The table below lists all A-listed songs by artists beginning with P. Some artists are also linked to their own individual pages.
| Artist | Song Title | Topic |
| P-Model | Art Mania | museums, galleries & exhibitions |
| Paavoharju | Valo tihkuu kaiken läpi | bright and beautiful |
| Pablo | Record Shop | hearing, choosing & playing records |
| Pablo, Augustus | Cassava Piece | fractions & portions |
| King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown | B sides | |
| Pacheco, Johnny | Quimbara (with Celia Cruz) | songs in Spanish |
| Pachelbel, Johann | Canon in D | songs that build |
| Pachora | Drifting | unusual time signatures |
| Pagan Wanderer Lu | Banish Negative Thoughts | futility |
| Page, Hot Lips | The Egg or the Hen | eggs |
| Feelin’ High and Happy | motivation | |
| Page, Jim | I’d Rather Be Dancing | peace |
| Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Come Saturday | the weekend |
| Young Adult Friction | libraries | |
| Painted Places | Breeze on the Tees | North East England |
| Paisley, Brad | Accidental Racist (ft LL Cool J) | flags |
| Karate (ft Charlie Daniels) | fighting | |
| Online | substitutions | |
| Whiskey Lullaby (with Alison Krauss) | whiskey | |
| Pajo, David | I Am Not Lonely with Cricket | cricket |
| Pale Saints | Kinky Love | fetishes |
| Paleface | Burn and Rob | mood-changing music |
| Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da | Missa Papae Marcelli: Gloria | choirs |
| Pallas, Tyla J. | The Hellraisers | songs that fit every topic |
| Ode to Jackie Leven | biography & autobiography | |
| Pallett, Owen | Red Sun No 5 | red |
| Pallot, Nerina | Circus | the circus |
| English | England | |
| Palmashow | Quinoa (as the Bobo’s) | farm produce |
| Palmer, Amanda | Australia | Australia |
| The Bed Song (with the Grand Theft Orchestra) | chicken and egg | |
| The Bed Song (with the Grand Theft Orchestra) | pathos | |
| Map of Tasmania (with the Young Punx) | geometric shapes | |
| Runs in the Family | inheritance | |
| Palmer, Robert | Housework | spring cleaning & household chores |
| I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On | apologies | |
| Panda Bear | Scheherazade | classical songs |
| Take Pills | mental illness | |
| Pangaea | Router | equality |
| Panic! at the Disco | Girls/Girls/Boys | gender & LGBTQ+ |
| I Write Sins Not Tragedies | awkwardness | |
| Panic Room | Promises | promises & choices |
| Pantera | Mouth for War | anger |
| Walk | walking & running | |
| Papa Wemba | Dixième commandement | preachers, priests & religious leaders |
| Papaoke | Biathlon | winter sports |
| Paper Kites | Pocket Full of Rain | pockets |
| Paper Lace | Billy, Don’t Be a Hero | volunteering |
| Paperfangs | Lifelong | odd couples |
| Paragons | Island in the Sun | islands |
| Man Next Door (aka I’ve Got to Get Away) | neighbours | |
| The Tide Is High | violin | |
| Paramore | Misery Business | surprising intros |
| Paranoid Visions | From Dublin with Love | Ireland |
| Paris | The Days of Old | melancholy songs |
| Paris, Bobby | I Walked Away | first & last time |
| Paris Studio Group | Accroche-toi Caroline | TV theme songs |
| Parish, John | A Woman a Man Walked By (with PJ Harvey) | mistaken identity |
| Parisians | Twinkle Little Star | stars |
| Parker, Alan | Hot Pants (with Alan Hawkshaw) | clothes |
| Parker, Anders | Hoping Machine (with Jay Farrar, Will Johnson & Yim Yames) | persistence |
| Parker, Bobby | Watch Your Step | warnings |
| Parker, Charlie | Bird of Paradise | paradise |
| Koko | more questions than answers | |
| Now’s the Time | new resolutions | |
| Summertime | from New York City | |
| Parker, Dyon | Footprints in the Snow | snow & ice |
| Parker, Graham | Everyone’s Hand Is on the Switch | switches & buttons |
| Everything Goes | indifference | |
| Heat Treatment | heat #2 | |
| Parker, Junior | Mystery Train (as Little Junior’s Blue Flames) | trains |
| Parker, Ray Jr. | Ghostbusters | companies & corporations |
| Parker, Robert | Barefootin’ | dance styles |
| Barefootin’ | from New Orleans | |
| Parker, Trey | America, Fuck Yeah | America |
| Parkins, Zeena | Firebrat | harps, lyres & zithers |
| Parks, Aaron | Attention, Earthlings | unusual time signatures |
| Parks, Arlo | Hope | hope |
| Parks, Van Dyke | Donovan’s Colours | great arrangements |
| Parlet | Misunderstandings | misunderstanding |
| Parliament | Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadisco-betabioaquadoloop) | underwater |
| Flash Light | 12″ singles to 1979 | |
| Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker) | best bass lines | |
| I Just Got Back (From the Final Fantasy, Ahead of Our Time in the Four Lands of Ellet) | fictional places | |
| Ride On | spine & neck | |
| The Silent Boatman | quiet | |
| Unfunky UFO | surprise encounters | |
| Parquet Courts | Stoned and Starving | marijuana |
| Parr, John | St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion) | determination |
