Aeroplane, Red Hot Chili Peppers
That’ll do it.
Polls coming.
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What are your favorite A songs? POLL 1 of 4. Select up to 10 from this list.
- Abba Zabba – Captain Beefheart
- ABC – The Jackson 5
- A-Bone – The Trashmen
- Abracadabra – Steve Miller Band
- Abraham, Martin and John – Dion
- Absolutely Fabulous – Pet Shop Boys
- Absolutely Sweet Marie – Bob Dylan
- Accidents Will Happen – Elvis Costello & the Attractions
- Ace of Spades – Motörhead
- Aces High – Iron Maiden
- Ache Beautiful – Michael Roe
- Achilles Last Stand – Led Zeppelin
- Acony Bell – Gillian Welch
- Acrobat – U2
- Across 110th Street – Bobby Womack
- Across the Universe – Fiona Apple
- Across the Universe – The Beatles
- Actor, The – The Moody Blues
- Adam’s Apple – Aerosmith
- Add It Up – Violent Femmes
- Addicted to Love – Robert Palmer
- Adult Books – X
- Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape – Be Bop Deluxe
- Aeroplane – Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Aerostar – Los Straitjackets
- Africa – Toto
- After Dark – Tito & Tarantula
- After Hours – The Velvet Underground
- After Midnight – Eric Clapton
- After the Gold Rush – Neil Young
- After You’ve Gone – Emmet Cohen, Patrick Bartley & Bruce Harris
- Afterglow (Of Your Love) – Small Faces
- Afternoon Delight – Starland Vocal Band
- Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) – Phil Collins
- Against the Wind – Bob Seger
- Ah1 Leah! – Donnie Iris
- Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Fats Waller
- Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
- Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now – McFadden & Whitehead
- Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
- Ain’t Nobody – Rufus with Chaka Khan
- Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens – Louis Jordan
- Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love – Van Halen
- Ain’t That Enough – Teenage Fanclub
- Ain’t Too Proud to Beg – The Temptations
- Air That I Breathe, The – The Hollies
- Airport – The Motors
- Aja – Steely Dan
- Alabama – Neil Young
- Alabama Song – David Bowie
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What are your favorite A songs? POLL 2 of 4. Select up to 10 from this list.
- Alaska – Maggie Rogers
- Albatross – Fleetwood Mac
- Alberto Balsam – Aphex Twin
- Alcoholic – Fishbone
- Alert Status Red – Matthew Good
- Alexander Hamilton – Cast of Hamilton
- Alfie – Dionne Warwick
- Alice’s Restaurant – Arlo Guthrie
- Alison – Elvis Costello
- Alive – Pearl Jam
- Alive and Kicking – Simple Minds
- All Along the Watchtower – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- All Apologies – Nirvana
- All Around the World – Lisa Stansfield
- All Blues - Miles Davis
- All Cried Out – Dusty Springfield
- All I Have to Do Is Dream – The Everly Brothers
- All I Want is You – Carly Simon
- All I Want to Be (Is by Your Side) – Peter Frampton
- All in the Mind – The Verve
- All My Colours – Echo & the Bunnymen
- All My Ghosts – Lizzy McAlpine
- All My Loving – The Beatles
- All Night Long – Joe Walsh
- All Night Long – Peter Murphy
- All Over You – Live
- All Right Now - Free
- All Shook Up – Elvis Presley
- All Souls Night – Loreena McKennitt
- All the Girls Love Alice – Elton John
- All the Way From Memphis – Mott the Hoople
- All the Young Dudes – Mott the Hoople
- All Things Must Pass – George Harrison
- All Tomorrow’s Parties – The Velvet Underground
- All Too Well – Taylor Swift
- All We Ever Wanted Was Everything – Bauhaus
- All Y’all – Gringo Star
- All You Need is Love – The Beatles
- Allentown – Billy Joel
- Allison – The Pixies
- Almost With You – The Church
- Aloha Steve and Danno – Radio Birdman
- Alone – Heart
- Alone Again (Naturally) – Gilbert O’Sullivan
- Already Gone – Eagles
- Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Monty Python
- Always Never – Porcupine Tree
- Always On My Mind – Elvis Presley
- Always on My Mind – Willie Nelson
- Always See Your Face – Love
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What are your favorite A songs? POLL 3 of 4. Select up to 10 from this list.
