# What are some songs that are often played one after another? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-are-often-played-one-after-another/686553 "2014-04-20T18:32:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-are-often-played-one-after-another/686553/1 "2014-04-20T18:32:14Z")
Here’s a list I found: Golden Slumbers" / “Carry That Weight” / “The End” - The Beatles “Foreplay” / “Long Time” - Boston “We Will Rock You” / “We Are the Champions” - Queen “Heartbreaker” / “Living Loving Maid (She’s Just A Woman)” - Led Zeppelin “Speak To Me” / “Breathe” - Pink Floyd “On the Run” / “Time” - Pink Floyd “Any Colour You Like” / “Brain Damage” / ‘Eclipse" - Pink Floyd “Travelin’ Man” / “Beautiful Loser” - Bob Segar “Space Intro.” / “Fly Like an Eagle” - Steve Miller Band “Eruption” / “You Really Got Me” - Van Halen “Waiting For The Bus / 'Jesus Just Left Chicago” - ZZ Top “Your Move” / “I’ve Seen All Good People” - Yes “The Load-Out" / “Stay” - Jackson Browne “Need You Tonight” / “Mediate” - INXS “Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’” / “City of the Angels.” - Journey “Falling In And Out of Love” / “Amie” - Pure Prairie League 'Don’t Want You No More” / “It’s Not My Cross to Bear” - The Allman Brothers Band “No Sugar Tonight” / “New Mother Nature” - The Guess Who “Fat Bottom Girls” / “Bicycle Race” - Queen "Lights’ / Feelin’ That Way" - Journey I would only add Alan Parson’s “Sirius”/ “Eye in the Sky”. Any others? How did this come about? ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-are-often-played-one-after-another/686553/2 "2014-04-20T18:57:34Z")
Threshold/Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-are-often-played-one-after-another/686553/3 "2014-04-20T19:06:16Z")
“Just a Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody” - David Lee Roth ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-are-often-played-one-after-another/686553/4 "2014-04-20T20:03:30Z")
[Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarius/Let_the_Sunshine_In) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-are-often-played-one-after-another/686553/5 "2014-04-20T20:09:19Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > “Just a Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody” - David Lee Roth That particular coupling was first sung by Louie Prima in 1956. The Village People also recorded that medley in 1978. ---
**Author:** ![dasmili](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@dasmili](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmili)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-are-often-played-one-after-another/686553/6 "2014-04-20T20:21:31Z")
Brain Stew/Jaded - Green Day ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-are-often-played-one-after-another/686553/7 "2014-04-20T20:33:54Z")
Fanfare-Fire Poem/Fire - Arthur Brown. I think it often happens because they’re subsequent tracks on the album. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-are-often-played-one-after-another/686553/8 "2014-04-20T20:42:49Z")
“Departure/Ride My See Saw” - The Moody Blues (but only if they’re playing the album version) “Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding” - Elton John ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-are-often-played-one-after-another/686553/9 "2014-04-20T21:01:25Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > How did this come about? Most of them are in that sequence on the original record. I was actually confused about the Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid sequence for years on end until I commented about my confusion here. Come to find out, they’re that way on the record. I’d had 3-4 copies of Led Zep II on tape, but had never owned it on album, so I wasn’t familiar with that sequence. Hmm, the record store is open today… ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-are-often-played-one-after-another/686553/10 "2014-04-20T21:06:44Z")
Some of these I didn’t even know were two songs, particularly Pure Prairie League. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-are-often-played-one-after-another/686553/11 "2014-04-20T21:24:29Z")
I heard it as, “Feelin’ That Way - Anytime” then maybe “Lights” - Journey ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-are-often-played-one-after-another/686553/12 "2014-04-20T23:28:52Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Some of these I didn’t even know were two songs, particularly Pure Prairie League. With Alan Parson’s “Sirius” being an instrumental and being so short (under 2 minutes), I never realized that it wasn’t just an intro to “Eye in the Sky” until bought the song(s). ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-are-often-played-one-after-another/686553/13 "2014-04-21T00:16:49Z")
“Band on the Run” is a triple medley, right? ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-are-often-played-one-after-another/686553/14 "2014-04-21T00:25:10Z")
BOTR is one song with some distinct parts. So is Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey. Paul apparently had some song fragments that he liked and thought they went well together. Devo had a few of these… Timing X-Clockout Smart Patrol-Mr. DNA Gut Feeling-Slap Your Mammy ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-are-often-played-one-after-another/686553/15 "2014-04-21T00:32:07Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > “Band on the Run” is a triple medley, right? > [@bmoak](#): > > BOTR is one song with some distinct parts. So is Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey. Paul apparently had some song fragments that he liked and thought they went well together. Lennon (derisively) called it “pop opera.” ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-are-often-played-one-after-another/686553/16 "2014-04-21T00:36:23Z")
^ What’s wrong with that? I’d like to know. Coz here I go… ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-are-often-played-one-after-another/686553/17 "2014-04-21T00:57:46Z")
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a little Help from my Friends. ---
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> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Fanfare-Fire Poem/Fire - Arthur Brown. I don’t think I’ve ever in my life heard “Fanfare–Fire Poem” played on the radio. The Guess Who example in the OP is not two separate songs. It’s one track with two melodies sung over the same (minimal) chord pattern, first one, then the other, and finally both together in counterpoint. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-are-often-played-one-after-another/686553/19 "2014-04-21T02:58:50Z")
We’ve done this before and one of the more imaginative answers was “The Star Spangled Banner” and “Oh Canada.” I loved that response. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-are-often-played-one-after-another/686553/20 "2014-04-21T03:33:07Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > How did this come about? I _think_ all the listed examples are songs that come one after another on the album on which they appear. Technically, _any_ songs that appear one after another on an album are “often played one after another,” assuming the album gets played very often—but I assume you meant “often gets played” on the radio, or something like that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-are-often-played-one-after-another/686553.md?page=2)