Signature Song

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A music trope for the (usually) one song by an artist that everyone knows. It doesn't matter how people know the song—maybe the song was used in a movie, maybe it was used in a TV show, maybe it was used for an ad that got played over and over and over again—but people know it.

These songs do tend to be Ear Worms, songs with an Epic Riff and can also be Black Sheep Hits. It's also possible for an artist to have more than one Signature Song. Some of the more rabid members of the artist's fandom community may accuse one of not being a true fan for disliking the artist's Signature Song, even if said person may like every other song that the artist has recorded—or, inversely, liking the Signature Song more than what Fanon considers the artist's "real best work."

Sometimes the signature song isn't always the artist's best-charting hit. It also doesn't necessarily run in line with their Signature Style.

If they made Guitar Hero or Rock Band, it's probably this song.

To stop people from leaving at gigs after they've heard the song (as what happened a lot to Radiohead with their song "Creep" before they developed a larger fandom), these songs are normally played live either at the end of the main set or during the encore.

Some musicians arguably avert this by having several equally famous hit songs, The Beatles, Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley being the three prominent examples. If they'd left off one of their hits from a show it wouldn't have been such an obvious oversight. That said, as with most of these, Your Mileage May Vary and certainly some of their songs are more identified with them than others.

Often overlaps with Black Sheep Hit. See also One-Hit Wonder, for an extreme case of this trope. Not to be confused with Leitmotif.

Examples of Signature Song include:
  • 10 Years -- Wasteland
  • 12 Stones -- We Are One
  • The 13 th Floor Elevators -- You're Gonna Miss Me
  • 2 Live Crew -- Me So Horny
  • 311 -- Down
  • 3 Doors Down -- Kryptonite
  • 3OH!3 -- Don't Trust Me
  • Three Inches of Blood -- Deadly Sinners or Destroy the Orcs
  • 50 Cent -- In Da Club
  • The 5th Dimension -- Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
  • 8ball & MJG -- Space Age Pimpin
  • A-ha -- Take On Me
  • Aaliyah -- Try Again
  • ACDC -- Long Way to the Top was Bon Scott's signature song, and so identified with him that Brian Johnson won't perform it. It's also regarded as the band's signature song in their native Australia. In America, "Highway to Hell" is regarded as Bon Scott's signature song. For Brian Johnson, it's "Thunderstruck" in Australia and "Back in Black" in America.
  • Accept -- Balls to the Wall
  • Bryan Adams -- Summer of '69 or (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
  • Adele -- Chasing Pavements then Rolling in the Deep (or possibly "Someone Like You" in other countries.)
  • Adelitas Way -- Sick
  • A Day to Remember -- The Plot to Bomb the Panhandle
  • Aerosmith -- Dream On
  • Aesop Rock -- Daylight or None Shall Pass
  • AFI -- Miss Murder
  • Afrojack -- Take Over Control
  • Afroman -- Because I Got High
  • Agent Orange -- Bloodstains
  • Airbourne -- Runnin' Wild or Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast
  • Air Supply -- All Out of Love
  • Akon -- Smack That
  • The Alan Parsons Project -- Eye In The Sky
  • Aleesia -- Life Of The Party
  • Alice Cooper -- Schools Out
  • Alice in Chains -- Man in the Box
  • Alien Ant Farm -- Smooth Criminal
  • All That Remains -- Two Weeks
  • The All-American Rejects -- Gives You Hell"
  • The Allman Brothers Band -- Ramblin' Man
  • Alphaville -- Forever Young
  • Alter Bridge -- Open Your Eyes or Rise Today, Metalingus for WWE fans.
  • America -- A Horse with No Name
  • Amiina -- Seoul
  • Tori Amos -- Cornflake Girl
  • Anberlin -- Feel Good Drag
  • The Angels (Australian band) -- Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again
  • The Angels (American girl group) -- My Boyfriend's Back
  • Angelspit -- 100% or Vena Cava
  • Aneka -- Japanese Boy
  • Animal Collective -- My Girls
  • The Animals -- House of the Rising Sun
  • Anjulie -- Brand New Chick
  • Annihilator -- Alison Hell
  • Anthrax -- Caught in A Mosh
  • Aphex Twin -- Windowlicker and Come to Daddy
  • Fiona Apple -- Criminal
  • Apocalyptica -- I Don't Care
  • Apollo 440 -- Stop The Rock
  • Aqua -- Barbie Girl
  • Arcade Fire -- Wake Up or Rebellion (Lies)
  • Arctic Monkeys -- I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
  • The Archies -- Sugar, Sugar
  • Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti -- Round and Round
  • Eduard Artemyev -- Siberiade theme
  • Ashanti -- Foolish
  • Asia -- Heat of the Moment
  • Rick Astley -- Never Gonna Give You Up
  • Atmosphere -- Trying to Find a Balance
  • Attack -- Ooa Hela Natten
  • Attack Attack! -- Stick Stickly
  • Audioslave -- Like a Stone
  • Autopilot Off -- Clockwork or Make a Sound
  • The Avalanches -- Frontier Psychiatrist
  • Mickey Avalon -- Jane Fonda
  • Avenged Sevenfold -- Bat Country or Beast and the Harlot
  • Avicii -- Levels, Wake Me Up or Seek Bromance
  • Awolnation — Sail
  • B.B. King -- The Thrill is Gone
  • B. o. B -- Nothin' on You or Airplanes
  • The B 52s -- Love Shack
  • Baby Bash -- Suga Suga
  • Johann Sebastian Bach -- Toccata and Fugue in D minor or the Allegro movement of his third Brandenburg concerto. (With Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring also in the running.)
  • Tal Bachman -- She's So High
  • Bachman-Turner Overdrive -- You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet was their only top 10 hit, but The Simpsons thinks it is Taking Care Of Business
  • Backstreet Boys -- I Want It That Way
  • Bad Brains -- Pay to Cum or I Against I
  • Bad Lip Reading -- Gang Fight, Russian Unicorn
  • Bad Religion -- 21st Century Digital Boy
  • Badfinger -- Day After Day
  • Erykah Badu -- Tyrone
  • Joan Baez -- Diamonds & Rust
  • Baha Men -- Who Let the Dogs Out?
  • Baltimora -- Tarzan Boy
  • Afrika Bambaataa -- Planet Rock
  • Bananarama -- Venus or Cruel Summer
  • The Band -- The Weight
  • Chiddy Bang -- Ray Charles
  • The Bangles -- Walk Like an Egyptian
  • Kirko Bangz -- Drank In My Cup
  • Barenaked Ladies -- One Week and to a lesser extent, If I Had $1000000
  • Jimmy Barnes -- Working Class Man
  • John Barrowman -- You're So Vain - the orchestral arrangement makes it immediately recognizable from Simon's version
  • Toni Basil -- Mickey
  • Basement Jaxx -- Where's Your Head At?
  • Bat for Lashes -- Daniel
  • Bauhaus -- Bela Lugosi's Dead
  • Beastie Boys -- (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) or Sabotage, since they haven't performed the other one in decades.
