A signature song is the one song (or, in some cases, one of a few songs) that a popular and well-established recording artist or band is most closely identified with or best known for. This is generally differentiated from a one-hit wonder in that the artist usually has had success with other songs as well.
A signature song may be a song that spearheads an artist's initial mainstream breakthrough, a song that revitalizes an artist's career, or a song that simply represents a high point in an artist's career. Often, a signature song will feature significant characteristics of an artist and may encapsulate the artist's particular sound and style.
Signature songs can be the result of spontaneous public identification, or a marketing tool developed by the music industry to promote artists, sell their recordings, and develop a fan base.[1] Artists and bands with a signature song are generally expected to perform it at every concert appearance, often as an encore on concert tours, sometimes being the last song of the setlist.[2]
| Song | Artist | Released | Notes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "I Am the Best" | 2NE1 | 2011 | Written by Teddy Park[3] [4] | ||||||
| "Dancing Queen" | ABBA | 1976 | Written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson[5] | ||||||
| "I Will Go to You Like the First Snow" | Ailee | 2017 | [6] | ||||||
| "Beautiful" | 2002 | Written by Linda Perry.[7] [8] Featured on Aguilera's fourth studio album, Stripped. | |||||||
| "Lili Marlene" | data-sort-value="Andersen, Lale" | Lale Andersen[9] | 1939 | There is a Lili Marlene and Lale Andersen memorial in Langeoog, Germany. | |||||
| "Rose Garden" | data-sort-value="Anderson, Lynn" | Lynn Anderson | 1970 | Written by Joe South[10] | |||||
| "The House of the Rising Sun" | data-sort-value="Animals, The" | The Animals | 1964 | Traditional folk song[11] | |||||
| "What a Wonderful World" | data-sort-value="Armstrong, Louis" | Louis Armstrong | 1967 | Written by Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss[12] | |||||
| "The Cattle Call" | data-sort-value="Arnold, Eddy" | Eddy Arnold | 1934 | Written/recorded in 1934 by Tex Owens[13] | |||||
| "Never Gonna Give You Up" | data-sort-value="Astley, Rick" | Rick Astley | 1987 | Written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman[14] | |||||
| "Upside Down" | A-Teens | 2000 | The band's first original release[15] | ||||||
| "Levels" | Avicii | 2011 | Written and produced by Tim Bergling. Contains a sample of "Something's Got a Hold on Me" by Etta James.[16] | ||||||
| "I Want It That Way" | Backstreet Boys | 1999 | Written by Max Martin and Andreas Carlsson[17] | ||||||
| "Working Class Man" | data-sort-value="Barnes, Jimmy" | Jimmy Barnes | 1985 | Written by Jonathan Cain[18] | |||||
| "One O'Clock Jump" | data-sort-value="Basie, Count" | Count Basie | 1937 | A 12-bar blues instrumental written by Basie in 1937[19] | |||||
| "Goldfinger" | data-sort-value="Bassey, Shirley" | Shirley Bassey | 1964 | The title song from the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger[20] | |||||
| "Bela Lugosi's Dead" | Bauhaus | 1979 | Considered the harbinger of gothic rock music[21] | ||||||
| "Hey Jude" | The Beatles | 1968 | Written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney[22] | ||||||
| "Loser" | Beck | 1993 | Written by Beck and producer Carl Stephenson[23] | ||||||
| "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" | data-sort-value="Bennett, Tony" | Tony Bennett | 1962 | Written by George Cory and Douglass Cross[24] | |||||
