The table below lists all A-listed songs by artists beginning with C. Some artists are also linked to their own individual pages.
| Artist | Song Title | Topic |
| Caballé, Montserrat | Barcelona (with Freddie Mercury) | songs that express excess |
| Cabaret Voltaire | Baader Meinhoff | gangs |
| Nag Nag Nag | made you fall in love with music | |
| Sensoria | synth pop 1980-2000 | |
| Cabbage | Tell Me Lies About Manchester | Manchester |
| Cabello, Camila | Mon amour (with Stromae) | everlasting love |
| Cackle Sisters (see DeZurik Sisters) | ||
| Cadaver Club | Follow Me to Hell | sound like other songs |
| Murder of Crows | collective nouns | |
| No End to Me | immortality & longevity | |
| The Quiet Ones | sixth sense | |
| The Warnings | bad decisions | |
| Cadets | Stranded in the Jungle | close calls |
| Cadillac Jones | Yahtzee Champ | board games |
| Cadillacs | Peek-A-Boo | spying |
| Cadogan, Susan | Hurt So Good | channelling pain |
| Caesar, Daniel | Death and Taxes | taxation |
| Café Guancasco | Informe Estadístico de Comienzos de Siglo | Mexico & Central America |
| Cage, John | 4’33” | ears & hearing |
| Our Spring Will Come | piano songs | |
| Cairokee | Ya El Medan (ft Aida El Ayouby) | wide open spaces |
| Cake | The Distance | speed |
| Rock ‘n’ Roll Lifestyle | hedonism | |
| Calan | Two Dragons | flags |
| Cale, J. J. | After Midnight | midnight |
| Cajun Moon | the moon | |
| Cocaine | cocaine & heroin | |
| Death in the Wilderness | wastelands | |
| I Got the Same Old Blues | indirect messages | |
| Cale, John | Antarctica Starts Here | deserts |
| Bicycle | bicycles | |
| Buffalo Ballet | afternoon | |
| Captain Hook | pirates | |
| Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night | Welsh songs | |
| Dying on the Vine | wine | |
| The Endless Plain of Fortune | greed | |
| Fear Is a Man’s Best Friend | fear | |
| Hello It’s Me (with Lou Reed) | remembrance songs | |
| Hello There | hello | |
| Images (with Lou Reed) | works of art | |
| Magritte | painting & painters | |
| On a Wedding Anniversary | anniversaries | |
| Paris 1919 | dates | |
| Spinning Away (with Brian Eno) | celestial bodies | |
| Spinning Away (with Brian Eno) | spinning | |
| Style It Takes (with Lou Reed) | using your imagination | |
| Sun Blindness Music | drone music | |
| Terry’s Cha-Cha | saxophone | |
| Trouble with Classicists (with Lou Reed) | visual art & photography | |
| Caleb (see Quaye, Caleb) | ||
| Calexico | Battle of Cable Hogue | broken promises |
| Inspiracion | brass songs | |
| Letter to Bowie Knife | sharp objects | |
| Sixteen, Maybe Less (with Iron & Wine) | nostalgia | |
| Victor Jara’s Hands | capital punishment | |
| California Ramblers | I Like Pie, I Like Cake, But I Like You Best of All | bread, cakes, pastry & biscuits |
| Callahan, Bill (aka Smog) | 37 Push Ups (as Smog) | bodily motion & exercise |
| Bloodflow (as Smog) | blood | |
| Cold Discovery (as Smog) | discovery | |
| Dress Sexy at My Funeral (as Smog) | fashion | |
| Drover | wide open spaces | |
| Let Me See the Colts (as Smog) | horses | |
| The Morning Paper (as Smog) | newspapers | |
| Prince Alone in the Studio (as Smog) | other musicians | |
| River Guard (as Smog) | work | |
| Rock Bottom Riser (as Smog) | gold | |
| Small Plane | deep voices | |
| Callaghan, John | I’m Not Comfortable Inside My Mind | being a man or a woman |
| Callier, Terry | Butterfly | butterflies & moths |
| Dancing Girl | finish where they begin | |
| Golden Apples of the Sun | gold | |
| Lazarus Man | itinerants & migration | |
| Love Theme from Spartacus (Zero 7 Remix) | hope | |
| Occasional Rain | water | |
| Ordinary Joe | mixtape closers | |
| Paris Blues | Paris | |
| Satin Doll | Valentine’s Day songs | |
| Sunset Boulevard | Hollywood | |
| You Goin’ Miss Your Candyman | missing someone | |
| Calloway, Cab | Everybody Eats When They Come to My House | food |
| Happy Feet | feet | |
| Jumpin’ Jive (with the Nicholas Brothers) | jumping | |
| Minnie the Moocher | character songs | |
| Calypso Rose | Rum and Coca-Cola | cocktails & spirits |
| Cam | Burning House | nightmares |
| Camarón de la Isla | Bahía de Cádiz | love songs to places |
| Como Castillo de Arena | sand | |
| Se Murió Mi Madre | blessings & curses | |
| Volando Voy | Spain | |
| Cameo | Candy | great middle eights |
| Shake Your Pants | odd noises & instruments | |
| She’s Strange | normal & abnormal | |
| Word Up! | choosing & using words | |
| Camera Obscura | Happy New Year | new year songs |
| Let’s Get Out of This Country | starting over | |
| Suspended from Class | self-deprecation | |
| The Sweetest Thing | songs about love songs | |
| Tears for Affairs | fools | |
| Camille | Fille à papa | fathers and daughters |
| Katie’s Tea | tea | |
| Money Note | singing | |
| Campbell, Al | I Will Follow You | following & chasing |
| Campbell, Glen | By the Time I Get to Phoenix | change of mind |
| Every Time I Itch I Wind Up Scratchin’ You | itching & scratching | |
| Guess I’m Dumb | fools | |
| Mornin’ Glory (with Bobbie Gentry) | duets | |
| Rhinestone Cowboy | ambition | |
| Wichita Lineman | work | |
| Campbell, Ian (see Ian Campbell Folk Group) | ||
| Campbell, Isobel | The Breeze Whispered Your Name | whispering |
| The Circus Is Leaving Town (with Mark Lanegan) | first & last time | |
| Camper Van Beethoven | Take the Skinheads Bowling | sport |
| Can | Mother Sky | mothers |
| Mushroom | nuclear war | |
| Vitamin C | wealth | |
| Vitamin C | vegetables | |
| Canibus | Shove This Jay-Oh-Bee | anti-work songs |
| Canned Heat | An Owl Song | owls |
| Let’s Work Together | volunteering | |
| Meet Me in the Bottom (with John Lee Hooker) | rendezvous | |
| Cannon, Freddy | Abigail Beecher | teachers |
| Palisades Park | carnivals & funfairs | |
| CANO | Spirit of the North | animal sounds |
| Cantrell, Laura | Bees | nostalgia |
| When the Roses Bloom Again | flowers | |
| Capaldi, Jim | Whale Meat Again | cetaceans |
| Capercaillie | Fear a Bhàta | wide open spaces |
| Capitols | Cool Jerk | dance styles |
| Capris | There’s a Moon Out Tonight | the moon |
| Captain Beefheart | Ah Feel Like Ahcid | non sequiturs |
| Autumn’s Child | September & October | |
| Big Eyed Beans from Venus | sci-fi & space | |
| Bluejeans and Moonbeams | legs & pants | |
| The Buggy Boogie Woogie | spiders | |
| Cardboard Cutout Sundown | sunsets & twilight | |
| Debra Kadabra (with Frank Zappa & the Mothers) | witches | |
| Dropout Boogie | unemployment | |
| Electricity | power | |
| Glider | aviation | |
| Golden Birdies | birdsong | |
| Golden Birdies | legs & pants | |
| Grown So Ugly | change #2 | |
| Hard Workin’ Man | industry & manufacturing | |
| Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles | blue | |
| Hey Garland, I Dig Your Tweed Coat | clothes | |
| Hot Head | heat | |
| Ice Cream for Crow | animals | |
