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You Belong with Me

You Belong with Me: Taylor Swift and Liz Rose country-pop single from Fearless (2009); Hot 100 No. 2, Hot Country Songs No. 1, 6x Platinum, 2009 VMA Best Female Video, re-recorded as Taylor's Version in 2021.

You Can Call Me Al

You Can Call Me Al, the 1986 lead single of Paul Simon's Graceland, a township jive-influenced hit with a Bakithi Kumalo fretless bass solo and a Chevy Chase lip-sync music video, peaking at UK number 4 and US number 23.

You Can't Always Get What You Want

You Can't Always Get What You Want: Rolling Stones song by Jagger and Richards, produced by Jimmy Miller; London Bach Choir opening; B-side to Honky Tonk Women July 1969, closes Let It Bleed, December 1969.

You Can't Hurry Love

"You Can't Hurry Love" is a 1966 Supremes Motown single written by Holland-Dozier-Holland, a US number one covered by Phil Collins in 1982, a UK number one and US Top 10 hit.

You Don't Own Me

You Don't Own Me: 1963 feminist anthem written by John Madara and David White, recorded by Lesley Gore at 17, produced by Quincy Jones; peaked No. 2 Billboard Hot 100 behind I Want to Hold Your Hand; covered by Dusty Springfield, Joan Jett, The Blow Monkeys, and SAYGRACE.

You Get What You Give (song)

"You Get What You Give" by New Radicals (Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels), 1998 alternative rock single from Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too; No. 1 in Canada and New Zealand, No. 5 UK, famous for its celebrity-diss outro and 2021 Biden inauguration performance.

You Got It

You Got It: 1989 Roy Orbison song written with Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty, produced by Lynne for Mystery Girl; posthumous hit reaching No. 9 Billboard Hot 100 and No. 3 UK, his first US Top 10 since 1964, distinct from New Kids on the Block's and Bryson Tiller's same-titled songs.

You Got the Love

You Got the Love: 1986 Candi Staton disco-gospel song by the Source, recorded for an unaired diet video, revived by a 1989 DJ bootleg mashup with 'Your Love'; UK hits in 1991, 1997, 2006, 2009 (Florence + the Machine) and 2010.

You Keep Me Hangin' On

"You Keep Me Hangin' On" is a 1966 Holland–Dozier–Holland song, a No. 1 hit for the Supremes, later covered in the Top 10 by Vanilla Fudge (1968) and Kim Wilde (1987).

You Know My Name

You Know My Name: Chris Cornell and David Arnold's 2006 rock theme song for Casino Royale, Daniel Craig's first Bond film; Cornell's only UK Top Ten, released on Carry On (2007), used in the score in place of the classic Bond theme.

You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison

You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison is a 2004 My Chemical Romance song, track 4 on Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, written by the band, produced by Howard Benson, with Bert McCracken backing vocals, about arrest, prison panic, and lost masculinity.

You Know You're Right

You Know You're Right is Nirvana's final studio recording, a Kurt Cobain song taped January 30, 1994 at Robert Lang Studios and released posthumously in October 2002 as the lead single of the compilation Nirvana after a legal battle with Courtney Love.

You Light Up My Life (song)

"You Light Up My Life" (1977), a Joseph Brooks ballad from the film of the same name, originally sung by Kasey Cisyk; Debby Boone's version spent 10 weeks at Billboard Hot 100 number one and won the Best Original Song Oscar.

You Look Like You Love Me

"You Look Like You Love Me" is a 2024 country duet by Ella Langley and Riley Green, written with Aaron Raitiere, released June 21, 2024 on SAWGOD/Columbia. A spoken-word honky-tonk duet, it hit No. 1 on Country Airplay, went 3x platinum, and swept CMA Single, Song, and Video of the Year in 2025.

You Make My Dreams

You Make My Dreams (Come True) is a 1980 Hall & Oates song from Voices, written with Sara Allen, that reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1981 and later hit one billion streams.

You Need to Calm Down

You Need to Calm Down (YNTCD) is a 2019 Taylor Swift single from Lover, co-written with Joel Little, an LGBTQ+ ally anthem with a star-studded trailer-park video, GLAAD donation, and Equality Act petition.

You Never Can Tell (song)

You Never Can Tell (also "C'est La Vie", "Teenage Wedding") is a 1964 Chuck Berry rock and roll song about a teenage wedding, a No. 14 Billboard hit notable for its Fats Domino-style shuffle and its Pulp Fiction dance scene.

You Oughta Know

You Oughta Know: 1995 alternative rock breakup anthem by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard, lead single of Jagged Little Pill, featuring Flea and Dave Navarro, two-time Grammy winner.

You Raise Me Up

You Raise Me Up: 2001 ballad by Rolf Løvland and Brendan Graham, first recorded by Secret Garden with Brian Kennedy; made famous by Josh Groban (2003) and Westlife (2005), recorded by 1,400+ artists in 60+ languages.

You Really Got Me

You Really Got Me: 1964 Kinks single written by Ray Davies, UK number 1 and US number 7, with Dave Davies's razor-slashed amp distortion; covered by Van Halen in 1978.

You Rock My World

You Rock My World: 2001 Michael Jackson song, lead single from Invincible, written with Rodney Jerkins and others; peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 on airplay alone and No. 2 in the UK.

You Sexy Thing

"You Sexy Thing" is a 1975 disco-funk single by the British band Hot Chocolate, written by Errol Brown and Tony Wilson. A former B-side, it peaked at No. 2 in the UK and No. 3 in the US and reached the UK Top 10 in three decades (1975, 1987, 1997).

You Shook Me All Night Long

"You Shook Me All Night Long" is a 1980 AC/DC hard rock song from Back in Black, the band's first single with singer Brian Johnson, peaking at No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 38 in the UK.

You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)

You Spin Me Round (Like a Record), a 1984 Dead or Alive synth-pop and Hi-NRG single written by Burns, Percy, Coy and Lever and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman; the first SAW-produced UK No. 1, also a US No. 11, remixed and re-released for decades.

You Stole the Show

"You Stole the Show" is a 2025 soulful ballad built on piano and strings by London singer-songwriter Sienna Spiro, released 25 July 2025 on Capitol Records.

You'll Be in My Heart

"You'll Be in My Heart" is a Phil Collins ballad written and performed for Disney's 1999 animated film Tarzan, sung by Kala to baby Tarzan. It won the 2000 Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Original Song and spent 19 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.

You'll Never Walk Alone

You'll Never Walk Alone: 1945 Rodgers & Hammerstein show tune from Carousel, later a UK No. 1 for Gerry and the Pacemakers in 1963 and the anthem of Liverpool FC, Celtic, and Borussia Dortmund.

You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch

You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch: Christmas song with lyrics by Dr. Seuss and music by Albert Hague for the 1966 animated special, originally sung by Thurl Ravenscroft, later covered by Tyler, The Creator and Pentatonix.

You're Beautiful

"You're Beautiful" is a 2004 soft rock ballad by James Blunt from his debut album Back to Bedlam, which topped the UK Singles Chart for five weeks.

You're My Best Friend

You're My Best Friend is a 1975 Queen song written by bassist John Deacon for his wife Veronica Tetzlaff, from A Night at the Opera; a UK number 7 single driven by Deacon's electric piano, which Freddie Mercury refused to play.