# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [April 8, 2024, 8:45am 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/999924/41 "2024-04-08T08:45:20Z")
[**Raining Tacos**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npjF032TDDQ) - Parry Gripp (2013) [**Raise Hell**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmYyPcEQKU4) - Dorothy (2016) [**Ramshackle Metropolis**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgSQp-LRDw0) - Emperor Norton’s Stationary Marching Band (2012) - instrumental that builds slowly [**Real Gone**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdimnI4Xtc0) - Sheryl Crow (2006) [**The Record Player Song**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecIPJaxkZ7w) - Daisy the Great (2018) [**The Red Means I Love You**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj6ntDEEfeE) - Madds Buckley (2022) - A perfectly normal love song, honest. **[Rotation Suggesting Permanence](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWZ0y-_pOiA)** - Francesca Gaza Trio (2022) **[Rule #4: Fish in a Birdcage](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO3cIYQrLO0)** - Fish in a Birdcage (2014) ---
**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 8, 2024, 8:49am 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/999924/42 "2024-04-08T08:49:02Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > [**Raining Tacos**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npjF032TDDQ) - Parry Gripp (2013) Nice to see some Parry Gripp! I was regretting my failure to nominate “Baby Monkey (Riding Backwards on a Pig).” ---
**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:** [April 8, 2024, 8:49am 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/999924/43 "2024-04-08T08:49:35Z")
As John Oliver himself said, “It’s a banger”. ETA: Have just noticed an obvious omission from this thread. Someone will be kicking themselves if it isn’t nominated (not me, but someone). ---
**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 8, 2024, 12:19pm 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/999924/44 "2024-04-08T12:19:38Z")
What are your favorite 2000s **R** songs? POLL **1 of 2**. 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-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924/44))_ ---
**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 8, 2024, 12:20pm 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/999924/45 "2024-04-08T12:20:43Z")
What are your favorite 2000s **R** songs? POLL **2 of 2**. 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-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924/45))_ ---
**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:** [April 8, 2024, 12:52pm 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/999924/46 "2024-04-08T12:52:03Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > ETA: Have just noticed an obvious omission from this thread. Someone will be kicking themselves if it isn’t nominated (not me, but someone). I’m gonna say it now: how is it that virtually every other song from the _Hamilton_ soundtrack has been nominated along the way, and nobody grabbed **The Room Where It Happens** , the best song in the musical? ---
**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 8, 2024, 1:02pm 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/999924/47 "2024-04-08T13:02:23Z")
Good point! I think many of us want to honor and acknowledge the whole show (it really is “of a piece”), and now that we’ve sorta done that, we can move on. I barely notice the numbers as distinct songs. ---
**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 8, 2024, 1:45pm 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/999924/48 "2024-04-08T13:45:46Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > **The Room Where It Happens** , the best song in the musical? > [@Gyrate](#): > > > [@Gyrate](#): > > > > ETA: Have just noticed an obvious omission from this thread. Someone will be kicking themselves if it isn’t nominated (not me, but someone). > > I’m gonna say it now: how is it that virtually every other song from the _Hamilton_ soundtrack has been nominated along the way, and nobody grabbed **The Room Where It Happens** , the best song in the musical? Oof. How did I let that one slip by me? As self-inflicted punishment I will refrain from wearing my “Hamilton” socks for one month. 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:** [April 8, 2024, 1:58pm 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/999924/49 "2024-04-08T13:58:44Z")
You can wear them and then kick yourself. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 2:58pm 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/999924/50 "2024-04-08T14:58:08Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Man, I’m looking ahead to my S list, and there are a shit-ton of great S songs from the past 24 years. I’m just talking Top 40 and Top 40 artists, not even looking at deeper cuts and more obscure artists yet. Maybe we could preemptively allow a few more entries than the usual five? Same here - maybe there’s a way to break up the S’s into more than one thread? ---
**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 8, 2024, 3:34pm 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/999924/51 "2024-04-08T15:34:43Z")
For other letters I’ve 8-10 songs that make my list for potential submissions. Songs that I’ve deemed worthy enough to include on a “greatest songs” list. Some of those get submitted by someone else before I can get in there, and that’s great. Makes it easier on me. For S, I have 32! ---