| Kandy Korn | nuts & edible seeds | |
| Man with the Woman Head (with Frank Zappa & the Mothers) | faces | |
| Mirror Man | mirrors | |
| Odd Jobs | decor | |
| Old Fart at Play | masks | |
| Orange Claw Hammer | shaggy dog stories & tall tales | |
| Petrified Forest | geology | |
| Sheriff of Hong Kong | islands | |
| Tropical Hot Dog Night | heat #2 | |
| Yellow Brick Road | fairytales | |
| Captain Sensible | Croydon | towns |
| Captain Slackship’s Mezzanine Allstars | Bringing My Knife | knives |
| Cara, Irene | Fame | ambition |
| Flashdance… What a Feeling | motivation | |
| Caracol | Horseshoe Woman | iron & steel |
| Caravan | In the Land of Grey and Pink | fictional places |
| Caravan Palace | Tattoos | skin |
| Carbon, Lisa (see Schmidt, Uwe) | ||
| Carbon Based Lifeforms | Interloper | interlopers |
| Cardi B | WAP (ft Megan Thee Stallion) | orgasms |
| Cardiacs | R.E.S. | startling songs |
| Tarred and Feathered | eccentric songs | |
| Cardigans | Carnival | carnivals & funfairs |
| Erase/Rewind | reversing | |
| Caretaker | Bedded Deep in Long Term Memory | itching & scratching |
| Libet’s Delay | procrastination | |
| Carey – Tony | A Fine, Fine Day | reunions |
| Caribou | Odessa | divorce |
| Carlisle, Belinda | Heaven Is a Place on Earth | heaven & hell |
| Leave a Light On | light | |
| Carll, Hayes | Naked Checkers | board games |
| Carlton, Larry | Hill Street Blues (with Mike Post) | law enforcement |
| Carlton, Little Carl | Competition Ain’t Nothin’ | competition |
| Carlton and the Shoes | Love to Share | quiet songs |
| Carmel | More, More, More | retro style |
| Carmichael, Hoagy | Lazy River | laziness |
| My Resistance Is Low | resistance | |
| Rockin’ Chair | chairs | |
| Who Killed ‘Er (Who Killed the Black Widder) | spiders | |
| Carmina Quartet | Guitar Quintet No.4 in D major: IV. Fandango (with Rolf Lislevand & Nina Corti) (composer: Luigi Boccherini) | finger snaps & toe taps |
| Carmody, Kev | Thou Shalt Not Steal | Australia |
| Carner, Loyle | Florence (ft Kwes) | innocence |
| Not Waving, But Drowning | physical gestures | |
| Sun of Jean | empathy | |
| Carol | So Low | synth pop 1980-2000 |
| Carolina Chocolate Drops | Brigg’s Corn Shucking Jig | finger snaps & toe taps |
| Carosone, Renato | Tu vuò fa’ l’americano | Italy |
| Carpenter, Mary Chapin | Grand Central Station | September 11 attacks |
| I Have a Need for Solitude | quiet | |
| Livingston | music as nutrition | |
| Only a Dream | leaving or being left behind | |
| Stones in the Road | social mobility | |
| Thanksgiving Song | gratitude | |
| This Shirt | marriage | |
| Carpenters | Goodbye to Love | songs with sudden changes |
| This Masquerade | deception | |
| The Uninvited Guest | visitors | |
| We’ve Only Just Begun | marriage | |
| Yesterday Once More | songs that go ‘la’ | |
| Carpio, Luzmila | Amaotayku Avelino Siñani | high-pitched vocals |
| Carr, James | The Dark End of the Street | night & darkness |
| The Dark End of the Street | secrets & secrecy | |
| Carr, Leroy | Carried Water for the Elephant (with Scrapper Blackwell) | the circus |
| Carrasco, Sandra | Hola Soledad | personification |
| Le Pregunté Yo a los Cielos | prayer | |
| Carrick, Julie | Undo the Knots | knots & ties |
| Carroll, Jim (see Jim Carroll Band) | ||
| Carter, Betty | Baby It’s Cold Outside (with Ray Charles) | innuendo |
| Bridges | audible breaths | |
| Carter, Bo | Banana in Your Fruit Basket | sweet foods |
| Carter, Clarence | The Court Room | justice |
| Patches | farming | |
| Scratch My Back (And Mumble in My Ear) | itching & scratching | |
| Slip Away | secrets | |
| Slip Away | rendezvous | |
| Carter, Deana | Strawberry Wine | wine |
| Carter, June | Jackson (with Johnny Cash) | US cities & states |
| Juke Box Blues | jukeboxes | |
| Carter, Kenny | Showdown | crisis |
| Carter, Mel | Band of Gold | gold |
| Carter Family | Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By) | circles |
| The Poor Orphan Child | children | |
| Single Girl, Married Girl | marriage | |
| Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine | Bloodsport for All | army |
| The Impossible Dream | the impossible | |
| The Only Living Boy in New Cross | London | |
| Carter Tutti Void (see Chris & Cosey) | ||
| Carthy, Eliza | Child Amongst the Weeds | adult lullabies |
| Herring Song | fish & other aquatic life | |
| Carthy, Martin | Byker Hill (with Dave Swarbrick) | North East England |
| The Devil and the Feathery Wife | deceptive appearances | |
| The Friar in the Well | wells | |
| Lord Randall | conversations | |
| Willie’s Lady | witches | |
| Cascades | Rhythm of the Rain | fools |
| Case | Smiling My Life Away | faces |
| Case, Neko | Hold On, Hold On | echoes |
| John Saw That Number | prophets | |
| Man | being a man or a woman | |
| Mood to Burn Bridges (with Her Boyfriends) | bridges | |
| This Tornado Loves You | personification | |
| Casey, Paul | In the Days Before Rock ‘n’ Roll (with Terri Hooley) | switches & buttons |
| Cash, Johnny | 25 Minutes to Go | capital punishment |
| A Boy Named Sue | songs with jokes | |
| The Beast in Me | id, ego & superego | |
| Before My Time | songs about love songs | |
| Big River | rivers | |
| Dark as a Dungeon | caves | |
| Don’t Take Your Guns To Town | advice | |
| Five Feet High and Rising | feet | |
| Fuego d’Amor | foreign language versions | |
| Get Rhythm | knowledge | |
| (Ghost) Riders in the Sky | American west | |
| Hurt | covers better than the original | |
| I Don’t Know Where I’m Bound | adventure | |
| I Hung My Head | sinners | |
| I See a Darkness | friendship | |
| I Walk the Line | humming | |
| Jackson (with June Carter) | US cities & states | |
| Let the Train Blow the Whistle | departures | |
| Little Magic Glasses | eyewear | |
| Love’s Been Good to Me | music for funerals | |
| The Man Comes Around | end of the world | |
| One | numbered 1 to 10 | |
| The One on the Right Is on the Left | inversions | |
| One Piece at a Time | smuggling & stealing | |
| Personal Jesus | God & the Devil | |
| Ring of Fire | accidents | |
| That’s One You Owe Me | platonic love | |
| When It’s Springtime in Alaska | spring | |
| Cash, June Carter (see Carter, June) | ||
| Cash, Rosanne | Tell Heaven | music for funerals |
| When the Master Calls the Roll | 19th century life | |
| The World Unseen | the invisible | |
| Cashdollar, Cindy | Speedin’ West | steel guitar |
| Casiotone for the Painfully Alone | Scattered Pearls | precious stones |
| Cassidy, David | How Can I Be Sure | confidence |
| Castaways | Liar Liar | lies |
| Castillo, Aurita | Chambacú | the Caribbean |
| Castor, Jimmy | Hey Leroy, Your Mama’s Callin’ You | saxophone |
| Cat (see John-Jules, Danny) | ||
| Cat Empire | Prophets in the Sky | prophets |
| Cat Power | Aretha, Sing One for Me | songs about love songs |
