| Song |
Artist |
Released |
Written by / notes |
Ref(s) |
#
|
| "Sex" |
The 1975 |
2013 |
Matthew Healy, George Daniel, Adam Hann, and Ross MacDonald |
|
| "Bank Account" |
21 Savage |
2017 |
Shayaa Abraham-Joseph and Leland Wayne |
|
| "Kryptonite" |
3 Doors Down |
2000 |
Brad Arnold |
|
| "In da Club" |
50 Cent |
2003 |
Curtis Jackson, Andre Young, and Mike Elizondo |
|
| "She Looks So Perfect" |
5 Seconds of Summer |
2014 |
Ashton Irwin, Michael Clifford, and Jake Sinclair as the band's debut single |
|
| "Where My Girls At?" |
702 |
1999 |
Melissa Elliott, Eric Seats, and Rapture Stewart |
|
| "The Hardest Thing" |
98 Degrees |
1999 |
Steve Kipner and David Frank |
|
A
|
| "One in a Million" |
Aaliyah |
1996 |
Melissa Elliott and Tim Mosley |
|
| "Dancing Queen" |
ABBA |
1976 |
Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Stig Anderson |
|
| "Straight Up" |
Paula Abdul |
1988 |
Elliot Wolff |
|
| "That's So True" |
Gracie Abrams |
2024 |
Abrams and Audrey Hobert |
|
| "You Shook Me All Night Long" |
AC/DC |
1980 |
Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Brian Johnson. AC/DC's first single with Johnson as the lead singer, replacing Bon Scott who died in February 1980. |
|
| "Summer of '69" |
Bryan Adams |
1985 |
Adams and Jim Vallance |
|
| "Rolling in the Deep" |
Adele |
2010 |
Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth |
|
| "Walk This Way" |
Aerosmith |
1975 |
Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2019. |
|
| "Beautiful" |
Christina Aguilera |
2002 |
Linda Perry |
|
| "Take On Me" |
a-ha |
1984 |
Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket, and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy. |
|
| "The Worst" |
Jhené Aiko |
2014 |
Jhené Aiko Chilombo, Myron Birdsong, Mac Robinson, Brian Warfield, Shawn Carter, Chad Hugo, and Pharrell Williams. Samples "Excuse Me Miss" by Jay-Z. |
|
| "All Out of Love" |
Air Supply |
1980 |
Clive Davis and Graham Russell |
|
| "Locked Up" |
Akon |
2004 |
Akon as the lead single from his debut album Trouble |
|
| "Tell Me" |
Joey Albert |
1983 |
Louie Ocampo and Allan Ayque |
|
| "Man in the Box" |
Alice in Chains |
1990 |
Jerry Cantrell and Layne Staley |
|
| "I Swear" |
All-4-One |
1994 |
Gary Baker |
|
| "Dirty Little Secret" |
The All-American Rejects |
2005 |
Nick Wheeler and Tyson Ritter |
|
| "Smile" |
Lily Allen |
2006 |
Allen, Iyiola Babalola, Darren Lewis, Jackie Mittoo, and Clement Dodd as Allen's debut single |
|
| "Dear Maria, Count Me In" |
All Time Low |
2008 |
Jack Barakat, Rian Dawson, Alex Gaskarth, and Zack Merrick |
|
| "A Horse with No Name" |
America |
1971 |
Dewey Bunnell |
|
| "Best Day of My Life" |
American Authors |
2013 |
Aaron Accetta, Zachary Barnett, Shep Goodman, David Rublin, Matthew Sanchez, and James Shelley |
|
| "Rose Garden" |
Lynn Anderson |
1970 |
Joe South |
|
| "Snow on the Sahara" |
Anggun |
1997 |
Erick Benzi and Nikki Matheson, the latter of whom adapted it to English from French |
|
| "Girl from Rio" |
Anitta |
2021 |
Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel, Tom Jobim, Anitta, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen, Raye, and Gale. Interpolates "The Girl from Ipanema" by de Moraes and Jobim. Includes Portuguese language. |
|
| "The House of the Rising Sun" |
The Animals |
1964 |
Traditional folk song, with the lyrics arranged by Alan Price |
|
| "Home" |
Gabrielle Aplin |
2013 |
Aplin and Nick Atkinson |
|
| "Criminal" |
Fiona Apple |
1997 |
Apple |
|
| "Wake Up" |
Arcade Fire |
2005 |
Will Butler, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Tim Kingsbury, and Richard Reed Parry |
|
| "Crush" |
David Archuleta |
2008 |
Jess Cates, David Hodges, and Emanuel Kiriakou as Archuleta's debut single |
|
| "Do I Wanna Know?" |
Arctic Monkeys |
2013 |
Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Nick O'Malley, and Matt Helders. First Arctic Monkeys song to enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. |
|
| "What a Wonderful World" |
Louis Armstrong |
1967 |
Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss |
|
| "The Cattle Call" |
Eddy Arnold |
1949 |
Written and recorded by Tex Owens in 1934 |
|
| "Say You Won't Let Go" |
James Arthur |
2016 |
Arthur, Andrew Frampton, Daniel O'Donoghue, Steve Kipner, Mark Sheehan, Neil Ormandy, Steve Solomon |
|
| "Foolish" |
Ashanti |
2002 |
Ashanti Douglass, Mark DeBarge, Etterlene Jordan, Irving Lorenzo, and 7 Aurelius |
|
| "Heat of the Moment" |
Asia |
1982 |
John Wetton and Geoff Downes |
|
| "Never Gonna Give You Up" |
Rick Astley |
1987 |
Written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. Repopularized in the 2000s via the Rickrolling internet meme. |
|
| "Upside Down" |
A-Teens |
2000 |
Gustav Jonsson, Markus Sepehrmanesh, and Tommy Tysper. The band's first original release. |
|
| "Runaway" |
Aurora |
2015 |
Aurora Aksnes and Magnus Skylstad as the lead single from Aurora's debut extended play, Running with the Wolves |
|
| "Back in the Saddle Again" |
Gene Autry |
1939 |
Autry |
|
| "Bat Country" |
Avenged Sevenfold |
2005 |
Avenged Sevenfold |
|
| "Wake Me Up" |
Avicii |
2013 |
Written and produced by Tim Bergling. Vocals provided by Aloe Blacc. |
|
| "Sail" |
Awolnation |
2010 |
Aaron Bruno |
|
| "Fancy" |
Iggy Azalea |
2014 |
Amethyst Kelly, Charlotte Aitchison, George Astasio, Jason Pebworth, Jonathan Christopher Shave, and Kurtis McKenzie. Azalea's and Charli XCX's (Aitchison's) first number-one on the Billboard Hot 100. |
|
B
|
| "Love Shack" |
The B-52s |
1989 |
the B-52s |
|
| "Nothin' on You" |
B.o.B |
2009 |
Bobby Simmons Jr., Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, and Ari Levine, and produced by the Smeezingtons as the lead single from B.o.B's debut studio album, B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray (2010) |
|
| "From Me to U" |
Babymetal |
2025 |
Moriah Rose Pereira, Jordan Fish, and Mk-metal. Includes Japanese language. |
|
| "Batter Up" |
Babymonster |
2023 |
Chaz Mishan, Yang Hyun-suk, Dee.P, Jared Lee, Asa, Choi Hyun-suk, Lee Chan-hyuk, Where the Noise, and BigTone. Includes Korean language. |
|
| "I Want It That Way" |
Backstreet Boys |
1999 |
Max Martin and Andreas Carlsson |
|
| "Tyrone" |
Erykah Badu |
1997 |
Badu and Norman "Keys" Hurt |
|
| "Shooting Stars" |
Bag Raiders |
2009 |
Bag Raiders |
|
| "Paloma Blanca" |
George Baker Selection |
1975 |
Johannes Bouwens |
|
| "Rejoice" |
Julien Baker |
2015 |
Baker |
|
| "Hallelujah" |
Bamboo |
2005 |
Nathan Azarcon, Bamboo Mañalac, Ira Cruz, and Vic Mercado. Includes Tagalog language. |
|
| "Manic Monday" |
The Bangles |
1985 |
Prince (as Christopher) |
|
| "212" |
Azealia Banks |
2011 |
Banks and Jef Martens as Banks's debut single |
|
| "Love Song" |
Sara Bareilles |
2007 |
Bareilles as her debut single |
|
| "One Week" |
Barenaked Ladies |
1998 |
Ed Robertson |
|
| "Working Class Man" |
Jimmy Barnes |
1985 |
Jonathan Cain |
|
| "One O'Clock Jump" |
Count Basie |
1937 |
A 12-bar blues instrumental Basie |
|
| "Goldfinger" |
Shirley Bassey |
1964 |
John Barry, Leslie Bricusse, and Anthony Newley for the James Bond film of the same name |
|
| "Pompeii" |
Bastille |
2013 |
Dan Smith |
|
| "Bela Lugosi's Dead" |
Bauhaus |
1979 |
David J, Kevin Haskins, Peter Murphy, and Daniel Ash. Considered the harbinger of gothic rock music. |
|
| "Mine" |
Bazzi |
2017 |
Bazzi. Began charting in 2018 after becoming an internet meme. |
|
| "The Way You Look at Me" |
Christian Bautista |
2004 |
Andrew Fromm and Keith Follesé as Bautista's debut single |
|
| "Glue Song" |
Beabadoobee |
2023 |
Beatrice Laus |
|
| "California Girls" |
The Beach Boys |
1965 |
Brian Wilson and Mike Love. Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2010. |
|
| "Sabotage" |
Beastie Boys |
1994 |
Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, and Adam Yauch |
|
| "Loser" |
Beck |
1993 |
Beck and Carl Stephenson |
|
| "Gotta Get Thru This" |
Daniel Bedingfield |
2001 |
Bedingfield as the lead single from his debut studio album of the same name (2002) |
|
| "Unwritten" |
Natasha Bedingfield |
2004 |
Bedingfield, Danielle Brisebois, and Wayne Rodrigues |
|
| "Stayin' Alive" |
Bee Gees |
1977 |
Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, and Maurice Gibb |
|
| "Selfish" |
Madison Beer |
2020 |
Beer, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Jaramye Daniels, Jeremy Dussolliet, Leroy Clampitt, and Tim Sommers |
|
| "Poison" |
Bel Biv DeVoe |
1990 |
Dr. Freeze |
|
| "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" |
Pat Benatar |
1980 |
Eddie Schwartz |
|
| "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" |
Tony Bennett |
1962 |
George Cory and Douglass Cross |
|
| "Johnny B. Goode" |
Chuck Berry |
1958 |
Berry |
|
| "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" |
Beyoncé |
2008 |
Beyoncé Knowles, Christopher Stewart, and Terius "The-Dream" Nash |
|
| "Baby" |
Justin Bieber |
2010 |
Bieber, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Terius Nash, Christopher Bridges, and Christina Milian |
|
| "Worldwide" |
Big Time Rush |
2011 |
Eddie Serrano, Chris Rojas, and Emily Phillips |
|
| "Rebel Girl" |
Bikini Kill |
1993 |
Kathleen Hanna, Billy Karren, Tobi Vail, and Kathi Wilcox |
|
| "Pantropiko" |
Bini |
2023 |
Mat Olavides, Jumbo De Belen, Angelika Ortiz, and Pow Chavez. Includes Tagalog language. |
|
| "Skinny Love" |
Birdy |
2011 |
Originally Justin Vernon for his band Bon Iver's debut album For Emma, Forever Ago (2008) with Birdy covering the song in 2011 as her debut single from her eponymous debut album |
|
| "Just a Friend" |
Biz Markie |
1989 |
Marcel Hall, Kenneth Gamble, and Leon Huff |
|
| "Hyperballad" |
Björk |
1996 |
Björk |
|
| "I Gotta Feeling" |
Black Eyed Peas |
2009 |
William Adams, Stacy Ferguson, Jaime Gomez, David Guetta, Allan Pineda, and Frédéric Riesterer |
|
| "Kill This Love" |
Blackpink |
2019 |
Teddy and Bekuh Boom. Includes Korean language. |
|
| "No Diggity" |
Blackstreet |
1996 |
Teddy Riley, Andre Young, Lynise Walters, William Stewart, Bill Withers, Richard Vick, and Chauncey Hannibal |
|
| "Paranoid" |
Black Sabbath |
1970 |
Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, and Bill Ward. Black Sabbath's first song to chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. |
|
| "Your Universe" |
Rico Blanco |
2008 |
Blanco |
|
| "I Wanna Get Better" |
Bleachers |
2014 |
Jack Antonoff and John Hill as Bleachers' debut single |
|
| "Real Love" |
Mary J. Blige |
1992 |
Cory Rooney and Mark Morales |
|
| "All the Small Things" |
Blink-182 |
1999 |
Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus |
|
| "Heart of Glass" |
Blondie |
1979 |
