| Song Title | Artist | Topic |
| Ka-Ding-Dong | The G-Clefs | bells |
| Kahaan Se Aaya, Kahaan Jaaoge? | Prahlad Tipanya | positive songs |
| Kala Djula | Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté | supergroups |
| Kalasnjikov | Goran Bregović & the Tzigane Brass Orchestra | ensembles, big bands & orchestras |
| Kali Yuga Part 3 (Autumn of Aeons) | Therion | end of the world |
| Kalinka | Alexandrov Ensemble Choir | Russia |
| Kaltes klares Wasser | Malaria! vs Chicks on Speed | cleansing |
| Kalyana Samayal Saadham | Thiruchi Loganathan | laughter |
| Kandinsky | Joseph Arthur | shadows |
| Kandy Korn | Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | nuts & edible seeds |
| Kangaroo | This Mortal Coil | similes |
| Kansas | The Wolfgang Press | US presidents |
| Karate | Babymetal | determination |
| Karate | Brad Paisley ft Charlie Daniels | fighting |
| Karen | The Go-Betweens | libraries |
| Karn Evil 9 | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | visitors |
| Karussell | Michael Rother | fairgrounds |
| Kashmir | Led Zeppelin | Asia |
| Kate Moss | Maximilian Hecker | fashion |
| Katherine of Oregon | Al Stewart | contentment |
| Kathy Come Home | The Mock Turtles | asking, begging & pleading |
| Katie’s Tea | Camille | tea |
| Katrina Klap / Dollar Day | Mos Def | natural disasters |
| Kay | John Wesley Ryles | gripping or intriguing narrative |
| Kaya | Bob Marley & the Wailers | marijuana |
| Kayleigh | Marillion | memory |
| Kazet | Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens | energising songs |
| Keep a Knockin’ | Little Richard | obstacles |
| Keep an Eye on Love | Ernestine Anderson | eyes & sight |
| Keep Away | Lou Reed | refusal |
| Keep Cool Babylon | Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus | songs to start the morning |
| Keep Everything Under Your Hat | Alexander “Skip” Spence | hats & accessories |
| (Keep Feeling) Fascination | The Human League | synth pop 1980-2000 |
| Keep It Part Two | Dexys Midnight Runners | different 7″ versions |
| Keep On Churnin’ (Till the Butter Comes) | Wynonie Harris | recipe songs |
| Keep On Dancing | The Gentrys | false endings |
| Keep On Going On | Curtis Mayfield | persistence |
| Keep On Pushing | The Impressions | single-mindedness |
| Keep On Running | The Spencer Davis Group | persistence |
| Keep On Truckin’ | Eddie Kendricks | driving songs |
| Keep Right On to the End of the Road | Harry Lauder | persistence |
| Keep Your Hand on the Throttle | Brother Rodney | switches & buttons |
| Keep Your Handouts, Give Us Back Our Land | Archie Roach | rejection |
| The Keeper | Bonobo ft Andreya Triana | peace |
| Keeper of the Castle | Four Tops | castles & palaces |
| Kelly Watch the Stars (Remix Par Moog Cookbook) | Air | sci-fi & space |
| Kennedy | Toquiwa | fruit |
| Kentucky Skank | The Upsetters | recipe songs |
| Kenuwee Head | Voodoo Queens | movie & TV stars |
| Kerosene | Big Black | fire |
| The Ketchup Song (Aserejé) | Las Ketchup | songs in Spanish |
| Kevin Carter | Manic Street Preachers | famous people |
| The Key | Speech Debelle | keys & locks |
| Key to the Highway | Derek and the Dominos | keys & locks |
| The Keys of Canterbury | Show of Hands | pick-up lines & marriage proposals |
| Kia Ora (Lab Rat Dub) | Redmenace | hello |
| Kick | INXS | spirit of 2021 |
| Kick Out the Jams | MC5 | rallying cries |