| "Johnny B. Goode" | data-sort-value="Berry, Chuck" | Chuck Berry | 1958 | Recorded January 6, 1958 at Chess Records[25] | |||||
| "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" | 1993 | Written by Wong Ka Kui for the band's Rock and Roll album[26] [27] | |||||||
| "Fantastic Baby" | Big Bang | 2012 | Written by G-Dragon, T.O.P and Teddy[28] | ||||||
| "Rebel Girl" | Bikini Kill | 1993 | Written by Kathleen Hanna, Billy Karren, Tobi Vail and Kathi Wilcox[29] | ||||||
| "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" | Blue Öyster Cult | 1976 | Written and sung by lead guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser[30] | ||||||
| "Livin' on a Prayer" | Bon Jovi | 1986 | Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Desmond Child[31] | ||||||
| "I Dreamed A Dream" | Susan Boyle | 2010 | Originally composed by Claude-Michel Schönberg with English lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer for the musical Les Misérables.[32] | ||||||
| "Save Me" | BTS | 2016 | Written by Kang Hyo-won; Ray Michael Djan Jr; Ashton Foster; Samantha Harper; Kim Nam-joon; Min Yoon-gi; Jung Ho-seok[33] | ||||||
| "Hallelujah" | data-sort-value="Buckley, Jeff" | Jeff Buckley | 1994 | Originally written and recorded by Leonard Cohen in 1984[34] | |||||
| "Margaritaville" | data-sort-value="Buffett, Jimmy" | Jimmy Buffett | 1977 | Recorded 1976 at Criteria Studios and Quadrafonic Sound Studios[35] | |||||
| "Rhinestone Cowboy" | data-sort-value="Campbell, Glen" | Glen Campbell | 1975 | Originally written and recorded by Larry Weiss in 1974[36] | |||||
| "Hero" | data-sort-value="Carey, Mariah" | Mariah Carey | 1993 | Written by Carey and Walter Afanasieff[37] [38] | |||||
| "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" | data-sort-value="Carlisle, Belinda" | Belinda Carlisle | 1987 | Written by Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley[39] | |||||
| "All by Myself" | data-sort-value="Carmen, Eric" | Eric Carmen | 1975 | Written by Eric Carmen[40] | |||||
| "Lovefool" | The Cardigans | 1996 | Written by members Nina Persson and Peter Svensson as the lead single from their third studio album First Band on the Moon.[41] | ||||||
| "(They Long to Be) Close to You" | data-sort-value="Carpenters, The" | The Carpenters | 1970 | Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David[42] | |||||
| "The Mercy Seat" | data-sort-value="Cave, Nick" | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | 1988 | Written by Nick Cave and Mick Harvey[43] | |||||
| "What'd I Say" | data-sort-value="Charles, Ray" | Ray Charles | 1959 | Recorded on February 18, 1959[44] | |||||
| "I Want You to Want Me" | Cheap Trick | 1977 | Written by Rick Nielsen and produced by Tom Werman | ||||||
| "Under the Milky Way" | The Church | 1988 | Written by bass guitarist and lead vocalist Steve Kilbey and his then-girlfriend Karin Jansson of Curious (Yellow).[45] | ||||||
| "Layla" | data-sort-value="Clapton, Eric" | Eric Clapton | 1970 | Written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon[46] [47] | |||||
| "Crazy" | data-sort-value="Cline, Patsy" | Patsy Cline | 1961 | Written by Willie Nelson[48] | |||||
| "Walking in Memphis" | data-sort-value="Cohn, Marc" | Marc Cohn | 1991 | [49] | |||||
| "Khe Sanh" | Cold Chisel | 1978 | Their debut single, written by Don Walker[50] | ||||||
| "In the Air Tonight" | data-sort-value="Collins, Phil" | Phil Collins | 1981 | Written by Phil Collins[51] | |||||
| "My Favorite Things" | data-sort-value="Coltrane, John" | John Coltrane | 1961 | Published in 1959 by Rodgers and Hammerstein[52] | |||||
