The table below lists all A-listed songs by artists beginning with L. Some artists are also linked to their own individual pages.
Artist | Song Title | Topic |
La Bottine Souriante | Ciel d’automne | violin |
Le Rap à Ti-Pétang | finger snaps & toe taps | |
Reel du forgeron | dance instrumentals | |
La Grande Sophie | Hanoi | Asian cities |
La Grange, Kyla | The Knife | knives |
La Perla | Bruja | witches |
La Sonora Matancera | Indecisión | indecision |
LA Vampires | Eulogy (with Zola Jesus) | funerals |
Labelle | Lady Marmalade | New Orleans |
Monkey Time / Dancing in the Street (with Laura Nyro) | dancing | |
Pressure Cooking | cooking | |
LaBelle, Patti | If Only You Knew | secret admirers |
Labrinth | Climb on Board | space travel |
Lady Blackbird | Blackbird | nightingales & thrushes |
Lady Gaga | Bad Romance | asking, begging & pleading |
Born This Way | normal & abnormal | |
Paparazzi | photography | |
Poker Face | hobbies | |
Teeth | teeth | |
Lady Saw | Bed Noise | sound effects |
Lady Sovereign | Sad Arse Strippa | funny songs |
Ladybaby | Nippon Manju | so bad they’re good |
Ladysmith Black Mambazo | Hear Our Prayer | prayer |
Music to Hear | inspired by poetry | |
Nomathemba | a cappella | |
Sisesighingini (Everything Is Stupid, Stupid, Stupid) | stupidity | |
Ladytron | Seventeen | adolescence |
Lahey, Alex | I Love You Like a Brother | family |
Lai, Francis | Un Homme et une Femme | wordless vocals |
Laibach | Francia | France |
Tanz mit Laibach | deep voices | |
Zhonghuá | national anthems | |
Laine, Cleo | Dunsinane Blues (After Macbeth) | rare events |
Laine, Frankie | That Lucky Old Sun | tiredness |
Lake, Greg | I Believe in Father Christmas | anti-Christmas songs |
Lakeman, Seth | Blood Upon Copper | caves |
The Colliers | caves | |
Greed and Gold | greed | |
The Hurlers | rare events | |
King and Country | D-Day | |
Race to Be King | cetaceans | |
Solomon Browne | ships & boats | |
Willow Tree (ft Wildwood Kin) | trees | |
Laleh | Elephant | elephants & mammoths |
Lamar, Kendrick | A.D.H.D. | acronyms |
i | genre defying | |
Mortal Man (ft Tupac) | songs with talking | |
Swimming Pools (Drank) | swimming & bathing | |
Lamb | Alien | babies & childbirth |
Gabriel | angels | |
Gorecki | devoted love | |
Lambchop | The Man Who Loved Beer | beer |
Lambert, Miranda | It All Comes Out in the Wash | spring cleaning & household chores |
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross | Farmer’s Market | farm produce |
The Real Ambassador (with Dave Brubeck & Louis Armstrong) | pioneers | |
LaMontagne, Ray | All the Wild Horses | horses |
God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise (with the Pariah Dogs) | conditional phrases | |
Lamy, Ritchie & the Jools Rimet Orchestra | Pickles | famous or notable animals |
Land, Daniel & the Modern Painters | Echo & Narcissus | echoes |
Landreth, Sonny | Congo Square | New Orleans |
Landscape | Norman Bates | id, ego & superego |
Lane, Anita | Subterranean World (How Long?) (with Blixa Bargeld) | estimates of distance & time |
Lane, Ronnie | How Come (with Slim Chance) | playing cards |
The Poacher | hunting | |
Lanegan, Mark | Borracho | whiskey |
Carry Home | home | |
The Circus Is Leaving Town (with Isobel Campbell) | first & last time | |
Phantasmagoria Blues | fallen heroes | |
Wheels | wheels | |
Lang, Jonny | Make It Move | determination |
lang, k.d. | The Air That I Breathe | breathing |
Constant Craving | accordion | |
Hooked on Junk (with the Reclines) | trash | |
Shadowland | crooners | |
Lange, Roberto Carlos | Amazonian Pacific | South America |
Langford, Emma | You Are Not Mine | the obvious |
Langley Schools Music Project | Space Oddity | sci-fi & space |
Lanois, Daniel | An Ending (Ascent) (with Brian Eno & Roger Eno) | instrumental soundtracks |
