What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter O? [Final Poll added] See rules in OP

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Others that I don’t think have been mentioned:

The Obvious Child - Paul Simon
Oh Daddy - Adrian Belew
Old - Paul Simon
Old and Wise - The Alan Parsons Project
One of the Dominoes - Mark Heard
One More Day (No Word) - Todd Rundgren
One Step Beyond - Madness
One World - Utopia
The Only Flame In Town - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
The Only Thing I Care About - E
Only When You Leave - Spandau Ballet
Only You - Ringo Starr
Other People’s Lives - Ray Davies
The Other Side of Summer - Elvis Costello
Outdoor Elvis - The Swirling Eddies

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More O songs:

Oh Happy Day - Edwin Hawkins Singers
Oh Very Young - Cat Stevens
An Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night
On and On - Stephen Bishop
On the Road Again - Canned Heat
Only the Good Die Young - Billy Joel
Only the Strong Survive - Jerry Butler
Only Yesterday - The Carpenters
Ooh Baby Baby - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Operator - The Manhattan Transfer
Our House - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Oh, Lady, Be Good! - Ella Fitzgerald
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever - Johnny Mathis
One O’clock Jump - Count Basie and His Orchestra
On Revival Day - Bessie Smith
On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe - Johnny Mercer and His Orchestra
On the Sunny Side of the Street - Ella Fitzgerald
Ornithology - Charlie Parker

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The very last rest of unmentioned songs from my list:

Oh Bondage Up Yours! - X-Ray Spex

One More Cup Of Coffee - Bob Dylan

On Broadway - Neil Young

The One I Love - REM

Oxford Town - Bob Dylan

Only A Pawn In Their Game - Bob Dylan

Out Of The Dark - Falco

Once Bitten, Twice Shy - Ian Hunter

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And a few more:

Oh What A World - Rufus Wainwright
Old Cape Cod - Patti Page
Once Around the Block - Badly Drawn Boy
One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) - Frank Sinatra
The Only Living Boy In New York - Simon & Garfunkel
Only You - The Flying Pickets
O-o-h Child - The Five Stairsteps
Ooh La La - Goldfrapp
Orange-Colored Sky - Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Outside - George Michael
Outside of a Small Circle of Friends - Phil Ochs
Outtathaway - The Vines
Over There - Jonathan Coulton

The Sinatra omission is probably the biggest omission of the bunch.

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O no we didn’t miss these!

(some duplication of other missed titles, which is fine)

Odds and Ends – Bob Dylan & the Band
Ohh La La – Faces
Old Man – Neil Young
Only Women Bleed – Alice Cooper
Out on the Weekend – Neil Young
Once Bitten, Twice Shy – Ian Hunter
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer – George Thorogood & the Destroyers
One Fine Morning – Lighthouse
One Last Kiss – The J. Geils Band
One Man’s Ceiling is Another Man’s Floor – Paul Simon
One on One – Hall & Oates
Only a Northern Song – The Beatles
Our House – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Out Come the Freaks – Was (Not Was)

Also, smacking my forehead that I didn’t have these even on my missed list:

mmm

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Semi-related note: Any Tom Waits fan who isn’t familiar with his soundtrack to One From the Heart (1981) should become so. It’s loaded with very good to excellent songs (9? 10? 11?), and Crystal Gayle’s participation makes it stronger.

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We got the John Lee Hooker version, which is the important one IMHO.

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I have very positive feelings about both versions.

(not top-5 positive, but close)

mmm

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Best of the rest of my list (without repeating other posters’ spares)

One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) - Bob Dylan. (I was this close to posting it, but had already gone with One Too Many Mornings. Now it looks like a shocking omission.)
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service - Propellerheads
On The Air - Peter Gabriel
Out Of Control - Chemical Brothers
Only You - The Flying Pickets (or Yazoo)

j

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FINAL POLL – What are your favorite O songs? Select up to 3.

  • Oh, Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison
  • Oliver’s Army – Elvis Costello
  • On the Road Again – Willie Nelson
  • Once in a Lifetime – Talking Heads
  • One Way Or Another – Blondie
  • Only the Lonely – Roy Orbison
  • Orange Crush – R.E.M.
  • Our House – Madness
  • Our Lips Are Sealed – The Go-Go’s
  • Over the Rainbow – Judy Garland
0 voters
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Ha, the first one where I could easily have voted for 4 or 5.

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Odd. I was thinking this is a pretty weak lineup.

mmm

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I’m with @MrDibble on this one. It’s a strong list of bangers for me too!

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The 10 O finalists, generally speaking:

  • Below average
  • Average
  • Above average
0 voters
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There are plenty of songs in there that I can listen to with pleasure. But a great song? Weeeellll…

j

ETA - Below average

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Average. Most of the songs are fine, but there are none that I really like except “Orange Crush.”

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It’s lighter than usual on “classic rock,” which may be a good thing for some people and a bad thing for others.

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Not to dismiss the finalists–they’re all good songs. But considering the other choices I think there were more worthy contenders.

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An interesting point that I hadn’t considered, but c’mon…

Our Lips Are Sealed? On the Road Again?

I know, I know…our mileages vary.

mmm

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You got two Roy Orbison songs and a Willie Nelson- what more do you want? Maybe people just need to see a beatles song in there?