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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 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 |
| 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 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 (see Jacky) | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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, 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! | horses |
| This Is My Prairie | American west | |
| Time to Switch to Whiskey | finishing | |
| 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 |