The table below lists all A-listed songs by artists beginning with J. Some artists are also linked to their own individual pages.
| Artist | Song Title | Topic |
| J Dilla | Workinonit | ten words or fewer |
| J. Geils Band | Centerfold | na-na-hey-hey songs |
| Whammer Jammer | harmonica | |
| Jaar, Nicolas | History Lesson | tragedy & comedy |
| Jackman, Hugh | The Greatest Show | the circus |
| Jackpots | Jack in the Box | toys |
| Jackson, Alan | It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere | afternoon |
| Little Man | sales, selling & bargains | |
| The Talkin’ Song Repair Blues | fixing & repairing | |
| Jackson, Bull Moose | I Want a Bowlegged Woman (with the Buffalo Bearcats) | legs & pants |
| Jackson, Christopher | History Has Its Eyes on You (with Lin-Manuel Miranda) | legacy |
| Jackson, Chuck | I Wake Up Crying | waking up |
| Jackson, Jack & His Orchestra | I Like to Go Back in the Evening | evening |
| Jackson, Janet | Control | control |
| That’s the Way Love Goes | songs with talking | |
| Jackson, Joe | Baby, Stick Around | footwear |
| Got the Time | multitasking & being busy | |
| Happy Loving Couples | two – part 2 | |
| I’m the Man | fads & crazes | |
| Is She Really Going Out with Him? | monkeys & apes | |
| Steppin’ Out | parties & going out | |
| Sunday Papers | journalism & the news | |
| Jackson, Mahalia | In the Summer of His Years | assassination |
| Just a Closer Walk with Thee (with Louis Armstrong) | from New Orleans | |
| Leaning on the Everlasting Arms | immortality & longevity | |
| Jackson, Michael | Beat It | super solos |
| Ben | pets | |
| Billie Jean | denial | |
| Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough | falsetto | |
| Earth Song | climate change | |
| I Wanna Be Where You Are | harpsichord | |
| Man in the Mirror | choirs | |
| Off the Wall | triggering dancing | |
| Thriller | songs with talking | |
| Jackson, Millie | If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don’t Want to Be Right) | infidelity |
| Leftovers | arguments | |
| Making the Best of a Bad Situation | adultery & infidelity | |
| The Rap | substitutions | |
| Rose Colored Glasses | eyewear | |
| There You Are | flirting | |
| Jackson, Vivian (see Yabby You) | ||
| Jackson, Wanda | Hard Headed Woman | Elvis |
| Let’s Have a Party | non sequiturs | |
| Riot in Cell Block Number Nine | prisons | |
| Tongue Tied | embarrassment | |
| Jackson 5 | ABC | three |
| Can You Feel It? (as the Jacksons) | songs with vim | |
| Goin’ Places (as the Jacksons) | travelling | |
| I Want You Back | children performing | |
| Joyful Jukebox Music | jukeboxes | |
| Never Can Say Goodbye | goodbye | |
| Skywriter | indirect messages | |
| Jackson Square Allstars | Darktown Strutters’ Ball | from New Orleans |
| Jacksons (see Jackson 5) | ||
| Jacksoul | Unconditional | notable outros or codas |
| Jacky (see Lee, Jackie) | ||
| Jacques Loussier Trio (see Loussier, Jacques) | ||
| Jade, Faine | Cold Winter Sun Symphony in D Major | winter |
| Jagger, Mick | Memo from Turner | recorded for movies |
| Jah Screechy (see Screechy, Jah) | ||
| Jah Stitch (see Stitch, Jah) | ||
| Jah Thomas (see Thomas, Jah) | ||
| Jah Wobble (see Wobble, Jah) | ||
| Jai, Emmanuel | Emma McCune | redemption |
| Warchild | biography & autobiography | |
| Jam | ‘A’ Bomb in Wardour Street | apocalypse |
| The Butterfly Collector | prostitution | |
| David Watts | character songs | |
| Down in the Tube Station at Midnight | London | |
