| Song Title | Artist | Topic |
| “B” Movie | Gil Scott-Heron | actors |
| great opening lines |
| Ba soucis ya week-end | Franco & l’Orchestre OK Jazz | songs to start the morning |
| Baader Meinhoff | Cabaret Voltaire | gangs |
| Baba Munini Francis | Bhundu Boys | discovery |
| Baba O’Riley | The Who | teenagers |
| Babes in the Wood | Bo Diddley | forests & woodlands |
| Babies | Pulp | eavesdropping |
| Babies Makin’ Babies | Sly and the Family Stone | babies |
| Babooshka | Kate Bush | anonymity |
| Baby Blue | Badfinger | defined or redefined by television |
| Baby Britain | Elliott Smith | Britain |
| Baby Can I Hold You | Tracy Chapman | compromise |
| Baby Driver | Simon & Garfunkel | nicknames & pseudonyms |
| Baby Elephant Walk | Dave Grusin | personal theme songs |
| Baby I Love You So | Colourbox | influenced by dub |
| Baby, If We Had Time | Carol Hall | pick-up lines & marriage proposals |
| Baby I’m a Star | Prince and the Revolution | stars |
| Baby I’m Yours | Barbara Lewis | everlasting love |
| Baby It’s Cold Outside | Ray Charles & Betty Carter | innuendo |
| Baby It’s Cold Outside | Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five | duets |
| Baby, Let Me Follow You Down | Bob Dylan | asking, begging & pleading |
| Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk | Dr. Hook | legs & trousers |
| Baby One More Time | Britney Spears | great album or mixtape openers |
| Baby Please Don’t Go | Them | songs of desperation |
| Baby Said | Hot Chip | great opening lines |
| Baby Scratch My Back | Slim Harpo | from New Orleans |
| Baby Sitter | Betty Wright | infidelity |
| Baby, Stick Around | Joe Jackson | footwear |
| Baby Your Phrasing Is Bad | Caleb | indecipherable songs |
| Babylon | Don McLean | finish where they begin |
| Babylon’s Burning | The Ruts | fire |
| Baby’s on Fire | Brian Eno | fire |
| Bachelor Kisses | The Go-Betweens | kissing |
| Bach’s Fugue in G Minor | The Swingle Singers | wordless vocals |
| Back at the Chicken Shack | Jimmy Smith | chicken and egg |
| Back Door Man | The Doors | doors |
| Back Door Man | Howlin’ Wolf | showing off |
| taboos |
| Back for Good | Take That | missing someone |
| Back Home | Bert Jansch | reunions |
| Back in Black | AC/DC | recovery |
| Back in Durham Gaol | Jez Lowe | North East England |
| Back in the U.S.S.R. | The Beatles | places in Europe |
| Back on the Chain Gang | The Pretenders | regressing & reversing |
| Back on Your Radio | Agnetha Fältskog | switches & buttons |
| Back Stabbers | The O’Jays | lies |
| Back Street Girl | The Rolling Stones | secrets |
| Back Street Luv | Curved Air | electronic music to 1983 |
| Back to Africa | Aswad | regressing & reversing |
| Back to Black | Amy Winehouse | can’t live with or without you |
| Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) | Soul II Soul | regressing & reversing |
| Back to Living Again | Curtis Mayfield | overturning the odds |
| Back to Nature | John Barry | harpsichord |
| Back to School | Bunny Wailer | genre switch |
| Back to Tupelo | Mark Knopfler | Elvis |
| Back When I Was 4 | Jeffrey Lewis with Jack Lewis & Anders Griffen | ages |
| Backbone of Night | Jimi Tenor & the Riga Symphony Orchestra | spine & neck |
| Backstage | Gene Pitney | theatre |
| Backyard Skulls | Frightened Rabbit | bones |
| maps |
| Bad, Bad Leroy Brown | Jim Croce | villains |
| Bad Body Double | Imogen Heap | two – part 1 |
| Bad Guy | Billie Eilish | meta-songs |
| Bad Habit | The Dresden Dolls | addiction |
| Bad Losers on Yahoo! Chess | Half Man Half Biscuit | stiff upper lip |
| Bad Luck | Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | luck |
| Bad Man Possee | Junior Murvin | gangs |
| Bad Moon Rising | Creedence Clearwater Revival | the moon |
| Bad ‘n’ Ruin | Faces | coming home |
| Bad News | Black Francis | omens & prophecies |
| Bad Penny | Big Black | lies |
| Bad Reputation (The Glitter Band) | Luke Haines | fallen heroes |
| Bad Romance | Lady Gaga | asking, begging & pleading |
| Bad to the Bone | George Thorogood & the Destroyers | bones |
| Badala | Tata Pound | urban environment |
| Badge | Cream | great middle eights |
| A Badger Called Nick Lowe | Luke Haines | famous or notable animals |
| Badges, Posters, Stickers, T-Shirts | Dire Straits | memorabilia & souvenirs |
| Badman’s Song | Tears for Fears | songs that fit every topic |
| Bag of Bones | Guy Clark | bones |
| Bagboy | Pixies | smells |
| Baggy Trousers | Madness | school |
| The Bagman’s Gambit | The Decemberists | spying |
| Bahía de Cádiz | Camarón | love songs to places |
| Baked Beans and Egg | Macka B | eggs |
| Baker Street | Gerry Rafferty | urban environment |
| Baku | Soraya | tautonyms |
| Baku Hipster | Ya Tosiba | Asian cities |
| Bakudan Kowai | Zainichi Funk | funk |
| Ball and Chain | Big Brother and the Holding Company | keys & locks |
| Ball and Chain | Social Distortion | keys & locks |
| Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today) | The Temptations | chaos |
| crisis |
| Ballad | New Model Army | climate change |
| Ballad of a Thin Man | Bob Dylan | Jones & Joneses |
| The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins | Leonard Nimoy | books #2 |
| The Ballad of Billy the Kid | Billy Joel | 19th century life |
| The Ballad of Blind Tom | Elton John | 19th century life |
| The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde | Georgie Fame | smuggling & stealing |
| The Ballad of Buckethead | Buckethead | poultry |
| The Ballad of Dorothy Parker | Prince | other songs |
| writing |
| The Ballad of El Goodo | Big Star | authenticity & fakery |
| Ballad of Forty Dollars | Tom T. Hall | famous last words |
| The Ballad of Ira Hayes | Townes Van Zandt | whiskey |
| Ballad of Katie | Hothouse Flowers | interlopers |
| The Ballad of Lucy Jordan | Marianne Faithfull | character songs |
| The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead | Crash Test Dummies | prophets |
| The Ballad of Queenie and Rover | Paul Kelly | famous or notable duos |
| Ballad of Reverend War Character | Silver Jews | misleading or incongruous titles |
| The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | murder |
| Ballad of the Absent Mare | Leonard Cohen | horses |
| Ballad of the Band | Felt | songwriting |
| Ballad of the Cloth | Mischief Brew | preachers, priests & religious leaders |
| Ballad of the Soldier’s Wife | Marianne Faithfull & Chris Spedding | memorabilia & souvenirs |
