| Ba, Ngoni |
(with
Bassekou Kouyate) The River Tune |
rivers |
|
Baby Huey |
Hard Times |
poverty |
| Bacharach,
Burt |
South
American Getaway |
South
America |
|
Badly Drawn Boy |
Something To Talk About |
songs
recorded for movies |
|
This Song |
songs about songs |
|
Badu, Erykah |
Orange Moon |
colours |
|
Baez, Joan |
Joe Hill |
historical figures |
|
Prison Trilogy |
prisons |
|
Baker, Chet |
Everything
Hapens to Me |
luck |
|
I Get Along Without You Very
Well |
missing someone |
| My Funny
Valentine |
beauty |
|
Baker, Lavern |
(with Jackie Wilson) Think Twice (Version
X) |
sweary songs |
| Ballard,
Hank & the Dapps |
How You Gonna Get Respect
(When You Haven't Cut Your Process Yet) |
hair |
|
Ballard, Hank & The Midnighters |
The Twist |
songs with a twist |
|
Ballboy |
A Day In Space |
spoken word |
|
Hold Me, Kiss Me and Eat Me |
kissing |
|
They'll Hang Flags from Cranes Upon my
Wedding Day |
weddings |
|
Bam Bam |
Where's Your Child |
anxiety |
|
Bananarama |
Robert De Niro's Waiting |
famous people |
|
Band, The |
I Shall Be
Released |
special guests |
|
King Harvest (Has Surely
Come) |
rural songs |
| Stage
Fright |
theatre |
| The Weight |
debuts |
|
Bang Bang Machine |
Geek Love |
literary
songs |
|
Bangles |
Following |
surveillance |
|
Manic Monday
|
work |
|
Walk Like An Egyptian |
walking and running |
|
Banhart, Devendra |
I Feel Just Like A Child |
children |
| Bar-Keys |
Soul Finger |
ten
words or fewer |
| Barbarians |
Are You a
Boy or Are You a Girl? |
Beatles |
| Barker,
Emily & the Red Clay Halo |
Nostalgia |
TV themes |
|
Barrett, Syd |
Golden Hair |
inspired by
poetry |
|
Here I Go |
upbeat break-up |
|
Barry, John |
The Persuaders Theme |
instrumental soundtracks |
|
Bartz, Gary |
I've Known Rivers |
literary
songs |
|
Basement Jaxx |
Just 1 Kiss |
kissing |
|
Bauhaus |
Bela Lugosi's Dead |
long songs |
|
Dark Entries
|
night & darkness |
|
BBC Radiophonic Workshop |
Doctor Who |
instrumental soundtracks |
| BDP |
You Must
Learn |
lessons in life |
|
Be Good Tanyas |
Light Enough to
Travel |
nightclubs |
|
When Doves Cry |
unlikely covers |
|
Beach Boys |
4th of July |
anniversaries |
| A Young Man
is Gone |
actors |
|
All Dressed Up for School
|
school |
| Busy Doin'
Nothin' |
visitors |
|
Forever |
devoted love |
| Let's Go
Away For a While |
holidays |
| Little Bird |
nature |
|
Our Prayer |
short songs |
|
Sail on Sailor
|
the sea |
|
Vegetables |
food |
| The Warmth
of the Sun |
summer |
|
When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)
|
getting
older |
|
Bean, Carl |
I Was Born This Way |
homosexuality |
|
Beastie Boys |
Body Movin' (Fatboy Slim
Remix) |
dancing |
|
Beat |
Whine & Grine/Stand Down
Margaret |
politicians |
|
Beatles |
A Day in
the Life |
great
middle eights |
|
A Hard Day's Night
|
work |
|
Back in the USSR
|
places in Europe |
| Don't Let
Me Down |
first love |
| Drive My
Car |
jokes |
|
Eleanor Rigby |
characters |
|
Glass Onion |
self-referential |
| Hey Jude |
na-na-hey-hey songs |
|
I Am The Walrus |
I Am Songs |
| I'm a Loser |
failure |
| I'm So
Tired |
tiredness |
|
Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand (I Want to Hold
Your Hand) |
foreign language versions |
|
Rock And Roll Music |
music genres |
|
Rocky Raccoon |
revenge |
| She Said
She Said |
actors |
| She Said
She Said |
heated arguments |
| Strawberry
Fields Forever |
false
