The table below lists all A-listed songs by artists beginning with D. Some artists are also linked to their own individual pages.
| Artist | Song Title | Topic |
| D-Day Darlings | Comin’ In on a Wing and a Prayer | wings |
| D Mob | We Call It Acieeed | youth cults |
| D*Note | Waiting Hopefully | hope |
| D:Ream | Things Can Only Get Better | spirit of 2021 |
| da Viola, Paulinho | Sinal Fechado | surprise encounters |
| D’Abo, Mike | Handbags and Gladrags | clothes |
| Dadaroma | Alice in Underground | caves |
| Dadawa | Melodious Goddess | paganism |
| Sister Drum | lower the heartrate | |
| The Turning Scripture | startling songs | |
| Daddy Cool | Eagle Rock | raptors |
| D.A.F. (see Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft) | ||
| Daft Punk | Da Funk | songs by duos |
| Digital Love | last night | |
| Get Lucky (ft Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) | innuendo | |
| Giorgio by Moroder | pioneers | |
| Lose Yourself to Dance (ft Pharrell Williams) | perspiration | |
| One More Time | repetition | |
| Daho, Étienne | Week-end à Rome | places in Europe |
| Dakar, Rhoda | The Boiler (with the Special AKA) | scary songs |
| Dakota Suite | Things We Lost Along the Way | loss |
| Dakotas | The Cruel Sea | books |
| Dale, Dick | Night Owl | owls |
| Dale, Heather | Roddy McCorley | capital punishment |
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. | Simple Girl | whistling |
| Dälek | T-Electronique (with Faust) | songs with special guests |
| Dalhart, Vernon | The Prisoner’s Song | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| Dalla, Lucio | Attenti al lupo | wolves |
| Milano | love songs to places | |
| Dallas, Rex | I Yodel for Jesus | worst songs |
| Dallman, Jerry & the Knightcaps | The Bug | dance styles |
| Dalton, Karen | Something on Your Mind | channelling pain |
| Daltrey, Roger | Giving It All Away | fresh starts |
| Say It Ain’t So, Joe | cheating | |
| Damaged Bug | Cone | alarm sounds |
| Slay the Priest | preachers, priests & religious leaders | |
| Dambuilders | Teenage Loser Anthem | orchestral string instruments |
| Damned | Absinthe | cocktails & spirits |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | id, ego & superego | |
| Eloise | named after women | |
| Fish | fish & other aquatic life | |
| Neat Neat Neat | tautonyms | |
| New Rose | falling in love | |
| Noise, Noise, Noise | noise | |
| Smash It Up (Parts 1 & 2) | rallying cries | |
| White Rabbit | rabbits | |
| Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip | Get Better | songs for your teenage self |
| Thou Shalt Always Kill | songs that command or instruct | |
| Tommy C | beauty | |
| Dandridge, Dorothy | Chattanooga Choo Choo (with the Nicholas Brothers & the Glenn Miller Orchestra) | finger snaps & toe taps |
| Dandy Warhols | Bohemian Like You | coolness |
| We Used to Be Friends | upbeat break-up #2 | |
| D’Angelo | Brown Sugar | brown |
| Really Love (with the Vanguard) | misunderstanding | |
| Danger Doom | The Mask (ft Ghostface Killah) | superheroes |
| Old School (ft Talib Kwei) | television | |
| Danger Mouse | What More Can I Say? | the Beatles |
| Daniels – Charlie (see Charlie Daniels Band) | ||
| Danny Wilson | Ruby’s Golden Wedding | old age |
| Dantalian’s Chariot | Madman Running Through the Fields | fools |
| Daouda | Mon Coeur balance | idioms & common expressions |
| Dara, Olu | Okra | markets & fairs |
| D’Arby, Terence Trent | Resurrection | recovery |
| Darin, Bobby | Beyond the Sea | the sea |
| Sing a Simple Song of Freedom | songs that capture the zeitgeist | |
| Dark | Einstein’s Brain | unusual narrators |
| Darkthrone | A Blaze in the Northern Sky | sky |
| Darkwood | Winter | winter |
| Darling Buds | If I Said | conditional phrases |
| Daró, Gerard Pla | Una Mattina & For the Love of a Princess (with Nassim Zaouche) | songs by buskers |
| Dassin, Joe | Le Petit Pain au chocolat | bread & baking |
| Davachi, Sarah | For Organ | drone music |
| Dave and Ansell Collins | Double Barrel | arresting opening lines |
| Dave Brubeck Quartet (see Brubeck, Dave) | ||
| Dave Clark Five | Move On | ten words or fewer |
| Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich | Legend of Xanadu | songs with talking |
| The Loos of England | pride | |
| Dave Holland Quartet | Conference of the Birds | conversations |
| Dave Matthews Band (see Matthews, Dave) | ||
| Davies, Dave | Death of a Clown | the circus |
| Davies, Peter Maxwell | Farewell to Stromness | exile |
| Davies, Ray | Next Door Neighbour | neighbours |
| Stand Up Comic | sitting & standing | |
| Davies, Roger | Huddersfield Town | Yorkshire |
| Davies, Windsor | Whispering Grass (Don’t Tell the Trees) (with Don Estelle) | gossip |
| Davis, Betty | F.U.N.K. | funk |
| Gettin’ Kicked Off, Havin’ Fun | fun | |
| He Was a Big Freak | offensive, insulting songs | |
