The table below lists all A-listed songs by artists beginning with S. Some artists are also linked to their own individual pages.
| Artist | Song Title | Topic |
| Sabaton | Primo Victoria | D-Day |
| Shiroyama | old and new | |
| Sabbat | Hosanna in Excelsis | army |
| Sabicas | Faruca | Spain |
| Sabina, Joaquín | La del Pirate Cojo | pirates |
| Sabres of Paradise | Jacob Street 7am | morning |
| Sade | Paradise | paradise |
| Pearls | treasure | |
| Smooth Operator | coolness | |
| The Sweetest Taboo | slow, sexy love songs | |
| Your Love Is King | songs that say what love is | |
| Sagan, Carl | A Glorious Dawn (with Stephen Hawking & John D. Boswell) | eureka moments |
| Sagittarius | My World Fell Down | crisis |
| Sailor | Girls, Girls, Girls | retro style |
| Saint Etienne | Finisterre | urban environment |
| He’s on the Phone (ft Étienne Daho) | telephones | |
| I Was Born on Christmas Day | alternative Christmas songs | |
| London Belongs to Me | London | |
| Mario’s Café | times of day | |
| Nothing Can Stop Us | anticipation | |
| Only Love Can Break Your Heart | covers better than the original | |
| Over the Border | made you fall in love with music | |
| Sweet Arcadia | fixing & repairing | |
| Teenage Winter | change | |
| You’re in a Bad Way | songs to start the morning | |
| Saint-Saëns, Camille | Danse macabre | bones |
| Le Coucou au fond des bois (from Carnival of the Animals) | birdsong | |
| Le Rossignol et la Rose | nightingales & thrushes | |
| The Swan (performed by Clara Rockmore) | electronic music to 1983 | |
| Saint Vitus | Saint Vitus | saints & martyrs |
| Sainte-Marie, Buffy | The Big Ones Get Away | refusal |
| Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | scandal | |
| Disinformation | chance & coincidence | |
| Eagle Man / Changing Woman | raptors | |
| God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot | magic | |
| Qu’appelle Valley, Saskatchewan | Canada | |
| Starwalker | paganism | |
| Sweet September Morning | September | |
| Up Where We Belong | ‘high’ songs | |
| Saints | Do the Robot | hidden tracks |
| (I’m) Stranded | raise the heartrate | |
| Know Your Product | opening album tracks | |
| This Perfect Day | perfection | |
| Sakamoto, Kyu | Sukiyaki (Ue o Muite Arukō) | Japan |
| Sakamoto, Ryuichi | 20210310 | lower the heartrate |
| Forbidden Colours (with David Sylvian) | books | |
| Okinawa Song – Chin Nuku Juushii | Asian cities | |
| Salt-N-Pepa | Independent | independence |
| Salty Seamen | I Shit My Pants | immaturity |
| Salvant, Cécile McLorin | Est-ce ainsi que les hommes vivent? | crooners |
| Sam & Dave | Hold On, I’m Coming | great drumming |
| I Thank You | influenced by gospel | |
| Soul Sister, Brown Sugar | sisters | |
| Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs | The Cockfight | poultry |
| Li’l Red Riding Hood | following & chasing | |
| Wooly Bully | four-legged livestock | |
| Samaris | Góða tungl | windows |
| I Will | high-pitched vocals | |
| Samingad | Myth | extraordinary vocals |
| Sánchez. Chalino | Los Chismes | songs in Spanish |
| Sanders, Pharoah | Astral Travelling | space travel |
| The Creator Has a Master Plan (with Leon Thomas) | optimistic songs | |
| Promises: Movement 1 (with Floating Points) | harpsichord | |
| Sandoval, Hope & the Warm Inventions | Wild Roses | roses |
| Sands, Evie | Angel of the Morning | angels |
| Sanford Townsend Band | Smoke from a Distant Fire | adultery & infidelity |
| Sang, Lê | Phiên Cho Sông (with Dương Hồng Loan) | markets & fairs |
| Sangaré, Oumou | Fadjamou | acceptance |
| Yere Faga | suicide | |
| Santana | Black Magic Woman | album tracks better than the singles |
| Mirage | illusions | |
| Put Your Lights On! (ft Everlast) | warnings | |
| Samba Pa Ti | gentleness | |
| Smooth (ft Rob Thomas) | one word titles | |
| Soul Sacrifice (at Woodstock) | outstanding percussion | |
| Santana, Carlos | The Healer (with John Lee Hooker) | healing |
| They All Went to Mexico (with Willie Nelson) | Mexico & Central America | |
| Santigold | High Priestess | preachers, priests & religious leaders |
| Santo & Johnny | Sleep Walk | sleep & insomnia |
| Sarandon, Susan | Over at the Frankenstein Place (with Barry Bostwick & Richard O’Brien) | lighthouses & guiding lights |
| Sardou, Michel | Le Privilège | gender & LGBTQ+ |
| Sarne, Mike | Just for Kicks | bad boys & bad girls |
| Sarony, Leslie | Ain’t It Grand to Be Bloomin’ Well Dead | hope & resilience |
| Sarstedt, Peter | Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? | underdogs |
| Sasaki, Eri | Fuyu Biyori | wide open spaces |
| Satellites | Photograph | photography |
| Satie, Erik | Gymnopédie No. 1 | lower the heartrate |
| Gymnopédie No. 3 | three | |
| Véritables préludes flasques (pour un chien) | surreal songs | |
| Satriani, Joe | Surfing with the Alien | aliens |
| Sault | London Gangs | gangs |
| Wildfires | shame | |
| Saunders, Jane | Banks of the Condamine (with Greg Champion) | conversations |
| Saunders, Jesse | Dub Can’t Turn Around (with Farley “Jackmaster” Funk) | 1980s 12” singles |
| Sauti Sol | Brighter Days (with Soweto Gospel Choir) | getting brighter |
| Savage Garden | Two Beds and a Coffee Machine | decisive songs |
| Savoy Brown | Highway Blues | hitchhiking |
| Saw Doctors | Galway and Mayo | family |
| The Green and Red of Mayo | mountains | |
| N17 | Ireland | |
| Red Cortina | innocence | |
| Sing a Powerful Song | survival | |
| Sawayama, Rina | STFU! | acronyms |
| Sawhney, Nitin | The Conference | conversations |
| Sunset ft Eska) | sunsets & twilight | |
| Waiting (O Mistress Mine) | Shakespeare | |
| Saxon | And the Bands Played On | concerts |
| Denim and Leather | youth cults | |
| Denim and Leather | community | |
| Say She She | Astral Plane | fictional adverts |
| In My Head | illusions | |
| Say Sue Me | One Week | brevity |
| Scaffold | Lily the Pink | fixing & repairing |
| Scaggs, Boz | I Just Go | apologies |
| Scala & Kolacny Brothers | Nothing Else Matters | covers by the opposite sex |
| Scandal | Beauteen | teenagers |
| Schifrin, Lalo | Bullitt | police |
| Mission: Impossible | the impossible | |
| Shifting Gears | following & chasing | |
| Schmidt, Uwe | Duck Cha-Cha (as Lisa Carbon) | birdsong |
| Schnitzler, Conrad | Electric Garden | electronic music to 1983 |
| School | I Don’t Believe in Love | disbelief |
| Schoolly D | Gucci Time | brands |
| Schubert, Franz | An Sylvia | quoting Shakespeare |
| Auf dem Wasser zu singen | ships & boats | |
| Der Tod und das Mädchen | welcoming | |
| Die liebe Farbe (from Die schöne Müllerin) | green | |
| Schulze, Klaus | Friedrich Nietzsche | philosophers |
| Scientist | Plague of Zombies | collective nouns |
| Scissor Sisters | Take Your Mama | mothers |
| Scissorfight | Granite State Destroyer | New England |
| Scott, Christian | Twin | favourite live versions |
| Scott, Darrell | The Man Who Could Have Played Bass for Shanana | close calls |
| Scott, Dylan | Living Room | furniture |
| Scott, Jill | Dear Mr. and Mrs. Record Industry | music industry |
| Family Reunion | family | |
| One Is the Magic Number | being single | |
| Scott, Mike | Building the City of Light | decisive songs |
| City Full of Ghosts | Ireland | |
| Rare, Precious and Gone | upbeat break-up #2 | |
| Scott, Raymond | Portofino | electronic music to 1983 |
| Scott-Heron, Gil | Angel Dust (with Brian Jackson) | recreational drugs |
| “B” Movie | actors | |
| “B” Movie | great opening lines | |
| The Bottle (with Brian Jackson) | drinking | |
| Explanations | arguments #2 | |
| The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues | failure | |
| H2Ogate Blues (with Brian Jackson) | scandal | |
| Home Is Where the Hatred Is | home | |
| I Think I’ll Call It Morning | morning | |
| Lady Day and John Coltrane | nicknames & pseudonyms | |
| Madison Avenue (with Brian Jackson) | advertising | |
| Offerings (with Brian Jackson) | staying | |
| Peace Go with You, Brother (As-Salaam-Alaikum) (with Brian Jackson) | blessings & curses | |
| Pieces of a Man | pathos | |
| The Revolution Will Not Be Televised | spoken word | |
| The Train from Washington | broken promises | |
| We Almost Lost Detroit (with Brian Jackson) | close calls | |
| When You Are Who You Are | acceptance | |
| Where Did the Night Go | midnight | |
| Whitey on the Moon | historical events | |
| Winter in America (with Brian Jackson) | winter | |
| Work for Peace | peace | |
| Scotty | Skank in Bed (with Lorna Bennett) | beds |
| Worry | underrated artists | |
| Scouting for Girls | I Wish I Was James Bond | wanting to be someone else |
| Screaming Blue Messiahs | Smash the Market Place | banks & banking |
| Screaming Trees | Butterfly | butterflies & moths |
| Screeching Weasel | The Science of Myth | disbelief |
| (She Got) Electroshocked | electricity | |
| Screechy, Jah | Walk & Skank | expressing movement of walking |
| Screen 3 | Red Dust | Hollywood |
| Scritti Politti | Dr. Abernathy | doctors |
| Jacques Derrida | named after men | |
| Perfect Way | funk | |
| The Sweetest Girl | great keyboards | |
| Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) | bees | |
