# 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:** 5
**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:** [November 28, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/81 "2023-11-28T14:45:19Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Nominations left open for \<22 hours. Congrats on your new speed record, mmm! Yeah, I missed it. For the record, two would have been Union City Blue by Blondie; and Uncle Arthur by David Bowie. j ---
**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:** [November 28, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/82 "2023-11-28T16:34:04Z")
Unmentioned until now: Under The Ice - The Nazz Underture - The Who Uncomplicated - Rick Derringer ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/83 "2023-11-28T16:48:02Z")
Unmarked Helicopters - Soul Coughing ---
**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, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/84 "2023-11-28T20:00:28Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > I can’t believe Uptown Girl by Billy Joel was not mentioned. I did a search before my list, saw it come up, but didn’t check the artist. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/85 "2023-11-28T20:36:53Z")
Unanswered Prayers - Garth Brooks ---
**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, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/86 "2023-11-28T21:09:47Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > [Unchained Melody](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0EBs6uRgtw) - The Righteous Brothers > > [Up on Cripple Creek](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EisXJSsULGM) - The Band > > [Under Pressure](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a01QQZyl-_I) - Queen > > [Universal Soldier](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xq831b2tPg) - First Aid Kit > > [Uptown Funk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPf0YbXqDm0) - Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars This is the first thread where none of my nominations have only a single vote (mine)! (True, one has only my vote and one other, but give me my scraps please) ---
**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:** [November 28, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/87 "2023-11-28T23:55:28Z")
I thought of relatively few _great_ U songs, but I was surprised at how many _pretty good_ ones I came up with. Those that neither I nor anyone else mentioned: [The Ugly Underneath - XTC](https://youtu.be/yXBZMXmdJkA) [Uncle Sam - Madness](https://youtu.be/jtXoHC9210s) [Uncle Son - The Kinks](https://youtu.be/jMYPlSjYHro) [Under the Bed - John Austin](https://youtu.be/SDbYiw9QP14) [Under Moonshine - The Moody Blues](https://youtu.be/bYpR5urFijE) [Under My Feet - The Moody Blues](https://youtu.be/SSwtEg_43dQ) [Underground - Men At Work](https://youtu.be/RpqZeLetIgU) [Unlucky Lady - Trip Shakespeare](https://youtu.be/zavaL0xq3JE) [Unsupervised, I Hit My Head - Mono Puff](https://youtu.be/n61KiNBw95s) [Up In the Morning - Lost Dogs](https://youtu.be/GR5zmxzp44c) [Urban Legends - The Swirling Eddies](https://youtu.be/i-tEp1RmiY8) and the U-est song I know: [U U U U - The 77s](https://youtu.be/7QeNFsUqmsA) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/88 "2023-11-29T01:08:26Z")
I didn’t post any nominations because the only one I could think of that wasn’t already posted was “Underneath the Mango Tree” from the film _Dr. No_. …and I don’t think that was actually Ursula Andress who sang it. ---
**Author:** ![frognot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frognot/32/8752_2.png) [@frognot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frognot)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/89 "2023-11-29T04:12:20Z")
Under a Raging Moon - Roger Daltrey (written by John Parr) Undertow - Ivy ---
**Author:** ![Feurmann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/779978/32.png) [@Feurmann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feurmann)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/90 "2023-11-29T04:47:09Z")
**Up there, Cazaly** , by Mike Brady, performed by the Two-Man Band, a duo of Brady and Peter Sullivan. Context: Roy Cazaly was a famous footballer in the Victorian Football League in Australia. He was known for his prodigious leaps or “marks”: see the [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_There_Cazaly) article. Cazaly played for the St Kilda and South Melbourne football clubs. ---
**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 29, 2023, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/91 "2023-11-29T05:13:12Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > can’t believe Uptown Girl by Billy Joel was not mentioned. I tangentially mentioned it when I said The Beths song was not a cover. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2023, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/92 "2023-11-29T06:39:57Z")
More U songs: Use ta Be My Girl - The O’Jays Until the Real Thing Comes Along - Billie Holiday Until You Come Back to Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do) - Aretha Franklin ---
**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 29, 2023, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/93 "2023-11-29T07:50:29Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I don’t think that was actually Ursula Andress who sang it. Diana Coupland, apparently. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/94 "2023-11-29T15:45:11Z")
> [@Feurmann](#): > > **Up there, Cazaly** , by Mike Brady, performed by the Two-Man Band, a duo of Brady and Peter Sullivan. > > Context: Roy Cazaly was a famous footballer in the Victorian Football League in Australia. He was known for his prodigious leaps or “marks”: see the [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_There_Cazaly) article. Cazaly played for the St Kilda and South Melbourne football clubs. Brains are weird things. So far as I can recollect I have never before seen **Up there, Cazaly** written down, and knew nothing of it’s origins; but, reading the title, I was instantly taken back to that intermittently weird and wonderful (but mostly not) Aussie Rules movie The Club, which features the song. Haven’t thought about that movie in decades. > **[The Club (1980 film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Club_(1980_film))** > > The Club is a satirical film based on the play of the same name by the Australian playwright and dramatist David Williamson. It follows the fortunes of an Australian rules football club over the course of a season, and explores the clashes of individuals from within the club. It was inspired by the backroom dealings and antics of the Victorian Football League's Collingwood Football Club. > The film was produced in 1980, written by Williamson and directed by Bruce Beresford. It stars John Howard... j ---
**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 30, 2023, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/95 "2023-11-30T11:15:18Z")
**FINAL POLL** – What are your favorite **U** songs? Select up to **3**. _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/993768/95))_ ---
**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 30, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/96 "2023-11-30T20:20:11Z")
I am outraged that none of my submissions are in the top ten. What, you don’t like songs about pigeons? Heartless! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/97 "2023-12-01T01:34:58Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I am outraged that none of my submissions are in the top ten. What, you don’t like songs about pigeons? I was amazed that one of mine hit the top. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2023, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/98 "2023-12-01T04:48:57Z")
Right, it’s finally happened, there’s absolutely nothing in the poll I can bring myself to hold my nose and vote for. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/99 "2023-12-01T05:55:19Z")
What if someone were to put a gun to your head and insist you vote for at least one song? Then, surely, it would be under pressure. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2023, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-u-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993768/100 "2023-12-01T05:57:35Z")
Ha! Ha!. If I absolutely _had_ to, it’s be The Drifters, not that Queen abomination (and why isn’t David Bowie getting his fair share of the blame, there?) [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=4) [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=6)