Song Title (to end of 2016)

Artist

Playlist

N.E.P.A.

Allen, Tony

never

N17

Saw Doctors

Ireland

Nacl (Sodium Chloride)

McGarrigle, Kate and Anna

science

Nadia

Beck, Jeff

vibrato, tremolo & oscillation

Nagasaki Nightmare

Crass

murder

Names

Cat Power

ages

Nancy (With the Laughing Face)

John Coltrane Quartet

faces

Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin)

Mountain

books 2

Napoleon Loves Josephine

We Are the Physics

odd couples

Narcissist

Libertines

narcissism

Narcissus

Morissette, Alanis

narcissism

Narcissus (Bar & Grill)

Hammill, Peter

narcissism

Nasty Gal

Davis, Betty

gossip

Nathan Jones

Supremes

named after men

National Anthem

Del Rey, Lana

greed

National Express

Divine Comedy

buses

National Shite Day

Half Man Half Biscuit

companies and corporations

Native New Yorker

Odyssey

New York

Natty Supper

Chantells

mealtimes

Natural Born Killaz

Ice Cube and Dr. Dre

crime

NatWest Barclays Midlands Lloyds

Manic Street Preachers

companies and corporations

Naxalite

Asian Dub Foundation

Asia

Ne Me Quitte Pas

Brel, Jacques

cry, songs that make you

Necromancer

Van Der Graaf Generator

magic

Needle in the Hay

Smith, Elliott

cocaine & heroin

Needle of Death

Jansch, Bert

futility

Needles

System of a Down

addiction

Needles in My Eyes

Beta Band

tools

Neighborhood Watch

Dilated Peoples

surveillance

Neighbour Neighbour

Graham, Davy

neighbours

Neighbourhood

Space

neighbours

Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels)

