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Bodies (Drowning Pool song)

Bodies is Drowning Pool's May 14, 2001 nu metal single from Sinner, peaked No. 6 Mainstream Rock, written about moshing crowds, later banned-listed post-9/11 and heavily sampled and reused in film.

Body to Body (song)

"Body to Body" is BTS's 2026 opening track on the album ARIRANG, produced by Diplo, Ryan Tedder, the Picard Brothers, and Pdogg, interpolating the Korean folk song Arirang; reworked from a sexual "Body on Body" concept into a stadium anthem inspired by the 1988 Seoul Olympics theme "Hand in Hand".

Bodyguard (Beyoncé song)

Bodyguard (BODYGUARD) is a 2024 Beyoncé song from Cowboy Carter, produced with Raphael Saadiq, described as soft rock/soul, with a November 2024 Pamela Anderson-homage video.

Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohemian Rhapsody is Queen's 1975 six-minute single written by Freddie Mercury for A Night at the Opera, with a cappella, ballad, operatic, and rock sections, nine weeks at UK Number 1, about 180 overdubs, and a £4,000 Bruce Gowers promo video.

Boléro

Boléro (M. 81) is Maurice Ravel's 1928 one-movement ballet for orchestra, commissioned by Ida Rubinstein, premiered 22 November 1928 at the Paris Opéra; a single C major melody over a snare-drum ostinato builds through one long crescendo, and a 2024 French court confirmed Ravel as sole author.

Bon Appétit (song)

Bon Appétit is a 2017 Katy Perry song featuring Migos, the second single from Witness, produced by Max Martin, Shellback, and Oscar Holter; it peaked at number 59 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Bonde do Brunão

Bonde do Brunão is a 57-second funk carioca single by Bruno Mars, sung in Portuguese, first posted 7 November 2024 after his 15-show Brazil tour and officially released 18 June 2025 via The Smeezingtons/Atlantic, tied to Fortnite Festival Season 9 and parodying Bonde do Tigrão's Cerol na Mão.

Bonjour, pardon, merci

Bonjour, pardon, merci is a 2026 French-language single by Céline Dion, written by Ycare and produced by Renaud Rebillaud, inspired by the Hawaiian Ho'oponopono practice and released July 3, 2026, as her second comeback single after "Dansons".

Bonnie & Clyde (musical)

Bonnie & Clyde is a 2009 musical by Frank Wildhorn, Don Black, and Ivan Menchell about Depression-era outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, blending blues, gospel, and rockabilly. It flopped on Broadway in 2011 (36 performances) but won the 2023 WhatsOnStage Best New Musical award in the West End.

Boogie's in My Soul

Boogie's in My Soul: 2026 single by Chaka Khan and Snoop Dogg, written with Sia and Greg Kurstin, from the album Chakzilla; UK sales chart peak No. 27.

Boombastic (song)

Boombastic (Mr. Boombastic) is a 1995 reggae fusion single by Shaggy from the album Boombastic, sampling King Floyd's Baby Let Me Kiss You; it debuted at UK No. 1, hit US No. 3, and was certified platinum.

Boompala

Boompala (붐팔라) is a 2026 song by the South Korean girl group LE SSERAFIM, released on May 22, 2026 as the title track of the album 'PUREFLOW' pt.1.

Boots on the Ground (803Fresh song)

"Boots on the Ground" is a 2024 Southern soul single by 803Fresh (Douglas Furtick), produced by T Da Wizard, that went viral in 2025 through Tre Little's fan-clacking line dance and topped Billboard's Adult R&B Airplay and R&B Digital Song Sales charts.

Boots on the Ground (Massive Attack song)

"Boots on the Ground" is a 2026 protest single by Massive Attack and Tom Waits on Play It Again Sam, Massive Attack's first new music in six years and Waits' first recording since Bad As Me.