Debbie Harry and Chris Stein |
|
| "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" |
Blue Öyster Cult |
1976 |
Written and sung by Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser |
|
| "You're Beautiful" |
James Blunt |
2005 |
Blunt, Sacha Skarbek, and Amanda Ghost |
|
| "Only One" |
BoA |
2012 |
BoA. Includes Korean language. |
|
| "Tha Crossroads" |
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony |
1996 |
Bone, Tim Middleton, and Tony C |
|
| "Rasputin" |
Boney M. |
1978 |
Frank Farian, George Reyam, and Fred Jay |
|
| "Holocene" |
Bon Iver |
2011 |
Justin Vernon |
|
| "Livin' on a Prayer" |
Bon Jovi |
1986 |
Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Desmond Child |
|
| "I Don't Like Mondays" |
The Boomtown Rats |
1979 |
Bob Geldof and Johnnie Fingers |
|
| "Beautiful Things" |
Benson Boone |
2024 |
Boone, Jack LaFrantz, and Evan Blair |
|
| "Space Oddity" |
David Bowie |
1969 |
Bowie |
|
| "I Dreamed a Dream" |
Susan Boyle |
2010 |
Originally composed by Claude-Michel Schönberg with English lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer for the musical Les Misérables |
|
| "End of the Road" |
Boyz II Men |
1992 |
Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Antonio "L.A." Reid, and Daryl Simmons |
|
| "All That I Need" |
Boyzone |
1998 |
Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers |
|
| "Everywhere" |
Michelle Branch |
2001 |
Branch, John Shanks, Matt Bronleewe, and Tiffany Arbuckle Lee |
|
| "Gloria" |
Laura Branigan |
1982 |
Originally written in Italian by Umberto Tozzi, Giancarlo Bigazzi, and Jonathan King for Tozzi's 1979 single, with Branigan covering the song in English for her 1982 debut album |
|
| "Un-Break My Heart" |
Toni Braxton |
1996 |
Diane Warren |
|
| "The Diary of Jane" |
Breaking Benjamin |
2006 |
Benjamin Burnley, Aaron Fink, and Mark Klepaski |
|
| "Kyoto" |
Phoebe Bridgers |
2020 |
Bridgers, Morgan Nagler, and Marshall Vore |
|
| "My Prerogative" |
Bobby Brown |
1988 |
Bobby Brown, Teddy Riley, Gene Griffin, Aaron Hall, and Timmy Gatling |
|
| "Run It!" |
Chris Brown |
2005 |
Scott Storch, Sean Garrett, and LaRon James |
|
| "Haven't Met You Yet" |
Michael Bublé |
2009 |
Bublé, Alan Chang, and Amy Foster-Gilles |
|
| "Hallelujah" |
Jeff Buckley |
1994 |
Originally written and recorded by Leonard Cohen in 1984 |
|
| "Margaritaville" |
Jimmy Buffett |
1977 |
Buffett and recorded in 1976 at Criteria Studios and Quadrafonic Sound Studios |
|
| "Running Up That Hill" |
Kate Bush |
1985 |
Bush. Repopularized in 2022 following its usage in the fourth season of the Netflix television series Stranger Things. |
|
C
|
| "Havana" |
Camila Cabello |
2017 |
Cabello, Jeffery Williams, Brittany Hazzard, Pharrell Williams, Adam Feeney, Brian Lee, Ali Tamposi, Andrew Watt, Louis Bell, and Kaan Güneşberk as the lead single from Cabello's debut solo studio album Camila (2018) |
|
| "Get You" |
Daniel Caesar |
2016 |
Caesar and Kali Uchis as the lead single from Caesar's debut studio album Freudian (2017) |
|
| "Bubbly" |
Colbie Caillat |
2007 |
Caillat and Jason Reeves |
|
| "Rhinestone Cowboy" |
Glen Campbell |
1975 |
Originally written and recorded by Larry Weiss in 1974 |
|
| "Can We Talk" |
Tevin Campbell |
1993 |
Babyface and Daryl Simmons |
|
| "Someone You Loved" |
Lewis Capaldi |
2018 |
Capaldi, Samuel Romans, Thomas Barnes, Peter Kelleher, and Benjamin Kohn |
|
| "Scars to Your Beautiful" |
Alessia Cara |
2016 |
Alessia Caracciollo, Warren Felder, Coleridge Tillman, Andrew Wansel, and Justin Franks |
|
| "Bodak Yellow" |
Cardi B |
2017 |
Belcalis Almánzar, Dieuson Octave, Klenord Raphael, Jorden Thorpe, Anthony White, and Laquan Green |
|
| "Hero" |
Mariah Carey |
1993 |
Carey and Walter Afanasieff |
|
| "The Story" |
Brandi Carlile |
2007 |
Phil Hanseroth |
|
| "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" |
Belinda Carlisle |
1987 |
Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley |
|
| "A Thousand Miles" |
Vanessa Carlton |
2002 |
Carlton |
|
| "All by Myself" |
Eric Carmen |
1975 |
Carmen |
|
| "Lovefool" |
The Cardigans |
1996 |
Nina Persson and Peter Svensson as the lead single from their third studio album First Band on the Moon |
|
| "Bette Davis Eyes" |
Kim Carnes |
1981 |
Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon |
|
| "Espresso" |
Sabrina Carpenter |
2024 |
Carpenter, Julian Bunetta, Amy Allen, and Steph Jones |
|
| "(They Long to Be) Close to You" |
The Carpenters |
1970 |
Burt Bacharach and Hal David |
|
| "Just What I Needed" |
The Cars |
1978 |
Ric Ocasek |
|
| "Folsom Prison Blues" |
Johnny Cash |
1955 |
Cash in 1953 |
|
| "The Mercy Seat" |
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds |
1988 |
Cave and Mick Harvey |
|
| "Strange" |
Celeste |
2019 |
Celeste Waite, Stephen Wrabel, and Jamie Hartman as the lead single from Celeste's debut studio album Not Your Muse (2021) |
|
| "Closer" |
The Chainsmokers |
2016 |
Andrew Taggart, Ashley Frangipane, Shaun Frank, Frederic Kennett, Isaac Slade, and Joe King. The Chainsmokers' first number one single on the Billboard Hot 100. |
|
| "Christmas in Our Hearts" |
Jose Mari Chan |
1990 |
Chan and Rina Cañiza. Due to the song's recurring popularity during the annual holiday season, Chan became known to Filipinos as "The Father of Philippine Christmas Music". |
|
| "Sunday Candy" |
Chance the Rapper |
2015 |
Chancelor Bennett, Eryn Allen Kane, Franco Davis, J. Red, Jamila Woods, J.P. Floyd, Macie Stewart, Nate Fox, Nico Segal, Patrick Paige, Peter Cottontale, Sima Cunningham, and Stix |
|
| "Fast Car" |
Tracy Chapman |
1988 |
Chapman |
|
| "What'd I Say" |
Ray Charles |
1959 |
Charles |
|
| "Track 10" |
Charli XCX |
2017 |
Charlotte Aitchison, A. G. Cook, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor E. Hermansen, Jonnali Parmenius, and Alexandra Yatchenko. Reworked into "Blame It on Your Love" in 2019. |
|
| "I Want You to Want Me" |
Cheap Trick |
1977 |
Rick Nielsen and produced by Tom Werman |
|
| "The Twist" |
Chubby Checker |
1960 |
Written and recorded by Hank Ballard in 1958 |
|
| "If I Could Turn Back Time" |
Cher |
1989 |
Diane Warren |
|
| "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" |
Maurice Chevalier |
1957 |
Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe for the 1958 film Gigi |
|
| "25 or 6 to 4" |
Chicago |
1970 |
Robert Lamm |
|
| "Under the Milky Way" |
The Church |
1988 |
Steve Kilbey and Karin Jansson of Curious (Yellow) |
|
| "The Mother We Share" |
Chvrches |
2012 |
Iain Cook, Martin Doherty, and Lauren Mayberry |
|
| "Goodies" |
Ciara |
2004 |
Ciara, Jonathan Smith, LaMarqius Jefferson, Craig Love, and Sean Garrett |
|
| "Apocalypse" |
Cigarettes After Sex |
2017 |
Written and produced by Greg Gonzalez. It did not chart internationally until 2022, following its use in TikTok trends. |
|
| "Pretty Girl" |
Clairo |
2017 |
Written and produced by Clairo |
|
| "Layla" |
Eric Clapton |
1970 |
Clapton and Jim Gordon |
|
| "Downtown" |
Petula Clark |
1964 |
Tony Hatch |
|
| "Since U Been Gone" |
Kelly Clarkson |
2004 |
Max Martin and Lukasz Gottwald |
|
| "London Calling" |
The Clash |
1979 |
Joe Strummer and Mick Jones |
|
| "Crazy" |
Patsy Cline |
1961 |
Willie Nelson |
|
| "Walking in Memphis" |
Marc Cohn |
1991 |
Cohn |
|
| "Khe Sanh" |
Cold Chisel |
1978 |
Don Walker as their debut single |
|
| "Clocks" |
Coldplay |
2002 |
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, and Chris Martin |
|
| "In the Air Tonight" |
Phil Collins |
1981 |
Collins as his debut solo single |
|
| "I Wanna Sex You Up" |
Color Me Badd |
1991 |
Elliot Straite and Color Me Badd |
|
| "My Favorite Things" |
John Coltrane |
1961 |
Published in 1959 by Rodgers and Hammerstein for the musical The Sound of Music |
|
| "Gangsta's Paradise" |
Coolio |
1995 |
Artis Ivey Jr., Larry Sanders, Doug Rasheed, and Stevie Wonder |
|
| "School's Out" |
Alice Cooper |
1972 |
Cooper, Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Dennis Dunaway, and Neal Smith |
|
| "The Rhythm of the Night" |
Corona |
1993 |
Francesco Bontempi, Annerley Emma Gordon, Giorgio Spagna, Pete Glenister, and Michael Gaffey as the title track of the group's debut studio album of the same name (1995) |
|
| "A Million Thanks to You" |
Pilita Corrales |
1963 |
Written and originally recorded by Alice Doria-Gamilla in 1960 |
|
| "Breathless" |
The Corrs |
2000 |
the Corrs and R.J. Lange |
|
| "Mr. Jones" |
Counting Crows |
1993 |
David Bryson and Adam Duritz |
|
| "Zombie" |
The Cranberries |
1994 |
Dolores O'Riordan |
|
| "Bright Lights" |
Billy Crawford |
2004 |
Phillip L. Stewart II and Terius Nash |
|
| "With Arms Wide Open" |
Creed |
2000 |
Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti |
|
| "Proud Mary" |
Creedence Clearwater Revival |
1969 |
John Fogerty |
|
| "Sailing" |
Christopher Cross |
1980 |
Cross |
|
| "All I Wanna Do" |
Sheryl Crow |
1994 |
Crow, Kevin Gilbert, Bill Bottrell, Wyn Cooper, and David Baerwald |
|
| "Karma Chameleon" |
Culture Club |
1983 |
Boy George, Jon Moss, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay, and Phil Pickett |
|
| "Mr. DJ" |
Sharon Cuneta |
1978 |
Rey Valera. Includes Filipino language. |
|
| "Just Like Heaven" |
The Cure |
1987 |
Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Boris Williams, and Lol Tolhurst |
|
| "Achy Breaky Heart" |
Billy Ray Cyrus |
1992 |
Don Von Tress in 1990 |
|
| "Wrecking Ball" |
Miley Cyrus |
2013 |
Maureen McDonald, Stephan Moccio, Sacha Skarbek, David Kim, Lukasz Gottwald, and Henry Walter |
|
D
|
| "Suge" |
DaBaby |
2019 |
Johnathan Kirk, TahjMorgan, and Darryl Clemons |
|
| "Night Shift" |
Lucy Dacus |
2017 |
Dacus |
|
| "One More Time" |
Daft Punk |
2000 |
Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Anthony Moore, and Eddie Johns |
|
| "Beyond the Sea" |
Bobby Darin |
1959 |
Charles Trenet |
|
| "Hands Down" |
Dashboard Confessional |
2003 |
Chris Carrabba in 2001 |
|
| "It's Not Over" |
Daughtry |
2006 |
Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson, and Ace Young |
|
| "I've Gotta Be Me" |
Sammy Davis Jr. |
1968 |
Walter Marks |
|
| "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" |
Doris Day |
1956 |
Jay Livingston and Ray Evans |
|
| "Sit Still, Look Pretty" |
Daya |
2015 |
Gino Barletta, Mike Campbell, and Britten Newbill |
|
| "Holiday in Cambodia" |
Dead Kennedys |
1980 |
Jello Biafra and John Greenway. Recorded in 1979. |
|
| "Man I Need" |
Olivia Dean |
2025 |
Dean, Tobias Jesso Jr., and Zach Nahome. Dean's first number-one hit single in the United Kingdom and the United States. |
|
| "Smoke on the Water" |
Deep Purple |
1972 |
Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice. Recorded in December 1971. |
