# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/61 "2015-12-03T04:30:10Z")
AC/DC’s Who Made Who ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/62 "2015-12-03T14:17:46Z")
[The A-Treatment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nsGzBxfXcQ) (Laika and the Cosmonauts). ---
**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 3, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/63 "2015-12-03T14:41:36Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > “2 Minutes To Midnight” by Iron Maiden My least favorite Maiden song. Never understood why it’s always in the classic setlists. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/64 "2015-12-03T15:12:45Z")
**A** by Barenaked Ladies. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/65 "2015-12-03T19:00:40Z")
When I plug my iPod into my car I get the first song by artist. Adam & The Ants - Goody Two Shoes ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/66 "2015-12-03T19:19:40Z")
“Absolute” by Worlds Collide, a long-broken up DC hardcore band. ---
**Author:** ![FallingLeaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@FallingLeaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallingLeaves)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/67 "2015-12-03T20:51:43Z")
Aaron by JD Eicher & the Goodnights ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/68 "2015-12-03T21:07:37Z")
_Absolute Elsewhere_ by Nellie McKay ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/69 "2015-12-03T21:11:50Z")
Media Monkey sorts this track first alphabetically: ΔMi−1 = −αΣn=1NDi[n][Σj∈C_Fji[n − 1] + Fexti[n−1] by Aphex Twin_, from the Windowlicker EP It’s one of his more, err, challenging works… - I can’t be arsed sorting out the subscripts and superscripts, but you get the idea ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/70 "2015-12-03T21:29:27Z")
On my iPhone, it’s “A.C. Newman vs Chris Brown - Drug Drug Kiss Kiss,” a mashup by The Hood Internet (who’s listed as the artist). Not counting that, it’s “A.T.H.F.” by Danger Doom. ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/71 "2015-12-03T22:02:01Z")
A Man This Lonely by Brooks & Dunn ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/72 "2015-12-03T22:36:55Z")
FileName = “001 By 7/30.mp3” Actual song title = “By 7:30” Track Artist = “Vonda Shepard” Multiple tracks from multiple original source albums were combined artificially by me and I used a file renamer to give them consecutively numbered filenames. I could have gone with 2 digits’ worth of file number but I wasn’t sure at the time — too lazy to count and knew for sure I didn’t have 1000 of them in there. The real-life original album name was also “By 7:30” coincidentally. My “device” is a computer 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 3, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/73 "2015-12-03T23:01:46Z")
I have a lot of songs with symbols or numbers. First, period: “…and bells remembered…” by John Luther Adams. First, with parentheses: “(Da Le) Yaleo” by Santana from the _Supernatural_ album. First, with numbers: “01 - A Scandal in Bohemia”, from the audiobook _The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes._ Skip waaaay down through the numbers, and the first with an A is “A Better Man” by KEVEN. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/74 "2015-12-04T00:06:48Z")
“40” - u2. ETA: for some reason it won’t let me make the U in U2. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/75 "2015-12-04T00:23:36Z")
First four because I want to add comments: A&E by Goldfrapp A.C.D.C by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (saw someone listed this song, but by The Sweet) AA XXX by Peaches Absolutely Sweet Marie by Bob Dylan (a few others listed this) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/76 "2015-12-04T00:47:05Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > “40” - u2. > > ETA: for some reason it won’t let me make the U in U2. How weird. I thought it was because the only letter in your original post was a capital, and you can’t post in all caps. But I tried a test and found that I could post just U2. …and it’s fine, but posting “40” - U2. …persistently switches to lower case, even though it’s OK as a line in this post. What’s that about? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/77 "2015-12-04T02:02:06Z")
Ah-Ah/O-No Willie Colon and Hector LaVoe when on song, which it always is. Unless somebody messes with it, then it’s album and I get Rolling In The Deep off of Adele’s 21 (as if anybody doesn’t know where Rolling In The Deep comes from). ---
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> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > _Abacab_, by Genesis. Oh man, I used to LOVE this song and then I totally forgot it existed until I read this. Now I have to go listen to it. ETA: Had to stop before the end. Man, far too much '80s. I can’t believe how much I loved that New Wavy crap. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/79 "2015-12-04T02:20:58Z")
“A-1 On the Jukebox” by Dave Edmunds. That’s what I hear when my podcast app is no longer active, so it just defaults to the music player. It was never my favorite song to begin with, but I am _really_ tired of it now. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/80 "2015-12-04T02:24:43Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > “A-1 On the Jukebox” by Dave Edmunds. That’s what I hear when my podcast app is no longer active, so it just defaults to the music player. It was never my favorite song to begin with, but I am _really_ tired of it now. Might be the most appropriate song title for this thread, though! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214.md?page=5)