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A-Z by Song for 2017

Below are all the songs making the playlist so far in alphabetical order for 2017. Click the appropriate link below for the ones to the end of 2016. Note that song titles beginning with symbols, numerals or parentheses are at the beginning of the A-B list.

In the Source Column, G means the topic was at the Guardian, SB means it was at the Song Bar.

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Source

Song

Artist

Recommended by

Topic

G

(He'll Never Be An) Old Man River

This Is Serious Mum

trophyshy

tragedy & comedy

SB

13 Wonderful Love Songs

A House

happyclapper

songs about love songs

SB

20 Million Things to Do

George, Lowell

megadom

multitasking

SB

50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain

Ten Years After

Ravi Raman

dynamic volume changes

SB

7 11 Roses

Spike

EnglishOutlaw

firsts and lasts

SB

78 Stone Wobble

Gomez

DarceysDad

movie and TV stars

G

A Bar in Amsterdam

Katzenjammer

severin

resistance

G

A Better Son/Daughter

Rilo Kiley

Ben Wood

recovery

G

A Bird in the Hand (Is Worth Two in the Bush)

Velvelettes

bishbosh

proverbs and idioms

SB

A Complete History of the Soviet Union Through the Eyes of a Humble Worker, Arranged to the Melody of Tetris

Pig With the Face of a Boy

Flatfrog

Russia

SB

A Different Corner

Michael, George

severin

coincidence

G

A Glade Somewhere

Forest

IanTTE

forests

G

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

Dylan, Bob

suzi

prophets and prophecies

SB

A Heart Disease Called Love

Clarke, John Cooper

ParaMhor

Manchester

SB

A Longing to Be Absorbed for a While Into a Different and Beautiful World

Kirby, Leyland

DiscoMonster

Manchester

SB

A Matter of Habit

Moddi

severin

propaganda

G

A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers

Van Der Graaf Generator

ShivSidecar

prophets and prophecies

G

A Stitch in Time

Long Ryders

happyclapper

proverbs and idioms

SB

A Stream With Bright Fish

Budd, Harold & Brian Eno

magicman

fish

G

A Walk in the Black Forest

Jankowski, Horst

BeltwayBandit

forests

G

Accidental Racist

Paisley, Brad & LL Cool J

thoughtballoons

flags

SB

Accidents

Hammill, Peter

TatankaYotanka

coincidence

SB

Accountancy Shanty

Monty Python

Flatfrog

pirates

G

Actions Speak Louder Than Words

King, BB

Ravi Raman

proverbs and idioms

G

After We Shot The Grizzly

Handsome Family

Suzi

tragedy & comedy

G

Ain't Going to Goa

Alabama 3

parasamgate

fads and crazes

SB

Ain't It a Sin

Bradley, Charles

DiscoMonster

funk

G

Ain't No Sunshine

Withers, Bill

SweetHomeAlabama

knowledge

SB

Ain't Wastin' Time No More

Allman Brothers Band

Ravi Raman

music for funerals

G

Akazéhé Par Deux Jeunes Filles

Vuylsteke, Michel

ngoo

hello

G

Al Naafiysh (The Soul)

Hashim

binar0101

1980s 12 " Singles

G

All Men Are Pigs

Studio Killers

philipphilip99

France

G

All Night Long (All Night)

Richie, Lionel

buskerdoo

hedonism

G

All Ones and Zeros

Early Years

Shoegazer

mathematics

G

Alphabet Assassin

Lowkey & Faith SFX

Fuel

alliteration

SB

Amaotayku Avelino Sinani (El Buho Remix)

Carpio, Luzmilla

untergunther

high pitched vocals

G

American Flag

KRS-One

chomskyochs

flags

G

American Oxygen

Rihanna

bishbosh

gases

G

Anarchy in the UK

Sex Pistols

BeltwayBandit

Britain

SB

And Breeding

Priests

Panthersan

arresting opening lines

SB

And When I Die

Nyro, Laura

SidecarShiv

music for funerals

SB

Angelitos Negros

Flack, Roberta

Maki

Painters and Painting

G

Archangel Thunderbird

Amon Duul II

dave56

startling songs

SB

Are Ruk Ja Re Bande (Bandeh)

Indian Ocean

Ravi Raman

incidental music

SB

Aretha, Sing One For Me

Cat Power

Uncleben

songs about love songs

SB

As If It Always Happens

Slovenly

DiscoMonster

contentment

SB

Ask the Gods to Pull Down the Sky

Phillipson, Petra Jean

vanwolf2

high pitched vocals

SB

Autumn

Almond, Marc

Bethnoir

Russia

G

Babes in the Wood

Diddley, Bo

severin

forests

G

Baby Britain

Smith, Elliott

BlackCombe

Britain

G

Baby I Love You So

Colourbox

ShivSidecar

influenced by dub

G

Back in Black

AC/DC

Thesubhuman

recovery

SB

Back to School

Wailer, Bunny

AlBahooky

genre-switch

SB

Bakudan Kowai (Scary Bomb)

Zainichi Funk

Hoshino Sakura

funk

G

Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)

Temptations

gordonimmel

chaos

SB

Ballad of Tindersticks

Tindersticks

barbryn

irony

G

Balloon Song

Aislers Set

happyclapper

high

SB

Baloney Again

Knopfler, Mark

Ravi Raman

rough and smooth

G

Baltic Ice-Breaker

Bel Canto

TheGreatPoochini

stuck or trapped

SB

Bangla Amar Sorse Ilish

Mitra, Lopamudra

Ravi Raman

fish

G

Batyar (Bigmouth Strikes Again)

Ukrainians

unenforced

sweetness

G

Be My Guest

Domino, Fats

suzi

welcome

G

Beauty is Only Skin Deep

Temptations

bishbosh

proverbs and idioms

SB

Before My Time

Cash, Johnny

EnglishOutlaw

songs about love songs

G

Being Number One

Black Box Recorder

happyclapper

music industry

G

Bequest

Rudimentary Peni

wyngatecarpenter

doom

SB

Best Days On Earth

Trashcan Sinatras

bishbosh

contentment

G

Better Off Dead

Withers, Bill

SpotTheWhopper

doom

G

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Fitzgerald, Ella

Lagado

stuck or trapped

SB

Bewitched

Wedding Present

philipphilip99

dynamic volume changes

SB

Big Boy on a Saturday Night

MacColl, Kirsty

SidecarShiv

days of the week

G

Bigmouth Strikes Again

Smiths

nilpferd

sweetness

G

Bilahari Tolijanma

Ganesan, Aanayampatti S.

Ravi Raman

startling songs

G

Birdland

Weather Report

nilpferd

tributes

G

Birds

Young, Neil

Repofarea

favorite live versions

G

Bjorn Again Polka

Edward II and the Red Hot Polkas

ngoo

influenced by dub

SB

Black Coffee

All Saints

Uncleben

incidental music

SB

Black Skunk Blues

Barbecue Bob

tincanman

irony

SB

Black Starliner Must Come

Culture

TarquinSpodd

waiting

G

Blind Willie McTell

Dylan, Bob

StevenFlanagan

tributes

G

Blood Swamp

Sunn O))) and Boris

DarceysDad

earth, soil and dirt

G

Blue Monday

New Order

DarceysDad

1980s 12 " Singles

SB

Blue Velvet

Vinton, Bobby

Suzi

rough and smooth

G

Boil the Kettle, Mother

Id

Pairubu

gases

G

Bold Sir Rylas

Spiers and Boden

MelRoy

forests

G

Boogie in the Mud

James, Danny

LyntonCrosby

earth, soil and dirt

G

Boycott Me

Mischief Brew

EnglishOutlaw

resistance

G

Boys Don't Cry

Cure

bllckchps

repression

G

Brand New Key

Melanie

sonofwebcore

fads and crazes

G

British Hustle

Hi-Tension

ochongodeo

Britain

SB

Buck and the Preacher

I-Roy

Uncleben

movie and TV stars

SB

Buffalo Soldier

Marley, Bob

Ravi Raman

immigrants & refugees

G

Bullfrog Blues

Gallagher, Rory

Ravi Raman

favorite live versions

SB

By This River

Eno, Brian

severin

krautrock

SB

Call It Stormy Monday

Walker, T-Bone

magicman

days of the week

G

Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft

Klaatu

StreetWorm

welcome

G

Candy Girl

Babybird

happyclapper

sweetness

G

Can't Get Used to Losing You

English Beat

florian7

loss

SB

Captain Hook

Cale, John

SidecarShiv

pirates

SB

Car Wash

Rose Royce

magicman

funk

G

Carbon Monoxide

Spektor, Regina

BeltwayBandit

gases

SB

Careful With That Axe, Eugene

Pink Floyd

severin

the obvious

G

Careful With That Axe, Eugene (live)

Pink Floyd

severin

favorite live versions

G

Cassandra

Ellis-Bextor, Sophie

LuDux22

prophets and prophecies

G

Cassette 2012

Delay Trees

Fuel

prophets and prophecies

G

CCTV

LV ft Dandelion

callmehorse

influenced by dub

SB

Chance

Big Country

Uncleben

coincidence

SB

Che Notte!