|
| "Pour Some Sugar on Me" |
Def Leppard |
1987 |
Joe Elliott, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Phil Collen, Steve Clark, and Rick Savage |
|
| "Video Games" |
Lana Del Rey |
2011 |
Elizabeth Grant and Justin Parker |
|
| "Take Me Home, Country Roads" |
John Denver |
1971 |
Denver, Bill Danoff, and Taffy Nivert |
|
| "Want to Want Me" |
Jason Derulo |
2015 |
Jason Desrouleaux, Ian Kirkpatrick, Samuel Denison Martin, Lindy Robbins, and Mitch Allan |
|
| "Survivor" |
Destiny's Child |
2001 |
Beyoncé Knowles, Anthony Dent, and Mathew Knowles |
|
| "Come On Eileen" |
Dexy's Midnight Runners |
1982 |
Kevin Rowland, Jim Paterson, and Billy Adams |
|
| "Hollywood" |
Marina Diamandis |
2010 |
Diamandis under the stage name Marina and the Diamonds |
|
| "Sweet Caroline" |
Neil Diamond |
1969 |
Diamond |
|
| "Meet in the Middle" |
Diamond Rio |
1991 |
Chapin Hartford, Jim Foster, and Don Pfrimmer |
|
| "Falling In Love Again" |
Marlene Dietrich |
1930 |
Composed by Friedrich Hollaender. Includes German language. |
|
| "My Heart Will Go On" |
Celine Dion |
1997 |
James Horner (music) and Will Jennings (lyrics) for the film Titanic (1997) |
|
| "Sultans of Swing" |
Dire Straits |
1978 |
Mark Knopfler |
|
| "Down with the Sickness" |
Disturbed |
2000 |
Disturbed |
|
| "End of Beginning" |
Djo |
2022 |
Joe Keery |
|
| "X Gon' Give It to Ya" |
DMX |
2002 |
Earl Simmons, Shatek King, and Kasseem Dean |
|
| "Anxiety" |
Doechii |
2025 |
Jaylah Hickmon, Wally De Backer, and Luiz Bonfá. Originally released on YouTube in 2019. Samples "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra. |
|
| "Say So" |
Doja Cat |
2019 |
Amala Dlamini, Lukasz Gottwald, Lydia Asrat, and David Sprecher. A remix with Nicki Minaj was later released in 2020. |
|
| "Light My Fire" |
The Doors |
1967 |
Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, John Densmore, and Ray Manzarek. Recorded in August 1966. |
|
| "Through the Fire and Flames" |
DragonForce |
2006 |
Sam Totman and ZP Theart as the opening track from the band's third studio album Inhuman Rampage |
|
| "Hotline Bling" |
Drake |
2015 |
Aubrey Graham, Paul Jefferies, and Timmy Thomas |
|
| "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" |
Dr. Dre |
1993 |
Snoop Doggy Dogg and produced by Dr. Dre |
|
| "Pull Me Under" |
Dream Theater |
1991 |
James LaBrie, Kevin Moore, John Myung, John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy. |
|
| "Bodies" |
Drowning Pool |
2001 |
Stevie Benton, Mike Luce, C.J. Pierce, and Dave Williams |
|
| "What Dreams Are Made Of" |
Hilary Duff |
2003 |
Dean Pitchford and Matthew Wilder for The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003) |
|
| "Rio" |
Duran Duran |
1982 |
Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Roger Taylor, Andy Taylor, and Nick Rhodes |
|
| "Like a Rolling Stone" |
Bob Dylan |
1965 |
Dylan. Rolling Stone magazine listed it at No. 1 on their 2004 and 2010 "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" lists. |
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| "Hotel California" |
Eagles |
1977 |
Don Felder, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey |
|
| "September" |
Earth, Wind & Fire |
1978 |
Allee Willis and Maurice White |
|
| "Cool Kids" |
Echosmith |
2013 |
Jeffery David, Jesiah Dzwonek, Sydney Sierota, Noah Sierota, Graham Sierota, and Jamie Sierota as Echosmith's debut single |
|
| "Bad Guy" |
Billie Eilish |
2019 |
Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell |
|
| "One Day Like This" |
Elbow |
2008 |
Guy Garvey |
|
| "Mr. Blue Sky" |
Electric Light Orchestra |
1978 |
Jeff Lynne |
|
| "Boo'd Up" |
Ella Mai |
2018 |
Joelle James, Ella Howell, Dijon McFarlane, and Larrance Dopson |
|
| "Take the 'A' Train" |
Duke Ellington |
1941 |
A jazz standard composed by Billy Strayhorn in 1939 |
|
| "Dream a Little Dream of Me" |
Cass Elliot |
1968 |
Fabian Andre, Wilbur Schwandt (both for the music), and Gus Kahn (lyrics) in 1930. Elliot's band, The Mamas & the Papas, covered the song for their fourth studio album, The Papas & the Mamas (1968). |
|
| "Murder on the Dancefloor" |
Sophie Ellis-Bextor |
2001 |
Ellis-Bextor and Gregg Alexander. Ellis-Bextor's first entry on the Billboard Global 200. |
|
| "Stay with Me" |
Lorraine Ellison |
1966 |
Jerry Ragovoy and George David Weiss |
|
| "Lose Yourself" |
Eminem |
2002 |
Marshall Mathers for the film 8 Mile (2002). It became the first hip hop song to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song. |
|
| "Walking on a Dream" |
Empire of the Sun |
2008 |
Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, and Donnie Sloan |
|
| "Bite Me" |
Enhypen |
2023 |
Cirkut, David Stewart, Jason Evigan, Lourdiz, and Supreme Boi. Includes Korean language. |
|
| "Don't Let Go (Love)" |
En Vogue |
1996 |
Andrea Martin, Ivan Matias, Marqueze Ethridge, and Organized Noize |
|
| "Only Time" |
Enya |
2000 |
Enya and Roma Ryan |
|
| "American Boy" |
Estelle |
2008 |
William Adams, Estelle Swaray, John Stephens, Kanye West, Ethan Hendrickson, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, and Keith Harris |
|
| "The Final Countdown" |
Europe |
1986 |
Joey Tempest |
|
| "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" |
Eurythmics |
1983 |
Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart |
|
| "Bring Me to Life" |
Evanescence |
2003 |
Amy Lee, Ben Moody, and David Hodges |
|
| "Waltz for Debby" |
Bill Evans |
1956 |
Composed by Evans for the New Jazz Conceptions album |
|
| "More Than Words" |
Extreme |
1991 |
Gary Cherone and Nuno Bettencourt |
|
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| "Epic" |
Faith No More |
1990 |
Mike Patton, Billy Gould, Jim Martin, Roddy Bottum, and Mike Bordin |
|
| "Sugar, We're Goin Down" |
Fall Out Boy |
2005 |
Pete Wentz, Patrick Stump, Joe Trohman, and Andy Hurley |
|
| "You're the Voice" |
John Farnham |
1986 |
Chris Thompson, Maggie Ryder, Andy Qunta, and Keith Reid |
|
| "Praise You" |
Fatboy Slim |
1999 |
Norman Cook and Camille Yarbrough |
|
| "Blueberry Hill" |
Fats Domino |
1956 |
Composed by Vincent Rose and Larry Stock and Al Lewis. Inducted into the National Recording Registry as a part of the 2005 class. |
|
| "Big Girls Don't Cry" |
Fergie |
2007 |
Stacy Ferguson and Toby Gad |
|
| "Don't Say Goodbye" |
Pops Fernandez |
1988 |
Louie Ocampo and Fernandez's then-husband Martin Nievera |
|
| "Trap Queen" |
Fetty Wap |
2014 |
Willie Maxwell and Anton Matsulevich |
|
| "Work from Home" |
Fifth Harmony |
2016 |
Daniel Bedingfield, Joshua Coleman, Dallas Koehlke, Jude Demorest, Tyrone Griffin Jr., Alexander Izquierdo, Brian Lee, and Larry Wells Jr. |
|
| "She Drives Me Crazy" |
Fine Young Cannibals |
1988 |
Roland Gift and David Steele |
|
| "Paralyzer" |
Finger Eleven |
2007 |
Finger Eleven |
|
| "Suckerpunch" |
Five Iron Frenzy |
2021 |
Reese Roper |
|
| "Two Weeks" |
FKA Twigs |
2014 |
FKA Twigs and Emile Haynie |
|
| "White Winter Hymnal" |
Fleet Foxes |
2008 |
Robin Pecknold |
|
| "Don't Stop" |
Fleetwood Mac |
1977 |
Christine McVie |
|
| "Heavy" |
Florence Road |
2025 |
Lily Aron, Hannah Kelly, Ailbhe Barry, Emma Brandon, John Hill, and Marshall Vore |
|
| "Everlong" |
Foo Fighters |
1997 |
Dave Grohl |
|
| "I Want to Know What Love Is" |
Foreigner |
1984 |
Mick Jones |
|
| "Pumped Up Kicks" |
Foster the People |
2010 |
Mark Foster |
|
| "Respect" |
Aretha Franklin |
1967 |
Otis Redding in 1965 |
|
| "Take Me Out" |
Franz Ferdinand |
2004 |
Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy |
|
| "How to Save a Life" |
The Fray |
2006 |
Isaac Slade and Joe King |
|
| "Killing Me Softly With His Song" |
The Fugees |
1996 |
Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel, and Lori Lieberman |
|
| "We Are Young" |
Fun |
2011 |
Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost, and Nathaniel Ruess. Featured Janelle Monáe. |
|
| "I'm Like a Bird" |
Nelly Furtado |
2000 |
Furtado |
|
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|
| "Solsbury Hill" |
Peter Gabriel |
1977 |
Gabriel |
|
| "This Is America" |
Childish Gambino |
2018 |
Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson, and Jeffery Lamar Williams |
|
| "Bridge over Troubled Water" |
Art Garfunkel |
1970 |
Paul Simon for Simon & Garfunkel. Recorded in 1969. |
|
| "Over the Rainbow" |
Judy Garland |
1939 |
Composed by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg for the film The Wizard of Oz |
|
| "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" |
Marvin Gaye |
1968 |
Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong. Gaye's version of the song was the second to be recorded, in 1967, but the third to be released. |
|
| "I Will Survive" |
Gloria Gaynor |
1978 |
Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris |
|
| "To Love You More" |
Sarah Geronimo |
2003 |
David Foster and Edgar Bronfman Jr. for Celine Dion in 1995 with Geronimo covering the song for her winning performance on the reality competition show Star for a Night (2003), which was later included on her debut studio album Popstar: A Dream Come True released later that year |
|
| "Kick It in the Sticks" |
Brantley Gilbert |
2010 |
Gilbert, Rhett Akins and Ben Hayslip |
|
| "Heat Waves" |
Glass Animals |
2020 |
Dave Bayley |
|
| "F.N.F. (Let's Go)" |
GloRilla |
2022 |
Anthony Holmes Jr. and Gloria Woods as GloRilla's debut single |
|
| "Crazy" |
Gnarls Barkley |
2006 |
Brian Burton, Thomas Callaway, Gian Franco Reverberi, and Gian Piero Reverberi as Gnarls Barkley's (Burton and Callaway's) debut single |
|
| "We Got the Beat" |
The Go-Go's |
1980 |
Charlotte Caffey |
|
| "Bad Liar" |
Selena Gomez |
2017 |
Gomez, Justin Tranter, Julia Michaels, Ian Kirkpatrick, David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Tina Weymouth. Interpolates the bassline from "Psycho Killer" by Talking Heads. |
|
| "The Anthem" |
Good Charlotte |
2003 |
Benji Madden, Joel Madden, and John Feldmann |
|
| "Born to Try" |
Delta Goodrem |
2002 |
Goodrem and Audius Mtawarira |
|
| "Iris" |
Goo Goo Dolls |
1998 |
John Rzeznik |
|
| "You Don't Own Me" |
Lesley Gore |
1963 |
John Madara and Dave White |
|
| "Feel Good Inc." |
Gorillaz |
2005 |
Gorillaz and David Jolicoeur |
|
| "I'm Just Ken" |
Ryan Gosling |
2023 |
Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt for the film Barbie |
|
| "Lights" |
Ellie Goulding |
2011 |
Goulding, Richard Stannard, and Ash Howes |
|
| "If Ever I Would Leave You" |
Robert Goulet |
1960 |
Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe for the musical Camelot |
|
| "7 Years" |
Lukas Graham |
2015 |
Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Ristorp, and Morten Pilegaard |