Arcade Fire

children

Nem Vem Que Nao Tem

Simonal, Wilson

laughter

Neon Baby

The Comet is Coming

bright and beautiful

Neon Lights

Kraftwerk

light

Neon Sign

Richman, Jonathan & the Modern Lovers

bright and beautiful

Nervous Breakdown

Cochran, Eddie

anxiety

Never

House of Love

never

Never as Tired as When I'm Waking Up

LCD Soundsystem

tiredness

Never Can Say Goodbye

Jackson 5

goodbyes

Never Give Up on a Dream

Stewart, Rod

Canada

Never Here

Elastica

hatchet jobs

Never Never

Assembly

never

Never Say Nups to a Nepalese

Man

Welsh Songs

New Age

Velvet Underground

celebrity

New Birds

Arab Strap

decisiveness

New Dawn Fades

Joy Division

desperation

New Day Rising

Husker Du

dawn

New England

Richman, Jonathan & the Modern Lovers

New England

New Face in Hell

Fall

books

New Generation

Ayler, Albert

euphoria

New Life

Depeche Mode

fresh starts

New Rose

Damned

falling in love

New Skin

Siouxsie and the Banshees

skin

New Speedway Boogie

Grateful Dead

concerts

New World Water

Mos Def

reckless consumption

New Year

Breeders

new year songs

New Year

Go Find

new year songs

New Year Son

Amazing Broken Man

new year songs

New Year's Day

U2

super solos

New Year's Day

Atlas Sound

new year songs

New Year's Resolution

Lootpack

new resolutions

New Year's Resolution

Lootpack

new year songs

New Year's Resolution

Donovan

new year songs

New York City

They Might Be Giants

New York

New York Girls

Bellowhead

asafaraes

New York Mining Disaster 1941

Bee Gees

Jones

New York Minute

Henley, Don

estimates

News for the Delphic Oracle

Waterboys

philosophers

News of the World

Jam

newspapers

Newspaper Man

Tate Gallery

newspapers

Next

Sensational Alex Harvey Band

excess

Next Door Neighbour

Davies, Ray

neighbours

Next to the Trash

Punch Brothers

trash

Next Year People

Hay, Colin

farming

Nibelungen

Nico

myths & legends

Nicaragua, Nicaraguita

Godoy, Carlos Mejía

Mexico & Central America

Nice Weather for Ducks

Lemon Jelly

water

Nick Cave Dolls

Bongwater

toys

Nick of Time

Raitt, Bonnie

passage of time

Night and Day

Tatum, Art and Ben Webster

special guests

Night Falls on Hoboken

Yo La Tengo

towns

Night Fever

Bee Gees

youth cults

Night Nurse

Isaacs, Gregory

brands

Night of Chill Blue

Chills

sky

Night of the 4th of May

Stewart, Al

heated arguments

Night of the Living Baseheads

Public Enemy

cocaine & heroin

Night Train to Munich

Stewart, Al

spying

Nightmare

Whyte Boots

revenge

Nightmares

Clipse

anxiety

Nightswimming

R.E.M

autumn

Nimrod's Son

Pixies

speed

Nincompoop

Dekker, Desmond

fools

Nine Million Bicycles

Melua, Katie

estimates

Nippon Manju

Ladybaby

so bad they're good

Nite Klub

Specials

sound effects

Njilou

Baaba Maal

extraordinary vocals

Njósnavélin

Sigur Rós

minimalist

Nkosi Sikelel'i Afrika

Soweto Gospel Choir

Africa

No Cars Go

Arcade Fire

vim

No Children

Mountain Goats

arguments

No Children

Mountain Goats

truth

No Class

Motorhead

insulting songs

No Escape

Restarts

climate change

No Expectations

Rolling Stones

departures

No Fun

Stooges

handclaps

No Government

Nicolette

leftwing politics

No Headstone for my Grave

Phillips, Esther

funerals

No Love Dying

Porter, Gregory

hope and resilience

No Matter What

Badfinger

Welsh Songs

No Matter What Sign You Are

The Supremes

star signs

No Matter Who You Vote For, The Government Always Gets In

Bonzo Dog Band

elections

No Mercy

Lofgren, Nils

decisiveness

No Money Down

Berry, Chuck

shopping

No More

Youth of Today

refusal

No More Auction Block for Me

Robeson, Paul

fresh starts

No More Heroes

Stranglers

hero worship

No More Mister Nice Guy

Alice Cooper

refusal

No More Runnin

Animal Collective

running

No One Came

Deep Purple

fame

No Return

Brakes

records

No Show Jones

Jones, George

Jones

No Surprises

Radiohead

silence

No Tiene Billete

Fruko Y Sus Tesos

sound effects

No Trouble on the Mountain

Holmes, Richard "Groove"

mountains

No Woman, No Cry

Marley, Bob

Caribbean

No Xmas for John Quays

Fall

anti-Christmas

Nobody But Me

Human Beinz

narcissism

Nobody Does It Better

Simon, Carly

songs recorded for movies

Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out

Smith, Bessie

poverty

Nobody Told Me

Lennon, John

solo Beatles

Nocturne III

Bush, Kate

the coast

Noise Noise Noise

Damned

noise

Nomathemba

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

a capella

Non-Alignment Pact

Pere Ubu

independence

None Shall Escape the Judgment

Clarke, Johnny

end of the world

Northern Skies

I Am Kloot

sky

Northern Sky

Drake, Nick

devoted love

Nostalgia

Barker, Emily and the Red Clay Halo

TV themes

Not John

Wainright, Loudon III

assassination

Not One of Us

Gabriel, Peter

interlopers

Not Ready to Make Nice

Dixie Chicks

arguments

Nothing

Fugs

refusal

Nothing

Vice Squad

minimalist

Nothing But Blue Skies

Wilson, Jackie

sky

Nothing Came Out

Mouldy Peaches

comics and cartoons

Nothing Can Stop Us

Saint Etienne

anticipation

Nothing Else Matters

Scala and Kolacny Brothers

covers by the opposite sex

Nothing Ever Happens

Amitri, Del

boredom

Nothing Has Been Proved

Springfield, Dusty

newspapers

Nothing Lasts Forever

Echo and the Bunnymen

finishing

Nothing to My Name

Jian, Cui

bravery

Nottamun Town

Collins, Shirley and Davy Graham

surrealism

Novocaine for the Soul

Eels

great middle eights

Now I'm a Farmer

Who

farming

Now My Heart is Full

Morrissey

books

Nowhere is Home

Dexys

roots

Now's the Time

Parker, Charlie

new resolutions

Nuages

Reinhardt, Django

songs in French

Nuclear War (Version 2)

Yo La Tengo

nuclear war

Nuclear War (Version 2)

Yo La Tengo

children performing

Nuclear Waste

Oi Polloi

power

Number of the Beast

Iron Maiden

religion

Numbers

Kraftwerk

numbers

Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience

Merchant, Natalie

opposites

NY State of Mind

Nas

New York

NYC

Interpol

New York

O Caroline

Matching Mole

regrets

O Death

Stanley, Ralph

death

O Mar

Caymmi, Dorival

the coast

O Mio Babbino Caro

Puccini, Giacomo - performed by Amira Willighagen with André Rieu

melancholy

O Pencil Sharp

Drive Like Jehu

songs without a chorus

O Sole Mio

Davis, Blind John

classical songs

O Superman

Anderson, Laurie

aliens

O Superman (For Massenet)

