| Song Title | Artist | Topic |
| i | Aphex Twin | mixtape closers |
| i | Kendrick Lamar | genre defying |
| I Ain’t Got No Home in This World Any More | Woody Guthrie | itinerants & migration |
| I Ain’t Superstitious | Howlin’ Wolf | omens & prophecies |
| I Always Get a Souvenir | Tommy Collins | memorabilia & souvenirs |
| I Am a Bookworm | Sparks | libraries |
| I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow | The Soggy Bottom Boys | ‘I am’ songs |
| I Am a Rock | Simon & Garfunkel | anti-love songs |
| I Am Not Lonely with Cricket | David Pajo | cricket |
| I Am Not My Hair | India Arie ft Akon | hair |
| I Am Pentagon | The Make-Up | numbers |
| I Am Piano | Peter Broderick | piano songs |
| I Am Somebody | Johnnie Taylor | songs that capture the zeitgeist |
| I Am Stretched on Your Grave | Sinéad O’Connor | bereavement |
| I Am the Audience | XTC | theatre |
| I Am the Black Book | The Dixie Drifter | roots |
| I Am The Black Gold of the Sun | Rotary Connection | the sun |
| I Am the Cosmos | Chris Bell | ‘I am’ songs |
| I Am the Fly | Wire | ‘I am’ songs |
| I Am the Fox | Nancy Kerr & James Fagan | unusual narrators |
| I Am the Mob | Catatonia | inspired by or about films |
| I Am the One and Only | Chesney Hawkes | pride |
| I Am the Owl | Dead Kennedys | conspiracy theories & paranoia |
| I Am the Resurrection | The Stone Roses | ‘I am’ songs |
| showing off |
| I Am the Unknown | The Aliens | unexplained phenomena |
| I Am the Walrus | The Beatles | ‘I am’ songs |
| I Am Very Sorry | Kamal Ahmed ft Noor Jehan | apologies |
| I Am Woman | Helen Reddy | being a man or a woman |
| I Became a Prostitute (Acoustic) | The Twilight Sad | prostitution |
| I Believe in Father Christmas | Greg Lake | anti-Christmas songs |
| I Believe in Miracles | The Jackson Sisters | energising songs |
| I Believe in You | Talk Talk | adversity |
| I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever) | Stevie Wonder | innocence |
| I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor | Arctic Monkeys | flirting |
| I Burned Your Letter | Ruth Brown | starting fires |
| I Can | Nas | confidence |
| I Can Add | They Might Be Giants | mathematics |
| I Can Hear Music | The Ronettes | ears & hearing |
| I Can Hear the Grass Grow | The Move | trees, grass & flowers |
| I Can Help | Billy Swan | confidence |
| I Can Never Go Home Anymore | The Shangri-Las | first love |
| I Can Only Give You Everything | Them | everything |
| I Can Read Between the Lines | Johnnie Taylor | reading |
| I Can See Clearly Now | Johnny Nash | the obvious |
| I Can See for Miles | The Who | estimates of distance & time |
| I Can See the Sun in Late December | Roberta Flack | tides |
| I Can Take You to the Sun | Misunderstood | space |
| I Can’t Control Myself | The Troggs | control |
| I Can’t Do Anything | X-Ray Spex | songs for your teenage self |
| I Can’t Escape Myself | The Sound | obstacles |
| I Can’t Explain | The Who | indecision |
| I Can’t Find Brummagem | Jon Wilks | Birmingham & the Black Country |
| I Can’t Forget | Leonard Cohen | forgetting |
| I Can’t Get Next to You | The Temptations | boastful songs |
| I Can’t Get Next to You | Thee More Shallows | boastful songs |
| (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction | Devo | unlikely cover songs |
| (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction | The Rolling Stones | start with the chorus |
| I Can’t Get Started | Carmen McRae | the impossible |
| I Can’t Go to Sleep | Wu-Tang Clan ft Isaac Hayes | violence |
| I Can’t Help You | Cate Le Bon | accents |
| I Can’t Let Go | The Hollies | great backing vocals |
| I Can’t Let Maggie Go | Honeybus | the impossible |
| I Can’t Live Without My Radio | LL Cool J | media for listening to recorded music |
| I Can’t Make You Love Me | Bon Iver | covers by the opposite sex |
| I Can’t Quit You Baby | Led Zeppelin | can’t live with or without you |
| I Can’t Stop Loving You | Ray Charles | unlikely cover songs |
| I Can’t Win | Ry Cooder | striking album endings |
| I Can’t Write Left-Handed | Bill Withers | war |
| I Cheat the Hangman | The Doobie Brothers | horror-inspired songs |
| I Come and Stand at Every Door | The Byrds | nuclear war |
| I Come with Knives | IAMX | knives |
| I Contain Multitudes | Bob Dylan | using your imagination |
| I Could Be Happy | Altered Images | optimistic songs |
| I Could Eat Crawfish Every Day | Allen Toussaint | fish & other aquatic life |
| I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man | Prince | empathy |
| I Didn’t Know What Time It Was | Billie Holiday | famous last words |
| I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On | Cherrelle | accidents |
| I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On | Robert Palmer | apologies |
| I Dig It – You Dig It | Albert Mangelsdorff and Don Cherry | austerity |
| I Do This All the Time | Self Esteem | fear of missing out |
| I Don’t Believe a Word | Motörhead | disbelief |
| I Don’t Believe in Love | The School | disbelief |
| I Don’t Believe in Miracles | Colin Blunstone | disbelief |
| I Don’t Believe in You | Talk Talk | choosing & using words |
| I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby | The Louvin Brothers | surprise encounters |
| I Don’t Care If the Sun Don’t Shine | Elvis Presley | kissing |
| I Don’t Even Care | Frank Zappa | indifference |
| I Don’t Know Where I Stand | Joni Mitchell | indecision |
| I Don’t Know Where I’m Bound | Johnny Cash | adventure |
| I Don’t Like My Mind | Mitski | id, ego & superego |
| I Don’t Like You | Bo Diddley | conversations |
| I Don’t Mind | Buzzcocks | authenticity & fakery |
| I Don’t Wanna Go Down to the Basement | Ramones | rooms |
| I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open the Door, I’ll Get It Myself) | James Brown | control |
| I Don’t Want to Have to Wait | Barbara and the Browns | waiting |
| I Don’t Want to Hear It Anymore | Dusty Springfield | indirect messages |
| I Don’t Want to Waste Your Time | Over the Rhine | personal theme songs |
| I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine | Bob Dylan | philosophers |
| I Drink | Mary Gauthier | deception |
| I Drove All Night | Roy Orbison | determination |
| I Dug Up a Diamond | Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris | precious stones |
| I Enjoy Being a Girl | Peggy Lee | stereotypes |
| I Fall to Pieces | Patsy Cline | falling |
| I Feel Fine | The Beatles | sound like other songs |
| I Feel for You | Chaka Khan | super solos |
| I Feel Just Like a Child | Devendra Banhart | children |
| I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag | Country Joe and the Fish | war |
| I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Remix) | Donna Summer | long songs |
| 1980s 12” singles |
| I Find It Hard to Say (Rebel) | Lauryn Hill | refusal |