| The Word Girl | influenced by reggae | |
| Scrugg | Will the Real Geraldine Please Stand Up and Be Counted | sitting & standing |
| Scruggs, Earl | Ground Speed | speed |
| Scud Mountain Boys | Crown of Thorns | crowns |
| Television | television | |
| Sea Power (previously British See Power) | Atom | small things |
| Blackout | beer | |
| Carrion | the sea | |
| Cleaning Out the Rooms | cleansing | |
| Machineries of Joy | bodily motion & exercise | |
| Oh Larsen B | cold | |
| Remember Me | legacy | |
| Waving Flags | flags | |
| Seal | Future Love Paradise | spirit of 2021 |
| Seals and Crofts | Summer Breeze | wind |
| Summer Breeze | gentleness | |
| Seaman Dan | Somewhere There’s an Island | paradise |
| Searchers | Sweets for My Sweet | sweetness |
| Seasick Steve | Diddley Bo | making things |
| Never Go West | compass points | |
| Started Out with Nothin | chicken and egg | |
| Thunderbird | wine | |
| Sebadoh | Sorry | apologies |
| Sebastian, John | Welcome Back | reunions |
| Secos & Molhados | Sangue Latino | androgynous vocals |
| Secret | Shy Boy | shyness |
| Secret Chiefs 3 | UBIK (as Electromagnetic Azoth) | time travel |
| Secret Machines | Alone, Jealous and Stoned | being alone |
| Section 25 | Sweet Forgiveness | sweetness |
| Seeds | Can’t Seem to Make You Mine | futility |
| Mr. Farmer | farm produce | |
| Tripmaker | recreational drugs | |
| Seeger, Peggy | Dirty Old Town (with Ewan MacColl) | Manchester |
| I’m Gonna Be an Engineer | equality | |
| Seeger, Pete | Jefferson and Liberty | elections |
| Little Boxes | geometric shapes | |
| My Dirty Stream (The Hudson River Song) | rivers | |
| Seekers | Emerald City | worst songs |
| Georgy Girl | shyness | |
| I’ll Never Find Another You | innocence | |
| Isa Lei | the Commonwealth | |
| Morningtown Ride | departures | |
| Segall, Ty | You’re the Doctor | honorific titles |
| Seger, Bob | Feel Like a Number (with the Silver Bullet Band) | anonymity |
| Hollywood Nights (with the Silver Bullet Band) | Hollywood | |
| Selecter | On My Radio | radio |
| Three Minute Hero | music industry | |
| Self Esteem | I Do This All the Time | fear of missing out |
| Prioritise Pleasure | id, ego & superego | |
| Semisonic | Closing Time | songs that aren’t what they seem |
| Sengo, Mose Se | Kizolele (with Somo Somo) | songs with sudden changes |
| Sensational Alex Harvey Band | Framed | accents |
| Next | songs that express excess | |
| Tale of the Giant Stone Eater | geology | |
| Senser | Resistance Now | resistance |
| Sepultura | Ratamahatta | South America |
| Seress, Rezső | Szomorú Vasárnap | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| Serrat, Joan Manuel | Cantares | exile |
| Els Titelles | puppets | |
| Mediterráneo | Spain | |
| Sesler, Selim | Pazarda Bal Var Gelinim (with İlkay Akkaya) | markets & fairs |
| Settles, Bill | Joe Louis Strut (with Memphis Minnie & Black Bob) | fighting |
| Setzer, Brian | 8-Track (as Brian Setzer ’68 Comeback Special) | media for listening to recorded music |
| Sevdaliza | Bebin | songs that give you goosebumps |
| Seven Foot Dilly | The Old Ark’s A’Moving (with A. A. Gray) | children’s songs |
| Sex Pistols | Anarchy in the U.K. | revolution |
| Anarchy in the U.K. | Britain | |
| Bodies | sweary songs | |
| E.M.I. | formal agreements | |
| God Save the Queen | other songs | |
| I Wanna Be Me | without a chorus | |
| Pretty Vacant | personal theme songs | |
| Sexsmith, Ron | Secret Heart | eavesdropping |
| Speaking with the Angel | angels | |
| St. Bernard | dogs | |
| Sha Na Na | Glasses | eyewear |
| Shaan | O Majhi Re (with Saurav Moni) | arresting opening lines |
| Shack | Cup of Tea | tea |
| Streets of Kenny | Liverpool & Merseyside | |
| Tie Me Down | knots & ties | |
| Shadows | FBI | eavesdropping |
| Midnight | midnight | |
| Shadows (Jamaican group) | Brother Noah | honorific titles |
| Shaggs | My Pal Foot Foot | discordant songs |
| Philosophy of the World | philosophers | |
| Shaka Ponk | Just a Nerd | nerds & geeks |
| Shakin’ Stevens | Green Door | fear of missing out |
| Shakira | Hips Don’t Lie (ft Wyclef Jean) | joints of the body |
| Shakur, Tupac | Hit ‘Em Up | hatchet jobs |
| Sham 69 | If the Kids Are United | youth cults |
| Sham-Ettes | (Hey There) Big Bad Wolf | fairytales |
| Shamen | Ebeneezer Goode | recreational drugs |
| It’s All Around | trees | |
| Shangri-Las | Dressed in Black | repression |
| Give Him a Great Big Kiss | kissing | |
| Give Us Your Blessings | accidents | |
| I Can Never Go Home Anymore | first love | |
| Leader of the Pack | storytelling songs | |
| Past, Present and Future | spoken word | |
| Remember (Walking in the Sand) | memory | |
| Sophisticated Boom Boom | conversations | |
| The Train from Kansas City | awkwardness | |
| Shankar, Ananda | Metamorphosis | change #2 |
| Streets of Calcutta | Asia | |
| Shankar, Anoushka | Naked | nudity |
| Shanks & Bigfoot | Sweet Like Chocolate | sweet foods |
| Shannon | Let the Music Play | 1980s 12” singles |
| Shannon, Del | Runaway | organ |
| Shanté, Roxanne | Bite This | itching & scratching |
| Go On Girl | boastful songs | |
| Have a Nice Day | competition | |
| Shantel | Disko Boy | nightclubs |
| Sharp, Bree | Dirty Magazine | magazines |
| Sharrock, Sonny | Peanut | nuts & edible seeds |
| Shatner, William | Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds | Beatles covers |
| Shaw, Artie | Deep Purple (ft Helen Forrest) | purple |
| Shaw, Marlena | California Soul | joyous songs |
| Woman of the Ghetto | adversity | |
| Shaw, Sandie | Puppet on a String | puppets |
| Tonight in Tokyo | Asian cities | |
| Shard, Mia | Catherine Wheel | wheels |
| She Wants Revenge | Sister | bad boys & bad girls |
| Shearwater | Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine | famous last words |
| Shed Seven | Missing Out | fear of missing out |
| She Left Me on Friday | days of the week | |
| Sheena & the Rokkets | Lemon Tea | non-alcoholic drinks |
| Sheepdogs | Feelin’ Good | hope & resilience |
| Sheik, Kid | We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City (with John Handy & Friends) | from New Orleans |
| Sheila and B. Devotion | Spacer | space |
| Sheldrake, Cosmo | Pliocene | animal sounds |
| Shellac | Prayer to God | hatchet jobs |
| Shelley, Pete | Homosapien | homosexuality |
| Shelton, Blake | You Ain’t Dolly (And You Ain’t Porter) (with Ashley Monroe) | hearing, choosing & playing records |
| Shepp, Archie | Attica Blues | revolution |
| Sherman, Alan | Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah | accents |
| Sherman, Bim | Simple Life | simple pleasures |
| Shervington, Pluto | Ram Goat Liver | shaggy dog stories & tall tales |
| Your Honour | infidelity | |
| Shikata, Akiko | Tooryanse, Haturakoi, Zui Zui Zukorabashi, Kagome Kagome | tradition |
| Shimakura, Chiyoko | Konoyo no Hana | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| Shimura, Takashi | Gondola no Uta | tomorrow |
| Shindell, Richard | There Goes Mavis | castles & palaces |
| You Stay Here | staying | |
| Shins | Young Pilgrims | meaning of life |
| Shirehorses | Why Is It Always Dairy Lea | farm produce |
| Shirelles | Mama Said | mothers |
| Welcome Home Baby | welcoming | |
| Will You Love Me Tomorrow? | one night stands | |
| Shirley & Lee | Let the Good Times Roll | fun |
| Shitmat | There’s No Business Like Propa’ Rungleclotted Mashup Bizznizz | eccentric songs |
| Shivaree | Goodnight Moon | fear |
| Shocked, Michelle | Anchorage | US cities & states |
| Shocking Blue | Love Buzz | onomatopoeia |
| Shodi | Лягушка (Frog) | amphibians |
| Shoes | Tomorrow Night | procrastination |
| Shonen Knife | A Map Master | maps |
| Another Day | gentleness | |
| Banana Chips | fruit | |
| Buttercup (I’m a Super Girl) | superheroes | |
| Capybara | rodents | |
| Deer Biscuits | urban wildlife | |
| Green Tea | tea | |
| Hot Chocolate | non-alcoholic drinks | |
| Insect Collector | hobbies | |
| Konnichiwa | hello | |
| My Magic Glasses | glass | |
| Tortoise Brand Pot Cleaner | spring cleaning & household chores | |
| Shook, Sarah & the Disarmers | Dwight Yoakam | rough & smooth |
| Heal Me | redemption | |
| Shore, Howard | The Bridge of Khazad-dûm | caves |
| Short Sisters | Queer Bird | amphibians |
| Shorter, Wayne | Mahjong | games |
| Show of Hands | Cousin Jack | migrants & refugees |
| The Galway Farmer | horses | |
| I Promise You | promises & choices | |
| Innocents’ Song | orchestral string instruments | |
| The Keys of Canterbury | pick-up lines & marriage proposals | |
| Longdog | dogs | |
| Northwest Passage | frozen north | |
| You’ll Get By | spirit of 2021 | |
| Showcase Showdown | Merry Christmas I Fucked Your Snowman | anti-Christmas songs |
| Showhawk Duo | Insomnia | old meets new |
| Showstoppers | Ain’t Nothin’ But a House Party | celebration |
| Shpongle | Shnitzled in the Negev | deserts |
| Shriekback | Bernadette | non sequiturs |
| The King in the Tree | books #2 | |
| My Spine (Is the Bassline) | spine & neck | |
| Shrimp Boat | Line Song | out-of-tune songs |
| Shuttleworth, John | Two Margarines | crisis |
| Sia | Breathe Me | stop-start songs |
| Chandelier | impressive videos | |