| English Rose | hidden tracks | |
| The Eton Rifles | songs that aren’t what they seem | |
| Going Underground | promises & choices | |
| In the Crowd | crowds | |
| News of the World | newspapers | |
| Pretty Green | jukeboxes | |
| Saturday’s Kids | boring & dull | |
| Smithers-Jones | unemployment | |
| Start! | brevity | |
| Strange Town | maps | |
| That’s Entertainment | ironic songs | |
| Town Called Malice | social class | |
| Wasteland | trash | |
| Jamal, Ahmad | If I Find You Again | steelpan |
| Poinciana | flowers | |
| James | Gold Mother | babies & childbirth |
| Laid | lust | |
| Sit Down | Manchester | |
| Sometimes | rain | |
| James, Bob | Nautilus | underwater |
| James, Danny | Boogie in the Mud | earth, soil & dirt |
| James, Dick | Robin Hood | forests & woodlands |
| James, Elmore | It Hurts Me Too | empathy |
| Stranger Blues | strangers | |
| James, Etta | All I Could Do Was Cry | disappointment |
| At Last | personal theme songs | |
| At Last | fairness | |
| In the Basement (with Sugar Pie DeSanto) | domestic songs | |
| Stacked Deck | playing cards | |
| Steal Away | smuggling & stealing | |
| Stormy Weather | bad weather | |
| Sufferin’ Till Suffrage | 19th century life | |
| James, Joshua | Coal War | caves |
| James, Rick | Super Freak | bad boys & bad girls |
| James, Skip | Broke and Hungry | songs of desperation |
| Crow Jane | cruel songs | |
| Drunken Spree | apologies | |
| Hard Time Killing Floor Blues | great solo performances | |
| James, Tommy & the Shondells | Crimson and Clover | repetition |
| Crystal Blue Persuasion | psychedelia | |
| Mony Mony | companies & corporations | |
| Jameson Raid | Seven Days of Splendour | unexplained phenomena |
| Jamie xx | Loud Places (ft Romy) | quiet |
| Jamiroquai | Canned Heat | redefined by film |
| Jan and Dean | I Found a Girl | starting over |
| Surf City | two – part 1 | |
| Jane | It’s a Fine Day | quiet songs |
| Jane’s Addiction | Jane Says | steelpan |
| Ocean Size | wide open spaces | |
| Ted, Just Admit It | obsession | |
| Ted, Just Admit It | denial | |
| Three Days | three | |
| Jankowski, Horst | A Walk in the Black Forest | forests & woodlands |
| A Walk in the Black Forest | easy listening | |
| Jansch, Bert | Angie | great solo performances |
| Back Home | reunions | |
| Blackwaterside | treachery & betrayal | |
| The Bright New Year | new year | |
| Bright Sunny Morning | September 11 attacks | |
| Needle of Death | futility | |
| Reynardine | surprise encounters | |
| The Road tae Dundee | road trips | |
| Toy Balloon | toys | |
| Japan | Cantonese Boy | Asia |
| Ghosts | Halloween | |
| Life in Tokyo | 12″ singles to 1979 | |
| Nightporter | album tracks better than the singles | |
| Quiet Life | quiet | |
| Japanese Breakfast | Everybody Wants to Love You | charisma |
| Japanther | The Gravy | monsters |
| Jara, Victor | Lo Único Que Tengo (with Isabel Parra) | hands |
| Jardim, Linda | Energy in Northampton | worst songs |
| Jarmels | A Little Bit of Soap | COVID-19 lockdown |
| Jarosz, Sarah | Maggie | distractions & diversions |
| Jarre, Jean-Michel | Oxygène | gases |
| Jarre, Maurice | The Longest Day March | D-Day |
| Jarrett, Keith | Shenandoah | rivers |
| Jay & the Techniques | Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie | games |
| Jay Dee (see J Dilla) | ||
| Jay Tees | A Prayer to Jah (aka Forward to Jah) | prayer |
| Jay-Z | 4:44 | shame |
| Empire State of Mind (ft Alicia Keys) | ambition | |
