Song Title | Artist | Topic |
Vagabonds | New Model Army | searching & seeking |
Valerie | Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse | extraordinary vocals |
Valley Girl | Frank Zappa | gossip |
Valo tihkuu kaiken läpi | Paavoharju | bright and beautiful |
Valveuni | Kauan | wind |
Vámonos | Chavela Vargas | Mexico & Central America |
Van Dieman’s Land | Shirley Collins & the Albion Country Band | islands |
Van Diemen’s Land | Steeleye Span | the Commonwealth |
Vapor Trail | Rush | horizons |
Vaporum Purpuro | Alzheimer | songs with sudden changes |
Vapour Trail | Ride | notable outros or codas |
Vaquejada | Quinteto Violado | collective nouns |
Vargtimmen (Hour of the Wolf) | Hedningarna | wolves |
Vaseline | Elastica | short songs |
Vatican Broadside | Half Man Half Biscuit | welcoming |
The Vatican Rag | Tom Lehrer | unusual rhymes |
Vegetable Man | Pink Floyd | clothes |
Vegetables | The Beach Boys | food |
Vegetarian Restaurant | Aberfeldy | restaurants & cafes |
Velvet Underground | Jonathan Richman | other musicians |
Vena Cava 1 | Diamanda Galás | startling songs |
Venator | Be’lakor | monsters |
Venceremos (We Will Win) | Working Week | multilingual songs |
Vengeance | New Model Army | justice |
Veni Veni Bella | Mediæval Bæbes | close harmony singing |
Vente pá Madrid | Ketama | Spain |
Ventura Highway | America | driving songs |
Venus | Frankie Avalon | myths & legends |
Venus | Bananarama | girl groups |
Venus | Television | the impossible |
Venus as a Boy | Björk | beauty |
Venus in Furs | The Velvet Underground | tiredness |
Verdi Cries | 10,000 Maniacs | holidays |
Vereda Tropical | Elvira Ríos | songs in Spanish |
Verisimilitude | Teenage Fanclub | strange, rare or unlikely words |
Véritables préludes flasques (pour un chien) | Erik Satie | surreal songs |
Veronica | Elvis Costello | memory |
Versailles | Thylacine | castles & palaces |
Verset III | Mr. R | songs in French |
Very Funny | The Magnetic Fields | short songs |
A Very Small Piece of the Real World | Robb Johnson | fractions & portions |
The Very Thought of You | Ray Noble & His Orchestra with Al Bowlly | crooners |
Very Very Simple | The Carla Bley Band | meta-songs |
Vespers | John Zorn | evening |
Vesti la giubba (from Pagliacci) | Ruggero Leoncavallo (sung by Jussi Björling) | masks |
Veteran of the Psychic Wars | Blue Öyster Cult | the brain |
The Viaduct (Ian Carmichael Remix) | The Pastels | staying |
Vicar in a Tutu | The Smiths | preachers, priests & religious leaders |
Vicious | Lou Reed | cruel songs |
Victim or the Crime | Grateful Dead | chicken and egg |
Victor Jara’s Hands | Calexico | capital punishment |
Victoria | The Fall | named after women |
Victory | Amampondo | victory |
Victory | PJ Harvey | victory |
The Victory | Steeleye Span | historical figures |
Victory for the Victims | Rubella Ballet | conspiracy theories & paranoia |
Video Games | Lana Del Rey | songs that give you goosebumps |
Video Killed the Radio Star | The Buggles | old and new |
Viðrar vel til loftárása | Sigur Rós | falling |
Vienen los Zombies | Mister Chivo | zombies |
The View from the Afternoon | Arctic Monkeys | anticipation |
The Vigilante | Judee Sill | horizons |
Viime yönä | Barry Andrewsin Disko | last night |
Vikings | Los Lobos | skin |
The Vile Stuff | Richard Dawson | out-of-tune songs |
Village Ghetto Land | Stevie Wonder | farming |
Village Girl | Sheila Chandra | villages |
Village Green | The Kinks | villages |
The Village Green Preservation Society | The Kinks | community |
Village of the Sun | Village of the Sun | driving songs |
Village Soul | Lennie Hibbert | villages |
Villiers Terrace | Echo & the Bunnymen | roads & streets |
Vincent | Don McLean | works of art |
Vincent Van Gogh | Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers | 19th century life |
Vinyl Fetishists | 45 Adapters | hearing, choosing & playing records |
Vinyl Records | Todd Snider | media for listening to recorded music |
Violence Grows | Fatal Microbes | violence |
The Violet Hour | The Civil Wars | purple |
Violin Concerto in B minor: II. Andante | Edward Elgar (performed by Nigel Kennedy) | violin |
Violin Sonata No. 12 in D minor, Op. 5, La follia | Arcangelo Corelli | harpsichord |
Virginia Plain | Roxy Music | more questions than answers |
Virus | Deltron 3030 | machines, robots & computers |
Visa från Utanmyra | Jan Johansson | from Nordic countries |
Visions | Stevie Wonder | without percussion |
Visions of Johanna | Bob Dylan | strange & surreal |
The Visitors | ABBA | law enforcement |
being scared |
Vitamin C | Can | wealth |
vegetables |
Viva la Quinta Brigada | Christy Moore | volunteering |
Viva la Vida | Coldplay | leadership |
Viva la Vinyl | Twilight Hotel | hearing, choosing & playing records |
Viva Las Vegas | Elvis Presley | holidays |
Viva Nigeria | Fela Kuti | Africa |
Vivo Cielo | José Mercé | sky |
Vogue | Madonna | glamour & style |
Voices Carry | ’Til Tuesday | quiet |
Voices of the Voiceless | Lowkey ft Immortal Technique | justice |
Voices, That’s All | Chumbawamba | singing |
Void | Lil Nas X | nothing |
The Void | The Raincoats | discordant songs |
Volando Voy | Camarón | Spain |
The Volcano Song | The Budos Band | geology |
Volumes | The Church | volume |
Volunteered Slavery | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | volunteering |
Voluspá | Wardruna | omens & prophecies |
Volver | Carlos Gardel | great songwriting 1900-1955 |
Volver, Volver | Concha Buika | regressing & reversing |
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | super solos |
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) | Angélique Kidjo | old meets new |
Voodoo Ray | A Guy Called Gerald | Halloween |
Voodoo Woman | Koko Taylor | witches |
Vote, Baby, Vote | Deee-Lite | elections |
The Voyage | Crash Test Dummies | platonic love |
V.T.T.L.O.T.F.D.G.F. | Fishbone | monsters |
Vuelvo al Sur | Gotan Project | accordion |
Vuelvo al Sur | Astor Piazzolla | without percussion |
Vultures | Israel Vibration | raptors |
Vuoi vuoi mu | Mari Boine | from Nordic countries |