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Bullet with Butterfly Wings
"Bullet with Butterfly Wings" is a 1995 Smashing Pumpkins song, lead single from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness; first US Top 40 hit, UK peak 20, 1997 Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance.
Burning Blue (song)
"Burning Blue" is a 2025 contemporary R&B ballad by Mariah the Scientist (Mariah Amani Buckles), released May 2, 2025 on Buckles Laboratories/Epic; Prince-inspired, it hit Hot 100 No. 25, Rhythmic Airplay No. 1, and went platinum.
Burning Love
Burning Love is a 1972 Dennis Linde song first recorded by Arthur Alexander and made famous by Elvis Presley, who recorded it in March 1972; it peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 7 in the UK, his final US Top 10 hit.
Bury a Friend
Bury a Friend (bury a friend) is Billie Eilish's January 30, 2019 single with Finneas O'Connell, first single from When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, written from the monster-under-the-bed's perspective, inspired by night terrors, with a Michael Chaves horror video.
Busy Woman
Busy Woman is a 2025 synth-pop song by Sabrina Carpenter from Short n' Sweet (Deluxe), written with Amy Allen and Jack Antonoff, released February 14, 2025 on Island; it peaked at UK number 6 and US Hot 100 number 27.
Butterfly (Crazy Town song)
"Butterfly" is a 2000 single by American rap rock band Crazy Town, from The Gift of Game. Built on a Red Hot Chili Peppers "Pretty Little Ditty" sample, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in 2001, the band's only Hot 100 hit and the only rap-rock or nu-metal song ever to reach number one.
Bye (Ariana Grande song)
"Bye" is a disco-funk song by Ariana Grande, released on 8 March 2024 as the opening track of her album eternal sunshine and written with Max Martin and Ilya Salmanzadeh.
C.E.O. (song)
Weezer song "C.E.O." (2026), also called C.E.O., from the Gold Album; a self-referential 1990s-style rock single by Rivers Cuomo about self-commodification, imitating "Undone – The Sweater Song."
C'è la luna mezzo mare
C'è la luna mezzo mare (Cc'è la luna n menzu ô mari), also called Luna mezz'o mare, is a comic Sicilian tarantella about a mother finding her daughter a husband, first recorded in 1927 by Paolo Citorello and famous from The Godfather and Lou Monte's Lazy Mary.
Ça plane pour moi
Ça plane pour moi, 1977 French-language punk single credited to Plastic Bertrand (Roger Jouret), written by Lou Deprijck and Yves Lacomblez; No. 1 in France, No. 8 UK, with a long dispute over the true vocalist.
Cake by the Ocean
"Cake by the Ocean" is the 2015 debut single by DNCE, Joe Jonas's band, written with Justin Tranter and Mattman & Robin; a funk-pop euphemism for sex that went platinum and hit the Billboard Hot 100 top 10.
California (Joni Mitchell song)
"California" is a 1971 Joni Mitchell song from the album Blue, written in Europe during her 1970 travels and longing for her Laurel Canyon home; released as a Reprise single with "A Case of You" and later echoed by Lana Del Rey's 2019 song of the same name.
California Dreamin'
California Dreamin' is a 1965 folk-rock single by The Mamas & the Papas, written by John and Michelle Phillips. Originally cut for Barry McGuire with Denny Doherty's lead overdubbed, it reached US No 4, became a counterculture anthem, and earned a Grammy Hall of Fame induction.
California Girls
California Girls is a 1965 Beach Boys song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, from Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 26 in the UK.
California Gurls
California Gurls: 2010 Katy Perry song featuring Snoop Dogg, lead single of Teenage Dream. Written with Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Benny Blanco and Bonnie McKee as a West Coast answer to Empire State of Mind; six weeks at Hot 100 number one.
Californication (song)
Californication is a 1999 Red Hot Chili Peppers single and title track from their album Californication, written by Kiedis, Flea, Smith, and Frusciante; Modern Rock No. 1, UK No. 16, Billboard Hot 100 No. 69, 6x Platinum.
Call Me Maybe
Call Me Maybe is a 2011 pop single by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen, written with Tavish Crowe and Josh Ramsay. It spent nine weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2012 and sold about 12 million copies worldwide.
Call Me When You Break Up
"Call Me When You Break Up" is a 2025 pop single by Selena Gomez, benny blanco, and Gracie Abrams, lead single of I Said I Love You First; it peaked at #46 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified Gold in Canada.
Call on Me (Eric Prydz song)
"Call on Me" (Eric Prydz song): Swedish DJ Eric Prydz's 2004 filtered house hit built on a re-recorded sample of Steve Winwood's "Valerie"; five weeks at UK number one, 843,000 UK units, Billboard all-time dance top 100.
Calm Down (Rema song)
"Calm Down" is a 2022 Afrobeats song by Nigerian singer Rema from Rave & Roses; its August 2022 Selena Gomez remix peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the first African-artist-led song to reach 1 billion Spotify streams.
Camelot (musical)
Camelot (Lerner and Loewe musical): 1960 Broadway musical adapted from T. H. White's The Once and Future King, with Richard Burton, Julie Andrews, and Robert Goulet; 873 performances, Kennedy "brief shining moment" association, 1967 film, and 2023 Sorkin revival.
Camera (Charli XCX song)
"Camera" is a 2026 song by the English singer Charli XCX, released as a single ahead of her album Music, Fashion, Film and later reaching number 75 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Camptown Races
Camptown Races (Gwine to Run All Night, or, De Camptown Races) is Stephen Foster's 1850 blackface minstrel song about horse racing, introduced by the Christy Minstrels, parodied as "Sacramento" by gold miners, and reused for a Lincoln 1860 campaign song.
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Can You Feel the Love Tonight: 1994 Elton John and Tim Rice ballad from Disney's The Lion King, sung in-film by Joseph Williams and Sally Dworsky and over the end titles by Elton John; Oscar, Golden Globe, and Grammy winner that peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Can't Buy Me Love
"Can't Buy Me Love" is a 1964 Beatles single written mainly by Paul McCartney, recorded in Paris and London, that topped both the US Billboard Hot 100 and UK charts and anchored Beatlemania.
Can't Catch Me Now
Can't Catch Me Now: Olivia Rodrigo and Dan Nigro song for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), released November 3, 2023 on Geffen, plays over the end credits, sung as Lucy Gray Baird, Hot 100 No. 56, UK No. 12, 2025 Grammy nominee.
Can't Feel My Face
Can't Feel My Face: 2015 The Weeknd single from Beauty Behind the Madness, written with Max Martin, Ali Payami, Savan Kotecha, and Peter Svensson; his first US No. 1 pop hit, a love song that is actually about cocaine.
Can't Fight the Moonlight
"Can't Fight the Moonlight" is a pop song written by Diane Warren and recorded by LeAnn Rimes for the 2000 film Coyote Ugly, reaching number one in the UK.
Can't Fight This Feeling
"Can't Fight This Feeling" is a 1984 REO Speedwagon power ballad written by Kevin Cronin for Wheels Are Turnin'; it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks in 1985 and was later covered by Bastille for the 2019 John Lewis Christmas advert.
Can't Get Over Losing You
Can't Get Over Losing You: Avalanches song featuring Portraits of Tracy, listed for 2026 on Modular's No Bad Memories, produced by Chater, Di Blasi, Szekeres; distinct from the Pomus/Shuman "Can't Get Used to Losing You".