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{{trope}}
A music trope for the (usually) one song by an artist that everyone knows. It doesn't matter how people know the
These songs do tend to be [[Ear Worm
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]].
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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 (band)|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]].
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* 10 Years -- ''Wasteland''
* 12 Stones -- ''[[The Nexus|We Are One]]''
* [[The
* 2 Live Crew -- ''Me So Horny''
* [[
* 3 Doors Down -- ''Kryptonite''
* 3OH!3 -- ''Don't Trust Me''
* [[
* [[50 Cent]] -- ''In Da Club''
* The 5th Dimension -- ''Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In''
* 8ball & MJG -- ''Space Age Pimpin''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* Adelitas Way -- ''Sick''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* 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''
* [[
* Aleesia -- ''Life Of The Party''
* [[
* [[
* Alien Ant Farm -- ''[[Covered Up|Smooth Criminal]]''
* [[All That Remains]] -- ''Two Weeks''
* The All-American Rejects -- ''Gives You Hell"
* [[
* Alphaville -- ''Forever Young''
* [[
* [[America (
* Amiina -- ''Seoul''
* [[
* [[
* The Angels (Australian band) -- ''Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again''
* The Angels (American girl group) -- ''My Boyfriend's Back''
* [[
* Aneka -- ''Japanese Boy''
* [[
* [[
* Anjulie -- ''Brand New [[Censored Title|Chick]]''
* Annihilator -- ''Alison Hell''
* [[
* [[
* [[Fiona Apple]] -- ''Criminal''
* Apocalyptica -- ''I Don't Care''
* Apollo 440 -- ''Stop The Rock''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* The Archies -- ''Sugar, Sugar''
* Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti -- ''Round and Round''
* [[
* Ashanti -- ''Foolish''
* Asia -- ''Heat of the Moment''
* [[
* [[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''
* [[
* [[Avicii]] -- ''Levels'', ''Wake Me Up'' or ''Seek Bromance''
* Awolnation
* B.B. King -- ''[[Covered Up|The Thrill is Gone]]''
* B. o. B -- ''Nothin' on You'' or ''Airplanes''
* [[The B
* Baby Bash -- ''Suga Suga''
* [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] -- ''[[Toccata and Fugue
* 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''
* [[
* [[
* [[Bad Lip Reading]] -- ''[[Rebecca Black|Gang Fight]],'' ''[[Michael
* [[
* Badfinger -- ''Day After Day''
* Erykah Badu -- ''Tyrone''
* [[
* Baha Men -- ''Who Let the Dogs Out?''
* Baltimora -- ''Tarzan Boy''
* Afrika Bambaataa -- ''Planet Rock''
* Bananarama -- ''Venus'' or ''Cruel Summer''
* [[
* Chiddy Bang -- ''Ray Charles''
* [[
* Kirko Bangz -- ''Drank In My Cup''
* [[
* 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?''
* [[
* [[Bauhaus]] -- ''Bela Lugosi's Dead''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[The Beatles (
* [[Beck (
* Natasha Bedingfield -- ''Unwritten'', ''Pocketful of Sunshine''
* [[
* [[Ludwig Van Beethoven]] -- ''Ode to Joy'' or his Fifth Symphony
* Lou Bega -- ''Mambo No. 5''
* Bell Biv Devoe -- ''Poison''
* [[Ben Folds
* [[
* [[Leonard Bernstein]] -- ''Tonight'' from [[West Side Story]]
* [[
* [[Best Coast]] -- ''Boyfriend''
* Better Than Ezra -- ''Good''
* [[
* [[
* Biffy Clyro -- ''[[The X Factor|Many]] [[Covered Up|of]] [[Refrain From Assuming|Horror]]''
* Big & Rich -- ''Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)''
* [[Big Black]] -- "Kerosene"
* Big Sean -- ''Dance''
* [[Big Star (
* [[
* Big Tymers -- ''Still Fly''
* [[
* Bill Haley & His Comets -- ''Rock Around the Clock''
* [[
* Georges Bizet -- ''Les Toreadors''
* [[
* Biz Markie -- ''Just a Friend''
* [[
** Mike Bauer -- ''Friday, as performed by Bob Dylan''
** Funnyz -- ''Friday (Music Video Parody)'' (AKA the "Fried Eggs" parody)
* [[Mary J. Blige
* The Black Crowes -- ''Remedy''
* [[
* [[
** The Rollins Band -- ''Liar''
* Black Label
* [[
* [[
* Blind Melon -- ''No Rain''
* [[Blink
* [[Blondie (
* [[Bloodhound Gang]] -- ''The Bad Touch''
* Blue Cheer -- ''Summertime Blues''
* [[Blue
* Blue Stahli -- ''ULTRAnumb''
* Blues Traveler -- ''Run-Around''
* James Blunt -- ''You're Beautiful''
* [[Blur (
* [[
* [[
* Boney M. -- ''Rasputin''
* The Boomtown Rats -- ''I Don't Like Mondays''
* [[Boston (
* [[
* [[
* Billy Bragg -- ''A New England''
* [[Johannes Brahms]] — Lullaby (Weigenleid) in E Flat (often referred to as "Brahms' Lullaby")
* Michelle Branch -- ''Everywhere''
* [[
* Breathe Carolina -- ''Blackout''
* Lee Brice -- ''A Woman Like You''
* Bright Eyes -- ''Lua'' or ''First Day of My Life''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* Brownsville Station -- ''Smokin' in the Boys Room''
* Buckwheat Boyz -- ''Peanut Butter Jelly Time''
* Buffalo Springfield -- ''For What It's Worth''
* [[
* 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''
* [[
* Stan Bush -- ''[[Transformers:
* [[
* 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'')
* [[
* [[
* Cabaret Voltaire -- ''Yashar''
* Caesars -- ''Jerk It Out''
* John Cage -- ''4'33"''
* [[
* Colbie Caillat -- ''Bubbly''
* [[CAKE (
* [[The Calling (
* Cameo - ''Word Up!''