Patton, Mike

DarceysDad

genre-switch

SB

Children of Coincidence

Previn, Dory

Mogdog

coincidence

G

Children of the Sea

Black Sabbath

misterbadexample

loss

SB

Chuncho

Sumac, Yma

Uncleben

high pitched vocals

G

CIA Man

Fugs

ForfallForFall

chaos

G

Clean Up Woman

Wright, Betty

severin

favorite live versions

G

Coffee, God & Cigarettes

Mischief Brew

EnglishOutlaw

tragedy & comedy

SB

Coinsequences

Public Enemy ft Paris

Mogdog

coincidence

G

Come on in My Kitchen

Johnson, Robert

StevenFlanagan

welcome

G

Come to Me

Björk

severin

welcome

G

Come Together

Primal Scream

Shoegazer

unity

SB

Coming Around Again

Simon, Carly

SweetHomeAlabama

multitasking

G

Communication Breakdown

Led Zeppelin

RockingwiththeBoss

chaos

SB

Concrete and Barbed Wire

Wiliams, Lucinda

TatankaYotanka

rough and smooth

G

Cool Britannia

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

BeltwayBandit

Britain

SB

Cousin Jack

Show of Hands

Suzi

immigrants & refugees

SB

Dance of Knights

Prokofiev, Sergei

9hairs9knots

Russia

SB

Daydream

Gunter Kallmann Choir

philipphilip99

contentment

G

Dead Pop Stars

Altered Images

philipphilip99

music industry

G

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Record Industry

Scott, Jill

SpotTheWhopper

music industry

SB

Dear Mr. Murdoch

Taylor, Roger

BeltwayBandit

news, reporting & media

SB

Death

Purcell, Henry (performed by Klaus Nomi)

David Perry

high pitched vocals

SB

December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)

Four Seasons

Mogdog

firsts and lasts

G

Deep in the Woods

Birthday Party

Shoegazer

forests

G

Deep Purple

Shaw, Artie ft Helen Forrest

LyntonCrosby

purple

G

Der Tod und das Mädchen

Schubert, Franz

bllckchps

welcome

G

Derniere Danse

Indila

pussel

sweetness

G

Destiny Street

Hell, Richard & the Voidoids

chelsea max

knowledge

SB

Devil's Galop

Williams, Charles and his Orchestra

Flatfrog

incidental music

SB

Didn't It Rain

Tharpe, Sister Rosetta

Ravi Raman

Manchester

G

Die Vorstellung des Chaos

Haydn, Joseph

BeltwayBandit

chaos

G

Different Music

Hatti Vatti ft Sara Brylewska

BlackCombe

influenced by dub

G

Dirty Boots

Sonic Youth

Jeremy Mortimer

earth, soil and dirt

G

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

AC/DC

sseeeglle

alliteration

SB

Dirty Old Town

MacColl, Ewan & Peggy Seeger

uneasy listening

Manchester

SB

Disco Compilation

Steer, Serafina

barbryn

genre-switch

G

Disco/Very (Trevor Jackson Dub)

Warpaint

Fuel

influenced by dub

SB

Disinformation

Sainte-Marie, Buffy

Ravi Raman

coincidence

SB

Do the Robot

Saints

severin

hidden tracks

G

Do the Strand

Roxy Music

LuDux22

fads and crazes

G

Don't Be a Singer

Wild Man Fischer

severin

cheating

SB

Don't Call Me Red

Cooder, Ry

Ravi

propaganda

G

Don't Change Horses (In the Middle of the Stream)

Tower of Power

tincanman

proverbs and idioms

SB

Don't Let Go

Orlando, Tony

9hairs9knots

genre-switch

G

Don't Speak

No Doubt

florian7

loss

SB

Don't Stop Me Now

Queen

Uncleben

positive songs

SB

Double Barrel

Collins, Dave and Ansell

SidecarShiv

arresting opening lines

G

Double Dutch

McLaren, Malcolm

bishbosh

fads and crazes

G

Double Trouble

Public Image Ltd.

AnnieHawk

startling songs

SB

Doubleplusgood

Eurythmics

Flatfrog

propaganda

G

Down the Dirt Road Blues

Patton, Charley

Alfhartagain

earth, soil and dirt

SB

Dream Kitchen

Frazier Chorus

ToffeeBoy

rooms

G

Dreams I'll Never See

Molly Hatchet

DarceysDad

favorite live versions

G

Dreams of Santa Anna (Extended Club Mix)

Orange Lemon

GarfyAbroad

startling songs

G

Dressed in Black

Shangri-Las

vastariner

repression

SB

Drowning Man

U2

Maki

incidental music

G

Dub Can't Turn Around

Funk, Farley "Jackmaster" & Jessie Saunders

hotelnorth

1980s 12 " Singles

SB

Dust in the Wind

Rundgren, Todd

9hairs9knots

music for funerals

G

Dusty Springfield

Dearie, Blossom

BlackCombe

tributes

SB

Dwight Yoakam

Shook, Sarah & the Disarmers

Maki

rough and smooth

SB

Edge of a Cliff

Streets

barbryn

coincidence

SB

Education or Indoctrination

Antisect

uneasy listening

propaganda

G

Eisbaer

Grauzone

alexito

repression

G

El Secuestro del Dub

Basque Dub Foundation

BeltwayBandit

influenced by dub

G

Enchanted Forest

Mohawk and the Rednecks

pussel

forests

G

England

Warriors

wyngatecarpenter

flags

SB

English Rose

Jam

severin

hidden tracks

G

Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)

Specials

BeltwayBandit

knowledge

G

Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)

Hill, Benny

Yak3

alliteration

SB

Ether Song

Turin Brakes

Leaveitallbehind

hidden tracks

G

Europe is Lost

Tempest, Kate

Shoegazer

doom

SB

Even Flow

Pearl Jam

amylee

rough and smooth

G

Evening Prayer

Lekman, Jens

barbryn

recovery

SB

Every Bloody Emperor

Van Der Graaf Generator

TatankaYotanka

propaganda

SB

Every Minute is OK

Punk TV

Uncleben

Russia

SB

Everybody Hurts

R.E.M.

attwilightlarks

the obvious

G

Everything Crash

Ethiopians

LyntonCrosby

chaos

SB

Everything in Its Right Place

Radiohead

magicman

genre-switch

SB

Everything's Tuesday

Chairmen of the Board

9kairs9knots

days of the week

G

Expensive Shit

Kuti, Fela

nilpferd

cheating

SB

F.U.N.K.

Davis, Betty

amylee

funk

SB

Facts of Life

Uniques

Uncleben

harmonies

SB

Falling and Laughing

Orange Juice

megadom

channelling pain

SB

Fame

Bowie, David

amylee

funk

G

Fantasia on British Sea Songs

Wood, Henry

hudswell

Britain

G

Fashion Parade

Misty's Big Adventure

thoughtballoons

music industry

SB

Fatty Arbuckle

Southpaw Jones

philiphilip99

movie and TV stars

SB

Feast of the Mau Mau

Hawkins, Screamin' Jay

Ravi Raman

strange and surreal

G

Fibonacci Sequence

BT

Philip Loveland

mathematics

G

Fifty Years After the Fair

Mann, Aimee

StevenFlanagan

prophets and prophecies

G

Fighting My Way Back

Thin Lizzy

Lagado

recovery

G

Final Solution

Pere Ubu

bllckchps

startling songs

SB

First Transmission

Earthling

severin

movie and TV stars

SB

Fish

Damned

SidecarShiv

fish

G

Fish Heads

Barnes and Barnes

TheBeast

startling songs

SB

Fisherman

Congos

DiscoMonster

fish

G

Flame

Metro

keithyboy1960

alliteration

SB

Flight of Earls

Wolfe Tones

attwilightlarks

immigrants & refugees

G

Flip, Flop and Fly

Turner, Big Joe

thoughtballoons

alliteration

G

Flow, My Tears

Dowland, John

lithography

repression

G

Fly the Flag

Stiff Little Fingers

philipphilip99

Britain

SB

Fog on the Tyne

Lindisfarne

SidecarShiv

arresting opening lines

G

Foolin' Myself

Holiday, Billie

florian7

repression

G

Fools Rush In

Sinatra, Frank

BeltwayBandit

proverbs and idioms

G

Forest of Black

Dirty Filth Mud

ShivSidecar

forests

G

Foux du Fafa

Flight of the Conchords

DataPortal

France

G

Francia

Laibach

ID9598325

France

G

Frankie and Johnny

Rodgers, Jimmie

Pairubu

cheating

G

Freak Off

Orchestra Harlow

nilpferd

hedonism

G

Freedom

Havens, Richie

attwilightlarks

favorite live versions

G

French Kissin

Harry, Debbie

bishbosh

France

G

French Rock 'n' Roll

Black Box Recorder

happyclapper

France

G

Fresh Air

Quicksilver MessengerService

dave56

gases

SB

Friday Night at the Drive-in Bingo

Lekman, Jens

barbryn

days of the week

SB

From the Fire to the Frying Pan

Sonic Boom 6

Violet Vivid

immigrants & refugees

G

Fun Fun Fun

Beach Boys

robbo100

hedonism

G

Funeralopolis

Electric Wizard

Ben Jones

doom

SB

Funny How Love Is

Fine Young Cannibals

attwilightlarks

firsts and lasts

SB

Für Immer

Neu!

