| Song Title | Artist | Topic |
| M1 A1 | Gorillaz | hello |
| M62 Song | Doves | boring & dull |
| Ma | The Temptations | biography & autobiography |
| Ma France | Jean Ferrat | France |
| Ma Rewa | Indian Ocean | personification |
| Ma ’Tit Fille | Buckwheat Zydeco | from New Orleans |
| Maailmanloppu | Eleanoora Rosenholm | end of the world |
| Maantien laitaa | Yona & Orkesteri Liikkuvat Pilvet with Puppa J | influenced by reggae |
| Macarena | Los del Río | so bad they’re good |
| MacArthur Park | Donna Summer | parks |
| Macgillycuddy’s Reeks | Warren Zevon | Ireland |
| Machine Gun | Peter Brötzmann Octet | saxophone |
| Machine Gun | Portishead | comeback songs |
| Machineries of Joy | British Sea Power | bodily motion & exercise |
| Machines | Lothar and the Hand People | machines, robots & computers |
| Mack the Knife | The Psychedelic Furs | knives |
| Macorina | Chavela Vargas | gender & LGBTQ+ |
| Mad About the Boy | Noël Coward | secret admirers |
| Mad About the Boy | Dinah Washington | obsession |
| Mad Dogs and Englishmen | Noël Coward | eccentric songs |
| Madame | Philip Jeays | museums, galleries & exhibitions |
| Madame George | Van Morrison | character songs |
| Made in France | France Gall | France |
| Madeleina | Pablo Lubadika Porthos | triggering dancing |
| Madison Avenue | Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson | advertising |
| Madman Running Through the Fields | Dantalian’s Chariot | fools |
| Madness (Is All in the Mind) | Madness | the brain |
| Magazine Lady | Spider John Koerner & Willie Murphy | photographs |
| Magazines | The Hold Steady | fathers and daughters |
| Magdalen Laundry | Mary Coughlan | cleansing |
| The Magdalene Laundries | Joni Mitchell | scandal |
| Maggie | Sarah Jarosz | distractions & diversions |
| Maggie May | Rod Stewart | girls’ names |
| Maggie’s Farm | Bob Dylan | finishing |
| Maggot Brain | Funkadelic | nature |
| 3/4 time | ||
| Magic Bus | The Who | buses |
| Magic Carpet Ride (Japanese version) | Pizzicato Five | foreign language versions |
| Magic Carpet Ride | Steppenwolf | marijuana |
| The Magic Number | De La Soul | three |
| The Magic of a Kind Word | Belle and Sebastian | kindness |
| Magic Word | Fucked Up | writing |
| Magic’s in the Makeup | No Doubt | makeup |
| A Magnet Hung in a Hardware Shop | Gilbert and Sullivan | hardware |
| Magnetic North | Alestorm | compass points |
| Magnolia | Slaves | decor |
| Magritte | Peter Blegvad with John Greaves & Chris Cutler | works of art |
| Magritte | John Cale | painting & painters |
| Mah Na Mah Na | The Muppets | so bad they’re good |
| Mahjong | Wayne Shorter | games |
| Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc) | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | historical figures |
| 3/4 time | ||
| Make a Circuit with Me | The Polecats | power |
| Make It Move | Jonny Lang | determination |
| Make Love to Your Mind | Bill Withers | the brain |
| Make Me Rainbows | Chet Baker | rainbows |
| Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) | Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel | smiling & laughing |
| Make Me Stinked | The Flamenco A Go Go | smells |
| Make Me Sweat | Basement Jaxx ft Roxanne Shante | perspiration |
| Make-Up | Prince | makeup |
| Make Up | Lou Reed | makeup |
| Make Up to Break Up | Siouxsie and the Banshees | makeup |
| Make Up Your Mind | The Heptones | indecision |
| Make You Feel My Love | Adele | everlasting love |
| Make Your Own Kind of Music | Mama Cass Elliot | words of wisdom |
| Makeshift Patriot | Sage Francis | historical events |
| flags | ||
| Makin’ It Natural | Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show | new resolutions |
| Making Pies | Patty Griffin | cooking |
| bread, cakes, pastry & biscuits | ||
| Making Plans for Nigel | XTC | pragmatism |
| Making the Best of a Bad Situation | Millie Jackson | adultery & infidelity |
| Malagueña Salerosa | Javier Solís | faces |
| Malamente | Rosalía | songs in Spanish |
| Malcolm X | Dennis Brown | saints & martyrs |
| The Male Monster from the Id | The Chills | id, ego & superego |
| Mali Mississippi | Nico Wayne Toussaint | single-mindedness |
| Mali Sajio | Ketama, Toumani Diabaté & José Soto | famous or notable animals |
| Mam ja męża | Chłopcy Kontra Basia | poison |
| Mama | Fatoumata Diawara | cello |
| Mama Didn’t Lie | Jan Bradley | innocence |
| Mama Loi, Papa Loi | Exuma | resurrection |
| Mama Papa | Joan Armatrading | islands |
| Mama Said (K-Klassic Mix) | Carleen Anderson | wolves |
| Mama Said | The Shirelles | mothers |
| Mama Said Knock You Out | LL Cool J | comeback songs |
| Mama Soul | Harold Alexander | instruments imitating voice & vice versa |
| Mama Told Me (Not to Come) | Three Dog Night | parties & going out |
| Mama Tried | Merle Haggard | guilt & apology |
| Mama, Won’t You Keep Them Castles in the Air and Burning? | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | odd couples |
| Mama’s Baby, Daddy’s Maybe | Swamp Dogg | babies |
| Mambo # 5 | Pérez Prado | dance instrumentals |
| Mambo del Mercado la Merced | Fruko & Orquesta ft Johnny More | markets & fairs |
| Mambo Italiano | Rosemary Clooney | Italy |
| Mambo Sun | T. Rex | stars |
| Mammoth | Fungas | elephants & mammoths |
| Man | Neko Case | being a man or a woman |
| A Man and a Half | Wilson Pickett | boastful songs |
| Man and Wife, the Latter (Damaged Goods) | Desaparecidos | marriage |
| Man at C&A | The Specials | nuclear war |
| Man at the Top | Bruce Springsteen | leadership |
| The Man Comes Around | Johnny Cash | end of the world |
| The Man Don’t Give a Fuck | Super Furry Animals | sweary songs |
| Man Enough to Be a Woman | Jayne County & the Electric Chairs | gender & LGBTQ+ |
| Man! I Feel Like a Woman! | Shania Twain | being a man or a woman |
| Man in a Shed | Nick Drake | buildings |
| Man in the Hills | Burning Spear | rural songs |
| The Man in the Iron Mask | Billy Bragg | masks |
| Man in the Mirror | Michael Jackson | choirs |
| Man in the Street | Don Drummond & the Skatalites | trombone |
| The Man-Machine | Kraftwerk | books |
| Man Next Door | Massive Attack | quiet |
| Man Next Door (aka I’ve Got to Get Away) | The Paragons | neighbours |
| Man of the Hour | Norah Jones | dogs |
| Man of the World | Fleetwood Mac | songs that make you cry |
| Man on the Moon | R.E.M. | male names |
| Man Out of Time | Elvis Costello & the Attractions | secret vices |
| Man Overboard | Blink-182 | upbeat break-up #2 |
| Man-Size | PJ Harvey | underwear |
| The Man That I Am with My Man | The Hidden Cameras | homosexuality |
| The Man That Time Forgot | Ed Harcourt | being a man or a woman |
| Man Walks Among Us | Marty Robbins | raptors |
| The Man Who Called Himself Jesus | Strawbs | authenticity & fakery |
| The Man Who Could Have Played Bass for Shanana | Darrell Scott | close shaves & near misses |
| The Man Who Loved Beer | Lambchop | beer |
| Man with a Harmonica | Ennio Morricone | harmonica |
| Man with the Woman Head | Frank Zappa & the Mothers with Captain Beefheart | faces |
| Mañana | Radio Tarifa | tomorrow |
| Manchester | The Times | Manchester |
| The Manchester Rambler | Ewan MacColl | the weekend |
| Manchester United Calypso | Edric Connor with Ken Jones & His Music | football |
| Mandelbrot Set | Jonathan Coulton | science |
| mathematics | ||
| Mandolin Wind | Rod Stewart | winter |
| Manège | Structures Sonores Lasry-Baschet | TV theme songs |
| Mango Walk | The In Crowd | orange |
| Manhattan | Ella Fitzgerald | New York |
| Manhattan | Scott Walker | misleading or incongruous titles |
| Manhenga | Bhundu Boys | music for funerals |
| Manhole | TsuShiMaMiRe | holes |
| Manic Monday | The Bangles | work |
| Manifesto | Roxy Music | comeback songs |
| Mannish Boy | Muddy Waters | coming of age |
| Mano Dayak | Tinariwen | assassination |
| Mano Suave | Yasmin Levy & Natacha Atlas | hands |
| A Man’s a Man for A’ That | Paolo Nutini | words of wisdom |
| Many Rivers to Cross | Jimmy Cliff | B sides |
| Mao Tse Tung Said | Alabama 3 | propaganda |
| A Map Master | Shonen Knife | maps |
| Map of India | Deke Leonard | maps |
| Map of Tasmania | Amanda Palmer & the Young Punx | geometric shapes |
| Map Ref. 41°N 93°W | Wire | wilderness |
| Maple Leaves | Jens Lekman | misunderstanding |
| Mapping the Coincidence | Lise Hvoslef | chance & coincidence |
| Maps | Freya Ridings | maps |
| Maralinga (Rainy Land) | Paul Kelly & the Coloured Girls | specific or obscure places |
| Marble City Bar | Jackie Leven | Ireland |
| March 11, 1962 | Mary Gauthier | gripping or intriguing narrative |
| March of the Pigs | Nine Inch Nails | musically adventurous |
| March of the Tadpoles | Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band | amphibians |
| The March of the Women | Rainbow Chorus (music by Dame Ethel Smyth, lyrics by Cicely Hamilton) | feminism |
| March of the Workers | Darren Hayman | parades |
| Marcia and Etrusca | The Loud Family | odd couples |
| Marcus Garvey | Burning Spear | politicians |
| Marcus Say Jah No Dead | Burning Spear | spiritual songs |
| Mardi Gras in New Orleans | Professor Longhair | celebration |
| Marfa Lights | Paul Cauthen | unexplained phenomena |
| Margaret on the Guillotine | Morrissey | offensive, insulting songs |
| Margate Fhtagn | The Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing | unexplained phenomena |
| Marian | The Sisters of Mercy | named after women |
| Maria’s Little Elbows | Sparklehorse | joints of the body |
| Marie | Townes Van Zandt | austerity |
| Marie Celeste | The Polecats | rare events |
| Marie Laveau | Dr. John | New Orleans |
| Marilyn Monroe | Ian Campbell Folk Group | actors |
| The Mariner’s Revenge Song | The Decemberists | storytelling songs |
| Mario’s Café | Saint Etienne | times of day |
| Mariposita de Primavera | Omara Portuondo | illusions |
| Marlboro Man | Felice Brothers | advertising |
| Marooned | Wire | frozen north |
| Marquee Moon | Television | long songs |
| Marrakesh Express | Crosby, Stills & Nash | escape |
| Marrakesh Night Market | Loreena McKennitt | masks |
| Marriage Is for Old Folks | Nina Simone | being single |
| Married Woman | Frankie Lee Sims | adultery & infidelity |
| Mars Bars | The Undertones | chocolate |
| The Marshall Plan | Blue Öyster Cult | crowds |
| Marshmallow World | Bing Crosby with Ella Fitzgerald | fictional adverts |
| Martha | Rufus Wainwright | sisters |
| Martha | Tom Waits | songs that make you cry |
| Martha My Dear | The Beatles | famous or notable animals |
| Martha’s Harbour | All About Eve | the sea |
| Martian Saints | Mary Lou Lord | saints & martyrs |
| Martin | Tom Robinson Band | hero worship |
| Martin, Doom! It’s Seven O’Clock | The Boo Radleys | conversations |
| Martin’s Funeral | Badfoot Brown & the Bunions Bradford Funeral & Marching Band | funerals |
| Martyr | Depeche Mode | saints & martyrs |
| Marvin, I Love You | Stephen Moore ft Kimi Wong | artificial intelligence |
| Mary Danced with Soldiers | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & Emmylou Harris | girls’ names |
| The Mary Ellen Carter | Stan Rogers | persistence |
| Mary Had a Little Lamb | Stevie Ray Vaughan | following & chasing |
| Mary Pickford | Katie Melua | pioneers |
| Marz | John Grant | flavour |
| Mas Que Nada | Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ‘66 | triggering dancing |
| Maschine Zeit | Funker Vogt | machinery, industry & technology |
| Mashavu | George Duke | instruments imitating voice & vice versa |
| The Mask | Danger Doom ft Ghostface Killah | superheroes |
| Mask | Iggy Pop | masks |
