The table below lists all A-listed songs by artists beginning with E. Some artists are also linked to their own individual pages.
| Artist | Song Title | Topic |
| Eaglebear Singers | John Wayne’s Teeth | teeth |
| Eagles | Desperado | borders, barriers, walls & fences |
| Hotel California | hotels | |
| Lyin’ Eyes | tricksters | |
| New Kid in Town | old and new | |
| Take It to the Limit | symmetrical lyrics | |
| Eaglesmith, Fred | Thirty Years of Farming | farming |
| Eaglin, Snooks | I Get the Blues When It Rains | melancholy songs |
| Earle, Justin Townes | Appalachian Nightmare | outlaws & rebels |
| Earle, Steve | Copperhead Road | whiskey |
| The Devil’s Right Hand | guns | |
| Johnny Come Lately | coming home | |
| Justice in Ontario (with the Dukes) | scandal | |
| Promise You Everything | promises & choices | |
| The Rain Came Down | farming | |
| Snake Oil | reckless consumption | |
| This City | New Orleans | |
| Way Down in the Hole | holes | |
| Early Years | All Ones and Zeros | mathematics |
| Earnshaw, Richard | Rise (ft Ursula Rucker & Roy Ayers) | words of wisdom |
| Earth, Wind & Fire | Boogie Wonderland (ft The Emotions) | triggering dancing |
| Evolution Orange | orange | |
| Fantasy | everlasting love | |
| Gratitude | gratitude | |
| Jupiter | other worlds | |
| September | September | |
| Shining Star | great arrangements | |
| Earthling | 1st Transmission | movie & TV stars |
| East River Pipe | King of Nothing Never | losers |
| Easton, Sheena | Modern Girl | modernity |
| Sugar Walls | double entendres | |
| Easy Star All-Stars | Time | clocks & watches |
| Easybeats | Friday on My Mind | Friday & Saturday |
| Ebisu Muscats | Banana Mango High School | double entendres |
| Ebtekar, Ata (see Sote) | ||
| Echo & the Bunnymen | The Fountain | fountains |
| Never Stop | deadlines | |
| Nothing Lasts Forever | finishing | |
| Ocean Rain | mixtape closers | |
| Over the Wall | obstacles | |
| Silver (Tidal Wave) | silver & non-ferrous metals | |
| Thorn of Crowns | vegetables | |
| Villiers Terrace | roads & streets | |
| Zimbo (All My Colours) (with the Drummers of Burundi) | collaborations & side projects | |
| Echobelly | Pantyhose and Roses | control |
| Eddy, Duane | Shazam! | superheroes |
| Edgar Broughton Band | Evening Over Rooftops | wings |
| Old Gopher | American west | |
| Edgar Winter Group | Frankenstein | songs that fit every topic |
| Free Ride | personal theme songs | |
| Editors | Bones | bones |
| Fingers in the Factories | fingers & thumbs | |
| Edmunds, Dave | The Creature from the Black Lagoon | mythical beasts |
| Girls Talk | gossip | |
| Heart of the City | Welsh songs | |
| I Hear You Knocking | Fats Domino | |
| Queen of Hearts | queens | |
| Ednaswap | Torn | lesser known originals |
| Edward II & the Red Hot Polkas | Bjorn Again Polka | influenced by dub |
| Edward H. Dafis | Y Penderfyniad | Welsh songs |
| Edwards, Eddie “The Eagle” | Fly Eddie Fly | jumping |
| Edwards, Kathleen | Birds on a Feeder | simple pleasures |
| Six O’Clock News | journalism & the news | |
| Edward’s World | Soul Roots | piano songs |
| Edwin Hawkins Singers | Oh Happy Day | call and response |
| Oh Happy Day | spiritual songs | |
| Eek-A-Mouse | Ganja Smuggling | marijuana |
| Hitler | tyranny & dictatorship | |
| Eels | $200 Tattoo | skin |
| Climbing to the Moon (Jon Brion Remix) | songs that make you cry | |
| Dusk: A Peach in the Orchard | evening | |
| Elizabeth on the Bathroom Floor | siblings | |
| End Times | finishing | |
| Hospital Food | hospitals | |
| Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues | joyous songs | |
| Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues | Mr, Mrs, Miss & Ms | |
| Novocaine for the Soul | great middle eights | |
| P.S. You Rock My World | bereavement | |
| Things the Grandchildren Should Know | inheritance | |
| Eilish, Billie | Bad Guy | meta-songs |
| Bury a Friend | horror-inspired songs | |
| Everything I Wanted | everything | |
| Halley’s Comet | rare events | |
| My Future | songs by duos | |
| Not My Responsibility | shame | |
| Ocean Eyes | eyes | |
| When the Party’s Over | humming | |
