The table below lists all A-listed songs by artists beginning with H. Some of the artists are also linked to their own individual pages.
Artist | Song Title | Topic |
H. P. Lovecraft | The White Ship | books |
Haden, Charlie | 20/20 Vision (with Family & Friends) | eyewear |
Circus ’68 ’69 | arguments | |
Els Segadors (The Reapers) | national anthems | |
Silence (with Chet Baker, Enrico Pieranunzi & Billy Higgins) | quiet songs | |
Hætta, Mattis | Sámiid ædnan (with Sverre Kjelsberg) | frozen north |
Haggard, Merle | I Made the Prison Band | hobbies |
The Immigrant | migrants & refugees | |
Mama Tried | guilt & apology | |
Okie from Muskogee | pride | |
Swinging Doors | doors | |
Haggett, Jimmy | Rabbit Action | rabbits |
Haines, Luke | A Badger Called Nick Lowe | famous or notable animals |
Bad Reputation (The Glitter Band) | fallen heroes | |
Death of Sarah Lucas | visual art & photography | |
Here’s to Old England | England | |
Hair: Original London Cast (see MacDermot, Galt) | ||
Haitiando | Pa koute konsèy | songs offering advice |
Haley, Bill & the Comets | Rock Around the Clock | patterns & sequences |
Half Man Half Biscuit | A Shropshire Lad | songs with jokes |
All I Want for Christmas Is a Dukla Prague Away Kit | immaturity | |
Asparagus Next Left | vegetables | |
Bad Losers on Yahoo! Chess | stiff upper lip | |
Bob Wilson – Anchorman | famous people | |
Breaking News | funny songs | |
Corgi Registered Friends | insulting songs | |
For What Is Chatteris… | England | |
Friday Nights and the Gates Are Low | football | |
Give Us Bubblewrap | distractions & diversions | |
Irk the Purists | schadenfreude | |
It Makes the Room Look Bigger | rooms | |
Joy Division Oven Gloves | bread & baking | |
The Light at the End of the Tunnel (Is the Light of an Oncoming Train) | social class | |
Look Dad No Tunes | music industry | |
Lord Hereford’s Knob | bad decisions | |
Lord Hereford’s Knob | maps | |
National Shite Day | companies & corporations | |
Old Age Killed My Teenage Bride | ages | |
Paintball’s Coming Home | offensive, insulting songs | |
The Referee’s Alphabet | cheating | |
Tending the Wrong Grave for 23 Years | discovery | |
Vatican Broadside | welcoming | |
Hall, Carol | Baby, If We Had Time | pick-up lines & marriage proposals |
Hall, Emily | Eternity (with Olivia Chaney) | eternity |
Hall, Henry & the BBC Dance Orchestra | Hands Across the Table (ft Dan Donovan) | physical gestures |
Teddy Bears’ Picnic | children’s songs | |
Hall, Lynden David | Medicine 4 My Pain | striking album endings |
Hall, Tom T. | A Week in a Country Jail | prisons |
Ballad of Forty Dollars | famous last words | |
Hall, Vera | Trouble So Hard | a cappella |
Hallquist, Billy | Middle Lothian Folk Band | notable outros or codas |
Halo, Laurel | Throw | piano songs |
Hamdan, Yasmine | Beirut | nostalgia |
Deny | long-distance relationships | |
Hal | slow, sexy love songs | |
Hamer, Jefferson | Clyde Water (with Anaïs Mitchell) | conversations |
Hamilton, Cicely | The March of the Women (music by Dame Ethyl Smith, performed by Rainbow Chorus) | feminism |
Hamilton, Paul | Fishes (with Doug Murphy) | estimates of distance & time |
Hammer, Jan | Sixth Day – the People | lower the heartrate |
Hammill, Peter | A Better Time | gratitude |
A Motor-Bike in Afrika | Africa | |
A Ritual Mask | masks | |
Accidents | chance & coincidence | |
Attar of Roses (with Gary Lucas) | roses | |
Autumn | old age | |
The Birds | spring | |
Confidence | confidence | |
Event Horizon | horizons | |
The Lie (Bernini’s Saint Theresa) | works of art | |
Narcissus (Bar & Grill) | narcissism | |
Painting by Numbers | painting & painters | |
The Play’s the Thing | idioms & common expressions | |
Pompeii | ancient history | |
Porton Down | basements & underground | |
Primo on the Parapet | edges & ledges | |