| I Fought the Law | The Clash | crime |
| I Fought the Law | The Crickets | criminals |
| I Fought the Law | The Wild Angels | one-hit wonders |
| I Found a Girl | Jan and Dean | starting over |
| I Found You | Alabama Shakes | discovery |
| I Gave My Love a Candle | Bonnie Raitt | melancholy songs |
| I Gave You Power | Nas | guns |
| I Get a Kick Out of You | Frank Sinatra | boredom |
| I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes) | Chet Baker | missing someone |
| I Get the Blues When It Rains | Snooks Eaglin | melancholy songs |
| I Go to Sleep | The Pretenders | sleep & insomnia |
| I Got a Bag of My Own | James Brown | bags & containers |
| (I Got a) Stomach Ache | Junior Wells | stomach & guts |
| I Got a Name | Jim Croce | faith |
| I Got a Woman | Ray Charles | influenced by gospel |
| I Got My Mojo Working | Ella Guru | cats |
| I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’ | Todd Duncan | underdogs |
| I Got the Same Old Blues | J. J. Cale | indirect messages |
| I Got You | Split Enz | fear |
| I Got You Babe | Sonny & Cher | conversations |
| I Got You (I Feel Good) | James Brown | flavour |
| I Guess I Planted | Billy Bragg & Wilco | positive songs |
| I Had a Dream of the Plague | Dogbowl | nightmares |
| I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night | The Electric Prunes | dreams |
| I Hate Everybody | Deejay Punk-Roc | misanthropic songs |
| I Hate Everything About You | Three Days Grace | can’t live with or without you |
| I Hate I Walked Away | Syl Johnson | guilt & apology |
| I Hate My Job | Marvin the Martian | anti-work songs |
| I Hate Myself for Loving You | Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | pride |
| I Hate…People | Anti-Nowhere League | misanthropic songs |
| I Hate Rock ‘n’ Roll | The Jesus and Mary Chain | music industry |
| I Hate Scotland | Ballboy | Scotland |
| I Hate You | The Monks | can’t live with or without you |
| I Have a Need for Solitude | Mary Chapin Carpenter | quiet |
| I Have Always Been Here Before | Julian Cope | immortality & longevity |
| I Have Forgiven Jesus | Morrissey | sinners |
| I Have Travelled the Buses Late at Night | Band of Holy Joy | urban environment |
| I Haven’t Got Anything Better to Do | Astrud Gilberto | repression |
| I Hear Them All | David Rawlings | ears & hearing |
| I Hear You Knockin’ | Smiley Lewis | doors |
| I Heard Her Call My Name | The Velvet Underground | the afterlife |
| I Heard It Through the Grapevine | Marvin Gaye | gossip |
| I Heard You Got Action | Pony Up! | innuendo |
| I Heart Beer | The Physics | beer |
| I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape | The Times | escape |
| I Hold Your Hand in Mine | Tom Lehrer | misleading or incongruous titles |
| I Hope So But I Fear | Luke Vibert | fear |
| I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love with You | Tom Waits | pubs & bars |
| I Hung My Head | Johnny Cash | sinners |
| I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself | Dusty Springfield | missing someone |
| I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself | Dionne Warwick | indecision |
| I Just Go | Boz Scaggs | apologies |
| I Just Got Back (From the Final Fantasy, Ahead of Our Time in the Four Lands of Ellet) | Parliament | fictional places |
| I Keep Coming Back | Tyrone Davis | repetition |
| I Keep It Hid | Alice Clark | secrets & secrecy |
| I Keep Mine Hidden | The Smiths | stiff upper lip |
| I Know a Place | Petula Clark | evening |
| I Know But I Don’t Know | Blondie | uncertainty |
| (I Know) I’m Losing You | Rod Stewart | humming |
| (I Know) I’m Losing You | The Temptations | jealousy |
| I Know It’s Over | The Smiths | acceptance |
| I Know What Boys Like | The Waitresses | bad boys & bad girls |
| I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) | Genesis | anti-work songs |
| I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Buckshot LeFonque & Maya Angelou | empathy |
| I Know You Got Soul | Eric B. & Rakim | from New York City |
| I Left My Wallet in El Segundo | A Tribe Called Quest | travelling |
| I Like a Boy in Uniform (School Uniform) | The Pipettes | fashion |
| I Like Cezanne | Neil Innes | 19th century life |
| I Like London in the Rain | Blossom Dearie | simple pleasures |
| I Like My Toys | The Idle Race | toys |
| I Like Pie—I Like Cake—But I Like You Best of All | California Ramblers | bread, cakes, pastry & biscuits |
| I Like to Go Back in the Evening | Jack Jackson & his Orchestra | evening |
| I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked | Ida Maria | pick-up lines & marriage proposals |
| nudity |
| I Live for the Weekend | Triumph | anticipation |
| I Lost My Heart in the Fairground | Glenda Collins | fairgrounds |
| I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper | Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip | loss |
| I Lost My Ignorance (And Don’t Know Where to Find It) | Dream Warriors & Gang Starr | education |
| I Lost You, But I Found Country Music | Ballboy | lost and found |
| I Love King Selassie | Black Uhuru | royalty |
| I Love My Label | Nick Lowe | companies & corporations |
| I Love My Teacher | Chuck and Dobby | teachers |
| I Love Pop Music | Ben Lee | bright songs about dark subjects |
| I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll | Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | obsolete things |
| I Love Techno | Soulwax | ten words or fewer |
| I Love the Dead | Alice Cooper | lust |
| I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass | Nick Lowe | other songs |
| I Love You | Yello | conversations |
| I Love You Like a Brother | Alex Lahey | family |
| I Love You So Love Me | Veda Hille, Niall McNeil & Marcus Youssef | famous or notable duos |
| I Love Your Smell | Billy Jenkins with the Blues Collective | smells |
| I Luv U | Dizzee Rascal | dialogue |
| arguments #2 |
| I Made the Prison Band | Merle Haggard | hobbies |
| I Make Hamburgers | The Whitlams | jobs |
| (I Married A) Monster from Outer Space | John Cooper Clarke | aliens |
| I Married Myself | Sparks | being single |
| I Me Mine | The Beatles | id, ego & superego |
| I Melt with You | Modern English | defined or redefined by television |
| I Miss You | Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | songs of desperation |
| long-distance relationships |
| I Misunderstood | Richard Thompson | embarrassment |
| I Must Be Mad | The Craig | Birmingham & the Black Country |
| I Must Have Been Blind | Tim Buckley | mistakes |
| I Need a Dollar | Aloe Blacc | austerity |
| I Need to Wake Up | Melissa Etheridge | climate change |
| I Need You | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | nothing |
| I Need You to Turn To | Elton John | harpsichord |
| I Need You to Turn To | Maddy Prior & the Girls | 3/4 time |
| I Never Cared for You | Willie Nelson | opposites |