  • Beach House -- Norway or Zebra
  • The Beach Boys -- Surfin' U.S.A. or California Girls
  • Beat Happening -- Indian Summer
  • The Beatles -- I Wanna Hold Your Hand, She Loves You, Hey Jude and Come Together
  • Beck -- Loser
  • Natasha Bedingfield -- Unwritten, Pocketful of Sunshine
  • The Bee Gees -- Stayin' Alive
  • Ludwig Van Beethoven -- Ode to Joy or his Fifth Symphony
  • Lou Bega -- Mambo No. 5
  • Bell Biv Devoe -- Poison
  • Ben Folds Five -- Brick
  • Pat Benatar --Love is a Battlefield
  • Leonard Bernstein -- Tonight from West Side Story
  • Chuck Berry -- Johnny B. Goode
  • Best Coast -- Boyfriend
  • Better Than Ezra -- Good
  • Beyoncé -- Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
  • Justin Bieber — formerly One Time, but now Baby or Boyfriend
  • Biffy Clyro -- Many of Horror
  • Big & Rich -- Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)
  • Big Black -- "Kerosene"
  • Big Sean -- Dance
  • Big Star -- Thirteen or September Gurls
  • Big Time Rush -- Boyfriend
  • Big Tymers -- Still Fly
  • Bikini Kill -- Rebel Girl
  • Bill Haley & His Comets -- Rock Around the Clock
  • The Birthday Massacre -- Happy Birthday or Blue
  • Georges Bizet -- Les Toreadors
  • Bjork -- Human Behaviour, Venus As A Boy, Big Time Sensuality, or Army of Me
  • Biz Markie -- Just a Friend
  • Rebecca Black -- Friday
    • Mike Bauer -- Friday, as performed by Bob Dylan
    • Funnyz -- Friday (Music Video Parody) (AKA the "Fried Eggs" parody)
  • Mary J Blige -- Real Love, Be Without You or Just Fine
  • The Black Crowes -- Remedy
  • Black Eyed Peas -- Let's Get It Started or I Gotta Feeling
  • Black Flag -- Rise Above
    • The Rollins Band -- Liar
  • Black Label Society—Stillborn
  • Black Sabbath -- War Pigs, Paranoid, or Iron Man
  • Blind Guardian -- The Bard's Song -- In the Forest or Mirror Mirror
  • Blind Melon -- No Rain
  • Blink-182 -- All the Small Things
  • Blondie --Heart Of Glass
  • Bloodhound Gang -- The Bad Touch
  • Blue Cheer -- Summertime Blues
  • Blue Oyster Cult -- (Don't Fear) The Reaper or Godzilla
  • Blue Stahli -- ULTRAnumb
  • Blues Traveler -- Run-Around
  • James Blunt -- You're Beautiful
  • Blur -- Song 2 and 'Parklife'.
  • Bon Jovi -- Livin' on a Prayer
  • Bone Thugs-n-Harmony --Tha Crossroads
  • Boney M. -- Rasputin
  • The Boomtown Rats -- I Don't Like Mondays
  • Boston -- More Than a Feeling
  • David Bowie -- Space Oddity
  • Bowling for Soup -- 1985
  • Billy Bragg -- A New England
  • Johannes Brahms — Lullaby (Weigenleid) in E Flat (often referred to as "Brahms' Lullaby")
  • Michelle Branch -- Everywhere
  • Breaking Benjamin -- The Diary Of Jane, Blow Me Away or I Will Not Bow
  • Breathe Carolina -- Blackout
  • Lee Brice -- A Woman Like You
  • Bright Eyes -- Lua or First Day of My Life
  • Garth Brooks -- The Dance or Friends in Low Places
  • Chris Brown -- Forever or Yeah X3
  • James Brown -- I Got You (I Feel Good)
  • Jackson Browne -- The Load Out (Stay)
  • Brownsville Station -- Smokin' in the Boys Room
  • Buckwheat Boyz -- Peanut Butter Jelly Time
  • Buffalo Springfield -- For What It's Worth
  • Jimmy Buffett -- Margaritaville
  • The Buggles -- Video Killed the Radio Star
  • Built to Spill -- Car
  • Solomon Burke -- Everybody Needs Somebody to Love or Got to Get You Off My Mind
  • Bush -- Glycerine
  • Kate Bush -- Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
  • Stan Bush -- The Touch
  • Busta Rhymes -- Woo-Hah!! Got You All In Check
  • Butthole Surfers -- "Who Was in My Room Last Night" ("Pepper" was their actual hit, but now "Who Was in My Room Last Night" somewhat edges it out due to Rock Band II)
  • Buzzcocks -- Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't Have?) or Everybody's Happy Nowadays
  • The Byrds -- Turn, Turn, Turn
  • Cabaret Voltaire -- Yashar
  • Caesars -- Jerk It Out
  • John Cage -- 4'33"
  • Cage the Elephant -- Ain't No Rest For the Wicked
  • Colbie Caillat -- Bubbly
  • CAKE -- The Distance
  • The Calling -- Wherever You Will Go
  • Cameo - Word Up!
  • Camper Van Beethoven -- Take the Skinheads Bowling
  • Cannibal Corpse -- Hammer Smashed Face
  • Caramell -- Caramelldansen
  • Vanessa Carlton -- A Thousand Miles
  • The Cars -- Just What I Needed
  • Johnny Cash -- I Walk the Line or Hurt
  • Tim Cappello -- I Still Believe
  • Nick Cave -- Where the Wild Roses Grow, or Red Right Hand
  • Cavo -- Champagne
  • Cee Lo Green -- Fuck You, (aka Forget You)
  • Celldweller -- Switchback
  • Celtic Frost -- "Circle of The Tyrants"
  • Harry Chapin -- Cats in the Cradle
  • Cheap Trick -- I Want You to Want Me
  • Cher -- Believe
  • Eagle-Eye Cherry -- Save Tonight
  • Cherry Poppin' Daddies -- Zoot Suit Riot
  • Frederic Chopin -- Fantaisie -- Impromptu or Piano Sonata No. 2 (the Funeral March)
  • Chumbawamba -- Tubthumping
  • Eric Church -- Springsteen
  • The Church - Under the Milky Way
  • Cirque Du Soleil - "Alegria" or "Kunya Sobe"
  • Citizen King -- Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out)
  • Kelly Clarkson -- Since U Been Gone
  • The Clash -- Should I Stay Or Should I Go or London Calling, Rock the Casbah
  • Clutch -- Electric Worry
  • Cobra Starship -- Good Girls Go Bad or You Make Me Feel
  • Tom Cochrane -- Life Is A Highway
  • Coheed and Cambria -- Welcome Home
  • Leonard Cohen -- Hallelujah
  • Cold Chisel -- Khe Sahn
  • Coldplay -- Clocks or Viva La Vida
  • Nat "King" Cole -- Unforgettable
  • Judy Collins -- Both Sides Now
  • Phil Collins -- In the Air Tonight
  • The Commodores -- Brick House
  • Coolio -- Gangsta's Paradise
  • The Corrs -- Breathless
  • Jonathan Coulton -- Still Alive
  • Counting Crows -- Mr. Jones
  • Cradle of Filth -- Her Ghost in the Fog
  • The Cramps -- Human Fly
  • The Cranberries -- Zombie
  • Crash Test Dummies -- Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
  • Cream -- Sunshine of Your Love
  • Creature -- So High
  • Creed -- Higher or With Arms Wide Open
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival -- Fortunate Son
    • John Fogerty -- Centerfield
  • Crosby, Stills & Nash -- Woodstock
  • Sheryl Crow -- All I Wanna Do
  • Crowbar -- All I Had (I Gave)
  • Crowded House -- Don't Dream It's Over
  • Crush 40 -- Live and Learn and I Am
  • Taio Cruz -- Dynamite
  • Culture Club -- Do You Really Want To Hurt Me or Karma Chameleon
  • The Cure-- Just Like Heaven
  • Cutting Crew -- (I Just) Died in Your Arms
  • Cypress Hill -- Insane in the Brain
  • Billy Ray Cyrus -- Achy Breaky Heart
  • Miley Cyrus -- Party In The USA
  • Daddy Yankee -- Rompe or "Gasolina"
  • Daft Punk -- One More Time or Harder, Better. Faster. Stronger
  • Dick Dale -- Misirlou
  • The Dandy Warhols -- Bohemian Like You
  • The Charlie Daniels Band -- The Devil Went Down To Georgia
  • Danity Kane -- Damaged
  • Danzig -- Mother
  • Terence Trent D'arby -- Wishing Well
  • Bobby Darin -- Splish Splash
  • The Darkness -- I Believe in a Thing Called Love
  • Darude -- Sandstorm
  • Daughtry -- It's Not Over or Home
  • Bette Davis -- They're Either Too Young Or Too Old
  • Miles Davis -- So What or Bitches Brew
  • Paul Davis -- I Go Crazy
  • DC Talk -- Jesus Freak
  • Claude Debussy -- Claire de Lune
  • Dead By April - Promise Me or Losing You
  • Dead Kennedys -- California Uber Alles, Holiday in Cambodia or Too Drunk to Fuck
  • The Dead Milkmen -- Punk Rock Girl or Bitchin' Camaro
  • Deadmau5 -- Ghosts n Stuff, Strobe or Raise Your Weapon
  • Dead or Alive -- You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
  • Jimmy Dean -- Big Bad John
  • Death Cab for Cutie -- I Will Follow you into the Dark
  • DeBarge -- Rhythm of the Night
  • Chris DeBurgh -- The Lady in Red
  • Deee-lite -- Groove is in the Heart
  • Deep Blue Something -- Breakfast at Tiffany's
  • Deep Purple -- Smoke on the Water
  • Default -- Wasting My Time
  • Def Leppard -- Pour Some Sugar On Me
  • Deftones -- Change (In The House of Flies)
  • Gavin DeGraw -- I Don't Want To Be
  • Del Amitri -- Roll To Me
  • De La Soul -- Me Myself & I
