# What is the best song that begins with the letter \*\*P\*\*? See rules in OP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [November 14, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-p-see-rules-in-op/993092 "2023-11-14T01:07:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 14, 2023, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-p-see-rules-in-op/993092/21 "2023-11-14T09:10:16Z")
**Pass The Dutchie** - Musical Youth **Physical** - Olivia Newton-John **Poi E** - Patea Maori Club **Power Of Love** - Huey Lewis and the News **Power Of Love** - Frankie Goes To Hollywood **Power Of Love** - Jennifer Rush ---
**Author:** ![Moonrise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonrise/32/14764_2.png) [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-p-see-rules-in-op/993092/22 "2023-11-14T09:47:28Z")
Lots of great choices already. I predict that the final pick will be difficult as far as I’m concerned. _Purple Rain_ - **Prince** _Private Dancer_ - **Tina Turner** _Poor Butterfly_ - **Sonny Rollins** _Puttin’ On the Ritz_ - **Fred Astaire** _Paradise City_ - **Guns N’ Roses** ---
**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 14, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-p-see-rules-in-op/993092/23 "2023-11-14T11:28:00Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > _(the) Pink Panther Theme_- Mancini Mancini wrote and conducted, but did not _perform_ this song, so disallowed. > [@DrDeth](#): > > _Papa Was a Rolling Stone_- Temptations Already submitted in post #3. @DrDeth, you still have two more entries if you want them. > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison > [@WildaBeast](#): > > the actual title is “Oh, Pretty Woman”. @WildaBeast is correct, you have one more entry. 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 14, 2023, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-p-see-rules-in-op/993092/24 "2023-11-14T11:32:23Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > _Jim Dandy_- Black Oak Arkansas Maybe save this one for the Js? 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 14, 2023, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-p-see-rules-in-op/993092/25 "2023-11-14T11:36:48Z")
Pancho & Lefty – Townes Van Zandt Peggy Sue – Buddy Holly & the Crickets Please Please Me – The Beatles Positively 4th Street – Bob Dylan Powderfinger – Neil Young ---
**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:** [November 14, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-p-see-rules-in-op/993092/26 "2023-11-14T12:05:56Z")
the Poor People of Paris - Winifred Atwell the Peanut Vendor - Stan Kenton Paladium - Weather Report Poinciana - Ahmad Jamal Park Avenue Beat (aka Perry Mason theme) - The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra ---
**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 14, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-p-see-rules-in-op/993092/27 "2023-11-14T12:16:11Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > [@DrDeth](#): > > > > _(the) Pink Panther Theme_- Mancini > > Mancini wrote and conducted, but did not _perform_ this song, so disallowed. The recording [here](https://youtu.be/VyZiIuMufTA) is credited to Henry Mancini & His Orchestra. ---
**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 14, 2023, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-p-see-rules-in-op/993092/28 "2023-11-14T12:27:29Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > The recording [here](https://youtu.be/VyZiIuMufTA) is credited to Henry Mancini & His Orchestra. OK, allowed. @DrDeth mmm ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-p-see-rules-in-op/993092/29 "2023-11-14T12:44:30Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > the Peanut Vendor - Stan Kenton BTW, if you like The Peanut Vendor, [there’s a group that performed it with a series of increasingly tiny trombones you may enjoy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lktAqad_4WQ). I’m not recommending that performance over Kenton’s, but it’s entertaining enough to watch. ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-p-see-rules-in-op/993092/30 "2023-11-14T12:46:15Z")
Paranoid - Black Sabbath ---
**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:** [November 14, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-p-see-rules-in-op/993092/31 "2023-11-14T12:55:36Z")
That’s very silly. (I love it !!) ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-p-see-rules-in-op/993092/32 "2023-11-14T13:20:10Z")
[Pride and Joy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfjXp4KTTY8) - Stevie Ray Vaughan [Pleasure & Pain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5boYiMktOvs) - The Divinyls [People Who Died](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bOjc70f4p8) - Jim Carroll [Pisces](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQNtGoM3FVU) - Jinjer (Slava Ukraini!) [Panama Red](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9G0emfp87E) - The New Riders of the Purple Sage ---
**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:** [November 14, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-p-see-rules-in-op/993092/33 "2023-11-14T13:41:40Z")
Most good ones have been mentioned. Pocahontas - Neil Young Poor Boy - Nick Drake Poor Poor Pitiful Me - Warren Zevon Police And Thieves - Junior Murvin Pray For Me - The Jayhawks ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-p-see-rules-in-op/993092/34 "2023-11-14T13:44:49Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Most good ones have been mentioned. An obvious nerd song hasn’t been mentioned–so I’m gonna have to get rid of the only Sesame Street song so far (I think). @Mean_Mr.Mustard, can I replace “The Power of Yet” with “Particle Man,” by They Might Be Giants? ---
**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 14, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-p-see-rules-in-op/993092/35 "2023-11-14T13:45:59Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > …can I replace “The Power of Yet” with “Particle Man,” by They Might Be Giants? Got it. mmm ---
**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 14, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-p-see-rules-in-op/993092/36 "2023-11-14T14:10:56Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > > > Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison > > > [@WildaBeast](#): > > > > the actual title is “Oh, Pretty Woman”. > > @WildaBeast is correct, you have one more entry. > > mmm Pretty Please Me - The Dickies ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-p-see-rules-in-op/993092/37 "2023-11-14T14:18:18Z")
Panama - Van Halen Painkiller - Judas Priest P.S I Love You - Beetles ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-p-see-rules-in-op/993092/38 "2023-11-14T14:21:35Z")
I have to go to work so I’ll have to revisit this again later, but I do have one for now. Please don’t leave me - Pink ---
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Peaches en Regalia - Frank Zappa Playin’ in the Band - The Grateful Dead Problem Child - AC/DC ---
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