| I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) | Aretha Franklin | 3/4 time |
| (I Never Loved) Eva Braun | The Boomtown Rats | narcissism |
| I Never Talk to Strangers | Tom Waits with Bette Midler | dialogue |
| I Never Want to See You Again | Quasi | mixtape closers |
| I Only Have Eyes for You | The Flamingos | eyes & sight |
| I Only Said | My Bloody Valentine | vibrato, tremolo & oscillations |
| I Overlooked an Orchid (While Searching for a Rose) | Carl Smith | mistakes |
| I Palindrome I | They Might Be Giants | provocative, strange or humorous titles |
| I Predict a Riot | Kaiser Chiefs | songs that go ‘la’ |
| I Promise You | Show of Hands | promises & choices |
| I Put a Spell on You | Screamin’ Jay Hawkins | Halloween |
| I Read a Lot | Nick Lowe | reading |
| I Refuse to Lose | James Brown | stubbornness |
| I Remember Clifford | Lee Morgan | hero worship |
| I Robot | The Alan Parsons Project | artificial intelligence |
| I Salute You Christopher (Ode to Christopher Hitchens) | IAMX | tribute songs |
| I Saw an Angel Die | Bobbie Gentry | angels |
| I Saw an X-Ray of a Girl Passing Gas | Butthole Surfers | bodily fluids |
| I Saw God | Victor Wooten | surprise encounters |
| I Saw Her Again | The Mamas & the Papas | denial |
| I Saw It on T.V. | John Fogerty | news & media |
| I Saw My Death in a Dream Last Night | The Barracudas | last night |
| I Saw the Best Minds of My Generation Rot | The Fugs | inspired by poetry |
| I Saw the Light | Todd Rundgren | change of mind |
| I Saw the Light | Hank Williams | redemption |
| I Say a Little Prayer | Aretha Franklin | waking up |
| I Say a Little Prayer | Jackie Leven | covers by the opposite sex |
| I See a Darkness | Johnny Cash | friendship |
| I See a Darkness | Bonnie “Prince” Billy | platonic love |
| I See It | The Staple Singers | eyes & sight |
| I See the Rain | The Marmalade | water |
| I Shall Be Released | The Band | songs with special guests |
| I Shall Love 2 | Julia Holter | eureka moments |
| I Shall Sing | Marcia Griffiths | singing |
| I Shatter | The Magnetic Fields | deep voices |
| I Shit My Pants | The Salty Seamen | immaturity |
| I Should Be Dreaming | The Moon | psychedelic songs |
| I Should Care | Hank Mobley | indifference |
| I Should Have Known Better | Yo La Tengo | regrets |
| I Spy | Pulp | eyes & sight |
| I Spy (For the FBI) | Jamo Thomas | spying |
| I Stand Alone | Robert Glasper Experiment | dares |
| I Started a Joke | Bee Gees | smiling & laughing |
| I Started a Joke | Low | fools |
| I Still Believe | Frank Turner | songwriting |
| I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For | U2 | fictional adverts |
| I Thank You | Sam & Dave | influenced by gospel |
| I Think I Need a New Heart | The Magnetic Fields | the heart |
| I Think I’ll Call It Morning | Gil Scott-Heron | morning |
| I Think I’m in Love | Spiritualized | indifference |
| I Think I’m Paranoid | Garbage | conspiracy theories & paranoia |
| I Thought It Was You | Herbie Hancock | mistaken identity |
| I Threw It All Away | Bob Dylan | losers |
| I Touch Myself | Divinyls | lust |
| I Trained Her to Love Me | Nick Lowe | anti-love songs |
| I Travel | Simple Minds | travelling |
| I Tried to Leave You | Leonard Cohen | procrastination |
| I Trust You to Kill Me | Rocco Deluca & the Burden | trust |
| I Turn My Arm | Gazelle Twin | bodily motion & exercise |
| I U She | Peaches | gender & LGBTQ+ |
| I Understand | Angelic Upstarts | influenced by reggae |
| I Unseen | The Misunderstood | ghosts |
| I Used to Love H.E.R. | Common | songs with a twist |
| I Used To Love You, But It’s All Over Now | Dinah Washington | separation |
| I Wake Up Crying | Chuck Jackson | waking up |
| I Walk on Guilded Splinters | Dr. John | Halloween |
| I Walk the Earth | King Biscuit Time | walking & running |
| I Walk the Line | Johnny Cash | humming |
| I Walked Away | Bobby Paris | first & last time |
| I Wanna Be Black | Lou Reed | wanting to be someone else |
| I Wan’na Be Like You | Louis Prima | children’s songs |
| I Wanna Be Me | Sex Pistols | without a chorus |
| I Wanna Be Sedated | Ramones | aviation |
| I Wanna Be the Leader | The Marcels | leadership |
| I Wanna Be Where You Are | Michael Jackson | harpsichord |
| I Wanna Be Your Dog | The Stooges | mammals |
| I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend | Ezra Furman | androgynous vocals |
| I Wanna Destroy You | The Soft Boys | anger |
| I Wanna Fuck Myself | GG Allin & the Scumfucs | narcissism |
| I Wanna Get in Your Pants | The Cramps | lust |
| (I Wanna Give You) Devotion | Nomad | gifts & giving |
| I Wanna Hot-Dog for My Roll | Butterbeans and Susie | innuendo |
| I Wanna Make It Wit Chu | The Desert Sessions | sexy songs |
| I Want a Bowlegged Woman | Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats | legs & trousers |
| I Want a Dog | Pet Shop Boys | pets |
| I Want It All | Arctic Monkeys | greed |
| I Want It All | Queen | greed |
| I Want It Now | Julie Dawn Cole | chocolate |
| I Want the One I Can’t Have | The Smiths | immaturity |
| I Want to Be in the Land of Milk and Honey | Vicki Anderson | peace |
| I Want to Be Straight | Ian Dury & the Blockheads | wanting to be someone else |
| I Want to Believe | GBH | unexplained phenomena |
| I Want to Hold Your Hand | The Beatles | pick-up lines & marriage proposals |
| I Want to Know What Love Is | Foreigner | songs that say what love is |
| I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight | Richard and Linda Thompson | Friday & Saturday |
| I Want to Walk You Home | Fats Domino | first love |
| I Want Two Wings | Rev. Utah Smith | angels |
| I Want You | Fiona Apple | covers by the opposite sex |
| I Want You | Elvis Costello | jealousy |
| I Want You Back | The Jackson 5 | children performing |
| I Want You So Bad | James Brown | stop-start songs |
| I Want You to Want Me | Cheap Trick | start with the chorus |
| I Want Your Love | Chic | unrequited love |
| I Wanted Everything | Ramones | greed |
| I Was a Maoist Intellectual | Momus | strange, rare or unlikely words |
| I Was an Oak Tree | Jonathan Byrd | trees |
| I Was Born Blue | Swamp Dogg | colours |
| I Was Born on Christmas Day | Saint Etienne | alternative Christmas songs |
| I Was Born This Way | Carl Bean | homosexuality |
| I Was Checkin’ Out She Was Checkin’ In | Don Covay | hotels |
| I Was Made to Love Her | Stevie Wonder | first love |
| I Was There (At the Coronation) | Young Tiger | royalty |
| I Was Thinking I Could Clean Up for Christmas | Aimee Mann | anti-Christmas songs |
| I Went to a Marvellous Party | Noël Coward | celebration |
| I Whistle a Happy Tune | Bing Crosby | bravery |
| I Who Have Nothing | Ben E. King | unrequited love |
| I Will | Samaris | high-pitched vocals |
| I Will Always Love You | Whitney Houston | stop-start songs |
| I Will Cry at Christmas | Denim | anti-Christmas songs |