| Kick, Push | Lupe Fiasco | gripping or intriguing narrative |
| Kicking Television | Wilco | television |
| Kicks | FKA twigs | striking album endings |
| Kid | The Pretenders | babies |
| The Kid from Belmont Street | Richmond Fontaine | coming of age |
| Kidney Bongos | Wire | misheard, nonsense or inaudible lyrics |
| The Kids | Lou Reed | unsettling songs |
| Kids | Style of Eye | youthfulness |
| The Kids Are Alright | The Who | denial |
| Kids in America | Kim Wilde | America |
| Kije’s Ouija | The Free Design | board games |
| Kilkelly, Ireland | Robbie O’Connell | exile |
| Kill the King | Rainbow | royalty |
| Kill the Poor | Dead Kennedys | poverty |
| Killed by Sweets | Grandadbob | sweet foods |
| Killer | Van der Graaf Generator | fish & other aquatic life |
| Killer Queen | Queen | queens |
| Killerman Gold Posse | French Frith Kaiser Thompson | treasure |
| Killing an Arab | The Cure | oddballs, outcasts & outsiders |
| Killing in the Name | Rage Against the Machine | sweary songs |
| Killing Jar | Richard Thompson | unsettling songs |
| Killing Me Softly with His Song | Roberta Flack | singing |
| The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II) | Rod Stewart | violence |
| Kimberly | Patti Smith | alliteration |
| Kimiad | Alan Stivell | Gaelic songs |
| Kimigayo | Kou Kakinohara, Chie Hanawa & Yoshimi Tsujimoto | national anthems |
| Kind and Generous | Natalie Merchant | gifts & giving |
| The King | Steeleye Span | old and new |
| King and Country | Seth Lakeman | D-day |
| King and Lionheart | Of Monsters and Men | kings |
| The King and Queen of England | Sandy Denny | royalty |
| King Creosote’s Wineglass Symphony | Lone Pigeon | glass |
| King Harvest (Has Surely Come) | The Band | rural songs |
| King Henry | Steeleye Span | kings |
| King Heroin | James Brown | cocaine & heroin |
| The King in the Tree | Shriekback | books #2 |
| The King Is Dead | The Herd | fallen heroes |
| The King Is Half-Undressed | Jellyfish | fairytales |
| The King Knows How | Over the Rhine | Elvis |
| King Kong Frown | Departure Lounge | faces |
| King Midas in Reverse | The Hollies | losers |
| King of Birds | R.E.M. | eureka moments |
| King of Everything | Boy George | kings |
| King of Illusion (Dub) | Jah Wobble ft PJ Higgins | illusions |
| King of Mexico | Bap Kennedy | kings |
| King of New York | Fun Lovin’ Criminals | outlaws & rebels |
| King of Nothing Ever | East River Pipe | losers |
| King of Rock | Run-D.M.C. | royalty |
| showing off |
| The King of Rock ’n’ Roll | Prefab Sprout | songs that go ‘la’ |
| The King of Rome | Dave Sudbury | famous or notable animals |
| The King of Rome | June Tabor | victory |
| The King of Rome | The Unthanks with Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band | brass songs |
| kings |
| King of Straw | Slapp Happy | honorific titles |
| starting fires |
| King of the Barley | Jackie Leven | being a man or a woman |
| King of the Road | Roger Miller | independence |
| King of the Road | The Proclaimers | kings |
| King Strut | Peter Blegvad | using your imagination |
| King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown | Augustus Pablo | B sides |
| Kingdom | Ultramarine | Britain |
| Kingdom of Heaven | 13th Floor Elevators | paradise |
| King’s Call | Phil Lynott | Elvis |
| King’s Lead Hat | Brian Eno | clothes |
| Kings of the Wild Frontier | Adam and the Ants | royalty |