| Ballad of the Sulphate Strangler | Ian Dury & the Blockheads | biography & autobiography |
| Ballad of Tindersticks | Tindersticks | ironic songs |
| The Ballad of Tom Jones | Space ft Cerys Matthews | Jones & Joneses |
| underwear |
| Ballerina | Van Morrison | similes |
| Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells | Tomita | poultry |
| Balloon Song | The Aislers Set | ‘high’ songs |
| Ballroom Blitz | The Sweet | great album or mixtape openers |
| Baloney Again | Mark Knopfler | rough & smooth |
| Balrog Boogie | Diablo Swing Orchestra | monsters |
| Baltic Ice-Breaker | Bel Canto | stuck or trapped |
| Baltimore | Randy Newman | US cities & states |
| Baltimore Oriole | Lorez Alexandria | birds |
| The Baltimore Sun | The Jayhawks | newspapers |
| Bam Bam | Sister Nancy | na-na-hey-hey songs |
| Bama Lama Bama Loo | Little Richard | comeback songs |
| Bamba | Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita | two – part 1 |
| The Bamboo Princess | Wednesday Campanella | Japan |
| Banana Banana | King Kurt | fruit |
| Banana Chips | Shonen Knife | fruit |
| Banana in Your Fruit Basket | Bo Carter | sweet foods |
| Banana Split for My Baby | Louis Prima | ice cream |
| Banana Splits (The Tra La La Song) | The Dickies | children’s songs |
| Band of Gold | Mel Carter | gold |
| Band of Gold | Freda Payne | memorabilia & souvenirs |
| Bandeh | Indian Ocean | incidental music |
| Bang Bang Boom Boom | Beth Hart | impressive videos |
| Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) | Nancy Sinatra | guns |
| Banga | Patti Smith | books #2 |
| Bangla Amar Sorshe Ilish | Lopamudra Mitra | fish & other aquatic life |
| Banish Negative Thoughts | Pagan Wanderer Lu | futility |
| Bank Job | Barenaked Ladies | gripping or intriguing narrative |
| Banks of the Condamine | Greg Champion with Jane Saunders | conversations |
| Banquet | Joni Mitchell | reckless consumption |
| Bantam Cock | Jake Thackray | poultry |
| A Bar in Amsterdam | Katzenjammer | resistance |
| Bar Italia | Pulp | pubs & bars |
| Barabajagal | Donovan | named after men |
| Barbara Allen | Blackmore’s Night | redemption |
| Barbarellas | The Photos | music venues |
| Barbary Coast | Weather Report | best bass lines |
| The Barber Feel It | Dr Alimantado & Jah Stitch | motorbikes |
| Barbie Girl | Aqua | from Nordic countries |
| Barcelona | Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé | songs that express excess |
| Bardo | GoGo Penguin | songs by trios |
| The Bare Necessities | Phil Harris | simple pleasures |
| Barefootin’ | Robert Parker | dance styles |
| from New Orleans |
| Bargain | The Who | sales, selling & bargains |
| The Barley Mow | The Irish Rovers | volume |
| The Barrel | Aldous Harding | non sequiturs |
| Barrett’s Privateers | Stan Rogers | ships & boats |
| Barroom Girls | Gillian Welch | hangovers |
| Barrowland Ballroom | Amy Macdonald | music venues |
| Barry and Freda | Victoria Wood | musically adventurous |
| Barrytown | Steely Dan | towns |
| The Bars of Dundee | Jackie Leven | pubs & bars |
| Barstool Blues | Vargas Blues Band | furniture |
| Bartlett Street | Kurt Swinghammer | two – part 1 |
| Basha-gua Suncha | Shoukichi Kina | markets & fairs |
| Basin Street Blues | Louis Armstrong | roads & streets |
| Basin Street Blues | Jack Teagarden | trombone |
| A Basket of Flowers | The Nightcrawlers | bags & containers |
| Bassline | Mantronix | big and meaty |
| Bassology | Willie Dixon | best bass lines |
| Bassology | Slim Gaillard & His Flat Foot Floogies | double bass |
| Bastard | Ben Folds | songs for your teenage self |
| Bat Macumba | Os Mutantes | magic |
| Bat Out of Hell | Meat Loaf | great album or mixtape openers |
| Bata Motel | Crass | shoes |
| Bath | Björk | swimming & bathing |
| Báthory Erzsébet | Sunn O))) | blood |
| Bathsheba Smiles | Richard Thompson | charisma |
| Bathtime in Clerkenwell | The Real Tuesday Weld | retro style |
| Batman and Robin | Snoop Dogg | comics & cartoons |
| Batman Theme | Neal Hefti | superheroes |
| Batman to the Rescue | LaVern Baker | comics & cartoons |
| Battering Down Sentence (Fighting Against Conviction) | Bunny Wailer | judges & trials |
| Battle of Cable Hogue | Calexico | broken promises |
| The Battle of Evermore | Led Zeppelin | without percussion |
| Battle Without Honor or Humility | Tomoyasu Hotei | Japan |
| Battleship Chains | The Georgia Satellites | ships & boats |
| Batyar (Bigmouth Strikes Again) | The Ukrainians | sweetness |
| Baudelaire | Serge Gainsbourg | literary songs |
| The Bauhaus Chair | Nits | chairs |
| Bay City Rollers, We Love You | Tartan Horde | worst songs |
| Bayram Sekeri | Kočani Orkestar | weddings |
| BB Guns and Dirt Bikes | The White Buffalo | brothers & sisters |
| B.D. Woman’s Blues | Lucille Bogan | homosexuality |
| Be Agressive | Faith No More | songs that command or instruct |
| Be-Bop-A-Lula | Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps | red |
| Be Careful How You Vote | Sunnyland Slim | elections |
| Be Good to Yourself | Frankie Miller | motivation |
| Be Healthy | Dead Prez | vegetables |
| Be More Kind | Frank Turner | gentleness |
| Be My Angel | Mazzy Star | angels |
| Be My Baby | The Ronettes | great drumming |
| Be My Guest | Fats Domino | welcoming |
| Be Thankful for What You Got | William DeVaughn | money |
| spirit of 2021 |
| gratitude |
| Be You | Irma Thomas | from New Orleans |
| Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy | The Tams | innocence |
| The Beach | Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers | sand |
| Beacon | Two Door Cinema Club | lighthouses & guiding lights |
| Beads of Sweat | Laura Nyro | perspiration |
| Bear by the Bonfire | Mudslide | bears |
| Bear on the Beach | A Camp | bears |
| Bears | Zebra | bears |
| Beasley Street | John Cooper Clarke | spoken word |
| Beast | Agnes Obel | harp, lyre & zither |
| The Beast in Me | Johnny Cash | id, ego & superego |
| Beat Dis | Bomb the Bass | rhythm, beat & boogie |
| The Beat Generation | Louis Armstrong | fads & crazes |
| The Beat Goes On | Buddy Rich Orchestra ft Cathy Rich | different 7″ versions |
| Beat It | Michael Jackson | super solos |
| The Beat of Black Wings | Joni Mitchell | wings |
| The Beat of Love | Trilok Gurtu & Roop Kumar | unlikely collaborations |
| Beat the Street | Sharon Redd | urban environment |
| Beatbox & Electric Flute | Lamba Pomme | songs by buskers |
