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

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Rules:

  • Submissions are limited to 5 per person.

  • Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll.

  • Exclude titles that begin with punctuation, such as an apostrophe, parenthesis, etc. We already done that.

  • You must include the artist (not the composer, unless they are the same person) or your submission will not be counted.

  • Polls will appear in this thread once we reach 100 or 150 nominations, depending on when we hit a wall.

  • Classical releases are excluded.

  • Final poll, also in this thread, will narrow the field to 10.

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King of Pain - The Police
Karn Evil 9 - Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
Knocking at Your Back Door - Deep Purple
(The) Kick Inside - Kate Bush

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Keep on Smiling - Wet Willie
Kicks - Paul Revere and the Raiders
Knock on Wood - Eddie Floyd
King of the Road - Roger Miller

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And Keep a-Knockin’ by Little Richard

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Keep Me in Your Heart – Warren Zevon

Keep the Customer Satisfied – Simon & Garfunkel

Kid Charlemagne – Steely Dan

Knockin’ on Your Screen Door – John Prine

Kodachrome – Paul Simon

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Karma Chameleon, Culture Club
King of Wishful Thinking, Go West
Killing in the Name, Rage Against the Machine
Kiss, Prince
Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!, The Beatles

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Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door - Bob Dylan

Kinky Reggae - Bob Marley

Koka Kola - The Clash

Know Your Enemy - Rage Against The Machine

Know Your Rights - The Clash

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Too late to edit and change my vote, but I only just thought of one of the best pop songs ever, Abba’s “Knowing Me, Knowing You”. Does anybody want to take it from me?

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K-K-K-Katie - WW1 Geoffrey O’Hara

Traditional so author is performer

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OK. Not a lot of 'K" songs in my favorites, but enough.

Knocked Down, Made Small - Was (Not Was)
Kern River - Merle Haggard
Keep on Tryin’ - Poco
Kentish Town Waltz - Imelda May
Key to the Highway - Derek & The Dominoes

Missed the cut, but I’d love it if they made someone else’s best list:
Kick Out The Jams - MC5; Killing Floor - Howling Wolf; Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford; Kind of a Drag - The Buckinghams; and Keep Me From Blowin’ Away - Linda Ronstadt

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and Warren Zevon.

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Oh man! Politically incorrect earworm! :smile:

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I would’ve taken both, but I’m also already over my cut.

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The KKK Took My Baby Away

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Much as I’d like to replace this on the list with one of mine, it qualifies. Here is the author actually performing the song:

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The KKK took my babe away, the Ramones.

Kicks, by Lou Reed at his coolest.
Kill Your Sons, by Lou Reed at his darkest.

Kooks, by David Bowie ti lighten it up.

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King For A Day - XTC
Killermont Street - Aztec Camera
Keep On Chooglin’ - Creedence
Kiss Of Light / Be Bop Deluxe
Kings Road / Tom Petty

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Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack
(The) Kick Inside - Kate Bush
Karma Police - Radiohead
Kooks - David Bowie
Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas

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Killers, by Motörhead.

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My list:

Kalinka Malinka - Ivan Rebroff
Katmandu - Bob Seger
Kicking Pigeons - Spunge
Killing Floor - Howling Wolf
Kiss Me - Sixpence None The Richer

“Killing Floor” was already on my list, but I’ve had to sideline the following which are still up for grabs:

Kathleen - Townes Van Zandt
Killer Queen - Queen
Kiss From A Rose - Seal