An Ending (Ascent) (with Brian Eno & Roger Eno) | the moon | |
Deep Blue Day (with Brian Eno & Roger Eno) | space | |
Lanterns on the Lake | When It All Comes True | North East England |
Lard | Hellfudge | religion |
Legend, Tobi | Time Will Pass You By | impermanence |
Larkin Poe | Look Away | steel guitar |
La’s | Doledrum | unemployment |
I.O.U. | fairness | |
Looking Glass | mirrors | |
There She Goes | one-hit wonders | |
Las Ketchup | The Ketchup Song (Aserejé) | songs in Spanish |
LaSalle, Denise | Your Husband Is Cheating on Us | adultery & infidelity |
Lasky, Emanuel | Welfare Cheese | COVID-19 lockdown |
Last, James | The Lonely Shepherd (with Gheorghe Zamfir) | easy listening |
Last Poets | When the Revolution Comes | genre defying |
Last Resort | No Lazy Sunday Afternoon | days of the week |
Last Shadow Puppets | Wondrous Place | supergroups |
Lateef, Yusef | Love Theme from Spartacus | ancient history |
Latin Quarter | Radio Africa (with Bhundu Boys) | Africa |
There’s No Rope As Long as Time | resistance | |
Lau Nau | Painovoimaa, valoa | gravity |
Lauder, Harry | Keep Right On to the End of the Road | persistence |
Lauper, Cyndi | Girls Just Want to Have Fun | fathers and daughters |
Sally’s Pigeons | platonic love | |
She Bop | taboos | |
True Colors | songs for your teenage self | |
When You Were Mine | upbeat break-up #2 | |
Laurie, Hugh | The Whale Has Swallowed Me | stomach & guts |
Laurie Johnson Orchestra (see Johnson, Laurie) | ||
Lavalle, Jimmy | What Happened to My Brother? (with Mark Kozelek) | brothers & sisters |
LaVette, Betty | Everything Is Broken | broken promises |
Piece of My Heart | underrated artists | |
Lavie, Oren | Locked in a Room | keys & locks |
Lavigne, Avril | Sk8er Boi | opposites |
What the Hell | starting over | |
Lavoe, Héctor | Aguanile (with Willie Colón) | paganism |
El Día de Mi Suerte (with Willie Colón) | trombone | |
Taxi (Desgarrador Bolero) | taxis | |
Lawrence, Gertrude | The Physician | stomach & guts |
Lawrence, Liz | Drive | fear of missing out |
LCD Soundsystem | All My Friends | dawn |
Daft Punk Is Playing at My House (Soulwax Shibuya Daft Mix) | other musicians | |
Dance Yrself Clean | cleansing | |
Get Innocuous! | great riffs | |
Losing My Edge | getting older | |
Losing My Edge | modernity | |
Never as Tired as When I’m Waking Up | tiredness | |
New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down | love songs to places | |
Le Bon, Cate | Fold the Cloth | Welsh songs |
I Can’t Help You | accents | |
Le Corps Mince de Françoise | Cool and Bored | shyness |
Le Grand, Fedde | Let Me Think About It (with Ida Corr) | seduction |
Le Grand Kallé (see Kabasele, Joseph) | ||
Le Le | Breakfast | meals & mealtimes |
Le Tigre | Hot Topic | list songs |
Hot Topic | oddballs, outcasts & outsiders | |
New Kicks | peace | |
Lead Belly | Ain’t Goin’ Down to the Well No Mo’ | wells |
Cotton Fields | babies | |
Goodnight, Irene | suicide | |
Jean Harlow | tribute songs | |
On a Monday | judges & trials | |
Stewball | winners | |
Where Did You Sleep Last Night? | jealousy | |
Leader, Harry & His Band | The Wedding of Mister Mickey Mouse | comics & cartoons |
Leão, Nara | João e Maria (with Chico Buarque) | famous or notable duos |
Leaves | Hey Joe | criminals |
Lebo M | Hakuna Matata (with Jimmy Cliff) | pride |
Lecuona Cuban Boys | Tabou | taboos |
Led Zeppelin | The Battle of Evermore | without percussion |
Black Dog | perspiration | |
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp | pets | |
Communication Breakdown | chaos | |
Four Sticks | numbered 1 to 10 | |
Gallows Pole | hanging | |
I Can’t Quit You Baby | can’t live with or without you | |
Immigrant Song | songs about songs | |
Jennings Farm Blues | rough & smooth | |
Kashmir | Asia | |
Moby Dick | showing off | |
No Quarter | snow & ice | |
Ramble On | fantasy | |