| The Beat(en) Generation | The The | confusion & delusion |
| The Beatitudes | Arvo Pärt | volume changes |
| Beatles and the Stones | The House of Love | the Beatles |
| The Beatles Are in Town | The Fondettes | the Beatles |
| Beats + Pieces | Coldcut | songs by duos |
| Beauteen | Scandal | teenagers |
| Beautiful (Black Star Remix) | Mary J. Blige | beauty |
| Beautiful | Elvis Costello | unlikely cover songs |
| Beautiful | Carole King | motivation |
| The Beautiful Dark | Robb Johnson | driving songs |
| Beautiful Locks | The Gladiators | formal agreements |
| Beautiful Night (Manic Psychopath) | Prince Paul | violence |
| Beautiful Noise | Neil DIamond | noise |
| Beautiful Pea Green Boat | Laurie Anderson | nursery rhymes |
| Beautiful Promise | Paul Kelly | promises & choices |
| Beauty | Linda Thompson | beauty |
| Beauty Is Only Skin Deep | The Temptations | proverbs |
| Beaux dimanches | Amadou & Miriam | the weekend |
| Bebin | Sevdaliza | songs that give you goosebumps |
| Became | Atmosphere | winter |
| Because of You | Jackie Wilson | happiness |
| Because I’m Me | The Avalanches | trombone |
| Because the Night | Patti Smith Group | lust |
| The Bed | Lou Reed | beds |
| Bed Island | Animals That Swim | single-mindedness |
| Bed Noise | Lady Saw | sound effects |
| Bed of Nails | Joseph Arthur | sharp objects |
| Bed of Rose’s | The Statler Brothers | influenced by gospel |
| The Bed Song | Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra | chicken and egg |
| pathos |
| Bedazzled | Peter Cook & Dudley Moore | call and response |
| Bedded Deep in Long Term Memory | The Caretaker | itching & scratching |
| Beds Are Burning | Midnight Oil | Australia |
| Bedtime Story | Tammy Wynette | castles & palaces |
| Bedward the Flying Preacher | Singers & Players | shaggy dog stories & tall tales |
| The Beeching Report | iLiKETRAiNS | trains |
| Beechwood Park | The Zombies | refreshment & cooling down |
| Been a Son | Nirvana | feminism |
| Been to Canaan | Carole King | easy listening |
| Beer for Breakfast | The Replacements | drinking |
| Bees | Animal Collective | insects |
| Bees | Laura Cantrell | nostalgia |
| Beeswing | Christy Moore | bees |
| Beeswing | Richard Thompson | itinerants & migration |
| Before Machines | Anna Tivel | machinery, industry & technology |
| Before My Time | Johnny Cash | songs about love songs |
| Before the Deluge | Jackson Browne | climate change |
| Before the Hurricane | Martin Newell | wind |
| Begin the Beguine | Frank Sinatra | mood-changing music |
| The Beginning of Sorrow | Megadeth | bad decisions |
| Behind a Painted Smile | The Isley Brothers | crying |
| Behind Blue Eyes | The Who | loneliness |
| Behind the Mask | Yellow Magic Orchestra | electronic music to 1983 |
| Behind the Wall | Tracy Chapman | neighbours |
| Behold | Culture | ears & hearing |
| Behold the Miracle | Teenage Fanclub & Jad Fair | miracles |
| Being Boiled | The Human League | horror-inspired songs |
| Being Boring | Pet Shop Boys | boredom |
| Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite | The Beatles | advertising |
| Being Number One | Black Box Recorder | music industry |
| Being with You | Smokey Robinson | indifference |
| Beirut | Yasmine Hamdan | nostalgia |
| Bela Lugosi’s Dead | Bauhaus | long songs |
| Belfast | Orbital | Ireland |
| Bell Boy | The Who | fallen heroes |
| Bella Ciao | Fonola Band | defined or redefined by television |
| Bella Ciao | Diego Moreno | refusal |
| Bellbottoms | Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | coolness |
| Belle | Al Green | the truth |
| Belle de nuit | Les Négresses Vertes | influenced by reggae |
| Bellringers / Peacock Follow the Hen | Mawkin ft Jim Causley | bells |
| The Bells | Jeff Mills | mixtape closers |
| The Bells | The Originals | weddings |
| The Bells of Rhymney | Shawn Phillips | bells |
| Belly Button Window | Jimi Hendrix | babies |
| Ben | Michael Jackson | pets |
| Ben Franklin’s Song | The Decemberists | electricity |
| Benediction | The Weakerthans | theatre |
| Beng Beng Beng | Philou Louzoulo ft Cool Joe & Elvira | tautonyms |
| Bentswood Boys | Suede | suburbia |
| Bequest | Rudimentary Peni | doom |
| Berkeley Campus Blues | Jimmy Rushing | higher education |
| A (Berlin) Drill | Wire | tools |
| Bernadette | Four Tops | named after women |
| Bernadette | Shriekback | non sequiturs |
| Bésame Mucho | Consuelo Velázquez | songs in Spanish |
| Beside You | Van Morrison | extraordinary vocals |
| Bessie | Jane Siberry | four-legged livestock |
| Best Days on Earth | Trashcan Sinatras | contentment |
| Best Dressed Chicken in Town | Dr Alimantado | animals |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | Melbourne Ska Orchestra | gratitude |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | George Olsen & His Music | superlatives |
| The Best Way to Travel | The Moody Blues | eureka moments |
| Betcha by Golly Wow | The Stylistics | falsetto |
| Better Decide Which Side You’re On | Tom Robinson Band | left & right |
| Better Future | Errol Walker | legacy |
| Better Get a Lawyer | The Cruel Sea | judges & trials |
| Better Git It in Your Soul | Charles Mingus | trombone |
| Better Off Dead | Bill Withers | doom |
| Better Scream | Wah! Heat | end of the world |
| A Better Son/Daughter | Rilo Kiley | recovery |
| A Better Time | Peter Hammill | gratitude |
| Better Use Your Head | Little Anthony & the Imperials | change of mind |
| Betty’s Diner | Carrie Newcomer | restaurants & cafes |
| Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | Ella Fitzgerald | stuck or trapped |
| Between the Sheets | The Isley Brothers | orgasms |
| Between the Wars | Billy Bragg | left wing politics |
| Beware of the Beautiful Stranger | Pete Atkin | fortune tellers |
| Beware of the Stranger | The Hypnotics | strangers |
| Beware of Young Girls | Dory Previn | treachery & betrayal |
| Bewitched | The Wedding Present | volume changes |
| Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered | Ella Fitzgerald | charisma |
| Beykat | Youssou N’Dour | villages |
| Beyond Belief | Elvis Costello & the Attractions | idioms & common expressions |
| Beyond the Blue Horizon | The Three Suns | hope & resilience |
| Beyond the Pale | The Mission | idioms & common expressions |
| Beyond the Sea | Bobby Darin | the sea |
| Beyond These Clouds the Sweetest Dream | Bill Nelson | clouds |
| Bhojanam Seyya Vaarungal | Bombay Sisters | meals & mealtimes |
