# 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:** 279

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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:** [October 10, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5561 "2025-10-10T18:50:46Z")

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**Not in 4 time**

1. Take Five - Dave Brubek (5 beats per measure)
2. Turn It On Again - Genesis (verses and chorus are in 13/4 time; intro and bridge are in 9/4)

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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:** [October 10, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5562 "2025-10-10T19:28:10Z")

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**Not in 4 time**

1. Take Five - Dave Brubek (5 beats per measure)
2. Turn It On Again - Genesis (verses and chorus are in 13/4 time; intro and bridge are in 9/4)
3. Estimated Prophet - The Grateful Dead (7/4).

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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:** [October 10, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5563 "2025-10-10T19:31:07Z")

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**Not in 4 time**

1. Take Five - Dave Brubek (5 beats per measure)
2. Turn It On Again - Genesis (verses and chorus are in 13/4 time; intro and bridge are in 9/4)
3. Estimated Prophet - The Grateful Dead (7/4)
4. Piano Man - Billy Joel (3/4)

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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:** [October 10, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5564 "2025-10-10T19:35:07Z")

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**Not in 4 time**

1. Take Five - Dave Brubek (5 beats per measure)
2. Turn It On Again - Genesis (verses and chorus are in 13/4 time; intro and bridge are in 9/4)
3. Estimated Prophet - The Grateful Dead (7/4)
4. Piano Man - Billy Joel (3/4)
5. Living In the Past - Jethro Tull (5/4)

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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:** [October 10, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5565 "2025-10-10T19:46:12Z")

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**Not in 4 time**

1. Take Five - Dave Brubek (5 beats per measure)
2. Turn It On Again - Genesis (verses and chorus are in 13/4 time; intro and bridge are in 9/4)
3. Estimated Prophet - The Grateful Dead (7/4)
4. Piano Man - Billy Joel (3/4)
5. Living In the Past - Jethro Tull (5/4)
6. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash (2/4)

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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:** [October 10, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5566 "2025-10-10T21:20:10Z")

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**Not in 4 time**

1. Take Five - Dave Brubek (5 beats per measure)
2. Turn It On Again - Genesis (verses and chorus are in 13/4 time; intro and bridge are in 9/4)
3. Estimated Prophet - The Grateful Dead (7/4)
4. Piano Man - Billy Joel (3/4)
5. Living In the Past - Jethro Tull (5/4)
6. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash (2/4)
7. Whipping Post - Alman Brothers Band (11/4)

If you want to be pedantic, it’s really 3 measures of 3/4 and one of 2/4 during the instrumental portions so that it makes you feel unnerved, but would still fit the category.

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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:** [October 10, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5567 "2025-10-10T23:39:08Z")

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**Not in 4 time**

1. Take Five - Dave Brubek (5 beats per measure)
2. Turn It On Again - Genesis (verses and chorus are in 13/4 time; intro and bridge are in 9/4)
3. Estimated Prophet - The Grateful Dead (7/4)
4. Piano Man - Billy Joel (3/4)
5. Living In the Past - Jethro Tull (5/4)
6. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash (2/4)
7. Whipping Post - Alman Brothers Band (11/4)
8. Waltzing’s for Dreamers - Richard Thompson (3/4, what else)

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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:** [October 11, 2025, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5568 "2025-10-11T07:40:54Z")

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**Not in 4 time**

1. Take Five - Dave Brubek (5 beats per measure)
2. Turn It On Again - Genesis (verses and chorus are in 13/4 time; intro and bridge are in 9/4)
3. Estimated Prophet - The Grateful Dead (7/4)
4. Piano Man - Billy Joel (3/4)
5. Living In the Past - Jethro Tull (5/4)
6. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash (2/4)
7. Whipping Post - Alman Brothers Band (11/4)
8. Waltzing’s for Dreamers - Richard Thompson (3/4, what else)
9. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel (7/4)

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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:** [October 11, 2025, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5569 "2025-10-11T07:56:43Z")