Shingle Song | the coast | |
Tango for One | narcissism | |
Hammond, Beres | Putting Up Resistance | resistance |
Hampton, Lionel | Flying Home | travelling |
Hancock, Herbie | Cantaloupe Island | islands |
Crossings | 7-inch singles | |
I Thought It Was You | mistaken identity | |
Rockit | dance instrumentals | |
The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms) (with Joni Mitchell) | omens & prophecies | |
Water Torture | 7-inch singles | |
Watermelon Man | genre defying | |
Handel, George Frideric | Eternal Source of Light Divine | eternity |
He Shall Feed His Flock (from the Messiah) | Jesus | |
Ombra mai fu (sung by Andreas Schöll) | falsetto | |
Zadok the Priest | crowns | |
Handsome Family | After We Shot the Grizzly | tragedy & comedy |
Bowling Alley Bar | apologies | |
Owls | decor | |
Passenger Pigeons | urban wildlife | |
Peace in the Valley Once Again | environment | |
Spider | spiders | |
Handy, John | Hard Work | spring cleaning & household chores |
Rainbow Serenade (with Ali Akbar Khan & Dr. L. Subramaniam) | rainbows | |
We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City (with Kid Sheik & Friends) | from New Orleans | |
Hang on the Box | There Is a City | underwear |
Hannigan, Lisa | Amhrán Na Farraige | Gaelic songs |
Knots | knots & ties | |
Hansard, Glen | Leave | songs that command or instruct |
Hanshaw, Annette | Cooking Breakfast for the One I Love | fictional adverts |
I’m Following You | following & chasing | |
Tip-Toe Thru’ the Tulips with Me | windows | |
Happy Mondays | 24 Hour Party People | parties & going out |
God’s Cop | police | |
Holiday | holidays | |
Kinky Afro | arresting opening lines | |
Loose Fit | fashion | |
Step On | great keyboards | |
Wrote for Luck (Vince Clarke Remix) | 1980s 12” singles | |
Har-You Percussion Group | Welcome to the Party | welcoming |
Harcourt, Ed | Angels on Your Body | angels |
Black Dress | clothes | |
The Man That Time Forgot | being a man or a woman | |
Hard Hair | Early in the Mornin’ (with Alan Lomax, ’22’, Little Red & Tangle Eye) | odd noises & instruments |
Hard Stuff | Sinister Minister (as Bullet) | preachers, priests & religious leaders |
Hardcastle, Paul | 19 | stupidity |
Hardfloor | Acperience 1 | instrumentals |
Harding, Aldous | The Barrel | non sequiturs |
Heaven Is Empty | paradise | |
Imagining My Man | using your imagination | |
Harding, Mike | Christmas 1914 | tradition |
Hardy, Ange | The Lament of the Black Sheep | nursery rhymes |
The Young Librarian | libraries | |
Hardy, Bella | Herring Girl | sharp objects |
Hardy, Françoise | La Nuit est sur la ville | night & darkness |
Minuit minuit | midnight | |
Puisque vous partez en voyage (with Jacques Dutronc) | departures | |
To the End (La Comedie) (with Blur) | multilingual songs | |
Tous les garçons et les filles | body language | |
Hare, Pat | I’m Gonna Murder My Baby | revenge |
Harlem River Drive | Idle Hands | hands |
Harley, Steve & Cockney Rebel | Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) | smiling & laughing |
Harmonia | Watussi | electronic music to 1983 |
Harnell, Joe | The Lonely Man | superheroes |
Harper, Ben | Another Lonely Day | adversity |
Black Rain | New Orleans | |
Harper, Roy | Forbidden Fruit | secret vices |
Twelve Hours of Sunset | sunsets & twilight | |
When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease | sport | |
Harpo, Slim | Baby Scratch My Back | from New Orleans |
Harptones | On Sunday Afternoon | afternoon |
Harriott, Derrick | The Loser | losers |
Harris, Emmylou | 1917 (with Linda Ronstadt) | army |
Boulder To Birmingham | bereavement | |
Deeper Well | wells | |
Every Grain of Sand | sand | |
Here, There and Everywhere | Beatles covers | |
I Dug Up a Diamond (with Mark Knopfler) | precious stones | |
