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Purple (Olivia Rodrigo song)
"Purple" is a 2026 song by Olivia Rodrigo, the seventh track of her album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, marking where its love story turns.
Purple Rain (song)
"Purple Rain" (1984) by Prince and the Revolution: ballad recorded live at First Avenue, Minneapolis, edited from 13 to 8:41 minutes; peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100; Rolling Stone's #1 guitar solo.
Push 2 Start
"Push 2 Start" is a 2024 song by South African singer Tyla, released on the deluxe album TYLA +; it peaked at number 23 in the UK.
Push Ups (song)
Push Ups (Push Ups (Drop and Give Me 50)) is Drake's 2024 diss track responding to Kendrick Lamar's Like That verse, leaked April 13 and released April 19, 2024 on OVO/Republic, also targeting J. Cole, Rick Ross, the Weeknd, and Metro Boomin.
Pussy Palace
Pussy Palace is a 2025 Lily Allen song, track 7 on West End Girl, about discovering evidence of infidelity in her partner's West Village apartment; also the name of a 2000 Toronto queer bathhouse event raided by police.
Puttin' On the Ritz
"Puttin' On the Ritz" (Put on the Ritz) is an Irving Berlin song written in 1927, introduced by Harry Richman and made famous by the 1930 film of the same name.
Qassaman
Qassaman (قَسَمًا, "we pledge"; also spelled Kassaman) is the national anthem of Algeria. Poet Moufdi Zakaria wrote it in prison, and it was adopted at independence on July 5, 1962.
Qaumi Taranah
Qaumi Taranah (Pāk Sarzamīn), the national anthem of Pakistan: lyrics by Hafeez Jalandhari (1952), music by Ahmed G. Chagla (1949), adopted August 1954, first broadcast 13 August 1954 on Radio Pakistan, about 80 seconds long.
Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)
Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) is a 1956 song by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, sung by Doris Day in Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much; it won the Best Original Song Oscar and topped the UK chart for six weeks.
Quinn the Eskimo (Mighty Quinn)
Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) is a 1967 Bob Dylan Basement Tapes song with the Band; Manfred Mann's 1968 cover, retitled The Mighty Quinn, hit UK number one, and Dylan first released his own live Isle of Wight version on Self Portrait in 1970.
Quizás, Quizás, Quizás
Quizás, Quizás, Quizás (Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps) is a 1947 Cuban bolero by Osvaldo Farrés, first sung by Bobby Capó, with English lyrics by Joe Davis, recorded by Desi Arnaz, Nat King Cole, Doris Day, Cake, and many others.
Rabindra Sangeet (রবীন্দ্র সঙ্গীত)
Rabindra Sangeet (রবীন্দ্র সঙ্গীত), also Rabindrasangit or Tagore songs, is the corpus of about 2,232 songs by Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), blending Hindustani ragas, Baul folk, kirtan, and Western tunes; includes the national anthems of India and Bangladesh.
Radar Love
Radar Love is a 1973 hard rock single by Dutch band Golden Earring from Moontan, written by George Kooymans and Barry Hay. It hit No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 7 in the UK, and No. 1 in the Netherlands, and is famed for its 47-second drum intro and status as a classic driving song.
Radio Ga Ga
Radio Ga Ga: 1984 Queen single written by Roger Taylor for The Works, inspired by his son's "radio ca ca"; UK number 2, hit in 19 countries, famous for its Live Aid double handclap and Lady Gaga's stage name.
Radioactive (Imagine Dragons song)
"Radioactive" is a 2012 Imagine Dragons song from Continued Silence and Night Visions, produced by Alex Da Kid, recorded at Westlake Audio, peaking at No. 3 on the Hot 100 with a record 87 weeks on the chart, and winning Best Rock Performance at the 56th GRAMMYs.
Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram (रघुपति राघव राजा राम)
Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram (रघुपति राघव राजा राम), also called the Ram Dhun, is a Hindu devotional chant adapted by Gandhi and sung on the 1930 Salt March.
Rain on Me (Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande song)
Rain on Me is a 2020 Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande dance-pop single from Chromatica, produced by BloodPop and BURNS, that debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and UK chart and won an MTV VMA for Best Cinematography.
Rainbow Connection
Rainbow Connection: 1979 ballad by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher, sung by Kermit the Frog (voiced by Jim Henson) as the opening song of The Muppet Movie. Oscar-nominated, Billboard number 25, National Recording Registry 2020.
Raindance (song)
Raindance is a 2025 song by British rapper Dave and Nigerian singer Tems from the album The Boy Who Played the Harp; it topped the UK Singles Chart in January 2026 and is distinct from earlier songs of the same name by David Lasley and others.
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head: Bacharach-David song sung by B.J. Thomas for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); 1970 Oscar for Best Original Song and four weeks at US No. 1.
Ran to Atlanta
"Ran to Atlanta" is a 2026 hip-hop song by Drake featuring Future and Molly Santana, released May 15, 2026 as the fifth track on Iceman (OVO/Republic). The Drake-Future reunion answers Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Atlanta diss; it peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on US Apple Music.
Rap Devil
Rap Devil is Machine Gun Kelly's September 3, 2018 diss track answering Eminem's "Not Alike" from Kamikaze; title inverts "Rap God," produced by Ronny J, peaked at No. 13 on the Hot 100, answered by "Killshot."
Rap God
"Rap God" is a 2013 hip hop song by the American rapper Eminem, from his album The Marshall Mathers LP 2. It reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Rape Me
Rape Me, a 1993 Nirvana song by Kurt Cobain from In Utero, also issued as a double A-side single with All Apologies; an explicitly anti-rape song from the victim's viewpoint, censored by MTV and re-titled Waif Me on some US copies.
Rapture (Blondie song)
"Rapture" (1981) by Blondie, from Autoamerican, was the first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 to feature rap, with lyrics name-checking Fab Five Freddy and Grandmaster Flash and a video featuring Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Raspberry Beret
Raspberry Beret: 1985 Prince and the Revolution single, lead track of Around the World in a Day, the first Paisley Park Records release. Recorded 1982, reworked 1984; US Hot 100 No. 2, UK No. 25.
Rasputin (song)
"Rasputin" is a 1978 Euro-disco hit by Boney M., written by Frank Farian, Fred Jay, and George Reyam for Nightflight to Venus; UK number 2, banned at its own Soviet concerts, revived by a 2021 Majestic remix and TikTok.
Ratatata
RATATATA, also written Ratatata, is a 2024 joint single by Japanese kawaii metal group BABYMETAL and German electronicore band Electric Callboy, released May 23, 2024; it hit number 1 on Billboard's Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart and appears on METAL FORTH and TANZNEID.
Rather Be
"Rather Be" is a 2014 song by Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne that topped the UK chart for four weeks and won the Grammy for Best Dance Recording.
Rather Lie
Rather Lie is a 2025 song by Playboi Carti featuring The Weeknd, track 8 on the album MUSIC (AWGE/Interscope). Produced by F1LTHY, Ojivolta, Ramzoid, and Twisco; reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 10 in the UK; subject of AI-vocals rumors Carti denied. Distinct from same-titled songs by Robino from the Valley, vwontop, and lil woolie.