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**Not in 4 time**

1. Take Five - Dave Brubek (5 beats per measure)
2. Turn It On Again - Genesis (verses and chorus are in 13/4 time; intro and bridge are in 9/4)
3. Estimated Prophet - The Grateful Dead (7/4)
4. Piano Man - Billy Joel (3/4)
5. Living In the Past - Jethro Tull (5/4)
6. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash (2/4)
7. Whipping Post - Alman Brothers Band (11/4)
8. Waltzing’s for Dreamers - Richard Thompson (3/4, what else)
9. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel (7/4)
10. She’s Always a Woman - Billy Joel (6/8)

Next:

**Women of Country**

1. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn

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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:** [October 11, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5570 "2025-10-11T14:36:28Z")

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**Women of Country**

1. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn
2. Jolene - Dolly Parton

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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:** [October 11, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5571 "2025-10-11T14:41:25Z")

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**Women of Country**

1. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn

2. Jolene - Dolly Parton

3. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? - Shania Twain

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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:** [October 11, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5572 "2025-10-11T14:56:06Z")

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**Women of Country**

1. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn
2. Jolene - Dolly Parton
3. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? - Shania Twain
4. Walkin’ After Midnight - Patsy Cline

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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:** [October 11, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5573 "2025-10-11T15:01:32Z")

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**Women of Country**

1. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn
2. Jolene - Dolly Parton
3. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? - Shania Twain
4. Walkin’ After Midnight - Patsy Cline
5. Have Mercy - The Judds

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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:** [October 11, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5574 "2025-10-11T15:26:09Z")

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**Women of Country**

1. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn
2. Jolene - Dolly Parton
3. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? - Shania Twain
4. Walkin’ After Midnight - Patsy Cline
5. Have Mercy - The Judds
6. Delta Dawn - Tanya Tucker

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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:** [October 11, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5575 "2025-10-11T15:41:58Z")

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**Women of Country**

1. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn
2. Jolene - Dolly Parton
3. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? - Shania Twain
4. Walkin’ After Midnight - Patsy Cline
5. Have Mercy - The Judds
6. Delta Dawn - Tanya Tucker
7. The House I Grew Up In - Gretchen Wilson

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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:** [October 11, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5576 "2025-10-11T16:37:44Z")

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**Women of Country**

1. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn
2. Jolene - Dolly Parton
3. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? - Shania Twain
4. Walkin’ After Midnight - Patsy Cline
5. Have Mercy - The Judds
6. Delta Dawn - Tanya Tucker
7. The House I Grew Up In - Gretchen Wilson
8. Whoever’s in New England - Reba McEntire

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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:** [October 11, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5577 "2025-10-11T18:05:42Z")

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**Women of Country**

1. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn
2. Jolene - Dolly Parton
3. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? - Shania Twain
4. Walkin’ After Midnight - Patsy Cline
5. Have Mercy - The Judds
6. Delta Dawn - Tanya Tucker
7. The House I Grew Up In - Gretchen Wilson
8. Whoever’s in New England - Reba McEntire
9. How to Catch a Man - Minnie Pearl

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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:** [October 11, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5578 "2025-10-11T18:25:00Z")

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**Women of Country**

1. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn
2. Jolene - Dolly Parton
3. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? - Shania Twain
4. Walkin’ After Midnight - Patsy Cline
5. Have Mercy - The Judds
6. Delta Dawn - Tanya Tucker
7. The House I Grew Up In - Gretchen Wilson
8. Whoever’s in New England - Reba McEntire
9. How to Catch a Man - Minnie Pearl
10. Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette

**More Women of Country**

1. This Kiss - Faith Hill

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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:** [October 11, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5579 "2025-10-11T18:31:47Z")

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**More Women of Country**

1. This Kiss - Faith Hill
2. Jesus Take the Wheel - Carrie Underwood

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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:** [October 11, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5580 "2025-10-11T21:19:37Z")

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**More Women of Country**

1. This Kiss - Faith Hill
2. Jesus Take the Wheel - Carrie Underwood
3. Not Ready to Make Nice - The Chicks

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