  • Dem Franchize Boys -- Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It
  • Cathy Dennis -- Touch Me (All Night Long)
  • John Denver -- Take Me Home, Country Roads
  • Depeche Mode -- Enjoy the Silence
  • Rick Derringer -- Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo or Real American
  • Jason Derulo -- Whatcha Say, 'In My Head or It Girl
  • Jackie DeShannon -- Put A Little Love In Your Heart or What The World Needs Now Is Love
  • Des'ree -- You Gotta Be
  • Destinys Child -- Survivor
  • Dev -- In The Dark
  • Devin Townsend -- Hyperdrive or possibly Earth Day
  • Devo -- Whip It
  • Lee DeWyze -- Sweet Serendipity
  • Dexy's Midnight Runners -- Come On Eileen
  • D 4 L -- Laffy Taffy
  • Neil Diamond -- Sweet Caroline
  • Bo Diddley -- Bo Diddley
  • Dido -- Thank You
  • Marlene Dietrich -- Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt (Falling in Love Again), Lili Marleen
  • Digital Underground -- The Humpty Dance
  • Dimmu Borgir -- Progenies of the Great Apocalypse
  • Dinosaur Jr. -- Freak Scene
  • Dio -- Holy Diver and Rainbow In The Dark
  • Dion -- Runaround Sue
  • Celine Dion -- My Heart Will Go On
  • Dire Straits -- Sultans of Swing
  • Dirty Heads -- Lay Me Down
  • Dirty Radio -- Ground Shake
  • Disturbed -- Down with the Sickness
  • Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars
  • Divinyls - I Touch Myself
  • Dixie Chicks - Landslide
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince -- Parents Just Don't Understand or Summertime
  • DJ Sammy -- Heaven
  • DJ Shadow -- Stem/Long Stem/Transmission 2
  • DMX -- Party Up (Up In Here)
  • Does It Offend You Yeah—We Are Rockstars
  • Dog's Eye View -- Everything Falls Apart
  • Thomas Dolby -- She Blinded Me With Science
  • Lonnie Donegan -- Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor
  • Donovan -- Sunshine Superman
  • The Doobie Brothers -- Black Water or What a Fool Believes
  • The Doors -- Light My Fire
  • Carl Douglas -- Kung Fu Fighting
  • Down With Webster -- Your Man
  • Downstait -- I Came To Play
  • Dr. Dre -- Nuthin' But A G Thang
  • Dr. Hook -- The Cover of Rolling Stone
  • Dr. John -- Right Place Wrong Time
  • DragonForce -- Through The Fire And Flames
  • Drake -- Best I Ever Had or Find Your Love
  • Nick Drake -- Pink Moon
  • Dream -- He Loves U Not
  • The Dream Academy -- Life in a Northern Town
  • Dream Theater -- Pull Me Under or Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper
  • The Dropkick Murphys -- I'm Shipping Up To Boston
  • Drowning Pool -- Bodies
  • Dru -- Getting It In or She Can Ride
  • Dschinghis Khan -- Moskau
  • Duck Sauce -- Barbra Streisand
  • Hilary Duff -- Come Clean
  • Duffy -- Mercy
  • Paul Dukas -- The Sorcerer's Apprentice
  • Duran Duran -- Hungry Like the Wolf
  • Ian Dury and The Blockheads -- Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll or Blockheads
  • Bob Dylan -- Like a Rolling Stone
  • E-40 -- Tell Me When to Go
  • Eagles -- Hotel California
    • Don Henley -- Boys of Summer
    • Joe Walsh --Life's Been Good
  • Eamon -- Fuck it! (I Don't Want You Back)
  • Earth, Wind & Fire -- September
  • Sheena Easton -- Morning Train
  • Eiffel 65 -- Blue (Da Ba Dee)
  • Electric Light Orchestra -- Evil Woman
  • Electric Six -- "Gay Bar" (To the chagrin of real fans)
  • Danny Elfman—Theme for Tim Burton's Batman or Edward Scissorhands.
  • Edward Elgar -- Pomp and Circumstance
  • Duke Ellington -- Take the "A" Train.
  • Missy Elliott -- Work It
  • Emerson, Lake & Palmer -- Karn Evil 9 First Impression Part 2
  • EMF -- Unbelievable
  • Eminem -- Lose Yourself or The Real Slim Shady
  • The English Beat -- Mirror in the Bathroom
  • EndeverafteR -- No More Words
  • Enya -- Only Time
  • Erasure -- Always
  • The Escape Club -- Wild, Wild West
  • Gloria Estefan -- Conga
  • Estelle -- American Boy
  • Melissa Etheridge -- Come To My Window
  • Europe (band) -- The Final Countdown
  • Eurythmics -- Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
  • Evanescence -- Bring Me To Life or My Immortal
  • Eve 6 -- Inside Out
  • Everclear -- Santa Monica
  • Everything But The Girl -- Missing
  • The Everly Brothers -- 'Wake Up Little Susie
  • Expose -- Seasons Change
  • Extreme -- More Than Words
  • Fabolous -- Make Me Better
  • Face to Face -- Disconnected
  • Faith No More -- Epic
  • Falco -- Rock Me Amadeus
  • Fall Out Boy -- Dance, Dance
  • Far East Movement -- Like A G6
  • John Farnham -- You're the Voice
  • Fastball -- The Way
  • Fatboy Slim -- The Rockafeller Skank
  • Fear Factory -- Replica
  • Jose Feliciano -- Feliz Navidad
  • Feeder -- Buck Rogers
  • Feist -- 1234
  • Jay Ferguson -- Thunder Island
  • Lupe Fiasco -- The Show Goes On
  • Filter -- Take A Picture
  • Fine Young Cannibals -- She Drives Me Crazy
  • Finger Eleven -- Paralyzer
  • Finntroll -- Trollhammaren
  • Fishbone -- Party at Ground Zero
  • Five for Fighting -- Superman (It's Not Easy)
  • Five Iron Frenzy -- Handbook for the Sellout or Every New Day
  • The Fixx -- One Thing Leads To Another
  • Roberta Flack -- The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face or Killing Me Softly With His Song
  • Flaming Lips -- She Don't Use Jelly
  • Fleet Foxes -- White Winter Hymnal
  • Fleetwood Mac -- Go Your Own Way
  • Flipper -- Sex Bomb
  • The Flirts -- Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)
  • Flo Rida -- Low, Right Round or Club Can't Handle Me
  • Flobots -- Handlebars
  • A Flock of Seagulls -- I Ran (So Far Away)
  • Florence + the Machine -- Dog Days Are Over
  • Eddie Floyd -- Knock On Wood
  • Flux Pavalion -- Bass Cannon or I Can't Stop
  • Flyleaf -- All Around Me or I'm So Sick
  • Focus -- Hocus Pocus
  • Foghat -- Slow Ride
  • Ben Folds -- Rockin' the Suburbs
  • Foo Fighters -- Everlong
  • Lita Ford -- Kiss Me Deadly
  • Foreigner -- Hot Blooded
  • Foster the People -- Pumped Up Kicks
  • The Foundations -- Build Me Up Buttercup
  • Fountains of Wayne -- Stacy's Mom
  • The Four Seasons -- December 1963
  • The Four Tops -- I Can't Help Myself or The Same Old Song
  • Jamie Foxx -- Blame It
  • Peter Frampton -- Do You Feel Like We Do? and Show Me the Way
  • Frankie Goes to Hollywood -- Relax
  • Frankie J -- Obsession
  • Aretha Franklin -- Respect
  • Franz Ferdinand -- Take Me Out
  • The Fratellis -- Chelsea Dagger
  • The Fray -- How to Save a Life
  • Free -- All Right Now
  • Aaron Fresh -- Spending All My Time
  • Frou Frou -- Let Go or Breathe In
  • Julius Fucik -- Entry of the Gladiators
  • Fuel -- Hemorrhage (In My Hands)
  • Fugazi -- Waiting Room
  • The Fugees -- Killing Me Softly
  • Fun. -- We Are Young
  • Funkadelic -- One Nation Under a Groove
  • Nelly Furtado -- I'm Like a Bird, Say It Right or Maneater
  • Peter Gabriel -- Sledgehammer
  • The GAG Quartet -- Le Internet Medley
  • Serge Gainsbourg -- Bonnie and Clyde
  • Gallery -- Nice To Be With You
  • Childish Gambino -- Heartbeat
  • Garbage -- Only Happy When It Rains
  • Judy Garland -- Over the Rainbow
  • Marvin Gaye -- What's Going On or I Heard It Through the Grapevine
  • Gloria Gaynor -- I Will Survive
  • Genesis -- Land of Confusion
  • George Baker Selection -- Little Green Bag
  • Gerardo -- Rico Suave
  • The Germs -- "Lexicon Devil"
  • George Gershwin -- Rhapsody in Blue
  • Geto Boys -- Mind Playing Tricks On Me
  • Stan Getz -- The Girl From Ipanema
  • Gin Blossoms -- Hey Jealousy
  • Girlicious -- 2 In The Morning or Stupid Shit
  • Girlschool -- Emergency or Race With The Devil
  • Girls Aloud -- "Biology"
  • Girls' Generation -- Gee or Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)
  • Godsmack -- I Stand Alone
  • The Go-Gos -- Our Lips Are Sealed or We Got the Beat
  • Golden Earring -- "Radar Love"
  • Goldfinger -- Superman
  • Goldfrapp -- Ooh la La or Strict Machine
  • Selena Gomez & The Scene -- Naturally or Love You Like A Love Song
  • Good Charlotte -- The Anthem
  • The Goo Goo Dolls -- Iris
  • Lesley Gore -- It's My Party
  • Gorillaz -- Feel Good Inc.
