See here for 2017 statistics
| Date | Topic | Guru | Column | Blog |
| January 4 | positive songs | TatankaYotanka | Column | Blog |
| January 11 | ironic songs | attwilightlarks | Column | Blog |
| January 18 | fish & aquatic life | severin | Column | Blog |
| January 25 | Russia | EnglishOutlaw | Column | Blog |
| February 1 | firsts & lasts | takeitawayGuru | Column | Blog |
| February 8 | immigrants & refugees | Marco den Ouden |
Column | Blog |
| February 15 | the number one | treefrogdemon | Column | Blog |
| February 22 | genre switch | Uncleben | Column | Blog |
| March 1 | coincidence & chance | Maki | Column | Blog |
| March 8 | close harmonies | Hoshino Sakura | Column | Blog |
| March 15 | days of the week | EnglishOutlaw | Column | Blog |
| March 22 | contentment | barbryn | Column | Blog |
| March 29 | channelling pain | ParaMhor | Column | Blog |
| April 5 | bad decisions | Violet Vivid | Column | Blog |
| April 12 | movie & TV stars | Mnemosene2 | Column | Blog |
| April 19 | hidden tracks | Maki | Column | Blog |
| April 26 | funk | SongBarLandlord | Column | Blog |
| May 3 | strange & surreal | severin | Column | Blog |
| May 10 | multitasking & being busy | Hoshino Sakura | Column | Blog |
| May 17 | roughness & smoothness | takeitawayGuru | Column | Blog |
| May 24 | dynamic volume changes | Rachel Courtney | Column | Blog |
| May 31 | Manchester | treefrogdemon | Column | Blog |
| June 7 | propaganda | Marco den Ouden |
Column | Blog |
| June 14 | news, reporting & the media | EnglishOutlaw | Column | Blog |
| June 21 | krautrock | Flatfrog | Column | Blog |
| June 28 | painters & painting | severin | Column | Blog |
| July 5 | pirates | ParaMhor | Column | Blog |
| July 12 | music for funerals | Uncleben | Column | Blog |
| July 19 | incidental music | EnglishOutlaw | Column | Blog |
| July 26 | songs about love songs | barbryn | Column | Blog |
| August 2 | arresting opening lines | severin | Column | Blog |
| August 9 | high pitched vocals | Hoshino Sakura | Column | Blog |
| August 16 | waiting | Rachel Courtney | Column | Blog |
| August 23 | the obvious | treefrogdemon | Column | Blog |
| August 30 | rooms | EnglishOutlaw | Column | Blog |
| September 6 | whistling | SweetHomeAlabama | Column | Blog |
| September 13 | bones | takeitawayGuru | Column | Blog |
| September 20 | natural disasters | ParaMhor | Column | Blog |
| September 27 | asking, begging or pleading | angryirishpunk | Column | Blog |
| October 4 | biography & autobiography | Uncleben | Column | Blog |
| October 11 | unexplained phenomena | Sidecar Shiv |
Column | Blog |
| October 18 | innocence | megadom | Column | Blog |
| October 25 | alternative outcomes | EnglishOutlaw | Column | Blog |
| November 1 | bread, cakes, pastry & biscuits | Maki | Column | Blog |
| November 8 | guitars | Marco den Ouden |
Column | Blog |
| November 15 | mythical beasts & creatures | Suzi | Column | Blog |
| November 22 | windows | nosuchzone | Column | Blog |
| November 29 | sitting & standing | treefrogdemon | Column | Blog |
| December 6 | reunions | Ravi Raman | Column | Blog |
| December 13 | onomatopoeia | severin | Column | Blog |
| December 20 | snow & ice | takeitawayGuru | Column | Blog |
The Song Bar took a pause over the Christmas period, but readers shared their music discoveries of 2017 in this blog.