Mary Danced with Soldiers (with Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) | girls’ names | |
My Blue Tears (with Dolly Parton & Linda Ronstadt) | songs by trios | |
Ooh Las Vegas | gambling | |
Red Dirt Girl | pathos | |
Snake Song | reptiles | |
This Is Us (with Mark Knopfler) | photography | |
Harris, Major | Love Won’t Let Me Wait | orgasms |
Harris, Marion | After You’ve Gone | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
Harris, Phil | The Bare Necessities | simple pleasures |
Harris, Rolf | Jake the Peg | children’s songs |
Harris, Thurston | Little Bitty Pretty One | humming |
Purple Stew | recipe songs | |
Harris, Wynonie | Good Morning Judge | judges & trials |
Keep On Churnin’ (Till the Butter Comes) | recipe songs | |
Quiet Whiskey | whiskey | |
Harrison, George | All Things Must Pass | change #2 |
Ding Dong, Ding Dong | new year songs | |
Far East Man | solo Beatles songs | |
Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) | solo Beatles songs | |
My Sweet Lord | faith | |
What Is Life | solo Beatles songs | |
When We Was Fab | the Beatles | |
Harrison, Noel | The Windmills of Your Mind | memory |
Harry, Debbie | French Kissin in the U.S.A. | France |
Well, Did You Evah! (with Iggy Pop) | duets | |
Hart, Beth | Bang Bang Boom Boom | impressive videos |
Hart, Grant | Charles Hollis Jones | Jones & Joneses |
Run, Run, Run to the Centre Pompidou | museums, galleries & exhibitions | |
Hart, Mike | Almost Liverpool 8 | Liverpool & Merseyside |
Hart, Tim | The Dalesman’s Litany (with Maddy Prior) | northern England |
Hartford, John | Don’t Leave Your Records in the Sun | songs offering advice |
Hartman, Dan | Relight My Fire | great arrangements |
Hartman, Johnny | Lush Life (with John Coltrane) | mistakes |
My One and Only Love (with John Coltrane) | crooners | |
They Say It’s Wonderful (with John Coltrane) | songs that say what love is | |
Harvey, PJ | 50ft Queenie | showing off |
A Line in the Sand | borders, barriers, walls & fences | |
A Woman a Man Walked By | mistaken identity | |
Down by the Water | underwater | |
Good Fortune | recovery | |
Hair | hair | |
Hardly Wait | anticipation | |
The Letter | reading | |
Man-Size | underwear | |
The Ministry of Defence | wastelands | |
Naked Cousin | nudity | |
Send His Love to Me | please & thank you | |
Sheela-Na-Gig | holes | |
The Slow Drug | windows | |
Victory | victory | |
Water | unusual time signatures | |
When Under Ether | nursing & healthcare | |
You Come Through | platonic love | |
You Said Something | New York | |
Hasél, Pablo | Juan Carlos el Bobón | freedom of expression |
Hashim | Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) | 1980s 12” singles |
Haskell, Gordon | Just a Happy Day | happiness |
Wounded Tigers | tigers | |
Hatfield, Juliana | My Sister (as the Juliana Hatfield Three) | brothers & sisters |
Hatfield and the North | Fitter Stoke Has a Bath | shaggy dog stories & tall tales |
Hathaway, Donny | A Song for You | meta-songs |
Little Ghetto Boy | children | |
Where Is the Love? (with Roberta Flack) | disappointment | |
Hause, Dave | The Flinch | single-mindedness |
Hatti Vatti | Different Music (ft Sara Brylewska) | influenced by dub |
Havens, Richie | Follow the Drinking Gourd | 19th century life |
Freedom | favourite live versions | |
Helplessly Hoping | alliteration | |
Oxford Town | justice | |
The Well | wells | |
Hawkes, Chesney | I Am the One and Only | pride |
Hawking, Stephen | A Glorious Dawn (with Carl Sagan & John D. Boswell) | eureka moments |
Hawkins, Edwin (see Edwin Hawkins Singers) | ||
Hawkins, Screamin’ Jay | Alligator Wine | recipe songs |
Feast of the Mau Mau | strange & surreal | |
Hong Kong | Asia | |
I Put a Spell on You | Halloween | |
Little Demon | fantasy | |
Ol’ Man River | rivers | |
Person to Person | telephones | |