Beltway Bandit

krautrock

G

Galang

M.I.A.

RANTaGHOST

purple

SB

Garganta Con Arena

El Cigala, Diego

Maki

genre-switch

G

Geordie's Lost His Liggie

Geordie

alexito

loss

SB

Germans

Lindenberg, Udo

philipphilip99

krautrock

G

Get Happy

Garland, Judy

mikedow

recovery

G

Get Rhythm

Cash, Johnny

LyntonCrosby

knowledge

G

Get Up Off Your Knees

Housemartins

SpotTheWhopper

recovery

SB

Get Up Offa That Thing

Brown, James

ParaMhor

funk

SB

Gimme Some Truth

Lennon, John

Beltway Bandit

propaganda

G

Gimmix! (Play Loud)

Clarke, John Cooper

BeltwayBandit

fads and crazes

G

Girl About Town

Love, Helen

Pairubu

music industry

SB

Girls and Boys

Good Charlotte

philipphilip99

the obvious

SB

Give It Away

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Ravi Raman

funk

SB

Gloria from Missa et Ecce Terra Motus

Brumel, Antoine (performed by The Early Music Consort of London)

treefrogdemon

harmonies

G

Go Down Moses

Armstrong, Louis

kolf

prophets and prophecies

SB

Go West

Pet Shop Boys

philipphilip99

immigrants & refugees

SB

Goddess of Love

Ferry, Bryan

Beltway Bandit

movie and TV stars

G

God's Away on Business

Waits, Tom

FatherChewyLouie

chaos

SB

God's Comic

Costello, Elvis

Suzi

irony

SB

Going Home

Cohen, Leonard

Suzi

music for funerals

SB

Gold

Blegvad, Peter

megadom

the obvious

G

Gone to America

Steeleye Span

suzi

loss

G

Good Fortune

Harvey, PJ

happyclapper

recovery

G

Good Morning Britain

Aztec Camera

JacquesCustard

Britain

G

Good One Comin' On

Blackberry Smoke

AFictionHabit

hedonism

SB

Good to Be Alive

They Might Be Giants

philipphilip99

channelling pain

G

Gortoz a Ran

Prigent, Denez & Lisa Gerrard

philipphilip99

France

SB

Got the Time

Jackson, Joe

SidecarShiv

multitasking

SB

Got to Give It Up

Gaye, Marvin

attwilightlarks

funk

SB

Government Center

Modern Lovers

uneasy listening

multitasking

SB

Grandstand

Mansfield, Keith

Beltway Bandit

incidental music

SB

Gratitude and Thanks

Mischief Brew

EnglishOutlaw

positive songs

SB

Great Blacks

Muldrow, Georgia Anne

DiscoMonster

positive songs

SB

Great British Mistake

Adverts

severin

bad decisions

G

Great Stone

King Tubby

alexito

doom

SB

Growing Old is Getting Old

Silversun Pickups

vanwolf2

the obvious

SB

Guede Nibo

Grupo Vocal Desandan

Uncleben

harmonies

SB

Guilt

Long Blondes

happyclapper

bad decisions

G

Habits (Stay High)

Lo, Tove

StevenFlanagan

hedonism

SB

Half the World Away

Oasis

deanofromoz

Manchester

G

Hard to Handle

Grateful Dead

Chris7572

favorite live versions

SB

Harmonie du Soir à Chateauguay

Beau Dommage

Marconius7

days of the week

SB

Have More Time

Smith, Marvin

Beltway Bandit

multitasking

G

Heligoland

Overseer

untergunther

Britain

G

Hello

Zanes, Dan & Barbara Brousal

deanofromoz

hello

G

Hello Hello, I'm Back Again

Glitter, Gary

alexito

hello

G

Hello I Love You

Doors

gordonimmel

hello

G

Hello There

Cale, John

BeltwayBandit

hello

SB

Help is Coming

Crowded House

deanofromoz

immigrants & refugees

G

Helplessly Hoping

Havens, Richie

AnnieHawk

alliteration

SB

Heroes and Villains

Beach Boys

Beltway Bandit

harmonies

SB

Heroin

Velvet Underground

ParaMhor

dynamic volume changes

SB

Herring Song

Carthy, Liza

Suzi

fish

G

Hey Jack Kerouac

10,000 Maniacs

hudswell

tributes

G

Hey Jean Hey Dean

Dean and Jean

Pairubu

hedonism

G

Hey Sexy

Die Antwoord

Pairubu

hello

G

Hi Ho Silver Lining

Beck, Jeff

PatLux

high

G

Hi, We're the Support Band

Rogers, Tim & the Twin Set

deanofromoz

music industry

G

High by the Beach

Del Rey, Lana

Shoegazer

high

G

Higher State of Consciousness

Wink, Josh

nilpferd

high

SB

Highway 61 Revisited

Dylan, Bob

Funkbrother69

arresting opening lines

SB

Hip Priest

Fall

Uncleben

dynamic volume changes

SB

History

Woodentops

megadom

bad decisions

G

History Lesson

Jaar, Nicolas

untergunter

tragedy & comedy

SB

Hold On

En Vogue

magicman

harmonies

SB

Hollywood

Cluster

megadom

krautrock

G

Home is Where the Heart Is

Womack, Bobby

SpotTheWhopper

proverbs and idioms

SB

Homegrown Tomatoes

Clark, Guy

Ravi Raman

the obvious

SB

Horror Movie

Skyhooks

deanofromoz

news, reporting & media

SB

Hot Black Silk

Ohia

Unclben

rough and smooth

G

Hot Pants

Brown, James

MelRoy

fads and crazes

G

House of Jansch

Donovan

Pairubu

tributes

SB

How Long Has This Been Going On?

McRae, Carmen

Nilpferd

arresting opening lines

SB

How the Love Gets In

Gilmore, Thea

tincanman

positive songs

SB

How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise?

Brother D with Collective Effort

SidecarShiv

positive songs

G

Huge Tree in the Tsukamori Forest

Hisaishi, Joe

Thesubhuman

forests

SB

Hurt So Good

Cadogan, Susan

BeltwayBandit

channelling pain

G

I Can Add

They Might Be Giants

BeltwayBandit

mathematics

SB

I Can See Clearly Now

Nash, Johnny

Suzi

the obvious

SB

I Could Eat Crawfish Every Day

Toussaint, Allen

Ravi Raman

fish

SB

I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement

Ramones

Funkbrother69

rooms

SB

I Don't Want to Have to Wait

Barbara and the Browns

attwilightlarks

waiting

G

I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Remix)

Summer, Donna

bishbosh

1980s 12 " Singles

SB

I Guess I Planted

Bragg, Billy & Wilco

happyclapper

positive songs

G

I Hate Rock 'n' Roll

Jesus and Mary Chain

happyclapper

music industry

G

I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do

Gilberto, Astrud

alexito

repression

G

I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper

Brightman, Sarah

SpotTheWhopper

loss

G

I Salute You Christopher (Ode to Christopher Hitchens)

IAMX

LuDux22

tributes

SB

I Saw It on TV

Fogerty, John

Ravi Raman

news, reporting & media

SB

I Walked Away

Paris, Bobby

attwilightlarks

firsts and lasts

G

I Want to Know What Love Is

Foreigner

gordonimmel

love is...

