Song Title | Artist | Topic |
H2Ogate Blues | Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson | scandal |
Ha! Ha! Said the Clown | Manfred Mann | laughter |
Ha Ha You’re Dead | Green Day | schadenfreude |
Ha Lese Le Di Khanna | Hugh Masekela | four-legged livestock |
Habits (Stay High) | Tove Lo | hedonism |
Hackensack | Thelonious Monk | towns |
Had Me a Real Good Time | Faces | bicycles |
Hair | PJ Harvey | hair |
The Hair of the Widow of Bridlington | Jake Thackray | neighbours |
Haitian Divorce | Steely Dan | influenced by reggae |
Haitian Fight Song | Danny Thompson | double bass |
Hakuna Matata | Jimmy Cliff & Lebo M | pride |
Hal | Yasmine Hamdan | slow, sexy love songs |
Half a Mile | Karine Polwart | murder |
Half a World Away | R.E.M. | tiredness |
Half Dead | The Mountain Goats | boring & dull |
Half Light I | Arcade Fire | sunsets & twilight |
Half Sister | Standard Fare | sisters |
Half the Perfect World | Madeleine Peyroux | fractions & portions |
Half the World Away | Oasis | Manchester |
Halfway to Paradise | Billy Fury | fractions & portions |
Halfway Up, Halfway Down | Dennis Brown | compromise |
Hall of Fame | Andre Williams | museums, galleries & exhibitions |
The Hall of Mirrors | Kraftwerk | inversions |
Hallelujah | Jeff Buckley | covers better than the original |
Halley’s Comet | Billie Eilish | rare events |
Hallogallo | Neu! | long songs |
Hallowed Be Thy Name | Iron Maiden | prisons |
Halloween | Sonic Youth | horror-inspired songs |
Halloween Night | AKB48 | time travel |
Halo | Lotte Kestner | crowns |
Haluan sinut | Regina | gender & LGBTQ+ |
Ham ‘n’ Eggs | A Tribe Called Quest | meals & mealtimes |
Hamburger Lady | Throbbing Gristle | scary songs |
The Hammer Song | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | tools |
Hammering in My Head | Garbage | machinery, industry & technology |
Hamsters | King Missile | rodents |
Han-Tyumi, the Confused Cyborg | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | artificial intelligence |
Hana Nu Kajimaya | Takashi Hirayasu & Bob Brozman | tradition |
Hand Clapping Song | The Meters | physical gestures |
Hand in Glove | The Smiths | never |
Hand in My Pocket | Alanis Morissette | physical gestures |
Hand Job, Bland Job, I Don’t Understand Job | Garfunkel and Oates | provocative, strange or humorous titles |
Hand of Kindness | Richard Thompson | kindness |
Hand Springs | The White Stripes | separation |
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | The Smiths | horror-inspired songs |
Handbags and Gladrags | Mike D’Abo | clothes |
Handbags and Gladrags | Rod Stewart | bags & containers |
Handcart Bwoy | Perfect | overturning the odds |
Handle with Care | Traveling Wilburys | supergroups |
Handlebars | Flobots | charisma |
Hands Across the Table | The BBC Dance Orchestra, directed by Henry Hall (vocal by Dan Donovan) | physical gestures |
The Handshake | Bad Religion | formal agreements |
The Handweaver and the Factory Maid | The Imagined Village | manual labour |
Handyman Blues | Billy Bragg | decor |
Hang On Sloopy | The McCoys | hanging |
Hang On to Your Ego | The Beach Boys | id, ego & superego |
Hang Out the Stars in Indiana | Al Bowlly | hanging |
Hang-Ten! | The Soup Dragons | shyness |
Hangin’ on a String | Loose Ends | uncertainty |
Hanging Around | The Stranglers | hanging |
Hanging Garden | The Necks | gardens |
Hanging in the Gallery | Strawbs | museums, galleries & exhibitions |
Hanging on a Star | Nick Drake | hanging |
Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire | Chumbawamba | army |
Hanging on the Telephone | Blondie | letters, emails & telegrams |
Hanging on the Telephone | The Nerves | lesser known originals |
Hangman’s Hill | Peter Blegvad with John Greaves & Chris Cutler | hanging |
Hanno the Navigator | Al Stewart | discovery |
Hanoi | La Grande Sophie | Asian cities |
Happiness | Goldfrapp | happiness |
Happiness Is a Warm Gun | The Breeders | Beatles covers |
Happy | Mazzy Star | happiness |
Happy | The Rolling Stones | happiness |
Happy Birthday | Altered Images | birthdays |
Happy Birthday | The Birthday Party | anniversaries |
Happy Birthday | Stevie Wonder | legacy |
Happy Birthday Girl | Spearmint | birthdays |
The Happy Birthday Song | Andrew Bird | birthdays |
Happy Day | Talking Heads | innocence |
Happy Feet | Cab Calloway | feet |
Happy, Happy Birthday Baby | The Tune Weavers | anniversaries |