| If I’m in Luck I Might Get Picked Up | sexy songs | |
| Nasty Gal | gossip | |
| Shut Off the Light | screams, howls, grunts & shrieks | |
| Steppin’ in Her I. Miller Shoes | footwear | |
| They Say I’m Different | normal & abnormal | |
| This Is It! | big and meaty | |
| Davis, Blind John | O Sole Mio | classical songs |
| Davis, Kay | Lush Life (with Billy Strayhorn) | wheels |
| Davis, Miles | All Blues | made you fall in love with music |
| Black Satin | handclaps | |
| Blue in Green | euphoria | |
| Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern) | anti-Christmas songs | |
| Boplicity | coolness | |
| Circle | circles | |
| Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio) (with Gil Evans) | great arrangements | |
| Flamenco Sketches | lower the heartrate | |
| Frelon Brun | insects | |
| Full Nelson | audible breaths | |
| Générique | ascension | |
| Générique | stairs, ladders & elevators | |
| In a Silent Way / It’s About That Time | silence | |
| It Never Entered My Mind | retrospection | |
| Milestones | great album or mixtape openers | |
| Rated X | drone music | |
| Right Off Part 1 | stick it to the man | |
| Saeta | parades | |
| Shhh / Peaceful | quiet | |
| So What | instrumentals | |
| Time After Time | covers by the opposite sex | |
| Will o’ the Wisp | mythical beasts | |
| Davis, Reverend Gary | You Got to Move | bright songs about dark subjects |
| Davis, Ruth | You’re Gonna Get Next to Me (with Bo Kirkland) | persistence |
| Davis, Sammy Jr. | Ive Gotta Be Me | motivation |
| Me and My Shadow (with Frank Sinatra) | empathy | |
| Plop Plop Fizz Fizz | stomach & guts | |
| That Old Black Magic | songs with vim | |
| Davis, Skeeter | The End of the World | heartbreak |
| Davis, Spencer (see Spencer Davis Group) | ||
| Davis, Stanton | Brighter Days / Brighter Daze (as Stanton Davis’ Ghetto/Mysticism) | getting brighter |
| Davis, Tyrone | Can I Change My Mind | change of mind |
| I Keep Coming Back | repetition | |
| Turn Back the Hands of Time | regrets | |
| Davison, Alfie | Love Is a Serious Business | songs that say what love is |
| Dawn, Nataly | Counting Down | clocks & watches |
| Dawson, Kimya | The Library (ft Aesop Rock) | libraries |
| Parade | parades | |
| Dawson, Richard | Civil Servant | jobs |
| Hob | mythical beasts | |
| Two Halves | North East England | |
| The Vile Stuff | out-of-tune songs | |
| Dawson, Smoky | The Doughnut Song | bread & baking |
| Day, Doris | A Chocolate Sundae on a Saturday Night | chocolate |
| The Deadwood Stage | American west | |
| Secret Love | secret vices | |
| Day, Zella | Compass | compass points |
| Day One | White City | white |
| Daybreakers | Psychedelic Siren | alarm sounds |
| Daysleepers | Release the Kraken | sound like other songs |
| dB’s | Amplifier | media for listening to recorded music |
| White Train | white | |
| de Burgh, Chris | Say Goodbye to It All | D-Day |
| Spanish Train | the Devil | |
| De La Soul | A Roller Skating Jam Named “Saturdays” | Friday & Saturday |
| Fallin’ (with Teenage Fanclub) | recorded for movies | |
| Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin’s Revenge) | first love | |
| The Magic Number | three | |
| Me Myself and I | id, ego & superego | |
| Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa | anti-Christmas songs | |
| My Brother’s a Basehead | siblings | |
| Plug Tunin’ | humming | |
| Tread Water | lessons in life | |
| de Lucía, Paco | Cepa de Andaluza | handclaps |
| Como Castillo de Arena (with El Camarón de la Isla) | sand | |
| Fantasia Suite (with Al Di Meola & John McLaughlin) | songs by trios | |
| Playa del Carmen | Spain | |
| Se Murió Mi Madre (with El Camarón de la Isla) | blessings & curses | |
| De Piscopo, Tullio | Stop Bajon (Primavera) | Italy |
| De Rosa | Hattonrigg Pit Disaster, 1910 | safety & danger |
| Deacon Blue | Dignity | songs that fit every topic |
| Dead Can Dance | As the Bell Rings the Maypole Spins | bells |
| Opium | recreational drugs | |
| Out of a Serpent’s Egg | eggs | |
| The Wind That Shakes the Barley | wind | |
| Dead Kennedys | A Growing Boy Needs His Lunch | Elvis |
| At My Job | anti-work songs | |
| California Über Alles | hatchet jobs | |
| Holiday in Cambodia | Asia | |
| I Am the Owl | conspiracy theories & paranoia | |
| Kill the Poor | poverty | |
| Moon Over Marin | cleansing | |
| Religious Vomit | deception | |
| Stealing People’s Mail | smuggling & stealing | |
| Winnebago Warrior | hunting | |
| Dead Milkmen | Stuart | earth, soil & dirt |
| Dead Moon | It’s O.K. | acceptance |
| Dead or Alive | You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) | spinning |
| Dead Prez | Be Healthy | vegetables |
| Politrikkks | elections | |
| Deaf School | Capaldi’s Café | Liverpool & Merseyside |
| Dead South | In Hell I’ll Be in Good Company | finger snaps & toe taps |
