# What are your favorite songs that begins with the letter G? See rules in OP - FINAL POLL ADDED **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [November 16, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242 "2023-11-16T13:01:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 17, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242/61 "2023-11-17T12:02:22Z")
Some of the others I considered: Games People Play - The Alan Parsons Project Garden of Earthly Delights - XTC Gel - Collective Soul Get Closer - Linda Ronstandt Get the Funk Out - Extreme The Ghost In You - The Psychedelic Furs Girlfriend - Matthew Sweet Girls - Dwight Twilley Girls - Marshall Crenshaw Girls on the Beach - The Beach Boys The Glory Road - Daniel Amos Go Home - Stevie Wonder Going Down to Liverpool - The Bangles Goodnight Saigon - Billy Joel Got a Hold On Me - Christine McVie Gotta Boogie - Weird Al Yankovic Grass - XTC The Greatest Thing - Elvis Costello and the Attractions ---
**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 17, 2023, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242/62 "2023-11-17T12:17:32Z")
We do seem to be massive Elvis Costello fans here. ---
**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 17, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242/63 "2023-11-17T13:28:47Z")
Girls, Girls, Girls - Motley Crue Give What You Get - New Radicals ---
**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 17, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242/64 "2023-11-17T13:30:50Z")
Girl From The North Country - Roseanne Cash Good Hearted Woman - Willie Nelson Golden Ring - George Jones & Tammy Wynette Goodnight Irene - Leadbelly (or Linda Ronstadt) Good Times - Sam Cooke ---
**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 17, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242/65 "2023-11-17T14:49:58Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > A Girl Like You – Edwyn Collins A bit shocked this got nommed, but not the one with the same name by the Smithereens. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242/66 "2023-11-17T16:06:09Z")
Yeah, when I saw that in the poll I realized I had missed a big one. And a personal favorite from a Freaks & Geeks episode: Groove Line - Heatwave ---
**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 17, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242/67 "2023-11-17T16:24:55Z")
A few more: Grantchester Meadows - Pink Floyd Green Is The Colour - Pink Floyd Guitars and Women - Rick Derringer God Said - Todd Rundgren Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine - James Brown Go and Say Goodbye - Buffalo Springfield > [@Gyrate](#): > > The Girl From Ipanema - Stan Getz or Astrid Gilberto The version on the 1964 album Getz/Gilberto featured Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto and her father João Gilberto. More Gs than you can shake a stick at! ---
**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 17, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242/68 "2023-11-17T16:36:30Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > The version on the 1964 album Getz/Gilberto featured Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto and her father João Gilberto. More Gs than you can shake a stick at! Good grief! ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242/69 "2023-11-17T18:25:42Z")
Did “Good Golly Miss Molly” not make it??? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242/70 "2023-11-17T20:29:55Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Green-Eyed Lady – Sugarloaf Good one. > [@Gyrate](#): > > Gangsta’s Paradise - Coolio (!) Truth be told, Weird Al did it better. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242/71 "2023-11-17T21:46:10Z")
It would have to go in the "A"s then. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242/72 "2023-11-17T21:46:55Z")
Labdad - Yes, I can’t believe we all missed Good Golly Miss Molly. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242/73 "2023-11-17T22:13:46Z")
When I was thinking about G songs before the thread started Gorilla, You’re a Desperado was one that I thought of. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to dredge it up from my memory. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242/74 "2023-11-17T22:59:07Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > It would have to go in the "A"s then. 😁 True. But still better. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242/75 "2023-11-17T23:02:46Z")
And Stevie Wonder did it first. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b0S4SiLxt1s/hqdefault.jpg "Stevie Wonder - Pastime Paradise") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0S4SiLxt1s) ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242/76 "2023-11-18T03:41:33Z")
Wow! That Stevie Wonder song is great. ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242/77 "2023-11-18T14:52:46Z")
I’ve long been familiar with the Stevie Wonder and Weird Al songs, but I’m not sure I’ve ever heard the Coolio song all the way through. Rap is not my thing. ---
**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 18, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242/78 "2023-11-18T15:00:09Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Girlfriend - Matthew Sweet Man, this is one that I forgot too. Great structure, and Robert Quine’s leads on that song tear it up! ---
**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:** [November 18, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242/79 "2023-11-18T15:06:38Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Man, this is one that I forgot too. Great structure, and Robert Quine’s leads on that song tear it up! The whole album is great. The dryest production I know for a rock album, no echo or reverb anywhere. It sounds great and serves Sweet’s power pop melodies exceptionally well. ---
**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 18, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242/80 "2023-11-18T15:16:49Z")
Heheh, yeah, it is produced really well. I was working on a record and the girl who was recording/producing us had a copy of it on the recording desk one day. We talked about the finer points of that record for about half an hour. That probably bored the other members of the band (let’s just say we didn’t play power pop and leave it at that). They had stuff to set up, anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242.md?page=5)