# What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter T? See rules in OP (Final Poll added) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [December 6, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171 "2023-12-06T11:58:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/81 "2023-12-08T01:45:51Z")
My surplus T tunes: Truth - Brian Auger Time Again - Asia Transmaniacon MC - Blue Oyster Cult This Time Tomorrow - Kinks Tunnel Of Love - Dire Straits Thinking - Roger Daltrey ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/82 "2023-12-08T01:46:47Z")
More T songs: TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) - MFSB Take It to the Limit - The Eagles Take My Breath Away - Berlin Takin’ Care of Business - Bachman-Turner Overdrive Tear the Roof Off the Sucker (Give up the Funk) - Parliament Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles Tell Her About It - Billy Joel Tequila - The Champs That Old Black Magic - Louis Prima and Keely Smith That’s Life - Frank Sinatra That’s What Friends Are For - Dionne Warwick & Friends Theme from A Summer Place - Percy Faith Theme from The Greatest American Hero - Joey Scarbury Theme from New York, New York - Frank Sinatra Theme from Summer of '42 - Peter Nero Then Came You - Dionne Warwick & The Spinners There Is a Mountain - Donovan There Will Never Be Another You - The Seekers There’s a Kind of Hush (All Over the World) - Herman’s Hermits The Things We Do for Love - 10 cc Third Rate Romance - The Amazing Rhythm Aces This Bitter Earth - Dinah Washington This Guy’s in Love with You - Herb Alpert This Magic Moment - The Drifters This Masquerade - George Benson Tijuana Taxi - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Tin Man - America Too Hot - Kool & the Gang Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield Turn Me On, I’m a Radio - Joni Mitchell Turning Japanese - The Vapors Tusk - Fleetwood Mac Tutti Frutti - Little Richard ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/83 "2023-12-08T01:47:45Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Taxman – The Beatles Was on my list but didn’t make my 5 nominees. Also: [Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby](https://youtu.be/3aJvIFK9-xk?si=JdzzFzJ7O80TzMdo) - Eddie Money [Tainted Love](https://youtu.be/XZVpR3Pk-r8?si=WCb67MTf0N64YmFy) - Soft Cell [Train In Vain (Stand By Me)](https://youtu.be/aUzBgeI5dpc?si=jCnDlNrbSHdszVME) - The Clash [Tequila](https://youtu.be/U_JFLb1IItM?si=59XWpOE36vVWJEKG) - The Champs ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/84 "2023-12-08T01:48:56Z")
Taxman! Sheerly on the strength of that omission we need to play this one again. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/85 "2023-12-08T01:52:05Z")
That was, again, a bit frustrating. One choice for Poll I, 2 for II…and 11 for III, had to delete the Boss. Take The Long Way Home - Supertramp This Song Has No Title - Elton John Talk About the Passion - REM Texarkana - REM Tom Sawyer - Rush Theme For Great Cities - Simple Minds This Corrosion - Sisters of Mercy The Temple of Love - Sisters of Mercy Twenty Four Hours - Joy Division Turquoise Days- Echo and the Bunnymen Ten Years Gone - Led Zeppelin Take A Chance With Me - Roxy Music ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/86 "2023-12-08T01:54:00Z")
Well, some of you guys’s leftovers overlapped with some of mine, but here are mine that I didn’t see: Take the Long Way Home - Supertramp Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band Take Out the Trash - They Might Be Giants Tale O’ the Twister - Chagall Guevara Tall Trees - Michael Roe Tears Before Bedtime - Elvis Costello and the Attractions Tears You Can’t Hide - Madness Tell Him - Linda Ronstadt Tell Me How You Feel - Phil Keaggy Temporary Secretary - Paul McCartney Ten Gallon Hat - Terry Scott Taylor Tenderly - Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem They’ll Need a Crane - They Might Be Giants This Girl - Jordan Zevon This Man He Weeps Tonight - The Kinks This Night - Billy Joel This Year’s Girl - Elvis Costello Till My Head Falls Off - They Might Be Giants Time Passages - Al Stewart Too Late For Goodbyes - Julian Lennon Too Much Heaven - The Bee Gees Tough It Out - Webb Wilder ---
**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:** [December 8, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/87 "2023-12-08T02:14:10Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Taxman – The Beatles This is the one I kept hoping someone would nominate. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/88 "2023-12-08T02:15:03Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > [Tainted Love](https://youtu.be/XZVpR3Pk-r8?si=WCb67MTf0N64YmFy) - Soft Cell Also on my wishlist. ---
**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 8, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/89 "2023-12-08T02:33:44Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > They’ll Need a Crane - They Might Be Giants > > Time Passages - Al Stewart Love those. I wouldn’t have minded seeing some version of **Tonight** from _West Side Story_. ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/90 "2023-12-08T03:30:44Z")
One of my favourites is from the Smooth Jazz genre; **T-Jam** by George Duke. ---