|
| "Keep Your Head Up" |
Andy Grammer |
2010 |
Grammer |
|
| "Dark Star" |
Grateful Dead |
1968 |
the Grateful Dead and Robert Hunter |
|
| "Let's Stay Together" |
Al Green |
1971 |
Green, Al Jackson Jr., and Willie Mitchell |
|
| "Fuck You" |
CeeLo Green |
2010 |
Green, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, and Brody Brown |
|
| "American Idiot" |
Green Day |
2004 |
Billie Joe Armstrong |
|
| "God Bless the USA" |
Lee Greenwood |
1984 |
An American patriotic song Greenwood |
|
| "Highway Tune" |
Greta Van Fleet |
2017 |
Jacob Kiszka, Joshua Kiszka, Samuel Kiszka, and Daniel Wagner |
|
| "You Raise Me Up" |
Josh Groban |
2003 |
Brendan Graham and Rolf Løvland in 2001 for Løvland's band Secret Garden |
|
| "Without You" |
David Guetta |
2011 |
Jacob Cruz, Usher Raymond IV, Rico Love, Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, and Frédéric Riesterer |
|
| "Welcome to the Jungle" |
Guns N' Roses |
1987 |
Guns N' Roses. Named the greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1 in 2009. |
|
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|
| "Best Part" |
H.E.R. |
2017 |
Daniel Caesar, Gabi Wilson, and Teddy Genius as a collaboration between H.E.R. and Caesar |
|
| "The Wire" |
Haim |
2013 |
Alana Haim, Danielle Haim, and Este Haim |
|
| "Rock Around the Clock" |
Bill Haley & His Comets |
1954 |
Max C. Freedman and Jimmy De Knight |
|
| "Maneater" |
Hall & Oates |
1982 |
Sara Allen, Daryl Hall, and John Oates |
|
| "New Americana" |
Halsey |
2015 |
Ashley Frangipane, Larzz Principato, Kalkutta, and James Mtume |
|
| "My Sweet Lord" |
George Harrison |
1970 |
Harrison as his debut solo single. The first number-one single by an ex-Beatle member in the United Kingdom and the United States. |
|
| "Foxy Lady" |
Jimi Hendrix |
1967 |
Hendrix for the Jimi Hendrix Experience |
|
| "Stars Are Blind" |
Paris Hilton |
2006 |
Fernando Garibay, Sheppard Solomon, and Ralph McCarthy as the lead single from her debut studio album Paris |
|
| "Lips of an Angel" |
Hinder |
2005 |
Hinder, and Brian Howes |
|
| "Peggy Sue" |
Buddy Holly |
1957 |
Jerry Allison and Norman Petty (according to the official record, though Holly is known to be a principal songwriter too) |
|
| "The Reason" |
Hoobastank |
2003 |
Daniel Estrin (music) and Douglas Robb (lyrics) |
|
| "Only Wanna Be with You" |
Hootie & the Blowfish |
1995 |
Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker, and Jim Sonefield |
|
| "Thanks for the Memory" |
Bob Hope |
1938 |
Composed by Ralph Rainger with Leo Robin |
|
| "The Way It Is" |
Bruce Hornsby |
1986 |
Hornsby |
|
| "I Will Always Love You" |
Whitney Houston |
1992 |
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) starring Houston. Inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2019. |
|
| "Take Me to Church" |
Hozier |
2013 |
Andrew Hozier-Burne |
|
| "Don't You Want Me" |
The Human League |
1981 |
Jo Callis, Philip Oakey, and Philip Adrian Wright |
|
| "Release Me" |
Engelbert Humperdinck |
1967 |
Eddie Miller and Robert Yount in 1949 |
|
| "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" |
Brian Hyland |
1960 |
Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss |
|
I
|
| "Pick Me" |
I.O.I |
2015 |
Midas-T for the contestants of Produce 101 (2016). Includes Korean language. |
|
| "It Was a Good Day" |
Ice Cube |
1993 |
O'Shea Jackson, Marvin Isley, Rudolph Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Ernie Isley, Ronald Isley, and Chris Jasper |
|
| "I Love It" |
Icona Pop |
2012 |
Charlotte Aitchison, Patrik Berger, and Linus Eklöw |
|
| "Hero" |
Enrique Iglesias |
2001 |
Iglesias, Paul Barry, and Mark Taylor |
|
| "Radioactive" |
Imagine Dragons |
2012 |
Alex da Kid, Ben McKee, Dan Reynolds, Daniel Wayne Sermon, and Josh Mosser |
|
| "Torn" |
Natalie Imbruglia |
1997 |
Scott Cutler, Anne Preven, and Phil Thornalley for Preven in 1991 and later re-recorded with Cutler and Preven's band Ednaswap in 1995. Imbruglia, working with Thornalley, then covered the song for her debut studio album Left of the Middle (1997). |
|
| "Drive" |
Incubus |
2000 |
Brandon Boyd, Mike Einziger, Chris Kilmore, Alex Katunich, and José Pasillas |
|
| "Need You Tonight" |
INXS |
1987 |
Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence |
|
| "Ah! Leah!" |
Donnie Iris |
1980 |
Iris and Mark Avsec |
|
| "The Unicorn" |
The Irish Rovers |
1968 |
Shel Silverstein |
|
| "Run to the Hills" |
Iron Maiden |
1982 |
Steve Harris. First single with Bruce Dickinson as vocalist. |
|
| "Beer" |
The Itchyworms |
2006 |
Jazz Nicolas and Jugs Jugueta |
|
J
|
| "Blame It on the Boogie" |
The Jackson 5 |
1978 |
Mick Jackson, Dave Jackson, and Elmar Krohn; originally recorded by Mick in 1977 |
|
| "Rhythm Nation" |
Janet Jackson |
1989 |
Jackson, James Harris III, and Terry Lewis |
|
| "Heart Don't Lie" |
La Toya Jackson |
1984 |
Jackson, Amir Bayyan, and Donna Johnson as Jackson's highest-charting song on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |
|
| "Billie Jean" |
Michael Jackson |
1983 |
Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones. Recorded in 1982. It introduced a number of Jackson's signatures, including the moonwalk. |
|
| "At Last" |
Etta James |
1960 |
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for the 1941 film Sun Valley Serenade, with James covering the song for her debut album of the same name (1960) from an arrangement by Riley Hampton that improvised on Warren's original melody. Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 and the U.S. Library of Congress' National Recording Registry in 2009. |
|
| "Super Freak" |
Rick James |
1981 |
James and Alonzo Miller |
|
| "99 Problems" |
Jay-Z |
2004 |
Shawn Carter, Fredrick Rubin, Norman Landsberg, Felix Pappalardi, William Squier, John Ventura, Leslie Weinstein, Tracy Marrow, Alphonso Henderson, and Bernard Freeman |
|
| "Gone till November" |
Wyclef Jean |
1997 |
Jean and Jerry Duplessis |
|
| "Call Me Maybe" |
Carly Rae Jepsen |
2011 |
Jepsen, Josh Ramsay, and Tavish Crowe |
|
| "Price Tag" |
Jessie J |
2011 |
Jessica Cornish, Lukasz Gottwald, Claude Kelly, and Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. Jessie J's first number-one single in Ireland, New Zealand, and her native United Kingdom. |
|
| "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" |
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts |
1982 |
Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker. Originally recorded by Arrows in 1975. |
|
| "The Middle" |
Jimmy Eat World |
2001 |
Jimmy Eat World |
|
| "Don't Say You Love Me" |
Jin |
2025 |
Nathan Fertig and Wyatt Sanders |
|
| "The Girl from Ipanema" |
Antônio Carlos Jobim |
1964 |
Jobim (music) and Vinicius de Moraes (lyrics) in 1962 for Pery Ribeiro, with Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto's 1963 English recording becoming an international hit. Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame the following year. Includes Portuguese language. |
|
| "Piano Man" |
Billy Joel |
1973 |
Joel. Selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry. |
|
| "Rocket Man" |
Elton John |
1972 |
John and Bernie Taupin |
|
| "Slow Dancing in the Dark" |
Joji |
2018 |
George Miller and Patrick Wimberly |
|
| "Leave (Get Out)" |
JoJo |
2004 |
Soulshock, Kenneth Karlin, Alex Cantrall, and Phillip "Whitey" White as JoJo's debut single |
|
| "Burnin' Up" |
Jonas Brothers |
2008 |
Nicholas Jonas, Joseph Jonas, and Kevin Jonas II. The band's first top five single in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and their highest-charting song until "Sucker" (2019). |
|
| "Jealous" |
Nick Jonas |
2014 |
Jonas, Nolan Lambroza, and Simon Wilcox. Jonas's highest-charting single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and highest-selling single, with 3 million copies sold in his native United States. |
|
| "He Stopped Loving Her Today" |
George Jones |
1980 |
Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman |
|
| "Don't Know Why" |
Norah Jones |
2002 |
Written and originally recorded by Jesse Harris in 2000, with Jones covering the song for her debut studio album Come Away with Me (2002) |
|
| "Me and Bobby McGee" |
Janis Joplin |
1971 |
Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster and originally recorded by Roger Miller, with a posthumously released version by Joplin topping the Billboard Hot 100. Joplin's version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002. |
|
| "This Is How We Do It" |
Montell Jordan |
1995 |
Jordan, Oji Pierce, and Ricky Walters |
|
| "Don't Stop Believin'" |
Journey |
1981 |
Jonathan Cain, Steve Perry, and Neal Schon |
|
| "Riptide" |
Vance Joy |
2013 |
Joy |
|
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|
| "Here Comes the Hotstepper" |
Ini Kamoze |
1994 |
Kamoze, Chris Kenner, Kenton Nix, and Salaam Remi |
|
| "Carry On Wayward Son" |
Kansas |
1976 |
Kerry Livgren. Kansas's first top 20 hit song on the Billboard Hot 100. |
|
| "Tusa" |
Karol G |
2019 |
Keityn, Karol G, Nicki Minaj, and Ovy on the Drums. Includes Spanish language. |
|
| "Gabriela" |
Katseye |
2025 |
Andrew Watt, John Ryan, Ali Tamposi, Charlotte Aitchison, and Sara Schell. Includes Spanish language. |
|
| "Somewhere Only We Know" |
Keane |
2004 |
Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin and Richard Hughes. |
|
| "When You Say Nothing at All" |
Ronan Keating |
1999 |
Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz for Keith Whitley in 1988 with Keating covering the song for the soundtrack to the film Notting Hill (1999). Keating's debut solo single and number-one hit in Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. |
|
| "Should've Been a Cowboy" |
Toby Keith |
1993 |
Keith |
|
| "Milkshake" |
Kelis |
2003 |
Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo |
|
| "I Believe I Can Fly" |
R. Kelly |
1996 |
Robert Kelly for the film Space Jam (1996) |
|
| "Songbird" |
Kenny G |
1987 |
Kenny G. Song is instrumental. |
|
| "Tik Tok" |
Kesha |
2009 |
Kesha Sebert, Lukasz Gottwald, and Benjamin Levin |
|
| "Fallin'" |
Alicia Keys |
2001 |
Keys as the lead single from her debut studio album Songs in A Minor |
|
| "Young Dumb & Broke" |
Khalid |
2017 |
Khalid Robinson, Joel Little, and Talay Riley |
|
| "Black and Yellow" |
Wiz Khalifa |
2010 |
Cameron Thomaz, Mikkel S. Eriksen, and Tor Erik Hermansen |
|
| "Ain't Nobody" |
Chaka Khan |
1983 |
David "Hawk" Wolinski |
|
| "Pursuit of Happiness" |
Kid Cudi |
2010 |
Scott Mescudi, Evan Mast, and Mike Stroud |
|
| "Stay" |
The Kid Laroi |
2021 |
Charlton Howard, Justin Bieber, Magnus Høiberg, Charlie Puth, Omer Fedi, Blake Slatkin, Michael Mule, Isaac de Boni, and Subhaan Rahmaan |