| Straight for the Knife | sharp objects | |
| Sibelius, Jean | Finlandia | love songs to places |
| The Swan of Tuonela | rough & smooth | |
| Siberry, Jane | Bessie | four-legged livestock |
| Bound by the Beauty | beauty | |
| Everything Reminds Me of My Dog | dogs | |
| Hockey | winter | |
| The White Tent the Raft | white | |
| Sick on the Bus | We Are Sick on the Bus | indifference |
| Siddeleys | My Favourite Wet Wednesday Afternoon | days of the week |
| Sidebottom, Frank | Electricity | electricity |
| It Was Nearly 20 Years Ago Today | eccentric songs | |
| Zoo Scrapbook | hobbies | |
| Siersema, Laura | Go Children Slow | slowing down |
| Siffre, Labi | (Something Inside) So Strong | bravery |
| (Something Inside) So Strong | resilience | |
| Sigur Rós | Ágætis byrjun | failure |
| Ára bátur | children performing | |
| Hoppípolla | multilingual songs | |
| Njósnavélin | minimalist songs | |
| Starálfur | mythical beasts | |
| Svefn-g-englar | from Nordic countries | |
| Viðrar vel til loftárása | falling | |
| Silencers | Wild Mountain Thyme (Live) | mountains |
| Silhouettes | Get a Job | anti-work songs |
| Sill, Judee | Jesus Was a Cross Maker | biblical songs |
| Lopin’ Along Thru the Cosmos | space travel | |
| The Vigilante | horizons | |
| When the Bridegroom Comes | Jesus | |
| Silly Sisters | Cakes and Ale | bread, cakes, pastry & biscuits |
| Silva, Ismael | Ao Romper da Aurora / Choro Sim | horizons |
| Silver, Horace | Gratitude | gratitude |
| Silver Apples | Confusion | confusion & delusion |
| Silver Bullet | 20 Seconds to Comply | artificial intelligence |
| Silver Jews | Ballad of Reverend War Character | misleading or incongruous titles |
| Black and Brown Blues | colours | |
| Suffering Jukebox | machines, robots & computers | |
| Suffering Jukebox | jukeboxes | |
| Silverstein, Shel | The Grizzly Bear | bears |
| Silversun Pickups | Growing Old Is Getting Old | the obvious |
| Silvertones (aka the Valentines) | Blam Blam Fever | guns |
| Simba Wanyika | Wana Wanyika | made you fall in love with music |
| Simian | We Are Your Friends (with Justice) | friendship |
| Simmons, Jean | If I Were a Bell (with Marlon Brando) | bells |
| Simon, Carly | The Carter Family | eureka moments |
| Coming Around Again | multitasking & being busy | |
| Coming Around Again | family | |
| His Friends Are More Than Fond of Robin | charisma | |
| Nobody Does It Better | recorded for movies | |
| Why | questions | |
| You’re So Vain | glamour & style | |
| Simon, Paul | American Tune | disappointment |
| The Boy in the Bubble | accordion | |
| Graceland | addresses | |
| Kodachrome | obsolete things | |
| The Late Great Johnny Ace | assassination | |
| Late in the Evening | evening | |
| Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard | ambiguity | |
| René and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War | contentment | |
| Rewrite | writing | |
| Slip Slidin’ Away | melancholy songs | |
| Song About the Moon | songwriting | |
| Still Crazy After All These Years | notable key changes | |
| Trailways Bus | buses | |
| Under African Skies | sky | |
| You Can Call Me Al | aliens | |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 7 O’Clock News / Silent Night | alternative Christmas songs |
| The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) | quiet songs | |
| America | America | |
| Baby Driver | nicknames & pseudonyms | |
| The Boxer | broken promises | |
| Bridge Over Troubled Water | bridges | |
| El Condor Pasa (If I Could) | using your imagination | |
| Homeward Bound | home | |
| I Am a Rock | anti-love songs | |
| Richard Cory | named after men | |
| Scarborough Fair / Canticle | finish where they begin | |
| So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright | historical figures | |
| Song About the Moon | the moon | |
| The Sound of Silence | echoes | |
| Simon Dupree & the Big Sound | Kites | aviation |
| Simonal, Wilson | Nem Vem Que Não Tem | laughter |
| Obrigado, Pelé | football | |
| Simone, Afric | Curare | poison |
| Simone, Nina | 22nd Century | the future |
| Ain’t Got No – I Got Life | list songs | |
| Don’t Smoke in Bed | pragmatism | |
| Everything Must Change | passage of time | |
| Feeling Good (Nicolas Jaar edit) | relaxation & leisure | |
| Four Women | hair | |
| Gin House Blues | drinking | |
| Here Comes the Sun | the sun | |
| Hush Little Baby | babies & childbirth | |
| I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free | left wing politics | |
| I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free | stuck or trapped | |
| If He Changed My Name | change #2 | |
| Isn’t It a Pity | whispering | |
| Just Say I Love Him | indirect messages | |
| Marriage Is for Old Folks | being single | |
| Mississippi Goddam | protest | |
| My Baby Just Cares for Me | double bass | |
| Pirate Jenny | pirates | |
| See-Line Woman | underwear | |
| Sinnerman | end of the world | |
| Strange Fruit | hanging | |
| Who Knows Where the Time Goes? | waiting | |
| Why (The King of Love Is Dead) | songs that make you cry | |
| Work Song | prisons | |
| You Can Have Him | songs that aren’t what they seem | |
| Simple Minds | I Travel | travelling |
| New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) | getting brighter | |
| Promised You a Miracle | promises & choices | |
| Theme for Great Cities | instrumentals | |
| Simply Red | Money’s Too Tight (To Mention) | banks & banking |
| Simpson, Red | I’m a Truck | unusual narrators |
| Simpson, Cutting, Kerr | Dark Honey | urban wildlife |
| Dark Honey | bees | |
| Sims, Frankie Lee | Lucy Mae Blues | cheating |
| Married Woman | adultery & infidelity | |
| Sin Cos Tan | Blown Away | upbeat break-up #2 |
| Sinatra, Frank | Angel Eyes | great arrangements |
| Begin the Beguine | mood-changing music | |
| The Brooklyn Bridge | bridges | |
| Come Fly with Me | flying | |
| Fools Rush In | proverbs | |
| High Hopes (with Eddie Hodges) | children performing | |
| I Get a Kick Out of You | boredom | |
| In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning | sleep & insomnia | |
| It Was a Very Good Year | getting older | |
| It Was a Very Good Year | old age | |
| Just One of Those Things | impermanence | |
| Me and My Shadow (with Sammy Davis, Jr.) | empathy | |
| One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) | pubs & bars | |
| September Song | autumn | |
| Strangers in the Night | flirting | |
| Summer Wind | personification | |
| That’s Life | starting over | |
| Then Suddenly Love | first & last time | |
| They Can’t Take That Away from Me | upbeat break-up | |
| You Make Me Feel So Young | joyous songs | |
| Young at Heart | youthfulness | |
| Sinatra, Nancy | Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) | guns |
| Sand (with Lee Hazlewood) | idioms & common expressions | |
| Some Velvet Morning (with Lee Hazlewood) | duets | |
| Sugar Town | laziness | |
| Summer Wine (with Lee Hazlewood) | recipe songs | |
| These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ | fairness | |
| Singers & Players | Bedward the Flying Preacher | shaggy dog stories & tall tales |
| Singh, Sukhwinder | Chaiyya Chaiyya (with Sapna Awasthi) | recorded for movies |
| Singh, Talvin | Butterfly | butterflies & moths |
| Singing Postman | Oi Can’t Git a Noice Loaf a Bread | bread & baking |
| Singleton | Moto Taxi | taxis |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees | 92º | heat #2 |
| Carcass | meat | |
| Dear Prudence | Beatles covers | |
| Green Fingers | green | |
| Happy House | fun | |
| Jigsaw Feeling | raise the heartrate | |
| Make Up to Break Up | makeup | |
| Melt! | heat | |
| Metal Postcard (Mittageisen) | works of art | |
| Mirage | deserts | |
| Mittageisen | krautrock | |
| New Skin | skin | |
| Night Shift | horror-inspired songs | |
| Peek-a-Boo | eyes & sight | |
| Spellbound | illusions | |
| Sir Douglas Quintet | She’s About a Mover | organ |
| Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day | contentment | |
| Sir Lord Comic | The Great Wuga Wuga | showing off |
| Sissoko, Ballaké | Déli | hammer & mallet instruments |
| Sister Carol | Call Me Sister Carol | feminism |
| Sister Nancy | Bam Bam | na-na-hey-hey songs |
| Sister Sledge | He’s the Greatest Dancer | nightclubs |
| Lost in Music | celebration | |
| We Are Family | siblings | |
| Sister Vanilla | The Two of Us | two – part 1 |
| Sisters of Mercy | Alice | addiction |
| Marian | named after women | |
| Temple of Love | misanthropic songs | |
| Sivertsen, Halvdan | Sommerfuggel i vinterland | homelessness |
| Size, Roni | Watching Windows (with Reprazent) | windows |
| Ska-P | A la Mierda | refusal |
| Crimen Sollicitationis | preachers, priests & religious leaders | |
| Skatalites | Guns of Navarone | brass songs |
| Man in the Street (with Don Drummond) | trombone | |
| Yard Broom | spring cleaning & household chores | |
| Skee-Lo | I Wish | losers |
| Skeletal Family | The Wind Blows | wind |
| Skepta | Rescue Me | persistence |
| Skids | Charles | tattoos & piercings |
| Skin | Purple | purple |
| Skinner, Emily | When I’m by Your Side (with Alice Ripley) | famous or notable duos |