| Parra, Isabel | Lo Único Que Tengo (with Victor Jara) | hands |
| Parra, Violeta | Gracias a la Vida | gratitude |
| Parrish, Dean | Determination | single-mindedness |
| I’m On My Way | upbeat break-up | |
| Parsons, Alan (see also Alan Parsons Project) | Too Close to the Sun | wings |
| Parsons, Gram | $1000 Wedding | weddings |
| Brass Buttons | mothers | |
| Hearts on Fire | great backing vocals | |
| The New Soft Shoe | shoes | |
| Return of the Grievous Angel | reunions | |
| We’ll Sweep Out the Ashes in the Morning | tomorrow | |
| Pärt, Arvo | The Beatitudes | volume changes |
| Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten | songs that make you cry | |
| Spiegel im Spiegel | mirrors | |
| Partisans | Hysteria | confusion & delusion |
| Parton, Dolly | 9 to 5 | anti-work songs |
| Coat of Many Colors | making things | |
| Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) | exile | |
| Jolene | named after women | |
| Love Is Like a Butterfly | butterflies & moths | |
| My Blue Tears (with Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris) | songs by trios | |
| My Tennessee Mountain Home | chairs | |
| Put It Off Until Tomorrow | procrastination | |
| Washday Blues | spring cleaning & household chores | |
| When the Sun Goes Down Tomorrow | hitchhiking | |
| Partridge, Andy | The Cryonic Trombone (with Peter Blegvad) | gases |
| Partridge Family | One Night Stand | strangers |
| Pascoal, Hermeto | Slaves Mass (Missa Dos Escravos) | animal sounds |
| Passage | XOYO | music as nutrition |
| Passengers | Miss Sarajevo | unlikely collaborations |
| Passepied | Orange | orange |
| Passions | I’m in Love with a German Film Star | inspired by or about films |
| Pastels | The Viaduct (Ian Carmichael Remix) | staying |
| Pastorius, Jaco | Liberty City | steelpan |
| Opus Pocus | hammer & mallet instruments | |
| Portrait of Tracy | great solo performances | |
| Three Views of a Secret | secrets & secrecy | |
| Pate, Johnny | You Can’t Even Walk in the Park | instrumental soundtracks |
| Patti Smith Group (see Smith, Patti) | ||
| Patton, Charley | Down the Dirt Road Blues | earth, soil & dirt |
| Dry Well Blues | wells | |
| Mississippi Boweavil Blues | insects | |
| Oh Death (with Bertha Lee) | COVID-19 lockdown | |
| Oh Death (with Bertha Lee) | songs by duos | |
| Patton, Mike | Che notte! | genre switch |
| Patty & the Emblems | Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl | confusion & delusion |
| Paul, Billy | East | Africa |
| Let ‘Em In | welcoming | |
| Me and Mrs. Jones | punctuality | |
| Your Song | covers better than the original | |
| Paul, Les | Smoke Rings (with Mary Ford) | fictional adverts |
| Pavarotti, Luciano | It’s a Man’s World (with James Brown) | collaborations & side projects |
| Nessun dorma (from Turandot) (composer: Giacomo Puccini) | football | |
| Pavement | Carrot Rope | cricket |
| Range Life | self-referential songs | |
| Shady Lane | false endings | |
| Spit on a Stranger | anger | |
| Summer Babe (Winter Version) | refreshment & cooling down | |
| Unfair | California | |
| Paxton, Tom | What Did You Learn in School Today? | propaganda |
| Payne, Freda | Band of Gold | memorabilia & souvenirs |
| Peaches | Fuck the Pain Away | sweary songs |
| I U She | gender & LGBTQ+ | |
| Rock Show | concerts | |
| Rub | bodily fluids | |
| Peaches & Herb | Freeway | wide open spaces |
| Peacock, Annette | M.J. (with Paul Bley) | more questions than answers |
| Pearl Jam | Brain of J. | conspiracy theories & paranoia |
| Education | education | |
| Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town | faces | |
| Even Flow | rough & smooth | |
| Indifference | resistance | |
| Jeremy | male names | |
| Nothing as It Seems | illusions | |
| Rats | rodents | |
| Pearls Before Swine | Frog in the Window | amphibians |
| Pears, Peter | The Bonny Earl o’Moray (with Benjamin Britten) | indecipherable songs |
| Pearson, Johnny | Sleepy Shores | easy listening |
| Pebbles and Bamm Bamm | Open Up Your Heart (And Let the Sun Shine In) | bright and beautiful |
| Peddlers | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | wide open spaces |
| Peebles, Ann | 99 Pounds | recipe songs |
| Dr. Love Power | doctors | |
| I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down | breaking things | |
| Slipped, Tripped and Fell in Love | accidents | |
| Peel, David & Death | Who Killed Brian Jones | conspiracy theories & paranoia |
| Pegg, Bob | The Werewolf of Old Chapeltown | unexplained phenomena |
| Pendergrass, Teddy | Love T.K.O. | sport |
| Turn Off the Lights | orgasms | |
| Pendulum | Tarantula (with DJ Fresh, Spyda & Tenor Fly) | apologies |
| The Tempest | storms | |
| Penetration | Don’t Dictate | stubbornness |
| Penguin Cafe Orchestra | Milk | genre defying |
| Music for a Found Harmonium | musical instruments | |
| Perpetuum Mobile | eternity | |
| Telephone and Rubber Band | great riffs | |
| Penguins | Earth Angel | angels |
