# What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter L and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP \[Final polls added\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [March 19, 2024, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031 "2024-03-19T12:03:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [March 19, 2024, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031/1 "2024-03-19T12:03:29Z")
**RULES:** Submissions must begin with the **letter L**. Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll. **Songs must have been first released on or after January 1, 2000.** **IMPORTANT: You must include the year of release with each submission. Entries that do not will be excluded.** **No cover songs allowed, unless the original was released on or after 1/1/2000.** **I humbly ask for everyone’s assistance in ensuring that we all adhere to these rules. Please politely point out any questionable entries.** Submissions are limited to **5 per person**. Please do not post title suggestions or comments on alternative titles. This takes a little of the fun out of the process. It is ok, after the polls are posted, to name titles that have been overlooked. If you edit your already-posted entry to make a change, I may not see it. Please do not edit your posted list or re-post your entire list – this gets confusing - just add a new post with changes or additions only. **EXAMPLE** : _Remove “A Day in the Life” and add “Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast.”_ You are allowed to make changes to your entries (see previous paragraph) up until the time that the first polls are posted. You must include the artist (not the composer, unless they are the same person) or your submission will not be counted. Polls will appear in this thread once submissions begin to wind down. Classical releases are excluded. Final poll, also in this thread, will narrow the field to 10-ish. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031/2 "2024-03-19T12:41:43Z")
[Lime Green Sweater](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eFm55-Qhh8), The Negro Problem (2000) [Life in Marvelous Times](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdeWxYkckxc), Mos Def (2009) [The Local Fuzz,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjVqcxk-EQE) Atomic Bitchwax (2011) [Limb by Limb](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ouWKZapvfo), Phish (2009) [Left Hand Free](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRWUoDpo2fo), alt-J (2014) ---
**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:** [March 19, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031/3 "2024-03-19T12:51:27Z")
Late Night Talking-Harry Styles (2022) Leave Before You Love Me- Marshmallow ft. Jonas Brothers (2021) Let It Go- Idina Menzel (2013) Lover -Taylor Swift (20019) Love the Way You Lie- Eminem ft Rihanna (2010) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031/4 "2024-03-19T13:44:03Z")
Correction: “Limb by Limb” (Phish) is from 1998. Please disregard it from my list. Apologies. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031/5 "2024-03-19T15:15:50Z")
Thanks for catching that. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Dancer\_Flight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dancer_flight/32/7601_2.png) [@Dancer\_Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dancer_Flight)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031/6 "2024-03-19T15:15:52Z")
1. [Let Me Go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBVkE2-D2mo) - Naomi Streimer (2004) 2. [Last Night on Earth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf7y-yGwcuo) - Melanie C. (2005) 3. [Leave It](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHXvjA3o7Ys) - i\_o & Lights (2022) 4. [Lose Control](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8eLBLyVLgU) - Hedley (2015) 5. [Love Me Like That](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gUCkkkdt8Y) - Michelle Branch ft. Sheryl Crow (2003) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031/7 "2024-03-19T15:43:20Z")
@Mean_Mr.Mustard These are coming way too fast. [**Little Death**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuzlZWvTU2I) The Beths, 2018 [**Lucky**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHsUaS9r5R8) Lucie, Too, 2017 [**Last Day On Earth**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwpVNq1FeEk) Beabadoobee, 2021 [**Little Girl Blue and The Battle Envy**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B4Nn9_9YHg) Skating Polly, 2018 [**Louder In Outer Space**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLjDYd35p5k) Skating Polly, 2017 ---
**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:** [March 19, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031/8 "2024-03-19T15:44:21Z")
Alrighty, we can slow it down a bit. mmm ---
**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:** [March 19, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031/9 "2024-03-19T15:58:46Z")
[**Legal Man**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-LvqprQnsI) - Belle and Sebastian (2001) [**Let’s Have A Satanic Orgy**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwKNYKG60yo) - Twin Temple (2023) [**Life In A Day**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CMgXe0qN9g) - I Am Kloot (2003) [**Look For The Light**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzYb8SPNLEE) (from “Only Murders In The Building”) - Meryl Streep (2023) [**Lose Control**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkOpwodhROI) - Teddy Swims (2023) ETA: I thought I’d have more L songs to choose from but more of them date from the 1990s than I remembered. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031/10 "2024-03-19T17:16:08Z")
Last Nite - The Strokes, 2001 Love Is A Losing Game - Amy Winehouse, 2006 Love In The Dark - Adele, 2006 [L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. - Noah And The Whale](https://youtu.be/mCHzicKq3W4?feature=shared), 2011 Life To Come - The Killers, 2017 j ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031/11 "2024-03-19T18:28:42Z")
The Last Great American Dynasty - Taylor Swift (2020) Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) - Katy Perry (2011) Love On The Brain - Rihanna (2016) ---
