# 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:** 318

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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 12, 2026, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6341 "2026-01-12T17:17:28Z")

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**Songs of Armed Forces**

1. Anchors Away - United States Navy
2. The U.S. Air Force (a.k.a. “Wild Blue Yonder”) - United States Air Force
3. US Forces - Midnight Oil
4. The Ballad Of the Green Berets - Barry Sadler & Robin Moore
5. Vimy - Tanglefoot
6. In The Navy - Village People
7. Blood Upon the Risers - US Army Airborne
8. It Makes a Fellow Proud to Be a Soldier - Tom Lehrer
9. The Marine’s Hymn (Halls of Montezuma) - [Edward M Van Loock](https://www.marineband.marines.mil/Audio-Resources/The-Marines-Hymn/)
10. The Caisson Song (“The Caissons Go Rolling Along”) – US Army

and I’ll let @knoodler take it

_ **-“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 12, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6342 "2026-01-12T17:21:09Z")

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Thanks **Bill.** And sorry for posting over you.

**Songs with children singing**

1. Another Brick In the Wall, Part 2 - Pink Floyd

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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 12, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6343 "2026-01-12T17:22:19Z")

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**Songs with children singing**

1. Another Brick In the Wall, Part 2 - Pink Floyd
2. Toy Soldiers - Martika

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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 12, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6344 "2026-01-12T17:25:26Z")

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**Songs with children singing**

1. Another Brick In the Wall, Part 2 - Pink Floyd
2. Toy Soldiers - Martika
3. Everything is Beautiful – Ray Stevens  
_The children heard at the start of the song were from the Oak Hill Elementary School in Nashville, Tennessee. At the time, this group included Stevens’ two daughters, Suzi and Timi._

And it’s OK, @knoodler.. I don’t like trying to select topics anyway.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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 12, 2026, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6345 "2026-01-12T17:59:57Z")

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**Songs with children singing**

1. Another Brick In the Wall, Part 2 - Pink Floyd
2. Toy Soldiers - Martika
3. Everything is Beautiful – Ray Stevens
4. Open Up Your Heart And Let The Sunshine In - Cowboy Church Sunday School

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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:** [January 12, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6346 "2026-01-12T18:00:34Z")

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**Songs with children singing**

1. Another Brick In the Wall, Part 2 - Pink Floyd
2. Toy Soldiers - Martika
3. Everything is Beautiful – Ray Stevens
4. Open Up Your Heart And Let The Sunshine In - Cowboy Church Sunday School
5. Dear God - XTC

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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 12, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6347 "2026-01-12T18:07:09Z")

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**Songs with children singing**

1. Another Brick In the Wall, Part 2 - Pink Floyd
2. Toy Soldiers - Martika
3. Everything is Beautiful – Ray Stevens
4. Open Up Your Heart And Let The Sunshine In - Cowboy Church Sunday School
5. Dear God - XTC
6. We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) - Tina Turner

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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:** [January 12, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6348 "2026-01-12T19:08:16Z")

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**Songs with children singing**

1. Another Brick In the Wall, Part 2 - Pink Floyd
2. Toy Soldiers - Martika
3. Everything is Beautiful – Ray Stevens
4. Open Up Your Heart And Let The Sunshine In - Cowboy Church Sunday School
5. Dear God - XTC
6. We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) - Tina Turner
7. School’s Out - Alice Cooper

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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 12, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6349 "2026-01-12T19:40:58Z")

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**Songs with children singing**

1. Another Brick In the Wall, Part 2 - Pink Floyd
2. Toy Soldiers - Martika
3. Everything is Beautiful – Ray Stevens
4. Open Up Your Heart And Let The Sunshine In - Cowboy Church Sunday School
5. Dear God - XTC
6. We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) - Tina Turner
7. School’s Out - Alice Cooper
8. Proper Crimbo - Bo Selecta

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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 12, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6350 "2026-01-12T20:12:09Z")

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**Songs with children singing**

1. Another Brick In the Wall, Part 2 - Pink Floyd
2. Toy Soldiers - Martika
3. Everything is Beautiful – Ray Stevens
4. Open Up Your Heart And Let The Sunshine In - Cowboy Church Sunday School
5. Dear God - XTC
6. We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) - Tina Turner
7. School’s Out - Alice Cooper
8. Proper Crimbo - Bo Selecta
9. Dirty Harry - The Gorillaz

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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 12, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6351 "2026-01-12T20:16:50Z")

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**Songs with children singing**

1. Another Brick In the Wall, Part 2 - Pink Floyd

2. Toy Soldiers - Martika

3. Everything is Beautiful – Ray Stevens

4. Open Up Your Heart And Let The Sunshine In - Cowboy Church Sunday School

5. Dear God - XTC

6. We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) - Tina Turner

7. School’s Out - Alice Cooper

8. Proper Crimbo - Bo Selecta

9. Dirty Harry - The Gorillaz

10. ABC - The Jackson 5

Michael was 11. I think 4 of the 5 were under 18.

Pass

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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 12, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6352 "2026-01-12T20:23:32Z")

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Next:

**Songs About Watercraft**

1. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot

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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 12, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6353 "2026-01-12T20:29:53Z")

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**Songs About Watercraft**

1. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
2. Last of The Riverboats - Stars

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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:** [January 12, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6354 "2026-01-12T20:52:04Z")

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**Songs About Watercraft**

1. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
2. Last of The Riverboats - Stars
3. If I Had A Boat - Lyle Lovett

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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 12, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6355 "2026-01-12T20:52:59Z")

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**Songs About Watercraft**

1. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
2. Last of The Riverboats - Stars
3. If I Had A Boat - Lyle Lovett
4. Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival

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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 12, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6356 "2026-01-12T21:04:27Z")

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**Songs About Watercraft**

1. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
2. Last of The Riverboats - Stars
3. If I Had A Boat - Lyle Lovett
4. Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
5. Good Ship Lollipop - Shirley Temple

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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 12, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6357 "2026-01-12T21:17:17Z")

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**Songs About Watercraft**

1. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
2. Last of The Riverboats - Stars
3. If I Had A Boat - Lyle Lovett
4. Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
5. Good Ship Lollipop - Shirley Temple
6. The Downeaster “Alexa” - Billy Joel

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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 12, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6358 "2026-01-12T21:40:59Z")

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**Songs About Watercraft**

1. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
2. Last of The Riverboats - Stars
3. If I Had A Boat - Lyle Lovett
4. Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
5. Good Ship Lollipop - Shirley Temple
6. The Downeaster “Alexa” - Billy Joel
7. Yellow Submarine - 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:** [January 12, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6359 "2026-01-12T22:02:46Z")

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**Songs About Watercraft**

1. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
2. Last of The Riverboats - Stars
3. If I Had A Boat - Lyle Lovett
4. Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
5. Good Ship Lollipop - Shirley Temple
6. The Downeaster “Alexa” - Billy Joel
7. Yellow Submarine - the Beatles
8. Wooden Ships - Crosby, Stills & Nash

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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 12, 2026, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6360 "2026-01-12T22:32:42Z")

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**Songs About Watercraft**

1. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot

2. Last of The Riverboats - Stars

3. If I Had A Boat - Lyle Lovett

4. Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival

5. Good Ship Lollipop - Shirley Temple

6. The Downeaster “Alexa” - Billy Joel

7. Yellow Submarine - the Beatles

8. Wooden Ships - Crosby, Stills & Nash

9. Slope John B - The Beach Boys

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