Happy House | Siouxsie and the Banshees | fun |
Happy Jack | The Who | sand |
Happy Land | Ultramarine & Robert Wyatt | unlikely collaborations |
Happy Loving Couples | Joe Jackson | two – part 2 |
Happy New Year | Camera Obscura | new year |
Happy New Year | Beverley | great keyboards |
H.A.P.P.Y. Radio | Edwin Starr | switches & buttons |
Happy Summer Wedding | Goose house | male names |
Happy Time | Tim Buckley | happiness |
Happy Together | The Turtles | euphoria |
Happy When It Rains | The Jesus and Mary Chain | bad weather |
Hard | Tom Robinson | being a man or a woman |
Hard & Tuff | Dub Syndicate | resilience |
Hard Day on the Planet | Loudon Wainwright III | climate change |
A Hard Day’s Night | The Beatles | work |
Hard Hands | Ray Barretto | nicknames & pseudonyms |
Hard Headed Woman | Wanda Jackson | Elvis |
Hard Headed Woman | Cat Stevens | searching & seeking |
Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah) | Ella Fitzgerald | girls’ names |
Hard On | Withered Hand | songs for your teenage self |
Hard On for Love | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | lust |
A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall | Bob Dylan | prophets |
Hard Time Killing Floor Blues | Skip James | great solo performances |
Hard Times | Baby Huey | poverty |
Hard Times of Old England Retold | The Imagined Village | villages |
Hard to Be | David Bazan | higher education |
Hard to Explain | The Strokes | stop-start songs |
Hard to Handle | Grateful Dead | favourite live versions |
Hard to Handle | Otis Redding | seduction |
Hard Wired | Tracy Chapman | collecting & listing |
Hard Work | John Handy | spring cleaning & household chores |
Hard Workin’ Man | Captain Beefheart | industry & manufacturing |
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger | Steam Powered Giraffe | finish where they begin |
The Harder They Come | Jimmy Cliff | recorded for movies |
The Hardest Button to Button | The White Stripes | babies |
The Hardest Part | Blondie | iron & steel |
The Hardest Walk | The Jesus and Mary Chain | superlatives |
Hardly Wait | PJ Harvey | anticipation |
Harlem Shuffle | Bob & Earl | dance styles |
Harmonie du soir à Chateauguay | Beau Dommage | days of the week |
Harold and Joe | The Cure | nothing |
Harp and Aeolian Harp | Sarah Deere-Jones | harp, lyre & zither |
Harper Valley PTA | Jeannie C. Riley | arguments |
Harpsichord Shuffle | Wynder K. Frog | harpsichord |
Harriet Brown | Opal | actors |
Harriet Tubman’s Ballad | Woody Guthrie | 19th century life |
Harrowdown Hill | Thom Yorke | scandal |
Harry’s House / Centerpiece | Joni Mitchell | decor |
Harvest Festival | XTC | September & October |
Harvest for the World | The Isley Brothers | hope |
Harvest in the East | Tommy McCook | September & October |
Harvest Moon | Cassandra Wilson | the moon |
Harvest of the Moon | Steeleye Span | tradition |
Has He Got a Friend for Me? | Richard and Linda Thompson | asking, begging & pleading |
Hassan I Sahba | Hawkwind | violin |
Hasta Siempre Comandante Che Guevera | Carlos Puebla | hero worship |
Hate of the City | Cockney Rejects | shoes |
Hate the Police | Mudhoney | law enforcement |
Hatfield 1980 | Everything but the Girl | suburbia |
Hattonrigg Pit Disaster, 1910 | De Rosa | safety & danger |
Haunting at 1300 McKinley | The Black Angels | addresses |
Have a Nice Day | Roxanne Shante | competition |
Have a Nice Day | World Order | impressive videos |
Have Mercy Baby | Billy Ward & His Dominoes | influenced by gospel |
Have More Time | Marvin Smith | multitasking & being busy |
Have One on Me | Joanna Newsom | spiders |
Have You Ever Been Away? | The Beautiful South | stick it to the man |
Have You Ever Seen the Rain? | Creedence Clearwater Revival | bad weather |
Have You Got 10p? | The Ejected | coins |
Have You Seen Bruce Richard Reynolds? | Alabama 3 | smuggling & stealing |
Have You Seen Her | The Chi-Lites | eyes & sight |
Havoc in Heaven | Jesca Hoop | paradise |
Hazy Shade of Winter | The Bangles | covers by the opposite sex |
HBCU There | Griot B | higher education |
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother | The Hollies | empathy |
He Brings Out the Whiskey in Me | Amy Millan | whiskey |
He Can Surely Turn the Tide | Johnny Osbourne | nightingales & thrushes |
He Had a Long Chain On | Jimmy Driftwood | kindness |