**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:** [March 19, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031/12 "2024-03-19T19:04:03Z")
Lightning Bolt - Jake Bugg - 2012 Lupine Dominus - The Oh Sees - 2012 The Lord of Lightning vs Balrog - King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard - 2017 Lion With a Shark’s Head - Dan Deacon - 2004 Look at Miss Ohio - Gillian Welch - 2003 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xCiQXsvPr1M/maxresdefault.jpg "Jake Bugg - Lightning Bolt (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCiQXsvPr1M) Mmmmm, two drummers [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZVcnX3B9WsU/maxresdefault.jpg "Thee Oh Sees - "Lupine Dominus" (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVcnX3B9WsU) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Rd3vwwXArMQ/maxresdefault.jpg "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - The Lord Of Lightning vs Balrog (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd3vwwXArMQ) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/54KeHTcjCoI/maxresdefault.jpg "Dan Deacon - Lion with a Sharks Head (demostration version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54KeHTcjCoI) (my wife who generally _doesn’t sing anything_ will sing this one to herself) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/B8aH4cRdplE/hqdefault.jpg "Gillian Welch ''Look at Miss Ohio''") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8aH4cRdplE) ---
**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:** [March 19, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031/13 "2024-03-19T20:12:27Z")
[Lazy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68Ij7do_GPI&ab_channel=ETICSLive) - **David Byrne** (2004) [Let Me Down Slow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1nm3hIk2aw&ab_channel=TheRollingStones-Topic) - **The Rolling Stones** (2005) [Livin’ It Up On Top](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsxtbdDh4OA&ab_channel=AmberGray-Topic) - **Cast of Hadestown** (2019) [Lose Yourself](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFYQQPAOz7Y&ab_channel=EminemMusic) - **Eminem** (2002) [Love Interruption](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iErNRBTPbEc&ab_channel=JackWhiteVEVO) - **Jack White** (2012) ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Eric\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric_C)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031/14 "2024-03-19T21:16:42Z")
[Let’s Fall in Love for the Night](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pjOpP3P7Ks) – Finneas (2019) [Lights](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NKUpo_xKyQ) – Ellie Goulding (2011) [Little Talks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghb6eDopW8I) – Of Monsters and Men (2011) [Lost in Yesterday](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utCjuKDXQsE) – Tame Impala (2020) [Love You Like a Love Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgT_us6AsDg) – Selena Gomez & The Scene (2011) ---
**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:** [March 19, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031/15 "2024-03-19T22:50:13Z")
[**Like a G6**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv64wcn25cc) **– Hank & Cupcakes (Orig. Far East Movement, 2010)** [**Looking Out**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJIZr6MN1xQ) **- Brandi Carlile (2009)** [**Lost on You**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDjeBNv6ip0) **– LP (2015)** [**Love Story**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xg3vE8Ie_E) **– Taylor Swift (2008)** **[Lady Vagabond](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDz_T-FYO0g) – Grace Potter (2023)** ---
**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:** [March 20, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031/16 "2024-03-20T01:42:03Z")
[Last Goodbye](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQCiHKTbIk0&pp=ygUSa2VzaGEgbGFzdCBnb29kYnll) - Kesha (2012) Last Resort - Papa Roach (2000) Long Way Down - Robert Delong (2014) Look It Here - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (2015) Love It If We Made It - The 1975 (2018) Several other songs barely missed the cut but may be eligible if we are allowed more nominations. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031/17 "2024-03-20T01:57:07Z")
[L.O.V.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hW_ruCm2i8) - Fitz and the Tantrums (2010) [Let Go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-ZWZOEo4dE) - Toby Lightman (2008) [Lonely Boy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_426RiwST8) - The Black Keys (2011) [Long Time Gone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c5b8ZtjwwY) - The Chicks (2002) [Lose Yourself to Dance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF-kLy44Hls) - Daft Punk (2013) ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031/18 "2024-03-20T07:25:31Z")
**[Latch](https://youtu.be/93ASUImTedo)** – Disclosure ft. Sam Smith (2012) **[Legend Has It](https://youtu.be/QaPrQa3oMy0)** – Run The Jewels (2016) **[Lies](https://youtu.be/81RqEnvczV8)** – Chvrches (2013) **[Look, The](https://youtu.be/sFrNsSnk8GM)** – Metronomy (2011) **[Loud Places](https://youtu.be/TP9luRtEqjc)** – Jamie xx ft. Romy (2015) For bonus points, once we’re done, name the three songs I seriously considered but left out because there’s already a song nominated by that artist so far. (As a tiny hint, all my songs have Wikipedia pages, so they aren’t crazy obscure.) ---
**Author:** ![Moonrise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonrise/32/14764_2.png) [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031/19 "2024-03-20T08:05:15Z")
_[Let Me Down Slowly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKonqhZ5PsA)_ – **Alec Benjamin, Alessia Cara** (2019) _[Levitating](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUVcZfQe-Kw)_ – **Dua Lipa** (2020) And these two ! > [@Eric\_C](#): > > [Lights](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NKUpo_xKyQ) – Ellie Goulding (2011) > [@peccavi](#): > > [**Lost on You**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDjeBNv6ip0) **– LP (2015)** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031/20 "2024-03-20T10:23:57Z")
What the L, are we this far into the alphabet already?! 🙃 Lampshades on Fire - Modest Mouse (2014) Lash Out - Alice Merton (2018) Live in the Moment - Portugal the Man (2017) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031.md?page=2)