| Kinky Afro | Happy Mondays | arresting opening lines |
| Kinky Love | Pale Saints | fetishes |
| Kiri’s Piano | James Keelaghan | furniture |
| Kiss | Prince and the Revolution | pragmatism |
| Kiss Me | Stephen “Tin Tin” Duffy | incidental music |
| Kiss Me | The Wave Pictures | the Beatles |
| Kiss Me Again | Dinosaur | 12″ singles to 1979 |
| Kiss Me, Hold Me and Eat Me | Ballboy | kissing |
| Kiss Me on My Neck | Erykah Badu | spine & neck |
| Kiss Off | Violent Femmes | patterns & sequences |
| Kissing with Confidence | Will Powers | kissing |
| Kite Flying | Willard Grant Conspiracy | hobbies |
| Kites | Simon Dupree & the Big Sound | aviation |
| Kites Are Fun | The Free Design | toys |
| Kitty | The Presidents of the United States of America | animal sounds |
| Kiwembo | Sobanza Mimanisa | favourite live versions |
| Kizolele | Somo Somo & Mose Se Sengo | songs with sudden changes |
| KKKitchens, What Were You Thinking? | Mclusky | bad decisions |
| Knee Socks | Arctic Monkeys | underwear |
| Knickerbocker | Fujiya & Miyagi | underwear |
| Knife | Aztec Camera | sharp objects |
| The Knife | Kyla La Grange | knives |
| A Knife and a Fork (The Massively Parallel Mix) | Think Tank | tools |
| Knife Slits Water | A Certain Ratio | knives |
| Knock | Imelda May | patterns & sequences |
| Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door | Bob Dylan | the afterlife |
| Knocking Nails into My House | Ambrose Slade | hardware |
| Knots | Gentle Giant | a cappella |
| Knots | Lisa Hannigan | knots & ties |
| Know Your Product | The Saints | opening album tracks |
| Know Your Rights | The Clash | ironic songs |
| Knowledge Is Power | The Ethiopians | knowledge |
| Knuckles the Dog (Who Helps People) | Killdozer | empathy |
| Kodachrome | Paul Simon | obsolete things |
| Koduthathellam Koduthaan | T. M. Soundararajan | gifts & giving |
| Koke’e | Dennis Kamakahi | quiet songs |
| Koko | Charlie Parker | more questions than answers |
| Kokomo | The Beach Boys | steelpan |
| Kometenmelodie 2 | Kraftwerk | krautrock |
| Komm gib mir deine Hand | The Beatles | foreign language versions |
| Komoriuta | Hozan Yamamoto | flutes, pipes & whistles |
| Konchugun | Jun Togawa | onomatopoeia |
| Konichiwa Bitches | Robyn | Asian cities |
| Konnichiwa | Shonen Knife | hello |
| Konono Wa Wa Wa | Konono Nº1 | outstanding percussion |
| Konoyo no Hana | Chiyoko Shimakura | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| Kooks | David Bowie | fathers |
| survival |
| Kool Thing | Sonic Youth | fear |
| Kora (Live) | GoGo Penguin | old meets new |
| Kora Tune | Amadou Diagne | songs by buskers |
| The Koran, the Ghan and a Yarn | David Bridie | 19th century life |
| Kowalski | Primal Scream | single-mindedness |
| Kowloon, Hong Kong | The Reynettes | Asian cities |
| Krautrock | Faust | krautrock |
| Krigsgaldr | Heilung | paganism |
| Krishna Blue | David Sylvian | inspired by India |
| Ku Klux Klan | Steel Pulse | alliteration |
| The Kumquat Kids | Eddie Henderson | orange |
| Kun Faya Kun | Berklee Indian Ensemble | high-pitched vocals |
| Kundalini | 23 Skidoo | raise the heartrate |
| Kung Fu | Ash | hobbies |
| Kung Fu Fighting | Carl Douglas | fighting |
| Kurai Onrum Illai: Ragamalika | M. S. Subbulakshmi | spiritual songs |
| Kurious Oranj | The Fall | biography & autobiography |
| Kurohato (Aogashima Island) | LUCA | lower the heartrate |