| Dean, Jimmy | PT-109 | ships & boats |
| Dean and Jean | Hey Jean Hey Dean | hedonism |
| Dearie, Blossom | Dusty Springfield | tribute songs |
| I Like London in the Rain | simple pleasures | |
| I’m Hip | coolness | |
| The Shape of Things | geometric shapes | |
| Dears | Postcard from Purgatory | limbo |
| Death and Vanilla | California Owls | owls |
| Death Cab for Cutie | A Movie Script Ending | inspired by or about films |
| I Will Follow You into the Dark | discovery | |
| Northern Lights | rainbows | |
| Summer Skin | summer | |
| Transatlanticism | missing someone | |
| What Sarah Said | hospitals | |
| Your New Twin Sized Bed | beds | |
| Death in Vegas | Aisha | boastful songs |
| DeBarge | Rhythm of the Night | rhythm, beat & boogie |
| Debelle, Speech | Daddy’s Little Girl | inheritance |
| Finish This Album | finishing | |
| Go Then, Bye | stiff upper lip | |
| The Key | keys & locks | |
| Sun Will Rise (with Bonobo) | determination | |
| Debussy, Claude | Danse sacrée et danse profane (performed by Vera Badings) | harps, lyres & zithers |
| Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune | flutes, pipes & whistles | |
| Snowflakes Are Dancing (performed by Isao Tomita) | snow & ice | |
| Decemberists | The Bagman’s Gambit | spying |
| Ben Franklin’s Song | electricity | |
| Billy Liar | books | |
| The Crane Wife 1 & 2 | wings | |
| Eli, the Barrow Boy | manual labour | |
| Everything Is Awful | everything | |
| June Hymn | contentment | |
| The Mariner’s Revenge Song | storytelling songs | |
| On the Bus Mall | buses | |
| The Rake’s Song | villains | |
| Red Right Ankle | joints of the body | |
| Shankhill Butchers | knives | |
| Sons & Daughters | fixing & repairing | |
| The Sporting Life | embarrassment | |
| When the Ship Comes In (with the Chieftains) | waiting | |
| Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) | ghosts | |
| Decoration | Pavey Ark | wide open spaces |
| Ded Rabbit | Andromeda’s Milkshake | homelessness |
| Deee-Lite | Groove Is in the Heart | dancing |
| Vote, Baby, Vote | elections | |
| Deejay Punk-Roc | I Hate Everybody | misanthropic songs |
| Deep Dark Woods | All the Money I Had Is Gone | adversity |
| Deep Freeze Mice | Peter Smith Is a Banana | yellow |
| Teenage Head in My Refrigerator | provocative, strange or humorous titles | |
| Deep Purple | Child in Time | songs with sudden changes |
| Hush | silence | |
| The Mule | outstanding percussion | |
| No One Came | effects of fame | |
| Smoke on the Water | great riffs | |
| Soldier of Fortune | echoes | |
| Speed King | other songs | |
| Stormbringer | storms | |
| Deep Sensation | Somehow, Somewhere (There’s a Soul Heaven) | raise the heartrate |
| Deere-Jones, Sarah | Harp and Aeolian Harp | harps, lyres & zithers |
| Def Leppard | Pour Some Sugar on Me | sweet foods |
| Definition of Sound | Now Is Tomorrow | tomorrow |
| Wear Your Love Like Heaven | similes | |
| Defunkt | Razor’s Edge | edges & ledges |
| Degiorgio, Kirk | Black Magic | black |
| Dekker, Desmond | 007 (Shanty Town) | suburbia |
| Hippopotamus | gravity | |
| Israelites (with the Aces) | poverty | |
| Nincompoop | fools | |
| You Can Get It If You Really Want | optimistic songs | |
| Del Amitri | Nothing Ever Happens | boredom |
| Del Rey, Lana | A&W | notable outros or codas |
| Florida Kilos | recreational drugs | |
| The Greatest | superlatives | |
| High by the Beach | ‘high’ songs | |
| Hollywood | Hollywood | |
| National Anthem | greed | |
| Norman Fucking Rockwell | offensive, insulting songs | |
| Once Upon a Dream | fairytales | |
| Video Games | songs that give you goosebumps | |
| Del Rio, Rebekah | Llorando (Crying) | crying |
| Del the Funky Homosapien | Mistadobalina | Mr, Mrs, Miss & Ms |
| Proto Culture (ft Khaos Unique) | games | |
| Sleepin’ on My Couch | laziness | |
| The Wacky World of Rapid Transit | funny songs | |
| Del-Vetts | Last Time Around | great riffs |
| Del-Vikings | Come Go with Me | departures |
| Delay Trees | Cassette 2012 | prophets |
| Delfonics | Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) | doors |
| Ready or Not Here I Come (Can’t Hide from Love) | long titles | |
| Delgados | Mr. Blue Sky | Mr, Mrs, Miss & Ms |
| Delius, Frederick | On Hearing the First Cuckoo of Spring | interlopers |
| Dell, Danny & the Trends | Froggy Went A-Courtin’ | amphibians |
| Delta Rhythm Boys | Dry Bones | spine & neck |
| Deltron 3030 | 3030 | dates |
| 3030 | the future | |
| Virus | machines, robots & computers | |
| Deluca, Rocco | Feather and Knife | tools |
| I Trust You to Kill Me (with the Burden) | trust | |
| Nightingale (with the Burden) | nightingales & thrushes | |
| DeMent, Iris | In Spite of Ourselves (with John Prine) | underwear |
| Our Town | leaving or being left behind | |
| Dempsey, Damien | It’s All Good | accents |
| St. Patrick’s Day | Gaelic songs | |