SB

I Will

Samaris

untergunther

high pitched vocals

G

I Will Go With My Father A-Ploughing

Gurney, Ivor

BeltwayBandit

earth, soil and dirt

G

I Wish I Knew How It Felt to Be Free

Simone, Nina

bishbosh

stuck or trapped

G

I Won't Back Down

Petty, Tom & the Heartbreakers

misterbadexample

resistance

G

If a No Jah Dub

Vibronics

PrudoKing

influenced by dub

G

If Wishes Were Horses (Beggars Would Ride)

Spin Doctors

LyntonCrosby

proverbs and idioms

G

If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)

Staple Singers

Thesubhuman

unity

SB

I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better

Byrds

ParaMhor

harmonies

SB

I'll Keep Holding On

Marvelettes

attwilightlarks

waiting

G

I'll Put You Together Again

Hot Chocolate

dave56

recovery

SB

I'll See You in My Dreams

Brown, Joe

Beltway Bandit

music for funerals

SB

I'll Sing You a Love Song

Staton, Candi

SongBarLandlord

songs about love songs

G

Ill Wind

Flanders and Swann

suzi

loss

SB

Illegally

Vargas Blues band

Maki

immigrants & refugees

SB

I'm a Boy

Who

ParaMhor

the obvious

SB

Im Abendrot (from Four Last Songs)

Strauss, Richard (performed by Jessye Norman)

attwilightlarks

music for funerals

G

I'm Going Home

Ten Years After

Northdevion

favorite live versions

SB

I'm Not the One

Snarky Puppy ft Malika Tirolian

untergunther

one

G

I'm Stuck

Cyrus, Noah

Thomas Hope

stuck or trapped

G

I'm the Man

Jackson, Joe

bharbor

fads and crazes

SB

Immigrant Eyes

GIRSA

Leaveitallbehind

immigrants & refugees

SB

Imperial Bedroom

Costello, Elvis

ParaMhor

rooms

SB

In Questa Reggia (from Turandot)

Puccini, Giacomo (performed by Dame Joan Sutherland)

CaroleBristol

high pitched vocals

G

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel

happyclapper

high

SB

In the Middle of the Night

Madness

severin

news, reporting & media

SB

In the Morning When I Rise

Sweet Honey in the Rock

Ravi Raman

harmonies

SB

In the Nursery

Psychic TV

vanwolf2

strange and surreal

SB

In Your Room

Bangles

philipphilip99

rooms

G

Indianapolis

Bottle Rockets

stevenjameshyde

stuck or trapped

G

Indifference

Pearl Jam

Puddynaggs

resistance

G

Infernal Gallop

Offenbach, Jacques

florian7

France

SB

Inside the Keeper's Pantry

Fay, Bill

Uncleben

rooms

SB

Into the Mystic

Morrison, Van

amylee

music for funerals

G

Istanbul Twilight

Brooklyn Funk Essentials with Hüsnü Senlendirici

mikedown

influenced by dub

G

It Could Be Sweet

Portishead

severin

sweetness

SB

It Goes Without Saying

Malchak, Tim

SweetHomeAlabama

the obvious

SB

It Makes the Room Look Bigger

Half Man Half Biscuit

BeltwayBandit

rooms

G

It Must Be Love

Madness

cathcart

love is...

SB

It Started With a Kiss

Hot Chocolate

attwilightlarks

firsts and lasts

SB

It Was Supposed to Be Easy

Streets

barbryn

multitasking

SB

It'll Take a Long Time

Denny, Sandy

severin

waiting

SB

It's Going to Happen

Undertones

magicman

positive songs

SB

I've Been Loving You Too Long

Redding, Otis

ParaMhor

dynamic volume changes

SB

I've Done It Again

Jones, Grace

Mogdog

firsts and lasts

SB

Janitor

Suburban Lawns

philipphilip99

strange and surreal

G

Jean Cocteau

Be-Bop Deluxe

LovattFold

tributes

G

Jean Harlow

Leadbelly

attwilightlarks

tributes

SB

Jennifer

Faust

Uncleben

dynamic volume changes

SB

Jennings Farm Blues

Led Zeppelin

amylee

rough and smooth

SB

Jesse

Walker, Scott

Beltway Bandit

strange and surreal

SB

Jesus is Waiting

Green, Al

Uncleben

waiting

SB

Jockey Full of Bourbon

Waits, Tom

uneasy listening

incidental music

G

Jocko Homo

Devo

severin

chaos

SB

Jodie Foster

Submarine

Bektway Bandit

movie and TV stars

G

John Innes

Stephenson, Jo & Dan Woods

ID8995470

earth, soil and dirt

SB

John Lee Hooker for President

Cooder, Ry

Ravi Raman

irony

G

John Saw That Number

Case, Neko

StevenFlanagan

prophets and prophecies

G

Jonas & Ezekiel

Indigo Girls

JohnHunt

prophets and prophecies

G

Juke Joint Jezebel

KMFDM

sseeeglle

alliteration

G

Julia

Beatles

TomC49

tributes

SB

June hymn

Decemberists

philipphilip99

contentment

SB

Just

Radiohead

vanwolf2

bad decisions

G

Just a Dream

Underwood, Carrie

thoughtballoons

flags

SB

Just One Look

Wells, Mary

attwilightlarks

firsts and lasts

SB

Kahaan Se Aayi, Kahaan Jaaoge

Tipanya, Prahlad

Ravi Raman

positive songs

SB

Kalinka

Alexandrov Red Army Ensemble

severin

Russia

SB

Katherine of Oregon

Stewart, Al

Suzi

contentment

SB

Kenuwee Head

Voodoo Queens

happyclapper

movie and TV stars

G

Kev's Lament (It was Over)

Kevin Bloody Wilson, Kevin Bloody

SpoilheapSurfer

tragedy & comedy

G

Kia Ora (Lab Rat Dub)

Red Menace

Thesubhuman

hello

SB

Killer

Van Der Graaf Generator

TatankaYotanka

fish

G

Kimberly

Smith, Patti

vanwolf

alliteration

G

Kingdom

Ultramarine

Shoegazer

Britain

SB

Kinky Afro

Happy Mondays

barbryn

arresting opening lines

SB

Kiss Me

Duffy, Stephen "Tin Tin"

philipphilip99

incidental music

G

Kiwembo

Sobanza Mimanisa

PopeyePete

favorite live versions

SB

KKKitchens, What Were You Thinking?

McClusky

happyclapper

bad decisions

SB

Know Your Rights

Clash

Carpgate

irony

G

Knowledge is Power

Ethiopians

BeltwayBandit

knowledge

SB

Kometenmelodie 2

Kraftwerk

megadom

krautrock

G

Konnichiwa

Shonen Knife

Pairubu

hello

SB

Krautrock

Faust

megadom

krautrock

G

Ku Klux Klan

Steel Pulse

Mogdog

alliteration

SB

Kun Faya Kun

Berklee Indian Ensemble

Ravi Raman

high pitched vocals

SB

La del Pirate Cojo

Sabina, Joaquin

Maki

pirates

SB

La Fiancee du Pirate

Loussier, Jacques

Beltway Bandit

pirates

SB

Labyrinth of Time (no. 6 of 14)

Stock Music

Bethnoir

incidental music

SB

Laika

Wagner, Wil

ParaMhor

firsts and lasts

SB

Laurie (Strange Things Happen)

Lee, Dickey

SweetHomeAlabama

strange and surreal

G

Lavender

Almond, Marc

bethnoir

purple

G

Lawyers, Guns and Money

Zevon, Warren

TheBeast

stuck or trapped

SB

Leave Them All Behind

Ride

ParaMhor

dynamic volume changes

SB

Les Marquises

Brel, Jacques

TatankaYotanka

contentment

G

Let 'Em In

Paul, Billy

SpotTheWhopper

welcome

G

Let the Music Play 12"

Shannon

binar0101

1980s 12 " Singles

G

Let's Hit On More Place

Fontaine, Richmond

SentimentalHyena

hedonism

G

Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits

Magnetic Fields

maldoror46

hedonism

G

Letter to Brittania from the Union Jack

Hunter, Ian

severin

flags

SB

Liar

Rollins Band

uneasy listening

propaganda

SB

Libera Me (from Requiem in D Minor

Fauré, Gabriel

Flatfrog

music for funerals

G

Life's a Gas

T-Rex

LyntonCrosby

gases

G

Life's Too Easy

Undertones

ShivSidecar

chaos

G

Lila Engel

Neu!

Mogdog

purple

SB

Little Blue Number

Thompson, Richard

SidecarShiv

pirates

G

Little Britain

Dreadzone

Cobbler5

Britain

G

Little England

Red Eye

BlackCombe

flags

G

Little Things (That Keep Us Together)

Walker, Scott

florian7

doom

G

Little Trouble Girl

Sonic Youth

Pairubu

repression

G

Living by Numbers

New Musik

florian7

mathematics

G

Look Dad No Tunes

Half Man Half Biscuit

kolf

music industry

SB

Looks is Deceiving

Gladiators

magicman

harmonies

SB

Lord Hereford's Knob

Half Man Half Biscuit

severin

bad decisions

SB

Loser

Grateful Dead

Chris7572

irony

G

Loser

Garcia, Jerry

dave56

loss

G

Lost in France

Tyler, Bonnie

misterbadexample

loss

G

Lost Property

Divine Comedy

BeltwayBandit

loss

SB

Love and Affection

Armatrading, Joan

megadom

arresting opening lines

G

Love is a Drug

Roxy Music

PatLux

love is...

G

Love is a Serious Business

Davison, Alfie

threerizlas

love is...

G

Love is a Stranger

Eurythmics

PurityPersimmon

love is...

G

Love is an Arrow

Aberfeldy

happyclapper

love is...

G

Love is Like Oxygen

Sweet

LyntonCrosby

gases

G

Love is Not a Romantic Song

My Little Airport

Pairubu

love is...