He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) | The Crystals | violence |
He Miss Road | Fela Kuti | long songs |
He Never Raced on Sunday | Otis Taylor | competition |
He Shall Feed His Flock (from the Messiah) | George Frideric Handel | Jesus |
He Stopped Loving Her Today | George Jones | futility |
He Was a Big Freak | Betty Davis | offensive, insulting songs |
He Was Really Sayin’ Somethin’ | The Velvelettes | misheard, nonsense or inaudible lyrics |
He Was the King | Neil Young | Elvis |
He Who Picks a Rose | The Temptations | roses |
Head | Prince | sexy songs |
Head Hang Low | Julian Cope | oddballs, outcasts & outsiders |
Head Like a Hole | Nine Inch Nails | holes |
Head of the Table | Joan Armatrading | leadership |
Head Over Heels | The Manhattan Love Suicides | close shaves & near misses |
Head Shoulders Knees & Toes | Ofenbach & Quarterhead ft Norma Jean Martine | bodily motion & exercise |
The Head That Controls Both Right and Left Sides Eats Meats and Slobbers Even Today | Bleach | arresting opening lines |
A Head with Wings | Morphine | wings |
Headache for Michelle | Au Pairs | surveillance |
Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!! | Babymetal | doors |
Headbanger Face | A.R.E. Weapons | faces |
Headlights on the Parade | The Blue Nile | parades |
Headline Hustler | 10cc | journalism & the news |
Headline News | Edwin Starr | reading |
The Headmaster Ritual | The Smiths | school |
Headphones | Björk | ears & hearing |
Heal Me | Sarah Shook & the Disarmers | redemption |
The Healer | Erykah Badu | healing |
The Healer | John Lee Hooker & Carlos Santana | healing |
Healing Hands | Citizen Cope | hands |
Healing with Turmeric | Dhol Foundation | flavour |
Heaps of Sheeps | Robert Wyatt | sleep & insomnia |
Hear | Moonpools & Caterpillars | ears & hearing |
Hear My Train A-Comin’ | Jimi Hendrix | ears & hearing |
Hear Our Prayer | Ladysmith Black Mambazo | prayer |
Heard About Your Band | Brakes | boastful songs |
Heart Disease Called Love | John Cooper Clarke | Manchester |
Heart Like a Wheel | Kate & Anna McGarrigle | the heart |
Heart of Glass | Blondie | the heart |
Heart of the City | Dave Edmunds | Welsh songs |
Heart-Shaped Box | Nirvana | bags & containers |
Heartbeat | Annie | the heart |
Heartbeat | Wire | the heart |
Heartbeats | José González | covers better than the original |
Heartbeats | The Knife | great keyboards |
Heartbreak Beat | The Psychedelic Furs | forgotten follow-ups |
Heartbreak Hotel | Elvis Presley | buildings |
Hearts and Crosses | Heavenly | bright songs about dark subjects |
Hearts on Fire | Gram Parsons | great backing vocals |
Heartstopper | Emilíana Torrini | coffee |
Heat | Dana Bryant | perspiration |
Heat Treatment | Graham Parker | heat #2 |
Heat Wave | Martha and the Vandellas | heat |
Heaven | Pere Ubu | influenced by reggae |
Heaven | Talking Heads | heaven & hell |
Heaven and Hell | Black Sabbath | sinners |
Heaven and Hell | Raekwon | heaven & hell |
Heaven at Once | Kool & the Gang | dialogue |
Heaven in Pennies | Esperanza Spalding ft Robert Glasper | coins |
Heaven Is a Halfpipe | OPM | religion |
Heaven Is a Place on Earth | Belinda Carlisle | heaven & hell |
Heaven Is Empty | Aldous Harding | paradise |
Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now | The Smiths | work |
Heaven or Las Vegas | Cocteau Twins | American west |
Heavenly Nobodies | Lush | hero worship |
Heavy Balloon | Fiona Apple | resilience |
Heavy Cross | Gossip | crosses |
Heavy Doctor | Thee Oh Sees | doctors |
Heavy Horses | Jethro Tull | horses |
Heavy Is the Head | Zac Brown Band ft Chris Connell | crowns |
Heavy Metal Drummer | Wilco | music genres |
Hedi’s Head | Kleenex | underrated artists |
Heligoland | Overseer | islands |
Britain |
Heliopolis by Night | Aberfeldy | bright and beautiful |
Hell | James Brown | heaven & hell |
Hell Broke Luce | Tom Waits | army |
He’ll Have to Go | Jim Reeves | volume |
Hell Is Chrome | Wilco | the afterlife |
Hell Is Round the Corner | Tricky | interlopers |
(He’ll Never Be An) Old Man River | TISM | tragedy & comedy |
Hellfudge | Lard | religion |
Hellhound on My Trail | Robert Johnson | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
Hello | Dan Zanes & Barbara Brousal | hello |
Hello Hello, I’m Back Again | Gary Glitter | hello |
Hello, I Love You | The Doors | hello |
Hello in There | John Prine | indifference |
Hello It’s Me | Lou Reed & John Cale | remembrance songs |