  • Gotye -- Somebody That I Used To Know
  • Ellie Goulding -- Starry Eyed or Lights
  • Go West -- King of Wishful Thinking
  • Andy Grammer -- Keep Your Head Up
  • Grand Funk Railroad -- We're an American Band
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five -- The Message
  • Amy Grant -- Baby Baby
  • Eddy Grant -- Electric Avenue
  • The Grateful Dead --Casey Jones
  • Great Big Sea -- Ordinary Day, Sea of No Cares, or maybe their cover of REM's The End of the World As We Know It
  • Dobie Gray -- Drift Away
  • Great White -- Once Bitten, Twice Shy
  • Al Green -- Let's Stay Together
  • Green Day --Basket Case, Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, American Idiot or Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) are all potential candidates.
  • Norman Greenbaum -- Spirit in the Sky
  • Lee Greenwood -- God Bless The USA
  • Edvard Grieg -- Hall of the Mountain King
  • Grizzly Bear -- Two Weeks
  • Grouplove -- Tongue Tied
  • Vince Guaraldi -- Linus and Lucy
  • The Guess Who -- American Woman
  • David Guetta -- Sexy Chick or Without You
    • To be honest, he might not have a signature song because most of his hits are probably more associated with the guest stars more than Guetta himself.
  • Guns N' Roses -- Sweet Child O' Mine or Welcome to the Jungle
  • Arlo Guthrie -- Alice's Restaurant
  • Woody Guthrie -- This Land Is Your Land
  • Guttermouth -- She's Got the Look
  • Gym Class Heroes -- Stereo Hearts
    • Travie McCoy -- Billionaire
  • GZA -- Liquid Swords
  • Haddaway -- What is Love?
  • Sammy Hagar -- Heavy Metal
  • Hall And Oates -- Maneater or I Can't Go For That (H&O actually have a lot of these, since they had many hits. Other examples of their signature (or at least their most popular) songs are She's Gone, Rich Girl, You Make My Dreams Kiss On My List or Sara Smile)
  • Hammerfall -- Hearts On Fire
  • Hampton the Hampster -- Hampster Dance
  • George Frideric Handel -- Messiah, (more specifically the Hallelujah Chorus at the end of Part II)
  • Hanson -- MMMbop
  • The Happy Mondays -- Step On
  • Calvin Harris -- Acceptable in the 80's or Feel So Close
  • George Harrison -- My Sweet Lord
  • Corey Hart -- Sunglasses at Night
  • Dan Hartman I Can Dream About You
  • PJ Harvey-- Down By The Water
  • Harvey Danger -- Flagpole Sitta
  • Sophie B. Hawkins Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover
  • Hawkwind -- Silver Machine
  • Hawthorne Heights -- Saying Sorry or Ohio Is For Lovers
  • Isaac Hayes -- Theme from Shaft
  • Murray Head -- One Night in Bangkok
  • Heart -- Barracuda
  • Heatwave -- Always and Forever
  • Heavy D and the Boyz -- Now That We Found Love
  • Hedley -- Never Too Late
  • Helloween -- I Want Out
  • Hellyeah -- Hellyeah or You Wouldn't Know
  • Bobby Helms -- Jingle Bell Rock
  • Jimi Hendrix -- Purple Haze or All Along the Watchtower
  • Hermans Hermits -- I'm Into Something Good or Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter
  • Hi-Five -- I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)
  • Faith Hill -- Breathe
  • Lauryn Hill -- Doo Wop (That Thing)
  • Keri Hilson -- Knock You Down
  • Hinder -- Lips of an Angel
  • The Hives -- Hate to Say I Told You So
  • The Hold Steady -- The Swish
  • Hoku -- Another Dumb Blonde or Perfect Day
  • Hole -- Celebrity Skin
  • The Hollies -- He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
  • Buddy Holly -- Peggy Sue
  • Hollywood Undead -- Undead
  • Rupert Holmes -- Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
  • Hoobastank -- The Reason
  • Hootie and the Blowfish -- Only Wanna Be With You
  • Bruce Hornsby and the Range -- The Way It Is
  • Hot Chelle Rae -- Tonight Tonight
  • Hot Chocolate -- You Sexy Thing
  • Thelma Houston -- Don't Leave Me This Way
  • Whitney Houston -- I Will Always Love You
  • House of Pain -- Jump Around
    • Everlast -- What It's Like
  • The Human League -- Don't You Want Me
  • Hurt -- Ten Ton Brick
  • Bryan Hyland -- Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini
  • Ice Cube -- It Was a Good Day
  • Ice T -- 6 in the Mornin'
    • Body Count -- Cop Killer
  • Billy Idol -- Dancing with Myself or Rebel Yell
  • Imogen Heap -- Hide and Seek
  • Incubus - Drive
  • INXS -- Need You Tonight
  • Donnie Iris -- Ah, Leah!
  • Iron & Wine -- Flightless Bird, American Mouth
  • Iron Butterfly -- In A Gadda Da Vida
  • Iron Maiden -- Run to the Hills or The Number of the Beast
  • The Isley Brothers -- Shout
  • IYAZ -- Replay
  • J. Cole -- Workout
  • Terry Jacks -- Seasons in the Sun
  • Joe -- I Wanna Know or Stutter
  • Joe Jackson -- Steppin' Out
  • Michael Jackson -- Your Mileage May Vary but Beat It, Billie Jean, Bad or Thriller could work.