| Mason on the Boundary | The Duckworth Lewis Method | borders, barriers, walls & fences |
| The Masquerade Is Over | Nancy Wilson | masks |
| Mass Production | Iggy Pop | industry & manufacturing |
| Master Blaster (Jammin’) | Stevie Wonder | influenced by reggae |
| Master of the Universe | Hawkwind | krautrock |
| Masterchef Synthesia | Swedemason | flavour |
| Mastermind | Taylor Swift | single-mindedness |
| Masters of War | Bob Dylan | being scared |
| Masters of War | Odetta | deep voices |
| Matamoras Banks | Bruce Springsteen | borders, barriers, walls & fences |
| Match of the Day Theme | Barry Stoller | football |
| Matches to Paper Dolls | Dessa | can’t live with or without you |
| Matchmaker, Matchmaker | Cannonball Adderley | brothers & sisters |
| Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs | Brian and Michael | Manchester |
| Mate Amargo | Amalia de la Vega | tea |
| Materialist | Horace Andy | reckless consumption |
| Mathematics | George Clinton & the P-Funk Allstars | mathematics |
| Mathematics | Little Boots | mathematics |
| Mathematics | Mos Def | numbers |
| Mathematics | Van der Graaf Generator | mathematics |
| Matted Spam | Badfinger | misleading or incongruous titles |
| A Matter of Habit | Moddi | propaganda |
| Matthew and Son | Cat Stevens | multitasking & being busy |
| Matty Groves | Fairport Convention | storytelling songs |
| May I? | Kevin Ayers | seduction |
| Maybe | Janis Joplin | conditional phrases |
| Maybe I Can Paint Over That | Guy Clark | embarrassment |
| Maybe I’m Amazed | Paul McCartney | solo Beatles songs |
| Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale | Love | California |
| Maybe There’s a Road | Karine Polwart | prostitution |
| Mayday | Drongos for Europe | warnings |
| Maydów | Warsaw Village Band | villages |
| Mayor of Simpleton | XTC | knowledge |
| Maypole | Paul Giovanni | trees, grass & flowers |
| Mbote Ya Pamba | Kékélé | hello |
| Mbube | Solomon Linda & the Evening Birds | falsetto |
| Me and Bobby McGee | Janis Joplin | travelling |
| Me and Bobby McGee | Kris Kristofferson | retrospection |
| Me and Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard (A True Story) | !!! | politicians |
| Me and Jesus the Pimp in a ’79 Granada Last Night | The Coup | criminals |
| Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard | Paul Simon | ambiguity |
| Me and Mr. Wolf | The Real Tuesday Weld | innuendo |
| Me and Mrs. Jones | Billy Paul | punctuality |
| Me and My Arrow | Nilsson | pets |
| Me and My Shadow | Frank Sinatra & Sammy Davis Jr. | empathy |
| Me and My Uncle | Grateful Dead | outlaws & rebels |
| Me and Paul | Willie Nelson | friendship |
| Me and the Devil Blues | Robert Johnson | God & the Devil |
| Me at the Museum, You in the Wintergardens | Tiny Ruins | museums, galleries & exhibitions |
| Me in 20 Years | Moses Sumney | androgynous vocals |
| Me Myself and I | De La Soul | id, ego & superego |
| Me Quedo Contigo | Los Chunguitos | songs in Spanish |
| Me the Machine | Imogen Heap | the brain |
| Me Voy | Ibeyi ft Mala Rodríguez | songs in Spanish |
| Meadowlarks | Fleet Foxes | birds |
| Meals on Wheels | Vic Reeves | volunteering |
| Meat Is Murder | The Smiths | meat |
| Meat Man | Jerry Lee Lewis | meat |
| Mechanical Dance | Luna Sea | machinery, industry & technology |
| Medicine 4 My Pain | Lynden David Hall | striking album endings |
| Medina | Rachid Taha | Asian cities |
| Mediterráneo | Joan Manuel Serrat | Spain |
| Medo | Mariza | extraordinary vocals |
| Meds | Placebo | addiction |
| Medusa | Van der Graaf Generator | mythical beasts |
| Meet de Boys on the Battlefront | Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias | parades |
| Meet de Boys on the Battlefront | The Wild Tchoupitoulas | New Orleans |
| Meet Me Half Way | Bonnie Raitt | equality |
| Meet Me in the Bathroom | The Strokes | rooms |
| Meet Me in the Bottom | John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat | rendezvous |
| Meet on the Ledge | Fairport Convention | bereavement |
| Meet the Flintstones | The BC-52s | geology |
| Meguru | Kodō | Japan |
| Mein Herr | Liza Minnelli | fractions & portions |
| Mela | Esperanza Spalding | double bass |
| Melancholia II | William Basinski | quiet songs |
| Mélancolie | Rokia Traoré | personification |
| Melissa | The Allman Brothers Band | reunions |
| Mellow Doubt | Teenage Fanclub | humming |
| Mellow Down Easy | Little Walter | jumping |
| Mellow Mood | Bob Marley & the Wailers | mixtape closers |
| Mellow My Man | The Roots | alliteration |
| Mellow Yellow | Donovan | yellow |
| Melodious Goddess | Dadawa | paganism |
| Melody | Serge Gainsbourg | spoken word |
| Melon Tea | Melon Kinenbi x Going Under Ground | tea |
| Melonella | Cocteau Twins | butterflies & moths |
| Melt! | Siouxsie and the Banshees | heat |
| Meltdown (At Madame Tussaud’s) | Steve Taylor | museums, galleries & exhibitions |
| Melting | Paul Kelly | starting fires |
| Melting Pot | Blue Mink | recipe songs |
| Memo from Turner | Mick Jagger | recorded for movies |
| Memorabilia | Soft Cell | forgetting |
| Memories Are Made of This | Dean Martin | recipe songs |
| Memory of a Free Festival | David Bowie | music venues |
| Memory War | Asian Dub Foundation | memory |
| Memphis Soul Stew | King Curtis & the Kingpins | musical instruments |
| Men in Helicopters (Acoustic) | Adrian Belew | wilderness |
| Menino das Laranjas | Elis Regina | orange |
| Mental Revenge | Waylon Jennings | revenge |
| Mercedes Benz | Janis Joplin | wealth |
| Merchandise | Fugazi | sales, selling & bargains |
| Mercy I Cry City | The Incredible String Band | personification |
| Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) | Marvin Gaye | nature |
| The Mercy Seat | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | capital punishment |
