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Aquatic Ambience
Aquatic Ambience ("WATER MUSIC" in Japan) is David Wise's ambient underwater theme for Donkey Kong Country (1994), in C minor at 75 BPM, built by emulating a Korg Wavestation on SNES hardware over five weeks.
Aravindh (song)
Aravindh (Tamil அரவிந்த், Telugu అరవింద్) is Anirudh Ravichander's June 14, 2026 Tamil/Telugu indie single, his first release on his label Albuquerque Records with Universal Music India, a satirical alter-ego tribute to his late friend.
Arcade (song)
Arcade is a 2019 ballad by Dutch singer Duncan Laurence with Joel Sjöö and Wouter Hardy. It won Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv with 498 points and is the most-streamed Eurovision entry on Spotify.
Arirang (아리랑)
Arirang (아리랑) is Korea's best-known folk song, orally transmitted in many regional variants such as Jeongseon, Jindo, and Milyang Arirang, popularized by the 1926 silent film, and inscribed on UNESCO's intangible heritage list in 2012.
Around the World (Daft Punk song)
"Around the World" is a 1997 French house song by Daft Punk from Homework, its only lyric sung 144 times, a Chic-inspired bassline, a Michel Gondry video, UK number 5 and number 1 dance charts.
Around the World (La La La La La)
"Around the World (La La La La La)" is the 2000 debut single by German-based Eurodance group ATC, which topped the German Singles Chart for six weeks.
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" is a 1981 pop song by Christopher Cross, written with Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, and Peter Allen for the film Arthur. It hit Billboard #1 and won the 1982 Oscar for Best Original Song.
As Alive as You Need Me to Be
"As Alive as You Need Me to Be" is a 2025 Nine Inch Nails song by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, lead single and track 3 of the TRON: Ares soundtrack, their first NIN-billed score, and Best Rock Song winner at the 2026 Grammys.
As It Was
As It Was is a 2022 synth-pop single by Harry Styles, lead single from Harry's House, written with Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson; it spent 15 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and 10 weeks atop the UK chart.
As Slow as Possible
As Slow as Possible (ASLSP) is John Cage's 1985 piano piece, reworked for organ in 1987 with only the instruction 'as slow as possible'. Best known for the 639-year performance in Halberstadt's Burchardi church, running from 2001 to 2640.
As Tears Go By (song)
"As Tears Go By" is a ballad by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Andrew Loog Oldham, recorded by Marianne Faithfull in 1964 and by the Rolling Stones in 1965.
As Time Goes By (song)
As Time Goes By is a 1931 Herman Hupfeld song from the Broadway musical Everybody's Welcome, made famous by Dooley Wilson in Casablanca (1942); Vallee's reissue hit number one in 1943.
Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie song)
"Ashes to Ashes" is a 1980 David Bowie single from Scary Monsters, a sequel to "Space Oddity" recasting Major Tom as a junkie; UK No. 1, with a landmark £250,000 Pierrot video.
Ashokan Farewell
Ashokan Farewell: waltz by Jay Ungar, 1982, written at his Ashokan Fiddle & Dance Camp; theme of Ken Burns' The Civil War (1990) and the Sullivan Ballou letter cue.
Assassins (musical)
Assassins, also known as the Sondheim–Weidman musical Assassins, is a one-act 1990 Off-Broadway musical about US presidential assassins; its 2004 Broadway revival won five Tony Awards including Best Revival.
At Last
"At Last" is a 1941 song by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren, written for Sun Valley Serenade and first hit by Glenn Miller (Billboard #2, 1942), whose definitive version is Etta James's 1961 recording on Chess/Argo.
At Seventeen
"At Seventeen" is a 1975 Janis Ian song from Between the Lines, a bossa nova-styled Number Three hit about adolescent exclusion that won the Best Pop Vocal Performance Grammy and entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008.
Atlantic City (song)
Atlantic City is a 1982 Bruce Springsteen song, track 2 of the album Nebraska, recorded solo on a four-track Tascam; its opening verse references the 1981 Philip "Chicken Man" Testa nail-bomb killing, and The Band's 1993 cover is its best-known version.
Atlas (Guns N' Roses song)
"Atlas" is a 2025 Guns N' Roses single (formerly "Atlas Shrugged") from the Chinese Democracy sessions, reworked with Slash and Duff McKagan, released with "Nothin'" on Geffen, debuting at No. 4 on Hard Rock Digital Song Sales.
Attention (Charlie Puth song)
"Attention" is a 2017 pop single by Charlie Puth, co-written with Jacob Kasher Hindlin and self-produced on Atlantic, lead single of Voicenotes. Known for its funk-style bassline, it peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 9 in the UK.
Au Pays du Cocaine
Au Pays du Cocaine is a 2025 song by Brooklyn band Geese from Getting Killed, a Cockaigne-punning ballad by Cameron Winter, produced with Kenny Beats, named Consequence's Best Song of 2025 and performed on SNL.
Auld Lang Syne
Auld Lang Syne is a Scots song, title meaning "old long since" or "for old time's sake," written down by Robert Burns in 1788, published 1796, paired with its standard tune in 1799, and made a New Year's Eve institution by Guy Lombardo from 1929.
Austin (Dasha song)
"Austin (Boots Stop Workin')" is a 2023 country-pop song by American singer Dasha (Anna Dasha Novotny), written May 15, 2023, viral via a TikTok line dance; Hot 100 No. 28, Hot Country Songs No. 3, UK No. 5, over a billion Spotify streams.
Autumn Leaves (1945 song)
Autumn Leaves, originally Les Feuilles mortes, is a 1945 song by Joseph Kosma with lyrics by Jacques Prévert and English lyrics by Johnny Mercer; a jazz standard famous through Yves Montand, Roger Williams, and the 1958 Adderley-Davis recording.
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Ave Maria (Schubert) is Ellens Gesang III, D 839, Op. 52/6, an 1825 strophic Lied by Franz Schubert setting Walter Scott's Lady of the Lake in Adam Storck's German translation, later sung to the Latin prayer text; distinct from Bach/Gounod.
Away in a Manger
"Away in a Manger", also known as Luther's Cradle Hymn, is a Christmas carol sung as a lullaby about the infant Jesus, first printed in America in 1868.
Axel F
Axel F is Harold Faltermeyer's 1984 instrumental synth theme for Beverly Hills Cop, named for Axel Foley; a 1985 number-one hit played on Roland JUPITER-8 and JX-3P, later remixed by Crazy Frog.
Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo
Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo (ऐ मेरे वतन के लोगों) is a Hindi patriotic song by Kavi Pradeep, composed by C. Ramchandra, sung by Lata Mangeshkar in 1963 as a tribute to soldiers of the 1962 Sino-Indian War.
Azizam (عزیزم) (song)
Azizam (عزیزم) is Ed Sheeran's Persian-titled 2025 dance-pop single, lead release from his album Play; meaning "my dear" in Farsi, it reached UK No. 3 and Hot 100 No. 28, and a Farsi version with Googoosh followed.
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
"Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" is an English nursery rhyme first printed in 1744 in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, sung to "Ah! vous dirai-je, maman" (Roud 4439); wool-tax and slavery readings are theories without proof.