* [[
* [[
* Caramell -- ''Caramelldansen''
* [[
* [[The Cars]] -- ''Just What I Needed''
* [[
* Tim Cappello -- ''I Still Believe''
* [[
* Cavo -- ''Champagne''
* [[
* Celldweller -- ''Switchback''
* [[Celtic Frost]] -- "Circle of The Tyrants"
* [[Harry Chapin]] -- ''Cats in the Cradle''
* [[
* [[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 "[[Mystere|Kunya Sobe]]"
* Citizen King -- ''Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out)''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* Tom Cochrane -- ''Life Is A Highway''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* Nat "King" Cole -- ''Unforgettable''
* Judy Collins -- ''Both Sides Now''
* [[
* The Commodores -- ''Brick House''
* Coolio -- ''Gangsta's Paradise''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* The Cranberries -- ''Zombie''
* [[
* [[
* Creature -- ''So High''
* [[
* [[
** John Fogerty -- ''Centerfield''
* Crosby, Stills & Nash -- ''Woodstock''
* Sheryl Crow -- ''All I Wanna Do''
* [[
* Crowded House -- ''Don't Dream It's Over''
* [[
* Taio Cruz -- ''Dynamite''
* Culture Club -- ''Do You Really Want To Hurt Me'' or ''Karma Chameleon''
* [[
* Cutting Crew -- ''(I Just) Died in Your Arms''
* [[
* Billy Ray Cyrus -- ''Achy Breaky Heart''
* [[
* Daddy Yankee -- ''Rompe'' or "Gasolina"
* [[
* Dick Dale -- ''[[Pulp Fiction|Misirlou]]''
* The Dandy Warhols -- ''Bohemian Like You''
* The Charlie Daniels Band -- ''The Devil Went Down To Georgia''
* Danity Kane -- ''Damaged''
* [[
* Terence Trent D'arby -- ''Wishing Well''
* Bobby Darin -- ''Splish Splash''
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* Daughtry -- ''It's Not Over'' or ''Home''
* [[Bette Davis]] -- ''They're Either Too Young Or Too Old''
* [[
* Paul Davis -- ''I Go Crazy''
* DC Talk -- ''Jesus Freak''
* [[Claude Debussy]] -- ''Claire de Lune''
* Dead By April - ''Promise Me'' or ''Losing You''
* [[
* The Dead Milkmen -- ''Punk Rock Girl'' or ''Bitchin' Camaro''
* [[
* Dead or Alive -- ''You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)''
* Jimmy Dean -- ''Big Bad John''
* [[
* 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''
* [[
* Default -- ''Wasting My Time''
* [[
* [[
* Gavin DeGraw -- ''I Don't Want To Be''
* Del Amitri -- ''Roll To Me''
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* Cathy Dennis -- ''Touch Me (All Night Long)''
* John Denver -- ''Take Me Home, Country Roads''
* [[
* 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''
* [[
* Dev -- ''In The Dark''
* [[
* [[
* Lee DeWyze -- ''Sweet Serendipity''
* Dexy's Midnight Runners -- ''Come On Eileen''
* [[D 4 L]] -- ''Laffy Taffy''
* [[Neil Diamond]] -- ''Sweet Caroline''
* [[
* 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''
* [[Ronnie James Dio
* Dion -- ''Runaround Sue''
* [[
* [[
* Dirty Heads -- ''Lay Me Down''
* Dirty Radio -- ''Ground Shake''
* [[
* Dishwalla - ''Counting Blue Cars''
* Divinyls - ''I Touch Myself''
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* DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince -- ''Parents Just Don't Understand'' or ''Summertime''
* DJ Sammy -- ''Heaven''
* [[
* DMX -- ''Party Up (Up In Here)''
* [[Does It Offend You, Yeah
* Dog's Eye View -- ''Everything Falls Apart''
* Thomas Dolby -- ''She Blinded Me With Science''
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* Donovan -- ''Sunshine Superman''
* The Doobie Brothers -- ''Black Water'' or ''What a Fool Believes''
* [[
* Carl Douglas -- ''Kung Fu Fighting''
