# 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:** ![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:** [December 31, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6201 "2025-12-31T17:13:34Z")

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**Hello There, 2026**

1. New Year’s Day – U2
2. What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? - Bing Crosby
3. New Year’s Revolution - NOFX
4. Ringing in the Year - Turnpike Troubadours

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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:** [December 31, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6202 "2025-12-31T20:51:33Z")

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**Hello There, 2026**

1. New Year’s Day – U2
2. What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? - Bing Crosby
3. New Year’s Revolution - NOFX
4. Ringing in the Year - Turnpike Troubadours
5. New Year’s Prayer - Jeff Buckley

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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:** [December 31, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6203 "2025-12-31T20:54:09Z")

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**Hello There, 2026**

1. New Year’s Day – U2

2. What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? - Bing Crosby

3. New Year’s Revolution - NOFX

4. Ringing in the Year - Turnpike Troubadours

5. New Year’s Prayer - Jeff Buckley

6. Hello - Adele

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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:** [December 31, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6204 "2025-12-31T22:09:30Z")

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**Hello There, 2026**

1. New Year’s Day – U2
2. What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? - Bing Crosby
3. New Year’s Revolution - NOFX
4. Ringing in the Year - Turnpike Troubadours
5. New Year’s Prayer - Jeff Buckley
6. Hello - Adele
7. About Damn Time - Lizzo

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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:** [January 1, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6205 "2026-01-01T01:06:58Z")

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**Hello There, 2026**

1. New Year’s Day – U2
2. What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? - Bing Crosby
3. New Year’s Revolution - NOFX
4. Ringing in the Year - Turnpike Troubadours
5. New Year’s Prayer - Jeff Buckley
6. Hello - Adele
7. About Damn Time - Lizzo
8. Auld Lang Syne - traditional

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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:** [January 2, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6206 "2026-01-02T01:39:33Z")

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**Hello There, 2026**

1. New Year’s Day – U2

2. What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? - Bing Crosby

3. New Year’s Revolution - NOFX

4. Ringing in the Year - Turnpike Troubadours

5. New Year’s Prayer - Jeff Buckley

6. Hello - Adele

7. About Damn Time - Lizzo

8. Auld Lang Syne - traditional

9. The Morning After - Maureen McGovern

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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:** [January 2, 2026, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6207 "2026-01-02T06:09:17Z")

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**Hello There, 2026**

1. New Year’s Day – U2
2. What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? - Bing Crosby
3. New Year’s Revolution - NOFX
4. Ringing in the Year - Turnpike Troubadours
5. New Year’s Prayer - Jeff Buckley
6. Hello - Adele
7. About Damn Time - Lizzo
8. Auld Lang Syne - traditional
9. The Morning After - Maureen McGovern
10. Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens

**Songs of promises and resolutions**

1. The Promise - When In Rome

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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:** [January 2, 2026, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6208 "2026-01-02T07:13:17Z")

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**Songs of promises and resolutions**

1. The Promise - When In Rome
2. Promises in the Dark - Pat Benatar

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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:** [January 2, 2026, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6209 "2026-01-02T09:53:21Z")

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**Songs of promises and resolutions**

1. The Promise - When In Rome
2. Promises in the Dark - Pat Benatar
3. Promise - Voyager

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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:** [January 2, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6210 "2026-01-02T13:50:20Z")

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**Songs of promises and resolutions**

1. The Promise - When In Rome

2. Promises in the Dark - Pat Benatar

3. Promise - Voyager

4. I Swear - All-4-One

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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:** [January 2, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6211 "2026-01-02T14:25:16Z")

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**Songs of promises and resolutions**

1. The Promise - When In Rome
2. Promises in the Dark - Pat Benatar
3. Promise - Voyager
4. I Swear - All-4-One
5. I Cross My Heart - George Strait

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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:** [January 2, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6212 "2026-01-02T14:35:26Z")

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**Songs of promises and resolutions**

1. The Promise - When In Rome
2. Promises in the Dark - Pat Benatar
3. Promise - Voyager
4. I Swear - All-4-One
5. I Cross My Heart - George Strait
6. She Believes In Me - Kenny Rogers

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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:** [January 2, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6213 "2026-01-02T15:59:16Z")

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**Songs of promises and resolutions**

1. The Promise - When In Rome
2. Promises in the Dark - Pat Benatar
3. Promise - Voyager
4. I Swear - All-4-One
5. I Cross My Heart - George Strait
6. She Believes In Me - Kenny Rogers
7. Promises, Promises - Naked Eyes

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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:** [January 2, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6214 "2026-01-02T16:01:13Z")

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**Songs of promises and resolutions**

1. The Promise - When In Rome
2. Promises in the Dark - Pat Benatar
3. Promise - Voyager
4. I Swear - All-4-One
5. I Cross My Heart - George Strait
6. She Believes In Me - Kenny Rogers
7. Promises, Promises - Naked Eyes
8. Oh, Promise Me - Harry Macdonough

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6215 "2026-01-02T18:22:14Z")

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**Songs of promises and resolutions**

1. The Promise - When In Rome
2. Promises in the Dark - Pat Benatar
3. Promise - Voyager
4. I Swear - All-4-One
5. I Cross My Heart - George Strait
6. She Believes In Me - Kenny Rogers
7. Promises, Promises - Naked Eyes
8. Oh, Promise Me - Harry Macdonough
9. Promises, Promises – _Dionne Warwick_

written by Burt Bacharach, this is not the same song referred to in #7

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [January 2, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6216 "2026-01-02T18:43:15Z")

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**Songs of promises and resolutions**

1. The Promise - When In Rome
2. Promises in the Dark - Pat Benatar
3. Promise - Voyager
4. I Swear - All-4-One
5. I Cross My Heart - George Strait
6. She Believes In Me - Kenny Rogers
7. Promises, Promises - Naked Eyes
8. Oh, Promise Me - Harry Macdonough
9. Promises, Promises – _Dionne Warwick_
10. Sealed With a Kiss - Bryan Hyland

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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:** [January 3, 2026, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6217 "2026-01-03T00:55:26Z")

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OK, I would have posted John Denver’s “Poems and Prayers and Promises” if I’d seen the category in time

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**Songs about lies and broken promises**

1. Telling me Lies - Linda Thompson

Popularized by the cover by Dolly Parton, Emmy Lou Harris and Linda Ronstadt

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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:** [January 3, 2026, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6218 "2026-01-03T00:58:41Z")

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**Songs about lies and broken promises**

1. Telling me Lies - Linda Thompson
2. Lies - Thompson Twins

Oddly, completely unrelated to the previous song or artist.

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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:** [January 3, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6219 "2026-01-03T01:01:05Z")

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**Songs about lies and broken promises**

1. Telling me Lies - Linda Thompson
2. Lies - Thompson Twins
3. Promises - Eric Clapton

Don’t be fooled by the title — this song fits this category, not the previous one.

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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:** [January 3, 2026, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6220 "2026-01-03T01:13:35Z")

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**Songs about lies and broken promises**

1. Telling me Lies - Linda Thompson
2. Lies - Thompson Twins
3. Promises - Eric Clapton
4. Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac

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