| Song Title | Artist | Topic |
| A (Live at Clouds Hill) | Nisennenmondai | underrated artists |
| A Andorinha da Primavera | Madredeus | spring |
| ‘A’ Bomb in Wardour Street | The Jam | apocalypse |
| A Briga do Edifício Itália com o Hilton Hotel | Tom Zé | South America |
| A Corujinha | Elis Regina | owls |
| A Felicidade | João Gilberto | start with the chorus |
| A la Mierda | Ska-P | refusal |
| A Palé | Rosalía | more questions than answers |
| A Santa Barbara | Celina y Reutilio | blessings & curses |
| A13, Trunk Road to the Sea | Billy Bragg | specific or obscure places |
| A&W | Lana Del Rey | notable outros or codas |
| Aarachar | Thaikkudam Bridge | hanging |
| The Abandoned Brain | Robyn Hitchcock | the brain |
| Abattoir Blues | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | non sequiturs |
| ABC | Ghostface Killah | so bad they’re good |
| ABC | The Jackson 5 | three |
| ABC | The Pipettes | nerds & geeks |
| Abergavenny | Marty Wilde | towns |
| Abide with Me | The Inspirational Choir | songs that build |
| Abigail Beecher | Freddy Cannon | teachers |
| Abominable Snowman in the Market | Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers | unexplained phenomena |
| Abraham, Martin and John | Marvin Gaye | assassination |
| Absinthe | The Damned | cocktails & spirits |
| Absolutely Positively….. Practical Jokes | MC Lyte | songs with jokes |
| Acapulco Gold | Reality | gold |
| Accident | The Electric Eels | accidents |
| Accident Waiting to Happen | Billy Bragg | insulting songs |
| The Accidental | Gene | sharp objects |
| Accidental Racist | Brad Paisley ft LL Cool J | flags |
| Accidentally Like a Martyr | Warren Zevon | saints & martyrs |
| The Accidentals | Broadcast | accidents |
| Accidents | Peter Hammill | chance & coincidence |
| Accidents Will Happen | Elvis Costello & the Attractions | accidents |
| Accountancy Shanty | Monty Python | pirates |
| Accroche-toi Caroline | The Paris Studio Group | TV theme songs |
| Ace Insurance Man | Bobbie Gentry | accidents |
| Ace of Spades | The Cuban Brothers | playing cards |
| Ace of Spades | Motörhead | gambling |
| Acid | Jockstrap | everlasting love |
| Acperience 1 | Hardfloor | instrumentals |
| Across 110th Street | Bobby Womack and Peace | New York |
| Across the Borderline | Ry Cooder | social mobility |
| Across the Lines | Tracy Chapman | dares |
| Across the Universe | Fiona Apple | Beatles covers |
| Acrylic Afternoons | Pulp | fabrics |
| Act of the Apostle | Emily Browning | intelligence |
| Action Packed | Johnny Dollar | songs with vim |
| Actions Speak Louder Than Words | B.B. King | proverbs |
| Active Ageing | Leon Rosselson | passage of time |
| The Actor | The Incredible String Band | actors |
| Actor Out of Work | St. Vincent | jobs |
| The Actor’s Opprobrium | of Montreal | theatre |
| Adagio for Strings | Samuel Barber | orchestral string instruments |
| Adagio in G minor | Tomaso Albinoni | organ |
| Adam and Eve | Sundae Times | paradise |
| Add It Up | Violent Femmes | unrequited love |
| Add Some Music to Your Day | The Beach Boys | music as nutrition |
| Add This Song | GusGus | songs that command or instruct |
| A.D.H.D. | Kendrick Lamar | acronyms |
| Adorations | Killing Joke | forgotten follow-ups |
| Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape | Be-Bop Deluxe | wide open spaces |
| The Adventures in Wonderland | The Roots ft Ursula Rucker | secret vices |
| The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel | Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five | stop-start songs |
| Ae Fond Kiss | Eddi Reader | leaving or being left behind |
| Aerie (Gang of Eagles) | Jefferson Airplane | raptors |
| The Affectionate Punch | The Associates | body language |
