The table below lists all A-listed songs by artists beginning with X-Z. Some artists are also linked to their own individual pages.
Artist | Song Title | Topic |
X-Press 2 | Give It (Extended Club Mix) (ft Kurt Wagner) | gifts & giving |
Lazy (ft David Byrne) | laziness | |
X-Ray Spex | Art-I-Ficial | makeup |
The Day the World Turned Day-Glo | strange & surreal | |
Germ Free Adolescents | cleansing | |
I Can’t Do Anything | songs for your teenage self | |
Identity | mirrors | |
Let’s Submerge | music venues | |
Oh Bondage Up Yours! | great opening lines | |
Plastic Bag | plastic | |
Warrior in Woolworths | brands | |
xiangyu | 入れ歯 [Dentures] | teeth |
XTC | Another Satellite | gravity |
Complicated Game | left & right | |
Crowded Room | crowds | |
Dear God | God & the Devil | |
Grass | trees, grass & flowers | |
Greenman | green | |
Harvest Festival | September & October | |
I Am the Audience | theatre | |
Jason and the Argonauts | treasure | |
Love on a Farmboy’s Wages | work | |
Making Plans for Nigel | pragmatism | |
Mayor of Simpleton | knowledge | |
No Thugs in Our House | taboos | |
Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins) | coins | |
Poor Skeleton Steps Out | hammer & mallet instruments | |
Punch and Judy | puppets | |
River of Orchids | urban wildlife | |
Scissor Man | fairytales | |
Season Cycle | nature | |
Ten Feet Tall | feet | |
Towers of London | 19th century life | |
Washaway | spring cleaning & household chores | |
Xuan, Zhou | Picking the Benelnut (Cai Bin Lang) | nuts & edible seeds |
Ya Tosiba | Baku Hipster | Asian cities |
Yabby You (aka Vivian Jackson) | Dem a Wolf (aka Anti-Christ) | wolves |
Thirty Pieces of Silver | silver & non-ferrous metals | |
Yachts | Box 202 | aviation |
Suffice to Say | meta-songs | |
Yamagata, Rachael | Horizon | horizons |
Yamamoto, Hozan | Komoriuta | flutes, pipes & whistles |
Yames, Yim | Hoping Machine (with Jay Farrar, Will Johnson & Anders Parker) | persistence |
Yanawaraba | Flowers | Japan |
Sakura | pink | |
Yankovic, Weird Al | The Brain Song | the brain |
Pancreas | stomach & guts | |
Yapoos | Collector | collecting & listing |
Hys | confusion & delusion | |
Yara Family | Shirahama Blues | Japan |
Yarbrough, Camille | All Hid | treachery & betrayal |
Take Yo’ Praise | lesser known originals | |
Yard Act | 100% Endurance | shaggy dog stories & tall tales |
Yardbirds | For Your Love | harpsichord |
Shapes of Things | the future | |
Yazoo | Don’t Go | made you fall in love with music |
Ode to Boy | beauty | |
Yazz and the Plastic Population | The Only Way Is Up | recovery |
Yeleen | Taxi Brousse | taxis |
Yelle | Je veux te voir | songs in French |
Yello | Call It Love (Trego Snare Version) | Valentine’s Day songs |
Goldrush | instruments imitating voice & vice versa | |
I Love You | conversations | |
Oh Yeah | audible breaths | |
The Race | sport | |
Tied Up | knots & ties | |
Yellow Days | Gap in the Clouds | clouds |
Yellow Magic Orchestra | Behind the Mask | electronic music to 1983 |
Yellow Ostrich | Libraries | libraries |
Yellowman | Zungguzungguguzungguzeng | misheard, nonsense or inaudible lyrics |
Yes | Circus of Heaven | itinerants & migration |
Close to the Edge | edges & ledges | |
Future Times / Rejoice | patterns & sequences | |
I’ve Seen All Good People | misheard, nonsense or inaudible lyrics | |
Long Distance Runaround | anger | |
Perpetual Change | eternity | |
Starship Trooper | notable outros or codas | |
Time and a Word | choosing & using words | |
Yes/No People | Drum Town | odd noises & instruments |
Ying Yang Twins | Wait (The Whisper Song) | whispering |
Ylvis | Trucker’s Hitch | knots & ties |
Yo La Tengo | Autumn Sweater | autumn |
Autumn Sweater | clothes | |
From a Motel 6 | television | |
I Should Have Known Better | regrets | |