| "School's Out" | Alice Cooper | 1972 | [53] | ||||||
| "Karma Chameleon" | Culture Club | 1983 | Featured on the group's 1983 album Colour by Numbers[54] | ||||||
| "Achy Breaky Heart" | data-sort-value="Cyrus, Billy Ray" | Billy Ray Cyrus | 1992 | Written in 1990 by Don Von Tress[55] | |||||
| "Beyond the Sea" | data-sort-value="Darin, Bobby" | Bobby Darin | 1959 | Written by Charles Trenet[56] | |||||
| "I've Gotta Be Me" | data-sort-value="Davis, Sammy Jr." | Sammy Davis Jr. | 1968 | Written by Walter Marks[57] | |||||
| "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" | data-sort-value="Day, Doris" | Doris Day | 1956 | Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans[58] | |||||
| "Holiday in Cambodia" | Dead Kennedys | 1980 | Written by Jello Biafra and John Greenway. Recorded 1979[59] | ||||||
| "Pour Some Sugar on Me" | Def Leppard | 1987 | 3rd single from the 1987 album Hysteria[60] | ||||||
| "Smoke on the Water" | Deep Purple | 1972 | Recorded in December 1971[61] | ||||||
| "Take Me Home, Country Roads" | data-sort-value="Denver, John" | John Denver | 1971 | Written by Denver, Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert[62] | |||||
| "Sweet Caroline" | Neil Diamond | 1969 | Written by Diamond[63] | ||||||
| "Meet in the Middle" | Diamond Rio | 1991 | Written by Chapin Hartford, Jim Foster, Don Pfrimmer[64] | ||||||
| "Falling In Love Again" | data-sort-value="Dietrich, Marlene" | Marlene Dietrich | 1930 | Composed by Friedrich Hollaender[65] | |||||
| "My Heart Will Go On" | data-sort-value="Dion, Celine" | Celine Dion | 1997 | Written by James Horner and Will Jennings [66] | |||||
| "Don't Cha" | The Pussycat Dolls | 2005 | Written by Anthony Ray and CeeLo Green and Trevor Smith[67] | - | "Light My Fire" | data-sort-value="Doors, The" | The Doors | 1967 | Recorded in August 1966[68] |
| "Through the Fire and Flames" | DragonForce | 2006 | The opening track from their third studio album Inhuman Rampage[69] [70] | ||||||
| "Bodies" | Drowning Pool | 2001 | [71] | ||||||
| "Hotel California" | Eagles | 1977 | Written by Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey[72] | ||||||
| "Bad Guy" | 2019 | [73] | |||||||
| "One Day Like This" | Elbow | 2008 | Written by member Guy Garvey for their fourth studio album The Seldom Seen Kid. Performed at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony[74] [75] | ||||||
| "Mr. Blue Sky" | Electric Light Orchestra | 1978 | Written by Jeff Lynne and recorded 1977 at Musicland Studios[76] | ||||||
| "Take the 'A' Train" | data-sort-value="Ellington, Duke" | 1941 | A jazz standard composed by Billy Strayhorn in 1939[77] | ||||||
| "Stay with Me" | data-sort-value="Ellison, Lorraine" | Lorraine Ellison | 1966 | Co-written by Jerry Ragovoy and George David Weiss[78] | |||||
| "Lose Yourself" | Eminem | 2002 | First hip hop song to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song[79] | ||||||
| "The Final Countdown" | Europe | 1986 | Written by Joey Tempest[80] | ||||||
| "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | Eurythmics | 1983 | Written by Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart[81] | ||||||
| "Bring Me to Life" | Evanescence | 2003 | Written by Amy Lee, Ben Moody and David Hodges[82] [83] | ||||||
| "Blueberry Hill"[84] [85] | 1956 | Inducted into the National Recording Registry as a part of the 2005 class. | |||||||
| "Everlong" | Foo Fighters | 1997 | Written by Dave Grohl[86] | ||||||