| I Will Dance | Katzenjammer | leaving or being left behind |
| I Will Dare | The Replacements | dares |
| I Will Follow You | Al Campbell | following & chasing |
| I Will Follow You into the Dark | Death Cab for Cutie | discovery |
| I Will Go With My Father A-Ploughing | Ivor Gurney | earth, soil & dirt |
| I Will Survive | Gloria Gaynor | bravery |
| I Wish | Skee-Lo | losers |
| I Wish | Stevie Wonder | nostalgia |
| I Wish I Could Vomit Blood on You… …People | Anaal Nathrakh | blood |
| I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free | Nina Simone | left wing politics |
| stuck or trapped |
| I Wish I May, I Wish I Might | Carrie Newcomer | markets & fairs |
| I Wish I Was Him | Ben Lee | wanting to be someone else |
| I Wish I Was James Bond | Scouting for Girls | wanting to be someone else |
| I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day | Wizzard | children performing |
| I Wish It Would Rain | The Temptations | bad weather |
| I Wish It Would Rain | Wreckless Eric | refreshment & cooling down |
| I Woke Up One Morning in May | Didier Hébert | out-of-tune songs |
| I Won | The Sundays | basements & underground |
| I Wonder If You’re Drunk Enough to Sleep with Me Tonight | Ballboy | self-deprecation |
| I Won’t | H.E.R. | stubbornness |
| I Won’t Back Down | Tom Petty | resistance |
| I Won’t Crumble with You If You Fall | Tom Jones | D-day |
| I Work in a Saloon | Arab Strap | pubs & bars |
| I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Sort of Thing | Pet Shop Boys | normal & abnormal |
| I Would’ve Liked Me a Lot Last Night | Arab Strap | last night |
| I Write Down Lists | Nina Nastasia with Jim White | collecting & listing |
| I Write Sins Not Tragedies | Panic! at the Disco | awkwardness |
| I Yodel for Jesus | Rex Dallas & George Dobbie | worst songs |
| I Zimbra | Talking Heads | misheard, nonsense or inaudible lyrics |
| Iago’s Demise | Faith and the Muse | Shakespeare |
| Ice Cold Ice | Hüsker Dü | false endings |
| Ice Cream | Raekwon | food |
| Ice Cream for Crow | Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band | animals |
| Ice Cream Lady | Lorraine Bowen | ice cream |
| Ice Cream Man | Raye | ice cream |
| Ice Cream Man | Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers | false endings |
| Ice Cream Man | Tom Waits | ice cream |
| Ice Fishing | Bill Morrissey | winter sports |
| Ice Skating Girl (Linus Loves Remix) | Rekindle | cold |
| I’d Climb the Highest Mountain (If I Knew I’d Find You) | Whispering Jack Smith | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| (I’d Go The) Whole Wide World | Wreckless Eric | debut songs |
| I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) | The Hillside Singers | perfection |
| I’d Rather Be Dancing | Jim Page | peace |
| I’d Rather Have a Memory Than a Dream | Sarah Vaughan | memory |
| Identity | X-Ray Spex | mirrors |
| Idiot Wind | Bob Dylan | cruel songs |
| Idi’s Admin | Cult With No Name | tyranny & dictatorship |
| Iditarod Trail | Hobo JIm | frozen north |
| Idle Hands | The Gutter Twins | hands |
| Idle Hands | Harlem River Drive | hands |
| If 6 Was 9 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | whispering |
| If a No Jah Dub | Vibronics | influenced by dub |
| If a Song Could Be President | Over the Rhine | US presidents |
| If He Changed My Name | Nina Simone | change #2 |
| If I Can Dream | Elvis Presley | comeback songs |
| If I Can’t Change Your Mind | Sugar | change of mind |
| If I Can’t Sell It, I’ll Keep Sitting on It | Ruth Brown | furniture |
| If I Could | Charlotte Day Wilson | blessings & curses |
| If I Didn’t Have You | Tim Minchin | alternative outcomes |
| If I Fell | The Beatles | notable key changes |
| If I Find You Again | Ahmad Jamal | steelpan |
| If I Had a Boat | Lyle Lovett | ships & boats |
| If I Had a Heart | Fever Ray | unsettling songs |
| If I Had a Time Machine, That Would Be Fresh | MC Lars | time travel |
| If I Had My Time Again | Groundhog Day Original Broadway Cast | time travel |
| If I Ruled the World | Kurtis Blow | conditional phrases |
| If I Said | The Darling Buds | conditional phrases |
| If I Should Fall from Grace with God | The Pogues | sinners |
| If I Was Your Girlfriend | Prince | androgynous vocals |
| If I Were a Bell | Jean Simmons & Marlon Brando | bells |
| If I Were a Boy | Beyoncé | alternative outcomes |
| If I Were a Rich Man | Topol | wealth |
| If I’m in Luck I Might Get Picked Up | Betty Davis | sexy songs |
| If It Hadn’t Been for Love | The Steeldrivers | alternative outcomes |
| If It Wasn’t for the ‘Ouses In Between | Gus Elen | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| If It’s Magic | Stevie Wonder | similes |
| If Jesus Drove a Motorhome | Jim White | Jesus |
| If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don’t Want to Be Right) | Millie Jackson | infidelity |
| If Only You Knew | Patti LaBelle | secret admirers |
| (If Paradise Is) Half as Nice | Amen Corner | perfection |
| If She Knew What She Wants | The Bangles | confusion & delusion |
| If That’s Your Boyfriend (He Wasn’t Last Night) | Meshell Ndegeocello | last night |
| If the Kids Are United | Sham 69 | youth cults |
| If There Is Something | Roxy Music | conditional phrases |
| If War Should Come | Public Service Broadcasting | pragmatism |
| If We Were Vampires | Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit | immortality & longevity |
| If Wishes Were Horses (Beggars Would Ride) | Spin Doctors | proverbs |
| If You Close Your Eyes | Jean Grae ft The Herbaliser | horror-inspired songs |
| If You Could Read My Mind | Gordon Lightfoot | reading |
| If You Don’t Know Me by Now | Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | trust |
| If You Give to Me | Barrington Levy | conditional phrases |
| If You Never Fall in Love with Me | Samara Joy | conditional phrases |
| If You Really Loved Me | Tim Minchin | songs with jokes |
| If You See Her, Say Hello | Bob Dylan | missing someone |
| If You See My Rooster (Please Run Him Home) | Memphis Minnie & Black Bob | running |
| If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next | Manic Street Preachers | war |
| If You Want Me to Stay | Sly and the Family Stone | staying |
| If You Were the Woman and I Were the Man | Cowboy Junkies with John Prine | being a man or a woman |
| If You’re Lookin’ for a Way Out | Odyssey | heartbreak |
| If You’re Ready (Come Go with Me) | The Staple Singers | unity |
| Ife L’ayo (There Is Happiness in Love) | Art Blakey & the Afro-Drum Ensemble | outstanding percussion |
| Ik wil de wereld zien | Johan Verminnen | specific or obscure places |
| Ikea | Jonathan Coulton | decor |
| Iko Iko | The Dixie Cups | misheard, nonsense or inaudible lyrics |
| Il clan dei Siciliani (Finale) | Ennio Morricone | instrumental soundtracks |