  • The Jackson 5 -- I'll Be There, I Want You Back, or ABC
  • JAM Project -- SKILL, or GONG
  • The Jam -- Going Underground
  • James -- Laid
  • Etta James -- At Last
  • Rick James -- Super Freak
  • Tommy James -- Hanky Panky
  • Jamiroquai -- Virtual Insanity
  • Jane's Addiction -- Been Caught Stealing or Jane Says
  • Ja Rule -- Always on Time
  • Jay Z -- 99 Problems
  • Jefferson Airplane -- Somebody to Love or White Rabbit
  • Sean Jenness -- Written In My Face
  • Carly Rae Jepsen -- Call Me Maybe
  • Jeremih -- Down On Me
  • Jessie J -- Price Tag or Domino
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain -- Just Like Honey or Head On
  • Jesus Jones -- Right Here, Right Now
  • Jet -- Are You Gonna Be My Girl
  • Jethro Tull -- Aqualung
  • Joan Jett -- I Love Rock 'n' Roll or Bad Reputation
  • Jewel -- Who Will Save Your Soul
  • The J. Geils Band -- Centerfold
  • Jimmy Eat World -- The Middle
  • J-Kwon -- Tipsy
  • JLS -- Everybody In Love
  • Jo Boxers -- Just Got Lucky
  • Billy Joel -- Piano Man or We Didn't Start the Fire
  • Elton John -- Your Song
  • Robert John -- Sad Eyes
  • Johnny Hates Jazz -- Shattered Dreams
  • Jojo -- Leave (Get Out)
  • Don Johnson -- Heartbeat
  • Lil Jon -- Get Low
  • Jonas Brothers -- Burnin' Up
  • Norah Jones -- Don't Know Why
  • Tom Jones -- It's Not Unusual
  • Janis Joplin -- Me and Bobby McGee or Piece of My Heart
  • Eric Johnson -- Cliffs of Dover
  • Montell Jordan -- This Is How We Do It
  • Journey -- Don't Stop Believin'
  • Joy Division -- Love Will Tear Us Apart
  • JRDN -- U Can Have It All
  • Judas Priest -- You've Got Another Thing Coming
  • Juvenile -- Slow Motion
  • K'naan -- Waving Flag
  • Kajagoogoo -- Too Shy
  • Kaiser Chiefs -- Ruby
  • Kaizers Orchestra -- Kontroll på kontinentet
  • Kansas -- Carry On Wayward Son or Dust in the Wind
  • Karmin—Formerly Crash Your Party but now undoubtedly Brokenhearted
  • Kasabian -- Club Foot
  • KC and the Sunshine Band -- That's The Way (I Like It)
  • KC-i and Jojo -- All My Life
  • Keane -- Somewhere Only We Know
  • Kelis -- Milkshake
  • Paul Kelly -- To Her Door, Before Too Long, or Darling It Hurts
  • R. Kelly -- I Believe I Can Fly
  • Kenny G -- Songbird
  • Alicia Keys -- Fallin'
  • Ke$ha --Tik Tok
  • Aram Khachaturian -- Sabre Dance
  • Wiz Khalifa -- Black & Yellow
  • Chaka Khan -- I'm Every Woman
  • Eduard Khil -- I Am Glad Because I'm Finally Returning Home
  • Kid Cudi -- Day 'n' Nite
  • Kid Rock -- Bawitdaba, All Summer Long
  • Greg Kihn Band -- Jeopardy
  • The Killers -- Mr. Brightside or Somebody Told Me
  • Andy Kim -- Rock Me Gently
  • Killing Joke -- "Love Like Blood"
  • Killswitch Engage -- My Curse
  • Ben E. King -- Stand By Me
  • Carole King -- It's Too Late
  • King Crimson -- The Court of the Crimson King or 21st Century Schizoid Man
  • King Diamond -- The Family Ghost or Welcome Home
  • King Missile -- Detachable Penis
  • Kings of Leon -- Use Somebody
  • The Kingsmen -- Louie, Louie
  • The Kinks -- You Really Got Me
  • KISS -- Rock and Roll All Nite
  • The Knack -- My Sharona
  • Knife Party -- Internet Friends
  • Gladys Knight and the Pips -- Midnight Train To Georgia
  • Koji Kondo—The Super Mario Bros. theme
  • Kool & the Gang -- Celebration
  • Korn -- Freak on a Leash
  • Korpiklaani -- Wooden Pints
  • Lenny Kravitz -- Are You Gonna Go My Way
  • Kris Kross -- Jump
  • Kris Kristofferson -- Why Me?
  • Krokus -- Eat the Rich
  • Yevgeny Krylatov -- "Beautiful Tomorrow"
  • Kula Shaker -- Tattva
  • L7 -- Pretend We're Dead
  • The La's -- There She Goes
  • La Roux -- Bulletproof
  • Labelle -- Lady Marmalade
  • Lacuna Coil -- Our Truth
  • Lady Antebellum -- Need You Now
  • Lady Gaga -- Poker Face, Bad Romance or Born This Way
  • Lamb of God -- Laid to Rest or Black Label
  • Adam Lambert -- Whataya Want From Me
  • Cyndi Lauper -- Girls Just Want to Have Fun
  • Avril Lavigne -- Complicated
  • Led Zeppelin -- Stairway To Heaven
  • The Left Banke -- Pretty Ballerina and Walk Away Renee
  • John Legend -- Ordinary People
  • Lemon Demon -- Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny or Brodyquest
  • The Lemon Pipers -- Green Tambourine
  • Len -- Steal My Sunshine
  • John Lennon -- Imagine
  • Less Than Jake -- All My Best Friends are Metalheads
  • Huey Lewis and the News -- The Power of Love
  • Jerry Lee Lewis -- Great Balls of Fire
  • Leona Lewis -- Bleeding Love
  • Lifehouse -- Hanging By A Moment
  • LFO -- Summer Girls
  • Gordon Lightfoot -- The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald or Sundown
  • Lil Jon -- Get Low
  • Lil Wayne -- Lollipop
  • Limp Bizkit -- Nookie
  • Linkin Park -- In the End, What I've Done, or Numb
    • Fort Minor -- Remember The Name
    • Dead By Sunrise -- Crawl Back In
  • Lipps Inc. -- Funky Town
  • Franz Liszt -- Liebestraum or Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
  • Lit -- My Own Worst Enemy
  • Little Eva -- The Locomotion
  • Little Richard -- Tutti Frutti
  • Little River Band -- Reminiscing
  • Live -- Lightning Crashes
  • Living Colour -- Cult of Personality
  • LL Cool J -- Mama Said Knock You Out
  • LMFAO -- Party Rock Anthem
  • Kenny Loggins -- Footloose
  • The Lonely Island-- I'm on a Boat
  • Long Beach Dub Allstars -- Sunny Hours
  • Jennifer Lopez -- Waiting For Tonight or Jenny From The Block
  • Lordi -- Hard Rock Hallelujah or Blood Red Sandman
  • Lostprophets -- Last Train Home or Rooftops
  • Los Lobos -- La Bamba
  • Los Del Rio -- Macarena
  • Los Lonely Boys -- Heaven
  • Demi Lovato -- La La Land or Here We Go Again pre-rehab, Give Your Heart A Break post-rehab
  • Love -- Alone Again Or or 7 Plus 7 Is
  • Love Battery -- Out of Focus
  • Loverboy -- Working For the Weekend
  • The Lovin' Spoonful -- Summer in the City or Do You Believe in Magic?
  • Ludacris -- Move Bitch
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd -- Free Bird
  • Kevin Lyttle -- Turn Me On
  • M -- Pop Muzik
  • M83 -- Midnight City
  • Mac Dre -- Thizzelle Dance
  • Madness -- One Step Beyond, Night Boat to Cairo, or Our House
  • Madonna -- Like a Virgin
  • Miriam Makeba -- Pata Pata
  • Malfunkshun -- "With Yo' Heart (Not Yo' Hand)"
  • The Mamas and the Papas -- California Dreamin' or Monday, Monday
  • Manic Street Preachers -- If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
  • Barry Manilow -- Copacabana, "Mandy," or I Write the Songs
  • Clint Mansell -- Lux Aeterna
  • Marcy Playground -- Sex and Candy
  • Marillion -- Kayleigh
  • Marilyn Manson -- The Beautiful People
  • Martika -- Toy Soldiers
  • Bob Marley -- No Woman No Cry
  • Maroon 5 -- This Love or Moves Like Jagger
  • Bruno Mars -- Just the Way You Are or Grenade
  • Mia Martina -- Latin Moon or Burning
  • Dean Martin -- That's Amore
  • Ricky Martin -- Livin' La Vida Loca
  • Richard Marx -- Right Here Waiting
  • Massive Attack -- Teardrop
  • Mastodon -- Blood and Thunder, possibly Oblivion
  • Matchbox Twenty -- 3 A.M.
  • Matisyahu -- King Without a Crown
  • Matt and Kim -- Daylight
  • Maximum the Hormone -- What's Up, People?!
  • Edward Maya -- Stereo Love
  • MC5 -- Kick Out the Jams
  • MC 900 Ft. Jesus -- If I Only Had a Brain
  • MC Hammer -- U Can't Touch This
  • Sarah McLachlan -- Angel" or I Will Remember You
  • Don McLean -- American Pie
  • Meat Loaf -- Paradise By the Dashboard Light
  • Meat Puppets -- Plateau or Lake of Fire
  • Megadeth -- Symphony of Destruction/Peace Sells
  • The Melvins -- Boris or Night Goat
  • Men at Work -- Down Under or Who Can It Be Now?
  • Men Without Hats -- The Safety Dance
  • Felix Mendelssohn -- Wedding March
  • Mercy Drive -- Burn In My Light
  • Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts -- Angel of the Morning
  • Meshuggah -- Bleed
  • Metallica -- Enter Sandman or Master of Puppets"
  • MGMT -- Kids
  • M.I.A. -- Paper Planes
  • George Michael -- Faith
  • Midnight Oil -- Beds Are Burning
  • The Mighty Mighty Bosstones -- The Impression That I Get
  • Mika -- Grace Kelly
  • Nicki Minaj -- Super Bass
  • Ministry -- Jesus Built My Hot Rod
  • Minor Threat -- Straight Edge
  • The Minutemen -- Corona or This Ain't No Picnic
  • The Misfits -- Last Caress, Hybrid Moments, or Where Eagles Dare
  • Joni Mitchell -- Big Yellow Taxi
  • Moby Grape -- Omaha
  • The Modern Lovers -- Roadrunner
  • Modest Mouse -- Float On
  • Mohombi -- Bumpy Ride
  • The Moldy Peaches -- Anyone Else But You
  • The Monkees -- I'm a Believer
  • Monster Magnet -- Space Lord
  • Monty Python – The Liberty Bell March, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
  • The Moody Blues -- Nights in White Satin
  • Alanis Morissette -- You Oughta Know
  • Morphine -- The Night
  • Van Morrison -- Brown Eyed Girl
  • Mother Love Bone -- Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns
  • Motley Crue -- Dr. Feelgood
  • Motorhead -- Ace of Spades
  • Mountain -- Mississippi Queen
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Sonata in C, Symphony #40 in G Minor, Symphony #41 "Jupiter", or the Requiem Mass in D Minor
  • Mr. Mister -- ''Broken Wings
  • Mr. Pink / The Program - Love and Affection - a Cover Version of Joan Armatrading's song.
  • Jason Mraz -- I'm Yours
  • Mudhoney -- Touch Me, I'm Sick
  • Mudvayne -- Dig
  • Mumford & Sons -- Little Lion Man
  • Mungo Jerry -- In the Summertime
  • Muse -- Uprising
  • Mustard Plug -- Mr. Smiley
  • My Chemical Romance -- Welcome To The Black Parade
  • My Darkest Days -- Porn Star Dancing
  • My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult -- A Daisy Chain 4 Satan
  • My Name Is Kay -- My Name Is Kay
  • Napalm Death -- You Suffer
  • Nas -- N.Y. State of Mind
  • Johnny Nash -- I Can See Clearly Now
  • Naughty By Nature -- O.P.P.
  • Nazareth -- Hair of the Dog
  • Nelly -- Hot in Herre
  • Nena -- 99 Luftballons
  • Neon Trees -- Animal
  • Nephew -- Movie Klip
  • Neutral Milk Hotel -- Holland, 1945
  • New Order -- Blue Monday or Bizarre Love Triangle
  • Randy Newman -- Short People
  • Nickelback -- How You Remind Me
  • Night Ranger -- Sister Christian
  • Nine Days -- Absolutely (Story of a Girl)
  • Nine Inch Nails -- Closer
  • Nirvana -- Smells Like Teen Spirit
  • No Doubt -- Don't Speak
  • NOFX -- Don't Call Me White
  • The Notorious B.I.G. -- Hypnotize.
  • 'N Sync -- Bye Bye Bye
  • Ted Nugent -- Cat Scratch Fever or Stranglehold
  • Gary Numan -- Cars
  • N.W.A. -- Straight Outta Compton
  • O-Town -- All Or Nothing
  • O-Zone -- Dragostea Din Tei (the "Numa Numa" song)
  • The Oak Ridge Boys -- Elvira
  • Oasis -- Wonderwall
  • Oberhofer -- Away Frm U
  • Ocean Colour Scene -- The Riverboat Song
  • Jacques Offenbach -- Galop Infernal from Orphée aux enfers, probably better known to most people as the Can-Can.
  • The Offspring -- Come Out and Play, Pretty Fly (For a White Guy), Self Esteem, or You're Gonna Go Far, Kid
  • The Ohio Players -- Love Rollercoaster
  • Oingo Boingo -- Dead Man's Party
  • OK Go -- Here It Goes Again
  • Ol' Dirty Bastard -- Shimmy Shimmy Ya or Brooklyn Zoo
  • One Direction -- What Makes You Beautiful
  • OneRepublic -- Good Life
  • Onesidezero -- New World Order
  • Operation Ivy -- Knowledge or Unity
  • Opeth -- The Drapery Falls
  • Rita Ora -- How We Do
  • Orbital -- Chime
  • Carl Orff -- O Fortuna
  • Orianthi -- According To You
  • The Orion Experience -- Obsessed With You or Queen of White Lies
  • Our Lady Peace -- Superman's Dead or Clumsy
  • OutKast-- Hey Ya! or Ms. Jackson
  • Outasight -- Tonight Is The Night
  • Ozzy Osbourne -- Crazy Train
  • Overkill -- Hello from the Gutter
  • Jake Owen -- Alone With You
  • Owl City -- Fireflies
  • Johann Pachelbel -- Canon in D Major
  • Pain of Salvation -- Ashes
  • Panic At the Disco -- I Write Sins, Not Tragedies
  • Pantera --Walk
  • Papa Roach -- Last Resort
  • Paper Tounges -- Ride To California
  • Paradise Lost -- As I Die
  • Paramore--Misery Business
  • Ray Parker Jr. -- Ghostbusters
  • Parliament -- Give Up the Funk
  • Passion Pit -- Sleepyhead
  • Sean Paul -- Temperature
  • Pavement -- Cut Your Hair, Summer Babe, or Gold Soundz
  • Pearl Jam -- Jeremy or Even Flow
  • Pendulum -- Propane Nightmares or Slam
  • Periphery -- Icarus Lives
  • Pepper -- Give It Up or No Control
  • Katy Perry -- California Gurls or Teenage Dream
  • Pet Shop Boys -- West End Girls
  • Peter, Bjorn and John -- Young Folks
  • Peter, Paul & Mary -- Leaving on a Jet Plane
  • Liz Phair --Why Can't I
  • Phantom Planet -- California
  • Phish -- You Enjoy Myself
  • Phoenix -- 1901
  • P!nk -- Get the Party Started
  • Pink Floyd -- Another Brick in The Wall, Part II, Wish You Were Here, or Comfortably Numb, Money
  • Pitbull -- Give Me Everything
  • The Pixies -- Where is My Mind? or Monkey Gone to Heaven
  • Placebo -- Pure Morning
  • POD -- Youth of the Nation
  • Poison -- Every Rose Has Its Thorn
  • The Police-- Every Breath You Take, Roxanne
  • Amilcare Ponchielli -- Dance of the Hours
  • Pop Will Eat Itself -- Ich Bin Ein Auslander
  • Mike Posner -- Cooler Than Me
  • The Postal Service -- Such Great Heights
  • Portishead-- Glory Box or Sour Times
  • Powderfinger -- My Happiness
  • Powerman 5000 -- When Worlds Collide
    • Bombshell also counts, due to its popularity despite its lack of an official release.
  • Daniel Powter -- Bad Day
  • The Presidents of the United States of America -- Lump
  • Elvis Presley -- Heartbreak Hotel Hound Dog and Jailhouse Rock are contenders.
  • The Pretenders -- Brass in Pocket
  • Primal Scream -- "Loaded"
  • Primordial -- The Coffin Ships
  • Primus -- Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
  • Prince -- When Doves Cry.
  • The Proclaimers -- I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
  • The Prodigy -- Firestarter
  • Puddle of Mudd -- Blurry
  • Alla Pugacheva -- "Harlequin," "Million Scarlet Roses," or "This World"
  • Pulp -- Common People
  • Big Pun -- Still Not A Player, Twinz (Deep Cover 98)
  • Quad City DJ's -- C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)
  • Queen -- Bohemian Rhapsody or We Will Rock You & We Are the Champions,
  • Queens of the Stone Age -- No One Knows
  • Queensrÿche -- Silent Lucidity
  • Question Mark & the Mysterians -- 96 Tears
  • Quiet Riot -- Cum on Feel the Noize
  • The Raconteurs -- Steady, As She Goes
  • Radiohead -- Creep, Street Spirit (Fade Out), and Lotus Flower
  • Gerry Rafferty -- Baker Street
  • Rainbow -- Stargazer
  • Rage -- Don't Fear the Winter
  • Rage Against the Machine -- Killing In the Name or Bulls on Parade
  • Raghav -- Fire
  • Rammstein -- Du Hast
  • The Ramones -- I Wanna Be Sedated or Blitzkrieg Bop
  • Rancid -- Time Bomb
  • Maurice Ravel -- Bolero
  • Helen Reddy -- I Am Woman
  • Otis Redding -- (Sittin' On) The Dock Of the Bay
  • Red -- Breathe Into Me
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers -- Under the Bridge
  • Red Rider -- Lunatic Fringe
  • Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
  • Reel Big Fish -- Sell Out
  • Relient K -- Be My Escape
  • REM -- Losing My Religion or It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
  • Chris Rene -- Young Homie
  • RENT Cast -- Seasons of Love
  • The Replacements -- I Will Dare or Unsatisfied
  • Rev Theory -- Voices
  • Malvina Reynolds -- Little Boxes
  • Rihanna -- Umbrella
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumblebee
  • Rise Against -- Prayer of the Refugee
  • Rob Zombie -- Dragula
  • Rockapella -- Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? or Zombie Jamboree
  • Kenny Rogers -- The Gambler or Lady
  • Stan Rogers -- Barrett's Privateers
  • The Rolling Stones -- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
  • The Romantics -- What I Like About You
  • Linda Ronstadt -- You're No Good
  • Gioachino Rossini -- William Tell Overture or Largo al factotum
  • Asher Roth -- I Love College
  • Kevin Rudolf -- Let It Rock
  • Run DMC -- Walk This Way
  • The Runaways -- Cherry Bomb
  • Todd Rundgren -- Hello It's Me
  • Running Wild -- Under Jolly Roger
  • Rush -- Tom Sawyer and The Spirit of Radio
  • Roza Rymbaeva -- Alia or Love Has Come
  • Sak Noel -- Loca People (WTF)
  • Saliva -- Click Click Boom
  • Salt-n-Pepa -- Push It
  • Sanctuary -- Battle Angels
  • Joe Satriani -- Surfing with the Alien
  • Saving Abel -- Addicted
  • Saving Jane -- Girl Next Door
  • Say Anything -- Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too
  • Scatman John -- Scatman
  • Peter Schilling -- Major Tom (Coming Home)
  • Scorpions -- Rock You Like A Hurricane
  • Scissor Sisters -- I Don't Feel Like Dancing
  • Scratch Acid -- "Cannibal"
  • Screaming Trees -- Nearly Lost You
  • The Script -- Breakeven
  • Seal -- Kiss From A Rose
  • Jay Sean -- Down, possibly Do You Remember
  • Seaweed -- "Losing Skin" or "Go your own way"
  • Sebadoh -- The Freed Pig
  • The Seeds -- Pushin' Too Hard
  • Seether -- Remedy or Fake It
  • Bob Seger -- Old Time Rock and Roll
  • Semisonic -- Closing Time
  • Sepultura -- Roots Bloody Roots
  • Sex Pistols -- Anarchy in the U.K.
  • Shaggy -- Angel
  • Shakira -- Hips Don't Lie
  • Tupac Shakur -- California Love
  • Ed Sheeran -- The A-Team
  • Kenny Wayne Shepherd -- Blue on Black
  • Allan Sherman -- Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh
  • Shinedown -- Second Chance
  • The Shins -- New Slang
  • The Shondells -- Crimson & Clover
  • Howard Shore—The The Lord of the Rings theme
  • Short Stack -- Sway, Sway Baby!, Princess, or Sweet December
  • Sia -- Breathe Me
  • Simon and Garfunkel -- Bridge Over Troubled Water
  • Paul Simon -- Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
  • Carly Simon -- You're So Vain
  • Simple Minds -- Don't You (Forget About Me)
  • Simply Red -- Holding Back the Years
  • Sick Puppies -- You're Going Down or All the Same
  • Frank Sinatra -- My Way
  • Nancy Sinatra -- These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
  • Sir Mix-a-Lot -- Baby Got Back
  • Sixx: A.M. -- Life is Beautiful or Lies of the Beautiful People
  • Skee-Lo -- I Wish
  • Skid Row -- 18 and Life
  • Skillet -- Whispers In The Dark or Awake and Alive
  • Skinny Puppy -- "Worlock"
  • Skin Yard --"The Birds"
  • Skrillex -- Bangarang
  • Slade -- Cum on Feel the Noize
  • Slayer -- Raining Blood, Angel of Death
  • Slightly Stoopid -- Closer to the Sun
  • Slipknot -- Wait and Bleed
  • The Small Faces -- Itchycoo Park
  • Craig Smart -- One Life Stand, 123
  • Smash Mouth -- All Star
  • The Smashing Pumpkins -- '1979, Bullet With Butterfly Wings, Today
  • smile.dk -- Butterfly
  • Smile Empty Soul -- Bottom of a Bottle
  • Elliott Smith -- Between the Bars or Miss Misery
  • Patti Smith -- Gloria or Free Money
  • Will Smith -- Gettin' Jiggy Wit It
  • The Smiths -- How Soon Is Now?
  • Smokey Robinson & the Miracles -- Tears of a Clown
  • Snoop Dogg-- Drop it Like It's Hot
  • Snow Patrol -- Chasing Cars
  • Social Distortion -- Ball and Chain
  • Sodom -- Agent Orange
  • Martin Solveig -- Hello
  • Something Corporate -- Konstantine
  • Sonata Arctica -- Full Moon
  • Sonic Youth -- Teen Age Riot or Kool Thing
  • The Sonics -- Strychnine
  • Sonny and Cher -- I Got You, Babe (See also the entry for Cher, above.)