Stairway to Heaven | songs that build | |
Thank You | staying | |
Trampled Under Foot | outstanding percussion | |
When the Levee Breaks | rain | |
Whole Lotta Love | odd noises & instruments | |
Lee, Amy | Going to California | covers by the opposite sex |
Lee, Arthur | Five String Serenade (with Love) | sixth sense |
Lee, Ben | I Love Pop Music | bright songs about dark subjects |
I Wish I Was Him | wanting to be someone else | |
My Turntable | media for listening to recorded music | |
Lee, Bertha | Oh Death (with Charley Patton) | COVID-19 lockdown |
Yellow Bee (with Charley Patton) | songs by duos | |
Lee, Brenda | Big Four Poster Bed | beds |
I’m Sorry | apologies | |
Lee, Dickey | Laurie (Strange Things Happen) | strange & surreal |
Lee, Jackie | Rupert | bears |
White Horses (as Jacky) | white | |
Lee, Marci | Casting My Spell on You (with Johnny Otis) | making things |
Lee, Peggy | Alright, Okay, You Win | winners |
Black Coffee | songs that capture the zeitgeist | |
Fever | heat | |
The Folks Who Live on the Hill | marriage | |
He’s a Tramp | famous or notable animals | |
I Enjoy Being a Girl | stereotypes | |
I’m a Woman | ‘I am’ songs | |
Is That All There Is? | questions | |
Lee, Sam | The Tan Yard Side (Singing with Nightingales) | nightingales & thrushes |
Left Banke | Walk Away Renee | walking & running |
Leftfield | Afro-Left | psychedelia |
Open Up | California | |
Release the Pressure | raise the heartrate | |
Legend, John | Who Did That to You | outlaws & rebels |
Legendary K.O. | George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People | politicians |
Legendary Pink Dots | The Collector | collecting & listing |
Legendary Shack Shakers | The CB Song | obsolete things |
Lehrer, Tom | The Elements | songs with jokes |
I Hold Your Hand in Mine | misleading or incongruous titles | |
The Irish Ballad | sinners | |
Lobachevsky | intelligence | |
Poisoning Pigeons in the Park | spring | |
The Vatican Rag | unusual rhymes | |
We Will All Go Together When We Go | nuclear war | |
Leisure Society | Save It for Someone Who Cares | indifference |
LeJeune, Iry | J’ai été au bal | from New Orleans |
Lekman, Jens | A Postcard to Nina | volunteering |
Black Cab | taxis | |
Evening Prayer | recovery | |
Friday Night at the Drive-In Bingo | days of the week | |
How Can I Tell Him | platonic love | |
It Was a Strange Time in My Life | body language | |
Maple Leaves | misunderstanding | |
Postcard 29 | passage of time | |
Pretty Shoes | shoes | |
Sky Phenomenon | beer | |
You Are the Light | light | |
Your Arms Around Me | fixing & repairing | |
Lemon Jelly | Nice Weather for Ducks | water |
Ramblin’ Man | list songs | |
Space Walk | space | |
The Staunton Lick | defined or redefined by television | |
Lemon Pipers | Green Tambourine | musical instruments |
Lemon Sol | Sunflash | songs to start the morning |
Lemonheads | Confetti | divorce |
Different Drum | musical instruments | |
Frank Mills | indirect messages | |
The Outdoor Type | funny songs | |
Len | Steal My Sunshine | the sun |
Lena | Pink Elephant | pink |
Leningrad Cowboys | Those Were the Days | Russia |
Lenker, Adrianne | Cradle | quiet songs |
Lennon, John | Cleanup Time | spring cleaning & household chores |
Cold Turkey | finishing | |
Gimme Some Truth | the truth | |
Gimme Some Truth | propaganda | |
Give Peace a Chance (with the Plastic Ono Band) | fictional adverts | |
God | fallen heroes | |
God Save Oz (as Bill Elliott & the Elastic Oz Band) | magazines | |
How Do You Sleep? | hatchet jobs | |
I’m Losing You (with Cheap Trick) | solo Beatles songs | |
Imagine | hope | |
Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) (with Yoko Ono & the Plastic Ono Band) | solo Beatles songs | |
Jealous Guy | guilt & apology | |
Look at Me | solo Beatles songs | |
Mother | screams, howls, grunts & shrieks | |
