The table below lists all A-listed songs by artists beginning with U. Some artists are also linked to their own individual pages.
Artist | Song Title | Topic |
U-Roy | Chalice in the Palace | smoking |
Silver Bird | silver & non-ferrous metals | |
U2 | Drowning Man | incidental music |
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For | fictional adverts | |
Lady with the Spinning Head | spinning | |
New Year’s Day | super solos | |
Running to Stand Still | chicken and egg | |
Sunday Bloody Sunday | scandal | |
Until the End of the World | biblical songs | |
With or Without You | songs of desperation | |
Zoo Station | places in Europe | |
Zooropa | advertising | |
Uakti | Amazon River (with Philip Glass) | unusual time signatures |
UB40 | One in Ten | ‘I am’ songs |
Reefer Madness | hidden tracks | |
Udhas, Pankaj | Chitthi Aayi Hai | melancholy songs |
Uemura, Kana | Toilet no Kamisama | religion |
UFO | Too Hot to Handle | heat #2 |
UHF (Ultra High Flamenco) | O.F.N.I. (Objeto Flamenco No Identificado) | supergroups |
UK Decay | Unwind | underrated artists |
Werewolf | mythical beasts | |
U.K. Subs | Sensitive Boys | ironic songs |
Ukrainians | Batyar (Bigmouth Strikes Again) | sweetness |
Ulmer, James Blood | Are You Glad to Be in America? | violin |
Ulrich Drechsler Quartet | When Breathing Starts (with Tord Gustaven) | quiet songs |
Ultra Naté | Free | freedom of expression |
Ultramarine | Happy Land (with Robert Wyatt) | unlikely collaborations |
Kingdom | Britain | |
Ultravox | Mr. X | photographs |
Passing Strangers | strangers | |
Umeko Ando | Iuta Upopo (Pestle Song) (with OKI) | Japan |
Umiliani, Piero | La ragazza dalla pelle di luna | instruments imitating voice & vice versa |
Undertones | Crisis of Mine | crisis |
Get Over You | raise the heartrate | |
It’s Going to Happen | positive songs | |
Jump Boys | jumping | |
Life’s Too Easy | chaos | |
Listening In | eavesdropping | |
The Love Parade | parades | |
Mars Bars | chocolate | |
My Perfect Cousin | funny songs | |
Teenage Kicks | personal theme songs | |
You’ve Got My Number (Why Don’t You Use It?) | asking, begging & pleading | |
Underwood, Carrie | Just a Dream | flags |
Underworld | Born Slippy .NUXX | songs that aren’t what they seem |
Cowgirl | everything | |
Dirty Epic | long songs | |
Mmmm Skyscraper I Love You | buildings | |
Pearl’s Girl | surreal songs | |
Tree and Two Chairs | chairs | |
Undisputed Truth | Smiling Faces Sometimes | smiling & laughing |
You + Me = Love | 7-inch singles | |
Unholy Modal Rounders (see Holy Modal Rounders) | ||
Uniques | Facts of Life | close harmony singing |
Unit 4 + 2 | Concrete and Clay | geology |
United States of America | The American Metaphysical Circus | carnivals & funfairs |
Cloud Song | books #2 | |
The Garden of Earthly Delights | gardens | |
Unknown Burundian singers | Akazéhé par deux jeunes filles | a cappella |
Akazéhé par deux jeunes filles | hello | |
Unknown female singer | Curly Toes | joints of the body |
Unknown Japanese folk singer | Sakura Sakura | pink |
Unknown Mortal Orchestra | American Guilt | artistic trends of the 21st century |
Unknown opera singer and cellist | Nella Fantasia | songs by buskers |
Unknown saxophonists | Sax Battle in NYC Subway | saxophone |
Unrest | Cath Carroll | famous or notable duos |
Unthanks | A Great Northern River | North East England |
Close the Coalhouse Door | accidents | |
Fareweel Regality (as Rachel Unthank & the Winterset) | accents | |
Felton Lonnin (as Rachel Unthank & the Winterset) | limbo | |
Gan to the Kye | four-legged livestock | |
Here’s the Tender Coming | adversity | |
Honeybee | bees | |
The King of Rome (with Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band) | brass songs | |
The King of Rome (with Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band) | kings | |
Living by the Water | water | |
Mount the Air | ensembles, big bands & orchestras | |
Sexy Sadie | deception | |
The Testimony of Patience Kershaw | caves | |
What Can a Song Do to You? | singing | |
Unwound | Look a Ghost | never |
Upsetters | 5 Cardiff Crescent (with Vin Gordon) | addresses |
Bird in Hand | inspired by India | |
Kentucky Skank | recipe songs | |
Return of Django | dance instrumentals | |
Urban Sax | Canal Music in Venice 1981 (with Gilbert Artman) | songs by buskers |
Urban Species | Blanket | hearing, choosing & playing records |
Uriah Heep | Come Away Melinda | photography |
Urusei Yatsura | Slain by Elf | toys |
U.S. Bombs | The Contract | formal agreements |
Us3 | Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) | best bass lines |
Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) | sampling & recycling | |
Tukka Yoot’s Riddim | rhythm, beat & boogie | |
Utada, Hikaru | Pink Blood | gender & LGBTQ+ |
Utro | Sad (Garden) | gardens |
Utsu-P | Corpse Attack! | horror-inspired songs |
Uyama Hiroto | Carbon Rose | Japan |