| Song Title | Artist | Topic |
| ! (The Song Formerly Known As) | Regurgitator | crowds |
| 0+2=1 | NoMeansNo | the impossible |
| 007 (Shanty Town) | Desmond Dekker | suburbia |
| 1234 | Feist | numbers |
| 1 2 3 4 | Mirel Wagner | horror-inspired songs |
| 1 Hour 1/2 Ago | Rain Parade | fractions & portions |
| 1 (PEace) | Public Enemy | internet |
| 1st Transmission | Earthling | movie & TV stars |
| 2-4-6-8 Motorway | Tom Robinson Band | hitchhiking |
| II B.S. | Charles Mingus | from New York City |
| 2Kindsa Love | Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | great riffs |
| 2 Tha Left | Dynamic Syncopation ft Mass Influence | left & right |
| 2HB | Roxy Music | glamour & style |
| 3 a.m. | Eminem | nightmares |
| 3 a.m. Eternal (Live at the SSL) | The KLF | times of day |
| The 3 R’s | Jack Johnson | trash |
| 4’33” | John Cage | ears & hearing |
| 4:44 | Jay-Z | shame |
| 4:48 Psychosis | Tindersticks | mental illness |
| 4 Eyes | The Lovin’ Spoonful | eyes |
| 4st 7lbs | Manic Street Preachers | control |
| The 4th Branch | Immortal Technique | journalism & the news |
| 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) | Bruce Springsteen | the coast |
| 4th of July | The Beach Boys | anniversaries |
| 4th of July | Aimee Mann | dates |
| 5:15 AM | Mark Knopfler | switches & buttons |
| 5:55 | Charlotte Gainsbourg | times of day |
| 5:55 | Charlotte Gainsbourg | tomorrow |
| 5 Cardiff Crescent | The Upsetters with Vin Gordon | addresses |
| 5 Degrees Below Zero | Richmond Fontaine | travelling |
| 5 Minutes | The Stranglers | knives |
| 6.30 Is Just Way Too Early | James Yorkston & the Athletes | morning |
| 6 am Jullander Shere | Cornershop | Asian cities |
| 6 Six Street | Louisa Mark | addresses |
| 6 Underground | Sneaker Pimps | basements & underground |
| 7/11 Roses | Spike | first & last time |
| 7 and 7 Is | Love | false endings |
| 7 heures du matin | Jacqueline Taïeb | morning |
| 7 O’Clock News / Silent Night | Simon & Garfunkel | alternative Christmas songs |
| 7 Seconds | Youssou N’Dour & Neneh Cherry | unlikely collaborations |
| 7 Teen | The Regents | teenagers |
| 7th Street Wonderland | Songs: Ohia | snow & ice |
| 8 Point Agenda (Version 1) | The Herbaliser ft Latryx | numbered 1 to 10 |
| 8-Track | Brian Setzer ’68 Comeback Special | media for listening to recorded music |
| 9 to 5 | Dolly Parton | anti-work songs |
| 10:15 Saturday Night | The Cure | Friday & Saturday |
| 10 Degrees and Getting Colder | Gordon Lightfoot | great opening lines |
| 10 Dollar | M.I.A. | shopping |
| 11:59 | Blondie | times of day |
| 12 Hours of Sunset | Roy Harper | sunsets & twilight |
| 13 Chester Street | The Pretty Things | addresses |
| 13 Wonderful Love Songs | A House | songs about love songs |
| 14 Mirrors | Billy Mackenzie | mirrors |
| 19 | Paul Hardcastle | stupidity |
| 20/20 Vision | Charlie Haden Family & Friends | eyewear |
| 20 Jazz Funk Greats | Throbbing Gristle | misleading or incongruous titles |
| 20 Million Things to Do | Lowell George | multitasking & being busy |
| 20 Seconds to Comply | Silver Bullet | artificial intelligence |
| 20 Years | The Civil Wars | secrets & secrecy |
| 20th Century Boy | T. Rex | toys |
| 21 Seconds | So Solid Crew | brevity |
| 21st Century Schizoid Man | King Crimson | opening album tracks |
| 22 | Taylor Swift | youthfulness |
