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Don't Worry, Be Happy

"Don't Worry, Be Happy" is a 1988 entirely a cappella song by Bobby McFerrin from Simple Pleasures; first a cappella number one on the Billboard Hot 100, three 1989 Grammys, phrase from Meher Baba, often misattributed to Bob Marley.

Don't You (Forget About Me)

Don't You (Forget About Me): 1985 Simple Minds song by Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff for The Breakfast Club; US Billboard No. 1, first UK Top 10 hit, over 1 billion Spotify streams.

Don't You Want Me

"Don't You Want Me" is a 1981 synth-pop song by The Human League from Dare, written by Callis, Oakey, and Wright, produced by Martin Rushent. UK Christmas No. 1 for five weeks, US Hot 100 No. 1 for three weeks in 1982, first English synth single to top the American chart.

Dongdong

Dongdong (동동), also known as Dongdongjihee, is a Goryeo-period Korean song of love and longing whose 13 stanzas cover the twelve months; its lyrics were abolished in 1519, and it survives as an instrumental piece.

Doo Wop (That Thing)

Doo Wop (That Thing) is Lauryn Hill's 1998 debut solo single from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill; it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won two 1999 Grammy Awards.

Doors (song)

"Doors" is a 2026 song by American singer-songwriter Noah Kahan, released as the third single from his album The Great Divide and peaking at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Doot Doot (6 7)

Doot Doot (6 7) is a December 2024 drill song by Philadelphia rapper Skrilla (Jemille Edwards), formally released in February 2025, whose "6-7" lyric spawned the viral six-seven meme via LaMelo Ball edits and Taylen Kinney's hand gesture.

Dopamine (Robyn song)

Dopamine is a 2025 dance-pop single by Swedish singer Robyn (Robin Miriam Carlsson), written with Klas Åhlund and Taio Cruz, her first solo release in seven years and lead single of the album Sexistential, about the neurochemistry of falling in love.

Double Life (Pharrell Williams song)

"Double Life" is a June 14, 2024 Columbia Records single by Pharrell Williams for the Despicable Me 4 soundtrack. It opens and closes the film's credits, asks "Who will Gru be tonight?", and peaked at UK No. 56 and Billboard Hot 100 No. 89.

Down Under (song)

"Down Under" is a 1981 Men at Work song written by Colin Hay and Ron Strykert, a number-one hit in Australia, the UK and US, subject of the 2010 Kookaburra copyright case, and now a billion-stream Australian anthem.

Down with the Sickness

"Down with the Sickness" is a 2000 song by the American heavy metal band Disturbed, from their debut album The Sickness, known for its improvised "ooh-wah-ah-ah-ah" opening vocal.

Downtown (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis song)

Downtown (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis song), 2015 single featuring Melle Mel, Grandmaster Caz, Kool Moe Dee, and Eric Nally; lead single from This Unruly Mess I've Made, platinum, No. 12 Hot 100, MTV EMA Best Video.

Downtown (Petula Clark song)

Downtown, Petula Clark's 1964 pop single written and produced by Tony Hatch after a Times Square walk, recorded 16 October 1964 at Pye Studios with about 40 musicians; UK number 2, US Hot 100 number 1 in January 1965, 1965 Grammy winner for Best Rock & Roll Recording.

Dracula (song)

Dracula is a 2025 disco-pop single by Tame Impala (Kevin Parker), co-written with Sarah Aarons and the third single from the album Deadbeat; a February 2026 remix with Jennie went viral on TikTok and drove its Hot 100 success.

Drag Me Down

"Drag Me Down" is a 2015 song by One Direction, their first release as a quartet after Zayn Malik's departure, which debuted at No. 1 in the UK.

Drag Path

"Drag Path" is a 2025 song by the American duo Twenty One Pilots, a bonus track on their album Breach that became a viral TikTok hit and later a single.

Dragostea Din Tei

Dragostea din tei is a 2003 Romanian-language Eurodance hit by Moldovan trio O-Zone, written by Dan Bălan; 12 weeks atop the Eurochart Hot 100, about 12 million copies sold, and made viral by the Numa Numa video.

Dragula (song)

Dragula is a 1998 Rob Zombie song, the first single from Hellbilly Deluxe on Geffen, written with producer Scott Humphrey and named after Grandpa Munster's car in The Munsters; it became his signature solo song and a Halloween staple.

Dream (Lisa song)

Dream (LISA song): English-language piano ballad by BLACKPINK's LISA, closing track 13 of her 2025 debut solo album Alter Ego (LLOUD/RCA); short-film video with Kentaro Sakaguchi directed by OJun Kwon.

Dream a Little Dream of Me

Dream a Little Dream of Me: 1931 American popular song by Fabian Andre, Wilbur Schwandt, and Gus Kahn; first recorded by Ozzie Nelson (Brunswick 6060), a standard via Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (1950), and a 1968 Mama Cass hit with The Mamas & the Papas (UK #11).

Dream as One

"Dream as One" (also "Dream As One") is Miley Cyrus's 2025 end-credits ballad for Avatar: Fire and Ash, co-written with Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, and Simon Franglen, released November 14, 2025, Golden Globe-nominated; distinct from the Calgary electronic duo Dream as One.

Dream On (Aerosmith song)

"Dream On" is a 1973 power ballad by Aerosmith, written by Steven Tyler and released as the second single from their debut album; it peaked at No. 59 in 1973, reached No. 6 after its 1976 re-release, and entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2018.

Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls: 1981 Broadway musical by Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen, directed by Michael Bennett, about a 1960s Black girl group inspired by The Supremes; 6 Tonys, 2006 Oscar-winning film, 2026 Broadway revival planned.

Dreams (Fleetwood Mac song)

Dreams, Fleetwood Mac's 1977 Stevie Nicks song from Rumours, the band's only Billboard Hot 100 number one, written in 10 minutes at the Record Plant and revived by a 2020 TikTok skateboarding video.

Dreams (The Cranberries song)

"Dreams" (1992) is The Cranberries' debut single by Noel Hogan and Dolores O'Riordan, from Everybody Else Is Doing It; UK peak No. 27 in 1994, famous for Faye Wong's Cantonese cover in Chungking Express and heavy film and TV use.

Drift Away

Drift Away: Mentor Williams song first recorded in 1972 by Mike Berry and John Henry Kurtz; Dobie Gray's 1973 version hit No. 5, and Uncle Kracker's 2003 cover with Gray topped the AC chart for a record 28 weeks.

Drive (The Cars song)

"Drive" is The Cars' 1984 synth ballad from Heartbeat City, written by Ric Ocasek, sung by Benjamin Orr, produced with Mutt Lange, their highest-charting US single at No. 3 and the Live Aid Ethiopian famine film soundtrack.

Drivers License (song)

"Drivers license" (stylized lowercase) is Olivia Rodrigo's debut single, released January 8, 2021 on Geffen Records, co-written with Dan Nigro. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks, broke Spotify streaming records, and won the 2022 Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance.

Driving Home for Christmas

Driving Home for Christmas is a 1986 Chris Rea song, written in a 1978 traffic jam and re-recorded for New Light Through Old Windows (1988); a UK chart evergreen since 2007, peaking at No. 10, and a top-10 German Christmas staple since 2017.

Drop Dead

"Drop Dead" is a 2026 song by American singer Olivia Rodrigo, released as the lead single from her third album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love.