# 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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**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5641 "2025-10-16T01:58:20Z")

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**Song titles with “family” or family members in it**

1. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats

2. Mother Hold The Candle Steady While I Shave The Chicken’s Lip - King Crimson

3. Daddy’s Hands - Holly Dunn

4. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn

5. Papa Don’t Preach - Madonna

6. Family Man - Daryl Hall & John Oates

7. Grandma’s Hands - Bill Withers

8. Son of a Son of a Sailor - Jimmy Buffet

9. Mother, Father - Journey

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**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5642 "2025-10-16T05:09:56Z")

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**Song titles with “family” or family members in it**

1. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
2. Mother Hold The Candle Steady While I Shave The Chicken’s Lip - King Crimson
3. Daddy’s Hands - Holly Dunn
4. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn
5. Papa Don’t Preach - Madonna
6. Family Man - Daryl Hall & John Oates
7. Grandma’s Hands - Bill Withers
8. Son of a Son of a Sailor - Jimmy Buffet
9. Mother, Father - Journey
10. Hey, Soul Sister - Train

New category:

**Longest song title you can think of**

1. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens

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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 16, 2025, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5643 "2025-10-16T05:53:21Z")

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**Longest song title you can think of**

1. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens
2. I Had A Bad Experience with the C.I.A. and now I’m Gonna Show You My Feminine Side - The Swirling Eddies

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**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5644 "2025-10-16T06:03:31Z")

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**Longest song title you can think of**

1. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens
2. I Had A Bad Experience with the C.I.A. and now I’m Gonna Show You My Feminine Side - The Swirling Eddies
3. How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I’ve Been A Liar All My Life? - Fred Astaire

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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 16, 2025, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5645 "2025-10-16T09:59:48Z")

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**Longest song title you can think of**

1. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens
2. I Had A Bad Experience with the C.I.A. and now I’m Gonna Show You My Feminine Side - The Swirling Eddies
3. How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I’ve Been A Liar All My Life? - Fred Astaire
4. I’m a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with My Honolulu Mama Doin’ those Beat-o, Beat-o, Flat on My Seat-o, Hirohito Blues - Hoagy Carmichael

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**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5646 "2025-10-16T12:44:50Z")

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**Longest song title you can think of**

1. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens
2. I Had A Bad Experience with the C.I.A. and now I’m Gonna Show You My Feminine Side - The Swirling Eddies
3. How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I’ve Been A Liar All My Life? - Fred Astaire
4. I’m a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with My Honolulu Mama Doin’ those Beat-o, Beat-o, Flat on My Seat-o, Hirohito Blues - Hoagy Carmichael
5. In the Past Only Geniuses Were Capable of Staging the Perfect Crime (Also Known as a Revolution) Today Anybody Can Accomplish Their Aims with the Push of the Button Part 1 - Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke, and Oren Ambarchi

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**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5647 "2025-10-16T13:50:59Z")

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**ongest song title you can think of**

1. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens
2. I Had A Bad Experience with the C.I.A. and now I’m Gonna Show You My Feminine Side - The Swirling Eddies
3. How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I’ve Been A Liar All My Life? - Fred Astaire
4. I’m a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with My Honolulu Mama Doin’ those Beat-o, Beat-o, Flat on My Seat-o, Hirohito Blues - Hoagy Carmichael
5. In the Past Only Geniuses Were Capable of Staging the Perfect Crime (Also Known as a Revolution) Today Anybody Can Accomplish Their Aims with the Push of the Button Part 1 - Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke, and Oren Ambarchi
6. I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy And All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me - Fall Out Boy

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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 16, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5648 "2025-10-16T14:03:18Z")

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**Longest song title you can think of**

1. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens
2. I Had A Bad Experience with the C.I.A. and now I’m Gonna Show You My Feminine Side - The Swirling Eddies
3. How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I’ve Been A Liar All My Life? - Fred Astaire
4. I’m a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with My Honolulu Mama Doin’ those Beat-o, Beat-o, Flat on My Seat-o, Hirohito Blues - Hoagy Carmichael
5. In the Past Only Geniuses Were Capable of Staging the Perfect Crime (Also Known as a Revolution) Today Anybody Can Accomplish Their Aims with the Push of the Button Part 1 - Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke, and Oren Ambarchi
6. I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy And All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me - Fall Out Boy
7. Medley: Intro ‘Venus’/Sugar, Sugar/No Reply/I’ll Be Back/Drive My Car/Do You Want to Know a Secret/We Can Work It Out/I Should Have Known Better/Nowhere Man/You’re Going to Lose That Girl/Stars on 45 - Stars on 45

Kind of a cheat. The concatenated title was required for copyright reasons. It’s notable, however, as the longest title of any song to ever chart on the US Hot 100 Singles chart.