| Skinny Puppy | Tin Omen | silver & non-ferrous metals |
| Skints | Learning to Swim | swimming & bathing |
| Skunk Anansie | Brazen (Weep) | stiff upper lip |
| Little Baby Swastikkka | taboos | |
| Secretly | secret admirers | |
| Tracy’s Flaw | can’t live with or without you | |
| Skyhooks | Funky and Gay | gender & LGBTQ+ |
| Horror Movie | news & media | |
| Slack, Freddie | The House of Blue Lights (with Ella Mae Morse & Don Raye) | nightclubs |
| Slade | Cum On Feel the Noize | rallying cries |
| Far, Far Away | the Commonwealth | |
| Gudbuy T’Jane | royalty | |
| Merry Xmas Everybody | snow & ice | |
| Pouk Hill | Birmingham & the Black Country | |
| Wheels Ain’t Coming Down | aviation | |
| Slapp Happy | Casablanca Moon | puzzling & mysterious |
| Europa (with Henry Cow) | personification | |
| Everybody’s Slimmin’ (Even Men and Women) | fixing & repairing | |
| King of Straw | honorific titles | |
| King of Straw | starting fires | |
| Michaelangelo | works of art | |
| The Owl (with Henry Cow) | owls | |
| Paradise Express | paradise | |
| Some Questions About Hats (with Henry Cow) | hats | |
| Slaves | Magnolia | decor |
| Sleaford Mods | Face to Faces | stick it to the man |
| Jobseeker | artistic trends of the 21st century | |
| Sleater-Kinney | Call the Doctor | doctors |
| Far Away | September 11 attacks | |
| Jumpers | songs by trios | |
| Slick, Grace | When I Was a Boy I Watched the Wolves (with Paul Kantner) | dogs |
| Slick Rick | All Alone (No One to Be With) | being alone |
| Slickers | Johnny Too Bad | crime |
| Slim Cessna’s Auto Club | An Introduction to the Power of Braces – Teeth | teeth |
| Jesus Is in My Body, My Body Has Let Me Down | geology | |
| This Land Is Our Land Redux | community | |
| Slits | Breadcrumb Trail | carnivals & funfairs |
| Good Morning Captain | spoken word | |
| Nosferatu Man | horror-inspired songs | |
| Instant Hit | brevity | |
| Shoplifting | crime | |
| Typical Girls | feminism | |
| Sloan | The Other Man | substitutions |
| Slobberbone | Little Drunk Fists | whiskey |
| Lumberlung | kindness | |
| Slovenly | As If It Always Happens | contentment |
| Slowdive | Brighter | getting brighter |
| Falling Ashes | without percussion | |
| Trellisaze | clocks & watches | |
| Slowthai | Deal Wiv It (with Mura Masa) | songs to start the morning |
| Sly and the Family Stone | Babies Makin’ Babies | babies |
| Brave & Strong | screams, howls, grunts & shrieks | |
| Dance to the Medley | dancing | |
| Dance to the Music | triggering dancing | |
| Everyday People | community | |
| Family Affair | family | |
| Hot Fun in the Summertime | heat | |
| If You Want Me to Stay | staying | |
| Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) | fate & destiny | |
| Runnin’ Away | departures | |
| Sing a Simple Song | singing | |
| Stand! | rallying cries | |
| Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) | funk | |
| Thank You for Talkin’ to Me Africa | please & thank you | |
| Underdog | underdogs | |
| (You Caught Me) Smilin’ | smiling & laughing | |
| Smack | Edward Fox | theatre |
| Small, Fred | Talking Wheechair Blues | bodily motion & exercise |
| Small Faces | All or Nothing | nothing |
| Itchycoo Park | parks | |
| Lazy Sunday | noise | |
| Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake | instrumentals | |
| Sha-La-La-La-Lee | songs that go ‘la’ | |
| Song of a Baker | cooking | |
| Tin Soldier | songs with special guests | |
| Up the Wooden Hills to Bedfordshire | dreams | |
| Smashing Pumpkins | 1979 | dates |
| Pennies for Sale | coins | |
| To Forgive | forgiveness | |
| Tonight Tonight | impressive videos | |
| Smile | Friend of a Friend | unusual time signatures |
| Smiley, Brett | Space Ace | space travel |
| Smiley Culture | Cockney Translation | choosing & using words |
| Police Officer | police | |
| Smith, Bessie | Careless Love Blues | anti-love songs |
| Empty Bed Blues | beds | |
| Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer) | meat | |
| My Kitchen Man | domestic songs | |
| Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine | bread, cakes, pastry & biscuits | |
| Send Me to the ’Lectric Chair | chairs | |
| Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down | windows | |
| Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down | windows | |
| Trombone Cholly | brass songs | |
| Yellow Dog Blues | yellow | |
| Smith, Carl | I Overlooked an Orchid (While Searching for a Rose) | mistakes |
| Smith, Clara | Nobody Knows the Way I Feel Dis Mornin’ | waking up |
| Smith, Elliott | Alameda | disappointment |
| Baby Britain | Britain | |
| Bottle Up and Explode! | stiff upper lip | |
| Junk Bond Trader | jobs | |
| Let’s Get Lost | bridges | |
| Needle in the Hay | cocaine & heroin | |
| Rose Parade | roses | |
| Waltz #2 (XO) | three | |
| Smith, Frankie | Double Dutch Bus | buses |
| Smith, Huey “Piano” & the Clowns | Don’t You Just Know It | call and response |
| Smith, Jimmy | Back at the Chicken Shack | chicken and egg |
| Got My Mojo Working | organ | |
| Walk on the Wild Side | super solos | |
| We Three Kings | three | |
| Smith, Jorja | Blue Lights | alarm sounds |
| Smith, Keely | Just a Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody (with Louis Prima) | great backing vocals |
| Smith, Marvin | Have More Time | multitasking & being busy |
| Smith, Mindy | Come to Jesus | Jesus |
| One Moment More | the number one | |
| Train Song | denial | |
| Smith, O. C. | The Son of Hickory Holler’s Tramp | criminals |
| Smith, Orriel | Tiffany Glass | bright and beautiful |
| Smith, Patti | Banga | books #2 |
| Fireflies | songs of desperation | |
| Free Money | money | |
| Gloria | covers better than the original | |
| Kimberly | alliteration | |
| Nine | movie & TV stars | |
| People Have the Power | positive songs | |
| Piss Factory | new resolutions | |
| Trespasses | fixing & repairing | |
| Because the Night | lust | |
| Pissing in a River | stomach & guts | |
| Smith, Reverend Utah | I Want Two Wings | angels |
| Smith, Rex | Ah, Leave Me Not to Pine (with Linda Ronstadt) | extraordinary vocals |
| Smith, Trixie | My Daddy Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll) | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| Smith, Tucker | Jet Song (from West Side Story) (written by Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim) | bad boys & bad girls |
| Smith, Warren | Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache | red |
| Uranium Rock | geology | |
| Smith, Whispering Jack | I’d Climb the Highest Mountain (If I Knew I’d Find You) | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| Smith & Burrows | When the Thames Froze | winter |
| Smith & Mighty | Down in Rwanda (ft Andy Scholes) | tyranny & dictatorship |
| Smith Street Band | Wipe That Shit-Eating Grin Off Your Punchable Face | stick it to the man |
| Smithereens | Blood and Roses | roses |
| Smiths | Ask | shyness |
| Asleep | suicide | |
| Bigmouth Strikes Again | sweetness | |
| Cemetry Gates | schadenfreude | |
| Girlfriend in a Coma | bright songs about dark subjects | |
| Hand in Glove | never | |
| The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | horror-inspired songs | |
| The Headmaster Ritual | school | |
| Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now | work | |
| How Soon Is Now? | B sides | |
| I Keep Mine Hidden | stiff upper lip | |
| I Know It’s Over | acceptance | |
| I Want the One I Can’t Have | immaturity | |
| Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me | dreams | |
| London | London | |
| Meat Is Murder | meat | |
| Paint a Vulgar Picture | celebrity | |
| Panic | Britain | |
| Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want | please & thank you | |
| The Queen Is Dead | queens | |
| Rusholme Ruffians | alliteration | |
| Sheila Take a Bow | girls’ names | |
| Shoplifters of the World Unite | smuggling & stealing | |
| Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before | denial | |
| Suffer Little Children | Yorkshire | |
| There Is a Light That Never Goes Out | light | |
| This Charming Man | great riffs | |
| Unhappy Birthday | anniversaries | |
| Vicar in a Tutu | preachers, priests & religious leaders | |
| William, It Was Really Nothing | boring & dull | |
| Smog (see Callahan, Bill) | ||
| Smoke City | Mr. Gorgeous (and Miss Curvaceous) | curves & spheres |
| Underwater Love | swimming & bathing | |
| Smoke Fairies | Eclipse Them All | shadows |
| The Three of Us | platonic love | |
| Smokie | Living Next Door to Alice | shyness |
| Smoking Popes | College | higher education |
| Diary of a Teen Tragedy | youthfulness | |
| Smoosh (see Chaos Chaos) | ||
| Smooth, Joe | Promised Land | optimistic songs |
| Promised Land | fictional places | |
| Smyth, Dame Ethyl | The March of the Women (lyrics by Cicely Hamilton, performed by Rainbow Chorus) | feminism |
| Snarky Puppy | Amour, T’es La (with Magda Giannikou) | anticipation |
| Binky | artistic trends of the 21st century | |
| Free Your Dreams (with Chantae Cann) | songs that command or instruct | |
| Gone Under (with Shayna Steele) | swimming & bathing | |
| I’m Not the One (with Malika Tirolian) | the number one | |
