| Song Title | Artist | Topic |
| S-S-Single Bed | Fox | beds |
| Saara Zamana | Kishore Kumar | songs that express excess |
| Sabiá | Clara Nunes | orange |
| Sabrina | Einstürzende Neubauten | colours |
| Sacerdotes de Amón | Iceberg | fortune tellers |
| Sacré francais | Dimitri from Paris | France |
| Sacrifice | Gregory Isaacs | paradise |
| Sacrificed Sons | Dream Theater | September 11 attacks |
| The Sacro-Iliac | 10cc | joints of the body |
| S.A.D. | Steve Ignorant’s Slice of Life | empathy |
| Sad Arse Strippa | Lady Sovereign | funny songs |
| Sad (Garden) | Utro | gardens |
| Sad Sweet Dreamer | Sweet Sensation | start with the chorus |
| Sadie | Joanna Newsom | pets |
| Saeta | Miles Davis | parades |
| Safe from Harm | Massive Attack | conditional phrases |
| Safeway Cart | Neil Young & Crazy Horse | companies & corporations |
| Saginaw, Michigan | Lefty Frizzell | songs with a twist |
| Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody | Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir | handclaps |
| Saigo no Ice Cream | Kyary Pamyu Pamyu | ice cream |
| Sail On Sailor | The Beach Boys | the sea |
| Sail to the Moon | Radiohead | fathers |
| Sailing to Philadelphia | Mark Knopfler ft James Taylor | pioneers |
| The Sailor’s Bonnet | The Gloaming | violin |
| A Sailor’s Life | Fairport Convention | long songs |
| Saint Jerome in the Desert Observes Hunting Hawks | Them Bird Things | raptors |
| Saint Julian | Julian Cope | lost and found |
| Saint Mary | Sparklehorse | hospitals |
| Saint Sylvestre | Les Innocents | tradition |
| Saint Vitus | Saint Vitus | saints & martyrs |
| Saints | The Breeders | fairgrounds |
| Sáivu | Torgeir Vassvik | paganism |
| Sakura | Yanawaraba | pink |
| Sakura Sakura | Unknown Japanese folk singer | pink |
| Salad Days | Young Marble Giants | minimalist songs |
| Salamander | Jethro Tull | amphibians |
| Salamandrina | Einstürzende Neubauten | amphibians |
| Sally | Gogol Bordello | multilingual songs |
| Sally Cinnamon | The Stone Roses | sweet foods |
| Sally Go ’Round the Roses | The Jaynetts | flowers |
| Sally MacLennane | The Pogues | goodbye |
| Sally’s Pigeons | Cyndi Lauper | platonic love |
| Salmon Coloured Man | Malia | pink |
| The Salmon Song | Steve Hillage | fish & other aquatic life |
| Salt of the Earth | The Rolling Stones | social class |
| Salt Peanuts | Dizzy Gillespie | ten words or fewer |
| Saltash Bells | John Surman | saxophone |
| Salted Caramel Ice Cream | Metronomy | ice cream |
| Saltwater Cowboy | The Pigram Brothers | treasure |
| Salty Dog | Flogging Molly | pirates |
| A Salty Dog | Procol Harum | the sea |
| Samain Night | Loreena McKennitt | paganism |
| Samba Pa Ti | Santana | gentleness |
| Sambadrome | Big Audio Dynamite | South America |
| Same Boat | Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Zak Abel | cello |
| Same Thing in Reverse | Boy George | equality |
| Sámiid ædnan | Sverre Kjlesberg & Mattis Hætta | frozen north |
| Sample and Hold | Neil Young | substitutions |
| San Bernardino | The Mountain Goats | cello |
| San Franciscan Nights | Eric Burdon & the Animals | saints & martyrs |
| San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair) | Scott McKenzie | songs that capture the zeitgeist |
| Sand | Nancy Sinatra with Lee Hazlewood | idioms & common expressions |
| Sandcastles | Bomb the Bass with Bernard Fowler | sand |
| Sandpaper | Taska Black ft Ayelle | sand |
| Sandwriting | Chris Rea | tides |
| Sangue Latino | Secos & Molhados | androgynous vocals |
| Sans Culottes | Sophie Les Bas Bleus | legs & trousers |
| Santa Claus | The Sonics | anti-Christmas songs |
| Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto | James Brown | alternative Christmas songs |
| Sapokanikan | Joanna Newsom | unusual rhymes |
| Sara | Bob Dylan | named after women |
| Sari | Nellie McKay | guilt & apology |
| Satan Lied to Me | The Louvin Brothers | deception |
| Satanic Messiah | The Mountain Goats | charisma |
| Sateenkaarilaulu | Yona & Orkesteri Liikkuvat Pilvet | rainbows |
| Satin Doll | Terry Callier | Valentine’s Day songs |
| Satin Sheets | Jeanne Pruett | fabrics |
| Satisfied Mind | Jeff Buckley | retrospection |
| Satori Part 1 | Flower Travellin’ Band | screams, howls, grunts & shrieks |
| Satta Massagana | The Abyssinians | multilingual songs |
| Saturday | Sparklehorse | quiet songs |
| The Saturday Boy | Billy Bragg | unrequited love |
| Saturday Gigs | Mott the Hoople | self-referential songs |
