# What is the best song that begins with the letter I? See rules in OP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [November 4, 2023, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582 "2023-11-04T10:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/21 "2023-11-04T15:14:43Z")
This one is hard! I came up with 20 candidates without even doing any searching. But, if I’m limited to 5: [I’d rather go blind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZt1xKtPbUQ) - Etta James (thought [Beth Hart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEHwO_UEp7A) also does a killer version) [I’ve been loving you too long](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0zROagSE7U) - Otis Redding (Still the best, though I am also partial to [Anita Carter’s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX4p52X4v80) cover) [If I could only fly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBx8fRP_UxM) - Blaze Foley ([Merle’s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24cqKEjAALg) version is more polished, but no has ever topped the original) [In dreams](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fPqmceCf90) - Sierra Ferrell (Yay! 21st century) [I’ll see you in my dreams](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNRHHRjep3E) - Django Reinhardt (I’ve seen pure instrumentals in the nominations before, so I think this is OK. Besides, no one’s ever played it better) ---
**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 4, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/22 "2023-11-04T15:17:39Z")
I’ve Seen All Good People / Yes In The Shape Of A Heart / Jackson Browne I Don’t Need No Doctor / Humble Pie In Thee / Blue Oyster Cult I Will / Beatles ---
**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 4, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/23 "2023-11-04T15:24:16Z")
> [@chela](#): > > I want you ( I want you so bad) - Beatles Also: I Want You - Bob Dylan I Want You - Elvis Costello All three are great songs. My other contributions: If You Don’t Know Me By Now - Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes In 3’s - Beastie Boys (yeah, I know, obscure instrumental, but it’s funky as hell) I Shot The Sheriff - Bob Marley and the Wailers ---
**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:** [November 4, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/24 "2023-11-04T15:25:42Z")
There are so many I forgot. “I am the Walrus” isn’t even my favorite Beatles “I” song from 1967. ---
**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 4, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/25 "2023-11-04T15:26:26Z")
Is it “I’m Fixing A Hole”? ---
**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:** [November 4, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/26 "2023-11-04T15:27:42Z")
Actually, I just realized I can’t spell. This thread started too early in the morning for me. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/27 "2023-11-04T15:41:47Z")
It Was a Good Day – Ice Cube I Wanna Be Sedated – Ramones In the Ghetto – Elvis Presley Interstate Love Song – Stone Temple Pilots Ironic – Alanis Morisette ---
**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 4, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/28 "2023-11-04T15:45:27Z")
3 - In the Heat of the Night - Ray Charles ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/29 "2023-11-04T15:48:15Z")
I Knew You Were Trouble - Taylor Swift I Love Rock and Roll - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles I Can’t Explain - The Who ---
**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 4, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/30 "2023-11-04T16:00:13Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I was so glad you specified Dolly’s version! Bit of an aside this, but I get really annoyed at Whitney Houston’s version. I Will Always Love You is a tiny, intimate, reflective little piece of perfection. It absolutely did not need Whitney to take a forty yard run-up and then bawl her lungs out. Sheesh! Sorry 'bout that. Carry on. j ---
**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 4, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/31 "2023-11-04T16:10:52Z")
Agree one hundred percent, well said! ---
**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:** [November 4, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/32 "2023-11-04T16:31:25Z")
I’m Your Captain - Grand Funk Railroad In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion - Agalloch Is This Where You Live? - The Church If There Is Something - Roxy Music I Will Follow - U2 Island - The Moody Blues So, what do we do with 2-part songs? Does Closer to Home get a separate nomination when the C’s come up? ---
**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 4, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/33 "2023-11-04T17:00:10Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > [In The Flat Field](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a2hGhamVwA) - Bauhaus > [@MrDibble](#): > > [Isolation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x-Nl3_L1pA) - Joy Division > [Israel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TAlS7J9Ofk) - Siouxsie and the Banshees Three great ones! Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4o2sA0vpA-4/maxresdefault.jpg "Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive [HQ]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o2sA0vpA-4) Sonic Youth - I Dream I Dreamed [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zs8UpY2YF3c/maxresdefault.jpg "I Dreamed I Dream") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs8UpY2YF3c) The Monks - I Hate You [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/63Agrr2qC78/hqdefault.jpg "Monks - I Hate You") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Agrr2qC78) The Black Angels - Indigo Meadow [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kqiQWGixX5Q/maxresdefault.jpg "Indigo Meadow") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqiQWGixX5Q) (Hey, one from the last 20 years 😉 ) Clown Core - Infinite Realm of Incomprehensible Suffering [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NTzEYzzfPac/maxresdefault.jpg "Infinite Realm of Incomprehensible Suffering") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTzEYzzfPac) And it’s not one of my picks unless I’m given an indulgence, but I do love The Meat Puppets - I’m a Mindless Idiot [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/buQeBhrYfrg/hqdefault.jpg "Meat Puppets - I'm a Mindless Idiot") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buQeBhrYfrg) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/34 "2023-11-04T17:05:44Z")
_It Wasn’t Me-_ Shaggy _I had too Much to Dream Last Night_- The Electric Prunes (what a name!) ---
**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:** [November 4, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/35 "2023-11-04T17:10:48Z")
[“I Want To Whip Your Cow”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8kHONClq6Q) by The Stiffs is the obvious winner. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/36 "2023-11-04T17:31:27Z")
I Could Eat Your Words - Patricia barber I Guess That’s Why They Call it the Blues - Elton John I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide - ZZ Top If You could read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot ---
**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 4, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/37 "2023-11-04T17:32:28Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > So, what do we do with 2-part songs? Does Closer to Home get a separate nomination when the C’s come up? I guess I’ll have to take these on a case-by-case basis. In this instance I see plenty of examples of “Closer to Home” being listed as its own track, so go ahead and nominate it under the Cs if you’d like. mmm ---
**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 4, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/38 "2023-11-04T18:24:10Z")
I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles I’ll have to think of some more; other people beat me to all the other songs I could think of. That’s the curse of living in the Pacific time zone. ---
**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 4, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/39 "2023-11-04T18:25:53Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Is it “I’m Fixing A Hole”? I’m pretty sure it’s just “Fixing a Hole”. I almost nominated it in the F thread. ---
**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 4, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/40 "2023-11-04T18:32:30Z")
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