Song Title | Artist | Topic |
So Far Away | Carole King | home |
So Happy I’ll Be | Flatt and Scruggs | optimistic songs |
So Here I Come | Neneh Cherry | striking album endings |
So It Goes | Nick Lowe | power |
So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright | Simon & Garfunkel | historical figures |
So Long to the Headstrong | Fleet Foxes | written correspondence |
So Low | Carol | synth pop 1980-2000 |
So Ruff, So Tuff | Zapp | instruments imitating voice & vice versa |
So Sad So Sexy | Lykke Li | eyes |
So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) | The Everly Brothers | change of mind |
So Sorry | Feist | regrets |
So Weird | Veruca Salt | interlopers |
So What | Miles Davis | instrumentals |
So What!! | The Lyrics | indifference |
So Young | The Ronettes | teenagers |
So Young | Suede | immaturity |
Socialism Train | The Ethiopians | left wing politics |
Society | Eddie Vedder | greed |
Sod the Neighbours | The Toy Dolls | volume |
Sodium Light Baby | The The | silver & non-ferrous metals |
The Sodom and Gomorrah Show | Pet Shop Boys | hedonism |
Sodom and Gomorrow | The Congos | wastelands |
Soffry Soffry Catch Monkey | Ikenga Super Stars of Africa | monkeys & apes |
Soho Square | Kirsty MacColl | sitting & standing |
Sojourner’s Battle Hymn | Sweet Honey in the Rock | choirs |
Sol en Julio | Los Brincos | months of the year |
Sol Invictus | Thea Gilmore | passage of time |
Solar Wind | Nick Nicely | rainbows |
The Soldier | Philip Jeays | army |
Soldier of Fortune | Deep Purple | echoes |
Soldier’s Song | Sean Rowe | covers by the opposite sex |
Soldier’s Things | Tom Waits | memorabilia & souvenirs |
Soledad | Combo Los Galleros ft Lucy González | being single |
Solid Air | John Martyn | other musicians |
Solid Gold | Cornershop ft Katie | gold |
Solid Rock | Dire Straits | driving songs |
Solidarity | Black Uhuru | unity |
Solitude Is Bliss | Tame Impala | COVID-19 lockdown |
Solitude Standing | Suzanne Vega | being alone |
Solo | Sandy Denny | the number one |
Solomon Browne | Seth Lakeman | ships & boats |
Solovey (Nightingale) | Go_A | nightingales & thrushes |
Solsbury Hill | Peter Gabriel | motivation |
Soltera | Lunay ft Daddy Yankee & Bad Bunny | being single |
Some Candy Talking | The Jesus and Mary Chain | sweet foods |
Some Enchanted Evening | Giorgio Tozzi | close shaves & near misses |
Some Girls | Rachel Stevens | celebrity |
Some Jingle Jangle Morning | Mary Lou Lord | recreational drugs |
Some Old Salty | Lal Waterson | Yorkshire |
Some Other Time | Tony Bennett & Bill Evans | procrastination |
Some Questions About Hats | Slapp Happy & Henry Cow | hats |
Some Velvet Morning | Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra | duets |
Somebody Bigger Than You or I | Marion Williams & the Stars of Faith | spiritual songs |
Somebody Get Me a Doctor | Van Halen | doctors |
Somebody Shot My Eagle | C. L. Blast | austerity |
Somebody Touch I | African Head Charge | touch |
Somebody’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite | Fleetwood Mac | B sides |
Somebody’s Watching Me | Rockwell | conspiracy theories & paranoia |
Someday | CeCe Rogers | freedom |
Someday | The Strokes | passage of time |
Someday (August 29, 1968) | Chicago | chaos |
Someday My Prince Will Come | Bill Evans Trio | honorific titles |
Somehow, Somewhere (There’s a Soul Heaven) | Deep Sensation | raise the heartrate |
Someone Saved My Life Tonight | Elton John | close shaves & near misses |
Someone to Watch Over Me | Ella Fitzgerald with Nelson Riddle Orchestra | ensembles, big bands & orchestras |
Someone to Watch Over Me | Samara Joy ft Pasquale Grasso | searching & seeking |
Somethin’ Else | Eddie Cochran | ambition |
Somethin’ Hot | The Afghan Whigs | heat #2 |
Something Changed | Pulp | change |
Something for the Weekend | The Divine Comedy | songs with a twist |
Something for Your M.I.N.D. | Superorganism | using your imagination |
Something I Learned Today | Hüsker Dü | knowledge |
Something in Red | Lorrie Morgan | colours |
Something in the Way | Nirvana | homelessness |
(Something Inside) So Strong | Labi Siffre | bravery |
resilience |
Something Like a Song | Kate Bush | mythical beasts |
Something on Your Mind | Karen Dalton | channelling pain |
Something to Talk About | Badly Drawn Boy | recorded for movies |
Something Wicked This Way Comes | Barry Adamson | books |
Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart | Marc Almond ft Gene Pitney | comeback songs |
Something’s Wrong with This Picture | Galactic | from New Orleans |
Sometime Around Midnight | The Airborne Toxic Event | without a chorus |
Sometimes | James | rain |
Sometimes a Song | Bill Withers | songwriting |
Sometimes Always | The Jesus and Mary Chain ft Hope Sandoval | duets |
Sometimes I Don’t Know What to Feel | Todd Rundgren | denial |
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child | Wynton Marsalis | brass songs |
