# What is the alphabetical "first song" on your device? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214 "2015-12-02T15:38:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/21 "2015-12-02T18:25:41Z")
$300 by Soul Coughing. First song with letters is “A Boy Named Sue” by Johnny Cash. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/22 "2015-12-02T18:46:20Z")
> [@Indyellen](#): > > My device moves all the songs with numbers or characters to the end of the list, instead of first. Same here. So mine starts with “A’Soalin” from the Peter, Paul and Mary Holiday Special. If numerals were at the start it would be “1, 2,3” by Indigo Girls. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/23 "2015-12-02T18:46:27Z")
9% by Jane’s Addiction and Able by NEEDTOBREATHE ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/24 "2015-12-02T18:48:04Z")
(Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection by Nelson 😃 Whaaat? ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/25 "2015-12-02T19:02:33Z")
$$$ by The Kickbacks. The first song to start with an actual letter of the alphabet has already been mentioned: A-200 by Deep Purple. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/26 "2015-12-02T19:09:02Z")
All Over (featuring Busta Rhymes) by Onyx. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/27 "2015-12-02T19:13:16Z")
Out of what I currently have loaded on my iPod, the first song alphabetically is “Adelaide” by Old 97s. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/28 "2015-12-02T19:13:45Z")
Aaron Burr, Sir - from the Hamilton soundtrack. ---
**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 2, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/29 "2015-12-02T19:21:35Z")
? by Nena ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/30 "2015-12-02T19:37:02Z")
_'round Midnight_ from a 100 track collection of Thelonius Monk _9th & Hennepin_ from Tom Waits, Rain Dogs _A Good Man is Hard To Find_ from Asleep at the Wheel’s latest Bob Wills tribute collection… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/31 "2015-12-02T20:07:52Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > (Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection by Nelson 😃 > > Whaaat? I would be all judgy right now but I already admitted to the Abba thing. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/32 "2015-12-02T20:13:56Z")
If by song title it’s “B Movie Boxcar Blues” by Delbert McClinton because of the quote mark. For the letter A it’s “About To Make Me Leave Home” by Bonnie Raitt If by album it’s “Ball Crusher” by Steppenwolf from the album 7. By artist it’s “Hold On” by Alabama Shakes. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/33 "2015-12-02T20:19:50Z")
Mine defaults to the artist view, so the first song I get anytime I accidentally hit play is AC Newman’s “I’m Not Talking”. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/34 "2015-12-02T20:22:19Z")
_1234_ by Feist ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/35 "2015-12-02T20:23:05Z")
A.F.A by The Big Sleep. I’ve never heard the song yet. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/36 "2015-12-02T20:26:23Z")
Hey! That’s got a good groove! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/37 "2015-12-02T20:28:12Z")
[Aao Gidha Paaliye](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA5aRUOipq4)(Come and dance). Good beat, but it is a little startling. I do have it set to skip the annoying, annoying children in the beginning. Children singing are NEVER cute. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/38 "2015-12-02T20:48:47Z")
“…A Chosen Few” - Electric Wizard If punctuation doesn’t count (it does for computers) then: “10 A.M. Automatic” - The Black Keys First song that starts with A: “A Boy Named Sue” - Johnny Cash ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/39 "2015-12-02T20:51:25Z")
#1 Zero by Audioslave ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/40 "2015-12-02T21:24:07Z")
For over a year it was Ella Fitzgerald’s 1938 recording of ‘A-Tisket A-Tasket’. I got tired of that so I removed it from my phone and now it’s Silly Wizard playing ‘A.A. Cameron’s Strathspey’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214.md?page=3)