endings |
| This Boy |
B sides |
| Yellow
Submarine |
children's songs |
|
You Never Give Me Your Money
|
money |
|
Beautiful South |
Liar's Bar |
pubs and
bars |
|
Old Red Eyes Is Back |
eyes and
sight |
| Song for
Whoever |
forgetting |
|
Beck |
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat |
hats |
|
Where It's At
|
instruments |
|
Bee Gees |
I Started a Joke
|
smiling and
laughing |
| I've Gotta
Get a Message to You |
desperation |
| Night Fever |
youth
cults |
| Beirut |
After the
Curtain |
theatre |
| Belafonte,
Harry |
The Banana
Boat Song (Day-O) |
dawn |
| Bell,
Archie & the Drells |
(There's
Going to Be a) Showdown |
effects of fame |
| Tighten Up |
dance
styles |
|
Bell, Chris |
I am the Cosmos |
I Am Songs |
|
Belle and Sebastian |
Expectations |
school |
|
I'm Waking Up To Us |
upbeat break-up |
|
Lord Anthony |
characters |
|
Stars of Track and Field
|
sport |
|
Beloved |
The Sun Rising |
the sun |
| Belly |
Gepetto |
toys |
| Ben, Jorge |
see Jor,
Jorge Ben |
|
| Bennett, Scott & Lorna |
Skank in
Bed |
beds |
| Bernstein, Elmer |
Staccato's
Theme |
TV themes |
|
Berry, Chuck |
Brown Eyed
Handsome Man |
great opening lines |
|
Johnny B Goode
|
named after men |
| No Money
Down |
shopping |
|
Promised Land |
California |
|
School Days (Ring Ring Goes
the Bell) |
school |
|
You Never Can Tell
|
marriage |
| Berry,
Richard & the Pharaohs |
Louie Louie |
indecipherable songs |
| Best Coast |
Goodbye |
famous last words |
| Beta Band |
Dry the
Rain |
light |
| Beyoncé |
Single
Ladies (Put a Ring on It) |
na-na-hey-hey songs |
|
Bhundu Boys (with Latin
Quarter) |
Radio Africa |
Africa |
|
Big Audio Dynamite |
E=MC2 |
inspired by or about
films |
| Sambadrome |
South
America |
|
Big Black |
Bad Penny |
lies |
|
Kerosene |
fire |
|
Steelworker |
violence |
|
Big Hard Excellent Fish |
Imperfect List (Mix 2)
|
list songs |
|
Big Star |
Holocaust |
mothers |
|
Jesus Christ |
biblical songs |
| September
Gurls |
September |
|
Thank You Friends |
please and thank you |
|
Thirteen |
adolescence |
| Watch the
Sunrise |
dawn |
| Bird, Andrew |
The Happy
Birthday Song |
birthdays |
| Birds |
Leaving
Here |
escape |
|
Birthday Party |
Happy
Birthday |
anniversaries |
|
Mutiny in Heaven |
heaven and hell |
| Bizet,
Georges |
The Flower
Song (from Carmen) |
flowers |
|
Björk |
The Anchor Song |
the sea |
| Cvalda |
manual
labour |
|
(with Thom Yorke) I've Seen
It All |
duets |
| Sun in My
Mouth |
inspired by
poetry |
| Venus as a
Boy |
beauty |
| Blacc, Aloe |
I Need a
Dollar |
austerity |
| Black, Frank |
Song of the
Shrimp |
jokes |
| Black, Mary |
Loving
Hannah |
change
of mind |
|
Black Box Recorder |
Andrew Ridgley |
other musicians |
|
Child Psychology |
children |
|
The English Motorway System
|
cars |
| Black Flag |
TV Party |
television |
| Black
Mountain |
Bicycle Man |
bicycles |
|
Black Sabbath |
Black
Sabbath |
sound
effects |
|
Paranoid |
mental illness |
| Black Star |
Definition |
assassination |
|
Black Uhuru |
General Penitentiary |
prisons |
| Guess Who's
Coming to Dinner |
visitors |
| I Love King
Selassie |
royalty |
|
Blackalicious |
Chemical Calisthenics |
science |
|
Deception |
celebrity |
|
Blakey, Art & the
Afro-Drum Ensemble |
Obirin African (Woman of
Africa) |
Africa |
| Blast, C.L. |
Somebody
Shot My Eagle |
austerity |
|
Bleechers |
Come Into My Parlour |
domestic songs |
|
Blige, Mary J.