  • Sophie & Magaly -- Le Papa Pingouin
  • Soul Asylum -- Runaway Train
  • Soul Embraced -- My Tourniquet
  • Soundgarden -- Black Hole Sun
  • John Philip Sousa -- Stars and Stripes Forever
  • Space -- Female of the Species
  • Spandau Ballet -- True
  • Britney Spears -- ...Baby One More Time or Toxic
  • The Specials -- A Message to You, Rudy
  • Regina Spektor -- Fidelity
  • Spice Girls -- Wannabe
  • Spin Doctors -- Two Princes
  • Spinners -- Working My Way Back To You
  • Rick Springfield -- Jessie's Girl
  • Bruce Springsteen --Born in the USA or Born to Run
  • Squeeze -- Cool for Cats
  • Staind -- It's Been Awhile
  • Alexandra Stan -- Mr. Saxobeat
  • The Standells -- Dirty Water
  • Starflyer 59 -- No New Kinda Story
  • Starland Vocal Band -- Afternoon Delight
  • Static-X -- Push It or The Only
  • Stealers Wheel -- Stuck in the Middle With You
  • Steely Dan -- Reelin' in the Years
  • Gwen Stefani -- Hollaback Girl
  • Stephen Sondheim -- Send in the Clowns
  • Steppenwolf -- Born to Be Wild
  • Steve Miller Band -- The Joker
  • Cat Stevens -- Peace Train or Wild World
  • Rod Stewart -- Maggie May
  • Stephen Stills -- Love the One You're With
  • The Stone Roses -- I Wanna Be Adored
  • Stone Temple Pilots -- Interstate Love Song
  • The Stooges -- Search and Destroy or I Wanna Be Your Dog
  • The Stranglers -- Golden Brown or Peaches
  • Igor Stravinsky -- The Firebird Suite
  • Johann Strauss -- Blue Danube
  • Richard Strauss -- Also Sprach Zarathustra
  • The Strawbs -- Part of the Union
  • Streetlight Manifesto -- A Better Place, a Better Time
  • The Strokes -- Last Nite
  • Sufjan Stevens -- Chicago
  • Sugarloaf -- Green-Eyed Lady
  • Sublime - What I Got or Doin' Time
  • Suede -- Animal Nitrate
  • Sugar Ray -- Fly
  • Sugarhill Gang -- Rapper's Delight
  • Suicidal Tendencies -- Institutionalized
  • Sum 41 -- Fat Lip
  • Sunny Day Real Estate -- Seven
  • Super Junior -- Sorry, Sorry
  • Supertramp -- The Logical Song
  • The Supremes -- Stop in the Name of Love
  • Survivor -- Eye of the Tiger
  • Sweet -- Ballroom Blitz
  • Taylor Swift -- Love Story or You Belong With Me
  • Switchfoot -- Meant to Live
  • System of a Down -- B.Y.O.B. or Chop Suey
  • T. Rex -- Get It On (Bang a Gong)
  • Taco -- Puttin' on the Ritz
  • Talking Heads -- Once in a Lifetime
  • Taproot -- Poem
  • Tarot -- Wings of Darkness
  • t.A.T.u. -- All the Things She Said
  • Peter Illych Tchaikovsky -- The Nutcracker Suite or 1812 Overture
  • Tears for Fears -- Everybody Wants to Rule the World or Shout
  • Michel Telo - Ai Se Eu Te Pego
  • Tinie Tempah -- Written In The Stars
  • Temple of the Dog -- Hunger Strike
  • The Temptations -- My Girl
  • Temposhark -- Don't Mess With Me
  • Tenacious D -- Tribute
  • Theory of a Deadman -- Bad Girlfriend
  • They Might Be Giants --Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
  • Thin Lizzy -- The Boys Are Back In Town
  • Third Eye Blind -- Semi-Charmed Life
  • George Thorogood -- Bad to the Bone
  • Thousand Foot Krutch -- Phenomenon
  • Three Days Grace -- I Hate Everything About You or Animal I Have Become
  • Three Dog Night -- Joy to the World
  • The Thrills -- Big Sur
  • Thursday -- "Understanding in a Car Crash"
  • T.I. -- Whatever You Like
  • Til Tuesday -- Voices Carry
  • Timbaland - The Way I Are
  • Justin Timberlake -- SexyBack
  • TLC -- Waterfalls
  • TNT -- 10,000 Lovers In One
  • Tom Tom Club -- Genius of Love
  • Tommy Tutone -- 867-5309 (Jenny)
  • Tone-Loc -- Wild Thing
  • Tool -- Schism
  • Toto -- Africa
  • Toto Coelo -- I Eat Cannibals
  • Toxik -- Heart Attack
  • Traffic -- Dear Mr. Fantasy
  • The Tragically Hip -- Little Bones
  • Train -- Drops of Jupiter or Hey, Soul Sister
  • Trapt -- Headstrong
  • The Trashmen -- Surfin' Bird
  • Trey Songz -- Say Aah
  • The Triffids -- Wide Open Road
  • Triumph -- Lay It On The Line or Fight The Good Fight
  • The Troggs -- Wild Thing
  • Viktor Tsoi -- "Gruppa krovi"
  • Trust Company -- Downfall
  • The Tubes -- She's a Beauty
  • Tina Turner -- What's Love Got To Do With It
  • The Turtles -- Happy Together
  • Twisted Sister -- We're Not Gonna Take It or I Wanna Rock
  • Bonnie Tyler -- Total Eclipse of the Heart
  • Type O Negative -- Black No. 1
  • U2 -- With or Without You, One or Beautiful Day
  • UB40 -- Red Red Wine
  • UGK -- Pocket Full Of Stones Or Diamonds & Wood
  • Ultravox -- Vienna
  • Uncle Kracker -- Follow Me or Drift Away
  • The Undertones -- Teenage Kicks
  • Underworld -- Born Slippy Nuxx
  • Usher -- Yeah!
  • Steve Vai -- For the Love of God
  • Vampire Weekend -- A-Punk
  • Vangelis -- Titles
  • Van Halen -- Jump
  • Van Morrison -- Brown-Eyed Girl
  • Vanilla Ice -- Ice Ice Baby
  • The Vaselines -- Son of a Gun or Molly's Lips
  • The Veer Union -- Seasons
  • Velvet Revolver -- Slither
  • Velvet Underground -- Sweet Jane, Heroin, I'm Waiting for the Man, or Venus in Furs
  • Venom -- Angel Dust or Witching Hour
  • Versailles -- The Revenant Choir
  • Veruca Salt -- Seether
  • Vertical Horizon -- Everything You Want
  • The Verve -- Bittersweet Symphony
  • The Verve Pipe -- The Freshmen
  • Village People -- YMCA
  • The Vines -- Get Free
  • Violent Femmes -- Blister in the Sun
  • Antonio Vivaldi -- The Four Seasons
  • Vladimir Vysotsky -- "Song About a Friend"
  • Richard Wagner -- "The Ride of the Valkyries"
  • Tom Waits -- Downtown Train
  • The Wallflowers -- One Headlight
  • Wallpaper -- Best Song Everr
  • The Wanted -- Glad You Came
  • War -- Low Rider
  • Warrant -- Cherry Pie
  • Warren G -- Regulate
  • Was (Not Was) -- Walk the Dinosaur
  • The Weather Girls -- It's Raining Men
  • Weather Report -- Birdland
  • Ween -- Ocean Man, You Fucked Up, Transdermal Celebration or Buckingham Green
  • Weezer -- Buddy Holly, Beverly Hills
  • Kanye West -- Gold Digger
  • Wham! -- Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
  • Wheatus -- Teenage Dirtbag
  • Watt White -- Radio
  • Whitesnake -- Here I Go Again
  • The White Stripes -- Seven Nation Army
  • White Zombie -- Thunderkiss'65
  • The Who -- My Generation or Who Are You
  • Whodini -- Friends
  • Wicked -- Defying Gravity
  • David Wilcox -- The Eye of the Hurricane
  • Andy Williams -- Moon River (to the point he named his theater in Branson after it)
  • Hank Williams Jr -- Monday Night Football theme
  • John Williams -- The Star Wars theme
  • Amy Winehouse -- Rehab
  • Wings -- Band on the Run
  • Bill Withers -- Lean On Me
  • Within Temptation -- Ice Queen, What Have You Done or Stand My Ground
  • Andrew WK -- Party Hard
  • Wolfmother -- Woman
  • Wu-Tang Clan -- Triumph, C.R.E.A.M. or Protect Ya Neck
  • Stevie Wonder -- Superstition
  • X -- Los Angeles or We're Desperate
  • XTC -- Dear God
  • Weird Al Yankovic -- Eat It
  • The Yardbirds -- For Your Love
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs -- Maps
  • Yellowcard -- Ocean Avenue
  • Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
  • Yoko Kanno - Tank
  • Yothu Yindi -- Treaty
  • Neil Young -- Old Man
  • Young Empires -- White Doves
  • Young MC -- Bust a Move
  • Young The Giant -- Cough Syrup
  • The Youngbloods -- Get Together
  • Warren Zevon -- Werewolves of London
  • The Zombies -- Time of the Season
  • Tay Zonday -- Chocolate Rain
  • The Zutons -- Valerie
  • ZZ Top -- La Grange
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