Countries In Song Titles

[beadcrazy]

Country beginning with M sung by P S

[Mamyalynne]

Doesn't count no - the song is 'M'.

[granny grump]

Have you tried asking the setter beadcrazy in case there is an error

[furrypusscat]

The setter confirmed to me that this question was correct.

[Tilly2]

Did the setter tell you the answer, Furry? :-)

[fiction-factory]

Reading between the lines I have the feeling Mamyalynne knows the answer. It has me stumped though. I normally get these pretty quickly as music 1950-2020 is my specialist subject, but on this one I've found all the countries and trawled through the song title search sites and can't find any PS ones. I got a Smashing Pumpkins one but that's the wrong way round.
I'm wondering- do fictional countries count?

[furrypusscat]

Sadly not Tilly, afraid just sent mine off with a complete guess, completely baffled.

[Tilly2]

I agree with you, FF. I think Mamya has the answer.

Good luck, Furry.

[fiction-factory]

I've also tried listing all the PS artists and then going through song lists:
paul simon
pluto shervington
Patrick swayze
Patti Smith
Patty Smythe
percy sledge
pete seeger
peter sellers
pete & peter shelley
pointer sisters
Primal scream
polysphonic spree
prefab sprout

This list may trigger some ideas for someone but I couldn't find any songs with a single word answer (which is what Mamyalynne seemed to suggest we need) , but as I mentioned earlier I did get things like Bay of Mexico if that counts.

Maybe it was someone not recognised primarily as a singer- say Phillip Schofield or Pamela Stephenson

[emmie]

you missed Peter Sarstedt, not sure if that is the correct spelling...

[fiction-factory]

Yes I did this time but I'd covered him in an earlier post. Couldn't find anything unless the setter things Marguerite is a country

[Mamyalynne]

I can assure you all that I don't have the answer - I am all Googled and listed out and have been through many tomes of books too.

[Toorak]

I think ChinaJan has it - her suggestion is listed as a 1952 single in his discography

[mallyh]

i found Mozambique by paul simon but video no longer available on you tube

[Mamyalynne]

Chinajan's suggestion would be...

BOM by PS

Mally, we don't need a video, a link to the discography or article where it is listed as simple 'M' by Paul Simon is fine

[fiction-factory]

We could do with knowing some other examples of Qs and As- eg would Bird of Malawi by Publicity Stunts be acceptable. (I made that up)
I searched numerous times for that M by Paul Simon but could not find one by him- only the Dylan song and others)

[mallyh]

I mentioned the paul simon as I put Mozambique by paul simon in search and it came up on you tube but you can't get the record now

[Mamyalynne]

As we have established it's a 'no asking' quiz not sure it would be fair to list other Q&As - suffice to say all the others are listed as per title and artist.

[fiction-factory]

Okay, thanks- although beadcrazy has not made it clear that the song title and artist are exactly in the form M by PS, although as no-one (including those who have the quiz) seems to have corrected that I am pretty sure that it must be a one word song title we need plus the name of the artist(s)

[Mamyalynne]

eg - The Great Wall of China by Billy Joel

TGWOC by BJ

(not in the quiz)

[Mamyalynne]

I have made it clear.