Sometimes I Wish I Had a Gun | Mink Stole & Her Wonderful Band | control |
Somewhere Only We Know | Keane | secrets & secrecy |
Somewhere Over the Rainbow | Israel Kamakawiwo’ole | rainbows |
Somewhere There’s an Island | Seaman Dan | paradise |
Sommerfuggel i vinterland | Halvdan Sivertsen | homelessness |
Somos Sur | Ana Tijoux ft Shadia Mansour | unity |
Son de Difuntos | Lila Downs | tradition |
The Son of a Disgruntled X-Postal Worker Reflects on His Life While Getting Stoned in the Parking Lot of a Winn Dixie Listening to Metallica | Alice Donut | doom |
Son of a Preacher Man | Dusty Springfield | male names |
The Son of Hickory Holler’s Tramp | O. C. Smith | criminals |
Son of My Father | Giorgio Moroder | tradition |
Song About the Moon | Paul Simon | songwriting |
Song About the Moon | Simon & Garfunkel | the moon |
Song About Traveling | The Innocence Mission | never |
Song Beneath the Song | Maria Taylor | songwriting |
A Song for Europe | Roxy Music | multilingual songs |
A Song for Me | Family | maps |
(Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister | The Stone Roses | spinning |
Song for Our Ancestors | Steve Miller Band | alarm sounds |
Song for Richard Collopy | Sun Kil Moon | remembrance songs |
Song for Sonny Liston | Mark Knopfler | fighting |
Song for Whoever | The Beautiful South | forgetting |
A Song for You | Donny Hathaway | meta-songs |
Song from the Bottom of a Well | Kevin Ayers | wells |
A Song from Under the Floorboards | Magazine | songs about songs |
Song in the Blood | Joan Baez | blood |
Song of a Baker | Small Faces | cooking |
Song of Reproduction | Flanders and Swann | media for listening to recorded music |
Song of Scheherazade | Renaissance | fairytales |
Song of the Black Lizard | Pink Martini | reptiles |
Song of the Shrimp | Frank Black | songs with jokes |
Song of the Stoic | Suzanne Vega | acceptance |
A Song of the Weather | Flanders and Swann | climate change |
Song to Comus | Comus | horror-inspired songs |
Song to the Siren | Tim Buckley | ancient history |
Song to the Siren | The Chemical Brothers | songs about songs |
Song to the Siren | This Mortal Coil | covers better than the original |
Song with No Words (Tree with No Leaves) | David Crosby | wordless vocals |
Song Without a Chorus | Butch Walker | without a chorus |
Songs of Love | Ben Folds | songs about love songs |
Songs of the Nightlife | Luke Vibert & B. J. Cole | steel guitar |
Songs on the Times | Chumbawamba | 19th century life |
The Songs That We Sing | Charlotte Gainsbourg | magazines |
Songs That We Wrote When We Were Drunk | Lewis Watson | songwriting |
Songs to Sing | Raw Spitt | songwriting |
Sonic Attack | Hawkwind | apocalypse |
Sonnet 29 | Rufus Wainwright | Shakespeare |
Sonnet to Hank Cinq | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | short songs |
Sonny | The Rubberbandits | suicide |
Sonny’s Lettah (Anti Sus Poem) | Linton Kwesi Johnson | letters, emails & telegrams |
Sons & Daughters | The Decemberists | fixing & repairing |
Sons Of | Scott Walker | youthfulness |
Sons of the Stage | World of Twist | theatre |
Soon | My Bloody Valentine | psychedelic songs |
Soon It Will Be Fire | Hypnotic Brass Ensemble ft Moses Sumney | ensembles, big bands & orchestras |
Sophisticated Boom Boom | The Shangri-Las | conversations |
Sophisticated Lady | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | super solos |
Sophisticated Lady | Billie Holiday | failure |
Sorcery | Sabu Martinez | paganism |
Sorority Girls | Mommy Long Legs | gangs |
Sorrow Tears and Blood | Fela Kuti | police |
The Sorrowful Wife | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | marriage |
Sorrows Away | The Poozies | contentment |
Sorry | Karine Polwart | scandal |
Sorry | Sebadoh | apologies |
Sorry for Laughing | Josef K | smiling & laughing |
Sorted for E’s and Wizz | Pulp | arresting opening lines |
S.O.S. | ABBA | electronic music to 1983 |
S.O.S. (State of Shock) | Sonic Boom Six | propaganda |
Sou Flamengo, Cacique e Mangueira | Fundo de Quintal | football |
Soubour | Songhoy Blues | favourite live versions |
Soul Bossa Nova | Quincy Jones | flutes, pipes & whistles |
Soul Finger | The Bar-Kays | ten words or fewer |
Soul Fire | Lee Perry | discordant songs |
Soul Giver | Opal | psychedelic songs |
Soul Happy Hour | The Jazz Butcher | cocktails & spirits |
Soul Horizon | The Beauty Room | horizons |
Soul Inside | Soft Cell | synth pop 1980-2000 |
The Soul of a Man | Blind Willie Johnson | resurrection |
Soul on Fire | LaVern Baker | slow, sexy love songs |
Soul Roots | Edward’s World | piano songs |
Soul Sacrifice (at Woodstock) | Santana | outstanding percussion |
Soul Sister, Brown Sugar | Sam & Dave | sisters |
Soul Vaccination | Tower of Power | healing |
Soulful Strut | Young-Holt Unlimited | dance instrumentals |
Sound Breakfast | Groove Cereal ft Jenova 7 & Andrew Linn | meals & mealtimes |
Sound Check (Gravity) | Gorillaz | gravity |