| Penn, Dawn | You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No) | great backing vocals |
| Penner, Fred | The Cat Came Back | whimsical songs |
| Pennywise | Alien | aliens |
| Pentangle | The Hunting Song | hunting |
| Let No Man Steal Your Thyme | smuggling & stealing | |
| Light Flight | flying | |
| Lord Franklin | honorific titles | |
| The Trees They Do Grow High | ages | |
| Pepe Deluxé | A Night and a Day | books |
| In the Cave | odd noises & instruments | |
| Pere Ubu | 30 Seconds Over Tokyo | war |
| Caligari’s Mirror | inspired by or about films | |
| Final Solution | startling songs | |
| Heaven | influenced by reggae | |
| Non-Alignment Pact | independence | |
| Peret | El Muerto Vivo (ft Marina de Ojos de Brujo) | zombies |
| Perfect | Handcart Bwoy | overturning the odds |
| Perhacs, Linda | Parallelograms | mathematics |
| Parallelograms | quiet songs | |
| Perkins, Carl | Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll | roots |
| Levi Jacket (And a Long Tail Shirt) | brands | |
| Perkins, Elvis | While You Were Sleeping | sleep & insomnia |
| Pernice Brothers | Grudge Fuck | songs of desperation |
| Perrey, Jean-Jacques | E.V.A | psychedelia |
| Flight of the Bumble Bee | bees | |
| Perry, Katy | Firework | bright and beautiful |
| Hot n Cold | driving songs | |
| Roar | determination | |
| Perry, Lee “Scratch” | Birthday Jamaica Version | anniversaries |
| City Too Hot | heat | |
| Favourite Dish | accents | |
| Roast Fish & Cornbread | food | |
| Soul Fire | discordant songs | |
| Persson, Nina | Roaring 40s (with Christian Kjellvander) | wind |
| Persuasions | Looking for an Echo | singing |
| Pet Shop Boys | Always on My Mind | guilt & apology |
| Being Boring | boredom | |
| Blue on Blue | blue | |
| Can You Forgive Her? | homosexuality | |
| The Dictator Decides | deceptive appearances | |
| Dreaming of the Queen | dreams | |
| Go West | migrants & refugees | |
| I Want a Dog | pets | |
| I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Sort of Thing | normal & abnormal | |
| In Denial (with Kylie Minogue) | denial | |
| It’s a Sin | retrospection | |
| Love Is a Bourgeois Construct | strange, rare or unlikely words | |
| My October Symphony | September & October | |
| Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money) | nerds & geeks | |
| Rent | money | |
| Shameless | celebrity | |
| The Sodom and Gomorrah Show | hedonism | |
| This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave | school | |
| The Truck Driver and His Mate | North East England | |
| West End Girls | urban environment | |
| What Have I Done to Deserve This? (with Dusty Springfield) | songs with special guests | |
| Pete and the Pirates | Come to the Bar | fictional adverts |
| Peter and the Test Tube Babies | Foot Full of Bullets | feet |
| Student Wankers | education | |
| The Twitter Song | modernity | |
| Wimpeez | restaurants & cafes | |
| Peter, Bjorn and John | Young Folks | one-hit wonders |
| Peter, Paul and Mary | El Salvador | Mexico & Central America |
| I’m in Love with a Big Blue Frog | amphibians | |
| Leaving on a Jet Plane | separation | |
| Talkin’ Candy Bar Blues | chocolate | |
| Peters, Claudette | Come Rise with Me (with Machel Montano) | cricket |
| Peters, Gretchen | Five Minutes | passage of time |
| Peters and Lee | Welcome Home | visitors |
| Peterson, Oscar | Round Midnight | times of day |
| Petrie, Grace | Black Tie | gender & LGBTQ+ |
| You Build a Wall | resilience | |
| Petty, Tom | A Face in the Crowd | anonymity |
| American Girl | personal theme songs | |
| Don’t Come Around No More | warnings | |
| Echo | echoes | |
| I Won’t Back Down | resistance | |
| Into the Great Wide Open | biography & autobiography | |
| Joe | leadership | |
| Refugee | great album or mixtape openers | |
| Rhino Skin | rough & smooth | |
| Room at the Top | rooms | |
| Runnin’ Down a Dream | great riffs | |
| While My Guitar Gently Weeps (with Prince, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Billy Preston et al) | guitars | |
| Peyroux, Madeleine | Gentle on My Mind | gentleness |
| Half the Perfect World | fractions & portions | |
| PF Project (see Tzant) | ||
| Phair, Liz | Fuck and Run | one night stands |
| Polyester Bride | fabrics | |
| Phantogram | You Don’t Get Me High Anymore | ‘high’ songs |
| Phantom Planet | You’re Not Welcome Here | interlopers |
| Pharaohs | Freedom Road | freedom |
| Pharcyde | Runnin’ | walking & running |
| Ya Mama | insulting songs | |
| Philadelphia International All Stars | Let’s Clean Up the Ghetto | trash |
| Phillips, Esther | Aged and Mellow | ages |
| Catch Me I’m Falling (as Little Esther Phillips) | falling in love | |
| Double-Crossing Blues (as Little Esther, with the Johnny Otis Quintette & the Robins) | treachery & betrayal | |
| No Headstone on My Grave | funerals | |
| Scarred Knees | joints of the body | |
| T’aint Whatcha Say It’s Whatcha Do (as Little Esther) | start with the chorus | |