| Saturday Maybe | The Incredible String Band | rendezvous |
| Saturday Night | Kaiser Chiefs | parties & going out |
| Saturday Night at the Duck-Pond | The Cougars | classical songs |
| Saturday Night Fish Fry | The Blue Dots | meals & mealtimes |
| Saturday Night Fish Fry | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five | Friday & Saturday |
| Saturday Night Special | Lynyrd Skynyrd | guns |
| Saturday, Saturday | Indeep Bakshi, Badshah, Akriti Kakar | days of the week |
| Saturday Sun | Nick Drake | Friday & Saturday |
| Saturday’s Kids | The Jam | boring & dull |
| Saturn 5 | Inspiral Carpets | great keyboards |
| Sauflieder (Pot Pourri) | Die 3 Besoffskis | tradition |
| Savane | Ali Farka Touré | rural songs |
| Save It for Someone Who Cares | The Leisure Society | indifference |
| Save My Soul | Wimple Winch | best bass lines |
| Save the Children | Marvin Gaye | ambition |
| Save the Last Dance for Me | The Drifters | dancing |
| Saved | LaVern Baker | starting over |
| Saving Up to Go Bankrupt | Mike Rimbaud | banks & banking |
| Saviour Pass Me Not | Swan Silvertones | Jesus |
| Savoy | Lucky Millinder | nightclubs |
| Savoy Truffle | The Beatles | chocolate |
| Sax Battle in NYC Subway | Unknown saxophonists | saxophone |
| Say Goodbye | Bigg Jus ft Jerold Marcellus Bryant | normal & abnormal |
| Say Goodbye to Hollywood | Billy Joel | Hollywood |
| Say Goodbye to It All | Chris de Burgh | D-day |
| Say Hello | Drugstore | hello |
| Say Hello, Wave Goodbye | Soft Cell | goodbye |
| hello |
| Say It Ain’t So, Joe | Roger Daltrey | cheating |
| Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud | James Brown | call and response |
| Say Man | Bo Diddley | insulting songs |
| Say You Don’t Mind | Colin Blunstone | androgynous vocals |
| Saying Goodbye to His Horse | Splodgenessabounds | worst songs |
| Scallywag | Jake Thackray | bad boys & bad girls |
| Scandale dans la famille | Les Surfs | songs with a twist |
| Scandinavian Design | Sparks | decor |
| Scarborough Fair / Canticle | Simon & Garfunkel | finish where they begin |
| Scare Easy | Mudcrutch | songs that fit every topic |
| Scarlet Begonias | Grateful Dead | sixth sense |
| Scarlet Ribbons | Róisín Murphy | fathers and daughters |
| Scarred | Sulpher | being scared |
| Scarred Knees | Esther Phillips | joints of the body |
| Scattered Black and Whites | Elbow | domestic songs |
| Scattered Pearls | Casiotone for the Painfully Alone | precious stones |
| Scenario | A Tribe Called Quest | songs with special guests |
| Scene Through the Eye of a Lens | Family | photographs |
| Scenes from an Italian Restaurant | Billy Joel | Italy |
| Scenic World | Beirut | accordion |
| Scentless Apprentice | Nirvana | books #2 |
| Scheherazade | Panda Bear | classical songs |
| Schindler’s List Theme | John Williams | kindness |
| School | Nirvana | school |
| School Day (Ring Ring Goes the Bell) | Chuck Berry | school |
| The School Song | Black Box Recorder | teachers |
| School’s Out | Alice Cooper | finishing |
| Schwarzbraun ist die Haselnuss | Heino | nuts & edible seeds |
| Science | Frida Hyvönen | nerds & geeks |
| The Science of Myth | Screeching Weasel | disbelief |
| Scissor Man | XTC | fairytales |
| Scotch and Water | Cannonball Adderley Sextet | cocktails & spirits |
| Scotland’s Shame | Mogwai | shame |
| Scottish Pop | Spearmint | mood-changing music |
| Scratch and Itch | T. Texas Tyler | itching & scratching |
| Scratch, Scratch | Harry Belafonte | itching & scratching |
| Scratch My Back (And Mumble in My Ear) | Clarence Carter | itching & scratching |
| Screenwriter’s Blues | Soul Coughing | inspired by or about films |
| Screw Face | Bob Marley & the Wailers | faces |
| Scythe Song | Dougie MacLean | tools |
| Scythian Empires | Andrew Bird | unusual rhymes |
| Sdrawkcab | Lothar and the Hand People | inversions |
| Se Murió Mi Madre | El Camarón de la Isla & Paco de Luciá | blessings & curses |
| Se telefonando | Mina | notable key changes |
| The Sea | Morcheeba | holidays |
| Sea Diver | Mott the Hoople | regrets |
| The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future | Los Campesinos! | tragedy & comedy |
| The Sea Map | Polyphemus | maps |
| Sea of Love | Cat Power | harp, lyre & zither |
| Sea, Sex and Sun (English version) | Serge Gainsbourg | foreign language versions |
| Sea Song | Robert Wyatt | the sea |
| Seabeast | Mastodon | the sea |
| The Seal Lullaby | Eric Whitacre | fish & other aquatic life |
| Sealion | Feist | coffee |
