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Je te laisserai des mots
Je te laisserai des mots, Patrick Watson's 2010 French-language piano ballad written for the film Mères et filles, became in December 2024 the first francophone song to surpass one billion Spotify streams, driven by TikTok virality.
Jealous Guy
Jealous Guy is a John Lennon song from Imagine (1971), begun as the 1968 Beatles outtake Child of Nature. Written in Rishikesh, India, retitled On the Road to Marrakesh in 1969, rewritten at Yoko Ono's urging as a confession of jealousy. Roxy Music's 1981 tribute cover reached UK number 1.
Jealous Lover (Rolling Stones song)
Jealous Lover is a 2026 Rolling Stones single from the album Foreign Tongues, released 25 June 2026 with a falsetto Jagger vocal recalling Emotional Rescue, a video starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Charles Melton, and a UK sales-chart peak of No. 2.
Jealous Type
Jealous Type is Doja Cat's 2025 funk-pop lead single from Vie, produced by Jack Antonoff and Y2K, peaking at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart; distinct from same-titled songs by Cre@m Soda and The Dreggs.
Jenny from the Block
Jenny from the Block: 2002 Jennifer Lopez single featuring Jadakiss and Styles P, lead single from This Is Me... Then; peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and UK chart; paparazzi-themed video co-starred Ben Affleck.
Jeokbyeokga
Jeokbyeokga (적벽가) is one of the five surviving madang of pansori, Korea's solo narrative singing, retelling the Battle of Red Cliffs from Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Jeremy (song)
"Jeremy" is a 1991 Pearl Jam song from Ten, with lyrics by Eddie Vedder and music by Jeff Ament, about 15-year-old Jeremy Wade Delle's January 1991 classroom suicide in Richardson, Texas. Its 1992 Mark Pellington video, censored by MTV, won four 1993 MTV Video Music Awards and was widely misread as depicting a school shooting.
Jersey Boys
Jersey Boys, the Tony Award-winning jukebox bio-musical of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons by Brickman, Elice, Gaudio, and Crewe; Broadway 2005-2017, 4,642 performances, four Tonys, 2014 Eastwood film, 20th anniversary tours.
Jerusalem of Gold (ירושלים של זהב)
Jerusalem of Gold (Yerushalayim Shel Zahav) is a 1967 Israeli song by Naomi Shemer, debuted by Shuli Natan at the Israel Song Festival and adopted as an unofficial national anthem after the Six-Day War; its melody drew on the Basque lullaby Pello Joxepe, which Shemer acknowledged in 2004.
Jerusalema
Jerusalema: 2019 Limpopo house and gospel song by South African producer Master KG featuring Nomcebo Zikode, sung in Zulu, which went global in 2020 via the Angolan-sparked #JerusalemaDanceChallenge.
Jessica (instrumental)
"Jessica" is a 1973 instrumental by the Allman Brothers Band, written by Dickey Betts, that served as the Top Gear theme and won a Grammy Award.
Jessie's Girl
Jessie's Girl: 1981 power pop single by Rick Springfield from Working Class Dog, recorded at Sound City, two weeks at Billboard Hot 100 number one, Grammy winner, inspired by a Pasadena stained glass class.
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's sung-through rock opera on Jesus's last days through Judas's eyes; 1970 double-LP concept album, 1971 Broadway premiere, 1973 Norman Jewison film, and continuing revivals.
Jesus Walks
Jesus Walks is a 2004 Kanye West song from The College Dropout, built on an ARC Choir "Walk with Me" sample, co-written with Rhymefest; it peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won the 2005 Grammy for Best Rap Song.
Jesus, Etc.
Jesus, Etc. is a 2002 Wilco song by Jeff Tweedy and Jay Bennett from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, a string-led track written before 9/11, the album's only charting single, and a live staple covered by Norah Jones and others.
Jimmy Crack Corn
"Jimmy Crack Corn", also known as "Blue-Tail Fly", is an American minstrel song first published in 1846 and usually attributed to Dan Emmett of the Virginia Minstrels.
Jingle Bell Rock
Jingle Bell Rock: 1957 Christmas song credited to Joe Beal and Jim Boothe, recorded by Bobby Helms (originally Jingle Bell Hop, reworked with Hank Garland); a secular holiday standard with a 60-year chart span.
Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells, originally "The One Horse Open Sleigh" (1857), is James Lord Pierpont's sleighing song, first performed in a Boston blackface minstrel hall, now a public-domain Christmas standard and the first song performed in space (Gemini 6, 1965).
Jizz in My Pants
Jizz in My Pants: 2008 comedy song by The Lonely Island (Samberg, Taccone, Schaffer), premiered as an SNL Digital Short on December 6, 2008; first single from Incredibad, with Timberlake, Sims, and Sigler cameos.
Jocelyn Flores
Jocelyn Flores is a 2017 song by XXXTentacion from his debut album 17, named for a 16-year-old who died by suicide while visiting him in Florida; it samples Shiloh Dynasty via Potsu, peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, and is multi-platinum.
John Barleycorn
John Barleycorn (Roud 164) is a traditional English-Scottish folk ballad personifying barley and its brewing into beer and whisky. First printed as a broadside in the 1620s, rewritten by Burns in 1786, and revived by Traffic (1970) and Steeleye Span (1972).
John Henry (folklore)
John Henry, the Steel Driving Man: American folk hero and ballad of a steel driver who beat a steam drill and died; historical candidates, 1924 first recording, Talcott heritage.
Johnny B. Goode
"Johnny B. Goode" (ジョニー・B・グッド) is Chuck Berry's 1958 rock and roll single about a poor boy who becomes a guitar star; it peaked at No. 2 R&B and No. 8 pop, joined the Voyager Golden Record, entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, and is among the most covered songs in rock history.
Jolene (song)
Jolene is a 1973 Dolly Parton country song, also the title track of her 1974 album Jolene, about pleading with a beautiful rival not to take her husband. It hit No. 1 on the country chart and has over 200 covers.
Joy to the World
Joy to the World: Christian hymn by Isaac Watts (1719), a paraphrase of Psalm 98 titled 'The Messiah's Coming and Kingdom'; sung to the tune Antioch, arranged by Lowell Mason in 1836 and credited to Handel, an attribution now disputed; it celebrates Christ's reign and Second Coming, not the nativity.
Joy to the World (Three Dog Night song)
"Joy to the World" is a Hoyt Axton song recorded by Three Dog Night on the 1970 album Naturally; it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks from April 17, 1971, was Billboard's number one single of 1971, and made the Axtons the only mother-son songwriting pair with US number one hits.
Joyride (Kesha song)
"JOYRIDE." is Kesha's electropop single released July 4, 2024 on her own Kesha Records, her first independent release and lead single of Period (2025); produced by Zhone, accordion-driven, over 140 million streams.
Judas (Lady Gaga song)
"Judas" is a 2011 Lady Gaga song, also known as the second single from Born This Way, written and produced with RedOne, released April 15, 2011, with a biblical Mary Magdalene-themed video and UK peak of number 8.
Juicy (Doja Cat song)
"Juicy" is a 2019 song by Doja Cat, first a solo track on the Amala deluxe album, then a Tyga remix single (August 15, 2019, Kemosabe/RCA) that became her first Billboard Hot 100 hit at No. 83.
Juicy (The Notorious B.I.G. song)
"Juicy" (1994) is The Notorious B.I.G.'s lead single from Ready to Die, produced by Sean Combs and Poke, sampling Mtume's 1983 "Juicy Fruit"; it peaked at No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is widely ranked among the greatest hip-hop songs.