Portrait of a Man | painting & painters | |
Hawkins, Sophie B. | Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover | homosexuality |
Hawkshaw, Alan | Blarney’s Stoned | TV theme songs |
Hot Pants (with Alan Parker) | clothes | |
Hawkwind | Black Elk Speaks | philosophers |
Hassan I Sahba | violin | |
High Rise | buildings | |
Lighthouse | lighthouses | |
Master of the Universe | krautrock | |
Quark, Strangeness and Charm | science | |
Silver Machine | silver & non-ferrous metals | |
Sonic Attack | apocalypse | |
Spiral Galaxy 28948 | celestial bodies | |
We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago | mistakes | |
Hawley, Richard | As the Dawn Breaks | urban wildlife |
Born Under a Bad Sign | star signs | |
Coles Corner | crooners | |
Down in the Woods | rendezvous | |
Hotel Room | hotels | |
I’m Looking for Someone to Find Me | lost and found | |
Lady’s Bridge | bridges | |
Lonely Night | humming | |
Open Up Your Door | doors | |
She Brings the Sunlight | notable outros or codas | |
Standing at the Sky’s Edge | sitting & standing | |
Hay, Colin | Next Year People | farming |
Haydn, Joseph | Die Vorstellung des Chaos | chaos |
String Quartet in E flat major (‘The Joke’) | stop-start songs | |
Hayes, Isaac | By the Time I Get to Phoenix | covers better than the original |
Chocolate Salty Balls | chocolate | |
Going in Circles | circles | |
The Look of Love | album tracks better than the singles | |
Theme from Shaft | funk | |
Walk On By | impressive intros | |
Hayman, Darren | March of the Workers | parades |
Haynes, Mary Ann | Hopping Down in Kent / My Lovely Hops | September & October |
Haza, Ofra | Innocent: A Requiem for Refugees | homelessness |
Hazard, Robert | Girls Just Want to Have Fun | lesser known originals |
Haze | El Lute, Libre o Muerto (ft José Mercé) | outlaws & rebels |
Haze, Angel | Bitch Bad | asking, begging & pleading |
Hazel Nuts Chocolate | Burning Tiger, Screaming Me | tigers |
Hazlewood, Lee | The Night Before | hangovers |
Sand (with Nancy Sinatra) | idioms & common expressions | |
Some Velvet Morning (with Nancy Sinatra) | duets | |
Summer Wine (with Nancy Sinatra) | recipe songs | |
Head, Michael & the Strands | Queen Matilda | queens |
Head, Murray | One Night in Bangkok | specific or obscure places |
Head of David | Jack Nicholson | horror-inspired songs |
Headless Heroes | True Love Will Find You in the End | promises & choices |
Healey, Jeff | Blue Jean Blues | legs & pants |
Heap, Imogen | Bad Body Double | two – part 1 |
Me the Machine | the brain | |
Heard, Larry (see Mr. Fingers) | ||
Heart | Dog and Butterfly | dogs |
Heartless Bastards | Skin and Bone | love songs to places |
Heatwave | Always and Forever | everlasting love |
Heatwave (UK soundsystem) | Things Change (with Warrior Queen) | influenced by dub |
Heaven 17 | I’m Your Money | shopping |
We’re Going to Live for a Very Long Time | immortality & longevity | |
Heavenly | C is the Heavenly Option | songs for your teenage self |
Hearts and Crosses | bright songs about dark subjects | |
heavenly6, Tommy (see Kawasa, Tomoko) | ||
Hebb, Bobby | Sunny | summer |
Hébert, Didier | I Woke Up One Morning in May | out-of-tune songs |
Hecker, Maximilian | Kate Moss | fashion |
Hedgehoppers Anonymous | It’s Good News Week | journalism & the news |
Hedningarna | Pornopolka | prayer |
Vargtimmen (Hour of the Wolf) | wolves | |
Hefner | The Hymn for the Cigarettes | smoking |
Hefti, Neal | Batman Theme | superheroes |
Heilung | Krigsgaldr | paganism |
Heino | Schwarzbraun ist die Haselnuss | nuts & edible seeds |
Helen Love | Girl About Town | music industry |
Helinä, Tiiu | Muuri | shyness |
Hell, Richard & the Voidoids | Blank Generation | from New York City |
Destiny Street | knowledge | |
Love Comes in Spurts | anti-love songs | |
