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O Holy Night
O Holy Night (Minuit, chrétiens; Cantique de Noël) is a Christmas carol with lyrics by Placide Cappeau and music by Adolphe Adam, written in Roquemaure, France in the 1840s, translated by John Sullivan Dwight, and said to be the first song broadcast on radio.
O Tannenbaum
O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) is a German Christmas song: Zarnack's 1820 love-song stanza plus Anschütz's 1824 Christmas stanzas, on a 16th-century folk melody also used for The Red Flag and Maryland, My Maryland.
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da: Beatles song by Paul McCartney, ska-styled, from the 1968 White Album; title from Nigerian conga player Jimmy Scott's phrase; 42-hour Abbey Road sessions; Marmalade's cover hit UK number one.
Obsessed (Olivia Rodrigo song)
Olivia Rodrigo song "obsessed", released March 22, 2024 as the single from GUTS (spilled); a pop-punk track co-written with Dan Nigro and St. Vincent (Annie Clark) about being obsessed with a boyfriend's ex, formerly a vinyl-only secret track, UK peak No. 10.
Ocean Eyes (song)
"Ocean Eyes" is Billie Eilish's debut single, written and produced by her brother Finneas O'Connell for his band the Slightlys, uploaded to SoundCloud in November 2015 for her dance teacher, and released as a 2016 single on Darkroom/Interscope, later on Don't Smile at Me. Distinct from Owl City's 2009 album of the same name.
Ode to Billie Joe (song)
"Ode to Billie Joe" is Bobbie Gentry's 1967 Capitol debut single, a Southern Gothic story-song about a Mississippi family's casual dinner talk of Billie Joe McAllister's suicide off the Tallahatchie Bridge; it topped the Hot 100 for four weeks and entered the National Recording Registry.
Ode to the Motherland
Ode to the Motherland (祖国颂) is a 1957 Chinese chorus with lyrics by Qiao Yu and music by Liu Chi, written as a documentary film theme song.
Of Thee I Sing
Of Thee I Sing: 1931 Broadway satirical musical comedy by George and Ira Gershwin with Kaufman and Ryskind; first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 441 performances at the Music Box Theatre.
Oh My Darling, Clementine
"Oh My Darling, Clementine," or "Darlin' Clementine," is an American folk song about a miner's daughter who drowns, first printed in 1863 and credited to H. S. Thompson and Percy Montrose.
Oh Shenandoah
"Oh Shenandoah", also called "Shenandoah" or "Across the Wide Missouri", is a traditional American folk song of the early nineteenth century with an unknown composer.
Oh Yeah (Yello song)
"Oh Yeah" (1985) is a synth-pop track by the Swiss duo Yello (Dieter Meier, Boris Blank) from the album Stella, famous for its pitched-down baritone vocal and its use in Ferris Bueller's Day Off; it peaked at No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Oh Yeah? (song)
"oh yeah?" is a 2026 song by Steve Lacy, opening track of his album Oh yeah? (RCA/L-M Records, July 17, 2026). Synth-driven dream-pop, 2:50, written with Matthew Castellanos; peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100; distinct from songs titled "Oh Yeah" by Yello, Daft Punk, and others.
Oh, Pretty Woman
Oh, Pretty Woman, Roy Orbison and Bill Dees 1964 Monument single, recorded August 1, 1964 in Nashville; three weeks at #1 on Billboard Hot 100 and UK chart, 7 million sold, Van Halen cover, Campbell v. Acuff-Rose fair-use case.
Oh! Susanna
Oh! Susanna is Stephen Foster's 1847-1848 blackface minstrel song, also called Susanna, his first big hit, published by W. C. Peters, spread by the Christy Minstrels, pirated widely, and later a Gold Rush anthem.
Ohio (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song)
Ohio, also known as Four dead in Ohio, is a 1970 protest song by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. It was written by Neil Young in response to the Kent State shootings.
Ojos Tristes
Ojos Tristes (Spanish for "Sad Eyes") is a 2025 song by Selena Gomez, benny blanco, and The Marías that reinterprets Jeanette's 1981 Spanish pop classic "El Muchacho de los Ojos Tristes".
Oklahoma!
Oklahoma! is a 1943 Broadway musical with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, adapted from Lynn Riggs's play Green Grow the Lilacs; its title song became Oklahoma's state song in 1953.
Ol' Man River
"Ol' Man River" is the signature song of the 1927 musical Show Boat, music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, written for Paul Robeson, first sung by Jules Bledsoe, and famous for its bass solo, AABA form, and revised racial lyrics.
Old 100th
Old 100th (Old Hundredth), a Long Metre hymn tune attributed to Louis Bourgeois from the 1551 Genevan Psalter (Psalm 134), later the tune of Kethe's Psalm 100 and Thomas Ken's Doxology.
Old Folks at Home
"Old Folks at Home" ("Swanee River," "Way Down Upon the Swanee River") is an 1851 Stephen Foster blackface minstrel song, published under E. P. Christy's name, Florida's state song since 1935 with lyrics revised in 2008.
Old King Cole
Old King Cole is a traditional English nursery rhyme (Roud 1164), first printed in William King's Useful Transactions in Philosophy in 1708, about a merry king with pipe, bowl, and fiddlers three, with unprovable Colchester-origin legends.
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Old MacDonald Had a Farm is a traditional anonymous children's song, Roud 745, first printed as "Ohio (Old Macdougal Had a Farm)" in Tommy's Tunes (1917), with the E-I-E-I-O nonsense refrain and earliest recordings from 1925.
Old Technology
Old Technology most prominently names "OLD TECHNOLOGY," a 2026 electropop single by Slayyyter from WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA, produced by Yakob on Records/Columbia; also a UK experimental label run by Dan Bean and Surgeon.
Old Time Rock and Roll
Old Time Rock and Roll is a 1978 Bob Seger song from Stranger in Town, written by George Jackson and Thomas E. Jones III, peaking at No. 28, made iconic by Tom Cruise's Risky Business dance and later jukebox honors.
Old Town Road
Old Town Road: Lil Nas X's country-trap single, built on a $30 YoungKio beat sampling Nine Inch Nails; removed from Billboard's Hot Country chart, then a Billy Ray Cyrus remix spent a record 19 weeks at Hot 100 No. 1.
Oliver!
Oliver! is Lionel Bart's 1960 British musical based on Dickens's Oliver Twist, premiered at the New Theatre, running 2,618 performances, adapted into an Oscar-winning 1968 film and revived at the Gielgud Theatre from 2024.
Oliver's Army
Oliver's Army is a 1979 Elvis Costello and the Attractions single from Armed Forces, his biggest UK hit at number two, an anti-recruitment song named for Cromwell's New Model Army, later revised lyrically.
Olympic Hymn (Ολυμπιακός Ύμνος)
Olympic Hymn (Ολυμπιακός Ύμνος), also called Olympic Anthem: official anthem of the Olympic Games, music by Spyros Samaras, lyrics by Kostis Palamas, first sung at Athens 1896, adopted by the IOC in Tokyo 1958, played at every Games since 1960.
On a Roll
On a roll: informal English idiom for a streak of success or good luck, dating from the mid-1900s. Also the title of Miley Cyrus's 2019 Ashley O song from Black Mirror, Lincoln Peirce's 2011 Big Nate novel, and Linda Ashman's 2011 picture book.
On My Mind (Alex Warren and Rosé song)
"On My Mind" is a 2025 pop ballad duet by Alex Warren featuring Blackpink's Rosé (ROSÉ), released June 27, 2025 on Atlantic Records and added to You'll Be Alright, Kid; it peaked at No. 37 in the UK and No. 60 on the Billboard Hot 100.