Song Title | Artist | Topic |
T-Electronique | Faust vs. Dälek | songs with special guests |
T3.3 | Carter Tutti Void | driving songs |
Tá Mo Chleamhnas Déanta | Róisín White & Julie Fowlis | Gaelic songs |
Taal – Adi | Bickram Ghosh | great drumming |
The Table | The Beautiful South | furniture |
Tabou | Lecuona Cuban Boys | taboos |
Taillights Fade | Buffalo Tom | losers |
Táimse im’ Chodladh / King of the Pipers | Mochara | Gaelic songs |
T’aint Whatcha Say It’s Whatcha Do | Little Esther | start with the chorus |
Tainted Love | Gloria Jones | lesser known originals |
Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go | Soft Cell | 1980s 12” singles |
Take a Fall for Me | James Blake ft RZA | asking, begging & pleading |
Take a Load Off Your Feet | The Beach Boys | feet |
Take Care | Beach House | androgynous vocals |
Take Five | Dave Brubeck Quartet | numbered 1 to 10 |
Take It Down from the Mast | The Dubliners | flags |
Take It Easy My Brother Charles | Jorge Ben | multilingual songs |
Take Me! | The Wedding Present | songs with vim |
Take Me Home Country Roads | Toots and the Maytals | home |
Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) | Kim Weston | long titles |
(Take Me to) Aruanda | Astrud Gilberto | treasure |
Take Me to Church | Hozier | preachers, priests & religious leaders |
Take Me to the River | Al Green | cleansing |
Take Off | Bob & Doug McKenzie ft Geddy Lee | Canada |
Take Off the Mask | Clinton Fearon & the Boogie Brown Band | masks |
Take Off Your Sunglasses | Ezra Furman & the Harpoons | self-deprecation |
Take On Me | a-ha | shyness |
Take Pills | Panda Bear | mental illness |
Take the ‘A’ Train | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | from New York City |
Take the Bitter with the Sweet | The Excitements | songs for your teenage self |
Take the Skinheads Bowling | Camper Van Beethoven | sport |
Take These Chains from My Heart | Ray Charles | keys & locks |
Take This Longing | Leonard Cohen | seduction |
Take Yo’ Praise | Camille Yarbrough | lesser known originals |
Take Your Carriage Clock and Shove It | Belle and Sebastian | stick it to the man |
Take Your Mama | Scissor Sisters | mothers |
Takin’ Care of Business | Bachman-Turner Overdrive | punctuality |
Taking Tiger Mountain | Brian Eno | mountains |
Tale of the Giant Stone Eater | The Sensational Alex Harvey Band | geology |
Tales of Brave Ulysses | Cream | myths & legends |
Talk | Coldplay | sound like other songs |
Talk Talk | Talk Talk | tautonyms |
Talk of the Town | The Pretenders | rooms |
Talk Show Host | Radiohead | wanting to be someone else |
Talk to Me | Joni Mitchell | songs by duos |
Talk to Me | Bruce Springsteen | asking, begging & pleading |
(Talk to Me Of) Mendocino | Kate & Anna McGarrigle | road trips |
Talk to You (Li’l Darlin’) | Talib Kweli ft Bilal | Valentine’s Day songs |
Talkin’ All That Jazz | Stetsasonic | music genres |
Talkin’ ‘Bout a Revolution | Tracy Chapman | left wing politics |
Talkin’ Candy Bar Blues | Peter, Paul and Mary | chocolate |
Talkin’ Cuban Crisis | Phil Ochs | historical events |
Talkin’ Dust Bowl Blues | Woody Guthrie | wastelands |
Talkin’ Platy | Jill Sobule | eggs |
The Talkin’ Song Repair Blues | Alan Jackson | fixing & repairing |
Talkin’ World War III Blues | Bob Dylan | normal & abnormal |
Talking Wheechair Blues | Fred Small | bodily motion & exercise |
The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders | Sufjan Stevens | unusual time signatures |
Tam Lin | Fairport Convention | without a chorus |
Tam Lyn (Retold) | Imagined Village ft Benjamin Zephaniah | influenced by dub |
Tamalpais High (At About 3) | David Crosby | times of day |
Tambourinaires de Bukirasazi | The Drummers of Burundi | great drumming |
The Tan Yard Side (Singing with Nightingales) | Sam Lee | nightingales & thrushes |
Tane Mahuta | The Ruby Suns | myths & legends |
Tangled Up in Blue | Bob Dylan | fresh starts |
Tangled Up Puppet | Harry Chapin | knots & ties |
Tango for One | Peter Hammill | narcissism |
Tango Till They’re Sore | Tom Waits | falling |
Tangos del Cerro | Estrella Morente | forgiveness |
Tangos del Chavico | Estrella Morente | coins |
Tank Park Salute | Billy Bragg | fathers |
Tanz mit Laibach | Laibach | deep voices |
Tapestry | Carole King | fabrics |
Taranta | Ludovico Einaudi | spiders |
Tarantula | Pendulum v Fresh ft Spyda & Tenor Fly | apologies |
Tarot Woman | Rainbow | fortune tellers |
Tarpeian Rock | Protomartyr | gravity |
Tarred and Feathered | Cardiacs | eccentric songs |
Tarrilup Bridge | The Triffids | hammer & mallet instruments |
A Taste of Honey | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass | stop-start songs |
A Taste of Honey | The Beatles | bees |
Tattoo | The Beautiful South | upbeat break-up #2 |
Tattoo’d Lady | Rory Gallagher | tattoos & piercings |
Tattooed Love Boys | The Pretenders | being a man or a woman |
tattoos & piercings |
Tattoos | Caravan Palace | skin |
Tattoos | Frank Turner | tattoos & piercings |
Tatuagem | Elis Regina | tattoos & piercings |
Tax Paying Blues | J. B. Lenoir | taxation |
Tax Sex | Rip Rig + Panic | taxation |
Taxation | Prince Buster | taxation |
Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Us All | Ry Cooder | taxation |
#TAXHAVENS | Massive Attack with Saul Williams & Gabriel Zucman | taxation |
Taxi Bamako | Amadou & Mariam | taxis |