| Merry Christmas from the Family | Robert Earl Keen | cocktails & spirits |
| Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight) | Ramones | alternative Christmas songs |
| Merry Christmas I Fucked Your Snowman | Showcase Showdown | anti-Christmas songs |
| Merry Go Round | Kacey Musgraves | acceptance |
| Merry Go Round | The Replacements | fairgrounds |
| Merry Xmas Everybody | Slade | snow & ice |
| Mes premières vraies vacances | France Gall | innocence |
| The Message | King Sunny Adé | dance instrumentals |
| The Message | Georgina Dobson & Cupboard Simon | worst songs |
| The Message | Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five | anger |
| Message in a Bottle | The Police | hope |
| A Message to You, Rudy | The Specials | warnings |
| Messin’ with the Mekon | Robert Plant | misleading or incongruous titles |
| Metal Fingers in My Body | Add N to (X) | sci-fi & space |
| Metal Machine Music A-1 | Lou Reed | forgotten follow-ups |
| Metal Postcard (Mittageisen) | Siouxsie and the Banshees | works of art |
| Metamorphosis | Ananda Shankar | change #2 |
| Metarie | Brendan Benson | magazines |
| Meteorites | Yann Tiersen | mixtape closers |
| Metronomic Underground | Stereolab | krautrock |
| Metti, una sera a cena | Ennio Morricone | easy listening |
| Meurglys III, The Songwriter’s Guild | Van der Graaf Generator | influenced by reggae |
| The Mexican | Babe Ruth | 19th century life |
| Mexican Chef | Xenia Rubinos | meals & mealtimes |
| Mezhegei | Huun-Huur-Tu | deep voices |
| Mi Gente | Fania All-Stars ft Héctor Lavoe | songs in Spanish |
| Mi God, Mi King | Papa Levi | kings |
| Mi Nah Rub | Queen Ifrica | tattoos & piercings |
| Mi Negra Ave Maria | Roberto Fonseca | getting brighter |
| Mi Ni Non Kpo | Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou | great riffs |
| Mi Saoco | Beny Moré y Su Orquesta | ensembles, big bands & orchestras |
| MIA | Emmy the Great | acronyms |
| Michael | Franz Ferdinand | homosexuality |
| Michael Booth’s Talking Bum | Splodgenessabounds | gases |
| Michaelangelo | Slapp Happy | works of art |
| Mickey Way | A Certain Ratio | big and meaty |
| Microdosing | African Head Charge | recreational drugs |
| The Middle | Jimmy Eat World | survival |
| Middle Lothian Folk Band | Billy Hallquist | notable outros or codas |
| Middle of the Road | Denim | music genres |
| Midlife Crisis | Faith No More | odd couples |
| Midnight | The Shadows | midnight |
| Midnight | A Tribe Called Quest | midnight |
| Midnight at the Oasis | The Brand New Heavies | deserts |
| Midnight at the Oasis | Maria Muldaur | one-hit wonders |
| Midnight Black Earth | Bohren and der Club of Gore | genre defying |
| Midnight Confessions | The Grass Roots | secrets & secrecy |
| Midnight Cowboy | John Barry | harmonica |
| Midnight Feast | Lal Waterson & Oliver Knight | meals & mealtimes |
| Midnight in a Perfect World | DJ Shadow | night & darkness |
| Midnight in Paris | The Unholy Modal Rounders | Paris |
| Midnight on the Water | Norma Waterson | midnight |
| Midnight Rambler | The Rolling Stones | anger |
| Midnight Ravers | Bob Marley & the Wailers | midnight |
| Midnight Rider | The Allman Brothers Band | motorbikes |
| Midnight Run | Willie Nelson | whiskey |
| Midnight Summer Dream | The Stranglers | lessons in life |
| Midnight Sun | Redgum | frozen north |
| Midnight to Six Man | The Pretty Things | times of day |
| Midnight Train to Georgia | Gladys Knight & the Pips | US cities & states |
| Midnight Voyage | The Mamas & the Papas | midnight |
| Midsummer Party | My Darling YOU! | from Nordic countries |
| Mighty and Superior | Conflict | stick it to the man |
| Mighty ‘O’ | OutKast | call and response |
| Mighty Wings | Cheap Trick | wings |
| Miguel for President | The Cuban Brothers | US presidents |
| Mikey’s | Randy Newman | old age |
| Mikhi Nathan Mu-Toma | Seckou Keita | the invisible |
| Milano | Lucio Dalla | love songs to places |
| Miles Away | Poemss | long-distance relationships |
| Milestones | Miles Davis | great album or mixtape openers |
| Militant Feminist Dream | Julian Cope | feminism |
| Milk | Penguin Cafe Orchestra | genre defying |
| Milk and Honey | Prince Fatty ft Hollie Cook | songs for your teenage self |
| Milk Teeth | Gecko | unusual narrators |
| Milkcow Blues Boogie | Elvis Presley | music as nutrition |
| Milkshake | Holy Fuck | ice cream |
| Milkshake | Kelis | showing off |
| Milkshake | Peter Tork & James Lee Stanley | ice cream |
| Milky Teeth | Tindersticks | teeth |
| A Milli | Lil Wayne | reckless consumption |
| Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa | De La Soul | anti-Christmas songs |
| The Million Dollar Feet | Wilmoth Houdini | feet |
| A Million Miles Away | Rory Gallagher | estimates of distance & time |
| The Millionaire Waltz | Queen | 3/4 time |
| Mind Bender | Stillwater | guitars |
| Mind, Body and Soul | The Flaming Ember | Valentine’s Day songs |
| Mind How You Go | The Advisory Circle | safety & danger |
| Mind Playing Tricks on Me | Geto Boys | mental illness |
| Miner at the Dial-A-View | Grandaddy | internet |
| Mingulay Boat Song | Richard Thompson | islands |
| Mini-Skirt | Esquivel! | whistling |
| Mining for Gold | Cowboy Junkies | treasure |
| The Ministry of Defence | PJ Harvey | wastelands |
| Miniyamba | Coumba Gawlo | reptiles |
| Minnie the Moocher | Cab Calloway | character songs |
| Minor Swing | Django Reinhardt | without percussion |
| The Minstrel Boy | Paul Robeson | bravery |
| Minuit minuit | Françoise Hardy | midnight |
| Minus Zero | Merzbow | discordant songs |
| Miracle? | Kristoff Krane | miracles |
| Mirage | Shelagh McDonald | illusions |
| Mirage | Santana | illusions |
| Mirage | Siouxsie and the Banshees | deserts |
| Mirizi O Kosmos Giasemi | Maria Dimitriadi | smells |