| Deneuve, Catherine | Cvalda (with Björk) | manual labour |
| Dieu fumeur de havanes (with Serge Gainsbourg) | smoking | |
| Toi jamais | forgiveness | |
| Denim | I Will Cry at Christmas | anti-Christmas songs |
| Middle of the Road | music genres | |
| The Osmonds | Birmingham & the Black Country | |
| Denny, Martin | Quiet Village | villages |
| Quiet Village | easy listening | |
| Denny, Sandy | It’ll Take a Long Time | estimates of distance & time |
| It’ll Take a Long Time | waiting | |
| John the Gun | shooting | |
| The King and Queen of England | royalty | |
| The Lady | songs to start the morning | |
| Late November | without a chorus | |
| Solo | the number one | |
| Who Knows Where the Time Goes? | speed | |
| Denton and Cook | The Great Egg Race | TV theme songs |
| Denver, John | Calypso | pioneers |
| Rocky Mountain High | mountains | |
| This Old Guitar | guitars | |
| Denver, Karl | Wimoweh | wordless vocals |
| Deodato | Also sprach Zarathustra (2001) | space |
| Department of Eagles | In Ear Park | parks |
| Department S | Is Vic There? | letters, emails & telegrams |
| Departure Lounge | King Kong Frown | faces |
| Depeche Mode | Enjoy the Silence | quiet |
| Fly on the Windscreen (Final) | death | |
| Get the Balance Right! | fairness | |
| Goodnight Lovers | crooners | |
| Just Can’t Get Enough | synth pop 1980-2000 | |
| Martyr | saints & martyrs | |
| New Life | fresh starts | |
| Personal Jesus | faith | |
| Photographic (Some Bizzare Version) | visual art & photography | |
| Policy of Truth | lies | |
| Walking in My Shoes | guilt & apology | |
| Derbyshire, Delia | Doctor Who Theme (composed by Ron Grainer) | instrumental soundtracks |
| Doctor Who Theme (composed by Ron Grainer) | electronic music to 1983 | |
| Pot au Feu | musically adventurous | |
| Derek and the Dominos | Key to the Highway | keys & locks |
| Layla | lust | |
| DeSanto, Sugar Pie | In the Basement (with Etta James) | domestic songs |
| Desaparecidos | Man and Wife, the Latter (Damaged Goods) | marriage |
| Desert Sessions | I Wanna Make It Wit Chu | sexy songs |
| Teens of Thailand | amphibians | |
| DeShannon, Jackie | When You Walk in the Room | Valentine’s Day songs |
| Dessa | The Chaconne | odd couples |
| Matches to Paper Dolls | can’t live with or without you | |
| Seamstress | tools | |
| Destiny’s Child | Bills, Bills, Bills | money |
| Bootylicious | body language | |
| Independent Women Part I | wealth | |
| Jumpin’, Jumpin’ | jumping | |
| Survivor | revenge | |
| Destroy All Monsters | Bored | boredom |
| Destructors | Nerve Gas | gases |
| Detor, Krista | Clock of the World (with Karine Polwart & Rachael McShane) | clocks & watches |
| Detroit Experiment | Think Twice | dance instrumentals |
| dEUS | Everybody’s Weird | normal & abnormal |
| Serpentine | reptiles | |
| Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (D.A.F.) | Der Mussolini | dance styles |
| Sex unter Wasser | water | |
| DeVaughn, William | Be Thankful for What You Got | money |
| Be Thankful for What You Got | spirit of 2021 | |
| Be Thankful for What You Got | gratitude | |
| Devo | (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction | unlikely cover songs |
| Jocko Homo | chaos | |
| Secret Agent Man | secrets | |
| Uncontrollable Urge | id, ego & superego | |
| Whip It | fetishes | |
| DeVotchKa | We’re Leaving | departures |
| Dexys Midnight Runners | All in All (This One Last Wild Waltz) | teachers |
| Come On Eileen | mixtape closers | |
| Dance Stance | literary songs | |
| Geno | other musicians | |
| Keep It Part Two (Inferiority Part One) | 7-inch singles | |
| My National Pride (Knowledge of Beauty) | pride | |
| Nowhere Is Home | roots | |
| Old | old age | |
| Plan B | Birmingham & the Black Country | |
| Reminisce Part Two | songs about love songs | |
| Show Me | gangs | |
| Tell Me When My Light Turns Green | driving songs | |
| There, There, My Dear | striking album endings | |
| This is What She’s Like | album tracks better than the singles | |
| Until I Believe in My Soul | channelling pain | |
| DeZurik Sisters | Shanghai Rooster | poultry |
| Dhol Foundation | Healing with Turmeric | flavour |
| Di Meola, Al | Fantasia Suite | songs by trios |
| Diabaté, Toumani | Alla l’aa ke | great solo performances |
| Doudou (with Ali Farka Touré) | songs by duos | |
| Kala Djula (with Ali Farka Touré) | supergroups | |
| Mali Sajio (with Ketama & José Soto) | famous or notable animals | |
| Ruby (with Ali Farka Touré) | red | |
| Diablo Swing Orchestra | Balrog Boogie | monsters |
| Diagne, Amadou | Kora Tune | songs by buskers |
| Diamandis, Marina | Hermit the Frog (as Marina and the Diamonds) | secrets |
| Diamond, Neil | Beautiful Noise | noise |
| Cracklin’ Rosie | wine | |
| Oh Mary | deep voices | |
| Sweet Caroline | physical gestures | |
| Diamonds | The Stroll | expressing movement of walking |
