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Year 3000
Year 3000: pop rock song by Busted (2003, Island/Universal), UK No. 2, 600,000 UK copies; covered by the Jonas Brothers (2006), who changed the Michael Jackson line to Kelly Clarkson.
Year of the Cat (song)
Year of the Cat is Al Stewart's 1976 folk-rock title track, produced by Alan Parsons at Abbey Road, UK peak No. 31, built on a Peter Wood riff and a Vietnamese-astrology title.
Year of the Snitch
Year of the Snitch is Death Grips' sixth studio album, released June 22, 2018 on Third Worlds/Harvest. A 13-track, 37-minute experimental hip-hop record featuring DJ Swamp, Justin Chancellor, Andrew Adamson, and Lucas Abela; Metacritic 69.
Year Zero (album)
Year Zero is a fifth studio album by Nine Inch Nails. Released in 2007, this industrial rock concept album explored a dystopian near-future United States and launched an elaborate alternate reality game.
Yeezus
Yeezus is Kanye West's sixth studio album, released June 18, 2013 on Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella. A 10-track, 40-minute industrial and experimental hip-hop record produced with Rick Rubin and Daft Punk, it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and shaped the SoundCloud rap era.
Yellow (Coldplay song)
Yellow is a 2000 Coldplay single from Parachutes, written by Chris Martin at Rockfield Studios after Ken Nelson pointed out the stars; produced by Nelson, it peaked at UK number 4.
Yellow Ledbetter
Yellow Ledbetter, Pearl Jam song written by Ament, McCready, and Vedder; 1992 B-side of "Jeremy," never on a studio album, improvised lyrics, Hendrix "Little Wing" influence, standard concert closer with 414 performances.
Yellow River Cantata
The Yellow River Cantata (黄河大合唱) is an eight-movement Chinese choral work composed by Xian Xinghai in 1939 in Yan'an to a poem cycle by Guang Weiran.
Yellow Submarine (album)
Yellow Submarine is the Beatles' tenth album, released 17 January 1969 as the soundtrack to the animated film: six Beatles tracks (four new) on side one and a George Martin orchestral score on side two, reaching no. 3 in the UK.
Yellow Submarine (song)
Yellow Submarine (song): 1966 Beatles song by Paul McCartney, credited Lennon–McCartney, sung by Ringo Starr on Revolver; a UK Number 1 double A-side with Eleanor Rigby that titled the 1968 animated film.
Yes (Yes album)
Yes (1969) is the self-titled debut album by English rock band Yes, released on Atlantic, produced by Paul Clay, mixing originals with Beatles and Byrds covers; considered one of the first progressive rock albums.
Yes discography
Yes discography: catalog of the English progressive rock band Yes (formed 1968), spanning 24 studio albums from the 1969 debut Yes to Aurora (2026), plus live albums, compilations and reissues; classic 1970s run and the 1983 hit 90125.
Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
Yes Sir, I Can Boogie: 1977 Eurodisco debut single by Spanish duo Baccara, written by Frank Dostal and Rolf Soja; UK number one in October 1977 and since 2020 the unofficial anthem of Scotland's football team.
Yes, And?
"Yes, And?" (styled "yes, and?") is Ariana Grande's house-influenced comeback single, released January 12, 2024 via Republic Records as lead single of eternal sunshine, written with Max Martin and Ilya Salmanzadeh, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 2 in the UK.
Yessongs
Yessongs is Yes' first live album, a May 1973 triple-LP on Atlantic drawn from the 1972 Fragile and Close to the Edge tours, mixed by Eddie Offord, peaking at UK number 7 and US number 12 with Roger Dean artwork.
Yesterday and Today
Yesterday… And Today: the Beatles' tenth US Capitol album (T 2553/ST 2553, 15 June 1966), an eleven-track compilation with the withdrawn Robert Whitaker 'butcher' cover, replaced 20 June 1966; distinct from Y&T's 1976 debut of the same title.
Yesterwynde
Yesterwynde is Nightwish's tenth studio album, released September 20, 2024 on Nuclear Blast; third part of the trilogy begun with Endless Forms Most Beautiful, themed on time, history, and mortality, and never toured live.
YHLQMDLG
YHLQMDLG (Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana) is Bad Bunny's second solo studio album, released February 29, 2020 on Rimas Entertainment; a 20-track reggaeton and Latin trap set that debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, then a record for an all-Spanish album.
Yield (album)
Yield is Pearl Jam's fifth studio album, released February 3, 1998 on Epic, produced by Brendan O'Brien and the band. A return to direct rock after No Code, it debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, went RIAA platinum, and was Jack Irons's last album with the band.
Yigdal
Yigdal, Hebrew for "May the living God be magnified," is a thirteen-line Hebrew hymn summarizing Maimonides' Thirteen Principles of Faith, still sung in Jewish prayer today.
Yo-Yo (rapper)
Yo-Yo (Yolanda Whitaker, born 1971) is a Los Angeles hardcore/West Coast rapper who debuted on Ice Cube's "It's a Man's World" (1990), released five EastWest albums 1991-1998, founded the Intelligent Black Women's Coalition, and runs the Yo-Yo School of Hip Hop.
Yoru ni Kakeru (夜に駆ける)
Yoru ni Kakeru (夜に駆ける, "Racing into the Night"), also known as Into the Night, is the 2019 debut single by Japanese duo YOASOBI, adapted from Mayo Hoshino's Thanatos no Yuwaku; it topped Billboard Japan's 2020 year-end chart and became Japan's first billion-stream song.
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots is the Flaming Lips' 2002 Warner Bros. concept album about Yoshimi P-We fighting robots, featuring "Do You Realize??", a Gold certification, and the band's first Grammy win.
You and I (Lady Gaga song)
Yoü and I (You and I) is a 2011 Lady Gaga country-rock ballad from Born This Way, produced with Mutt Lange, about ex-boyfriend Luc Carl. It hit No. 6 on the Hot 100, features Brian May, and earned a 2012 Best Pop Solo Performance Grammy nomination.
You Are My Sunshine
You Are My Sunshine: American song published January 30, 1940, credited to Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell; authorship disputed (Paul Rice, Oliver Hood). First recorded 1939; Louisiana state song since 1977; Ray Charles 1962 hit.
You Are Not Alone
You Are Not Alone is an R. Kelly-written ballad recorded by Michael Jackson for HIStory (1995); the first song to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, his 13th and final US chart-topper, later ruled plagiarized by a Belgian court.
You Are So Beautiful
"You Are So Beautiful" is a 1974 ballad by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher, written for Preston's mother, made famous by Joe Cocker's slowed 1974 version that reached No. 5 on the US Hot 100.
You Belong to Me (1952 song)
"You Belong to Me" (1952), a ballad by Pee Wee King, Chilton Price, and Redd Stewart, first recorded by Joni James; Jo Stafford's version topped US and UK charts, the first UK number one by a female artist.
You Belong with Me
You Belong with Me: Taylor Swift and Liz Rose country-pop single from Fearless (2009); Hot 100 No. 2, Hot Country Songs No. 1, 6x Platinum, 2009 VMA Best Female Video, re-recorded as Taylor's Version in 2021.
You Can Call Me Al
You Can Call Me Al, the 1986 lead single of Paul Simon's Graceland, a township jive-influenced hit with a Bakithi Kumalo fretless bass solo and a Chevy Chase lip-sync music video, peaking at UK number 4 and US number 23.