| "Respect" | data-sort-value="Franklin, Aretha" | Aretha Franklin | 1967 | Originally written by Otis Redding in 1965[87] | |||||
| "Solsbury Hill" | data-sort-value="Gabriel, Peter" | 1977 | Written by Peter Gabriel.[88] | ||||||
| "Over the Rainbow" | data-sort-value="Garland,Judy" | 1939 | Recorded by Judy Garland for the movie The Wizard of Oz[89] [90] | ||||||
| "I Will Survive" | data-sort-value="Gaynor, Gloria" | 1978 | Written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris[91] | ||||||
| "Kick It in the Sticks" | data-sort-value="Gilbert, Brantley" | Brantley Gilbert | 2010 | Written by Gilbert, Rhett Akins and Ben Hayslip[92] | |||||
| "Gee" | Girls' Generation | 2009 | Written by Ahn Myung-won, Kim Young-deuk and Kanata Nakamura[93] | ||||||
| "You Don't Own Me" | data-sort-value="Gore, Lesley" | Lesley Gore | 1963 | Recorded September 21, 1963, Written by John Madara and Dave White[94] | |||||
| "If Ever I Would Leave You" | data-sort-value="Goulet, Robert" | Robert Goulet | 1960 | From the Lerner & Loewe musical Camelot.[95] | |||||
| "God Bless the USA" | data-sort-value="Greenwood, Lee" | Lee Greenwood | 1984 | A popular American patriotic song[96] | |||||
| "Rock Around the Clock" | data-sort-value="Haley, Bill" | Bill Haley & His Comets | 1954 | Recorded April 12, 1954 at Pythian Temple studios[97] | |||||
| "Thanks for the Memory" | data-sort-value="Hope, Bob" | Bob Hope | 1938 | Composed by Ralph Rainger with lyrics by Leo Robin[98] | |||||
| "I Will Always Love You" | Whitney Houston | 1992 | Written by Dolly Parton and originally released by her in 1974 with Houston's cover of the song later being recorded as a part of the soundtrack to the film The Bodyguard (1992). Inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2019.[99] | ||||||
| "Ah! Leah!" | 1980 | [100] Written by Mark Avsec and Donnie Iris | |||||||
| "Love Dive" | IVE | 2022 | [101] [102] | ||||||
| "Super Freak" | Rick James | 1981 | Written by Rick James and Alonzo Miller[103] | ||||||
| "El derecho de vivir en paz" | data-sort-value="Jara, Victor" | Víctor Jara | 1971 | Published in 1971 on the "El Derecho de Vivir en Paz" LP.[104] | |||||
| "Soy rebelde" | Jeanette | 1971 | [105] Written by Manuel Alejandro | ||||||
| "The Middle" | 2001 | [106] [107] | |||||||
| "Piano Man" | data-sort-value="Joel, Billy" | Billy Joel | 1973 | Selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry[108] | |||||
| "Rocket Man" | data-sort-value="John, Elton" | Elton John | 1972 | [109] | |||||
| "He Stopped Loving Her Today" | data-sort-value="Jones, George" | George Jones | 1980 | Written by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman[110] | |||||
| "Don't Stop Believin'" | Journey | 1981 | From their seventh album Escape[111] | ||||||
| "Billie Jean" | Michael Jackson | 1983 | Released as the second single for the album Thriller on January 2, 1983[112] | ||||||
| "Should've Been a Cowboy" | data-sort-value="Keith, Toby" | 1993 | [113] [114] | ||||||
| "Fallin'" | data-sort-value="Keys, Alicia" | 2001 | Released as a single on April 10, 2001, as a part of her debut album Songs In A Minor.[115] | ||||||
| "God's Menu" | data-sort-value="Kids, Stray" | Stray Kids | 2020 | Written by group members Bang Chan, Changbin and Han. Released in June 2020 from their album Go Live.[116] | |||||
| "Mr. Brightside" | data-sort-value="Killers, The" | The Killers | 2004 | [117] | |||||
| "Shame" | data-sort-value="King, Evelyn 'Champagne'" | 1977 | Written by John H. Fitch Jr. and Reuben Cross[118] | ||||||
| "Louie, Louie" | data-sort-value="Kingsmen, The" | The Kingsmen | 1963 | Written by Richard Berry in 1955[119] | |||||