| The Greatest | boastful songs | |
| Horizon | horizons | |
| Names | ages | |
| Sea of Love | harps, lyres & zithers | |
| Catatonia | I Am the Mob | inspired by or about films |
| Londinium | London | |
| Cat’s Eyes | The Lull | quiet songs |
| Cauthen, Paul | Marfa Lights | unexplained phenomena |
| Cavaliers | It’s a Beautiful Game | cricket |
| Cave, Nick | Abattoir Blues | non sequiturs |
| The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane | murder | |
| Breathless | waking up | |
| The Carnival Is Over | brevity | |
| The Carny | carnivals & funfairs | |
| Christina the Astonishing | miracles | |
| The Curse of Millhaven | villains | |
| Death Is Not the End | death | |
| Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow | snow & ice | |
| Ghosteen | songs that give you goosebumps | |
| God Is in the House | God & the Devil | |
| The Hammer Song | tools | |
| Hard On for Love | lust | |
| Henry Lee (ft PJ Harvey) | jealousy | |
| Henry Lee (ft PJ Harvey) | rejection | |
| I Need You | nothing | |
| Into My Arms | faith | |
| Into My Arms | disbelief | |
| Les Ours (with Warren Ellis) | bears | |
| Love Letter | retrospection | |
| The Lyre of Orpheus | musical instruments | |
| The Lyre of Orpheus | tragedy & comedy | |
| The Mercy Seat | capital punishment | |
| More News from Nowhere | news & media | |
| Muddy Water | brown | |
| People Ain’t No Good | misanthropic songs | |
| Red Right Hand | treachery & betrayal | |
| The Sorrowful Wife | marriage | |
| There She Goes, My Beautiful World | books #2 | |
| Thirsty Dog | regrets | |
| Tupelo | bad weather | |
| The Weeping Song | songs about songs | |
| When I First Came to Town | welcoming | |
| Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere? | songs of desperation | |
| Where the Wild Roses Grow (ft Kylie Minogue) | flowers | |
| Caymmi, Dorival | É Doce Morrer no Mar | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| O Mar | the coast | |
| Cecilia | Un Ramito de Violetas | secret admirers |
| Celentano, Adriano | Prisencolinensinainciusol | indecipherable songs |
| Celina y Reutilio | A Santa Barbara | blessings & curses |
| Centipede | Septober Energy | September & October |
| Cerrone | Supernature | environment |
| Céu | Perfume do Invisível | the invisible |
| Chai | No More Cake | makeup |
| Chairmen of the Board | Everything’s Tuesday | days of the week |
| I’m on My Way to a Better Place | the afterlife | |
| I’m on My Way to a Better Place | leaving or being left behind | |
| Working on a Building of Love | tools | |
| Chakachas | Jungle Fever | audible breaths |
| Chali 2na | Comin’ Thru | deep voices |
| Chambers Brothers | Time Has Come Today | homelessness |
| Time Has Come Today | non sequiturs | |
| Chameleons | Paper Tigers | tigers |
| Seriocity | uncertainty | |
| Up the Down Escalator | teachers | |
| Chamillionaire | The Evening News | journalism & the news |
| Champion, Greg | Banks of the Condamine (with Jane Saunders) | conversations |
| Champion, Harry | Any Old Iron | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| Chance, James & the Contortions | Contort Yourself | discordant songs |
| Chance, Michael | Erbarme dich, mein Gott (composed by J. S. Bach) | androgynous vocals |
| Chandler, Gene | Nite Owl | owls |
| Chandra, Sheila | Lament of McCrimmon | remembrance songs |
| Village Girl | villages | |
| Chaney, Olivia | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | notable outros or codas |
| Eternity (with Emily Hall) | eternity | |
| Swimming in the Longest River | swimming & bathing | |
| To the Lighthouse | lighthouses | |
| Too Social | alliteration | |
| Waxwing | organ | |
| Change | Searching | getting brighter |
| Chantells | Natty Supper | meals & mealtimes |
| Waiting in the Park | futility | |
| Chao, Manu | Clandestino | exile |
| Le Rendez-vous | rendezvous | |
| Luna y Sol | lies | |
| Trapped by Love | stuck or trapped | |
| Chaos Chaos | Find a Way (as Smoosh) | children performing |
| Chaos UK | Farmyard Boogie | whimsical songs |
| Chapin, Harry | Cat’s in the Cradle | inheritance |
| Tangled Up Puppet | knots & ties | |
| W·O·L·D | losers | |
| Chapin, Tom | Library Song | libraries |
| Chapman, Michael | A Strangers Map of Texas | maps |
| Fishbeard Sunset | sunsets & twilight | |
| Chapman, Tracy | Across the Lines | dares |
| Baby Can I Hold You | compromise | |
| Behind the Wall | neighbours | |
| Crossroads | crosses | |
| Fast Car | social mobility | |
| Hard Wired | collecting & listing | |
| The Rape of the World | climate change | |
| Subcity | adversity | |
| Talkin’ ‘Bout a Revolution | left wing politics | |
| Why? | inversions | |
| Charioteers | Darktown Strutters’ Ball | punctuality |
| Charlatans | Sproston Green | northern England |
| Charles, Bobby | Small Town Talk | boring & dull |
| Charles, Ray | Baby It’s Cold Outside (with Betty Carter) | innuendo |
| Blackjack | playing cards | |
| Busted | adversity | |
| I Can’t Stop Loving You | unlikely cover songs | |
| I Got a Woman | influenced by gospel | |
| I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town | suburbia | |
| It Should’ve Been Me | fairness | |
| Lonely Avenue | loneliness | |
| The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane | babies & childbirth | |
| (Night Time Is) The Right Time | great backing vocals | |
| Rockhouse | dance instrumentals | |
| Shake a Tail Feather (with the Blues Brothers) | dancing | |
| Take These Chains from My Heart | keys & locks | |
| That Lucky Old Sun | curves & spheres | |
| What’d I Say (Pts 1 & 2) | call and response | |
| You Don’t Know Me | secrets & secrecy | |
| Charles, Sonny | Black Pearl (with Checkmates Ltd) | precious stones |
| Charlesys | Slapton Sands (Exercise Tiger) | D-Day |
| Charli XCX | Boom Clap | falling in love |
| Charlie Daniels Band | The Devil Went Down to Georgia | orchestral string instruments |
| Chas & Dave | Turn That Noise Down | noise |
| Cheap Trick | Dream Police | visitors |
| I Want You to Want Me | start with the chorus | |
| I’m Losing You (with John Lennon) | solo Beatles songs | |
| Mighty Wings | wings | |
| Cheatham, Oliver | Get Down Saturday Night | Friday & Saturday |
| Cheese, Richard | Gin and Juice | old meets new |
| chelmico | Limit | bodily motion & exercise |
| Chemical Brothers | Alive Alone | being alone |
| Dream On | drone music | |
| Galvanize | great middle eights | |
| Hey Boy, Hey Girl | two – part 2 | |
| In Dust We Trust | trust | |
| Lost in the K-Hole | addiction | |
| Setting Sun | sunsets & twilight | |
| Song to the Siren | songs about songs | |
| Where Do I Begin | hangovers | |
| Cher | Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves | finish where they begin |
| Cherrelle | I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On | accidents |
| Cherry, Don | Brown Rice | brown |