Hello It’s Me | Todd Rundgren | visitors |
Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah | Alan Sherman | accents |
Hello Operator | The White Stripes | letters, emails & telegrams |
Hello! Orange Sunshine | Judy and Mary | orange |
Hello There | John Cale | hello |
The Hellraisers | Tyla J. Pallas | songs that fit every topic |
Hell’s Bells | AC/DC | heaven & hell |
Hell’s Itch | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | itching & scratching |
Help! | The Beatles | immaturity |
Help Is Coming | Crowded House | migrants & refugees |
Help Me Get Over This | Breathless | never |
Help Me, Rhonda | The Beach Boys | different 7″ versions |
Help the Aged | Pulp | getting older |
Helplessly Hoping | Crosby, Stills & Nash | patterns & sequences |
Helplessly Hoping | Richie Havens | alliteration |
Helter Skelter | The Beatles | fairgrounds |
Henrietta Longbottom | Felt | gossip |
Henry Lee | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds ft PJ Harvey | jealousy |
rejection |
Hentai | Rosalía | orgasms |
Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles | Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band | blue |
Her Way of Praying | The Jesus and Mary Chain | prayer |
Hercules | Mercury Rev | ancient history |
Hercules | Aaron Neville | named after men |
Here Come the Girls | Ernie K-Doe | from New Orleans |
Here Come the Warm Jets | Brian Eno | indecipherable songs |
Here Comes Alice | The Jesus and Mary Chain | non-alcoholic drinks |
Here Comes Flash | The Kinks | villains |
Here Comes Geordie | Richard Thompson | North East England |
Here Comes That Man Again | Kirsty MacColl | switches & buttons |
Here Comes That Song Again | Roy Orbison | jukeboxes |
Here Comes the Flood | Robert Fripp & Peter Gabriel | natural disasters |
Here Comes the Sun | The Beatles | anticipation |
Here Comes the Sun | Nina Simone | the sun |
Here Goes Something | Nada Surf | gravity |
Here I Am | Lyle Lovett | meat |
Here I Come | Barrington Levy | showing off |
Here I Go | Syd Barrett | upbeat break-up |
Here I Go Again | Whitesnake | departures |
Here in Heaven | Sparks | death |
Here, There and Everywhere | Emmylou Harris | Beatles covers |
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow | Gang Starr | impermanence |
Here We Come A-Wassailing | The Watersons | new year |
(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree | The Move | nursery rhymes |
Here’s Looking at You, Kid | The Gaslight Anthem | without a chorus |
Here’s the Tender Coming | The Unthanks | adversity |
Here’s to Old England | Luke Haines | England |
Here’s to the State of Mississippi | Phil Ochs | rejection |
Here’s Where the Story Ends | The Sundays | finishing |
Hermit the Frog | Marina and the Diamonds | secrets |
Hermod’s Ride to Hel – Lokes Treachery Part I | Amon Amarth | fantasy |
Hero | Neu! | out-of-tune songs |
Hero of the War | Scott Walker | hero worship |
Hero of War | Rise Against | army |
Herod 2014 | Scott Walker & Sunn O))) | deep voices |
“Heroes” | David Bowie | obstacles |
album tracks better than singles |
“Heroes” (Aphex Twin Remix) | Philip Glass | scary songs |
Heroes | Jill Sobule | hero worship |
Heroes and Villains | The Beach Boys | close harmony singing |
Heroin | The Velvet Underground | volume changes |
Herr Drosselmeyer’s Doll | Abney Park | machinery, industry & technology |
Herring Girl | Bella Hardy | sharp objects |
Herring Song | Eliza Carthy | fish & other aquatic life |
He’s a Bad Boy | Carole King | villains |
He’s a High Class Physician | Marion Williams | doctors |
He’s a Rebel | The Crystals | youth cults |
He’s a Tramp | Peggy Lee | famous or notable animals |
He’s an Oddball | The Lewis Sisters | oddballs, outcasts & outsiders |
He’s Gone | Grateful Dead | acceptance |
He’s Gonna Step on You Again | John Kongos | bad boys & bad girls |
He’s Got His Eyes on You | Reverend D. C. Rice & his Sanctified Congregation | eyes & sight |
He’s Just a Scientist | Connie Francis | obsolete things |
He’s Making a Tape | Billy Childish & the Musicians of the British Empire | media for listening to recorded music |
He’s Misstra Know-It-All | Stevie Wonder | confidence |
He’s on the Beach | Kirsty MacColl | the Commonwealth |
He’s on the Phone | Saint Etienne ft Étienne Daho | telephones |
He’s Simple, He’s Dumb, He’s the Pilot | Grandaddy | being lost |
He’s So Fine | The Chiffons | secret admirers |
He’s the Greatest Dancer | Sister Sledge | nightclubs |
Hey | Pixies | pick-up lines & marriage proposals |
Hey Boy, Hey Girl | The Chemical Brothers | two – part 2 |
Hey Garland, I Dig Your Tweed Coat | Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band | clothes |
Hey, Good Lookin’ | Hank Williams | pick-up lines & marriage proposals |
Hey Ho on the Devil’s Back | Katzenjammer | mythical beasts |
Hey Jack Kerouac | 10,000 Maniacs | tribute songs |
writing |
Hey Jean Hey Dean | Dean and Jean | hedonism |
Hey Joe | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | guns |
Hey Joe | The Leaves | criminals |
Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go | Daniel Johnston | the Beatles |
Hey Jude | The Beatles | na-na-hey-hey songs |
Hey Jude | Wilson Pickett | Beatles covers |
Hey Leroy, Your Mama’s Callin’ You | Jimmy Castor | saxophone |
Hey Nineteen | Steely Dan | getting older |
Hey! Sandy | Harvey Andrews | songs that capture the zeitgeist |
Hey Self Defeater | Mark Mulcahy | consolation |
Hey Sexy | Die Antwoord | hello |
Hey Stoopid | Alice Cooper | stupidity |
Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye | Leonard Cohen | goodbye |
(Hey There) Big Bad Wolf | The Sham-Ettes | fairytales |
Hey, Western Union Man | Jerry Butler | letters, emails & telegrams |
Hey Ya! | OutKast | handclaps |
Hi Ho Silver Lining | Jeff Beck | ‘high’ songs |
Hi Ren | Ren | id, ego & superego |
Hi Roller | Little Feat | playing cards |
Hi, We’re the Support Band | Tim Rogers & the Twin Set | music industry |
Hickory, Walnut & Pine | The Po’ Rambin’ Boys | brown |
Hickory Wind | The Byrds | trees |
The Hidden Camera | Photek | surveillance |
Hidden Well | Acoustic Guitars | wells |
Hideaway | Erasure | rejection |
High by the Beach | Lana Del Rey | ‘high’ songs |
High Hopes | Frank Sinatra & Eddie Hodges | children performing |
The High Monkey-Monk | Cocteau Twins | monkeys & apes |
High Priced Woman | John Lee Hooker | maps |
High Priestess | Santigold | preachers, priests & religious leaders |
High Rise | Hawkwind | buildings |
High School Confidential | Jerry Lee Lewis | jukeboxes |
High Tide or Low Tide | Bob Marley & the Wailers | tides |
Highdown Fair | Angelo Branduardi | patterns & sequences |
Higher Ground | Stevie Wonder | redemption |
Higher State of Consciousness | Josh Wink | ‘high’ songs |
Higher Than the Sun (A Dub Symphony in Two Parts) | Primal Scream | the sun |
The Higher the Monkey Climbs | Justin Hinds & the Dominoes | proverbs |
Higher Wall | New Model Army | interlopers |
Highly Strung | Van der Graaf Generator | rhythm, beat & boogie |
Highway 49 | Howlin’ Wolf | road trips |
Highway 61 Revisited | Bob Dylan | arresting opening lines |
Highway Blues | Savoy Brown | hitchhiking |
Highway Kind | Townes Van Zandt | itinerants & migration |
Highway Patrolman | Bruce Springsteen | siblings |
Highway to Hell | AC/DC | the afterlife |
Highwayman | The Highwaymen | immortality & longevity |
The Highwayman | Loreena McKennitt | outlaws & rebels |
Highwomen | The Highwomen | supergroups |
Hikaru Toki (When You Shine) | Hitsujibungaku | legacy |
Hiljainen kylätie | Metro-tytöt | villages |
Hill Street Blues | Mike Post & Larry Carlton | law enforcement |
Hilly Fields (1892) | Nick Nicely | parks |
Himininn er að hrynja en stjörnurnar fara þér vel | Ólafur Arnalds | remembrance songs |
Hindewhu | Ba-Benzélé Pygmies | flutes, pipes & whistles |
Hip Hop | Mos Def | youth cults |
Hip Priest | The Fall | volume changes |
Hip to Be Square | Huey Lewis & the News | coolness |
Hippopotamus | Desmond Dekker | gravity |
Hippopotamus | Sparks | strange, rare or unlikely words |
Hips Don’t Lie | Shakira ft Wyclef Jean | joints of the body |
His Friends Are More Than Fond of Robin | Carly Simon | charisma |
The Hissing of Summer Lawns | Joni Mitchell | trees, grass & flowers |
Historia de las Sillas | Silvio Rodríguez | chairs |
History | The Woodentops | bad decisions |
History Eraser | Courtney Barnett | accents |
History Has Its Eyes on You | Christopher Jackson & Lin-Manuel Miranda | legacy |
History Lesson | Nicolas Jaar | tragedy & comedy |
History Lesson Part II | Minutemen | self-referential songs |
A History of Sport Fishing | Thee More Shallows | misleading or incongruous titles |
History Repeating | Propellerheads ft Shirley Bassey | collaborations & side projects |