Taxi Boy | Los Piojos | taxis |
Taxi Brousse | Yeleen | taxis |
Taxi (Desgarrador Bolero) | Héctor Lavoe | taxis |
Taxi Driver (Main Title) | Bernard Herrmann | from New York City |
Taxi Driver (I Don’t Care) / Benga Taxi | 3 Mustaphas 3 | taxis |
Taxi (Enter the Dragon) | Goldie Lookin Chain | taxis |
Taximen | Amadou Balaké | taxis |
Taxman | The Beatles | fractions & portions |
T.B. Sheets | Van Morrison | illness |
perspiration |
The Tea Dance | Philip Jeays | tea |
Tea for Two | Art Tatum | two – part 2 |
tea |
The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms) | Herbie Hancock & Joni Mitchell | omens & prophecies |
Tea with Cinnamon | Katzenjammer | meals & mealtimes |
Teach Me Tonight | Jo Stafford | teachers |
Teach Your Children | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | knowledge |
Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense | Fela Kuti | elections |
teachers |
Teardrop | Massive Attack | crying |
songs with special guests |
Teardrops Falling | The Versatiles | falling |
Tears Are in Your Eyes | Yo La Tengo | consolation |
Tears for Affairs | Camera Obscura | fools |
The Tears of a Clown | Smokey Robinson & the Miracles | smiling & laughing |
Ted, Just Admit It… | Jane’s Addiction | obsession |
denial |
Teddy Bear | Vic Chesnutt with Elf Power & the Amorphous Strums | toys |
Teddy Bear | Red Sovine | tragedy & comedy |
Teddy Bears’ Picnic | The BBC Dance Orchestra, directed by Henry Hall | children’s songs |
Teddy Bears’ Picnic | Anne Murray | bears |
Teen Age Riot | Sonic Youth | adolescence |
Teenage Dirtbag | Wheatus | victory |
Teenage FBI | Guided by Voices | gossip |
Teenage Head | Flamin’ Groovies | teenagers |
Teenage Head in My Refrigerator | The Deep Freeze Mice | provocative, strange or humorous titles |
Teenage Heaven | Eddie Cochran | teenagers |
Teenage Kicks | The Undertones | personal theme songs |
Teenage Lobotomy | Ramones | teenagers |
Teenage Loser Anthem | The Dambuilders | orchestral string instruments |
Teenage Lust | The Jesus and Mary Chain | lust |
Teenage Rampage | The Sweet | immaturity |
Teenage Treats | The Wasps | teenagers |
Teenage Winter | Saint Etienne | change |
A Teenager in Love | Dion & the Belmonts | adolescence |
Teens of Thailand | The Desert Sessions | amphibians |
Teeth | Lady Gaga | teeth |
Teeth | Working Men’s Club | teeth |
Teeth Agape | Tanya Tagaq | teeth |
Telegram Sam | T. Rex | male names |
Telegraph Road | Dire Straits | specific or obscure places |
Telepathy | Emilíana Torrini | sixth sense |
Telephone and Rubber Band | Penguin Cafe Orchestra | great riffs |
Telephone Dhoon Me | A. R. Rahman ft Hariharan & Kavita Krishnamurty | telephones |
Telephone Thing | The Fall | letters, emails & telegrams |
Television | Scud Mountain Boys | television |
Television Screen | The Radiators from Space | breaking things |
Television, the Drug of the Nation | The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy | protest |
Tell Heaven | Rosanne Cash | music for funerals |
Tell Her | Ed Townsend | indirect messages |
Tell Him | The Exciters | procrastination |
Tell It Like It Is | Aaron Neville | from New Orleans |
Tell Me | Pete Rock & CL Smooth | fate & destiny |
Tell Me Lies About Manchester | Cabbage | Manchester |
Tell Me When It’s Over | The Dream Syndicate | made you fall in love with music |
Tell Me When My Light Turns Green | Dexys Midnight Runners | driving songs |
Tell My Sister | Kate & Anna McGarrigle | brothers & sisters |
Telstar | The Tornados | sci-fi & space |
The Tempest | Pendulum | storms |
Temple of Love | The Sisters of Mercy | misanthropic songs |
Tempo de Amor | Baden Powell & Marcia Sousa | peace |
Temptation | New Order | falling in love |
The Temptation of Adam | Josh Ritter | basements & underground |
Tempted | Squeeze | cheating |
Tempter | Stereolab | drone music |
Ten Commandments of Love | The Moonglows | songs with talking |
Ten Feet Tall | XTC | feet |
Ten Foot Pole | ZZ Top | misheard, nonsense or inaudible lyrics |
Ten Little Girls | Curve | numbered 1 to 10 |
Ten Percent | Double Exposure | raise the heartrate |
Ten Shades of Blue | The Spindles | blue |
Tender Is the Night (The Long Fidelity) | The Triffids | striking album endings |
Tending the Wrong Grave for 23 Years | Half Man Half Biscuit | discovery |
Tenement Yard | Jacob Miller | surveillance |
Tennessee | Arrested Development | searching & seeking |
Tennessee Waltz | Patsy Cline | 3/4 time |
Tentative Decisions | Talking Heads | indecision |
Terraplane Blues | Robert Johnson | adultery & infidelity |
Terrible Lie | Nine Inch Nails | broken promises |
Terrible Operation Blues | Big Bill Broonzy | illness |
Terry | Twinkle | male names |
Terry’s Cha-Cha | John Cale | saxophone |
Terylene Ghosts in the Sunshine | Cathal Coughlan | fabrics |
Tessellate | alt-J | three |
Test for Echo | Rush | echoes |
Testify | Common | judges & trials |
Testify | Hifi Sean ft Crystal Waters | preachers, priests & religious leaders |
The Testimony of Patience Kershaw | The Unthanks | caves |
Texas Girl at the Funeral of Her Father | Randy Newman | separation |
Thank U | Alanis Morissette | gratitude |
Thank U Next | Ariana Grande | being single |
Thank You | Led Zeppelin | staying |
Thank You Caroline | The Avalanches | please & thank you |
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) | Sly and the Family Stone | funk |
