# What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter U? See rules in OP: Final Poll Added **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [November 27, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768 "2023-11-27T13:06:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [November 28, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/61 "2023-11-28T03:54:58Z")
I love “Up the Junction” and am happy to see it on the list. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/62 "2023-11-28T03:59:52Z")
1. Used To Love Her - Guns N’ Roses 2. Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother - Jerry Jeff Walker (written by Ray Wylie Hubbard) 3. Uptight (Everything’s Alright) - Stevie Wonder 4. Uncle John’s Band - Grateful Dead ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/63 "2023-11-28T04:17:37Z")
Uncle Fucker - Trey Parker and Matt Stone ---
**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:** [November 28, 2023, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/64 "2023-11-28T06:07:53Z")
Up on the Sun - Meat Puppets [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8pNAJFNd8Lk/hqdefault.jpg "Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pNAJFNd8Lk) Unbelievers - Vampire Weekend [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aJd5EMB9im0/maxresdefault.jpg "Unbelievers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJd5EMB9im0) USA IV: Manifest - Dan Deacon [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uS1T1bgs3hQ/maxresdefault.jpg "USA IV: Manifest") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS1T1bgs3hQ) Universe City - Man or Astro-Man? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GjKLJwk54-o/maxresdefault.jpg "Universe City") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjKLJwk54-o) U.S.S.A - The Butthole Surfers [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d8MpCIebBVc/hqdefault.jpg "Butthole Surfers - U.S.S.A.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8MpCIebBVc) Yeah, if I could just post that album in its entirety and tell the unpleasant condiment to grab my first selection from its titles as their letter rolls around, I would. But that’d kind of ruin the fun of me remembering them, now wouldn’t it? Plus, there’s no real point in making the condiments mad by asking them to serve as our secretaries when they’re already doing us a favor. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2023, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/65 "2023-11-28T07:13:36Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Not nearly as fertile as ‘W’ was. I guess, but I didn’t have a problem coming up with more than 5 songs and had to prune down quite a bit, just from my own restrictive active playlist. If I was going by more open criteria like _every song I know_, I’d have had even more of a task there, _many_ great older or male-sung postpunk/indie/alternative songs haven’t been mentioned yet, by giants of those genres. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2023, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/66 "2023-11-28T09:58:26Z")
**Underneath The Radar** - Underworld **Una Paloma Blanca** - George Baker Selection **Un-Break My Heart** - Toni Braxton **Unskinny Bop** - Poison ---
**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:** [November 28, 2023, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/67 "2023-11-28T10:21:16Z")
_Unintended_ - **Muse** _Up the Hill Backwards_ - **David Bowie** _Untitled_ - **The Cure** ---
**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:** [November 28, 2023, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/68 "2023-11-28T10:51:33Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > the unpleasant condiment… I laughed. 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:** [November 28, 2023, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/69 "2023-11-28T11:02:19Z")
What are your favorite **U** songs? **POLL 1 of 3**. Select up to **8** from this list. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/69))_ ---
**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:** [November 28, 2023, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/70 "2023-11-28T11:03:35Z")
What are your favorite **U** songs? **POLL 2 of 3**. Select up to **8** from this list. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/70))_ ---
**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:** [November 28, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/71 "2023-11-28T11:04:47Z")
What are your favorite **U** songs? **POLL 3 of 3**. Select up to **8** from this list. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/71))_ ---
**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:** [November 28, 2023, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/72 "2023-11-28T11:45:54Z")
OK, so polls are up, so herewith - things that could have been nominated, that weren’t AFAICT, just off the top of my head: _Up Jumped The Devil_ - Nick Cave And the Bad Seeds _Upside Down_ - The Jesus and Mary Chain _U-Mass_ - The Pixies _Unloveable_ - The Smiths _Unhappy Birthday_ - The Smiths _Under the Gun_ - Sisters of Mercy _Under The House_ - Public Image Limited _Underpass_ - John Foxx _The Ubiquitous Mister Lovegrove_ by Dead Can Dance (props to @John_DiFool for the _Ulysses_ nom) ETA: _The Universal_ by Blur, how could I forget? But unfortunately, though the lyrics do include an _Up_, the Gorillaz song _On Melancholy Hill_ doesn’t qualify. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/73 "2023-11-28T11:47:52Z")
Other U’s I considered: - Unbearable Why – Dr. Dog - Uncomplicated – Elvis Costello - Underneath the Streetlight – Joni Mitchell - Undertow – R.E.M. - Uneasy Rider – The Charlie Daniels Band - Uninhabited Man – Richard Thompson - Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed – David Bowie - Up to Me – Bob Dylan - Use It – The New Pornographers ---
**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:** [November 28, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/74 "2023-11-28T12:05:24Z")
A few more: **[Uh Uh](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lHjeEkS1WE)** - Thundercat (for all your manic jazz needs) **[Unholy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq9gPaIzbe8)** - Sam Smith / Kim Petras / Nova Twins (rather surprised this didn’t get mentioned) **[The Unidentified Flying Tuna Trot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eM_yLicXoU)** - REO Speedwagon **[updown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BhWxdyHNQo)** - piri (it’s about sex) **[Uska Dara](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVXFDtC_gqk)** - Eartha Kitt (it’s about bird’s milk. Apparently.) And in a less serious vein: [**Ugliest Girl On The Beach**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG2GUkjyoZU) - Kyle Gordon / Antonio Frankfurt (words probably **NSFW** ) [**The Unidentified Flying Object**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHphKyoO09g) - Perrey and Kingsley [**Use A Napkin (Not Your Mom)**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NN34CxKu10) - Kathy Kallick ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/75 "2023-11-28T12:17:43Z")
Nominations left open for \<22 hours. Congrats on your new speed record, mmm! ---
**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:** [November 28, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/76 "2023-11-28T13:00:39Z")
I can’t believe Uptown Girl by Billy Joel was not mentioned. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/77 "2023-11-28T13:15:07Z")
Not many from my list weren’t suggested by someone, but there are still a few left behind. Under the Big Black Sun - X Unhappy Girl - The Doors Up to the Mountain - Patty Griffin Used To Be Young - Miley Cyrus Uptown - The Crystals 🤦‍♂️ And the one that I most regret not being able to suggest, A song most have heard in an iconic action movie (the singer is sometimes called the director’s muse). 🤦‍♂️ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yT9zJ2V9lfw/maxresdefault.jpg "Meiko Kaji - Urami Bushi (Translation in the description)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT9zJ2V9lfw) ---
**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:** [November 28, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/78 "2023-11-28T14:07:14Z")
> Up All Night – Cannons Alas the Boomtown Rats’ cut of the same name (but not a cover I don’t believe) didn’t make the cut. > Utopia Theme – Todd Rundgren’s Utopia Utopia, by one of the core DCD members Brendan Perry (a solo effort so very low profile). > Undertow – R.E.M. Chroma Key has a cut by this name too. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/79 "2023-11-28T14:23:36Z")
Under The Bamboo Tree - Judy Garland ---
**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:** [November 28, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/80 "2023-11-28T14:24:14Z")
Thought of another: Bob Dylan’s **Under the Red Sky**. A song in which Dylan plays accordion for the first time on a record, accompanied by Al Kooper on the Hammond and George Harrison on slide guitar. mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768.md?page=5)