Hella | Cafeteria Bananas | restaurants & cafes |
Hello | New York Groove | finger snaps & toe taps |
Hello Saferide | Anna | alternative outcomes |
Long Lost Penpal | deception | |
Hellsongs | Run to the Hills | running |
Helvetia | Old, New Bicycle | bicycles |
Hem | Departure and Farewell | songs that give you goosebumps |
Hen Ogledd | Crimson Star | space travel |
Tiny Witch Hunter | witches | |
Henderson, Eddie | The Kumquat Kids | orange |
Hendrickson Road House | Tomorrow Your Sorrow | tomorrow |
Hendrix, Jimi | 51st Anniversary | old age |
1983… (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) | underwater | |
All Along the Watchtower | warnings | |
Are You Experienced? | psychedelia | |
Belly Button Window | babies | |
Burning of the Midnight Lamp | loneliness | |
Castles Made of Sand | disappointment | |
Dolly Dagger | witches | |
Fire | power | |
Foxy Lady | sexy songs | |
Gloria | left & right | |
Hear My Train A-Comin’ | ears & hearing | |
Hey Joe | guns | |
House Burning Down | notable outros or codas | |
If 6 Was 9 | whispering | |
Purple Haze | purple | |
Red House | red | |
The Star Spangled Banner | national anthems | |
The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam’s Dice | stars | |
Third Stone from the Sun | sci-fi & space | |
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) | super solos | |
The Wind Cries Mary | girls’ names | |
Hendryx, Nona | Transformation | ambiguity |
Henley, Don | The Boys of Summer | nostalgia |
New York Minute | estimates of distance & time | |
Henry, Joe | Dirty Magazine | magazines |
Richard Pryor Addresses a Tearful Nation | misleading or incongruous titles | |
Henry Cow | Europa (with Slapp Happy) | personification |
The Owl (with Slapp Happy) | owls | |
Some Questions About Hats (with Slapp Happy) | heats | |
Henske, Judy | God Bless the Child | babies |
Heptones | Get in the Groove | music as nutrition |
Make Up Your Mind | indecision | |
H.E.R. | I Won’t | stubbornness |
Her Space Holiday | The World Will Deem Us Dangerous | lessons in life |
Herbaliser | 8 Point Agenda (Version 1) (ft Latryx) | numbered 1 to 10 |
The Blend (ft What What) | writing | |
Mission Improbable (ft What What) | shaggy dog stories & tall tales | |
More Tea, More Beer (ft Jean Grae) | beer | |
Mr. Holmes | Mr, Mrs, Miss & Ms | |
The Sensual Woman | choosing & using words | |
Herbert | Peak | wilderness |
Strong | positive songs | |
Hercules and Love Affair | Blind (Frankie Knuckles Remix) | mixtape closers |
Herd (Australian band) | The King Is Dead | fallen heroes |
Herd (US band) | From the Underworld | horror-inspired songs |
Here & Now | It’s the Little Things | small things |
Herman’s Hermits | No Milk Today | loneliness |
Hernandez, Armando | La Zenaida | fruit |
Herndon, Holly | Frontier | songs to start the morning |
Heron, Mike | Warm Heart Pastry | bread, cakes, pastry & biscuits |
Herrmann, Bernard | Taxi Driver (Main Title) | from New York City |
Hersh, Kristin | The Letter | mental illness |
Your Ghost | Halloween | |
Hewett, Colleen | Reverend Lee | honorific titles |
Hi-Tension | British Hustle | Britain |
Hiatt, John | Riding with the King | Elvis |
When New York Had Her Heart Broke | September 11 attacks | |
Hibbert, Lennie | Village Soul | villages |
Hibbler, Al | The Blues Came Falling Down | falling |
Hickie, Andy | When the World Smiles with You | contentment |
Hickox, Tom | The Pretty Pride of Russia | ironic songs |
Hicks, Dan & His Hot Licks | How Can I Miss You When You Won’t Go Away? | missing someone |
Hidden Cameras | The Man That I Am with My Man | homosexuality |
Smells Like Happiness | smells | |
Hield, Fay | Green Gravel | nursery rhymes |
Hifi Sean | Testify (ft Crystal Waters) | preachers, priests & religious leaders |
Higgins, Missy | Everybody Wants to Touch Me | charisma |