- Always Something There to Remind Me – Naked Eyes
- Amazing Grace – The Blind Boys of Alabama
- America – Simon & Garfunkel
- America’s Sweetheart – Elle King
- American Girl – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
- American Pie – Don McLean
- American Tune – Paul Simon
- American Without Tears – Elvis Costello
- American Woman – The Guess Who
- Amerika – Rammstein
- Amish Paradise – “Weird Al” Yankovic
- Amnesia Vivace – Frank Zappa
- Amoureuse – Veronique Sanson
- Ana Ng – They Might Be Giants
- Anarchy in the U.K. – Sex Pistols
- Anchorage – Michelle Shocked
- And I Love Her – The Beatles
- And It Stoned Me – Van Morrison
- And She Was – Talking Heads
- And When I Die – Laura Nyro
- And Your Bird Can Sing – The Beatles
- Angel From Montgomery – John Prine
- Angel of Harlem – U2
- Angel of the Morning – Juice Newton
- Angela – Bob James
- Angelina – Bob Dylan
- Angie – The Rolling Stones
- Animal – Kesha
- Animal Spirit – Vulfpeck
- Animal Zoo – Spirit
- Anna (Go To Him) – Arthur Alexaander
- Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy – Did Creole and the Coconuts
- Annie’s Song – John Denver
- Another Brick in the Wall – Pink Floyd
- Another Day in Paradise – Phil Collins
- Another Girl, Another Planet – The Only Ones
- Another Love – Tom Odell
- Another Man Done Gone – Carolina Chocolate Drops
- Another One Bites the Dust – Queen
- Another One Rides the Bus – “Weird Al” Yankovic
- Another Saturday Night – Sam Cooke
- Ant Music – Adam & the Ants
- Anticipation – Carly Simon
- Anti-Hero – Taylor Swift
- Ants Marching – Dave Matthews Band
- Any Color You Like – Pink Floyd
- Any Day Now – Chuck Jackson
- Any Way the Wind Blows – The Mothers of Invention
- Any Way You Want It – Journey
- Anything Goes – Cole Porter
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What are your favorite A songs? POLL 4 of 4. Select up to 10 from this list.
- Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere – The Who
- Anywhere Is – Enya
- Apache – The Shadows
- Apeman – The Kinks
- Apostrophe’ – Frank Zappa
- Appalachian Stomp – Bill Monroe
- Apple Tree – AURORA
- Aqualung – Jethro Tull
- Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In – The 5th Dimension
- Are ‘Friends’ Electric? – Tubeway Army
- Are You Hearing What I Hear – Level 42
- Aries – Supertramp
- Armenia City in the Sky – The Who
- Arms & Opinions – Skating Polly
- Arnold Layne – Pink Floyd
- Arrested for Driving While Blind – ZZ Top
- Arriving Somewhere but Not Here – Porcupine Tree
- Art of Self-Defense, The – The Jesus Lizard
- Arthur – The Kinks
- As – Stevie Wonder
- As it Was – Harry Styles
- As Tears Go By – The Rolling Stones
- As You Will – The Church
- Ashes of American Flags – Wilco
- Ashes to Ashes – David Bowie
- Ask – The Smiths
- Aspirations – Gentle Giant
- Assassin – The Fearless Flyers w/Delta Force
- Astronomy – Blue Oyster Cult
- Astronomy Domine – Pink Floyd
- Asylum - Supertramp
- At Last – Etta James
- At My Most Beautiful – R.E.M.
- At Seventeen – Janis Ian
- At the Purchaser’s Option – Rhiannon Giddens
- At the Stake – Melvins
- Athena – The Who
- Atlantic City – Bruce Springsteen
- Atlantic City – The Band
- Atlantis – Donovan
- Atom Bomb – Fluke
- Atomic - Blondie
- Attention – Charlie Puth
- Autobahn – Kraftwerk
- Autumn Almanac – The Kinks
- Autumn Leaves – Cannonball Adderly
- Avalon – Roxy Music
- Avec le Temps - Léo Ferré
- Awake – Letters to Cleo
- Axel F – Harold Faltermeyer
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My A bench:
A1 on the Jukebox – Dave Edmunds
Abandoned Luncheonette – Hall & Oates
Acadian Driftwood – The Band
Ace in the Hole – Paul Simon
Act Naturally – The Beatles
Adios Hermanos – Paul Simon
After the Thrill is Gone – Eagles
Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked – Cage the Elephant
Ain’t That a Shame – Fats Domino
Ain’t Too Proud to Beg – The Rolling Stones
Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) – The Doors
Aladdin Sane – David Bowie
All Along the Watchtower – Bob Dylan
All Birds Look Like Chickens to Me – Sweet Papa Stovepipe
All I Really Want To Do – Bob Dylan
All I Want – Joni Mitchell
All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight – Hank Williams, Jr.