| Afours Afours | Tinariwen | tautonyms |
| African Drug | Bob Holroyd | dance instrumentals |
| African Marketplace | Abdullah Ibrahim | markets & fairs |
| Afriki | Alpha Blondy | influenced by reggae |
| Afro-Left | Leftfield | psychedelic songs |
| After Eight | Neu! | times of day |
| After Hours | The Velvet Underground | fear of missing out |
| After Midnight | J. J. Cale | midnight |
| After Murder Park | The Auteurs | cello |
| After the Curtain | Beirut | theatre |
| After the Gold Rush | Neil Young | dreams |
| After We Shot the Grizzly | The Handsome Family | tragedy & comedy |
| After You’ve Gone | Marion Harris | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| Afternoon | Eleni Mandell | afternoon |
| Afternoon Delight | Starland Vocal Band | afternoon |
| orgasms |
| (Afternoon) Soaps | Arab Strap | television |
| Afternoons & Coffeespoons | Crash Test Dummies | afternoon |
| Ágætis byrjun | Sigur Rós | failure |
| Again & Again | Roots Manuva | cricket |
| Age of Consent | New Order | coming of age |
| Age Old Blue | Alela Diane | the coast |
| Aged and Mellow | Little Esther Phillips | ages |
| Aguanile | Willie Colón & Héctor Lavoe | paganism |
| Águas de Março | Elis Regina & Tom Jobim | list songs |
| whistling |
| Ah Feel Like Ahcid | Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | non sequiturs |
| Ah, Leave Me Not to Pine | Linda Ronstadt & Rex Smith | extraordinary vocals |
| Ahi Na Ma | Cortijo y su Combo with Ismael Rivera | perfection |
| Aht Uh Mi Hed | Shuggie Otis | Valentine’s Day songs |
| Aikea-Guinea | Cocteau Twins | indecipherable songs |
| Ailein duinn | Karen Matheson | suicide |
| Ain’t Goin’ Down to the Well No Mo’ | Lead Belly | wells |
| Ain’t Goin’ to Goa | Alabama 3 | fads & crazes |
| Ain’t Gonna Be Your Tattoo | Shemekia Copeland | skin |
| Ain’t Got No – I Got Life | Nina Simone | list songs |
| Ain’t Gwine Whistle Dixie Anymo’ | Taj Mahal | whistling |
| Ain’t It a Sin | Charles Bradley | funk |
| Ain’t It Funky Pts. 1-2 | James Brown | minimalist songs |
| Ain’t It Grand to Be Bloomin’ Well Dead | Leslie Sarony | hope & resilience |
| Ain’t Misbehavin’ | Jason Moran & Meshell Ndegeocello | artistic trends of the 21st century |
| Ain’t No Cure for Love | Leonard Cohen | healing |
| Ain’t No Mountain High Enough | Diana Ross | obstacles |
| Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now | McFadden & Whitehead | obstacles |
| motivation |
| Ain’t No Sunshine | Bill Withers | knowledge |
| Ain’t Nothin’ But a House Party | The Showstoppers | celebration |
| Ain’t That Enough | Teenage Fanclub | simple pleasures |
| Ain’t That Trouble in Mind | Crockett Ward & His Boys | anxiety |
| Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More | The Allman Brothers Band | music for funerals |
| Air Moving | The Kathryn Tickell Band | drone music |
| Air on a G String | The Jacques Loussier Trio | classical songs |
| The Air That I Breathe | k.d. lang | breathing |
| Airbag | Radiohead | close shaves & near misses |
| Aire (Bulerías) | José Mercé | driving songs |
| Airport | The Motors | aviation |
| Aisha | Death in Vegas | boastful songs |
| Aja | Steely Dan | great drumming |
| Akazéhé par deux jeunes filles | Unknown Burundian singers | a cappella |
| hello |
| Al Alba | Rosa León | ambiguity |
| Al Bowlly’s in Heaven | Richard Thompson | limbo |
| Al Capone | Prince Buster All Stars | famous people |
| Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) | Hashim | 1980s 12” singles |
| Al Pie de la Alhambra | Medina Azahara | castles & palaces |
| A.L.A. | Wunmi | acronyms |
| Alabama | John Coltrane | equality |
| Alameda | Elliott Smith | disappointment |
| Alas de Algodón | Vainica Doble | edges & ledges |
| Albatross | Fleetwood Mac | independence |
