# What is the best song that begins with the letter B? See rules in OP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [November 10, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931 "2023-11-10T11:28:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [November 11, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/61 "2023-11-11T01:18:15Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > **Bang-a-Boomerang** - Abba > **Boom Boom Boom Boom** - Vengaboys > **Boom Boom (Let’s Go Back to My Room)** - Paul Lekakis > > Oh, _BEST_ song? Okay, maybe ignore these, then. You forgot **“Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights)”** by Pat Travers Band 🙂 mmm ---
**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 11, 2023, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/62 "2023-11-11T01:27:11Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > You forgot **“Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights)”** by Pat Travers Band 🙂 While John Lee Hooker’s “Boom Boom” could be a contender for this thread. Will someone pick it? ---
**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 11, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/63 "2023-11-11T01:33:06Z")
Hehe, I was gonna, but then I thought of “Boogie Chillun” and had to go that way. ---
**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 11, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/64 "2023-11-11T02:01:31Z")
Interesting that _Brown Sugar_ hasn’t been suggested yet. Has it been “cancelled” because of the subject matter? (I guess that discussion would better take place in another thread) ---
**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:** [November 11, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/65 "2023-11-11T02:05:51Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Interesting that _Brown Sugar_ hasn’t been suggested yet. Has it been “cancelled” because of the subject matter? I’m certainly not cancelling it. I just didn’t think of it. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/66 "2023-11-11T02:47:21Z")
Bennie and the Jets - Elton John Bicycle Race - Queen Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf Both Sides Now - Judy Collins Barracuda - Heart ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/67 "2023-11-11T02:51:14Z")
Every time someone posts in this thread, I say 🤦‍♀️ “Oh yeah!” ---
**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:** [November 11, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/68 "2023-11-11T02:53:50Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > Bennie and the Jets - Elton John > Bicycle Race - Queen > Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf > Both Sides Now - Judy Collins > Barracuda - Heart I think Jeff gets this thread’s _Why Didn’t I Think of That_ award. mmm ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/69 "2023-11-11T03:01:12Z")
I’m fine with the five I posted earlier, but I’ll offer “Barbara Ann” by the Beach Boys for anyone who might want it. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2023, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/70 "2023-11-11T07:20:37Z")
Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones Basket Case - Green Day Big Sky - The Kinks Bitch - The Rolling Stones Beautiful Girls - Van Halen ---
**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:** [November 11, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/71 "2023-11-11T11:11:20Z")
We have a tie for the Number One **“I”** song and we need to have a showdown. Please go [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/81) to vote: mmm ---
**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:** [November 11, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/72 "2023-11-11T11:29:24Z")
I am going to forfeit “Big Yellow Taxi” by Joni Mitchell and add “Brown Sugar” by the Stones to my five. So the Joni song is available. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/73 "2023-11-11T18:43:54Z")
“Big Shot” – Billy Joel “Big Man on Mulberry Street” – Billy Joel “Ballad of Billy the Kid” – Billy Joel “Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl” – Olivia Rodrigo “Boyshit” – Madison Beer ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/74 "2023-11-11T19:07:23Z")
Black Country Rock - David Bowie Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits Billericay Dickie - Ian Dury and the Blockheads Back to Black - Amy Winehouse - and the remarkable - nay, unique [Blaze Away - Viv Fisher](https://youtu.be/Jbk03oM7Hdc?feature=shared) (all of the instruments are Mr Fisher, but without the use of any instruments). j (Also, if anyone is still short of a song or two, The Bewlay Brothers is still looking for a sponsor, as is Blinded By The Light) ETA - not sure if Billericay Dickie is at all well known in the US. It should be - here it is, just in case: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6Hi2zGVRiEA/maxresdefault.jpg "Billericay Dickie") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hi2zGVRiEA) ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/75 "2023-11-11T20:47:14Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I am going to forfeit “Big Yellow Taxi” by Joni Mitchell and add “Brown Sugar” by the Stones to my five. I had that song on my ‘B’ list, but it was already taken by the time I got to this thread. So strike “Battle of Who Could Care Less” from my list and replace it with “Big Yellow Taxi”. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/76 "2023-11-12T00:35:16Z")
Done. mmm ---
**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:** [November 12, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/77 "2023-11-12T00:49:41Z")
What are your favorite **B** songs? **POLL 1 of 4**. Select up to 10 from this list. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/77))_ ---
**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:** [November 12, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/78 "2023-11-12T00:51:27Z")
What are your favorite **B** songs? **POLL 2 of 4**. Select up to 10 from this list. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/78))_ ---
**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:** [November 12, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/79 "2023-11-12T00:52:56Z")
What are your favorite **B** songs? **POLL 3 of 4**. Select up to 10 from this list. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/79))_ ---
**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:** [November 12, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/80 "2023-11-12T00:54:18Z")
What are your favorite **B** songs? **POLL 4 of 4**. Select up to 10 from this list. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931/80))_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931.md?page=5)