New York City | from New York City | |
Nobody Told Me | solo Beatles songs | |
Working Class Hero | sweary songs | |
Lenox, Annie | No More I Love You’s | leaving or being left behind |
Lenoir, J. B. | Tax Paying Blues | taxation |
The Whale Has Swallowed Me | cetaceans | |
Lenya, Lotte | Pirate Jenny | pirates |
Surabaya Johnny | trust | |
León, Rosa | Al Alba | ambiguity |
Leonard, Deke | Map of India | maps |
Leoncavallo, Ruggero | Vesti la giubba (from Pagliacci) (sung by Jussi Björling) | masks |
Les Amazones d’Afrique | Amazones Power | supergroups |
Les Compagnons de la Chanson | Cry of the Wild Goose | birdsong |
Les Innocents | Saint Sylvestre | tradition |
Les Négresses Vertes | Belle de nuit | influenced by reggae |
Zobi la mouche | accordion | |
Les Primitifs du Futur | Portait d’un 78 tard | markets & fairs |
Les Surfs | Scandale dans la famille | songs with a twist |
Let’s Active | Writing the Book of Last Pages | choosing & using words |
Let’s Eat Grandma | Hot Pink | pink |
Rapunzel | strange & surreal | |
Levellers | Another Man’s Cause | finish where they begin |
The Boatman | independence | |
Last Man Alive | apocalypse | |
One Way | sinners | |
Leven, Jackie | 1798 | sixth sense |
Another Man in the Old Arcade | asking, begging & pleading | |
Another Man’s Rain | telephones | |
The Bars of Dundee | pubs & bars | |
Billy Ate My Pocket | pockets | |
Breakfast with Johnny Dowd (as Sir Vincent Lone) | meals & mealtimes | |
Florin/Tweed (as Sir Vincent Lone) | coins | |
The Haunting of John Rebus | detectives | |
I Say a Little Prayer | covers by the opposite sex | |
The Innocent Railway | innocence | |
Jim O Windygates | oddballs, outcasts & outsiders | |
King of the Barley | being a man or a woman | |
Marble City Bar | Ireland | |
The Potato Pickers (as Sir Vincent Lone) | manual labour | |
Shadow in my Eye | eyes & sight | |
The Silver in Her Crucifix | silver & non-ferrous metals | |
Stopped by Woods on a Snowy Evening (with David Thomas) | winter sports | |
Young Male Suicide Blessed by Invisible Woman | provocative, strange or humorous titles | |
Levi, Papa | Mi God, Mi King | kings |
Levy, Barrington | Here I Come | showing off |
If You Give to Me | conditional phrases | |
Under Mi Sensi | denial | |
Levy, Yasmin | Mano Suave (with Natacha Atlas) | hands |
Lewie, Jona | You’ll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties | celebration |
Lewis, Barbara | Baby I’m Yours | everlasting love |
Lewis, Furry | Judge Harsh Blues | judges & trials |
Lewis, Gary & the Playboys | This Diamond Ring | precious stones |
Lewis, Huey & the News | Hip to Be Square | coolness |
Lewis, Jeffery | Anxiety Attack (with Jack Lewis) | sleep & insomnia |
Back When I Was 4 (with Jack Lewis & Anders Griffen) | ages | |
The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song | other songs | |
Moving (with Jack Lewis) | fresh starts | |
Roll Bus Roll (with the Junkyard) | buses | |
Securicor | companies & corporations | |
Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror (with Jack Lewis) | other musicians | |
WWPRD (with the Rain) | authenticity & fakery | |
Lewis, Jenny | Hollywood Lawn | Hollywood |
Rabbit Fur Coat | fashion | |
Rise Up With Fists!! (with the Watson Twins) | revolution | |
Lewis, Jerry Lee | Breathless | audible breaths |
Great Balls of Fire | fire | |
High School Confidential | jukeboxes | |
Meat Man | meat | |
Lewis, Laurie | Wood Thrush’s Song | nightingales & thrushes |
Lewis, Linda | Lark | notable key changes |
My Friend the Sun | hope | |
Lewis, Ramsey (see Ramsey Lewis Trio) | ||
Lewis, Smiley | Big Mamou | from New Orleans |
I Hear You Knockin’ | doors | |
Lewis Sisters | He’s an Oddball | oddballs, outcasts & outsiders |
LFO | LFO | vibrato, tremolo & oscillations |
Li, Lykke | Little Bit (Loving Hand Remix) | from Nordic countries |