**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 8, 2024, 4:14pm 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/999924/52 "2024-04-08T16:14:09Z")
We managed to make it through the “open” polls with lists that numbered into the hundred or more, so I think we ought to be able to get through the S for the last 24 years with a single poll. ---
**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 8, 2024, 5:52pm 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/999924/53 "2024-04-08T17:52:56Z")
I think one or two of the open polls had 200 submissions (so, four polls to winnow to the final poll). mmm ---
**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:** [April 8, 2024, 6:07pm 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/999924/54 "2024-04-08T18:07:03Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’m gonna say it now: how is it that virtually every other song from the _Hamilton_ soundtrack has been nominated along the way, and nobody grabbed **The Room Where It Happens** , the best song in the musical? Not even the best “R” song in Act Two. 😃 > **My 12 runners-up** > > First tier (alphabetical within tiers): > **[Rag and Bone](https://youtu.be/guhapwFv2CA)** – The White Stripes (2007) > **[The Rake’s Song](https://youtu.be/YD1Aj7EYDog)** – The Decemberists (2009) > **[Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)](https://youtu.be/zqwVyhR0xvw)** – Jay-Z (2007) > **[Rock Star](https://youtu.be/CYQ3xcBr1mQ)** – N.E.R.D. (2002) > **[Runner](https://youtu.be/JFaMCIVHz2I)** – Alex G (2022) > > Second tier: > **[Rattlesnake](https://youtu.be/KQRyuKpGntc)** – St. Vincent (2014) > **[Reason Left to Destroy](https://youtu.be/6Ug5Onc45J0)** – The Go! Team (2015) > **[Recover](https://youtu.be/JyqemIbjcfg)** – Chvrches (2013) > **[The Reynolds Pamphlet](https://youtu.be/x_MQRNkRaUE)** – Cast of Hamilton (2015) > **[The Rip](https://youtu.be/kBOaLjtR4mw)** – Portishead (2008) > **[Rock Your Body](https://youtu.be/TSVHoHyErBQ)** – Justin Timberlake (2002) > **[Rolling Blackouts](https://youtu.be/DecbrbZxScU)** – The Go! Team (2011) ---
**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:** [April 8, 2024, 9:30pm 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/999924/55 "2024-04-08T21:30:40Z")
The RRRRest of the list: **[Reasons To Never Date Again](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fhTLX85C40)** - Philip Labes (2022) **[Remember When](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcsrO5Wbchs)** - Wasia Project (2022) **[Rest In Peace](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg2P3MH5WYs)** - Dorothy (2022) [**Rev Your Motor**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfUntGXM1AE) - Dog Park Dissidents (2019) **[Re: Your Brains](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tmzjaN2DWc)** - Jonathan Coulton (2006) **[Rich People](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD_eZg70Ms0)** - Carsie Blanton (2022) **[Ride On My Bike](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l5YOplmlio)** - Rosalie Cunningham (2019) **[Right Here With You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXDc6f3aswg)** - Paul and Storm (2014) **[Right Time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzS3vU6wZa4)** - Nikki Lane (2014) **[Ring The Alarm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_mrU8MPfI)** - Beyonce (2006) **[rises the moon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e1zT7miep8)** - Liana Flores (2019) **[River Styx](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhOgnWeUX6Y)** - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (2010) **[The Roads That Bring Me Closer To You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufr4ZNP_cYM)** - Tigran Hamasyan (2010) **[Robots](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IPAOxrH7Ro)** - Flight of the Conchords ( ~~The distant future, the year 2000~~ 2008) **[Run Boy Run](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmc21V-zBq0)** - Woodkid (2012) ---
**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 8, 2024, 9:36pm 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/999924/56 "2024-04-08T21:36:37Z")
I didn’t have more than a handful left over. [Release](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A2r415nun4) – Grace Potter (2019) [Retrospection](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh2yOebcENM) – Jinjer (2019) [Ride or Die](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHjq4fe5wzs) – ZZ Ward (2023) [The Road](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALcFqjdLPiE) – Emmylou Harris (2011) ---
**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 8, 2024, 11:33pm 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/999924/57 "2024-04-08T23:33:21Z")
We need help resolving the **P** tiebreaker - [poll is here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-p-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/999672/69) if you have not already voted. 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:** [April 11, 2024, 9:18pm 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/999924/58 "2024-04-11T21:18:18Z")
**FINAL POLL** – What are your favorite 2000s **R** songs? Select up to **3**. _Poll ([view on site](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/999924/58))_ ---
**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 15, 2024, 7:42pm 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/999924/59 "2024-04-15T19:42:47Z")
I totally forgot about this one: Railroad of Sin - Sturgill Simpson - 2013 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nvnXiG0zhyM/maxresdefault.jpg "Sturgill Simpson - Railroad of Sin") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvnXiG0zhyM) [Previous 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)