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Die Arbeiter von Wien

Die Arbeiter von Wien is a German workers' song by Fritz Brügel on Samuel Pokrass's Soviet march "White Army, Black Baron" (1920). Attested from 1926, tied to the 1927 July revolt and Justizpalast fire in Vienna, it spread after the 1934 February fighting and remains an antifascist standard.

Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Die Entführung aus dem Serail (K. 384, The Abduction from the Seraglio) is Mozart's three-act German Singspiel, premiered at Vienna's Burgtheater on 16 July 1782, set in Pasha Selim's harem and famous for its Janissary alla turca music and demanding arias.

Die Lian Hua: Chrysanthemums in the Mist

Die Lian Hua: Chrysanthemums in the Mist is a Chinese art song composed by Li Yan in 2021, setting a ci lyric by Northern Song poet Yan Shu.

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (WWV 96), Wagner's only mature comic opera, three acts on his own libretto, premiered Munich 21 June 1868; set in 16th-century Nuremberg, built on bar form and the historical mastersingers, with Hans Sachs and the Beckmesser debate at its center.

Die on This Hill

Die on This Hill is a pop-soul ballad by Sienna Spiro, released October 10, 2025. It became her commercial breakthrough, peaking at No. 9 in the UK.

Die Stem van Suid-Afrika

Die Stem van Suid-Afrika, known in English as The Call of South Africa, is an Afrikaans anthem that was South Africa's national anthem from 1957 to 1994.

Die with a Smile

Die with a Smile: 2024 soft rock duet ballad by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, Interscope; five non-consecutive weeks at Hot 100 No. 1, fastest to one billion Spotify streams, later on Mayhem.

Diet Pepsi (song)

"Diet Pepsi" is a 2024 synth-pop single by Addison Rae, her debut Columbia release, produced in Stockholm by Luka Kloser and Elvira Anderfjärd; it hit UK No. 10, debuted at Hot 100 No. 86, and led her album Addison.

Dil Pe Zakham Khate Hain

Dil Pe Zakham Khate Hain (دل پہ زخم کھاتے ہیں) is an Urdu qawwali performed and composed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan on Oriental Star Agencies, credited variously to Jigar Moradabadi or Iqbal Safipuri, and revived through the Dhurandhar 2 remix.

Dirty Cash (Money Talks)

"Dirty Cash (Money Talks)" is a 1989 hip-house song by The Adventures of Stevie V, written by Steve Vincent and Mick Walsh with vocals by Melody Washington; it failed on first release, hit UK No. 2 in 1990, and recharted in 2024 via a PAWSA remix.

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (song)

"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" is a 1976 hard rock song by AC/DC, title track of their album, sung by Bon Scott, produced by Harry Vanda and George Young, peaking at UK No. 47 in 1980.

Dirty Diana

Dirty Diana: 1987 Michael Jackson hard-rock song from Bad, released as a single April 18, 1988; fifth of five consecutive Hot 100 number-ones, with a Steve Stevens guitar solo and a Joe Pytka video.

Dirty Laundry (Don Henley song)

Dirty Laundry is a 1982 Don Henley and Danny Kortchmar rock satire of television news, the second single from I Can't Stand Still; it peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 1 on the rock chart, and number 59 in the UK.

Dirty Old Town

Dirty Old Town: folk song written by Ewan MacColl (James Henry Miller) in 1949 about Salford, England, for his play Landscape with Chimneys; popularized by The Dubliners (1968) and The Pogues (1985), often mistaken for an Irish song about Dublin.

Dirty Work (Aespa song)

Dirty Work is a 2025 single album and song by K-pop girl group aespa (에스파), released June 27 by SM Entertainment; a low-end-driven hip-hop dance track whose video was filmed at Hyundai's Dangjin Steel Mill, it won on Inkigayo and peaked at No. 2 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.

Disease (Lady Gaga song)

Disease is a 2024 Lady Gaga song released October 25, 2024 on Interscope as lead single of Mayhem (LG7); dark industrial dance-pop written with Polansky, Watt, and Cirkut, peaking at number 7 in the UK.

Disenchanted (My Chemical Romance song)

Disenchanted is a 2006 My Chemical Romance ballad, track 12 on The Black Parade (4:55), released as a live demo on the 2016 tenth-anniversary edition, and performed on the band's Long Live: The Black Parade tours.

Disturbia (song)

Disturbia is a 2008 Rihanna single from Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded, written by Chris Brown's Graffiti Artizts team and produced by Brian Kennedy and Makeba Riddick; it topped the Billboard Hot 100, peaked at UK number 3, and is RIAA six-times Platinum.

DNA (More Than a Game)

DNA (More Than a Game) is the official anthem of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, released 10 June 2026 by Andrea Bocelli, David Guetta, EJAE, and Megan Thee Stallion; a 2:56 EDM-pop-rap track sung in English, Italian, and Korean.

Do I Wanna Know?

"Do I Wanna Know?" is a 2013 Arctic Monkeys song, second single from AM, written by Alex Turner. It hit #1 on US Alternative Songs, #11 in the UK, #70 on the Hot 100, and earned a 2015 Grammy nomination.

Do It Again (Steely Dan song)

"Do It Again" is a 1972 Steely Dan song, opening track and first hit single of Can't Buy a Thrill, written by Fagen and Becker, peaking at No. 6 on Billboard, famed for Denny Dias's electric sitar solo and Fagen's Yamaha YC-30 organ solo.

Do the Dance (빌려온 고양이)

Do the Dance (빌려온 고양이, Billyeoon Goyangi) is ILLIT's June 16, 2025 French house title track from the bomb EP, themed on first-date awkwardness via the Korean "borrowed cat" idiom and sampling The Five Star Stories' Elegant Escape.

Do They Know It's Christmas?

"Do They Know It's Christmas?" is a 1984 charity single by Band Aid, written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.

Do You Hear What I Hear?

"Do You Hear What I Hear?" is a Christmas song written October 1962 by Noël Regney (lyrics) and Gloria Shayne (music) as a peace plea during the Cuban Missile Crisis; first recorded by the Harry Simeone Chorale, popularized by Bing Crosby, covered over 120 times.

Do You Really Want to Hurt Me

Do You Really Want to Hurt Me: 1982 reggae-tinged torch song by Culture Club, written by Boy George, Hay, Craig, and Moss, produced by Steve Levine; UK No. 1 for 3 weeks, US No. 2, from Kissing to Be Clever.

Do Your Ears Hang Low?

Do Your Ears Hang Low? is an American children's action song sung to a short version of "Turkey in the Straw", traced by folklorist Ed Cray to Dixon's 1838 "Zip Coon" and descended from the bawdy soldier parody "Do Your Balls Hang Low?".

Do-Re-Mi

Do-Re-Mi is a 1960 Broadway musical comedy with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, starring Phil Silvers and Nancy Walker.

Dogfight (musical)

Dogfight is a 2012 Off-Broadway musical by Pasek and Paul with book by Peter Duchan, based on the 1991 River Phoenix film, about Marines and a cruel 1963 date contest; it won the Lucille Lortel Award.

Doin' Time

"Doin' Time" is a 1996 Sublime song by Bradley Nowell and Marshall Goodman sampling Herbie Mann's cover of Gershwin's "Summertime"; the Gershwin estate forced a lyric change, and Lana Del Rey's 2019 cover peaked at Billboard number 59.

Dominick the Donkey

Dominick the Donkey (The Italian Christmas Donkey) is a 1960 Lou Monte novelty Christmas song by Ray Allen, Sam Saltzberg, and Wandra Merrell about a donkey helping Santa in Italy, later a UK number 3 hit in 2011.