| I Dig It – You Dig It (with Albert Mangelsdorff) | austerity | |
| Cherry, Neneh | 7 Seconds (with Youssou N’Dour) | unlikely collaborations |
| Buffalo Stance | confidence | |
| I’ve Got You Under My Skin | illness | |
| Naked | nudity | |
| Shot Gun Shack | shooting | |
| So Here I Come | striking album endings | |
| Cherry Glazerr | White’s Not My Color This Evening | bodily fluids |
| Chesnokov, Pavel | We Praise Thee (sung by St. Petersburg Chamber Choir) | choirs |
| Chesnutt, Vic | Stay Inside | resurrection |
| Stevie Smith | inspired by poetry | |
| Teddy Bear (with Elf Power & the Amorphous Strums) | toys | |
| Chi-Lites | Have You Seen Her | eyes & sight |
| Homely Girl | schadenfreude | |
| There Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God Is Seated at the Conference Table) | long titles | |
| We Are Neighbors | neighbours | |
| Chic | Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) | 12″ singles to 1979 |
| Everybody Dance (12″ mix) | dancing | |
| Good Times | great riffs | |
| I Want Your Love | unrequited love | |
| Le Freak | dance styles | |
| Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song) | crying | |
| Chicago | Dialogue (Part I & II) | conversations |
| Someday (August 29, 1968) | chaos | |
| Street Player | urban environment | |
| Chicks | Goodbye Earl (as Dixie Chicks) | murder |
| Goodbye Earl (as Dixie Chicks) | schadenfreude | |
| Not Ready to Make Nice (as Dixie Chicks) | arguments | |
| Sleep at Night | adultery & infidelity | |
| Travelin’ Soldier (as Dixie Chicks) | first & last time | |
| Wide Open Spaces (as Dixie Chicks) | girl groups | |
| Chicks on Speed | 99 Cents | shopping |
| Kaltes klares Wasser (with Malaria!) | cleansing | |
| Chieftains | Carrickfergus (with Van Morrison) | towns |
| Jimmy mó Mhíle Stór (with the Rankin Family) | Gaelic songs | |
| Mo Ghile Mear (ft Sting) | Gaelic songs | |
| When the Ship Comes In (with the Decemberists) | waiting | |
| Chiffons | He’s So Fine | secret admirers |
| One Fine Day | optimistic songs | |
| Thumbs Down | physical gestures | |
| Childe Harold | Brink of Death | psychedelia |
| Childers, David | The Prettiest Thing (with the Modern Don Juans) | superlatives |
| Time Machine | time travel | |
| Childish, Billy | He’s Making a Tape (with the Musicians of the British Empire) | media for listening to recorded music |
| Children of Zeus | Still Standing (ft DRS) | Manchester |
| Chills | Ghosts | ghosts |
| The Male Monster from the Id | id, ego & superego | |
| Night of Chill Blue | sky | |
| Pink Frost | cold | |
| Submarine Bells | bells | |
| Chilton, Alex | Fly Away (with Alan Vega & Ben Vaughn) | escape |
| My Rival | competition | |
| Chineapple Punx | Isotopacola | non-alcoholic drinks |
| Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge | How Do You Keep the Music Playing? | everlasting love |
| Choir of Young Believers | Hollow Talk | from Nordic countries |
| Chłopcy Kontra Basia | Mam Ja Męża | poison |
| Chordettes | Mr. Sandman | close harmony singing |
| Chris & Cosey | Smell the Roses | roses |
| T3.3 (as Carter Tutti Void) | driving songs | |
| Christine and the Queens | iT | gender & LGBTQ+ |
| Paradis perdus | lost and found | |
| Tilted | bodily motion & exercise | |
| Chromeo | Old 45s | hearing, choosing & playing records |
| Chron Gen | Clouded Eyes | clouds |
| Chuck and Dobby | I Love My Teacher | teachers |
| Chumbawamba | Always Tell the Voters What the Voter Wants to Hear | broken promises |
| …And in a Nutshell | non-alcoholic drinks | |
| Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire | army | |
| Rappaport’s Testament: I Never Gave Up | D-Day | |
| Smash Clause 29! | gender & LGBTQ+ | |
| Songs on the Times | 19th century life | |
| This Girl | oddballs, outcasts & outsiders | |
| Tubthumping | survival | |
| Voices, That’s All | singing | |
| The World Turned Upside Down | inversions | |
| Church | Constant in Opal | treasure |
| Ripple | cruel songs | |
| Under the Milky Way | celestial bodies | |
| Volumes | volume | |
| Church Universal and Triumphant, Inc. | Decree 12.10 | religion |
| Churchill, Kim | Fear the Fire | being scared |
| Ciani, Suzanne | The Fifth Wave: Water Lullaby | electronic music to 1983 |
| Cibo Matto | Birthday Cake | birthdays |
| Cigarettes After Sex | Apocalypse | rare events |
| Cimarons | Paul Bogle | outlaws & rebels |
| Circle Jerks | Wild in the Streets | urban environment |
| Citizen Cope | Healing Hands | hands |
| Civil Wars | 20 Years | secrets & secrecy |
| Poison & Wine | opposites | |
| The Violet Hour | purple | |
| Clail, Gary | Escape (with On-U Sound System) | running |
| Clanadonia | Tribal Music with Pipes and Drums | songs by buskers |
| Clancy, Liam | The Parting Glass | glass |
| Clannad | Buachaill Ón Éirne | Gaelic songs |
| Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Mama, Won’t You Keep Them Castles in the Air and Burning? | odd couples |
| The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth | yellow | |
| Clapton, Eric | Can’t Find My Way Home (with Steve Winwood) | being lost |
| Clark, Alice | I Keep It Hid | secrets & secrecy |
| Clark, Claudine | Party Lights | light |
| Clark, Dave (see Dave Clark Five) | ||
| Clark, Gary Jr. | Gotta Get into Something | fear of missing out |
| Clark, Gene | For a Spanish Guitar | musical instruments |
| Full Circle Song | circles | |
| No Other | tides | |
| Clark, Guy | Bag of Bones | bones |
| The Guitar | guitars | |
| Hollywood | Hollywood | |
| Homegrown Tomatoes | the obvious | |
| Maybe I Can Paint Over That | embarrassment | |
| My Favorite Picture of You | photographs | |
| The Randall Knife | remembrance songs | |
| Clark, Petula | Downtown | parties & going out |
| I Know a Place | evening | |
| Little Blue Man | whimsical songs | |
| Clarke, John Cooper | Beasley Street | spoken word |
| The Day My Pad Went Mad | spring cleaning & household chores | |
| Evidently Chickentown | sweary songs | |
| Gimmix! (Play Loud) | fads & crazes | |
| Heart Disease Called Love | Manchester | |
| (I Married A) Monster from Outer Space | aliens | |
| Innocents | denial | |
| Suspended Sentence | capital punishment | |
| Twat | cruel songs | |
| Clarke, Johnny | None Shall Escape the Judgement | end of the world |
| Clarke, Stanley | Desert Song | wide open spaces |
| Clarke, Tony | The Entertainer | theatre |
| Landslide | natural disasters | |
| Clarkson, Kelly | Since U Been Gone | fresh starts |
| Clash | The Call Up | forgotten follow-ups |
| The Card Cheat | gambling | |
| Career Opportunities | social class | |
| Complete Control | greed | |
| Complete Control | formal agreements | |
| Garageland | songs that capture the zeitgeist | |
| I Fought the Law | crime | |
| I’m So Bored with the U.S.A. | America | |
| Julie’s Been Working for the Drug Squad | girls’ names | |
