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This Little Light of Mine

"This Little Light of Mine" is an African American spiritual or gospel song of disputed origin, sometimes credited to Harry Dixon Loes around 1920. First recorded in 1931, it became a leading civil rights freedom song, notably sung by Fannie Lou Hamer.

This Little Piggy

This Little Piggy (also This Little Pig, The Five Little Pigs) is an English toe-counting nursery rhyme played on a baby's five toes, first recorded in 1728 with the full version around 1760, ending in a tickle.

This Love (Maroon 5 song)

"This Love" is a 2004 Maroon 5 single from Songs About Jane, written by Adam Levine and Jesse Carmichael, produced by Matt Wallace; it hit No. 1 on Billboard Adult Top 40 and No. 5 on the Hot 100.

This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)

This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) is Talking Heads' November 1983 love song, second single from Speaking in Tongues; written via an instrument swap, peaked at No. 62 US Billboard, famed for Byrne's Stop Making Sense lamp dance.

This Woman's Work

This Woman's Work: Kate Bush song written for John Hughes's 1988 film She's Having a Baby, sung from a man's viewpoint during a breech-birth hospital crisis; UK No. 25 single in 1989 from The Sensual World, later covered by Maxwell.

Thnks fr th Mmrs

Thnks fr th Mmrs (disemvoweled "Thanks for the Memories") is a 2007 Fall Out Boy song from Infinity on High, produced by Babyface, peaking at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 3 in Australia.

Thong Song

Thong Song is a 1999 R&B single by Sisqó from Unleash the Dragon, written with Tim & Bob, Robi Rosa, and Desmond Child; it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2000, won an MTV VMA, and earned four Grammy nominations.

Thoroughly Modern Millie (musical)

Thoroughly Modern Millie is a 2002 Broadway musical with new music by Jeanine Tesori and lyrics by Dick Scanlan, based on the 1967 Julie Andrews film; it won six Tonys including Best Musical and is currently unavailable for licensing.

Those Were the Days (song)

"Those Were the Days" is a 1968 pop song credited to Gene Raskin, adapted from the Russian romance "Dorogoi Dlinnoyu" by Boris Fomin and Konstantin Podrevsky; Mary Hopkin's Paul McCartney-produced Apple single hit #1 UK for six weeks and #2 US.

Three Blind Mice

Three Blind Mice is a traditional English nursery rhyme and round first printed in Thomas Ravenscroft's Deuteromelia (1609); the farmer's-wife version was collected by James Orchard Halliwell in 1842, and the Bloody Mary bishop theory is a 1930 invention.

Three Is a Magic Number

"Three Is a Magic Number" is Bob Dorough's 1971 song teaching the threes multiplication table, the first Schoolhouse Rock song, later sampled by De La Soul in 1989 and covered by Blind Melon and Jack Johnson.

Three Lions (song)

Three Lions (It's Coming Home), 1996 UK football anthem by David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and The Lightning Seeds for Euro '96; four UK Number 1 stints, a million seller, and England's de facto tournament song.

Three Little Birds

"Three Little Birds" is a reggae song by Bob Marley & The Wailers from the 1977 album Exodus, written after an assassination attempt on Marley's life.

Thrift Shop

"Thrift Shop" is a 2012 hip-hop single by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz, self-released on Macklemore, LLC from The Heist; six weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and two 2014 Grammy Awards.

Thriller (song)

"Thriller" is a 1982 Michael Jackson song written by Rod Temperton and produced by Quincy Jones, the seventh single from the album Thriller; it peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and its John Landis short film is the only music video in the National Film Registry.

Through the Fire and Flames

Through the Fire and Flames is a 2006 DragonForce power metal single from Inhuman Rampage, written by ZP Theart and Sam Totman, played at 200 bpm in C minor, and famous as the hardest final track of Guitar Hero III, earning US platinum certification.

Thunder (Imagine Dragons song)

Thunder (Imagine Dragons song), released April 27, 2017 as the second single from Evolve; written by the four band members with Alex Da Kid and Jayson DeZuzio; peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, spent 24 weeks at No. 1 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, and became the band's fourth RIAA Diamond single.

Thunderstruck (song)

Thunderstruck is a 1990 hard rock song by AC/DC, lead single and opener of The Razors Edge, written by Angus and Malcolm Young from a warm-up riff, peaking at UK Number 13 and becoming a sports anthem.

Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree

"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree," written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown and recorded by Dawn featuring Tony Orlando, was the Billboard #1 single of 1973 and the origin of the yellow-ribbon homecoming custom.

Tie Your Mother Down

Tie Your Mother Down: Queen hard rock song written by Brian May, opening track and second single of A Day at the Races (1976); UK peak No. 31, US No. 49, and Queen's most frequent concert opener.

Tik Tok (song)

TiK ToK is Kesha's 2009 debut solo single from Animal, written with Dr. Luke and Benny Blanco; it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for nine weeks from January 2, 2010 and was Billboard's top song of 2010.

Til It Happens to You

Til It Happens to You: 2015 song by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga, theme of the campus-rape documentary The Hunting Ground; Oscar- and Grammy-nominated, Emmy-winning anthem for sexual assault survivors with a Catherine Hardwicke-directed video.

Till There Was You

"Till There Was You" is a Meredith Willson show tune from the 1957 musical The Music Man, earlier titled "Till I Met You". Anita Bryant took it to No. 30 in 1959; the Beatles recorded it for With The Beatles in 1963.

Tim McGraw (song)

"Tim McGraw" (2006) is Taylor Swift's debut single and first release, a country ballad co-written with Liz Rose and produced by Nathan Chapman, asking an ex to remember her when he hears Tim McGraw's music.

Timber (Pitbull song)

Timber is a 2013 dance-pop and country-tinged single by Pitbull featuring Kesha, from the Meltdown EP. It samples Lee Oskar's San Francisco Bay, topped the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, and is certified 12× Platinum in the US.

Time (Pink Floyd song)

"Time" is a 6:53 track on Pink Floyd's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon, credited to all four members, opening with Alan Parsons' antique-shop clock recording, sung by Gilmour and Wright, about aging and wasted time.

Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper song)

"Time After Time" is a 1983 pop ballad by Cyndi Lauper and Rob Hyman from She's So Unusual, released January 27, 1984; it became her first US number 1 in June 1984 and has been covered hundreds of times, notably by Miles Davis.

Time in a Bottle

Time in a Bottle: Jim Croce ballad written December 1970 for his pregnant wife Ingrid, recorded October 11, 1971 at The Hit Factory, and posthumously number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the chart week of December 29, 1973.

Time of the Season

Time of the Season, 1968 song by the Zombies written by Rod Argent, closing track of Odessey and Oracle, recorded at Abbey Road; a posthumous US hit reaching No. 3 Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 Cashbox in 1969.

Time Out of Mind (Steely Dan song)

"Time Out of Mind" is a 1980 Steely Dan song by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, the fifth track and second single from Gaucho, a cheerful heroin song with Mark Knopfler guitar and Michael McDonald backing vocals, reaching US number 22.