| Legacy | legacy | |
| Regrets | guilt & apology | |
| Jaydee | Plastic Dreams | drone music |
| Jayhawks | The Baltimore Sun | newspapers |
| Jaynetts | Sally Go ‘Round the Roses | flowers |
| Jays | Truly (with Ranking Trevor) | 12″ singles to 1979 |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra | Everybody Wear They Mask (with Wynton Marsalis) | masks |
| Jazz Butcher | Caroline Wheeler’s Birthday Present | gifts & giving |
| Soul Happy Hour | cocktails & spirits | |
| Southern Mark Smith | wanting to be someone else | |
| J.B.’s | Breakin’ Bread | meals & mealtimes |
| Pass the Peas | vegetables | |
| Jean, Wyclef | Perfect Gentleman | unusual rhymes |
| Jeays, Philip | The Antelope | unusual narrators |
| Geoff | fear of missing out | |
| Madame | museums, galleries & exhibitions | |
| Perry County | personification | |
| Seven Signs of Ageing | advertising | |
| The Soldier | army | |
| The Tea Dance | tea | |
| This Is the Age of the Naked Emperors | nudity | |
| Jeff Healey Band (see Healey, Jeff) | ||
| Jefferson, Blind Lemon | Jack O’Diamond Blues | games |
| See That My Grave Is Kept Clean | death | |
| Jefferson, Marshall | Move Your Body | music genres |
| Jefferson Airplane | Aerie (Gang of Eagles) | raptors |
| Lather | birthdays | |
| We Can Be Together | youth cults | |
| White Rabbit | literary songs | |
| Wooden Ships | more questions than answers | |
| Jefferson Starship | Rose Goes to Yale | higher education |
| Starship (with Paul Kantner) | striking album endings | |
| Jein, Junior | El Dominó | board games |
| Jellyfish | All Is Forgiven | forgiveness |
| Joining a Fan Club | memorabilia & souvenirs | |
| The King Is Half-Undressed | fairytales | |
| Jenkins, Billy | I Love Your Smell (with the Blues Collective) | smells |
| Jennings, Waylon | Mental Revenge | revenge |
| Jepsen, Carly Rae | Call Me Maybe | pick-up lines & marriage proposals |
| Jerome, Patti | No Mama – No Papa | chairs |
| Jessie J | Who’s Laughing Now | schadenfreude |
| Jesus and Mary Chain | Happy When It Rains | bad weather |
| The Hardest Walk | superlatives | |
| Her Way of Praying | prayer | |
| Here Comes Alice | non-alcoholic drinks | |
| I Hate Rock ‘n’ Roll | music industry | |
| The Living End | motorbikes | |
| Reverence | hanging | |
| Sidewalking (Extended Version) | 1980s 12” singles | |
| Some Candy Talking | sweet foods | |
| Sometimes Always (ft Hope Sandoval) | duets | |
| Stardust Remedy | brothers & sisters | |
| Teenage Lust | lust | |
| You Trip Me Up | falling | |
| Jesus Lizard | Thumbscrews | screams, howls, grunts & shrieks |
| Jet | Are You Gonna Be My Girl | surprising intros |
| Jethro Tull | A New Day Yesterday | old and new |
| Crazed Institution | crowns | |
| Fat Man | opposites | |
| Heavy Horses | horses | |
| Living in the Past | flutes, pipes & whistles | |
| Salamander | amphibians | |
| Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day | snow & ice | |
| Slow Marching Band | slowing down | |
| Steel Monkey | iron & steel | |
| Thick as a Brick (Pt. 1, Piece 2) | musically adventurous | |
| Up the ‘Pool | anticipation | |
| Jett, Joan & the Blackhearts | I Hate Myself for Loving You | pride |
| I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll | obsolete things | |
| Jewell, Eilen | Too Hot to Sleep | heat #2 |
| Jian, Cui | A Piece of Red Cloth | left wing politics |
| Nothing to My Name | bravery | |
| Jigsaw Seen | Celebrity Interview | charisma |