Ira searches for the slide, sort of (Friday) | drone music | |
Little Eyes | laziness | |
Night Falls on Hoboken | towns | |
Nuclear War (Version 2) | nuclear war | |
Nuclear War (Version 2) | children performing | |
Ohio Town Saved from Killer Bees by Hungry Vampire Bats (with Jad Fair) | newspapers | |
Our Way to Fall | memory | |
Retired Grocer Constructs Tiny Mount Rushmore Entirely Out of Cheese (with Jad Fair) | making things | |
Tears Are in Your Eyes | consolation | |
We’re an American Band | concerts | |
Yokota, Susumu | Purple Rose Minuet | classical songs |
Yola | Faraway Look | retro style |
Yona | Maantien laitaa (with Orkesteri Liikkuvat Pilvet & Puppa J) | influenced by reggae |
Sateenkaarilaulu (with Orkesteri Liikkuvat Pilvet) | rainbows | |
Yorke, Thom | And It Rained All Night | rain |
Black Swan | best bass lines | |
Harrowdown Hill | scandal | |
I’ve Seen It All (with Björk) | duets | |
Yorkston, James | 6.30 Is Just Way Too Early (with the Athletes) | morning |
The Great White Sea Eagle (with the Second Hand Orchestra & Nina Persson) | raptors | |
Tortoise Regrets Hare | rabbits | |
Yoshida Brothers | Change (with Monkey Majik) | surprising intros |
Yothu Yindi | Treaty | equality |
Young, Adrienne | Plow to the End of the Row | farming |
Young, Faron | It’s Four in the Morning | times of day |
Young, Gabby and Other Animals | Walk Away | moving on |
We’re All in This Together | underrated artists | |
Young, Kenny | Simple Joys | simple pleasures |
Young, Neil | A Rock Star Bucks a Coffee Shop (with Promise of the Real) | farming |
After the Gold Rush | dreams | |
Birds | favourite live versions | |
Cinnamon Girl | hair | |
Cortez the Killer (with Crazy Horse) | historical figures | |
Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero, Pt 1) | law enforcement | |
God Save the Queen (with Crazy Horse) | national anthems | |
He Was the King | Elvis | |
Home, Home on the Range | American west | |
Like a Hurricane (with Crazy Horse) | super solos | |
Lookin’ for a Leader | leadership | |
Love Is a Rose | roses | |
My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) (with Crazy Horse) | immortality & longevity | |
The Needle and the Damage Done | cocaine & heroin | |
Old King | pets | |
Old Man | old age | |
Out on the Weekend | the weekend | |
Revolution Blues | California | |
Rockin’ in the Free World | reckless consumption | |
Roll Another Number (For the Road) | smoking | |
Safeway Cart (with Crazy Horse) | companies & corporations | |
Sample and Hold | substitutions | |
Sugar Mountain | fictional places | |
Tonight’s the Night | tribute songs | |
Tonight’s the Night | jobs | |
Unknown Legend | motorbikes | |
Young Fathers | Shame | shame |
Young Fresh Fellows | Celebration | bright songs about dark subjects |
Young Gods | Ghost Rider | superheroes |
Young-Holt Unlimited | Soulful Strut | dance instrumentals |
Young Marble Giants | Final Day | short songs |
Music for Evenings | evening | |
Salad Days | minimalist songs | |
Searching for Mr. Right | Welsh songs | |
Young MC | Inside My Head | the brain |
Young Rascals (see Rascals) | ||
Young Tiger | I Was There (At the Coronation) | royalty |
Young Tradition | Lyke-Wake Dirge | Yorkshire |
Youngbloods | Darkness, Darkness | night & darkness |
Young’uns | A Place Called England | England |
Jack Ironside | personification | |
Youssef, Dhafer | Yabay | high-pitched vocals |
Youssef, Marcus | I Love You So Love Me (co-written with Niall McNeil, composed by Veda Hille) | famous or notable duos |
Youth of Today | No More | refusal |
Yücel, Taner | Endorfin | fairgrounds |
Yuck | Get Away | procrastination |
Yui | CHE.R.RY | fruit |
Yuletide Blasphemy | Jingle Bells | anti-Christmas songs |
Yummy Fur | Roxy Girls | meta-songs |
