| 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 |
| 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 |
| The Visitors | ABBA | being scared |
| Vitamin C | Can | wealth |
| Vitamin C | Can | 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 |
| 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 |