| Einaudi, Ludovico | Elegy for the Arctic | frozen north |
| Limbo | limbo | |
| Taranta | spiders | |
| Einstürzende Neubauten | Armenia | industry & manufacturing |
| Sabrina | colours | |
| Salamandrina | amphibians | |
| Seele brennt | whispering | |
| Seven Screws | hardware | |
| Stella Maris (ft Meret Becker) | edges & ledges | |
| Eitzel, Mark | My Pet Rat St. Michael | rodents |
| EJAE | Free (with Andrew Choi) | musicals |
| Ejected | Have You Got 10p? | coins |
| Ekko Astral | Head Empty Blues | balloons |
| ElAssaad, Cee | LoMhlaba (with Thandi Draai) | unity & togetherness |
| El Cigala, Diego | Garganta con Arena | genre switch |
| Undebel | faith | |
| El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico | Timbalero | percussion |
| El Khatib, Hanni | Gonna Die Alone | loneliness |
| El Niño de Elche | Un Veneno (with C. Tangana) | poison |
| Elastica | Car Song | secret vices |
| Connection | body language | |
| Never Here | hatchet jobs | |
| Vaseline | short songs | |
| Waking Up | waking up | |
| Your Arse, My Place | seduction | |
| Elbow | Forget Myself | forgetting |
| Friend of Ours | platonic love | |
| Fugitive Motel | dialogue | |
| Good Blood Mexico City | lighthouses | |
| Lippy Kids | gangs | |
| The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Operator | jobs | |
| My Sad Captains | contentment | |
| One Day Like This | euphoria | |
| Scattered Black and Whites | domestic songs | |
| Station Approach | northern England | |
| Eleanoora Rosenholm | Maailmanloppu | end of the world |
| Electrelane | The Invisible Dog | the invisible |
| Electric Chairs (see County, Jayne/Wayne) | ||
| Electric Connection | Cry of the Lone Wolf | chosen solitude |
| Electric Eels | Accident | accidents |
| Electric Light Orchestra | 10538 Overture | cello |
| The Diary of Horace Wimp | bravery | |
| Eldorado | searching & seeking | |
| Livin’ Thing | ambiguity | |
| Mr. Blue Sky | personification | |
| Rockaria! | surprising intros | |
| Yours Truly, 2095 | machines, robots & computers | |
| Electric Prunes | I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night | dreams |
| Electric Six | Gay Bar | nuclear war |
| Electric Wizard | Funeralopolis | doom |
| Electromagnetic Azoth (see Secret Chiefs 3) | ||
| Electronic | Get the Message | supergroups |
| Getting Away with It | distractions & diversions | |
| Elen, Gus | If It Wasn’t for the ‘Ouses In Between | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| Elephant | Skyscraper | ‘high’ songs |
| Elephant Gym | Ocean in the Night | unusual time signatures |
| Elephants | Obvious | the obvious |
| Elf, Shari | Bunny (Song for a Crochet Alligator) | knots & ties |
| Elf Power | Teddy Bear (with Vic Chesnutt & the Amorphous Strums) | toys |
| Elgar, Edward | Cello Concerto in E minor: I. Adagio – moderato (performed by Jacqueline du Pré) | cello |
| Land of Hope and Glory | pride | |
| Violin Concerto in B minor: II. Andante (performed by Nigel Kennedy) | violin | |
| Eli, Beatrice | Girls | obsession |
| Elias and his Zig-Zag Jive Flutes | Tom Hark | flutes, pipes & whistles |
| Ella Guru | I Got My Mojo Working | cats |
| Ellington, Duke & his Orchestra | Blood Count | blood |
| I’m Beginning to See the Light (with Ella Fitzgerald) | light | |
| It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) | great songwriting 1900-1955 | |
| Jack the Bear | best bass lines | |
| Lotus Blossom | blossoms | |
| Mood Indigo (ft Ivie Anderson) | purple | |
| Perdido | ensembles, big bands & orchestras | |
| Rockin’ in Rhythm | dance instrumentals | |
| Sonnet to Hank Cinq | short songs | |
| Sophisticated Lady | super solos | |
| Take the ‘A’ Train | from New York City | |
| Up and Down, Up and Down (I Will Lead Them Up and Down) | Shakespeare | |
| Elliot, Mama Cass | Make Your Own Kind of Music | words of wisdom |
| Elliott, Jack | Rap Her to Bank | North East England |
| Elliott, Katie (see Katie Elliott Quartet) | ||
| Elliott, Missy | The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) | bad weather |
| Work It | regressing & reversing | |
| Elliott, Shawn | Shame and Scandal in the Family | family |
