| 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 |
| Tattooed Love Boys | The Pretenders | 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 |
| T.B. Sheets | Van Morrison | perspiration |
| The Tea Dance | Philip Jeays | tea |
| Tea for Two | Art Tatum | two – part 2 |
| Tea for Two | Art Tatum | 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 |
| Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense | Fela Kuti | teachers |
| Teardrop | Massive Attack | crying |
| Teardrop | Massive Attack | 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 |
| Ted, Just Admit It… | Jane’s Addiction | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| This Is How You Spell “HAHAHA, We Destroyed the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics” | Los Campesinos! | 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 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 |
| Three Hours | Nick Drake | 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 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 |
| Tiger Rag | Louis Armstrong | 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 |
| Time Has Come Today | The Chambers Brothers | 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 | Corb Lund | 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 |
| 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 | The 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 |
| Tonight’s the Night | Neil Young | 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 Late to Cry Baby | Lonnie Johnson | first & last time |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |