# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/81 "2015-12-04T22:27:33Z")
I have to be careful about plugging my phone into someone else’s car because the sing that comes on is “AA XXX” (Double-A Triple-X) by Peaches — [AA XXX - Peaches - YouTube](http://youtu.be/cKDmnOqPb_M) ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/82 "2015-12-04T23:17:01Z")
> [@Indyellen](#): > > _ABC_, Jackson 5. My device moves all the songs with numbers or characters to the end of the list, instead of first. That’s my #1, too. It’s on my 1000 song workout playlist, which I shuffle when I hit the gym. For some reason it has come up within the first 10 songs every time for the past month…randomness is not working very well. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/83 "2015-12-05T02:07:18Z")
Every damn time I connect my phone to my car stereo the song **‘A’ by Barenaked Ladies** starts up. I’ve grown to despise the first five seconds of that tune. mmm ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/84 "2015-12-05T23:54:18Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Every damn time I connect my phone to my car stereo the song **‘A’ by Barenaked Ladies** starts up. > > I’ve grown to despise the first five seconds of that tune. > mmm Heh. Mine is “A. Morricone: Love Theme (Tema d’amore) From “Cinema Paradiso”” by Joseph Calleja. I know the first few seconds very well! I’m going to call that a fluke of the labeling. The first true alpha entry, very appropriately as mentioned, is also **A1 on the Jukebox** , Dave Edmunds. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/85 "2015-12-05T23:56:11Z")
A-Punk. It’s always the first one that plays after my iPod drains and gets recharged in the car. For that reason I’m really sick of the song but my son loves it. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/86 "2015-12-06T02:55:13Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Heh. Mine is “A. Morricone: Love Theme (Tema d’amore) From “Cinema Paradiso”” by Joseph Calleja. I know the first few seconds very well! > > I’m going to call that a fluke of the labeling. The first true alpha entry, very appropriately as mentioned, is also **A1 on the Jukebox** , Dave Edmunds. I have the Edmunds tune too (big DE fan), but the Barenaked Ladies A is the one listed first. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/87 "2015-12-06T03:08:35Z")
Hell’s Bells by AC/DC is always the first song I hear before I hit the random button. Sorted by song, it’s #9 Dream by John Lennon. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/88 "2015-12-08T00:06:00Z")
American Pie by Don McLean ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/89 "2015-12-08T06:11:26Z")
“1 2 3” Said the Prospector - Riders In The Sky #9 Dream - John Lennon (Ain’t That) Good News - Sam Cooke 007/Mission Impossible/Peter Gunn - Brian Setzer A Beautiful Morning - The Rascals You decide which is first. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/90 "2015-12-08T13:49:55Z")
> [@Pixel\_Dent](#): > > 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’ “A-Tisket A-Tasket” but by Manhattan transfer With numbers sorted first - as god intended - it would be '2:10 Train" ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/91 "2015-12-09T01:55:55Z")
By title: 007 (Shanty Town), by the Aces (reggae) By title, not counting numbers: A, by Arvo Pärt (an organ piece) By artist: 10,000 Maniacs, “Eat for Two” By artist, not counting numbers: A. A. Milne, “Sneezles” (poem) ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/92 "2015-12-09T23:09:10Z")
“Aaron Harris Blues” by Jelly Roll Morton. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/93 "2015-12-09T23:35:05Z")
13th Chime - Coffin Maker [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/h0koiwXwVM8/hqdefault.jpg "13th Chime - Coffin Maker (1981)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0koiwXwVM8) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/94 "2015-12-09T23:50:58Z")
Song: “Abracadabra” - The Steve Miller Band Track: “Abortion” - George Carlin Song, numerically: “24’s” - T.I. Track, numerically: “The 11 O’Clock News” - George Carlin ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/95 "2015-12-10T01:03:47Z")
On my iPhone: [Be Magical](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1JijVl_uLY) (Tokyo DisneySea theme park music) On my Galaxy: [1 2 3 4 5 by Ken Lazslo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaaJxhJpMgA) (Italo-Disco music) ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/96 "2015-12-11T08:39:08Z")
On my phone; **A Bitch Iz A Bitch** by NWA, which is a complete surprise as rap/hip-hop makes up maybe 3% of the music I have. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/97 "2015-12-11T17:36:23Z")
If numbers/other symbols don’t count, Zep’s “Achilles Last Stand.” If they do, then it’s Agalloch’s “…And The Great Cold Death Of The Earth.” Numerically, Ozric Tentacles’ “0-1.” ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/98 "2015-12-12T16:59:35Z")
> [@Indyellen](#): > > _ABC_, Jackson 5. > [@jsc1953](#): > > That’s my #1, too. Mine, too! > [@Indyellen](#): > > My device moves all the songs with numbers or characters to the end of the list, instead of first. Same here. My “device” is iTunes, because that’s what I use to manage all of my MP3s and my iPod. If numbers came first, it would be “1 2 3” by the Indigo Girls. > [@TheSeaOtter](#): > > Aaron Copland’s ‘_Music for the Theatre_’. When I sort alphabetically by artist, Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man” is first. 🙂 > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > My least favorite Maiden song. Never understood why it’s always in the classic setlists. It’s no “Caught Somewhere in Time” or “Heaven Can Wait” (guess my favorite Maiden album!), but I’d say it’s definitely a classic. Catchy hook, if nothing else. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214/99 "2015-12-13T03:09:21Z")
_The Abyss_ end titles by Alan Silvestri. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tw461zBylXs/maxresdefault.jpg "Soundtrack - The Abyss -End Titles-") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw461zBylXs) ---
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> [@madmonk28](#): > > Absolutely Sweet Marie, by Bob Dylan Seconded. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214.md?page=6)