| Albedo 0.39 | Vangelis | science |
| Albion | Babyshambles | England |
| Alcazaba | Estrella Morente | Spain |
| 3/4 time |
| Alcohol | The Kinks | accordion |
| Alexander Graham Bell | The Sweet | pioneers |
| Alexander Graham Bell | Richard Thompson | telephones |
| Alexander the Great | Iron Maiden | historical events |
| Alfie | Lily Allen | unemployment |
| Alfie | Cilla Black | great arrangements |
| Alfie | Stevie Wonder | harmonica |
| Ali Baba | John Holt | dreams |
| Ali-Baba’s Camel | Bonzo Dog Band | four-legged livestock |
| Alice | The Sisters of Mercy | addiction |
| Alice | Tom Waits | winter sports |
| Alice in Underground | Dadaroma | caves |
| Alice in Wonderland (Take 2) | Bill Evans Trio | double bass |
| Alice’s Restaurant | Arlo Guthrie | trash |
| Alien | Lamb | babies & childbirth |
| Alien | Pennywise | aliens |
| Alive Alone | The Chemical Brothers | being alone |
| Alive and Brilliant | Deborah Conway | unusual time signatures |
| All About That Bass | Postmodern Jukebox | being fat |
| All About That Bass | Meghan Trainor | songs that capture the zeitgeist |
| All About You | The Rolling Stones | offensive, insulting songs |
| All Alone (No One to Be With) | Slick Rick | being alone |
| All Along the Watchtower | Bob Dylan | playing cards |
| All Along the Watchtower | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | warnings |
| All Apologies | Nirvana | guilt & apology |
| All Around My Hat | Steeleye Span | hats |
| All Around the World | Little Richard | jukeboxes |
| All Babes Are Wolves | Spinnerette | wolves |
| All Blues | Miles Davis | made you fall in love with music |
| All Day Music | War | songs to start the morning |
| All Dressed Up for School | The Beach Boys | school |
| All for Me Grogg | Thirty Pounds of Bone | pathos |
| All for You, Sophia | Franz Ferdinand | famous people |
| All Going Out Together | Big Dipper | natural disasters |
| All Hid | Camille Yarbrough | treachery & betrayal |
| All I Could Do Was Cry | Etta James | disappointment |
| All I Do Is Think About You | Tammi Terrell | secret admirers |
| All I Have to Do Is Dream | The Everly Brothers | using your imagination |
| All I Think About Is You | Harry Nilsson | choirs |
| All I Wanna Do | Sheryl Crow | songs to start the morning |
| All I Want | Joni Mitchell | harp, lyre & zither |
| All I Want for Christmas Is a Dukla Prague Away Kit | Half Man Half Biscuit | immaturity |
| All I Want Is You | Roxy Music | single-mindedness |
| All in All (This One Last Wild Waltz) | Dexys Midnight Runners | teachers |
| All Is Forgiven | Jellyfish | forgiveness |
| All Is Loneliness | Moondog | being single |
| All Kinds of Time | Fountains of Wayne | single-mindedness |
| All Men Are Pigs | Studio Killers | France |
| All My Friends | LCD Soundsystem | dawn |
| All Night Long (All Night) | Lionel Richie | hedonism |
| All of My Heart | ABC | the heart |
| All Ones and Zeros | The Early Years | mathematics |
| All or Nothing | Small Faces | nothing |
| All Our Tomorrows | Trembling Blue Stars | tomorrow |
| All That I Got Is You | Ghostface Killah ft Mary J. Blige & Popa Wu | mothers |
| All That You Dream | Little Feat | clouds |
| All the Madmen | David Bowie | hospitals |
| All the Money I Had Is Gone | The Deep Dark Woods | adversity |
| All the People I Like Are Those That Are Dead | Felt | long titles |
| All the Rowboats | Regina Spektor | museums, galleries & exhibitions |
| All the Things You Are | Ella Fitzgerald | start with the chorus |
| All the Way from America | Joan Armatrading | telephones |
| All the Wild Horses | Ray Lamontagne | horses |
| All the World Makes Great Blood | Current 93 | blood |
| All the Young Dudes | Mott the Hoople | immaturity |
| All Things Are Quite Silent | Shirley Collins | gangs |