| Mirror in the Bathroom | The Beat | mirrors |
| Mirror Man | Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | mirrors |
| Mis-Shapes | Pulp | nerds & geeks |
| Miserere | Gregorio Allegri | spiritual songs |
| Misery Business | Paramore | surprising intros |
| Miss Clarke and the Computer | Roy Wood | artificial intelligence |
| Miss Dandys | Bandit Queen | underwear |
| Miss Otis Regrets | Ella Fitzgerald | crime |
| Miss Perfumado | Cesária Évora | smells |
| Miss Sarajevo | Passengers | unlikely collaborations |
| Miss the Girl | The Creatures | songs by duos |
| Miss Wire Waist | Carl Malcolm | nicknames & pseudonyms |
| Miss World | Hole | Mr, Mrs, Miss & Ms |
| Miss You | The Rolling Stones | 12″ singles to 1979 |
| Missa ‘Et ecce terræ motus’: Gloria | Antoine Brumel (performed by the Early Music Consort of London) | close harmony singing |
| Missa Papae Marcelli: Gloria | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | choirs |
| Missing (Todd Terry Remix) | Everything but the Girl | missing someone |
| Missing Out | Shed Seven | fear of missing out |
| Missing You | John Waite | denial |
| Mission: Impossible | Lalo Schifrin | the impossible |
| Mission Improbable | The Herbaliser ft What? What? | shaggy dog stories & tall tales |
| Mississippi Boweavil Blues | Charley Patton | insects |
| Mississippi Goddam | Nina Simone | protest |
| Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo | Grateful Dead | arresting opening lines |
| Mississippi Mud | Bix Beiderbecke | earth, soil & dirt |
| Mississippi Queen | Mountain | big and meaty |
| Mississippi River Runnin’ Backwards | Tom Russell | reversing |
| Mist Over the Mersey | Hughie Jones | Liverpool & Merseyside |
| Mistadobalina | Del tha Funkee Homosapien | Mr, Mrs, Miss & Ms |
| Mistake | Fela Kuti | mistakes |
| Mistaken for Strangers | The National | strangers |
| Mistakes | The Rose of Avalanche | bad decisions |
| Mistakes | Tindersticks | songs with or about errors |
| Mister Class and Quality? | Gentle Giant | social mobility |
| Mister E | Robert Wyatt | Mr, Mrs, Miss & Ms |
| Mister Five by Five | Jimmy Rushing | being fat |
| Misty | Johnny Mathis | falling in love |
| Misty Blue | Dorothy Moore | blue |
| Misty Morning, Albert Bridge | The Pogues | bridges |
| Misty Water | The Kinks | ambiguity |
| Misunderstandings | Parlet | misunderstanding |
| Mittageisen | Siouxsie and the Banshees | krautrock |
| Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl | Patty & the Emblems | confusion & delusion |
| M.J. | Annette Peacock & Paul Bley | more questions than answers |
| Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm | Crash Test Dummies | embarrassment |
| MmmHmm | Flying Lotus ft Thundercat | psychedelic songs |
| Mmmm Skyscraper I Love You | Underworld | buildings |
| Mo Ghile Mear | The Chieftains with Sting & Anúna | Gaelic songs |
| Moanin’ at Midnight | Howlin’ Wolf | midnight |
| Moanin’ Blues | John Lee Hooker | humming |
| Moby Dick | Dread Zeppelin | hunting |
| Moby Dick | Led Zeppelin | showing off |
| Mockin’ Bird Hill | The Migil Five | songs that go ‘la’ |
| Mockingbird | Eminem | nursery rhymes |
| Mockingbird | Inez and Charlie Foxx | harp, lyre & zither |
| The Model | Kraftwerk | magazines |
| The Model | Zoot Woman | fashion |
| Modem for Destruction | The Varukers | internet |
| Modem Song | Looper | internet |
| Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde | Travis Tritt | hitchhiking |
| Modern Girl | Sheena Easton | modernity |
| Modern Industry | Fishbone | music industry |
| Modern Love | David Bowie | punctuality |
| Mogollon | Oreana | wolves |
| Mogwai Fear Satan | Mogwai | instrumentals |
| Mojave Winters | Brenda Kahn | deserts |
| Moliendo Café | José Feliciano | coffee |
| Moment of Forgiveness | Indigo Girls | forgiveness |
| Moments in Love (Beaten) | Art of Noise | 1980s 12” singles |
| Mon Amour | Stromae with Camila Cabello | everlasting love |
| Mon Coeur balance | Daouda | idioms & common expressions |
| Mon Gâteau à moi | Felix Wazekwa | bread, cakes, pastry & biscuits |
| Mon Légionnaire | Édith Piaf | deserts |
| Mona Lisa | Nat King Cole | visual art & photography |
| Money | The Flying Lizards | money |
| Money | The Lovin’ Spoonful | greed |
| Money in My Pocket | Dennis Brown | 12″ singles to 1979 |
| Money Money | Horace Andy | money |
| Money Note | Camille | singing |
| The Money Shuffle | Richard Thompson | banks & banking |
| Money’s Too Tight (To Mention) | Simply Red | banks & banking |
| Mongol | Khusugtun | vibrato, tremolo & oscillations |
| Mongulu | The Garifuna Collective | Mexico & Central America |
| The Monkey | Dave Bartholomew | misanthropic songs |
| Monkey & Bear | Joanna Newsom | strange, rare or unlikely words |
| Monkey Fist | Phillip Roebuck | great solo performances |
| Monkey Gone to Heaven | Pixies | environment |
| Monkey Man | The Rolling Stones | hammer & mallet instruments |
| Monkey Man | Toots and the Maytals | monkeys & apes |
| Monkey on Your Back | Clinic | monkeys & apes |
| Monkey Spanner | Dave and Ansell Collins | hardware |
| Monkey Time / Dancing in the Street | Laura Nyro & Labelle | dancing |
| Monkey Wrench | Foo Fighters | refusal |
| Monochrome | The Sundays | eureka moments |
| Monotonous | Eartha Kitt | boredom |
| Monsoon | …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead | natural disasters |
| Monsoon: Top to Bottom | Portico Quartet | rain |
| Monster | The Automatic | monsters |
| Monster Mash | Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett | monsters |
| Monster Walks the Winter Lake | David Thomas & the Wooden Birds | monsters |
| Monsters | Freschard | monsters |
| Monsters Under the Bed | Eugene McGuinness | nightmares |
| Montague Terrace (In Blue) | Scott Walker | neighbours |