| Know Your Rights | ironic songs | |
| London Calling | omens & prophecies | |
| Lose This Skin | androgynous vocals | |
| Lost in the Supermarket | being lost | |
| The Right Profile | bright songs about dark subjects | |
| Rock the Casbah | honorific titles | |
| Rudie Can’t Fail | incidental music | |
| Should I Stay or Should I Go | limbo | |
| The Sound of Sinners | sinners | |
| Stay Free | friendship | |
| Straight to Hell | exile | |
| Train in Vain (Stand by Me) | hidden tracks | |
| (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais | concerts | |
| White Riot | change | |
| Wrong ‘Em Boyo | cheating | |
| Clayton, Willie | That Wall | borders, barriers, walls & fences |
| Clean Bandit | Rockabye (ft Sean Paul & Anne-Marie) | nursery rhymes |
| Clearlake | Wonder If the Snow Will Settle | snow & ice |
| Cleary, Jon | Boneyard | bones |
| Clegg, Johnny | Asimbonanga (Mandela) (with Savuka) | hope & resilience |
| Clem Snide | Roger Ebert | eureka moments |
| Clientele | Losing Haringey | England |
| Cliff, Jimmy | Hakuna Matata (with Lebo M) | pride |
| The Harder They Come | recorded for movies | |
| Many Rivers to Cross | B sides | |
| Sitting in Limbo | waiting | |
| Trust No Man | trust | |
| You Can Get It If You Really Want | positive songs | |
| Cline, Patsy | Crazy | crooners |
| I Fall to Pieces | falling | |
| She’s Got You | fairness | |
| Tennessee Waltz | 3/4 time | |
| Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray | smoking | |
| Walkin’ After Midnight | walking & running | |
| Clinic | Monkey on Your Back | monkeys & apes |
| Clinton, George | Do Fries Go with That Shake? | pick-up lines & marriage proposals |
| Mathematics (with the P-Funk Allstars) | mathematics | |
| Clinton, Larry & His Orchestra | Deep Purple (with Bea Wain) | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| Clipse | Dirty Money | wealth |
| Nightmares (ft Bilal & Pharrell Williams) | anxiety | |
| Clogs | Last Song | finishing |
| The Owl of Love (ft Shara Worden) | owls | |
| Clooney, Rosemary | Love, You Didn’t Do Right by Me | anti-love songs |
| Mambo Italiano | Italy | |
| Cloth | Bullets (with Compton Cricket Club) | cricket |
| Clouds | pockets | |
| Clovers | Love Potion No. 9 | magic |
| One Mint Julep | the number one | |
| Cluster | Hollywood | krautrock |
| Clutch | The Elephant Riders | 19th century life |
| Mr. Shiny Cadillackness | stick it to the man | |
| Coasters | Along Came Jones | villains |
| Charlie Brown | male names | |
| Shopping for Clothes | shopping | |
| Three Cool Cats | coolness | |
| Yakety Yak | arguments | |
| Cobb, Oliver & His Rhythm Kings | The Duck’s Yas Yas Yas | poultry |
| Cobham, Billy | Total Eclipse | great drumming |
| Cochran, Eddie | Cut Across Shorty | victory |
| Nervous Breakdown | anxiety | |
| Sittin’ in the Balcony | sitting & standing | |
| Somethin’ Else | ambition | |
| Summertime Blues | short songs | |
| Teenage Heaven | teenagers | |
| Twenty Flight Rock | ascension | |
| Cochrane, Tom | Life Is Highway | road trips |
| Cock Sparrer | Closedown | advertising |
| The Sun Says | news & media | |
| Watch Your Back | refusal | |
| What’s It Like to Be Old? | immaturity | |
| Cockburn, Bruce | The Coldest Night of the Year | Canada |
| Wondering Where the Lions Are | cats | |
| Cocker, Jarvis | Disney Time | comics & cartoons |
| Room 29 (with Chilly Gonzales) | furniture | |
| Running the World | politicians | |
| Cocker, Joe | With a Little Help from My Friends | high-pitched vocals |
| Cockney Rejects | Hate of the City | shoes |
| We Are the Firm | call and response | |
| Cocoa Tea | New Immigration Law | migrants & refugees |
| Pirates Anthem (with Home T & Shabba Ranks) | pirates | |
| CocoRosie | Fairy Paradise | urban wildlife |
| Poison (with Antony Hegarty) | poison | |
| Werewolf | magic | |
| Cocteau Twins | Aikea-Guinea | indecipherable songs |
| Blue Bell Knoll | fictional places | |
| Frosty the Snowman | snow & ice | |
| Heaven or Las Vegas | American west | |
| The High Monkey-Monk | monkeys & apes | |
| In the Gold Rush Dust | gold | |
| Lazy Calm | silence | |
| Melonella | butterflies & moths | |
| Mud and Dark | echoes | |
| Musette and Drums | instruments imitating voice & vice versa | |
| Sugar Hiccup | sweet foods | |
| Those Eyes, That Mouth | falling in love | |
| Codeine Velvet Club | Hollywood | Hollywood |
| Coe, David Allan | Dakota the Dancing Bear Part 2 | bears |
| Lost | cocktails & spirits | |
| The Ride | hitchhiking | |
| Cohen, Avishai | Seven Seas | double bass |
| Cohen, Leonard | Ain’t No Cure for Love | healing |
| Anthem | consolation | |
| Ballad of the Absent Mare | horses | |
| Bird on the Wire | similes | |
| Born in Chains | roots | |
| Come Healing | healing | |
| Democracy | America | |
| Don’t Go Home with Your Hard-On | advice | |
| Everybody Knows | the truth | |
| Famous Blue Raincoat | clothes | |
| First We Take Manhattan | rallying cries | |
| The Future | the future | |
| Going Home | music for funerals | |
| Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye | goodbye | |
| I Can’t Forget | forgetting | |
| I Tried to Leave You | procrastination | |
| Love Itself | quiet songs | |
| Lullaby | gentleness | |
| The Partisan | resistance | |
| Sisters of Mercy | kindness | |
| Take This Longing | seduction | |
| Tower of Song | songs about songs | |
| You Want It Darker | adult lullabies | |
| Cohn, Marc | The Things We’ve Handed Down | forgotten follow-ups |
| Walking in Memphis | Elvis | |
| Coil | Going Up | slowing down |
| Penetralia II | drone music | |
| Cold Gawd | On the Pale Silver Sofa | chairs |
| Coldcut | Autumn Leaves | autumn |
| Beats + Pieces | songs by duos | |
| Mr. Nichols (ft Saul Williams) | hero worship | |
| Timber | environment | |
| Coldplay | Talk | sound like other songs |
| Viva la Vida | leadership | |
| Yellow | colours | |
| Cole, B. J. | Songs of the Nightlife (with Luke Vibert) | steel guitar |
| Cole, Julie Dawn | I Want It Now | chocolate |
| Cole, Lloyd & the Commotions | Perfect Skin | magazines |
| Rattlesnakes | similes | |
| Cole, Nat King | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square | nightingales & thrushes |
| Blame It on My Youth | immaturity | |
| The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) | tradition | |
| L-O-V-E | acronyms | |
| Let There Be Love | spirit of 2021 | |
| Mona Lisa | visual art & photography | |
| Nature Boy | great songwriting 1900-1955 | |
| Orange Colored Sky | orange | |
| Pick Yourself Up | underdogs | |
| Smile | smiling & laughing | |
| Stardust | crooners | |
| Cole, Natalie | Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? | curves & spheres |
| This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) | triggering dancing | |
| Cole, Stan Lee | Separated | children performing |
