The table below lists all A-listed songs by artists beginning with N. Some artists are also linked to their own individual pages.
| Artist | Song Title | Topic |
| Nada Surf | Here Goes Something | gravity |
| Popular | songs offering advice | |
| Nadadora | Septiembre No Está Tan Lejos | September |
| Nah, Youn Sun | Breakfast in Baghdad | specific or obscure places |
| Enter Sandman | musically adventurous | |
| Nakamoto, Tsutomu & the Shakari Orchestra | Tokyo Ballad | Asian cities |
| Nangarhari, Latif | Da Cricket Loba Dagatama Lar Aw Bar Afghanan Loy Afghanistan | cricket |
| Nannini, Gianna | Assenza | Italy |
| Profumo | smells | |
| Napalm Death | You Suffer | ten words or fewer |
| Napoleon XIV | They’re Coming to Take Me Away | whimsical songs |
| Naru, Akua | Poetry: How Does It Feel Now??? | lust |
| Nas | Daughters | fathers and daughters |
| Ether | cruel songs | |
| Fetus | babies & childbirth | |
| Fried Chicken (ft Busta Rhymes) | meat | |
| I Can | confidence | |
| I Gave You Power | guns | |
| N.Y. State of Mind | New York | |
| The World Is Yours | start with the chorus | |
| Nascimento, Milton | Cais | using your imagination |
| Cálice (with Chico Buarque) | tyranny & dictatorship | |
| Cravo e Canela | brown | |
| Fairy Tale Song (Cadê) | fairytales | |
| Outubro | months of the year | |
| Nash, Johnny | I Can See Clearly Now | the obvious |
| Nashville Teens | Tobacco Road | roads & streets |
| Nastasia, Nina | Bird of Cuzco | birdsong |
| I Write Down Lists (with Jim White) | collecting & listing | |
| Judy’s in the Sandbox | flirting | |
| That’s All There Is | acceptance | |
| National | Brainy | intelligence |
| Exile Vilify | exile | |
| Mistaken for Strangers | strangers | |
| National Lampoon | Deteriorata | songs offering advice |
| Natural Ites | Picture on the Wall | chairs |
| Nature Zone | Porcupine | rodents |
| Nau, Lau (see Lau Nau) | ||
| Nazareth | This Flight Tonight | aviation |
| Nazz | Open My Eyes | songs to start the morning |
| Ndegeocello, Meshell | Ain’t Misbehavin’ (with Jason Moran) | artistic trends of the 21st century |
| ASR | acronyms | |
| Don’t Take My Kindness for Weakness | idioms & common expressions | |
| If That’s Your Boyfriend (He Wasn’t Last Night) | last night | |
| Love Song #1 | influenced by reggae | |
| N’Dour, Youssou | 7 Seconds (with Neneh Cherry) | unlikely collaborations |
| Beykat | villages | |
| The Lion (Gaiende) | bravery | |
| L’Ours (with Christophe Maé) | bears | |
| Necks | Hanging Garden | gardens |
| Neeley, Ted | Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say) | extraordinary vocals |
| Negativland | Christianity is Stupid | tyranny & dictatorship |
| Negro, J. Walter & the Loose Jointz | Shoot the Pump | refreshment & cooling down |
| Neil, Fred | The Dolphins | fish & other aquatic life |
| I’ve Got a Secret (Didn’t We Shake Sugaree) | secrets & secrecy | |
| The Water Is Wide | water | |
| Nelly | Hot in Herre | heat #2 |
| Nelson, Bill | Another Day, Another Ray of Hope | hope |
| Beyond These Clouds the Sweetest Dream | clouds | |
| Do You Dream In Colour | colours | |
| Furniture Music (as Bill Nelson’s Red Noise) | decor | |
| Nelson, Ricky | Garden Party (as Rick Nelson) | acceptance |
| Lonesome Town | losers | |
| Summertime | great riffs | |
| Nelson, Willie | Always on My Mind | apologies |
| Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other | secrets | |