| Bi | Living Colour | gender & LGBTQ+ |
| Biathlon | Papaoke | winter sports |
| Bicycle | Kath Bloom & Lauren Mazzacane | bicycles |
| Bicycle | John Cale | bicycles |
| Bicycle | Mark Olson & Gary Louris | bicycles |
| Bicycle | St. Vincent | bicycles |
| Bicycle Man | Black Mountain | bicycles |
| Bicycles | Katie Elliott Quartet | surreal songs |
| Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) | Ry Cooder | cleansing |
| Big Balls | AC/DC | whimsical songs |
| The Big Bang Theory Theme | Barenaked Ladies | unusual rhymes |
| The Big Beat | Billy Squier | outstanding percussion |
| Big Blow | Manu Dibango | 12″ singles to 1979 |
| Big Boy on a Saturday Night | Kirsty MacColl | days of the week |
| Big Brother | Kanye West | hero worship |
| Big Brother | Stevie Wonder | surveillance |
| Big Chief | Professor Longhair | honorific titles |
| Big Decision | That Petrol Emotion | left wing politics |
| Big Eyed Beans from Venus | Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band | sci-fi & space |
| Big Four Poster Bed | Brenda Lee | beds |
| Big Hat, No Cattle | Randy Newman | lies |
| Big Legged Woman (In a Short Short Mini Skirt) | Freddie King | legs & trousers |
| Big Legs | Omar & the Howlers | legs & trousers |
| Big Mamou | Smiley Lewis | from New Orleans |
| Big Muff | John Martyn | influenced by reggae |
| Big Noise from Winnetka | The Bob-Cats | double bass |
| The Big Ones Get Away | Buffy Sainte-Marie | refusal |
| Big Pink Cake | Razorcuts | bread & baking |
| Big Red | Russell Morris | biography & autobiography |
| Big River | Johnny Cash | rivers |
| The Big Rock Candy Mountains | Harry McClintock | fantasy |
| Big Science | Laurie Anderson | songs with talking |
| Big Ship | Freddie McGregor | ships & boats |
| Big Shot | Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band | funny songs |
| The Big Sleep | Bat for Lashes | striking album endings |
| The Big Three Killed My Baby | The White Stripes | companies & corporations |
| Big Time | Peter Gabriel | social mobility |
| The Big Wide | Hope & Social | Yorkshire |
| Big Yellow Taxi | Joni Mitchell | environment |
| Bigfoot | The Weakerthans | pathos |
| Bigmouth Strikes Again | The Smiths | sweetness |
| Bike | Pink Floyd | striking album endings |
| Biko | Peter Gabriel | justice |
| Bilahari Tolijanma | Aanayampatti S. Ganesan | startling songs |
| Bill Gates Must Die | John Vanderslice | internet |
| Bill Is Dead | The Fall | hangovers |
| Billericay Dickie | Ian Dury | accents |
| Billie Jean | Michael Jackson | denial |
| Billie’s Joined the Fan Club | Anorak Girl | community |
| Bills, Bills, Bills | Destiny’s Child | money |
| Billy Ate My Pocket | Jackie Leven | pockets |
| Billy, Don’t Be a Hero | Paper Lace | volunteering |
| Billy Jones | The Waifs | Jones & Joneses |
| Billy Liar | The Decemberists | books |
| Biloxi | Jesse Winchester | the coast |
| Bin Laden | Immortal Technique | deception |
| Bind Their Kings in Chains | Blyth Power | judges & trials |
| Binky | Snarky Puppy | artistic trends of the 21st century |
| Biology | Girls Aloud | girl groups |
| Birches | Bill Morrissey | winter |
| Bird-Doggin’ | Gene Vincent | hunting |
| Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons | Pixies | mountains |
| Bird in Hand | The Upsetters | inspired by India |
| A Bird in the Hand (Is Worth Two in the Bush) | The Velvelettes | proverbs |
| Bird Mad Girl | The Cure | bears |
| Bird of Cuzco | Nina Nastasia | birdsong |
| Bird of Paradise | Charlie Parker | paradise |
| Bird of Prey | Jim Morrison & the Doors | raptors |
| Bird on the Wire | Leonard Cohen | similes |
| Bird Song | Grateful Dead & Branford Marsalis | unlikely collaborations |
| Birdbrain | Buffalo Tom | fools |
| Birdhouse in Your Soul | They Might Be Giants | unusual narrators |
| Birdland | Weather Report | tribute songs |
| The Birds | Peter Hammill | spring |
| Birds | Quasi | birds |
| Birds | Neil Young | favourite live versions |
| Birds and the Bees | The Bird and the Bee | bees |
| The Birds in Your Garden | Pulp | waking up |
| Bird’s Lament | Moondog & the London Saxophonic | nicknames & pseudonyms |
| Birds of a Feather | Killing Joke | collective nouns |
| Birds of a Feather | Mocky | birds |
| Birds on a Feeder | Kathleen Edwards | simple pleasures |
| Birdy | 22-Pistepirkko | stop-start songs |
| Birth of Ghana | Lord Kitchener | Africa |
| Birth of Liquid Plejades | Tangerine Dream | without percussion |
| Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll | Carl Perkins | roots |
| Birthday | The Sugarcubes | children |
| Birthday | The Very Best | anniversaries |
| Birthday Cake | Cibo Matto | birthdays |
| Birthday Gal | The Replacements | birthdays |
| Birthday Jamaica Version | Lee “Scratch” Perry | anniversaries |
| Birthday Morning | The Association | birthdays |
| Biscuits | Fink | meals & mealtimes |
| Biscuits | Kacey Musgraves | songs offering advice |
| Bitch Bad | Angel Haze | asking, begging & pleading |
| Bitches Ain’t Shit | Ben Folds | offensive, insulting songs |
| Bite This | Roxanne Shante | itching & scratching |
| Bitters End | Roxy Music | genre defying |
| Bittersweet Symphony | The Verve | addiction |
| Bizarre Love Triangle | New Order | great keyboards |
| Bjorn Again Polka | Edward II & the Red Hot Polkas | influenced by dub |
| Bla Bla Bla | Philippe Katerine | worst songs |
| Black | Okkervil River | secrets & secrecy |
| Black Amour | Barry Adamson | black |
| Black and Brown Blues | Silver Jews | colours |
| The Black and White Rag | Winifred Atwell | dance instrumentals |
| Black Angel Blues | Robert Nighthawk | sweetness |
| Black Boy | Joel Culpepper | hope |
| Black, Brown and White | Big Bill Broonzy | stereotypes |
| Black Butterfly | Tio | butterflies & moths |
| Black Butterfly | Deniece Williams | butterflies & moths |
| Black Cab | Jens Lekman | taxis |
| Black Candle | Leo Graham | blessings & curses |
| Black Cat Bone | The Killer Blues Band | violin |
| Black Cherry | Goldfrapp | food |
| Black Coffee | All Saints | incidental music |
| Black Coffee | Everlast | coffee |
| Black Coffee | Humble Pie | coffee |
| Black Coffee | Peggy Lee | songs that capture the zeitgeist |
| Black Coffee | Tricky | sleep & insomnia |
| Black Coffee in Bed | Squeeze | songs to start the morning |
| Black Crow | Joni Mitchell | road trips |
| Black Derby Jacket | Rancid | philosophers |
| Black Diamond Bay | Bob Dylan | journalism & the news |