* Down With Webster -- ''Your Man''
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* Dr. Hook -- ''The Cover of Rolling Stone''
* Dr. John -- ''Right Place Wrong Time''
* [[
* [[
* Nick Drake -- ''Pink Moon''
* Dream -- ''He Loves U Not''
* The Dream Academy -- ''Life in a Northern Town''
* [[
* The Dropkick Murphys -- ''I'm Shipping Up To Boston''
* [[Drowning Pool]] -- ''Bodies''
* Dru -- ''Getting It In'' or ''She Can Ride''
* [[
* Duck Sauce -- ''Barbra Streisand''
* Hilary Duff -- ''Come Clean''
* Duffy -- ''Mercy''
* Paul Dukas -- ''[[Fantasia|The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* E-40 -- ''Tell Me When to Go''
* [[
** 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)
* [[
** [[
* Edward Elgar -- ''Pomp and Circumstance''
* [[
* Missy Elliott -- ''Work It''
* [[Emerson, Lake
* EMF -- ''Unbelievable''
* [[
* The English Beat -- ''Mirror in the Bathroom''
* EndeverafteR -- ''[[Jeff Hardy|No More Words]]''
* [[Enya]] -- ''Only Time''
* [[
* The Escape Club -- ''Wild, Wild West''
* Gloria Estefan -- ''Conga''
* Estelle -- ''American Boy''
* Melissa Etheridge -- ''Come To My Window''
* [[Europe (
* [[
* [[
* Eve 6 -- ''Inside Out''
* Everclear -- ''Santa Monica''
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* The Everly Brothers -- '''Wake Up Little Susie''
* Expose -- ''Seasons Change''
* [[
* Fabolous -- ''Make Me Better''
* Face to Face -- ''Disconnected''
* [[
* Falco -- ''Rock Me Amadeus''
* [[
* Far East Movement -- ''Like A G6''
* John Farnham -- ''You're the Voice''
* Fastball -- ''The Way''
* [[Fatboy Slim]] -- ''The Rockafeller Skank''
* [[
* Jose Feliciano -- ''Feliz Navidad''
* [[
* [[
* Jay Ferguson -- ''Thunder Island''
* [[
* Filter -- ''Take A Picture''
* Fine Young Cannibals -- ''She Drives Me Crazy''
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* Fishbone -- ''Party at Ground Zero''
* Five for Fighting -- ''Superman (It's Not Easy)''
* [[
* The Fixx -- ''One Thing Leads To Another''
* Roberta Flack -- ''The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face'' or ''Killing Me Softly With His Song''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* Flipper -- ''Sex Bomb''
* The Flirts -- ''Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)''
* Flo Rida -- ''Low'', ''[[Sampled Up|Right Round]]'' or ''Club Can't Handle Me''
* Flobots -- ''Handlebars''
* [[
* [[Florence
* Eddie Floyd -- ''Knock On Wood''
* Flux Pavalion -- ''Bass Cannon'' or ''I Can't Stop''
* [[
* Focus -- ''Hocus Pocus''
* Foghat -- ''Slow Ride''
* [[
* [[
* Lita Ford -- ''Kiss Me Deadly''
* [[Foreigner (
* [[
* The Foundations -- ''Build Me Up Buttercup''
* Fountains of Wayne -- ''Stacy's Mom''
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* The Four Tops -- ''I Can't Help Myself'' or ''The Same Old Song''
* Jamie Foxx -- ''Blame It''
* [[
* Frankie Goes to Hollywood -- ''Relax''
* Frankie J -- ''Obsession''
* [[
* [[
* The Fratellis -- ''Chelsea Dagger''
* [[
* Free -- ''All Right Now''
* Aaron Fresh -- ''Spending All My Time''
* [[
* Julius Fucik -- ''Entry of the Gladiators''
* Fuel -- ''Hemorrhage (In My Hands)''
* Fugazi -- ''Waiting Room''
* [[
* Fun. -- ''We Are Young''
* Funkadelic -- ''One Nation Under a Groove''
* Nelly Furtado -- ''I'm Like a Bird'', ''Say It Right'' or ''Maneater''
* [[
* The GAG Quartet -- ''Le Internet Medley''
* [[
* Gallery -- ''Nice To Be With You''
* Childish Gambino -- ''Heartbeat''
* [[
* [[Judy Garland]] -- ''[[The Wizard of Oz (
