# What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter D? See rules in OP: Final Poll Added **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [November 29, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859 "2023-11-29T13:17:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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 1, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/121 "2023-12-01T13:49:37Z")
What are your favorite **D** songs? **POLL 1 of 4**. Select up to **10** from this list. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/121))_ ---
**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 1, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/122 "2023-12-01T13:51:04Z")
What are your favorite **D** songs? **POLL 2 of 4**. Select up to **10** from this list. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/122))_ ---
**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 1, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/123 "2023-12-01T13:52:25Z")
What are your favorite **D** songs? **POLL 3 of 4**. Select up to **10** from this list. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/123))_ ---
**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 1, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/124 "2023-12-01T13:54:06Z")
What are your favorite **D** songs? **POLL 4 of 4**. Select up to **10** from this list. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/124))_ ---
**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 1, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/125 "2023-12-01T14:07:04Z")
Here are my left overs: Debra - Beck Darling Be Home Soon - The Lovin’ Spoonful Dinah-Moe Humm - Frank Zappa Don’t Doubt Yourself - The Byrds Death Of A Clown - The Kinks/Dave Davies Domino - Van Morrison Demon’s Eye - Deep Purple ---
**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 1, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/126 "2023-12-01T14:10:34Z")
I voted for additional single nominations, but ONLY if the poster has not suggested a song previously in this thread. What I had left on my list: Du Hast - Rammstein Delia’s Gone - Johnny Cash Desperadoes Waiting For A Train - Guy Clark Detroit or Buffalo - Barbara Keith Doll Parts - Hole Dixie Chicken - Little Feat 🤦‍♂️ Drunken Angel - Lucinda Williams And…(is this a song?) [The Deteriorata](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Axyqk5ERKQ) - Norman Rose & Melissa Manchester ---
**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 1, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/127 "2023-12-01T14:19:47Z")
Yeah, I got some leftovers. Bolded items are what I consider glaring omissions: **Dance Band on the Titanic – Harry Chapin** Dancing Queen – ABBA Dear Abby – John Prine Dear Landlord – Bob Dylan Dear Prudence – The Beatles Desperado – Eagles **Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed – Richard & Linda Thompson** Dirty Water – The Standells Dirty Work – Steely Dan Disarm – Smashing Pumpkins Dizzy – Tommy Roe Do Wah Diddy Diddy – Manfred Mann **Do You Love Me – The Contours** Do You Really Want to Hurt Me – Culture Club **Doctor My Eyes – Jackson Browne** Doctor Robert – The Beatles Doctor Wu – Steely Dan Domino – Van Morrison Don’t Be Nice to Me – Nick Lowe Don’t Bother Me – The Beatles **Don’t Do Me Like That – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers** Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight – James Taylor Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – Elvis Costello **Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – The Animals** Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying – Gerry & the Pacemakers Don’t Pull Your Love Out – Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds **Donna the Prima Donna – Dion** Down Home Girl – Old Crow Medicine Show Down in New Orleans – Dr. John Down in the Boondocks – Billy Joe Royal **Downtown – Petula Clark** Dream Lover – Bobby Darin Dreaming My Dreams with You – Cowboy Junkies Dueling Banjos – Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/128 "2023-12-01T14:21:31Z")
@peccavi - I had Dixie Chicken in one of my “way too many” lists. And I _adore_ Desperados Waiting for a Train, except by Jerry Jeff Walker, the version I heard first (and often!) on his _Viva Terlingua_ album. ---
**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 1, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/129 "2023-12-01T14:39:01Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Dancing Queen – ABBA Ouch, this really had to be in. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/130 "2023-12-01T15:14:13Z")
A few more that ended up on the cutting room floor: Don’t Let It End - Styx Don’t Cry Out Loud - Melissa Manchester Don’t Cry - Asia Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover - Sophie B. Hawkins Drive - The Cars Dreams - The Cranberries Dynamite - Taio Cruz ---
