| Song Title | Artist | Topic |
| E-Bow the Letter | R.E.M. | made you fall in love with music |
| É Doce Morrer no Mar | Dorival Caymmi | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| E=MC2 | Big Audio Dynamite | inspired by or about films |
| E-Musik | Neu! | driving songs |
| E2-E4 | Manuel Göttsching | games |
| Eagle | ABBA | birds |
| Eagle Man / Changing Woman | Buffy Sainte-Marie | raptors |
| Eagle Rock | Daddy Cool | raptors |
| Eardrum Buzz | Wire | noise |
| Earl Grey with Honey | Loveninjas | flavour |
| Early Autumn | Sun Ra & the Astro Infinity Arkestra | September & October |
| Early in the Mornin’ | Alan Lomax with ‘22’, Little Red, Tangle Eye and Hard Hair | odd noises & instruments |
| Early Morning Rain | Gordon Lightfoot | loneliness |
| Earth Angel | The Penguins | angels |
| Earth Died Screaming | Tom Waits | end of the world |
| The Earth Is Broken | Tim Buckley | nature |
| Earth Song | Michael Jackson | climate change |
| East | Billy Paul | Africa |
| Eastbourne Ladies | Kevin Coyne | ages |
| Easy | Commodores | songs to start the morning |
| Easy | Big Walter Horton | harmonica |
| The Easy Blues | John Martyn | obsession |
| Easy Chair | Billy Storm | furniture |
| Easy Come, Easy Go | Grant McLennan | impermanence |
| Easy Walker | Stanley Turrentine | relaxation & leisure |
| Eat for Two | 10,000 Maniacs | mothers |
| Eat, Sleep, Repeat | Joy Ellis | meaning of life |
| Eat That Chicken | Charles Mingus | meat |
| Eat the Music | Kate Bush | music as nutrition |
| Eat the Rich | Aerosmith | austerity |
| Eating Salt Is Easy | Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci | Welsh songs |
| Eating the Bear | Joan Armatrading | provocative, strange or humorous titles |
| Eavesdropping | Grizzly Bear | eavesdropping |
| Ebeneezer Goode | The Shamen | recreational drugs |
| Ebony Eyes | Stevie Wonder | brown |
| Eccentric Man | The Groundhogs | eccentric songs |
| Echo | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | echoes |
| Echo & Narcissus | Daniel Land & the Modern Painters | echoes |
| Echo Beach | Martha and the Muffins | one-hit wonders |
| Echo Mocks the Corncrake | Songs of Separation | echoes |
| Echoes | Pink Floyd | finish where they begin |
| echoes |
| Eclipse Them All | Smoke Fairies | shadows |
| Eddie & Sheena | The Electric Chairs | odd couples |
| Eden | Talk Talk | fictional places |
| Edinburgh Man | The Fall | Scotland |
| Edison | Bee Gees | electricity |
| Edison | Wednesday Campanella | using your imagination |
| The Edison Museum | They Might Be Giants | museums, galleries & exhibitions |
| The Educated Fool | Iron Maiden | chicken and egg |
| Education | Pearl Jam | education |
| Education or Indoctrination | Antisect | propaganda |
| Edward Fox | Smack | theatre |
| Ee Aye Aa Cud Hew | The Mighty Doonans | slowing down |
| Effect and Cause | The White Stripes | chicken and egg |
| Ég er kominn heim | Óðinn Valdimarsson | crooners |
| Egg | Mr. Bungle | eggs |
| Egg Cream | Lou Reed | chocolate |
| The Egg or the Hen | Hot Lips Page & his Orchestra | eggs |
| Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac with Susan Michelson) | Tom Waits | restaurants & cafes |
| Egil Saga | Faun | paganism |
| Egyptian Gardens | Kaleidoscope | genre defying |
| Egyptian Shumba | The Tammys | ancient history |
| Egyptian Tomb | Mighty Baby | ancient history |
| Ei! Wie schmeckt der Kaffee süsse (from Cantata No. 211) | Johann Sebastian Bach | flavour |
| Eight Men, Four Women | O. V. Wright | judges & trials |
| Eight Miles High | The Byrds | marijuana |
| Eight Miles High | Hüsker Dü | flying |
| Eight Piece Box | Southern Culture on the Skids | meat |
| Eighth Day | Hazel O’Connor | science |
| Eine Symphonie des Grauens | The Monochrome Set | self-deprecation |
| Einstein’s Brain | The Dark | unusual narrators |
| Eisbär | Grauzone | wanting to be someone else |
| repression |
| El Cartero | Pastor López | written correspondence |