* [[Marvin Gaye]] -- ''What's Going On'' or ''I Heard It Through the Grapevine''
* Gloria Gaynor -- ''I Will Survive''
* [[Genesis (
* George Baker Selection -- ''Little Green Bag''
* Gerardo -- ''Rico Suave''
* The Germs -- "Lexicon Devil"
* [[George Gershwin]] -- ''Rhapsody in Blue''
* [[
* Stan Getz -- ''The Girl From Ipanema''
* [[
* Girlicious -- ''2 In The Morning'' or ''Stupid Shit''
* Girlschool -- ''Emergency'' or ''Race With The Devil''
* [[Girls Aloud]] -- "Biology"
* [[Girls
* [[
* The Go-Gos -- ''Our Lips Are Sealed'' or ''We Got the Beat''
* [[
* Goldfinger -- ''Superman''
* [[
* [[
* [[Good Charlotte]] -- ''The Anthem''
* [[
* Lesley Gore -- ''It's My Party''
* [[
* [[Gotye]] -- ''Somebody That I Used To Know''
* [[
* Go West -- ''King of Wishful Thinking''
* Andy Grammer -- ''Keep Your Head Up''
* [[
* Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five -- ''The Message''
* Amy Grant -- ''Baby Baby''
* Eddy Grant -- ''Electric Avenue''
* [[
* [[
* Dobie Gray -- ''Drift Away''
* Great White -- ''Once Bitten, Twice Shy''
* Al Green -- ''Let's Stay Together''
* [[
* Norman Greenbaum -- ''Spirit in the Sky''
* Lee Greenwood -- ''God Bless The USA''
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* Vince Guaraldi -- ''[[Peanuts|Linus and Lucy]]''
* The Guess Who -- ''American Woman''
* [[David Guetta]] -- ''Sexy [[Censored Title|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.
* [[
* Arlo Guthrie -- ''[[Alice's Restaurant (music)|Alice's Restaurant]]''
* Woody Guthrie -- ''This Land Is Your Land''
* Guttermouth -- ''She's Got the Look''
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* 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'')
* [[
* Hampton the Hampster -- ''Hampster Dance''
* George Frideric Handel -- ''Messiah,'' (more specifically the ''Hallelujah Chorus'' at the end of Part II)
* [[
* The Happy Mondays -- ''Step On''
* Calvin Harris -- ''Acceptable in the 80's'' or ''Feel So Close''
* [[
* Corey Hart -- ''Sunglasses at Night''
* Dan Hartman ''I Can Dream About You''
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* [[Harvey Danger]] -- ''Flagpole Sitta''
* Sophie B. Hawkins ''Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover''
* [[
* [[
* Isaac Hayes -- ''Theme from Shaft''
* Murray Head -- ''One Night in Bangkok''
* [[
* Heatwave -- ''Always and Forever''
* Heavy D and the Boyz -- ''Now That We Found Love''
* Hedley -- ''Never Too Late''
* [[
* Hellyeah -- ''Hellyeah'' or ''You Wouldn't Know''
* Bobby Helms -- ''Jingle Bell Rock''
* [[
* [[
* Hi-Five -- ''I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)''
* [[
* [[
* Keri Hilson -- ''Knock You Down''
* Hinder -- ''Lips of an Angel''
* The Hives -- ''Hate to Say I Told You So''
* [[
* Hoku -- ''Another Dumb Blonde'' or ''Perfect Day''
* [[Courtney Love|Hole]] -- ''Celebrity Skin''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* Rupert Holmes -- ''Escape (The Pina Colada Song)''
* Hoobastank -- ''The Reason''
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* Hot Chocolate -- ''You Sexy Thing''
* Thelma Houston -- ''Don't Leave Me This Way''
* [[
* House of Pain -- ''Jump Around''
** Everlast -- ''What It's Like''
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* Hurt -- ''Ten Ton Brick''
* Bryan Hyland -- ''Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini''
* [[
* [[Ice
** Body Count -- ''Cop Killer''
* [[
* [[
* [[Incubus (
* INXS -- ''Need You Tonight''
* Donnie Iris -- ''Ah, Leah!''