**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 1, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/131 "2023-12-01T15:46:26Z")
I’ve got a little list… **Dance to Your Daddy** - Ben Luxon & Bill Crofut **DARE** - Gorillaz **Dark Horse** - Katy Perry **Dead End Friends** - Them Crooked Vultures **The Death of the Cog** - The Cog Is Dead **Destroy Everything You Touch** - Ladytron **Detectorists** - Johnny Flynn **Devil Woman** - Cliff Richard **Didn’t It Rain** - Sister Rosetta Tharpe **Disco Down** - Shed Seven **Disconnect** - Rollins Band **Dogs Like Socks** - Psychostick (okay, this is just here for comedy value) **Donald Where’s Your Troosers?** - Andy Stewart **Don’t Go Into That Barn** - Tom Waits **Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue** - Crystal Gayle **Don’t Look Back In Anger** - Oasis **Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright** - Joan Baez (who often sang Dylan’s songs better than Dylan did) **Don’t Touch Me There** - The Tubes **Don’t Try To Lay No Boogie-Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll** - John Baldry **Double Dutch** - Malcolm McLaren **Do Your Thing** - Basement Jaxx **Dragostea din tei** - O-Zone (better known on the internet as the “Numa Numa song”) **Drag Queen Blues** - Richard Digance **Dream Operator** - Talking Heads **Drive** - Jonathan Coulton **The Drugs Don’t Work** - The Verve **Dry Bones** - Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians **The Duffler** - Fantastic Negrito **dumb dumb** - mazie **Duncan and Brady** - Dave Van Ronk ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/132 "2023-12-01T16:11:45Z")
Deserving, deliberated but not deployed Don’t Call On Me - The Monkees Doctor Doctor - UFO Dominance And Submission - Blue Oyster Cult Driving Along - Nilsson Drivin’ Wheel - Foghat ---
**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 1, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/133 "2023-12-01T16:49:39Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > **Didn’t It Rain** - Sister Rosetta Tharpe Goddamn, that’s an annoying omission. j ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/134 "2023-12-01T16:56:16Z")
Diamonds and Pearls - Prince Disco Duck ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/135 "2023-12-01T16:57:17Z")
Doctor! doctor! - Thompson Twins Daddy, He got a Tesla - Vulfpeck ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/136 "2023-12-01T19:18:57Z")
drivers license, Olivia Rodrigo Does Your Mother Know, ABBA Dumb, Nirvana Dance, Dance, Dance, Steve Miller Band ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/137 "2023-12-01T19:24:01Z")
Down to Seeds and Stems Again - Commander Cody ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/138 "2023-12-01T20:59:26Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I’ll leave it up to the other participants and I’ll go with the majority. I can go for one. How about we call it “honorable mention”, maybe? But it really can be insurance when one of your five to found to be already suggested. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/139 "2023-12-01T21:00:14Z")
My leftovers, that nobody else subsequently mentioned, included: Dance Around In Circles - Adam Again Dance Stop - Daniel Amos Dancing On Light - Terry Scott Taylor Dandy - The Kinks Darlin’ - The Beach Boys Darn Floor—Big Bite - Daniel Amos David Watts - The Kinks Daybreak - Barry Manilow Days Are Numbers (The Traveller) - The Alan Parsons Project The Days To Come - The 77s Dead Birds - The Way Down Wanderers December - Collective Soul Deep - Adam Again Deep and Meaningful - Something Fierce Delusions of Grandeur - Fleming & John Designs On You - Something Fierce The Devil’s Been Busy - The Traveling Wilburys The Devil Went Down To Newport (Totally Rocking) - Mono Puff Dig - Adam Again Dig Here, Said the Angel - Daniel Amos Disney Girls (1957) - The Beach Boys Do It Again - The Beach Boys Do It For Love - The 77s Doctor Worm - They Might Be Giants Don’t Ask Me Why - Billy Joel Diane - Trip Shakespeare The Double - Daniel Amos Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive - Men At Work Dream Weaver - Gary Wright Dreamboat Annie - Heart Driving In England - The Swirling Eddies Dunce Cap - Lost Dogs and the D-est song: De Do Do Do De Da Da Da - The Police ---
**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 1, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859/140 "2023-12-01T21:03:50Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Days Are Numbers (The Traveller) - The Alan Parsons Project This was one of mine, possibly my favorite APP song, but I figured no one else would vote for it anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993859.md?page=8)