What is the best song that begins with the letter Q,V, X, or Z? See rules in OP

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“Zoot Suit Riot” by the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies

“Volverás,” by Ricky Martin. (No, I’m not joking.)

Zombie - Newen Afrobeat
Volare - the Gypsy Kings

Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart - Judy Garland
Zion’s Daughter - Boney M
Zombie - The Cranberries
Queen Of Hearts - Juice Newton

I think this is going to be a tough one. Maybe not enough good songs to go around. In early with:

Quiet Man - John Prine
Voices Carry - 'Til Tuesday
X Offender - Blondie
Violet - Hole
Valhalla - Lauren Ruth Ward

Video Killed the Radio Star, The Buggles
Veteran of the Psychic Wars, Blue Oyster Cult
Xanadu, Olivia Newton-John/Electric Light Orchestra

Quest for Fire, Iron Maiden

Valley Girl, Frank Zappa (and Moon Unit)

Bah. Could have done five for Q/X/Z and another five for V alone. Oh well. Get ready for a world tour:

Que je t’aime - Camille

A wispy little French love song, but the chorus may cause virulent earworms.

Victoria’s Secret - Jax

Jax speaks truth to power in a very catchy way.

Vortex - Nova Twins

British Girl Power with the dial cranked up to 11 and then ripped off the console.

Xanadu - Ummet Ozcan

Do you like Mongolian techno performed by a Dutch-Turkish artist? Yes you do. You just don’t know it yet.

Zombie - Fela Kuti / Afrika 70

No relation to the Cranberries song, this is Afrobeat at its finest.

The Flaming Lips - You Have to be Joking (Autopsy of the Devil’s Brain)

Dangit, I was sure Y was in that set of letters. Please disregard.

A Quick One (While He’s Away) - The Who
Venus - Shocking Blue
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie

That’s all I got for now.

Really should have been J,Q,X,Z, assuming the intent was to put all the least frequent letters together.

Anyway:

Question - Moody Blues
Voices in the Sky - Moody Blues
Valencia - Decemberists (yeah, it’s ‘OH, Valencia.’ Whatevs.)
Visions of Johanna - Dylan
Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) - Manfred Mann’s cover of the Dylan song

That’s probably my favorite Blondie song ever, and they never play it live because they personally dislike the former bass player who wrote it.

There are more songs that just start with the word “Johnny” than there are for all those other letters put together. (Not to mention “just”, “jungle”, and “jump”.)

Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix

Zip - Rita Hayworth

Vacation, the Go-Gos
Vampire, Olivia Rodrigo
Viva La Vida, Coldplay
Viva Las Vegas, Elvis
Quit Playing Games with my Heart, Backstreet Boys

My other two:
Valerie - The Monkees
Valerie Loves Me - Material Issue