| "You Really Got Me" | data-sort-value="Kinks, The" | 1964 | Written by Ray Davies and recorded in July 1964[120] | ||||||
| "Rock and Roll All Nite" | Kiss | 1975 | Recorded at Electric Lady Studios in February 1975 | ||||||
| "Midnight Train to Georgia" | data-sort-value="Knight, Gladys" | 1973 | Written by Jim Weatherly[121] | ||||||
| "Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah" | data-sort-value="Kolopaking, Novia" | Novia Kolopaking | 1992 | Written by Dwiki Dharmawan and Ags Arya Dipayana[122] [123] [124] | |||||
| "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" | Cyndi Lauper | 1983 | Originally written and recorded by Robert Hazard four years earlier.[125] | ||||||
| "Stairway to Heaven" | Led Zeppelin | 1971 | Written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant[126] | ||||||
| "Imagine" | data-sort-value="Lennon, John" | John Lennon | 1971 | Recorded during May–July 1971 at Ascot Sound Studios[127] | |||||
| "Great Balls of Fire" | data-sort-value="Lewis, Jerry Lee" | 1957 | Written by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer[128] | ||||||
| "In the End" | 2001 | Recorded in 2000[129] | |||||||
| "Auld Lang Syne" | data-sort-value="Lombardo, Guy" | Guy Lombardo | 1939 | A Scots-language poem written by Robert Burns in 1788[130] | |||||
| "Cry Me a River" | data-sort-value="London, Julie" | 1955 | Written by Arthur Hamilton and first published in 1953[131] | ||||||
| "Coal Miner's Daughter" | data-sort-value="Lynn, Loretta" | Loretta Lynn | 1970 | Based on the true story of Lynn's life growing up in rural Kentucky[132] | |||||
| "Free Bird" | 1973 | First featured on the band's 1973 debut album[133] | |||||||
| “Shackles (Praise You)” | Mary Mary | 2000 | Debut single by the duo, featured on their 2000 debut album | ||||||
| "U Can't Touch This" | MC Hammer | 1990 | Samples "Super Freak" by Rick James[134] | ||||||
| "American Pie" | data-sort-value="McLean, Don" | 1971 | Written by Don McLean[135] | ||||||
| "Down Under" | Men at Work | 1981 | [136] | ||||||
| "Can't Get You Out of My Head" | data-sort-value="Minogue, Kylie" | 2001 | From the artist's eighth studio album, "Fever", released in 2001[137] | ||||||
| "Nights in White Satin" | data-sort-value="Moody Blues, The" | The Moody Blues | 1967 | Written and composed by Justin Hayward, recorded October 1967 | |||||
| "Ace of Spades" | Motörhead | 1980 | Released as the only single from the band's fourth studio album[138] | ||||||
| "Welcome To The Black Parade" | My Chemical Romance | 2006 | [139] [140] | ||||||
| "OMG" | data-sort-value="NewJeans" | NewJeans | 2023 | Released in January 2023 off the single album of the same name along with its B-side "Ditto" which was released on December 19, 2022.[141] | |||||
| "How You Remind Me" | Nickelback | 2001 | The lead single from their third studio album Silver Side Up[142] | ||||||
| "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | Nirvana | 1991 | The opening track and lead single from their 1991 album.[143] | ||||||
| "Bye Bye Bye" | NSYNC | 2000 | Written by Kristian Lundin, Jake Schulze, and Andreas Carlsson[144] [145] | ||||||
| "Wonderwall" | 1995 | Written by Noel Gallagher and recorded in May 1995[146] | |||||||
| "Wagon Wheel" | 1994 | Co-written by Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor, recorded in 2003[147] | |||||||
| "Crazy Train" | data-sort-value="Osbourne, Ozzy" | 1980 | [148] | ||||||
| "Last Resort" | Papa Roach | 2000 | [149] | ||||||
