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Pop Goes the Weasel
Pop Goes the Weasel is an English nursery rhyme and dance tune first published in the early 1850s, a Victorian dance craze, later a musical-chairs-style children's game and jack-in-the-box melody; its title phrase is most likely nonsense.
Pop Muzik
Pop Muzik is a 1979 synth-pop single by M, the alias of British musician Robin Scott, from the album New York London Paris Munich. It hit No. 2 in the UK and No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1979.
Popcorn (instrumental)
"Popcorn" (originally "Pop Corn") is a 1969 Moog synthesizer instrumental by Gershon Kingsley from Music to Moog By, made famous by Hot Butter's 1972 cover, which sold over two million records and topped charts in six countries.
Por una Cabeza
Por una Cabeza ("By a Head") is a 1935 Argentine tango by Carlos Gardel with lyrics by Alfredo Le Pera, written for the film Tango Bar; its horse-racing gambling metaphor and Hollywood uses in Scent of a Woman and Schindler's List made it tango's most recognizable melody.
Potential (Sombr song)
"Potential" is a 2026 disco-tinged breakup single by American singer-songwriter sombr (Shane Boose), released April 16, 2026 on Warner Records, produced with Tony Berg, debuted at Coachella, peaking at number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Pour Some Sugar on Me
Pour Some Sugar on Me: 1987 Def Leppard single from Hysteria, written in 10 days with Mutt Lange, US number two hit that drove the album to diamond status.
Power (Kanye West song)
"Power" (POWER) is a 2010 Kanye West song, lead single and third track of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, co-produced with Symbolyc One, sampling King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man" and Continent Number 6's "Afromerica", peaking at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100.
PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)
PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen, ペンパイナッポーアッポーペン) is a 45-second 2016 novelty song by Pikotaro, comedian Daimaou Kosaka's character; it hit Billboard's Hot 100 at No. 77 and holds the Guinness record for shortest charting song.
Praise Jah in the Moonlight
Praise Jah in the Moonlight is YG Marley's 2023 debut reggae single, co-written with Lauryn Hill and sampling Bob Marley's Crisis; it hit No. 5 in the UK and No. 34 on the Hot 100.
Praise You
Praise You is a 1998 big beat single by Fatboy Slim (Norman Cook), built on Camille Yarbrough's 'Take Yo' Praise' vocal and a JBL demonstration-record piano riff; it reached UK No. 1 in January 1999 and won three MTV VMAs for its Spike Jonze video.
Praying (song)
"Praying" is a 2017 gospel-tinged piano ballad by Kesha, written with Ryan Lewis, Ben Abraham, and Andrew Joslyn; the first Rainbow single, it peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned Kesha her first Grammy nomination.
Pretty Girl (Clairo song)
"Pretty Girl" is a 2017 lo-fi synth-pop song by Clairo (Claire Cottrill), recorded in GarageBand, released August 4, 2017, and made viral by a 30-minute webcam video, launching her career and the bedroom pop scene.
Pretty Little Baby (Connie Francis song)
Pretty Little Baby: 1962 Connie Francis song by Don Stirling and Bill Nauman, an album track never released as a US single, which became TikTok's top global song of 2025.
Pretty Ugly (Zara Larsson song)
Pretty Ugly is a 2025 song by Swedish singer Zara Larsson, also known from its JT remix on Midnight Sun: Girls Trip. Released April 25, 2025 on Sommer House/Epic as the lead single of Midnight Sun, written with MNEK, Margo XS and Helena Gao; peaked at number 14 in Sweden.
Priceless (song)
Priceless (song): 2025 pop single by Maroon 5 featuring Blackpink's LISA, released May 2, 2025 on Interscope as lead single of Love Is Like; guitar-driven, Mr. & Mrs. Smith-themed video, Hot 100 No. 76.
Pride (In the Name of Love)
Pride (In the Name of Love) is U2's 1984 Martin Luther King Jr. tribute, lead single of The Unforgettable Fire, produced by Eno and Lanois, the band's first US Top 40 hit at number 33 Billboard.
Prince Igor (Князь Игорь)
Prince Igor (Князь Игорь), Borodin's only opera, based on The Tale of Igor's Campaign; unfinished at his 1887 death, completed by Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov, premiered 1890 at the Mariinsky, famous for the Polovtsian Dances.
Prisencolinensinainciusol
Prisencolinensinainciusol: 1972 gibberish-language song by Adriano Celentano with Claudia Mori, imitating American English; number one in Italy, France, Germany, Belgium; theme is the inability to communicate.
Problem (Ariana Grande song)
"Problem" (2014), Ariana Grande pop/R&B single featuring Iggy Azalea from My Everything; sax-loop hit that peaked No. 2 on the Hot 100, hit UK No. 1, and went six times Platinum.
Project Voltage
Project Voltage (ポケモン feat. 初音ミク, Project VOLTAGE, Pokemiku) is the official Pokémon × Hatsune Miku music project announced August 31, 2023: 18 Vocaloid producers sampled Pokémon game themes in weekly songs, followed by Project Voltage High from 2024.
Promiscuous (song)
Promiscuous is a 2006 single by Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland from the album Loose, also called The BlackBerry Song. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks and peaked at number 3 in the UK.
Proud Mary
Proud Mary: 1969 rock song written by John Fogerty for Creedence Clearwater Revival, from Bayou Country; peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 8 in the UK; Ike & Tina Turner's 1971 funk-soul cover reached No. 4 and won a 1972 Grammy.
Psycho Killer
Psycho Killer: 1977 Talking Heads song by David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Tina Weymouth from Talking Heads: 77, with a French bridge by Weymouth; also a poorly received 2026 horror film directed by Gavin Polone.
Puff, the Magic Dragon
Puff, the Magic Dragon, also known simply as "Puff," is a 1963 folk song by Peter, Paul and Mary, written by Peter Yarrow from Leonard Lipton's 1959 Cornell poem. It peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100; both writers denied it was about marijuana.
Pulcinella (ballet)
Pulcinella is a 1920 one-act ballet with singing by Igor Stravinsky after Pergolesi-era Italian music, choreographed by Léonide Massine with Pablo Picasso designs for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes; premiered Paris, 15 May 1920, and a foundational Stravinsky neoclassical work.
Pumped Up Kicks
Pumped Up Kicks is the 2010 debut single by American indie pop band Foster the People, written by Mark Foster. Its upbeat sound contrasts with lyrics narrating a troubled teen planning a shooting; it peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Punish (song)
Punish, Ethel Cain (Hayden Anhedönia), lead single from Perverts, released November 1, 2024 on Daughters of Cain; 6:47 piano-led slowcore murder ballad engulfed by distorted guitar, with a black-and-white video co-directed with Silken Weinberg.
Punk Rocky
Punk Rocky (PUNK ROCKY) is a January 5, 2026 single by A$AP Rocky and lead single of Don't Be Dumb, his first album in eight years; it interpolates Blink-182's All the Small Things, with a Winona Ryder video co-directed by Rocky, Verdoorn, and Becks.
Purano Sei Diner Kotha
Purano Sei Diner Kotha (পুরানো সেই দিনের কথা) is a Bengali song written by Rabindranath Tagore in 1885, adapted from Robert Burns's "Auld Lang Syne".
Pure Imagination
Pure Imagination: song by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley for the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, sung by Gene Wilder; written in one day, famous only after 1980s TV reruns, reused with new lyrics in Wonka (2023).