| Montego Bay | Bobby Bloom | the Caribbean |
| Montego Bay Spleen | St. Germain & Ernest Ranglin | old meets new |
| Monteleone | Mark Knopfler | making things |
| guitars | ||
| Mony Mony | Tommy James & the Shondells | companies & corporations |
| Mood Indigo | The Boswell Sisters | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| Mood Indigo | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra ft Ivie Anderson | purple |
| Mood Indigo | Charles Mingus | double bass |
| Mood to Burn Bridges | Neko Case & Her Boyfriends | bridges |
| Moon in June (Top Gear Version) | Soft Machine | self-deprecation |
| The Moon Is Down | Gentle Giant | quoting Shakespeare |
| Moon Over Bourbon Street | Sting | zombies |
| Moon Over Marin | Dead Kennedys | cleansing |
| The Moonbeam Song | Nilsson | ambiguity |
| Moonglow | Benny Goodman Quartet | hammer & mallet instruments |
| Moonlight in Vermont | Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | New England |
| Moonlight Mile | The Rolling Stones | striking album endings |
| Moonlight Sonata | Ludwig van Beethoven (performed by Lee Ashley) | 3/4 time |
| Moonlit Night Beach 月夜海水浴 | Wakusei Abnormal | swimming & bathing |
| Morbid Sky | David Thomas with Two Pale Boys | sky |
| More Bounce to the Ounce | Zapp | fetishes |
| More, More, More | Carmel | retro style |
| More News from Nowhere | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | news & media |
| A More Perfect Union | Titus Andronicus | US presidents |
| More Tea, More Beer | The Herbaliser ft Jean Grae | beer |
| More Than a Hammer and Nail (aka Hammer and Nails) | The Staple Singers | tools |
| More Than a Paycheck | Sweet Honey in the Rock | audible breaths |
| More Than This | Bill Murray | redefined by film |
| The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get | Morrissey | indifference |
| Mornin’ Glory | Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell | duets |
| Morning | Beck | songs to start the morning |
| Morning Dance | Spyro Gyra | songs to start the morning |
| Morning Dew | Grateful Dead | indifference |
| Morning Has Broken | Cat Stevens | dawn |
| Morning Mood (from Peer Gynt) | Edvard Grieg | made you fall in love with music |
| Morning Morgantown | Joni Mitchell | boring & dull |
| The Morning of Our Lives | Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers | empathy |
| The Morning Paper | Smog | newspapers |
| Morning Sun | Block 16 ft Jon Lucien | songs to start the morning |
| Morningtown Ride | The Seekers | departures |
| Moron TV | Primus | stupidity |
| Moronland | Robb Johnson & the Irregulars | stupidity |
| Mortal Kombat | Afu-Ra ft Masta Killa | fighting |
| Mortal Man | Kendrick Lamar | songs with talking |
| Mos’ Scocious | Dr. John | innuendo |
| Moss Garden | David Bowie | onomatopoeia |
| The Most Beautiful Girl | Charlie Rich | superlatives |
| The Most Dangerous Woman | Utah Phillips & Ani DiFranco | superlatives |
| Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine) | Bob Dylan | separation |
| Motel in Memphis | Old Crow Medicine Show | hotels |
| Mother | John Lennon | screams, howls, grunts & shrieks |
| Mother | The Police | musically adventurous |
| Mother-in-Law | Ernie K-Doe | marriage |
| Mother India | Fun-Da-Mental | inspired by India |
| Mother of God, Here I Stand | John Taverner | prayer |
| Mother Sky | Can | mothers |
| Motherless Child | O. V. Wright | mothers |
| Mother’s Children Have a Hard Time (Motherless Children) | Blind Willie Johnson | loneliness |
| Mother’s Little Helper | The Rolling Stones | boredom |
| Mother’s Spiritual | Laura Nyro | nature |
| Moto Taxi | Singleton | taxis |
| A Motor-Bike in Afrika | Peter Hammill | Africa |
| The Motorbike Track | µ-Ziq | motorbikes |
| The Motorcade Sped On | Steinski & the Mass Media | dialogue |
| Motorcycle Emptiness | Manic Street Preachers | motorbikes |
| Motörhead | Motörhead | made you fall in love with music |
| Mouhamadou Bamba | Orchestra Baobab | preachers, priests & religious leaders |
| Moula | Analog Players Society ft Missia Saran Dioubate & Famoro Dioubate | hammer & mallet instruments |
| Mount the Air | The Unthanks | ensembles, big bands & orchestras |
| The Mountain | Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya | mountains |
| Mountain Time | Joe Bonamassa | mountains |
| Mountains | Biffy Clyro | wide open spaces |
| Mouth for War | Pantera | anger |
| Move On | Dave Clark Five | ten words or fewer |
| Move On Up | Curtis Mayfield | optimistic songs |
| Move Over | Janis Joplin | indecision |
| Move Your Body | Marshall Jefferson | music genres |
| Move Your Body | Beyoncé | bodily motion & exercise |
| Move Your Feet | Junior Senior | music as nutrition |
| A Movie Script Ending | Death Cab for Cutie | inspired by or about films |
| Movin’ On Up | Primal Scream | redemption |
| Movin’ On Up (Theme to The Jeffersons) | Ja’Net DuBois | social mobility |
| Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song) | Billy Joel | ambition |
| Moving | Jeffrey & Jack Lewis | fresh starts |
| Moving On | Tony Allen | moving on |
| Moving On | Kodaline | moving on |
| Moving On Song | Ewan MacColl | moving on |
| Moving On Up | M People | upbeat break-up #2 |
| The Moving Song | 17 Hippies | moving on |
| Mozambique | Traffic | the Commonwealth |
| Mr. Apollo | Bonzo Dog Band | forgotten follow-ups |
| Mr. Bad Example | Warren Zevon | sinners |
| Mr. Bassie | Horace Andy | Mr, Mrs, Miss & Ms |
| Mr. Big | Free | stick it to the man |
| Mr. Big Stuff | Jean Knight | wealth |
| Mr. Blue Sky | The Delgados | Mr, Mrs, Miss & Ms |
| Mr. Blue Sky | Electric Light Orchestra | personification |
| Mr. Bojangles | Jerry Jeff Walker | Mr, Mrs, Miss & Ms |
| Mr. Brightside | The Killers | jealousy |
| Mr. Cool | Rasputin’s Stash | boastful songs |