| Seamstress | Dessa | tools |
| Search and Destroy | Iggy & the Stooges | great opening lines |
| Search for the New Land | Lee Morgan | searching & seeking |
| Searching | Change | getting brighter |
| Searching for Lambs | Steeleye Span | searching & seeking |
| Searching for Mr. Right | Young Marble Giants | Welsh songs |
| Searching the Desert for the Blues | Blind Willie McTell | wide open spaces |
| Seaside Rendezvous | Queen | old meets new |
| Season Cycle | XTC | nature |
| Season of the Witch | Donovan | great riffs |
| Secret | The Pierces | secrets & secrecy |
| Secret Admirer | The Gaylads | secret admirers |
| Secret Agent | Tony Allen | mistaken identity |
| Secret Agent Man | Devo | secrets |
| Secret Agent Man | The Superjesus | spying |
| Secret Cloak of Invisibility | Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip | the invisible |
| Secret Girl | Sonic Youth | the invisible |
| Secret Heart | Feist | secrets |
| Secret Heart | Ron Sexsmith | eavesdropping |
| Secret Island | Swell Maps | islands |
| The Secret Language of Birds | Ian Anderson | staying |
| Secret Lemonade Drinker | Ross McManus | secrets |
| Secret Love | Doris Day | secret vices |
| Secret Side | Nico | secrets |
| Secretly | Skunk Anansie | secret admirers |
| Secrets | The Cure | secrets & secrecy |
| Secrets | The Zutons | secrets |
| Secrets, Accusations and Lies | David McAlmont & Michael Nyman | secrets & secrecy |
| Securicor | Jeffrey Lewis | companies & corporations |
| See Emily Play | Pink Floyd | strange & surreal |
| See-Line Woman | Nina Simone | underwear |
| See Me Feel Me / Listening to You | The Who | charisma |
| See My Friends | The Kinks | remembrance songs |
| See That My Grave Is Kept Clean | Blind Lemon Jefferson | death |
| See You Don’t Bump His Head | Scott Walker | musically adventurous |
| A Seed’s a Star / Tree Medley | Stevie Wonder | roots |
| The Seeker | The Who | the truth |
| hunting |
| Seele brennt | Einstürzende Neubauten | whispering |
| Seen and Not Seen | Talking Heads | spoken word |
| tattoos & piercings |
| Seen It All | Jake Bugg | sharp objects |
| Seguirillas de la Verdad | Estrella Morente ft Paco de Lucía | tribute songs |
| Self! | Fuzzbox | one word titles |
| Selfies | Nina Nesbitt | photos & photography |
| Selfish Soul | Sudan Archives | shame |
| Semi-Charmed Kind of Life | Third Eye Blind | addiction |
| Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr. James | Manfred Mann | suburbia |
| Send His Love to Me | PJ Harvey | please & thank you |
| Send Me to the ’Lectric Chair | Bessie Smith | chairs |
| Send Me Your Picture | Bobby Mitchell & the Toppers | photographs |
| Send Peace and Harmony Home | Shirley Walton | peace |
| Sénégal Fast Food | Amadou & Mariam | close harmony singing |
| Senga Abele | Manu Dibango | cats |
| Sensitive Artist | King Missile | visual art & photography |
| Sensitive Boys | U.K. Subs | ironic songs |
| Sensoria | Cabaret Voltaire | synth pop 1980-2000 |
| The Sensual Woman | The Herbaliser | choosing & using words |
| The Sensual World | Kate Bush | sexy songs |
| Separated | Stan Lee Cole | children performing |
| Separated by Motorways | The Long Blondes | long-distance relationships |
| driving songs |
| Separation Line | Johnnie Taylor | immaturity |
| Sepheryn | Curtiss Maldoon | lesser known originals |
| Sept Ans de mariage | Franco & le T.P. O.K. Jazz | anniversaries |
| September | Earth, Wind & Fire | September |
| September | Richard Strauss | months of the year |
| September | David Sylvian | September |
| September 12th | Saul Williams | September |
| September Gurls | Big Star | September |
| September Is the Month of Death | Trembling Bells | September |
| September Song | Frank Sinatra | autumn |
| September’s Not So Far Away | The Field Mice | September |
| Septiembre No Está Tan Lejos | Nadadora | September |
| Septober Energy | Centipede | September & October |
| Serenade to a Cuckoo | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | flutes, pipes & whistles |
| Serendipity | Barenaked Ladies | chance & coincidence |
| Sergio | Al Stewart | migrants & refugees |
| Seriocity | The Chameleons | uncertainty |
| Sermon | Mercury Rev ft Margo Price | preachers, priests & religious leaders |
| Serpentine | dEUS | reptiles |
| The Servant Man | The Full English | treasure |
| Set That Baggage Down | David Crosby | bags & containers |
| Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun | Pink Floyd | celestial bodies |
| Set the Tigers Free | Villagers | tigers |
