# Topic Playlist (Part 3) **URL:** \ **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:** 298
**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:** [November 22, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5941 "2025-11-22T17:46:01Z")
**Songs used by sports teams (and what team they’re used by)** 1. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond (Boston Red Sox, MLB) 2. Jump Around - House of Pain (Wisconsin Badgers football, NCAA; played in between the third and fourth quarters of home games) 3. Don’t Stop Believing - Journey (Detroit Tigers, Redwings, Pistons and Lions) 4. Go Cubs Go - Steve Goodman (Chicago Cubs, MLB) 5. Thank God I’m a Country Boy - John Denver (Baltimore Orioles, MLB) 6. Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis (Chicago Blackhawks, NHL) 7. Never Tear Us Apart - INXS (Port Adelaide FC immediately prior to the start of home games) 8. New York, New York - Frank Sinatra (NY Yankees, following home game wins) 9. Lazy Mary - Lou Monte (NY Mets in 7th inning stretch after Take Me Out to the Ball Game Housekeeping ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5942 "2025-11-22T18:24:49Z")
**Songs used by sports teams (and what team they’re used by)** 1. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond (Boston Red Sox, MLB) 2. Jump Around - House of Pain (Wisconsin Badgers football, NCAA; played in between the third and fourth quarters of home games) 3. Don’t Stop Believing - Journey (Detroit Tigers, Redwings, Pistons and Lions) 4. Go Cubs Go - Steve Goodman (Chicago Cubs, MLB) 5. Thank God I’m a Country Boy - John Denver (Baltimore Orioles, MLB) 6. Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis (Chicago Blackhawks, NHL) 7. Never Tear Us Apart - INXS (Port Adelaide FC immediately prior to the start of home games) 8. New York, New York - Frank Sinatra (NY Yankees, following home game wins) 9. Lazy Mary - Lou Monte (NY Mets in 7th inning stretch after Take Me Out to the Ball Game 10. Eye In the Sky - The Alan Parsons Project (Chicago Bulls, NBA) pass ---
**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:** [November 22, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5943 "2025-11-22T18:38:39Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > Eye In the Sky - The Alan Parsons Project (Chicago Bulls, NBA) Technically, the Bulls used the instrumental track “Sirius,” which segues into “Eye in the Sky” on the album. Next: **Songs Which Mentioned a Future Date, Which is Now in the Past** 1. Why Me? - Planet P Project (recorded in 1983; contains the lyric “He won’t be back this way till 2010”) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5944 "2025-11-22T18:42:11Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Technically, the Bulls used the instrumental track “Sirius,” which segues into “Eye in the Sky” on the album. Surely it can’t be Sirius! ---
**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:** [November 22, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5945 "2025-11-22T18:47:44Z")
**Songs Which Mentioned a Future Date, Which is Now in the Past** 1. Why Me? - Planet P Project (recorded in 1983; contains the lyric “He won’t be back this way till 2010”) 2. 1999 - Prince ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5946 "2025-11-22T18:47:52Z")
**Songs Which Mentioned a Future Date, Which is Now in the Past** 1. Why Me? - Planet P Project (recorded in 1983; contains the lyric “He won’t be back this way till 2010”) 2. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five - Paul McCartney & Wings (1973) ---
**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:** [November 22, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5947 "2025-11-22T18:48:33Z")
**Songs Which Mentioned a Future Date, Which is Now in the Past** 1. Why Me? - Planet P Project (recorded in 1983; contains the lyric “He won’t be back this way till 2010”) 2. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five - Paul McCartney & Wings (1973) 3. 1999 - Prince ---
**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:** [November 22, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5948 "2025-11-22T20:01:06Z")
**Songs Which Mentioned a Future Date, Which is Now in the Past** 1. Why Me? - Planet P Project (recorded in 1983; contains the lyric “He won’t be back this way till 2010”) 2. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five - Paul McCartney & Wings (1973) 3. 1999 - Prince 4. 1984 - David Bowie ---
**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:** [November 22, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5949 "2025-11-22T20:11:08Z")
**Songs Which Mentioned a Future Date, Which is Now in the Past** 1. Why Me? - Planet P Project (recorded in 1983; contains the lyric “He won’t be back this way till 2010”) 2. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five - Paul McCartney & Wings (1973) 3. 1999 - Prince 4. 1984 - David Bowie 5. Miami 2017 - Billy Joel (from 1976) ---
**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:** [November 23, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5950 "2025-11-23T00:43:03Z")
**Songs Which Mentioned a Future Date, Which is Now in the Past** 1. Why Me? - Planet P Project (recorded in 1983; contains the lyric “He won’t be back this way till 2010”) 2. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five - Paul McCartney & Wings (1973) 3. 1999 - Prince 4. 1984 - David Bowie 5. Miami 2017 - Billy Joel (from 1976) 6. Down All the Days (Till 1992) - The Kinks ---
**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:** [November 23, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5951 "2025-11-23T01:55:55Z")
**Songs Which Mentioned a Future Date, Which is Now in the Past** 1. Why Me? - Planet P Project (recorded in 1983; contains the lyric “He won’t be back this way till 2010”) 2. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five - Paul McCartney & Wings (1973) 3. 1999 - Prince 4. 1984 - David Bowie 5. Miami 2017 - Billy Joel (from 1976) 6. Down All the Days (Till 1992) - The Kinks 7. 2000 Man - The Rolling Stones ---
**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:** [November 23, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5952 "2025-11-23T22:27:41Z")
**Songs Which Mentioned a Future Date, Which is Now in the Past** 1. Why Me? - Planet P Project (recorded in 1983; contains the lyric “He won’t be back this way till 2010”) 2. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five - Paul McCartney & Wings (1973) 3. 1999 - Prince 4. 1984 - David Bowie 5. Miami 2017 - Billy Joel (from 1976) 6. Down All the Days (Till 1992) - The Kinks 7. 2000 Man - The Rolling Stones 8. Planet Earth 1988 - The Ramones ---
**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:** [November 25, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5953 "2025-11-25T17:18:36Z")
**Songs Which Mentioned a Future Date, Which is Now in the Past** 1. Why Me? - Planet P Project (recorded in 1983; contains the lyric “He won’t be back this way till 2010”) 2. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five - Paul McCartney & Wings (1973) 3. 1999 - Prince 4. 1984 - David Bowie 5. Miami 2017 - Billy Joel (from 1976) 6. Down All the Days (Till 1992) - The Kinks 7. 2000 Man - The Rolling Stones 8. Planet Earth 1988 - The Ramones 9. Theme from _2001: A Space Odyssey_ (Also Sprach Zarathustra) - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ---
**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:** [November 26, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5954 "2025-11-26T20:04:01Z")
**Songs Which Mentioned a Future Date, Which is Now in the Past** 1. Why Me? - Planet P Project (recorded in 1983; contains the lyric “He won’t be back this way till 2010”) 2. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five - Paul McCartney & Wings (1973) 3. 1999 - Prince 4. 1984 - David Bowie 5. Miami 2017 - Billy Joel (from 1976) 6. Down All the Days (Till 1992) - The Kinks 7. 2000 Man - The Rolling Stones 8. Planet Earth 1988 - The Ramones 9. Theme from _2001: A Space Odyssey_ (Also Sprach Zarathustra) - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 10. Wild Wild West - The Escape Club (from 1988; features the lyric “Heading for the Nineties”) **Songs About Hunger** 1. Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen ---
**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:** [November 26, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5955 "2025-11-26T20:12:43Z")
**Songs About Hunger** 1. Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen 2. Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran ---
**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:** [November 26, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5956 "2025-11-26T20:26:21Z")
**Songs About Hunger** 1. Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen 2. Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran 3. Hunger Strike - Temple of the Dog ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5957 "2025-11-26T20:30:13Z")
**Songs About Hunger** 1. Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen 2. Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran 3. Hunger Strike - Temple of the Dog 4. Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch - “Weird Al” Yankovic ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5958 "2025-11-26T20:49:22Z")
**Songs About Hunger** 1. Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen 2. Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran 3. Hunger Strike - Temple of the Dog 4. Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch - “Weird Al” Yankovic 5. Stay Hungry - Talking Heads ---
**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:** [November 26, 2025, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5959 "2025-11-26T21:00:29Z")
**Songs About Hunger** 1. Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen 2. Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran 3. Hunger Strike - Temple of the Dog 4. Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch - “Weird Al” Yankovic 5. Stay Hungry - Talking Heads 6. Stay Hungry - Twisted Sister ---
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**Songs About Hunger** 1. Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen 2. Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran 3. Hunger Strike - Temple of the Dog 4. Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch - “Weird Al” Yankovic 5. Stay Hungry - Talking Heads 6. Stay Hungry - Twisted Sister 7. Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=297) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=299)