| Ellis, Alton | Cry Tough (with the Flames) | pragmatism |
| Ellis, Joy | Eat, Sleep, Repeat | meaning of life |
| Ellis, Pee Wee | Pistachio | nuts & edible seeds |
| Ellis, Shirley | The Clapping Song | left & right |
| Ellis, Warren | Les Ours (with Nick Cave) | bears |
| Ellis-Bextor, Sophie | Cassandra | prophets |
| Ellison, Lorraine | Stay with Me | songs of desperation |
| You Don’t Know Nothing About Love | following & chasing | |
| Ely, Joe | Gallo del Cielo | fighting |
| Elysian Fields | Storm Cellar | basements & underground |
| Embrujo Mestizo | El Vito | finger snaps & toe taps |
| Emerald, Caro | The Lipstick on His Collar | makeup |
| Liquid Lunch | meals & mealtimes | |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Are You Ready, Eddy? | switches & buttons |
| From the Beginning | notable outros or codas | |
| The Gnome (composer: Modest Mussorgsky) | electronic music to 1983 | |
| Karn Evil 9 | visitors | |
| Emerson String Quartet | Clarinet Quintet in A Major: 1. Allegro (Composer: Mozart) (with David Shifrin) | clarinet |
| Emil & Friends | Crystal Ball | fortune tellers |
| Eminem | 3 a.m. | nightmares |
| Cleanin’ Out My Closet | decluttering | |
| Lose Yourself | bravery | |
| Mockingbird | nursery rhymes | |
| Stan (ft Dido) | letters, emails & telegrams | |
| Without Me | narcissism | |
| Emmy the Great | MIA | acronyms |
| Sleigh Me (with Tim Wheeler) | winter sports | |
| Zombie Christmas (with Tim Wheeler) | zombies | |
| En Vogue | Free Your Mind | stereotypes |
| Hold On | close harmony singing | |
| My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It) | songs that fit every topic | |
| Engine Room | A Perfect Lie | tattoos & piercings |
| Engineers | Brighter As We Fall | getting brighter |
| English Dogs | Fucked Up People | misanthropic songs |
| Enji | Temeen Deerees Naran Oirhon | clarinet |
| Eno, Brian | A Stream with Bright Fish (with Harold Budd) | fish & other aquatic life |
| An Ending (Ascent) (with Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno) | instrumental soundtracks | |
| An Ending (Ascent) (with Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno) | the moon | |
| Baby’s on Fire | fire | |
| By This River | krautrock | |
| Deep Blue Day (with Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno) | space | |
| Dunwich Beach, Autumn, 1960 | dates | |
| The Fat Lady of Limbourg | mysterious & puzzling | |
| Here Come the Warm Jets | indecipherable songs | |
| The Jezebel Spirit (with David Byrne) | ghosts | |
| King’s Lead Hat | clothes | |
| Music for Airports: 1/1 | lower the heartrate | |
| Needle in the Camel’s Eye | raise the heartrate | |
| On Some Faraway Beach | wide open spaces | |
| The Plateaux of Mirror (with Harold Budd) | fictional places | |
| Spinning Away (with John Cale) | celestial bodies | |
| Spinning Away (with John Cale) | spinning | |
| St. Elmo’s Fire | electronic music to 1983 | |
| St. Elmo’s Fire | months of the year | |
| Taking Tiger Mountain | mountains | |
| The True Wheel | specific or obscure numbers | |
| The Water Garden | lakes & streams | |
| Eno, Roger | An Ending (Ascent) (with Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois) | instrumental soundtracks |
| An Ending (Ascent) (with Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois) | the moon | |
| Deep Blue Day (with Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois) | space | |
| Swimming | swimming & bathing | |
| Enya | Evening Falls… | evening |
| How Can I Keep from Singing? | singing | |
| The Longships | Gaelic songs | |
| The River Sings | paganism | |
| Episode Six | Gentlemen of the Park | parks |
| Equals | Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys | equality |
| Police on My Back | police | |
| Erasure | Chains of Love | breaking things |
| Hideaway | rejection | |
| Eric B. & Rakim | Casualties of War | war |
| Follow the Leader | adventure | |
| I Know You Got Soul | from New York City | |
| Let the Rhythm Hit ‘Em | songs by duos | |
| Paid in Full | sampling & recycling | |
| Erickson, Roky | I Think of Demons | thinking |
| Night of the Vampire | teeth | |