So Sad So Sexy | eyes | |
Libaek, Sven | Inner Space | defined or redefined by television |
Libertines | Can’t Stand Me Now | friendship |
Narcissist | narcissism | |
Time for Heroes | hats | |
Ligeti, György | Continuum | harpsichord |
Liggins, Jimmy & His Drops of Joy | Cadillac Boogie | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
Liggins, Joe & His Honeydrippers | Pink Champagne | pink |
Lightfoot, Gordon | 10 Degrees and Getting Colder | great opening lines |
Canadian Railroad Trilogy | Canada | |
Early Morning Rain | loneliness | |
If You Could Read My Mind | reading | |
Sundown | sunsets & twilight | |
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald | rough & smooth | |
Lightning Seeds | The Life of Riley | songs defined or redefined by television |
Three Lions (with Baddiel & Skinner) | songs that capture the zeitgeist | |
Lil Louis | Club Lonely (with the World) | nightclubs |
French Kiss | orgasms | |
Love Is…Afraid of the Dark (with Tammy) | songs that say what love is | |
Lil’ Markie | Diary of an Unborn Child | worst songs |
Lil Nas X | Sun Goes Down | gender & LGBTQ+ |
Void | nothing | |
L’il Queenie & the Percolators | My Dawlin’ New Orleans | New Orleans |
Lil Wayne | A Milli | reckless consumption |
Lilac Time | A Day in the Night | Birmingham & the Black Country |
Liliput (see Kleenex) | ||
Limerick, Alison | Where Love Lives (Frankie Knuckles/David Morales Remix) | triggering dancing |
Limiñanas | The Dead Are Walking | horror-inspired songs |
Russian Roulette | wheels | |
Limón, Javier | Oro Santo (with Concha Buika) | favourite live versions |
Linares, Alfredo | Tiahuanaco | dance instrumentals |
Lincoln, Abbey | Blackberry Blossoms | urban wildlife |
Caged Bird | birds | |
For All We Know (with Geri Allen) | impermanence | |
Lost in the Stars | being lost | |
Throw It Away | songs offering advice | |
Lind, Bob | Elusive Butterfly | gentleness |
Linda, Solomon & the Evening Birds | Mbube | falsetto |
Lindenberg, Udo | Germans | krautrock |
Linder, Krister | Turning Daisies | extraordinary vocals |
Lindisfarne | Clear White Light (Pt. 2) | lighthouses |
Fog on the Tyne | arresting opening lines | |
Lady Eleanor | books | |
Sunderland Boys | North East England | |
Linkin Park | Breaking the Habit | starting over |
Leave Out All the Rest | legacy | |
Linx | Intuition | sixth sense |
Lipps Inc. | Funkytown | mixtape closers |
Funkytown (Super Disco Version) | 12″ singles to 1979 | |
Lipscomb, Mance | The Titanic | rare events |
Liquid | Sweet Harmony | sweetness |
Liquid Liquid | Cavern | lesser known originals |
Lislevand, Rolf | Guitar Quintet No.4 in D major: IV. Fandango (with Carmina Quartet & Nina Corti) (composer: Luigi Boccherini) | finger snaps & toe taps |
Lissie | Loosen the Knot | knots & ties |
The Ship Song | bridges | |
Liszt, Franz | Étude No 4 | songs that express excess |
Lithics | Glass of Water | non-alcoholic drinks |
Little, Jimmy | (Are You) The One I’ve Been Waiting For | crooners |
Little Ann | Deep Shadows | shadows |
Who Are You Trying to Fool | denial | |
Little Anthony & the Imperials | Better Use Your Head | change of mind |
The Diary | keys & locks | |
Little Axe | Storm Is Rising | storms |
Little Big Town | Your Side of the Bed | furniture |
Little Boots | Mathematics | mathematics |
Little Esther (see Phillips, Esther) | ||
Little Eva | The Loco-Motion | physical gestures |
Little Feat | All That You Dream | clouds |
Dixie Chicken | poultry | |
Down on the Farm | farm produce | |
Hi Roller | playing cards | |
Rad Gumbo | cooking | |
Spanish Moon | hedonism | |
Willin’ | smuggling & stealing | |
Little Jackie | LOL | telephones |
The World Should Revolve Around Me | eggs | |
Little Junior (see Parker, Junior) | ||
Little Mix | Wings | wings |