Anderson, Laurie

spoken word

O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion

Take 6 and Stevie Wonder

a capella

Obama Nation

Lowkey

US Presidents

Obirin African (Woman of Africa)

Blakey, Art & the Afro-Drum Ensemble

Africa

Occasional Rain

Callier, Terry

water

Odds Are

Barenaked Ladies

survival

Ode to Billie Joe

Gentry, Bobbie

storytelling

Ode to Boy

Yazoo

beauty

Ode to Joy

Beethoven, Ludwig von

hope and resilience

Ode to the Bouncer

Studio Killers

borders, barriers, walls, fences

Odessa

Caribou

divorce

Odyssey

Symphony X

excess

Off the Wall

Jackson, Michael

triggering dancing

Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

instrumentals

Oh Bondage, Up Yours!

X-Ray Spex

great opening lines

Oh Good Ale

Copper Family (Bob and Ron)

beer

Oh Happy Day

Edwin Hawkins Singers

spiritual songs

Oh I Swear

Thompson, Richard

can't live with or without you

Oh Larsen B

British Sea Power

cold

Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me

Mingus, Charles

nuclear war

Oh Lord, Why Lord

Los Pop-Tops

classical songs

Oh Mary

Diamond, Neil

deep voices

Oh My Gosh

Basement Jaxx

flirting

Oh No Not My Baby

Brown, Maxine

gossip

Oh No Not My Baby

Brown, Maxine

disbelief

Oh Pretty Woman

Orbison, Roy

change of mind

Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'

MacRae, Gordon (from Oklahoma)

bright and beautiful

Oh Yeah

Roxy Music

radio

Oh, Happy Day

Edwin Hawkins Singers

call and response

Oh, the Divorces!

Thorn, Tracey

divorce

Ohio

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

protest

Ohio River Boat Song

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

rivers

Ohio Town Saved From Killer Bees by Hungry Vampire Bats

Yo La Tengo

newspapers

Ol' Man River

Hawkins, Screamin' Jay

rivers

Old

Dexys Midnight Runners

old age

Old 45s

Chromeo

records

Old Age Killed My Teenage Bride

Half Man Half Biscuit

ages

Old Blue

Odetta and Larry

pets

Old Gopher

Edgar Broughton Band

American west

Old King

Young, Neil

pets

Old Man

Young, Neil

old age

Old Man

Love

gifts and giving

Old McDonald Had a Farm

Fitzgerald, Ella

farming

Old New Bicycle

Helvetia

bicycles

Old Red Eyes is Back

Beautiful South

eyes and sight

Old Rugged Cross

Kirk, Rahsaan Roland

crosses

Old School

Danger Doom & Talib Kwei

television

Old September Blues

My Morning Jacket

2011-09-01

Old Tart's Song

Poison Girls

wanting to be someone else

Old Wild Men

10CC

old age

Olympia

Hole

US Cities & states

Ombra Mai Fù

Handel, Georg Friedrich; sung by Andreas Scholl

falsetto

On a Poet's Lips I Slept

Britten, Benjamin

poetry

On a Wedding Anniversary

Cale, John

anniversaries

On Broadway

Drifters

roads and streets

On Hearing the First Cuckoo of Spring

Delius, Frederick

interlopers

On My Radio

Selecter

radio

On My Radio

Spektor, Regina

radio

On Sunday Afternoon

Harptones

afternoon

On the Border

Stewart, Al

borders, barriers, walls, fences

On the Bus Mall

Decemberists

buses

On the Run

Pink Floyd

vibrato, tremolo & oscillation

On the Run

Jompson Brothers

being scared

On the Sunny Side of the Street

Armstrong, Louis

hope and resilience

On Tooting Broadway Station

Kitchens of Distinction

forgiveness

Once in a Lifetime

Talking Heads

mistaken identity

Once There Was a Wintertime

Cornershop ft Bubbley Kaur

winter

One

Cash, Johnny

songs numbered one to ten

One

Metallica

songs that build

One Armed Scissor

At the Drive-in

aliens

One Black Rat

Thornton, Big Mama

rodents

One Day Like This

Elbow

euphoria

One Fine Day

Chiffons

optimistic songs

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Opening Theme)

