# What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter A? See rules in OP \[Final Poll Added\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [December 16, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671 "2023-12-16T01:21:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/101 "2023-12-17T16:55:58Z")
Here are some more: All I Want Is You - U2 Australia - Manic Street Preachers Abacab - Genesis Ain’t That A Lotta Love - Flying Burrito Brothers Around And Around - Chuck Berry Anodyne - Uncle Tupelo Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers Always The Sun - The Stranglers Around The World - Daft Punk At The Chime Of The City Clock - Nick Drake Arrival - Abba Autumn Sweater - Yo La Tengo Animal - Pearl Jam ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/102 "2023-12-17T17:34:55Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > I generally track the ones on my list that get nominated, but the bonus round happened so fast… 😪 The bonus round happened and the polls went up all while I was still in bed. ☹ I was planning to nominate two more songs this morning (I didn’t even get to use my five nominations), but the polls were already up when I woke up. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/103 "2023-12-17T17:35:02Z")
Some more for your consideration: **Ac-Cent-U-Ate The Positive** - Johnny Mercer **Act of Being Polite** - The Residents **Adios Nonino** - Aster Piazzolla **After Hours** - Sarah Vaughan **Agua de Beber** - Astrud Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim **Ain’t Got No Home** - Clarence “Frogman” Henry **Ain’t Got Rhythm** - Phineas and Ferb (definitely my favorite song from the entire series) **All For The Best** - David Haskell, Stephen Nathan (from _Godspell_) **All I Need -** Jake Bugg **All I Need** - Air, Beth Hirsch **All I Wanna Do Is Play Cards** - Corb Lund **All These Things That I’ve Done** - The Killers **All You Good Good People** - Embrace **All You Wanna Do** - Cast of _SIX_ **Along Comes Mary** - The Association **Alright** - Supergrass **Are You a Hypnotist?** - The Flaming Lips **Are You Drinkin’ With Me Jesus** - Jello Biafra, Mojo Nixon **Are You Having Any Fun?** - Elaine Stritch **Are You Ready For The Sex Girls** - Gleaming Spires **Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing In A Hurry** - Jimmy Dorsey, Helen O’Connell **As Good As I Once Was** - Toby Keith **august** - Taylor Swift **Avalanche** - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds **Avenging Angels** - Space **Avenues and Alleyways** - Tony Christie ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/104 "2023-12-17T17:40:05Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > **Avalanche** - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds That reminds of “Avalanche” by Leonard Cohen. A great, but very bleak song about depression. ETA: I didn’t know the Nick Cave song, but I just googled it and see that it is a cover of the Cohen song. Of course. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/105 "2023-12-17T17:40:23Z")
Just the duplicate and nearly-identical titles, have a lot of these this time, none of which (again) are covers I believe: > Albatross – Fleetwood Mac Albatross - Judy Collins. The most glaring omission IMHO. Again, kept waiting, in vain, for someone to nom. it, sigh… > All the Way From Memphis – Mott the Hoople All the Way From Reno - REM > All Around the World – Lisa Stansfield All Around the World - Oasis > Anchorage – Michelle Shocked > Alaska – Maggie Rogers Alaska – Sad Lovers and Giants > All I Want is You – Carly Simon > All I Want Is You - U2 All I Want Is You - Roxy Music And, _seriously_? 4 f. votes for that total hack Adam Ant?!? While other new wave and postpunk cuts FAR more deserving continue to languish?! ---
**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:** [December 17, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/106 "2023-12-17T18:00:19Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > And, _seriously_? 4 f. votes for that total hack Adam Ant?!? While other new wave and postpunk cuts FAR more deserving continue to languish?! Hey, the ear wants what the ear wants. Deserve’s got nothing to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/107 "2023-12-17T18:05:07Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Just the duplicate and nearly-identical titles, have a lot of these this time, none of which (again) are covers I believe: > [snip] > > > All Around the World – Lisa Stansfield > > All Around the World - Oasis To which you can add All Around The World - The Jam The only others I have that are neither in the polls or on the bench are: All I Want Is You - Roxy Music (another duplicate title!) Alison Gross - Steeleye Span Amateur Hour - Sparks (Oh, and All Through The City by Dr Feelgood, which I accidentally entered under D when I got the title wrong (Down By The Jetty is the title of the album, not the song - sorry about that mmm). j ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/108 "2023-12-17T18:26:57Z")
I lived in the UK when _Antmusic_ came out. Man, they were huge for a few years. The album was number one for months. Not my thing, but it’s no worse than _Pop Muzik_ or _Video Killed the Radio Star_ or _Turning Japanese_ or _God Save the Queen_. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/109 "2023-12-17T19:36:04Z")
Yep! In fact, I had to, because my first votes disappeared. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/110 "2023-12-17T20:14:40Z")
I note this cover was cruelly overlooked. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LXI3UbqYwn4/maxresdefault.jpg "Los Manolos - All My Loving") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXI3UbqYwn4) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/111 "2023-12-17T22:17:07Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > Angel of the Morning – Merrilee Rush Yeah, I would have voted for this song if it had been the Merrilee Rush version. I strongly dislike the Juice Newton one. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/112 "2023-12-17T22:27:57Z")
Ain’t That a Shame- Fats Domino All Along the Watchtower- Dylan w/The Band Amos Moses- Jerry Reed ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/113 "2023-12-17T23:05:54Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > Ain’t That a Shame- Fats Domino. And the live version from Cheap Trick playing for a few thousand Japanese teenagers. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8tD1oHVPXVg/maxresdefault.jpg "Cheap Trick - Ain't That a Shame (from Budokan!)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tD1oHVPXVg) ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/114 "2023-12-18T01:12:24Z")
I’m curious about the song **Appalachian Stomp** (Bill Monroe). Between Youtube, Wikipedia And Amazon I found a **Bluegrass Stomp** (Bill Monroe) and various anthologies and revues named _Appalachian Stomp_. But I struck out on the actual tune. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/115 "2023-12-18T01:21:58Z")
I also looked for it (on Spotify), it does not exist there, either. mmm ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/116 "2023-12-18T01:38:28Z")
I found this on eBay (CD called Appalachian Stomp) > **[Appalachian Stomp Bluegrass Classic Rhino CD 40s 50s BILL MONROE STANLEY BROS ...](https://www.ebay.com/itm/121131866745)** > > THIS CD HAS 18 GREAT CLASSIC POP HITS FROM THE 50'S THROUGH THE 70'S FROM ARTISTS SUCH AS RICKY SKAGGS, LESTER FLATT AND EARL SCRUGGS AND JIMMY MARTIN AND THE YEAR ON THE CD IS 1995. THE CONDITION OF THE CD IS VERY GOOD, THE JEWEL CASE IS GOOD AND... No songs on it with that name, though ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/117 "2023-12-18T02:16:41Z")
I almost picked Abracadabra, but I thought…“They’re all going to laugh at you.” Although, I had no problem picking Afternoon Delight. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/118 "2023-12-18T02:23:36Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > “They’re all going to laugh at you. Did anyone else hear this in the voice of the late Piper Laurie? ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/119 "2023-12-18T02:51:55Z")
That was what I was hoping for. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/120 "2023-12-18T03:00:17Z")
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