| Il est cinq heures, Paris s’éveille | Jacques Dutronc | Paris |
| Il giardino delle delizie | Ennio Morricone | gardens |
| I’ll Be There for You / You’re All I Need to Get By (Puff Daddy Mix) | Method Man ft Mary J. Blige | duets |
| I’ll Be Your Mirror | The Velvet Underground & Nico | mirrors |
| I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better | The Byrds | close harmony singing |
| I’ll Follow the Sun | The Beatles | tomorrow |
| I’ll Keep Holding On | The Marvelettes | waiting |
| I’ll Keep It with Mine | Rainy Day ft Susanna Hoffs | gifts & giving |
| I’ll Keep Sittin’ on It | Georgia White | chairs |
| Ill Manors | Plan B | sampling & recycling |
| I’ll Never Fall in Love Again | Bobbie Gentry | new resolutions |
| I’ll Never Find Another You | The Seekers | innocence |
| I’ll Put You Together Again | Hot Chocolate | recovery |
| I’ll Regret It in the Morning | Richard and Linda Thompson | whiskey |
| I’ll See You in My Dreams | Joe Brown | music for funerals |
| I’ll Sing a Love Song to You | Candi Staton | songs about love songs |
| I’ll Stand by You | The Pretenders | empathy |
| I’ll Take You There | The Staple Singers | parades |
| I’ll Wear It Proudly | Elvis Costello | crowns |
| Ill Wind | Flanders and Swann | loss |
| Illegal Smile | John Prine | smiling & laughing |
| Illegally | Vargas Blues Band | migrants & refugees |
| Illo | Ameeba ft Mattip & Pijall | from Nordic countries |
| Illustrated Man | Johnny Winter | collecting & listing |
| I’m a Bad Luck Woman | Memphis Minnie | luck |
| I’m a Believer | The Monkees | joyous songs |
| I’m a Boy | The Who | the obvious |
| I’m a Dreamer | Linda Thompson | staying |
| I’m a Hog for You Baby | Dr. Feelgood | nursery rhymes |
| I’m a Little Airplane | Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers | children’s songs |
| I’m a Loser | The Beatles | failure |
| I’m a Man | The Spencer Davis Group | ‘I am’ songs |
| I’m a Midnight Mover | Bobby Womack | midnight |
| I’m a Mineralist | Nick Mason & Robert Wyatt | secret vices |
| (I’m a) Road Runner | Junior Walker & the All Stars | songs with vim |
| saxophone |
| I’m a Truck | Red Simpson | unusual narrators |
| I’m a Woman | Peggy Lee | ‘I am’ songs |
| I’m a Woman | Koko Taylor | deep voices |
| I’m a Woman (I’m a Backbone) | Rufus & Chaka Khan | spine & neck |
| Im Abendrot (from Four Last Songs) | Richard Strauss (sung by Jessye Norman) | music for funerals |
| I’m All Right | The Go-Betweens | denial |
| I’m Alone in the Wilderness | Culture | wilderness |
| I’m Always Chasing Rainbows | Harry Nilsson | rainbows |
| (I’m Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear | Blondie | unexplained phenomena |
| I’m an Upstart | Angelic Upstarts | great riffs |
| I’m Beginning to See the Light | Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | light |
| I’m Beginning to See the Light | Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie | falling in love |
| I’m Chief Kamanawanalea (We’re The Royal Macadamia Nuts) | The Turtles | nuts & edible seeds |
| I’m Civilized | Menace | songs to start the morning |
| I’m Coming Out | Diana Ross | change |
| I’m Com’un Home in the Morn’un | Lou Pride | tomorrow |
| I’m Five Years Ahead of My Time | The Third Bardo | using your imagination |
| I’m Following You | Annette Hanshaw | following & chasing |
| I’m Free | The Soup Dragons | freedom of expression |
| I’m Getting Sentimental Over You | Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra | trombone |
| I’m Getting Sentimental Over You | Ella Fitzgerald | songs by duos |
| I’m Going Home | Ten Years After | favourite live versions |
| I’m Going in a Field | Ivor Cutler | normal & abnormal |
| I’m Going to Knock on Your Door | Little Jimmy Osmond | persistence |
| I’m Going to Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key) | Carmen McRae | keys & locks |
| I’m Going to the West | Steve Tilston | compass points |
| (I’m Gonna Be) 500 Miles | The Proclaimers | persistence |
| I’m Gonna Be a Wheel Some Day | Fats Domino | new resolutions |
| I’m Gonna Be an Engineer | Peggy Seeger | equality |
| I’m Gonna Do It All | Karine Polwart | motivation |
| I’m Gonna Get Me a Gun | Cat Stevens | new resolutions |
| I’m Gonna Make You Love Me | Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations | ambition |
| I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town | Ray Charles | suburbia |
| I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town | Jimmy Rushing | adultery & infidelity |
| I’m Gonna Murder My Baby | Pat Hare | revenge |
| I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter | Sarah Vaughan | letters, emails & telegrams |
| I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down | Ann Peebles | breaking things |
| I’m Hanging Up My Heart for You | Solomon Burke | hanging |
| I’m Hip | Blossom Dearie | coolness |
| I’m in Love Again | Fats Domino | repetition |
| I’m in Love with a Big Blue Frog | Peter, Paul and Mary | amphibians |
| I’m in Love with a German Film Star | The Passions | inspired by or about films |
| I’m in Love with a Girl Who Doesn’t Know I Exist | Another Sunny Day | unrequited love |
| I’m in Love with the Girl On the Manchester Virgin Megastore Checkout Desk | The Freshies | brands |
| I’m into CB | The Fall | hobbies |
| I’m Just Beginning to Live | Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers | fresh starts |
| I’m Leavin’ | Elvis Presley | departures |
| I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone | Elvis Presley | left & right |
| I’m Like a Bird | Nelly Furtado | independence |
| I’m Looking for Someone to Find Me | Richard Hawley | lost and found |
| I’m Losing More Than I’ll Ever Have | Primal Scream | lesser known originals |
| I’m Losing You | John Lennon & Cheap Trick | solo Beatles songs |
| I’m Mandy, Fly Me | 10cc | gripping or intriguing narrative |
| I’m No Angel | Gregg Allman | skin |
| I’m Nobody’s Baby Now | Reparata & the Delrons | heartbreak |
| I’m Not Ashamed | Culture | hair |
| I’m Not Comfortable Inside My Mind | John Callaghan | being a man or a woman |
| I’m Not in Love | 10cc | great backing vocals |
| I’m Not Like Everybody Else | The Kinks | stubbornness |
| I’m Not Sayin’ | Nico | debut songs |
| I’m Not the One | Snarky Puppy with Malika Tirolian | the number one |
| I’m On My Way | Dean Parrish | upbeat break-up |
| I’m on My Way to a Better Place | Chairmen of the Board | the afterlife |
| leaving or being left behind |
| I’m on the Outside (Looking In) | Smokey Robinson & the Miracles | fear of missing out |
| I’m One | The Who | wanting to be someone else |
| I’m Only Sleeping | The Beatles | waking up |
| I’m Payin’ Taxes, What Am I Buyin’? | Fred Wesley & the J.B.’s | taxation |
| I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket | Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | eggs |