| Shofukan | brass songs | |
| Sneaker Pimps | 6 Underground | basements & underground |
| SNFU | Cannibal Café | restaurants & cafes |
| Snider, Todd | Double Wide Blues | stupidity |
| Prison Walls | borders, barriers, walls & fences | |
| Statistician Blues | mathematics | |
| Vinyl Records | media for listening to recorded music | |
| Snog | The Human Germ | wastelands |
| Snow, Hank | I’ve Been Everywhere | specific or obscure places |
| January | months of the year | |
| Squid Jiggin’ Grounds | safety & danger | |
| Snowden | Black Eyes | black |
| Snuff | Shake ‘n’ Vac | spring cleaning & household chores |
| So Solid Crew | 21 Seconds | brevity |
| Soars, J. P. | Chasing Whiskey with Whiskey | whiskey |
| Sobanza Mimanisa | Kiwembo | favourite live versions |
| Sobule, Jill | Heroes | hero worship |
| My Chair | chairs | |
| Talkin’ Platy | eggs | |
| Social Distortion | Ball and Chain | keys & locks |
| Sods’ Opera | The D-Day Dodgers | D-Day |
| Soft Boys | I Wanna Destroy You | anger |
| It’s Not Just the Size of a Walnut | nuts & edible seeds | |
| Only the Stones Remain | impermanence | |
| Soft Cell | Memorabilia | forgetting |
| Numbers | bad decisions | |
| Numbers | anonymity | |
| Say Hello, Wave Goodbye | goodbye | |
| Say Hello, Wave Goodbye | hello | |
| Soul Inside | synth pop 1980-2000 | |
| Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go | 1980s 12” singles | |
| Walking Make-Up Counter | makeup | |
| Youth | getting older | |
| Soft Machine | Dedicated to You But You Weren’t Listening | provocative, strange or humorous titles |
| Moon in June (Top Gear Version) | self-deprecation | |
| We Did It Again | ten words or fewer | |
| Soggy Bottom Boys | I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow | ‘I am’ songs |
| SOHN | The Wheel | wheels |
| Soko | We Might Be Dead by Tomorrow | tomorrow |
| Solís, Javier | Malagueña Salerosa | faces |
| Somo Somo | Kizolele (with Mose Se Sengo) | songs with sudden changes |
| Son del Solar | West Indian Man (with Rubén Blades) | the Caribbean |
| Son Lux | This Is a Life (with Mitski & David Byrne) | distractions & diversions |
| Sondheim, Stephen | Jet Song (from West Side Story) (with Leonard Bernstein, sung by Tucker Smith) | bad boys & bad girls |
| Songhoy Blues | Soubour | favourite live versions |
| Songs of Separation | Echo Mocks the Corncrake | echoes |
| Songs: Ohia | 7th Street Wonderland | snow & ice |
| Hot Black Silk | rough & smooth | |
| Sonic Boom Six | The Emperor (ft Capitol 1212) | propaganda |
| From the Fire to the Frying Pan | migrants & refugees | |
| The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Inventions | machinery, industry & technology | |
| S.O.S. (State of Shock) | propaganda | |
| Sunny Side of the Street | motivation | |
| Sonic Youth | Bull in the Heather | fetishes |
| Death Valley ’69 (ft Lydia Lunch) | wilderness | |
| Dirty Boots | earth, soil & dirt | |
| Expressway to Yr. Skull | mixtape closers | |
| Halloween | horror-inspired songs | |
| Jams Run Free | running | |
| Kool Thing | fear | |
| Little Trouble Girl | repression | |
| Orange Rolls, Angel’s Spit | bread & baking | |
| Pattern Recognition | fads & crazes | |
| Secret Girl | the invisible | |
| Sugar Kane | impermanence | |
| Superstar | unlikely cover songs | |
| Teen Age Riot | adolescence | |
| Tunic (Song for Karen) | other musicians | |
| Youth Against Fascism | US presidents | |
| Sonics | Santa Claus | anti-Christmas songs |
| Strychnine | poison | |
| Sonik, Hitesh | Husna (ft Piyush Mishra) | long-distance relationships |
| Sonny & Cher | I Got You Babe | conversations |
| Sons of Maxwell | United Breaks Guitars | guitars |
| Sons of the Pioneers | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | nicknames & pseudonyms |
| Soom T | Politic Man | disbelief |
| Sophie Les Bas Bleus | Sans Culottes | legs & pants |
| Sopwith Camel | Fazon | basements & underground |
| Soraya | Baku | tautonyms |
| Sorrows | Pink, Purple, Yellow and Red | pink |
| S.O.S. Band | Just Be Good to Me | infidelity |
| Sosa, Mercedes | Todo Cambia | songs in Spanish |
| Soto, José | Mali Sajio (with Ketama & Toumani Diabaté) | famous or notable animals |
| Souchon, Alain | Les Crapauds | amphibians |
| Soul II Soul | Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) | regressing & reversing |
| Get a Life | meaning of life | |
| Soul Asylum | Runaway Train | impressive videos |
| String of Pearls | precious stones | |
| Soul Control | Chocolate | chocolate |
| Soul Coughing | Screenwriter’s Blues | inspired by or about films |
| Soul Stirrers | Jesus Gave Me Water | Jesus |
| Praying Ground | prayer | |
| Touch the Hem of His Garment | touch | |
| Wade in the Water | bravery | |
| Soulmates | Them A Laugh and A Ki Ki | laughter |
| Soulsavers | Longest Day (ft Dave Gahan) | D-Day |
| Revival | one word titles | |
| Spiritual | fear | |
| Soulwax | I Love Techno | ten words or fewer |
| Sound | I Can’t Escape Myself | obstacles |
| Sound Dimension | Real Rock | sampling & recycling |
| Sound Experience | 40 Acres and a Mule | 19th century life |
| Soundararajan, T. M. | Avala Sonnal | disbelief |
| Koduthathellam Koduthaan | gifts & giving | |
| Soundgarden | Black Hole Sun | holes |
| Loud Love | screams, howls, grunts & shrieks | |
| Sounds of Blackness | Optimistic | positive songs |
| Sounds Orchestral | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | easy listening |
| Soup Dragons | Hang-Ten! | shyness |
| I’m Free (ft Junior Reid) | freedom of expression | |
| Sousa, John Philip | The Liberty Bell (performed by the Coldstream Guards) | personal theme songs |
| Sousa, Marcia | Tempo de Amor (with Baden Powell) | peace |
| South, Joe | Games People Play | inspired by India |
| Walk a Mile in My Shoes | empathy | |
| Southern Culture on the Skids | Eight Piece Box | meat |
| Southern Death Cult | False Faces | deceptive appearances |
| Southwest F.O.B. | Tomorrow | tomorrow |
| Sovine, Red | Phantom 309 | zombies |
| Teddy Bear | tragedy & comedy | |
| Soweto Gospel Choir | Brighter Days (with Sauti Sol) | getting brighter |
| Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika | Africa | |
| Umbombela | choirs | |
| Space | The Ballad of Tom Jones (ft Cerys Matthews) | Jones & Joneses |
| The Ballad of Tom Jones (ft Cerys Matthews) | underwear | |
| Neighbourhood | neighbours | |
| Spaceape | Am I (with Kode9) | being a man or a woman |
| Curious (with Kode9) | influenced by reggae | |
| Spacemen 3 | When Tomorrow Hits | tomorrow |
| Spacemonkeyz | Slow Country (More Rubbadub version) (with Gorillaz) | hidden tracks |
| Spalding, Esperenza | Black Gold (ft Algebra Blessett & Lionel Loueke) | education |
| Cinnamon Tree | trees | |
| City of Roses | markets & fairs | |
| Dancing the Animal | words of wisdom | |
| Funk the Fear | dares | |
| Heaven in Pennies (ft Robert Glasper) | coins | |
| Inútil Paisagem | instruments imitating voice & vice versa | |
| Mela | double bass | |
| Overjoyed | double bass | |
| Radio Song | mood-changing music | |
| We Are America | justice | |
| Wild Is the Wind | wind | |
| Spandau Ballet | Musclebound | industry & manufacturing |
| True | retro style | |
| Spaniels | Stormy Weather | storms |
| Spanky and Our Gang | Like to Get to Know You | false endings |
| Spann, Otis | One More Mile to Go | the number one |
| Sparklehorse | Maria’s Little Elbows | joints of the body |
| Saint Mary | hospitals | |
| Saturday | quiet songs | |
| Weird Sisters | omens & prophecies | |
| Sparks | Dick Around | songs with sudden changes |
| The Ghost of Liberace | surprise encounters | |
| Here in Heaven | death | |
| Hippopotamus | strange, rare or unlikely words | |
| I Am a Bookworm | libraries | |
| I Married Myself | being single | |
| Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth | COVID-19 lockdown | |
| Perfume | smells | |
| Pineapple | non sequiturs | |
| Scandinavian Design | decor | |
| Suburban Homeboy | authenticity & fakery | |
| This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us | confidence | |
| When Do I Get To Sing “My Way” | other songs | |
| Sparks, Brett | When That Helicopter Comes (with the Oysterband) | aviation |
| Spearhead | Gas Gauge (Tha World’s in Your Hands) | songs with a twist |
| Hole in the Bucket | pockets | |
| Oh My God (as Michael Franti & Spearhead) | conspiracy theories & paranoia | |
| People in Tha Middle | compromise | |
| Spearmint | Happy Birthday Girl | birthdays |
| Scottish Pop | mood-changing music | |
| Sweeping the Nation | underrated artists | |
| Spears, Britney | Baby One More Time | great album or mixtape openers |
| Lucky | luck | |
| Oops!… I Did it Again | guilt & apology | |
| Piece of Me | journalism & the news | |
| Toxic | poison | |
| Specials | A Message to You, Rudy | warnings |
| Blank Expression | body language | |
| The Boiler (with Rhoda) | scary songs | |
| Do Nothing | boredom | |
| Enjoy Yourself | knowledge | |
| (Free) Nelson Mandela (as the Special AKA) | protest | |
| Friday Night, Saturday Morning | Friday & Saturday | |
| Gangsters | eavesdropping | |
| Ghost Town | Halloween | |
| International Jet Set | flying | |