| 22nd Century | Nina Simone | the future |
| 24-Carat Black (Theme) | 24-Carat Black | black |
| 24 Hour Party People | Happy Mondays | parties & going out |
| 24 Hours from Tulsa | Gene Pitney | adultery & infidelity |
| 24 Sycamore | Wayne Fontana | addresses |
| 24 Sycamore | Gene Pitney | roads & streets |
| 25 Miles | Edwin Starr | home |
| 25 Minutes to Go | Johnny Cash | capital punishment |
| 25 O’Clock | The Dukes of Stratosphear | collaborations & side projects |
| 25 O’Clock | The Dukes of Stratosphear | clocks & watches |
| 29 Palms | Robert Plant | deserts |
| 30 Days in the Hole | Humble Pie | surprising intros |
| 30 Seconds Over Tokyo | Pere Ubu | war |
| 36D | The Beautiful South | prostitution |
| 37 Push Ups | Smog | bodily motion & exercise |
| ’39 | Queen | ships & boats |
| 40 Acres and a Mule | Sound Experience | 19th century life |
| 40 Cups of Coffee | Ella Mae Morse | coffee |
| 40 Versions | Wire | unexplained phenomena |
| 40 Years Young | Muzak Orchestra | 3/4 time |
| 44 Blues | Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon | fractions & portions |
| 45 | Elvis Costello | anniversaries |
| 50ft Queenie | PJ Harvey | showing off |
| 51st Anniversary | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | old age |
| 53 Summer Street | Turquoise | addresses |
| The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) | Simon & Garfunkel | quiet songs |
| 66 | The Afghan Whigs | flirting |
| 69 année erotique | Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg | dates |
| 78 Stone Wobble | Gomez | movie & TV stars |
| 92º | Siouxsie and the Banshees | heat #2 |
| 96 Tears | ? and the Mysterians | crying |
| 99 and 1/2 | Mavis Staples | fractions & portions |
| 99 Cents | Chicks on Speed | shopping |
| 99 Luftballons | Nena | historical events |
| 99 Miles from L.A. | Johnny Mathis | anticipation |
| 99 Pounds | Ann Peebles | recipe songs |
| 100% Endurance | Yard Act | shaggy dog stories & tall tales |
| 107 Steps | Björk with Siobhan Fallon | capital punishment |
| 127 Orange Street | Prince Buster | addresses |
| 200 Bars | Spiritualized | numbers |
| $200 Tattoo | Eels | skin |
| 500 Roses | Otis Taylor | roses |
| 500 (Shake, Baby, Shake) | Lush | Italy |
| The 900 Number | The 45 King | numbers |
| 911 Is a Joke | Public Enemy | hospitals |
| $1000 Wedding | Gram Parsons | weddings |
| 10538 Overture | Electric Light Orchestra | cello |
| 1798 | Jackie Leven | sixth sense |
| 1812 Overture | Pyotr Ilylich Tchaikovsky | songs that build |
| 1865 (96 Degrees in the Shade) | Third World | heat #2 |
| 1916 | Motörhead | volunteering |
| 1917 | Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris | army |
| 1952 Vincent Black Lightning | Richard Thompson | motorbikes |
| 1963 | New Order | dates |
| 1979 | The Smashing Pumpkins | dates |
| 1980 | Estelle | dates |
| 1983… (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | underwater |
| 1997, Passing in the Hallway | Martha | ages |
| 2000 Light Years from Home | The Rolling Stones | space travel |
| 20210310 | Ryuichi Sakamoto | lower the heartrate |
| 2120 South Michigan Avenue | The Rolling Stones | addresses |
| 3030 | Deltron 3030 | dates |
| 3030 | Deltron 3030 | the future |
| 50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain | Ten Years After | volume changes |