# 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\
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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:** [August 5, 2025, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5081 "2025-08-05T05:49:56Z")

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**Songs with a 2-digit number in the title**

1. 96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians

2. '39 - Queen

3. Wreck of the Ol’ 97 - various

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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:** [August 5, 2025, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5082 "2025-08-05T06:01:12Z")

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**Songs with a 2-digit number in the title**

1. 96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians
2. '39 - Queen
3. Wreck of the Ol’ 97 - various
4. 99 Red Balloons - Nena

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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:** [August 5, 2025, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5083 "2025-08-05T06:28:02Z")

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**Songs with a 2-digit number in the title**

1. 96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians
2. '39 - Queen
3. Wreck of the Ol’ 97 - various
4. 99 Red Balloons - Nena
5. 60 Revolutions- Gogol Bordello

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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:** [August 5, 2025, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5084 "2025-08-05T10:38:27Z")

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**Songs with a 2-digit number in the title**

1. 96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians
2. '39 - Queen
3. Wreck of the Ol’ 97 - various
4. 99 Red Balloons - Nena
5. 60 Revolutions - Gogol Bordello
6. Strawberry Letter 23 - The Brothers Johnson

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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:** [August 5, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5085 "2025-08-05T10:58:12Z")

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**Songs with a 2-digit number in the title**

1. 96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians

2. '39 - Queen

3. Wreck of the Ol’ 97 - various

4. 99 Red Balloons - Nena

5. 60 Revolutions - Gogol Bordello

6. Strawberry Letter 23 - The Brothers Johnson

7. 16 Candles - the Crests

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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:** [August 5, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5086 "2025-08-05T11:18:06Z")

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**Songs with a 2-digit number in the title**

1. 96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians
2. '39 - Queen
3. Wreck of the Ol’ 97 - various
4. 99 Red Balloons - Nena
5. 60 Revolutions - Gogol Bordello
6. Strawberry Letter 23 - The Brothers Johnson
7. 16 Candles - the Crests
8. 80 Proof Bottle Of Tear Stopper - George Strait

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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:** [August 5, 2025, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5087 "2025-08-05T11:23:35Z")

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**Songs with a 2-digit number in the title**

1. 96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians
2. '39 - Queen
3. Wreck of the Ol’ 97 - various
4. 99 Red Balloons - Nena
5. 60 Revolutions - Gogol Bordello
6. Strawberry Letter 23 - The Brothers Johnson
7. 16 Candles - the Crests
8. 80 Proof Bottle Of Tear Stopper - George Strait
9. 19th Nervous Breakdown - Rolling Stones

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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:** [August 5, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5088 "2025-08-05T11:31:24Z")

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**Songs with a 2-digit number in the title**

1. 96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians
2. '39 - Queen
3. Wreck of the Ol’ 97 - various
4. 99 Red Balloons - Nena
5. 60 Revolutions - Gogol Bordello
6. Strawberry Letter 23 - The Brothers Johnson
7. 16 Candles - the Crests
8. 80 Proof Bottle Of Tear Stopper - George Strait
9. 19th Nervous Breakdown - Rolling Stones
10. 51 Phantom - North Mississippi Allstars

A reference to the character in the song running moonshine up Highway 51, and in the spirit of that:

**Roads, streets, highways, etc.**

1. Freedom Highway - The Staple Singers

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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:** [August 5, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5089 "2025-08-05T11:53:33Z")

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**Roads, streets, highways, etc.**

1. Freedom Highway - The Staple Singers
2. Highway to Nowhere - Jim Reeves

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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:** [August 5, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5090 "2025-08-05T11:56:37Z")

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**Roads, streets, highways, etc.**

1. Freedom Highway - The Staple Singers
2. Highway to Nowhere - Jim Reeves
3. Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot

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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:** [August 5, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5091 "2025-08-05T12:35:14Z")

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**Roads, streets, highways, etc.**

1. Freedom Highway - The Staple Singers
2. Highway to Nowhere - Jim Reeves
3. Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot
4. Route 66 - Nat King Cole

(would have fit the last category!)

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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:** [August 5, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5092 "2025-08-05T13:26:06Z")

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**Roads, streets, highways, etc.**

1. Freedom Highway - The Staple Singers
2. Highway to Nowhere - Jim Reeves
3. Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot
4. Route 66 - Nat King Cole
5. Foggy Highway - Paul Kelly & the Stormwater Boys

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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:** [August 5, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5093 "2025-08-05T13:31:12Z")

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**Roads, streets, highways, etc.**

1. Freedom Highway - The Staple Singers
2. Highway to Nowhere - Jim Reeves
3. Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot
4. Route 66 - Nat King Cole
5. Foggy Highway - Paul Kelly & the Stormwater Boys
6. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

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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:** [August 5, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5094 "2025-08-05T13:35:11Z")

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**Roads, streets, highways, etc.**

1. Freedom Highway - The Staple Singers
2. Highway to Nowhere - Jim Reeves
3. Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot
4. Route 66 - Nat King Cole
5. Foggy Highway - Paul Kelly & the Stormwater Boys
6. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
7. 53rd and 3rd - The Ramones

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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:** [August 5, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5095 "2025-08-05T14:15:36Z")

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**Roads, streets, highways, etc.**

1. Freedom Highway - The Staple Singers
2. Highway to Nowhere - Jim Reeves
3. Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot
4. Route 66 - Nat King Cole
5. Foggy Highway - Paul Kelly & the Stormwater Boys
6. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
7. 53rd and 3rd - The Ramones
8. Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads

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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:** [August 5, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5096 "2025-08-05T14:38:12Z")

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**Roads, streets, highways, etc.**

1. Freedom Highway - The Staple Singers
2. Highway to Nowhere - Jim Reeves
3. Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot
4. Route 66 - Nat King Cole
5. Foggy Highway - Paul Kelly & the Stormwater Boys
6. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
7. 53rd and 3rd - The Ramones
8. Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
9. The Long and Winding Road - The Beatles

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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:** [August 5, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5097 "2025-08-05T14:45:28Z")

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**Roads, streets, highways, etc.**

1. Freedom Highway - The Staple Singers
2. Highway to Nowhere - Jim Reeves
3. Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot
4. Route 66 - Nat King Cole
5. Foggy Highway - Paul Kelly & the Stormwater Boys
6. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
7. 53rd and 3rd - The Ramones
8. Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
9. The Long and Winding Road - The Beatles
10. Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack

**More songs of roads, streets, highways, etc.**

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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:** [August 5, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5098 "2025-08-05T14:59:46Z")

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More songs of roads, streets, highways, etc.

1. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

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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:** [August 5, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5099 "2025-08-05T15:00:47Z")

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More songs of roads, streets, highways, etc.

1. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
2. Life is a Highway - Tom Cochrane

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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:** [August 5, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5100 "2025-08-05T15:12:52Z")

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More songs of roads, streets, highways, etc.

1. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

2. Life is a Highway - Tom Cochrane

3. Ventura Highway - America

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