| Funny How Time Slips Away | dialogue | |
| I Never Cared for You | opposites | |
| Me and Paul | friendship | |
| Midnight Run | whiskey | |
| Red Headed Stranger | strangers | |
| Seven Year Itch | itching & scratching | |
| They All Went to Mexico (with Carlos Santana) | Mexico & Central America | |
| Nena | 99 Luftballons | historical events |
| N.E.R.D. | Bobby James | character songs |
| Nero and the Gladiators | In the Hall of the Mountain King | myths & legends |
| Nerves | Hanging on the Telephone | lesser known originals |
| Nesbitt, Nina | Selfies | photography |
| Nesmith, Michael | Different Drum | independence |
| Rio 2 | aviation | |
| RIo 1 | escape | |
| Neu! | After Eight | times of day |
| E-Musik | driving songs | |
| Euphoria | euphoria | |
| Für Immer | krautrock | |
| Hallogallo | long songs | |
| Hero | out-of-tune songs | |
| Lila Engel | purple | |
| Neutral Milk Hotel | Holland, 1945 | places in Europe |
| In the Aeroplane Over the Sea | ‘high’ songs | |
| Neville, Aaron | Hercules | named after men |
| Louisiana 1927 | bad weather | |
| Stompin’ Ground (with Dirty Dozen Brass Band) | from New Orleans | |
| Tell It Like It Is | from New Orleans | |
| Neville Brothers | Sister Rosa | leadership |
| Sitting in Limbo | limbo | |
| With God on Our Side | acceptance | |
| Yellow Moon | yellow | |
| New Dawn | Loser | losers |
| New Model Army | Ballad | climate change |
| Die Trying | winter | |
| Green and Grey | rural songs | |
| Higher Wall | interlopers | |
| Purity | propaganda | |
| Spirit of the Falklands | army | |
| Vagabonds | searching & seeking | |
| Vengeance | justice | |
| Western Dream | bad decisions | |
| New Musik | Living by Numbers | modernity |
| Living by Numbers | mathematics | |
| New Order | 1963 | dates |
| Age of Consent | coming of age | |
| Bizarre Love Triangle | great keyboards | |
| Blue Monday | 1980s 12” singles | |
| Ceremony | crisis | |
| Every Little Counts | notable outros or codas | |
| In a Lonely Place | scary songs | |
| Love Vigilantes | home | |
| Regret | regrets | |
| Temptation | falling in love | |
| Thieves Like Us | songs that say what love is | |
| True Faith | faith | |
| Your Silent Face | silence | |
| World in Motion | football | |
| New Radicals | You Get What You Give | proverbs |
| New Riders of the Purple Sage | Carl Perkins Wears the Crown | crowns |
| New York Dolls | Pills | hospitals |
| Newbeats | Bread and Butter | bread, cakes, pastry & biscuits |
| Newcleus | Computer Age (Push the Button) | switches & buttons |
| Newcomer, Carrie | Betty’s Diner | restaurants & cafes |
| I Wish I May, I Wish I Might | markets & fairs | |
| Newell, Martin | Before the Hurricane | wind |
| Newman, Paul | Plastic Jesus | plastic |
| Newman, Randy | A Few Words in Defense of Our Country | fallen heroes |
| Baltimore | US cities & states | |
| Big Hat, No Cattle | lies | |
| Christmas in Cape Town | alternative Christmas songs | |
| God’s Song (That’s Why I Love Mankind) | misunderstanding | |
| Guilty | id, ego & superego | |
| In Germany Before the War | unsettling songs | |
| Last Night I Had a Dream | nightmares | |
| Let’s Burn Down the Cornfield | starting fires | |
| Lonely at the Top | wealth | |
| Love Story (You and Me) | everlasting love | |
| Mikey’s | old age | |
| Naked Man | nudity | |
| Political Science | nuclear war | |
| Stay Away | COVID-19 lockdown | |
