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Ma Baker
Ma Baker is a 1977 disco single by Boney M., produced and co-written by Frank Farian with Fred Jay and George Reyam. Based on outlaw Ma Barker and the Tunisian folk song Sidi Mansour, it hit No. 1 in West Germany and No. 2 in the UK.
Ma meilleure ennemie
Ma meilleure ennemie: French-language 2024 duet by Stromae and Pomme for the Arcane season 2 soundtrack (episode 7, Jinx and Ekko dance scene); record 5.9 million Spotify streams in 24 hours, diamond in France, Coldplay extended version April 2025.
Má vlast
Má vlast (My Fatherland/My Country) is a cycle of six symphonic poems by Bedřich Smetana (JB 1:112), composed 1872–1879 while deaf, depicting Czech legend, the Vltava and Hussite history; premiered complete in Prague in 1882 and a Czech national monument.
Macarena
Macarena: 1993 Spanish rumba-pop song by Seville duo Los del Río, turned into the 1995 Bayside Boys remix that topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks in 1996 and sparked a global line-dance craze.
MacArthur Park (song)
"MacArthur Park" is a Jimmy Webb song first recorded by Richard Harris (1968, US #2, UK #4) and later a three-week Billboard Hot 100 #1 disco hit for Donna Summer in 1978; Waylon Jennings's 1969 cover also won a Grammy.
Mack the Knife
Mack the Knife, originally "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer," is the 1928 Kurt Weill-Bertolt Brecht ballad from The Threepenny Opera about the London criminal Macheath, later a swing standard via Louis Armstrong and Bobby Darin's nine-week 1959 number 1.
Mad World
Mad World: 1982 new wave single by Tears for Fears, written by Roland Orzabal, sung by Curt Smith, UK No. 3 from The Hurting; the Gary Jules and Michael Andrews Donnie Darko cover hit UK Christmas No. 1 in 2003.
Madama Butterfly
Madama Butterfly, Puccini's 1904 opera in three acts with libretto by Illica and Giacosa, tells of Cio-Cio-San, a Nagasaki geisha abandoned by Pinkerton. A La Scala fiasco, the Brescia revision became one of the world's most performed operas.
Made for Me
"Made for Me" is a 2023 R&B ballad by Muni Long (Priscilla Renea), released Sept 15, 2023 on Def Jam, produced by Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox, and JordanXL. Written about her baby son, it went viral on TikTok via the "Twin, where have you been?" challenge, peaked at No. 20 on the Hot 100, and its live version won the 2025 Grammy for Best R&B Performance.
Madrigal
Madrigal: secular vocal chamber music for several unaccompanied voices, in two unrelated epochs, 14th-century Italy and the Renaissance madrigal of c.1520–1630, which spread to England and influenced opera.
Madwoman (song)
"Madwoman" (also Madwoman/Mad Woman) is Laufey's 2026 bossa nova-jazz-pop single from A Matter of Time: The Final Hour, written with Spencer Stewart, with a Warren Fu-directed video starring Hudson Williams and Alysa Liu; distinct from Taylor Swift's 2020 "Mad Woman".
Maggie May
Maggie May: 1971 Rod Stewart song co-written with Martin Quittenton on Every Picture Tells A Story. A B-side that became a simultaneous US/UK number one, known for Ray Jackson's uncredited mandolin; distinct from the older Cornish folk song of the same name.
Maggots for Brains
"maggots for brains" is a 2026 song by Olivia Rodrigo, track 4 on her album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love. Written with Dan Nigro and Amy Allen, it is a jangle-pop track about lovesick collapse, inspired by Sex and the City's Miranda and Steve.
Magic (Pilot song)
"Magic" is a 1974 song by Scottish pop rock band Pilot, written by David Paton and Billy Lyall and produced by Alan Parsons. It hit No. 5 US, No. 1 Canada, No. 11 UK, was covered by Selena Gomez in 2009, and became the Ozempic ad theme in 2018.
Magic Metal Montana
Magic Metal Montana is a 2026 song by Charli xcx, track 10 on Music, Fashion, Film; a 2:31 guitar-driven tribute to producer A. G. Cook, produced by Cook and Finn Keane on Atlantic Records.