G

Love is Such a Good Thing

Fessor Funk

SweetHomeAlabama

love is...

G

Love is the Sweetest Thing

Bowlly, Al with Ray Noble & his Orchestra

BeltwayBandit

love is...

G

Love Is....

Common

AnthonyGreendown

love is...

G

Love is...Afraid of the Dark

Lil Louis and Tammy

untergunther

love is...

SB

Love Songs

Guryan, Margo

Beltway Bandit

songs about love songs

SB

Love's Been Good to Me

Cash, Johnny

EnglishOutlaw

music for funerals

G

Lucy Mae Blues

Sims, Frankie Lee

LeftOrRightSameShite

cheating

G

M1 A1

Gorillaz

NoMoreMrNice

hello

G

Ma France

Ferrat, Jean

MrJellyby

France

G

Made in France

Gall, France

StevenFlanagan

France

SB

Magritte

Cale, John

Chris7572

Painters and Painting

G

Makeshift Patriot

Francis, Sage

ScorchTheBlueDragon

flags

SB

Manchester

Times

bishbosh

Manchester

G

Mandelbrot Set

Coulton, Jonathan

BeltwayBandit

mathematics

SB

Manhenga

Bhundu Boys

severin

music for funerals

SB

Mao Tse-Tung Said

Alabama 3

Uncleben

propaganda

SB

Mapping the Coincidence

Hvoslef, Lise

Beltway Bandit

coincidence

SB

Master of the Universe

Hawkwind

megadom

krautrock

SB

Matchstick Men and Matchstick Cats and Dogs

Brian and Michael

megadom

Manchester

G

Mathematics

Van Der Graaf Generator

BeltwayBandit

mathematics

G

Mathematics

Little Boots

Julia2comment

mathematics

G

Mathematics

Clinton, George

drunkenpanda

mathematics

SB

Matthew and Son

Stevens, Cat

attwilightlarks

multitasking

G

Mayor of Simpleton

XTC

barrettburns

knowledge

G

Mbote Ya Pamba

Kékélé

LyntonCrosby

hello

SB

Meet Me in the Bathroom

Strokes

Uncleben

rooms

G

Mellow My Man

Roots

nilpferd

alliteration

SB

Metronomic Underground

Stereolab

megadom

krautrock

G

Michael Booth's Talking Bum

Splodgenessabounds

wyngatecarpenter

gases

SB

Mississippi Half-step Uptown Toodleoo

Grateful Dead

Chris7572

arresting opening lines

G

Mississippi Mud

Beiderbecke, Bix

suzi/TomC49

earth, soil and dirt

SB

Mistakes

Rose of Avalanche

Bethnoir

bad decisions

SB

Mittageisen

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Funkbrother69

krautrock

G

Modern Industry

Fishbone

Lagado

music industry

G

Moments in Love (Beaten)

Art of Noise

buskerdoo

1980s 12 " Singles

G

Mood Indigo

Ellington, Duke ft Ivie Anderson

nilpferd

purple

SB

More News From Nowhere

Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds

ParaMhor

news, reporting & media

SB

Mr. Sandman

Chordettes

9hairs9knots

harmonies

G

Muckraker

Gizzard, King & the Lizard Wizard

AFictionHabit

earth, soil and dirt

SB

Mundane Mundae

Stairs

Beltway Bandit

days of the week

SB

Music For a Nurse

Oceansize

Bethnoir

Manchester

SB

Must I Paint You a Picture

Bragg, Billy

ParaMhor

Painters and Painting

SB

My Favourite Wet Wednesday Afternoon

Siddeleys

vanwolf2

days of the week

G

My Love is a Bulldozer

Venetian Snares

LuDux22

love is...

G

My Name is John Wellington Wells

Reed, John (Gibert & Sullivan - composers)

misterbadexample

prophets and prophecies

G

My Old Man (Said Follow the Van)

Lloyd, Marie

StevenFlanagan

loss

G

My Resistance is Low

Carmichael, Hoagy

florian7

resistance

SB

My Ritual

Folk Implosion

happyclapper

channelling pain

SB

My Sad Captains

Elbow

DarceysDad

contentment

G

My Sister

Tindersticks

barbryn

tragedy & comedy

G

My Socks Gone Down My Shoe

Splodgenessabounds

WyngateCarpenter

tragedy & comedy

G

Napoleon

DiFranco, Ani

thoughtballoons

France

G

Naughty Miranda

Indians in Moscow

vastariner

startling songs

SB

Né So (Home)

Traoré, Rokia

Tempusfugit

immigrants & refugees

SB

Necropolis

Cope, Julian

Beltway Bandit

krautrock

G

Neon Rainbow

Box Tops

attwilightlarks

gases

G

Nerve Gas

Destructors

wyngatecarpenter

gases

SB

Network News

Plant, Robert

Ravi Raman

news, reporting & media

SB

Never Should Have Opened That Door

Ramones

severin

bad decisions

SB

New Immigration Law

Cocoa Tea

Uncleben

immigrants & refugees

SB

New York City Song

Dion

bishbosh

genre-switch

SB

News at Ten

Vapors

Uncleben

news, reporting & media

G

Night Mail

Britten, Benjamin and W.H. Auden (narrated by John Grierson)

sonofwebcore

Britain

SB

Nights in White Satin

Moody Blues

TatankaYotanka

rough and smooth

SB

Nine

Smith, Patti

Ravi Raman

movie and TV stars

SB

Nite Flights

Walker Brothers

BeltwayBandit

genre-switch

SB

No Banker Left Behind

Cooder, Ry

Ravi Raman

pirates

SB

No Lazy Sunday Afternoon

Last Resort

Carpgate

days of the week

SB

No Loafing (Sit and Wonder)

Black Uhuru

ParaMhor

waiting

G

No One Knows Nothing Any More

Bragg, Billy

StevenFlanagan

knowledge

SB

No One Was Like Vermeer

Richman, Jonathan

Flatfrog

Painters and Painting

G

Noise, Disorder and Chaos

Wankys

wyngatecarpenter

chaos

SB

Nostalgia

Readers Wifes

bishbosh

movie and TV stars

G

Nostradamus

Stewart, Al

Addicks123

prophets and prophecies

G

Not Lost Enough to Be Rescued

McNabb, Ian

DarceysDad

loss

G

Nowhere to Run

Martha and the Vandellas

SpotTheWhopper

stuck or trapped

SB

Numbers

Soft Cell

ParaMhor

bad decisions

SB

Nutbush City Limits

Turner, Ike and Tina

Ravi Raman

funk

SB

O Majhi Re

Moni, Shaan & Saurav

Ravi Raman

arresting opening lines

G

O Rose Thou Art Sick

Britten, Benjamin

notbored

doom

SB

Obvious

Elephants

saneshane

the obvious

G

Ohm Sweet Ohm

Kraftwerk

alexito

resistance

G

Oliver's Army

Costello, Elvis

MatteottiHologram

Britain

G

On Est Chez Nous

Zebda

ID5515151

France

G

On the Improve

Williamson, John

deanofromoz

recovery

G

Once More With Feeling

Traffic Experiment

Kimartian

stuck or trapped

SB

One Chord Wonders

Adverts

severin

one

G

One Love

Marley, Bob

Pairubu

unity

SB

One Mint Julep

Clovers

Ravi Raman

one

SB

One Moment More

Smith, Mindy

Suzi

one

SB

One More

Weaves

vanwolf2

one

SB

One More Mile to Go

Spann, Otis

attwilightlarks

one

G

One Nation Under a Groove

Funkadelic

Thesubhuman

unity

SB

One People, One Struggle

Anti-Flag

EnglishOutlaw

one

SB

One Second to Midnight

Icons of Filth

Carpgate

one

G

Oneness With the Forest

Brown, Bobby

pussel

forests

SB

Optimistic

Sounds of Blackness

magicman

positive songs

G

Oro Santo

Buika, Concha & Javier Limón

Makinvaja

favorite live versions

G

Our Mutual Friend

Divine Comedy

frogprincess

tragedy & comedy

G

Out in the Fields

Moore, Gary & Philip Lynott

philipphilip99

flags

G

Oxygène

Jarre, Jean Michel

gordonimmel

gases

SB

Paint Her Face

Records

uneasy listening

Painters and Painting

SB

Paint Me

Ohio Players

Mogdog

Painters and Painting

SB

Painting Box

Incredible String Band

treefrogdemon

Painters and Painting

SB

Painting By Numbers

Hammill, Peter

TatankaYotanka

Painters and Painting

G

Panic

Smiths

bllckchps

Britain

G

Papa's Got a Brand New Bag 12"

Pigbag

vastariner???