regressing & reversing |
Hit | The Sugarcubes | seduction |
Hit and Miss (Jukebox Jury Theme) | John Barry Seven Plus Four | jukeboxes |
Hit ‘Em Up | Tupac Shakur | hatchet jobs |
Hit Me with Your Best Shot | Pat Benatar | dares |
Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick | Ian Dury & the Blockheads | the Commonwealth |
Hit That Perfect Beat | Bronski Beat | perfection |
Hit the Lights | Metallica | debut songs |
Hit the North | The Fall | northern England |
Hit the Switch | Bright Eyes | domestic songs |
Hitch a Ride | Boston | hitchhiking |
Hitch Hike | Marvin Gaye | physical gestures |
Hitch Hikin’ | Bruce Springsteen | hitchhiking |
Hitchin’ a Ride | Vanity Fare | hitchhiking |
Hitler | Eek-A-Mouse | tyranny & dictatorship |
Hitting You | Loudon Wainwright III | regrets |
Hob | Richard Dawson | mythical beasts |
Hobbin and A Bobbin | The Ragamuffins ft Bob Andy | winter sports |
Hobbit Motherfuckers | Turbonegro | misanthropic songs |
Hobo Heaven | The Groanbox Boys | suicide |
Hobo Humpin’ Slobo Babe | Whale | from Nordic countries |
Hockey | Jane Siberry | winter |
The Hockey Song | Stompin’ Tom Connors | winter sports |
Hocus Pocus | Focus | songs that express excess |
Hog Callin’ Blues | Charles Mingus | onomatopoeia |
Hola Soledad | Sandra Carrasco | personification |
Hold Me | K. T. Oslin | decisive songs |
Hold Me Close (Underground) | The Beautiful South | basements & underground |
Hold On | En Vogue | close harmony singing |
Hold On, Hold On | Neko Case | echoes |
Hold On, I’m Coming | Sam & Dave | great drumming |
Hold On to Me | The Black Sorrows | treasure |
Hold On When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It | Stars | gifts & giving |
Hold Up | Beyoncé | adultery & infidelity |
Hold Your Head Up | Argent | confidence |
Hold Your Own | Kate Tempest | songs offering advice |
Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks | The Brunettes | urban wildlife |
The Hole | Townes Van Zandt | caves |
Hole in the Bucket | Spearhead | pockets |
Holes | Mercury Rev | odd noises & instruments |
Holes to Heaven | Jack Johnson | holes |
Holiday | Happy Mondays | holidays |
Holiday for Strings | Spike Jones & his City Slickers | laughter |
Holiday in Cambodia | Dead Kennedys | Asia |
Holiday in Waikiki | The Kinks | holidays |
Holidays | The Beach Boys | fictional adverts |
Holland, 1945 | Neutral Milk Hotel | places in Europe |
Hollow Talk | Choir of Young Believers | from Nordic countries |
Hollywood | Erykah Badu | Hollywood |
Hollywood | Guy Clark | Hollywood |
Hollywood | Cluster | krautrock |
Hollywood | Codeine Velvet Club | Hollywood |
Hollywood | Lana Del Rey | Hollywood |
Hollywood | Brigitte Fontaine | Hollywood |
Hollywood Divorce | OutKast ft Lil Wayne & Snoop Dogg | actors |
Hollywood (Down on Your Luck) | Thin Lizzy | luck |
Hollywood Hopeful | Loudon Wainwright III | Hollywood |
Hollywood Lawn | Jenny Lewis | Hollywood |
Hollywood Nights | Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | Hollywood |
Holocaust | Big Star | mothers |
Holy Forest | Pinkshinyultrablast | surprising intros |
Homburg | Procol Harum | hats & accessories |
Home Again | Edwyn Collins | coming home |
Home as a Romanticized Concept Where Everyone Loves You Always and Forever | Woodpigeon | long titles |
Home Computer | Kraftwerk | machines, robots & computers |
Home, Home on the Range | Neil Young | American west |
Home Is Where the Hatred Is | Gil Scott-Heron | home |
Home Is Where the Heart Is | Lene Lovich | reunions |
Home Is Where the Heart Is | Bobby Womack | proverbs |
Home of the Brave | Bonnie and the Treasures | freedom |
Home of the Whale | Massive Attack | cetaceans |
The Home Secretary Briefs the Forces of Law and Order | McCarthy | law enforcement |
Home Sweet Home (…At Christmas) | Viv Albertine | reunions |
Home to Myself | Melissa Manchester | being single |
Homegrown Tomatoes | Guy Clark | the obvious |
Homely Girl | The Chi-Lites | schadenfreude |
Hometown Farewell Kiss | The Triffids | revenge |
Homeward Bound | Simon & Garfunkel | home |
Homosapien | Pete Shelley | homosexuality |
Honaloochie Boogie | Mott the Hoople | rhythm, beat & boogie |
An Honest Mistake | The Bravery | misunderstanding |
Honey Bones | Dope Lemon | psychedelic songs |
Honey for the Bees | Alison Moyet | bees |
Honeybee | The Unthanks | bees |
The Honeymooners | Lucky Jim | gifts & giving |