Little Red | Early in the Mornin’ (with Alan Lomax, ’22’, Tangle Eye & Hard Hair) | odd noises & instruments |
Little Richard | All Around the World | jukeboxes |
Bama Lama Bama Loo | comeback songs | |
Good Golly, Miss Molly | great keyboards | |
Keep a Knockin’ | obstacles | |
Long Tall Sally | triggering dancing | |
Ready Teddy | great album or mixtape openers | |
Rip It Up | the weekend | |
Tutti Frutti | songs with vim | |
Little River Band | Face in the Crowd | crowds |
Little Simz | Point and Kill (ft Obongjayer) | physical gestures |
Little Village | Don’t Think About Her When You’re Trying to Drive | road trips |
Little Walter | Blue Light | harmonica |
Last Night | last night | |
Mellow Down Easy | jumping | |
Little Willies | Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves | curves & spheres |
Littler Leroy & the Milestones | The Joker | laughter |
Liverpool Scene | The Entry of Christ into Liverpool | Liverpool & Merseyside |
Living Colour | Bi | gender & LGBTQ+ |
Flying | September 11 attacks | |
Love Rears Its Ugly Head | nightmares | |
Living in a Box | Living in a Box | bags & containers |
Livingstone, Dandy | Suzanne Beware of the Devil | girls’ names |
Lizzo | Naked | nudity |
LL Cool J | I Can’t Live Without My Radio | media for listening to recorded music |
Mama Said Knock You Out | comeback songs | |
That’s a Lie | lies | |
Lloyd, Bill | Private Eye | detectives |
Lloyd, Marie | My Old Man (Said Follow the Van) | loss |
Lô, Cheikh | Guiss Guiss | similes |
Lo, Tove | Habits (Stay High) | hedonism |
Loan, Dương Hồng | Phiên Cho Sông (with Lê Sang) | markets & fairs |
Lockwood, Annea | Breathing Machine | machines, robots & computers |
Lofgren, Nils | Flip Ya Flip | motivation |
No Mercy | decisive songs | |
Loft | Up the Hill and Down the Slope | fairgrounds |
Loganathan, Thiruchi | Kalyana Samayal Saadham | laughter |
Loggins and Messina | House at Pooh Corner | bears |
Lole y Manuel | Todo Es de Color | everything |
Lomax, Alan | Early in the Mornin’ (with ‘22’, Little Red, Tangle Eye and Hard Hair) | odd noises & instruments |
London, Julie | Always True to You in My Fashion | innuendo |
Cry Me a River | crying | |
Fly Me to the Moon | celestial bodies | |
London Grammar | Bones of Ribbon | bones |
Everyone Else | songs by trios | |
London Saxophonic | Bird’s Lament (with Moondog) | nicknames & pseudonyms |
Lone Justice | Working Late | domestic songs |
Lone Pigeon | King Creosote’s Wineglass Symphony | glass |
Lone, Sir Vincent (see Leven, Jackie) | ||
Long, Lionel | Click Go the Shears | farming |
Long, Shorty | Devil with the Blue Dress On | glamour & style |
Long Blondes | A Weekend Without Makeup | the weekend |
Guilt | bad decisions | |
Separated by Motorways | long-distance relationships | |
Separated by Motorways | driving songs | |
Too Clever by Half | intelligence | |
Long Ryders | A Stitch in Time | proverbs |
Looking for Lewis and Clark | opening album tracks | |
Long-Ge | Playing Mahjong | board games |
Longhair, Professor | Big Chief | honorific titles |
Mardi Gras in New Orleans | celebration | |
Tipitina | from New Orleans | |
Looking Glass | Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) | memorabilia & souvenirs |
Looper | Dave the Moon Man | shaggy dog stories & tall tales |
Modem Song | internet | |
My Robot | artificial intelligence | |
Up a Tree Again | immaturity | |
Loose Ends | Hangin’ on a String | uncertainty |
Lootpack | New Year’s Resolution | new resolutions |
New Year’s Resolution | new year songs | |
López, Leyanis | Como la Mariposa | butterflies & moths |
López, Pastor | El Cartero | written correspondence |
Loquat | Time Bending | curves & spheres |
Lord, Mary Lou | Martian Saints | saints & martyrs |
Some Jingle Jangle Morning | recreational drugs | |
Lord Beginner | Jamaica Hurricane | wind |
Lord Huron | Ghost on the Shore | limbo |
