The table below lists all A-listed songs by artists beginning with O. Some artists are also linked to their own individual pages.
| Artist | Song Title | Topic |
| Oasis | Champagne Supernova | wine |
| Cum On Feel the Noize | volume | |
| Fade Away | children | |
| Half the World Away | Manchester | |
| Rock ’n’ Roll Star | celebrity | |
| Whatever | cello | |
| Obel, Agnes | Beast | harps, lyres & zithers |
| The Curse | blessings & curses | |
| Fuel to Fire | piano songs | |
| Golden Green | green | |
| Obey, Chief Commander Ebenezer | Austerity Measure | austerity |
| Object One | Typewriter | switches & buttons |
| O’Brien, Richard | Over at the Frankenstein Place (with Barry Bostwick & Susan Sarandon) | lighthouses |
| Ocean, Billy | Caribbean Queen | queens |
| Love Really Hurts Without You | fictional adverts | |
| When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going | spirit of 2021 | |
| Ocean, Frank | Thinkin’ ‘Bout You | falsetto |
| Ocean Colour Scene | The Riverboat Song | Birmingham & the Black Country |
| Oceans, Lucky | Alone and Forsaken | steel guitar |
| Oceansize | Music for a Nurse | Manchester |
| Ochs, Phil | Chords of Fame | effects of fame |
| The Crucifixion | assassination | |
| Here’s to the State of Mississippi | rejection | |
| Love Me, I’m a Liberal | funny songs | |
| The Party | deceptive appearances | |
| Rehearsals for Retirement | failure | |
| Spanish Civil War Song | Spain | |
| Talkin’ Cuban Crisis | historical events | |
| O’Connell, Helen | How D’Ya Like Your Eggs in the Morning (with Dean Martin) | eggs |
| O’Connell, Robbie | Kilkelly, Ireland | exile |
| O’Connor, Hazel | Eighth Day | science |
| Will You? | anticipation | |
| O’Connor, Sinéad | Curly Locks | curves & spheres |
| The Funeral | Gaelic songs | |
| I Am Stretched on Your Grave | bereavement | |
| Jackie | named after men | |
| Night Nurse | nursing & healthcare | |
| Nothing Compares 2 U | nothing | |
| This Is a Rebel Song | anger | |
| Troy | songs that give you goosebumps | |
| Oddjob | Musical Pocket Watch | pockets |
| Where Eagles Dare | raptors | |
| Odell, Tom | Another Love | substitutions |
| ODESZA | Light of Day (ft Ólafur Arnalds) | conditional phrases |
| Odetta | Another Man Done Gone | minimalist songs |
| Another Man Done Gone | great solo performances | |
| Freedom Trilogy | freedom | |
| Masters of War | deep voices | |
| There’s a Hole in the Bucket (with Harry Belafonte) | geometric shapes | |
| Odetta & Larry | Old Blue | pets |
| Odyssey | Going Back to My Roots | start with the chorus |
| If You’re Lookin’ for a Way Out | heartbreak | |
| Inside Out | meta-songs | |
| Native New Yorker | New York | |
| Odyssey (Californian band) | Our Lives Are Shaped by What We Love | meaning of life |
| Of Monsters and Men | King and Lionheart | kings |
| of Montreal | The Actor’s Opprobrium | theatre |
| Sing You a Love You Song | songs about love songs | |
| Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games | misleading or incongruous titles | |
| Ofenbach | Head Shoulders Knees & Toes (with Quarterhead & Norma Jean Martine) | bodily motion & exercise |
| Offa Rex | To Make You Stay | staying |
| Offenbach, Jacques | Galop infernal (Can Can) | France |
| Offspring | Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) | tattoos & piercings |
| O’Flynn, Liam | Dark Slender Boy | drone music |
| Oh Sees | Drone # 3 (as Ohsees) | drone music |
| Heavy Doctor (as Thee Oh Sees) | doctors | |
| Oh Susanna | Greyhound Bus | buses |
| Oh, What a Lovely War! Cast | Bombed Again Last Night | survival |
| Ohio Players | Funky Worm | whimsical songs |
| Paint Me | painting & painters | |
| O’Hooley & Tidow | Summat’s Brewing | Yorkshire |
