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Open Arms (Journey song)
Open Arms is a 1981 Journey power ballad written by Steve Perry and Jonathan Cain, rejected by John Waite of The Babys before Journey recorded it for Escape; it peaked at Number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was named VH-1's greatest power ballad.
Opening Night (song)
"Opening Night" is a 4:19 single by Arctic Monkeys, released 22 January 2026 on War Child Records as lead single for the HELP(2) charity compilation, the band's first new music since The Car (2022), written by Alex Turner and produced by James Ford and Loren Humphrey.
Oranges and Lemons
Oranges and Lemons: English nursery rhyme and singing game about the bells of London churches, first printed 1744, ending in a chopper catch game; Roud #13190.
Oratorio
An oratorio, or Oratorium, is a large-scale musical work for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra on a sacred story, performed in concert without staging; Handel's Messiah is the best-known example.
Ordinary (Alex Warren song)
"Ordinary" is a 2025 love ballad by American singer-songwriter Alex Warren, released February 7, 2025 as the lead single from his debut album You'll Be Alright, Kid.
Orinoco Flow
Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) is a 1988 Enya song, lead single of Watermark, written with lyricist Roma Ryan and producer Nicky Ryan, recorded at Orinoco Studios, London, on a Roland D-50 pizzicato preset; it spent three weeks at UK number one.
Oriori
Oriori, also called popo, are Māori lullabies and creation chants sung to a child from before birth, composed to transmit whakapapa, tribal history, and family aspirations.
Óró sé do bheatha abhaile
Óró sé do bheatha abhaile ("you are welcome home") is a traditional Irish song, originally a Jacobite welcome for Charles Edward Stuart (1745), rewritten by Pádraig Pearse into a rebel anthem honoring Gráinne Mhaol (Grace O'Malley), used as an Irish Volunteers marching song and recorded widely.
Oscar Winning Tears
Oscar Winning Tears. is a 2023 RAYE song, track 2 on My 21st Century Blues, written with Mike Sabath, about a man's insincere tears after wronging her; Gold-certified in the UK and performed at the 2025 Grammys.
Otonoke (オトノケ)
Otonoke (オトノケ) is a 2024 song by the Japanese hip-hop duo Creepy Nuts, the first opening theme of the anime Dandadan, released on October 4, 2024.
Our House (Madness song)
Released in 1982, Our House is a song by Madness, the English band. It became their only American Top Ten single, peaking at number 7 on the Billboard chart.
Our Lips Are Sealed
Our Lips Are Sealed: 1981 new wave song by the Go-Go's, co-written by Jane Wiedlin and Terry Hall after a 1980 tour romance; US No. 20, UK No. 47; Fun Boy Three's 1983 cover reached UK No. 7.
Outside (Cardi B song)
"Outside" is a 2025 single by Cardi B, lead single of Am I the Drama?, released June 20, 2025 via Atlantic; it debuted at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped Billboard's Rap and Rhythmic Airplay charts.
Over the Rainbow
"Over the Rainbow," also known as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," is the Oscar-winning 1939 ballad by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg from The Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland's signature song and AFI's no. 1 movie song.
Overture
Overture: an orchestral introduction to an opera, oratorio, or ballet, or an independent one-movement concert piece. Key forms: Lully's French overture, Scarlatti's Italian overture, 19th-century concert overture.
Owner of a Lonely Heart
Owner of a Lonely Heart: 1983 Yes single from 90125, written by Rabin, Anderson, Squire, and Horn, produced by Trevor Horn; Yes's only US Hot 100 number one (January 1984), UK #28.
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) is a 1983 Michael Jackson single from Thriller, written by James Ingram and Quincy Jones, peaking at Billboard #10, famed for its ARP 2600 synth bass and Kanye West's 'Good Life' sample.
Pachelbel's Canon
Pachelbel's Canon, formally the Canon and Gigue in D major, is a chamber work by Johann Pachelbel for three violins and basso continuo, composed around 1680 to 1700.
Padam Padam (song)
Padam Padam: 2023 dance-pop single by Kylie Minogue, written by Lostboy (Peter Rycroft) and Ina Wroldsen, lead single from Tension; UK peak No. 8, US Dance No. 7, 2024 Grammy winner for Best Pop Dance Recording.
Paint It Black
Paint It Black (printed "Paint It, Black" on some releases) is a 1966 Rolling Stones single by Jagger and Richards, featuring Brian Jones's sitar, that hit number 1 in the US and UK and became a Vietnam War film staple.
Palana
Palana (पाळणा), also written palna, is the Marathi word for a cradle and for the improvised lullabies women sing in Maharashtra, at naming ceremonies and Krishna Janmashtami.
Panama (song)
"Panama" is a 1984 hard rock song by Van Halen, third single from the album 1984, peaking at #13 on the Hot 100. Written by all four band members, it is about a car, not the country, and features Eddie Van Halen's Lamborghini Miura S engine revving in the bridge.
Pancho and Lefty
Pancho and Lefty: Townes Van Zandt's 1972 outlaw ballad, covered by Emmylou Harris (1977) and made a Billboard country No. 1 by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard in 1983.
Panda (song)
Panda (song): 2015/2016 debut single by Brooklyn rapper Desiigner, produced by Menace; basis of Kanye West's Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 2; two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2016.
Panini (song)
"Panini" is a 2019 song by American rapper Lil Nas X, the second single from his debut EP 7, which reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Papa Don't Preach
Papa Don't Preach, a 1986 Madonna single from True Blue written by Brian Elliot, produced by Madonna and Stephen Bray; a Hot 100 and UK number 1 about a pregnant teenager that sparked an abortion controversy.
Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag
Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag: 1981 instrumental single by English post-punk band Pigbag on Y Records (Y10), a play on James Brown's "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"; UK No. 3 in 1982.
Papaoutai
Papaoutai (Papa, où t'es?), 2013 single by Belgian-Rwandan artist Stromae from Racine carrée, about his father lost in the 1994 Rwandan genocide; Congolese rumba and piano house hit, later subject of a viral AI Afro Soul cover.
Paparazzi (Lady Gaga song)
Paparazzi is a Lady Gaga song from The Fame (2008), written and produced with Rob Fusari; it peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 4 in the UK, and its Jonas Åkerlund video and 2009 VMA performance won two Moonmen.
Paperback Writer
"Paperback Writer" is a 1966 Beatles single, also known as "Rain"'s A-side, written mainly by Paul McCartney as a letter to a publisher, recorded 13-14 April 1966 at EMI with a loudspeaker-as-microphone bass technique, and a number one in the US and UK.