1980s 12 " Singles

SB

Paradise By the Dashboard Light

Meat Loaf

Leaveitallbehind

bad decisions

G

Parallelograms

Perhac, Linda

drunkenpanda

mathematics

G

Pattern Recognition

Sonic Youth

Fuel

fads and crazes

SB

Pay to Cum

Bad Brains

uneasy listening

incidental music

SB

People Are Strange

Tiny Tim

severin

high pitched vocals

SB

People Have the Power

Smith, Patti

severin

positive songs

SB

Perfect Way

Scritti Politti

philipphilip99

funk

G

Pi

Bush, Kate

BeltwayBandit

mathematics

SB

Pickin' the Blues

Grinderswitch

megadom

incidental music

SB

Pigeons in the Attic Room

Everything But the Girl

nosuchzone

rooms

SB

Pirate Jenny

Lenya, Lotte

uneasy listening

pirates

SB

Pirate Jenny

Simone, Nina

barbryn

pirates

SB

Pirates Anthem

Home T, Cocoa Tea & Shabba Ranks

Mogdog

pirates

SB

Play for Today

Cure

happyclapper

krautrock

G

Pogo Dancing

Vibrators

severin

fads and crazes

G

Political World

Dylan, Bob

Ravi Raman

chaos

SB

Portrait of a Man

Hawkins, Screamin' Jay

Beltway Bandit

Painters and Painting

G

Power of the People

Monster Truck

misterbadexample

unity

G

Prelude and Fugue No 1 in C Major

Bach, Johann Sebastian

DaddyPig

mathematics

SB

Pretty Pride of Russia

Hickox, Tom

barbryn

irony

G

Private Life

Pretenders

OinklmSammy

influenced by dub

G

Prophecies

Glass, Philip

philipphilip99

chaos

G

Prophet Has Arise

Israel Vibration

Pairubu

prophets and prophecies

G

Prophets in the Sky

Cat Empire

ID7033168

prophets and prophecies

G

Proverbes

Dutronc, Jacques

marcoschoir

proverbs and idioms

SB

Pur Ti Miro (Monteverdi)

Montecerdi, Claudio (performed by Elin Manahan Thomas & Robin Blaze

Suzi

high pitched vocals

SB

Purity

New Model Army

Violet Vivid

propaganda

G

Purple

Crustation

MelRoy

purple

G

Purple

Skin

bethnoir

purple

G

Purple Haze

Jimi Hendrix Experience

gordonimmel

purple

G

Purple Sky

Gillan, Ian

gordonimmel

purple

SB

Putin Lights Up the Fires

Pussy Riot

Ravi Raman

Russia

G

Putting Up Resistance

Hammond, Beres

sonofwebcore

resistance

G

R.E.S.

Cardiacs

AfraidOfSunlight

startling songs

SB

Racing in the Street

Springsteen, Bruce

treefrogdemon

channelling pain

SB

Rainy Days Never Stay

Brilliant Green

Hoshino Sakura

channelling pain

SB

Rapture

Blondie

Suzi

genre-switch

SB

Rapunzel

Let's Eat Grandma

barbryn

strange and surreal

G

Re: Person I Knew

Bill Evans Trio

nilpferd

tributes

SB

Reefer Madness

UB40

ParaMhor

hidden tracks

SB

Refugee Children

Taylor, Chip

tincanman

immigrants & refugees

SB

Reminisce (Part II)

Dexys Midnight Runners

bishbosh

songs about love songs

SB

Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War

Simon, Paul

philiphilip99

contentment

G

Resistance Now

Senser

BungeeBill

resistance

G

Resistencia

Los de Abajo

LyntonCrosby

resistance

G

Resurrection

D'Arby, Terence Trent

DarceysDad

recovery

SB

Rhino Skin

Petty, Tom & the Heartbreakers

treefrogdemon

rough and smooth

SB

Rhinocratic Oath

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

TatankaYotanka

strange and surreal

SB

Rhymin' and Stealin'

Beastie Boys

SweetHomeAlabama

pirates

SB

Ride of the Valkyries

Wagner, Richard

Ravi Raman

incidental music

G

Ring the Alarm

Rucker, Ursula

OinklmSammy

influenced by dub

SB

Ring Them Bells

Minelli, Liza

Andrea Chapman

coincidence

G

Road to Nowhere

Talking Heads

sunnydoomsdaynight

knowledge

G

Robin Hood

James, Dick

severin

forests

G

Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle

Cake

BlackCombe

hedonism

SB

Rolling Home

Bailey, Roy

treefrogdemon

music for funerals

SB

Ronnie Talk to Russia

Prince

SweetHomeAlabama

Russia

SB

Room at the Top

Petty, Tom & the Heartbreakers

treefrogdemon

rooms

SB

Rough God Goes Riding

Morrison, Van

Uncleben

rough and smooth

SB

Rough Lover

Franklin, Aretha

SongBarLandlord

rough and smooth

G

Rubber Room

Wagoner, Porter

Thesubhuman

startling songs

SB

Rudie Can't Fail

Clash

ParaMhor

incidental music

G

Run Straight Down

Zevon, Warren

misterbadexample

gases

G

Runaway Love

Gold, Alice

TheLandBeyond

France

G

Rusholme Ruffians

Smiths

ScarletsOHywel

alliteration

G

Russia

Fat Freddy's Drop

AoxomoxoA93

influenced by dub

SB

Russians and Americans

Stewart, Al

Alison Dempster

Russia

SB

S.O.S. (State of Shock)

Sonic Boom Six

Violet Vivid

propaganda

G

Sacré Français

Dimitri From Paris

DarceysDad

France

SB

Salty Dog

Flogging Molly

EnglishOutlaw

pirates

SB

Saturday, Saturday

Badshah and Indeep Bakshi

Ravi Raman

days of the week

G

Say Hello

Drugstore

happyclapper

hello

G

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

Soft Cell

wjelly

hello

G

Say It Ain't So, Joe

Daltrey, Roger

MelRoy

cheating

SB

See Emily Play

Pink Floyd

ParaMhor

strange and surreal

G

Seguirillas de la Verdad

Morente, Estrella

mrsmaki

tributes

SB

Sénégal Fast Food

Amadou & Miriam (with Manu Chao)

tincanman

harmonies

SB

Sensitive Boys

UK Subs

Carpgate

irony

SB

Serendipity

Barenaked Ladies

philipphilip99

coincidence

SB

Sergio

Stewart, Al

Beltway Bandit

immigrants & refugees

G

Seven Drunken Nights

Dubliners

BeltwayBandit

cheating

SB

Sewer Brain

Blood

Carpgate

genre-switch

SB

Shaft

Hayes, Isaac

severin

funk

SB

Shark in the Water

Brown, V V

SidecarShiv

fish

SB

She Left Me on Friday

Shed Seven

barbryn

days of the week

G

Shelter from the Storm

Dylan, Bob

mikedow

welcome

G

She's Lost Control (Long Version)

Jones, Grace

vincerocker

1980s 12 " Singles

SB

Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Pink Floyd

SweetHomeAlabama

channelling pain

SB

Shine On You Crazy Diamond (#2)

Pink Floyd

(reprise)

channelling pain

SB

Showroom Dummies

Kraftwerk

severin

krautrock

G

Sidewalking (Extended Version)

Jesus and Mary Chain

happyclapper

1980s 12 " Singles

SB

Sign of the Times

Prince

megadom

news, reporting & media

SB

Sigourney Weaver

Grant, John

barbryn

movie and TV stars

SB

Silence Returns

Beau

SidecarShiv

dynamic volume changes

G

Silhouette of Doom

Morricone, Ennio

alexito

doom

SB

Silks & Satins

Count Basie

Beltway Bandit

rough and smooth

SB

Silly Love Songs

McCartney, Paul and Wings

philipphilip99

songs about love songs

SB

Sing Me a Love Song

Glories

Beltway Bandit

songs about love songs

SB

Sing You a Love Song

Of Montreal

Uncleben

songs about love songs

SB

Single By Choice

Bangles

SidecarShiv

one

SB

Sit Down

James

ParaMhor

Manchester

G

Sittin' On a Rainbow

Mountain

oggfromzogg

high

SB

Sitting in Limbo

Cliff, Jimmy

Mogdog

waiting

SB

Sixteen Bars

Stylistics

attwilightlarks

songs about love songs

G

Skyscraper

Elephant

Fuel

high

G

Skyway

Replacements

SentimentalHyena

high

SB

Slippery People

Talking Heads

severin

funk

SB

Slow Country (More Rubbadub Vision)

Gorillaz

Uncleben

hidden tracks

G

Smalltown Boy 12"

Bronski Beat

kytoi

1980s 12 " Singles

SB

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Platters

Marconius7

harmonies

G

Solidarity

Black Uhuru

Thesubhuman

unity

SB

Solo

Denny, Sandy

Uncleben

one

G

Someday (August 2, 1968)

Chicago

mikedow

chaos

G

Something I Learned Today

Hüsker Dü

TheLetterO

knowledge

SB

Something On Your Mind

Dalton, Karen

Uncleben

channelling pain

G

Somos Sur (We Are the South)