| All Things Must Pass | George Harrison | change #2 |
| All This Crazy Gift of Time | Kevin Ayers | passage of time |
| All This Is That | The Beach Boys | faith |
| All This Useless Beauty | Elvis Costello | beauty |
| All Together Now | The Farm | peace |
| All Tomorrow’s Parties | The Velvet Underground & Nico | parties & going out |
| All We Have Is Now | The Flaming Lips | omens & prophecies |
| All You Can Eat | The Fat Boys | restaurants & cafes |
| All You Need Is Love | The Beatles | cello |
| Alla l’aa ke | Toumani Diabaté | great solo performances |
| Allah Hoo Allah Hoo | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | saints & martyrs |
| Allah, Mohammed, Char, Yaar | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | handclaps |
| Alligator | Grateful Dead | reptiles |
| Alligator Eating Dog | Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown | dogs |
| Alligator Twist | The Kaisers | reptiles |
| Alligator Wine | Screamin’ Jay Hawkins | recipe songs |
| Allison | Pixies | named after women |
| Almost Cut My Hair | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | close shaves & near misses |
| Almost Independence Day | Van Morrison | humming |
| Almost Liverpool 8 | Mike Hart | Liverpool & Merseyside |
| Almost Persuaded | Tammy Wynette | close shaves & near misses |
| Almost Prayed | The Weather Prophets | prayer |
| Aloha ‘Oe | Alfred Apaka | long-distance relationships |
| Aloha ‘Oe | Ricky King | steel guitar |
| Aloha Steve and Danno | Radio Birdman | famous or notable duos |
| Alone Again, Naturally | Gilbert O’Sullivan | disappointment |
| Alone Again Or | Love | being alone |
| Alone and Forsaken | Lucky Oceans with Paul Kelly | steel guitar |
| Alone in Kyoto | Air | Asia |
| Alone in the Make-Out Room | The Broken Family Band | arguments #2 |
| Alone, Jealous and Stoned | Secret Machines | being alone |
| Along Came Jones | The Coasters | villains |
| Along Comes Mary | The Association | marijuana |
| Alphabet Aerobics | Blackalicious | choosing & using words |
| Alphabet Assassin | Lowkey & Faith SFX | alliteration |
| Alphabet St. | Prince | roads & streets |
| Alright | Supergrass | joyous songs |
| Alright, Okay, You Win | Peggy Lee | winners |
| Also sprach Zarathustra | Portsmouth Sinfonia | so bad they’re good |
| Also sprach Zarathustra | Richard Strauss | great album or mixtape openers |
| Also sprach Zarathustra (2001) | Deodato | space |
| Alternative Ulster | Stiff Little Fingers | protest |
| Althea | Grateful Dead | conversations |
| Always and Forever | Heatwave | everlasting love |
| Always Crashing in the Same Car | David Bowie | cars & driving |
| Always Lift Him Up and Never Knock Him Down | Blind Alfred Reed | underdogs |
| Always Look on the Bright Side of Life | Monty Python | whistling |
| Always on My Mind | Willie Nelson | apologies |
| Always on My Mind | Pet Shop Boys | guilt & apology |
| Always Tell the Voters What the Voter Wants to Hear | Chumbawamba | broken promises |
| Always Together with You | Spiritualized | conditional phrases |
| Always True to You in My Fashion | Julie London | innuendo |
| Am I | Kode9 & the Spaceape | being a man or a woman |
| Am I Blue | Lillian Boutté | from New Orleans |
| Am I That Easy to Forget | Gene Vincent | forgetting |
| Amaotayku Avelino Siñani | Luzmila Carpio | high-pitched vocals |
| Amassakoul ’n’ Ténéré | Tinariwen | Africa |
| deserts |
| Amazing Grace | Aretha Franklin | miracles |
| Amazing Grace | Blind Willie McTell | minimalist songs |
| Amazon River | Uakti/Philip Glass | unusual time signatures |
| Amazona | Roxy Music | South America |
| Amazones Power | Les Amazones d’Afrique | supergroups |
| Amazonian Pacific | Roberto Carlos Lange | South America |