Nitzsche, Jack

odd sounds and instruments

One for my Baby (And One More for the Road)

Sinatra, Frank

pubs and bars

One Horse Town

Blackberry Smoke

roots

One In Ten

UB40

I Am Songs

One Man Guy

Wainwright, Rufus

loneliness

One More Addiction

Imbruglia, Natalie

addiction

One More Breath

Thompson, Richard

breathing

One More Cup of Coffee

Dylan, Bob

coffee

One More Time

Daft Punk

repetition

One Night in Bangkok

Head, Murray

specific or obscure places

One Night Stand

Aloof

one night stands

One Night Stand

Partridge Family

strangers

One Note Samba

Mann, Herbie with João Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim

austerity

One of These Things First

Drake, Nick

failure

One Piece at a Time

Cash, Johnny

smuggling

One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer

Milburn, Amos

numbers

One Too Many Mornings

Baez, Joan

misunderstanding

One Way

Levellers

sinners

One Way Glass

Manfred Mann Chapter Three

glass

One Week

Barenaked Ladies

extraordinary vocals

One's on the Way

Lynn, Loretta

babies and childbirth

Only

Anthrax

one word titles

Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Saint Etienne

covers

Only Remembered

Coope Boyes & Simpson

a capella

Only the Stones Remain

Soft Boys

impermanence

Only When I'm Drunk

Alkaholiks

drinking

Only Women Bleed

Alice Cooper

feminism

Onomatopeia

Rundgren, Todd

odd sounds and instruments

Ooh Las Vegas

Harris, Emmylou

gambling

O-o-oh Child

Five Stairsteps

consolation

Oops (Oh My!)

Tweet

sexy songs

Oops! I Did it Again

Spears, Britney

guilt

Open All Night

Springsteen, Bruce and the Seeger Sessions Band

songs that build

Open the Door Homer

Dylan, Bob & The Band

doors

Open Up

Leftfield

california

Open Up Your Door

Hawley, Richard

doors

Open Up Your Heart (And Let the Sun Shine In)

Pebbles and Bamm Bamm

bright and beautiful

Ophelia

Merchant, Natalie

feminism

Opportunities

Pet Shop Boys

nerds and geeks

Opportunity

McFerrin, Bobby

covers by the opposite sex

Opus 49 No 4 Wiegenlied/Lullaby

Brahms, Johannes

children's songs

Opus In Beige

Kenton, Stan

colours

Orange

Psychostick

fruit

Orange Moon

Badu, Erykah

colours

Oranges and Lemons

Holland, Jools and Suggs

fruit

Original Stuntmaster

AIM

safety and danger

Original Sufferhead

Fela Kuti

reckless consumption

Oualahila Ar Teninam

Tinariwen

call and response

Our Country

Illy

Australia

Our House

Madness

home

Our Lips Are Sealed

Go Go's

silence

Our Prayer

Beach Boys

short songs

Our Retired Explorer

Weakerthans

specific or obscure places

Our Spring Will COme

Cage, John

best piano songs

Our Way to Fall

Yo La Tengo

memory

Our Wedding

Crass

ambiguous songs

Out in the Street

Springsteen, Bruce

the weekend

Out of My Book

Van Der Graaf Generator

flutes, pipes and whistles

Out of Time

Rolling Stones

schadenfreude

Out on the Floor

Gray, Dobie

mood-changing music

Out on the Weekend

Young, Neil

the weekend

Outdoor Miner

Wire

insects

Outer Space

Grant, John

space

Outro (I'm a Fool to Want You)

Ward, M.

fools

Outside This Bar

American Music Club

pubs and bars

Oval Room

Foley, Blaze

US Presidents

Over and Over

Hot Chip

repetition

Over The Rainbow

Garland, Judy

songs recorded for movies

Over the Wall

Echo and the Bunnymen

obstacles

Overdose of Joy

Record, Eugene

euphoria

Overnight

Holland, Maggie

itinerants and migration

Overnight Sensation

Raspberries

false endings

Oxford Comma

Vampire Weekend

wealth

Oxford Street

Everything But the Girl

coming of age

Oxford Town

Havens, Richie

justice

Oxygen

Mason, Willy

protest

Oxygen

Feeder

breathing

P.S. You Rock My World

Eels

bereavement

Pablo Picasso

Modern Lovers

specific famous people

Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car

Iron and Wine

angels

Painkiller

Judas Priest

screams, howls, grunts and shrieks

Paint a Vulgar Picture

Smiths

celebrity

Paint Box

Pink Floyd

last night

Paint It Black

Rolling Stones

bereavement

Painted It White

Polwart, Karine

stick it to the man

Painter Man

Creation

advertising

Pais Tropical

Ben, Jorge

nature

Palacio Real de Aranjuez (1st Movement)