High Contrast | Brief Encounter | brevity |
High Llamas | Three Point Scrabble | board games |
High Numbers (see Who) | ||
Highwaymen | Highwayman | immortality & longevity |
Highwomen | Highwomen | supergroups |
Hildegard of Bingen | Columba Aspexit | spiritual songs |
Hill, Benny | Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) | alliteration |
Hill, Lauryn | Doo-Wop (That Thing) | warnings |
Ex-Factor | fairness | |
I Find It Hard to Say | refusal | |
To Zion | babies | |
Hillage, Steve | It’s All Too Much | futility |
The Salmon Song | fish & other aquatic life | |
Hille, Veda | Frank Mills | male names |
I Love You So Love Me (lyrics by Niall McNeil & Marcus Youssef) | famous or notable duos | |
Hilliard Ensemble | Parce mihi Domine (with Jan Garbarek) | unlikely collaborations |
Hills, Gillian | Tut, Tut, Tut, Tut… | tautonyms |
Hillside Singers | I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) | perfection |
Hinds, Justin & the Dominoes | The Higher the Monkey Climbs | proverbs |
Hinson, Micah P. | The Day Texas Sank to the Bottom of the Sea | deep voices |
Hip Hop Finger | Boundaries (with Leena Conquest) | obstacles |
Hirayasu, Takashi | Hana Nu Kajimaya (with Bob Brozman) | tradition |
Hisaishi, Joe | Huge Tree in the Tsukamori Forest | forests & woodlands |
Hitchcock, Robyn | The Abandoned Brain | the brain |
Cynthia Mask | masks | |
Insect Mother (with the Egyptians) | insects | |
Raymond Chandler Evening (with the Egyptians) | evening | |
Trash | offensive, insulting songs | |
Hitsujibungaku | Hikaru Toki (When You Shine) | legacy |
Hives | Tick Tick Boom | onomatopoeia |
Hobo Jim | Iditarod Trail | frozen north |
Hodges, Eddie | High Hopes (with Frank Sinatra) | children performing |
Hold Steady | Ask Her for Adderall | brands |
Chillout Tent | bright songs about dark subjects | |
Chips Ahoy! | victory | |
Hot Soft Light | hospitals | |
How a Resurrection Really Feels | resurrection | |
Lord, I’m Discouraged | famous last words | |
Magazines | fathers and daughters | |
Slapped Actress | authenticity & fakery | |
Hole | Celebrity Skin | celebrity |
Doll Parts | authenticity & fakery | |
Miss World | Mr, Mrs, Miss & Ms | |
Olympia | US cities & states | |
Holiday, Billie | But Beautiful | opposites |
Comes Love | pragmatism | |
Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me | songs with jokes | |
Don’t Explain | forgiveness | |
Foolin’ Myself | repression | |
Getting Some Fun Out of Life | fun | |
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was | famous last words | |
It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie | lies | |
Love for Sale | stairs, ladders & elevators | |
Pennies from Heaven | coins | |
Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone | please & thank you | |
Sophisticated Lady | failure | |
Speak Low | quiet | |
Strange Fruit | protest | |
Strange Fruit | murder | |
This Year’s Kisses (with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra) | kissing | |
What a Little Moonlight Can Do | the moon | |
Holland, Dave (see Dave Holland Quartet) | ||
Holland, Jolie | Springtime Can Kill You | spring |
Holland, Jools | Oranges and Lemons (with Suggs) | fruit |
Holland, Maggie | A Place Called England | accents |
A Proper Sort of Gardener | green | |
Overnight | itinerants & migration | |
Holliday, Jennifer | And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going | influenced by gospel |
Holliday, Michael | The Story of My Life | whistling |
Hollies | Bus Stop | buses |
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother | empathy | |
I Can’t Let Go | great backing vocals | |
King Midas in Reverse | losers | |
Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress | treachery & betrayal | |
Hollis, Mark | The Colour of Spring | piano songs |