| Ambre | Nils Frahm | quiet songs |
| Amelia | Joni Mitchell | flying |
| America | Simon & Garfunkel | America |
| America, Fuck Yeah | Trey Parker | America |
| American Dream | Ondara | illusions |
| American Flag | KRS-One | flags |
| American Girl | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | personal theme songs |
| American Guilt | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | artistic trends of the 21st century |
| American Idiot | Green Day | conspiracy theories & paranoia |
| An American in Paris | George Gershwin | sound effects |
| American Jesus | Bad Religion | Jesus |
| The American Metaphysical Circus | The United States of America | carnivals & funfairs |
| American Oxygen | Rihanna | gases |
| American Pie | Don McLean | mood-changing music |
| The American Ruse | MC5 | deception |
| American Skin (41 Shots) | Bruce Springsteen | murder |
| An American Trilogy | Elvis Presley | roots |
| American Tune | Paul Simon | disappointment |
| American Woman | The Guess Who | America |
| Americans in Corduroys | Jeffrey Foucault | legs & trousers |
| Amerika | Rammstein | multilingual songs |
| start with the chorus |
| Amhrán Na Farraige | Lisa Hannigan | Gaelic songs |
| Among My Souvenirs | Connie Francis | memorabilia & souvenirs |
| Among the Americans | 10,000 Maniacs | fallen heroes |
| Amor | Xavier Cugat & His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra ft Carmen Castillo | songs in Spanish |
| Amour perdu | Pepé Kallé & Nyboma | lost and found |
| Amour, T’es La | Snarky Puppy with Magda Giannikou | anticipation |
| Amplifier | The dB’s | media for listening to recorded music |
| Amsterdam | Scott Walker | places in Europe |
| Amused as Hell | Cathal Coughlan | modernity |
| An Sylvia | Franz Schubert | quoting Shakespeare |
| Anaconda | Postmodern Jukebox | curves & spheres |
| Analogue Bubblebath | Aphex Twin | debut songs |
| Anarcho-Pie | Oi Polloi | recipe songs |
| Anarchy in the T.A.X. | Village Man’s Store | taxation |
| Anarchy in the U.K. | Sex Pistols | revolution |
| Britain |
| The Anchor Song | Björk | the sea |
| Anchorage | Michelle Shocked | US cities & states |
| And a Bang on the Ear | The Waterboys | first love |
| And Breeding | Priests | arresting opening lines |
| And Dream of Sheep | Kate Bush | relaxation & leisure |
| And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going | Jennifer Holliday | influenced by gospel |
| And If You See Him | Diana Ross | indirect messages |
| …And in a Nutshell | Chumbawamba | non-alcoholic drinks |
| And It Rained All Night | Thom Yorke | rain |
| And It Stoned Me | Van Morrison | rain |
| And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda | Eric Bogle | 3/4 time |
| And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda | The Pogues | war |
| And the Bands Played On | Saxon | concerts |
| And the Beat Goes On | The Whispers | 12″ singles to 1979 |
| And the Racket They Made | King Creosote | famous last words |
| And the Tide Rushes In | The Moody Blues | tides |
| And Then She Smiles | The Mock Turtles | forgotten follow-ups |
| And When I Die | Laura Nyro | music for funerals |
| Andrew Ridgley | Black Box Recorder | other musicians |
| Androgynous | The Replacements | gender & LGBTQ+ |
| Andromeda’s Milkshake | Ded Rabbit | homelessness |
| Angel | Massive Attack | androgynous vocals |
| Angel Baby | Rosie and the Originals | out-of-tune songs |
| Angel Dust | DJ Cam | quiet songs |
| Angel Dust | Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson | recreational drugs |
| Angel Eyes | Frank Sinatra | great arrangements |
| Angel from Montgomery | Bonnie Raitt | disappointment |
| Angel in a Blue Dress | Reg Meuross | COVID-19 lockdown |
| Angel of the Morning | P. P. Arnold | one night stands |