| Diane, Alela | Age Old Blue | the coast |
| Diawara, Fatoumata | Mama | cello |
| One Day | treasure | |
| Dibango, Manu | Big Blow | 12″ singles to 1979 |
| Senga Abele | cats | |
| Dickies | Banana Splits (The Tra La La Song) | children’s songs |
| Walk Like an Egg | curves & spheres | |
| You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla) | monkeys & apes | |
| Dickson, Maurice | Táimse im’ Chodladh / King of the Pipers (with Catherine Ashcroft) | Gaelic songs |
| Diddley, Bo | Aztec (performed by Peggy Jones) | underrated artists |
| Babes in the Wood | forests & woodlands | |
| Bo Diddley | self-referential songs | |
| Cops and Robbers | law enforcement | |
| I Don’t Like You | conversations | |
| Pills | nursing & healthcare | |
| Say Man | insulting songs | |
| Who Do You Love? | dares | |
| You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover | proverbs | |
| Die 3 Besoffskis | Sauflieder (Pot Pourri) | tradition |
| Die Antwoord | Cookie Thumper! | bread & baking |
| Hey Sexy | hello | |
| Rich Bitch | winners | |
| Die Sterne | Universal Tellerwäscher | restaurants & cafes |
| Dietrich, Marlene | Black Market | markets & fairs |
| Lili Marleen | war | |
| Diffie, Joe | This Is Your Brain | the brain |
| DiFranco, Ani | As Is | acceptance |
| Glass House | glass | |
| Itch | itching & scratching | |
| Jukebox | jukeboxes | |
| The Most Dangerous Woman (with Utah Phillips) | superlatives | |
| Napoleon | France | |
| Digable Planets | Escapism (Gettin’ Free) | insects |
| La Femme Fetal | babies & childbirth | |
| Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) | coolness | |
| Digital Underground | No Nose Job | tattoos & piercings |
| Digitalism | Encore | theatre |
| Dilated Peoples | Neighborhood Watch | surveillance |
| Worst Comes to Worst | superlatives | |
| Dillard, Moses & Joshua | My Elusive Dreams | obsession |
| Dillinger | Cup A Tea | tea |
| Dimitri from Paris | Sacré francais | France |
| Dimitriadi, Maria | Mirizi O Kosmos Giasemi | smells |
| Dinosaur (see Russell, Arthur) | ||
| Dinosaur Jr. | Freak Scene | friendship |
| Dion | A Teenager in Love (with the Belmonts) | adolescence |
| New York City Song | genre switch | |
| Queen of ’59 (live (with Phil Everly) | queens | |
| Runaround Sue | from New York City | |
| The Wanderer | showing off | |
| Diop, Massamba | Awo Yi | instruments imitating voice & vice versa |
| Diop, Wasis | Let It Go | independence |
| Dire Straits | Badges, Posters, Stickers, T-Shirts | memorabilia & souvenirs |
| Romeo and Juliet | teenagers | |
| Solid Rock | driving songs | |
| Sultans of Swing | music venues | |
| Telegraph Road | specific or obscure places | |
| Tunnel of Love | curves & spheres | |
| Dirtbombs | Stupid | bad decisions |
| Dirty | Gangsta Wife | marriage |
| Dirty Dozen Brass Band | It’s Time to Make a Change | funerals |
| Lay My Burden Down (with Dr. John & Mavis Staples) | spirit of 2021 | |
| Stompin’ Ground (with Aaron Neville) | from New Orleans | |
| Dirty Filthy Mud | Forest of Black | forests & woodlands |
| Dirty Sanchez | Youth in Asia | Asian cities |
| Discharge | State Violence State Control | control |
| Disclosure | Latch (ft Sam Smith) | artistic trends of the 21st century |
| Disco Inferno | The Atheist’s Burden | words of wisdom |
| Disko, Barry Andrewsin | Viime yönä | last night |
| Disney Studio Chorus | Little April Shower | months of the year |
| Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy | California über Alles | taxation |
| Everyday Life Has Become a Health Risk | COVID-19 lockdown | |
| Famous and Dandy (Like Amos and Andy) | effects of fame | |
| INS Greencard A-19 191 500 | switches & buttons | |
| Language of Violence | justice | |
| Television, the Drug of the Nation | protest | |
| Words of Advice for Young People (with William Burroughs) | advice | |
| Disturbance | Youth | hope |
| Disturbed | The Sound of Silence | volume |
| Divine Comedy | A Lady of a Certain Age | getting older |
| A Lady of a Certain Age | glamour & style | |
| The Booklovers | literary songs | |
| The Booklovers | writing | |
| Charmed Life | luck | |
| Everybody Knows (Except You) | secret admirers | |
| Foreverland | eternity | |
| Lost Property | loss | |
| My Lovely Horse | four-legged livestock | |
| National Express | buses | |
| Our Mutual Friend | tragedy & comedy | |
| Something for the Weekend | songs with a twist | |
| Sunrise | songs that build | |
| To Die a Virgin | birthdays | |
| Divinyls | Boys in Town | underwear |
| I Touch Myself | lust | |
| Dixie Chicks (see Chicks) | ||
| Dixie Cups | Chapel of Love | girl groups |
| Iko Iko | misheard, nonsense or inaudible lyrics | |
| Dixie Drifter | I Am the Black Book | roots |
| Dixon, Willie | 44 Blues (with Memphis Slim) | fractions & portions |
| Bassology | best bass lines | |
| But It Sure Is Fun | fun | |