| Setting Sun | The Chemical Brothers | sunsets & twilight |
| Setting Yourself Up | Colin Blunstone | deceptive appearances |
| Settlers of Catan | The Axis of Awesome | board games |
| Seven Curses | Bob Dylan | numbers |
| Seven Curses | June Tabor & Oysterband | judges & trials |
| Seven Days | Sting | patterns & sequences |
| Seven Days of Splendour | Jameson Raid | unexplained phenomena |
| Seven Days Too Long | Chuck Wood | numbered 1 to 10 |
| Seven Drunken Nights | The Dubliners | cheating |
| Seven Minutes to Midnight | Wah! Heat | apocalypse |
| Seven Nation Army | The White Stripes | artistic trends of the 21st century |
| Seven Seas | Avishai Cohen | double bass |
| Seven Signs of Ageing | Philip Jeays | advertising |
| Seven Year Itch | Willie Nelson | itching & scratching |
| Seventeen | Ladytron | adolescence |
| The Seventh Seal | Scott Walker | inspired by or about films |
| Seventh Son | Georgie Fame | unusual time signatures |
| The Seventh Son | Willie Mabon | sixth sense |
| Seventh Son of the Seventh Son | Rory Gallagher | healing |
| Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict | Pink Floyd | long titles |
| Sewer Brain | The Blood | genre switch |
| Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll | Ian Dury | three |
| Sex Education | The King Blues | internet |
| Sex Farm | Spinal Tap | farm produce |
| Sex unter Wasser | Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft | water |
| Sexual Healing | Marvin Gaye | healing |
| Sexy Boy | Air | synth pop 1980-2000 |
| Sexy Sadie | The Unthanks | deception |
| Sha-La-La-La-Lee | Small Faces | songs that go ‘la’ |
| Shades | Iggy Pop | eyewear |
| Shades of Blue | The Family Stand | blue |
| Shades of Gray | The Monkees | opposites |
| The Shadow (Process Mix) | Rob & Goldie | shadows |
| Shadow | Wild Nothing | shadows |
| Shadow Dub | Hollie Cook | shadows |
| Shadow in my Eye | Jackie Leven | eyes & sight |
| Shadowland | k.d. lang | crooners |
| Shadowplay | Joy Division | shadows |
| Shadows | Malcolm Middleton | shadows |
| Shadows | Wagon Christ | shadows |
| Shadrack | Louis Armstrong | survival |
| Shady Lane | Pavement | false endings |
| Shake | Sam Cooke | spine & neck |
| Shake a Tail Feather | Ray Charles with the Blues Brothers | dancing |
| Shake It Off | Taylor Swift | pride |
| Shake It Out | Florence and the Machine | the Devil |
| Shake ‘n’ Vac | Snuff | spring cleaning & household chores |
| Shake, Rattle and Roll | Big Joe Turner & his Blues Kings | innuendo |
| Shake Shake | Gaby Jogeix | steel guitar |
| Shake Some Action | Flamin’ Groovies | opening album tracks |
| Shake Your Hips | The Rolling Stones | joints of the body |
| Shake Your Pants | Cameo | odd noises & instruments |
| Shakespeare’s Got a Gun | Dan Bern | Shakespeare |
| Shakey Dog | Ghostface Killah | storytelling songs |
| Shakin’ All Over | The Guess Who | spine & neck |
| Shakin’ All Over | Johnny Kidd & the Pirates | body language |
| Shaking Up Orange Street | Prince Buster | orange |
| Shamabala | B. W. Stevenson | paradise |
| Shame | Evelyn “Champagne” King | shame |
| Shame | Young Fathers | shame |
| Shame and Scandal in the Family | Shawn Elliott | family |
| Shameless | Pet Shop Boys | celebrity |
| Shane Warne | Paul Kelly | fallen heroes |
| Shanghai Rooster | The DeZurik Sisters | poultry |
| Shangri-La | The Kinks | social mobility |
| Shankhill Butchers | The Decemberists | knives |
| The Shape of Things | Blossom Dearie | geometric shapes |
| Shapes of Things | The Yardbirds | the future |
| Shark in the Water | VV Brown | fish & other aquatic life |
| Sharp Dressed Man | ZZ Top | coolness |
| Shave ‘Em Dry | Lucille Bogan | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
| Shazam! | Duane Eddy | superheroes |
| She Bangs the Drums | The Stone Roses | songs to start the morning |
| She Blinded Me with Science | Thomas Dolby | unlikely collaborations |
| She Bop | Cyndi Lauper | taboos |
| She Brings the Sunlight | Richard Hawley | notable outros or codas |
| She Don’t Care About Time | The Byrds | indifference |
| She Don’t Use Jelly | The Flaming Lips | food |
| She Don’t Wear Pink | Shemekia Copeland | gender & LGBTQ+ |
| She Drives Me Crazy | Fine Young Cannibals | obsession |
| (She Got) Electroshocked | Screeching Weasel | electricity |
| She Left Me on Friday | Shed Seven | days of the week |
| She Loves You | The Beatles | start with the chorus |
| She Moves Through the Fair | Anne Briggs | ghosts |