| I’m Shipping Up to Boston | Dropkick Murphys | New England |
| I’m So Bored with the U.S.A. | The Clash | America |
| I’m So Excited | The Pointer Sisters | girl groups |
| I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry | Hank Williams | being alone |
| I’m So Tired | The Beatles | tiredness |
| I’m Sorry | Brenda Lee | apologies |
| I’m Sticking with You | The Velvet Underground | whimsical songs |
| I’m Still in Love with You | Al Green | falsetto |
| I’m Still Standing | Elton John | spirit of 2021 |
| I’m Still Waiting | Diana Ross | heartbreak |
| I’m Straight | The Modern Lovers | substitutions |
| (I’m) Stranded | The Saints | raise the heartrate |
| I’m Stuck | Noah Cyrus | stuck or trapped |
| I’m the Face | The High Numbers | ‘I am’ songs |
| I’m the Man | Joe Jackson | fads & crazes |
| I’m the Slime | Frank Zappa & the Mothers | strange, rare or unlikely words |
| I’m the Urban Spaceman | Bonzo Dog Band | aliens |
| I’m Tired, I’m Tired, I’m Tired (Things Better Change) | Marva Whitney | tiredness |
| I’m Waiting for the Man | The Velvet Underground | sales, selling & bargains |
| rendezvous |
| I’m Waking Up to Us | Belle and Sebastian | upbeat break-up |
| I’m Writing a Novel | Father John Misty | writing |
| I’m Your Money | Heaven 17 | shopping |
| I’m Your Puppet | Gregory and the Hawk | puppets |
| I’m Your Puppet | James & Bobby Purify | toys |
| puppets |
| Images | Lou Reed & John Cale | works of art |
| Imaginary Places | Busdriver | itching & scratching |
| Imagine | John Lennon | hope |
| Imagine What I Could Do to You | Adrian Street | worst songs |
| Imagining My Man | Aldous Harding | using your imagination |
| I’maman | Jobriath | gender & LGBTQ+ |
| The Immigrant | Merle Haggard | migrants & refugees |
| Immigrant Eyes | Girsa | migrants & refugees |
| Immigrant Song | Led Zeppelin | songs about songs |
| Immunity | Jon Hopkins | COVID-19 lockdown |
| Impact USA (The Earth Is Burning: Diversion) | Orbital | environment |
| Impeach the President | The Honey Drippers | US presidents |
| Imperfect List 2 | Big Hard Excellent Fish | list songs |
| Imperial Bedroom | Elvis Costello & the Attractions | rooms |
| The Impossible Dream | Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine | the impossible |
| The Impossible Dream | Andy Williams | persistence |
| Impossible Germany | Wilco | the impossible |
| In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country | Boards of Canada | rural songs |
| In a Big Country | Big Country | deserts |
| In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida | Iron Butterfly | ancient history |
| In a Glass House | Gentle Giant | windows |
| In a Lonely Place | New Order | scary songs |
| In a Manner of Speaking | Tuxedomoon | out-of-tune songs |
| In a Monastery Garden | Ronnie Ronalde | gardens |
| In a Rut | The Ruts | suicide |
| In a Silent Way / It’s About That Time | Miles Davis | silence |
| In ár gCroíthe go deo | Fontaines D.C. | Gaelic songs |
| In Bed with Your Best Friend | At Swim Two Birds | without a chorus |
| In Between | Judy Garland | youthfulness |
| In Between Days | The Cure | three |
| In Between the Heartaches | Dionne Warwick | euphoria |
| The ‘In’ Crowd | Bryan Ferry | crowds |
| The ’In’ Crowd | Dobie Gray | glamour & style |
| The In Crowd | Ramsey Lewis Trio | songs that fit every topic |
| In Denial | Pet Shop Boys & Kylie Minogue | denial |
| In Dreams | Roy Orbison | redefined by film |
| In Dust We Trust | The Chemical Brothers | trust |
| In Ear Park | Department of Eagles | parks |
| In Every Dream Home a Heartache | Roxy Music | home |
| In Every Sense | The Telescopes | drone music |
| In/Flux | DJ Shadow | famous last words |
| In Germany Before the War | Randy Newman | unsettling songs |
| In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song) | Pixies | the afterlife |
| In Hell I’ll Be in Good Company | The Dead South | clicking, tapping & stomping |
| In Like the Rose | Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | roses |
| In Liverpool | Suzanne Vega | bells |
| In Love with Useless (The Timeless Geometry in the Tradition of Passing) | A Sunny Day in Glasgow | provocative, strange or humorous titles |
| In Memory of (Paul Miller 1964-90) | Venom | magazines |
| In My Box | Fairfield Parlour | bags & containers |
| In My Head | Say She She | illusions |
| In My Life | The Beatles | retrospection |
| In My Room | The Beach Boys | teenagers |
| In Paradise | Stiff Gins | Australia |
| In Paradisum (from Requiem) | Gabriel Fauré | angels |
| quiet songs |
| In questa reggia (from Turandot) | Giacomo Puccini (sung by Joan Sutherland) | high-pitched vocals |
| In Remote Part / Scottish Fiction | Idlewild | Scotland |
| In Safe Hands | Badly Drawn Boy | hands |
| In Spite of Ourselves | John Prine & Iris DeMent | underwear |
| In Tall Buildings | Gillian Welch | work |
| In Tha Park | Ghostface Killah ft Black Thought | parks |
| In the Aeroplane Over the Sea | Neutral Milk Hotel | ‘high’ songs |
| In the Basement | Etta James with Sugar Pie DeSanto | domestic songs |
| In the Cave | Pepe Deluxé | odd noises & instruments |
| In the Chestnut Tree | Ivor Cutler | nuts & edible seeds |
| In the Crowd | The Jam | crowds |
| In the Days Before Rock ‘n’ Roll | Paul Casey with Terri Hooley | switches & buttons |
| In the Garden | Van Morrison | three |
| In the Ghetto | Elvis Presley | poverty |
| In the Gold Rush Dust | Cocteau Twins | gold |
| In the Hall of the Mountain King | Edvard Grieg | kings |
| In the Hall of the Mountain King | Nero and the Gladiators | myths & legends |
| In the House – In a Heartbeat | John Murphy | alarm sounds |
| In the Land of Grey and Pink | Caravan | fictional places |
| In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee | Dizzy Gillespie | fictional places |
| In the Light of the Miracle | Arthur Russell | miracles |
| In the Middle of the Night | Madness | news & media |
| In the Mirror | Field Music | mirrors |
| In the Mood | Glenn Miller & his Orchestra | dance instrumentals |
| In the Morning When I Rise | Sweet Honey in the Rock | close harmony singing |
| In the Name of the Father | Black Grape | supergroups |
| In the Neighborhood | Tom Waits | boring & dull |
| In the Nursery | Psychic TV | strange & surreal |
| In the Rain | The Dramatics | rain |
| In the Shape of a Heart | Jackson Browne | precious stones |
| In the Still of the Night | The Five Satins | night & darkness |
| In the Summer of His Years | Mahalia Jackson | assassination |
| In the Sweet Embrace of Life Sermon: Holy Ghost | Wynton Marsalis | influenced by gospel |
| In the Unlikely Event of an All Life Erasing Gamma-Ray Burst, This Is the Soundtrack | Processory | rare events |
| In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning | Frank Sinatra | sleep & insomnia |
| In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) | Zager & Evans | the future |