| Coleman, Jaz | Ziggurats of Cinnamon (with Anne Dudley) | markets & fairs |
| Coleman, Ornette | The Blessing | blessings & curses |
| Free Jazz | unsettling songs | |
| Collective Soul | Crown | crowns |
| Collins, Al “Jazzbo” | Goldilox & the Three Bears | fairytales |
| Collins, Bootsy | Play with Bootsy (ft Kelli Ali) | gravity |
| Collins, Dolly | An Awakening (Whitsun Dance) (with Shirley Collins) | organ |
| Collins, Edwyn | A Girl Like You | call and response |
| Home Again | coming home | |
| Losing Sleep | comeback songs | |
| North of Heaven | paradise | |
| Collins, Glenda | I Lost My Heart at the Fairground | fairgrounds |
| Collins, Judy | The Coming of the Roads | modernity |
| Farewell to Tarwathie | wilderness | |
| First Boy I Loved | first love | |
| Priests | preachers, priests & religious leaders | |
| Thirsty Boots | hats & accessories | |
| Collins, Phil | Thru These Walls | secret vices |
| Collins, Shirley | All Things Are Quite Silent | gangs |
| An Awakening (Whitsun Dance) (with Dolly Collins) | organ | |
| The Cruel Mother | cruel songs | |
| Lord Gregory | social class | |
| Nottamun Town (with Davey Graham) | surreal songs | |
| The Unquiet Grave | the afterlife | |
| Van Dieman’s Land (with Albion Country Band) | islands | |
| Collins, Tommy | I Always Get a Souvenir | memorabilia & souvenirs |
| Collister, Christine | Good with My Hands (with Clive Gregson) | making things |
| Colón, Willie | Aguanile (with Héctor Lavoe) | paganism |
| El Día de Mi Suerte (with Hector Lavoe) | trombone | |
| The Hustler | from New York City | |
| Pedro Navaja (with Rubén Blades) | Mexico & Central America | |
| Colorblind James Experience | A Different Bob | interlopers |
| Colourbox | Baby I Love You So | influenced by dub |
| Coltrane, Alice | Blue Nile | harps, lyres & zithers |
| Journey in Satchidananda | Asia | |
| Turiya and Ramakrishna | gentleness | |
| Coltrane, John | A Love Supreme, Part 1: Acknowledgement | spiritual songs |
| A Love Supreme, Part 4: Psalm | prayer | |
| Alabama | equality | |
| Giant Steps | super solos | |
| Greensleeves | green | |
| Lush Life (with Johnny Hartman) | mistakes | |
| My Favorite Things | covers better than the original | |
| My One and Only Love (with Johnny Hartman) | crooners | |
| Nancy (With the Laughing Face) | faces | |
| They Say It’s Wonderful (with Johnny Hartman) | songs that say what love is | |
| Colvin, Shawn | Sunny Came Home | starting fires |
| Combo Los Galleros | Soledad (ft Lucy González) | being single |
| Comet Is Coming | Neon Baby | bright and beautiful |
| Commodores | The Assembly Line | industry & manufacturing |
| Brick House | being fat | |
| Easy | songs to start the morning | |
| Common | I Used to Love H.E.R. | songs with a twist |
| Love Is…. | songs that say what love is | |
| Testify | judges & trials | |
| Communards | Don’t Leave Me This Way | separation |
| Compton Cricket Club | Bullets (with Cloth) | cricket |
| Comsat Angels | Eye of the Lens | eyes |
| Comus | Song to Comus | horror-inspired songs |
| Concrete Blonde | Bloodletting | bodily fluids |
| Conflict | A Piss in the Ocean | sales, selling & bargains |
| From Protest to Resistance | equality | |
| Mighty and Superior | stick it to the man | |
| Congos | Ark of the Covenant | ancient history |
| Ark of the Covenant | formal agreements | |
| Children Crying | animal sounds | |
| Congoman | Africa | |
| Feast of the Passover | meals & mealtimes | |
| Fisherman | fish & other aquatic life | |
| La La Bam-Bam | biblical songs | |
| Sodom and Gomorrow | wastelands | |
| Conley, Arthur | Sweet Soul Music | brass songs |
| Connor, Chris | A Foggy Day | crooners |
| Connor, Edric | Manchester United Calypso | football |
| Connors, Stompin’ Tom | Bud the Spud | Canada |
| The Hockey Song | winter sports | |
| Conquest, Leena | Boundaries (with Hip Hop Finger) | obstacles |
| Container | Glaze | big and meaty |
| Conte, Paolo | Un gelato al limon | ice cream |
| Conti, Bill | Gonna Fly Now | underdogs |
| Contours | First I Look at the Purse | bags & containers |
| Contrary Parade | Nijinoshippo (Trace of a Rainbow) | rainbows |
| Converse, Connie | Empty Pocket Waltz | pockets |
| How Sad, How Lovely | brevity | |
| Conway, Deborah | Alive and Brilliant | unusual time signatures |
| Will You Miss Me When You’re Sober? | schadenfreude | |
| Cooder, Ry | Across the Borderline | social mobility |
| Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) | cleansing | |
| Boomer’s Story | itinerants & migration | |
| Don’t Call Me Red | propaganda | |
| Footprints in the Snow | feet | |
| Ganges Delta Blues (with V. M. Bhatt) | genre defying | |
| I Can’t Win | striking album endings | |
| John Lee Hooker for President | ironic songs | |
| No Banker Left Behind | pirates | |
| Nobody | fairness | |
| Paris, Texas | instrumental soundtracks | |
| Simple Tools | tools | |
| Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Us All | taxation | |
| Cook, Hollie | Ari Up | remembrance songs |
| Shadow Dub | shadows | |
| Tiger Balm | tigers | |
| Cook, Peter | Bedazzled (with Dudley Moore) | call and response |
| Goodbye-ee (with Dudley Moore) | quoting Shakespeare | |
| Cook, Ronnie | The Goo Goo Muck | tautonyms |
| Cooke, Sam | A Change Is Gonna Come | change |
| Another Saturday Night | the weekend | |
| Bring It On Home to Me | great backing vocals | |
| Chain Gang | screams, howls, grunts & shrieks | |
| Shake | spine & neck | |
| Twistin’ the Night Away | nightclubs | |
| Wonderful World | intelligence | |
| Coolidge, Rita | Naked All Night | nudity |
| Coombes, Gaz | The Girl Who Fell to Earth | fathers and daughters |
| Coope Boyes and Simpson | Only Remembered | a cappella |
| Cooper, Alice | Elected | ambition |
| Hey Stoopid | stupidity | |
| I Love the Dead | lust | |
| No More Mr. Nice Guy | refusal | |
| Only Women Bleed | feminism | |
| School’s Out | finishing | |
| Cooper, Erland | Spoot Ebb | gravity |
| Cooper, Eula | Let Our Love Grow Higher | getting brighter |
| Cop Shoot Cop | $10 Bill | pockets |
| Cope, Julian | Autogeddon Blues | environment |
| Eve’s Volcano (Covered in Sin) | natural disasters | |
| The Greatness and Perfection of Love | perfection | |
| Head Hang Low | oddballs, outcasts & outsiders | |
| I Have Always Been Here Before | immortality & longevity | |
| Militant Feminist Dream | feminism | |
| Necropolis | krautrock | |
| Psychedelic Odin | power | |
| Reynard the Fox | mammals | |
| Saint Julian | lost and found | |
| World Shut Your Mouth | quiet | |
| Copeland, Shemekia | Ain’t Gonna Be Your Tattoo | skin |
| She Don’t Wear Pink | gender & LGBTQ+ | |
| Copland, Aaron | Nature, the Gentlest Mother (performed by Sanford Sylvan and David Breitman) | gentleness |
| Copper Family | Oh Good Ale | beer |
| Copperpenny | Sitting on a Poor Man’s Throne | chairs |
