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Ravers (song)
The 2026 single "Ravers" is by singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding, released on Polydor Records as the third pre-release leading up to her sixth studio album, I Know Too Much.
Read My Lips (Madonna and Feid song)
Read My Lips is a 2026 song by Madonna and Feid. This Latin pop track, from the album Confessions II, is a Eurodance duet about failed love and lies.
Ready or Not (Fugees song)
Ready or Not is a 1996 Fugees single from The Score, sampling Enya's Boadicea and the Delfonics; UK number one for two weeks in September 1996, not a US single.
Real Love (Beatles song)
Real Love is a Beatles song completed in 1995 by Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr with Jeff Lynne from a late-1970s John Lennon demo, released as a single on 4 March 1996 and as the opening track of Anthology 2, with a new 2025 mix on Anthology 4.
Rebel Rebel
Rebel Rebel is a 1974 David Bowie glam rock single from Diamond Dogs, written by Bowie with riff input from Alan Parker, released 15 February 1974 (UK #5, US #64 in a revised version), his farewell to glam rock.
Red Red Wine
"Red Red Wine" (also "Red, Red Wine") is a 1967 Neil Diamond song from Just for You, best known through UB40's 1983 reggae cover, based on Tony Tribe's 1969 version, which topped the UK in 1983 and the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1988.
Redemption Song
Redemption Song: 1980 solo acoustic closing track of Bob Marley and the Wailers' final lifetime album Uprising; final Marley single, last song performed live (Pittsburgh, September 1980), lyrics adapted from a Marcus Garvey speech, popularized posthumously on Legend (1984).
Reflection (song)
"Reflection" is a 1998 ballad by Matthew Wilder and David Zippel from Disney's animated Mulan, sung in the film by Lea Salonga (2:27) and as a pop end-credits single by 17-year-old Christina Aguilera, her debut single, with Mandarin (Coco Lee), Spanish, and 2020 re-recorded versions.
Regulate (song)
"Regulate" is a 1994 hip-hop single by Warren G featuring Nate Dogg, sampling Michael McDonald's "I Keep Forgettin'"; it peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and defined g-funk.
Rehab (Amy Winehouse song)
"Rehab" is a 2006 song by Amy Winehouse, the first single from Back to Black, written about her refusal to enter rehabilitation for alcohol abuse.
Rein Me In
Rein Me In is a Sam Fender song from his 2025 album People Watching, reworked as a duet with Olivia Dean. It became the longest-running UK No.1 single ever with 19 non-consecutive weeks at the top, breaking Frankie Laine's 73-year-old record.
Relax (song)
Relax (1983) is the debut single by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, written by Johnson, O'Toole, and Gill, produced by Trevor Horn for ZTT. Banned by the BBC in January 1984, it topped the UK chart for five weeks.
Remember Me (D4vd song)
Remember Me is a 2024 two-track single by d4vd for the Arcane Season 2 soundtrack (Riot Games/Virgin Music Group), released November 15, 2024, peaked at No. 83 in France, and was removed from Spotify and YouTube in May 2026 after d4vd's murder charge.
Remember the Time
Remember the Time: 1992 new jack swing single by Michael Jackson, written with Teddy Riley and Bernard Belle for Dangerous; second single, with a John Singleton-directed ancient Egypt video starring Eddie Murphy, Iman, and Magic Johnson.
Repeat It (Martin Garrix and Ed Sheeran song)
Repeat It, formerly Rewind Repeat It, is a 2026 dance-pop single by Martin Garrix and Ed Sheeran on STMPD RCRDS. Written in 2014 and premiered at Ultra 2015, it was released on Garrix's 30th birthday after a decade of label delays.
Requiem (Mozart)
Mozart's Requiem (K. 626, Requiem in D minor): unfinished 1791 mass for soloists, chorus, and dark-voiced orchestra, completed 1792 by Süssmayr after Eybler withdrew; commissioned anonymously by Count Walsegg to memorialize his wife.
Requiem (Verdi)
Verdi's Messa da Requiem (1874), a funeral mass for four soloists, double chorus, and orchestra in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, premiered 22 May 1874 at San Marco, Milan; grew from his 1869 Libera me for the Rossini collaborative Requiem.
Rescuer (song)
Rescuer (song): title shared by Rend Collective's 2017 worship single "Rescuer (Good News)" (CCLI 7094920, from Good News), Alex Warren's 2026 Atlantic single from WILDCHILD, and a 2026 Eponymous 4 track.
Residuals (song)
"Residuals" is a 2024 contemporary R&B ballad by Chris Brown from 11:11 (Deluxe), produced by Eric Hudson and Blaq Tuxedo; it peaked at No. 40 on the Hot 100, topped three Billboard airplay charts, and was Grammy-nominated for Best R&B Performance.
Respect (Aretha Franklin recording)
Respect (Aretha Franklin recording): Aretha Franklin's 1967 Atlantic reworking of Otis Redding's 1965 Stax song, recorded February 14, 1967; her version hit No. 1 on the Hot 100, won two 1968 Grammys, and became a civil rights and feminist anthem.
Respect (song)
Respect: Otis Redding's 1965 soul song, transformed by Aretha Franklin in 1967 into a two-week Billboard Hot 100 number 1, feminist and civil rights anthem, and National Recording Registry inductee.
Return of the Mack
"Return of the Mack" is a 1996 song by Mark Morrison that spent two weeks at number one in the UK and reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Return to Innocence
Return to Innocence is a 1993 Enigma song sampling an Amis folk song; it reached the UK top three and was used in 1996 Atlanta Olympics advertising.
Rêverie (Debussy)
Rêverie (L. 68, CD 76) is an 1890 solo piano piece by Claude Debussy, published by Eugène Fromont in 1905 despite Debussy's written objection; a four-minute Andantino, it is among his most popular early piano works.
Revolution (Beatles song)
Revolution is a 1968 John Lennon Beatles song credited to Lennon–McCartney, recorded as the slow White Album track Revolution 1, the distorted B-side single of Hey Jude, and the sound collage Revolution 9.
Revolution 9
Revolution 9, also "Revolution No. 9", is the Beatles' eight-minute musique concrète sound collage on the 1968 White Album, built by John Lennon with Yoko Ono and George Harrison from the coda of Revolution 1 and tape loops including the famous "number nine" voice.
Revolving Door (Tate McRae song)
Revolving door, a 2025 pop song by Canadian singer Tate McRae from her album So Close to What, written with Ryan Tedder, Grant Boutin, and Julia Michaels; fourth single, UK top-ten hit, and first of her two Billboard Hot Dance/Pop Songs number-ones.
Rewrite the Stars
"Rewrite the Stars" is a 2017 song from The Greatest Showman, written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and performed by Zac Efron and Zendaya as Phillip Carlyle and Anne Wheeler; UK peak 16, the 2018 James Arthur and Anne-Marie cover reached 7.
Rhapsody in Blue
Rhapsody in Blue is George Gershwin's 1924 work for piano and jazz band, premiered February 12, 1924 at Aeolian Hall with Paul Whiteman's orchestra, orchestrated by Ferde Grofé, famous for its opening clarinet glissando.
Rhiannon (song)
"Rhiannon" is a 1975 Fleetwood Mac song written by Stevie Nicks, inspired by Mary Leader's novel Triad and Welsh mythology; released as a single in 1976, it reached No. 11 in the US and No. 46 in the UK.