| Walking the Blues | expressing movement of walking | |
| DJ Cam | Angel Dust | quiet songs |
| DJ Mehdi | Partir | songs in French |
| DJ Shadow | Building Steam with a Grain of Salt | teachers |
| Changeling | musically adventurous | |
| In/Flux | famous last words | |
| Midnight in a Perfect World | night & darkness | |
| DJ Vadim | Your Revolution (ft Sarah Jones) | other songs |
| Dobbie, George | I Yodel for Jesus (with Rex Dallas) | worst songs |
| Dobson, Georgina | The Message (with Cupboard Simon) | worst songs |
| Dodd, Jegsy & the Original Sinners | Grumpy Old Men | warnings |
| Dogbowl | I Had a Dream of the Plague | nightmares |
| Dogg, Snoop | Batman and Robin | comics & cartoons |
| Drop It Like It’s Hot (ft Pharrell) | heat | |
| Dogs D’Amour | How Come It Never Rains | songs that fit every topic |
| Just an English Outlaw | outlaws & rebels | |
| Doheny, Ned | Get It Up for Love | fictional adverts |
| Dolby, Thomas | One of Our Submarines | underwater |
| She Blinded Me with Science | unlikely collaborations | |
| Dollanganger, Nicole | Blood Brothers | bodily fluids |
| Dollar, Johnny | Action Packed | songs with vim |
| Dollis, Bo & the Wild Magnolias | Meet de Boys on the Battlefront | parades |
| Domestic, James | Itchy Itchy | itching & scratching |
| Dominatrix | The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight | fetishes |
| Domino, Fats | Be My Guest | welcoming |
| Blueberry Hill | fruit | |
| I Want to Walk You Home | first love | |
| I’m Gonna Be a Wheel Some Day | new resolutions | |
| I’m in Love Again | repetition | |
| My Girl Josephine | volunteering | |
| Rockin’ Bicycle | bicycles | |
| These Old Shoes | shoes | |
| Walking to New Orleans | walking & running | |
| Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet | Blue Mosque | lower the heartrate |
| Donaggio, Pino | John’s Theme (Love Scene) | quiet songs |
| Donaldson, Eric | Blue Boots | footwear |
| Dondero, David | Rothko Chapel | museums, galleries & exhibitions |
| Donegan, Lonnie | Gamblin’ Man | gambling |
| Rock Island Line | trains | |
| Donovan | Atlantis | rare events |
| Barabajagal | named after men | |
| Colours | waking up | |
| Guinevere | myths & legends | |
| House of Jansch | tribute songs | |
| Hurdy Gurdy Man | musical instruments | |
| Little Boy in Corduroy | fabrics | |
| Mellow Yellow | yellow | |
| New Year’s Resovolution | new year | |
| Season of the Witch | great riffs | |
| Sunny Goodge Street | roads & streets | |
| Sunshine Superman | the sun | |
| There Is a Mountain | philosophers | |
| Doobie Brothers | I Cheat the Hangman | horror-inspired songs |
| Livin’ on the Fault Line | edges & ledges | |
| What a Fool Believes | fools | |
| Doonican, Val | Walk Tall | pride |
| Doors | Back Door Man | doors |
| Bird of Prey | raptors | |
| Break On Through (To the Other Side) | borders, barriers, walls & fences | |
| The End | redefined by film | |
| Hello, I Love You | hello | |
| Light My Fire | album tracks better than the singles | |
| People Are Strange | being scared | |
| Riders on the Storm | natural disasters | |
| Roadhouse Blues | wheels | |
| The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) | songs with talking | |
| When the Music’s Over | wastelands | |
| Dope Lemon | Honey Bones | psychedelia |
| Dorantes | Sin Muros ni Candados | borders, barriers, walls & fences |
| Dorough, Bob | Three Is the Magic Number | numbered 1 to 10 |
| Dorsey, Lee | Freedom for the Stallion | freedom |
| Get Out of My Life, Woman | from New Orleans | |
| Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley | girls’ names | |
| Working in the Coal Mine | tiredness | |
| Yes We Can | unity | |
| Dorsey, Tommy & His Orchestra | I’m Getting Sentimental Over You | trombone |
| Double Dee and Steinski | The Motorcade Sped On (as Steinski & the Mass Media) | dialogue |
| We’ll Be Right Back (as Steinski & the Mass Media) | advertising | |
| Double Exposure | Ten Percent | raise the heartrate |
| Douglas, Carl | Kung Fu Fighting | fighting |
| Doves | M62 Song | boring & dull |
| There Goes the Fear | fear | |
| Dowland, John | Flow, My Tears | repression |
| Frog Galliard (performed by Ieva Baltmiskyte) | amphibians | |
| Downs, Lila | La Iguana | harps, lyres & zithers |
| Son de Difuntos | tradition | |
| Dozier, Lamont | Going Back to My Roots | fresh starts |
| Dr Alimantado | The Barber Feel It (with Jah Stitch) | motorbikes |
| Best Dressed Chicken in Town | animals | |
| Born for a Purpose / Reason for Living | meaning of life | |
| Dr. Dre | Forget About Dre (ft Eminem) | forgetting |
| Natural Born Killaz (with Ice Cube) | crime | |
| Dr. Feelgood | I’m a Hog for You Baby | nursery rhymes |
| Roxette | eavesdropping | |
| Dr. Hook | Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk | legs & pants |
| The Cover of ‘Rolling Stone’ | magazines | |