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**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5649 "2025-10-16T14:06:19Z")

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**Longest song title you can think of**

1. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens
2. I Had A Bad Experience with the C.I.A. and now I’m Gonna Show You My Feminine Side - The Swirling Eddies
3. How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I’ve Been A Liar All My Life? - Fred Astaire
4. I’m a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with My Honolulu Mama Doin’ those Beat-o, Beat-o, Flat on My Seat-o, Hirohito Blues - Hoagy Carmichael
5. In the Past Only Geniuses Were Capable of Staging the Perfect Crime (Also Known as a Revolution) Today Anybody Can Accomplish Their Aims with the Push of the Button Part 1 - Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke, and Oren Ambarchi
6. I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy And All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me - Fall Out Boy
7. Medley: Intro ‘Venus’/Sugar, Sugar/No Reply/I’ll Be Back/Drive My Car/Do You Want to Know a Secret/We Can Work It Out/I Should Have Known Better/Nowhere Man/You’re Going to Lose That Girl/Stars on 45 - Stars on 45
8. Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand - Primitive Radio Gods

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**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5650 "2025-10-16T14:39:28Z")

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**Longest song title you can think of**

1. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens
2. I Had A Bad Experience with the C.I.A. and now I’m Gonna Show You My Feminine Side - The Swirling Eddies
3. How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I’ve Been A Liar All My Life? - Fred Astaire
4. I’m a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with My Honolulu Mama Doin’ those Beat-o, Beat-o, Flat on My Seat-o, Hirohito Blues - Hoagy Carmichael
5. In the Past Only Geniuses Were Capable of Staging the Perfect Crime (Also Known as a Revolution) Today Anybody Can Accomplish Their Aims with the Push of the Button Part 1 - Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke, and Oren Ambarchi
6. I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy And All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me - Fall Out Boy
7. Medley: Intro ‘Venus’/Sugar, Sugar/No Reply/I’ll Be Back/Drive My Car/Do You Want to Know a Secret/We Can Work It Out/I Should Have Known Better/Nowhere Man/You’re Going to Lose That Girl/Stars on 45 - Stars on 45
8. Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand - Primitive Radio Gods
9. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict - Pink Floyd

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**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5651 "2025-10-16T15:10:31Z")

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**Longest song title you can think of**

1. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens

2. I Had A Bad Experience with the C.I.A. and now I’m Gonna Show You My Feminine Side - The Swirling Eddies

3. How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I’ve Been A Liar All My Life? - Fred Astaire

4. I’m a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with My Honolulu Mama Doin’ those Beat-o, Beat-o, Flat on My Seat-o, Hirohito Blues - Hoagy Carmichael

5. In the Past Only Geniuses Were Capable of Staging the Perfect Crime (Also Known as a Revolution) Today Anybody Can Accomplish Their Aims with the Push of the Button Part 1 - Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke, and Oren Ambarchi

6. I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy And All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me - Fall Out Boy

7. Medley: Intro ‘Venus’/Sugar, Sugar/No Reply/I’ll Be Back/Drive My Car/Do You Want to Know a Secret/We Can Work It Out/I Should Have Known Better/Nowhere Man/You’re Going to Lose That Girl/Stars on 45 - Stars on 45

8. Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand - Primitive Radio Gods

9. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict - Pink Floyd

10. I’ve Got a Dark Alley and a Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Summer Song) - Fall Out Boy

**Songs about feeling free**

1. I’m Free - The Who

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**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5652 "2025-10-16T15:18:07Z")

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**Songs about feeling free**

1. I’m Free - The Who
2. I’m Free - The Soup Dragons

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**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5653 "2025-10-16T15:53:56Z")

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**Songs about feeling free**

1. I’m Free - The Who
2. I’m Free - The Soup Dragons
3. Redemption Song - Bob Marley and The Wailers

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**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5654 "2025-10-16T16:18:47Z")

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**Songs about feeling free**

1. I’m Free - The Who
2. I’m Free - The Soup Dragons
3. Redemption Song - Bob Marley and The Wailers
4. Stone Free - Jimi Hendrix

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**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5655 "2025-10-16T16:22:18Z")

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**Songs about feeling free**

1. I’m Free - The Who
2. I’m Free - The Soup Dragons
3. Redemption Song - Bob Marley and The Wailers
4. Stone Free - Jimi Hendrix
5. Free as a Bird - The Beatles

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**Songs about feeling free**

1. I’m Free - The Who
2. I’m Free - The Soup Dragons
3. Redemption Song - Bob Marley and The Wailers
4. Stone Free - Jimi Hendrix
5. Free as a Bird - The Beatles
6. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

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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 16, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5657 "2025-10-16T18:23:22Z")

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**Songs about feeling free**

1. I’m Free - The Who
2. I’m Free - The Soup Dragons
3. Redemption Song - Bob Marley and The Wailers
4. Stone Free - Jimi Hendrix
5. Free as a Bird - The Beatles
6. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
7. I Wanna Be Free - The Monkees

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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 17, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5658 "2025-10-17T01:32:05Z")

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**Songs about feeling free**

1. I’m Free - The Who
2. I’m Free - The Soup Dragons
3. Redemption Song - Bob Marley and The Wailers
4. Stone Free - Jimi Hendrix
5. Free as a Bird - The Beatles
6. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
7. I Wanna Be Free - The Monkees
8. Free to be… You and Me - The New Seekers

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**Songs about feeling free**

1. I’m Free - The Who
2. I’m Free - The Soup Dragons
3. Redemption Song - Bob Marley and The Wailers
4. Stone Free - Jimi Hendrix
5. Free as a Bird - The Beatles
6. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
7. I Wanna Be Free - The Monkees
8. Free to be… You and Me - The New Seekers
9. Freedom '90 - George Michael

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**Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5660 "2025-10-17T16:07:00Z")

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**Songs about feeling free**

1. I’m Free - The Who
2. I’m Free - The Soup Dragons
3. Redemption Song - Bob Marley and The Wailers
4. Stone Free - Jimi Hendrix
5. Free as a Bird - The Beatles
6. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
7. I Wanna Be Free - The Monkees
8. Free to be… You and Me - The New Seekers
9. Freedom '90 - George Michael
10. Me and Bobbie McGee - Janis Joplin

_Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose…_

**Talking Songs**

1. Ringo - Lorne Greene

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