* Iron & Wine -- ''Flightless Bird, American Mouth''
* [[
* [[
* The Isley Brothers -- ''Shout''
* IYAZ -- ''Replay''
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* Joe -- ''I Wanna Know'' or ''Stutter''
* Joe Jackson -- ''Steppin' Out''
* [[
* The Jackson 5 -- ''I'll Be There'', ''I Want You Back'', or ''ABC''
* [[
* [[
* James -- ''Laid''
* Etta James -- ''At Last''
* Rick James -- ''[[MC Hammer|Super]] [[Sampled Up|Freak]]''
* Tommy James -- ''Hanky Panky''
* [[
* [[
* Ja Rule -- ''Always on Time''
* [[Jay
* [[
* Sean Jenness -- ''[[Sheamus|Written In My Face]]
* [[Carly Rae Jepsen]] -- ''Call Me Maybe''
* Jeremih -- ''Down On Me''
* Jessie J -- ''Price Tag'' or ''Domino''
* [[
* Jesus Jones -- ''Right Here, Right Now''
* Jet -- ''Are You Gonna Be My Girl''
* [[
* [[
* [[Jewel]] -- ''Who Will Save Your Soul''
* [[The J
* [[
* J-Kwon -- ''Tipsy''
* JLS -- ''Everybody In Love''
* Jo Boxers -- ''Just Got Lucky''
* [[
* [[
* Robert John -- ''Sad Eyes''
* Johnny Hates Jazz -- ''Shattered Dreams''
* [[
* Don Johnson -- ''Heartbeat''
* [[
* [[The Jonas Brothers
* Norah Jones -- ''Don't Know Why''
* [[Tom Jones]] -- ''It's Not Unusual''
* [[
* Eric Johnson -- ''Cliffs of Dover''
* Montell Jordan -- ''This Is How We Do It''
* [[Journey (
* [[
* JRDN -- ''U Can Have It All''
* [[
* Juvenile -- ''Slow Motion''
* K'naan -- ''Waving Flag''
* Kajagoogoo -- ''Too Shy''
* Kaiser Chiefs -- ''Ruby''
* [[
* Kansas -- ''Carry On Wayward Son'' or ''Dust in the Wind''
*
* 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'''
* [[
* Aram Khachaturian -- ''Sabre Dance''
* Wiz Khalifa -- ''Black & Yellow''
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* Eduard Khil -- ''I Am Glad Because I'm Finally Returning Home''
* Kid Cudi -- ''Day 'n' Nite''
* [[
* Greg Kihn Band -- ''Jeopardy''
* [[
* Andy Kim -- ''Rock Me Gently''
* Killing Joke -- "Love Like Blood"
* [[
* Ben E. King -- ''Stand By Me''
* Carole King -- ''It's Too Late''
* [[
* [[King Diamond]] -- ''The Family Ghost'' or ''Welcome Home''
* [[
* Kings of Leon -- ''Use Somebody''
* The Kingsmen -- ''Louie, Louie''
* [[
* [[
* The Knack -- ''My Sharona''
* Knife Party -- ''Internet Friends''
* Gladys Knight and the Pips -- ''Midnight Train To Georgia''
* Koji
* Kool & the Gang -- ''Celebration''
* [[
* [[Korpiklaani]] -- ''Wooden Pints''
* Lenny Kravitz -- ''Are You Gonna Go My Way''
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* [[Yevgeny Krylatov]] -- "[[Guest From the Future|Beautiful Tomorrow]]"
* Kula Shaker -- ''Tattva''
* [[
* The La's -- ''There She Goes''
* [[
* Labelle -- ''Lady Marmalade''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[Cyndi Lauper]] -- ''[[Covered Up|Girls Just Want to Have Fun]]''
* [[
* [[
* The Left Banke -- ''Pretty Ballerina'' and ''Walk Away Renee''
* John Legend -- ''Ordinary People''
* [[Lemon Demon]] -- ''[[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny (
* The Lemon Pipers -- ''Green Tambourine''
* Len -- ''Steal My Sunshine''
* [[
* Less Than Jake -- ''All My Best Friends are Metalheads''
* [[Huey Lewis and
* [[
* Leona Lewis -- ''Bleeding Love''
* Lifehouse -- ''Hanging By A Moment''
* LFO -- ''Summer Girls''
* Gordon Lightfoot -- ''The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald'' or ''Sundown''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
** Fort Minor -- ''Remember The Name''
** Dead By Sunrise -- ''Crawl Back In''
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* Little River Band -- ''Reminiscing''
* Live -- ''Lightning Crashes''
* [[
* 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''
* [[
* [[Lordi]] -- ''Hard Rock Hallelujah'' or ''Blood Red Sandman''
* Lostprophets -- ''Last Train Home'' or ''Rooftops''
* Los Lobos -- ''[[Covered Up|La Bamba]]''
* Los Del Rio -- ''Macarena''
* Los Lonely Boys -- ''Heaven''
* [[
* [[Love (
* Love Battery -- ''Out of Focus''
* [[
* The Lovin' Spoonful -- ''Summer in the City'' or ''Do You Believe in Magic?''
* [[Ludacris]] -- ''Move Bitch''
* [[
* Kevin Lyttle -- ''Turn Me On''
* M -- ''Pop Muzik''
* [[M83]] -- ''Midnight City''
* Mac Dre -- ''Thizzelle Dance''
* [[Madness (
* [[
* Miriam Makeba -- ''Pata Pata''
* Malfunkshun -- "With Yo' Heart (Not Yo' Hand)"
* The Mamas and the Papas -- ''California Dreamin''' or ''Monday, Monday''
* [[
* [[
* Clint Mansell -- ''Lux Aeterna''
* Marcy Playground -- ''Sex and Candy''
* [[
* [[
* Martika -- ''Toy Soldiers''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* Mia Martina -- ''Latin Moon'' or ''Burning''
* [[Dean Martin]] -- ''That's Amore''
* Ricky Martin -- ''Livin' La Vida Loca''
* [[
* Massive Attack -- ''[[House (TV series)|Teardrop]]''
* [[
* [[
* Matisyahu -- ''King Without a Crown''
* Matt and Kim -- ''Daylight''
* [[
* Edward Maya -- ''Stereo Love''
* [[
* MC 900 Ft. Jesus -- ''If I Only Had a Brain''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* Meat Puppets -- ''Plateau'' or ''Lake of Fire''
* [[
* The Melvins -- ''Boris'' or ''Night Goat''
* Men at Work -- ''Down Under'' or ''Who Can It Be Now?''