The Daily Planet | newspapers | |
Holloway, Stanley | The Lion and Albert | hats |
Where Did You Get That Hat? | inheritance | |
Holly, Buddy | Blue Days, Black Nights | debut songs |
Everyday | anticipation | |
It Doesn’t Matter Anymore | orchestral string instruments | |
Learning the Game | education | |
Rave On | music as nutrition | |
True Love Ways | made you fall in love with music | |
You’re So Square (Baby I Don’t Care) | geometric shapes | |
Holmes, David | Hope Is the Last Thing to Die (ft Raven Violet) | hope |
It’s Over, If We Run Out of Love (ft Raven Violet) | conditional phrases | |
Necessary Genius (ft Raven Violet) | single-mindedness | |
Holmes, Richard “Groove” | No Trouble on the Mountain | mountains |
Holroyd, Bob | African Drug | dance instrumentals |
Holt, John | Ali Baba | dreams |
Body Language (with Gregory Isaacs) | body language | |
Holter, Julia | I Shall Love 2 | eureka moments |
Holy Fuck | Milkshake | ice cream |
Holy Modal Rounders | Midnight in Paris (as the Unholy Modal Rounders) | Paris |
Home Free | Stand by Me | finger snaps & toe taps |
Home T | Pirates Anthem (with Cocoa Tea & Shabba Ranks) | pirates |
Homeboy Sandman | Far Out | non sequiturs |
Life Support | underrated artists | |
Homelife | Fruit Machine | gambling |
Honey Cone | My Mind’s on Leaving, But My Heart Won’t Let Me Go | goodbye |
Want Ads | obsolete things | |
Honey Drippers | Impeach the President | US presidents |
Honeybus | I Can’t Let Maggie Go | the impossible |
Honeydogs | The Crown | crowns |
Honeymoon Killers | A Deep Space Romance (Ariane) | space travel |
Hooker, John Lee | Boogie Everywhere I Go | rhythm, beat & boogie |
Boom Boom | noise | |
Crawlin’ King Snake | lust | |
The Healer (with Carlos Santana) | healing | |
High Priced Woman | maps | |
Meet Me in the Bottom (with Canned Heat) | rendezvous | |
Moanin’ Blues | humming | |
Tupelo | towns | |
Hooley, Terri | In the Days Before Rock ‘n’ Roll (with Paul Casey) | switches & buttons |
Hoop, Jesca | D.N.R. | acronyms |
Havoc in Heaven | paradise | |
Hospital (Win Your Love) | nursing & healthcare | |
Murder of Birds | collective nouns | |
Hope, Bob | Thanks for the Memory | please & thank you |
Hope & Social | The Big Wide | Yorkshire |
Hope of the States | Industry | industry & manufacturing |
Hopkin, Mary | Y Blodyn Gwyn | Welsh songs |
Hopkins, Gerard Manley | Inversnaid | wilderness |
Hopkins, Jon | Immunity | COVID-19 lockdown |
Luminous Spaces (with Kelly Lee Owens) | psychedelia | |
Hopkins, Lightnin’ | Jailhouse Blues | prisons |
Just a Wristwatch on My Arm | clocks & watches | |
Walking Round in Circles | circles | |
Hopper, Kev | The Sound of Gyroscopes | discovery |
Horn, Shirley | Love for Sale | taboos |
Hornsby, Bruce & the Range | The Road Not Taken | alternative outcomes |
The Way It Is | unemployment | |
Horton, Big Walter | Easy | harmonica |
Horton, Johnny | North to Alaska | frozen north |
Sink the Bismarck | underdogs | |
Hoshino Gen | Life | Japan |
Hot 8 Brass Band | New Orleans (After the City) | New Orleans |
Hot Butter | Popcorn | sweet foods |
Hot Chip | Baby Said | great opening lines |
Over and Over | repetition | |
Hot Chocolate | Brother Louie | songs with talking |
Emma | storytelling songs | |
I’ll Put You Together Again | recovery | |
It Started with a Kiss | first & last time | |
No Doubt About It | unexplained phenomena | |
Hot Gossip | I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper (with Sarah Brightman) | loss |
Hothouse Flowers | Ballad of Katie | interlopers |
Christchurch Bells | bells | |
Houdini, Wilmoth | The Million Dollar Feet | feet |
Houghton, Beth Jeans (see Du Blonde) | ||
House, Son | Death Letter | bereavement |
John the Revelator | ancient history | |
Preachin’ Blues | preachers, priests & religious leaders | |
