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Closer (The Chainsmokers song)
Closer is a 2016 EDM-pop duet by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey, released July 29, 2016 from the Collage EP. It spent 12 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, borrowed its hook from The Fray's Over My Head, and earned a 2017 Grammy nomination.
Closing Time (Semisonic song)
"Closing Time" is a 1998 song by Minneapolis rock band Semisonic, written by Dan Wilson for Feeling Strangely Fine. A No. 1 Alternative hit and Grammy nominee, it carries a hidden double meaning about childbirth and remains a bar-closing anthem.
Cloudbusting
Cloudbusting is a 1985 Kate Bush single from Hounds of Love, based on Peter Reich's A Book of Dreams about his father Wilhelm Reich; its video stars Donald Sutherland and reached UK number 20.
Cô láng giềng
"Cô láng giềng" ("The Girl Next Door") is a classic Vietnamese love song written by Hoàng Quý around 1942–1943, a representative work of the Tân nhạc Việt Nam movement.
Cock Robin
"Who Killed Cock Robin?" (Cock Robin) is an English nursery rhyme and folk song in which the sparrow kills a robin and animals bury him. First printed in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book c. 1744; possible links to Walpole's 1742 downfall.
Coconut (song)
Coconut (song): Harry Nilsson novelty song from Nilsson Schmilsson (1971), also known as "Put the Lime in the Coconut"; one-chord C7 calypso-style single, US Hot 100 No. 8 in 1972, UK No. 42, produced by Richard Perry.
Cod Liver Oil and the Orange Juice
Cod Liver Oil and the Orange Juice, also known as Hairy Mary, is a Scottish folk song by Ron Clark and Carl MacDougall, popularized by Hamish Imlach in 1966, parodying Virgin Mary Had a Little Baby and named for postwar welfare foods.
Cold Heart (Pnau remix)
Cold Heart (Pnau remix) is a 2021 Elton John and Dua Lipa single produced by Pnau, mashing Sacrifice, Rocket Man, Kiss the Bride, and Where's the Shoorah?; UK and ARIA number one, Billboard Hot 100 number 7.
Cold Water (song)
Cold Water (2016) is a Major Lazer single featuring Justin Bieber and MØ, written with Ed Sheeran and Benny Blanco; it hit number 1 in the UK, Ireland, Sweden, the Netherlands, and New Zealand and was Twitter's 2016 song of the summer.
Colors (Halsey song)
"Colors" is a 2015 song by Halsey from her debut album Badlands (Astralwerks), a color-metaphor love song in B♭ minor at 100 BPM, with a music video starring Tyler Posey and a live version on BADLANDS (Live From Webster Hall).
Colors of the Wind
"Colors of the Wind" is the Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning pop ballad from Disney's Pocahontas (1995), written by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, sung by Judy Kuhn, covered by Vanessa Williams, inspired by Chief Seattle's letter.
Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell
Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell: 2008 Das Racist song repeating "I'm at the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell," a viral 2009 hit about real Yum! Brands dual-brand locations, later a meme and TikTok trend.
Come & Get It (Selena Gomez song)
Come & Get It is a 2013 Selena Gomez pop single, lead release from Stars Dance, written by Ester Dean and Stargate, originally intended for Rihanna; it peaked at No. 6 on the Hot 100, her first top ten.
Come and Get Your Love
Come and Get Your Love: 1973 funk-rock single by Native American band Redbone, written by Lolly Vegas, from the album Wovoka. Peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1974, a million-seller, revived by Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014.
Come as You Are (Nirvana song)
"Come as You Are" (also Come As You Are) is a 1991 Nirvana song by Kurt Cobain from Nevermind, released March 1992 as its second single; known for its Small Clone chorus riff, Killing Joke "Eighties" lawsuit, and No. 9 UK chart peak.