| Angel of the Morning | Evie Sands | angels |
| Angel Wars | Gary Numan | disbelief |
| Angelitos Negros | Roberta Flack | painting & painters |
| Angels and Devils the Following Day | Dory Previn | angels |
| Angels on the Balcony | Blondie | theatre |
| Angels on Your Body | Ed Harcourt | angels |
| Angi | Davey Graham | instrumentals |
| Angie | Bert Jansch | great solo performances |
| Angie | The Rolling Stones | named after women |
| Angie La La (aka Ay Ay Ay Ay) | Nora Dean | mysterious & puzzling |
| The Angry Mob | Kaiser Chiefs | news & media |
| Animal Cannabus | Mull Historical Society | escape |
| Animal Nitrate | Suede | androgynous vocals |
| Anna | Hello Saferide | alternative outcomes |
| Anonymous Club | Courtney Barnett | anonymity |
| Anorak Girls | Anorak Girl | nerds & geeks |
| Another Brand New Year | The Bottle Rockets | old and new |
| Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2 | Pink Floyd | teachers |
| Another Day | Shonen Knife | gentleness |
| Another Day, Another Ray of Hope | Bill Nelson | hope |
| Another Girl, Another Planet | The Only Ones | sci-fi & space |
| impressive intros |
| Another Lonely Day | Ben Harper | adversity |
| Another Love | Tom Odell | substitutions |
| Another Man Done Gone | Odetta | minimalist songs |
| great solo performances |
| Another Man in the Old Arcade | Jackie Leven | asking, begging & pleading |
| Another Man’s Cause | Levellers | finish where they begin |
| Another Man’s Rain | Jackie Leven | telephones |
| Another New World | Josh Ritter | treachery & betrayal |
| Another One Bites the Dust | Queen | upbeat break-up #2 |
| Another Satellite | XTC | gravity |
| Another Saturday Night | Sam Cooke | the weekend |
| Another Sunny Day | Belle and Sebastian | passage of time |
| Another the Letter | Wire | written correspondence |
| Antarctica Starts Here | John Cale | deserts |
| The Antelope | Philip Jeays | unusual narrators |
| Anthem | Leonard Cohen | consolation |
| Anti-Christ (aka Dem a Wolf) | Yabby You | wolves |
| Anti-Curse | boygenius | blessings & curses |
| The Antidote Is in the Poison | GoGo Penguin | poison |
| Antmusic | Adam and the Ants | self-referential songs |
| Anvil Chorus (from Il trovatore) | Giuseppe Verdi | machinery, industry & technology |
| Anxiety Attack | Jeffrey and Jack Lewis | sleep & insomnia |
| Any Old Iron | Harry Champion | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| Any Other Room | Gecko | museums, galleries & exhibitions |
| Anyone | Joan as Police Woman | Valentine’s Day songs |
| Anything Goes | Ella Fitzgerald | modernity |
| Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better) | Ethel Merman & Ray Middleton | competition |
| Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere | The Who | discordant songs |
| Ao Romper da Aurora / Choro Sim | Ismael Silva | horizons |
| Apache | Incredible Bongo Band | instrumentals |
| Apartment No. 9 | Tammy Wynette | heartbreak |
| Apocalypse | Cigarettes After Sex | rare events |
| Apocalypse Please | Muse | end of the world |
| The Apocalypse Song | St. Vincent | repression |
| Apology Accepted | The Go-Betweens | acceptance |
| Appalachian Nightmare | Justin Townes Earle | outlaws & rebels |
| The Apple Stretching | Grace Jones | New York |
| Apples | Ian Dury | markets & fairs |
| Apples and Diamonds | Bertine Zetlitz | fruit |
| Apples in Bed | The Go-Betweens | non sequiturs |
| Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie | Jay & the Techniques | games |
| Approaching Menace | Neil Richardson | TV theme songs |
| Approximately Infinite Universe | Yoko Ono | estimates of distance & time |
| Aprendiz | Malú | teachers |
| April 5th | Talk Talk | dates |
| April Fool’s Day Morn | Loudon Wainwright III | self-deprecation |