| "Misery Business" | Paramore | 2007 | Written by Hayley Williams and Josh Farro[150] | ||||||
| "Temperature" | data-sort-value="Paul, Sean" | Sean Paul | 2005 | Written by Sean Paul Henriques, Adrian "IZES" Marshall and Rohan "Snowcone" Fuller[151] | |||||
| "You Enjoy Myself" | 1988 | Written by Trey Anastasio, the song is a regular live feature.[152] [153] | |||||||
| "La Vie en rose" | 1945 | Awarded a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998. | |||||||
| "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" | 1988 | 3rd single from the band's 2nd album and their only US No. 1[154] | |||||||
| "Every Breath You Take" | data-sort-value="Police, The" | 1983 | Written by Sting and featured on the band's final album[155] | ||||||
| "Dior" | 2020 | Appears on all four of Pop Smoke's commercially released projects[156] | |||||||
| "A Whiter Shade of Pale" | data-sort-value="Harum, Procol" | Procol Harum | 1967 | The band's first record to be released[157] | |||||
| "Satin Sheets" | data-sort-value="Pruett, Jeanne" | 1973 | Originally recorded by Bill Anderson and Jan Howard[158] | ||||||
| "Gangnam Style" | Psy | 2012 | Written by Psy and Yoo Gun-hyung[159] | ||||||
| "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Queen | 1975 | Written by Freddie Mercury[160] | ||||||
| "No One Knows" | Queens of the Stone Age | 2002 | Written by Josh Homme and Mark Lanegan[161] | ||||||
| "Hello" | data-sort-value="Richie, Lionel" | Lionel Richie | 1983 | [162] [163] | |||||
| "Red Flavor" | Red Velvet | 2017 | [164] | ||||||
| "Pink Pony Club" | Chappell Roan | 2020 | Written by Roan and Dan Nigro from the former's debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess[165] | ||||||
| "The Gambler" | data-sort-value="Rogers, Kenny" | Kenny Rogers | 1978 | Written by Don Schlitz in 1976 and recorded by several artists[166] | |||||
| "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" | data-sort-value="Rolling Stones, The" | 1965 | The band's first No. 1 in the US[167] | ||||||
| "Blue Bayou" | data-sort-value="Ronstadt, Linda" | 1977 | Written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson[168] | ||||||
| "It Must Have Been Love" | data-sort-value="Roxette" | 1987 | Written by Per Gessle and Clarence Öfwerman. Originally released in 1987, the song became a worldwide hit after its 1990 re-release.[169] | ||||||
| "Wind of Change" | data-sort-value=Scorpions (band) | Scorpions | 1990 | Written by Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell, and Rudolf Schenker[170] | |||||
| "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" | data-sort-value="Sedaka, Neil" | 1962 | Co-written by Sedaka and Howard Greenfield[171] | ||||||
| "Closing Time" | 1998 | [172] | |||||||
| "Thinking Out Loud" | 2014 | [173] | |||||||
| "Ol' Red" | data-sort-value="Shelton, Blake" | 2002 | Co-written by James "Bo" Bohon, Don Goodman, and Mark Sherrill[174] | ||||||
| "Lucifer" | Shinee | 2010 | Produced by Lee Soo-man[175] | ||||||
| "You're So Vain" | data-sort-value="Simon, Carly" | Carly Simon | 1972 | [176] | |||||
| "Bridge over Troubled Water" | 1970 | Written by Simon[177] | |||||||
| "My Way" | data-sort-value="Sinatra, Frank" | 1969 | Originally written by French songwriter Jacques Revaux[178] | ||||||
| "When a Man Loves a Woman" | data-sort-value="Sledge, Percy" | 1966 | Written by Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright[179] | ||||||
| "All Star" | Smash Mouth | 1999 | Featured in the 2001 film Shrek[180] | ||||||
| "I Got You Babe" | 1965 | The first single from the duo's debut album[181] | |||||||