| El Cielo No Es de Nadie | Ela Minus | songs in Spanish |
| El Circulo Mágico | Manuel de Falla (pianist: Alicia de Larrocha) | circles |
| El Condor Pasa (If I Could) | Simon & Garfunkel | using your imagination |
| El Día de Mi Suerte | Willie Colón & Héctor Lavoe | trombone |
| El Dominó | Junior Jein | board games |
| El Dorado | 17 Hippies | treasure |
| El Loco | Los de Abajo | Mexico & Central America |
| El Loco Cha Cha Cha | Ricky Rillera & the Rhythm Rockers | sampling & recycling |
| El Lute, Libre o Muerto | Haze ft José Mercé | outlaws & rebels |
| El Manisero (The Peanut Vendor) | Don Azpiazú & the Havana Casino Orchestra | waking up |
| nuts & edible seeds |
| El Muerto Vivo | Peret & Marina | zombies |
| El Niño Inseminado | Vainica Doble | nursing & healthcare |
| El President | Drugstore | politicians |
| El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido | Inti-Illimani | left wing politics |
| El Puente Roto | Flaco Jiménez & Linda Ronstadt | accordion |
| El Rey del Timbal | Tito Puente | great drumming |
| El Salto del Tigre | Los Bengala | jumping |
| El Salvador | Insane | Mexico & Central America |
| El Salvador | Peter, Paul and Mary | Mexico & Central America |
| El Secreto de las Tortugas | Maldita Nerea | reptiles |
| El Secuestro del Dub | Basque Dub Foundation | influenced by dub |
| El Taxista | Los Tigres del Norte | taxis |
| El Tigre Sabanero | Aniceto Molina | tigers |
| El Touchy | Luie Luie | touch |
| El Vito | Embrujo Mestizo | clicking, tapping & stomping |
| Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town | Pearl Jam | faces |
| Eldorado | Electric Light Orchestra | searching & seeking |
| Eleanor Rigby | The Beatles | character songs |
| Eleanor’s Cake (Which Ate Her) | Kevin Ayers | bread & baking |
| Elected | Alice Cooper | ambition |
| Election Day | The Replacements | elections |
| Electioneering | Radiohead | elections |
| Electra | Marianne Faithfull | mistaken identity |
| Electric Eye | Judas Priest | surveillance |
| Electric Feel | MGMT | electricity |
| Electric Funeral | Black Sabbath | funerals |
| Electric Garden | Conrad Schnitzler | electronic music to 1983 |
| The Electric Spanking of War Babies | Funkadelic | machines, robots & computers |
| Electric Youth | Debbie Gibson | youthfulness |
| The Electrician | The Walker Brothers | comeback songs |
| Electricity | Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | power |
| Electricity | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | machinery, industry & technology |
| Electricity | The Probes | songs by buskers |
| Electricity | Frank Sidebottom | electricity |
| Electrolite | R.E.M. | striking album endings |
| Electronic Performers | Air | machines, robots & computers |
| Elegy (O Rose, thou art sick) (from Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings) | Benjamin Britten | doom |
| Elegy for the Arctic | Ludovico Einaudi | frozen north |
| Elektro Kardiogramm | Kraftwerk | hospitals |
| The Elements | Tom Lehrer | songs with jokes |
| Elenore | The Turtles | great backing vocals |
| Elephant | A Camp | elephants & mammoths |
| Elephant | Jason Isbell | one word titles |
| Elephant | Laleh | elephants & mammoths |
| Elephant | June Tabor | elephants & mammoths |
| Elephant | Tame Impala | elephants & mammoths |
| Elephant on My Tambourine | North Atlantic Invasion Force | elephants & mammoths |
| The Elephant Riders | Clutch | 19th century life |
| Elephant Talk | King Crimson | animal sounds |
| Elephant Walk | Art Blakey | elephants & mammoths |
| Elephants | Burning Spear | elephants & mammoths |
| Elevator Operator | Courtney Barnett | gripping or intriguing narrative |
| The Eleven | Grateful Dead | numbers |
| Elfstedentocht Part 1 | Public Service Broadcasting | winter sports |
| Eli, the Barrow Boy | The Decemberists | manual labour |
| Elizabeth My Dear | The Stone Roses | queens |
| Elizabeth on the Bathroom Floor | Eels | siblings |
| Eloise | The Damned | named after women |
