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Summertime Blues

Summertime Blues: 1958 rock and roll song written by Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart, recorded at Gold Star Studios, Hollywood; Cochran's No. 8 US hit, later covered by Blue Cheer, The Who, and Alan Jackson.

Summertime Sadness

Summertime Sadness: 2011 song by Lana Del Rey and Rick Nowels from Born to Die, produced by Emile Haynie; a trip-hop ballad whose 2013 Cedric Gervais house remix became her first US Hot 100 Top 10, peaking at No. 6.

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Sunday Bloody Sunday is a 1983 U2 protest song, opening track of War, written by the Edge and Bono about the 1972 Derry Bloody Sunday shootings, introduced live as "not a rebel song" and later re-contextualized for Sarajevo, 9/11, and Ukraine.

Sunday in the Park with George

Sunday in the Park with George is a 1984 Stephen Sondheim–James Lapine musical inspired by Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, starring Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters, running 604 performances and winning the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Sunflower (Post Malone and Swae Lee song)

Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) is a 2018 Post Malone and Swae Lee single, a Billboard Hot 100 number one and the first RIAA Double-Diamond certified single.

Sunglasses at Night

Sunglasses at Night, also called Sunglasses At Night, is Corey Hart's 1984 synth-pop debut single from First Offense, peaking at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, winning the first JUNO for Best Video, and covered over 500 times.

Sunny (Bobby Hebb song)

Sunny is a 1966 soul-pop song written and recorded by Nashville singer Bobby Hebb, written after his brother's murder and the JFK assassination. It hit No. 2 pop in the US, earned six BMI Pop Awards, and became one of music's most-covered songs.

Sunny Afternoon

Sunny Afternoon is a 1966 satirical single by The Kinks, written by Ray Davies, about a rich man ruined by the taxman. UK No. 1 for 2 weeks in July 1966, No. 14 in the US, on Face to Face, and title of the Olivier-winning Kinks musical.

Sunshine of Your Love

Sunshine of Your Love, the 1967 Cream song by Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, and Pete Brown, recorded at Atlantic Studios; Hendrix-inspired riff, first US Top 10 hit at No. 5 in 1968.

Super Bass

"Super Bass" is a 2010 Nicki Minaj song from Pink Friday that became her first solo top ten hit in the United States and United Kingdom.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is a 34-letter nonsense word meaning wonderful, popularized by the 1964 Mary Poppins song by the Sherman brothers, with recorded variants from 1931 and a dismissed 1965 lawsuit.

Superestrella

Superestrella is a 2025 song by Spanish singer Aitana from Cuarto azul, written with Gale and Nico Cotton; never a single, it became Spain's 2026 World Cup anthem and a Billboard and LOS40 number one.

Supernatural (Ariana Grande song)

"Supernatural" is a 2024 pop song by Ariana Grande from eternal sunshine, track 6, 2:43, written with Max Martin, Oscar Görres, and Brett McLaughlin, with a Troye Sivan duet version and a 2025 music video.

Supernatural (NewJeans song)

Supernatural is a 2024 song by K-pop group NewJeans, the title track of their Japanese-debut single Supernatural - Single, produced by 250 and reinterpreting Pharrell Williams' 2009 Back of My Mind in a New Jack Swing style.

Supernova (Aespa song)

"Supernova" is a 2024 song by aespa, pre-released May 13 from the album Armageddon as one of its two lead tracks with "Armageddon"; produced by Dem Jointz with KENZIE, it earned a Perfect All-Kill and five Song of the Year awards.

Superstar (Delaney and Bonnie song)

Superstar, originally Groupie (Superstar), is a 1969 ballad by Bonnie Bramlett and Leon Russell, first recorded by Delaney & Bonnie as a B-side with Eric Clapton, made famous by the Carpenters' 1971 No. 2 US hit.

Superstition (song)

Superstition: 1972 funk single by Stevie Wonder, lead track of Talking Book, written with Jeff Beck, a Billboard Hot 100 number one and two-time Grammy winner built on a Hohner Clavinet riff.

Surfin' Bird

Surfin' Bird, also known as "the bird is the word", is a 1963 novelty garage rock hit by Minneapolis surf band the Trashmen, mashing two Rivingtons songs, reaching No. 4 on the Hot 100.

Surfin' Boy

Surfin' Boy (서핀 보이) is a 2026 bossa nova, reggae, and house dance song by Red Velvet, written by Joy, released August 3, 2026 as the title track of the Velvet Summer EP, later remixed by Flamingosis.

Surfin' U.S.A.

Surfin' U.S.A., 1963 Beach Boys single and album title track built on Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen"; recorded January 31, 1963 at Capitol Studios, reached US number 3, first Top 10 hit, album peaked at number 2.

Surrender (Cheap Trick song)

Surrender is a 1978 Cheap Trick song written by Rick Nielsen for Heaven Tonight, peaking at US Number 62 as a single but becoming a rock anthem through its live At Budokan version.

Susie Q (song)

Susie Q (also Suzie Q) is a 1957 rockabilly song by Dale Hawkins on Checker Records, riff by 15-year-old James Burton; peaked at No. 27 pop and No. 7 R&B, later covered by Creedence Clearwater Revival (No. 11, 1968) and the Rolling Stones (1964).

Suspicious Minds

Suspicious Minds: Mark James song (1968, Scepter) recorded by Elvis Presley January 23, 1969 at American Sound Studios, released August 26, 1969; his first US number one since 1962 and signature late-career hit.

Sussudio

"Sussudio" (Phil Collins, 1985, from No Jacket Required) is a dance-pop hit built on an invented nonsense word treated as a girl's name; it hit Billboard Hot 100 number one on July 6, 1985, was criticized for resembling Prince's "1999," and uses a Roland TR-909 groove with the Phenix Horns.

Suzanne (Leonard Cohen song)

"Suzanne" is a 1966 folk song by Leonard Cohen, first recorded by Judy Collins, then the opening track of his 1967 debut album Songs of Leonard Cohen.

Suzanne (Mark Ronson and Raye song)

"Suzanne" is a 2025 soul-pop single by Mark Ronson and RAYE (Rachel Keen), released 13 June 2025 on Sony Music for Audemars Piguet's 150th anniversary APxMusic program, named for Suzanne Audemars, and peaking at number 34 on the UK Official Singles Chart.

Swalla

Swalla: 2017 Jason Derulo single featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign, released by Warner Bros. on Feb 24, 2017; interpolates Ol' Dirty Bastard's Shimmy Shimmy Ya, peaked at UK #6, later on the 2024 album Nu King.

Sweater Weather

"Sweater Weather" (2012) by The Neighbourhood, from I Love You., an alternative rock single by Jesse Rutherford, Zach Abels, and Jeremy Freedman; number 1 on Alternative Airplay, RIAA Diamond, about 4.88 billion Spotify streams, and an unofficial bisexual anthem via Tumblr and TikTok.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 1979 Sondheim-Wheeler musical thriller based on Christopher Bond's play and the 1846 penny dreadful The String of Pearls; it won eight Tonys including Best Musical.

Sweet but Psycho

Sweet but Psycho is a 2018 pop single by Ava Max, written with Cirkut, Madison Love, Tix, and William Lobban-Bean; it topped the UK Official Singles Chart for four weeks and hit number 1 across Europe.