# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/41 "2015-12-02T21:34:23Z")
Alan Sherman - Harvey and Sheila ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/42 "2015-12-02T21:41:10Z")
“'Til Time and Times are Done” by Suzanne Ciani ('cuz of the leading apostrophe… the library list seems to be sorted [ASCIIbetically](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII#Order).) ---
**Author:** ![TheSeaOtter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@TheSeaOtter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSeaOtter)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/43 "2015-12-02T21:44:55Z")
Aaron Copland’s ‘_Music for the Theatre_’. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/44 "2015-12-02T22:24:39Z")
Absolutely Sweet Marie, by Bob Dylan ---
**Author:** ![Leonard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Leonard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leonard)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/45 "2015-12-02T22:42:09Z")
[…it’s just wide-open field. - Cloudkicker](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAFTtEwx03E) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/46 "2015-12-02T22:42:24Z")
Annihilate This Week-- Black Flag ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/47 "2015-12-02T22:46:04Z")
A.D. 1928 from Styx’s Paradise Theater album. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/48 "2015-12-02T22:47:18Z")
1, 2, 3 by Gloria Estefan If numbers and punctuation are excluded, it would be “ABC” by the Jackson 5. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/49 "2015-12-02T22:50:31Z")
If I hit Shuffle on my iPod Touch, it’s Dancing With the Dead, by Incendio. Going strictly alphabetical, it’s the Achy Breaky Song, by Weird Al Yancovic. \ ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/50 "2015-12-03T00:54:10Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Absolutely Sweet Marie, by Bob Dylan That one’s mine, too! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/51 "2015-12-03T00:57:51Z")
Mine defaults to Artist | Album | 1st song, so if I forget to put it on shuffle it starts with It Was There That I Saw You by … And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/52 "2015-12-03T01:17:09Z")
I’m to stupid to figure out how to get it to show all music sorted alphabetically, so all I can offer is the first song to come on when I hit Random shuffle. _The Toronto Song_ by Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/53 "2015-12-03T01:34:46Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > First song with letters is “A Boy Named Sue” by Johnny Cash. Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/54 "2015-12-03T01:56:32Z")
Abandon Ship from American Bugle Calls Not really a song; but it is the first in alpha order ---
**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 3, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/55 "2015-12-03T02:41:53Z")
_Acela_ by Fountains of Wayne ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/56 "2015-12-03T02:47:56Z")
“2 Minutes To Midnight” by Iron Maiden If I skip songs starting with a numeral, the first song is, “A Breed Apart” by a band called “Chalk”, whom I found on [MP3.com](http://MP3.com) many many years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/57 "2015-12-03T02:57:22Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Same here. So mine starts with “A’Soalin” from the Peter, Paul and Mary Holiday Special. . . . That’s mine, also, but only if you include “the cloud”, which only works if I have a wifi connection. The only folder I deliberately put on the phone was a folder of exercise music. So if I don’t have a connection, the first one is **Air (Bach)** Power Music Workout, Classic Cardio Workout 2. (Does anyone else have **Ballad of Dr. Who** in their exercise folder?) ---
**Author:** ![HowSoonIsThen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@HowSoonIsThen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HowSoonIsThen)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/58 "2015-12-03T03:04:48Z")
Like the OP, it’s A-Punk by Vampire Weekend. If you go alphabetical by Artist (which is how I prefer to sort my music), its Thunderstruck (live) by AC/DC. ---
**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 3, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/59 "2015-12-03T03:19:25Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Mine defaults to Artist | Album | 1st song, so if I forget to put it on shuffle it starts with It Was There That I Saw You by … And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead. Love that song, would way rather have that than AC Newman. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/60 "2015-12-03T03:56:32Z")
“À la manière de Borodin” by Maurice Ravel (on my desktop, sorting all my iTunes tracks in alpha order). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214.md?page=4)