| Please Judge | judges & trials | |
| Two-Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer) | famous or notable animals | |
| Erik Truffaz Quartet (see Truffaz, Eric) | ||
| Erskine, Peter | On the Lake (with Palle Danielsson & John Taylor) | lakes & streams |
| Erutan | Jabberwocky | absurdity |
| Esbjörn Svensson Trio | Evening in Atlantis | evening |
| Gagarin’s Point of View | curves & spheres | |
| Esquivel! | Mini-Skirt | whistling |
| Whatchamacallit | psychedelia | |
| Essex, David | Rock On | songs that give you goosebumps |
| Estelle | 1980 | dates |
| Estelle, Don | Whispering Grass (Don’t Tell the Trees) (with Windsor Davies) | gossip |
| Estes, Sleepy John | Rat in My Kitchen | rodents |
| Etheridge, Melissa | I Need to Wake Up | climate change |
| Silent Legacy | legacy | |
| Ethiopians | Everything Crash | chaos |
| Knowledge Is Power | knowledge | |
| Socialism Train | left wing politics | |
| Train to Skaville | trains | |
| Etting, Ruth | Button Up Your Overcoat | songs offering advice |
| Love Me or Leave Me | deadlines | |
| Ettrick | Sky Bellower | sky |
| Europe | The Final Countdown | first & last time |
| Eurythmics | Doubleplusgood | propaganda |
| Love Is a Stranger | songs that say what love is | |
| Never Gonna Cry Again | never | |
| Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves (with Aretha Franklin) | feminism | |
| Eusebio y Su Banjo | Escorpión al Ataque | banjo |
| Evanescence | Bring Me to Life | starting over |
| My Last Breath | breathing | |
| Evans, Bill | Alice in Wonderland (Take 2) | double bass |
| Lucky to Be Me | luck | |
| Peace Piece | great solo performances | |
| Re: Person I Knew | tribute songs | |
| Some Other Time (with Tony Bennett) | procrastination | |
| Someday My Prince Will Come | honorific titles | |
| Sweet September | September | |
| Waltz for Debby | songs by trios | |
| Evans, Bob | Stevie’s Song | platonic love |
| Evans, Gil | Concierto de Aranjuez, Adagio (with Miles Davis) | great arrangements |
| Evelyn Evelyn | Evelyn Evelyn | twins |
| Everclear | The Joker | songs for your teenage self |
| Wonderful | promises & choices | |
| Everett, Betty | Getting Mighty Crowded | crowds |
| It’s in His Kiss | conversations | |
| Everlast | Black Coffee | coffee |
| The Greatest | fighting | |
| Letters Home from the Garden of Stone | army | |
| Everly, Phil | Queen of ’59 (live) (with Dion) | queens |
| Everly Brothers | All I Have to Do Is Dream | using your imagination |
| Down in the Willow Garden | murder | |
| Little Hollywood Girl | Hollywood | |
| The Price of Love | vibrato, tremolo & oscillations | |
| So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) | change of mind | |
| Wake Up Little Susie | deadlines | |
| When Will I Be Loved | cheating | |
| Everything but the Girl | Apron Strings | knots & ties |
| Each and Every One | bossa nova | |
| Flipside | regressing & reversing | |
| Hatfield 1980 | suburbia | |
| Missing (Todd Terry Remix) | missing someone | |
| The Night I Heard Caruso Sing | singing | |
| Oxford Street | coming of age | |
| Pigeons in the Attic Room | rooms | |
| Wrong | bad decisions | |
| Everything Everything | Photoshop Handsome | modernity |
| Évora, Cesária | Miss Perfumado | smells |
| Yamore (with Salif Keita) | androgynous vocals | |
| Ex | Embarrassment | embarrassment |
| Excitements | Take the Bitter with the Sweet | songs for your teenage self |
| Exciters | Do-Wah-Diddy | pride |
| Tell Him | procrastination | |
| Executive Suite | When the Fuel Runs Out | power |
| Exitmusic | White Noise | crosses |
| Exotics | Cross My Heart | crosses |
| Exploited | Army Life | army |
| Don’t Pay the Poll Tax | taxation | |
| Explosions | Garden of Four Trees (with Juanita Brooks) | gardens |
| Explosions in the Sky | Six Days at the Bottom of the Ocean | numbered 1 to 10 |
| Your Hand in Mine | TV theme songs | |
| Your Hand in Mine | two – part 2 | |
| Explosive | (Who Planted Thorns in) Miss Alice’s Garden | gardens |
| Exuma | Exuma, the Obeah Man | the Caribbean |
| Mama Loi, Papa Loi | resurrection | |
| Eye Alaska | Cheetah and the Tiger | cats |