Hong Kong | Screamin’ Jay Hawkins | Asia |
Hook Head | Irish Lights | lighthouses & guiding lights |
Hooked on Junk | k.d. lang & the Reclines | trash |
Hookin’ Meh | Invaders Steel Orchestra | steelpan |
Hoover Factory | Elvis Costello | buildings |
Hop, Skip and Jump | Roy Milton & His Solid Senders | jumping |
Hope | Bauhaus | hope |
Hope | Björk | suicide |
Hope | Arlo Parks | hope |
Hope Is the Last Thing to Die | David Holmes ft Raven Violet | hope |
Hope She’ll Be Happier | Bill Withers | disappointment |
Hope Street, Tomorrow Afternoon | Robb Johnson | hope |
Hope There’s Someone | Antony and the Johnsons | songs that make you cry |
Hoping Machine | Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker & Yim Yames | persistence |
Hopopono | GoGo Penguin | great keyboards |
Hopping Down in Kent / My Lovely Hops | Mary Ann Haynes | September & October |
Hoppípolla | Sigur Rós | multilingual songs |
Horizon | Cat Power | horizons |
Horizon | Rachael Yamagata | horizons |
Hormones | Tracey Thorn | opposites |
Horror Movie | Skyhooks | news & media |
The Horse | Cliff Nobles & Co. | animals |
A Horse in the Country | Cowboy Junkies | horses |
Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier | Corb Lund | horses |
Horse with a Freeze Pts 1&2 | Roy Ward | stop-start songs |
A Horse with No Name | America | wilderness |
Horse with No Name | Horace Andy | deserts |
Horseshoe Woman | Caracol | iron & steel |
Hosanna in Excelsis | Sabbat | army |
Hospital | The Modern Lovers | buildings |
Hospital Food | Eels | hospitals |
Hospital (Win Your Love) | Jesca Hoop | nursing & healthcare |
Hot Barbeque | Brother Jack McDuff | meals & mealtimes |
Hot Black Silk | Songs: Ohia | rough & smooth |
Hot Buttered Rum | Tom Fogerty | cocktails & spirits |
Hot Chocolate | Shonen Knife | non-alcoholic drinks |
Hot Chocolate Boy | Beat Happening | non-alcoholic drinks |
Hot for Teacher | Van Halen | education |
Hot Fun in the Summertime | Sly and the Family Stone | heat |
Hot Head | Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band | heat |
Hot Heels | Barbara Moore | wordless vocals |
Hot in Herre | Nelly | heat #2 |
Hot Milk | Jackie Mittoo | non-alcoholic drinks |
Hot n Cold | Katy Perry | driving songs |
Hot Pants | James Brown | fads & crazes |
Hot Pants | Alan Hawkshaw and Alan Parker | clothes |
Hot Pink | Let’s Eat Grandma | pink |
Hot Pink | Meat Puppets | pink |
The Hot Rock | Quincy Jones | precious stones |
Hot Rod Hotel | Billy Bragg & Wilco | hotels |
Hot Runes | The Fall | months of the year |
Hot Soft Light | The Hold Steady | hospitals |
Hot Stuff | Donna Summer | evening |
Hot Topic | Le Tigre | list songs |
oddballs, outcasts & outsiders |
Hotel California | Eagles | hotels |
Hotel Happiness | Brook Benton | hotels |
Hotel Room | Richard Hawley | hotels |
Hots for the Smarts | Richard Thompson | the brain |
Hound Dog | Big Mama Thornton | lesser known originals |
Hounds of Love | Kate Bush | fear |
The House | Air Traffic Controller | family |
House at Pooh Corner | Loggins and Messina | bears |
House Burning Down | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | notable outros or codas |
House for Sale | Lucifer | moving on |
A House Is Not a Home | Luther Vandross | vibrato, tremolo & oscillations |
A House Is Not a Home | Dionne Warwick | chairs |
The House of Blue Lights | Freddie Slack & Ella Mae Morse with Don Raye | nightclubs |
House of Circles | Mr. Gnome | circles |
House of Fun | Madness | anticipation |
House of Jansch | Donovan | tribute songs |
House of Mirrors | David McCallum | mirrors |
House of the Gods | The Pogues | beer |
House of the King | Focus | TV theme songs |
The House of the Rising Sun | The Animals | advice |
House on the Hill | Kevin Coyne | mental illness |
House Party | Fred Wesley | parties & going out |
The House That Jack Built | Aretha Franklin | buildings |
Housework | The B-52s | spring cleaning & household chores |
Housework | Robert Palmer | spring cleaning & household chores |
How a Resurrection Really Feels | The Hold Steady | resurrection |
How Beautiful You Are… | The Cure | misunderstanding |
How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? | Blind Alfred Reed | poverty |
How Can I Be Sure | David Cassidy | confidence |
How Can I Keep from Singing? | Enya | singing |
How Can I Miss You When You Won’t Go Away? | Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks | missing someone |
