# 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:** 3
**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, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/41 "2023-11-04T18:51:10Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I’ll have to think of some more… Can I gift you one? I completely forgot about Roy Orbison’s _It’s Over_… j ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/42 "2023-11-04T21:17:02Z")
If I Needed Someone - The Beatles (George Harrison) It’s Too Late - Carole King I Feel the Earth Move - Carole King In My Life - The Beatles (John Lennon) I Got a Name - Jim Croce @Mean_Mr.Mustard can I have one more? You gave me an extra to make up for the S poll (after “Sweet Baby James” got left out) which I didn’t use. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/43 "2023-11-04T21:32:40Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > You gave me an extra to make up for the S poll (after “Sweet Baby James” got left out) which I didn’t use. Damn, did I miss the ‘S’ poll? I’m sorry I wasn’t there to include Florence + The Machine’s “Ship to Wreck” and Houndmouth’s “Sedona.” ETA: And Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats’ “S.O.B.” ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/44 "2023-11-04T21:41:10Z")
I’d Have You Anytime - George Harrison If Not For You - George Harrison If Not For You - Bob Dylan I Call Your Name - Johnny Clegg & Savuka ---
**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, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/45 "2023-11-04T21:42:44Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I’ll have to think of some more; other people beat me to all the other songs I could think of. It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) - Ella Fitzgerald Is That You Mo-Dean - The B-52s Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor Honorable mention to “If I had $1,000,000” by Barenaked Ladies, but I’m out of entries if anyone else wasn’t to use 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:** [November 4, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/46 "2023-11-04T22:05:57Z")
Head on over to the [Final F poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367/119) to vote for your favorites. 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 4, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/47 "2023-11-04T22:10:08Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > @Mean_Mr.Mustard can I have one more? You gave me an extra to make up for the S poll (after “Sweet Baby James” got left out) which I didn’t use. Of course, go. Excellent “I” choices, by the way. The only one that had occurred to me was “In My Life”. mmm ---
**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 4, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/48 "2023-11-04T22:59:33Z")
Three women but nothing recent, I’m afraid: Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies (it was either that or “I Saw Your Mommy”) I Will Wait For You - Connie Francis (one to traumatize Futurama fans) Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t (My Baby) - Louis Jordan I’m Gonna Be An Engineer - Peggy Seeger I Kissed A Girl - Jill Sobule (no relation to the awful Katy Perry song) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/49 "2023-11-04T23:15:19Z")
“I Got You Babe” – Sonny & Cher “I’m Not Supposed to Care” – Gordon Lightfoot “It’s so Easy” – Linda Ronstadt “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening” – Bing Crosby “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me” – Billy Joel ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/50 "2023-11-05T00:05:57Z")
_In the Navy_- Village People _Immigrant song_- Led Zeppelin. _Imagine_- John Lennon. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/51 "2023-11-05T00:20:45Z")
Isn’t it a Pity - George Harrison Incident on 57th St. - Springsteen I, Me, Mine - Some Liverpudlians, forget their name If I Ain’t Got You - Alicia Keys Israelites - Desmond Dekker ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/52 "2023-11-05T02:29:39Z")
It’s a Heartache - Bonnie Tyler ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/53 "2023-11-05T03:58:48Z")
Itchycoo Park - Small Faces I Need a Dollar - Aloe Blacc I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For - U2 It’s Amazing - Jem If the Stars Were Mine - Melody Gardot ---
**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 5, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/54 "2023-11-05T04:02:27Z")
I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash I Wish - Stevie Wonder I Only Have Eyes for You - The Flamingos I’m Not in Love - 10cc It’s Your Thing - The Isley Brothers ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/55 "2023-11-05T04:04:19Z")
Love your list. Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone - Charley Pride ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/56 "2023-11-05T04:13:13Z")
I Know That He’s Mine - Caro Emerald If You Love Me (Really Love Me) - Brenda Lee I’ll Take Lonely Tonight - Tim Minchin If You Asked Me To - Patti LaBelle Invincible - Pat Benatar ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/57 "2023-11-05T04:13:20Z")
Somebody add Isn’t She Lovely. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/58 "2023-11-05T04:46:02Z")
Isn’t She Lovely - Stevie Wonder I’ll add… I’m Looking Through You - The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/59 "2023-11-05T08:31:13Z")
**I Was Made For Lovin’ You** - Kiss **I See Red** - Split Enz **It’s My Party** - Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin **Is There Something I Should Know?** - Duran Duran **Into The Groove** - Madonna ---
**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 5, 2023, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/60 "2023-11-05T11:02:55Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > I’m Looking Through You - The Beatles As this is song #150, that’s gonna do it for the "I"s. Very sorry, @guanolad, but we have to cut it off somewhere. Polls coming. mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582.md?page=4)