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Say My Name
"Say My Name" is best known as Destiny's Child's 1999 Columbia single from The Writing's on the Wall, a Rodney Jerkins-produced Hot 100 number one and two-time Grammy winner; other works of the same title include a Jenika Snow mafia romance novel, a J.Phlip EP, and songs by Tove Styrke and The Belair Lip Bombs.
Say Something (A Great Big World song)
Say Something is a 2013 piano ballad by A Great Big World (Ian Axel and Chad Vaccarino/King) with Christina Aguilera, written with Mike Campbell; it peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, hit No. 1 in Australia, and won the 2015 Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
Say You Won't Let Go
Say You Won't Let Go is a 2016 acoustic ballad by James Arthur from Back from the Edge, written with Neil Ormandy and Steve Solomon; UK number one, US Hot 100 number 11, RIAA Diamond certified.
Say You'll Be There
Say You'll Be There: Spice Girls single, second from Spice (1996). Two weeks at UK number one from 26 October 1996, US Billboard Hot 100 peak number three, produced by Absolute, harmonica by Judd Lander, Mojave Desert video.
Scarborough Fair (ballad)
Scarborough Fair is a traditional English ballad, a variant of The Elfin Knight (Child 2, Roud 12), about lovers assigning impossible tasks; famous for the refrain "parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme" and the 1966 Simon & Garfunkel recording Scarborough Fair/Canticle.
Scars to Your Beautiful
Scars to Your Beautiful is a 2015 body-positivity single by Canadian singer Alessia Cara, the third single from Know-It-All. It peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is certified 6x Platinum (RIAA) and Eight Times Platinum (Music Canada).
Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)
Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop), 1994 Eurodance single by Scatman John (John Larkin) on Iceberg Records, built from sampled scat syllables, a stuttering-positivity anthem that topped charts across Europe in 1995.
Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Scheherazade (Шехеразада), Op. 35: Rimsky-Korsakov's 1888 symphonic suite after the Thousand and One Nights, premiered in St Petersburg, four movements, solo violin as storyteller, 1910 Ballets russes ballet.
School of Rock (musical)
School of Rock: The Musical is Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage adaptation of the 2003 film, with lyrics by Glenn Slater and book by Julian Fellowes. It ran on Broadway 2015–2019 (1,309 performances, four Tony nominations) and in the West End 2016–2020, winning a 2017 Olivier Award.
Scotland the Brave
Scotland the Brave: Scottish patriotic song and bagpipe march, also called Brave Scotland or Scotland Forever; melody first printed 1895, lyrics by Cliff Hanley in the 1950s; unofficial Scottish anthem used at the Commonwealth Games until 2010.
Scott Street
"Scott Street" (Scott Avenue) is a 2017 Phoebe Bridgers song, fifth track on Stranger in the Alps, co-written with drummer Marshall Vore, about an awkward encounter with a former partner, developed from a cassette demo.
Scotty Doesn't Know
"Scotty Doesn't Know" is a pop-punk song by the Boston band Lustra, written for the 2004 comedy EuroTrip, in which Matt Damon lip-syncs it; it later went Gold in 2021.
Scream & Shout
Scream & Shout: 2012 electro-house single by will.i.am featuring Britney Spears, produced by Lazy Jay for the album #willpower; UK number one, US Hot 100 number three, first Dance/Electronic Songs chart topper, over a billion streams.
Season of the Witch (song)
Season of the Witch is Donovan Leitch's 1966 psychedelic blues-rock song from Sunshine Superman, recorded in Hollywood with producer Mickie Most; known for covers by Al Kooper and Stephen Stills, Hole, and Lana Del Rey, and its Halloween and film soundtrack legacy.
Seasons in the Sun
Seasons in the Sun: Terry Jacks's 1974 worldwide number-one hit, an English adaptation by Rod McKuen of Jacques Brel's 1961 "Le Moribond," also a 1999 Westlife UK Christmas number one.
Seasons of Love
"Seasons of Love" is the act-two opening anthem of Jonathan Larson's 1996 musical Rent, counting 525,600 minutes in a year; Larson's handwritten math sketches for it are held in the Library of Congress.
Secret Love Song
Secret Love Song: Little Mix ballad featuring Jason Derulo from Get Weird (2015), third single February 3, 2016; written by Ashurst, Rohan, Furner, and Derulo. Its solo piano version, Pt. II, became an LGBTQ+ anthem.
Secrets (Miley Cyrus song)
"Secrets" is a 2025 Miley Cyrus ballad featuring Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood, released September 18, 2025 on the Something Beautiful deluxe edition and written as a peace offering to her father Billy Ray Cyrus.
See You Again
See You Again: title shared by several songs, chiefly the 2015 Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth tribute to Paul Walker from Furious 7, 12 weeks at Hot 100 number one; also songs by Tyler, the Creator, Carrie Underwood, and Majid Jordan.
Seikilos epitaph
Seikilos epitaph (Epitaph of Seikilos, Song of Seikilos): Greek song with musical notation on a marble stele from Tralleis, Turkey, held in Copenhagen; widely cited as the oldest complete surviving musical composition, dated 1st-2nd century CE.
Self Control (Frank Ocean song)
"Self Control" is a 2016 Frank Ocean song, track 7 on Blonde, written with Malay Ho and Jon Brion in A-flat major; UK peaks No. 35 (Hip Hop/R&B) and No. 18 (Independent), debuted live June 9, 2017.
Self Control (Raf song)
Self Control (Raf song): 1984 italo disco debut single by Italian singer Raf (Raffaele Riefoli), written with Giancarlo Bigazzi and Steve Piccolo; Italian No.1, later a bigger hit via Laura Branigan's cover.
Selfie (song)
#SELFIE is a 2014 EDM novelty single by The Chainsmokers (Alex Pall, Drew Taggart), with an uncredited spoken-word vocal by Alexis Killacam; a Dim Mak release that hit No. 16 on the Hot 100 and No. 1 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs.
Send In the Clowns
"Send In the Clowns" is Stephen Sondheim's 1973 ballad from A Little Night Music, written in 24 hours for Glynis Johns' Desirée Armfeldt; Judy Collins' 1975 cover won the Grammy for Song of the Year and over 400 covers followed.
Send Me on My Way
"Send Me on My Way" is Rusted Root's signature song, written by all seven band members and produced by Bill Bottrell. First on Cruel Sun (1992), the When I Woke (1994) version peaked at No. 72 on the Hot 100 and became famous via Matilda and Ice Age.
Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
Send My Love (To Your New Lover) is an Adele song from 25 (2015), written with Max Martin and Shellback, released as the third single in May 2016; a guitar-led pop track peaking at number 8 in the US and number 5 in the UK.
Señorita (Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello song)
Señorita is a 2019 pop duet single by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, released June 21, 2019 on Island Records. Written by eight songwriters, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 and UK chart and was Spotify's most-streamed song of 2019.
Sentimental ballad
A sentimental ballad, also called an emotional or soul ballad, is a slow, romantic popular song, today the most common meaning of "ballad," originating in Tin Pan Alley.
Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" is a 1983 song by the rock band Journey, written by Jonathan Cain and Steve Perry as the lead single from the album Frontiers.
September (Earth, Wind & Fire song)
"September" is a 1978 disco song by Earth, Wind & Fire that reached number one on the R&B chart and became one of the band's most recognizable recordings.