Thank You for Being a Friend | Andrew Gold | gratitude |
Thank You (For Loving Me at My Worst) | The Whitlams | gratitude |
Thank You for Talkin’ to Me Africa | Sly and the Family Stone | please & thank you |
Thank You for the Music | ABBA | gratitude |
Thank You Friends | Big Star | please & thank you |
Thanks for the Memory | Bob Hope | please & thank you |
Thanksgiving Song | Mary Chapin Carpenter | gratitude |
That Cat Is High | The Ink Spots | cats |
That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore | Janice Whaley | great solo performances |
That Lucky Old Sun | Ray Charles | curves & spheres |
That Lucky Old Sun | Frankie Laine | tiredness |
That Old Black Magic | Sammy Davis Jr. | songs with vim |
That Old Time Religion | Tennessee Ernie Ford | religion |
That Summer, At Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy | The Twilight Sad | the invisible |
That Summer Feeling | Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers | innocence |
That Wall | Willie Clayton | borders, barriers, walls & fences |
That’s a Lie | LL Cool J | lies |
That’s All There Is | Nina Nastasia | acceptance |
That’s Bad | Moe Tucker | austerity |
That’s Entertainment | The Jam | ironic songs |
That’s Life | Frank Sinatra | starting over |
That’s Not My Name | The Ting Tings | sound like other songs |
That’s One You Owe Me | Johnny Cash | platonic love |
That’s the Way (I Like It) | KC and the Sunshine Band | start with the chorus |
That’s the Way Love Goes | Janet Jackson | songs with talking |
That’s the Way Love Is (Acieed Remix) | Ten City | 1980s 12” singles |
That’s When It Hit Me | Ezra Furman | falling in love |
Them | Misfits | monsters |
Them A Laugh and A Ki Ki | The Soulmates | laughter |
Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) | Bob Marley & the Wailers | anger |
Them Heavy People | Kate Bush | lessons in life |
Theme de Yoyo | Art Ensemble of Chicago | discordant songs |
Theme for Great Cities | Simple Minds | instrumentals |
Theme from A Summer Place | Percy Faith & his Orchestra | dance instrumentals |
easy listening |
Theme from King Kong | Love Unlimited Orchestra | monkeys & apes |
Theme from Shaft | Isaac Hayes | funk |
Theme from Sparta F.C. | The Fall | sport |
(Theme from) The Monkees | The Monkees | great album or mixtape openers |
Theme from Z-Cars | Johnny Keating & the Z-Men | Liverpool & Merseyside |
Then He Kissed Me | The Crystals | girl groups |
Then Suddenly Love | Frank Sinatra | first & last time |
There Ain’t Half Been Some Clever Bastards | Ian Dury & the Blockheads | intelligence |
There But for the Grace of God Go I | Machine | character songs |
There Goes Mavis | Richard Shindell | castles & palaces |
There Goes the Fear | Doves | fear |
There Is a City | Hang on the Box | underwear |
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out | The Smiths | light |
There Is a Mountain | Donovan | philosophers |
There Is Power in a Union | Billy Bragg | unity |
There Must Be a Better Way | Friday, Saturday & Sunday | spirit of 2021 |
There Must Be Thousands | The Quads | out-of-tune songs |
There She Goes | The La’s | one-hit wonders |
There She Goes, My Beautiful World | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | books #2 |
There Stands the Glass | Webb Pierce | glass |
There, There, My Dear | Dexys Midnight Runners | striking album endings |
There Will Be Time | Mumford & Sons with Baaba Maal | collaborations & side projects |
There Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God Is Seated at the Conference Table) | The Chi-Lites | long titles |
There You Are | Millie Jackson | flirting |
There’ll Be No Distinction There | Blind Alfred Reed & Orville Reed | acceptance |
There’s a Ghost in My House | R. Dean Taylor | Halloween |
There’s a Hole in the Bucket | Harry Belafonte & Odetta | geometric shapes |
There’s a Light Beyond These Woods (Mary Margaret) | Nanci Griffith | adventure |
There’s a Lull in My Life | Ella Fitzgerald | nothing |
There’s a Moon Out Tonight | The Capris | the moon |
There’s a Small Hotel | Ella Fitzgerald | hotels |
(There’s Gonna Be A) Showdown | Archie Bell & the Drells | effects of fame |
There’s Hope | India Arie | hope |
There’s No Business Like Propa’ Rungleclotted Mashup Bizznizz | Shitmat | eccentric songs |
There’s No One But You | The Orioles | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
There’s No Rope As Long as Time | Latin Quarter | resistance |
These Are the Things | Black Box Recorder | small things |
These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ | Nancy Sinatra | fairness |
These Cold Fingers | Bill Morrissey | gripping or intriguing narrative |
These Days | Nico | androgynous vocals |
These Foolish Things | Bryan Ferry | memorabilia & souvenirs |
These Lights Are Meaningful | Adem | star signs |
These Old Shoes | Fats Domino | shoes |
They All Laughed | Ella Fitzgerald | overturning the odds |
They All Laughed | Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | laughter |
They All Laughed | Sarah Vaughan | the truth |
They All Went to Mexico | Carlos Santana & Willie Nelson | Mexico & Central America |
They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh! | Sufjan Stevens | night & darkness |
They Can’t Take That Away from Me | Frank Sinatra | upbeat break-up |
They Don’t Know | Kirsty MacColl | indifference |
