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 | |
New Kid in Town | old and new | |
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 | |
September | September | |
Shining Star | great arrangements | |
Earthling | 1st Transmission | movie & TV stars |
East River Pipe | King of Nothing Ever | losers |
Easton, Sheena | Modern Girl | modernity |
Easy Star All-Stars | Time | clocks & watches |
Easybeats | Friday on My Mind | Friday & Saturday |
Echo & the Bunnymen | 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 |
Edmunds, Dave | The Creature from the Black Lagoon | mythical beasts |
Girls Talk | gossip | |
Heart of the City | Welsh songs | |
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 |
Ejected | Have You Got 10p? | coins |
El Cigala, Diego | Garganta con Arena | genre switch |
Undebel | faith | |
El Khatib, Hanni | Gonna Die Alone | loneliness |
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 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 | |
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 | |
Emil & Friends | Crystal Ball | fortune tellers |
Eminem | 3 a.m. | nightmares |
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 |
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 | |
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 | Night of the Vampire | teeth |
Please Judge | judges & trials | |
Two Headed Dog | famous or notable animals | |
Erik Truffaz Quartet (see Truffaz, Eric) | ||
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 |
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 | |
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 |
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 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 | |
When Will I Be Loved | cheating | |
Everything but the Girl | Apron Strings | knots & ties |
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 |