| Els Segadors (The Reapers) | Charlie Haden | national anthems |
| Els Titelles | Joan Manuel Serrat | puppets |
| Elusive Butterfly | Bob Lind | gentleness |
| Elvis Is Everywhere | Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper | conspiracy theories & paranoia |
| Elvis Presley Blues | Gillian Welch | Elvis |
| Embarrassing Kid | Van der Graaf Generator | immaturity |
| Embarrassment | The Ex | embarrassment |
| Embarrassment | Madness | embarrassment |
| Embrace | Low | impermanence |
| Embryo | Pink Floyd | babies |
| Emerald City | The Seekers | worst songs |
| Emergency! | Tony Williams Lifetime | songs by trios |
| E.M.I. | Sex Pistols | formal agreements |
| Emily | Joanna Newsom | siblings |
| Emily Kane | Art Brut | estimates of distance & time |
| Emma | Hot Chocolate | storytelling songs |
| Emma McCune | Emmanuel Jal | redemption |
| Emmylou | First Aid Kit | steel guitar |
| The Emperor | Sonic Boom Six ft Capitol 1212 | propaganda |
| Empire State Human | The Human League | shaggy dog stories & tall tales |
| Empire State of Mind | Jay-Z ft Alicia Keys | ambition |
| Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down | Alicia Keys | pockets |
| Empty Bed Blues | Bessie Smith | beds |
| Empty Cans | The Streets | songs with a twist |
| Empty Highway | Joan Armatrading | wide open spaces |
| Empty Pocket Waltz | Connie Converse | pockets |
| En vain pour eviter (from Carmen) | Georges Bizet | fortune tellers |
| Enchanted Forest | Mohawk and the Red Necks | forests & woodlands |
| Encore | Digitalism | theatre |
| The End | The Beatles | words of wisdom |
| The End | The Doors | redefined by film |
| End of the Line | Traveling Wilburys | collaborations & side projects |
| hope & resilience |
| The End of the World | Skeeter Davis | heartbreak |
| End Over End | Foo Fighters | old and new |
| End Times | Eels | finishing |
| An Ending (Ascent) | Brian Eno with Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno | instrumental soundtracks |
| the moon |
| Endless Art | A House | chicken and egg |
| The Endless Plain of Fortune | John Cale | greed |
| The Endless Sea | Iggy Pop | wide open spaces |
| Endorfin | Taner Yücel | fairgrounds |
| Energy in Northampton | Linda Jardim | worst songs |
| England | The Warriors | flags |
| England 2 Colombia 0 | Kirsty MacColl | sport |
| England, Half English | Billy Bragg & the Blokes | roots |
| England’s Glory | Max Wall | England |
| English | Nerina Pallot | England |
| The English Motorway System | Black Box Recorder | cars & driving |
| English Rose | The Jam | hidden tracks |
| English Trees | Crowded House | trees |
| An Englishman in New York | Sting | eccentric songs |
| An Englishman on Holiday | Thunder | holidays |
| Enivrez-vous | Stereolab | inspired by poetry |
| Enjoy the Silence | Depeche Mode | quiet |
| Enjoy the Silence | Susanna and the Magical Orchestra | silence |
| Enjoy Yourself | Prince Buster | punctuality |
| Enjoy Yourself | The Specials | knowledge |
| Enola Gay | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | nuclear war |
| aviation |
| Enough to Be On Your Way | James Taylor | brothers & sisters |
| Enter Sandman | Metallica | dreams |
| Enter Sandman | Youn Sun Nah | musically adventurous |
| The Entertainer | Tony Clarke | theatre |
| The Entertainer | Scott Joplin | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| The Entry of Christ into Liverpool | The Liverpool Scene | Liverpool & Merseyside |
| Entry of the Gods into Valhalla (from Das Rheingold) | Richard Wagner | personal theme songs |
| Equalisation of Trouser and Pant | Fela Kuti | underwear |
| Eras | Juana Molina | unusual time signatures |
| Erase/Rewind | The Cardigans | reversing |
| Erbarme dich, mein Gott | Johann Sebastian Bach, sung by Marian Anderson | songs that give you goosebumps |
| Erbarme dich, mein Gott | Johann Sebastian Bach, sung by Michael Chance | androgynous vocals |
| Eric the Half-a-Bee | Monty Python | bees |
| Erie Canal | Bruce Springsteen | bridges |
| Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) | Benny Hill | alliteration |
| Es ist ein Ros entsprungen | Michael Praetorius | roses |
| Escape | Gary Clail & On-U Sound System | running |
| Escape | A Guy Called Gerald | escape |
| Escape Is So Simple | Cowboy Junkies | escape |
| Escape Through the Air Vent | Man or Astro-man? | escape |
| Escapism (Gettin’ Free) | Digable Planets | insects |
| Est-ce ainsi que les hommes vivent? | Cécile McLorin Salvant | crooners |
| Estimated Prophet | Grateful Dead | omens & prophecies |
| Estuary Bed | The Triffids | Australia |
| Et moi, et moi, et moi | Jacques Dutronc | rabbits |
| Eternal Love | Delano Stewart | immortality & longevity |
| Eternal Source of Light Divine | George Frideric Handel | eternity |
| Eternity | Emily Hall & Olivia Chaney | eternity |
| Ether | Nas | cruel songs |
| Ether Song | Turin Brakes | hidden tracks |
| Étoile Polaire (North Star) | Philip Glass | lighthouses & guiding lights |
| The Eton Rifles | The Jam | songs that aren’t what they seem |
| Etude No 4 | Franz Liszt | songs that express excess |
| Eulogy | LA Vampires & Zola Jesus | funerals |
| Eulogy | Frank Turner | without a chorus |
| Euphoria | Neu! | euphoria |
| Europa | Slapp Happy & Henry Cow | personification |
| Europe Endless | Kraftwerk | places in Europe |
| Europe Is Lost | Kate Tempest | doom |
| crisis |
| European Super State | Killing Joke | roots |
| Eus Keus? | Gwenno | Gaelic songs |
| E.V.A. | Jean-Jacques Perrey | psychedelic songs |
| E.V.A. | Public Service Broadcasting | space travel |
| Eve of Destruction | Barry McGuire | apocalypse |
| Eve Was Black | Allison Russell | underdogs |
| Even Flow | Pearl Jam | rough & smooth |
| Even Steve McQueen | Robb Johnson & the Irregulars | fixing & repairing |
| Even Trolls Love to Rock ’n’ Roll | Tony Joe White | mythical beasts |
| Even When the Water’s Cold | !!! | refreshment & cooling down |
| Evening Falls… | Enya | evening |
| Evening in Atlantis | Esbjörn Svensson Trio | evening |
| The Evening News | Chamillionaire | journalism & the news |
| Evening Over Rooftops | Edgar Broughton Band | wings |
| Evening Prayer | Jens Lekman | recovery |
| Event Horizon | Peter Hammill | horizons |
| Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve) | Thea Gilmore | covers by the opposite sex |
| Ever So Lonely | Monsoon | inspired by India |
| Everest | Public Service Broadcasting | wilderness |
| Everlasting Everything | Wilco | eternity |
| Everlasting Light | The Black Keys | lighthouses & guiding lights |
| Everlasting Love | The Love Affair | everlasting love |
| Every Bloody Emperor | Van der Graaf Generator | propaganda |
| Every Breath You Take | The Police | following & chasing |
| Every Day Is a Winding Road | Sheryl Crow | hitchhiking |
| Every Fucking City | Paul Kelly | travelling |
| Every Grain of Sand | Emmylou Harris | sand |
| Every Little Counts | New Order | notable outros or codas |
| Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic | The Police | everything |
| Every Minute Is OK | Punk TV | Russia |
| Every Time I Feel the Spirit | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | repetition |
| Every Time I Itch I Wind Up Scratchin’ You | Glen Campbell | itching & scratching |
| Every You and Every Me | Placebo | knives |
| Everybody Dance (12″ mix) | Chic | dancing |
| Everybody Eats When They Come to My House | Cab Calloway | food |
| Everybody Here Wants You | Jeff Buckley | slow, sexy love songs |
| Everybody Hurts | R.E.M. | the obvious |
| Everybody Knows | Leonard Cohen | the truth |
| Everybody Knows (Except You) | The Divine Comedy | secret admirers |
| Everybody Loves the Sunshine | Roy Ayers Ubiquity | summer |
| Everybody Needs Somebody to Love | The Blues Brothers | collaborations & side projects |
| Everybody Wants to Love You | Japanese Breakfast | charisma |
| Everybody Wants to Touch Me | Missy Higgins | charisma |
| Everybody Wear They Mask | Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis | masks |
| Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) | Baz Luhrmann | intelligence |
| Everybody’s Goin’ to the Love-In | Bob Brady & the Con Chords | obsolete things |
| Everybody’s Got Something to Hide (Except Me and My Monkey) | The Feelies | monkeys & apes |
| Everybody’s Slimmin’ (Even Men and Women) | Slapp Happy | fixing & repairing |
| Everybody’s Talkin’ | Nilsson | echoes |
| Everybody’s Weird | dEUS | normal & abnormal |
| Everyday | Buddy Holly | anticipation |
| Everyday I Love You Less and Less | Kaiser Chiefs | great middle eights |
| Everyday I Write the Book | Elvis Costello & the Attractions | writing |
| Everyday Is Like Sunday | Morrissey | boring & dull |
| Everyday Life Has Become a Health Risk | The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy | COVID-19 lockdown |
| Everyday People | Sly and the Family Stone | community |
| Everyman’s an Island | Jah Wobble | advertising |
| Everyone Else | London Grammar | songs by trios |
| Everyone’s Hand Is on the Switch | Graham Parker | switches & buttons |
| Everything Crash | The Ethiopians | chaos |
| Everything Flows | Teenage Fanclub | everything |
| Everything Goes | Graham Parker | indifference |
| Everything Happens to Me | Chet Baker | luck |
| Everything Happens to Me | Samara Joy | everything |
| Everything Happens to Me | Thelonious Monk | losers |
| Everything I Wanted | Billie Eilish | everything |
| Everything in Its Right Place | Radiohead | genre switch |
| obsession |
| Everything Is Awesome!!! | Tegan and Sara ft The Lonely Island | everything |
| Everything Is Awful | The Decemberists | everything |
| Everything Is Beautiful Far Away | Grandaddy | beauty |
| Everything Is Broken | Bob Dylan | impermanence |
| Everything Is Broken | Betty LaVette | broken promises |
| Everything Is Free | Gillian Welch | everything |
| Everything Must Change | Nina Simone | passage of time |
| Everything Reminds Me of My Dog | Jane Siberry | dogs |
| Everything She Wants | Wham! | everything |
| Everything Stops for Tea | Professor Elemental | addiction |
| Everything You Never Had (We Had It All) | Breach ft Andreya Triana | gifts & giving |
| Everything’s Got ’Em | Harry Nilsson | psychedelic songs |
| Everything’s Tuesday | Chairmen of the Board | days of the week |
| Everything’s Turning to White | Paul Kelly & the Messengers | discovery |
| Everywhere | Fleetwood Mac | Valentine’s Day songs |
| Eve’s Volcano (Covered in Sin) | Julian Cope | natural disasters |
| Evidently Chickentown | John Cooper Clarke | sweary songs |
| The Evil That Men Do | Iron Maiden | quoting Shakespeare |
| Evolution Orange | Earth, Wind & Fire | orange |
| Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye | Ella Fitzgerald | notable key changes |
| Ex-Factor | Lauryn Hill | fairness |
| Excitable Boy | Warren Zevon | awkwardness |
| Exercise | Jae Tyler | bodily motion & exercise |
| Exhausted | Foo Fighters | tiredness |
| Exhuming McCarthy | R.E.M. | politicians |
| Exile Vilify | The National | exile |
| Exiles | King Crimson | orchestral string instruments |
| Exodus | Bob Marley & the Wailers | moving on |
| Expectations | Belle and Sebastian | school |
| Expensive Shit | Fela Kuti | cheating |
| Explanations | Gil Scott-Heron | arguments #2 |
| Express | B.T. Express | alarm sounds |
| Express Yourself | N.W.A. | confidence |
| Express Yourself | Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band | advice |
| screams, howls, grunts & shrieks |
| Expressway to Yr. Skull | Sonic Youth | mixtape closers |
| Extended Dance Mix | Fujiya & Miyagi | self-deprecation |
| Exuma, the Obeah Man | Exuma | the Caribbean |
| Eye Examination (Shiryoku Kensa) | 40mP ft GUMI | eyewear |
| Eye of the Lens | The Comsat Angels | eyes |
| Eyeoneye | Andrew Bird | breaking things |
| The Eyes of Fate | The Incredible String Band | fate & destiny |
| Eyes of the World | Grateful Dead | eureka moments |
| Eyes on the Prize | Mavis Staples | D-day |