Sound of Da Police | KRS-One | police |
The Sound of Gyroscopes | Kev Hopper | discovery |
The Sound of Silence | Disturbed | volume |
The Sound of Silence | Simon & Garfunkel | echoes |
The Sound of Sinners | The Clash | sinners |
The Sound of the Crowd | The Human League | crowds |
The Sound of the Suburbs | The Members | suburbia |
Sound System | Steel Pulse | hearing, choosing & playing records |
Sounds of Earth | Jim Moray | rare events |
Sounds of Then (This Is Australia) | GANGgajang | Australia |
Soundsystem | Reggae Roast ft Brother Culture | media for listening to recorded music |
Soup | Tunng | cooking |
Soup Song | Robert Wyatt | food |
South America, Take It Away | Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters | spine & neck |
South American Getaway | Burt Bacharach | South America |
South London Boroughs | Burial | suburbia |
debut songs |
South of Germany | Paul Kelly & the Messengers | alternative outcomes |
South Yorks | Kid Acne | Yorkshire |
Southern Cross | Crosby, Stills & Nash | crosses |
Southern Mark Smith | The Jazz Butcher | wanting to be someone else |
Souvenir | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | synth pop 1980-2000 |
A Souvenir of London | Procol Harum | memorabilia & souvenirs |
Souvenirs | Maggie Bell | memorabilia & souvenirs |
Souvenirs | Steve Goodman & John Prine | melancholy songs |
Souvenirs | Voyage | songs with sudden changes |
Soweto Blues | Miriam Makeba | towns |
Space Ace | Brett Smiley | space travel |
Space City | Booker T. Jones & Drive-By Truckers | organ |
Space Doggity | Jonathan Coulton | unusual narrators |
Space Flight | I-Roy | adventure |
Space Girl | The Imagined Village | space travel |
Space Guitar | Johnny Guitar Watson | space |
Space Invaders | The Piranhas | games |
Space Is the Place | Jonzun Crew | sci-fi & space |
Space Is the Place | Sun Ra | space |
Space Monkey | John Prine | monkeys & apes |
Space Oddity | David Bowie | without a chorus |
Space Oddity | Langley Schools Music Project | sci-fi & space |
Space Travel Is Boring | Modest Mouse | space travel |
Space Walk | Lemon Jelly | space |
Spaced | Beaver & Krause | drone music |
Spacehopper | Bentley Rhythm Ace | jumping |
Spacelab | Kraftwerk | sci-fi & space |
Spacer | Sheila and B. Devotion | space |
Spaceship | Kanye West ft GLC & Consequence | escape |
Spain | The Stranglers | Spain |
Spam Song | Monty Python | meat |
Spancil Hill | The Dubliners | villages |
Spanish Civil War Song | Phil Ochs | Spain |
Spanish Dancer | Steve Winwood | Spain |
Spanish Lady | The Dubliners | feet |
Spanish Moon | Little Feat | hedonism |
Spanish Pipedream | John Prine | lessons in life |
Spanish Train | Chris de Burgh | the Devil |
Spare Parts | Bruce Springsteen | fresh starts |
Speak Low | Billie Holiday | quiet |
Speaking with the Angel | Ron Sexsmith | angels |
Speed | Bran Van 3000 | speed |
Speed | Ron Wray Light Show | speed |
Speed King | Deep Purple | other songs |
Speed Law | Mos Def | slowing down |
Speed of Life | David Bowie | dance instrumentals |
Speed of the Sound of Loneliness | Nanci Griffith | speed |
Speedin’ West | Cindy Cashdollar | steel guitar |
Speeding Motorcycle | Daniel Johnston | motorbikes |
Speedway at Nazareth | Mark Knopfler | competition |
Spellbound | Siouxsie and the Banshees | illusions |
Spem in alium | The Tallis Scholars | a cappella |
Spencer Perceval | iLiKETRAiNS | treachery & betrayal |
Spencer the Rover | John Martyn | independence |
The Spider | Flanders and Swann | spiders |
Spider | The Handsome Family | spiders |
The Spider and the Fly | The Rolling Stones | substitutions |
Spider-Man | Ramones | masks |
Spider Spider | Tidal Wave | spiders |
Spiders (In Neal’s Basement) | McLuhan | basements & underground |
Spiders in the Dressing Room | Toy Dolls | spiders |
Spiders (Kidsmoke) | Wilco | spiders |
Spidey’s Wild Ride | Tom Waits | superheroes |
Spiegel im Spiegel | Arvo Pärt | mirrors |
Spiegelsaal (The Hall of Mirrors) | Kraftwerk | mirrors |
Spinning Around | Kylie Minogue | spinning |
Spinning Away | Brian Eno & John Cale | celestial bodies |
spinning |
Spinning Wheel | Blood, Sweat & Tears | spinning |
Spiral Galaxy 28948 | Hawkwind | celestial bodies |
Spiral Jetty | …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead | works of art |
The Spirit | Magnum | songs with sudden changes |
Spirit in the Sky | Norman Greenbaum | spiritual songs |
The Spirit of Radio | Rush | radio |
Spirit of the Falklands | New Model Army | army |
Spirit of the North | CANO | animal sounds |
Spiritual | Soulsavers | fear |
Spit on a Stranger | Pavement | anger |
Spitfire | Public Service Broadcasting | determination |
Spoilt Victorian Child | The Fall | 19th century life |
Spooky | Dusty Springfield | Halloween |
Spoon Solo | Noel Crombie with Split Enz | outstanding percussion |
Spoot Ebb | Erland Cooper | gravity |
Sport (The Odd Boy) | Bonzo Dog Band | sport |
