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Sweet Caroline
"Sweet Caroline" is Neil Diamond's 1969 single, written in about 30 minutes in Memphis and inspired by a photo of Caroline Kennedy; a No. 4 US hit and stadium anthem for the Red Sox and England fans.
Sweet Child o' Mine
Sweet Child o' Mine: 1987 Guns N' Roses song from Appetite for Destruction, single June 1988 and the band's only US Billboard Hot 100 number one; riff by Slash, lyrics by Axl Rose for Erin Everly.
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This): 1983 Eurythmics new wave song by Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox, US Hot 100 No. 1, UK No. 2, built on duelling synths and a Movement Systems drum machine.
Sweet Home Alabama
"Sweet Home Alabama" is a 1974 Lynyrd Skynyrd song by Ed King, Gary Rossington, and Ronnie Van Zant from Second Helping, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100; a response to Neil Young's "Southern Man" and "Alabama" that became the unofficial anthem of Alabama.
Sweet July (song)
Sweet July (song) is a single by the British pop group Take That, released on 3 July 2026. It is the second single from their tenth studio album, Dreamers.
Swim (BTS song)
SWIM (스윔) is a 2026 all-English single by BTS, lead track of fifth album ARIRANG, released March 20, 2026. Produced by Tyler Spry and Leclair with lyrics mainly by RM, it uses ocean imagery about persisting and topped UK sales charts and Spotify's global daily chart.
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot is an African American spiritual first published in 1872 by the Fisk Jubilee Singers, traditionally attributed to Wallace Willis, recorded from 1894, and sung by England rugby fans since 1987.
Swish Swish
"Swish Swish" is a 2017 house-pop single by Katy Perry featuring Nicki Minaj from the album Witness, produced by Duke Dumont, widely read as a Taylor Swift diss track, peaking at UK No. 19 and No. 1 on Billboard Dance Club Songs.
Sympathy for the Devil
Sympathy for the Devil is a 1968 Rolling Stones song by Jagger and Richards, opening Beggars Banquet. Recorded June 1968 at Olympic Studios, inspired by Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita, filmed by Godard, ranked 32nd on Rolling Stone's 2004 500 list.
Sympathy Is a Knife
Sympathy Is a Knife (stylized "Sympathy is a knife") is a 2024 Charli XCX song, track 3 on Brat, about insecurity toward a rival pop star; its Ariana Grande remix charted at UK #7.
Symphonie fantastique
Symphonie fantastique, also known as the Fantastic Symphony, is a five-movement program symphony by Hector Berlioz, first performed in Paris in 1830 and regarded as a landmark of French musical romanticism.
Symphony
Symphony: large-scale multi-movement work for orchestra, from Greek symphonia; grew from opera overtures, codified in four movements by Haydn, expanded by Beethoven and Mahler, still central to orchestral music.
Symphony (Clean Bandit song)
Symphony is a 2017 dance-pop single by Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson, written by Jack Patterson, Ina Wrolsden, Steve Mac, and Ammar Malik. A UK number one from the album What Is Love?, it passed 1.5 billion streams and went viral on TikTok in 2024.
Symphony No. 1 (Mahler)
Symphony No. 1 in D major ("Titan") by Gustav Mahler: his first symphony, mainly composed 1887–1888, premiered in Budapest in 1889 as a five-movement symphonic poem, later cut to four movements.
Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)
Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in C minor, the "Resurrection" Symphony (Auferstehungssinfonie), is an 1888–1894 five-movement work for orchestra, chorus, and soloists, premiered complete in Berlin on 13 December 1895, with a Klopstock-based choral finale.
Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven)
Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, the Eroica (Sinfonia Eroica), composed 1803–1804, dedicated to Prince Lobkowitz, once titled Bonaparte, premiered publicly 7 April 1805, published 1806.
Symphony No. 40 (Mozart)
Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550, the "Great G minor," completed 25 July 1788 between Symphonies 39 and 41; one of only two minor-key Mozart symphonies, revised with clarinets for 1790 Vienna concerts.
Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, also known as Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven from 1803 to 1808 and premiered in Vienna in 1808.
Symphony No. 5 (Mahler)
Mahler's Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor (1901–1902), premiered Cologne 18 October 1904; five movements in three parts, famous Adagietto for strings and harp, ends in D major.
Symphony No. 5 (Prokofiev)
Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, op. 100 (Симфония № 5), a 1944 wartime symphony premiered in Moscow on January 13, 1945, conducted by the composer, in four movements, about 46 minutes long.
Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven)
Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, the Pastoral Symphony, is a five-movement 1808 work depicting country life, premiered 22 December 1808 in Vienna alongside the Fifth, titled 'More an expression of feeling than painting.'
Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky)
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, the Pathétique (Патетическая), his last completed symphony: composed February–August 1893, premiered in Saint Petersburg 28 October 1893, dedicated to Vladimir Davydov, famous for its 5/4 waltz and slow, despairing finale.
Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven)
Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, composed 1811–1812, premiered 8 December 1813 in Vienna; Wagner's 'apotheosis of the dance', famous A-minor Allegretto encored at the premiere.
Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich)
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, the "Leningrad" (Ленинградская), a four-movement 1941 symphony begun under siege and premiered in Kuibyshev on 5 March 1942, famous for its invasion episode and 9 August 1942 blockaded-Leningrad performance.
Symphony No. 8 (Dvořák)
Dvořák's Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163, the "English" Symphony: composed 1889 at Vysoká, premiered Prague 1890, a cheerful, folk-inflected pastoral symphony published by Novello.
Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral" (1824), Beethoven's final symphony, introduces a choral finale setting Schiller's Ode to Joy; its melody is the European anthem adopted in 1972.
Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)
Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, "From the New World" (also New World Symphony), composed January–May 1893 in New York, premiered 16 December 1893 at Carnegie Hall under Anton Seidl.
Tainted Love
Tainted Love: pop song written by Ed Cobb, first recorded by Gloria Jones in 1964 as a soul B-side, turned into a 1981 worldwide synth-pop Number 1 by Soft Cell, later covered by Coil and Marilyn Manson and sampled by Rihanna.
Take a Bow (Madonna song)
Take a Bow (Madonna song): 1994 ballad from Bedtime Stories, written and produced with Babyface; seven weeks at Hot 100 No. 1, her longest US run, nine weeks atop Adult Contemporary, Gold single, Haussman-directed Spanish bullfighting video.
Take a Sexy Picture of Me
Take a Sexy Picture of Me is a song by CMAT, released in 2025. It peaked at number 42 on the UK Singles Chart and spawned a viral TikTok dance trend.