| She Purred, While I Grrred | Wild Beasts | meat |
| She Said | Plan B | gripping or intriguing narrative |
| She Said She Said | The Beatles | actors |
| arguments #2 |
| She Still Leads Me On | Suede | everlasting love |
| She Wants to Sell My Monkey | Junior Wells | sales, selling & bargains |
| She Was Born to Be My Unicorn | Tyrannosaurus Rex | fantasy |
| Sheath & Knife | Maddy Prior | sisters |
| Shecharhoret | Mor Karbasi | vibrato, tremolo & oscillations |
| Sheela-Na-Gig | PJ Harvey | holes |
| Sheena Is a Punk Rocker | Ramones | girls’ names |
| Sheep | Strawbs | farming |
| The Sheep Song | The Dresden Dolls | four-legged livestock |
| Sheffield: Sex City | Pulp | specific or obscure places |
| Sheffield Shanty | Monkey Swallows the Universe | northern England |
| Sheila Take a Bow | The Smiths | girls’ names |
| Shelter from the Storm | Bob Dylan | welcoming |
| Shenandoah | Keith Jarrett | rivers |
| Shenandoah | Paul Robeson | American west |
| The Shepherd’s Wife | The Poozies | meals & mealtimes |
| Sheriff of Hong Kong | Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band | islands |
| Sheriff of Huddersfield | Iron Maiden | Yorkshire |
| She’s a Rainbow | The Rolling Stones | psychedelic songs |
| She’s About a Mover | Sir Douglas Quintet | organ |
| She’s as Beautiful as a Foot | Blue Öyster Cult | feet |
| She’s Got You | Patsy Cline | fairness |
| She’s Hot to Go | Lyle Lovett | faces |
| She’s Leaving Home | The Beatles | orchestral string instruments |
| She’s Like Heroin to Me | The Gun Club | cocaine & heroin |
| She’s Lost Control (Long Version) | Grace Jones | 1980s 12” singles |
| She’s Lost Control | Joy Division | illness |
| She’s Not There | The Zombies | quiet |
| She’s on a Mountain | Five Guys Named Moe | mountains |
| She’s Strange | Cameo | normal & abnormal |
| She’s Tough | Jerry McCain | laughter |
| Shhh | Prince | quiet |
| Shhh / Peaceful | Miles Davis | quiet |
| Shifting Gears | Lalo Schifrin | following & chasing |
| Shiftless When Idle | The Replacements | laziness |
| Shine a Light | The Rolling Stones | hope |
| Shine On | The House of Love | chairs |
| Shine On You Crazy Diamond | Pink Floyd | channelling pain |
| Shingle Song | Peter Hammill | the coast |
| Shining Star | Earth, Wind & Fire | great arrangements |
| Shiny Happy People | The Fatima Mansions | anger |
| Shiny Happy People | R.E.M. | crowds |
| Ship Ahoy | The O’Jays | the sea |
| Ship of Fools | World Party | reckless consumption |
| The Ship Song | Lissie | bridges |
| Shipbuilding | Elvis Costello | North East England |
| Shipbuilding | Robert Wyatt | war |
| Shiroyama | Sabaton | old and new |
| Shiver | Fever Ray | touch |
| Shiver and Shake | The Cure | cruel songs |
| Shiver Me Timbers | Tom Waits | itinerants & migration |
| Shnitzled in the Negev | Shpongle | deserts |
| The Shoals of Herring | Ewan McColl | collective nouns |
| Shoes | Tiga | shoes |
| The Shoeshine Boy | The Humblebums | obsolete things |
| Shofukan | Snarky Puppy | brass songs |
| Shoot Out the Lights | Richard and Linda Thompson | shooting |
| Shoot the Pump | J. Walter Negro & the Loose Jointz | refreshment & cooling down |
| Shooting Star | Bad Company | hearing, choosing & playing records |
| Shop Around | The Miracles | lessons in life |
| A Shop with Books In | The Bookshop Band | libraries |
| Shoplifters of the World Unite | The Smiths | smuggling & stealing |
| Shoplifting | The Slits | crime |
| Shopping for Clothes | The Coasters | shopping |
| Short Fat Fannie | Larry Williams | being fat |
| Short Ride in a Fast Machine | John Adams (performed by Simon Rattle with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) | ensembles, big bands & orchestras |
| A Short Stop at the Transylvanian Brain-Surgery | Amon Düül II | provocative, strange or humorous titles |
| Shot by Both Sides | Magazine | guns |
| Shot Gun Shack | Neneh Cherry | shooting |
| Shotgun Wedding | Roy C. | weddings |
| Should Have Known Better | Sufjan Stevens | biography & autobiography |
| Should I Stay or Should I Go | The Clash | limbo |
| Should the Bible Be Banned? | McCarthy | reading |
| Shout | Tears for Fears | start with the chorus |
| Shove This Jay-Oh-Bee | Canibus | anti-work songs |
| Show Biz Kids | Steely Dan | social class |
| Show Business | A Tribe Called Quest | anti-work songs |
| Show Me | Dexys Midnight Runners | gangs |
| Show Your Teeth | Tools You Can Trust | teeth |
| Showdown | Kenny Carter | crisis |
| Showroom Dummies | Kraftwerk | krautrock |