House of Love | Beatles and the Stones | the Beatles |
The Girl with the Loneliest Eyes | superlatives | |
Never | never | |
Shine On | chairs | |
House of Pain | Jump Around | triggering dancing |
Housemartins | Build | buildings |
Get Up Off Our Knees | recovery | |
Houston, Cisco | Diamond Joe | villains |
Houston, Whitney | Didn’t We Almost Have It All | close calls |
I Will Always Love You | stop-start songs | |
It’s Not Right But It’s OK | upbeat break-up | |
Howard, Rosetta & the Harlem Hamfats | Let Your Linen Hang Low | fabrics |
Howlin’ Wolf | Back Door Man | showing off |
Back Door Man | taboos | |
Built for Comfort | being fat | |
Chocolate Drop | brown | |
Highway 49 | road trips | |
How Many More Years | great songwriting 1900-1955 | |
I Ain’t Superstitious | omens & prophecies | |
Moanin’ at Midnight | midnight | |
The Red Rooster | laziness | |
Smokestack Lightnin’ | extraordinary vocals | |
Wang Dang Doodle | celebration | |
The Wolf Is at Your Door | wolves | |
Hozier | Take Me to Church | preachers, priests & religious leaders |
Nina Cried Power (ft Mavis Staples) | tyranny & dictatorship | |
HU | Wolf Totem | impressive videos |
Wolf Totem | paganism | |
Hucknall, Mick | One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) | misunderstanding |
Hudson, David | Woolunda | drone music |
Hue and Cry | Strength to Strength | forgotten follow-ups |
Huey Lewis and the News | Hip to Be Square | coolness |
Hukkelberg, Hanne | The Pirate | pirates |
Human Beinz | Nobody But Me | narcissism |
Human Hearts | Cheap Sunglasses | eyewear |
Distracted (ft Jenny Toomey) | distractions & diversions | |
Human League | Being Boiled | horror-inspired songs |
Don’t You Want Me | dialogue | |
Empire State Human | shaggy dog stories & tall tales | |
Human | forgiveness | |
(Keep Feeling) Fascination | synth pop 1980-2000 | |
Louise | upbeat break-up | |
Love Action (I Believe in Love) | great keyboards | |
The Sound of the Crowd | crowds | |
The Things That Dreams Are Made Of | adventure | |
Human Sexual Response | Land of the Glass Pinecones | glass |
Humble Pie | 30 Days in the Hole | surprising intros |
Black Coffee | coffee | |
Humblebums | The Shoeshine Boy | obsolete things |
Hunter, Fluffy | The Walkin’ Blues (with Jesse Powell) | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
Hunter, Ian | Irene Wilde | first love |
Irene Wilde | rejection | |
Letter to Britannia from the Union Jack | flags | |
Win It All | winners | |
Hurley, Michael | Sweedeedee | odd couples |
Hurt, Mississippi John | Avalon Blues | love songs to places |
Chicken | poultry | |
Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me | underwater | |
Louis Collins | shooting | |
Stack O’ Lee Blues | crime | |
Waiting for a Train | limbo | |
Hüsker Dü | Books About UFOs | libraries |
Data Control | collecting & listing | |
Divide and Conquer | internet | |
Eight Miles High | flying | |
Flip Your Wig | board games | |
Ice Cold Ice | false endings | |
New Day Rising | dawn | |
Newest Industry | wastelands | |
Pink Turns to Blue | blue | |
Something I Learned Today | knowledge | |
Turn On the News | news & media | |
Husky Rescue | Sleep Tight Tiger | tigers |
Huun-Huur-Tu | Chiraa Khoor | horses |
Mezhegei | deep voices | |
Hvoslef, Lise | Mapping the Coincidence | chance & coincidence |
Hyland, Brian | Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini | embarrassment |
Hyldgaard, Susi | Regarde je tends la main vers toi | hands |
Hyper Kinako | Tokyo Invention Registry Office | accents |
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble | Soon It Will Be Fire (ft Moses Sumney) | ensembles, big bands & orchestras |
War | brass songs | |
Hypnotics | Beware of the Stranger | strangers |
Hyvönen, Frida | Pony | horses |
Science | nerds & geeks |