# What is the best song that begins with the letter S? See rules in OP. Polls will appear in this thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [October 28, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240 "2023-10-28T20:00:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 29, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240/81 "2023-10-29T21:42:15Z")
What are your favorite S songs POLL, part II. Select up to 10. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240/81))_ ---
**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 29, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240/82 "2023-10-29T22:05:21Z")
Is there a reason “Sir Duke” didn’t make it onto the polls? (I intended to vote for 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 29, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240/83 "2023-10-29T22:17:12Z")
Looking at it now, I somehow missed @Q.Q.Switcheroo’s post and all 3 of their submissions: Sir Duke, Scarborough Fair, and Shotgun. These are all excellent submissions, I’m very sorry, Q.Q.! (howsabout I give you 6 entries for the next letter?) 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 29, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240/84 "2023-10-29T22:19:28Z")
Sounds good - no harm done! ---
**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 29, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240/85 "2023-10-29T22:20:35Z")
Okay, just so you know I’d have given a vote to Scarborough Fair. ---
**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 29, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240/86 "2023-10-29T22:36:12Z")
Wish that I had remembered to mention Stoney End–Barbra Streisand. ---
**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 29, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240/87 "2023-10-29T23:59:34Z")
And I’m upset at myself for not thinking of Southern Cross by Crosby, Stills, & Nash. mmm ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240/88 "2023-10-30T00:29:48Z")
That just means you add another poll titled “Shit We ALL Forgot.” ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240/89 "2023-10-30T01:04:06Z")
What about Sweet Baby James, by James Taylor, in post # 27? I don’t see it in either of the polls ☹ ---
**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 30, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240/90 "2023-10-30T01:22:18Z")
Crap! You get a bonus selection next round, @gkster. Sorry! I promise to be more careful in the future. (I would have voted for Sweet Baby James, just played it today in fact) mmm ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240/91 "2023-10-30T03:01:22Z")
Thank you mmm! ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240/92 "2023-10-30T03:02:49Z")
Thanks! 🙂 ---
**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 30, 2023, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240/93 "2023-10-30T05:15:00Z")
Now that the nominations are over and the voting has begun, here are some of the other S songs I thought of: Sara Smile - Hall and Oates Say It Isn’t So - Hall and Oates Send in the Clowns - Judy Collins Shambala - Three Dog Night She’s Not There - The Zombies Shining Star - Earth, Wind and Fire Shout - The Isley Brothers The Show Must Go On - Leo Sayer Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours - Stevie Wonder Sister Golden Hair - America Smile a Little Smile for Me - Flying Machine So Very Hard to Go - Tower of Power Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield Stand by Me - Ben E. King Strange Magic - Electric Light Orchestra Stuck in the Middle with You - Stealer’s Wheel Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills & Nash Sunshine of Your Love - Cream ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240/94 "2023-10-30T05:17:16Z")
^Great list! ---
**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 30, 2023, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240/95 "2023-10-30T08:30:49Z")
It’s going to be quite the challenge when you get to ‘X’. ---
**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 30, 2023, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240/96 "2023-10-30T10:36:34Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > Now that the nominations are over and the voting has begun, here are some of the other S songs I thought of: Dang, many of those are iconic! > [@GuanoLad](#): > > It’s going to be quite the challenge when you get to ‘X’ Olivia Newton John is giddy with anticipation. 🙂 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:** [October 30, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240/97 "2023-10-30T11:04:52Z")
More from the late arrivals - unsurprisingly, S provides an abundance of options: **Sailing By** (Ronald Binge/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) **Save Me** (Dave Matthews) **Scenes From An Italian Restaurant** (Billy Joel) **School Revolution** (Voice of Baceprot) **Science Fiction/Double Feature** (Richard O’Brien) **Season of the Witch** (Donovan) **Secret Agent Man** (Johnny Rivers) **Seduced** (Leon Redbone) **Seven Nation Army** (White Stripes) **Shake a Tail Feather** (Ray Charles/Blues Brothers) **Sharkey’s Day** (Laurie Anderson) **Sharon** (David Bromberg) **She’s A Rainbow** (Rolling Stones) **Shipbuilding** (Elvis Costello) **Short Ride in a Fast Machine** (John Adams/orchestra of your choice) **Shout** (Tears for Fears) **Signs** (Five Man Electrical Band) **Silence is Golden** (Tremeloes) **Sinnerman** (Nina Simone) **Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ The Boat** (Stubby Kaye) **Slaughter on Tenth Avenue** (Richard Rodgers/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra) **A Slow Song** (Joe Jackson) **Smalltown Boy** (Bronski Beat) **Smiling Faces Sometimes** (The Temptations) **Smoke Gets In Your Eyes** (Dinah Washington) **The Snake** (Al Wilson) **Solace - A Mexican Serenade** (Scott Joplin/ pianist of your choice) **Song 2** (Blur) **Songs of Love** (Divine Comedy) **Sophisticated Lady** (Billie Holiday) **Soul Man** (Sam & Dave) **Spirit in the Sky** (Norman Greenbaum) **Stagger Lee** (Lloyd Price) **Stand By Your Man** (Tammy Wynette) **Start Wearing Purple** (Gogol Bordello) **Still Alive** (Jonathan Coulton/Aperture Science Psychoacoustic Laboratories) **The Stripper** (David Rose and His Orchestra) **Subterranean Homesick Blues** (Bob Dylan) **Sunday Morning** (Velvet Underground) **Surface Pressure** (Jessica Darrow) **Sway** (Rosemany Clooney) **Sweet Georgia Brown** (I prefer Anita O’Day, but there are a lot of excellent versions) **Swords of a Thousand Men** (Tenpole Tudor) ---
**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:** [October 30, 2023, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240/98 "2023-10-30T11:13:07Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > It’s going to be quite the challenge when you get to ‘X’. I’ve got six on my Spotify playlist, none of which are ONJ’s offering. But most of them are pretty obscure. ---
**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 30, 2023, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240/99 "2023-10-30T11:15:45Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > **Subterranean Homesick Blues** (Bob Dylan) [slaps forehead] mmm ---
**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 30, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240/100 "2023-10-30T11:37:28Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > unsurprisingly, S provides an abundance of options Yeah, I limited myself to three, but I thought of a lot more strong contenders, including She Loves You - The Beatles Seven Year Ache - Rosanne Cash Senses Working Overtime - XTC The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats Sweet Talkin’ Woman - ELO Scattered - The Kinks Strangers - The Kinks Soul Man - The Blues Brothers [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-s-see-rules-in-op-polls-will-appear-in-this-thread/992240.md?page=6)