| A Shropshire Lad | Half Man Half Biscuit | songs with jokes |
| Shut ‘Em Down (Pete Rock Remix) | Public Enemy | revolution |
| Shut Off the Light | Betty Davis | screams, howls, grunts & shrieks |
| Shutout | The Walker Brothers | last night |
| Shy | John & Jehn | shyness |
| Shy Boy | Kippington Lodge | awkwardness |
| Shy Boy | Secret | shyness |
| The Shy Retirer | Arab Strap | hedonism |
| Si Tu Dois Partir | Fairport Convention | conditional phrases |
| Siberia / Sibirijá | Torgeir Vassvik | frozen north |
| The Sick Bed of Cúchulainn | The Pogues | retrospection |
| Sideshow | Blue Magic | carnivals & funfairs |
| Sidewalking (Extended Version) | The Jesus and Mary Chain | 1980s 12” singles |
| The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight | R.E.M. | misheard, nonsense or inaudible lyrics |
| The Sight of the Wind | Robert Wyatt | trash |
| Sign o’ the Times | Prince | news & media |
| The Sign of the Southern Cross | Black Sabbath | compass points |
| Sign of the Times | The Belle Stars | girl groups |
| Signed Curtain | Matching Mole | futility |
| Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) | Stevie Wonder | inspired by India |
| Sigourney Weaver | John Grant | movie & TV stars |
| Silence | Charlie Haden with Chet Baker, , Enrico Pieranunzi & Billy Higgins | quiet songs |
| Silence in the Library | Murray Gold | libraries |
| Silence Is Golden | The Tremeloes | gold |
| Silence Returns | Beau | volume changes |
| Silencer | Susanne Sundfør | shooting |
| Silencio | Jorge Drexler | quiet |
| Silencio | Ibrahim Ferrer & Omara Portuondo | quiet |
| The Silent Boatman | Parliament | quiet |
| Silent Legacy | Melissa Etheridge | legacy |
| Silent Shout | The Knife | silence |
| Silent Treatment | The Roots ft Cassandra Wilson | arguments #2 |
| A Silhouette of Doom | Ennio Morricone | doom |
| Silhouettes | Dennis Brown | jealousy |
| Silhouettes | The Rays | windows |
| Silks and Satins | Count Basie & His Orchestra | rough & smooth |
| Silly Games | Janet Kay | flirting |
| Silly Love Songs | Wings | songs about love songs |
| Silver (Tidal Wave) | Echo & the Bunnymen | silver & non-ferrous metals |
| Silver Bird | U-Roy | silver & non-ferrous metals |
| The Silver in Her Crucifix | Jackie Leven | silver & non-ferrous metals |
| Silver Machine | Hawkwind | silver & non-ferrous metals |
| Silver Moon Ladders | Merz | adventure |
| Silver Surfer | Warm Jets | superheroes |
| Silver Swan Rag | Scott Joplin | animals |
| Silverball | Barenaked Ladies | hobbies |
| Simon Says | Pharoahe Monch | sweary songs |
| Simple Gifts | Yo-Yo Ma & Alison Krauss | New England |
| Simple Girl | Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. | whistling |
| Simple Joys | Kenny Young | simple pleasures |
| Simple Life | Bim Sherman | simple pleasures |
| Simple Tools | Ry Cooder | tools |
| Simple Twist of Fate | Jeff Tweedy | fate & destiny |
| Simply Beautiful | Al Green | quiet songs |
| Sin City | The Flying Burrito Brothers | American west |
| Sin Miedo | Rosana | hope & resilience |
| Sin Muros ni Candados | Dorantes | borders, barriers, walls & fences |
| Sinal Fechado | Paulinho da Viola | surprise encounters |
| Since I Left You | The Avalanches | upbeat break-up |
| Since U Been Gone | Kelly Clarkson | fresh starts |
| Since Yesterday | Strawberry Switchblade | upbeat break-up #2 |
| Since You’ve Been Gone | Rainbow | limbo |
| Sing a Powerful Song | The Saw Doctors | survival |
| Sing a Simple Song | Sly and the Family Stone | singing |
| Sing a Simple Song of Freedom | Bobby Darin | songs that capture the zeitgeist |
| Sing for Your Supper | The Mamas & the Papas | meals & mealtimes |
| Sing Me a Love Song | The Glories | songs about love songs |
| Sing Me Back Home | Grateful Dead | time travel |
| Sing Me Out the Window | Múm | windows |
| Sing Sing Sing | Benny Goodman | triggering dancing |
| Sing to the Moon | Laura Mvula | Birmingham & the Black Country |
| Sing You a Love You Song | of Montreal | songs about love songs |
| Singapore | Tom Waits | adventure |
| The Singer | Teitur | sound like other songs |
| Singin’ in the Rain | Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds & Donald O”Connor | clouds |
| Singin’ in the Rain | John Martyn | rain |
| Singing a Song | Jackie Wilson | singing |
| Singing the Blues | Guy Mitchell | whistling |
| Singing to the Birds | Lisa Germano | singing |
| Single AF | Fousheé | being single |
| Single by Choice | The Bangles | the number one |