| Corelli, Arcangelo | Violin Sonata No. 12 in D minor, Op. 5, La follia | harpsichord |
| Cornelius | Chapter 8: “Seashore and Horizon” | horizons |
| Point of View Point | Japan | |
| Cornershop | 6 am Jullander Shere | Asian cities |
| Brimful of Asha | inspired by or about films | |
| Good to Be on the Road Back Home (with Paula Frazer) | unlikely collaborations | |
| Judy Sucks a Lemon for Breakfast | meals & mealtimes | |
| Lessons Learned from Rocky I to Rocky III | forgotten follow-ups | |
| Once There Was a Wintertime (ft Bubbley Kaur) | winter | |
| Sleep on the Left Side | music as nutrition | |
| Solid Gold (ft Katie) | gold | |
| Cornysh, William | Blow Thy Horn Hunter | hunting |
| Corries | The Nut Brown Maiden | brown |
| Corr, Ida | Let Me Think About It (with Fedde Le Grand) | seduction |
| Corrs | Brid Og Ni Mhaille | Gaelic songs |
| Corti, Nina | Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D major: IV. Fandango (with Carmina Quartet & Rolf Lislevand) (composer: Luigi Boccherini) | finger snaps & toe taps |
| Cortijo y su Combo | Ahi Na Ma (with Ismael Rivera) | perfection |
| Cosma, Vladimir | Promenade sentimentale | expressing movement of walking |
| Cosmos People | Don’t Touch | COVID-19 lockdown |
| Costa, Gal | Tigresa | tigers |
| Costandinos, Alec R. | Romeo and Juliet | quoting Shakespeare |
| Costello, Elvis | 45 | anniversaries |
| Accidents Will Happen | accidents | |
| All This Useless Beauty | beauty | |
| Beautiful | unlikely cover songs | |
| Beyond Belief | idioms & common expressions | |
| Everyday I Write the Book | writing | |
| God’s Comic | ironic songs | |
| Hoover Factory | buildings | |
| I Want You | jealousy | |
| I’ll Wear It Proudly | crowns | |
| Imperial Bedroom | rooms | |
| Last Boat Leaving | separation | |
| Let Him Dangle | capital punishment | |
| Lipstick Vogue | great drumming | |
| Man Out of Time | secret vices | |
| Oliver’s Army | Britain | |
| Pump It Up | raise the heartrate | |
| The Puppet Has Cut His Strings (with the Roots) | puppets | |
| Shipbuilding | North East England | |
| Suit of Lights | tribute songs | |
| Tramp the Dirt Down | hatchet jobs | |
| Veronica | memory | |
| Waiting for the End of the World | basements & underground | |
| Watching the Detectives | influenced by reggae | |
| What Do I Do Now? | indecision | |
| White Knuckles | joints of the body | |
| You Hung the Moon | tides | |
| Cotten, Elizabeth | Freight Train | adventure |
| Cotton, James | Cotton Crop Blues | fabrics |
| Cougars | Saturday Night at the Duck-Pond | classical songs |
| Coughlan, Cathal | Amused as Hell | modernity |
| Terylene Ghosts in the Sunshine | fabrics | |
| Coughlan, Mary | Magdalen Laundry | cleansing |
| My Land Is Too Green | green | |
| Parade of Clowns | parades | |
| Coulton, Jonathan | Code Monkey | nerds & geeks |
| Ikea | decor | |
| Mandelbrot Set | science | |
| Mandelbrot Set | mathematics | |
| Re: Your Brains | unexplained phenomena | |
| Space Doggity | unusual narrators | |
| Count Basie (see Basie, Count) | ||
| Count Basie Orchestra | Sleigh Ride | winter sports |
| Count Five | Contrast | deserts |
| Psychotic Reaction | mental illness | |
| Counting Crows | A Murder of One | patterns & sequences |
| Country Joe and the Fish | I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag | war |
| County, Jayne/Wayne | Eddie & Sheena (as the Electric Chairs) | odd couples |
| Man Enough to Be a Woman (with the Electric Chairs) | gender & LGBTQ+ | |
| Coup | Fat Cats, Bigga Fish | songs with a twist |
| Me and Jesus the Pimp in a ’79 Granada Last Night | criminals | |
| Wear Clean Draws | cleansing | |
| Covay, Don | I Was Checkin’ Out She Was Checkin’ In | hotels |
| It’s Better to Have (And Don’t Need) | pragmatism | |
| What’s in the Headlines | journalism & the news | |
| Coward, Noël | I Went to a Marvellous Party | celebration |
| London Pride | flowers | |
| Mad About the Boy | secret admirers | |
| Mad Dogs and Englishmen | eccentric songs | |
| Mrs. Worthington | advice | |
| Cowboy Junkies | A Few Bags of Grain | shame |
| A Horse in the Country | horses | |
| Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis) | rare events | |
| Escape Is So Simple | escape | |
| Fuck, I Hate the Cold | winter | |
| If You Were the Woman and I Were the Man (with John Prine) | being a man or a woman | |
| Mining for Gold | treasure | |
| Powderfinger | coming of age | |
| Sun Comes Up, It’s Tuesday Morning | morning | |
| Those Final Feet | hidden tracks | |
| Working on a Building | buildings | |
| Cowboy Mouth | The Avenue | determination |
| Cowmen | Liquor Store Liver | stomach & guts |
| Coyne, Kevin | A Loving Hand | puppets |
| Are We Dreaming? | accordion | |
| Eastbourne Ladies | ages | |
| Fun Flesh | fun | |
| House on the Hill | mental illness | |
| Sunday Morning Sunrise | relaxation & leisure | |
| Craig | I Must Be Mad | Birmingham & the Black Country |
| Crain, Samantha | Bloomsday | retro style |
| When We Remain | wastelands | |
| Cramps | Can Your Pussy Do the Dog? | mammals |
| Can’t Find My Mind | lost and found | |
| Chicken | onomatopoeia | |
| Dames, Booze, Chains and Boots | footwear | |
| Domino | false endings | |
| Don’t Eat Stuff Off the Sidewalk | trash | |
| Human Fly | Halloween | |
| I Wanna Get in Your Pants | lust | |
| Journey to the Center of a Girl | adventure | |
| Queen of Pain | queens | |
| What’s Behind the Mask | anonymity | |
| Cranberries | Íosa | Gaelic songs |
| Ode to My Family | family | |
| Wake Up and Smell the Coffee | coffee | |
| Zombie | zombies | |
| Cranes | Watersong | misheard, nonsense or inaudible lyrics |
| Crash Test Dummies | Afternoons & Coffeespoons | afternoon |
| The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead | prophets | |
| Comin’ Back Soon (The Bereft Man’s Song) | upbeat break-up #2 | |
| Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm | embarrassment | |
| The Psychic | omens & prophecies | |
| The Voyage | platonic love | |
| Crass | Bata Motel | shoes |
| Bloody Revolutions | leadership | |
| Bloody Revolutions | tyranny & dictatorship | |
| Nagasaki Nightmare | murder | |
| Our Wedding | songs that aren’t what they seem | |
| Cravats | Who’s in Here with Me? | anonymity |
| Crawford, James “Sugar Boy” | Jock-A-Mo | from New Orleans |
| Crawford, Randy | Street Life (with the Crusaders) | prostitution |
| Cray, Robert | Right Next Door (Because of Me) | neighbours |
| Crazy World of Arthur Brown | Fire | fire |
| Cream | Badge | great middle eights |
| Politician | left & right | |
| Strange Brew | witches | |
| Tales of Brave Ulysses | myths & legends | |
| White Room | rooms | |
| Creation | Can I Join Your Band | gangs |
| How Does It Feel to Feel | questions | |
| Painter Man | advertising | |
| Creative Source | Who Is He (And What Is He to You)? | awkwardness |
| Creatures | Dancing on Glass | glass |