They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) | Pete Rock & CL Smooth | bereavement |
They Say I’m Different | Betty Davis | normal & abnormal |
They Say It’s Wonderful | John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman | songs that say what love is |
They Thought I Was Asleep | Paul Kelly & the Stormwater Boys | road trips |
They’ll Hang Flags from Cranes Upon My Wedding Day | Ballboy | weddings |
They’re Coming to Take Me Away | Napoleon XIV | whimsical songs |
They’re Talking About Me | Johnny Bragg | conspiracy theories & paranoia |
Thick as a Brick (Pt. 1, Piece 2) | Jethro Tull | musically adventurous |
The Thief That Stole My Sad Days (Ya Blessin Me) | Moodymann | preachers, priests & religious leaders |
Thieves in the Night | Black Star | books #2 |
Thieves Like Us | New Order | songs that say what love is |
The Thing That Should Not Be | Metallica | unexplained phenomena |
A Thing Well Made | The Mutton Birds | making things |
Things Can Only Get Better | D:Ream | spirit of 2021 |
Things Change | Warrior Queen & the Heatwave | impermanence |
Things Done Changed | The Notorious B.I.G. | change |
Things May Come and Things May Go, But the Art School Dance Goes On Forever | Pete Brown & Piblokto | long titles |
The Things That Dreams Are Made Of | The Human League | adventure |
Things the Grandchildren Should Know | Eels | inheritance |
Things We Lost Along the Way | Dakota Suite | loss |
The Things We’ve Handed Down | Marc Cohn | forgotten follow-ups |
Think | Aretha Franklin | extraordinary vocals |
Think Twice | Detroit Experiment | dance instrumentals |
Think Twice (Version X) | Jackie Wilson & Lavern Baker | sweary songs |
Think Zinc | T. Rex | silver & non-ferrous metals |
Thinkin’ ‘Bout You | Frank Ocean | falsetto |
The Thinnest Walls | Nickel Creek | superlatives |
Third Class Heaven | Greenhouse of Terror | odd couples |
Third Man | The Duckworth Lewis Method | cricket |
The Third Man Theme | Anton Karas | fairgrounds |
Third Stone from the Sun | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | sci-fi & space |
Thirsty Boots | Judy Collins | hats & accessories |
Thirsty Dog | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | regrets |
Thirteen | Big Star | adolescence |
Thirty Pieces of Silver | Yabby You | silver & non-ferrous metals |
Thirty Years of Farming | Fred Eaglesmith | farming |
This Boy | The Beatles | B sides |
This Charming Man | The Smiths | great riffs |
This City | Steve Earle | New Orleans |
This Diamond Ring | Gary Lewis & the Playboys | precious stones |
This Flight Tonight | Joni Mitchell | ‘high’ songs |
This Flight Tonight | Nazareth | aviation |
This Girl | Chumbawamba | oddballs, outcasts & outsiders |
This Goddamn House | The Low Anthem | organ |
This Guitar Is For Sale | Bobby Bare | sales, selling & bargains |
This Guy’s in Love with You | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass | indirect messages |
This Is a Life | Son Lux, Mitski & David Byrne | distractions & diversions |
This Is a Low | Blur | bad weather |
This Is a Rebel Song | Sinéad O’Connor | anger |
This Is How It Feels | Inspiral Carpets | Manchester |
This Is How We Walk on the Moon | Arthur Russell | the moon |
This Is How You Spell “HAHAHA, We Destroyed the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics” | Los Campesinos! | long titles |
provocative, strange or humorous titles |
This Is It! | Betty Davis | big and meaty |
This Is Just a Modern Rock Song | Belle and Sebastian | meta-songs |
This Is My Prairie | Corb Lund | American west |
This Is Not a Love Song | Public Image Ltd | songs about songs |
This Is Not a Song | The Frank and Walters | meta-songs |
This Is the Age of the Naked Emperors | Philip Jeays | nudity |
This Is the Day | The The | hope |
This Is Us | Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris | photos & photography |
This Is What She’s Like | Dexys Midnight Runners | album tracks better than singles |
This Is Your Brain | Joe Diffie | the brain |
This Land Is Our Land Redux | Slim Cessna’s Auto Club | community |
This Land Is Your Land | Woody Guthrie | America |
This Masquerade | Carpenters | deception |
This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave | Pet Shop Boys | school |
This Old Guitar | John Denver | guitars |
This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You) | The Isley Brothers | the heart |
This Old Skin | The Beautiful South | skin |
This Perfect Day | The Saints | perfection |
This Shirt | Mary Chapin Carpenter | marriage |
This Song | Badly Drawn Boy | songs about songs |
This Tornado Loves You | Neko Case | personification |
This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us | Sparks | confidence |
This Train | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | trains |
This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) | Natalie Cole | triggering dancing |
This Will Be Our Year | The Zombies | joyous songs |
This Woman’s Work | Kate Bush | mothers |
This Year | The Mountain Goats | persistence |
This Year | Loudon Wainwright III | new year |
This Year’s Kisses | Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra | kissing |
Thokozile | Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens | flutes, pipes & whistles |
Thomas the Rhymer | Steeleye Span | mythical beasts |
Thorn of Crowns | Echo & the Bunnymen | vegetables |
Those Eyes, That Mouth | Cocteau Twins | falling in love |
