hammer
9. Chariots of Fire - Vangelis
10. [Bombora](https://youtu.be/pXDYesHe4Qg) - The Atlantics

**Songs written for soundtrack of theatre or dance performance:**

1. No Promises - Iva Davies for the Sydney Dance production “Boxes”

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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 25, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5014 "2025-07-25T23:38:57Z")

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**Songs written for soundtrack of theatre or dance performance:**

1. No Promises - Iva Davies for the Sydney Dance production “Boxes”
2. One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head, for the musical _Chess_

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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:** [July 26, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5015 "2025-07-26T15:02:40Z")

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**Songs written for soundtrack of theatre or dance performance:**

1. No Promises - Iva Davies for the Sydney Dance production “Boxes”
2. One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head, for the musical _Chess_
3. You Must Love Me - Madonna, in the musical _Evita_

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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 27, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5016 "2025-07-27T00:45:14Z")

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**Songs written for soundtrack of theatre or dance performance:**

1. No Promises - Iva Davies for the Sydney Dance production “Boxes”
2. One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head, for the musical _Chess_
3. You Must Love Me - Madonna, in the musical _Evita_
4. Maria - Leonard Bernstein, for the musical _West Side Story_

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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 27, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5017 "2025-07-27T23:17:47Z")

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**Songs written for soundtrack of theatre or dance performance:**

1. No Promises - Iva Davies for the Sydney Dance production “Boxes”
2. One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head, for the musical _Chess_
3. You Must Love Me - Madonna, in the musical _Evita_
4. Maria - Leonard Bernstein, for the musical _West Side Story_
5. Send In The Clowns - Judy Collins, from Steven Sondheim’s _A Little Night Music_.

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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 28, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5018 "2025-07-28T00:15:21Z")

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**Songs written for soundtrack of theatre or dance performance:**

1. No Promises - Iva Davies for the Sydney Dance production “Boxes”
2. One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head, for the musical _Chess_
3. You Must Love Me - Madonna, in the musical _Evita_
4. Maria - Leonard Bernstein, for the musical _West Side Story_
5. Send In The Clowns - Judy Collins, from Steven Sondheim’s _A Little Night Music_.
6. Aaron Burr, Sir - Lin-Manuel Miranda, for the musical _Hamilton_

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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 28, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5019 "2025-07-28T00:17:47Z")

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**Songs written for soundtrack of theatre or dance performance:**

1. No Promises - Iva Davies for the Sydney Dance production “Boxes”
2. One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head, for the musical _Chess_
3. You Must Love Me - Madonna, in the musical _Evita_
4. Maria - Leonard Bernstein, for the musical _West Side Story_
5. Send In The Clowns - Judy Collins, from Steven Sondheim’s _A Little Night Music_.
6. Aaron Burr, Sir - Lin-Manuel Miranda, for the musical _Hamilton_
7. Popular - Kristin Chenoweth, from the musical _Wicked_

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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 28, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5020 "2025-07-28T11:50:01Z")

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**Songs written for soundtrack of theatre or dance performance:**

1. No Promises - Iva Davies for the Sydney Dance production “Boxes”
2. One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head, for the musical _Chess_
3. You Must Love Me - Madonna, in the musical _Evita_
4. Maria - Leonard Bernstein, for the musical _West Side Story_
5. Send In The Clowns - Judy Collins, from Steven Sondheim’s _A Little Night Music_.
6. Aaron Burr, Sir - Lin-Manuel Miranda, for the musical _Hamilton_
7. Popular - Kristin Chenoweth, from the musical _Wicked_
8. When I Grow Up - Tim Minchin from “Matilda - The Musical”

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