What is the best song that begins with the letter I? See rules in OP

What are your favorite I songs? POLL 1 of 3. Select up to 10 from this list.

  • I Am a Rock – Simon & Garfunkel
  • I Am the Walrus – The Beatles
  • I Am Woman – Helen Reddy
  • I and I – Bob Dylan
  • I Bet My Life – Imagine Dragons
  • I Call Your Name – Johnny Clegg & Savuka
  • I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash
  • I Can See for Miles – The Who
  • I Can’t Explain – The Who
  • I Can’t Give You Anything But Love – Ben Selvin & His Orchestra
  • I Can’t Stop Loving You – Ray Charles
  • I Could Eat Your Words – Patricia Barber
  • I Don’t Believe You - Pink
  • I Don’t Like Mondays – The Boomtown Rats
  • I Don’t Need No Doctor – Humble Pie
  • I Dream I Dreamed – Sonic Youth
  • I Fall to Pieces – Patsy Cline
  • I Feel Fine – The Beatles
  • I Feel the Earth Move – Carole King
  • I Fought the Law – The Bobby Fuller Four
  • I Get Around – The Beach Boys
  • I Got a Name – Jim Croce
  • I Got You Babe – Sonny & Cher
  • I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues – Elton John
  • I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night – The Electric Prunes
  • I Hate You – Monks
  • I Heard It Through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
  • I Kissed a Girl – Jill Sobule
  • I Knew You Were Trouble – Taylor Swift
  • I Know That He’s Mine – Caro Emerald
  • I Know What Boys Like – The Waitresses
  • I Know What I Like (in Your Wardrobe) – Genesis
  • I Like That – Janelle Monae
  • I Love It When You Call Me Names – Joan Armatrading
  • I Love Rock and Roll – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
  • I Love the Dead – Alice Cooper
  • I Miss You – Blink-182
  • I Need a Dollar – Aloe Blacc
  • I Need a Man to Love – Janis Joplin
  • I Only Have Eyes for You – Art Garfunkel
  • I Only Have Eyes for You – The Flamingos
  • I Only Want to Be with You – Dusty Springfield
  • I Second That Emotion – Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
  • I Shot the Sheriff – Bob Marley & the Wailers
  • I Should Have Known Better – The Beatles
  • I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2
  • I Walk on Guilded Splinters – Dr. John
  • I Walk the Line – Johnny Cash
  • I Wanna Be Rich – Calloway
  • I Wanna Be Sedated – The Ramones
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What are your favorite I songs? POLL 2 of 3. Select up to 10 from this list.

  • I Want To Hold Your Hand – The Beatles
  • I Want to Whip Your Cow – The Stiffs
  • I Want You – Bob Dylan
  • I Want You – Elvis Costello
  • I Want You (She’s So Heavy) – The Beatles
  • I Want You To Want Me – Cheap Trick
  • I Went Too Far – Aurora
  • I Will – The Beatles
  • I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton
  • I Will Follow – U2
  • I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
  • I Will Wait for You – Connie Francis
  • I Wish – Stevie Wonder
  • I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free – Nina Simone
  • I Write Sins Not Tragedies – Panic! At the Disco
  • I, Me, Mine – The Beatles
  • I.G.Y. – Donald Fagen
  • I’d Have You Anytime – George Harrison
  • I’d Rather Go Blind – Etta James
  • I’ll Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That) – Meatloaf
  • I’ll See You in My Dreams – Django Reinhardt
  • I’ll Take Lonely Tonight – Patti LaBelle
  • I’m a Believer – The Monkees
  • I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide – ZZ Top
  • I’m Eighteen – Alice Cooper
  • I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers
  • I’m Gonna Be an Engineer – Peggy Seeger
  • I’m Gonna Booglarize You, Baby – Captain Beefheart
  • I’m Looking Through You – The Beatles
  • I’m Not in Love – 10cc
  • I’m Not Supposed to Care – Gordon Lightfoot
  • I’m Shakin’ – Jack White
  • I’m Waiting for the Man – The Velvet Underground
  • I’m Your Captain – Grand Funk Railroad
  • I’ve Been Loving You Too Long – Otis Redding
  • I’ve Seen All Good People – Yes
  • Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice
  • Idiot Wind – Bob Dylan
  • If I Ain’t Got You – Alicia Keys
  • If I Could Only Fly – Blaze Foley
  • If I Needed Someone – The Beatles
  • If Not for You – Bob Dylan
  • If Not for You – George Harrison
  • If the Stars Were Mine – Melody Gardot
  • If There is Something – Roxy Music
  • If You Could Read My Mind – Gordon Lightfoot
  • If You Don’t Know Me by Now – Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
  • If You Love Me (Really Love Me) – Brenda Lee
  • If You Want Me to Stay – Sly & the Family Stone
  • Imagine – John Lennon
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What are your favorite I songs? POLL 3 of 3. Select up to 10 from this list.