|
| "Mr. Brightside" |
The Killers |
2004 |
Brandon Flowers and Dave Keuning |
|
| "Ex's & Oh's" |
Elle King |
2014 |
King and Dave Bassett |
|
| "Shame" |
Evelyn "Champagne" King |
1977 |
John H. Fitch Jr. and Reuben Cross |
|
| "Toxic Girl" |
Kings of Convenience |
2001 |
Eirik Glambek Bøe and Erlend Øye |
|
| "Sex on Fire" |
Kings of Leon |
2008 |
Kings of Leon |
|
| "Louie, Louie" |
The Kingsmen |
1963 |
Richard Berry in 1955 |
|
| "Beautiful Girls" |
Sean Kingston |
2007 |
Kisean Anderson, Johnathan Rotem, Jerome Leiber, Michael Stoller, Ben E. King, and Peter Harrison |
|
| "You Really Got Me" |
The Kinks |
1964 |
Ray Davies |
|
| "Rock and Roll All Nite" |
Kiss |
1975 |
Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons |
|
| "Girls Like Girls" |
Hayley Kiyoko |
2015 |
Kiyoko, Owen Thomas, and Lily-May Young |
|
| "Midnight Train to Georgia" |
Gladys Knight & the Pips |
1973 |
Jim Weatherly |
|
| "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)" |
Jordan Knight |
1989 |
Maurice Starr for Knight's band New Kids on the Block, with Knight on lead vocals |
|
| "High Hopes" |
Kodaline |
2013 |
Steve Garrigan, Mark Prendergast, and Vincent May as the lead single from their debut studio album In a Perfect World |
|
| "Celebration" |
Kool & The Gang |
1980 |
Ronald Bell, Claydes Charles Smith, George Melvin Brown, James "J.T." Taylor, Robert Spike Mickens, Earl Eugene Toon Jr. Dennis Ronald Thomas, Robert "Kool" Bell, and Eumir Deodato |
|
| "Freak on a Leash" |
Korn |
1999 |
Jonathan Davis, James Shaffer, Reginald Arvizu, Brian Welch, and David Silveria |
|
| "Let Love Rule" |
Lenny Kravitz |
1989 |
Kravitz as his debut single |
|
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| "Need You Now" |
Lady A |
2009 |
Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood, and Josh Kear |
|
| "Bad Romance" |
Lady Gaga |
2009 |
Stefani Germanotta and Nadir Khayat |
|
| "Green & Gold" |
Lianne La Havas |
2015 |
La Havas |
|
| "Not Like Us" |
Kendrick Lamar |
2024 |
Lamar as a diss track aimed at Drake that concluded their highly publicized feud |
|
| "Whataya Want from Me" |
Adam Lambert |
2009 |
Max Martin, Pink, and Karl Schuster |
|
| "Lush Life" |
Zara Larsson |
2015 |
Emanuel Abrahamsson, Marcus Sepehrmanesh, Linnea Södahl, Fridolin Walcher, Christoph Bauss, and Iman Conta Hultén |
|
| "I Need You Back" |
Raymond Lauchengco |
1982 |
Odette Quesada |
|
| "Valentine" |
Laufey |
2022 |
Laufey and Spencer Stewart as the first single to her debut studio album Everything I Know About Love |
|
| "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" |
Cyndi Lauper |
1983 |
Originally written and recorded by Robert Hazard in 1979 |
|
| "Complicated" |
Avril Lavigne |
2002 |
Lavigne, Lauren Christy, Scott Spock, and Graham Edwards |
|
| "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House" |
LCD Soundsystem |
2005 |
James Murphy |
|
| "Stairway to Heaven" |
Led Zeppelin |
1971 |
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant |
|
| "All of Me" |
John Legend |
2013 |
John Stephens and Toby Gad |
|
| "Imagine" |
John Lennon |
1971 |
Lennon and Yoko Ono. Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. |
|
| "Shea Butter Baby" |
Ari Lennox |
2018 |
Courtney Shenade Salter, Jermaine Cole, Anthony Parrino, and Tim Schoegje for the soundtrack of the film Creed II (2018) |
|
| "Box of Rain" |
Phil Lesh |
1970 |
Lesh and Robert Hunter for their band, the Grateful Dead |
|
| "Perfect Night" |
Le Sserafim |
2023 |
Score (13), Megatone (13), Sofia Quinn, "Hitman" Bang, Amanda "Kiddo A.I." Ibanez, Marcus Andersson, Lauren Aquilina, Jorge Luis Perez Jr, Huh Yunjin, Niklas Jarelius Persson, Zikai, and Ninos Hanna |
|
| "Great Balls of Fire" |
Jerry Lee Lewis |
1957 |
Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer |
|
| "Bleeding Love" |
Leona Lewis |
2007 |
Jesse McCartney and Ryan Tedder |
|
| "Hanging by a Moment" |
Lifehouse |
2000 |
Jason Wade |
|
| "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" |
Gordon Lightfoot |
1976 |
Lightfoot. A tribute to the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, a boat that sank in 1975. |
|
| "Old Town Road" |
Lil Nas X |
2018 |
Montero Hill, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Kiowa Roukema |
|
| "Ransom" |
Lil Tecca |
2019 |
Tyler-Justin Sharpe, Danny Snodgrass Jr., and Nicholas Mira |
|
| "XO Tour Llif3" |
Lil Uzi Vert |
2017 |
Symere Woods and Bryan Simmons |
|
| "In the End" |
Linkin Park |
2001 |
Brad Delson, Chester Bennington, Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda, and Rob Bourdon |
|
| "Levitating" |
Dua Lipa |
2020 |
Lipa, Clarence Coffee Jr., Sarah Hudson, Stephen Kozmeniuk, and DaBaby. Recorded in 2018. |
|
| "My Own Worst Enemy" |
Lit |
1999 |
Jeremy Popoff and A. Jay Popoff |
|
| "Shout Out to My Ex" |
Little Mix |
2016 |
Chris Dunn, Edvard Førre Erfjord, Camille Purcell, Iain James, Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, and Jade Thirlwall |
|
| "Truth Hurts" |
Lizzo |
2017 |
Melissa Jefferson, Eric Frederic, Jesse Saint John, Steven Cheung, and Amina Bogle-Barriteau |
|
| "Party Rock Anthem" |
LMFAO |
2011 |
David Listenbee, Stefan Gordy, Skyler Gordy, and Peter Schroeder |
|
| "Footloose" |
Kenny Loggins |
1984 |
Loggins and Dean Pitchford for the film of the same name |
|
| "Raining in Manila" |
Lola Amour |
2023 |
Pio Dumayas, Raymond King, and David Yuhico. Includes Tagalog language. |
|
| "Cry Me a River" |
Julie London |
1955 |
Arthur Hamilton and first published in 1953 |
|
| "Amazed" |
Lonestar |
2000 |
Marv Green, Chris Lindsey, and Aimee Mayo |
|
| "Jenny from the Block" |
Jennifer Lopez |
2002 |
Lopez, Troy Oliver, Andre Deyo, Samuel Barnes, Jean Claude Olivier, Jose Fernando Arbex Miro, Lawrence Parker, Scott Sterling, Michael Oliver, David Styles (rap version), and Jason Phillips |
|
| "Royals" |
Lorde |
2013 |
Ella Yelich-O'Connor and Joel Little as Lorde's debut single |
|
| "Cool for the Summer" |
Demi Lovato |
2015 |
Lovato, Savan Kotecha, Max Martin, Alexander Erik Kronlund, and Ali Payami |
|
| "Love's Theme" |
The Love Unlimited Orchestra |
1973 |
Written and produced by Barry White. Song is instrumental. |
|
| "Working for the Weekend" |
Loverboy |
1980 |
Paul Dean, Matt Frenette, and Mike Reno |
|
| "Ho Hey" |
The Lumineers |
2012 |
Wesley Schultz and Jeremy Frates |
|
| "Coal Miner's Daughter" |
Loretta Lynn |
1970 |
Lynn, based on her life growing up in rural Kentucky |
|
| "We'll Meet Again" |
Vera Lynn |
1939 |
Ross Parker and Hughie Charles |
|
| "Free Bird" |
Lynyrd Skynyrd |
1973 |
Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant for the band's debut studio album (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) |
|
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| "Midnight City" |
M83 |
2011 |
Anthony Gonzalez, Yann Gonzalez, Morgan Kibby, and Justin Meldal-Johnsen |
|
| "Thrift Shop" |
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis |
2012 |
Ben Haggerty and Ryan Lewis |
|
| "Material Girl" |
Madonna |
1985 |
Peter Brown and Robert Rans |
|
| "Rockstar" |
Post Malone |
2017 |
Austin Post, Sheyaa Abraham-Joseph, Olufunmibi Awoshiley, Louis Bell, Carl Rosen, and Jo-Vaughn Scott |
|
| "California Dreamin'" |
The Mamas & the Papas |
1965 |
John and his wife Michelle Phillips in 1963 and first recorded by Barry McGuire |
|
| "Beggin'" |
Måneskin |
2017 |
Originally Bob Gaudio and Peggy Farina in 1967 for the Four Seasons with Måneskin covering the song during the eleventh season of X Factor Italia (2017). A studio version of the cover then appeared on their debut extended play Chosen, released later that year. |
|
| "I Write the Songs" |
Barry Manilow |
1975 |
Originally Bruce Johnston for Captain & Tennille with Manilow releasing his version a few months later for his album Tryin' to Get the Feeling |
|
| "The Beautiful People" |
Marilyn Manson |
1996 |
Manson |
|
| "Let Me Love You" |
Mario |
2004 |
Scott Storch, Kameron Houff, and Shaffer Smith |
|
| "One Love" |
Bob Marley |
1965 |
Marley and Curtis Mayfield for the Wailers |
|
| "Moves like Jagger" |
Maroon 5 |
2011 |
Adam Levine, Benny Blanco, Ammar Malik, and Shellback |
|
| "Just the Way You Are" |
Bruno Mars |
2010 |
Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Khalil Walton, and Khari Cain as Mars's debut solo single |
|
| "Everybody Loves Somebody" |
Dean Martin |
1964 |
Irving Taylor and Ken Lane in 1947 |
|
| "Livin' la Vida Loca" |
Ricky Martin |
1999 |
Draco Rosa and Desmond Child. Inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2022. |
|
| "Cry Baby" |
Melanie Martinez |
2015 |
Martinez, Jeremy Dussolliet, and Tim Sommers |
|
| "Shackles (Praise You)" |
Mary Mary |
2000 |
Erica Atkins, Trecina Atkins, Warryn Campbell, Franne Golde, Dennis Lambert, and Duane Hitchings. Debut single by the duo, featured on their 2000 debut album. |
|
| "Right Here Waiting" |
Richard Marx |
1989 |
Marx |
|
| "Tadow" |
Masego |
2018 |
Micah Davis and Vincent Fenton |
|
| "3AM" |
Matchbox Twenty |
1997 |
Rob Thomas |
|
| "Jamie All Over" |
Mayday Parade |
2008 |
Jason Lancaster, Derek Sanders, Jeremy Lenzo, Alex Garcia, Jake Bundrick, and Brooks Betts |
|
| "Your Body Is a Wonderland" |
John Mayer |
2002 |
Mayer |
|
| "U Can't Touch This" |
MC Hammer |
1990 |
Stanley Burrell, James Johnson, and Alonzo Miller. Samples "Super Freak" by Rick James. |
|
| "Beautiful Soul" |
Jesse McCartney |
2004 |
Adam Watts and Andy Dodd |
|
| "Yesterday" |
Paul McCartney |
1965 |
McCartney and credited to Lennon-McCartney for their band, the Beatles. Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1997. |
|
| "Eve of Destruction" |
Barry McGuire |
1965 |
P. F. Sloan |
|
| "Back at One" |
Brian McKnight |
1999 |
McKnight |
|
| "Angel" |
Sarah McLachlan |
1998 |
McLachlan |
|
| "American Pie" |
Don McLean |
1971 |
McLean |
|
| "You Broke Me First" |
Tate McRae |
2020 |
McRae, Blake Harnage, and Victoria Zaro |
|
| "Songbird" |
Christine McVie |
1977 |
Written and sung by McVie for her band Fleetwood Mac |
|
| "Hiss" |
Megan Thee Stallion |
2024 |
Megan Pete, Shawn "Source" Jarrett, Joel Banks, and Taylor Banks |
|
| "Jack & Diane" |
John Mellencamp |
1982 |
Mellencamp |
|
| "Down Under" |
Men at Work |
1981 |
Colin Hay and Ron Strykert |
|
| "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" |
Shawn Mendes |
2017 |
Mendes, Teddy Geiger, Geoff Warburton, and Scott Harris |
|
| "Show Me How" |
Men I Trust |
2019 |
Emmanuelle Proulx, Jessy Caron, and Dragos Chiriac |
|
| "Let It Go" |
Idina Menzel |
2013 |
Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez for the film Frozen |
|
| "Enter Sandman" |