| Phillips, Shawn | The Bells of Rhymney | bells |
| Coal Tattoo | rejection | |
| Withered Roses | roses | |
| World in Action Theme (with Mick Weaver) | organ | |
| Phillips, Utah | The Most Dangerous Woman (with Ani DiFranco) | superlatives |
| Phillips, Washington | Denomination Blues (Part 1) | the afterlife |
| Phillipson, Petra Jean | Ask the Gods to Pull Down the Sky | high-pitched vocals |
| Phish | Julius | omens & prophecies |
| Photek | The Hidden Camera | surveillance |
| Photos | Barbarellas | music venues |
| Phuture | Rise from Your Grave | resurrection |
| Physics | I Heart Beer | beer |
| Piaf, Édith | Je n’en connais pas la fin | carnivals & funfairs |
| La Foule | crowds | |
| La Vie en rose | pink | |
| Mon Légionnaire | deserts | |
| Non, je ne regrette rien | nothing | |
| Piazzolla, Astor | Buenos Aires Hora Cero | expressing movement of walking |
| Vuelvo al Sur | without percussion | |
| Whisky | whiskey | |
| Pickett, Bobby ‘Boris’ | Monster Mash | monsters |
| Pickett, Lee & the Screamers | Fatty Patty | being fat |
| Pickett, Wilson | A Man and a Half | boastful songs |
| Hey Jude | Beatles covers | |
| Land of 1000 Dances | collecting & listing | |
| Mustang Sally | slowing down | |
| Mustang Sally | road trips | |
| Pickler, Kellie | Going Out in Style | footwear |
| Pierce, Webb | There Stands the Glass | glass |
| Pierces | Secret | secrets & secrecy |
| PIG | Black Mambo | black |
| Pig with the Face of a Boy | A Complete History of the Soviet Union Through the Eyes of a Humble Worker, Arranged to the Melody of Tetris | Russia |
| Pigbag | Papa’s Got a Brand New Pigbag | 1980s 12” singles |
| Pigram Brothers | Saltwater Cowboy | treasure |
| P!nk | Don’t Let Me Get Me | wanting to be someone else |
| Family Portrait | family | |
| Get the Party Started | spirit of 2021 | |
| Who Knew | broken promises | |
| Pink, Ariel | Round and Round (as Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti) | fairgrounds |
| Pink, Bonnie | Perfect Sky | sky |
| Pink Fairies | Do It | songs that command or instruct |
| Pink Floyd | Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2 | teachers |
| Arnold Layne | storytelling songs | |
| Astronomy Domine | space travel | |
| Bike | striking album endings | |
| Brain Damage / Eclipse | crisis | |
| Careful with That Axe, Eugene | the obvious | |
| Careful with That Axe, Eugene | favourite live versions | |
| Cirrus Minor | laziness | |
| Comfortably Numb | illness | |
| Corporal Clegg | honorific titles | |
| Echoes | finish where they begin | |
| Echoes | echoes | |
| Embryo | babies | |
| Fearless | ascension | |
| Flaming | the invisible | |
| Grantchester Meadows | rural songs | |
| The Great Gig in the Sky | na-na-hey-hey songs | |
| Jugband Blues | unsettling songs | |
| Learning to Fly | determination | |
| Lucifer Sam | mammals | |
| On the Run | vibrato, tremolo & oscillations | |
| Paint Box | last night | |
| Point Me at the Sky | psychedelia | |
| Pow R. Toc H. | musically adventurous | |
| Remember a Day | innocence | |
| See Emily Play | strange & surreal | |
| Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun | celestial bodies | |
| Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict | long titles | |
| Shine On You Crazy Diamond | channelling pain | |
| Time | fear of missing out | |
| Vegetable Man | clothes | |
| Wish You Were Here | opposites | |
| Pink Martini | Song of the Black Lizard | reptiles |
| Pinkshinyultrablast | Holy Forest | surprising intros |
| Umi | Russia | |
| Pioneers | Long Shot Kick De Bucket | gambling |
| Pipettes | ABC | nerds & geeks |
| I Like a Boy in Uniform (School Uniform) | fashion | |
| Why Did You Stay? | sweetness | |
| Pipkins | Gimme Dat Ding | songs that command or instruct |
| Piranhas | Space Invaders | games |
| Zambezi | the Commonwealth | |
| Pitney, Gene | 24 Sycamore | roads & streets |
| Backstage | theatre | |
| Looking Through the Eyes of Love | eyes & sight | |
| Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa | adultery & infidelity | |
| Pixies | Allison | named after women |
| Bagboy | smells | |
| Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons | mountains | |
| Broken Face | short songs | |
| Cactus | loneliness | |
| Caribou | mammals | |
| Dead | ancient history | |
| Debaser | surreal songs | |
| Down to the Well | wells | |
| Gigantic | shadows | |
| Gouge Away | biblical songs | |
| Hey | pick-up lines & marriage proposals | |
| In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song) | the afterlife | |
| Isla de Encanta | islands | |
| I’ve Been Tired | great opening lines | |
| Monkey Gone to Heaven | environment | |
| Nimrod’s Son | speed | |
| Palace of the Brine | underwater | |
| Snakes | reptiles | |
| Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf) | B sides | |
| Where Is My Mind? | redefined by film | |
| Pizzicato Five | Magic Carpet Ride (Japanese version) | foreign language versions |