All of Me – Frank Sinatra
All the Young Dudes – David Bowie
All Those Years Ago – George Harrison
Alley Oop – The Hollywood Argyles
Almost Blue – Elvis Costello
America – Cast of West Side Story
American Music – Violent Femmes
American Tune – Allen Toussaint
Amy – Elton John
And When I Die – Blood, Sweat & Tears
Andy’s Chest – Lou Reed
Another Day – Paul McCartney
Another Love Song – Queens of the Stoneage
Any Major Dude Will Tell You – Steely Dan
Anybody Seen My Baby? – The Rolling Stones
Apple Blossom – The White Stripes
Apple Scruffs – George Harrison
April Come She Will – Simon & Garfunkel
April in Paris – Ella Fitzgerald
Are You Lonesome Tonight – Elvis Presley
Are You Ready – Pacific Gas & Electric
Are You Ready For the Country – Neil Young
Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? – Waylon Jennings
Army of America – Dr. Dog
As Tears Go By – The Rolling Stones
Ask the Angels – Patti Smith
Astral Weeks – Van Morrison
At Home He’s a Tourist – Gang of Four
At the Zoo – Simon & Garfunkel
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As a tongue-in-cheek way of saying thanks for your gentle corrections throughout these polls:
Take another one for your bench, mmm. 
Here’s my bench - I seriously considered an “all Ain’t” list at one point:
As I Lay Me Down - Sophie B. Hawkins
Ain’t No Woman (Like The One I Got) - Four Tops
Ain’t It Fun - Paramore
Ain’t Even Done With The Night - John Mellencamp
Always On My Mind - The Pet Shop Boys
After the Fire - Roger Daltrey
Are We Ourselves? - The Fixx
All I Need Is A Miracle - Mike + The Mechanics
Ahh, and so it is revealed that I am not perfect after all.
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I considered going with an all-Kinks list this time. In addition to “Arthur” and “Autumn Almanac” (which I did nominate), I also thought about
Apeman (which got nominated by someone else)
All Day and All Of the Night (which got nominated but then replaced)
Animal Farm
Attitude
Alcohol
Add It Up
Artificial Man
Australia
Others I considered that I don’t think have been mentioned yet (after mmm’s bench included several of mine):
After the Fall - Journey
All Fall Down - Sarah Masen
All This Is That - The Beach Boys
All You Pretty Girls - XTC
Allison Road - The Gin Blossoms
Another Star - Stevie Wonder
Aren’t You Glad - The Beach Boys
Arizona Sky - China Crisis
Awaiting On You All - George Harrison
Damn! I go to bed and miss the bonus round! Here’s some from my list (including some 
) that I haven’t seen above:
Ain’t No Cure For Love – Leonard Cohen
Ain’t That A Kick In The Head – Dean Martin
All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor
All About Us – t.A.T.u.
All I Have To Do Is Dream – The Everly Brothers
All I Wanna Do – Sheryl Crow
All The Things She Said – t.A.T.u.
Always – Jo Stafford
Always Wanting You – Merle Haggard
Am I Blue – Linda Ronstadt
Am I The One – Beth Hart
Am I Too Blue – Lucinda Williams
Amie – Pure Prairie League
Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground – Willie Nelson
Angel From Montgomery – Bonnie Raitt
Angel of the Morning – Merrilee Rush
Arizona – Mark Lindsay (Paul Revere & The Raiders)
The Arrangement – Joni Mitchell
Asking for It – Hole
At The End of The Rainbow – Sierra Ferrell
Audition (The Fools Who Dream) – Emma Stone
This one got included.
That was one of my 3 bonus entries.
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Shoot! Add another vote for Across 110th Street, if permissible.
Can you click on the VOTE button and edit your votes?
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My A also-rans:
All Along The Watchtower - Michael Hedges
All You Zombies - The Hooters
And You And I - Yes
Art For Art’s Sake - 10cc
Alone Again Or - UFO (or the original by Love)
Missed it. I generally track the ones on my list that get nominated, but the bonus round happened so fast… 
Ouch.
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More A songs:
After the Love Has Gone - Earth, Wind & Fire
Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing - Marving Gaye & Tammi Terrell
All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Ritchie
All She Wants to Do Is Dance - Don Henley
All Star - Smash Mouth
All the Way - Frank Sinatra
Alley Cat - Bent Fabric
Almost Paradise… Love Theme from Footloose - Mike Reno & Ann Wilson
Alphabet St. - Prince
America - Neil Diamond
At My Front Door - The El Dorados
At the Hop - Danny & The Juniors