Williams, John

relaxation and leisure

Pale Green Things

Mountain Goats

memory

Pale Spectre

Wake

visitors

Palisades Park

Cannon, Freddy

carnivals and funfairs

Palo Alto

Radiohead

future

Pandora's Egg

Avatarium

chicken and egg

Panic Beach

McKee, Maria

the coast

Pantyhose and Roses

Echobelly

control

Papa Ogun

Celeste Mendoza y los Papines

myths & legends

Papa Was a Rolling Stone

Temptations

fathers

Papalina Lahilahi

Keawe, Genoa

falsetto

Paper Planes

MIA

sound effects

Papua New Guinea

Future Sound of London

euphoria

Paquito El Chocolatero

Falcó, Gustavo Pascual

chocolate

Paragon Café

Rogers, Tim

remembrance

Paralyzed

Gang of Four

unemployment

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

mental illness

Parchman Farm

Allison, Mose

prisons

Pardon My Freedom

!!!

freedom

Paris 1919

Cale, John

dates

Paris, Texas

Cooder, Ry

instrumental soundtracks

Parole Parole

Lupo, Mina & Alberto

songs with talking

Part Time Punks

Television Personalities

hobbies

Partir

DJ Mehdi

songs in French

Party Fears Two

Associates

parties and going out

Party For Your Right to Fight

Public Enemy

rallying cries

Party Hard

WK, Andrew

parties and going out

Party Lights

Clark, Claudine

light

Party Til You Puke

Andrew W.K.

bodily fluids

Pass the Peas

J.B.'s

vegetables

Pass This On

Knife

siblings

Passing Strangers

Ultravox

strangers

Past, Present And Future

Shangri-Las

spoken word

Pastures of Plenty

Guthrie, Woody

farming

Patches

Carter, Clarence

farming

Patio Song

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

multilingual

Patito Feo

Rodrigues, Mala and Estrella Morente

misanthropy

Patterns

Band of Skulls

patterns and sequences

Pauline

Mandell, Eleni

glamour and style

Pavane Pour une Infante Defunte

Ravel, Maurice (performed by Shura Cherkassky)

remembrance

Peace in the Valley Once Again

Handsome Family

environment

Peace Train

10,000 Maniacs

community

Peacemaker

Steeldrivers

iron and steel

Peaches

Stranglers

holidays

Peak

Herbert

wilderness

Pearl's Girl

Underworld

surrealism

Pedro Navaja

Blades, Ruben

Mexico & Central America

Peek-a-Boo

Siouxsie & the Banshees

eyes and sight

Peek-a-Boo

Cadillacs

spying

Penguins

Lovett, Lyle

birds

Pennsylvania Six-Five Thousand

Miller, Glenn & his Orchestra

hotels

Penny Lane

Beatles

brass

People Ain't No Good

Cave, Nick and the Bad Seeds

misanthropy

People are Strange

Doors

being scared

People Get Ready

Mayfield, Curtis

revolution

People Make the World Go Round

Stylistics

trash

People Take Pictures of Each Other

Kinks

art

People Who Died

Carroll, Jim

list songs

People's Parties

Mitchell, Joni

anxiety

Peppermint Twist

Sweet

sweet foods

Perfect

Handcart Bwoy

overturning the odds

Perfect Day

Reed, Lou

relaxation and leisure

Perfect Gentleman

Jean, Wyclef

unusual rhymes

Perfect Skin

Cole, Lloyd and the Commotions

magazines

Perfect Sky

Bonnie Pink

sky

Perfume

Sparks

smells

Permafrost

Magazine

cold

Perptual Blues Machine

Keb' Mo'

rejection

Person to Person

Hawkins, Screaming Jay

telephones

Personal Column

Thackray, Jake

advertising

Personal Jesus

Cash, Johnny

god and the devil

Personal Jesus

Depeche Mode

faith

Peter Smith is a Banana

Deep Freeze Mice

yellow

Petrified Forest

Captain Beefheart

geology

Philby

Gallagher, Rory

spying

Philosophy of the World

Shaggs

philosophers

Photograph

Starr, Ringo

photographs

Photographic (Some Bizzare [sic] Version) Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode

art

Photoshop Handsome

Everything Everything