Magnetic (Illit song)
"Magnetic" is the 2024 debut single of K-pop girl group ILLIT (아일릿), title track of SUPER REAL ME on Belift Lab; a Pluggnb-house hybrid that reached No. 91 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 80 in the UK, firsts for a K-pop debut song.
Magnetic (The Bausa song)
"Magnetic" is a 2026 dance-pop single by the Norwegian trio The Bausa, released 27 February 2026 on Columbia/B1 Recordings with "Addicted To Your Love". Written with Coucheron, it hit #3 in Norway, #2 in Flanders, #7 in the Netherlands, and led Dutch radio airplay for three months.
Mah Nà Mah Nà
Mah Nà Mah Nà is a 1968 nonsense song by Italian composer Piero Umiliani, written for the mondo film Sweden: Heaven and Hell. Made famous through Sesame Street, The Ed Sullivan Show, and The Muppet Show with Mahna Mahna and the Snowths, it peaked at US No. 55 in 1969 and No. 8 in the UK in 1977.
Mairzy Doats
Mairzy Doats, also written Mairzy Dotes, is a 1943 American novelty song by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston whose nonsense lyrics decode to "mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy"; a 1944 number-one hit.
Major Tom
"Major Tom (Coming Home)", German "Major Tom (völlig losgelöst)", is a 1983 new wave song by Peter Schilling retelling Bowie's "Space Oddity", a Neue Deutsche Welle hit.
Major Tom (Coming Home)
Major Tom (Coming Home) is Peter Schilling's 1983 English synth-pop version of his 1982 German hit "Major Tom (völlig losgelöst)", retelling David Bowie's Space Oddity astronaut; it hit No. 1 in Canada, No. 14 in the US, and became Germany's DFB goal anthem in 2024.
Major-General's Song
The Major-General's Song, "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General", is a patter song by Gilbert and Sullivan from the 1879 comic opera The Pirates of Penzance, sung by Major-General Stanley; famous for Tom Lehrer's "The Elements" and widespread parody.
Majulah Singapura
Majulah Singapura ("Onward Singapore") is the national anthem of Singapore, written and composed by Zubir Said in 1958 for the City Council and adopted 3 December 1959; Malay lyrics, Phoon Yew Tien's 2001 F-major arrangement, motto on the coat of arms.
Make It Shine
Make It Shine is a pop song performed by Victoria Justice, serving as the theme for the Nickelodeon series Victorious, and the lead single from the 2011 soundtrack.
Make Them Pay
"Make Them Pay" is a 2026 song by the Canadian rapper Drake from his album Iceman, a diss track targeting Kendrick Lamar and built on a sample of Deniece Williams' "Free".
Make You Feel My Love
Make You Feel My Love is a 1997 Bob Dylan ballad from Time Out of Mind, first released by Billy Joel, covered by Garth Brooks and Adele, and recorded by about 450 artists.
Make You Mine (Madison Beer song)
Make You Mine (stylized 'make you mine') is a 2024 dance-pop single by Madison Beer, written with producer Leroy Clampitt; it topped Billboard's Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart, drew a Best Dance Pop Recording Grammy nomination, and features a Jennifer's Body-inspired video.
Malibu (Miley Cyrus song)
Malibu is a 2017 Miley Cyrus song, released May 11 on RCA as the lead single from Younger Now, written with Oren Yoel about Liam Hemsworth; it peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 11 in the UK.
Mama (My Chemical Romance song)
"Mama" is a song by My Chemical Romance from The Black Parade (October 24, 2006), featuring Liza Minnelli as Mother War, produced by Rob Cavallo at Eldorado Recording Studios in a cabaret-punk style.
Mama's Boyfriend
Mama's Boyfriend (also "Mama's Boy") is an unreleased Kanye West song from the My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy sessions, debuted a cappella at Facebook HQ in 2010, leaked in 2011, with Q-Tip and Madlib-associated versions sampling Billy Joel's "Movin' Out".