| Texas Girl at the Funeral of Her Father | separation | |
| The World Isn’t Fair | philosophers | |
| You Can Leave Your Hat On | hats | |
| Newsom, Joanna | Bridges and Balloons | bridges |
| Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie | orchestral string instruments | |
| Colleen | mythical beasts | |
| Emily | siblings | |
| Go Long | songs with special guests | |
| Good Intentions Paving Co, | companies & corporations | |
| Have One on Me | spiders | |
| Monkey & Bear | strange, rare or unlikely words | |
| On a Good Day | harps, lyres & zithers | |
| Sadie | pets | |
| Sapokanikan | unusual rhymes | |
| You and Me, Bess | horses | |
| Newton, Slim | The Redback on the Toilet Seat | spiders |
| Newton-John, Olivia | Please Mr. Please | jukeboxes |
| Ngema, Mbongeni | Laduma! | crowds |
| Ní Fhearraigh, Aoife | Gabhaim Molta Bríghde (I Give Praise to Saint Brigid) | Gaelic songs |
| Nicely, Nick | Hilly Fields (1892) | parks |
| Solar Wind | rainbows | |
| Nicholas Brothers | Chattanooga Choo Choo (with Dorothy Dandridge & the Glenn Miller Orchestra) | finger snaps & toe taps |
| Jumpin’ Jive (with Cab Calloway) | jumping | |
| Nicholls, Billy | London Social Degree | songs that aren’t what they seem |
| Nichols, Jeb Loy | CountryMusicDisco45 | last night |
| Nickel Creek | The Lighthouse’s Tale | unusual narrators |
| Thinnest Wall | superlatives | |
| Nicks, Stevie | Ooh My Love | castles |
| Nico | All Tomorrow’s Parties (with the Velvet Underground) | parties & going out |
| The Fairest of the Seasons | songs that make you cry | |
| Femme Fatale (with the Velvet Underground) | accents | |
| I’ll Be Your Mirror (with the Velvet Underground) | mirrors | |
| I’m Not Sayin’ | debut songs | |
| It Has Not Taken Long | brevity | |
| Lawns of Dawns | dawn | |
| Nibelungen | myths & legends | |
| Secret Side | secrets | |
| These Days | androgynous vocals | |
| Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams | dreams | |
| Nicolette | No Government | left wing politics |
| We Never Know | never | |
| Nigam, Sonu | Zoobi Doobi (with Shreya Ghoshal) | stupidity |
| Nightcrawlers | A Basket of Flowers | bags & containers |
| Nighthawk, Robert | Black Angel Blues | sweetness |
| Nightingales | Urban Ospreys | urban wildlife |
| Watch Your Posture | bodily motion & exercise | |
| Nightmares on Wax | The Sweetest | sweetness |
| Nightwish | Wishmaster | so bad they’re good |
| Nigo | Come On, Let’s Go (with Tyler, the Creator) | punctuality |
| Nilsson, Harry | All I Think About Is You | choirs |
| Coconut | futility | |
| Coconut | fruit | |
| Everybody’s Talkin’ | echoes | |
| Everything’s Got ‘Em | psychedelia | |
| I’m Always Chasing Rainbows | rainbows | |
| Me and My Arrow | pets | |
| The Moonbeam Song | ambiguity | |
| Without You | heartbreak | |
| Nimoy, Leonard | The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins | books #2 |
| Nine Inch Nails | Closer | lust |
| The Collector | collecting & listing | |
| Head Like a Hole | holes | |
| Hurt | recreational drugs | |
| March of the Pigs | musically adventurous | |
| Terrible Lie | broken promises | |
| Wish | trust | |
| Nirvana | All Apologies | guilt & apology |
| Been a Son | feminism | |
| Breed | indifference | |
| Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle | scandal | |
| Heart-Shaped Box | bags & containers | |
| Polly | crime | |
