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Rule, Britannia!
Rule, Britannia! is a British patriotic song by Thomas Arne and James Thomson, first performed in 1740 and often treated as Britain's unofficial second anthem.
Rum Sodomy & the Lash
Rum Sodomy & the Lash is The Pogues' second studio album, released August 5, 1985 on Stiff Records and produced by Elvis Costello; its title comes from an apocryphal Churchill quote about the Royal Navy and its cover adapts Géricault's The Raft of the Medusa.
Rumours (album)
Rumours, Fleetwood Mac's 1977 album (released February 4, 1977), recorded amid the band's mutual breakups, spent 31 weeks at US number one, won the Grammy Album of the Year, and has sold over 40 million copies.
Run Devil Run (album)
Run Devil Run is Paul McCartney's 1999 rock and roll covers album, released 4 October 1999, recorded in five days at Abbey Road with Gilmour, Green, and Paice, a year after Linda McCartney's death.
Run Lola Run (soundtrack)
Run Lola Run, known in German as Lola rennt, is the techno score composed for Tom Tykwer's 1998 film by Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold Heil.
Run the Jewels 2
Run the Jewels 2 (RTJ2), 2014 second album by Killer Mike and El-P on Mass Appeal; 11 tracks produced by El-P with Little Shalimar; Metacritic 89; named 2014 Hip-Hop Album of the Year by Rolling Stone and NME.
Run the World (Girls)
Run the World (Girls) is a 2011 Beyoncé single, lead release from her album 4, written with The-Dream, produced by Switch, and sampling Major Lazer's Pon De Floor; it peaked at No. 29 on the Hot 100.
Run to the Hills
Run to the Hills: 1982 Iron Maiden single written by Steve Harris, first release from The Number of the Beast with singer Bruce Dickinson; peaked at No. 7 in the UK, its signature song about Native Americans versus settlers and cavalry.
Run, Nigger, Run
Run, Nigger, Run (Roud 3660) is an African-American folk song first documented in 1851, warning a fleeing slave of the pateroller patrol; also known as Pateroller Song, Run, Johnny, Run, printed in Slave Songs of the United States (1867) and recorded commercially from the 1920s.
Runaround Sue
Runaround Sue: 1961 doo-wop rock and roll single by Dion, co-written with Ernie Maresca, his only Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 (two weeks, from October 23, 1961), born at a Bronx birthday party and recorded with the Del-Satins.
Runaway (Del Shannon song)
Runaway (Del Shannon song): 1961 rock and roll single co-written by Del Shannon and Max Crook, famous for Crook's Musitron keyboard solo; US and UK number one, later certified for two million airplays.
Runaway (Kanye West song)
Runaway (Kanye West song): 2010 track featuring Pusha T from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, nine minutes long, opening with a repeated high E piano note, sampled from Backyard Heavies via Pete Rock, with a 35-minute companion short film.
Runaway Train (Soul Asylum song)
Runaway Train is a 1993 Soul Asylum ballad by Dave Pirner from Grave Dancers Union, a No. 5 Billboard Hot 100 hit and 1994 Best Rock Song Grammy winner whose Tony Kaye missing-children video helped find 21 of 36 kids.
Running on Empty (album)
Running on Empty, Jackson Browne's fifth album (Asylum, December 6, 1977), is a live album of all-new songs recorded on tour on stages, in hotel rooms, in rehearsal halls, and on his bus; it reached #3 on the Billboard 200.
Running Up That Hill
Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) is a 1985 Kate Bush song from Hounds of Love, built on Fairlight CMI and LinnDrum sounds, which peaked at UK Number 3 originally and returned to Number 1 in 2022 after Stranger Things, setting three UK chart records.
Running with Scissors ("Weird Al" Yankovic album)
Running with Scissors is "Weird Al" Yankovic's tenth studio album, released June 29, 1999 on Volcano; 12 tracks including The Saga Begins, Pretty Fly for a Rabbi, and Albuquerque; Billboard #16, US platinum.