| Makin’ It Natural | new resolutions | |
| Sylvia’s Mother | indirect messages | |
| The Wonderful Soup Stone (with the Medicine Show) | cooking | |
| Dr. John | Black Widow Spider | spiders |
| Creole Moon | relaxation & leisure | |
| Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya | doctors | |
| How Come My Dog Don’t Bark (When You Come Around) | substitutions | |
| I Walk on Guilded Splinters | Halloween | |
| Junko Partner | parades | |
| Lay My Burden Down (with Mavis Staples & the Dirty Dozen Brass Band) | spirit of 2021 | |
| Marie Laveau | New Orleans | |
| Mos’ Scocious | innuendo | |
| Quitters Never Win | winners | |
| Right Place, Wrong Time | misunderstanding | |
| Wash, Mama, Wash | spring cleaning & household chores | |
| Dr. Octagon | Blue Flowers | trees, grass & flowers |
| DragonForce | Through the Fire and the Flames | songs that express excess |
| Drake | Crew Love | gangs |
| Drake, Nick | At the Chime of a City Clock | clocks & watches |
| Black Eyed Dog | scary songs | |
| ’Cello Song | fictional places | |
| Day Is Done | finishing | |
| Fruit Tree | effects of fame | |
| Hanging on a Star | hanging | |
| Man in a Shed | buildings | |
| Northern Sky | devoted love | |
| One of These Things First | failure | |
| Pink Moon | pink | |
| River Man | rivers | |
| Saturday Sun | Friday & Saturday | |
| The Thoughts of Mary Jane | marijuana | |
| Three Hours | three | |
| Three Hours | double bass | |
| Tow the Line | hidden tracks | |
| Drake, Pete | Forever | easy listening |
| Dramatics | In the Rain | rain |
| Dread, Mikey | Break Down the Walls | breaking things |
| Dread Zeppelin | Moby Dick | hunting |
| Dreadzone | A Canterbury Tale | quiet songs |
| Little Britain | classical songs | |
| Little Britain | Britain | |
| Dream Academy | Life in a Northern Town | nostalgia |
| Dream Syndicate | Tell Me When It’s Over | made you fall in love with music |
| Dream Theater | Sacrificed Sons | September 11 attacks |
| Dream Warriors | I Lost My Ignorance (And Don’t Know Where to Find It) (with Gang Starr) | education |
| Wash Your Face in My Sink | debut songs | |
| Dreschler, Ulrich (see Ulrich Dreschler Quartet) | ||
| Dresden Dolls | Bad Habit | addiction |
| Coin Operated Boy | switches & buttons | |
| The Sheep Song | four-legged livestock | |
| Drexler, Jorge | Silencio | quiet |
| Drifters | I’ve Got Sand in My Shoes | sand |
| On Broadway | roads & streets | |
| Rat Race | competition | |
| Save the Last Dance for Me | dancing | |
| Under the Boardwalk | the coast | |
| Up on the Roof | rendezvous | |
| Driftwood, Jimmy | He Had a Long Chain On | kindness |
| Drive-By Truckers | A World of Hurt | lessons in life |
| Bob | male names | |
| Carl Perkins’ Cadillac | Elvis | |
| The Living Bubba | stiff upper lip | |
| My Sweet Annette | infidelity | |
| The Night G.G. Allin Came to Town | restaurants & cafes | |
| Sink Hole | inheritance | |
| Space City (with Booker T. Jones) | organ | |
| Steve McQueen | hero worship | |
| The Three Great Alabama Icons | US cities & states | |
| Used to Be a Cop | police | |
| Where the Devil Don’t Stay | the Devil | |
| Drive Like Jehu | O Pencil Sharp | without a chorus |
| Driver 67 | Car 67 | taxis |
| Droge and Summers Blend | Two of the Lucky Ones | slow, sexy love songs |
| Drones | Locust | Australia |
| Why Write a Letter That You’ll Never Send | misanthropic songs | |
| Drongos for Europe | Mayday | warnings |
| Drop Nineteens | Delaware | fractions & portions |
| Dropkick Murphys | Denial | denial |
| I’m Shipping Up to Boston | New England | |
| Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya | survival | |
| Rose Tattoo | tattoos & piercings | |
| Smash Shit Up | breaking things | |
| Drout, Graham Wood | Walk with the Zombie | zombies |
| Drugstore | El President | politicians |
| Say Hello | hello | |
| Superglider | stars | |
| Drummers of Burundi | Tambourinaires de Bukirasazi | great drumming |
| Zimbo (All My Colours) (with Echo & the Bunnymen) | collaborations & side projects | |
| Drummond, Don | Man in the Street (with the Skatalites) | trombone |
| Dry Cleaning | Leafy | boring & dull |
| Du Blonde | Dodecahedron (as Beth Jeans Houghton & the Hooves of Destiny) | geometric shapes |
| Dub Syndicate | The Corporation | tyranny & dictatorship |
| Cuss Cuss | tautonyms | |
| Hard & Tuff | resilience | |
| Ital Breakfast | meals & mealtimes | |
| Stoned Immaculate | stars | |
| Dub War | Control | control |
| Dube, Lucky | Well Fed Slave / Hungry Free Man | stomach & guts |
| Dubliners | A Pub with No Beer | pubs & bars |
| The Auld Triangle | geometric shapes | |
| The Galway Races | Ireland | |
| The Irish Rover (with the Pogues) | survival | |
| Seven Drunken Nights | cheating | |
| Spancil Hill | villages | |
| Spanish Lady | feet | |
| Take It Down from the Mast | flags | |