| April in Paris | Count Basie & His Orchestra | places in Europe |
| Apron Strings | Everything but the Girl | knots & ties |
| Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobeta-bioaquadoloop) | Parliament | underwater |
| Aquarius | Boards of Canada | more questions than answers |
| Aquarius | Hair: Original London Cast | star signs |
| Aquarius | Regina Spektor | star signs |
| Ára bátur | Sigur Rós | children performing |
| Archangels Thunderbird | Amon Düül II | startling songs |
| Arctic Fox | Jenny Räisänen | frozen north |
| An Architect’s Dream | Kate Bush | works of art |
| Are ‘Friends’ Electric? | Tubeway Army | friendship |
| Are We Dreaming? | Kevin Coyne | accordion |
| Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl? | The Barbarians | the Beatles |
| Are You Experienced | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | psychedelic songs |
| Are You Glad to Be in America? | James Blood Ulmer | violin |
| Are You Gonna Be My Girl | Jet | surprising intros |
| Are You Lonesome Tonight? | Elvis Presley | songs with talking |
| Are You Ready, Eddy? | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | switches & buttons |
| Are You Ready (for Some Darkness) | Turbonegro | touch |
| Are You Sitting Comfortably? | Harry Beckett | chairs |
| (Are You) The One I’ve Been Waiting For | Jimmy Little | crooners |
| Are You There (With Another Girl) | Dionne Warwick | eavesdropping |
| Are You Washed in the Blood of the Lamb? | The Louvin Brothers | bodily fluids |
| Aretha | Rumer | acceptance |
| Aretha, Sing One for Me | Cat Power | songs about love songs |
| Argument | Fugazi | arguments |
| The Argument | Ike & Tina Turner | arguments #2 |
| Ari Up | Hollie Cook | remembrance songs |
| Ark of the Covenant | The Congos | ancient history |
| formal agreements |
| Armageddon Days Are Here (Again) | The The | apocalypse |
| Armalite Rifle | Gang of Four | guns |
| Armenia | Einstürzende Neubauten | industry & manufacturing |
| Armstrong | John Stewart | pioneers |
| Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins | The Byrds | space travel |
| Army Dreamers | Kate Bush | war |
| Army Dreamers | Moddi | alternative outcomes |
| Army Life | The Exploited | army |
| Arnold Layne | Pink Floyd | storytelling songs |
| Around | Noir & Haze | made you fall in love with music |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Stray | books |
| Arriving Somewhere But Not Here | Porcupine Tree | confusion & delusion |
| Art-I-Ficial | X-Ray Spex | makeup |
| Art Lover | The Kinks | songs that aren’t what they seem |
| Art Mania | P-Model | museums, galleries & exhibitions |
| The Art of Driving | Black Box Recorder | switches & buttons |
| The Art Teacher | Rufus Wainwright | school |
| As | Stevie Wonder | devoted love |
| As If It Always Happens | Slovenly | contentment |
| As Is | Ani DiFranco | acceptance |
| As Strong as Samson | Procol Harum | banks & banking |
| As Tears Go By | Marianne Faithfull | crying |
| As the Bell Rings the Maypole Spins | Dead Can Dance | bells |
| As the Dawn Breaks | Richard Hawley | urban wildlife |
| Asbestos Lead Asbestos | World Domination Enterprises | safety & danger |
| The Ascent of Stan | Ben Folds | stereotypes |
| Ashes to Ashes | David Bowie | mistaken identity |
| Asia no Junshin | Puffy AmiYumi | Asia |
| Asimbonanga (Mandela) | Johnny Clegg & Savuka | hope & resilience |
| Ask | The Smiths | shyness |
| Ask Her for Adderall | The Hold Steady | brands |
| Ask the Gods to Pull Down the Sky | Petra Jean Phillipson | high-pitched vocals |
| Asleep | The Smiths | suicide |
| Asparagus Next Left | Half Man Half Biscuit | vegetables |
| ASR | Meshell Ndegeocello | acronyms |
| The Assembly Line | Commodores | industry & manufacturing |