| International Jet Set | aviation | |
| Man at C&A | nuclear war | |
| Nite Klub | sound effects | |
| Rat Race | education | |
| Stereotype | stereotypes | |
| Too Much Too Young | coming of age | |
| What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend (as the Special AKA) | insulting songs | |
| You’re Wondering Now | famous last words | |
| Spedding, Chris | Ballad of the Soldier’s Wife (with Marianne Faithfull) | memorabilia & souvenirs |
| Pogo Dancing (with the Vibrators) | fads & crazes | |
| Spektor, Regina | All the Rowboats | museums, galleries & exhibitions |
| Aquarius | star signs | |
| Carbon Monoxide | gases | |
| Chemo Limo | illness | |
| Folding Chair | chairs | |
| Genius Next Door | neighbours | |
| Laughing With | faith | |
| My Dear Acquaintance (A Happy New Year) | new year | |
| On the Radio | radio | |
| Summer in the City | strangers | |
| Up the Mountain | bees | |
| Wallet | lost and found | |
| Spellman, Benny | Fortune Teller | from New Orleans |
| Lipstick Traces | trombone | |
| Spence, Alexander “Skip” | Keep Everything Under Your Hat | hats & accessories |
| Little Hands | children | |
| Spence, Sam | The Pony Soldiers | sound like other songs |
| Spencer Davis Group | Gimme Some Lovin’ | organ |
| I’m a Man | ‘I am’ songs | |
| Keep On Running | persistence | |
| Spencer, Jon (see Jon Spencer Blues Explosion) | ||
| Spice Girls | Wannabe | friendship |
| Spiers and Boden | Bold Sir Rylas | forests & woodlands |
| Spike | 7/11 Roses | first & last time |
| Spin Doctors | If Wishes Were Horses (Beggars Would Ride) | proverbs |
| Spinal Tap | Sex Farm | farm produce |
| Stonehenge | funny songs | |
| Spindles | Ten Shades of Blue | blue |
| Spinnerette | All Babes Are Wolves | wolves |
| Spinners | Dip and Fall Back | cooking |
| Spirit | Dark-Eyed Woman | visitors |
| Dream Within a Dream | babies | |
| Fresh-Garbage | reckless consumption | |
| Girl in Your Eye | eyes | |
| Like a Rolling Stone | whispering | |
| Spirit of the West | The Crawl | Canada |
| Spirits of Rhythm | Dr. Watson and Mr. Holmes | famous or notable duos |
| Spiritualized | 200 Bars | numbers |
| Always Together with You | conditional phrases | |
| Broken Heart | the heart | |
| Cop Shoot Cop… | cocaine & heroin | |
| I Think I’m in Love | indifference | |
| Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space | opening album tracks | |
| Split Enz | I Got You | fear |
| Six Months in a Leaky Boat | pioneers | |
| Splodgenessabounds | Michael Booth’s Talking Bum | gases |
| My Socks Gone Down My Shoe | tragedy & comedy | |
| Saying Goodbye to His Horse | worst songs | |
| Spooky Men’s Chorale | Don’t Stand Between a Man and His Tool | making things |
| Spoon | The Underdog | underdogs |
| Spoons | Smiling in Winter | winter |
| Springfield, Dusty | Breakfast in Bed | sexy songs |
| Doodlin’ | hobbies | |
| Give Me Time | forgetting | |
| Goin’ Back | getting older | |
| I Don’t Want to Hear It Anymore | indirect messages | |
| I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself | missing someone | |
| Just a Little Lovin’ | morning | |
| The Look of Love | whispering | |
| Nothing Has Been Proved | newspapers | |
| Son of a Preacher Man | male names | |
| Spooky | Halloween | |
| What Have I Done to Deserve This? (with Pet Shop Boys) | songs with special guests | |
| What’s It Gonna Be? | genre switch | |
| The Windmills of Your Mind | circles | |
| Springsteen, Bruce | 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) | the coast |
| A Night with the Jersey Devil | horror-inspired songs | |
| American Skin (41 Shots) | murder | |
| Atlantic City | great solo performances | |
| Born in the U.S.A. (demo version) | America | |
| Cadillac Ranch | brands | |
| Candy’s Room | visitors | |
| Dancing in the Dark | starting over | |
| The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze | the circus | |
| Dead Man Walkin’ | capital punishment | |
| Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street? | buses | |
| Erie Canal | bridges | |
| Factory | work | |
| The Ghost of Tom Joad | unemployment | |
| Highway Patrolman | siblings | |
| Hitch Hikin’ | hitchhiking | |
| Into the Fire | September 11 attacks | |
| Jacob’s Ladder | stairs, ladders & elevators | |
| Jungleland | gangs | |
| The Line | crosses | |
| Man at the Top | leadership | |
| Matamoras Banks | borders, barriers, walls & fences | |
| My City of Ruins | hands | |
| My Hometown | finish where they begin | |
| My Oklahoma Home (with the Seeger Sessions Band) | farming | |
| O Mary Don’t You Weep (with the Seeger Sessions Band) | miracles | |
| Open All Night | songs that build | |
| Out in the Street | the weekend | |
| Queen of the Supermarket | shopping | |
| Racing in the Street | channelling pain | |
| Reno | prostitution | |
| The Rising | ascension | |
| The River | youthfulness | |
| Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) | girls’ names | |
| Spare Parts | fresh starts | |
| State Trooper | law enforcement | |
| Talk to Me | asking, begging & pleading | |
| Thunder Road | broken promises | |
| Tunnel of Love | caves | |
| We Take Care of Our Own | homelessness | |
| Wild Billy’s Circus Story | male names | |
| Working on the Highway | manual labour | |
| Youngstown | iron & steel | |
| You’re Missing | murder | |
| Spy vs. Spy | Credit Cards | plastic |
| Spyro Gyra | Morning Dance | songs to start the morning |
| Squarepusher | My Red Hot Car | discordant songs |
| Z-Machine, Sad Robot Goes Funny | songs that express excess | |
| Squeeze | Black Coffee in Bed | songs to start the morning |
| Cool for Cats | coolness | |
| Labelled with Love | domestic songs | |
| Library Girl | libraries | |
| Pulling Mussels (From the Shell) | innuendo | |
| Tempted | cheating | |
| Up the Junction | storytelling songs | |
| Squier, Billy | The Big Beat | outstanding percussion |
| Squirrel Nut Zippers | Ghost of Stephen Foster | impressive videos |
| St. Germain | Montego Bay Spleen (with Ernest Ranglin) | old meets new |
| St. John, Bridget | Fly High | simple pleasures |
| St. Paul & the Broken Bones | Broken Bones and Pocket Change | accents |
| Like a Mighty River | slowing down | |
| St. Vincent | Actor Out of Work | jobs |
| The Apocalypse Song | repression | |
| Bicycle | bicycles | |
| Stackridge | Syracuse the Elephant | elephants & mammoths |
| Stafford, Jo | Teach Me Tonight | teachers |
| Stairs | Mundane Mundae | days of the week |
| Weed Bus | marijuana | |
| Stan Tracey Quartet (see Tracey, Stan) | ||
| Standard Fare | Half Sister | sisters |
| Standells | Dirty Water | US cities & states |
| Stanford, Charles Villiers | Drake’s Drum | resurrection |
| Stanley, James Lee | Milkshake (with Peter Tork) | ice cream |
| Stanley, Ralph | O Death | death |
| Stanshall, Vivian | Yelp, Bellow, Rasp & Cetera | misheard, nonsense or inaudible lyrics |
| Staple Singers | I See It | eyes & sight |
| If You’re Ready (Come Go with Me) | unity | |
| I’ll Take You There | parades | |
| Long Walk to D.C. | determination | |
| More Than a Hammer and Nail | tools | |
| Pray On | prayer | |
| Respect Yourself | conditional phrases | |
| Uncloudy Day | clouds | |
| Wade in the Water | swimming & bathing | |
| Staples, Mavis | 99 and 1/2 | fractions & portions |
| Eyes on the Prize | D-Day | |
| Lay My Burden Down (with Dr. John & the Dirty Dozen Brass Band) | spirit of 2021 | |
| Turn Me Around (with Bonnie Raitt) | confidence | |
| Staples, Pop | Tupelo (with Albert King & Steve Cropper) | rare events |
| Starland Vocal Band | Afternoon Delight | afternoon |
| Afternoon Delight | orgasms | |
| Starr, Edwin | H.A.P.P.Y. Radio | switches & buttons |
| Headline News | reading | |
| Twenty-Five Miles | home | |
| War | war | |
| Starr, Lucille | The French Song | Canada |
| Starr, Ringo | It Don’t Come Easy | solo Beatles songs |
| Photograph | photographs | |
| Stars | Hold On When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It | gifts & giving |
| Statler Brothers | Bed of Rose’s | influenced by gospel |
| Staton, Candi | I’ll Sing a Love Song to You | songs about love songs |
| Nights on Broadway | following & chasing | |
| Young Hearts Run Free | lessons in life | |
| Status Quo | Down Down | surprising intros |
| Paper Plane | aviation | |
| Pictures of Matchstick Men | visual art & photography | |
| Stealers Wheel | Stuck in the Middle With You | redefined by film |
| Steam Powered Giraffe | Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger | finish where they begin |
| Steel Pulse | Ku Klux Klan | alliteration |
| Prodigal Son | lost and found | |
| Sound System | hearing, choosing & playing records | |
| Steeldrivers | If It Hadn’t Been for Love | alternative outcomes |
| Peacemaker | iron & steel | |
| Steeleye Span | All Around My Hat | hats |
| Creeping Jane | competition | |
| Gone to America | loss | |
| Harvest of the Moon | tradition | |
| John Barleycorn | paganism | |
| The King | old and new | |
| King Henry | kings | |
| Long Lankin | horror-inspired songs | |
| My Johnny Was a Shoemaker | long-distance relationships | |
| Searching for Lambs | searching & seeking | |