| Black Diamond Express to Hell Part 1 | Reverend A. W. Nix | heaven & hell |
| Black Dog | Led Zeppelin | perspiration |
| Black Dress | Ed Harcourt | clothes |
| Black Elephant | Chakra Bleu | elephants & mammoths |
| Black Elk Speaks | Hawkwind | philosophers |
| Black Eyed Dog | Nick Drake | scary songs |
| Black Eyes | Snowden | black |
| Black Eyes, Blue Tears | Shania Twain | starting over |
| Black Gold | Foals | gold |
| Black Gold | Esperanza Spalding ft Algebra Blessett & Lionel Loueke | education |
| Black Hole Sun | Soundgarden | holes |
| Black Is Black | Jungle Brothers | black |
| Black Lung Heartache | Joe Bonamassa | caves |
| Black Magic | Kirk Degiorgio’s Offworld | black |
| Black Magic Woman | Santana | album tracks better than singles |
| Black Mahogani | Moodymann | sampling & recycling |
| Black Mambo | PIG | black |
| Black Man | Stevie Wonder | famous people |
| Black Man in a White World | Michael Kiwanuka | interlopers |
| Black Market | Marlene Dietrich | markets & fairs |
| The Black Mass: An Electric Storm in Hell | White Noise | electricity |
| The Black Meat | Bark Psychosis | black |
| Black No. 1 | Type O Negative | black |
| Black Orpheus (Manha de Carnaval) | Quincy Jones | songs to start the morning |
| Black Pear Tree | The Mountain Goats & Kaki King | black |
| Black Pearl | Sonny Charles & the Checkmates, Ltd. | precious stones |
| Black Queen | Stephen Stills | playing cards |
| Black Radio | Robert Glasper Experiment ft Mos Def | collaborations & side projects |
| Black Rain | Ben Harper | New Orleans |
| Black Rose | The Maytals | roses |
| Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath | sound effects |
| Black Satin | Miles Davis | handclaps |
| Black Sheep | The Adicts | black |
| Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys | The Equals | equality |
| Black Skunk Blues | Barbecue Bob | ironic songs |
| Black Star | Radiohead | stars |
| Black Starliner Must Come | Culture | waiting |
| Black Steel | Tricky | covers better than the original |
| Black Superman (Muhammad Ali) | Johnny Wakelin | fighting |
| Black Swan | Thom Yorke | best bass lines |
| Black Sweat | Prince | perspiration |
| Black Tie | Grace Petrie | gender & LGBTQ+ |
| Black Wa-Da-Da | Burning Spear | tautonyms |
| Black Wedding | Sunn O))) | weddings |
| Black Widow Spider | Dr. John | spiders |
| Blackberry Blossoms | Abbey Lincoln | urban wildlife |
| Blackbird | Lady Blackbird | nightingales & thrushes |
| Blackheart Man | Bunny Wailer | oddballs, outcasts & outsiders |
| Blackjack | Ray Charles | playing cards |
| Blackout | British Sea Power | beer |
| Blackpatch | Laura Nyro | kindness |
| The Blacksmith and the Toffee-Maker | Jake Thackray | chance & coincidence |
| Blackstar | David Bowie | stars |
| Blackwaterside | Bert Jansch | treachery & betrayal |
| Blade Runner: Main Titles | Vangelis | artificial intelligence |
| Blam Blam Fever | The Valentines | guns |
| Blame | Gabriels | songs to start the morning |
| Blame It on My Youth | Nat King Cole | immaturity |
| Blank Expression | The Specials | body language |
| Blank Generation | Richard Hell & the Voidoids | from New York City |
| Blanket | Urban Species | hearing, choosing & playing records |
| Blarney Stone | Ween | Ireland |
| Blarney’s Stoned | Alan Hawkshaw | TV theme songs |
| A Blaze in the Northern Sky | Darkthrone | sky |
| Blazing Apostles | Be-Bop Deluxe | redemption |
| The Blend | The Herbaliser ft What What | writing |
| The Blessing | Ornette Coleman | blessings & curses |
| Blessing | Aira Yuuki | blessings & curses |
| Blind (Frankie Knuckles Remix) | Hercules and Love Affair | mixtape closers |
| Blind Willie McTell | Bob Dylan | tribute songs |
| Blinded by the Lights | The Streets | nightclubs |
| Bling-Bang-Bang-Born | Creepy Nuts | Japan |
| Blister in the Sun | Violent Femmes | whispering |
| Blitzkrieg Bop | Ramones | personal theme songs |
| Block Buster! | The Sweet | mistaken identity |
| Blonde in the Bleachers | Joni Mitchell | effects of fame |
| Blood and Roses | The Smithereens | roses |
| Blood Brothers | Nicole Dollanganger | bodily fluids |
| Blood Count | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | blood |
| Blood Makes Noise | Suzanne Vega | blood |
| Blood on the Saddle | Tex Ritter | blood |
| Blood Outta Stone | The Fall | acceptance |
| Blood Red River | Beth Orton | non sequiturs |
| Blood-Red Roses | Oysterband | roses |
| Blood Red Roses | Sting | cetaceans |
| Blood Sports | The Style Council | hunting |
| Blood Swamp | Sunn O))) & Boris | earth, soil & dirt |
| Blood Upon Copper | Seth Lakeman | caves |
| Bloodflow | Smog | blood |
| Bloodletting | Concrete Blonde | bodily fluids |
| The Bloodmobile | They Might Be Giants | blood |
| Bloodsport for All | Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine | army |
| Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole | Martha Wainwright | hatchet jobs |
| Bloody Revolutions | Crass | leadership |
| tyranny & dictatorship |
| Bloomsday | Samantha Crain | retro style |
| Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind | Ken “Snakehips” Johnson & Al Bowlly | quoting Shakespeare |
| Blow Thy Horn Hunter | William Cornysh | hunting |
| Blowin’ Free | Wishbone Ash | hair |
| Blowin’ Smoke | Kacey Musgraves | jobs |
| Blown Away | Sin Cos Tan | upbeat break-up #2 |
| Blue | Kevin Ayers | blue |
| Blue | Fine Young Cannibals | blue |
| Blue | Joni Mitchell | blue |
| Blue | Lucinda Williams | blue |
| Blue Bell Knoll | Cocteau Twins | fictional places |
| Blue Blood | !Action Pact! | royalty |
| Blue Boots | Eric Donaldson | footwear |
| The Blue Danube | Johann Strauss II | triggering dancing |
| Blue Days, Black Nights | Buddy Holly | debut songs |
| Blue Flowers | Dr. Octagon | trees, grass & flowers |
| Blue Hotel | Chris Isaak | hotels |
| Blue Hour | Turin Brakes | sunsets & twilight |
| Blue in Green | Miles Davis | euphoria |
| Blue Jean Blues | The Jeff Healey Band | legs & trousers |
| Blue Lagoon | Laurie Anderson | quoting Shakespeare |
| Blue Light | Little Walter | harmonica |
| Blue Lights | Jorja Smith | alarm sounds |
| Blue Monday | New Order | 1980s 12” singles |
| Blue Monday | Orkestra Obsolete | old meets new |
| Blue Moon | The Marcels | great backing vocals |
| Blue Moon of Kentucky | Elvis Presley | double bass |
| Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis) | Cowboy Junkies | rare events |
