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Wade in the Water
Wade in the Water is a traditional African American spiritual with no known author, first published in the 1901 Fisk Jubilee Singers songbook. Its refrain draws on John 5:4; its Underground Railroad code-song reputation lacks historical evidence.
Wagon Wheel (song)
"Wagon Wheel" is a country-folk song co-written by Bob Dylan (1973 chorus "Rock Me Mama") and Ketch Secor; recorded by Old Crow Medicine Show in 2004, and taken to No. 1 and RIAA Diamond certification by Darius Rucker's 2013 cover.
Waiting for Love (Avicii song)
Waiting for Love: 2015 Avicii single from Stories, co-produced with Martin Garrix, uncredited vocals by Simon Aldred of Cherry Ghost, premiered at Ultra 2015, UK peak number 6, lyrics structured around days of the week.
Waiting Room (song)
"Waiting Room" is a 1988 song by the Washington, D.C. post-hardcore band Fugazi, known for its circular bass riff, rhythmic pause, and call-and-response vocals between Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto.
Wake Me Up (Avicii song)
"Wake Me Up" is a 2013 Avicii song, lead single of True, fusing folk and EDM with vocals by Aloe Blacc and guitar by Mike Einziger; No. 1 in over 25 countries, 4x Platinum, over 3 billion Spotify streams.
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" is a 1984 Wham! single written and produced by George Michael, from a Ridgeley note typo; first UK and US number one for the duo, from Make It Big.
Wake Me Up When September Ends
"Wake Me Up When September Ends" is a Green Day song, track 11 on the 2004 album American Idiot and a 2005 single, written by Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool about the September 1982 death of Armstrong's father.
Wake Up (BTS album)
Wake Up is BTS's first Japanese-language studio album, released December 24, 2014 on Pony Canyon; 13 tracks mixing Japanese versions of early Korean songs with originals "Wake Up" and "The Stars"; peaked at number 3 on Oricon.
Waking the Fallen
Waking the Fallen is Avenged Sevenfold's second studio album, released August 26, 2003 on Hopeless Records. The melodic metalcore record, first with Synyster Gates and Johnny Christ, produced by Andrew Murdock, went RIAA platinum in 2021.
Walk Among Us
Walk Among Us is the debut full-length studio album by the American horror punk band the Misfits. Released in 1982, it was recorded in New Jersey.
Walk Like an Egyptian
Walk Like an Egyptian is a 1986 hit by The Bangles, written by Liam Sternberg and produced by David Kahne for Different Light; it topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks, peaked at number 3 in the UK, and popularized a stiff-armed dance pose.
Walk of Fame (song)
Walk of Fame is a 2025 song by Miley Cyrus featuring Brittany Howard, track 9 on Something Beautiful, a six-minute disco-rock/hi-NRG single released May 28, 2025 on Columbia.
Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed song)
Walk on the Wild Side, Lou Reed's 1972 single from Transformer, produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson, portrays five real Warhol Factory figures; it peaked at UK number 10 and US number 16 and was Reed's only top-ten hit.
Walk This Road (album)
Walk This Road (2025) is the Doobie Brothers' 16th studio album on Rhino, the first with Michael McDonald since 1980, produced by John Shanks, featuring Mavis Staples and Mick Fleetwood, Metascore 69.
Walk This Way
Walk This Way: Aerosmith song by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, 1975 on Toys in the Attic; its 1986 Run-DMC cover produced by Rick Rubin peaked at No. 4, first rap Top 10 hit.
Walking in Memphis
"Walking in Memphis" is Marc Cohn's 1991 gospel-piano hit from his Atlantic debut album, written after a 1985 Memphis trip to cure writer's block; it peaked at No. 13 in the US, won Cohn the 1992 Best New Artist Grammy, and was later covered by Cher (1995) and Lonestar (2003).
Walking in the Air
"Walking in the Air" is a song written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film The Snowman, accompanying the snowman's flight with the boy.
Walking on Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves song)
"Walking on Sunshine" is a 1985 pop hit by Katrina and the Waves, written by Kimberley Rew and sung by Katrina Leskanich. First recorded in 1983 for a Canada-only debut, the Scott Litt-mixed 1985 re-recording reached No. 8 in the UK and No. 9 in the US.
Wall of Eyes
Wall of Eyes is the 2024 second album by the Smile, the trio of Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Tom Skinner, released on XL Recordings; eight tracks, produced by Sam Petts-Davies, Metacritic 83.
Walls and Bridges
Walls and Bridges is the fifth solo studio album by John Lennon, released on Apple Records in 1974 and featuring his first solo US number-one single, "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night".
Waltzing Matilda
Waltzing Matilda, Australia's unofficial national anthem, is an 1895 folk song with lyrics by Banjo Paterson and melody attributed to Christina Macpherson, written at Dagworth Station near Winton, Queensland, and recorded over 600 times.
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" is a Michael Jackson song from Thriller, produced with Quincy Jones and released as the album's fourth UK single in May 1983 on Epic Records.
Wannabe
Wannabe, Spice Girls debut single released 8 July 1996 on Virgin; seven weeks at UK Number 1, 31 countries, US Hot 100 Number 1 in 1997; written with Stannard and Rowe, the launch of Girl Power.
Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi song)
Wanted Dead or Alive: 1986 Bon Jovi power ballad written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, third single from Slippery When Wet, a cowboy-themed road song that peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and inspired MTV Unplugged via the 1989 VMAs acoustic set.
Wanted on Voyage
Wanted on Voyage is the 2014 debut album by English singer-songwriter George Ezra, released by Columbia. Recorded in London with Cam Blackwood and Joel Pott, it peaked at No. 1 in the UK behind the hit single "Budapest".
War (The Temptations song)
"War" is a 1970 anti-Vietnam War protest song by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, first recorded by the Temptations but made a three-week No. 1 hit by Edwin Starr.
War (U2 album)
War (1983) is U2's third studio album, released 28 February 1983 on Island Records, produced by Steve Lillywhite at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin. It was U2's first UK number 1 album, reached US No. 12, and features Sunday Bloody Sunday and New Year's Day.
War Eternal
War Eternal is Arch Enemy's tenth studio album, melodic death metal, released June 2014 on Century Media, the first with vocalist Alissa White-Gluz replacing Angela Gossow and without Christopher Amott; highest US and German chart positions to date.
War Pigs
War Pigs is Black Sabbath's anti-war opening track on Paranoid (1970), originally titled Walpurgis; Geezer Butler's lyrics attack Vietnam War profiteers, and the album was renamed after the last-minute hit single Paranoid.
Warning (Green Day album)
Warning (2000) is Green Day's sixth studio album on Reprise, a folk- and classic-rock-influenced turn recorded at Studio 880, Oakland. Lead single Minority topped Modern Rock, but the gold album sold 1.1 million, a commercial dip before American Idiot.