Tijoux, Ana ft Shadia Mansour

untergunther

unity

SB

Songs of Love

Folds, Ben

philipphilip99

songs about love songs

SB

Sorrows Away

Poozies

Suzi

contentment

SB

Sorted for E's and Wizz

Pulp

Uncleben

arresting opening lines

G

Soubour

Songhoy Blues

FatherChewyLouie

favorite live versions

G

Spanish Moon

Little Feat

mikedow

hedonism

SB

Stalin Wasn't Stallin'

Wyatt, Robert

Uncleben

Russia

G

Start Over Again

Maguire, Emily

Tibrogagan

recovery

G

Start Wearing Purple

Gogol Bordello

FatherChewyLouie

purple

G

Statistician Blues

Snider, Todd

NorthernDancer1

mathematics

SB

Stevie

Royal Trux

Uncleben

movie and TV stars

SB

Still Standing

Children of Zeus ft DRS

DiscoMonster

Manchester

SB

Stop! In the Name of Love

Supremes

Tempusfugit

arresting opening lines

SB

Strong

Herbert

untergunther

positive songs

G

Stuart

Dead Milkmen

Dougal

earth, soil and dirt

SB

Stupid

Dirtbombs

happyclapper

bad decisions

G

Suit of Lights

Costello, Elvis

BeltwayBandit

tributes

SB

Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day

Sir Douglas Quintet

happyclapper

contentment

G

Sweet Black Angel

Nighthawk, Robert

AlfieHisself

sweetness

G

Sweet Defeat

Flesh

vanwolf

sweetness

G

Sweet Forgiveness

Section 25

Shoegazer

sweetness

G

Sweet Harmony

Liquid

LuDux22

sweetness

G

Sweet Mother

Wagadugu

LyntonCrosby

sweetness

G

Sweet Stuff

Sylvia

untergunther

sweetness

SB

Sweet Thursday

Icicle Works

philipphilip99

days of the week

G

Sweets for My Sweet

Searchers

gordonimmel

sweetness

G

Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go

Soft Cell

bllckchps

1980s 12 " Singles

G

Take it Down From the Mast

Dubliners

robbo100

flags

G

Tale of Two Dragons

Calan

thoughtballoons

flags

SB

Talk of the Town

Pretenders

amylee

rooms

G

Tam Lyn (Retold)

Imagined Village ft Benjamin Zephaniah

ShivSidecar

influenced by dub

G

Teach Your Children

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

florian7

knowledge

G

Teddy Bear

Red Sovine

TheAdulteratedCat

tragedy & comedy

SB

Tell Heaven

Cash, Rosanne

uneasy listening

music for funerals

SB

Tell Me Lies About Manchester

Cabbage

Funkbrother69

Manchester

G

Tempted

Squeeze

MelRoy

cheating

SB

Thank You

Sly and the Family Stone

severin

funk

SB

That's Entertainment

Jam

Leaveitallbehind

irony

G

That's the Way Love Is (Acieed Mix)

Ten City

Augasm

1980s 12 " Singles

SB

The Angry Mob

Kaiser Chiefs

barbryn

news, reporting & media

G

The Apocalypse Song

St. Vincent

ajostu

repression

G

The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead

Crash Test Dummies

Marconius7

prophets and prophecies

G

The Beat Generation

Armstrong, Louis

mikedow

fads and crazes

SB

The Beatitudes

Pärt, Arvo

Beltway Bandit

dynamic volume changes

SB

The Beginning of Sorrow

Megadeth

Ravi Raman

bad decisions

SB

The Blacksmith and the Toffee Maker

Thackray, Jake

Suzi

coincidence

G

The Bride Stripped Bare

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

d33pf1x

music industry

SB

The Circus is Leaving Town

Campbell, Isobel & Mark Lanegan

ParaMhor

firsts and lasts

G

The Colours

Men They Couldn't Hang

LyntonCrosby

flags

SB

The Cripple and the Starfish

Antony and the Johnsons

severin

channelling pain

G

The Cryonic Trombone

Blegvad, Peter & Andy Partridge

kolf

gases

SB

The Day the World Turned Day-Glo

X-Ray Spex

ParaMhor

strange and surreal

SB

The Dolphins

Neil, Fred

TatankaYotanka

fish

SB

The Emperor

Sonic Boom Six with Capitol 1212

Violet Vivid

propaganda

SB

The Fall of Saigon

This Heat

megadom

strange and surreal

SB

The Final Countdown

Europe

barbryn

firsts and lasts

SB

The First Cut is the Deepest

Arnold, P.P.

9hairs9knots

channelling pain

SB

The First Days of Spring

Noah and the Whale

DarceysDad

channelling pain

G

The Four Horsemen

Aphrodite's Child

grabban

prophets and prophecies

G

The Ghosts of Cable Street

Men They Couldn't Hang

StevenFlanagan

resistance

SB

The Great Curve

Talking Heads

DiscoMonster

genre-switch

G

The Great Pretender

Platters

StevenFlanagan

repression

SB

The Head That Controls Both Right and Left Eats Meats and Slobbers Even Today

Bleach

Hoshino Sakura

arresting opening lines

G

The Higher the Monkey Climbs

Hinds, Justin and the Dominoes

ngoo

proverbs and idioms

G

The Hours of Folly

Britten, Benjamin & William Blake

BeltwayBandit

proverbs and idioms

SB

The Hunter Gets Captured By the Game

Jones, Grace

Mogdog

irony

SB

The Immigrant

Haggard, Merle

Uncleben

immigrants & refugees

SB

The Jungle Line

Mitchell, Joni

barbryn

Painters and Painting

SB

The Last Leviathan

Fisherman's Friends

Suzi

fish

G

The Latin One

10,000 Maniacs

Thesubhuman

gases

SB

The Lazy Sunbathers

Morrissey

SongBarLandlord

irony

SB

The Long Shot

Megson

treefrogdemon

coincidence

SB

The Luckiest

Folds, Ben

Beltway Bandit

contentment

G

The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)

Fun Boy Three

SpotTheWhopper

chaos

G

The Lyre Of Orpheus

Cave, Nick & The Bad Seeds

DarceysDad

tragedy & comedy

G

The Only Way is Up

Yazz and the Plastic Population

vastariner

recovery

SB

The Other Window

Wire

Carpgate

strange and surreal

G

The Partisan

Cohen, Leonard

dave56

resistance

SB

The Pirate

Hukkelberg, Hanne

severin

pirates

G

The Prophet's Song

Queen

MonsieurZaccone

prophets and prophecies

SB

The Pusherman

Mayfield, Curtis

magicman

irony

G

The Raven That Refused to Sing

Wilson, Steven

AlfieHisself

loss

G

The Referee's Alphabet

Half Man Half Biscuit

vastariner

cheating

G

The Revolution Will Be Televised

Beck, Jeff

chippiparai

resistance

G

The River

King Trigger

vastariner

forests

SB

The Salmon Song

Hillage, Steve

Mogdog

fish

G

The Sea Is A Good Place To Think About The Future

Los Campesinos!

barbryn

tragedy & comedy

SB

The Seal Lullaby

Whitacre, Eric

Beltway Bandit

fish

G

The Shy Retirer

Arab Strap

Dougal

hedonism

G

The Sodom and Gomorrah Show

Pet Shop Boys

ILikeChips

hedonism

G

The Son of an X-Postal Worker Reflects on His Life While Getting Stoned in the Parking Lot of a Winn Dixie Listening to Metallica

Alice Donut

happyclapper

doom

G

The Square of the Hypotenuse

Kaye, Danny

LyntonCrosby

mathematics

G

The Story of the Blues Part One and Part Two (Talkin' Blues)

Wah!

Thesubhuman

1980s 12 " Singles

SB

The Sun Says

Cock Sparrer

Carpgate

news, reporting & media

SB

The Swan of Tuonela

Sibelius

attwilightlarks

rough and smooth

G

The Sweetest

Nightmares on Wax

AFictionHabit

sweetness

SB

The Sweetest Thing

Camera Obscura

saneshane

songs about love songs

G

The Turning Scripture

Dadawa

TheGreatPoochini

startling songs

G

The Uncertain Smile - 12" Remix

The The

nilpferd

1980s 12 " Singles

SB

The Upstairs Room

Cure

Bethnoir

rooms

G

The Violet Hour

Civil Wars

?????

purple

SB

The Worst Band in the World

10CC

Uncleben

irony

SB

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Lightfoot, Gordon

amylee

rough and smooth

SB

Then Suddenly Love

Sinatra, Frank

Beltway Bandit

firsts and lasts

G

There is Power in a Union

Bragg, Billy

suzi

unity

G

There's No Rope as Long as Time

Latin Quarter

PavSnellski

resistance

G

They Say It's Wonderful

Coltrane, John and Johnny Hartman

nilpferd

love is...

G

Thieves Like Us

New Order

AlfieHisself

love is...