The Sporting Life | The Decemberists | embarrassment |
Spotlight (Oh Nostalgia) | Patrick Stump | songs for your teenage self |
Spring Again | Biz Markie | spring |
Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most | Ella Fitzgerald | hanging |
Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most | Carmen McRae | spring |
Spring Cleaning | John McCutcheon | spring cleaning & household chores |
Spring Cleaning | Fats Waller & His Rhythm | spring |
spring cleaning & household chores |
Spring Rain | The Go-Betweens | spring |
Springtime Can Kill You | Jolie Holland | spring |
Sproston Green | The Charlatans | northern England |
Sputniks and Mutniks | Ray Anderson & the Home Folks | space travel |
Spy in the Cab | Bauhaus | spying |
Spy in the House of Love | Was (Not Was) | spying |
Spystick | King Creosote | spying |
The Squalb | Medeski Martin & Wood | pockets |
The Square of the Hypotenuse | Danny Kaye | mathematics |
Square One | The Restarts | games |
Squid Jiggin’ Grounds | Hank Snow | safety & danger |
Sri Ventkateswara Suprabhatam | M. S. Subbulakshmi | waking up |
St. Bernard | Ron Sexsmith | dogs |
St. Elmo’s Fire | Brian Eno | electronic music to 1983 |
months of the year |
St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion) | John Parr | determination |
St. James Infirmary | Louis Armstrong | hospitals |
St. Louis Blues | Louis Armstrong | saints & martyrs |
St. Patrick’s Day | Damien Dempsey | Gaelic songs |
St. Stephen | Grateful Dead | philosophers |
St. Swithin’s Day | Billy Bragg | famous last words |
Stabbed | Glasvegas | knives |
Staccato’s Theme | Elmer Bernstein | TV theme songs |
Stack-A-Records | Tom Tall | hearing, choosing & playing records |
Stack O’ Lee Blues | Mississippi John Hurt | crime |
Stacked Deck | Etta James | playing cards |
Stacks, Stilettos, Make-Up & Mohicans | Mere Dead Men | footwear |
Stacy’s Mom | Fountains of Wayne | unrequited love |
Stage Fright | The Band | theatre |
Stagger Lee | Lloyd Price | gambling |
Stain on the Sun | The Bevis Frond | denial |
Stainsby Girls | Chris Rea | Yorkshire |
Stairway of Dreams (The Stair) | Adultchild | ascension |
Stairway to Heaven | Led Zeppelin | songs that build |
Stairway to Heaven | Rodrigo y Gabriela | ascension |
Stalin Wasn’t Stallin’ | Robert Wyatt | Russia |
Stan | Eminem ft Dido | letters, emails & telegrams |
Stand | R.E.M. | notable key changes |
Stand! | Sly and the Family Stone | rallying cries |
Stand and Deliver | Adam and the Ants | smuggling & stealing |
Stand by Me | Home Free | clicking, tapping & stomping |
Stand by Me | Ben E. King | best bass lines |
Stand by Your Guns | The Full English | songs that command or instruct |
Stand My Ground | Within Temptation | decisive songs |
Stand Up Comic | Ray Davies | sitting & standing |
Stand Up for Judas | Dick Gaughan | sitting & standing |
Standing at the Sky’s Edge | Richard Hawley | sitting & standing |
Standing Here Crying | The Incredibles | departures |
Standing in the Shadows of Love | Four Tops | shadows |
Standing in the Way of Control | Gossip | gender & LGBTQ+ |
Standing on the Edge of Love | B.B. King | edges & ledges |
Standing on the Promise | Tennessee Mountaineers | promises & choices |
Stanlow | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | northern England |
Star | David Bowie | celebrity |
Star 69 | R.E.M. | stars |
Star Charmer | Grinderman | stars |
Star Sign | Teenage Fanclub | star signs |
fate & destiny |
The Star Spangled Banner | Jimi Hendrix | national anthems |
Star Wars (Main Title) | John Williams | aliens |
Starálfur | Sigur Rós | mythical beasts |
Stardog Champion | Mother Love Bone | children performing |
Stardust | Louis Armstrong | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
Stardust | Nat King Cole | crooners |
Stardust Remedy | The Jesus and Mary Chain | brothers & sisters |
Starfish and Coffee | Prince | school |
Stargazer | Rainbow | fantasy |
Starless and Bible Black | Stan Tracey Quartet | night & darkness |
stars |
Starlite Diner | Ryan Adams | anticipation |
Starman | David Bowie | aliens |
The Stars | Patrick Wolf | celestial bodies |
The Stars of Track and Field | Belle and Sebastian | sport |
The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam’s Dice | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | stars |
Starship | Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship | striking album endings |
Starship Trooper | Yes | notable outros or codas |
Start! | The Jam | brevity |
Start Over Again | Emily Maguire | recovery |
Start Wearing Purple | Gogol Bordello | purple |
Started Out with Nothin | Seasick Steve | chicken and egg |
Starting All Over Again | Mel & Tim | resilience |
Starving in the Belly of a Whale | Tom Waits | cetaceans |
Starwalker | Buffy Sainte-Marie | paganism |
The State I Am In | Belle and Sebastian | different 7″ versions |
State of Independence | Donna Summer | great backing vocals |