Metallica |
1991 |
Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, and Lars Ulrich |
|
| "Kids" |
MGMT |
2008 |
Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser |
|
| "Careless Whisper" |
George Michael |
1984 |
Michael and Andrew Ridgeley in 1981 |
|
| "Bad and Boujee" |
Migos |
2016 |
Quavious Keyyate Marshall, Kiari Kendrell Cephus, Robert Mandell, Symere Bysil Woods, and Leland Tyler Wayne |
|
| "Adorn" |
Miguel |
2012 |
Miguel Pimentel |
|
| "Grace Kelly" |
Mika |
2007 |
Michael Penniman, Jodi Marr, John Merchant, and Dan Warner as the lead single of Penniman's (Mika's) debut studio album Life in Cartoon Motion |
|
| "Super Bass" |
Nicki Minaj |
2011 |
Onika Maraj, Daniel Johnson, Esther Dean, Roahn Hylton, and Jeremy Coleman |
|
| "Can't Get You Out of My Head" |
Kylie Minogue |
2001 |
Cathy Dennis and Rob Davis |
|
| "Broken Wings" |
Mr. Mister |
1985 |
Richard Page, Steve George, and John Lang |
|
| "Both Sides, Now" |
Joni Mitchell |
1969 |
Mitchell |
|
| "Nobody" |
Mitski |
2018 |
Mitski |
|
| "I Melt with You" |
Modern English |
1982 |
Robbie Grey, Gary McDowell, Richard Brown, Michael Conroy, and Stephen Walker |
|
| "Float On" |
Modest Mouse |
2004 |
Isaac Brock, Dann Gallucci, Eric Judy, and Benjamin Weikel |
|
| "Nights in White Satin" |
The Moody Blues |
1967 |
Written and composed by Justin Hayward |
|
| "You Oughta Know" |
Alanis Morissette |
1995 |
Morissette and Glen Ballard |
|
| "Return of the Mack" |
Mark Morrison |
1996 |
Morrison |
|
| "Brown Eyed Girl" |
Van Morrison |
1967 |
Van Morrison |
|
| "Everything Is Alright" |
Motion City Soundtrack |
2005 |
Joshua Cain, Jesse Johnson, Matthew Taylor, Tony Thaxton, and Justin Pierre |
|
| "Ace of Spades" |
Motörhead |
1980 |
Eddie Clarke, Lemmy, and Phil Taylor |
|
| "I'm Yours" |
Jason Mraz |
2008 |
Mraz |
|
| "I Know a Place" |
Muna |
2016 |
Katie Gavin, Josette Maskin, and Gavin and Naomi McPherson |
|
| "Snowbird" |
Anne Murray |
1969 |
Gene MacLellan. Inaugural song inductee of the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003. |
|
| "Knights of Cydonia" |
Muse |
2006 |
Matt Bellamy |
|
| "Merry Go 'Round" |
Kacey Musgraves |
2012 |
Musgraves, Josh Osborne, and Shane McAnally as the lead single from Musgraves's debut album Same Trailer Different Park (2013) |
|
| "Welcome to the Black Parade" |
My Chemical Romance |
2006 |
Bob Bryar, Frank Iero, Ray Toro, Gerard Way, and Mikey Way |
|
| "A Little Bit" |
MYMP |
2003 |
Originally Kara DioGuardi, Steve Morales, and David Siegel in 2001 for Jessica Simpson, with MYMP covering the song in 2003 for their debut studio album, Soulful Acoustic |
|
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|
| "Young Blood" |
The Naked and Famous |
2010 |
Thom Powers, Alisa Xayalith, and Aaron Short |
|
| "I Can See Clearly Now" |
Johnny Nash |
1972 |
Nash |
|
| "Mr. November" |
The National |
2005 |
Matt Berninger and Aaron Dessner |
|
| "O.P.P." |
Naughty by Nature |
1991 |
Vincent Brown, Anthony Criss, Keir Gist, The Corporation, and Herb Rooney |
|
| "Sweater Weather" |
The Neighbourhood |
2012 |
Jesse Rutherford, Zach Abels, and Jeremy Freedman |
|
| "Hot in Herre" |
Nelly |
2002 |
Cornell Haynes, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, and Charles Brown |
|
| "OMG" |
NewJeans |
2023 |
Ylva Dimberg and Hanni, and composed by Park Jin-su of XXX, Dimberg, and David Dawood. Includes Korean language. |
|
| "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" |
New Kids on the Block |
1988 |
Maurice Starr |
|
| "I Honestly Love You" |
Olivia Newton-John |
1974 |
Jeff Barry and Peter Allen |
|
| "So Sick" |
Ne-Yo |
2005 |
Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen of Stargate, and Shaffer Smith |
|
| "How You Remind Me" |
Nickelback |
2001 |
Chad Kroeger |
|
| "Landslide" |
Stevie Nicks |
1975 |
Nicks for her band Fleetwood Mac |
|
| "Be My Lady" |
Martin Nievera |
1983 |
Vehnee Saturno and originally interpreted by Pedrito Montaire for the 1983 Metro Manila Popular Music Festival before Nievera recorded the song for his debut album Martin.... Take One (1983) |
|
| "Sister Christian" |
Night Ranger |
1984 |
Kelly Keagy |
|
| "Nemo" |
Nightwish |
2004 |
Tuomas Holopainen |
|
| "Smells Like Teen Spirit" |
Nirvana |
1991 |
Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl |
|
| "Closer" |
Nine Inch Nails |
1994 |
Trent Reznor |
|
| "Fishin' in the Dark" |
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
1987 |
Wendy Waldman and Jim Photoglo |
|
| "Don't Speak" |
No Doubt |
1996 |
Gwen Stefani and Eric Stefani |
|
| "Hypnotize" |
The Notorious B.I.G. |
1997 |
Christopher Wallace, Sean Combs, Deric Angelettie, Ron Lawrence, Andy Armer, and Randy Alpert |
|
| "Bye Bye Bye" |
*NSYNC |
2000 |
Kristian Lundin, Jake Schulze, and Andreas Carlsson |
|
| "Fuck tha Police" |
N.W.A |
1989 |
O'Shea Jackson, Lorenzo Patterson, and Tracy Curry, and produced by Dr. Dre and DJ Yella |
|
O
|
| "Wonderwall" |
Oasis |
1995 |
Noel Gallagher |
|
| "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)" |
Billy Ocean |
1984 |
Ocean and Keith Diamond |
|
| "Thinkin Bout You" |
Frank Ocean |
2012 |
Ocean and Shea Taylor |
|
| "Nothing Compares 2 U" |
Sinéad O'Connor |
1990 |
Prince for his band the Family for their sole 1985 self-titled album and was later covered by O'Connor for her second studio album, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (1990) |
|
| "Come Out and Play" |
The Offspring |
1994 |
Dexter Holland |
|
| "Wagon Wheel" |
Old Crow Medicine Show |
2004 |
Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor, recorded in 1973 |
|
| "What Makes You Beautiful" |
One Direction |
2011 |
Savan Kotecha, Rami Yacoub, and Carl Falk |
|
| "Wherever you are" |
One Ok Rock |
2010 |
Takahiro Moriuchi for his friend's wedding. Includes Japanese language. |
|
| "Counting Stars" |
OneRepublic |
2013 |
Ryan Tedder |
|
| "Oh, Pretty Woman |
Roy Orbison |
1964 |
Orbison and Bill Dees |
|
| "Crazy Train" |
Ozzy Osbourne |
1980 |
Bob Daisley, Osbourne, and Randy Rhoads |
|
| "Your Love" |
The Outfield |
1986 |
John Spinks |
|
| "Hey Ya!" |
Outkast |
2003 |
André Benjamin |
|
| "Fireflies" |
Owl City |
2009 |
Adam Young |
|
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|
| "Addicted to Love" |
Robert Palmer |
1986 |
Palmer |
|
| "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" |
Panic! at the Disco |
2005 |
Ryan Ross, Brendon Urie, and Spencer Smith |
|
| "Last Resort" |
Papa Roach |
2000 |
Jacoby Shaddix and Tobin Esperance |
|
| "Misery Business" |
Paramore |
2007 |
Hayley Williams and Josh Farro |
|
| "Hope" |
Arlo Parks |
2021 |
Anaïs Marinho and Gianluca Buccellati |
|
| "Jolene" |
Dolly Parton |
1973 |
Parton |
|
| "Sleepyhead" |
Passion Pit |
2008 |
Michael Angelakos. Samples "Óró Mo Bháidín" by Mary O'Hara and "San Francisco Scene (The Beat Generation)" by Jack Kerouac. |
|
| "Temperature" |
Sean Paul |
2005 |
Sean Paul Henriques, Adrian "IZES" Marshall, and Rohan "Snowcone" Fuller |
|
| "More than This" |
Liam Payne |
2012 |
Jamie Scott for Payne's band One Direction |
|
| "Fuck the Pain Away" |
Peaches |
2000 |
Peaches |
|
| "Alive" |
Pearl Jam |
1991 |
Stone Gossard and Eddie Vedder. Pearl Jam's first song to receive a certification from the British Phonographic Industry. |
|
| "Sailor Song" |
Gigi Perez |
2024 |
Perez |
|
| "Firework" |
Katy Perry |
2010 |
Perry, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Sandy Wilhelm, and Ester Dean |
|
| "Finally" |
Cece Peniston |
1991 |
Peniston, Felipe Delgado, E.L. Linear, and Rodney Jackson |
|
| "I Don't Want It at All" |
Kim Petras |
2017 |
Aaron Jennings, Aaron Joseph, Henry Russell Walter, Petras, and Lukasz Gottwald as Petras's debut international single |
|
| "West End Girls" |
Pet Shop Boys |
1984 |
Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe |
|
| "Free Fallin'" |
Tom Petty |
1989 |
Petty and Jeff Lynne |
|
| "Passin' Me By" |
The Pharcyde |
1993 |
Romye Robinson, Trevant Hardson, Emandu Wilcox, Derrick Stewart, and Juan Martinez-Luis |
|
| "Home" |
Phillip Phillips |
2012 |
Greg Holden and Drew Pearson |
|
| "You Enjoy Myself" |
Phish |
1988 |
Trey Anastasio |
|
| "PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)" |
Pikotaro |
2016 |
Daimaou Kosaka |
|
| "Get the Party Started" |
Pink |
2001 |
Linda Perry |
|
| "Comfortably Numb" |
Pink Floyd |
1980 |
David Gilmour and Roger Waters |
|
| "Just for Me" |
PinkPantheress |
2021 |
Alexander Crossan and PinkPantheress |
|
| "Mr. Worldwide" |
Pitbull |
2010 |
Armando C. Pérez, Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance, Matthew Naples, James Sheffer, and Wayne Wilkins |
|
| "Where Is My Mind?" |
Pixies |
1988 |
Black Francis |
|
| "Hey There Delilah" |
Plain White T's |
2006 |
Tom Higgenson |
|
| "I'm So Excited" |
The Pointer Sisters |
1982 |
Anita Pointer, June Pointer, Ruth Pointer, and Trevor Lawrence. Re-released as a remix in 1984. |
|
| "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" |
Poison |
1988 |
Bret Michaels, C.C. DeVille, Bobby Dall, and Rikki Rockett. The band's only number-one hit in the United States. |
|
| "Every Breath You Take" |
The Police |
1983 |
Sting. Most played song in radio history, according to BMI. |
|
| "The Passenger" |
Iggy Pop |
1977 |
Pop and Ricky Gardiner |
|
| "Dior" |
Pop Smoke |
2019 |
Bashar Jackson and Andre Loblack. Appears on all four of Pop Smoke's commercially released projects. |
|
| "Suspicious Minds" |
Elvis Presley |
1969 |
Written and originally recorded by Mark James in 1968. Presley's version was his final No. 1 single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. |
|
| "Purple Rain" |
Prince |
1984 |
Prince for the film of the same name |
|
| "A Whiter Shade of Pale" |
Procol Harum |
1967 |
Keith Reid, Gary Brooker, and Matthew Fisher. The band's first record to be released. |
|
| "Satin Sheets" |
Jeanne Pruett |
1973 |
John Volinkaty and originally recorded by Bill Anderson and Jan Howard |
|
| "Gangnam Style" |
Psy |
2012 |
Psy and Yoo Gun-hyung. Includes Korean language. |
|
| "Fight the Power" |
Public Enemy |
1989 |
Carlton Ridenhour, Eric Sadler, Hank Boxley, Keith Boxley |
|
| "Blurry" |
Puddle of Mudd |
2001 |
Wes Scantlin, Doug Ardito, and Jimmy Allen |
|
| "Common People" |
Pulp |
1995 |
Jarvis Cocker, Russell Senior, Steve Mackey, Nick Banks and Candida Doyle |
|
| "Don't Cha" |
The Pussycat Dolls |
2005 |
Anthony Ray, CeeLo Green, and Trevor Smith |
|
| "Attention" |
Charlie Puth |
2017 |
Puth and Jacob Kasher. Puth's highest and longest charting entry as a solo artist on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. |
|
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|