| Nata di marzo | months of the year | |
| Twiggy Twiggy | Japan | |
| Placebo | Broken Promise | broken promises |
| Every You and Every Me | knives | |
| Meds | addiction | |
| Pure Morning | morning | |
| Plain White T’s | Cirque dans la Rue | the circus |
| Plan B | Ill Manors | sampling & recycling |
| She Said | gripping or intriguing narrative | |
| Traded In My Cigarettes | knives | |
| Who Needs Action When You Got Words | anger | |
| Plant, Robert | 29 Palms | deserts |
| Fortune Teller (with Alison Krauss) | fortune tellers | |
| Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) (with Alison Krauss) | collaborations & side projects | |
| Messin’ with the Mekon | misleading or incongruous titles | |
| Network News | news & media | |
| Please Read the Letter (with Alison Krauss) | departures | |
| Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us (with Alison Krauss) | sisters | |
| Planxty | Smeceno Horo | unusual time signatures |
| The West Coast of Clare | Ireland | |
| Plasmatics | Stop | songs that command or instruct |
| Plastic Bertrand | Ça plane pour moi | one-hit wonders |
| Plastic Ono Band (see Yoko Ono) | ||
| Platters | The Great Pretender | mistaken identity |
| The Great Pretender | repression | |
| Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | close harmony singing | |
| Twilight Time | evening | |
| Washed Ashore | wide open spaces | |
| With This Ring | weddings | |
| Play Dead | Poison Takes a Hold | poison |
| Playford, Rob | The Shadow (Process Mix) (with Goldie) | shadows |
| Plug (see Vibert, Luke) | ||
| Po’ Ramblin’ Boys | Hickory, Walnut & Pine | brown |
| Poemss | Miles Away | long-distance relationships |
| Pogues | A Pair of Brown Eyes | accordion |
| A Pair of Brown Eyes | jukeboxes | |
| A Rainy Night in Soho | bad weather | |
| And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda | war | |
| The Body of an American | celebration | |
| Bottle of Smoke | horses | |
| Boys from the County Hell | made you fall in love with music | |
| Fairytale of New York (ft Kirsty MacColl) | duets | |
| Fiesta | brass songs | |
| House of the Gods | beer | |
| If I Should Fall from Grace with God | sinners | |
| The Irish Rover (with the Dubliners) | survival | |
| Lullaby of London | adult lullabies | |
| Misty Morning, Albert Bridge | bridges | |
| Navigator | jobs | |
| The Old Main Drag | finish where they begin | |
| Sally MacLennane | goodbye | |
| The Sick Bed of Cúchulainn | retrospection | |
| Streams of Whiskey | drinking | |
| Streets of Sorrow / Birmingham Six | the truth | |
| Thousands Are Sailing | 19th century life | |
| Transmetropolitan | urban environment | |
| Turkish Song of the Damned | horror-inspired songs | |
| Waxie’s Dargle | coins | |
| White City | ensembles, big bands & orchestras | |
| Wild Cats of Kilkenny | sound like other songs | |
| The Wild Rover | new resolutions | |
| Young Ned of the Hill | blessings & curses | |
| Pointer Sisters | Automatic | androgynous vocals |
| Fire | covers by the opposite sex | |
| I’m So Excited | girl groups | |
| Jump (For My Love) | jumping | |
| Pinball Number Count | children’s songs | |
| Slow Hand | touch | |
| Yes We Can Can | equality | |
| Poison Girls | Jump Mama Jump | spring cleaning & household chores |
| Lovers Are They Worth It | rejection | |
| Old Tart’s Song | wanting to be someone else | |
| Persons Unknown | anonymity | |
| Polecats | Make a Circuit with Me | power |
| Marie Celeste | rare events | |
| Police | Does Everyone Stare | awkwardness |
| Every Breath You Take | following & chasing | |
| Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic | everything | |
| Message in a Bottle | hope | |
| Mother | musically adventurous | |
| Murder by Numbers | murder | |
| Roxanne | stop-start songs | |
| Synchronicity I | eureka moments | |
| Walking on the Moon | songs by trios | |
| When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around | spirit of 2021 | |
| Polwart, Karine | Azalea Flower | being scared |
| Clock of the World (with Krista Detor & Rachael McShane) | clocks & watches | |
| Daisy | trust | |
| Half a Mile | murder | |
| I’m Gonna Do It All | motivation | |
| The Light on the Shore | funerals | |
| Maybe There’s a Road | prostitution | |
| Painted It White | stick it to the man | |
| Resolution Road | songs offering advice | |
| Rivers Run | immortality & longevity | |
| Sorry | scandal | |
| The Sun’s Comin’ Over the Hill | bravery | |
| Tongue That Cannot Lie | the truth | |
| Polyphemus | The Sea Map | maps |
| Pomme, Lamba | Beatbox & Electric Flute | songs by buskers |
| Ponder, Sanford | Frontier | sunsets & twilight |
| Poni-Tails | Born Too Late | regrets |
| Pony Up! | I Heard You Got Action | innuendo |
| Pook, Jocelyn | Yellow Fever Psalm | yellow |
| Poole, Charlie | White House Blues | assassination |
| Poozies | Neptune | crisis |
| The Shepherd’s Wife | meals & mealtimes | |
| Sorrows Away | contentment | |