| In These Shoes? | Kirsty MacColl | shoes |
| In Your Eyes | Peter Gabriel | eureka moments |
| In Your Room | The Bangles | rooms |
| Incense | The Anglos | heat #2 |
| Inchworm | Kurt Wagner | fractions & portions |
| Indecisión | La Sonora Matancera | indecision |
| Indépendance Cha Cha | African Jazz | historical events |
| Independent | Salt-N-Pepa | independence |
| Independent Women Part I | Destiny’s Child | wealth |
| Index | Steven Wilson | obsession |
| Indiana Wants Me | R. Dean Taylor | crime |
| Indianapolis | The Bottle Rockets | stuck or trapped |
| Indifference | Pearl Jam | resistance |
| Industrial Estate | The Fall | industry & manufacturing |
| Industrial Love | In Strict Confidence | industry & manufacturing |
| Industry | Hope of the States | industry & manufacturing |
| Inertia Creeps | Massive Attack | impressive intros |
| Infidélité Mado | Franco & Orchestre TP OK Jazz | adultery & infidelity |
| Informe Estadístico de Comienzos de Siglo | Café Guancasco | Mexico & Central America |
| Inglan Is a Bitch | Linton Kwesi Johnson | biography & autobiography |
| Ingrid Bergman | Billy Bragg & Wilco | famous people |
| Inhale | Stone Sour | addiction |
| The Inheritance | SubRosa | funerals |
| Initials B.B. | Serge Gainsbourg | actors |
| Ink My Whole Body | Wiz Khalifa | tattoos & piercings |
| Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) | Marvin Gaye | songs that capture the zeitgeist |
| Inner City Life | Goldie | mixtape closers |
| Inner Space | Sven Libaek | defined or redefined by television |
| Innocent: A Requiem for Refugees | Ofra Haza | homelessness |
| The Innocent Railway | Jackie Leven | innocence |
| Innocent When You Dream | Tom Waits | promises & choices |
| Innocents | John Cooper Clarke | denial |
| Innocents’ Song | Show of Hands | orchestral string instruments |
| INS Greencard A-19 191 500 | The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy | switches & buttons |
| Insane Asylum | Koko Taylor | hospitals |
| Insect Collector | Shonen Knife | hobbies |
| Insect Mother | Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians | insects |
| Inside-Looking Out | The Animals | redemption |
| Inside My Head | Young MC | the brain |
| Inside My Love | Minnie Riperton | sexy songs |
| Inside Out | Odyssey | meta-songs |
| Inside the Keeper’s Pantry | Bill Fay | rooms |
| Insomnia | Faithless | sleep & insomnia |
| Insomnia | Showhawk Duo | old meets new |
| Inspiracion | Calexico | brass songs |
| Instant Hit | The Slits | brevity |
| Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) | Lennon/Ono with the Plastic Ono Band | solo Beatles songs |
| Instant Pussy | Matching Mole | wordless vocals |
| Institutionalized | Suicidal Tendencies | mental illness |
| The Intense Humming of Evil | Manic Street Preachers | scary songs |
| Interference Patterns | Van der Graaf Generator | small things |
| Interloper | Carbon Based Lifeforms | interlopers |
| The International Herb | Culture | marijuana |
| International Jet Set | The Specials | flying |
| aviation |
| International Rescue | Fuzzbox | puppets |
| Intikhabat | Emmanuel Kembe | elections |
| Intimate Friends | Eddie Kendricks | slow, sexy love songs |
| Into Dust | Mazzy Star | quiet songs |
| Into My Arms | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | faith |
| disbelief |
| Into the Bloodstream | Archie Roach | Australia |
| Into the Fire | Bruce Springsteen | September 11 attacks |
| Into the Great Wide Open | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | biography & autobiography |
| Into the Groove | Madonna | rhythm, beat & boogie |
| Into the Mystic | Van Morrison | music for funerals |
| Into the Wilderness | Burning Hearts | wilderness |
| The Intro and the Outro | Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band | list songs |
| An Introduction to the Power of Braces – Teeth | Slim Cessna’s Auto Club | teeth |
| Intuition | Linx | sixth sense |
| Inútil Paisagem | Esperanza Spalding | instruments imitating voice & vice versa |
| Inversnaid | Gerard Manley Hopkins | wilderness |
| The Invisible Dog | Electrelane | the invisible |
| Invisible Married Breakfast Blues | Roy Bailey & Leon Rosselson | the invisible |
| Invisible People | Robb Johnson | the invisible |
| Íosa | The Cranberries | Gaelic songs |
| I.O.U. | The La’s | fairness |
| Ira searches for the slide, sort of (Friday) | Yo La Tengo | drone music |
| Irene Wilde | Ian Hunter | first love |
| rejection |
| Iridescent Butterfly | Wagakki Band | butterflies & moths |
| The Irish Ballad | Tom Lehrer | sinners |
| Irish Blood, English Heart | Morrissey | roots |
| The Irish Rover | The Pogues & the Dubliners | survival |
| Irk the Purists | Half Man Half Biscuit | schadenfreude |
| Iron Cross | Debbie Lori Kaye | crosses |
| Iron Lion Zion | Bob Marley | iron & steel |
| Iron Man | Black Sabbath | comics & cartoons |
| time travel |
| Ironmasters | The Men They Couldn’t Hang | 19th century life |
| Irreplaceable | Beyoncé | confidence |
| substitutions |
| Is It Because I’m Black? | Syl Johnson | obstacles |
| Is She Conscious? | The Waterboys | royalty |
| Is She Really Going Out with Him? | Joe Jackson | monkeys & apes |
| Is That All There Is? | Peggy Lee | questions |
| Is There a Place? | Strangelove | songs that fit every topic |
| Is Vic There? | Department S | letters, emails & telegrams |
| Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby | Dinah Washington | punctuality |
| Isa Lei | The Seekers | the Commonwealth |
| Isla de Encanta | Pixies | islands |
| Island in the Sun | The Paragons | islands |
| Isn’t It a Pity | Nina Simone | whispering |
| Isn’t She Lovely | Stevie Wonder | fathers and daughters |
| Isn’t That Just the Life | Band of Holy Joy | saints & martyrs |
| Isobel Makes Love Upon National Monuments | Jake Thackray | fetishes |
| Isolation | Joy Division | shame |
| Isotopacola | The Chineapple Punx | non-alcoholic drinks |
| Israelites | Desmond Dekker & the Aces | poverty |
| Istanbul Twilight | Brooklyn Funk Essentials | influenced by dub |
| iT | Christine and the Queens | gender & LGBTQ+ |
| It Ain’t Me Babe | Bob Dylan | mistaken identity |
| It Ain’t Necessarily So | Bronski Beat | cetaceans |
| It Ain’t Necessarily So | Aretha Franklin | books #2 |
| It All Comes Out in the Wash | Miranda Lambert | spring cleaning & household chores |
| It Begins with a Blessing | Kevin Ayers | blessings & curses |
| It Came Out of the Sky | Creedence Clearwater Revival | unexplained phenomena |
| It Could Be Sweet | Portishead | sweetness |
| It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career | Belle and Sebastian | alternative outcomes |
| It Doesn’t Matter | Alison Krauss & the Union Station | indifference |
| It Doesn’t Matter Anymore | Buddy Holly | orchestral string instruments |
