# 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:** 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 5, 2023, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/61 "2023-11-05T11:09:27Z")
What are your favorite I songs? POLL 1 of 3. 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-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/61))_ ---
**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, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/62 "2023-11-05T11:10:59Z")
What are your favorite I songs? POLL 2 of 3. 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-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/62))_ ---
**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, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/63 "2023-11-05T11:12:24Z")
What are your favorite I songs? POLL 3 of 3. 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-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/63))_ ---
**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, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/64 "2023-11-05T11:49:57Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Very sorry, @guanolad, but we have to cut it off somewhere. _Booooo!_ ---
**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 5, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/65 "2023-11-05T14:39:58Z")
It’s your own fault for misspelling Lesley Gore😁 ---
**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, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/66 "2023-11-05T15:50:08Z")
Ack. Did we really miss _In Dreams_ - Roy Orbison? ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/67 "2023-11-05T22:02:03Z")
Into the Mystic - Van Morrison Itchycoo Park - Small Faces I Ain’t Superstitious - Jeff Beck I Can’t Hold Out - Elmore James I Shall Be Released - Bob Dylan ---
**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 5, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/68 "2023-11-05T22:28:39Z")
How did I not think of “I Want You Back” - The Jackson Five? Or “Intergalactic” - The Beastie Boys And am I the only one who’s started writing down songs for other letters, so I’ll remember them when that letter comes around? ---
**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 5, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/69 "2023-11-05T22:48:21Z")
Nope, I’m keeping a list as well. ---
**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 6, 2023, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/70 "2023-11-06T00:01:12Z")
Songs that haven’t been mentioned yet: I Can’t Get Next to You - The Temptations I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do) - Hall and Oates I Can’t Help Myself - The Four Tops I Can’t Stand the Rain - Ann Peebles I Hear You Knocking - Smiley Lewis I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder I Just Want to Celebrate - Rare Earth I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) - Michael McDonald I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennett I Like It Like That - The Dave Clark Five I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt I Loves You, Porgy - Nina Simone I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles I Say a Little Prayer- Dionne Warwick I Want a New Drug - Huey Lewis and the News I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow I Want to Take You Higher - Sly and the Family Stone I Wish It Would Rain - The Temptations I Won’t Last a Day Without You - The Carpenters I’ll Never Fall in Love Again - Dionne Warwick I’m Gonna Make You Love Me - Madeline Bell or The Supremes I’m Still Standing - Elton John I’m Stone in Love with You - The Stylistics I’m Too Sexy - Right Said Fred I’m Walking - Fats Domino If I Didn’t Care - The Platters If I Were a Carpenter - Johnny Cash and June Carter If You Leave Me Now - Chicago If You Love Somebody Set Them Free - Sting Iko Iko - The Belle Stars In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry Incense and Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - Marvin Gaye Innoocent Man - Billy Joel Instant Karma - John Lennon Is That All There Is - Peggy Lee It Don’t Come Easy - Ringo Starr It Keeps You Runnin’ - The Doobie Brothers It Never Rains in Southern California - Albert Hammond It Takes Two - Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston It’s a Mistake - Men at Work It’s All in the Game - Tommy Edwards It’s Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It) - The Rolling Stones It’s the Same Old Song - The Four Tops ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/71 "2023-11-06T01:34:19Z")
Some songs on there that might have gotten votes from me if they had been included. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/72 "2023-11-06T01:38:58Z")
I Hate the Capitalist System, Sarah Ogan Gunning I’m So Sad and Lonely/Just a Gigolo, two different songs linked by Louis Prima Okay, I reversed the last one ---
**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 6, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/73 "2023-11-06T01:55:32Z")
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams ---
**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 6, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/74 "2023-11-06T02:08:39Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > I’ll Never Fall in Love Again - Dionne Warwick I quite like this song, although my mom hates it because it was popular at the time she was nauseated and pregnant with me. I always sing along, but picture my mom barfing. ---
**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 6, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/75 "2023-11-06T02:12:41Z")
Might have been my mistake, but “I’ll Take Lonely Tonight” is actually by Tim Minchin, not Patti LaBelle. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/76 "2023-11-06T03:44:46Z")
Many great songs on that list. I had two left. I was going to post I’d Love to Change the World by Ten Years After, but remembered how much I like I’m Going Home by Alvin Lee & Ten Years After. I think the video I liked to watch was from Woodstock. ---
**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 6, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/77 "2023-11-06T11:50:26Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > I had two left. I was going to post I’d Love to Change the World by Ten Years After This was on my short list, it was one of the last ones I bumped to get to my 3. 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 7, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/78 "2023-11-07T01:57:01Z")
Next poll is [posted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-a-numeral-or-a-symbol-see-rules-in-op/992727) 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 8, 2023, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/79 "2023-11-08T10:52:02Z")
**Final poll** – What is the best I song? Select up to 3. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/79))_ ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-i-see-rules-in-op/992582/80 "2023-11-08T17:37:08Z")
“In My Life” is the highest-rated song in the world-famous _Ponch8 Music Rating System_. “I Shot the Sheriff” is dead-ass last. [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=3) [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=5)