| "Bohemian Rhapsody" |
Queen |
1975 |
Freddie Mercury |
|
| "No One Knows" |
Queens of the Stone Age |
2002 |
Josh Homme and Mark Lanegan |
|
R
|
| "Losing My Religion" |
R.E.M. |
1991 |
Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe |
|
| "Creep" |
Radiohead |
1993 |
Radiohead |
|
| "Diet Pepsi" |
Addison Rae |
2024 |
Addison Rae Easterling, Luka Kloser, and Elvira Anderfjärd |
|
| "Baker Street" |
Gerry Rafferty |
1978 |
Rafferty |
|
| "Killing in the Name" |
Rage Against The Machine |
1992 |
Tim Commerford, Zack de la Rocha, Tom Morello, and Brad Wilk. |
|
| "Rainism" |
Rain |
2008 |
Jung Ji-hoon and Bae Jin-ryeol. Includes Korean language. |
|
| "Tilted" |
Rahim Redcar |
2015 |
Héloïse Letissier as the English version of Letissier's (Redcar's) French single "Christine" (2014). Credited under Redcar's pseudonym, Christine and the Queens. Includes French language. |
|
| "Northern Touch" |
Rascalz |
1998 |
Lyle Bismark, Kareem Blake, Christopher France, Jason Harrow, Romeo Jacobs, and Barry Leonard |
|
| "Escapism" |
Raye |
2022 |
Rachel Keen, Mike Sabath, and Danielle Balbuena as Keen's (Raye's) first number-one single in the United Kingdom and first song to chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |
|
| "Under the Bridge" |
Red Hot Chili Peppers |
1992 |
Anthony Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante, and Chad Smith. The band's highest-charting single, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. |
|
| "Walk on the Wild Side" |
Lou Reed |
1972 |
Reed |
|
| "Come In Out of the Rain" |
Sheryn Regis |
2004 |
Ernest Williamson, Curtiss Boone, and Nikos Lyras for Wendy Moten and originally released by her in 1992 with Regis covering the song for the reality competition show Search for the Star in a Million |
|
| "Ridin' the Storm Out" |
REO Speedwagon |
1973 |
Gary Richrath |
|
| "Meant to Be" |
Bebe Rexha |
2017 |
Rexha, Tyler Hubbard, Josh Miller, and David Garcia |
|
| "Hello" |
Lionel Richie |
1983 |
Richie |
|
| "Umbrella" |
Rihanna |
2007 |
Christopher Stewart, Kuk Harrell, Terius Nash, and Shawn Carter |
|
| "I've Fallen for You" |
Jamie Rivera |
1988 |
Jay Donna Montelibano |
|
| "Pink Pony Club" |
Chappell Roan |
2020 |
Roan and Dan Nigro |
|
| "Dancing on My Own" |
Robyn |
2010 |
Robyn and Patrik Berger |
|
| "Drivers License" |
Olivia Rodrigo |
2021 |
Rodrigo and Dan Nigro |
|
| "The Gambler" |
Kenny Rogers |
1978 |
Don Schlitz in 1976 |
|
| "Alaska" |
Maggie Rogers |
2016 |
Rogers and Doug Schadt |
|
| "Happy Trails" |
Roy Rogers |
1952 |
Dale Evans |
|
| "Sally, When the Wine Runs Out" |
Role Model |
2025 |
Tucker Pillsbury, Noah Conrad, Annika Bennett, and Harrison Whitford |
|
| "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" |
The Rolling Stones |
1965 |
Jagger-Richards. The band's first number one in the United States. |
|
| "Blue Bayou" |
Linda Ronstadt |
1977 |
Roy Orbison and Joe Melson |
|
| "Apt." |
Rosé |
2024 |
Rosé, Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Omer Fedi, Phillip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Theron Thomas, Henry Walter, Michael Chapman, and Nicholas Chinn for Rosé and Mars |
|
| "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" |
Diana Ross |
1970 |
Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson for the Tamla label of Motown, first successful as a 1967 hit single recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, and became a hit again in 1970 when recorded by Ross. Ross's first solo number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. |
|
| "It Must Have Been Love" |
Roxette |
1987 |
Per Gessle and Clarence Öfwerman. The song became a worldwide hit after its 1990 re-release. |
|
| "Sway" |
Bic Runga |
1997 |
Runga |
|
| "Tom Sawyer" |
Rush |
1981 |
Rush and Pye Dubois |
|
| "Forget Me Nots" |
Patrice Rushen |
1982 |
Rushen, Fred Washington, and Terry McFadden |
|
S
|
| "Smooth Operator" |
Sade |
1984 |
Sade Adu and Ray St. John |
|
| "The Journey" |
Lea Salonga |
1993 |
Julie Gold |
|
| "Push It" |
Salt-N-Pepa |
1987 |
Hurby Azor and Ray Davies |
|
| "Until I Found You" |
Stephen Sanchez |
2021 |
Sanchez and Stephen Carroll |
|
| "Truly Madly Deeply" |
Savage Garden |
1997 |
Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones |
|
| "XS" |
Rina Sawayama |
2020 |
Kyle Shearer, Chris Lyon, Nate Campany, and Sawayama |
|
| "Rock You Like A Hurricane" |
Scorpions |
1984 |
Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell, and Rudolf Schenker |
|
| "Sicko Mode" |
Travis Scott |
2018 |
Jacques Webster II, Aubrey Graham, William Leonard Roberts II, Khalif Brown, John Hawkins, Chauncey Hollis, Ozan Yildirim, Cydel Young, Tim Gomringer, Kevin Gomringer, Mirsad Dervić, Rogét Chahayed, Brytavious Chambers, Michael Dean, Luther Campbell, Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch, Christopher Wallace, Osten Harvey, Bryan Higgins, Trevor Smith, James Jackson, Malik Taylor, Keith Elam, Christopher Martin, Kamaal Fareed, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Tyrone Taylor, Fred Scruggs, Kirk Jones, and Chylow Parker |
|
| "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" |
The Script |
2008 |
Mark Sheehan, Danny O'Donoghue, Steve Kipner, and Andrew Frampton |
|
| "Kiss from a Rose" |
Seal |
1994 |
Seal Samuel |
|
| "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" |
Neil Sedaka |
1962 |
Sedaka and Howard Greenfield |
|
| "Closing Time" |
Semisonic |
1998 |
Dan Wilson |
|
| "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" |
Shaboozey |
2024 |
Collins Chibueze, Nevin Sastry, Sean Cook, Jerrell Jones, and Mark Williams |
|
| "It Wasn't Me" |
Shaggy |
2000 |
Orville Burrell, Rickardo Ducent, Shaun Pizzonia, Brian Thompson |
|
| "Hips Don't Lie" |
Shakira |
2006 |
Shakira and Wyclef Jean |
|
| "California Love" |
Tupac Shakur |
1995 |
Shakur, Roger Troutman, Larry Troutman, Mikel Hooks, Norman Durham, Ronald Hudson, Woody Cunningham, Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton, and James Anderson, and produced by Dr. Dre |
|
| "I Love Your Smile" |
Shanice |
1991 |
Jarvis La Rue Baker, Sylvester Jackson, Narada Michael Walden, and Shanice Wilson |
|
| "Thinking Out Loud" |
Ed Sheeran |
2014 |
Sheeran and Amy Wadge |
|
| "Ol' Red" |
Blake Shelton |
2002 |
James "Bo" Bohon, Don Goodman, and Mark Sherrill |
|
| "Chandelier" |
Sia |
2014 |
Sia Furler and Jesse Shatkin |
|
| "You're So Vain" |
Carly Simon |
1972 |
Simon |
|
| "The Sound of Silence" |
Paul Simon |
1964 |
Simon for Simon & Garfunkel |
|
| "I Put a Spell on You" |
Nina Simone |
1965 |
Originally written and recorded by Screamin' Jay Hawkins in 1956 with Simone covering the song for her album of the same name released in 1965 |
|
| "Perfect" |
Simple Plan |
2003 |
Pierre Bouvier, Chuck Comeau, Arnold Lanni, Sébastien Lefebvre, and Jeff Stinco |
|
| "Shadow" |
Ashlee Simpson |
2004 |
Simpson, Kara DioGuardi, and John Shanks |
|
| "I Wanna Love You Forever" |
Jessica Simpson |
1999 |
Louis Biancaniello and Sam Watters |
|
| "My Way" |
Frank Sinatra |
1969 |
Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibaut, Claude François, and Paul Anka, and was first recorded by François in 1967 |
|
| "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" |
Nancy Sinatra |
1965 |
Lee Hazlewood |
|
| "Rush" |
Troye Sivan |
2023 |
Sivan, Brett Leland McLaughlin, Alex Chapman, Kaelyn Behr, Adam Novodor, and Kevin Hickey |
|
| "Kiss Me" |
Sixpence None the Richer |
1998 |
Matt Slocum |
|
| "When a Man Loves a Woman" |
Percy Sledge |
1966 |
Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright |
|
| "Duality" |
Slipknot |
2004 |
Slipknot |
|
| "All Star" |
Smash Mouth |
1999 |
Greg Camp. Popularized in the 2001 film Shrek. |
|
| "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" |
The Smashing Pumpkins |
1995 |
Billy Corgan |
|
| "Stay with Me" |
Sam Smith |
2014 |
Smith, James Napier, William Phillips, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne |
|
| "Yo Home to Bel-Air" |
Will Smith |
1992 |
Smith and Jeffrey Townes as DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince for the television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air |
|
| "This Charming Man" |
The Smiths |
1983 |
Johnny Marr and Morrissey |
|
| "Gin and Juice" |
Snoop Dogg |
1994 |
Cordozar Broadus, Andre Young, Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch, Steve Arrington, Mark Adams, Ray Turner, Steve Washington, Daniel Webster, and David Ruffin Jr. |
|
| "Chasing Cars" |
Snow Patrol |
2006 |
Gary Lightbody, Jonny Quinn, Nathan Connolly, Tom Simpson, and Paul Wilson |
|
| "Losing You" |
Solange |
2012 |
Solange Knowles and Dev Hynes |
|
| "Smalltown Boy" |
Jimmy Somerville |
1984 |
Steve Bronski, Somerville, and Larry Steinbachek. Initially released with Bronski Beat. Re-recorded as "Smalltown Boy (Reprise)" in 2014. |
|
| "Konstantine" |
Something Corporate |
2003 |
Andrew McMahon |
|
| "I Got You Babe" |
Sonny & Cher |
1965 |
Sonny Bono. The first single from the duo's debut album. |
|
| "Runaway Train" |
Soul Asylum |
1993 |
Dave Pirner |
|
| "Black Hole Sun" |
Soundgarden |
1994 |
Chris Cornell |
|
| "Rainbow" |
South Border |
2003 |
Jay Durias and Sharon Inductivo for the film Crying Ladies (2003) |
|
| "Booster Seat" |
Spacey Jane |
2020 |
Amelia Murray, Caleb Harper, Kieran Lama, and Ashton Le Cornu |
|
| "...Baby One More Time" |
Britney Spears |
1998 |
Max Martin as Spears's debut single |
|
| "Fidelity" |
Regina Spektor |
2006 |
Spektor. Her highest-charting single around the world. |
|
| "Wannabe" |
Spice Girls |
1996 |
the Spice Girls, Matt Rowe, and Richard Stannard |
|
| "Maybe" |
Sienna Spiro |
2024 |
Spiro, Sal Was, and Max Wolfgang |
|
| "Jessie's Girl" |
Rick Springfield |
1981 |
Springfield |
|
| "Born to Run" |
Bruce Springsteen |
1975 |
Springsteen |
|
| "It's Been Awhile" |
Staind |
2001 |
Aaron Lewis, Mike Mushok, Johnny April, and Jon Wysocki |
|
| "Photograph" |
Ringo Starr |
1973 |
Starr and George Harrison |
|
| "Hollaback Girl" |
Gwen Stefani |
2005 |
Stefani, Pharrell Williams, and Chad Hugo |
|
| "Born to Be Wild" |
Steppenwolf |
1968 |
Mars Bonfire. A popular song among biker culture. |
|
| "The Joker" |
Steve Miller Band |
1973 |
Eddie Curtis, Ahmet Ertegun, Steve Miller |
|
| "Chicago" |
Sufjan Stevens |
2005 |
Stevens |
|
| "Maggie May" |
Rod Stewart |
1971 |
Stewart and Martin Quittenton |
|
| "Plush" |
Stone Temple Pilots |
1993 |
Scott Weiland, Eric Kretz, and Robert DeLeo |
|
| "I Wanna Be Your Dog" |
The Stooges |
1969 |
Dave Alexander, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, and Iggy Pop as the debut single from the band's self-titled debut album (1969) |