| Blue Mosque | Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet | lower the heartrate |
| Blue Murder | Tom Robinson Band | North East England |
| Blue Nile | Alice Coltrane | harp, lyre & zither |
| Blue on Blue | Pet Shop Boys | blue |
| Blue Raga | Davey Graham | inspired by India |
| Blue Rondo à la Turk | Dave Brubeck Quartet | finish where they begin |
| Blue Suede Shoes | Elvis Presley | shoes |
| Blue Velvet | Bobby Vinton | rough & smooth |
| Blue Would Still Be Blue | Guillemots | blue |
| Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern) | Miles Davis | anti-Christmas songs |
| Blue Yodel No. 1 | Jimmie Rodgers | American west |
| Blue Yodel No. 8 (Muleskinner Blues) | Jimmie Rodgers | manual labour |
| Blueberry Hill | Fats Domino | fruit |
| Bluebird | Buffalo Springfield | album tracks better than singles |
| Bluebirds | Adam Green | puzzling & mysterious |
| Bluejeans and Moonbeams | Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band | legs & trousers |
| The Blues Are Still Blue | Belle and Sebastian | cleansing |
| The Blues Came Falling Down | Al Hibbler | falling |
| Blues for Ceausescu | The Fatima Mansions | cruel songs |
| Blues from a Gun | The Jesus and Mary Chain | energising songs |
| The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll | Muddy Waters | harmonica |
| Blues Palace | John Gorka | castles & palaces |
| Blues Run the Game | Jackson C. Frank | moving on |
| Bo Diddley | Bo Diddley | self-referential songs |
| Boat Journey | Tony Allen | obstacles |
| The Boat of Millions of Years | Van der Graaf Generator | raptors |
| The Boat That I Row | Lulu | ships & boats |
| Boat to Bolivia | Martin Stephenson & the Daintees | the impossible |
| The Boatman | Levellers | independence |
| Bob | Drive-By Truckers | male names |
| B.O.B. | OutKast | songs with vim |
| Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream | Bob Dylan | shaggy dog stories & tall tales |
| Bob Wilson – Anchorman | Half Man Half Biscuit | famous people |
| Bobby James | N.E.R.D. | character songs |
| Bobby Sox Blues | T-Bone Walker | youth cults |
| Bodies | Sex Pistols | sweary songs |
| Body and Soul | Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| Body Language | John Holt & Gregory Isaacs | body language |
| Body Movin’ (Fatboy Slim Remix) | Beastie Boys | dancing |
| The Body of an American | The Pogues | celebration |
| Body Talk | Imagination | body language |
| Bodyrock | Moby | bodily motion & exercise |
| Bohemian Like You | The Dandy Warhols | coolness |
| Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen | capital punishment |
| Boil the Kettle, Mother | The Id | gases |
| The Boiler | Rhoda with The Special AKA | scary songs |
| Bold Sir Rylas | Spiers and Boden | forests & woodlands |
| The Boldest Cats | Max Koffler | dares |
| Bombed Again Last Night | Oh, What a Lovely War! Cast | survival |
| Bomber | Motörhead | flying |
| Bone Bag | The Cult | bones |
| The Bone of Song | Josh Ritter | songwriting |
| Bones | Editors | bones |
| Bones of Elvis | Inner City Unit | Elvis |
| Bones of Ribbon | London Grammar | bones |
| Boneyard | Jon Cleary | bones |
| Bonnie and Clyde | Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot | crime |
| The Bonny Black Hare | Fairport Convention | orgasms |
| The Bonny Earl o’Moray | Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears | indecipherable songs |
| Boogie Everywhere I Go | John Lee Hooker | rhythm, beat & boogie |
| Boogie in the Mud | Danny James | earth, soil & dirt |
| Boogie Oogie Oogie | A Taste of Honey | tautonyms |
| Boogie Wonderland | Earth, Wind & Fire ft The Emotions | triggering dancing |
| Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy | The Andrews Sisters with Vic Shoen & His Orchestra | army |
| The Book I Read | Talking Heads | reading |
| The Book Lovers | Broadcast | nerds & geeks |
| The Book of Love | The Magnetic Fields | Valentine’s Day songs |
| Book of Love | The Monotones | literary songs |
| Booker’s Guitar | Eric Bibb | guitars |
| The Booklovers | The Divine Comedy | literary songs |
| writing |
| Books About UFOs | Hüsker Dü | libraries |
| Boom Bang-a-Bang | Lulu | noise |
| Boom Biddy Boom | Freschard | onomatopoeia |
| Boom Boom | John Lee Hooker | noise |
| Boom Clap | Charli XCX | falling in love |
| Boomerang | Barenaked Ladies | can’t live with or without you |
| Boomer’s Story | Ry Cooder | itinerants & migration |
| Bootylicious | Destiny’s Child | body language |
| Bop | Brandt Brauer Frick | minimalist songs |
| Boplicity | Miles Davis | coolness |
| Border Song | Elton John | influenced by gospel |
| Borderline | Madonna | edges & ledges |
| Borders | M.I.A. | compass points |
| Bored | Destroy All Monsters | boredom |
| Bored Teenagers | The Adverts | adolescence |
| Boredom | Buzzcocks | boredom |
| Boredom | Tyler, the Creator ft Rex Orange County & Anna of the North | boring & dull |
| Boris | Boris with Merzbow | drone music |
| Boris the Spider | The Who | spiders |
| Born Again Cretin | Robert Wyatt | regressing & reversing |
| Born for a Purpose / Reason for Living | Dr Alimantado | meaning of life |
| Born in Chains | Leonard Cohen | roots |
| Born in the U.S.A. (demo version) | Bruce Springsteen | America |
| Born on the Floor | The Make-Up | babies & childbirth |
| Born Slippy .NUXX | Underworld | songs that aren’t what they seem |
| Born This Way | Lady Gaga | normal & abnormal |
| Born to Be Wild | Steppenwolf | motorbikes |
| Born Too Late | The Poni-Tails | regrets |
| Born Under a Bad Sign | Richard Hawley | star signs |
| Born Under a Good Sign | Teenage Fanclub | omens & prophecies |
| Borracho | Mark Lanegan | whiskey |
| The Boss | James Brown | boastful songs |
| Both Sides, Now | Joni Mitchell | two – part 1 |
| The Bottle | Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson | drinking |
| Bottle of Smoke | The Pogues | horses |
| Bottle Rocket | The Go! Team | joyous songs |
| Bottle to the Baby | Charlie Feathers | babies |
| Bottle Up and Explode! | Elliott Smith | stiff upper lip |
| Bottom to the Top | Joan Armatrading | overturning the odds |
| Boulder to Birmingham | Emmylou Harris | bereavement |
| Bound by the Beauty | Jane Siberry | beauty |
| Boundaries | Leena Conquest & Hip Hop Finger | obstacles |
| Boundless Love | John Prine | spring cleaning & household chores |
| Bout de Doigts | The Brian Jonestown Massacre | underrated artists |
