# What is the best song that begins with the letter F? See rules in OP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [October 31, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367 "2023-10-31T13:50:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367/81 "2023-11-01T17:25:28Z")
I think four of those were already named previously, although the Roberta Flack entry is new and welcome. If I understand the thread rules correctly, this means you get another four. ---
**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 1, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367/82 "2023-11-01T17:34:13Z")
I’m still unclear about the rules concerning articles. Should songs starting with “a/an” or “the” go into the ‘A’ and ‘T’ threads? Or are articles to be ignored and the letter of the second word count? In this case, I would’ve nominated “A Forest” by the Cure. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367/83 "2023-11-01T17:49:53Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > This is an official moderator instruction to stay out of the “songs by letter” threads. As you obviously aren’t interested, this shouldn’t be a hardship. Your popping in to complain about both the threads and the moderation is, unfortunately, a hardship to others. Fine. I won’t post in this thread again. But Jeez, don’t you guys have any sense of humor or perspective? I wasn’t making any ad-hominem attacks, wasn’t introducing any offensive topics, just expressing an opinion. And in my followup post, I was trying to be rather apologetic in what was supposed to be a lighthearted manner. If you want to continue this, move it to the pit. ---
**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 1, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367/84 "2023-11-01T17:51:33Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > Fast Car - Tracy Chapman > Fire and Rain - James Taylor > The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack > Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival > Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash > > I considered Fly Me to the Moon by Frank Sinatra, but the song’s original name is “In Other Words,” so I’m not sure it qualifies. You still have 4 entries left, Jeff\_Lichtman - The only one in your post that has not been nominated, as mentioned (and including the Sinatra), is the Roberta Flack song. > [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > I’m still unclear about the rules concerning articles… You can nominate a song with an article, but discard the article when considering it for a certain letter. IOW, in the F thread, you can nominate “A Foggy Day (in London Town)” (Hey, there’s our Sinatra right there!) or “The First Noel” (the Sinatra version, of course). mmm ---
**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 1, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367/85 "2023-11-01T17:52:34Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > [Fireball](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OpbffzDN48) / Don Spencer > For You Blue / Beatles Way too late to edit, but could I possibly swap out Fireball for [Fig Tree Bay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oSb3ZgKU90) by Peter Frampton? (Can’t believe I didn’t think of it, one of my absolute favorites!) ---
**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 1, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367/86 "2023-11-01T17:54:30Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Way too late to edit, but could I possibly swap out Fireball for [Fig Tree Bay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oSb3ZgKU90) by Peter Frampton? Done. Now I have to go listen to Fig Tree Bay, I’m not familiar with it. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367/87 "2023-11-01T17:57:04Z")
> [@xtenkfarpl](#): > > Fine. I won’t post in this thread again. > > But Jeez, don’t you guys have any sense of humor or perspective? I wasn’t making any ad-hominem attacks, wasn’t introducing any offensive topics, just expressing an opinion. And in my followup post, I was trying to be rather apologetic in what was supposed to be a lighthearted manner. > > If you want to continue this, move it to the pit. And that’ll be a Warning for disregarding moderator instructions. “Stay out of this thread” doesn’t mean “Come back to this thread to say you’re staying out of it”, and it definitely doesn’t mean “Come back to this thread to dispute the moderation”. ---
**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 1, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367/88 "2023-11-01T17:58:53Z")
Only room for 7 more entries, folks. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367/89 "2023-11-01T18:02:53Z")
How about “Fascination Street,” by the Cure? One of my favorite songs by them. Coincidentally, another of my favorite songs by them is “A Forest,” so I’ll throw that in as well. (edit: already nominated, so never mind!) I’m too old, and like most of the other posters can’t think of any songs to nominate that were written in the current millennium. We gotta get some fans of current music in here, y’all. ---
**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 1, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367/90 "2023-11-01T18:05:13Z")
Oooo, thought of a third. Doo Rag - Freeloader [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xfm8fNRpoSw/hqdefault.jpg "Doo Rag - Freeloader") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfm8fNRpoSw) ---
**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 1, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367/91 "2023-11-01T18:06:21Z")
Fields of Gold - Sting For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder Free Man in Paris - Joni Mitchell From This Moment On - Lena Horne ---
**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 1, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367/92 "2023-11-01T19:05:34Z")
One more. Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? mmm ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367/93 "2023-11-01T19:07:54Z")
Free As A Bird - The Beatles ---
**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 1, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367/94 "2023-11-01T19:08:23Z")
Already submitted. Still need one more. 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 1, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367/95 "2023-11-01T19:11:11Z")
Got one: Freak Scene - Dinosaur Jr. ---
**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 1, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367/96 "2023-11-01T19:11:44Z")
OOoooooooo! Good one! ---
**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 1, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367/97 "2023-11-01T19:11:47Z")
And…that’s a wrap. Polls will appear some time today. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367/98 "2023-11-01T19:16:37Z")
Oh man. I was gonna throw out [Formation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDZJPJV__bQ), by Beyonce, so we’d have at least one pop song from the past decade. (also Rolling Stone’s [#4 song of the decade](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-best-songs-of-the-2010s-917532/beyonce-formation-song-917546/)). Just too late! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367/99 "2023-11-01T19:19:59Z")
Bloody typical… Just as i thought of my last 2 :- Freddie Freeloader - Miles Davis the Fountain of Salmacis - Genesis ---
**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 1, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367/100 "2023-11-01T20:21:39Z")
Ah, Godammit, we could have had **For Absent Friends**. Which, for those who don’t know, is side 1 track 2, whereas > [@pjd](#): > > the Fountain of Salmacis - Genesis is side 2 track 4. j [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367.md?page=6)