| Gecko | reptiles | |
| Miss the Girl | songs by duos | |
| Creed | One Last Breath | redemption |
| With Arms Wide Open | discovery | |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Bad Moon Rising | the moon |
| Down on the Corner | relaxation & leisure | |
| Fortunate Son | fathers | |
| Have You Ever Seen the Rain? | bad weather | |
| It Came Out of the Sky | unexplained phenomena | |
| Lodi | poverty | |
| Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won’t Do) | compromise | |
| Proud Mary | ships & boats | |
| Ramble Tamble | songs with sudden changes | |
| Run Through The Jungle | walking & running | |
| Creepy Nuts | Bling-Bang-Bang-Born | Japan |
| Crewe, Bob | Music to Watch Girls By (as Bob Crewe Generation) | easy listening |
| Cribbins, Bernard | Right Said Fred | safety & danger |
| Crickets | I Fought the Law | criminals |
| Criminal Element Orchestra | Put the Needle to the Record | media for listening to recorded music |
| Crisilada | Atacama | deserts |
| Croce, Jim | Bad, Bad Leroy Brown | villains |
| I Got a Name | faith | |
| Time in a Bottle | eternity | |
| You Don’t Mess Around with Jim | underdogs | |
| Crocker, Barry | Chunder in the Old Pacific Sea | bodily fluids |
| Crombie, Noel | Spoon Solo (with Split Enz) | outstanding percussion |
| Crooked Still | Little Sadie | judges & trials |
| Crookes, Joy | You & Me Song | everlasting love |
| Cropper, Steve | Tupelo (with Albert King & Pop Staples) | rare events |
| Crosby, Bing | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | money |
| I Whistle a Happy Tune | bravery | |
| Let’s Start the New Year Right | old and new | |
| Marshmallow World (with Ella Fitzgerald) | fictional adverts | |
| South America, Take It Away (with the Andrews Sisters) | spine & neck | |
| Crosby, David | Laughing | mistakes |
| Set That Baggage Down | bags & containers | |
| Song with No Words (Tree with No Leaves) | wordless vocals | |
| Tamalpais High (At About 3) | times of day | |
| Crosby, Stills & Nash | Helplessly Hoping | patterns & sequences |
| Long Time Gone | dares | |
| Marrakesh Express | escape | |
| Southern Cross | crosses | |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Almost Cut My Hair | close calls |
| The Lee Shore | islands | |
| Ohio | protest | |
| Teach Your Children | knowledge | |
| Woodstock | community | |
| Cross Canadian Ragweed | Lighthouse Keeper | fortune tellers |
| Crow, Sheryl | All I Wanna Do | songs to start the morning |
| Every Day Is a Winding Road | hitchhiking | |
| Crowded House | Catherine Wheels | wheels |
| Don’t Dream It’s Over | obstacles | |
| English Trees | trees | |
| Help Is Coming | migrants & refugees | |
| It’s Only Natural | normal & abnormal | |
| Crown Heights Affair | You Gave Me Love | gifts & giving |
| Cruel Sea | Better Get a Lawyer | judges & trials |
| Cruise, Julee | Falling | falling |
| The Nightingale (with Angelo Badalamenti) | nightingales & thrushes | |
| Crumb | Locket | psychedelia |
| Crusaders | Street Life (with Randy Crawford) | prostitution |
| Crustation | Purple | purple |
| Cruz, Celia | Quimbara (with Johnny Pacheco) | songs in Spanish |
| Crystal | Break the Dawn (with S. Koshi) | piano songs |
| Crystal Castles | Courtship Dating | indecipherable songs |
| Crystal Stilts | Departure | departures |
| Precarious Stair | stairs, ladders & elevators | |
| Crystals | Da Doo Ron Ron | na-na-hey-hey songs |
| He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) | violence | |
| He’s a Rebel | youth cults | |
| Then He Kissed Me | girl groups | |
| Uptown | social class | |
| Cuban Brothers | Ace of Spades | playing cards |
| Miguel for President | US presidents | |
| Cud | Rich and Strange | Shakespeare |
| Cugat, Xavier & His Orchestra | Amor (ft Carmen Castillo) | songs in Spanish |
| Jungle Rhumba | impressive videos | |
| CukoO | Winds and Leaves | forests & woodlands |
| Culpepper, Joel | Black Boy | hope |
| Cult | Bonebag | bones |
| Dreamtime | hair | |
| Cult With No Name | Idi’s Admin | tyranny & dictatorship |
| Cults Percussion Ensemble | Autun Carillon | hammer & mallet instruments |
| Culture | Behold | ears & hearing |
| Black Starliner Must Come | waiting | |
| Get Ready to Ride the Lion to Zion | animal sounds | |
| I’m Alone in the Wilderness | wilderness | |
| I’m Not Ashamed | hair | |
| The International Herb | marijuana | |
| Love Shines Brighter | getting brighter | |
| Two Sevens Clash | prophets | |
| Work On Natty | fate & destiny | |
| Culture Club | Church of the Poison Mind | gender & LGBTQ+ |
| Cumming, Alan | Willkommen | welcoming |
| Cupboard Simon | The Message (with Georgina Dobson) | worst songs |
| Cure | 10:15 Saturday Night | Friday & Saturday |
| A Forest | green | |
| A Forest | being lost | |
| A Letter to Elise | girls’ names | |
| Birdmad Girl | bears | |
| Boys Don’t Cry | repression | |
| Caterpillar | butterflies & moths | |
| Charlotte Sometimes | interlopers | |
| Cold | cold | |
| Cut Here | body language | |
| The Drowning Man | books #2 | |
| Friday I’m in Love | without a chorus | |
| Harold and Joe | nothing | |
| How Beautiful You Are… | misunderstanding | |
| In Between Days | three | |
| Jumping Someone Else’s Train | jumping | |
| Just Like Heaven | heaven & hell | |
| Killing an Arab | oddballs, outcasts & outsiders | |
| The Love Cats | unusual narrators | |
| Lullaby | whispering | |
| Play for Today | krautrock | |
| Primary | best bass lines | |
| Secrets | secrets & secrecy | |
| Shiver and Shake | cruel songs | |
| Subway Song | horror-inspired songs | |
| Three Imaginary Boys | tomorrow | |
| The Upstairs Room | rooms | |
| Current 93 | All the World Makes Great Blood | blood |
| Curry, Tim | Don’t Dream It, Be It | songs that express excess |
| Curtis, Catie | The Wolf | wolves |
| Curtiss Maldoon | Sepheryn | lesser known originals |
| Curve | Faît Accompli | songs to start the morning |
| Ten Little Girls | numbered 1 to 10 | |
| Curved Air | Back Street Luv | electronic music to 1983 |
| Cut Chemist | The Garden | gardens |
| Cutler, Chris | Hangman’s Hill (with Peter Blegvad & John Greaves) | hanging |
| Magritte (with Peter Blegvad & John Greaves) | works of art | |
| Cutler, Ivor | Gravity Begins at Home | gravity |
| I’m Going in a Field | normal & abnormal | |
| In the Chestnut Tree | nuts & edible seeds | |
| Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol.2, Ep.11 | spoken word | |
| Little Black Buzzer | alarm sounds | |
| Yellow Fly | yellow | |
| Cymande | Fug | underrated artists |
| Cypress Hill | Pigs | law enforcement |
| Cyrkle | Turn Down Day | summer |
| Cyrus, Miley | Can’t Be Tamed | impressive videos |
| The Climb | determination | |
| Cyrus, Noah | I’m Stuck | stuck or trapped |
| Czukay, Holger | Cool in the Pool | summer |
| Music in the Air | sampling & recycling | |