| Thomas the Rhymer | mythical beasts | |
| Van Diemen’s Land | the Commonwealth | |
| The Victory | historical figures | |
| When I Was on Horseback | death | |
| Steely Dan | Aja | great drumming |
| Barrytown | towns | |
| The Caves of Altamira | decor | |
| Do It Again | wheels | |
| The Fez | hats | |
| Haitian Divorce | influenced by reggae | |
| Hey Nineteen | getting older | |
| Josie | outstanding percussion | |
| My Old School | biography & autobiography | |
| Show Biz Kids | social class | |
| Steer, Serafina | Disco Compilation | genre switch |
| Steinski & the Mass Media (see Double Dee and Steinski) | ||
| Stelar, Parov | La Calatrava (ft Michael Wittner) | saxophone |
| Stephens, Richie | Jamaica Land We Love | national anthems |
| Stephenson, Jo | John Innes (with Dan Woods) | earth, soil & dirt |
| Stephenson, Martin & the Daintees | Boat to Bolivia | the impossible |
| Steppenwolf | Born to Be Wild | motorbikes |
| Magic Carpet Ride | marijuana | |
| Renegade | tyranny & dictatorship | |
| Stereo MC’s | Step It Up | celebration |
| Stereolab | Enivrez-vous | inspired by poetry |
| French Disko | rallying cries | |
| Jenny Ondioline | more questions than answers | |
| Metronomic Underground | krautrock | |
| Nothing to Do with Me | denial | |
| Ping Pong | repetition | |
| Rainbo Conversation | narcissism | |
| Tempter | drone music | |
| Wow and Flutter | media for listening to recorded music | |
| Stereophonics | Mr. Writer | writing |
| Stern, Marnie | Plato’s Fucked Up Cave | philosophers |
| Stetsasonic | Talkin’ All That Jazz | music genres |
| Stetson, Colin | Judges | saxophone |
| Steve Ignorant’s Slice of Life | S.A.D. | empathy |
| Steve Miller Band | Fly Like an Eagle | flying |
| Song for Our Ancestors | alarm sounds | |
| Wild Mountain Honey | inspired by India | |
| Wild Mountain Honey | psychedelia | |
| Stevens, Cat | Boy with a Moon & Star on His Head | seduction |
| Father and Son | decisive songs | |
| Hard Headed Woman | searching & seeking | |
| I’m Gonna Get Me a Gun | new resolutions | |
| Matthew and Son | multitasking & being busy | |
| Morning Has Broken | dawn | |
| Portobello Road | markets & fairs | |
| Rubylove | unusual time signatures | |
| Was Dog a Doughnut? | more questions than answers | |
| Stevens, Meic | Rowena | Welsh songs |
| Stevens, Rachel | Some Girls | celebrity |
| Stevens, Sufjan | Casimir Pulaski Day | dates |
| Chicago | faith | |
| Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Ohio | opening album tracks | |
| Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid) | unemployment | |
| Fourth of July | remembrance songs | |
| Futile Devices | futility | |
| Genuflecting Ghost | physical gestures | |
| John Wayne Gacy Jr | famous people | |
| The Lord God Bird | birds | |
| Romulus | gripping or intriguing narrative | |
| Should Have Known Better | biography & autobiography | |
| The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders | unusual time signatures | |
| They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh! | night & darkness | |
| Tonya Harding | winter sports | |
| The Transfiguration | miracles | |
| You Are the Blood | blood | |
| Stevenson, B. W. | Shamabala | paradise |
| Stew | The Naked Dutch Painter | unusual rhymes |
| The Sun I Always Wanted | fathers and daughters | |
| Stewart, Al | A League of Notions (with Lawrence Juber) | historical events |
| Down in the Cellars | specific or obscure places | |
| Hanno the Navigator | discovery | |
| Katherine of Oregon | contentment | |
| Night of the 4th of May | arguments #2 | |
| Night Train to Munich (with Lawrence Juber) | spying | |
| Nostradamus | prophets | |
| On the Border | borders, barriers, walls & fences | |
| The Palace of Versailles | historical figures | |
| Russians & Americans | Russia | |
| Sergio | migrants & refugees | |
| Sirens of Titan | curves & spheres | |
| Three Mules (with Lawrence Juber) | three | |
| Timeless Skies | villages | |
| Year of the Cat | loss | |
| Stewart, Billy | Fat Boy | being fat |
| Sitting in the Park | parks | |
| Summertime | summer | |
| Stewart, Delano | Eternal Love | immortality & longevity |
| Stewart, John | Armstrong | pioneers |
| Gold | gold | |
| Stewart, Mark & the Maffia | Jerusalem | England |
| The Paranoia of Power | basements & underground | |
| Stewart, Rod | Handbags and Gladrags | bags & containers |
| (I Know) I’m Losing You | humming | |
| The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II) | violence | |
| Maggie May | girls’ names | |
| Mandolin Wind | winter | |
| Never Give Up on a Dream | Canada | |
| Reason to Believe | denial | |
| You Wear It Well | violin | |
| Stiff Gins | In Paradise | Australia |
| Stiff Little Fingers | Alternative Ulster | protest |
| Closed Groove | freedom of expression | |
| Fly the Flag | Britain | |
| Suspect Device | revolution | |
| Tin Soldiers | formal agreements | |
| Stills, Stephen | Black Queen | playing cards |
| Stills-Young Band | Long May You Run | songs that aren’t what they seem |
| Stillwater | Mind Bender | guitars |
| Sting | An Englishman in New York | eccentric songs |
| Blood Red Roses | cetaceans | |
| Moon Over Bourbon Street | zombies | |
| Seven Days | patterns & sequences | |
| Stitch, Jah | The Barber Feel It (with Dr Alimantado) | motorbikes |
| Stivell, Alan | Kimiad | Gaelic songs |
| Stock Aitken Waterman | Roadblock | obstacles |
| Stockhausen, Karlheinz | Stimmung Model 11 | minimalist songs |
| Stole, Mink & Her Wonderful Band | Sometimes I Wish I Had a Gun | control |
| Stoller, Barry | Match of the Day Theme | football |
| Stone, Joss | Snakes and Ladders | board games |
| Stone, Lew & His Band | Riptide (with Al Bowlly) | tides |
| Stone, Sly (see also Sly and the Family Stone) | Crossword Puzzle | newspapers |
| Stone Roses | Don’t Stop | inversions |
| Elizabeth My Dear | queens | |
| Fools Gold 9:53 | long songs | |
| I Am the Resurrection | ‘I am’ songs | |
| I Am the Resurrection | showing off | |
| Sally Cinnamon | sweet foods | |
| She Bangs the Drums | songs to start the morning | |
| (Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister | spinning | |
| What the World Is Waiting For | B sides | |
| Stone Sour | Inhale | addiction |
| Stonemans | West Canterbury Subdivision Blues | castles & palaces |
| Stooges | Dirt | indifference |
| Fun House | saxophone | |
| I Wanna Be Your Dog | mammals | |
| Loose | big and meaty | |
| My Girl Hates My Heroin | recreational drugs | |
| No Fun | handclaps | |
| Search and Destroy (as Iggy & the Stooges) | great opening lines | |
| TV Eye | false endings | |
| Storm, Billy | Easy Chair | furniture |
| Storm Weather Shanty Choir | Whip Jamboree | Liverpool & Merseyside |
| Stormzy | Crown | quoting Shakespeare |
| Strangelove | Is There a Place? | songs that fit every topic |
| Stranglers | 5 Minutes | knives |
| Dagenham Dave | denial | |
| Down in the Sewer | notable outros or codas | |
| Duchess | inheritance | |
| Golden Brown | cocaine & heroin | |
| Hanging Around | hanging | |
| It Only Takes Two to Tango | two – part 2 | |
| La Folie | album tracks better than the singles | |
| Longships / The Raven | wide open spaces | |
| Midnight Summer Dream | lessons in life | |
| No More Heroes | hero worship | |
| Old Codger (with George Melly) | unlikely collaborations | |
| Peaches | holidays | |
| Skin Deep | deceptive appearances | |
| Spain | Spain | |
| Strauss, Johann II | The Blue Danube | triggering dancing |
| Strauss, Richard | Also sprach Zarathustra | great album or mixtape openers |
| Im Abendrot (from Four Last Songs) | music for funerals | |
| September | months of the year | |
| Strawberry Switchblade | Since Yesterday | upbeat break-up #2 |
| Trees and Flowers | anxiety | |
| Strawbs | Grace Darling | North East England |
| Hanging in the Gallery | museums, galleries & exhibitions | |
| Lady Fuschia | owls | |
| The Man Who Called Himself Jesus | authenticity & fakery | |
| Sheep | farming | |
| Stray | Around the World in 80 Days | books |
| Stray Cats | Rock This Town | jukeboxes |
| Stray Cat Strut | expressing movement of walking | |
| Strayhorn, Billy | Lush Life (with Kay Davis) | wheels |
| Streep, Meryl | Turning Turtle | inversions |
| Street, Adrian | Imagine What I Could Do to You | worst songs |
| Streetband | Toast | cooking |
| Streets | Blinded by the Lights | nightclubs |
| Can’t Con an Honest John | shaggy dog stories & tall tales | |
| Could Well Be In | flirting | |
| Dry Your Eyes | crying | |
| Empty Cans | songs with a twist | |
| Fit But You Know It | holidays | |
| Fit But You Know It | embarrassment | |
| It Was Supposed to Be Easy | multitasking & being busy | |
| It’s Too Late | rendezvous | |
| Let’s Push Things Forward | spirit of 2021 | |
| Lock the Locks (ft Clare Maguire) | keys & locks | |
| Never Went to Church | legacy | |
| OMG | acronyms | |
| On the Edge of a Cliff | chance & coincidence | |
| Prangin’ Out (Pete and Mike’s Version) | cocaine & heroin | |
| Stay Positive | consolation | |
| Too Much Brandy | drinking | |
| Weak Become Heroes | mood-changing music | |
| STRiPES | O-Kagura / Festivo | finger snaps & toe taps |