Booty (Jennifer Lopez song)

Booty is a 2014 Jennifer Lopez song from her album A.K.A., originally featuring Pitbull and remixed with Iggy Azalea; the Azalea single peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and its Hype Williams video drew over 30 million views in five days.

Bootylicious

Bootylicious: 2001 Destiny's Child song from Survivor, written by Beyoncé Knowles, Rob Fusari, Falonte Moore, and Stevie Nicks; samples Edge of Seventeen; fourth US number-one single.

Border ballad

A Border ballad is a traditional narrative song from the lawless Anglo-Scottish border region, dealing with raids and feuds during the frontier's troubled centuries before 1603.

Borderline (Madonna song)

Borderline (Madonna song): 1984 dance-pop single written by Reggie Lucas, fifth from Madonna's 1983 debut; her first US top ten hit (No. 10, 30 weeks, Gold), with Mary Lambert's first Madonna video.

Boris Godunov (Борис Годунов) (opera)

Boris Godunov (Борис Годунов), Mussorgsky's only completed opera, on the guilty tsar and the Russian people; 1869 version rejected, 1872 version premiered 1874, Rimsky-Korsakov edition standard from 1896.

Born Again (Lisa song)

Born Again is a 2025 song by LISA of BLACKPINK featuring Doja Cat and RAYE, the fourth single from her album Alter Ego. Originally a leaked 2021 RAYE demo, it peaked at UK No. 13 and US Hot 100 No. 69.

Born in the U.S.A. (song)

"Born in the U.S.A." is Bruce Springsteen's 1984 title-track single about a disenfranchised Vietnam veteran, recorded May 1982 at the Power Station, peaking at number nine on Billboard, and famously misread as patriotic by Reagan, Buchanan, and Trump campaigns.

Born This Way (song)

Born This Way is Lady Gaga's 2011 LGBTQ empowerment anthem, lead single from her album of the same name. It was the Billboard Hot 100's 1000th number one, spent six weeks at the top, and was the first US chart-topper to reference the trans community.

Born to Be Wild

Born to Be Wild: 1968 hard rock song by Steppenwolf, written by Mars Bonfire (Dennis Edmonton), a million seller that peaked at No. 2 US and became the Easy Rider biker anthem coining "heavy metal thunder".

Boston (Stella Lefty song)

"Boston" is a 2026 country-pop single by Stella Lefty that interpolates Noah Kahan's "Stick Season," earning Kahan a pre-release writing credit; it peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100 and No. 1 at country radio.

Both Sides, Now

Both Sides, Now (also Both Sides Now) is a 1967 Joni Mitchell song inspired by Saul Bellow's Henderson the Rain King; a Judy Collins 1968 top-ten hit, recorded by Mitchell on Clouds (1969) and Both Sides Now (2000), covered over a thousand times.

Bound 2

"Bound 2" is a 2013 Kanye West song, the final track and second single from Yeezus, sampling Ponderosa Twins Plus One's 1971 "Bound"; known for its Nick Knight music video with Kim Kardashian and the Franco-Rogen parody.

Boy with Luv (작은 것들을 위한 시)

Boy with Luv (작은 것들을 위한 시, "a poem for small things") is a 2019 BTS single featuring Halsey, title track of Map of the Soul: Persona; it debuted at No. 8 on the Hot 100 and set YouTube 24-hour view records.

Boy's a Liar Pt. 2

Boy's a Liar Pt. 2, a February 3, 2023 remix by PinkPantheress and Ice Spice of PinkPantheress's 2022 song Boy's a Liar, produced with Mura Masa; peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Boyfriend (Ariana Grande and Social House song)

"Boyfriend" (lowercase stylization) is a 2019 pop/R&B single by Ariana Grande and the duo Social House, released August 2, 2019 on Republic; it debuted at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaked at number 4 in the UK, and was Grammy-nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.

Boyfriend (Justin Bieber song)

"Boyfriend" (Justin Bieber song), lead single from Believe, released March 26, 2012; written with Mike Posner, MdL, and Blackbear; peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 in Canada.