| DuBois, Ja’Net | Movin’ On Up (Theme to The Jeffersons) | social mobility |
| Duckworth Lewis Method | Mason on the Boundary | borders, barriers, walls & fences |
| Third Man | cricket | |
| Dudley, Anne | Ziggurats of Cinnamon (with Jaz Coleman) | markets & fairs |
| Duff, Patrick | Refrigerator | eccentric songs |
| Duffy, Stephen “Tin Tin” | Kiss Me | incidental music |
| Duhks | Wasn’t That a Mighty Storm | wind |
| Duhon, Andrew | Slow Down | lower the heartrate |
| Duke, George | Down in It | animal sounds |
| Mashavu | instruments imitating voice & vice versa | |
| Duke of Iron | The Lost Watch | hats & accessories |
| Dukes of Stratosphear | 25 O’Clock | collaborations & side projects |
| 25 O’Clock | clocks & watches | |
| Duncan, Johnny | Slow Dancing | slow, sexy love songs |
| Duncan, Todd | I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’ | underdogs |
| Duncan, Whitney | Skinny Dippin’ | skin |
| Duncan Sisters | The Bullfrog Patrol | amphibians |
| Dupree, Champion Jack | Can’t Kick the Habit | the impossible |
| Dur-Dur Band | Duurka | driving songs |
| Durutti Column | Jacqueline | super solos |
| Otis | genre defying | |
| Sketch for Summer | animal sounds | |
| Tomorrow | tomorrow | |
| Dury, Ian | Apples | markets & fairs |
| Ballad of the Sulphate Strangler (with the Blockheads) | biography & autobiography | |
| Billericay Dickie | accents | |
| Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick (with the Blockheads) | the Commonwealth | |
| I Want to Be Straight (with the Blockheads) | wanting to be someone else | |
| Itinerant Child (with the Blockheads) | itinerants & migration | |
| Jack Shit George (with the Blockheads) | education | |
| My Old Man | fathers | |
| Plaistow Patricia | great opening lines | |
| Poo-Poo in the Prawn | strange, rare or unlikely words | |
| Razzle in My Pocket | mistakes | |
| Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3 (with the Blockheads) | joyous songs | |
| Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll | three | |
| Sweet Gene Vincent | glamour & style | |
| There Ain’t Half Been Some Clever Bastards (with the Blockheads) | intelligence | |
| What a Waste (with the Blockheads) | ambition | |
| Dutronc, Jacques | Et moi, et moi, et moi | rabbits |
| Il est cinq heures, Paris s’éveille | Paris | |
| Les Cactus | sharp objects | |
| Proverbes | proverbs | |
| Puisque vous partez en voyage (with Françoise Hardy) | departures | |
| Dylan, Bob | A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall | prophets |
| All Along the Watchtower | playing cards | |
| Baby, Let Me Follow You Down | asking, begging & pleading | |
| Ballad of a Thin Man | Jones & Joneses | |
| Black Diamond Bay | journalism & the news | |
| Blind Willie McTell | tribute songs | |
| Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream | shaggy dog stories & tall tales | |
| Copper Kettle | taxation | |
| Days of 49 | 19th century life | |
| Desolation Row | roads & streets | |
| Drifter’s Escape | escape | |
| Everything Is Broken | impermanence | |
| Forever Young | immortality & longevity | |
| Highway 61 Revisited | arresting opening lines | |
| Hurricane | murder | |
| I Contain Multitudes | using your imagination | |
| I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine | philosophers | |
| I Threw It All Away | losers | |
| Idiot Wind | cruel songs | |
| If You See Her, Say Hello | missing someone | |
| It Ain’t Me Babe | mistaken identity | |
| Jim Jones | Australia | |
| Just Like a Woman | stiff upper lip | |
| Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door | the afterlife | |
| Lay Lady Lay | staying | |
| Like a Rolling Stone | effects of fame | |
| Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts | treachery & betrayal | |
| The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll | villains | |
| Love Sick | anti-love songs | |
| Maggie’s Farm | finishing | |
| Masters of War | being scared | |
| Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine) | separation | |
| One More Cup of Coffee | coffee | |
| One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) | misunderstanding | |
| Only a Pawn in Their Game | shooting | |
| Open the Door Homer (with the Band) | doors | |
| Political World | chaos | |
| Positively 4th Street | hatchet jobs | |
| Sara | named after women | |
| Seven Curses | numbers | |
| Shelter from the Storm | welcoming | |
| Subterranean Homesick Blues | non sequiturs | |
| Talkin’ World War III Blues | normal & abnormal | |
| Tangled Up in Blue | fresh starts | |
| The Times They Are A-Changin’ | 3/4 time | |
| Tomorrow Is a Long Time | tomorrow | |
| Tryin’ to Get to Heaven | heaven & hell | |
| Visions of Johanna | strange & surreal | |
| When the Deal Goes Down | impressive videos | |
| Dynamic Syncopation | 2 Tha Left (ft Mass Influence) | left & right |