| Pop, Iggy | The Endless Sea | wide open spaces |
| Funtime | fun | |
| Lust for Life | great album or mixtape openers | |
| Mask | masks | |
| Mass Production | industry & manufacturing | |
| The Passenger | songs that go ‘la’ | |
| Repo Man | recorded for movies | |
| Shades | eyewear | |
| Success | call and response | |
| Watching the News | news & media | |
| Well, Did You Evah! (with Deborah Harry) | duets | |
| Pop Group | We Are All Prostitutes | discordant songs |
| Pop-Tops | Oh Lord, Why Lord | classical songs |
| Pop Will Eat Itself | Can U Dig It? | list songs |
| Porcupine Tree | Arriving Somewhere But Not Here | confusion & delusion |
| Porter, Gregory | No Love Dying | hope & resilience |
| Porthos, Pablo Lubadika | Madeleina | triggering dancing |
| Portico Quartet | Monsoon: Top to Bottom | rain |
| News from Verona | songs by buskers | |
| Portishead | Glory Box | falling in love |
| It Could Be Sweet | sweetness | |
| Machine Gun | comeback songs | |
| Mysterons | old meets new | |
| Wandering Star | celestial bodies | |
| Portman, Emily | Dotterine | fairytales |
| Grey Stone | the coast | |
| Portnoy, Gary | Where Everybody Knows Your Name | pubs & bars |
| Portsmouth Sinfonia | Also sprach Zarathustra | so bad they’re good |
| Portuondo, Omara | ¿Dónde Estabas Tú? | searching & seeking |
| Mariposita de Primavera | illusions | |
| Silencio (with Ibrahim Ferrer) | quiet | |
| Post, Mike | Hill Street Blues (with Larry Carlton) | law enforcement |
| Postal Service | Such Great Heights | ascension |
| Postmodern Jukebox | All About That Bass | being fat |
| Anaconda | curves & spheres | |
| Powell, Baden | Tempo de Amor (with Marcia Sousa) | peace |
| Powell, Cozy | Dance with the Devil | the Devil |
| Powell, Jesse | The Walkin’ Blues (with Fluffy Hunter) | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| Power, Brian | Optimistic (ft Lucita Jules) | happiness |
| Powers, Will | Kissing with Confidence | kissing |
| Prado, Pérez | Mambo # 5 | dance instrumentals |
| Praetorius, Michael | Es ist ein Ros entsprungen | roses |
| Prefab Sprout | Cornfield Ablaze | starting fires |
| Cue Fanfare | competition | |
| Don’t Sing | preachers, priests & religious leaders | |
| The Guest Who Stayed Forever | visitors | |
| Jesse James Bolero | outlaws & rebels | |
| The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll | songs that go ‘la’ | |
| Lions in My Own Garden (Exit Someone) | acronyms | |
| ’Til the Cows Come Home | North East England | |
| When Love Breaks Down | long-distance relationships | |
| Whoever You Are | strangers | |
| Wild Card in the Pack | playing cards | |
| Preoccupations | Continental Shelf (as Viet Cong) | geology |
| Presidents of the United States of America | Kitty | animal sounds |
| Presley, Elvis | A Little Less Conversation | procrastination |
| An American Trilogy | roots | |
| Are You Lonesome Tonight? | songs with talking | |
| Blue Moon of Kentucky | double bass | |
| Blue Suede Shoes | shoes | |
| Clean Up Your Own Backyard | spring cleaning & household chores | |
| Heartbreak Hotel | buildings | |
| I Don’t Care If the Sun Don’t Shine | kissing | |
| If I Can Dream | comeback songs | |
| I’m Leavin’ | departures | |
| I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone | left & right | |
| In the Ghetto | poverty | |
| Jailhouse Rock | gender & LGBTQ+ | |
| (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear | great backing vocals | |
| Little Sister | sisters | |
| Long Black Limousine | coming home | |
| Milkcow Blues Boogie | music as nutrition | |
| Return to Sender | rejection | |
| Suspicious Minds | jealousy | |
| Trouble | bad boys & bad girls | |
| Viva Las Vegas | holidays | |
| Wear My Ring Around Your Neck | spine & neck | |
| Western Union | indirect messages | |
| (You’re the) Devil in Disguise | opposites | |
| Preston, Billy | While My Guitar Gently Weeps (with Prince, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood et al) | guitars |
| With You I’m Born Again (with Syreeta) | slow, sexy love songs | |
| Pretenders | Back on the Chain Gang | regressing & reversing |
| Brass in Pocket | flirting | |
| Don’t Get Me Wrong | surprise encounters | |
| I Go to Sleep | sleep & insomnia | |
| I’ll Stand by You | empathy | |
| Kid | babies | |
| Lovers of Today | adult lullabies | |
| My City Was Gone | regressing & reversing | |
| Private Life | influenced by dub | |
| Stop Your Sobbing | crying | |
| Talk of the Town | rooms | |
| Tattooed Love Boys | being a man or a woman | |
| Tattooed Love Boys | tattoos & piercings | |
| Pretty Things | 13 Chester Street | addresses |
| Midnight to Six Man | times of day | |
| Previn, Dory | Angels and Devils the Following Day | angels |
| Beware of Young Girls | treachery & betrayal | |
| Children of Coincidence | chance & coincidence | |
| The Lady with the Braid | one night stands | |
| Left Hand Lost | hands | |
| Mr. Whisper | mental illness | |