Come from Away
Come from Away is a Canadian musical by Irene Sankoff and David Hein about Gander, Newfoundland, welcoming nearly 7,000 stranded passengers on 9/11; it opened on Broadway in 2017, won a Tony for direction, and was filmed for Apple TV in 2021.
Come On Eileen
Come On Eileen is a June 1982 single by Dexys Midnight Runners and the Emerald Express from Too-Rye-Ay, written by Kevin Rowland, Jim Paterson, and Billy Adams; a Celtic-soul hit that topped UK and US charts and won the 1983 Brit Award for Best British Single.
Come Out, Ye Black and Tans
Come Out, Ye Black and Tans: Irish rebel song by Dominic Behan on Dominic Behan's Rosc Catha na Mumhan melody, recorded by The Wolfe Tones in 1972; mocks the WWI-veteran RIC constables and topped UK and Irish iTunes charts in 2020.
Come Over (BTS song)
Come Over is a 2026 BTS digital single by Suga, RM, and j-hope, first a Deluxe Vinyl track on ARIRANG, released for FESTA's 13th anniversary, topping iTunes in 79 regions and Digital Song Sales.
Come Sail Away
"Come Sail Away" is a 1977 Styx song written and sung by Dennis DeYoung on the album The Grand Illusion (released 7/7/77); a piano ballad that turns into a starship-themed rock song, it peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and gained a second life via South Park's Cartman.
Come to Daddy (song)
Come to Daddy: 1997 Aphex Twin (Richard D. James) song and Warp EP title track, near 200 bpm drill 'n' bass with the refrain "I will eat your soul"; famous Chris Cunningham video filmed in Thamesmead.
Come Together
Come Together is a 1969 Beatles song by John Lennon (credited Lennon–McCartney), opening Abbey Road and issued as a double A-side with Something; written for Timothy Leary's California campaign, it hit US number 1 and prompted the Morris Levy plagiarism lawsuit.
Comfortably Numb
Comfortably Numb: Pink Floyd song from The Wall (1979), music by David Gilmour, lyrics by Roger Waters; famous for Gilmour's two guitar solos, performed atop the wall on the 1980-81 tour.
Coming Up Roses (Harry Styles song)
"Coming Up Roses" is a piano-and-orchestra ballad by Harry Styles from his 2026 album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally., the only song he wrote entirely himself.
Company (musical)
Company is a 1970 Stephen Sondheim–George Furth concept musical about bachelor Bobby and his married friends in New York, directed by Harold Prince. Opened at the Alvin Theatre, ran 705 performances, won six Tonys; revived 1995, 2006, and as the gender-swapped Bobbie revival of 2018/2021.
Complicated (Avril Lavigne song)
Complicated is the 2002 debut single by Avril Lavigne, also called her breakthrough pop-punk hit from Let Go. Written with The Matrix, it peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, topped charts in Australia and Canada, and earned two 2003 Grammy nominations.
Con Calma
Con Calma is a 2019 reggaeton single by Daddy Yankee featuring Canadian artist Snow, reworking Snow's 1992 hit Informer; released January 24, 2019 on El Cartel Records, it topped Hot Latin Songs for 14 weeks and won a Billboard Latin award.
Con te partirò
Con te partirò ("Time to Say Goodbye") is an Italian song by Francesco Sartori and Lucio Quarantotto, premiered by Andrea Bocelli at Sanremo 1995 (fourth place) and, as a Sarah Brightman duet of 1996, a 12-million-selling international hit.
Concerto
Concerto: a classical composition for one or more solo instruments with orchestra, from Italian concertare. Traces the stile concertato, concerto grosso, Vivaldi's three-movement solo form, Mozart's piano concertos, and the Romantic virtuoso concerto.
Concerto for Two Violins (Bach)
Bach's Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043, the "Bach Double": a three-movement baroque double concerto for two solo violins, strings and continuo, possibly dating from Köthen around 1719 or Leipzig around 1730, later arranged by Bach as BWV 1062.