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 | Tale of 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 & 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 (with Biz Markie) | 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 | |
Pachuco Cadaver | mysterious & puzzling | |
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 | Bringin 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 | Amautayku, 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 |
Coburn, Amelia | See Saw | mysterious & puzzling |
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 a 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 | |
She Sells Sanctuary | energizing songs | |
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 |