| Jilted John | Fancy Mice | rodents |
| Jilted John | separation | |
| Jim Carroll Band | City Drops into the Night | sunsets & twilight |
| People Who Died | list songs | |
| Jimenez, Flaco | El Puente Roto (with Linda Romstadt) | accordion |
| Jimi Hendrix Experience (see Hendrix, Jimi) | ||
| Jimmy Eat World | The Middle | survival |
| Jimmy Giuffre Trio (see Giuffre, Jimmy) | ||
| Jlin | Carbon 7 (161) | artistic trends of the 21st century |
| Joan as Police Woman | Anyone | Valentine’s Day songs |
| Jobarteh, Sona | Jarabi | harps, lyres & zithers |
| Jobim, Antônio Carlos (Tom Jobim) | Águas de Março (with Elis Regina) | list songs |
| Águas de Março (with Elis Regina) | whistling | |
| Canta Mais | singing | |
| Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (with Stan Getz, João Gilberto & Astrud Gilberto) | South America | |
| The Girl from Ipanema (with Stan Getz, João Gilberto & Astrud Gilberto) | unrequited love | |
| One Note Samba (with Herbie Mann & João Gilberto) | austerity | |
| JoBoxers | Just Got Lucky | luck |
| Jobriath | I’maman | gender & LGBTQ+ |
| Wildfire-in-Memphis | prostitution | |
| Jockstrap | Acid | everlasting love |
| Joel, Billy | The Ballad of Billy the Kid | 19th century life |
| The Downeaster Alexa | New England | |
| Just the Way You Are | change #2 | |
| The Longest Time | finger snaps & toe taps | |
| Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song) | ambition | |
| New York State of Mind (with Tony Bennett) | from New York City | |
| Say Goodbye to Hollywood | Hollywood | |
| Scenes from an Italian Restaurant | Italy | |
| Stiletto | sharp objects | |
| The Stranger | misunderstanding | |
| Joensuu 1685 | (You Shine) Brighter Than Light | getting brighter |
| Jogeix, Gaby | Shake Shake | steel guitar |
| Johansen, Kevin | Sur O No Sur | quoting Shakespeare |
| Johansson, Jan | Visa från Utanmyra | from Nordic countries |
| John, Elton | The Ballad of Blind Tom | 19th century life |
| Border Song | influenced by gospel | |
| The Bridge | bridges | |
| Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | notable key changes | |
| Grimsby | towns | |
| I Need You to Turn To | harpsichord | |
| I’m Still Standing | spirit of 2021 | |
| I’ve Got 2 Wings | wings | |
| Rocket Man | space travel | |
| Someone Saved My Life Tonight | close calls | |
| Tiny Dancer | redefined by film | |
| The Trail We Blaze | pioneers | |
| Your Song | forgetting | |
| John, Little Willie | Leave My Kitten Alone | animals |
| John & Jehn | Shy | shyness |
| John Butler Trio | Gov Did Nothin’ | storms |
| Zebra | double bass | |
| John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band | Jump (with David Lee Roth) | jukeboxes |
| John-Jules, Danny | Tongue Tied (as the Cat) | awkwardness |
| Johnny Boy | You Are the Generation That Bought More Shoes and You Get What You Deserve | shopping |
| Johnny Otis Quintette (see Otis, Johnny) | ||
| Johnson, Al | Carnival Time | carnivals & funfairs |
| Johnson, Blind Willie | Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground | scary songs |
| It’s Nobody’s Fault But Mine | reading | |
| John the Revelator | biblical songs | |
| Mother’s Children Have a Hard Time (Motherless Children) | loneliness | |
| The Soul of a Man | resurrection | |
| Johnson, Jack | The 3 R’s | trash |
| Holes to Heaven | holes | |
| Johnson, Joe D. | Rattlesnake Daddy | reptiles |
| Johnson, Ken “Snakehips” | Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind (with Al Bowlly) | quoting Shakespeare |
