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Drop It Like It's Hot

"Drop It Like It's Hot" is a 2004 Snoop Dogg single featuring Pharrell Williams, produced by the Neptunes. Its minimal tongue-click beat gave both performers their first Billboard Hot 100 number one and earned two 2005 Grammy nominations.

Drunk in Love

"Drunk in Love" is a 2013 song by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z from the album BEYONCÉ; it peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, won two 2015 Grammys, and drew controversy over its Ike Turner lyric and a sampling lawsuit.

Drunken Sailor

Drunken Sailor, also called What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor or Up She Rises, is a traditional sea shanty, Roud 322, first printed in Olmsted's 1841 whaling-voyage account; a walkaway work song with the chorus "Way hay and up she rises."

Dry Spell (song)

"Dry Spell" is a 2026 country single by Kacey Musgraves, released March 11, 2026 on Lost Highway as the lead single from Middle of Nowhere; written with Luke Laird, Shane McAnally, and Josh Osborne, it counts 335 days without sex, peaked at No. 15 on Country Airplay, and earned a CMA Song of the Year nomination.

DTMF (song)

DtMF (Debí Tirar Más Fotos) is a 2025 plena-inspired song by Bad Bunny, title track of his album of the same name; a Hot 100 No. 1 and 2026 Grammy Record and Song of the Year nominee.

Du hast

Du hast is a 1997 Rammstein song, second single from Sehnsucht, built on the German homophone hast/hasst and a twisted wedding vow; German chart number 5, Grammy-nominated, The Matrix soundtrack.

Du riechst so gut

Du riechst so gut, 1995 debut single by German band Rammstein from Herzeleid, released as a scented digipak on Motor Music; re-released in 1998 with Faith No More and KMFDM remixes.

Dubidubidu

Dubidubidu (Chipi Chipi Chapa Chapa) is a 2003 Chilean children's pop song by Christell Rodríguez that went viral worldwide in late 2023 through TikTok cat memes, topping Spotify's Japan viral chart and entering Just Dance 2025.

Dude (Looks Like a Lady)

Dude (Looks Like a Lady) is a 1987 Aerosmith single from Permanent Vacation, written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Desmond Child, inspired by Tyler mistaking Mötley Crüe's Vince Neil for a woman; it reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Duel of the Fates

Duel of the Fates: John Williams's 1999 orchestral-and-chorus theme for The Phantom Menace's climactic lightsaber duel, sung in Sanskrit arranged from the Welsh poem Cad Goddeu, in E minor.

Dueling Banjos

Dueling Banjos is a bluegrass instrumental written by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith as "Feudin' Banjos", recorded 1955 with Don Reno; famous from the 1972 film Deliverance via Weissberg and Mandell, Billboard No. 2, 1974 Grammy, won credit lawsuit.

Dusk Till Dawn (Zayn song)

Dusk Till Dawn is a pop song by Zayn featuring Sia, released in 2017. It reached number 5 on the UK Singles Chart and its music video has over 2.4 billion views.

Dust in the Wind

Dust in the Wind is a 1977 Kansas ballad by Kerry Livgren, born from a Travis-picking exercise; released January 1978, it peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is 3× Platinum.

Duvet (Bôa song)

"Duvet" is a 1998 song by British alt-rock band bôa, also known as the opening theme of Serial Experiments Lain; written by Jasmine Rodgers, it surpassed 1 billion streams after a TikTok revival and reunited the band.

E.T. (song)

"E.T." is a Katy Perry song from Teenage Dream, released February 16, 2011 as a Kanye West remix single; produced by Dr. Luke, Max Martin, and Ammo, it hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 and was RIAA-certified Diamond in 2024.

E85 (song)

E85 is a 2026 song by Don Toliver, opening track and biggest hit of his album OCTANE, sampling Malcolm Todd's "Chest Pain (I Love)", produced by Travis Scott and others, peaking at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Earache My Eye

Earache My Eye is a 1974 comedy rock single by Cheech and Chong, also credited to their alter ego Alice Bowie, from Cheech and Chong's Wedding Album; it peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and features in the 1978 film Up in Smoke.

Earned It

Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey) is a 2015 waltz-time single by the Weeknd from the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack; it peaked at No. 3 on the Hot 100, won a Grammy for Best R&B Performance, and was Oscar-nominated.

Earrings (song)

"Earrings" is a 2024 alternative pop song by American singer-songwriter Malcolm Todd, lead single of the mixtape Sweet Boy on Columbia; a 2026 TikTok sleeper hit peaking at No. 19 on the Hot 100, not a folk/traditional piece.

Earth Angel

"Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)" is a 1954 doo-wop ballad by the Penguins, recorded as a garage demo in Los Angeles and released on Dootone Records. It topped the R&B chart, reached US pop number 8, and entered the National Recording Registry in 2004.

Earth Song

Earth Song is Michael Jackson's 1995 environmental anthem, the third single from HIStory, written from 1988 as "What About Us". It was his sixth UK Number 1 and 1995's UK Christmas Number 1, with a Nick Brandt video of over 523 million views.

Earthquake (Jisoo song)

earthquake (지수) is a 2025 song by BLACKPINK's Jisoo, title track of her debut mini album AMORTAGE, released February 14, 2025 via Blissoo and Warner Records; it topped Billboard World Digital Song Sales and its MV passed 100 million views.

Easy (Commodores song)

"Easy" is a 1977 soul ballad by the Commodores, written solely by Lionel Richie and released on Motown from the album Commodores. It hit No. 1 R&B and No. 4 pop, was Grammy-nominated, and was later covered by Faith No More and Willie Nelson.

Easy Lover

Easy Lover is a 1984 pop-rock duet by Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind & Fire and Phil Collins, co-written with Nathan East and released on Chinese Wall. It hit No. 1 in the UK, Canada, Ireland and the Netherlands, No. 2 on the US Hot 100, and won the 1985 MTV Video Music Award for Best Overall Performance. Not the Miley Cyrus song of the same name.

Easy Lover (Miley Cyrus song)

Easy Lover is a 2025 song by Miley Cyrus from her ninth album Something Beautiful, track 6, written with Michael Pollack, Ryan Tedder, and Omer Fedi; unrelated to the Phil Collins and Philip Bailey song of the same name.

Easy on Me

"Easy on Me" is Adele's 2021 piano ballad and lead single from the album 30, written with Greg Kurstin about her divorce from Simon Konecki; it set a Spotify one-day streaming record and won the 2023 Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance.

Easy Street (Queens of the Stone Age song)

Easy Street is a 2026 Queens of the Stone Age single, released July 14 on Matador as their first new music since In Times New Roman (2023). A mellow acoustic duet with Nikki Lane, no bass or drums, produced by Josh Homme and Michael Shuman, lead single of Perfecth.

Eat It

"Eat It" is a 1984 song by "Weird Al" Yankovic, a parody of Michael Jackson's "Beat It." It was the lead single from his album Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D.

Echoes (Pink Floyd song)

"Echoes" is a 23-minute progressive rock song by Pink Floyd, released on Meddle in 1971 and built around a sonar-like piano ping created with a Leslie speaker.

Ecstacy (song)

"Ecstacy" (styled lowercase) is a 1:36 song by SUICIDAL-IDOL, first on SoundCloud July 19, 2021, digital single February 18, 2022, produced by buhguul, viral on TikTok in 2023 with about 144 million Spotify streams; distinct from New Order's and Mari Wilson's same-titled songs.