| With My Daddy in the Attic | domestic songs | |
| Price, Alan | Girl of the North Country | North East England |
| Jarrow Song | adversity | |
| Smells Like Lemon, Tastes Like Wine | flavour | |
| The Trimdon Grange Explosion | safety & danger | |
| Price, Lloyd | Lawdy Miss Clawdy | Mr, Mrs, Miss & Ms |
| Stagger Lee | gambling | |
| Pride, Lou | I’m Com’un Home in the Morn’un | tomorrow |
| Priests | And Breeding | arresting opening lines |
| Diet Coke | non-alcoholic drinks | |
| Prigent, Denez | Gortoz a ran (ft Lisa Gerrard) | France |
| Prima, Louis | Banana Split for My Baby | ice cream |
| I Wan’na Be Like You | children’s songs | |
| Just a Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody (with Keely Smith) | great backing vocals | |
| Primal Scream | Autobahn 66 | roads & streets |
| Come Together | unity | |
| Don’t Fight It, Feel It | recreational drugs | |
| Higher Than the Sun (A Dub Symphony in Two Parts) | the sun | |
| I’m Losing More Than I’ll Ever Have | lesser known originals | |
| Kowalski | single-mindedness | |
| Loaded | celebration | |
| Movin’ On Up | redemption | |
| Rocks | retro style | |
| Primitives | Crash | bright songs about dark subjects |
| Thru’ the Flowers | 7-inch singles | |
| Primordial | The Gathering Wilderness | wilderness |
| Primus | Moron TV | stupidity |
| Tommy the Cat | cats | |
| Prince | Alphabet St. | roads & streets |
| Baby I’m a Star | stars | |
| The Ballad of Dorothy Parker | other songs | |
| The Ballad of Dorothy Parker | writing | |
| Black Sweat | perspiration | |
| Cream | audible breaths | |
| Darling Nikki | one night stands | |
| Do Me, Baby | orgasms | |
| Gett Off | innuendo | |
| Head | sexy songs | |
| I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man | empathy | |
| If I Was Your Girlfriend | androgynous vocals | |
| Joy in Repetition | repetition | |
| Kiss | pragmatism | |
| Let’s Go Crazy | songs with vim | |
| Little Red Corvette | cars & driving | |
| Make-Up | makeup | |
| Pink Cashmere | fabrics | |
| Purple Rain | eccentric songs | |
| Raspberry Beret | hats | |
| Ronnie, Talk to Russia | Russia | |
| Shhh | quiet | |
| Sign o’ the Times | news & media | |
| Sister | secret vices | |
| Starfish and Coffee | school | |
| Strollin’ | fun | |
| When Will We B Paid? | waiting | |
| While My Guitar Gently Weeps (with Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Billy Preston et al) | guitars | |
| Prince Buster | 127 Orange Street | addresses |
| Al Capone | famous people | |
| Dance Cleopatra | ancient history | |
| Enjoy Yourself | punctuality | |
| Finger | spring cleaning & household chores | |
| Ghost Dance | written correspondence | |
| Judge Dread | spoken word | |
| Shaking Up Orange Street | orange | |
| Taxation | taxation | |
| Prince Douglas | Jam Love Dub | big and meaty |
| Prince Far I | Light of Fire | lighthouses |
| Low Gravity | gravity | |
| Prince Fatty | Milk and Honey (ft Hollie Cook) | songs for your teenage self |
| Prince Paul | Beautiful Night (Manic Psychopath) | violence |
| Princess Nokia | Brujas | witches |
| Green Line | from New York City | |
| Princess Superstar | Quitting Smoking Song | new resolutions |
| Prine, John | Boundless Love | spring cleaning & household chores |
| Dear Abby | written correspondence | |
| Hello in There | indifference | |
| If You Were the Woman and I Were the Man (with Cowboy Junkies) | being a man or a woman | |
| Illegal Smile | smiling & laughing | |
| In Spite of Ourselves (with Iris DeMent) | underwear | |
| Jesus the Missing Years | gripping or intriguing narrative | |
| Rocky Mountain Time | leaving or being left behind | |
| Souvenirs (with Steve Goodman) | melancholy songs | |
| Space Monkey | monkeys & apes | |
| Spanish Pipedream | lessons in life | |
| Prior, Maddy | The Coventry Carol (with the Carnival Band) | anti-Christmas songs |
| The Dalesman’s Litany (with Tim Hart) | northern England | |
| I Need You to Turn To (with the Girls) | 3/4 time | |
| Sheath & Knife | sisters | |
| Stitch in Time (with the Girls) | revenge | |
| Sweet Thames Flow Softly (with the Girls) | brevity | |
| The World Is Turned Upside Down (with the Carnival Band) | inversions | |
| Prisonaires | Just Walkin’ in the Rain | water |
| Probes | Electricity | songs by buskers |
| Processory | In the Unlikely Event of an All Life Erasing Gamma-Ray Burst, This Is the Soundtrack | rare events |
| Proclaimers | (I’m Gonna Be) 500 Miles | persistence |
| King of the Road | kings | |
| Let’s Get Married | knots & ties | |
| Letter from America | Scotland | |
| Sunshine on Leith | gratitude | |
| Procol Harum | A Salty Dog | the sea |
| A Souvenir of London | memorabilia & souvenirs | |
| A Whiter Shade of Pale | misheard, nonsense or inaudible lyrics | |
| As Strong as Samson | banks & banking | |
| Homburg | hats & accessories | |
| Pilgrim’s Progress | meta-songs | |
| Prodigy | Charly | comics & cartoons |
| Firestarter | fire | |
