# What is the best song that begins with the letter L? Please limit to 3 submissions or less **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [October 21, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881 "2023-10-21T12:12:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [October 21, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/1 "2023-10-21T12:12:33Z")
Exclude articles “a”, “an”, and “the”. Please include the artist. Possible poll fodder. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/2 "2023-10-21T12:19:28Z")
Love Me Do - The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/3 "2023-10-21T12:31:11Z")
Laura ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/4 "2023-10-21T12:38:38Z")
Layla - Eric Clapton Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts - Bob Dylan Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney and Wings ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/5 "2023-10-21T12:40:37Z")
The Smiths - Last night I dreamt somebody loved me The Doors - Light my fire (the Shirley Bassey version’s great too) Missy Elliot - Lose control (any excuse to get some hip hop or RnB on the Dope) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/6 "2023-10-21T12:42:33Z")
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac Lido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs La Grange - ZZ Top ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/7 "2023-10-21T12:53:23Z")
Lola -The Kinks Life During Wartime - Talking Heads ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/8 "2023-10-21T13:17:00Z")
Lust For Life - Iggy Pop Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter, Paul and Mary (I assume the prohibition against articles includes the non-English equivalents, otherwise I’d put in La Vie En Rose - Edith Piaf) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/9 "2023-10-21T13:25:47Z")
La Bamba - Richie Valens Louie Louie - The Kingsmen Los Angeles - X ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/10 "2023-10-21T13:26:29Z")
Lydia, the Tattooed Lady - Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen ---
**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:** [October 21, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/11 "2023-10-21T13:28:17Z")
The top three are “Little Latin Lupe Lu” (undoubtedly the best song with 4 "L"s), “La Bamba” and “Listen To The Flower People”. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/12 "2023-10-21T13:28:42Z")
Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/13 "2023-10-21T13:38:30Z")
Let It Be - The Beatles Let It Be Me - Everly Brothers The Last Rose of Summer - traditional ---
**Author:** ![cieskokid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cieskokid/32/5374_2.png) [@cieskokid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cieskokid)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/14 "2023-10-21T13:39:12Z")
Limelight - Rush L.A. Woman - The Doors Love Stinks - J.Geils Band ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/15 "2023-10-21T13:50:40Z")
Late in the Evening - Paul Simon Let’s Dance - David Bowie Long Cool Woman - The Hollies ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/16 "2023-10-21T13:53:42Z")
[Laughing Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M_AK2DSt7U) by The Residents [Lights Out](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXY8ozWNTF8) by The Residents [Let’s Make the Water Turn Black](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_x2O50MefU) by The Mothers of Invention ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/17 "2023-10-21T14:00:43Z")
Lawyers Guns and Money - Warren Zevon ---
**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:** [October 21, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/18 "2023-10-21T14:05:20Z")
That’s 33 entries, going to have to cut it off at 49 for polling reasons. > [@Zeldar](#): > > Laura > [@Jackmannii](#): > > The top three are “Little Latin Lupe Lu” (undoubtedly the best song with 4 "L"s), “La Bamba” and “Listen To The Flower People”. Let me know the artists so I can include the correct versions. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/19 "2023-10-21T14:14:42Z")
Linger - The Cranberries Long, Long, Long - The Beatles Let’s Get It On - Marvin Gaye ---
**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:** [October 21, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/20 "2023-10-21T14:21:34Z")
> [@](#): > > > [@Jackmannii](#): > > > > The top three are “Little Latin Lupe Lu” (undoubtedly the best song with 4 "L"s), “La Bamba” and “Listen To The Flower People”. > > Let me know the artists so I can include the correct versions. > > mmm Best known recording artists for these songs are The Righteous Brothers, Ritchie Valens (a much better version was released by Los Lobos) and of course, Spinal Tap. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881.md?page=2)