State Trooper | Bruce Springsteen | law enforcement |
State Violence State Control | Discharge | control |
Station Approach | Elbow | northern England |
Station to Station | David Bowie | impressive intros |
Statistician Blues | Todd Snider | mathematics |
Statue of Liberty | Laurie Anderson | works of art |
Stay | David Bowie | staying |
Stay | Rihanna ft Mikky Ekko | slow, sexy love songs |
Stay Away | Randy Newman | COVID-19 lockdown |
Stay Free | The Clash | friendship |
Stay Inside | Vic Chesnutt | resurrection |
Stay Loose | Hemsley Morris | staying |
Stay Positive | The Streets | consolation |
Stay Together | Suede | devoted love |
Stay Up Late | Talking Heads | babies & childbirth |
family |
Stay with Me | Lorraine Ellison | songs of desperation |
Stay with Me | Faces | one night stands |
Stay with Me Baby | Ruby Turner | songs that build |
Stay with Me Jesus | Guster | close shaves & near misses |
Stayin’ Alive | Bee Gees | falsetto |
Steal Away | Etta James | smuggling & stealing |
Steal My Sunshine | Len | the sun |
Steal Your Face | Motörhead | horror-inspired songs |
Stealing | Tackhead | preachers, priests & religious leaders |
Stealing in the Name of Jah | Max Romeo & the Upsetters | smuggling & stealing |
Stealing in the Name of the Lord | Paul Kelly | warnings |
preachers, priests & religious leaders |
Stealing People’s Mail | Dead Kennedys | smuggling & stealing |
Steamboat Stomp | Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers | New Orleans |
Steel Band Music | Lord Kitchener | steelpan |
Steel Guitar Rag | Barbara Mandrell | steel guitar |
Steel Monkey | Jethro Tull | iron & steel |
Steeltown | Big Country | iron & steel |
Steelworker | Big Black | violence |
Stella Maris | Einstürzende Neubauten ft Meret Becker | edges & ledges |
Step | Vampire Weekend | great keyboards |
Step into My Life | Jessie Ware | pick-up lines & marriage proposals |
Step It Up | Stereo MC’s | celebration |
Step Off | Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five | boastful songs |
Step On | Happy Mondays | great keyboards |
Step Right Up | Tom Waits | sales, selling & bargains |
volume |
Steppin’ in Her I. Miller Shoes | Betty Davis | footwear |
Steppin’ Out | Joe Jackson | parties & going out |
Stepping Razor | Peter Tosh | great opening lines |
Stereotype | The Specials | stereotypes |
Steve McQueen | Drive-By Truckers | hero worship |
Steve McQueen | Brian Fallon | wanting to be someone else |
Stevie (for Steven S.) | Royal Trux | movie & TV stars |
Stevie Smith | Vic Chesnutt | inspired by poetry |
Stevie’s Song | Bob Evans | platonic love |
Stewball | Lead Belly | winners |
STFU! | Rina Sawayama | acronyms |
Stiff Upper Lip | AC/DC | spirit of 2021 |
Stiff Upper Lip | Ella Fitzgerald | stiff upper lip |
Stigmata Martyr | Bauhaus | saints & martyrs |
Stiletto | Billy Joel | sharp objects |
Still Crazy After All These Years | Paul Simon | notable key changes |
Still I Rise | Maya Angelou | resilience |
Still Life | Van der Graaf Generator | immortality & longevity |
Still Standing | Children of Zeus ft DRS | Manchester |
Stimela (Coal Train) | Hugh Masekela | manual labour |
Stimmung Model 11 | Karlheinz Stockhausen | minimalist songs |
Stink-Foot | Frank Zappa | feet |
A Stitch in Time | The Long Ryders | proverbs |
Stitch in Time | Maddy Prior & the Girls | revenge |
Stockings | Suzanne Vega | underwear |
Stolen Apples Are the Sweetest | Paul Kelly | sinners |
Stompa | Serena Ryder | slowing down |
Stompin’ Ground | Aaron Neville & the Dirty Dozen Brass Band | from New Orleans |
Stoned and Starving | Parquet Courts | marijuana |
Stoned Immaculate | Dub Syndicate | stars |
Stoned Love | The Supremes | marijuana |
Stoned Soul Picnic | Laura Nyro | meals & mealtimes |
Stoned Train Driver | The Bevis Frond | jobs |
Stonehenge | Spinal Tap | funny songs |
Stones in the Road | Mary Chapin Carpenter | social mobility |
A Stone’s Throw Away | The Style Council | estimates of distance & time |
Stood Up | James Reyne | sitting & standing |
Stool Pigeon | Kid Creole & the Coconuts | villains |
Stop! | Sam Brown | heartbreak |
Stop | Kooper-Bloomfield Super Session | supergroups |
Stop | Plasmatics | songs that command or instruct |
Stop Bajon (Primavera) | Tullio De Piscopo | Italy |
Stop Beating Around the Bush | The Velvelettes | limbo |
Stop! In the Name of Love | The Supremes | arresting opening lines |
Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before | The Smiths | denial |
Stop That Girl | Vic Godard & the Subway Sect | out-of-tune songs |
Stop the Nonsense | Wing | so bad they’re good |
Stop Your Sobbing | The Pretenders | crying |
Stopped by Woods on a Snowy Evening | Jackie Leven with David Thomas | winter sports |
Storm | Tim Minchin | stupidity |
Storm Cellar | Elysian Fields | basements & underground |
Storm Is Rising | Little Axe | storms |
Storm Warning | Bonnie Raitt | storms |
Stormbringer | Deep Purple | storms |