| Johnson, Lil | Press My Button (Ring My Bell) | switches & buttons |
| Johnson, Linton Kwesi | Forces of Viktry | victory |
| Inglan Is a Bitch | biography & autobiography | |
| Sonny’s Lettah (Anti Sus Poem) | letters, emails & telegrams | |
| Johnson, Lonnie | Too Late to Cry Baby | first & last time |
| Johnson, Robb | A Ferry Ride from Liverpool | Liverpool & Merseyside |
| A Very Small Piece of the Real World | fractions & portions | |
| The Beautiful Dark | driving songs | |
| Cauliflower Curry | equality | |
| Coincidents on the Circle Line | basements & underground | |
| Even Steve McQueen (with the Irregulars) | fixing & repairing | |
| Hope Street, Tomorrow Afternoon | hope | |
| Invisible People | the invisible | |
| Little Vinnie Jones | Jones & Joneses | |
| Moronland (with the Irregulars) | stupidity | |
| My Mother Taught Me How to Waltz | inheritance | |
| Johnson, Robert | Come On in My Kitchen | welcoming |
| Hellhound on My Trail | great songwriting 1900-1955 | |
| Love in Vain | heartbreak | |
| Me and the Devil Blues | God & the Devil | |
| Terraplane Blues | adultery & infidelity | |
| Johnson, Syl | I Hate I Walked Away | guilt & apology |
| Is It Because I’m Black? | obstacles | |
| Johnson, Will | Hoping Machine (with Jay Farrar, Anders Parker & Yim Yames) | persistence |
| Johnston, Daniel | Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Your Grievances | forgiveness |
| Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go | the Beatles | |
| Johnston, Daniel | Speeding Motorcycle | motorbikes |
| Jompson Brothers | On the Run | being scared |
| Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | 2Kindsa Love | great riffs |
| Bellbottoms | coolness | |
| Sweat | perspiration | |
| Jones, Booker T. | Space City (with Drive-By Truckers) | organ |
| Jones, Diana | Pony | inheritance |
| Jones, Etta | Don’t Go to Strangers | strangers |
| Don’t Misunderstand | misunderstanding | |
| Give Me the Simple Life | simple pleasures | |
| Jones, George | A Good Year for the Roses | divorce |
| Bubbles in My Beer | beer | |
| Choices | regrets | |
| Developing My Pictures | hobbies | |
| The Grand Tour | furniture | |
| He Stopped Loving Her Today | futility | |
| No Show Jones | Jones & Joneses | |
| The Race Is On | competition | |
| Where Grass Won’t Grow | earth, soil & dirt | |
| Jones, Gloria | Tainted Love | lesser known originals |
| Jones, Grace | The Apple Stretching | New York |
| Corporate Cannibal | misanthropic songs | |
| The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game | ironic songs | |
| I’ve Done It Again | first & last time | |
| I’ve Seen That Face Before (Libertango) | great keyboards | |
| Love on Top of Love | kissing | |
| Pull Up to the Bumper | one night stands | |
| She’s Lost Control (Long Version) | 1980s 12” singles | |
| Slave to the Rhythm | rhythm, beat & boogie | |
| Warm Leatherette | fetishes | |
| Williams’ Blood | roots | |
| Jones, Hughie | Mist Over the Mersey | Liverpool & Merseyside |
| Jones, Johnny & the King Casuals | Purple Haze | screams, howls, grunts & shrieks |
| Jones, Nic | Canadee-I-O | opening album tracks |
| Jones, Norah | Man of the Hour | dogs |
| Turn Me On | switches & buttons | |
| Jones, Oran “Juice” | The Rain | infidelity |
| Jones, Papa Jo | Caravan | great drumming |
| Jones, Peggy | Aztec (credited to Bo Diddley) | underrated artists |
