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Dear Evan Hansen
Dear Evan Hansen: Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning Broadway musical by Levenson, Pasek and Paul about an anxious teen whose letter after a classmate's suicide makes him a viral liar; 2021 film flopped.
Dear Friend (Wings song)
"Dear Friend" is a Wings song by Paul and Linda McCartney, the penultimate track on Wild Life (1971), a piano ballad written as an olive branch to John Lennon after their public 1971 feud.
Dear Prudence
Dear Prudence is a 1968 Beatles song written by John Lennon in Rishikesh for Prudence Farrow, recorded 28–30 August 1968 at Trident Studios on eight-track tape as a single logged take, with McCartney on drums while Ringo Starr was absent.
December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night): 1975 Four Seasons single by Bob Gaudio and Judy Parker, US and UK number 1 in 1976, sung mainly by drummer Gerry Polci, and a 1993 Ben Liebrand dance remix hit.
Deck the Halls
"Deck the Halls", originally "Deck the Hall", is a Christmas carol set to the Welsh New Year's Eve tune Nos Galan, with English words by Thomas Oliphant published in 1862 in Welsh Melodies, its fa-la-la refrain inherited from Welsh verse-singing, and the 1862 composition in the public domain.
Defying Gravity (song)
"Defying Gravity" is the Act I finale song of the musical Wicked (2003), written by Stephen Schwartz for Elphaba and Glinda. Written in 2000 from an old chord riff, famously difficult to sing, and the 2024 film's finale.
Dehumanized (song)
"Dehumanized" is a 2026 deathcore single by Bring Me the Horizon, the sole new closing track on Count Your Blessings | Repented, their 20th-anniversary re-recording of their 2006 debut, written by Oliver Sykes and Lee Malia.
Deja Vu (Olivia Rodrigo song)
deja vu (Olivia Rodrigo song), second single from SOUR released April 1, 2021 on Geffen; written with Dan Nigro; retroactive co-writer credits to Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, and St. Vincent; peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Delicate (Taylor Swift song)
Delicate is a 2017 Taylor Swift song from Reputation, track 5, written and produced with Max Martin and Shellback. A soft dancehall electro-ballad about new love under scrutiny; peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was named 2017's best song by Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield.
Delilah (Tom Jones song)
Delilah is a 1968 Tom Jones song written by Les Reed and Barry Mason, a murder ballad about a man killing his unfaithful lover. UK number 2, Ivor Novello winner, Welsh rugby anthem banned in 2023.
Delta Dawn
Delta Dawn is a country and pop song written by Larry Collins and Alex Harvey. Helen Reddy's 1973 version reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Demolition Lovers
Demolition Lovers: closing track (6:06) of My Chemical Romance's 2002 debut album I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, Eyeball Records; outlaw lovers gunned down in the desert, story continued on Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge.
Demons (Imagine Dragons song)
"Demons" is a 2012 Imagine Dragons song from Night Visions, written with Alex da Kid and Josh Mosser; a 2013 single that peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, charted 61 weeks, and was certified RIAA Diamond.
Denial Is a River
Denial Is a River: 2024 song by American rapper Doechii (Jaylah Hickmon) from Alligator Bites Never Heal, a therapy-dialogue rap about infidelity and drug use; UK No. 9, Billboard Hot 100 No. 65.
Der fliegende Holländer
Der fliegende Holländer (WWV 63, The Flying Dutchman): Richard Wagner's three-act romantic opera after Heine, composed 1840-41, premiered Dresden 2 January 1843, first staged at Bayreuth in 1901.
Der Kommissar (song)
"Der Kommissar" is a 1981 German-language rap-pop song by Austrian singer Falco, composed by Robert Ponger. It hit #1 in Austria and Germany in 1982; After the Fire's English cover peaked at #5 US in 1983.
Der Ring des Nibelungen
Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), WWV 86, is Richard Wagner's four-opera cycle of Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung, premiered complete at Bayreuth 13-17 August 1876, about 16 hours of music on the Nibelung ring.
Der Rosenkavalier
Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose), Op. 59, is Richard Strauss's three-act comic opera to a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, premiered in Dresden in 1911, set in Maria Theresa's Vienna with anachronistic waltzes and the silver-rose plot.
Desert Rose (Sting song)
Desert Rose (Sting song), from Brand New Day (1999), a duet with Algerian raï singer Cheb Mami blending Arabic and Western pop; single January 17, 2000, US Billboard Hot 100 peak 17, Jaguar commercial tie-in.
Despacito
Despacito: 2017 Spanish-language reggaeton-pop song by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee with Erika Ender; Bieber remix drove 16 weeks at Hot 100 No. 1 and 56 weeks atop Hot Latin Songs.
Desperado (Eagles song)
"Desperado" is a Don Henley and Glenn Frey ballad, title track of the Eagles' 1973 Asylum album Desperado, their first co-write, recorded at Island Studios London with Glyn Johns; never a single for the band but popularized by Linda Ronstadt's 1973 cover. Distinct from other songs of the same name.
Después de Ti
Después de Ti is a 2026 dream-pop ballad single by Colombian singer KAROL G with Greg Gonzalez of Cigarettes After Sex, premiered at Coachella, released April 23, 2026 on Interscope, and closing her album No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto.
Deutschland (song)
"Deutschland" is a 2019 song by German band Rammstein, lead single of its untitled seventh album, opening at number 1 in Germany and charting in 27 countries.
Deutschlandlied
Deutschlandlied (Das Lied der Deutschen), Germany's national anthem: written 1841 by Hoffmann von Fallersleben on Helgoland to Haydn's 1797 melody; only the third stanza, 'Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit', is official since 1952, confirmed 1991.
Diamonds (Rihanna song)
Diamonds (Rihanna song): 2012 midtempo pop ballad written by Sia, produced by Benny Blanco and Stargate, lead single of Unapologetic; 12th Rihanna Hot 100 No. 1 for three weeks, nearly once recorded by Eminem.
Diamonds & Rust (song)
Diamonds & Rust is a 1975 folk song written by Joan Baez about Bob Dylan, released April 1975 on A&M, a Top 35 US hit, later covered as a heavy metal staple by Judas Priest on Sin After Sin (1977).
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" is a Jule Styne and Leo Robin show tune from the 1949 musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, introduced by Carol Channing and made iconic by Marilyn Monroe's pink-dress 1953 film number.
Diamonds Are Forever (song)
"Diamonds Are Forever" (1971) is the Shirley Bassey theme song for the seventh James Bond film, music by John Barry, lyrics by Don Black; recorded at CTS Studios London, nearly rejected by producer Harry Saltzman as too sexy.
Dick in a Box
"Dick in a Box" (also "A Special Christmas Box") is a 2006 SNL Digital Short by The Lonely Island with Justin Timberlake, an early-1990s R&B parody that went viral uncensored online and won a 2007 Emmy.
Dido and Aeneas
Dido and Aeneas (Z 626), Purcell's three-act English baroque opera to Nahum Tate's libretto after Virgil, first known performed 1689 at Josias Priest's Chelsea girls' school; famous for Dido's Lament over a chromatic ground bass.