| Bowels of the Beast | The Raveonettes | monsters |
| Bowling Alley Bar | The Handsome Family | apologies |
| Box 202 | Yachts | aviation |
| Box of Rain | Grateful Dead | kindness |
| The Boxer | Simon & Garfunkel | broken promises |
| Boxers | Morrissey | fighting |
| Boxing My Shadow | K’naan | tiredness |
| The Boy in the Bubble | Paul Simon | accordion |
| The Boy Is Mine | Brandy and Monica | harp, lyre & zither |
| A Boy Named Sue | Johnny Cash | songs with jokes |
| The Boy Who Stood Still | Frost* | the invisible |
| Boy with a Coin | Iron & Wine | coins |
| Boy with a Moon & Star on His Head | Cat Stevens | seduction |
| Boycott Me! | Mischief Brew | resistance |
| The Boys Are Back in Town | Thin Lizzy | reunions |
| Boys Don’t Cry | The Cure | repression |
| Boys from the County Hell | The Pogues | made you fall in love with music |
| Boys in Town | Divinyls | underwear |
| The Boys of Summer | Don Henley | nostalgia |
| Boys Wanna Fight | Garbage | fighting |
| Bozos | Amadou & Mariam | 3/4 time |
| Bracelets of Sound | Harry Beckett | hats & accessories |
| Bradman | Paul Kelly & the Colored Girls | winners |
| Braided Hair | 1 Giant Leap ft Speech & Neneh Cherry | knots & ties |
| Brain Cloudy Blues | Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys | clouds |
| Brain Damage / Eclipse | Pink Floyd | crisis |
| Brain of J. | Pearl Jam | conspiracy theories & paranoia |
| The Brain Song | Weird Al Yankovic | the brain |
| Brainy | The National | intelligence |
| Brand New Beat | Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps | modernity |
| Brand New Key | Melanie | fads & crazes |
| Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major | Johann Sebastian Bach | driving songs |
| Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major: I. Allegro | Johann Sebastian Bach | flutes, pipes & whistles |
| Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) | Looking Glass | memorabilia & souvenirs |
| Brass Buttons | Gram Parsons | mothers |
| Brass in Pocket | The Pretenders | flirting |
| Brave & Strong | Sly and the Family Stone | screams, howls, grunts & shrieks |
| Brave New World | Jeff Wayne | caves |
| Brazen (Weep) | Skunk Anansie | stiff upper lip |
| Bread and Butter | The Newbeats | bread, cakes, pastry & biscuits |
| Bread and Circuses | Billy Bragg with Natalie Merchant | bread, cakes, pastry & biscuits |
| Bread and Wine | Anthony Reynolds | bread, cakes, pastry & biscuits |
| Breadcrumb Trail | Slint | carnivals & funfairs |
| Breadfan | Budgie | bread & baking |
| Break | Fugazi | breaking things |
| Break Away | The Beach Boys | breaking things |
| Break Down the Walls | Mikey Dread | breaking things |
| Break My Stride | Matthew Wilder | motivation |
| Break On Through (To the Other Side) | The Doors | borders, barriers, walls & fences |
| Break the Dawn | Crystal & S. Koshi | piano songs |
| Break Ya Neck | Busta Rhymes ft Twista | indecipherable songs |
| Breakfast | The Associates | meals & mealtimes |
| Breakfast | Le Le | meals & mealtimes |
| Breakfast in Baghdad | Youn Sun Nah | specific or obscure places |
| Breakfast in Bed | Lorna Bennett | relaxation & leisure |
| Breakfast in Bed | Dusty Springfield | sexy songs |
| Breakfast with Johnny Dowd | Sir Vincent Lone | meals & mealtimes |
| Breakin’ Bread | The J.B.’s | meals & mealtimes |
| Breakin’ Down the Walls of Heartache | The Bandwagon | obstacles |
| Breaking News | Half Man Half Biscuit | funny songs |
| Breaking the Habit | Linkin Park | starting over |
| Breaking the Law | Judas Priest | criminals |
| The Breaks | Kurtis Blow | breaking things |
| The Brean Lament | June Tabor | tides |
| Breath Kissing Matter’s Mouth | Tangerine Dream | breathing |
| Breathe | Abney Park | breathing |
| Breathe | Maria McKee | breathing |
| Breathe! | Ministry | breathing |
| Breathe and Stop | Q-Tip | stop-start songs |
| Breathe Me | Sia | stop-start songs |
| Breathing | Kate Bush | nuclear war |
| Breathing Fear | Kitchens of Distinction | homosexuality |
| Breathing Machine | Annea Lockwood | machines, robots & computers |
| Breathless | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | waking up |
| Breathless | Jerry Lee Lewis | audible breaths |
| Breaths | Sweet Honey in the Rock | breathing |
| Brecon Beacons | Supergrass | witches |
| Breed | Nirvana | indifference |
| Breeze on the Tees | Painted Places | North East England |
| The Breeze Whispered Your Name | Isobel Campbell | whispering |
| Breezin’ | Gabor Szabo | refreshment & cooling down |
| Brian Rix | The Brilliant Corners | laughter |
| Brian Wilson | Barenaked Ladies | songwriting |
| Brianstorm | Arctic Monkeys | insulting songs |
| Brick | Ben Folds Five | mistakes |
| Brick House | Commodores | being fat |
| Brickbat | Billy Bragg | getting older |
| Brid Og Ni Mhailley | The Corrs | Gaelic songs |
| Bridal Train | The Waifs | leaving or being left behind |
| The Bride Stripped Bare (by “Bachelors”) | Bonzo Dog Band | music industry |
| The Bridge | Elton John | bridges |
| The Bridge of Khazad-dûm | Howard Shore | caves |
| Bridge Over Troubled Water | Aretha Franklin | bridges |
| Bridge Over Troubled Water | Simon & Garfunkel | bridges |
| Bridges | Betty Carter | audible breaths |
| Bridges and Balloons | Joanna Newsom | bridges |
| Brief Encounter | High Contrast | brevity |
| The Brigadier | Jake Thackray | honorific titles |
| Brigg Fair | The Full English | without percussion |
| Brigg’s Corn Shucking Jig | Carolina Chocolate Drops | clicking, tapping & stomping |
| Bright Lights, Big City | Jimmy Reed | light |
| Bright Morning Stars | Abigail Washburn | getting brighter |
| The Bright New Year | Bert Jansch | new year |
| Bright Side of the Road | Van Morrison | getting brighter |
| Bright Sunny Morning | Bert Jansch | September 11 attacks |
| Bright Sunshine | Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission | museums, galleries & exhibitions |
| Brighter | Slowdive | getting brighter |
| Brighter As We Fall | Engineers | getting brighter |
| Brighter Days | Sauti Sol & Soweto Gospel Choir | getting brighter |
| Brighter Days / Brighter Daze | Stanton Davis’ Ghetto/Mysticism | getting brighter |
| Brighter Now | Razorcuts | getting brighter |
| Brighton Rock | Queen | echoes |
| Brimful of Asha | Cornershop | inspired by or about films |
| Bring It On Home to Me | Sam Cooke | great backing vocals |
| Bring Me Sunshine | Morecambe and Wise | laughter |
