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A category on an episode of Jeopardy weekend of Saturday April 22 centered on words that ended with the letter O. I can’t remember exactly how I got along with these particular answers, mainly because I was thinking about a somewhat related topic.
My mind spent the rest of this game figuring out one-word song titles that end with the letter O. Here are the fifteen most popular I ended up with.
“Bracero” by Phil Ochs
This hymn to Latin American migrant workers shows the folk singer’s ability to point out social injustices in addition to the wars he so despised.
“Ohio” by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Neil Young wrote this classic shortly after four students were shot by the National Guard at Kent State University.
“Chicago” by Crosby, Stills and Nash
This hymn is another anti-war song from the late sixties.
“Hello” by Lionel Richie
The video concept for the song seems a bit dated thirty years later, but the ex-Commodore has certainly proven that he can make enjoyable singles as a solo artist.
“Hostage-O” by Warren Zevon
The artist who traced with “Werewolves of London” twenty years ago recorded the latter and the rest of the Life’ll Kill Ya album knowing he had a terminal illness.
“Desperado” by the Eagles
Before heading to the California Hotel, the quintet hit the charts with this title song.
“Rio” by Duran Duran
A great spinning video of the early days of MTV helped propel this title song into the Top Ten.
“Candy-O” by cars
This title song was a smaller hit than fellow albums like “Let’s Go” and “It’s All I Can Do”.
Billy Joel’s “Stiletto”
The Piano Man approaches this tune of 52nd street to a woman who knows how to sculpt the hearts of unlucky men who desire her.
“Velcro” by BellX1
The substance serves the indie group well here as a metaphor for a guy’s attachment to his lover.
“Domino” by Van Morrison
The horns help distinguish this hit from its other classics, “Moon Dance” and “Brown Eyed Girl”.
“Buffalo” by Tori Y Moi
The chillwave artist included this track in his latest album, Why?
“Wilco” by Wilco
This is not only the title of the song and the group, but Jeff Tweedy also used it as the name of the album.
“Fernando” by ABBA
The Scandinavian quartet had many big hits, but it was the only one with a man in the title.
“Portobello” by the lords of the new church
The eighties new wave group included this on their self-titled debut, memorable especially for the line “If voting made a difference, they would make it illegal.”