Those Final Feet | Cowboy Junkies | hidden tracks |
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines | Ron Goodwin | songs that capture the zeitgeist |
Those Were the Days | Leningrad Cowboys | Russia |
Thou Shalt Always Kill | Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip | songs that command or instruct |
Thou Shalt Not Steal | Kev Carmody | Australia |
Thoughts of a Dying Atheist | Muse | death |
The Thoughts of Mary Jane | Nick Drake | marijuana |
Thousand Eyes | FKA twigs | great arrangements |
Thousands Are Sailing | The Pogues | 19th century life |
THRAK | King Crimson | big and meaty |
The Three Bells | The Browns | bells |
Three Chords and the Truth | Chase Rice | guitars |
Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray | Patsy Cline | smoking |
Three Cool Cats | The Coasters | coolness |
Three Days | Jane’s Addiction | three |
The Three Great Alabama Icons | Drive-By Truckers | US cities & states |
Three Hours | Nick Drake | three |
double bass |
Three Imaginary Boys | The Cure | tomorrow |
Three Is the Magic Number | Bob Dorough | numbered 1 to 10 |
Three Lions | Baddiel & Skinner & Lightning Seeds | songs that capture the zeitgeist |
Three Little Birds | Bob Marley & the Wailers | hope |
Three Little Pigs | Green Jellÿ | whimsical songs |
Three MC’s and One DJ | Beastie Boys | three |
Three Minute Hero | The Selecter | music industry |
Three Mules | Al Stewart with Lawrence Juber | three |
The Three of Us | Smoke Fairies | platonic love |
Three Point Scrabble | The High Llamas | board games |
The Three Shadows, Part I | Bauhaus | horror-inspired songs |
Three Views of a Secret | Jaco Pastorius | secrets & secrecy |
Thrift Shop | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft Wanz | sales, selling & bargains |
Thriller | Michael Jackson | songs with talking |
Through the Fire and the Flames | DragonForce | songs that express excess |
Through the Fires | Angel Olsen | heartbreak |
Throw | Laurel Halo | piano songs |
Throw It Away | Abbey Lincoln | songs offering advice |
Throwing Bricks at Trains | Future of the Left | safety & danger |
Throwing Stones | Grateful Dead | nursery rhymes |
Thru the Flowers | The Primitives | different 7″ versions |
Thru These Walls | Phil Collins | secret vices |
Thumb a Ride | Earl Wright & his Orchestra | hitchhiking |
Thumbs Down | The Chiffons | physical gestures |
Thumbscrews | The Jesus Lizard | screams, howls, grunts & shrieks |
Thunder Road | Bruce Springsteen | broken promises |
Thunderbird | Seasick Steve | wine |
Thunderbolt | Björk | odd noises & instruments |
Thunderstorm / Hurricane | Allison Moorer | songs that build |
Thunderstruck | 2Cellos | songs that build |
Thunderstruck | AC/DC | storms |
Thursday | Morphine | afternoon |
Tiahuanaco | Alfred Linares | dance instrumentals |
Tick Tick Boom | The Hives | onomatopoeia |
Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down | Bessie Smith | windows |
The Tide Is High | The Paragons | violin |
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree | Tony Orlando and Dawn | knots & ties |
Tie Me Down | Shack | knots & ties |
Tied Up | Yello | knots & ties |
Tiffany Glass | Orriel Smith | bright and beautiful |
Tiger Balm | Hollie Cook | tigers |
Tiger Feet | Mud | tigers |
Tiger Man | Rufus Thomas | tigers |
Tiger Rag | Louis Armstrong | animals |
tigers |
Tighten Up | Archie Bell & the Drells | dance styles |
Tigresa | Gal Costa | tigers |
Tijuana Gift Shop | Charles Mingus | memorabilia & souvenirs |
’Til the Cows Come Home | Prefab Sprout | North East England |
Tilted | Christine and the Queens | bodily motion & exercise |
Tim McGuire | The Three City Four | starting fires |
Timber | Coldcut | environment |
Time | David Bowie | stop-start songs |
Time | Easy Star All-Stars | clocks & watches |
Time | The Mighty Clouds of Joy | raise the heartrate |
Time | Pink Floyd | fear of missing out |
Time After Time | Miles Davis | covers by the opposite sex |
Time and a Word | Yes | choosing & using words |
Time and Tide | Paul Kelly | tides |
Time Bending | Loquat | curves & spheres |
Time for Heroes | The Libertines | hats |
The Time Has Come | Anne Briggs | goodbye |
Time Has Come Today | The Chambers Brothers | homelessness |
non sequiturs |
Time in a Bottle | Jim Croce | eternity |
Time Is Tight | Booker T. & the M.G.’s | slowing down |
Time Machine | David Childers | time travel |
Time of the Season | The Zombies | great keyboards |
Time Operator | Scott Walker | clocks & watches |
Time to Get Alone | The Beach Boys | volume changes |
Time to Pretend | MGMT | debut songs |
Time to Switch to Whiskey | The Corb Lund Band | finishing |
Time Waits for No One | The Rolling Stones | notable outros or codas |
Time Will Pass You By | Tobi Legend | impermanence |
Timeless Skies | Al Stewart | villages |
Time’s Arrow | Thursday | reversing |
The Times They Are A-Changin’ | Bob Dylan | 3/4 time |
Timewhys | Tonto’s Expanding Head Band | electronic music to 1983 |
Timothy | The Buoys | stuck or trapped |
Tin Foil Hat | Todd Rundgren ft Donald Fagen | tyranny & dictatorship |
Tin Omen | Skinny Puppy | silver & non-ferrous metals |
Tin Soldier | Small Faces | songs with special guests |
Tin Soldiers | Stiff Little Fingers | formal agreements |
Tinoge Ya Ta’a Ba, Parts 1 and 2 | Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids | expressing movement of walking |