**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 8, 2023, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/91 "2023-12-08T06:36:44Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > Theme from A Summer Place - Percy Faith I prefer the Jasper version. ---
**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 8, 2023, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/92 "2023-12-08T09:39:59Z")
My also-rans: _Toxic_ - **Britney Spears** _This Is the Life_ - **Amy MacDonald** (unless “this” = “the”) _Try Again_ - **Aaliyah** _Torn_ - **Natalie Imbruglia** _Tous les Cris, les SOS_ - **Daniel Balavoine** ---
**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:** [December 8, 2023, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/93 "2023-12-08T10:14:00Z")
Most of my list has already been captured by others, but here’s a few more, some of which _really_ are glaring omissions: Take Love Easy - Ella Fitzgerald Talk Of The Town - Kate Walsh Tally - BLACKPINK Tangled Up In Plaid - Queens of the Stone Age Tango Til They’re Sore - Holly Cole (or the Tom Waits original) Taxi - Nova Twins Tear My Stillhouse Down - Gillian Welch Teenage Kicks - The Undertones Teenagers - My Chemical Romance Telephone and Rubber Band - Penguin Cafe Orchestra Telephone Man - Meri Wilson Thank You, Baked Potato - Matt Lucas (sorry - had to) Thank You, Republic Airlines - Tom Paxton That’s All Right - Elvis Presley Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To) - Diana Ross Theme From Rawhide - Blues Brothers **Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes** Therapy - Andrew Garfield/Vanessa Hudgens (from _Tick Tick Boom!_) There Are Bad Times Just Around The Corner - Noel Coward There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis - Kirsty MacColl (if you haven’t heard this one, you really should) There’s More To Life Than This - Bjork They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaaa! - Napoleon XIV Thief - Belly This Is The Picture (Excellent Birds) - Peter Gabriel/Laurie Anderson Three Is A Magic Number - Bob Dorough/Schoolhouse Rock Tiger Rag - Art Tatum Time Will Crawl - David Bowie Tip Toe Thru’ the Tulips With Me - Tiny Tim Title of the Song - Da Vinci’s Notebook Toe Jam - The BPA/David Byrne/Dizzee Rascal Tom’s Diner - Suzanne Vega Tom Traubert’s Blues - Tom Waits Too Much, Too Little, Too Late - Johnny Mathis / Deniece Williams Traffic Jam - James Taylor Transfusion - Nervous Norvus Transylvanian Concubine - Rasputina **Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye** Try Some, Buy Some - Ronnie Spector The Tunnel of Love - Fun Boy Three Turn The World Around - Harry Belafonte Twenty Five Miles - Edwin Starr Twisted - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/94 "2023-12-08T10:47:45Z")
We could have four more polls with all that material. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2023, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/95 "2023-12-08T10:58:23Z")
Although there was much overlap with earlier posts, I still have these left: Turn Me On I’m A Radio - Joni Mitchell Two Young Lovers - Dire Straits Theme For An Imaginary Western - Jack Bruce Tried So Hard - Flying Burrito Brothers (it was hard to leave this out because I love it so much) This Flight Tonight - Joni Mitchell or Nazareth Tombstone Shadow - CCR Tin Soldier - The Small Faces Twenty Flight Rock - Eddie Cochran Till I Die - The Beach Boys Too Much On My Mind - The Kinks Tower Of Song - Leonard Cohen Tomorrow Is A Long Time - Bob Dylan Tired Of Waiting - The Kinks There She Goes Again - The Velvet Underground TCV-15 - David Bowie ---
**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 8, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/96 "2023-12-08T11:57:39Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Taxman! Sheerly on the strength of that omission we need to play this one again. Not sure how that would work in the big picture. And don’t call me Sheerly. 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:** [December 8, 2023, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/97 "2023-12-08T12:35:56Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > We could have four more polls with all that material. Sure, why not? The **Unofficial, Does Not Count, Will Not Affect The Final Results T Song Poll, Part 1/5** _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/97))_ ---
**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:** [December 8, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/98 "2023-12-08T12:38:31Z")
The **Unofficial, Does Not Count, Will Not Affect The Final Results T Song Poll, Part 2/5** _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/98))_ ---
**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:** [December 8, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/99 "2023-12-08T12:41:09Z")
The **Unofficial, Does Not Count, Will Not Affect The Final Results T Song Poll, Part 3/5** _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/99))_ ---
**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:** [December 8, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/100 "2023-12-08T12:47:06Z")
The **Unofficial, Does Not Count, Will Not Affect The Final Results T Song Poll, Part 4/5** _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171/100))_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994171.md?page=6)