Yunupingu, Gurrumul | Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) | rainbows |
Yuuki, Aira | Blessing | blessings & curses |
Zac Brown Band | Family Table | furniture |
Heavy Is the Head (ft Chris Connell) | crowns | |
Zager & Evans | In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) | the future |
Zainichi Funk | Bakudan Kowai | funk |
Zamfir, Gheorghe | Doina: Sus Pe Culmea Dealului (Picnic at Hanging Rock soundtrack) | meals & mealtimes |
The Lonely Shepherd (with James Last) | easy listening | |
Zanes, Dan | Hello (with Barbara Brousal) | hello |
Zanini, Marcel | Tu veux ou tu veux pas | indecision |
Zaouche, Nassim | Una Mattina & For the Love of a Princess (with Gerard Pia Daró) | songs by buskers |
Zap Mama | Brriak! | a cappella |
Zapp (aka Zapp & Roger) | More Bounce to the Ounce | fetishes |
So Ruff, So Tuff | instruments imitating voice & vice versa | |
Zappa, Frank | Conehead | geometric shapes |
Cosmik Debris | surprise encounters | |
Dancin’ Fool | awkwardness | |
The Dangerous Kitchen | domestic songs | |
Debra Kadabra (with the Mothers & Captain Beefheart) | witches | |
Dinah-Moe Humm (with the Mothers) | orgasms | |
Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow | yellow | |
Dumb All Over | stupidity | |
Flower Punk (as the Mothers of Invention) | conversations | |
The Gumbo Variations | saxophone | |
I Don’t Even Care | indifference | |
I’m the Slime (with the Mothers) | strange, rare or unlikely words | |
Joe’s Garage | guitars | |
Man with the Woman Head (with the Mothers & Captain Beefheart) | faces | |
Porn Wars | taboos | |
Stink-Foot | feet | |
Trouble Every Day (as the Mothers of Invention) | protest | |
Valley Girl | gossip | |
What’s the Ugliest Part of Your Body? (as the Mothers of Invention) | offensive, insulting songs | |
Willie the Pimp | rendezvous | |
Ya Hozna | inversions | |
Zaz | Je veux | songs by buskers |
Paris sera toujours Paris | Paris | |
Zé, Tom | A Briga do Edifício Itália com o Hilton Hotel | South America |
Zeal & Ardor | Devil Is Fine | the Devil |
Zebda | On est chez nous | France |
Zebra | Bears | bears |
Zero 7 | Destiny (ft Sia & Sophie Barker) | long-distance relationships |
The Pageant of the Bizarre | parades | |
Zetlitz, Bertine | Apples and Diamonds | fruit |
Zevon, Warren | Accidentally Like a Martyr | saints & martyrs |
Desperados Under the Eaves | hotels | |
Detox Mansion | healing | |
Excitable Boy | awkwardness | |
For My Next Trick I’ll Need a Volunteer | volunteering | |
Frank and Jesse James | criminals | |
Genius | unusual rhymes | |
Lawyers, Guns and Money | stuck or trapped | |
Macgillycuddy’s Reeks | Ireland | |
Mr. Bad Example | sinners | |
My Shit’s Fucked Up | adversity | |
Play It All Night Long | volume | |
Renegade | compass points | |
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner | character songs | |
Run Straight Down | gases | |
Werewolves of London | Halloween | |
Ziegler, Anne | We’ll Gather Lilacs (with Webster Booth) | positive songs |
Zitarrosa, Alfredo | Garrincha | football |
Zola Jesus | Eulogy (with LA Vampires) | funerals |
Zombies | A Rose for Emily | flowers |
Beechwood Park | refreshment & cooling down | |
Care of Cell 44 | coming home | |
She’s Not There | quiet | |
This Will Be Our Year | joyous songs | |
Time of the Season | great keyboards | |
Zoot Woman | The Model | fashion |
Zorn, John | Vespers | evening |
Zounds | Can’t Cheat Karma | songs by trios |
Did He Jump | shyness | |
Zutons | Freak | prostitution |
It’s the Little Things We Do | hangovers | |
Secrets | secrets | |
Zydeco, Buckwheat | Ma ’Tit Fille | from New Orleans |
ZZ Top | Cheap Sunglasses | glamour & style |
La Grange | humming | |
Legs | legs & pants | |
Sharp Dressed Man | coolness | |
Ten Foot Pole | misheard, nonsense or inaudible lyrics | |
Waitin’ for the Bus | buses |