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Photograph (Ed Sheeran song)
Photograph, Ed Sheeran ballad from the 2014 album x, written with Johnny McDaid, Harrington and Leonard; produced by Jeff Bhasker; peaked at No 10 US, No 15 UK, subject of a settled $20m copyright suit.
Physical (Olivia Newton-John song)
"Physical" is a 1981 dance-pop single by Olivia Newton-John, written by Steve Kipner and Terry Shaddick, produced by John Farrar. It spent 10 weeks at Billboard Hot 100 #1, was Billboard's 1982 #1 single, peaked at UK #7, and its aerobics video won a Video of the Year Grammy.
Piano Concerto No. 20 (Mozart)
Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 (KV 466), completed 10 February 1785 and premiered at Vienna's Mehlgrube the next day; one of only two minor-key Mozart piano concertos, with no Mozart cadenzas, Beethoven's WoO 58 cadenzas most used.
Piano Man (song)
"Piano Man" is a 1973 song by Billy Joel, his first commercially released single. Written from the view of a lounge pianist, it became his signature song and nickname.
Piano Sonata No. 11 (Mozart)
Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331/300i (1783, published by Artaria 1784), a three-movement sonata with no sonata-form movement, famous for its Alla Turca (Turkish March) finale; autograph pages rediscovered in Budapest in 2014.
Piano Sonata No. 21 (Beethoven)
Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53, the Waldstein Sonata, composed 1803-04 on his new Érard piano and published 1805, dedicated to Count Ferdinand von Waldstein, with an Introduzione replacing the original Andante favori slow movement.
Piano Sonata No. 32 (Beethoven)
Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111, his last of 32 piano sonatas, was completed in 1822 and published in Paris in 1823.
Piano Sonata No. 8 (Beethoven)
Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, the Sonate pathétique, composed 1797–1799, published in Vienna in 1799, dedicated to Prince Lichnowsky; three movements with a Grave introduction returning twice.
Piano sonatas (Beethoven)
Beethoven's piano sonatas: 32 numbered solo piano sonatas (plus 3 early WoO 47 works, 35 total) written from the early 1790s to 1822, spanning his whole career, with nicknames like Moonlight and Appassionata, and a recording tradition from Schnabel's first complete 1930s cycle onward.
Pick Poor Robin Clean
Pick Poor Robin Clean is an American song first recorded by Luke Jordan on 18 August 1927 (Vi 20957) and covered by Geeshie Wiley and Elvie Thomas in 1931; a ragtime show song about plucking a robin bare, read variously as a gambling song, a dozens verse, or a disrobing metaphor.
Picture (song)
"Picture" is a 2002 country-rock duet by Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow from the album Cocky; after A&M blocked Crow's vocals, an Allison Moorer version went to radio, but the Crow version hit No. 4 on the Hot 100.
Pictures at an Exhibition
Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vystavki) is an 1874 piano suite by Modest Mussorgsky, depicting ten pictures by his friend Viktor Hartmann and best known in Ravel's 1922 orchestration.
Piece of My Heart
Piece of My Heart: love song by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns, first recorded by Erma Franklin (1967), made famous by Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company (1968), later covered by Faith Hill, Shaggy, and Beverley Knight.
Pillowtalk
Pillowtalk (PILLOWTALK) is Zayn's 2016 RCA debut solo single, lead track of Mind of Mine; it hit No. 1 in the US, UK, and reportedly 68 countries, went quintuple platinum, and stars Gigi Hadid in its Bouha Kazmi video.
Pink Pony Club
Pink Pony Club is a 2020 synth-pop song by Chappell Roan, co-written with Dan Nigro about a Tennessee woman becoming a go-go dancer in West Hollywood; dropped by Atlantic, it later reached UK number one and Hot 100 number four in 2025.
Pinky Up
PINKY UP (also "Pinky Up") is a 2026 techno-pop single by KATSEYE, released April 9, 2026 by HYBE/Geffen before their Coachella debut; first release without Manon Bannerman, peaking at UK #14 and Billboard Hot 100 #28.
Plaisir d'amour
Plaisir d'amour, originally La Romance du chevrier, is a 1784 French romance by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini on a poem by Florian from Célestine; basis of Can't Help Falling in Love, orchestrated by Berlioz.
Play That Funky Music
Play That Funky Music: 1976 funk rock single by Wild Cherry, written by Rob Parissi after Pittsburgh club crowds demanded funk from the hard rock band; Billboard Hot 100 and R&B number one.
Please Mr. Postman
Please Mr. Postman: 1961 debut single by the Marvelettes on Motown's Tamla label, the label's first Billboard Hot 100 number one; later covered by the Beatles and the Carpenters.
Please Please Me (song)
Please Please Me is the Beatles' second single, a 2:00 Lennon-McCartney song recorded 26 November 1962, released 11 January 1963 on Parlophone with Ask Me Why, number one on several UK charts but number two on Record Retailer.
Please Please Please (Sabrina Carpenter song)
"Please Please Please" is a 2024 pop single by Sabrina Carpenter from Short n' Sweet, written with Jack Antonoff and Amy Allen; her first Billboard Hot 100 and UK No. 1, Grammy Song of the Year nominee.
Poison (Alice Cooper song)
Poison is a hard rock song by Alice Cooper, released in 1989 as the lead single from the album Trash. It became his biggest international hit.
Poison (Bell Biv DeVoe song)
"Poison" is a 1990 new jack swing single by Bell Biv DeVoe, produced by Dr. Freeze and written by Elliott Straite; it peaked at number three on Billboard's pop chart and anchored a four-million-selling album.
Pōkarekare Ana
Pōkarekare Ana is a Māori love song from New Zealand, first published in 1919 to raise funds for Māori soldiers, and sometimes called its unofficial national anthem.
Poker Face (song)
Poker Face is Lady Gaga's electropop single from The Fame, written with and produced by RedOne, released late 2008, number one in over twenty countries, RIAA Diamond certified, and winner of the 2010 Grammy for Best Dance Recording.
Poland Is Not Yet Lost
Poland Is Not Yet Lost (Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła), or Mazurek Dąbrowskiego, is Poland's national anthem: lyrics by Józef Wybicki, Reggio, Italy, July 1797, for Dąbrowski's Polish Legions; official anthem since 26 February 1927; melody of unknown authorship.
Polly (Nirvana song)
Polly is an acoustic 1991 song by Nirvana, written by Kurt Cobain and released on Nevermind. Also known as "New Wave Polly" (Incesticide), it is based on the 1987 Gerald Arthur Friend abduction and rape of a 14-year-old girl after a Tacoma Dome concert.
Pomp and Circumstance Marches
Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39: five orchestral marches by Edward Elgar (1901–1930), titled from Othello. March No. 1's trio, "Land of Hope and Glory", is the US graduation tune and a Last Night of the Proms fixture.
Pompeii (song)
"Pompeii" is Bastille's 2013 breakthrough single, written by Dan Smith, the fourth single from Bad Blood. It peaked at No. 2 in the UK and No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, became the UK's most-streamed song by June 2014, and passed one million UK sales in 2023 as the 180th song to do so.
Pony (Ginuwine song)
"Pony" (1996) is Ginuwine's debut R&B single, written with Timbaland and Static Major, produced by Timbaland, a No. 1 Billboard R&B hit from Ginuwine…The Bachelor, later famous via Magic Mike.