# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/61 "2023-10-22T05:51:29Z")
Levon - Elton John Let’s Get it On - Marvin Gaye Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players Let’s Groove - Earth Wind & Fire ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/62 "2023-10-22T06:32:22Z")
Lateralus - Tool Lean on Me - Bill Withers ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/63 "2023-10-22T06:47:02Z")
Live Forever - Oasis London Calling - The Clash Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division ---
**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:** [October 22, 2023, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/64 "2023-10-22T07:58:40Z")
Layla - Derek and the Dominoes Late in the Evening - Paul Simon Lullaby of Birdland - Sarah Vaughan ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/65 "2023-10-22T07:59:11Z")
Love Or Let Me Be Lonely **The Friends Of Distinction** ---
**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:** [October 22, 2023, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/66 "2023-10-22T08:19:53Z")
**Livin’ Doll** - Cliff Richard and The Young Ones. ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/67 "2023-10-22T09:22:15Z")
Gotta go with Layla three times. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/68 "2023-10-22T09:30:18Z")
Excellent choice for the Billy Joel song. [“A Long December”](https://youtu.be/1D5PtyrewSs?si=2T31v5-VdrbSwp-m) by Counting Crows [“The Last Polka”](https://youtu.be/rXllND_LRf0?si=2SEgxVRFM24Wo8-M) or [“The Luckiest,” both by Ben Folds](https://youtu.be/f9bRmuP-kQY?si=85woYI3kgQ5AXFvW) And, just for shits and NSFW giggles, [“The Loophole”](https://youtu.be/j8ZF_R_j0OY?si=CLvvpu3I-EcmDDRf) by Garfunkel and Oates ---
**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 22, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/69 "2023-10-22T13:47:48Z")
Nominations closed, polls are now up. mmm ---
**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:** [October 22, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/70 "2023-10-22T14:38:55Z")
This is fun. Why are we doing it though? I mean, what sparked the idea? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/71 "2023-10-22T14:41:12Z")
Maybe @Mean_Mr.Mustard intends to do this with every letter of the alphabet? 😉 Or maybe ‘L’ is just his favorite letter. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/72 "2023-10-22T14:53:09Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Why are we doing it though? Just for the L of 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:** [October 22, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/73 "2023-10-22T15:07:07Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > This is fun. Why are we doing it though? Your first sentence answers your second. 🙂 And, yeah, I will occasionally do it with every letter (L was just random, as they all will be). mmm ---
**Author:** ![shadoegrounds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadoegrounds/32/15208_2.png) [@shadoegrounds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadoegrounds)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/74 "2023-10-22T15:37:41Z")
Love is a Battlefield - Pat Benatar Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd Let’s go to Bed - The Cure ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/75 "2023-10-22T16:23:59Z")
Love Me – Dudley Moore, from the 1967 version of Bedazzled. Look it up, you’ll thank me. And don’t forget to hang around for Drimble Wedge and the Vegetations. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/76 "2023-10-22T16:27:12Z")
You fill me with inertia. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/77 "2023-10-22T16:27:48Z")
Don’t you ever leave off? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/78 "2023-10-22T16:31:46Z")
:: raspberry :: ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/79 "2023-10-22T16:38:19Z")
One glaring omission … [Lulu’s Back in Town.](https://youtu.be/mFfW6izLc1w) ---
**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:** [October 22, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/80 "2023-10-22T16:47:19Z")
Well, damn, now that it’s too late you reminded me of “[Lulu](https://youtu.be/0uwOE5S8K0Q)” by Trip Shakespeare. [Previous 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=3) [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=5)