# 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:** 89

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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:** [September 18, 2024, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1761 "2024-09-18T06:43:40Z")

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**Songs of Childhood Nostalgia**

1. Come Dancing - The Kinks
2. I Wish - Stevie Wonder
3. This Used To Be My Playground - Madonna
4. Do You Remember These - The Statler Brothers
5. Pencil Neck Geek - Fred Blassie
6. Penny Lane - The Beatles
7. An Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night
8. Old Days - Chicago
9. Bang, Bang – Cher

_I was five and he was six, We rode on horses made of sticks._  
_He wore black and I wore white And he would always win the fight._

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [September 18, 2024, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1762 "2024-09-18T08:07:25Z")

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**Songs of Childhood Nostalgia**

1. Come Dancing - The Kinks
2. I Wish - Stevie Wonder
3. This Used To Be My Playground - Madonna
4. Do You Remember These - The Statler Brothers
5. Pencil Neck Geek - Fred Blassie
6. Penny Lane - The Beatles
7. An Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night
8. Old Days - Chicago
9. Bang, Bang – Cher
10. Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams

**Songs of America**

1. American Woman - the Guess Who

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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:** [September 18, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1763 "2024-09-18T08:17:39Z")

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**Songs of America**

1. American Woman - the Guess Who
2. America - Simon and Garfunkel

And yes, I have counted the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike.

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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:** [September 18, 2024, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1764 "2024-09-18T09:28:15Z")

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**Songs of America**

1. American Woman - the Guess Who
2. America - Simon and Garfunkel
3. Winter in America - Doug Ashdown

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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:** [September 18, 2024, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1765 "2024-09-18T10:46:44Z")

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**Songs of America**

1. American Woman - the Guess Who
2. America - Simon and Garfunkel
3. Winter in America - Doug Ashdown
4. Living in America - James Brown

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**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:** [September 18, 2024, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1766 "2024-09-18T10:50:21Z")

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**Songs of America**

1. American Woman - the Guess Who
2. America - Simon and Garfunkel
3. Winter in America - Doug Ashdown
4. Living in America - James Brown
5. Become America - The Call

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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:** [September 18, 2024, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1767 "2024-09-18T11:35:39Z")

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**Songs of America**

1. American Woman - the Guess Who
2. America - Simon and Garfunkel
3. Winter in America - Doug Ashdown
4. Living in America - James Brown
5. Become America - The Call
6. Only in America - Brooks & Dunn

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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:** [September 18, 2024, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1768 "2024-09-18T11:59:33Z")

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**Songs of America**

1. American Woman - the Guess Who
2. America - Simon and Garfunkel
3. Winter in America - Doug Ashdown
4. Living in America - James Brown
5. Become America - The Call
6. Only in America - Brooks & Dunn
7. Suite Madame Blue - Styx

It compares a woman to America.

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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:** [September 18, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1769 "2024-09-18T13:42:24Z")

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**Songs of America**

1. American Woman - the Guess Who
2. America - Simon and Garfunkel
3. Winter in America - Doug Ashdown
4. Living in America - James Brown
5. Become America - The Call
6. Only in America - Brooks & Dunn
7. Suite Madame Blue - Styx
8. Breakfast in America - Supertramp

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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:** [September 18, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1770 "2024-09-18T13:46:17Z")

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**Songs of America**

1. American Woman - the Guess Who
2. America - Simon and Garfunkel
3. Winter in America - Doug Ashdown
4. Living in America - James Brown
5. Become America - The Call
6. Only in America - Brooks & Dunn
7. Suite Madame Blue - Styx
8. Breakfast in America - Supertramp
9. Color Me America - Dolly Parton

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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:** [September 18, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1771 "2024-09-18T13:52:11Z")

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**Songs of America**

1. American Woman - the Guess Who
2. America - Simon and Garfunkel
3. Winter in America - Doug Ashdown
4. Living in America - James Brown
5. Become America - The Call
6. Only in America - Brooks & Dunn
7. Suite Madame Blue - Styx
8. Breakfast in America - Supertramp
9. Color Me America - Dolly Parton
10. America the Beautiful

New category:

**Songs of the summer**

1. Cruel Summer - Bananarama

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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:** [September 18, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1772 "2024-09-18T13:59:56Z")

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**Songs of the summer**

1. Cruel Summer - Bananarama
2. All Summer Long - The Beach Boys

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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:** [September 18, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1773 "2024-09-18T14:06:01Z")

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**Songs of the summer**

1. Cruel Summer - Bananarama
2. All Summer Long - The Beach Boys
3. Rockaway Beach - The Ramones

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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:** [September 18, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1774 "2024-09-18T14:15:25Z")

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**Songs of the summer**

1. Cruel Summer - Bananarama
2. All Summer Long - The Beach Boys
3. Rockaway Beach - The Ramones
4. Summer’s Almost Gone - The Doors

Not quite, maybe only a month left. YMMV 🙂

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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1775 "2024-09-18T14:22:22Z")

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**Songs of the summer**

1. Cruel Summer - Bananarama
2. All Summer Long - The Beach Boys
3. Rockaway Beach - The Ramones
4. Summer’s Almost Gone - The Doors
5. Summer in the City - The Lovin’ Spoonful

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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:** [September 18, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1776 "2024-09-18T14:31:36Z")

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**Songs of the summer**

1. Cruel Summer - Bananarama
2. All Summer Long - The Beach Boys
3. Rockaway Beach - The Ramones
4. Summer’s Almost Gone - The Doors
5. Summer in the City - The Lovin’ Spoonful
6. Feeling That Way - Journey

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1777 "2024-09-18T15:05:43Z")

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**Songs of the summer**

1. Cruel Summer - Bananarama
2. All Summer Long - The Beach Boys
3. Rockaway Beach - The Ramones
4. Summer’s Almost Gone - The Doors
5. Summer in the City - The Lovin’ Spoonful
6. Feeling That Way - Journey
7. Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince

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**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:** [September 18, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1778 "2024-09-18T15:08:53Z")

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**Songs of the summer**

1. Cruel Summer - Bananarama
2. All Summer Long - The Beach Boys
3. Rockaway Beach - The Ramones
4. Summer’s Almost Gone - The Doors
5. Summer in the City - The Lovin’ Spoonful
6. Feeling That Way - Journey
7. Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
8. In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry

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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:** [September 18, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1779 "2024-09-18T15:25:38Z")

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**Songs of the summer**

1. Cruel Summer - Bananarama
2. All Summer Long - The Beach Boys
3. Rockaway Beach - The Ramones
4. Summer’s Almost Gone - The Doors
5. Summer in the City - The Lovin’ Spoonful
6. Feeling That Way - Journey
7. Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
8. In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
9. Summertime Blues - the Who

The definitive version!

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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:** [September 18, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1780 "2024-09-18T15:34:45Z")

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**Songs of the summer**

1. Cruel Summer - Bananarama
2. All Summer Long - The Beach Boys
3. Rockaway Beach - The Ramones
4. Summer’s Almost Gone - The Doors
5. Summer in the City - The Lovin’ Spoonful
6. Feeling That Way - Journey
7. Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
8. In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
9. Summertime Blues - the Who
10. In Summer - Olaf the Snowman (Josh Gad)

New Category:

**As Summer Fades**

1. Stick Season - Noah Kahan

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