| Jones, Quincy | Black Orpheus (Manha de Carnaval) | songs to start the morning |
| Brown Ballad | harmonica | |
| The Hot Rock | precious stones | |
| Soul Bossa Nova | flutes, pipes & whistles | |
| Jones, Rickie Lee | Chuck E’s in Love | opening album tracks |
| Danny’s All-Star Joint | pubs & bars | |
| The Last Chance Texaco | brands | |
| Ugly Man | stick it to the man | |
| Jones, Sharon & the Dap-Kings | What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes | taxation |
| Jones, Southpaw | Fatty Arbuckle | movie & TV stars |
| Jones, Spike & His City Slickers | Holiday for Strings | laughter |
| Jones, Tom | Detroit City | exile |
| Green, Green Grass of Home | songs with talking | |
| I Won’t Crumble with You If You Fall | D-Day | |
| Jonny | Goldmine | gold |
| Jonzun Crew | Space Is the Place | sci-fi & space |
| Joplin, Janis | A Woman Left Lonely | being a man or a woman |
| Little Girl Blue | pathos | |
| Little Girl Blue | extraordinary vocals | |
| Maybe | conditional phrases | |
| Me and Bobby McGee | travelling | |
| Mercedes Benz | wealth | |
| Move Over | indecision | |
| What Good Can Drinkin’ Do | hangovers | |
| Joplin, Scott | The Entertainer | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| Silver Swan Rag | animals | |
| Jordan, Louis & His Tympany Five | Baby It’s Cold Outside (with Ella Fitzgerald) | duets |
| Deacon Jones | Jones & Joneses | |
| Saturday Night Fish Fry | Friday & Saturday | |
| Sure Had a Wonderful Time | last night | |
| Two Little Squirrels | rodents | |
| Jordan, Ronny | The Jackal (ft Dana Bryant) | glamour & style |
| Jordan, Sass | Ugly (ft George Clinton) | one word titles |
| Jorgenson, John (see John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band) | ||
| Josef K | Sorry for Laughing | smiling & laughing |
| Journey | Don’t Stop Believin’ | songs to start the morning |
| Jovanotti | L’ombelico del mondo | Italy |
| Joy, Samara | Everything Happens to Me | everything |
| If You Never Fall in Love with Me | conditional phrases | |
| Someone to Watch Over Me (ft Pasquale Grasso) | searching & seeking | |
| Joy Division | Atmosphere | walking & running |
| Dead Souls | nightmares | |
| Decades | out-of-tune songs | |
| Isolation | shame | |
| Love Will Tear Us Apart | failure | |
| New Dawn Fades | songs of desperation | |
| Shadowplay | shadows | |
| She’s Lost Control | illness | |
| Transmission | dancing | |
| Warsaw | places in Europe | |
| Joy Zipper | Christmas Song | alternative Christmas songs |
| Juber, Lawrence | A League of Notions (with Al Stewart) | historical events |
| Night Train to Munich (with Al Stewart) | spying | |
| Three Mules (with Al Stewart) | three | |
| Judas Priest | Breaking the Law | criminals |
| Diamonds & Rust | precious stones | |
| Electric Eye | surveillance | |
| Judas Rising | songs that express excess | |
| Painkiller | screams, howls, grunts & shrieks | |
| White Heat, Red Hot | red | |
| Judy and Mary | Hello! Orange Sunshine | orange |
| Juliana Hatfield Three (see Hatfield, Juliana) | ||
| Jungle Brothers | Black Is Black | black |
| Done by the Forces of Nature | nature | |
| Sunshine | dawn | |
| Junior Senior | Move Your Feet | music as nutrition |
| Junkyard Band | The Word/Sardines | austerity |
| Jurado, Damien | Percy Faith | shaggy dog stories & tall tales |
| Justice | Stress (Auto Remix) | impressive intros |
| We Are Your Friends (with Simian) | friendship | |
| Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (see KLF) | ||