Stormbringer | John and Beverly Martyn | natural disasters |
Stormy Weather | Etta James | bad weather |
Stormy Weather | The Spaniels | storms |
Story Book Children | Gregory Isaacs | innocence |
The Story of My Life | Michael Holliday | whistling |
The Story of the Blues Part One and Part Two (Talkin’ Blues) | The Mighty Wah! | 1980s 12” singles |
The Story of the Blues Part One | Liverpool & Merseyside |
Storytelling | Belle and Sebastian | writing |
Straight for the Knife | Sia | sharp objects |
Straight Outta Compton | N.W.A. | California |
Straight to Hell | The Clash | exile |
Straight to Number One | Touch and Go | patterns & sequences |
Stranded in the Jungle | The Cadets | close shaves & near misses |
Strange & Beautiful (I’ll Put a Spell on You) | Aqualung | adult lullabies |
A Strange Boy | Joni Mitchell | immaturity |
Strange Brew | Cream | witches |
Strange Fruit | Billie Holiday | protest |
murder |
Strange Fruit | Nina Simone | hanging |
Strange Phenomena | Kate Bush | sixth sense |
Strange Street Affair Under Blue | Tim Buckley | body language |
Strange Town | The Jam | maps |
The Stranger | Billy Joel | misunderstanding |
The Stranger | David McWilliams | anonymity |
Stranger Blues | Elmore James | strangers |
Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes | Kevin Ayers | marijuana |
Stranger in Paradise | Tony Bennett | sampling & recycling |
Strangers in the Night | Frank Sinatra | flirting |
A Strangers Map of Texas | Michael Chapman | maps |
Strasbourg | The Rakes | places in Europe |
Strawberries | Asobi Seksu | fruit |
Strawberry Letter 23 | Shuggie Otis | red |
Strawberry Wine | Deana Carter | wine |
Strawbery Fields Forever | The Beatles | false endings |
Stray Cat Blues | The Rolling Stones | stairs, ladders & elevators |
Stray Cat Strut | The Stray Cats | expressing movement of walking |
A Stream with Bright Fish | Harold Budd & Brian Eno | fish & other aquatic life |
Streams of Whiskey | The Pogues | drinking |
Street Hassle | Lou Reed | songs with special guests |
Street Life | The Crusaders ft Randy Crawford | prostitution |
Street Player | Chicago | urban environment |
Streets of Arklow | Van Morrison | Ireland |
Streets of Calcutta | Ananda Shankar | Asia |
Streets of Derry | Trees | Ireland |
Streets of Kenny | Shack | Liverpool & Merseyside |
Streets of London | Ralph McTell | adversity |
Streets of Sorrow / Birmingham Six | The Pogues | the truth |
Streets of Your Town | The Go-Betweens | secret vices |
Strength to Strength | Hue and Cry | forgotten follow-ups |
Stress (Auto Remix) | Justice | impressive intros |
Strict Machine | Goldfrapp | fetishes |
String of Pearls | Soul Asylum | precious stones |
String Quartet in E Flat major (‘The Joke’) | Joseph Haydn | stop-start songs |
String Quartet No. 3 in G major: IV. Burlesque | Benjamin Britten | without percussion |
Strings of Life | Rhythim Is Rhythim | minimalist songs |
Strip Polka | The Andrews Sisters with Vic Shoen & His Orchestra | nudity |
The Stroll | The Diamonds | expressing movement of walking |
Strollin’ | Prince & the New Power Generation | fun |
Strong | Herbert | positive songs |
Struttin’ with Some Barbecue | Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five | without percussion |
Strychnine | The Sonics | poison |
Stuart | The Dead Milkmen | earth, soil & dirt |
Stubborn Kind of Fellow | Marvin Gaye | stubbornness |
Stubborn Kinda Heart | The Quireboys | stubbornness |
Stubborn Love | The Lumineers | stubbornness |
Stuck in the Middle With You | Stealers Wheel | redefined by film |
Student Wankers | Peter and the Test Tube Babies | education |
Stupid | The Dirtbombs | bad decisions |
Stupid Girl | The Rolling Stones | cruel songs |
Style It Takes | Lou Reed & John Cale | using your imagination |
Suavecito | Malo | album tracks better than singles |
Subcity | Tracy Chapman | adversity |
Subdivisions | Rush | suburbia |
Submarine Bells | The Chills | bells |
Subterranean Homesick Alien | Radiohead | space travel |
Subterranean Homesick Blues | Bob Dylan | non sequiturs |
Subterranean World (How Long?) | Anita Lane & Blixa Bargeld | estimates of distance & time |
Subterraneans | David Bowie | indecipherable songs |
Subterraneans | Flesh for Lulu | basements & underground |
Suburban Dream | Martha and the Muffins | suburbia |
Suburban Homeboy | Sparks | authenticity & fakery |
Subway Song | The Cure | horror-inspired songs |
Success | Loretta Lynn | celebrity |
Success | Iggy Pop | call and response |
Such Great Heights | The Postal Service | ascension |
Suddenly I See | KT Tunstall | magazines |
Suffer Little Children | The Smiths | Yorkshire |
Sufferin’ Till Suffrage | Etta James | 19th century life |
Suffering Jukebox | Silver Jews | machines, robots & computers |
jukeboxes |
Suffice to Say | Yachts | meta-songs |
Suffocated Love | Tricky | jealousy |
breathing |
Sugar Cane | Mary Gauthier | starting fires |
