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 | |
| Silence (with Chet Baker, Enrico Pieranunzi & Billy Higgins) | quiet songs | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| I Thought It Was You | mistaken identity | |
| Rockit | dance instrumentals | |
| The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms) (with Joni Mitchell) | omens & prophecies | |
| 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 | 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 | |
| Hashim | Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) | 1980s 12” singles |
| Haskell, Gordon | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 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 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 |
| 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 Modal Rounders | Midnight in Paris (as the Unholy Modal Rounders) | Paris |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| House of Pain | Jump Around | triggering dancing |
| Housemartins | Build | buildings |
| Get Up Off Your Knees | recovery | |
| Houston, Cisco | Diamond Joe | villains |
| Houston, Whitney | 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |