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Evita (musical)

Evita is Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's sung-through musical about Eva Perón, begun as a 1976 concept album, staged by Hal Prince in 1978, a seven-Tony Broadway hit in 1979, filmed in 1996, and revived on Broadway by Jamie Lloyd with Rachel Zegler in 2027.

Ex's & Oh's

Ex's & Oh's is a 2014 RCA single by Elle King, co-written and produced with Dave Bassett for the album Love Stuff; it reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned two 2016 Grammy nominations.

Exit Music (For a Film)

Exit Music (For a Film) is a 1997 Radiohead song from OK Computer, written for the end credits of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (1996) but withheld from the soundtrack albums; it began as "Poison" and builds from acoustic guitar to a Mellotron-choir climax.

Expectations (Olivia Rodrigo song)

Olivia Rodrigo song "expectations" (2026), track 12 on her third album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love; written with Amy Allen and Dan Nigro; Chappell Roan remix, her first remix, released October 16, 2026; reached No. 20 on the Hot 100.

ExtraL

ExtraL is a 2025 song by JENNIE (제니) featuring rapper Doechii, released February 21 via ODDATELIER/Columbia as the third single from the album Ruby; directed by Cole Bennett, it debuted at No. 75 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Eye in the Sky (song)

Eye in the Sky (1982) by The Alan Parsons Project, written by Eric Woolfson and Alan Parsons, title track of the album; peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, the Project's only top-10 US hit, inspired by Las Vegas casino surveillance cameras.

Eye of the Tiger

Eye of the Tiger, Survivor's 1982 hard rock theme for Rocky III written by Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan after Queen's song was unavailable; six weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, four weeks atop the UK chart, Grammy winner and Oscar nominee.

Eyes Without a Face (song)

"Eyes Without a Face" is a 1983 Billy Idol song from Rebel Yell, co-written with Steve Stevens, titled after the 1960 French horror film Les Yeux sans visage; it peaked at number 4 in the US and 18 in the UK in 1984.

Facts (Tom MacDonald song)

"Facts" is a January 26, 2024 single by Canadian rapper Tom MacDonald featuring conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, his rap debut. It hit No. 1 on iTunes, No. 16 on the Hot 100, and topped Billboard's Rap Digital Song Sales chart.

Fade (instrumental)

Fade (instrumental): 2014 electro house track by Norwegian producer Alan Walker, self-released on YouTube 17 August 2014 and re-released royalty-free by NCS 19 November 2014; later reworked into the vocal hit "Faded".

Fade (Kanye West song)

Fade (Kanye West song), also credited to Kanye West/Post Malone/Ty Dolla $ign, is a 2016 house-influenced track closing The Life of Pablo, sampling Larry Heard, Rare Earth, and Hardrive, with a Teyana Taylor VMAs video.

Faded (Alan Walker song)

Faded is an electronic dance music single by Alan Walker, released on December 4, 2015. It features Iselin Solheim and later appeared on the 2018 album Different World.

Fairytale (Alexander Rybak song)

Fairytale, the 2009 Eurovision winner by Norway's Alexander Rybak (Melodi Grand Prix 2009 entry), won in Moscow with a then-record points total; a folk-pop violin song later voted Best Eurovision Song of All Times by TV2.no.

Fairytale of New York

Fairytale of New York: 1987 Christmas duet by The Pogues, written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan with Kirsty MacColl, produced by Steve Lillywhite; peaked at UK number 2, became the UK's most-played 21st-century Christmas song.

Faith (George Michael song)

Faith (George Michael song): 1987 rockabilly-styled single, second release from the album Faith; written and produced by George Michael; UK No. 2, US No. 1; organ intro via DX7 preset.

Fake Your Death

Fake Your Death: 2014 song by My Chemical Romance, written during the 2012 Stanley Cup Final, released as the opening track of the May Death Never Stop You compilation; Gerard Way called it the band's eulogy.

Fallin' (Alicia Keys song)

"Fallin'" by Alicia Keys, debut single from Songs in A Minor (2001); six weeks at Billboard Hot 100 number one, three Grammys in 2002 including Song of the Year, UK number 3.

Fallin' (Chris Brown song)

Fallin' is a 2026 bluesy R&B single by Chris Brown featuring Leon Thomas, with Tank on background vocals, released May 1, 2026 ahead of the album BROWN; it charted at number 80 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Falling Slowly

Falling Slowly, by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, is the Oscar-winning Best Original Song from the 2007 film Once, first released on 2006 albums, later featured in the Tony-winning Broadway musical.

Falsettos

Falsettos, also known as the Marvin musical by William Finn and James Lapine, is a sung-through Broadway show combining March of the Falsettos (1981) and Falsettoland (1990); it won 1992 Tonys for Best Book and Best Score and was revived in 2016.

Falstaff (opera)

Falstaff is Verdi's last opera, a three-act comic opera on Boito's libretto after Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV, premiered at La Scala, Milan, in 1893, closing with the fugue Tutto nel mondo è burla.

Fame (David Bowie song)

Fame (1975), David Bowie funk rock single co-written with Carlos Alomar and John Lennon, recorded 30 January 1975 at Electric Lady Studios; Bowie's first US Billboard No. 1 (UK No. 17), closing the Young Americans album.

Fame (Irene Cara song)

"Fame" is a 1980 song by Irene Cara, written by Michael Gore and Dean Pitchford for Alan Parker's film Fame. Oscar and Golden Globe winner; US Hot 100 number 4 in 1980, UK number 1 for three weeks in 1982 after the TV series revival.

Fame (musical)

Fame the Musical is a 1988 stage adaptation of the 1980 film Fame, book by Jose Fernandez, music by Steve Margoshes, lyrics by Jacques Levy, conceived by David De Silva; it follows a Performing Arts High School class from 1980 to 1984.

Fame Is a Gun

Fame Is a Gun is a 2025 synth-pop song by Addison Rae, the fifth single from her debut album Addison, co-written and produced with Luka Kloser and Elvira Anderfjärd; it peaked at No. 23 on the UK Official Singles Chart.

Family Matters (Drake song)

Family Matters is Drake's May 3, 2024 diss track against Kendrick Lamar in their feud, a seven-minute three-part song alleging domestic abuse and infidelity, answered within minutes by "Meet the Grahams."

Famous (Kanye West song)

"Famous" is a 2016 Kanye West song from The Life of Pablo, featuring Rihanna and Swizz Beatz, sampling Nina Simone and Sister Nancy, known for its controversial Taylor Swift lyric and celebrity music video.

Fancy (Iggy Azalea song)

"Fancy" is a 2014 song by Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX, from the album The New Classic, which topped the Hot 100 for seven consecutive weeks.

Fanfare for the Common Man

Fanfare for the Common Man is Aaron Copland's 1942 brass-and-percussion work, commissioned by Eugene Goossens for the Cincinnati Symphony, premiered March 12, 1943, the only survivor of eighteen wartime fanfares and later a 1977 hit for Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Vaughan Williams's 1910 Tallis Fantasia, revised 1913 and 1919, for double string orchestra and solo quartet, based on Tallis's third Parker Psalter tune (Psalm 2), premiered at Gloucester Cathedral's Three Choirs Festival on 6 September 1910.