|
Beautiful
(Black Star remix) |
beauty |
|
(with Method Man) I'll Be There For You/You're
All I Need To Get By (Puff Daddy Mix)
|
duets |
| Blind Blake |
Police Dog
Blues |
the police |
|
Blind Boys of Alabama |
(Jesus Hits Like An) Atom
Bomb |
God and the devil |
|
Blondie |
11:59 |
times of day |
| Angels on
the Balcony |
theatre |
|
Denis |
multilingual
songs |
|
Hanging On the Telephone
|
letters, emails,
etc. |
|
Heart of Glass
|
the heart |
| I Know But
I Don't Know |
uncertainty |
| Rip Her to
Shreds |
insulting songs |
| Sunday Girl
(French Version) |
songs in
French |
| Bloom, Kath |
Bicycle |
bicycles |
|
Blue Nile |
From A Late Night Train |
trains |
|
Blue Oyster Cult |
Don't Fear the Reaper |
death |
| Feel the
Thunder |
ghosts |
|
Blunstone, Colin |
Caroline Goodbye |
goodbye
songs |
|
Blur |
Coffee & TV |
home |
| Girls and
Boys |
holidays |
| Sunday
Sunday |
the weekend |
|
Sweet Song |
songs about songs |
|
This Is a Low
|
bad weather |
|
To the End (La Comédie)
|
multilingual
songs |
| Trimm Trabb |
shoes |
| The
Universal |
the future |
|
Boards Of Canada |
Dawn Chorus |
dawn |
|
In a Beautiful Place Out in
the Country |
rural songs |
| ROYBGIV |
nature |
| Bob and
Earl |
Harlem
Shuffle |
dance
styles |
|
Bob and Marcia |
To Be Young, Gifted and
Black |
adolescence |
|
Bogan, Lucille |
BD Woman's Blues |
homosexuality |
| Bolan, Marc |
The
Perfumed Garden of Gulliver Smith |
gardens |
|
Bomb The Bass |
Bug Powder Dust |
literary
songs |
| Boney M |
Rasputin |
royalty |
| Bongwater |
Nick Cave
Dolls |
toys |
|
Bonnie "Prince" Billy |
Death to Everyone |
death |
| Ohio River
Boat Song |
rivers |
| Bonnie &
the Treasures |
Home of the
Brave |
freedom |
|
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band |
Big Shot |
funny
songs |
| Death Cab
for Cutie |
accidents |
| No Matter
Who You Vote For, The Government Always Gets
In |
elections |
|
Sport (the odd boy) |
sport |
|
The Intro and the Outro
|
list songs |
|
The Trouser Press |
surreal
songs |
|
Boo Radleys |
Lazarus |
biblical songs |
|
Booker T and the MG's |
Green Onions
|
food |
|
Bow Wow Wow |
C30, C60,
C90 Go |
shopping |
|
Go Wild in the Country |
rural songs |
|
Bowie, David |
A New Career In A New Town |
instrumentals |
| All the
Madmen |
hospitals |
|
Always Crashing in the Same
Car |
cars |
| Ashes to
Ashes |
mistaken identity |
| Changes |
change 2 |
| Come and
Buy My Toys |
toys |
| God Knows
I'm Good |
deception |
|
Kooks |
fathers |
|
Lady Stardust |
other musicians |
|
Life on Mars?
|
questions |
| The London
Boys |
youth
cults |
| Ragazzo
Solo, Ragazzo Sola (Space Oddity) |
foreign language versions |
|
Star |
celebrity |
| Station to
Station |
impressive intros |
|
Subterraneans |
indecipherable songs |
|
(with Queen) Under Pressure |
duets |
|
Bowlly, Al |
Looking On The Bright Side |
optimistic songs |
|
(with Anona
Winn) Please Don't Mention It
|
please and thank you |
|
Box Tops |
The Letter |
letters, emails,
etc. |
|
Bragg, Billy |
Accident
Waiting to Happen |
insulting songs |
|
Brickbat |
getting
older |
|
Tank Park Salute
|
fathers |
|
The Saturday Boy |
unrequited love |
| St.