| Poison | poison | |
| Professor Elemental | Everything Stops for Tea | addiction |
| Prokofiev, Gabriel | The Slap Cellos of Douala (with Peter Gregson) | itching & scratching |
| Prokofiev, Sergei | Dance of Knights | Russia |
| Promise of the Real | A Rock Star Bucks a Coffee Shop (with Neil Young) | farming |
| Propaganda (German group) | Dream Within a Dream | meaning of life |
| Propaganda (hip hop artist) | Crooked Way (ft Terence F. Clark) | idioms & common expressions |
| Propellerheads | History Repeating (ft Shirley Bassey) | collaborations & side projects |
| History Repeating (ft Shirley Bassey) | regressing & reversing | |
| Prophet, Chuck | The Left Hand and the Right Hand | left & right |
| Protheroe, Brian | Pinball | futility |
| Protoje | Who Knows (ft Chronixx) | love songs to places |
| Protomartyr | Tarpeian Rock | gravity |
| Up the Tower | stairs, ladders & elevators | |
| Want Remover | electricity | |
| Pruett, Jeanne | Satin Sheets | fabrics |
| Psy | Gangnam Style | triggering dancing |
| Psychedelic Furs | Heartbreak Beat | forgotten follow-ups |
| Mack the Knife | knives | |
| Pretty in Pink | one night stands | |
| Psychic TV | In the Nursery | strange & surreal |
| The Orchids | tattoos & piercings | |
| Psychonauts | Circles | circles |
| Psychostick | Orange | fruit |
| Public Enemy | 1 (PEace) | internet |
| 911 Is a Joke | hospitals | |
| Bring the Noise (with Anthrax & Ice T) | noise | |
| Burn Hollywood Burn (ft Ice Cube & Big Daddy Kane) | fire | |
| Burn Hollywood Burn (ft Ice Cube & Big Daddy Kane) | inspired by or about films | |
| By the Time I Get to Arizona | US cities & states | |
| Can’t Truss It | conspiracy theories & paranoia | |
| Coinsequences (ft Paris) | chance & coincidence | |
| Don’t Believe the Hype | the truth | |
| Fear of a Black Planet | fear | |
| Fight the Power | protest | |
| Night of the Living Baseheads | cocaine & heroin | |
| Party for Your Right to Fight | rallying cries | |
| Politics of the Sneaker Pimps | sales, selling & bargains | |
| Rebel Without a Pause | more questions than answers | |
| Shut ‘Em Down (Pete Rock Remix) | revolution | |
| Public Image Ltd | Careering | drone music |
| Double Trouble | startling songs | |
| Poptones | out-of-tune songs | |
| Public Image | self-referential songs | |
| Religion I/II | sinners | |
| Rise | anger | |
| Swan Lake (Death Disco) | bereavement | |
| This Is Not a Love Song | songs about songs | |
| Public Service Broadcasting | Dig for Victory | volunteering |
| Elfstedentocht Part 1 | winter sports | |
| E.V.A. | space travel | |
| Everest | wilderness | |
| Gagarin | pioneers | |
| Go! | safety & danger | |
| If War Should Come | pragmatism | |
| The Other Side | musically adventurous | |
| ROYGBIV | acronyms | |
| Spitfire | determination | |
| White Star Liner | white | |
| Puccini, Giacomo | Che gelida manina (from La bohème) | hands |
| Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus) | humming | |
| In questa reggia (from Turandot) | high-pitched vocals | |
| Nessun dorma (from Turandot) (sung by Luciano Pavarotti) | football | |
| O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Shicchi) | melancholy songs | |
| Un bel dì vedremo (from Madama Butterfly) | leaving or being left behind | |
| Un bel dì vedremo (from Madama Butterfly) | the number one | |
| Puckett, Gary & the Union Gap | Young Girl | so bad they’re good |
| Puebla, Carlos | Hasta Siempre Comandante Che Guevera | hero worship |
| Puente, Tito | El Rey del Timbal | great drumming |
| Puffy AmiYumi | Asia no Junshin | Asia |
| Pug, Joe | Disguised as Someone Else | deceptive appearances |
| Pullen, Dwight | Sunglasses After Dark | coolness |
| Pulp | A Little Soul | fathers |
| Acrylic Afternoons | fabrics | |
| Babies | eavesdropping | |
| Bar Italia | pubs & bars | |
| The Birds in Your Garden | waking up | |
| Common People | never | |
| Disco 2000 | rendezvous | |
| Dishes | miracles | |
| Do You Remember the First Time? | questions | |
| Help the Aged | getting older | |
| I Spy | eyes & sight | |
| Last Days of the Miners’ Strike | Yorkshire | |
| Live Bed Show | beds | |
| Mis-Shapes | nerds & geeks | |
| Sheffield: Sex City | specific or obscure places | |
| Something Changed | change | |
| Sorted for E’s and Wizz | arresting opening lines | |
| Sunrise | morning | |
| We Are the Boyz | gangs | |
| Wickerman | rivers | |
| Punch Brothers | Next to the Trash | trash |
| Punishment of Luxury | Puppet Life | puppets |
| Punk TV | Every Minute Is OK | Russia |
| Purcell, Henry | Canzona from Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary | brass songs |
| No Stars Shall Hurt You from Above | stars | |
| Purify, James & Bobby | I’m Your Puppet | toys |
| I’m Your Puppet | puppets | |
| Pussy Riot | Punk Prayer | artistic trends of the 21st century |
| Putin Lights Up the Fires | Russia | |
| Pylon | Danger | warnings |
| Pythia | Sword of Destiny | collaborations & side projects |