  • Immigrant Song – Led Zeppelin
  • In 3’s – The Beastie Boys
  • In Dreams – Sierra Ferrell
  • In My Life – Johnny Cash
  • In My Life – The Beatles
  • In the Air Tonight – Phil Collins
  • In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening – Bing Crosby
  • In the Flat Field – Bauhaus
  • In the Heat of the Night – Ray Charles
  • In the Mood – Glenn Miller
  • In the Navy – The Village People
  • In the Shadow of Our Pale Companion – Agalloch
  • In the Shape of a Heart – Jackson Browne
  • In the Year 2525 – Zager & Evans
  • In Thee – Blue Oyster Cult
  • In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida – Iron Butterfly
  • Incident on 57th Street – Bruce Springsteen
  • Indigo Meadow – The Black Angels
  • Infinite Realm of Incomprehensible Suffering – Clown Core
  • Innuendo – Queen
  • Institutionalized – Suicidal Tendencies
  • Interstate Love Song – Stone Temple Pilots
  • Interstellar Overdrive – Pink Floyd
  • Invincible – Pat Benatar
  • Ironic – Alanis Morisette
  • Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone – Charley Pride
  • Is It a Crime - Sade
  • Is That You Mo-Dean – The B-52s
  • Is This Where You Live? – The Church
  • Is You Is or Is You Ain’t (My Baby) – Louis Jordan
  • Isis – Bob Dylan
  • Island – The Moody Blues
  • Isn’t It a Pity – George Harrison
  • Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
  • Isolation – Joy Division
  • Israel – Siouxsie and the Banshees
  • Israelites – Desmond Dekker
  • Istanbul (Not Constantinople) – They Might Be Giants
  • It Don’t Mean a Thing (if it Ain’t Got That Swing) – Ella Fitzgerald
  • It Was a Good Day – Ice Cube
  • It Wasn’t Me – Shaggy
  • It’s a Heartache – Bonnie Tyler
  • It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll) – AC/DC
  • It’s Amazing – Jem
  • It’s So Easy – Linda Ronstadt
  • It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me – Billy Joel
  • It’s the End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine) – REM
  • It’s Too Late – Carole King
  • It’s Your Thing – The Isley Brothers
  • Itchycoo Park – Small Faces
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Booooo!

It’s your own fault for misspelling Lesley Gore😁

Ack. Did we really miss In Dreams - Roy Orbison?

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

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?

Nope, I’m keeping a list as well.

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

Some songs on there that might have gotten votes from me if they had been included.

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

I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams

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.

Might have been my mistake, but “I’ll Take Lonely Tonight” is actually by Tim Minchin, not Patti LaBelle.

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.

This was on my short list, it was one of the last ones I bumped to get to my 3.

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Next poll is posted

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Final poll – What is the best I song? Select up to 3.

  • I Can See for Miles – The Who
  • I Fall to Pieces – Patsy Cline
  • I Heard It Through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
  • I Shot the Sheriff – Bob Marley & the Wailers
  • I Walk the Line – Johnny Cash
  • I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
  • Imagine – John Lennon
  • Immigrant Song – Led Zeppelin
  • In My Life – The Beatles
  • It’s the End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine) – REM
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“In My Life” is the highest-rated song in the world-famous Ponch8 Music Rating System. “I Shot the Sheriff” is dead-ass last.