# What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter R and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP \[Final poll\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [April 6, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924 "2024-04-06T11:37:17Z")\ **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:** [April 6, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924/1 "2024-04-06T11:37:17Z")
**RULES:** Submissions must begin with the letter **R**. 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:** ![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:** [April 6, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924/2 "2024-04-06T11:44:48Z")
Radio Shack - Vulfpeck (2020) Romanian Drinking Song - Vulfpeck (2022) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924/3 "2024-04-06T11:45:43Z")
**Rill Rill – Sleigh Bells (2010)** **The Real Slim Shady – Eminem (2000)** **Rain Fall Down – The Rolling Stones (2005)** **Road To Hell – Cast of Hadestown (2019)** **The Rising – Bruce Springsteen (2002)** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nmFgejWZjtg/maxresdefault.jpg "Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmFgejWZjtg) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FA2j9qlFyDU/maxresdefault.jpg "Eminem - The Real Slim Shady (Official Video - Dirty Version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA2j9qlFyDU) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SvvJbxl4Vmk/maxresdefault.jpg "The Rolling Stones - Rain Fall Down - OFFICIAL PROMO (EXPLICIT)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvvJbxl4Vmk) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/slGhqLI75Gk/maxresdefault.jpg "Road to Hell") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slGhqLI75Gk) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BDbJhvRrJak/maxresdefault.jpg "Bruce Springsteen - The Rising (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDbJhvRrJak) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924/4 "2024-04-06T12:37:51Z")
[Right to be Wrong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFFukxte0xg&t=7s), Joss Stone (2004) [Rhymes Like Dimes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TlZeem3FU8), MF Doom feat. DJ Cucumber Slice (2011) [Ring the Alarm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4WPha4v_qE), Black Dub (2010) [Rose Mountain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPgLQF-qe_g), Screaming Females (2015) [Redemption](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK1pPE4_xxQ), Molemen feat. Myka 9 (2006) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924/5 "2024-04-06T13:09:14Z")
[Rehab - Amy Winehouse](https://youtu.be/KUmZp8pR1uc?feature=shared), 2006 [Rolling In The Deep - Adele](https://youtu.be/rYEDA3JcQqw?feature=shared), 2001 [River Lea - Adele](https://youtu.be/Qiu59lZShCo?feature=shared), 2015 [Rhinestone Eyes - Gorillaz](https://youtu.be/yYDmaexVHic?feature=shared), 2010 [Runaway Horses - The Killers](https://youtu.be/Fnzg8U4lQko?feature=shared), 2021 (NB - link to abridged version) j ---
**Author:** ![MikeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924/6 "2024-04-06T13:25:03Z")
1. [Rebel Prince](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWdqMWF9DSI) — Rufus Wainwright (2001) 2. [Red Tide](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D6Y7jd0gX0) — Neko Case (2008) 3. [Remember the Mountain Bed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGWRzUIGghQ) — Billy Bragg & Wilco (2000) 4. [Road Regrets](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hviiGCkVMiY) — Dan Mangan (2010) 5. [Roy Walker](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgvU7WPAhQ8) — Belle & Sebastian (2003) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924/7 "2024-04-06T13:36:11Z")
**[Rebel Heart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LE6veTNORI) - First Aid Kit (2018)** [**Red Dirt Girl**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE_sUN_M7p0) **– Emmylou Harris (& Mark Knopfler) (2000)** [**Rise Up**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwgr_IMeEgA) **– Andra Day** [**Rosemary**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8c6BTVMP64) **– Sierra Ferrell (2019)** [**Running On Empty**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH-WhS8Wjwc) **– Kassi Valazza (2019)** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8LE6veTNORI/maxresdefault.jpg "First Aid Kit - Rebel Heart (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LE6veTNORI) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JE_sUN_M7p0/maxresdefault.jpg "Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl (Real Live Roadrunning | Official Live Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE_sUN_M7p0) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lwgr_IMeEgA/maxresdefault.jpg "Andra Day - Rise Up [Official Music Video] [Inspiration Version]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwgr_IMeEgA) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/c8c6BTVMP64/maxresdefault.jpg "Sierra Ferrell, "Rosemary," // GemsOnVHS™") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8c6BTVMP64) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/EH-WhS8Wjwc/maxresdefault.jpg "Kassi Valazza || "Running On Empty" || Through The Fence") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH-WhS8Wjwc) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924/8 "2024-04-06T13:38:51Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > [**Rise Up**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwgr_IMeEgA) **– Andra Day** missed the date - 2015 ---
**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:** [April 6, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924/9 "2024-04-06T13:54:19Z")
> [@MikeS](#): > > [Remember the Mountain Bed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGWRzUIGghQ) — Billy Bragg & Wilco (2000) That could be a border case. Though it’s not exactly a cover, for the “Mermaid Avenue” albums Wilco and Billy Bragg took unreleased song lyrics from Woody Guthrie’s estate and put them to new music. I think @Mean_Mr.Mustard has to decide if it’s eligible. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924/10 "2024-04-06T14:14:32Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Though it’s not exactly a cover, for the “Mermaid Avenue” albums Wilco and Billy Bragg took unreleased song lyrics from Woody Guthrie’s estate and put them to new music. I’d vote for eligible. The key is “released”, as in made public. I think that many of the older artists represented in this set of polls have songs they created decades ago, but only put out recently. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924/11 "2024-04-06T14:42:08Z")
I’d vote for “eligible,” too. Mere lyrics do not a song make. Was Rush’s “Xanadu” not created in the 1970s, simply because it mangles – I mean, borrows from --Coleridge? 😉 ---
**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:** [April 6, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924/12 "2024-04-06T14:44:20Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > > [@MikeS](#): > > > > [Remember the Mountain Bed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGWRzUIGghQ) — Billy Bragg & Wilco (2000) > > That could be a border case. Though it’s not exactly a cover, for the “Mermaid Avenue” albums Wilco and Billy Bragg took unreleased song lyrics from Woody Guthrie’s estate and put them to new music. I think @Mean_Mr.Mustard has to decide if it’s eligible. From Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > …songs consisting of **previously unheard** lyrics written by American folk singer-songwriter [Woody Guthrie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Guthrie) set to **newly created** music. (bolding mine) Allowed. mmm ---
**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:** [April 6, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924/13 "2024-04-06T15:32:07Z")
Run- Taylor Swift ft Ed Sheeran (2021) Remember When-Alan Jackson (2003) Renegades of Funk-Rage Against the Machine (2000) Rush E- Sheet Music Boss (2018) Radiate- Jack Johnson (2013) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924/14 "2024-04-06T15:37:28Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Renegades of Funk-Rage Against the Machine (2000) I hate to be a nitpicker again, and I love the song (and the whole album), but this clearly is a cover of the original Afrika Bambaataa song from 1983. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924/15 "2024-04-06T15:42:05Z")
Bah, I had no idea. Alright back to the drawing board. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924/16 "2024-04-06T15:43:36Z")
It is from RATM’s 2000 album “Renegades”, which consists only of cover songs. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924/17 "2024-04-06T15:47:39Z")
Replace Renegades of Funk with: Ridin’ - Chamillionaire (2005) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924/18 "2024-04-06T15:59:37Z")
Ahh, at long last, the Rs. Red Clay Halo - Gillian Welch - 2001 Ruby Go Home - Thee Oh Sees - 2011 The River - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - 2015 Rattlesnake - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - 2017 Robot Stop - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - 2016 [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i7knB3VtAqY/hqdefault.jpg "Red Clay Halo - Gillian Welch & David Rawlings") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7knB3VtAqY) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/opdlvS62xu4/maxresdefault.jpg "Ruby Go Home") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opdlvS62xu4) Mmmm, two drummers again. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PUZn1I6llJs/maxresdefault.jpg "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - The River") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUZn1I6llJs) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Q-i1XZc8ZwA/maxresdefault.jpg "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Rattlesnake (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-i1XZc8ZwA) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9p_Si21ig7c/maxresdefault.jpg "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Robot Stop (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p_Si21ig7c) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924/19 "2024-04-06T16:53:32Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Red Clay Halo - Gillian Welch - 2001 Ooooh - good call! j ---
**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:** [April 6, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924/20 "2024-04-06T17:05:15Z")
[**Running With The Wolves**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06ht9MyJLT4) AURORA , 2015 [**A Real Thing**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd2Rps0cMdo) The Beths, 2022 [**reckless driving**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw9qEj9JQpE) Lizzy McAlpine feat. Ben Kessler, 2022 [**Ripples**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yv8OmwZZ6I) beabadoobe, 2022 [**Ready Now**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnVS28_KSVc) dodie, 2019 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924.md?page=2)