Lonesome Dreams | wilderness | |
Lord Invader | Rum and Coca-Cola | the Caribbean |
Lord Kitchener | Birth of Ghana | Africa |
London Is the Place for Me | London | |
Steel Band Music | steelpan | |
Tribute to Spree Simon | steelpan | |
Lord Melody | Wau Wau | shame |
Lord Relator | Gavaskar Calypso | cricket |
Lorde | A World Alone | striking album endings |
Green Light | songs with sudden changes | |
Royals | precious stones | |
White Teeth Teens | teeth | |
Lori & the Chameleons | The Lonely Spy | spying |
Touch | touch | |
Los Bárbaros | Zoom Zoom Zoom | tautonyms |
Los Bengala | El Salto del Tigre | jumping |
Los Brincos | Sol en Julio | months of the year |
Los Campesinos! | My Year in Lists | new resolutions |
The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future | tragedy & comedy | |
This Is How You Spell “HAHAHA, We Destroyed the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics” | long titles | |
This Is How You Spell “HAHAHA, We Destroyed the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics” | provocative, strange or humorous titles | |
Los Chunguitos | Me Quedo Contigo | songs in Spanish |
Los de Abajo | El Loco | Mexico & Central America |
Resistencia | resistance | |
Los del Río | Macarena | so bad they’re good |
Los Jaivas | Corre Que Te Pillo | following & chasing |
Foto de Primera Comunión | memorabilia & souvenirs | |
Sube a Nacer Conmigo Hermano | defined or redefined by television | |
Los Lobos | Vikings | skin |
Los Parientes de Playa Vicente | La Lloroncita | Mexico & Central America |
Los Piojos | Taxi Boy | taxis |
Los Saicos | Demolición | songs in Spanish |
Los Tigres del Norte | El Taxista | taxis |
La Liebre | taxation | |
Los Violadores | Uno-Dos Ultraviolento | books #2 |
Lothar and the Hand People | Machines | machines, robots & computers |
Rose Colored Glasses | red | |
Sdrawkcab | inversions | |
Lotus Eaters | The First Picture of You | photographs |
Loud Family | Marcia and Etrusca | odd couples |
Louris, Gary | Bicycle (with Mark Olson) | bicycles |
Louisiana Red | Red’s Dream | tyranny & dictatorship |
Loussier, Jacques | Air on a G String (as Jacques Loussier Trio) | classical songs |
La Fiancée du pirate | pirates | |
Louvin Brothers | Are You Washed in the Blood of the Lamb? | bodily fluids |
I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby | surprise encounters | |
Satan Lied to Me | deception | |
Louzolo, Philou | Beng Beng Beng (ft Cool Joe & Elvira) | tautonyms |
Phunky Coogi | religion | |
Love | 7 and 7 Is | false endings |
Alone Again Or | being alone | |
Five String Serenade (with Arthur Lee) | sixth sense | |
Live and Let Live | bodily fluids | |
Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale | California | |
Mushroom Clouds | clouds | |
Old Man | gifts & giving | |
You Set the Scene | striking album endings | |
Love, Darlene | Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) | alternative Christmas songs |
Love Affair | Everlasting Love | everlasting love |
Love and Rockets | Welcome Tomorrow | tomorrow |
Love Unlimited | Walkin’ in the Rain with the One I Love | telephones |
Love Unlimited Orchestra | It May Be Winter Outside (But In My Heart It’s Spring) | cold |
Love’s Theme (with Barry White) | defined or redefined by television | |
My Sweet Summer Suite | dance instrumentals | |
Theme from King Kong | monkeys & apes | |
Loveless, Patty | Rise Up Lazarus | resurrection |
Lovely Eggs | Watermelons | farm produce |
Loveninjas | Earl Grey with Honey | flavour |
Lovett, Lyle | Here I Am | meat |
If I Had a Boat | ships & boats | |
Penguins | birds | |
Pontiac | deceptive appearances | |
She’s Hot to Go | faces | |
West Texas Highway | hitchhiking | |
Lovich, Lene | Home Is Where the Heart Is | reunions |
Lucky Number | independence | |
Lovin’ Spoonful | 4 Eyes | eyes |