|
| "Amarillo by Morning" |
George Strait |
1983 |
Terry Stafford |
|
| "Last Nite" |
The Strokes |
2001 |
Julian Casablancas |
|
| "As It Was" |
Harry Styles |
2022 |
Styles, Tyler Johnson, and Thomas Hull |
|
| "You Make Me Feel Brand New" |
The Stylistics |
1973 |
Thom Bell and Linda Creed |
|
| "Fat Lip" |
Sum 41 |
2001 |
Deryck Whibley, Steve Jocz, Dave Brownsound, and Greig Nori |
|
| "Last Dance" |
Donna Summer |
1978 |
Paul Jabara |
|
| "Give a Little Bit" |
Supertramp |
1977 |
Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson |
|
| "Stop! In the Name of Love" |
The Supremes |
1965 |
Holland-Dozier-Holland |
|
| "Eye of the Tiger" |
Survivor |
1982 |
Frankie Sullivan and Jim Peterik for the 1982 film Rocky III. |
|
| "The Ballroom Blitz" |
The Sweet |
1973 |
Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman |
|
| "Don't You Worry Child" |
Swedish House Mafia |
2012 |
Axel Hedfors, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, John Martin Lindström, and Michel Zitron. The group's final single before their initial disbandment in early 2013. |
|
| "Love Story" |
Taylor Swift |
2008 |
Swift. Re-recorded as "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" in February 2021. |
|
| "Lose Control" |
Teddy Swims |
2023 |
Jaten Dimsale, Joshua Coleman, Julian Bunetta, Marco Rodriguez-Diaz Jr., and John Suduth |
|
| "Fuel Injected" |
Swollen Members |
2001 |
Shane Bunting, Kiley Hendriks, and Daniel Denton |
|
| "Chop Suey!" |
System of a Down |
2001 |
Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian |
|
| "Kill Bill" |
SZA |
2023 |
Solána Rowe, Rob Bisel, and Carter Lang |
|
T
|
| "Lovestained" |
Hope Tala |
2019 |
Tala |
|
| "Once in a Lifetime" |
Talking Heads |
1981 |
David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, and Tina Weymouth |
|
| "The Less I Know the Better" |
Tame Impala |
2015 |
Kevin Parker |
|
| "I Don't Care" |
Eva Tanguay |
1922 |
Jean Lenox and Harry O. Sutton. Recorded in 1905. |
|
| "Fire and Rain" |
James Taylor |
1970 |
Taylor |
|
| "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" |
Tears for Fears |
1985 |
Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, and Chris Hughes |
|
| "On the Good Ship Lollipop" |
Shirley Temple |
1934 |
Composed by Richard A. Whiting with lyrics by Sidney Clare |
|
| "My Girl" |
The Temptations |
1964 |
Smokey Robinson and Ronald White of the Miracles. It was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" in 2017. |
|
| "Love Me JeJe" |
Tems |
2024 |
Temilade Openiyi and Seyi Sodimu. Interpolates "Love Me Jeje" by Seyi Sodimu. |
|
| "Tribute" |
Tenacious D |
2002 |
Jack Black and Kyle Gass |
|
| "Blurred Lines" |
Robin Thicke |
2013 |
Thicke, Pharrell Williams, Clifford Harris Jr., Ed Townsend, and Marvin Gaye. Samples Gaye's "Got To Give It Up". |
|
| "The Boys Are Back in Town" |
Thin Lizzy |
1976 |
Phil Lynott |
|
| "Semi-Charmed Life" |
Third Eye Blind |
1997 |
Stephan Jenkins |
|
| "The Kill" |
Thirty Seconds to Mars |
2006 |
Jared Leto |
|
| "Bad to the Bone" |
George Thorogood |
1982 |
Thorogood |
|
| "I Hate Everything About You" |
Three Days Grace |
2003 |
Adam Gontier |
|
| "Joy to the World" |
Three Dog Night |
1971 |
Hoyt Axton |
|
| "I Think We're Alone Now" |
Tiffany |
1987 |
Originally Ritchie Cordell in 1966 for Tommy James and the Shondells with Tiffany covering the song in 1987 for her eponymous debut album |
|
| "SexyBack" |
Justin Timberlake |
2006 |
Justin Timberlake, Timothy Mosley, and Nate Hills |
|
| "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" |
Tiny Tim |
1968 |
Al Dubin (lyrics) and Joe Burke (music) |
|
| "Waterfalls" |
TLC |
1995 |
Marqueze Etheridge, Lisa Lopes, and Organized Noize |
|
| "Dance Monkey" |
Tones and I |
2019 |
Toni Watson |
|
| "Lateralus" |
Tool |
2002 |
Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, Adam Jones, and Maynard James Keenan |
|
| "Africa" |
Toto |
1982 |
David Paich and Jeff Porcaro |
|
| "Ahead by a Century" |
The Tragically Hip |
1996 |
Rob Baker, Gord Downie, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, and Gord Sinclair |
|
| "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" |
Train |
2001 |
Train |
|
| "All About That Bass" |
Meghan Trainor |
2014 |
Trainor and Kevin Kadish |
|
| "Forever and Ever, Amen" |
Randy Travis |
1987 |
Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz |
|
| "Can I Kick It?" |
A Tribe Called Quest |
1990 |
Lewis Reed, Kamaal Fareed, and Ali Muhammad |
|
| "Suddenly I See" |
KT Tunstall |
2005 |
Tunstall as her highest-charting single on the UK singles chart |
|
| "What's Love Got to Do with It" |
Tina Turner |
1984 |
Graham Lyle and Terry Britten |
|
| "Happy Together" |
The Turtles |
1967 |
Alan Gordon and Garry Bonner |
|
| "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" |
Shania Twain |
1999 |
Twain and Robert John "Mutt" Lange |
|
| "Stressed Out" |
Twenty One Pilots |
2015 |
Tyler Joseph |
|
| "We're Not Gonna Take It" |
Twisted Sister |
1984 |
Dee Snider |
|
| "Hello Darlin'" |
Conway Twitty |
1970 |
Twitty |
|
| "Total Eclipse of the Heart" |
Bonnie Tyler |
1983 |
Jim Steinman |
|
| "Water" |
Tyla |
2023 |
Tyla Seethal, Ariowa Irosogie, Imani Lewis, Corey Marlon Lindsay-Keay, Samuel Awuku, Rayan El-Hussein Goufar, Olmo Zucca, Jackson Paul Lomastro, and Tricky Stewart |
|
| "Earfquake" |
Tyler, the Creator |
2019 |
Tyler Okonma and Jordan Carter. Recorded in 2014. |
|
U
|
| "Sunday Bloody Sunday" |
U2 |
1983 |
U2 |
|
| "Red Red Wine" |
UB40 |
1983 |
Neil Diamond |
|
| "Before He Cheats" |
Carrie Underwood |
2006 |
Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins |
|
| "Yeah!" |
Usher |
2004 |
Johnathan Smith, Christopher Bridges, Sean Garrett, Patrick Smith, Robert McDowell, James Phillips, and LaMarquis Jefferson |
|
| "First Love" |
Hikaru Utada |
1999 |
Utada. Includes Japanese language. |
|
V
|
| "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" |
Frankie Valli |
1967 |
Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio |
|
| "Dance with My Father" |
Luther Vandross |
2003 |
Vandross and Richard Marx |
|
| "Jump" |
Van Halen |
1983 |
Michael Anthony, David Lee Roth, Alex Van Halen, and Edward Van Halen |
|
| "On the Wings of Love" |
Regine Velasquez |
1999 |
Peter Schless and Jeffrey Osborne for the latter's original release in 1982 with Velasquez covering the song for her studio album R2K |
|
| "Heroin" |
The Velvet Underground |
1967 |
Lou Reed and produced by Andy Warhol |
|
| "Bitter Sweet Symphony" |
The Verve |
1997 |
Richard Ashcroft |
|
| "Y.M.C.A." |
Village People |
1978 |
Jacques Morali, Victor Willis, and Henri Belolo |
|
W
|
| "Party Hard" |
Andrew W.K. |
2001 |
W.K. |
|
| "Last Night" |
Morgan Wallen |
2023 |
John Byron, Ashley Gorley, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, and Ryan Vojtesak. |
|
| "Are You Bored Yet?" |
Wallows |
2019 |
Dylan Minnette, Braeden Lemasters, Cole Preston, and Claire Cottrill as the lead single from Wallows' debut album Nothing Happens |
|
| "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" |
Wang Chung |
1986 |
Nick Feldman, Jack Hues, and Peter Wolf |
|
| "Ordinary" |
Alex Warren |
2025 |
Alexander Hughes, Adam Yaron, Cal Shapiro, and Mags Duval |
|
| "Regulate" |
Warren G |
1994 |
Warren Griffin III, Nathaniel Hale, Michael McDonald, Ed Sanford, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller |
|
| "Kingston" |
Faye Webster |
2019 |
Webster |
|
| "Blinding Lights" |
The Weeknd |
2019 |
Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Quenneville, Max Martin, and Oscar Holter |
|
| "Buddy Holly" |
Weezer |
1994 |
Rivers Cuomo |
|
| "One More Saturday Night" |
Bob Weir |
1972 |
Weir for his band, the Grateful Dead |
|
| "Dog Days Are Over" |
Florence Welch |
2008 |
Welch and Isabella Summers for their band Florence and the Machine |
|
| "Flying Without Wings" |
Westlife |
1999 |
Steve Mac and Wayne Hector |
|
| "Movies" |
Weyes Blood |
2019 |
Natalie Mering |
|
| "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" |
Wham! |
1984 |
George Michael |
|
| "Here I Go Again" |
Whitesnake |
1982 |
David Coverdale and Bernie Marsden |
|
| "Seven Nation Army" |
The White Stripes |
2003 |
Jack White and Meg White. The song has grown in popularity due to its usage in sports. |
|
| "My Generation" |
The Who |
1965 |
Pete Townshend. Part of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. |
|
| "Break My Stride" |
Matthew Wilder |
1983 |
Wilder and Greg Prestopino |
|
| "Moon River" |
Andy Williams |
1962 |
Composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer |
|
| "Every Day I Have the Blues" |
Joe Williams |
1955 |
Aaron "Pinetop" Sparks and Milton Sparks |
|
| "Happy" |
Pharrell Williams |
2013 |
Williams for the 2013 film Despicable Me 2 |
|
| "Angels" |
Robbie Williams |
1997 |
Williams and Guy Chambers |
|
| "Save the Best for Last" |
Vanessa Williams |
1992 |
Phil Galdston, Wendy Waldman, and Jon Lind in 1989 |
|
| "Hold On" |
Wilson Phillips |
1990 |
Carnie Wilson, Chynna Phillips, and Glen Ballard |
|
| "Rehab" |
Amy Winehouse |
2006 |
Winehouse |
|
| "Higher Love" |
Steve Winwood |
1986 |
Winwood and Will Jennings |
|
| "Ain't No Sunshine" |
Bill Withers |
1971 |
Withers |
|
| "I Hope You Dance" |
Lee Ann Womack |
2000 |
Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers |
|
| "Superstition" |
Stevie Wonder |
1972 |
Wonder |
|
| "Nobody" |
Wonder Girls |
2008 |
Park Jin-young and Rhee Woo-seok. It was the first song by a Korean artist to appear on the US Billboard Hot 100. Includes Korean, Japanese, and Chinese language. |
|
| "Lucid Dreams" |
Juice Wrld |
2018 |
Jarad Higgins, Nick Mira, Danny Snodgrass Jr., Gordon Sumner, and Dominic Miller |
|
| "Stand by Your Man" |
Tammy Wynette |
1968 |
Wynette and Billy Sherrill |
|
X
|
| "Shooting Star" |
XG |
2023 |
Patrick "j.Que" Smith, Poe Leos, Xansei, AMarri Gildersleeve, Amelia Moore, Brooklyn Kenaisya Johnson, Clint Ford, Dayday, JAKOPS, Jason Jermaine Daxon, Matt Kali, Olay, Rambo Kay, Seann Bowe, and Sheldon Body Jr. |
|
Y
|
| "Maps" |
Yeah Yeah Yeahs |
2003 |
Karen Orzolek, Nick Zinner, and Brian Chase |
|
| "Ocean Avenue" |
Yellowcard |
2003 |
Ryan Key, Ben Harper, Pete Mosely, Longineu W. Parsons III, and Sean Mackin |
|
| "Messy" |
Lola Young |
2024 |
Young and Conor Dickinson |
|
Z
|
| "Clarity" |
Zedd |
2012 |
Anton Zaslavski, Holly Hafermann, Matthew Koma, and Porter Robinson |
|
| "Pyramid" |
Jake Zyrus |
2010 |
David Jassy, Lyrica Anderson, Niclas Molinder, Joacim Persson, and Johan Alkenäs. Collaboration with Iyaz. Credited under Zyrus's pre-gender transition name "Charice". |
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