| Single Girl | Lush | being single |
| Single Girl, Married Girl | Carter Family | marriage |
| Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) | Beyoncé | na-na-hey-hey songs |
| The Single Petal of a Rose | Ben Webster | roses |
| Sinister Minister | Bullet | preachers, priests & religious leaders |
| Sink Hole | Drive-By Truckers | inheritance |
| Sink the Bismarck | Johnny Horton | underdogs |
| Sinnerman | Nina Simone | end of the world |
| Sinny Sin Sins | Roots Manuva | sinners |
| Síocháin Iona | The Waterboys | Scotland |
| Sir Duke | Stevie Wonder | impressive intros |
| Sirens of Titan | Al Stewart | curves & spheres |
| Sisesighingini (Everything Is Stupid, Stupid, Stupid) | Ladysmith Black Mambazo | stupidity |
| Sister | Lenny Kravitz | sisters |
| Sister | Prince | secret vices |
| Sister | She Wants Revenge | bad boys & bad girls |
| Sister Anne | MC5 | sisters |
| Sister Drum | Dadawa | lower the heartrate |
| Sister Jane Cross the Hall | Kokomo Arnold | brothers & sisters |
| Sister Josephine | Jake Thackray | funny songs |
| Sister Morphine | The Rolling Stones | nursing & healthcare |
| Sister Ray | The Velvet Underground | long songs |
| Sister Rosa | The Neville Brothers | leadership |
| Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us | Robert Plant & Alison Krauss | sisters |
| Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves | Eurythmics with Aretha Franklin | feminism |
| Sisters’ Chant | Judy Mowatt | sisters |
| Sisters of Mercy | Leonard Cohen | kindness |
| Sit Down | James | Manchester |
| Sit Down and Cry | Ella Washington | sitting & standing |
| Sit Down, You’re Rocking the Boat | Stubby Kaye | sitting & standing |
| Sittin’ in the Balcony | Eddie Cochran | sitting & standing |
| Sittin’ on a Rainbow | Mountain | ‘high’ songs |
| Sittin’ on a Poor Man’s Throne | Copperpenny | chairs |
| (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay | Otis Redding | California |
| Sitting by the Riverside | The Kinks | rivers |
| Sitting in Limbo | Jimmy Cliff | waiting |
| Sitting in Limbo | The Neville Brothers | limbo |
| Sitting in the Park | Billy Stewart | parks |
| Sitting in the Sun | Hilton Valentine | simple pleasures |
| Siúil a Rúin | KOKIA | Gaelic songs |
| Sivulivinivut | Tanya Tagaq | frozen north |
| Six Days at the Bottom of the Ocean | Explosions in the Sky | numbered 1 to 10 |
| Six Days on the Road | Taj Mahal | travelling |
| Six Marimbas | Steve Reich | hammer & mallet instruments |
| Six Months in a Leaky Boat | Split Enz | pioneers |
| Six O’Clock News | Kathleen Edwards | journalism & the news |
| Six Pack | Black Flag | beer |
| Sixteen Bars | The Stylistics | songs about love songs |
| Sixteen Blue | The Replacements | boredom |
| Sixteen, Maybe Less | Calexico and Iron & Wine | nostalgia |
| Sixteen Tons | Eric Burdon | power |
| Sixth Day – the People | Jan Hammer | lower the heartrate |
| Sixth Sense | Dave Brubeck | sixth sense |
| Sixth Sense | Imelda May | sixth sense |
| Sixty Minute Man | Billy Ward & His Dominoes | boastful songs |
| Skank in Bed | Scotty & Lorna Bennett | beds |
| Sk8er Boi | Avril Lavigne | opposites |
| Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day | Jethro Tull | snow & ice |
| Skeletal Remains | Bohren and der Club of Gore | bones |
| Skeng | The Bug ft Killa P & Flow Dan | criminals |
| Sketch for Summer | The Durutti Column | animal sounds |
| Skillet (Good and Greasy) | Davey Graham | cooking |
| Skin and Bone | Heartless Bastards | love songs to places |
| Skin and Bones | Foo Fighters | bones |
| Skin Deep | Buddy Guy ft Derek Trucks | skin |
| Skin Deep | The Stranglers | deceptive appearances |
| The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | yellow |
| Skin Song | Bat for Lashes | skin |
| Skinhead Moonstomp | Symarip | youth cults |
| hats & accessories |
| Skinny Dippin’ | Whitney Duncan | skin |
| Skipping | The Associates | jumping |
| Sky Bellower | Ettrick | sky |
| The Sky Is Crying | John Martyn | sky |
| Sky Phenomenon | Jens Lekman | beer |
| Skylarking Dub | Horace Andy | great album or mixtape openers |
| Skylon! | Gruff Rhys | flying |
| Skyscraper | Elephant | ‘high’ songs |
| Skyway | The Replacements | ‘high’ songs |
| Skywriter | The Jackson 5 | indirect messages |
| Slain by Elf | Urusei Yatsura | toys |
| Slang Teacher | Wide Boy Awake | teachers |
| The Slap Cellos of Doula | Gabriel Prokofiev & Peter Gregson | itching & scratching |
| Slapped Actress | The Hold Steady | authenticity & fakery |