Money | greed | |
Summer in the City | heat | |
You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice | shyness | |
Lovindeer | Wild Gilbert | storms |
Low | Congregation | collective nouns |
Death of a Salesman | starting fires | |
Don’t Drop the Baby | babies & childbirth | |
Embrace | impermanence | |
I Started a Joke | fools | |
Just Like Christmas | alternative Christmas songs | |
Try to Sleep | adult lullabies | |
When I Go Deaf | silence | |
Low Anthem | This Goddamn House | organ |
Lowe, Jez | Back in Durham Gaol | North East England |
Lowe, Nick | Bay City Rollers, We Love You (as Tartan Horde) | worst songs |
Cracking Up | crisis | |
I Love My Label | companies & corporations | |
I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass | other songs | |
I Read a Lot | reading | |
I Trained Her to Love Me | anti-love songs | |
So It Goes | power | |
Switchboard Susan | obsolete things | |
Lowkey | Alphabet Assassin (ft Faith SFX) | alliteration |
Dear England (ft Mai Khalil) | England | |
Obama Nation | US presidents | |
Voices of the Voiceless (ft Immortal Technique) | justice | |
LT United | We Are the Winners | so bad they’re good |
Luar na Lubre | Chove en Santiago | Spain |
LUCA | Kurohato (Aogashima Island) | lower the heartrate |
Lucas, Austin | My Mother and the Devil | the Devil |
Lucas, Colin | Dollar Wine | coins |
Lucas, Gary | Attar of Roses (with Peter Hammill) | roses |
Luciano | Wat a Heat | heat #2 |
Lucien, Jon | Who Will Buy | advertising |
Lucifer | House for Sale | moving on |
Lucinda Belle Orchestra | Jimmy Choo’s | footwear |
Luckley, Stu | The Row Between the Cages (with Bob Fox) | North East England |
Lucky Jim | The Honeymooners | gifts & giving |
Lucy Pearl | Don’t Mess with My Man | supergroups |
Luhrmann, Baz | Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) | intelligence |
Luie Luie | El Touchy | touch |
Lulu | The Boat That I Row | ships & boats |
Boom Bang-a-Bang | noise | |
To Sir with Love | teachers | |
Lumineers | Stubborn Love | stubbornness |
Luna Sea | Mechanical Dance | machinery, industry & technology |
Lunachicks | Jan Brady | eggs |
Lunay | Soltera (ft Daddy Yankee & Bad Bunny) | being single |
Lund, Corb | Grizzly Bear Blues | bears |
Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier | horses | |
This Is My Prairie | American west | |
Time to Switch to Whiskey | finishing | |
The Truck Got Stuck | stuck or trapped | |
The Truth Comes Out | climate change | |
Lupo, Alberto | Parole Parole (with Mina) | songs with talking |
Lurkers | Lucky John | overturning the odds |
Now Is the Winter (as GLM) | quoting Shakespeare | |
Lush | 500 (Shake, Baby, Shake) | Italy |
Ciao! (ft Jarvis Cocker) | finishing | |
Heavenly Nobodies | hero worship | |
Ladykillers | flirting | |
Single Girl | being single | |
LV | CCTV (ft Dandelion) | influenced by dub |
Lynch, Stephen | Gerbil | rodents |
Lyndell, Linda | What a Man | lesser known originals |
Lynn, Barbara | You’ll Lose a Good Thing | warnings |
Lynn, Loretta | Coal Miner’s Daughter | social class |
Coal Miner’s Daughter | manual labour | |
One’s on the Way | babies & childbirth | |
Success | celebrity | |
Lynn, Vera | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square | London |
We’ll Meet Again | redefined by film | |
The White Cliffs of Dover | coming home | |
Lynne, Jeff | While My Guitar Gently Weeps (with Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Billy Preston et al) | guitars |
Lynne, Shelby | Slow Me Down | slowing down |
Lynott, Phil | Jamaican Rum | cocktails & spirits |
King’s Call | Elvis | |
Out in the Fields (with Gary Moore) | flags | |
Lynyrd Skynyrd | Free Bird | fear of missing out |
Gimme Three Steps | interlopers | |
Saturday Night Special | guns | |
Sweet Home Alabama | other songs | |
Lyrics | So What!! | indifference |