Sugar Hiccup | Cocteau Twins | sweet foods |
Sugar Kane | Sonic Youth | impermanence |
Sugar Magnolia | Grateful Dead | different 7″ versions |
Sugar Mountain | Neil Young | fictional places |
Sugar, Sugar | The Archies | tautonyms |
Sugar Town | Nancy Sinatra | laziness |
Suicide Is Painless (Theme from M*A*S*H) | The Mash | failure |
Suit of Lights | Elvis Costello | tribute songs |
Suki Suki Daisuki | Jun Togawa | bright songs about dark subjects |
Sull’aria … che soave zeffiretto | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed by Cecilia Bartoli & Renée Fleming | conversations |
Sultanesque | Roxy Music | drone music |
Sultans of Swing | Dire Straits | music venues |
Sumer Is Icumen In | Richard Thompson | old meets new |
Summat’s Brewing | O’Hooley & Tidow | Yorkshire |
Summer | Angel Olsen | eureka moments |
Summer Babe (Winter Version) | Pavement | refreshment & cooling down |
Summer Breeze | The Isley Brothers | smells |
Summer Breeze | The Main Ingredient | refreshment & cooling down |
Summer Breeze | Seals and Crofts | wind |
gentleness |
Summer Fun | The Barracudas | surprising intros |
Summer in the City | The Lovin’ Spoonful | heat |
Summer in the City | Regina Spektor | strangers |
Summer of ’69 | Bryan Adams | coming of age |
Summer of 81 | The Violators | summer |
Summer Skin | Death Cab for Cutie | summer |
Summer (The First Time) | Bobby Goldsboro | so bad they’re good |
Summer Wind | Frank Sinatra | personification |
Summer Wine | Nancy Sinatra with Lee Hazlewood | recipe songs |
Summer’s Here | James Taylor | footwear |
Summertime | Ricky Nelson | great riffs |
Summertime | Charlie Parker | from New York City |
Summertime | Billy Stewart | summer |
Summertime Blues | Eddie Cochran | short songs |
The Sun Always Shines on T.V. | a-ha | television |
Sun Blindness Music | John Cale | drone music |
Sun City | Artists United Against Apartheid | scandal |
Sun Comes Up, It’s Tuesday Morning | Cowboy Junkies | morning |
Sun Goes Down | Lil Nas X | gender & LGBTQ+ |
Sun Hits the Sky | Supergrass | horizons |
The Sun I Always Wanted | Stew | fathers and daughters |
Sun in My Mouth | Björk | inspired by poetry |
The Sun Never Shines on the Poor | Richard and Linda Thompson | poverty |
Sun of Jean | Loyle Carner | empathy |
The Sun Rising | The Beloved | the sun |
The Sun Says | Cock Sparrer | news & media |
Sun Will Rise | Bonobo & Speech Debelle | determination |
Sunday Bloody Sunday | U2 | scandal |
Sunday Girl (French Version) | Blondie | songs in French |
Sunday Morning | Margo Guryan | the weekend |
Sunday Morning | The Velvet Underground | morning |
Sunday Morning Coming Down | Kris Kristofferson | drinking |
Sunday Morning Sunrise | Kevin Coyne | relaxation & leisure |
Sunday Papers | Joe Jackson | journalism & the news |
Sunday Sunday | Blur | the weekend |
Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day | Sir Douglas Quintet | contentment |
Sunday Times | Loudon Wainwright III | newspapers |
Sunderland Boys | Lindisfarne | North East England |
Sundial | Wolfmother | clocks & watches |
Sundown | Gordon Lightfoot | sunsets & twilight |
Sunflash | Lemon Sol | songs to start the morning |
Sunglasses | Black Country, New Road | hats & accessories |
Sunglasses After Dark | Dwight Pullen | coolness |
Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow | Felt | provocative, strange or humorous titles |
Sunny | Bobby Hebb | summer |
Sunny Afternoon | The Kinks | beer |
Sunny Came Home | Shawn Colvin | starting fires |
Sunny Goodge Street | Donovan | roads & streets |
Sunny Side of the Street | Sonic Boom Six | motivation |
Sunporch Cha-Cha-Cha | David Grusin | easy listening |
Sunrise | The Divine Comedy | songs that build |
Sunrise | Grateful Dead | paganism |
Sunrise | Pulp | morning |
The Sun’s Comin’ Over the Hill | Karine Polwart | bravery |
Sunset | Roxy Music | the sun |
Sunset | Nitin Sawhney ft Eska | sunsets & twilight |
Sunset | Little Stevie Wonder | sunsets & twilight |
Sunset Boulevard | Terry Callier | Hollywood |
Sunshine | Jungle Brothers | dawn |
Sunshine of Your Love | Spanky Wilson | covers by the opposite sex |
Sunshine on Leith | The Proclaimers | gratitude |
Sunshine Superman | Donovan | the sun |
Super Freak | Rick James | bad boys & bad girls |
Superfly | Curtis Mayfield | fictional adverts |
Superfly | Treacherous Orchestra | dance instrumentals |
Superglider | Drugstore | stars |
Superman | R.E.M. | boastful songs |
Superman Lover | Johnny “Guitar” Watson | comics & cartoons |
Supermarket | Wet Leg | recreational drugs |
Supermassive Black Hole | Muse | celestial bodies |
Supernature | Cerrone | environment |
Superstar | Sonic Youth | unlikely cover songs |
Superstition | Stevie Wonder | luck |
Supertheory of Supereverything | Gogol Bordello | disbelief |
Superwoman | Alicia Keys | superheroes |
Supper’s Ready | Genesis | apocalypse |
Suppertime | Ella Fitzgerald | meals & mealtimes |
