# What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter O? \[Final Poll added\] See rules in OP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [December 4, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099 "2023-12-04T13:16:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 4, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099/21 "2023-12-04T17:29:55Z")
Overkill - Motorhead [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MlzTET_8SQg/maxresdefault.jpg "Motörhead – Overkill (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlzTET_8SQg) Ohio - Dan Deacon [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_eMb_kh_glw/hqdefault.jpg "Dan Deacon on NBC morning") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eMb_kh_glw) (My favorite version. I get the feeling they didn’t know who they’d invited on, and Dan’s rig goes crazier than usual at the end.) Oh My Golly! - Pixes [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PEu4M3eEuOw/maxresdefault.jpg "Oh My Golly! (Remastered)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEu4M3eEuOw) The O-men - Butthole Surfers [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LjDHuOQ_GGQ/maxresdefault.jpg "The O-Men") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjDHuOQ_GGQ) I don’t know if O Fortuna is modern enough to skate under the classical music ban, but it does have a name given to it by the composer. If not, I’ll take the hand slap. O Fortuna - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qATbf5-D8bU/hqdefault.jpg "Most epic version - O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qATbf5-D8bU) ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099/22 "2023-12-04T17:53:04Z")
Orgasm Addict - Buzzcocks One of the Survivors - The Kinks Oklahoma U.S.A - The Kinks One - U2 One - Metallica ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099/23 "2023-12-04T17:55:27Z")
Oily Way - Gong Orgone Accumulator - Hawkwind ODed on Life Itself - Blue Oyster Cult On Reflection - Gentle Giant One More Red Nightmare - King Crimson ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099/24 "2023-12-04T18:00:08Z")
On the Beach - Chris Rhea Ophelia - The Band Outside the Wall - Pink Floyd Ol’ 55 - Eagles ---
**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 4, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099/25 "2023-12-04T18:11:50Z")
[Old Boyfriends](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwPRPepwsnU) — Crystal Gayle & Tom Waits [On Raglan Road](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbl7a69FDvY) — Van Morrison & Chieftains [Over My Head](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGF_y-NcrVw) — Fleetwood Mac [Ol’ Man River](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xDIK_cvl_c) — Paul Robeson [Our Love is Here to Stay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at3DdAQseGs) — Ella Fitzgerald ---
**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:** [December 4, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099/26 "2023-12-04T18:13:48Z")
_One Night in Bangkok_ - **Murray Head** _O Grande Amor_ - **Stan Getz, João Gilberto** _Ode to my Family_ - **The Cranberries** [_Out of Time Man_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE7UNgAAKag&list=RDEE7UNgAAKag&start_radio=1) - **Mano Negra** ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099/27 "2023-12-04T18:32:32Z")
1. Once Upon A Time In The West - Dire Straits 2. Oh Babe What Would You Say - Hurricane Smith 3. Oh Girl - The Chi-Lites ---
**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 4, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099/28 "2023-12-04T18:54:50Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > I don’t know if O Fortuna is modern enough to skate under the classical music ban, but it does have a name given to it by the composer. If not, I’ll take the hand slap. > O Fortuna - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Yeah, we’re gonna consider this one classical. Have another go. > [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > [On Raglan Road](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbl7a69FDvY) — Van Morrison & Chieftains This one - “Ragland Road” - belongs with the Rs. Have another. mmm ---
**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 4, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099/29 "2023-12-04T19:06:12Z")
Nevermind. (Need to explore more) ---
**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 4, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099/30 "2023-12-04T19:33:21Z")
[On Broadway](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XtYvR8ryj8) — The Drifters ---
**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 4, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099/31 "2023-12-04T19:47:01Z")
Out Of Time - The Rolling Stones [One Too Many Mornings - Bob Dylan And Johnny Cash](https://youtu.be/BRpTYdcjW3g?si=mtMRDC9A_Ll7kQqN&t=8) Oh Boy - Buddy Holly And The Crickets Ocean - The Velvet Underground Oh Mr Peanut - Ian Dury And The Blockheads ([Linky, NSFW](https://youtu.be/DdJ8MIlPxak?si=HkAB6-m4d-kCEOwb)) j ETA: I’ll just posit that Oh Mr Peanut has the finest opening words of any song: _Oi, rotten hat - Where’d you get that haircut?_ _Brent Cross Shopping Centre?_ _I bet your mother feeds you with a catapult._ ---
**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 4, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099/32 "2023-12-04T19:59:21Z")
Our Lips are Sealed - The Go-Go’s Only the Lonely - Roy Orbison ---
**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 4, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099/33 "2023-12-04T20:24:36Z")
**One Way Ticket** - Eruption **One Love** - Bob Marley and the Wailers **Ob La Di, Ob La Da** - The Beatles **Obsession** - Animotion **One More Night** - Phil Collins (If we still had Alts I was going for Ode To Billie Joe) ---
**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 4, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099/34 "2023-12-04T20:26:44Z")
Polish the Alt off; your #2 and #3 have already gone. j ---
**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 4, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099/35 "2023-12-04T20:28:01Z")
Darn. Search must baulk at small words. ---
**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 4, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099/36 "2023-12-04T20:28:46Z")
( I only knew because I was after both of them as well). j ---
**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 4, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099/37 "2023-12-04T20:33:46Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Yeah, we’re gonna consider this one classical. Have another go. Okeydoke, then Ocean Rouge - Flavien Berger [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vrQxXjzkIFU/maxresdefault.jpg "FLAVIEN BERGER - OCÉAN ROUGE") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrQxXjzkIFU) And if it’s not too much trouble, can I replace Ohio - Dan Deacon with Okie Dokie - Dan Deacon [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6LjxJWU9rHI/hqdefault.jpg "Dan Deacon "Okie Dokie"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LjxJWU9rHI) ---
**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 4, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099/38 "2023-12-04T20:35:53Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > (If we still had Alts I was going for…) Please don’t post alternates, even if spoilerized. That said, would you like this one included to cover one of your duplicates? mmm ---
**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 4, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099/39 "2023-12-04T20:38:13Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > And if it’s not too much trouble, can I replace Ohio - Dan Deacon with > Okie Dokie - Dan Deacon Done. mmm ---
**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 4, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099/40 "2023-12-04T20:49:11Z")
Yes thanks, please do add **Ode To Billie Joe** by Bobby Gentry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-o-final-poll-added-see-rules-in-op/994099.md?page=3)