| Assenza | Gianna Nannini | Italy |
| Astral Plane | Say She She | fictional adverts |
| Astral Travelling | Pharoah Sanders | space travel |
| Astral Weeks | Van Morrison | spiritual songs |
| Astronomy (8th Light) | Black Star ft Weldon Irvine | black |
| Astronomy Domine | Pink Floyd | space travel |
| Astronomy Domine | Voivod | space |
| At Last | Etta James | personal theme songs |
| fairness |
| At My Job | Dead Kennedys | anti-work songs |
| At My Most Beautiful | R.E.M. | telephones |
| At Seventeen | Janis Ian | adolescence |
| At the Chime of a City Clock | Nick Drake | clocks & watches |
| At the Edge of the World | Billy Mackenzie | edges & ledges |
| At the River | Groove Armada | trombone |
| Atacama | Crisilada | deserts |
| The Atheist’s Burden | Disco Inferno | words of wisdom |
| Atlantic City | Bruce Springsteen | great solo performances |
| Atlantis | Donovan | rare events |
| Atmosphere | Joy Division | walking & running |
| Atmospherics: Listen to the Radio | Tom Robinson | ears & hearing |
| Atom | British Sea Power | small things |
| ATR | Atari Teenage Riot | teenagers |
| Attar of Roses | Peter Hammill & Gary Lucas | roses |
| Attenti al lupo | Lucio Dalla | wolves |
| Attention, Earthlings | Aaron Parks | unusual time signatures |
| Attica Blues | Archie Shepp | revolution |
| Attics of My Life | Grateful Dead | the impossible |
| Au fond du temple saint (The Pearl Fishers’ Duet) (from Les pêcheurs de perles) | Georges Bizet, performed by Jussi Björling & Robert Merrill | conversations |
| Au printemps | Jacques Brel | spring |
| Au voleur | Charles Aznavour | smuggling & stealing |
| Auf Achse | Franz Ferdinand | unrequited love |
| Auf dem Wasser zu singen | Franz Schubert | ships & boats |
| The Auld Triangle | The Dubliners | geometric shapes |
| Austerity Measure | Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey | austerity |
| Australia | Amanda Palmer | Australia |
| Autobahn | Kraftwerk | cars & driving |
| Autobahn 66 | Primal Scream | roads & streets |
| Autogeddon Blues | Julian Cope | environment |
| Automatic | The Pointer Sisters | androgynous vocals |
| Automatic Love | The Vibrators | bad boys & bad girls |
| Automatically Sunshine | The Supremes | the sun |
| Autumn | Marc Almond | Russia |
| Autumn | Peter Hammill | old age |
| Autumn Almanac | The Kinks | autumn |
| Autumn Leaves | Coldcut | autumn |
| Autumn Song | Incognito | September & October |
| Autumn Sweater | Yo La Tengo | autumn |
| clothes |
| Autumn’s Child | Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | September & October |
| Autun Carillon | Cults Percussion Ensemble | hammer & mallet instruments |
| Aux armes et cætera | Serge Gainsbourg | national anthems |
| Avala Sonnal | T. M. Soundararajan | disbelief |
| Avalon | Roxy Music | myths & legends |
| Avalon Blues | Mississippi John Hurt | love songs to places |
| Avant Gardener | Courtney Barnett | COVID-19 lockdown |
| Ave verum corpus | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | songs that give you goosebumps |
| The Avenue | Cowboy Mouth | determination |
| An Awakening (Whitsun Dance) | Shirley Collins & Dolly Collins | organ |
| Away Away | Weddings, Parties, Anything | photos & photography |
| Awesome Pride | Mink Lungs | pride |
| Awkward Breakfast | Art Brut | awkwardness |
| Awo Yi | Massamba Diop | instruments imitating voice & vice versa |
| Axolotl | Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld | amphibians |
| Ay Ay Ay Ay (aka Angie La La) | Nora Dean | mysterious & puzzling |
| Aye? | Martyn Bennett | Scotland |
| Aye Mere Bete | Kishore Kumar | stiff upper lip |
| Azalea Flower | Karine Polwart | being scared |
| Aztec | Peggy Jones (released as Bo Diddley) | underrated artists |