Sur O No Sur | Kevin Johansen | quoting Shakespeare |
Surabaya Johnny | Lotte Lenya | trust |
Sure Had a Wonderful Time | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five | last night |
Surf City | Jan and Dean | two – part 1 |
Surfin’ Bird | The Trashmen | ten words or fewer |
Surfin’ USA | The Beach Boys | sound like other songs |
Surfing with the Alien | Joe Satriani | aliens |
Surf’s Up | The Beach Boys | falsetto |
Survivor | Destiny’s Child | revenge |
Susie Clelland | June Tabor & the Oyster Band | gripping or intriguing narrative |
Suspect Device | Stiff Little Fingers | revolution |
Suspended | Kelis | nightmares |
Suspended from Class | Camera Obscura | self-deprecation |
Suspended Sentence | John Cooper Clarke | capital punishment |
Suspicious Minds | Fine Young Cannibals | trust |
Suspicious Minds | Elvis Presley | jealousy |
Suspiria | Goblin | horror-inspired songs |
Suzanne Beware of the Devil | Dandy Livingstone | girls’ names |
Svefn-g-englar | Sigur Rós | from Nordic countries |
Swallow My Pride | Ramones | pride |
The Swan | Clara Rockmore (composer: Camille Saint-Saëns) | electronic music to 1983 |
Swan Lake | Madness | old meets new |
Swan Lake (Death Disco) | Public Image Ltd | bereavement |
The Swan of Tuonela | Jean Sibelius | rough & smooth |
Swanee River Boogie | Albert Ammons | great keyboards |
Sway | The Rolling Stones | different 7″ versions |
Sweat | Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | perspiration |
Sweat (A La La La La Long) | Inner Circle | songs that go ‘la’ |
Sweating | Alewya | perspiration |
Sweedeedee | Michael Hurley | odd couples |
Sweeping the Nation | Spearmint | underrated artists |
Sweet and Dandy | Toots and the Maytals | perfection |
Sweet Arcadia | Saint Etienne | fixing & repairing |
Sweet Baby James | James Taylor | male names |
Sweet Black Angel | The Rolling Stones | teachers |
Sweet Caroline | Neil Diamond | physical gestures |
Sweet Child o’ Mine | Guns N’ Roses | children |
Sweet Child o’ Mine | Taken by Trees | unlikely cover songs |
Sweet Defeat | Flesh | sweetness |
Sweet Emotion | Aerosmith | best bass lines |
Sweet Forgiveness | Section 25 | sweetness |
Sweet Gene Vincent | Ian Dury | glamour & style |
Sweet Harmony | The Beloved | quiet songs |
Sweet Harmony | Liquid | sweetness |
Sweet Home Alabama | Lynyrd Skynyrd | other songs |
Sweet Like Chocolate | Shanks & Bigfoot | sweet foods |
Sweet Little Sixteen | Chuck Berry | ages |
Sweet Memory | Tindersticks | skin |
Sweet Mother | Wagadugu | sweetness |
Sweet September | Bill Evans | September |
Sweet September Morning | Buffy Sainte Marie | September |
Sweet Song | Blur | songs about songs |
Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | brass songs |
Sweet Stuff | Sylvia | sweetness |
Sweet, Sweet Intuition | Björk | sixth sense |
Sweet Thames Flow Softly | Maddy Prior & the Girls | brevity |
Sweet Thursday | The Icicle Works | days of the week |
Sweet Tooth | Free | teeth |
The Sweetest | Nightmares on Wax | sweetness |
The Sweetest Girl | Scritti Politti | great keyboards |
Sweetest Smile | Black | faces |
The Sweetest Taboo | Sade | slow, sexy love songs |
The Sweetest Thing | Camera Obscura | songs about love songs |
Sweetness Follows | R.E.M. | cello |
Sweets for My Sweet | The Searchers | sweetness |
Swift as the Wind | The Incredible String Band | mythical beasts |
Swim | Victories at Sea | swimming & bathing |
Swim Until You Can’t See Land | Frightened Rabbit | swimming & bathing |
Swimming | Roger Eno | swimming & bathing |
Swimming | Tracey Thorn | swimming & bathing |
Swimming in the Longest River | Olivia Chaney | swimming & bathing |
Swimming Pools (Drank) | Kendrick Lamar | swimming & bathing |
Swimming Song | Kate & Anna McGarrigle | accordion |
Swimming Song | Loudon Wainwright III | swimming & bathing |
Swing de Paris | Django Reinhardt | Paris |
Swing Low Sweet Chariot | Louis Armstrong | spiritual songs |
Swinging Doors | Merle Haggard | doors |
A Swingin’ Safari | Bert Kaempfert | easy listening |
The Switch | Gemma Ray | switches & buttons |
Switchboard Susan | Nick Lowe | obsolete things |
Sword of Destiny | Pythia | collaborations & side projects |
Swordfishtrombone | Tom Waits | shaggy dog stories & tall tales |
Swords of a Thousand Men | Tenpole Tudor | iron & steel |
Sylvia Plath | Ryan Adams | historical figures |
Sylvia’s Mother | Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show | indirect messages |
Sympathy for the Devil | The Rolling Stones | God & the Devil |
Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs), 2nd movement | Henryk Górecki | bravery |
Symphony No. 8 | Gustav Mahler | songs that express excess |
Synchronicity I | The Police | eureka moments |
Synthetic Substitution | Melvin Bliss | substitutions |
Synthetic World | Swamp Dogg | plastic |
Syracuse the Elephant | Stackridge | elephants & mammoths |
Szomorú Vasárnap | Rezső Seress | great songwriting 1900-1955 |