| "Smalltown Boy" | Jimmy Somerville | 1984 | Initially released with Bronski Beat, in 2014 re-recorded as "Smalltown Boy (Reprise)".[182] | ||||||
| "Black Hole Sun" | Soundgarden | 1994 | Written by Chris Cornell[183] | ||||||
| "Wannabe" | 1996 | Written by the band, Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard[184] | |||||||
| "Born to Run" | data-sort-value="Springsteen, Bruce" | 1975 | Released as the first single from his third studio album[185] | ||||||
| "Maggie May" | data-sort-value="Stewart, Rod" | 1971 | Co-written by singer Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton[186] | ||||||
| "Amarillo by Morning" | data-sort-value="Strait, George" | 1983 | Written by Terry Stafford[187] | ||||||
| "Sorry, Sorry" | Super Junior | 2009 | Written by Yoo Young-jin[188] | ||||||
| "Chop Suey!" | System of a Down | 2001 | Written by Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian.[189] [190] | ||||||
| "I Don't Care" | data-sort-value="Tanguay, Eva" | 1922 | Recorded in 1905[191] | ||||||
| "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" | Tears for Fears | 1985 | Released as the third single from their second studio album Songs from the Big Chair.[192] | ||||||
| "On the Good Ship Lollipop" | data-sort-value="Temple, Shirley" | 1934 | Composed by Richard A. Whiting with lyrics by Sidney Clare[193] | ||||||
| "My Girl" | data-sort-value="Temptations, The" | The Temptations | 1964 | Recorded by the Temptations in 1964[194] | |||||
| "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" | Tiny Tim | 1968 | Written by Al Dubin (lyrics) and Joe Burke (music)[195] [196] | ||||||
| "Forever and Ever, Amen" | data-sort-value="Travis, Randy" | 1987 | Written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz and recorded in 1987[197] | ||||||
| "Hello Darlin'" | data-sort-value="Twitty, Conway" | Conway Twitty | 1970 | Written and recorded on November 18, 1969[198] | |||||
| "Ice Ice Baby" | Vanilla Ice | 1990 | Samples "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie[199] [200] | ||||||
| "Bitter Sweet Symphony" | data-sort-value="Verve, The" | 1997 | Written by Richard Ashcroft and recorded January–March 1997[201] | ||||||
| "Y.M.C.A." | 1978 | Written by Jacques Morali, Victor Willis and Henri Belolo[202] | |||||||
| "My Generation" | The Who | 1965 | Written by Pete Townshend[203] | ||||||
| "Moon River" | data-sort-value="Williams, Andy" | 1962 | Composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer[204] | ||||||
| "Every Day I Have the Blues" | data-sort-value="Williams, Joe" | 1955 | Written by Aaron "Pinetop" Sparks and Milton Sparks[205] | ||||||
| "Save the Best for Last" | data-sort-value="Williams, Vanessa" | Vanessa Williams | 1992 | Written by Phil Galdston, Wendy Waldman and Jon Lind in 1989[206] | |||||
| "Rehab" | data-sort-value="Winehouse, Amy" | Amy Winehouse | 2006 | Written by Winehouse from her second album Back to Black[207] | |||||
| "Stand by Your Man" | data-sort-value="Wynette, Tammy" | 1968 | Co-written by Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill[208] | ||||||
| "The Bund" | data-sort-value="Yip, Frances" | Frances Yip | 1980 | Composed by Joseph Koo with the lyrics by Wong Jim[209] | |||||
| "Maldita primavera" | Yuri | 1981 | Cover of Italian-language song "Maledetta primavera".[210] | ||||||
| "We'll Meet Again" | Vera Lynn | 1939 | Written by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles[211] | ||||||
| "Addicted to Love" | Robert Palmer | 1986 | Written by Robert Palmer[212] |