| Mr. Crowley | Ozzy Osbourne | magic |
| Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues | Eels | joyous songs |
| Mr, Mrs, Miss & Ms | ||
| Mr. Farmer | The Seeds | farm produce |
| Mr. Fire Coal Man | The Wailing Souls | alarm sounds |
| Mr. Fox | Mr. Fox | criminals |
| Mr. Gorgeous (and Miss Curvaceous) | Smoke City | curves & spheres |
| Mr. Guilty | Loudon Wainwright III | guilt & apology |
| Mr. Holmes | The Herbaliser | Mr, Mrs, Miss & Ms |
| Mr. Hyde | Figure | odd couples |
| Mr. Jones | The Bishops | Jones & Joneses |
| Mr. Lacey | Fairport Convention | switches & buttons |
| Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold | Townes Van Zandt | games |
| Mr. Natural | Mental as Anything | normal & abnormal |
| Mr. Nichols | Coldcut ft Saul Williams | hero worship |
| Mr. Nigga | Mos Def ft Q-Tip | justice |
| Mr. Pharmacist | The Other Half | recreational drugs |
| Mr. Pitiful | Otis Redding | nicknames & pseudonyms |
| Mr. Rabbit | Paul Westerberg | rabbits |
| Mr. Sandman | The Chordettes | close harmony singing |
| Mr. Shiny Cadillackness | Clutch | stick it to the man |
| Mr. Slater’s Parrot | Bonzo Dog Band | whistling |
| Mr. Spaceman | The Byrds | aliens |
| Mr. Whisper | Dory Previn | mental illness |
| Mr. Writer | Stereophonics | writing |
| Mr. X | Ultravox | photographs |
| Mrs. Bartolozzi | Kate Bush | cleansing |
| Mrs. Murphy | Scott Walker | Mr, Mrs, Miss & Ms |
| Mrs. Rita | Gin Blossoms | fortune tellers |
| Mrs. Rita | June Tabor | anti-work songs |
| Mrs. Worthington | Noël Coward | advice |
| Ms. Jackson | OutKast | mothers |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Forest | procrastination |
| Muchomůrky Bílé (Destroying Angel) | The Flowers of Hell | poison |
| Muckraker | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | earth, soil & dirt |
| Mud and Dark | Cocteau Twins | echoes |
| Muddy Water | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | brown |
| Mugamoodi (Terrace Jams version) | Kurangan | masks |
| Mujer Contra Mujer | Mecano | Spain |
| The Mule | Deep Purple | outstanding percussion |
| Mule Skinner Blues | The Fendermen | indecipherable songs |
| Mull of Kintyre | Wings | Scotland |
| Mun ja mun | Adjágas | wordless vocals |
| Mundane Mundae | The Stairs | days of the week |
| Murder by Numbers | The Police | murder |
| The Murder Mystery | The Velvet Underground | non sequiturs |
| Murder of Birds | Jesca Hoop | collective nouns |
| Murder of Crows | Cadaver Club | collective nouns |
| Murder of Liddle Towers | Angelic Upstarts | anger |
| A Murder of One | Counting Crows | patterns & sequences |
| Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1) | Aurora | patterns & sequences |
| The Murder Weapon | T Bone Burnett | sharp objects |
| Murderer | Buju Banton | murder |
| Musclebound | Spandau Ballet | industry & manufacturing |
| Muse Blues | Loudon Wainwright III | libraries |
| Musette and Drums | Cocteau Twins | instruments imitating voice & vice versa |
| Mushi no Onna | Jun Togawa | persistence |
| Mushroom | Can | nuclear war |
| Mushroom Box, 1975 | Anton Barbeau | farm produce |
| Mushroom Clouds | Love | clouds |
| Music Evolution | Buckshot LeFonque | double bass |
| Music for a Found Harmonium | Penguin Cafe Orchestra | musical instruments |
| Music for a Nurse | Oceansize | Manchester |
| Music for Airports: 1/1 | Brian Eno | lower the heartrate |
| Music for Evenings | Young Marble Giants | evening |
| Music in the Air | Holger Czukay | sampling & recycling |
| Music Matters | Faithless | beds |
| The Music Never Stopped | Grateful Dead | mood-changing music |
| Music to Hear | Ladysmith Black Mambazo | inspired by poetry |
| Music to Watch Girls By | Bob Crewe Generation | easy listening |
| The Musical Box | Genesis | songs with sudden changes |
| Musical Pocket Watch | Oddjob | pockets |
| Muskrat Ramble | Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five | rodents |
| Must I Paint You a Picture | Billy Bragg | painting & painters |
| Mustang Sally | Wilson Pickett | slowing down |
| road trips | ||
| Mustt Mustt (Massive Attack remix) | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | Asia |
| Mutiny in Heaven | The Birthday Party | heaven & hell |
| Mutual Core | Björk | geology |
| A Mutual Friend | Wire | months of the year |
| Muuri | Tiiu Helinä | shyness |
| Muzzle of Bees | Wilco | refreshment & cooling down |
| My Adidas | Run-D.M.C. | fashion |
| My Baby Changes Like the Weather | Smokey Robinson & the Miracles | impermanence |
| (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures | The Rezillos | visual art & photography |
| My Baby Just Cares for Me | Nina Simone | double bass |
| My Baby Must Be a Magician | The Marvelettes | magic |
| My Back Pages | The Byrds | songs for your teenage self |
| My Backwards Walk | Frightened Rabbit | reversing |
| My Bathroom Is a Private Kind of Place | Patt Stanton Gjonola | worst songs |
| My Beat | Blaze ft Palmer Brown | mood-changing music |
| My Best Friend | Weezer | platonic love |
| My Blue Tears | Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris | songs by trios |
| My Boy Builds Coffins | Florence and the Machine | funerals |
| My Boy Elvis | Janis Martin | concerts |
| My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg) | Ramones | long titles |
| My Brother Jake | Free | siblings |
| My Brother’s a Basehead | De La Soul | siblings |
| My Chair | Jill Sobule | chairs |
| My City of Ruins | Bruce Springsteen | hands |
| My City Was Gone | The Pretenders | regressing & reversing |
| My Daddy Knows Best | The Marvelettes | unemployment |
| My Daddy Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll) | Trixie Smith | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| My Dawlin’ New Orleans | L’il Queenie & the Percolators | New Orleans |