Swithin's Day |
famous last words |
| The World
Turned Upside Down |
revolution |
|
(with Wilco)
Ingrid Bergman |
famous people |
| Brahms,
Johannes |
Opus 49 No
4 Wiegenlied/Lullaby |
children's songs |
|
Brassens, Georges |
Le Gorille |
mammals |
| Brecht,
Berthold |
Mack the
Knife |
unsettling songs |
|
Breeders |
Cannonball |
impressive intros |
|
Drivin' on 9
|
travelling |
|
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
|
Beatles covers |
| New Year |
new year
songs |
|
Brel, Jacques |
Au Printemps |
Spring |
| La Quête |
songs in
French |
|
Ne Me Quitte Pas |
songs that make you cry |
|
Quand on n'a Que l'Amour |
devoted love |
|
Brenston, Jackie and his
Delta Cats |
Rocket 88 |
cars |
| Brian |
You Don't
Want a Boyfriend |
losers |
|
Briggs, Anne |
She Moves
Through the Fair |
ghosts |
|
The Time Has Come |
goodbye
songs |
|
Bright Eyes |
Hit the Switch |
domestic songs |
| Lover I
Don't Have to Love |
anti-love |
|
British Sea Power |
Carrion |
the sea |
|
Oh Larsen B |
cold |
| Britten,
Benjamin |
(with Peter
Pears) The Bonnie Earl o' Moray |
indecipherable songs |
| On a Poet's
Lips I Slept |
inspired by
poetry |
| Saint
Nicolas, Op 42: Nicolas and the Pickled Boys |
resurrection |
| Broadcast |
The
Accidentals |
accidents |
| Broken
Family Band |
Alone in
the Make-Out Room |
heated arguments |
|
Broonzy, Big Bill |
Terrible Operation Blues
|
illness |
| Brown,
Crazy World Of Arthur |
Fire |
fire |
|
Brown, Dennis |
Silhouette |
jealousy |
|
Brown, Foxy featuring Kelis |
Candy |
food |
|
Brown, James |
Hell |
heaven and hell |
|
King Heroin |
cocaine &
heroin |
|
Please Please Please |
please and thank you |
|
Santa Claus Goes Straight to
the Ghetto |
Christmas |
| Say It Loud
- I'm Black and I'm Proud |
call
& response |
| Brown,
Maxine |
Oh No Not
My Baby |
gossip |
|
Brown,
Oscar Jr. |
Humdrum Blues |
boredom |
| Brown, Pete
& Piblokto |
Things May
Come and Things May Go, But the Art School
Dance Goes On Forever |
long
titles |
| Browne,
Jackson |
The Late
Show |
famous last words |
| The Load
Out |
concerts |
| Buchanan
and Goodwin |
Flying
Saucer Number 1 |
jokes |
|
Buckley, Jeff |
Hallelujah |
covers |
| Lilac Wine |
wine |
|
Buckley, Tim |
Buzzin' Fly |
insects |
|
Dolphins |
mammals |
| The Earth
is Broken |
nature |
| I Must Have
Been Blind |
mistakes |
| Song to a
Siren |
ancient history |
|
Budd,
Harold |
(with Brian Eno)
Plateaux of Mirror |
fictional places |
|
Budd, Roy |
Get Carter |
instrumental soundtracks |
| Buena Vista
Social Club |
Chan Chan |
comeback
songs |
|
Buffalo Springfield
|
For What It's Worth
|
historical events |
| Buffalo Tom |
Birdbrain |
fools |
| Taillights
Fade |
losers |
| Bug |
Catch a
Fire |
futility |
| Skeng |
criminals |
|
Bunyan, Vashti |
Glow Worms |
insects |
|
Rose Hip November |
autumn |
| Burial |
South
London Boroughs |
debuts |
| Burke, Solomon |
We're Gonna
Hold On |
special guests |
|
Burning Spear |
Man in the Hills |
rural songs |
|
Marcus Garvey |
politicians |
|
Red Gold and Green |
colours |
|
Burroughs, William S |
Words of Advice for Young
People |
advice |
|
Bush, Kate |
Army Dreamers
|
war |
|
Breathing |
nuclear war |
|
Cloudbusting |
rain |
|
Constellation of the
Heart |
adventure |
|
(with Peter Gabriel) Don't Give Up |
consolation |
| Pi |
numbers |
|
The Red Shoes |
inspired by or about
films |
| Rocket Man |
space |
|
The Sensual World |
sexy songs |
| Them Heavy
People |
lessons in life |
|
This Woman's Work |
mothers |
|
The Wedding List |
revenge |
| Wow |
actors |
|
Busted |
What I Go to School For
|
school |
|
Butler, Jerry |
Giving Up
on Love |
anti-love |
|
Hey, Western Union Man
|
letters, emails,
etc. |
|
Buzzcocks |
Boredom |
boredom |
|
Late For The Train |
trains |
|
What Do I Get?
|
questions |
| Byrd, Donald |
Where Are
We Going? |
change 2 |
| Byrd, Gary & the GB
Experience |
The Crown |
ancient history |
|
Byrds |
Draft
Morning |
coming
of age |
|
Hungry Planet
|
environment |
|
I Come and Stand at Every
Door |
nuclear war |
| Triad |
fetishes |
|
Turn!Turn!Turn!
|
change |
| Wasn't Born
to Follow |
fate & destiny |
| What's
Happening?!?! |
uncertainty |
| Why |
heated arguments |
|
Byrne, David |
Don't Fence
Me In |
unlikely covers |
|
Glass, Concrete and Stone |
buildings |
| (with Brian
Eno) The Jezebel Spirit |
ghosts |
| (with
Xpress 2) Lazy |
laziness |