Tiny Cities Made of Ashes | Modest Mouse | small things |
Tiny Dancer | Elton John | redefined by film |
Tiny Goddess | Nirvana | songs that fit every topic |
Tiny Soldiers | The Men They Couldn’t Hang | army |
Tiny Sun | Bad Daughter | audible breaths |
Tiny Tears | Tindersticks | crying |
Tiny Witch Hunter | Hen Ogledd | witches |
Tip-Toe Thru’ the Tulips with Me | Annette Hanshaw | windows |
Tipitina | Professor Longhair | from New Orleans |
Tipsy Dazy | Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers | inversions |
Tired of Being Alone | Al Green | loneliness |
The Titanic | Mance Lipscomb | rare events |
TNK (Tomorrow Never Knows) | 801 | Beatles covers |
To a Mouse | Battlefield Band | small things |
To Be Invisible | Curtis Mayfield | the invisible |
To Be or Not to Be | B. A. Robertson | Shakespeare |
To Be Young, Gifted and Black | Bob and Marcia | adolescence |
To Beat the Devil | Kris Kristofferson | words of wisdom |
To Die a Virgin | The Divine Comedy | birthdays |
To Forgive | The Smashing Pumpkins | forgiveness |
To Have and to Have Not | Billy Bragg | social mobility |
To Hell with Poverty! | Gang of Four | poverty |
To Keep My Love Alive | Elaine Stritch | unusual rhymes |
To Know Him Is to Love Him | The Teddy Bears | songs that make you cry |
To Live Is to Fly | Townes Van Zandt | goodbye |
To Lose My Life | White Lies | lost and found |
To Make You Stay | Offa Rex | staying |
To Sir with Love | Lulu | teachers |
To the End (La Comedie) | Blur with Françoise Hardy | multilingual songs |
To the Lighthouse | Olivia Chaney | lighthouses & guiding lights |
To Zion | Lauryn Hill | babies |
Toast | Streetband | cooking |
Tobacco Road | The Nashville Teens | roads & streets |
Tobi Ilu | Art Blakey & the Afro-Drum Ensemble | great drumming |
Toccata and Fugue in D minor | Johann Sebastian Bach | organ |
Today Is Just Tomorrow’s Yesterday | The Word D | tomorrow |
Today, the Day of Separation | 3rd Line Butterfly | screams, howls, grunts & shrieks |
Todo Cambia | Mercedes Sosa | songs in Spanish |
Todo Es de Color | Lole y Manuel | everything |
Toi jamais | Catherine Deneuve | forgiveness |
Toilet no Kamisama | Kana Uemura | religion |
Tokoloshe Man | John Kongos | monsters |
Tokyo Ballad | Tsutomu Nakamoto & the Shakari Orchestra | Asian cities |
Tokyo Invention Registry Office | Hyper Kinako | accents |
Tom Billy’s / The Langstern Pony | Mary Bergin | flutes, pipes & whistles |
Tom Hark | Elias and His Zig-Zag Jive Flutes | flutes, pipes & whistles |
Tom Joad | Woody Guthrie | literary songs |
Tom Paine’s Bones | Dick Gaughan | historical figures |
Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) | Small Change | national anthems |
Tommy C | Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip | beauty |
Tommy the Cat | Primus | cats |
Tomorrow | The Durutti Column | tomorrow |
Tomorrow | William Onyeabor | tomorrow |
Tomorrow | Southwest F.O.B. | tomorrow |
Tomorrow Is a Long Time | Bob Dylan | tomorrow |
Tomorrow Is a Long Ways Away | The Byrds | tomorrow |
Tomorrow Is My Turn | Rhiannon Giddens | tomorrow |
Tomorrow Never Knows | The Beatles | odd noises & instruments |
Tomorrow Night | Shoes | procrastination |
Tomorrow Your Sorrow | Hendrickson Road House | tomorrow |
Tomorrow’s Dream | Al Green | tomorrow |
Tomorrow’s People – The Children of Today | McDonald and Giles | tomorrow |
Tom’s Diner | Suzanne Vega | great solo performances |
Tongue That Cannot Lie | Karine Polwart | the truth |
Tongue Tied | Wanda Jackson | embarrassment |
Tongue Tied | Danny John-Jules | awkwardness |
Tonight in Tokyo | Sandie Shaw | Asian cities |
Tonight Tonight | The Smashing Pumpkins | impressive videos |
Tonight’s the Night | Neil Young | tribute songs |
jobs |
Tonya Harding | Sufjan Stevens | winter sports |
Tonz ‘O’ Gunz | Gang Starr | shooting |
Too Busy Thinking About My Baby | Marvin Gaye | multitasking & being busy |
Too Clever by Half | The Long Blondes | intelligence |
Too Close to the Sun | Alan Parsons | wings |
Too Darn Hot | Ella Fitzgerald | heat #2 |
Too Drunk to Fuck | Nouvelle Vague | drinking |
Too Hot to Handle | UFO | heat #2 |
Too Hot to Move, Too Hot to Think | The Triffids | heat |
Too Hot to Sleep | Eilen Jewell | heat #2 |
Too Many Fish in the Sea | The Marvelettes | handclaps |
Too Much Brandy | The Streets | drinking |
Too Much Monkey Business | Chuck Berry | multitasking & being busy |
Too Much Too Young | The Specials | coming of age |
Too Social | Olivia Chaney | alliteration |
Took the Children Away | Archie Roach | tyranny & dictatorship |
Tooryanse, Haturakoi, Zui Zui Zukorabashi, Kagome Kagome | Akiko Shikata | tradition |
Top of the Pops | The Rezillos | music industry |
Top of the World | Patty Griffin | ‘high’ songs |
Top Yourself | The Raconteurs | suicide |
Torn | Ednaswap | lesser known originals |
Tornado | Gallon Drunk | wind |
Tortoise Brand Pot Cleaner | Shonen Knife | spring cleaning & household chores |
Tortoise Regrets Hare | James Yorkston | rabbits |
Total Eclipse | Billy Cobham | great drumming |
Totally Nude | Talking Heads | nudity |
Totally Wired | The Fall | start with the chorus |
Tou’ les jours c’est pas la même | Carol Fran | lies |
Touch | Lori & the Chameleons | touch |
Touch Me I’m Sick | Mudhoney | big and meaty |
Touch of Grey | Grateful Dead | ages |
Touch the Hem of His Garment | The Soul Stirrers | touch |