| Stritch, Elaine | To Keep My Love Alive | unusual rhymes |
| Strokes | Hard to Explain | stop-start songs |
| Meet Me in the Bathroom | rooms | |
| Someday | passage of time | |
| Stromae | Mon Amour (with Camila Cabello) | everlasting love |
| Papaoutai | stereotypes | |
| Tous les mêmes | being a man or a woman | |
| Structures Sonores Lasry-Baschet | Manège | TV theme songs |
| Studio Killers | All Men Are Pigs | France |
| Ode to the Bouncer | borders, barriers, walls & fences | |
| Who Is in Your Heart Now | eureka moments | |
| Stump | Charlton Heston | miracles |
| Stump, Patrick | Spotlight (Oh Nostalgia) | songs for your teenage self |
| Style Council | A Stone’s Throw Away | estimates of distance & time |
| Blood Sports | hunting | |
| The Paris Match (with Tracey Thorn) | Paris | |
| Walls Come Tumbling Down! | unity | |
| Style of Eye | Kids | youthfulness |
| Stylistics | Betcha by Golly Wow | falsetto |
| People Make the World Go Round | trash | |
| Sixteen Bars | songs about love songs | |
| Styx | Castle Walls | castles & palaces |
| Great White Hope | fighting | |
| Subbulakshmi, M. S. | Kurai Onrum Illai: Ragamalika | spiritual songs |
| Sri Ventkateswara Suprabhatam | waking up | |
| Subhumans | Germ | small things |
| When the Bomb Drops | distractions & diversions | |
| Submarine | Jodie Foster | movie & TV stars |
| Subramaniam, L. | Jai Hanuman! (with Nyoman Wenten & Burat Wangi Choir) | choirs |
| Rainbow Serenade (with Ali Akbar Khan & John Handy) | rainbows | |
| SubRosa | The Inheritance | funerals |
| Suburban Lawns | Janitor | strange & surreal |
| Sudan Archives | Oatmeal | waking up |
| Nont for Sale | finger snaps & toe taps | |
| Selfish Soul | shame | |
| Sudbury, Dave | The King of Rome | famous or notable animals |
| Suede | Animal Nitrate | androgynous vocals |
| Bentswood Boys | suburbia | |
| Daddy’s Speeding | charisma | |
| The Living Dead | denial | |
| She Still Leads Me On | everlasting love | |
| So Young | immaturity | |
| Stay Together | devoted love | |
| Trash | glamour & style | |
| Wastelands | wastelands | |
| The Wild Ones | staying | |
| Sugababes | Freak Like Me | unlikely cover songs |
| Push the Button | innuendo | |
| Push the Button | orgasms | |
| Sugar | A Good Idea | underwater |
| If I Can’t Change Your Mind | change of mind | |
| Sugarcubes | Birthday | children |
| Cat | from Nordic countries | |
| Dear Plastic | plastic | |
| F***ing in Rhythm and Sorrow | surprise encounters | |
| Hit | seduction | |
| Regina | geology | |
| Water | underwater | |
| Sugarhill Gang | Rapper’s Delight | one-hit wonders |
| Rapper’s Delight | sampling & recycling | |
| Sugarloaf | Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You | rejection |
| Suggs | Oranges and Lemons (with Jools Holland) | fruit |
| Suicidal Tendencies | Institutionalized | mental illness |
| You Can’t Bring Me Down | apologies | |
| Suicide | Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne | wine |
| Dream Baby Dream (Long Version) | 12″ singles to 1979 | |
| Frankie Teardrop | scary songs | |
| Ghost Rider | motorbikes | |
| Rocket USA | songs by duos | |
| Sullivan, Jazmine | Fear | fear |
| Lions, Tigers and Bears | being scared | |
| Sullivan, Maxine | The Folks Who Live on the Hill | boring & dull |
| Sullivan, Quinn | Untitled (with Buddy Guy) | collaborations & side projects |
| Sulpher | Scarred | being scared |
| Sultana, Tash | Pink Moon | pink |
| Sultans of Ping FC | Where’s Me Jumper? | fashion |
| Sumac, Yma | Chuncho | high-pitched vocals |
| Summer, Donna | Could It Be Magic | classical songs |
| Hot Stuff | evening | |
| I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Remix) | long songs | |
| I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Remix) | 1980s 12” singles | |
| Love to Love You Baby | euphoria | |
| MacArthur Park | parks | |
| On the Radio | songs with sudden changes | |
| Rumour Has It | gossip | |
| State of Independence | great backing vocals | |
| Sumney, Moses | Me in 20 Years | androgynous vocals |
| Sun Dial | Plains of Nazca | sunsets & twilight |
| Sun Kil Moon | Song for Richard Collopy | remembrance songs |
| Track Number 8 | self-deprecation | |
| Sun Ra | The Forest of No Return | being lost |
| Space Is the Place | space | |
| Early Autumn | September & October | |
| Pink Elephants on Parade | surreal songs | |
| Sundae Times | Adam and Eve | paradise |
| Sundays | Can’t Be Sure | uncertainty |
| Here’s Where the Story Ends | finishing | |
| I Won | basements & underground | |
| Monochrome | eureka moments | |
| Sundfør, Susanne | Silencer | shooting |
| White Foxes | from Nordic countries | |
| Sunn O))) | Báthory Erzsébet | blood |
| Black Wedding | weddings | |
| Blood Swamp (with Boris) | earth, soil & dirt | |
| Herod 2014 (with Scott Walker) | deep voices | |
| Sunnyland Slim | Be Careful How You Vote | elections |
| Super Eagles | Gambia-Zambia | the Commonwealth |
| Super Furry Animals | Colonise the Moon | space |
| (Drawing) Rings Around the World | telephones | |
| Fire in My Heart | fire | |
| The Man Don’t Give a Fuck | sweary songs | |
| Northern Lites | steelpan | |
| The Roman Road | Italy | |
| Smokin’ | smoking | |
| White Socks / Flip Flops | clothes | |
| White Socks / Flip Flops | white | |
| Super Rail Band of the Buffet Hotel de la Gare, Bamako | Dounia | faith |
| Foliba | music venues | |
| supercell (see ryo/supercell) | ||
| Superchunk | Pulled Muscle | bodily motion & exercise |
| Supergrass | Alright | joyous songs |
| Brecon Beacons | witches | |
| Caught by the Fuzz | police | |
| Pumping on Your Stereo | media for listening to recorded music | |
| Sun Hits the Sky | horizons | |
| Superjesus | Secret Agent Man | spying |
| Superorganism | Nobody Cares | authenticity & fakery |
| Something for Your M.I.N.D. | using your imagination | |
| Supertramp | Goodbye Stranger | whistling |
| Supremes | Automatically Sunshine | the sun |
| I’m Gonna Make You Love Me (as Diana Ross & the Supremes, with the Temptations) | ambition | |
| Love Child (as Diana Ross & the Supremes) | shame | |
| Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart | hammer & mallet instruments | |
| Nathan Jones | named after men | |
| No Matter What Sign You Are (as Diana Ross & the Supremes) | star signs | |
| Reflections (as Diana Ross & the Supremes) | retrospection | |
| Stoned Love | marijuana | |
| Stop! In the Name of Love | arresting opening lines | |
| Where Did Our Love Go | questions | |
| You Keep Me Hangin’ On | hanging | |
| Surfaris | Wipeout | impressive intros |
| Surman, John | Saltash Bells | saxophone |
| Whitman’s Wood | great solo performances | |
| Susanna and the Magical Orchestra | Enjoy the Silence | silence |
| Svensson, Esbjörn (see Esbjörn Svensson Trio) | ||
| Swamp Cabbage | Jesus Tone | Jesus |
| Swamp Dogg | God Bless America for What? | America |
| I Was Born Blue | colours | |
| Mama’s Baby, Daddy’s Maybe | babies | |
| Synthetic World | plastic | |
| Swan, Billy | I Can Help | confidence |
| Swan Silvertones | Saviour Pass Me Not | Jesus |
| Swann, Bettye | (My Heart Is) Closed for the Season | the heart |
| Swans | Failure | failure |
| Swarathma | Pyaasi (ft Shubha Mudgal) | compromise |
| Swarbrick, Dave | Byker Hill (with Martin Carthy) | North East England |
| Swedemason | Masterchef Synthesia | flavour |
| Sweet | Alexander Graham Bell | pioneers |
| Ballroom Blitz | great album or mixtape openers | |
| Block Buster! | mistaken identity | |
| Love Is Like Oxygen | gases | |
| Peppermint Twist | sweet foods | |
| Teenage Rampage | immaturity | |
| Wig-Wam Bam | famous or notable duos | |
| Sweet Baboo | Wild Imagination | using your imagination |
| Sweet Honey in the Rock | Breaths | breathing |
| In the Morning When I Rise | close harmony singing | |
| More Than a Paycheck | audible breaths | |
| Sojourner’s Battle Hymn | choirs | |
| Sweet Sensation | Sad Sweet Dreamer | start with the chorus |
| Swell Maps | Read About Seymour | reading |
| Secret Island | islands | |
| Swift, Taylor | 22 | youthfulness |
| Mastermind | single-mindedness | |
| Ronan (Taylor’s Version) | heartbreak | |
| Shake It Off | pride | |
| Swinghammer, Kurt | Bartlett Street | two – part 1 |
| Swingle Singers | Bach’s Fugue in G Minor | wordless vocals |
| Libertango | a cappella | |
| Switchfoot | Dare You to Move | dares |
| Sylvester | You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) | 12″ singles to 1979 |
| Sylvia | Sweet Stuff | sweetness |
| Sylvian, David | Forbidden Colours (with Ryuichi Sakamoto) | books |
| Krishna Blue | inspired by India | |
| Let the Happiness In | happiness | |
| September | September | |
| Symarip | Skinhead Moonstomp | youth cults |
| Skinhead Moonstomp | hats & accessories | |
| Symphony X | Odyssey | songs that express excess |
| Syndicate of Sound | Brown Paper Bag | bags & containers |
| Syndicats | Crawdaddy Simone | bad boys & bad girls |
| Syreeta | With You I’m Born Again (with Billy Preston) | slow, sexy love songs |
| Your Kiss Is Sweet | kissing | |
| System of a Down | B.Y.O.B. | US presidents |
| Needles | addiction | |
| Szabo, Gabor | Breezin’ | refreshment & cooling down |