# What is the best song that begins with the letter C? Final poll added **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [October 25, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-c-final-poll-added/992047 "2023-10-25T00:30:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-c-final-poll-added/992047/21 "2023-10-25T02:54:09Z")
Can’t live if living is without you–Harry Nilsson Cocaine–Clapton ---
**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:** [October 25, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-c-final-poll-added/992047/22 "2023-10-25T03:08:39Z")
Just missed the edit window when I thought of my third nominee: Cheeseburger In Paradise - Jimmy Buffet ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-c-final-poll-added/992047/23 "2023-10-25T03:11:51Z")
Crosscut Saw - Albert King Carmelita - Warren Zevon Can’t Find My Way Home - Blind Faith ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-c-final-poll-added/992047/24 "2023-10-25T03:17:35Z")
Come Sail Away - Styx Come Monday - Jimmy Buffett Craigslist - “Weird Al” Yankovic ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-c-final-poll-added/992047/25 "2023-10-25T03:28:22Z")
Creep- Stone Temple Pilots Come On Eileen- Dexy’s Midnight Runners The Crunge- Led Zeppelin ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-c-final-poll-added/992047/26 "2023-10-25T03:37:39Z")
“Cordelia,” The Tragically Hip ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-c-final-poll-added/992047/27 "2023-10-25T04:56:56Z")
[Cemetery Gates](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5cZ-oLVJzY) - The Smiths [Carolyn’s Fingers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhGoZLudKyk) - Cocteau Twins [Cloudbusting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pllRW9wETzw) - Kate Bush ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-c-final-poll-added/992047/28 "2023-10-25T05:05:37Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > City of New Orleans – Arlo Guthrie Great Choice. But in spirit of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I give you- _Carol of the Bells_ which uses the original tune of “Shchedryk,” written by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2023, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-c-final-poll-added/992047/29 "2023-10-25T05:14:19Z")
I noticed someone else had already nominated “Cecilia” before me (I swear, I checked, but I somehow missed it). So I assume that nomination is null and void and I get another one. Casey Jones - The Grateful Dead ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-c-final-poll-added/992047/30 "2023-10-25T05:29:00Z")
Comanche - The Revels Church Key - The Revels California Sun - The Rivieras ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-c-final-poll-added/992047/31 "2023-10-25T06:52:22Z")
Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers ---
**Author:** ![Moonrise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonrise/32/14764_2.png) [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-c-final-poll-added/992047/32 "2023-10-25T08:26:24Z")
- _Chelsea Hotel_ #2 - **Leonard Cohen** - _Cold_ - **The Cure** - _Catch_ - **The Cure** - _Come to Me_ - **Björk** - _Corcovado_ - **StanGetz, João Gilberto** - _Cantaloupe Island_ - **Herbie Hancock** - _Cry Me a River_ - **Ella Fitzgerald** ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-c-final-poll-added/992047/33 "2023-10-25T09:31:57Z")
Carin at the liquor store - The National Conversation 16 - The National A Christmas Fucking Miracle - Run The Jewels ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-c-final-poll-added/992047/34 "2023-10-25T09:54:37Z")
**A Change Is Gonna Come** - Otis Redding or Sam Cooke (take your pick) **[The Captain’s Wife’s Lament](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9iF-5ip8ZA)** - Paul and Storm **Colour My World** - Chicago ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-c-final-poll-added/992047/35 "2023-10-25T09:59:16Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > But in spirit of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I give you- > _Carol of the Bells_ which uses the original tune of “Shchedryk,” written by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914. Along the same lines, I’ll add: [Complete History of the Soviet Union, Arranged to the Melody of Tetris](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWTFG3J1CP8) by Pig with the Face of a Boy. It’s incredibly clever and disturbingly accurate in its way. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2023, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-c-final-poll-added/992047/36 "2023-10-25T10:39:48Z")
Heads up: We are at 70 nominees and will shut it down when we reach 99. mmm ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-c-final-poll-added/992047/37 "2023-10-25T10:51:24Z")
_Carmina Burana_ - Carl Orff ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-c-final-poll-added/992047/38 "2023-10-25T10:52:11Z")
China Girl - The one and only David Bowie ---
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**Counting The Beat** - _The Swingers_ ---
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> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > _Carmina Burana_ - Carl Orff Not sure this counts as a “song” any more than “Cantatas” by Bach does. I mean, it’s literally “songs of Beuern”, plural. But hey, throw it in the mix anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-c-final-poll-added/992047.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-c-final-poll-added/992047.md?page=3)