| It Don’t Come Easy | Ringo Starr | solo Beatles songs |
| It Don’t Matter to Me | Bread | indifference |
| It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| It Goes Without Saying | Tim Malchak | the obvious |
| It Has Not Taken Long | Nico | brevity |
| It Hurts Me Too | Elmore James | empathy |
| It Is a Good Day to Die | Robbie Robertson | treachery & betrayal |
| It Makes No Difference | The Band | loneliness |
| It Makes the Room Look Bigger | Half Man Half Biscuit | rooms |
| It May Be Winter Outside (But In My Heart It’s Spring) | Love Unlimited Orchestra | cold |
| It Must Be Love | Madness | songs that say what love is |
| It Never Entered My Mind | Miles Davis Quartet | retrospection |
| It Never Entered My Mind | Sarah Vaughan | innuendo |
| It Only Takes a Minute | Tavares | brevity |
| It Only Takes Two to Tango | The Stranglers | two – part 2 |
| It Says Here | Billy Bragg | freedom of expression |
| It Should Have Been Me | Yvonne Fair | weddings |
| It Should’ve Been Me | Ray Charles | fairness |
| It Started with a Kiss | Hot Chocolate | first & last time |
| It Takes Two | Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston | two – part 1 |
| It Takes Two | Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock | sampling & recycling |
| It Was a Good Day | Ice Cube | urban environment |
| It Was a Strange Time in My Life | Jens Lekman | body language |
| It Was a Very Good Year | Frank Sinatra | getting older |
| old age |
| It Was Nearly 20 Years Ago Today | Frank Sidebottom | eccentric songs |
| It Was Over (Kev’s Lament) | Kevin Bloody Wilson | tragedy & comedy |
| It Was Supposed to Be Easy | The Streets | multitasking & being busy |
| Ital Breakfast | Dub Syndicate | meals & mealtimes |
| Itch | Ani DiFranco | itching & scratching |
| Itch | quinnie | itching & scratching |
| Itchy Itchy | James Domestic | itching & scratching |
| Itchycoo Park | Small Faces | parks |
| Itinerant Child | Ian Dury & the Blockheads | itinerants & migration |
| It’ll Shine When It Shines | Ozark Mountain Daredevils | songs for your teenage self |
| It’ll Take a Long Time | Sandy Denny | estimates of distance & time |
| waiting |
| It’s a Beautiful Game | The Cavaliers | cricket |
| It’s a Boy | The Who | babies |
| It’s a Fine Day | Jane | quiet songs |
| It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ’n’ Roll) | AC/DC | long titles |
| It’s a Man’s World | James Brown & Luciano Pavarotti | collaborations & side projects |
| It’s a Nice World to Visit (But Not to Live In) | Ann Margret | long titles |
| It’s a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl | Faust | bright and beautiful |
| It’s a Sin | Pet Shop Boys | retrospection |
| It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie | Billie Holiday | lies |
| It’s All Around | The Shamen | trees |
| It’s All Good | Damien Dempsey | accents |
| It’s All RIght | Sterling Void | consolation |
| It’s All So Incredibly Loud | Glass Animals | awkwardness |
| It’s All Too Much | The Beatles | drone music |
| It’s All Too Much | Steve Hillage | futility |
| It’s Alright, I Feel It | Nuyorican Soul | joyous songs |
| It’s Better to Have (And Don’t Need) | Don Covay | pragmatism |
| It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere | Alan Jackson | afternoon |
| It’s Four in the Morning | Faron Young | times of day |
| It’s Going to Happen | The Undertones | positive songs |
| It’s Good News Week | Hedgehoppers Anonymous | journalism & the news |
| It’s Grim Up North | The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu | northern England |
| It’s Hard to Confess | The Gaylads | secrets |
| It’s in His Kiss | Betty Everett | conversations |
| It’s Like That | Run-D.M.C. | pragmatism |
| It’s Martini Time | The Reverend Horton Heat | cocktails & spirits |
| It’s My Life | The Animals | single-mindedness |
| It’s My Life (12″ Extended) | Talk Talk | songs to start the morning |
| It’s Not Just the Size of a Walnut | The Soft Boys | nuts & edible seeds |
| It’s Not Right But It’s Okay | Whitney Houston | upbeat break-up |
| It’s Not the Worst (Lali Puna Remix) | Two Lone Swordsmen | underrated artists |
| It’s Not True | The Who | deception |
| It’s Obvious | Au Pairs | feminism |
| It’s Oh So Quiet | Björk | quiet |
| It’s O.K. | Dead Moon | acceptance |
| It’s Only Natural | Crowded House | normal & abnormal |
| It’s Over | Roy Orbison | divorce |
| It’s Over | Martha Wainwright | breathing |
| It’s Over, If We Run Out of Love | David Holmes ft Raven Violet | conditional phrases |
| It’s Raining | Irma Thomas | rain |
| It’s Raining Today | Scott Walker | rain |
| It’s September | Johnnie Taylor | September |
| It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) | R.E.M. | list songs |
| It’s the Little Things | Here & Now | small things |
| It’s the Little Things We Do | The Zutons | hangovers |
| It’s the Same Old Song | Four Tops | songs about songs |
| It’s Time to Make a Change | Dirty Dozen Brass Band | funerals |
| It’s Too Late | Carole King | separation |
| It’s Too Late | The Streets | rendezvous |
| It’s Too Late to Cry Baby | Lonnie Johnson | first & last time |
| It’s Too Soon to Know | The Orioles | uncertainty |
| It’s Tricky | Run-D.M.C. | effects of fame |
| It’s Your Thing | The Isley Brothers | independence |
| Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini | Brian Hyland | embarrassment |
| I.T.T. | Fela Kuti | the truth |
| Iuta Upopo | Umeko Ando | Japan |
| I’ve Been Born Again | Johnnie Taylor | starting over |
| I’ve Been Everywhere | Geoff Mack | the Commonwealth |
| I’ve Been Everywhere | Rajiv Rajaram | the Commonwealth |
| I’ve Been Everywhere | Hank Snow | specific or obscure places |
| I’ve Been Lonely for So Long | Frederick Knight | being alone |
| I’ve Been Loving You Too Long | Otis Redding | volume changes |
| I’ve Been Tired | Pixies | great opening lines |
| I’ve Been Waitin’ for Tomorrow (All of My Life) | The The | crisis |
| I’ve Done It Again | Grace Jones | first & last time |
| I’ve Got 2 Wings | Elton John | wings |
| I’ve Got a Secret (Didn’t We Shake Sugaree) | Fred Neil | secrets & secrecy |
| I’ve Got No Chicken But I’ve Got Five Wooden Chairs | Edward Barton | eccentric songs |
| I’ve Got Sand in My Shoes | The Drifters | sand |
| I’ve Got You Under My Skin | Neneh Cherry | illness |
| Ive Gotta Be Me | Sammy Davis Jr. | motivation |
| I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You | Bee Gees | songs of desperation |
| I’ve Known Rivers | Gary Bartz NTU Troop | literary songs |
| I’ve Lost My Ignorance | Dream Warriors & Gang Starr | education |
| I’ve Seen All Good People | Yes | misheard, nonsense or inaudible lyrics |
| I’ve Seen It All | Björk with Thom Yorke | duets |
| I’ve Seen That Face Before (Libertango) | Grace Jones | great keyboards |
| Izinyoni | Mahotella Queens | collective nouns |