* [[
* Felix Mendelssohn -- ''Wedding March''
* Mercy Drive -- ''[[Randy Orton|Burn In My Light]]''
* Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts -- ''Angel of the Morning''
* [[
* [[
* MGMT -- ''Kids''
* [[
* [[George Michael]] -- ''Faith''
* Midnight Oil -- ''Beds Are Burning''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* Moby Grape -- ''Omaha''
* [[
* [[
* Mohombi -- ''Bumpy Ride''
* The Moldy Peaches -- ''Anyone Else But You''
* [[The Monkees (
* Monster Magnet -- ''Space Lord''
* [[Monty Python's Flying Circus|Monty Python]] – ''The Liberty Bell March'', ''[[Life of Brian|Always Look on the Bright Side of Life]]''
* [[
* [[
* Morphine -- ''The Night''
* Van Morrison -- ''Brown Eyed Girl''
* Mother Love Bone -- ''Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns''
* [[
* [[
* Mountain -- ''Mississippi Queen''
* [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] — Sonata in C, Symphony #40 in G Minor, Symphony #41 "Jupiter", or the Requiem Mass in D Minor
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* Mr. Pink / The Program - ''Love and Affection'' - a [[Cover Version]] of Joan Armatrading's song.
* Jason Mraz -- ''I'm Yours''
* [[
* [[
* Mumford & Sons -- ''Little Lion Man''
* Mungo Jerry -- ''In the Summertime''
* [[Muse (
* Mustard Plug -- ''Mr. Smiley''
* [[
* 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''
* [[
* Johnny Nash -- ''I Can See Clearly Now''
* Naughty By Nature -- ''O.P.P.''
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* Neon Trees -- ''Animal''
* Nephew -- ''Movie Klip''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* Nine Days -- ''Absolutely (Story of a Girl)''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* NOFX -- ''Don't Call Me White''
* [[
* 'N Sync -- ''Bye Bye Bye''
* [[
* Gary Numan -- ''Cars''
* [[
* O-Town -- ''All Or Nothing''
* O-Zone -- ''Dragostea Din Tei'' (the "Numa Numa" song)
* The Oak Ridge Boys -- ''Elvira''
* [[Oasis (
* 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 Ohio Players -- ''Love Rollercoaster''
* [[
* [[
* Ol' Dirty Bastard -- ''Shimmy Shimmy Ya'' or ''Brooklyn Zoo''
* One Direction -- ''[[Just the Way You Are|What Makes You Beautiful]]''
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* Onesidezero -- ''[[Smallville|New World Order]]''
* Operation Ivy -- ''Knowledge'' or ''Unity''
* [[
* Rita Ora -- ''How We Do''
* Orbital -- ''Chime''
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* The Orion Experience -- ''Obsessed With You'' or ''Queen of White Lies''
* Our Lady Peace -- ''Superman's Dead'' or ''Clumsy''
* [[
* Outasight -- ''Tonight Is The Night''
* [[
* [[Overkill (
* Jake Owen -- ''Alone With You''
* [[
* Johann Pachelbel -- ''Canon in D Major''
* [[
* [[Panic!