| Bring Me to Life | Evanescence | starting over |
| Bring the Noise | Public Enemy, Anthrax & Ice T | noise |
| Bringin My Knife | Captain Slackship’s Mezzanine Allstars | knives |
| Brink of Death | Childe Harolde | psychedelic songs |
| British Hustle | Hi-Tension | Britain |
| British People in Hot Weather | The Fall | heat |
| The Broadcast | Wings | solo Beatles songs |
| Broke and Hungry | Skip James | songs of desperation |
| Brokedown Palace | Grateful Dead | adult lullabies |
| Broken | A Place to Bury Strangers | breaking things |
| Broken Bones and Pocket Change | St. Paul & the Broken Bones | accents |
| Broken English | Marianne Faithfull | left wing politics |
| Broken Face | Pixies | short songs |
| Broken Furniture | John Foxx & Louis Gordon | confusion & delusion |
| Broken Heart | Spiritualized | the heart |
| Broken Household Appliance National Forest | Grandaddy | rural songs |
| Broken Promise | Placebo | broken promises |
| Broken Toys | 22 Pistepirkko | toys |
| Bron-Y-Aur Stomp | Led Zeppelin | pets |
| Bronco | Femme en Fourrure | lust |
| The Brooklyn Bridge | Frank Sinatra | bridges |
| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Bing Crosby | money |
| Brother Louie | Hot Chocolate | songs with talking |
| Brother Noah | The Shadows | honorific titles |
| Brother Rat / What Slayde Says | NoMeansNo | treachery & betrayal |
| Brown | Ken Nordine | brown |
| Brown Baby | Oscar Brown Jr. | brown |
| Brown Ballad | Quincy Jones | harmonica |
| Brown Eyed Girl | Van Morrison | na-na-hey-hey songs |
| Brown Eyed Handsome Man | Chuck Berry | great opening lines |
| Brown Paper Bag | Syndicate of Sound | bags & containers |
| Brown Rice | Don Cherry | brown |
| Brown Skin | India Arie | skin |
| Brown Skin Girl | Sonny Rollins | brown |
| Brown Sugar | D’Angelo | brown |
| Brriak! | Zap Mama | a cappella |
| Bruces’ Philosophers Song | Monty Python | philosophers |
| Bruja | La Perla | witches |
| Brujas | Princess Nokia | witches |
| Brunceling’s Song | The Fatima Mansions | spying |
| Brunel | The Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing | machinery, industry & technology |
| Buachaill Ón Éirne | Clannad | Gaelic songs |
| Bubbles | Biffy Clyro | one word titles |
| Bubbles in My Beer | George Jones | beer |
| Buck and the Preacher | I-Roy | movie & TV stars |
| Buck Rogers | Feeder | overturning the odds |
| Bud the Spud | Stompin’ Tom Connors | Canada |
| Buddy Bye | Johnny Osbourne | stop-start songs |
| Buenas Tardes Amigo | Ween | revenge |
| Buenos Aires Beach | The War on Drugs | South America |
| Buenos Aires Hora Cero | Astor Piazzolla | expressing movement of walking |
| Buffalo Ballet | John Cale | afternoon |
| Buffalo Soldier | Bob Marley & the Wailers | migrants & refugees |
| Buffalo Stance | Neneh Cherry | confidence |
| The Bug | Jerry Dallman & the Knightcaps | dance styles |
| The Bug | Magnetic Man | internet |
| Bug Powder Dust | Bomb the Bass with Justin Warfield | literary songs |
| Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn | Bryn Terfel | Gaelic songs |
| The Buggy Boogie Woogie | Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band | spiders |
| Build | The Housemartins | buildings |
| Build Me Up Buttercup | The Foundations | punctuality |
| Building Steam with a Grain of Salt | DJ Shadow | teachers |
| Building the City of Light | Mike Scott | decisive songs |
| Built for Comfort | Howlin’ Wolf | being fat |
| Built to Last | Mêlée | resilience |
| Bulbs | Van Morrison | one word titles |
| Bull in the Heather | Sonic Youth | fetishes |
| Bullet in the Head | Rage Against the Machine | guns |
| Bullets | Cloth & the Compton Cricket Club | cricket |
| Bullets | Tunng | blessings & curses |
| Bullfrog | Johnny Moore & His New Blazers | amphibians |
| Bullfrog Blues | Rory Gallagher | favourite live versions |
| The Bullfrog Patrol | Duncan Sisters | amphibians |
| Bullitt | Lalo Schifrin | police |
| Bunny (Song for a Crochet Alligator) | Shari Elf | knots & ties |
| Burenai Ai de | Mitchie M | dance instrumentals |
| Burn and Rob | Paleface | mood-changing music |
| Burn Hollywood Burn | Public Enemy ft Ice Cube & Big Daddy Kane | fire |
| inspired by or about films |
| Burn the Honeysuckle | The Gourds | starting fires |
| Burn the Witch | Queens of the Stone Age | New England |
| Burning Down the House | Talking Heads | fire |
| Burning House | Cam | nightmares |
| Burning of the Midnight Lamp | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | loneliness |
| Burning Tiger, Screaming Me | Hazel Nuts Chocolate | tigers |
| Burning Up | Madonna | fire |
| Burnout | Green Day | indifference |
| Bury a Friend | Billie Eilish | horror-inspired songs |
| Bury Me Deep in Love | The Triffids | start with the chorus |
| Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Buffy Sainte-Marie | scandal |
| Bus Stop | The Hollies | buses |
| Bushonomics | Talib Kweli & Cornel West | villains |
| Busted | Ray Charles | adversity |
| Bustin’ Loose | Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers | motivation |
| Busy Doin’ Nothin’ | The Beach Boys | visitors |
| Busy Line | Rose Murphy | odd noises & instruments |
| But Beautiful | Billie Holiday | opposites |
| But It Sure Is Fun | Willie Dixon | fun |
| Buttercup | Brad | odd couples |
| Buttercup (I’m a Super Girl) | Shonen Knife | superheroes |
| Butterflies Are Free | The Free Design | butterflies & moths |
| Butterfly | Terry Callier | butterflies & moths |
| Butterfly | Screaming Trees | butterflies & moths |
| Butterfly | Talvin Singh | butterflies & moths |
| Butterfly | Scott Walker | insects |
| The Butterfly Collector | The Jam | prostitution |
| Butterfly Mind | Arcesia | worst songs |
| Button Up Your Overcoat | Ruth Etting | songs offering advice |
| Buy Nothing Day | The Go! Team | nothing |
| Buy or Beware | Mellow Candle | water |
| Buzzin’ Fly | Tim Buckley | insects |
| By the Time I Get to Arizona | Public Enemy | US cities & states |
| By the Time I Get to Phoenix | Glen Campbell | change of mind |
| By the Time I Get to Phoenix | Isaac Hayes | covers better than the original |
| By This River | Brian Eno | krautrock |
| BYC! | Terminal Heads | offensive, insulting songs |
| Bye Bye Pride | The Go-Betweens | long-distance relationships |
| Byker Hill | Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick | North East England |
| B.Y.O.B. | System of a Down | US presidents |