Touch the Leather | Fat White Family | pick-up lines & marriage proposals |
Tough Guys | REO Speedwagon | surprising intros |
Tougher Than Tough (Rudie in Court) | Derrick Morgan | judges & trials |
Toujours gai | Eartha Kitt | famous or notable animals |
Tour de France | Kraftwerk | sport |
Tournament of Hearts | The Weakerthans | winter sports |
Tous les garçons et les filles | Françoise Hardy | body language |
Tous les mêmes | Stromae | being a man or a woman |
Tow the Line | Nick Drake | hidden tracks |
Tower of Song | Leonard Cohen | songs about songs |
Towers of London | XTC | 19th century life |
Town Called Malice | The Jam | social class |
Toxic | Britney Spears | poison |
Toxic Garbage Island | Gojira | plastic |
Toy Balloon | Bert Jansch | toys |
Track Number 8 | Sun Kil Moon | self-deprecation |
Track with No Name | Forgemasters | big and meaty |
Tracks of My Tears | Smokey Robinson & the Miracles | stiff upper lip |
Tracy Jacks | Blur | oddballs, outcasts & outsiders |
Tracy’s Flaw | Skunk Anansie | can’t live with or without you |
Traded In My Cigarettes | Plan B | knives |
The Trader | The Beach Boys | 19th century life |
Tradition | Topol | tradition |
Traffic Jam | James Taylor | crowds |
The Trail We Blaze | Elton John | pioneers |
Trailways Bus | Paul Simon | buses |
The Train | OutKast ft Sleepy Brown & Scar | trains |
The Train and the River | The Jimmy Giuffre Trio | songs by trios |
The Train from Kansas City | The Shangri-Las | awkwardness |
The Train from Washington | Gil Scott-Heron | broken promises |
Train in Vain (Stand by Me) | The Clash | hidden tracks |
Train Song | Mindy Smith | denial |
Train to Skaville | The Ethiopians | trains |
Tramp | Otis Redding & Carla Thomas | duets |
Tramp the Dirt Down | Elvis Costello | hatchet jobs |
Trampled Under Foot | Led Zeppelin | outstanding percussion |
Trance Eastern Blues | Abaji | homelessness |
Trans-Europe Express | Kraftwerk | rendezvous |
Trans Siberian Express | Momus | frozen north |
Transatlanticism | Death Cab for Cutie | missing someone |
Transcend Me | Afronaught | raise the heartrate |
The Transfiguration | Sufjan Stevens | miracles |
Transformation | Nona Hendryx | ambiguity |
Transmetropolitan | The Pogues | urban environment |
Transmission | Joy Division | dancing |
The Trapeze Swinger | Iron & Wine | the afterlife |
Trapped by Love | Manu Chao | stuck or trapped |
Trapped in the Closet | R. Kelly | dialogue |
Trash | Robyn Hitchcock | offensive, insulting songs |
Trash | Suede | glamour & style |
Travelin’ Blues | Blind Willie McTell | travelling |
Travelin’ Soldier | Dixie Chicks | first & last time |
Travelin’ Thru’ | Smokey Robinson | compass points |
Tread Water | De La Soul | lessons in life |
Treasure | Bruno Mars | retro style |
Treaty | Yothu Yindi | equality |
Tree and Two Chairs | Underworld | chairs |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Olivia Chaney | notable outros or codas |
The Tree Knows Everything | Adam F. ft Tracey Thorn | trees |
Trees and Flowers | Strawberry Switchblade | anxiety |
The Trees They Do Grow High | Pentangle | ages |
Trellisaze | Slowdive | clocks & watches |
Trenchtown Rock (Live) | Bob Marley & the Wailers | mood-changing music |
Trepak | Modest Mussorgsky | Russia |
Trespasses | Patti Smith | fixing & repairing |
Triad | The Byrds | fetishes |
The Trial of Bill Burn Under Martin’s Act | Jon Wilks | famous or notable animals |
Tribal Music with Pipes and Drums | Clanadonia | songs by buskers |
Tribute | Tenacious D | songs that express excess |
Tribute to Roy Holding | I-Roy | cricket |
Tribute to Spree Simon | Lord Kitchener | steelpan |
A Trick of the Light | The Triffids | nostalgia |
Tricky Kid | Tricky | self-referential songs |
The Trimdon Grange Explosion | Alan Price | safety & danger |
Trimm Trabb | Blur | shoes |
Tripmaker | The Seeds | recreational drugs |
Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace | Max Roach | screams, howls, grunts & shrieks |
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude | Richard Wagner | famous or notable duos |
Trombone Cholly | Bessie Smith | brass songs |
Troops of Tomorrow | The Vibrators | tomorrow |
Tropical Hot Dog Night | Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band | heat #2 |
Tropicália | Caetano Veloso | South America |
Trouble | Elvis Presley | bad boys & bad girls |
Trouble Every Day | The Mothers of Invention | protest |
Trouble in Mind | Big Bill Broonzy | impermanence |
Trouble Man | Marvin Gaye | social mobility |
Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am | Fela Kuti | sleep & insomnia |
Trouble So Hard | Vera Hall | a cappella |
Trouble with Classicists | Lou Reed & John Cale | visual art & photography |
Trouser Press | Bonzo Dog Band | surreal songs |
Troy | Sinéad O’Connor | songs that give you goosebumps |
The Truck Driver and His Mate | Pet Shop Boys | North East England |
The Truck Got Stuck | Corb Lund | stuck or trapped |
Trucker’s Hitch | Ylvis | knots & ties |
Truckin’ | Grateful Dead | one word titles |
True | Spandau Ballet | retro style |
True Colors | Cyndi Lauper | songs for your teenage self |
True Faith | New Order | faith |
True Love Ways | Buddy Holly | made you fall in love with music |
True Love Will Find You in the End | Headless Heroes | promises & choices |
Truer Than the Wheel | Andrew Beaujon | wheels |