How Can I Protect You? | Alabama 3 | asking, begging & pleading |
How Can I Tell Him | Jens Lekman | platonic love |
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? | Al Green | influenced by gospel |
How Come | Ronnie Lane & Slim Chance | playing cards |
How Come It Never Rains | The Dogs D’Amour | songs that fit every topic |
How Come My Dog Don’t Bark (When You Come Around) | Dr. John | substitutions |
How Come That Blood | Sam Amidon | blood |
How Deep Is Your Love | Bee Gees | slow, sexy love songs |
How Do You Keep the Music Playing? | Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge | everlasting love |
How Do You Sleep? | John Lennon | hatchet jobs |
How Does It Feel to Feel | The Creation | questions |
How D’Ya Like Your Eggs in the Morning | Dean Martin & Helen O’Connell | eggs |
How I Wrote Elastic Man | The Fall | writing |
How Is the Weather in Paris | Alain Romans | hammer & mallet instruments |
How Long Has This Been Going On? | Ella Fitzgerald | eureka moments |
How Long Has This Been Going On | Carmen McRae | arresting opening lines |
How Many More Years | Howlin’ Wolf | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
How Sad, How Lovely | Connie Converse | brevity |
How Soon Is Now? | The Smiths | B sides |
How Sweet to Be an Idiot | Neil Innes | self-deprecation |
How the Love Gets In | Thea Gilmore | positive songs |
How the Stars Were Made | Michael Askill | stars |
How to Be a Millionaire | ABC | money |
How to Be Invisible | Kate Bush | the invisible |
How to Make a Chandelier | Animals That Swim | glass |
How to Make Gravy | Paul Kelly | recipe songs |
How to Roll a Blunt | Redman | smoking |
How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise? | Brother D with Collective Effort | positive songs |
How You Gonna Get Respect (When You Haven’t Cut Your Process Yet) | Hank Ballard & the Dapps | hair |
How You Learn to Live Alone | Mary Gauthier | being single |
However Much I Booze | The Who | failure |
H’tuom Tuhs Part 1 | The Missing Links | psychedelic songs |
Huddersfield Town | Roger Davies | Yorkshire |
A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld | The Orb | long titles |
Huge Tree in the Tsukamori Forest | Joe Hisaishi | forests & woodlands |
The Hum | Margo Guryan | humming |
Human | The Human League | forgiveness |
Human, All Too Fucking Human | Anaal Nathrakh | misanthropic songs |
Human Beings | !Action Pact! | misunderstanding |
Human Cannonball | Loudon Wainwright III | the circus |
The Human Element | Reflection Eternal | prisons |
Human Fly | The Cramps | Halloween |
The Human Germ | Snog | wastelands |
Humdrum Blues | Oscar Brown Jr. | boredom |
Humeaban las Chozas | Arcángel | homelessness |
Hummingbird | B.B. King | one word titles |
Humpty Dumpty | Aimee Mann | eggs |
A Hundred Years from Today | Sarah Vaughan | anniversaries |
Hunger Song | The Middle East | stomach & guts |
Hungry Planet | The Byrds | environment |
Hunros | Gwenno | harpsichord |
The Hunter | Albert King | following & chasing |
The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game | Grace Jones | ironic songs |
The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game | The Marvelettes | hunting |
Hunting for Witches | Bloc Party | confusion & delusion |
The Hunting Song | Pentangle | hunting |
Hunting the Hare | Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts | a cappella |
Hunting the Squirrel | The Gloaming | searching & seeking |
Hurdy Gurdy Man | Donovan | musical instruments |
The Hurlers | Seth Lakeman | rare events |
Hurricane | Bob Dylan | murder |
Hurricane | Lin-Manuel Miranda | writing |
Hurricane Room | The Blessing | the Commonwealth |
Hurricane Season | Trombone Shorty | storms |
Hurt | Johnny Cash | covers better than the original |
Hurt | Nine Inch Nails | recreational drugs |
Hurt So Good | Susan Cadogan | channelling pain |
Hush | Deep Purple | silence |
Hush | Tool | stubbornness |
Hush Little Baby | Nina Simone | babies & childbirth |
Husna | Hitesh Sonik ft Piyush Mishra | long-distance relationships |
The Hustler | Willie Colón | from New York City |
Hymn (Live 1980) | Barclay James Harvest | ascension |
The Hymn for the Cigarettes | Hefner | smoking |
Hymn of the Big Wheel | Massive Attack | spinning |
Hyperballad | Björk | faith |
Hys | Yapoos | confusion & delusion |
Hysteria | The Partisans | confusion & delusion |