Runway (song)
Runway (song) covers multiple unrelated songs of this title, chiefly RUNWAY (2026) by Lady Gaga and Doechii from The Devil Wears Prada 2, plus Stunna Girl's 2019 TikTok viral hit and singles by The Artist Ren, Sam V, Kentucky, and TENDRE.
Rusalka (opera)
Rusalka (Dvořák), Op. 114, B. 203: a three-act Czech lyric fairy-tale opera with libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil, composed 1900, premiered Prague 31 March 1901; famed for "Song to the Moon"; distinct from Dargomyzhsky's 1856 Rusalka.
Rush (Rush album)
Rush (1974) is the Canadian band Rush's self-titled debut album, issued on their Moon Records label March 18, 1974 and the only one featuring drummer John Rutsey; its Zeppelin-style hard rock song Working Man broke the band in Cleveland.
Rushmere (album)
Rushmere is the fifth studio album by English folk-rock band Mumford & Sons, released March 28, 2025 on Gentlemen of the Road/Island. First album in seven years after Delta, first as a trio after Winston Marshall's exit, co-produced with Dave Cobb.
Rust in Peace
Rust in Peace is Megadeth's fourth studio album, released September 24, 1990 on Capitol Records, produced by Dave Mustaine and Mike Clink. The first album with Marty Friedman and Nick Menza, it features Holy Wars... The Punishment Due and Hangar 18, was certified Gold, and was nominated for the 1991 Best Metal Performance Grammy.
Rust Never Sleeps
Rust Never Sleeps is Neil Young & Crazy Horse's 1979 Reprise album, half acoustic and half electric, built from 1978 live recordings with overdubs; titled from a Devo slogan and known for "Hey Hey, My My" and "Powderfinger".
Ryan Adams
Ryan Adams (David Ryan Adams, born 1974, Jacksonville, NC) is an American alt-country and rock singer-songwriter, ex-Whiskeytown frontman, solo from Heartbreaker (2000) and Gold (2001), known for the 1989 Taylor Swift cover and 2019 abuse allegations.
Ryan Lewis
Ryan Lewis (born 1988, Spokane) is a Seattle producer, DJ, and photographer, half of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis; The Heist (2012) yielded diamond "Thrift Shop" and three 2014 Grammys before the 2017 hiatus.
S. A. Rajkumar
S. A. Rajkumar (எஸ்.ஏ.ராஜ்குமார்), born 1964 in Chennai, is an Indian film music director, singer and lyricist known for Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam hits such as Pudhu Vasantham and Suryavamsam, with three Filmfare Awards.
S&M (album)
S&M (Symphony and Metallica) is Metallica's 1999 two-disc live album with the San Francisco Symphony, recorded April 21–22, 1999 at Berkeley Community Theatre, arranged and conducted by Michael Kamen, released November 23, 1999, with 21 tracks including new songs No Leaf Clover and -Human.
S&M (song)
"S&M" is a 2010 Stargate-produced dance-pop song by Rihanna, the opener of her album Loud, written by Ester Dean and others. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2011, spawned a Britney Spears remix, and its bondage-themed Melina Matsoukas video was banned in 11 countries.
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Black Sabbath's fifth studio album, released December 1, 1973 on Vertigo and Warner Bros. Written at Clearwell Castle after writer's block, with Rick Wakeman on keyboards; first Sabbath album with positive mainstream reviews and fifth US platinum album.
Sable, Fable
SABLE, fABLE (also styled Sable, Fable) is Bon Iver's fifth studio album, released April 11, 2025 on Jagjaguwar, combining the 2024 SABLE EP with nine new fABLE tracks about love and renewal.
Sabotage (Black Sabbath album)
Sabotage is Black Sabbath's sixth studio album, released July 28, 1975, the last of the original lineup's classic run, recorded at Morgan Studios amid litigation with manager Patrick Meehan, featuring Hole in the Sky, Symptom of the Universe, and The Writ.