Truly | The Jays & Ranking Trevor | 12″ singles to 1979 |
Trunk Box | The Mother Hips | bags & containers |
Trust in Me | Mildred Bailey | trust |
Trust in Me | Susheela Raman | trust |
Trust in Trust | Blues Traveler | trust |
Trust Me I’m a Doctor | Momus | doctors |
Trust No Man | Jimmy Cliff | trust |
The Truth Comes Out | Corb Lund | climate change |
Try a Little Tenderness | Otis Redding | kindness |
Try to Remember | Harry Belafonte | nostalgia |
Try to Sleep | Low | adult lullabies |
Tryin’ to Get to Heaven | Bob Dylan | heaven & hell |
Tsintskaro | Rustavi Ensemble | a cappella |
TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) | MFSB | dance instrumentals |
Tu veux ou tu veux pas | Marcel Zanini | indecision |
Tu vuò fa’ l’americano | Renato Carosone | Italy |
Tubthumping | Chumbawamba | survival |
Tubular Bells | Mike Oldfield | musically adventurous |
Tudo | Bebel Gilberto | everything |
Tukka Yoot’s Riddim | Us3 | rhythm, beat & boogie |
Tumbling Dice | The Rolling Stones | gambling |
Tungsten Babalawo | Georgia Anne Muldrow | silver & non-ferrous metals |
Tunic (Song for Karen) | Sonic Youth | other musicians |
Tunnel of Love | Dire Straits | curves & spheres |
The Tunnel of Love | Fun Boy Three | cello |
Tunnel of Love | Bruce Springsteen | caves |
Tuonen tyttö | Kardemimmit | from Nordic countries |
Tupelo | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | bad weather |
Tupelo | John Lee Hooker | towns |
Tupelo | Albert King, Pop Staples & Steve Cropper | rare events |
Tupelo Honey | Van Morrison | brown |
Tupelo Honey | Cassandra Wilson | flavour |
Turiya and Ramakrishna | Alice Coltrane | gentleness |
Turkish Song of the Damned | The Pogues | horror-inspired songs |
Turn Back the Hands of Time | Tyrone Davis | regrets |
Turn Down Day | Cyrkle | summer |
Turn It Up | Robots in Disguise | mood-changing music |
Turn Me Around | Mavis Staples & Bonnie Raitt | confidence |
Turn Me On | Norah Jones | switches & buttons |
Turn Off the Lights | Teddy Pendergrass | orgasms |
Turn Off the Respirator | Tumor Circus | decisive songs |
Turn On the News | Hüsker Dü | news & media |
Turn On Your Love Light | Bobby Bland | influenced by gospel |
Turn That Noise Down | Chas & Dave | noise |
Turn the Beat Around | Vicky Sue Robinson | instruments imitating voice & vice versa |
Turn the World Around | Harry Belafonte | climate change |
Turn to Red | Killing Joke | influenced by dub |
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) | The Byrds | change |
Turning Daisies | Krister Linder | extraordinary vocals |
Turning Japanese | The Vapors | photos & photography |
The Turning of Our Bones | Arab Strap | zombies |
The Turning Scripture | Dadawa | startling songs |
Turning Turtle | Meryl Streep | inversions |
T.U.S.A. | Masters of Reality | tea |
Tusk | Fleetwood Mac | volume changes |
Tut, Tut, Tut, Tut… | Gillian Hills | tautonyms |
Tutti Frutti | Little Richard | songs with vim |
TV Eye | The Stooges | false endings |
TV Is the Thing (This Year) | Dinah Washington | television |
TV Party | Black Flag | television |
T.V.O.D. | The Normal | television |
Twat | John Cooper Clarke | cruel songs |
The Twelfth of Never | Johnny Mathis | months of the year |
Twelve Hours of Sunset | Roy Harper | sunsets & twilight |
Twenty-Five Miles | Edwin Starr | home |
Twenty Flight Rock | Eddie Cochran | ascension |
Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa | Gene Pitney | adultery & infidelity |
Twenty Questions | Beastie Boys ft Miho Hatori | eureka moments |
Twenty Seven Strangers | Villagers | buses |
Twiggy Twiggy | Pizzicato Five | Japan |
Twilight Time | The Platters | evening |
Twin | Christian Scott | favourite live versions |
Twinkle Little Star | The Parisians | stars |
The Twist | Hank Ballard & the Midnighters | songs with a twist |
Twist | Goldfrapp | sexy songs |
Twisted | Annie Ross | mental illness |
Twistin’ the Night Away | Sam Cooke | nightclubs |
The Twitter Song | Peter and the Test Tube Babies | modernity |
Two Beds and a Coffee Machine | Savage Garden | decisive songs |
Two Cats on the Piano | The Bathers | cats |
Two Dragons | Calan | flags |
Two Fingers | Jake Bugg | physical gestures |
Two Good Men | Woody Guthrie | judges & trials |
Two Halves | Richard Dawson | North East England |
Two Headed Dog | Roky Erickson | famous or notable animals |
Two Left Feet | Richard Thompson | two – part 2 |
Two Little Feet | Greg Brown | expressing movement of walking |
Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | miracles |
Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer | Ella Fitzgerald | aliens |
Two Little Squirrels | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five | rodents |
Two Lovers | Mary Wells | two – part 1 |
Two Margarines | John Shuttleworth | crisis |
Two Match Lads | Megson | 19th century life |
Two of the Lucky Ones | The Droge and Summers Blend | slow, sexy love songs |
The Two of Us | Sister Vanilla | two – part 1 |
Two Sevens Clash | Culture | prophets |
Two Souls | Christian Kjellvander | deep voices |
Two Steps, Twice | Foals | two – part 2 |
Two Tribes (Annihilation) | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | numbered 1 to 10 |
Tyger Tyger (Dub Version) | Jah Wobble | tigers |
The Typewriter | Leroy Anderson | whimsical songs |
Typewriter | Object One | switches & buttons |
Typical Girls | The Slits | feminism |