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Unforgettable (French Montana song)
Unforgettable is a 2017 single by French Montana featuring Swae Lee, from Jungle Rules, produced by Jaegen, 1Mind, and CP Dubb; it peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was filmed in Uganda with the Triplets Ghetto Kids.
Unholy (Sam Smith and Kim Petras song)
"Unholy" is a 2022 single by Sam Smith and Kim Petras, released 22 September 2022 as the lead single from Gloria. Written by seven writers, recorded in Jamaica, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 and UK chart and won the 2023 Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
Unravelling (Muse song)
Unravelling is a 2025 single by English rock band Muse, their first new music since Will of the People (2022), produced by Dan Lancaster, built on Matt Bellamy's 8-string guitar, and later track 8 of the 2026 album The Wow! Signal.
Unshatter
"Unshatter" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park, released as a single on April 25, 2025 and included on the deluxe edition of their album From Zero.
Unstoppable (Sia song)
Unstoppable: 2016 Sia song co-written with Christopher Braide, produced by Jesse Shatkin for This Is Acting; a 2022 TikTok-driven revival took it to US No. 28 and over 2 billion Spotify streams.
Until I Found You
Until I Found You is a 2021 doo-wop ballad by Stephen Sanchez, also known via the Em Beihold duet version; released September 1, 2021 on Mercury/Republic, it went TikTok-viral in 2022, peaked at UK No. 14, and exceeds 1.5 billion streams.
Unwritten (song)
"Unwritten" is a 2004 pop song by Natasha Bedingfield, co-written with Danielle Brisebois and Wayne Rodrigues for her debut album Unwritten. UK peak Number 6, theme of MTV's The Hills, revived to UK Number 18 in 2024 via Anyone But You.
Up Where We Belong
"Up Where We Belong" is a 1982 duet by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes, written by Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and Will Jennings for An Officer and a Gentleman; it topped the Billboard Hot 100 and won the Oscar for Best Original Song.
Uptown Funk
Uptown Funk: 2014 funk-pop single by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, lead single from Uptown Special. 14 weeks at US No. 1, best-selling single of 2015, Grammy Record of the Year, later credits changed after Gap Band similarity claim.
Uptown Girl
Uptown Girl: Billy Joel's 1983 single from An Innocent Man, a Four Seasons-homage pop rock song produced by Phil Ramone; US No. 3, UK No. 1, famous Christie Brinkley video, Westlife 2001 cover.
Us and Them (song)
"Us and Them" is a 1973 Pink Floyd song from The Dark Side of the Moon, music by Richard Wright (from the rejected Zabriskie Point piece "The Violent Sequence"), lyrics by Roger Waters, sung by David Gilmour with Dick Parry saxophone.
Valerie (Steve Winwood song)
Valerie (Steve Winwood song): 1982 Winwood/Jennings song from Talking Back to the Night, No.70 US/No.51 UK, revived as a Tom Lord-Alge 1987 remix (US No.9) and sampled by Eric Prydz for Call On Me (2004).
Valerie (Zutons song)
Valerie is a 2006 song by the Zutons from Tired of Hanging Around, written by all five members, a UK No. 9 hit, later a bigger hit via Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse's 2007 cover.
Vampire (Olivia Rodrigo song)
"Vampire" is Olivia Rodrigo's June 30, 2023 lead single from GUTS, co-written and produced by Dan Nigro; a piano ballad that builds into pop-rock, it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, topped the UK Official Singles Chart, and earned 2024 Grammy nominations.
Vampire Money
Vampire Money is the closing track of My Chemical Romance's 2010 album Danger Days, a garage-punk song written after the band declined a Twilight: New Moon soundtrack offer, titled from an interviewer's phrase about 'vampire money'.
Ventura Highway
Ventura Highway is a 1972 folk rock song by Dewey Bunnell of America, from the album Homecoming; it reached number 8, was inspired by a 1963 Ventura highway sign, and was later sampled by Janet Jackson.
Venus (Shocking Blue song)
Venus (Shocking Blue song), 1969 hit written by Robbie van Leeuwen and sung by Mariska Veres; first Dutch No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (February 7, 1970), based on The Banjo Song, later covered by Bananarama.
Versace on the Floor
Versace on the Floor: 2016 Bruno Mars slow jam from 24K Magic, second single, written with Brown, Fauntleroy, Lawrence; David Guetta remix; Zendaya music video.
Victory Lap (Fred Again, PlaqueBoyMax and Skepta song)
Victory Lap: 2025 single by Fred again.., Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax with Doechii vocals, created on Twitch, released via Atlantic UK, sampling "Swamp B*tches"; UK Singles Chart peak number 4.
Vienna (Billy Joel song)
Vienna is a 1977 Billy Joel piano ballad from The Stranger, written after he visited his father Howard Joel in Vienna, Austria; its chorus "Vienna waits for you" urges slowing down, and it later became one of his most streamed songs.
Viking Row
Viking Row: Norwegian football fans' synchronized seated rowing chant of "Ro!" (Norwegian for row), created by Ole Frøystad and Oljeberget in 2025 and made viral by Norway's 2026 World Cup, its first in 28 years.
Vincent (Don McLean song)
Vincent (Starry, Starry Night), Don McLean folk ballad from the 1971 album American Pie, written fall 1970 about Van Gogh; UK number 1 and US number 12 in 1972.
Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn)
Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 (MWV O 14), written for Ferdinand David, begun 1838, completed 1844, premiered March 13, 1845 in Leipzig, with immediate solo entry and written-out mid-movement cadenza.
Virtual Insanity
Virtual Insanity is a 1996 Jamiroquai song by Jay Kay and Toby Smith from Travelling Without Moving. UK chart peak 3; its Jonathan Glazer moving-room video won four 1997 MTV VMAs and a 1998 Grammy.
Viva Forever
Viva Forever: 1998 Spice Girls ballad, fourth and final single from Spiceworld, written with Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard. Seventh UK number one, first after Geri Halliwell's May 1998 departure; stop-motion Aardman video by Steve Box.
Viva la Vida
Viva la Vida: Coldplay song (May 2008) and title track of their fourth album (12 June 2008), produced with Brian Eno; US/UK number one, 2009 Grammy Song of the Year; lyrics about a deposed king; subject of a Joe Satriani plagiarism suit.
Vodka Cranberry (song)
"Vodka Cranberry" (no native form) is a 2025 pop song by Conan Gray, second single from Wishbone, written with producer Dan Nigro, with a Danica Kleinknecht video starring Corey Fogelmanis continuing the Wilson and Brando story.
Vogue (Madonna song)
"Vogue" is a 1990 house-influenced dance single by Madonna, written and produced with Shep Pettibone for I'm Breathless; three weeks at US No. 1, four in the UK, 1990's bestselling single, with a David Fincher video celebrating voguing.
Von Dutch (song)
"Von dutch" (also "Von Dutch") is a 2024 electropop single by Charli XCX, lead single from Brat, written with producer Finn Keane (EasyFun), released 29 February 2024 on Atlantic, UK peak 26, and winner of the 2025 Grammy for Best Dance Pop Recording.
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Voodoo Child (Slight Return), also spelled Voodoo Chile (Slight Return), is a 1968 Jimi Hendrix Experience song closing Electric Ladyland, recorded May 3, 1968 at the Record Plant with an ABC-TV crew, famed for its wah-wah riff.