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A Boy Named Sue
"A Boy Named Sue" is a comic country song written by Shel Silverstein, made famous by Johnny Cash's live 1969 San Quentin recording; it hit number 2 pop, number 1 country for five weeks, and won a Grammy.
A Change Is Gonna Come
"A Change Is Gonna Come" is a 1964 soul song by Sam Cooke, written in 1963 after hearing Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind"; it became a civil rights anthem, a posthumous Top 40 hit, and a National Recording Registry selection.
A Chorus Line
A Chorus Line is Michael Bennett's 1975 Broadway musical about dancers auditioning for a chorus, with music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Edward Kleban; it ran 6,137 performances, won nine Tonys and the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and held Broadway's longevity record until 1997.
A Couple Minutes
"A Couple Minutes" (also "A Couple Minutes by Olivia Dean") is a 2025 pop-soul single by Olivia Dean from The Art of Loving, released September 26, 2025 on Capitol; it peaked at UK #13 and Billboard Hot 100 #26.
A Day in the Life
"A Day in the Life" is a 1967 Beatles song by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, the final track of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder is a Tony-winning Broadway musical comedy by Steven Lutvak and Robert L. Freedman, based on Roy Horniman's 1907 novel Israel Rank, in which Monty Navarro kills eight D'Ysquith heirs, all played by one actor.
A German Requiem (Brahms)
Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op. 45, Brahms's seven-movement choral-orchestral requiem on German Bible texts, premiered in Bremen in 1868 and completed in Leipzig in 1869.
A Girl Like You (Edwyn Collins song)
"A Girl Like You" is a 1994 Edwyn Collins single from Gorgeous George, re-released in 1995 to UK No. 4 and European top-10 peaks; a retro-soul hit with about two million sales and heavy film and TV licensing.
A Groovy Kind of Love
"A Groovy Kind of Love" is a pop song written by Toni Wine and Carole Bayer Sager at Screen Gems, a 1966 UK/US number-two hit for the Mindbenders, and a 1988 chart-topping Phil Collins ballad from Buster.
A Hard Day's Night (song)
"A Hard Day's Night" is a 1964 Beatles song written mainly by John Lennon from a Ringo Starr malapropism, recorded in one Abbey Road session, and a transatlantic No. 1 single famous for its opening chord.
A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall
A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall is a 1962 Bob Dylan song on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, modeled on the ballad Lord Randall, debuted at Carnegie Hall, often misread as a Cuban Missile Crisis response, covered by Bryan Ferry.
A Hazy Shade of Winter
A Hazy Shade of Winter, Paul Simon song recorded by Simon & Garfunkel (1966 single, Bookends 1968, US No. 13); The Bangles' 1987 Rick Rubin-produced cover for Less Than Zero reached US No. 2.
A Horse with No Name
"A Horse with No Name" is a 1971 folk-rock song by America, written by Dewey Bunnell, originally titled "Desert Song," recorded at Morgan Studios London, a US number one in March 1972 often mistaken for Neil Young.
A Little Less Conversation
"A Little Less Conversation" is a 1968 Elvis Presley song by Billy Strange and Mac Davis, a modest hit until Junkie XL's 2002 remix reached number one worldwide.
A Little More (Ed Sheeran song)
A Little More is a 2025 Ed Sheeran single, an upbeat breakup pop-soul track from the album Play, released August 7, 2025, written with Blake Slatkin, Cirkut, Johnny McDaid, and Dave, peaking at number 18 on the UK Singles Chart, with a video in which Rupert Grint reprises his Lego House stalker role.
A Little Night Music
A Little Night Music: 1973 Broadway musical by Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) and Hugh Wheeler (book), adapted from Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night; waltz-based score with "Send in the Clowns," Tony winner for Best Musical.
A Ram Sam Sam
A Ram Sam Sam (Aram Sam Sam, A Rum Sum Sum) is a traditional Moroccan children's song and action game in Moroccan Arabic, mostly nonsense lyrics, with gestures, an accelerating tempo, and worldwide spread through camps and classrooms.
A Sky Full of Stars
"A Sky Full of Stars" is a 2014 Coldplay single from Ghost Stories, produced and co-written with Avicii (Tim Bergling), merging piano pop with EDM; it premiered April 29, 2014 and became a stadium live staple.
A Song for You
"A Song for You" is a Leon Russell ballad, opener of his 1970 Shelter Records debut. Covered by over 200 artists including Donny Hathaway, the Carpenters, and Ray Charles; Grammy Hall of Fame 2018. Distinct from Gram Parsons' 1973 song and Robyn Crawford's memoir.
A Thousand Miles
A Thousand Miles is Vanessa Carlton's 2002 debut pop single, originally titled Interlude, built on a piano riff she wrote at 17; produced by Ron Fair, it hit No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned three Grammy nominations.
A Thousand Years (Christina Perri song)
"A Thousand Years" is a Christina Perri and David Hodges ballad written for Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011), re-recorded as Pt. 2 with Steve Kazee, later RIAA-certified diamond.
A Whiter Shade of Pale
A Whiter Shade of Pale: 1967 debut single by Procol Harum on Deram (DM126), UK number one for six weeks; Bach-inspired Matthew Fisher organ melody, Keith Reid lyrics, Gary Brooker vocal; later copyright litigation.
A Whole New World
"A Whole New World" is a 1992 Disney love duet from Aladdin, composed by Alan Menken and Tim Rice, and performed by Brad Kane and Lea Salonga.
A-Tisket, A-Tasket
A-Tisket, A-Tasket: 1938 swing song by Ella Fitzgerald and Al Feldman (Van Alexander), based on a 19th-century nursery rhyme, recorded by Chick Webb's orchestra for Decca; a number-one Hit Parade hit and million seller.
Aaj Ki Raat (आज की रात) (Stree 2 song)
Aaj Ki Raat (आज की रात) is a 2024 Hindi item number from Stree 2 by Sachin-Jigar, sung by Madhubanti Bagchi and Divya Kumar with lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya, picturized on Tamannaah Bhatia and topping Billboard India Songs for 13 weeks.
ABCDEFU
"abcdefu" (ABCDEFU) is GAYLE's 2021 Atlantic debut single, a TikTok-viral breakup anthem co-written at age 16, peaking at No. 3 on the Hot 100, No. 1 in the UK, and earning a Grammy Song of the Year nomination.
Abendlied
Abendlied, German for "evening song", is the title of several German poems and vocal works, best known as Matthias Claudius's 1779 evening poem famous under its first line, "Der Mond ist aufgegangen".
About a Girl (Nirvana song)
About a Girl is a 1988 Kurt Cobain song by Nirvana, written for Tracy Marander, first on Bleach (1989) and best known as the opener and only single from MTV Unplugged in New York (1994).
Abracadabra (Lady Gaga song)
Abracadabra: Lady Gaga's dark-pop 2025 single, second release from Mayhem, written with Cirkut and Andrew Watt, sampling Siouxsie and the Banshees' Spellbound; Hot 100 No. 13, UK No. 3, 2026 Grammy Song of the Year nominee.
Achy Breaky Heart
"Achy Breaky Heart" (also "Don't Tell My Heart") is Don Von Tress's 1990 country song, first recorded by the Marcy Brothers in 1991 and made famous by Billy Ray Cyrus's 1992 debut single: five weeks at No. 1 country, No. 4 Hot 100, and a line-dancing craze.