| Oi Polloi | A Whole New Ball Game | curves & spheres |
| Anarcho-Pie | recipe songs | |
| Destroi Phallocentricity | strange, rare or unlikely words | |
| Nuclear Waste | power | |
| Union Jack? Thall’s Cac! | Scotland | |
| O’Jays | Back Stabbers | lies |
| Love Train | trains | |
| Paradise | paradise | |
| Put Your Hands Together | prayer | |
| Ship Ahoy | the sea | |
| Unity | unity | |
| OK Go | The One Moment | impressive videos |
| Okkervil River | Black | secrets & secrecy |
| Down Down the Deep River | New England | |
| John Allyn Smith Sails | songs with a twist | |
| Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas | other songs | |
| Plus Ones | patterns & sequences | |
| The President’s Dead | US presidents | |
| Red | red | |
| The War Criminal Rises and Speaks | justice | |
| Your Past Life as a Blast | brothers & sisters | |
| Okoawo, Iyeoka | Revolution | songwriting |
| Old Crow Medicine Show | Firewater | cocktails & spirits |
| Motel in Memphis | hotels | |
| Used to Be a Mountain | wastelands | |
| Oldfield, Mike | Tubular Bells | musically adventurous |
| Oldham, Andrew (see Andrew Oldham Orchestra) | ||
| Oldham, Will | Death to Everyone (as Bonnie “Prince” Billy) | death |
| I See a Darkness (as Bonnie “Prince” Billy) | platonic love | |
| Ohio River Boat Song (as Bonnie “Prince” Billy) | rivers | |
| Oliver | Good Morning Starshine | stars |
| Oliver, King | Canal Street Blues (with the Creole Jazz Band) | from New Orleans |
| Olsen, Angel | Summer | eureka moments |
| Through the Fires | heartbreak | |
| Olsen, George | The Best Things in Life Are Free | superlatives |
| Olson, Mark | Bicycle (with Gary Louris) | bicycles |
| Omar & the Howlers | Big Legs | legs & pants |
| Ondara | American Dream | illusions |
| Oneohtrix Point Never | Remember | drone music |
| Ones | Flawless | glamour & style |
| Only Ones | Another Girl, Another Planet | impressive intros |
| Another Girl, Another Planet | sci-fi & space | |
| Why Don’t You Kill Yourself | blessings & curses | |
| Ono, Yoko | Approximately Infinite Universe | estimates of distance & time |
| Firework (Katy Perry mash-up) | eccentric songs | |
| Give Peace a Chance (with John Lennon) | fictional adverts | |
| Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) (with John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band) | solo Beatles songs | |
| Listen, the Snow Is Falling | audible breaths | |
| Looking Over from My Hotel Window (with Plastic Ono Band) | hotels | |
| Onyeabor, William | Tomorrow | tomorrow |
| When the Going Is Smooth & Good | synth pop 1980-2000 | |
| Oomori Seiko | Fin Girl | Japan |
| Opal | Harriet Brown | actors |
| Soul Giver | psychedelia | |
| OPM | Heaven Is a Halfpipe | religion |
| Orange Juice | Consolation Prize | self-deprecation |
| Falling and Laughing | channelling pain | |
| Felicity | out-of-tune songs | |
| Felicity | happiness | |
| Poor Old Soul (Part 1) | idioms & common expressions | |
| Poor Old Soul (French version) | foreign language versions | |
| Rip It Up | other songs | |
| Orange Lemon (see Terry, Todd) | ||
| Orb | A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld | long titles |
| Fussball (ft Lee Scratch Perry) | winners | |
| Little Fluffy Clouds | opening album tracks | |
| Orbison, Roy | Crying | heartbreak |
| Here Comes That Song Again | jukeboxes | |
| I Drove All Night | determination | |
| In Dreams | redefined by film | |
| It’s Over | divorce | |
| Oh, Pretty Woman | change of mind | |
| Running Scared | escape | |
| Working for the Man | anti-work songs | |
| Orbital | Belfast | Ireland |
| Impact USA (The Earth Is Burning: Diversion) | environment | |
| Walk Now | walking & running | |