| Scentless Apprentice | books #2 | |
| School | school | |
| Smells Like Teen Spirit | brands | |
| Something in the Way | homelessness | |
| Nirvana (UK band) | Tiny Goddess | songs that fit every topic |
| Nisennenmondai | A (Live at Clouds Hill) | underrated artists |
| Nits | The Bauhaus Chair | chairs |
| Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Mary Danced with Soldiers | girls’ names |
| Nitzer Ebb | Getting Closer | two – part 2 |
| Join In the Chant | machinery, industry & technology | |
| Nitzsche, Jack | One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Opening Theme) | odd noises & instruments |
| Nix, Reverend A. W. | Black Diamond Express to Hell Part 1 | heaven & hell |
| Nixon, Mojo | Elvis Is Everywhere (with Skid Roper) | conspiracy theories & paranoia |
| Plastic Jesus (with Jello Biafra) | plastic | |
| Nizlopi | JCB Song | yellow |
| No Bird Sing | Plastic Lines (ft Alicia Wiley) | photographs |
| No Doubt | Don’t Speak | loss |
| Magic’s in the Makeup | makeup | |
| Noah and the Whale | The First Days of Spring | channelling pain |
| My Door Is Always Open | doors | |
| Noble, Ray & His Orchestra | Dinner for One Please, James (with Al Bowlly) | meals & mealtimes |
| Looking on the Bright Side of Life (with Al Bowlly) | optimistic songs | |
| Love Is the Sweetest Thing (with Al Bowlly) | songs that say what love is | |
| Please Don’t Mention It (with Al Bowlly & Anona Winn) | letters, emails & telegrams | |
| The Very Thought of You (with Al Bowlly) | crooners | |
| Nobles, Cliff & Co. | The Horse | animals |
| Nocturnal Emissions | Never Give Up | single-mindedness |
| NOFX | One Million Coasters | plastic |
| Noir & Haze | Around | made you fall in love with music |
| Nomad | (I Wanna Give You) Devotion | gifts & giving |
| NoMeansNo | 0+2=1 | the impossible |
| Brother Rat / What Slayde Says | treachery & betrayal | |
| Nomi, Klaus | Death (composer: Henry Purcell) | high pitched vocals |
| Noname | Paradise (ft Queen SheCago) | tigers |
| Nordine, Ken | Brown | brown |
| Normal | T.V.O.D. | television |
| Warm Leatherette | cars & driving | |
| North Atlantic Invasion Force | Elephant on My Tambourine | elephants & mammoths |
| Nosequien y los Nosecuantos | Pisco Sour | cocktails & spirits |
| Notorious B.I.G. | Juicy | victory |
| Things Done Changed | change | |
| Nougaro, Claude | Paris mai | Paris |
| Nouvelle Vague | Too Drunk to Fuck | drinking |
| Nova Mob | The Last Days of Pompeii | natural disasters |
| Novas | The Crusher | dance styles |
| Numan, Gary | Angel Wars | disbelief |
| Nunes, Clara | Feira de Mangaio | markets & fairs |
| Sabiá | orange | |
| Nurse | The Nurse | nursing & healthcare |
| Nutini, Paolo | A Man’s a Man for A’ That | words of wisdom |
| New Shoes | old and new | |
| Nuyorican Soul | It’s Alright, I Feel It | joyous songs |
| N.W.A. | Express Yourself | confidence |
| Fuck Tha Police | sound effects | |
| Straight Outta Compton | California | |
| Nyman, Michael | Secrets, Accusations and Lies (with David McAlmont) | secrets & secrecy |
| Nyro, Laura | A Free Thinker | freedom |
| And When I Die | music for funerals | |
| Beads of Sweat | perspiration | |
| Blackpatch | kindness | |
| Gibsom Street | adversity | |
| Monkey Time / Dancing in the Street (with Labelle) | dancing | |
| Mother’s Spiritual | nature | |
| Roadnotes | birthdays | |
| Stoned Soul Picnic | meals & mealtimes | |