* [[
* Papa Roach -- ''Last Resort''
* Paper Tounges -- ''Ride To California''
* [[Paradise Lost (
* [[
* Ray Parker Jr. -- ''Ghostbusters''
* Parliament -- ''Give Up the Funk''
* Passion Pit -- ''Sleepyhead''
* Sean Paul -- ''Temperature''
* [[
* [[
* [[Pendulum]] -- ''Propane Nightmares'' or ''Slam''
* [[
* Pepper -- ''Give It Up'' or ''No Control''
* [[
* [[
* Peter, Bjorn and John -- ''Young Folks''
* Peter, Paul & Mary -- ''Leaving on a Jet Plane''
* [[
* Phantom Planet -- ''California''
* [[
* Phoenix -- ''1901''
* [[
* [[
* [[Pitbull]] -- ''Give Me Everything''
* [[
* Placebo -- ''Pure Morning''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* 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''
* [[
* Powderfinger -- ''My Happiness''
* [[
** ''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 (band)|The Presidents of the United States of America]] -- ''Lump''
* [[
* The Pretenders -- ''Brass in Pocket''
* [[Primal Scream]] -- "Loaded"
* Primordial -- ''The Coffin Ships''
* [[
* [[
* 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 (
* [[Big Pun]] -- ''Still Not A Player'', ''Twinz (Deep Cover 98)''
* Quad City DJ's -- ''C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* Question Mark & the Mysterians -- ''96 Tears''
* Quiet Riot -- ''[[Covered Up|Cum on Feel the Noize]]''
* The Raconteurs -- ''Steady, As She Goes''
* [[
* Gerry Rafferty -- ''Baker Street''
* [[Rainbow (
* [[Rage (
* [[
* Raghav -- ''Fire''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[Maurice Ravel]] -- ''Bolero''
* Helen Reddy -- ''I Am Woman''
* [[
* Red -- ''Breathe Into Me''
* [[
* Red Rider -- ''Lunatic Fringe''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* Chris Rene -- ''Young Homie''
* RENT Cast -- ''Seasons of Love''
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* Rev Theory -- ''[[Randy Orton|Voices]]''
* Malvina Reynolds -- ''Little Boxes''
* [[
* Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - ''Flight of the Bumblebee''
* [[
* [[
* Rockapella -- ''Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?'' or ''Zombie Jamboree''
* [[
* Stan Rogers -- ''Barrett's Privateers''
* [[
* The Romantics -- ''What I Like About You''
* Linda Ronstadt -- ''You're No Good''
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* Asher Roth -- ''I Love College''
* Kevin Rudolf -- ''Let It Rock''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[Running Wild (
* [[
* [[
* Sak Noel -- ''Loca People (WTF)''
* Saliva -- ''Click Click Boom''
* Salt-n-Pepa -- ''Push It''
* Sanctuary -- ''Battle Angels''
* [[
* Saving Abel -- ''Addicted''
* Saving Jane -- ''[[Girl Next Door]]''
* [[Say Anything (
* [[
* Peter Schilling -- ''Major Tom (Coming Home)''
* [[
* [[
* Scratch Acid -- "Cannibal"
* Screaming Trees -- ''Nearly Lost You''
* [[The Script]] -- ''Breakeven''
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* Sebadoh -- ''The Freed Pig''
* The Seeds -- ''Pushin' Too Hard''
* [[
* [[
* Semisonic -- ''Closing Time''
* [[
* [[
* Shaggy -- ''Angel''
* [[
* [[
* Ed Sheeran -- ''The A-Team''
* Kenny Wayne Shepherd -- ''Blue on Black''
* Allan Sherman -- ''Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh''
* [[
* The Shins -- ''New Slang''
* The Shondells -- ''Crimson & Clover''
* Howard
* [[Short Stack]] -- ''Sway, Sway Baby!'', ''Princess'', or ''Sweet December''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* Carly Simon -- ''You're So Vain''
* [[
* Simply Red -- ''Holding Back the Years''
* Sick Puppies -- ''You're Going Down'' or ''All the Same''
* [[
* 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''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* Skin Yard --"The Birds"
* [[
* Slade -- ''Cum on Feel the Noize''
* [[
* Slightly Stoopid -- ''Closer to the Sun''
* [[
* [[
* Craig Smart -- ''One Life Stand'', ''123''
* [[
* [[
* smile.dk -- ''Butterfly''
* Smile Empty Soul -- ''Bottom of a Bottle''
* [[
* [[
* [[Will Smith]] -- ''Gettin' Jiggy Wit It''
* [[
* Smokey Robinson & the Miracles -- ''Tears of a Clown''
* [[
* [[
* Social Distortion -- ''Ball and Chain''
* Sodom -- ''Agent Orange''
* Martin Solveig -- ''Hello''
* Something Corporate -- ''Konstantine''
* [[
* [[Sonic Youth]] -- ''Teen Age Riot'' or ''Kool Thing''
* The Sonics -- ''Strychnine''
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* Soul Asylum -- ''Runaway Train''
* Soul Embraced -- ''My Tourniquet''
* [[
* John Philip Sousa -- ''Stars and Stripes Forever''
* [[
* Spandau Ballet -- ''True''
* [[
* The Specials -- ''A Message to You, Rudy''
* [[
* [[
* Spin Doctors -- ''Two Princes''