| Orchestre Baobab | Foire internationale | markets & fairs |
| Mouhamadou Bamba | preachers, priests & religious leaders | |
| Utru Horas | saxophone | |
| Orchestra Harlow | Freak Off | hedonism |
| Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Electricity | machinery, industry & technology |
| Enola Gay | nuclear war | |
| Enola Gay | aviation | |
| Genetic Engineering | industry & manufacturing | |
| Genetic Engineering | science | |
| Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc) | historical figures | |
| Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc) | 3/4 time | |
| Souvenir | synth pop 1980-2000 | |
| Stanlow | northern England | |
| Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou | Mi Ni Non Kpo | great riffs |
| Oreana | Mogollon | wolves |
| Orff, Carl | Gassenhauer nach Hans Neusiedler (with Gunild Keetman) | instrumental soundtracks |
| Organized Konfusion | Releasing Hypnotical Gases | strange, rare or unlikely words |
| Who Stole My Last Piece of Chicken? | nostalgia | |
| Originals | The Bells | weddings |
| Orioles | It’s Too Soon to Know | uncertainty |
| There’s No One But You | great songwriting 1900-1955 | |
| Orkestra Obsolete | Blue Monday | old meets new |
| Orlando, Tony | Don’t Let Go | genre switch |
| Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree (with Dawn) | knots & ties | |
| Orton, Beth | Blood Red River | non sequiturs |
| Galaxy of Emptiness | celestial bodies | |
| Ory’s Sunshine Orchestra | Ory’s Creole Trombone | trombone |
| Os Mutantes | Bat Macumba | magic |
| Desculpe, Babe | apologies | |
| Panis et Circenses | bread, cakes, pastry & biscuits | |
| Osborne, Kell | You Can’t Outsmart a Woman | intelligence |
| Osbourne, Johnny | Buddy Bye | stop-start songs |
| He Can Surely Turn the Tide | nightingales & thrushes | |
| Osbourne, Ozzy | Mr. Crowley | magic |
| Osibisa | Jumbo | elephants & mammoths |
| Oslin, K. T. | Hold Me | decisive songs |
| Osmond, Jimmy | I’m Going to Knock On Your Door | persistence |
| Osmonds | Crazy Horses | environment |
| O’Sullivan, Gilbert | Alone Again, Naturally | disappointment |
| Other Half | Mr. Pharmacist | recreational drugs |
| Other Two | Spirit Level | hardware |
| Otis, Johnny | Casting My Spell on You (with Marci Lee) | making things |
| Double-Crossing Blues (as Johnny Otis Quintette, with Little Esther & the Robins) | treachery & betrayal | |
| Willie and the Hand Jive | fads & crazes | |
| Otis, Shuggie | Aht Uh Mi Hed | Valentine’s Day songs |
| Strawberry Letter 23 | red | |
| OutKast | B.O.B. | songs with vim |
| Dracula’s Wedding (ft Kelis) | myths & legends | |
| Hey Ya! | handclaps | |
| Hollywood Divorce (ft Lil Wayne & Snoop Dogg) | actors | |
| Mighty ‘O’ | call and response | |
| Ms. Jackson | mothers | |
| Rosa Parks | named after women | |
| The Train (ft Sleepy Brown & Scar) | trains | |
| Over the Rhine | Favorite Time of Light | simple pleasures |
| I Don’t Want to Waste Your Time | personal theme songs | |
| If a Song Could Be President | US presidents | |
| The King Knows How | Elvis | |
| Let’s Spend the Day in Bed | beds | |
| Overseer | Heligoland | islands |
| Heligoland | Britain | |
| Owens, Kelly Lee | Luminous Spaces (with Jon Hopkins) | psychedelia |
| Owusu, Genesis | Smiling Without Teeth | teeth |
| Oysterband | Blood-Red Roses | roses |
| The Cornish Farewell Shanty | choirs | |
| The Dark Eyed Sailor (with June Tabor) | eavesdropping | |
| Seven Curses (with June Tabor) | judges & trials | |
| Susie Clelland (with June Tabor) | gripping or intriguing narrative | |
| When I’m Up, I Can’t Get Down | motivation | |
| When That Helicopter Comes | aviation | |
| Ozark Mountain Daredevils | It’ll Shine When It Shines | songs for your teenage self |