G

Things We Lose Along the Way

Dakota Suite

DarceysDad

loss

G

This Flight Tonight

Mitchell, Joni

attwilightlarks

high

SB

This is How It Feels

Inspiral Carpets

happyclapper

Manchester

SB

Those Final Feet

Cowboy Junkies

barbryn

hidden tracks

SB

Those Were the Days

Leningrad Cowboys

tincanman

Russia

G

Three Minute Hero

Selecter

SpotTheWhopper

music industry

SB

Time to Get Alone

Beach Boys

magicman

dynamic volume changes

G

Timothy

Buoys

MelRoy

stuck or trapped

G

Tonight's the Night

Young, Neil

tincanman

tributes

SB

Too Busy Thinking About My Baby

Gaye, Marvin

ParaMhor

multitasking

SB

Too Late to Cry Baby

Johnson, Lonnie

attwilightlarks

firsts and lasts

SB

Too Much Monkey Business

Berry, Chuck

severin

multitasking

G

Too Social

Chaney, Olivia

severin

alliteration

G

Top of the Pops

Rezillos

Mogdog

music industry

G

Top of the World

Griffin, Patty

BlackCombe

high

SB

Tow the Line

Drake, Nick

SidecarShiv

hidden tracks

SB

Train in Vain

Clash

amylee

hidden tracks

G

Trapped By Love

Chao, Manu

LyntonCrosby

stuck or trapped

SB

Travelin' Soldier

Dixie Chicks

treefrogdemon

firsts and lasts

SB

Trepak

Mussorgsky, Modest

BeltwayBandit

Russia

G

Truck Got Stuck

Lund, Corb

thoughtballoons

stuck or trapped

SB

Turn On the News

Hüsker Dü

Uncleben

news, reporting & media

G

Turn to Red

Killing Joke

SR400

influenced by dub

SB

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

deanofromoz

dynamic volume changes

G

Twin

Scott, Christian

nilpferd

favorite live versions

G

Two Sevens Clash

Culture

severin

prophets and prophecies

SB

Umi

Pinkshinytultrablast

DiscoMonster

Russia

SB

Un Bel Di Vedremo (from Madame Butterfly)

Storchio, Gloria (Composer: Giacomo Puccini)

tincanman

one

G

Unity

O'Jays

SimonPavitt

unity

G

Unity Raise Your Banners High

Tams, John

dennyp

unity

SB

Until I Believe in My Soul

Dexys Midnight Runners

Carpgate

channelling pain

SB

Untitled

R.E.M.

bishbosh

hidden tracks

SB

Untitled

Morissette, Alanis

Leaveitallbehind

hidden tracks

G

Up Where We Belong

Sainte-Marie, Buffy

thoughtballoons

high

SB

Use Me

Withers, Bill

Deborah Allwright

funk

G

Vatican Broadside

Half Man Half Biscuit

kolf

welcome

G

Vena Cava 1

Galás, Diamanda

TatankaYotanka

startling songs

SB

Veni Veni Bella

Mediæval Bæbes

Bethnoir

harmonies

SB

Visions of Johanna

Dylan, Bob

megadom

strange and surreal

SB

Wagon Wheel

Rucker, Darius

Leaveitallbehind

genre-switch

SB

Waiting for the Great Leap Forward

Bragg, Billy

ToffeeBoy

waiting

SB

Waking the Witch

Bush, Kate

ParaMhor

dynamic volume changes

SB

Walk on the Wild Side

Reed, Lou

megadom

movie and TV stars

G

Walls Come Tumbling Down

Style Council

nigeljones

unity

SB

Wamba

Keïta, Salif

ParaMhor

high pitched vocals

SB

Warnings

Cadaver Club

EnglishOutlaw

bad decisions

SB

Watching the News

Pop, Iggy

amylee

news, reporting & media

SB

Watching TV

Waters, Roger

Flatfrog

propaganda

SB

Water No Get Enemy

Kuti, Fela

Mogdog

the obvious

G

Wavin' Flag

K'Naan

FatherChewieLouie

flags

G

Waving Flags

British Sea Power

vanwolf

flags

G

We All Stand Together

McCartney, Paul

philipphilip99

unity

G

Welcome Home Baby

Shirelles

SpotTheWhopper

welcome

G

Welcome to the Party

Har-You Percussion Group

nilpferd

welcome

SB

We'll Gather Lilacs

Ziegler, Anne & Webster Booth

attwilightlarks

positive songs

G

We're All Going to Die

Middleton, Malcolm

vastariner

doom

SB

Western Dreams

New Model Army

Bethnoir

bad decisions

G

We've Never Met But Can We Have a Coffee or Something?

In Love With a Ghost

TheGreatPoochini

hello

SB

What Did You Learn in School Today?

Paxton, Tom

severin

propaganda

G

What Have They Done to My Song, Ma

Melanie

florian7

music industry

G

What Jail is Like

Afghan Whigs

happyclapper

stuck or trapped

SB

What's It Gonna Be

Springfield, Dusty

attwilightlarks

genre-switch

SB

When I Die, You Better Second Line

Ruffins, Kermit

Mogdog

music for funerals

G

When I First Came to Town

Cave, Nick and the Bad Seeds

deanofromoz

welcome

SB

When I Paint My Masterpiece

Band

treefrogdemon/Mnemosene2

Painters and Painting

G

When the Levee Breaks

McCoy, Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie

mikedow

earth, soil and dirt

SB

When the Ship Comes In

Chieftains & The Decemberists

amylee

waiting

SB

When the World Smiles With You

Hickie, Andy

Suzi

contentment

G

When Will I Be Loved

Everly Brothers

Pairubu

cheating

SB

When Will We B Paid?

Prince

Ravi Raman

waiting

SB

When You Get Out of Jail

Fried

nosuchzone

waiting

G

Where Grass Won't Grow

Jones, George

Khalidoneofyou

earth, soil and dirt

SB

White Room

Cream

attwilightlarks

rooms

SB

Who Knows Where the Time Goes?

Simone, Nina

attwilightlarks

waiting

SB

Who's Making Love

Taylor, Johnnie

magicman

irony

G

Why Did You Stay?

Pipettes

StevenFlanagan

sweetness

G

Why Do You Bob Your Hair, Girls?

Mainer, J.E.

sourpus

fads and crazes

G

Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)

They Might Be Giants

philipphilip99

knowledge

G

Why'd Ya Do It?

Faithful, Marianne

otenko

tragedy & comedy

G

Wild Mountain Thyme

Gaughan, Dick et al

barbryn

purple

G

Willie and the Hand Jive

Otis, Johnny

philipphilip99

fads and crazes

G

Willkommen

Cumming, Alan

hudswell

welcome

G

Winds and Leaves

CukoO

granty77

forests

G

Wise County Jail

Boggs, Dock

deanofromoz

earth, soil and dirt

SB

With a Little Help From My Friends

Cocker, Joe

AltraEgo

high pitched vocals

SB

Work to Do

Average White Band

CaroleBristol

multitasking

SB

Wrong

Everything But the Girl

bishbosh

bad decisions

G

Wrong 'Em Boyo

Clash

theharper

cheating

G

Wrote for Luck (The Vince Clarke Remix)

Happy Mondays

dave56

1980s 12 " Singles

G

Ya A'Asaal

Mubarek, Abdel Aziz El

Pairubu

favorite live versions

SB

Yabay

Youssef, Dhafer

nosuchzone

high pitched vocals

G

Year of the Cat

Stewart, Al

florian7

loss

G

Yes We Can

Dorsey, Lee

Ravi Raman

unity

SB

Yo Ha

Viceroys

Uncleben

pirates

SB

You Are Not Mine

Langford, Emma

angryirishpunk

the obvious

G

You Been Cheatin'

Impressions

attwilightlarks

cheating

SB

You Can Get It If You Really Want

Cliff, Jimmy

Leaveitallbehind

positive songs

G

You Can't Judge a Book By the Cover

Diddley, Bo

BeltwayBandit

proverbs and idioms

G

You Don't Get Me High Anymore

Phantogram

LuDux22

high

G

You Get What You Give

New Radicals

philipphilip99

proverbs and idioms

SB

You Hit Me Where It Hurts

Weston, Kim

attwilightlarks

bad decisions

SB

You Just May Be the One

Monkees

ParaMhor

one

G

You Keep It All In

Beautiful South

Dougal

repression

G

You Must Learn

KRS-One

Gary Yay

knowledge

SB

You Ought to See Sally on Sunday

Bowlly, Al

severin

days of the week

G

Your Cheatin' Heart

Williams, Hank

BeltwayBandit

cheating

G

Your Love is Killing Me

Van Etten, Sharon

AFictionHabit

love is...

G

Your Love is King

Sade

florian7

love is...

SB

Yume no Ukiyo ni Saite Mi na

Momoiro Clover Z vs Kiss

Hoshino Sakura

Painters and Painting

G

Zoot Suit

High Numbers

StevenFlanagan

fads and crazes

 

 

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