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We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together": Taylor Swift single from Red, released August 13, 2012, written with Max Martin and Shellback, her first Billboard Hot 100 number one, with a spoken bridge and an extra "ever" in every chorus.

We Are Number One

We Are Number One is a villain song from Iceland's LazyTown, performed by Stefán Karl Stefánsson as Robbie Rotten in the 2014 episode Robbie's Dream Team, composed by Máni Svavarsson. It became a massive 2016 remix meme tied to a GoFundMe for Stefánsson, who died of bile duct cancer in 2018.

We Are One (Ole Ola)

We Are One (Ole Ola), the official 2014 FIFA World Cup song by Pitbull featuring Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte, released April 8, 2014 on RCA, performed at the June 12 opening ceremony in São Paulo.

We Are the Champions

"We Are the Champions" is Queen's 1977 Freddie Mercury anthem from News of the World, paired with "We Will Rock You"; it peaked at UK No. 2 and US No. 4 and is a Grammy Hall of Fame sports victory staple.

We Are the World

We Are the World: 1985 USA for Africa charity single written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, produced by Quincy Jones, recorded after the 1985 AMAs by 45-46 stars; first multi-platinum single.

We Are Young

"We Are Young" (2011) by fun. featuring Janelle Monáe, from Some Nights; six weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, UK No. 1, and Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammys.

We Belong Together

We Belong Together: Mariah Carey's 2005 R&B ballad from The Emancipation of Mimi, written with Johnta Austin, Jermaine Dupri, and Manuel Seal; 14 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard's number 1 song of 2005.

We Built This City

Starship's 1985 synth-pop number-one hit "We Built This City" from Knee Deep in the Hoopla, written by Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, and Peter Wolf, later ranked the worst song of all time.

We Can Work It Out

We Can Work It Out is a 1965 Beatles song by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, also known as the double A-side partner of Day Tripper; UK and US number one, distinguished by its waltz-time middle eight, Lennon's harmonium, and an 11-hour two-day recording at EMI Studios.

We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)

"We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" is Ariana Grande's March 2024 single from eternal sunshine, produced with Max Martin and ILYA; it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, went RIAA 2x Platinum, and its video restages Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with Evan Peters.

We Can't Stop

We Can't Stop is a 2013 Miley Cyrus single from Bangerz, produced by Mike WiLL Made-It and R. City, originally written for Rihanna; it peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, hit number 1 in the UK, and was certified 5x Platinum by the RIAA.

We Didn't Start the Fire

"We Didn't Start the Fire" is a 1989 Billy Joel list song from Storm Front that races through roughly 120 references from 1949 to 1989 and reached No. 1.

We Don't Talk About Bruno

We Don't Talk About Bruno is a Lin-Manuel Miranda song from Disney's 2021 film Encanto, performed by the voice cast. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 and became the first original Disney song to hit UK No. 1.

We Don't Talk Anymore (Charlie Puth song)

We Don't Talk Anymore is a 2016 Charlie Puth song featuring Selena Gomez from Nine Track Mind; a tropical house pop duet that peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 14 in the UK.

We Found Love

"We Found Love" (also known by its hook "We found love in a hopeless place") is a 2011 Rihanna single featuring and produced by Calvin Harris, from Talk That Talk; it spent 10 weeks at Billboard Hot 100 number one, topped charts in 25 countries, and won the 2013 Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video.

We Made You

We Made You is a 2009 Eminem single, the first release from Relapse, produced by Dr. Dre and Eminem, with a Joseph Kahn celebrity-parody video; it peaked at number 4 in the UK and number 1 in Ireland.

We Never Dated

"we never dated" is a sombr (Shane Boose) single released June 20, 2025 on SMB Music/Warner Records, produced with Tony Berg, from the album I Barely Know Her; a song about heartbreak over a relationship that never became official.

We No Speak Americano

We No Speak Americano: 2010 dance hit by Australia's Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP, sampling Renato Carosone's 1956 Neapolitan song Tu Vuò Fà L'Americano; UK number one, ARIA Best Dance Release winner.

We Pray

WE PRAY is a 2024 Coldplay single from Moon Music, featuring Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna, and Tini, with a Jay-Z co-write. Released 23 August 2024, it premiered at Glastonbury 2024 and peaked at number 20 in the UK.

We Shall Overcome

We Shall Overcome is an American protest song rooted in African American gospel traditions. It served as the anthem of the Civil Rights Movement and was recorded by Pete Seeger in 1963.

We Three Kings

We Three Kings (We Three Kings of Orient Are) is a five-stanza Epiphany carol with words and music by Episcopal clergyman John Henry Hopkins Jr., probably written in 1858 and published in Carols, Hymns, and Songs (1863), with the tune KINGS OF ORIENT and solo verses for Gaspard, Melchior, and Balthasar.

We Will Dance Again (עוד נרקוד) (song)

We Will Dance Again (עוד נרקוד, Od Nirkod) is a 2026 pro-Israel reggae song by Boy George, titled after the Nova festival survivors' slogan; also songs by Dana Weiss and Chaya Kogan and a 2024 documentary.

We Will Rock You

We Will Rock You: 1977 Queen song written by Brian May for News of the World, built on a stomp-stomp-clap body-percussion beat recorded by the band, paired with We Are the Champions, a No. 4 US hit, Grammy Hall of Fame inductee, and namesake of the West End musical.

We Will Rock You (musical)

We Will Rock You (WWRY) is a jukebox musical with music by Queen and book by Ben Elton, premiered 14 May 2002 at London's Dominion Theatre, ran 12 years there, and has been seen by 20 million people in 28 countries.

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

We Wish You a Merry Christmas is a traditional West Country English wassail carol of the 16th or 17th century; its familiar tune is Arthur Warrell's 1935 Bristol arrangement, published by Oxford University Press and first performed December 6, 1935.

We'll Meet Again

We'll Meet Again is a 1939 British song by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles, made famous by Vera Lynn's Novachord-accompanied recording; a WWII anthem of separation later used in Dr. Strangelove, the Queen's 2020 address, and her funeral.

We're Not Gonna Take It (Twisted Sister song)

Twisted Sister's 1984 heavy metal single from Stay Hungry, written by Dee Snider on the tune of 'O Come All Ye Faithful'; reached No. 21 on the Hot 100, sparked the PMRC 'Filthy Fifteen' controversy, and became a protest anthem.

Weapon of Choice (song)

"Weapon of Choice" is a 2000 Fatboy Slim song featuring Bootsy Collins, known for its 2001 Spike Jonze video in which Christopher Walken dances through a hotel lobby.

Wee Willie Winkie

Wee Willie Winkie is a Scottish nursery rhyme by William Miller, first published in Whistle-Binkie (1841), about a nightgown-clad figure checking that children are in bed by eight o'clock.

Welcome to the Black Parade

Welcome to the Black Parade (2006) is My Chemical Romance's lead single from The Black Parade, developed over five years from "The Five of Us Are Dying" and completed with Rob Cavallo's piano line; UK number 1, US Hot 100 number 9, RIAA 7x Platinum.