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Sister Christian
"Sister Christian" is a 1983 power ballad by Night Ranger, written and sung by drummer Kelly Keagy about his sister Christy; misheard title, No. 5 Billboard Hot 100 hit in 1984, featured in Boogie Nights.
Six (musical)
Six (SIX) is a British pop-concert musical by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss in which the six wives of Henry VIII compete as a girl group; premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017, a West End and Broadway hit, and 2022 Tony winner for Best Original Score.
Sixteen Tons
Sixteen Tons (16 Tons), coal mining song written by Merle Travis in 1946; Tennessee Ernie Ford's 1955 recording topped US country, pop, and UK charts, selling over four million copies about a miner indebted to the company store.
Sk8er Boi
"Sk8er Boi" is a 2002 pop-punk song by Canadian singer Avril Lavigne, the second single from her debut album Let Go, co-written with The Matrix.
Skeletons (Travis Scott song)
SKELETONS is a 2018 Travis Scott song from Astroworld, produced by Tame Impala's Kevin Parker with vocals from the Weeknd and Pharrell Williams and writing credits including Kanye West and Reine Fiske.
Skidamarink
Skidamarink, also Skinnamarink, is a nonsense-word children's love song from the 1910 Broadway musical The Echo by Feist and Piantadosi, made famous as the signature closing song of Sharon, Lois & Bram.
Skinny Love
Skinny Love: indie folk song written by Justin Vernon, released 2007 by Bon Iver on For Emma, Forever Ago; Birdy's 2011 piano cover peaked at UK number 17 and reached 737 million streams.
Skip to My Lou
Skip to My Lou (Roud 3433) is an 1840s American play-party song and partner-stealing circle dance from the frontier, later a children's song; known for the "Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou" refrain and Lead Belly's 1951 Folkways recording.
Skol, Vikings
"Skol, Vikings" is the Minnesota Vikings' official fight song, used since the team's founding in 1961; "skol" derives from the Scandinavian "skål," a drinking toast meaning "cheers."
Skyfall (song)
"Skyfall" is the 2012 James Bond theme song, written by Adele and Paul Epworth and performed by Adele, the first Bond theme to win an Academy Award.
Skylines and Turnstiles
Skylines and Turnstiles is the first song written by My Chemical Romance; Gerard Way composed it on guitar after witnessing 9/11 from Hoboken, and it appears as track 7 on the 2002 debut I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love.
Slave to the Rhythm (Michael Jackson song)
Michael Jackson song "Slave to the Rhythm," also "Slave to the Rhythm (Original Version)": a 1989/1991 L.A. Reid and Babyface track from the Dangerous sessions, released May 13, 2014 on Xscape with a Timbaland remix, performed by hologram at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards; unrelated to Grace Jones's 1985 song of the same title.
Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel song)
"Sledgehammer" is a 1986 Peter Gabriel song, the first single from So, produced with Daniel Lanois. It hit US number 1 in July 1986, UK number 4, and its Aardman stop-motion video won a record nine MTV Video Music Awards.
Sleep Walk
"Sleep Walk" (also Sleepwalk) is a 1959 steel guitar instrumental by Brooklyn duo Santo & Johnny, a two-week Billboard Hot 100 number one, the last instrumental chart-topper of the 1950s, later covered by over 100 artists and a 1998 Grammy winner for Brian Setzer.
Sleigh Ride
Sleigh Ride, also known in French as Promenade en traîneau, is Leroy Anderson's 1948 light orchestral rondo in rondo form, premiered by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops; Mitchell Parish added Christmas-neutral lyrics in 1950, and ASCAP has repeatedly ranked it the most-played American Christmas song.
Slob on My Knob
"Slob on My Knob" ("Slob on My Nob") is a rap song by Juicy J of Three 6 Mafia, written in high school and known for its widely imitated hook.
Sloop John B
Sloop John B (The John B. Sails) is a traditional Bahamian folk song about a doomed sloop voyage, first printed in 1903, recorded by the Kingston Trio in 1958, and made a 1966 number three hit by the Beach Boys on Pet Sounds.
Slow Jamz
Slow Jamz is a 2003 hip-hop single by Twista featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx, produced by West and sampling Luther Vandross's "A House Is Not a Home." It hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 2004 and appears on both Kamikaze and The College Dropout.
Slut Me Out 2
Slut Me Out 2 is a 2024 explicit single by Memphis rapper NLE Choppa, sequel to his 2x Platinum 2022 song Slut Me Out; released via Warner Records, produced by EMRLD and Synthetic, known for its self-love hook and viral spread.
Smack You
"Smack You" (also listed as "Smack You (Suge Shot Em)") is an unreleased Eminem diss track recorded around 2003, targeting Suge Knight, Ja Rule, and Irv Gotti, sampling 2Pac's "Bomb First" and interpolating "Against All Odds"; it leaked in January 2025 on the fan compilation Straight From The Lab 3.
Smalltown Boy
Smalltown Boy is the 1984 debut single by British synth-pop band Bronski Beat, written by Bronski, Somerville, and Steinbachek. It reached No 3 in the UK and No 1 on the US dance chart, telling a young gay man's escape from homophobia.
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Smells Like Teen Spirit is Nirvana's 1991 single opening Nevermind, written by Cobain, Grohl, and Novoselic, titled after Kathleen Hanna's graffiti, built on Pixies-style quiet-loud dynamics in F minor, and credited with taking alternative rock mainstream.
Smelly Cat
Smelly Cat is the comedic folk song performed by Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay on Friends, debuting in 1995 in "The One With The Baby On The Bus"; written by Betsy Borns, Adam Chase, Kudrow, and Chrissie Hynde, later performed with Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga.
Smile (Charlie Chaplin song)
Smile is a standard whose melody Charlie Chaplin composed for Modern Times (1936); John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons added the title and lyrics in 1954. Nat King Cole had the 1955 first hit; David Raksin described co-writing the film score.
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Kern-Harbach ballad from the 1933 Broadway musical Roberta, lyric built on a Russian proverb; the Platters' 1958 Paris recording hit number one in the US and UK.
Smoke on the Water
Smoke on the Water is Deep Purple's 1972 Machine Head song about the 4 December 1971 Montreux Casino fire during a Frank Zappa concert; its fourths-harmonized G minor riff is the classic beginner guitar riff, and Blackmore rejoined the band to play it in 2026.
Smooth (Santana song)
Smooth (Santana song, also "Room 17"): 1999 Latin rock hit by Santana featuring Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty, from Supernatural; 12 weeks at Hot 100 number one, three 2000 Grammys, ranked Billboard's second most successful song.
Smooth Criminal
"Smooth Criminal" is a 1987 Michael Jackson song from Bad, produced with Quincy Jones, charting at No. 7 in the US and No. 8 in the UK, famous for the Moonwalker short film, the patented 45-degree anti-gravity lean, and Alien Ant Farm's 2001 cover.
Smooth Operator
Smooth Operator is a 1984 Sade song written by Sade Adu and Ray St. John for Diamond Life; UK number 19 but US number five on the Hot 100, the band's international breakthrough.
Snake Eater (song)
"Snake Eater" is the James Bond-style opening theme of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004), written by Norihiko Hibino, sung by Cynthia Harrell, famous for the ladder climb, and re-recorded by Harrell for the 2025 Delta remake.