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Something Rotten!

Something Rotten! is an original Broadway musical comedy (opened 2015) by Wayne and Karey Kirkpatrick with John O'Farrell, about the Bottom brothers rivaling Shakespeare in 1595; 10 Tony nominations, 742 performances.

Something to Consume

Something to Consume is the 2025 debut album by Austin, Texas band Die Spitz, released September 12 on Third Man Records. Produced by Will Yip, the 11-track, 34-minute record blends metal, punk, grunge and shoegaze and scored 82 on Metacritic.

Something to Lose

Something to Lose: 2026 country duet by Stella Lefty featuring Vincent Mason, from her EP Is This Heaven? (Atlantic Outpost); peaked at No. 11 Hot Country Songs and No. 40 on the Hot 100; distinct from unrelated songs of the same title by DYLYN, Dark Sky, and others.

Something to Remember

Something to Remember is Madonna's 1995 ballads compilation on Maverick/Warner Bros., adding three new songs (I Want You with Massive Attack, You'll See, One More Chance), peaking at US No. 6, No. 1 in Australia, and 3x Platinum RIAA.

Something Wicked This Way Comes (Iced Earth album)

Something Wicked This Way Comes, the 1998 fifth album by American heavy metal band Iced Earth on Century Media, recorded at Morrisound Studios, Tampa; best known for the closing Something Wicked trilogy introducing Set Abominae and starting the band's Something Wicked concept saga.

Somewhere (song)

Somewhere is the 1957 ballad from the musical West Side Story, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics credited to Stephen Sondheim, sung offstage during the Act II dream ballet, later covered by Aretha Franklin, Tom Waits, Barbra Streisand, and Rita Moreno in the 2021 film.

Somewhere in Time (Iron Maiden album)

Somewhere in Time, Iron Maiden's sixth studio album (29 September 1986, EMI/Capitol), first to use guitar synthesizers, written without Bruce Dickinson, produced by Martin Birch, RIAA platinum, revived on The Future Past tour.

Somewhere Only We Know

"Somewhere Only We Know" is a 2004 song by the English band Keane, written by pianist Tim Rice-Oxley, that reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart.

Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World

Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World, also called Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World, is a 1988 one-take ukulele medley by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, released 1993 on Facing Future, a National Recording Registry selection.

Son ar chistr

Son ar chistr, Breton "song of cider," opening "Ev chistr 'ta, Laou!", is a drinking song composed in 1929 by brothers Jean Bernard and Jean-Marie Prima, published by Polig Monjarret in 1951 and popularized by Alan Stivell's 1970 Reflets; it later became Bots' Zeven Dagen Lang and Scooter's How Much Is the Fish? Not an old folk air, despite its traditional sound.

Son of a Preacher Man

"Son of a Preacher Man" is a song written by John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins and recorded by Dusty Springfield in 1968 for Dusty in Memphis, becoming a transatlantic Top 10 hit.

Son of Spergy

Son of Spergy is Daniel Caesar's fourth studio album (Republic Records, October 24, 2025), named for his father Norwill "Spergy" Simmonds; a gospel-inflected R&B and folk record about faith, family, and reconciliation, peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard 200.

Sonata

Sonata: an instrumental composition, from Italian sonare ("to sound"), usually in several movements for one or few players. Distinguished from sonata form, which also governs symphonies and quartets; Baroque da chiesa and da camera types, Classical four-movement scheme.

Song 2

Song 2 is a 1997 song by English band Blur, second track and single from their self-titled fifth album. A two-minute grunge sendup with the "woo-hoo" hook, it hit UK number 2, became their biggest US hit, and a stadium anthem via FIFA 98.

Song and album list-making: themes, charts and media catalogs

Song and album list-making is the practice of ordering musical works by popularity, quality, theme, or franchise membership, spanning quantitative charts like Billboard's, critics' greatest-ever canons, and streaming-era catalogs.

Song cycle

Song cycle: a unified group of individually complete art songs, German Liederkreis, from Beethoven's An die ferne Geliebte (1816) through Schubert's Winterreise to modern cross-genre works.

Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez

Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez is Gorillaz's seventh studio album (23 October 2020, Parlophone), compiling the band's monthly Song Machine episodes begun with "Momentary Bliss" in January 2020; 11 standard and 17 deluxe tracks, UK number 2, US Billboard 200 number 12.

Songs About Jane

Songs About Jane is Maroon 5's debut album, released June 25, 2002 on J/Octone Records, produced by Matt Wallace. Twelve funk- and R&B-influenced pop rock songs about Adam Levine's relationship with Jane Herman; over 10 million copies sold.

Songs About Us

Songs About Us is Jason Aldean's 12th studio album, released April 24, 2026 on Broken Bow Records. 20 tracks produced by Michael Knox, with guests Luke Bryan, David Lee Murphy, and Brittany Aldean; 14th consecutive Top 10 country album.

Songs for a Nervous Planet

Songs for a Nervous Planet is Tears for Fears' first official live album, released October 25, 2024 on Concord, pairing an 18-song July 2023 Tennessee concert with four new studio tracks including Astronaut.

Songs from Les Misérables

Songs from Les Misérables: numbers of the sung-through musical by Schönberg, Boublil, Natel and Kretzmer, from the 1980 French concept album to the 1985 English score, including I Dreamed a Dream, On My Own, One Day More and Do You Hear the People Sing?

Songs from the Big Chair

Songs from the Big Chair is Tears for Fears' second album, released 25 February 1985 on Mercury. Produced by Chris Hughes with Ian Stanley, it spawned five singles including US No. 1s "Shout" and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World".

Songs from the Last Century

Songs from the Last Century is George Michael's covers album of pre-war ballads, jazzy standards, and big-band swing, following Older; NME found it incoherent but praised his Miss Sarajevo.

Songs from the Wedding Cake

Songs from the Wedding Cake is the sixth studio album by English indie pop band Blossoms, released 2 October 2026. Produced by Shawn Lee, recorded to tape, a marriage-themed concept album named for Stockport Town Hall.

Songs in A Minor

Songs in A Minor is Alicia Keys' 2001 debut album on J Records, a self-produced classical-R&B fusion. It debuted at No. 1 with 236,000 copies, spawned "Fallin'" (six weeks at No. 1), and won five 2002 Grammys.

Songs in the Key of Life

Songs in the Key of Life is Stevie Wonder's 1976 double album plus bonus EP on Tamla, which spent 14 weeks at Number One and won Album of the Year.

Songs in the Key of Springfield

Songs in the Key of Springfield is a 1997 Rhino Records soundtrack album of music from The Simpsons, the second Simpsons album after The Simpsons Sing the Blues, with 39 tracks including the Stonecutters' Song, and a 2LP vinyl reissue due 2026.

Songs of a Lost World

Songs of a Lost World is The Cure's 14th studio album, released 1 November 2024 on Fiction/Polydor, their first in 16 years, eight tracks written by Robert Smith, Metascore 93, UK Number 1.

Songs of Experience (U2 album)

Songs of Experience is U2's 14th studio album, released 1 December 2017 on Island/Universal, companion to Songs of Innocence and inspired by William Blake's poems. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Ryan Tedder among others, it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 186,000 units and a Metacritic score of 63.

Songs of Faith and Devotion

Songs of Faith and Devotion is Depeche Mode's eighth studio album, released March 1993, produced with Flood, recorded in Madrid and Hamburg. Reached number 1 in the UK and US; last album with Alan Wilder.