| My Dear Acquaintance (A Happy New Year) | Regina Spektor | new year |
| My Dear Senses | Goo Goo Gish | ears & hearing |
| My Death | Scott Walker | death |
| My Deceiving Heart | The Impressions | fallen heroes |
| My Dirty Stream (The Hudson River Song) | Pete Seeger | rivers |
| My Door Is Always Open | Noah and the Whale | doors |
| My Doorbell | The White Stripes | doors |
| My Elusive Dreams | Moses and Joshua Dillard | obsession |
| My Favorite Picture of You | Guy Clark | photographs |
| My Favorite Things | John Coltrane | covers better than the original |
| My Favorite Things | Sarah Vaughan | collecting & listing |
| My Favourite Dress | The Wedding Present | jealousy |
| My Favourite Wet Wednesday Afternoon | The Siddeleys | days of the week |
| My Friend the Sun | Linda Lewis | hope |
| My Funny Valentine | Chet Baker | beauty |
| My Future | Billie Eilish | songs by duos |
| My Generation | The Who | adolescence |
| My Girl | Madness | arguments |
| My Girl | The Temptations | bees |
| My Girl Hates My Heroin | The Stooges | recreational drugs |
| My Girl Josephine | Fats Domino | volunteering |
| My Girls | Animal Collective | ambition |
| fathers and daughters | ||
| (My Heart Is) Closed for the Season | Bettye Swann | the heart |
| My Hometown | Bruce Springsteen | finish where they begin |
| My Ideal | Chet Baker | perfection |
| My Intuition Tells Me | Ruby Turner | sixth sense |
| My Island Home | Warumpi Band | wide open spaces |
| My Johnny Was a Shoemaker | Steeleye Span | long-distance relationships |
| My Kitchen Man | Bessie Smith | domestic songs |
| My Lady Got Two Men | Atmosphere | two – part 1 |
| My Land Is Too Green | Mary Coughlan | green |
| My Last Breath | Evanescence | breathing |
| My Life in Reverse | Maxïmo Park | reversing |
| My Love Is a Bulldozer | Venetian Snares | songs that say what love is |
| My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose | Five Hand Reel | Valentine’s Day songs |
| My Lovely Horse | The Divine Comedy | four-legged livestock |
| My Lover’s Prayer | Otis Redding | prayer |
| My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It) | En Vogue | songs that fit every topic |
| My Magic Glasses | Shonen Knife | glass |
| My Man | They Might Be Giants | bodily motion & exercise |
| My Manic and I | Laura Marling | two – part 1 |
| My Mind | Jimi Tenor | from Nordic countries |
| My Mind’s on Leaving, But My Heart Won’t Let Me Go | Honey Cone | goodbye |
| My Mistake | Split Enz | songs with or about errors |
| My Mistakes | Wiley | mistakes |
| My Moon, My Man (Boys Noize Remix) | Feist | the moon |
| My Mother and the Devil | Austin Lucas | the Devil |
| My Mother Taught Me How to Waltz | Robb Johnson | inheritance |
| My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) | Neil Young & Crazy Horse | immortality & longevity |
| My Name Is Carnival | Jackson C. Frank | parades |
| My Name Is John Wellington Wells | John Reed | prophets |
| My National Pride (Knowledge of Beauty) | Dexys Midnight Runners | pride |
| My Neck, My Back | The Vandals | spine & neck |
| My Neighbors in Delray | Rod MacDonald | rare events |
| My Nutmeg Phantasy | Macy Gray ft Angie Stone & Mos Def | nuts & edible seeds |
| My October Symphony | Pet Shop Boys | September & October |
| My Oklahoma Home | Bruce Springsteen & the Seeger Sessions Band | farming |
| My Old Home | K’naan | exile |
| My Old Man | Ian Dury | fathers |
| My Old Man | Joni Mitchell | falsetto |
| My Old Man (Said Follow the Van) | Marie Lloyd | loss |
| My Old School | Steely Dan | biography & autobiography |
| My One and Only Love | John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman | crooners |
| My Own Tune | Katzenjammer | whimsical songs |
| My Pal Foot Foot | The Shaggs | discordant songs |
| My Perfect Cousin | The Undertones | funny songs |
| My Pet Rat St. Michael | Mark Eitzel | rodents |
| My Propeller | Arctic Monkeys | spinning |
| My Red Hot Car | Squarepusher | discordant songs |
| My Resistance Is Low | Hoagy Carmichael | resistance |
| My Ritual | The Folk Implosion | channelling pain |
| My Rival | Alex Chilton | competition |
| My Rival | Steely Dan | detectives |
| My Robot | Looper | artificial intelligence |
| My Roly Poly Girl | Jake Thackray | bread, cakes, pastry & biscuits |
| My Roof Has Got a Hole in It | Miranda Barber | holes |
| My Sad Captains | Elbow | contentment |
| My Sharona | The Knack | one-hit wonders |
| My Shit’s Fucked Up | Warren Zevon | adversity |
| My Sister | The Juliana Hatfield Three | brothers & sisters |
| My Sister | Tindersticks | siblings |
| tragedy & comedy | ||
| My Sister Rose | 10,000 Maniacs | brothers & sisters |
| My Socks Gone Down My Shoe | Splodgenessabounds | tragedy & comedy |
| My Spine (Is the Bassline) | Shriekback | spine & neck |
| My Sweet Annette | Drive-By Truckers | infidelity |
| My Sweet Lord | George Harrison | faith |
| My Sweet Summer Suite | Love Unlimited Orchestra | dance instrumentals |
| My Tennessee Mountain Home | Dolly Parton | chairs |
| My Turntable | Ben Lee | media for listening to recorded music |
| My World Fell Down | Sagittarius | crisis |
| My Year in Lists | Los Campesinos! | new resolutions |
| My Young Man | Kate Rusby | Yorkshire |
| My Zero | Ezra Furman | nothing |
| Myfanwy | Morriston Orpheus Choir | a cappella |
| Myopic Books | American Music Club | literary songs |
| Myself When I Am Real | Charles Mingus | authenticity & fakery |
| Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares | Tangerine Dream | puzzling & mysterious |
| Mysterons | Portishead | old meets new |
| The Mystery of Man | Sarah Vaughan | puzzling & mysterious |
| Mystery Train | Little Junior’s Blue Flames | trains |
| Myth | Samingad | extraordinary vocals |