* Spinners -- ''Working My Way Back To You''
* Rick Springfield -- ''Jessie's Girl''
* [[
* Squeeze -- ''Cool for Cats''
* Staind -- ''It's Been Awhile''
* Alexandra Stan -- ''Mr. Saxobeat''
* The Standells -- ''Dirty Water''
* [[
* Starland Vocal Band -- ''Afternoon Delight''
* Static-X -- ''Push It'' or ''The Only''
* Stealers Wheel -- ''Stuck in the Middle With You''
* [[
* Gwen Stefani -- ''Hollaback Girl''
* [[Stephen Sondheim]] -- ''Send in the Clowns''
* Steppenwolf -- ''Born to Be Wild''
* [[
* Cat Stevens -- ''Peace Train'' or ''Wild World''
* Rod Stewart -- ''Maggie May''
* Stephen Stills -- ''Love the One You're With''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* The Stranglers -- ''Golden Brown'' or ''Peaches''
* Igor Stravinsky -- ''The Firebird Suite''
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* Richard Strauss -- ''Also Sprach Zarathustra''
* The Strawbs -- ''Part of the Union''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* Sugarloaf -- ''Green-Eyed Lady''
* [[
* Suede -- ''Animal Nitrate''
* Sugar Ray -- ''Fly''
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* Sum 41 -- ''Fat Lip''
* Sunny Day Real Estate -- ''Seven''
* [[
* [[
* The Supremes -- ''Stop in the Name of Love''
* [[Survivor (
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* T. Rex -- ''Get It On (Bang a Gong)''
* Taco -- ''Puttin' on the Ritz''
* [[Talking Heads (
* Taproot -- ''Poem''
* [[
* t.A.T.u. -- ''All the Things She Said''
* Peter Illych Tchaikovsky -- ''The Nutcracker Suite'' or ''1812 Overture''
* [[
* Michel Telo - ''Ai Se Eu Te Pego''
* Tinie Tempah -- ''Written In The Stars''
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* The Temptations -- ''My Girl''
* Temposhark -- ''Don't Mess With Me''
* [[
* Theory of a Deadman -- ''Bad Girlfriend''
* [[They Might Be Giants (
* [[
* Third Eye Blind -- ''Semi-Charmed Life''
* George Thorogood -- ''Bad to the Bone''
* Thousand Foot Krutch -- ''Phenomenon''
* [[
* Three Dog Night -- ''Joy to the World''
* The Thrills -- ''Big Sur''
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* Til Tuesday -- ''Voices Carry''
* Timbaland - ''The Way I Are''
* [[
* TLC -- ''Waterfalls''
* [[
* Tom Tom Club -- ''Genius of Love''
* Tommy Tutone -- ''867-5309 (Jenny)''
* Tone-Loc -- ''Wild Thing''
* [[
* [[
* Toto Coelo -- ''I Eat Cannibals''
* Toxik -- ''Heart Attack''
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* Triumph -- ''Lay It On The Line'' or ''Fight The Good Fight''
* The Troggs -- ''Wild Thing''
* [[
* Trust Company -- ''Downfall''
* The Tubes -- ''She's a Beauty''
* Tina Turner -- ''What's Love Got To Do With It''
* The Turtles -- ''Happy Together''
* [[
* Bonnie Tyler -- ''Total Eclipse of the Heart''
* [[
* [[
* UB40 -- ''Red Red Wine''
* [[
* Ultravox -- ''Vienna''
* Uncle Kracker -- ''Follow Me'' or ''[[Covered Up|Drift Away]]''
* The Undertones -- ''Teenage Kicks''
* [[Underworld (
* [[
* [[
* Vampire Weekend -- ''A-Punk''
* Vangelis -- ''Titles''
* [[
* Van Morrison -- ''Brown-Eyed Girl''
* [[
* The Vaselines -- ''Son of a Gun'' or ''Molly's Lips''
* The Veer Union -- ''Seasons''
* Velvet Revolver -- ''Slither''
* [[
* [[Venom (
* [[
* Veruca Salt -- ''Seether''
* Vertical Horizon -- ''Everything You Want''
* [[
* The Verve Pipe -- ''The Freshmen''
* [[
* The Vines -- ''Get Free''
* Violent Femmes -- ''Blister in the Sun''
* Antonio Vivaldi -- ''The Four Seasons''
* [[Vladimir Vysotsky]] -- "Song About a Friend"
* [[Richard Wagner]] -- "[[
* [[
* The Wallflowers -- ''One Headlight''
* Wallpaper -- ''Best Song Everr''
* The Wanted -- ''Glad You Came''
* War -- ''Low Rider''
* [[
* Warren G -- ''Regulate''
* Was (Not Was) -- ''Walk the Dinosaur''
* The Weather Girls -- ''It's Raining Men''
* Weather Report -- ''Birdland''
* [[
* [[
* [[
* Wham! -- ''Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go''
* Wheatus -- ''Teenage Dirtbag''
* Watt White -- ''[[Zack Ryder|Radio]]''
* [[
* [[
* [[White Zombie]] -- ''Thunderkiss'65''
* [[
* 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
* [[John Williams]] -- The ''[[Star Wars]]'' theme
* [[
* [[Wings (
* Bill Withers -- ''Lean On Me''
* [[
* [[Andrew
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[X (
* [[
* [["Weird Al" Yankovic
* [[
* [[
* Yellowcard -- ''Ocean Avenue''
* [[
* [[
* Yothu Yindi -- ''Treaty''
* [[
* Young Empires -- ''White Doves''
* Young MC -- ''Bust a Move''
* Young The Giant -- ''Cough Syrup''
* The Youngbloods -- ''Get Together''
* [[
* [[
* Tay Zonday -- ''Chocolate Rain''
* The Zutons -- ''Valerie''
* [[
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