| Slapton Sands (Exercise Tiger) | The Charlesys | D-day |
| Slashed Wrists This Christmas | Gruff Rhys | anti-Christmas songs |
| Slave to the Rhythm | Grace Jones | rhythm, beat & boogie |
| Slavery Days | Burning Spear | 19th century life |
| Slaves Mass (Missa Dos Escravos) | Hermeto Pascoal | animal sounds |
| Slay the Priest | Damaged Bug | preachers, priests & religious leaders |
| Sledgehammer | Peter Gabriel | tools |
| Sleep | Blackalicious | relaxation & leisure |
| Sleep at Night | The Chicks | adultery & infidelity |
| Sleep on the Left Side | Cornershop | music as nutrition |
| Sleep Tight Tiger | Husky Rescue | tigers |
| Sleep Tonight | The Rolling Stones | adult lullabies |
| Sleep Walk | Santo & Johnny | sleep & insomnia |
| Sleepin’ on My Couch | Del tha Funkee Homosapien | laziness |
| Sleeping Gas (Live at Zoo Club 1981) | The Teardrop Explodes | adult lullabies |
| Sleeping Satellite | Tasmin Archer | rare events |
| The Sleepwalkers | Van der Graaf Generator | songs with sudden changes |
| Sleepy Shores | Johnny Pearson | easy listening |
| Sleigh Me | Emmy the Great & Tim Wheeler | winter sports |
| Sleigh Ride | The Count Basie Orchestra | winter sports |
| Sleipnir | Manowar | compass points |
| Slip Away | Clarence Carter | secrets |
| rendezvous |
| Slip Slidin’ Away | Paul Simon | melancholy songs |
| Slip to the Void | Alter Bridge | holes |
| Slipped, Tripped and Fell in Love | Ann Peebles | accidents |
| Slippery People | Talking Heads | funk |
| Sloop John B | The Beach Boys | the Caribbean |
| Slow Blue | Fashion | Birmingham & the Black Country |
| Slow Country (More Rubbadub version) | Spacemonkeyz vs Gorillaz | hidden tracks |
| Slow Dancing | Johnny Duncan | slow, sexy love songs |
| Slow Death | Flamin’ Groovies | suicide |
| Slow Down | Andrew Duhon | lower the heartrate |
| The Slow Drug | PJ Harvey | windows |
| Slow Hand | Pointer Sisters | touch |
| Slow Jam | Four Tet | sound effects |
| Slow Marching Band | Jethro Tull | slowing down |
| Slow Me Down | Shelby Lynne | slowing down |
| Slow West Vultures | The Mountain Goats | blessings & curses |
| Small Axe | The Wailers | underdogs |
| Small Hours (live) | John Martyn | vibrato, tremolo & oscillations |
| Small Plane | Bill Callahan | deep voices |
| Small Things | The Audreys | discovery |
| Small Town Talk | Bobby Charles | boring & dull |
| Smalltown Boy | Bronski Beat | 1980s 12” singles |
| Smash Clause 29! | Chumbawamba | gender & LGBTQ+ |
| Smash It Up (Parts 1 & 2) | The Damned | rallying cries |
| Smash Shit Up | Dropkick Murphys | breaking things |
| Smash the Market Place | Screaming Blue Messiahs | banks & banking |
| Smeceno Horo | Planxty | unusual time signatures |
| Smell the Roses | Chris & Cosey | roses |
| Smells Like Happiness | The Hidden Cameras | smells |
| Smells Like Lemon, Tastes Like Wine | Alan Price | flavour |
| Smells Like Teen Spirit | Nirvana | brands |
| Smile | Nat King Cole | smiling & laughing |
| Smiley Faces | Gnarls Barkley | smiling & laughing |
| Smiling Faces Sometimes | The Temptations | body language |
| Smiling Faces Sometimes | The Undisputed Truth | smiling & laughing |
| Smiling in Winter | Spoons | winter |
| Smiling My Life Away | Case | faces |
| Smiling with No Teeth | Genesis Owusu | teeth |
| Smithers-Jones | The Jam | unemployment |
| Smoke from a Distant Fire | Sanford Townsend Band | adultery & infidelity |
| Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | The Platters | close harmony singing |
| Smoke Hot Coffee Refill | 3rd Line Butterfly | coffee |
| Smoke on the Water | Deep Purple | great riffs |
| Smoke Rings | Laurie Anderson | circles |
| Smoke Rings | Les Paul & Mary Ford | fictional adverts |
| Smokestack Lightnin’ | Howlin’ Wolf | extraordinary vocals |
| Smokin’ | Super Furry Animals | smoking |
| Smooth | Santana ft Rob Thomas | one word titles |
| Smooth Operator | Sade | coolness |
| The Snake | Al Wilson | storytelling songs |
| Snake Oil | Steve Earle | reckless consumption |
| Snake Song | Emmylou Harris | reptiles |
| Snakes | Pixies | reptiles |
| Snakes and Ladders | Joss Stone | board games |
| Snap Your Fingers | Ronnie Milsap | clicking, tapping & stomping |
| Sneakers | Raekwon | shoes |
| Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley | Lee Dorsey | girls’ names |
| Snip Snip | The Tiger Lillies | sharp objects |
| Snow Camping | Laura Veirs | winter sports |
| Snowflake | Kate Bush | small things |
| Snowflakes Are Dancing | Tomita | snow & ice |