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Beggin'

Beggin' is a 1967 Four Seasons song by Bob Gaudio and Peggy Farina (US No. 16), revived by Pilooski (2007), Madcon (2008, European No. 1s), and Måneskin's 2017 cover, a 2021 global hit (Hot 100 No. 13).

Beggin' (Måneskin recording)

Måneskin recording of "Beggin'", a 2017 Metropolis Studios cover of the Four Seasons song, released on the Chosen EP, which went viral via TikTok in 2021 and topped the Spotify global chart.

Behaviour (Pet Shop Boys album)

Behaviour (US: Behavior) is the fourth Pet Shop Boys studio album, released 22 October 1990 on Parlophone; recorded in Munich with co-producer Harold Faltermeyer, peaked at UK No. 2, includes Being Boring and Jealousy.

Behind Blue Eyes

Behind Blue Eyes: 1971 Who song by Pete Townshend from Who's Next, written as the Lifehouse villain Jumbo's theme, US single No. 34, famously covered by Limp Bizkit in 2003.

Behind the Mask (album)

Behind the Mask is Fleetwood Mac's fifteenth studio album (April 1990, Warner Bros.), its first without Lindsey Buckingham, replaced by Billy Burnette and Rick Vito. It hit UK number 1 but number 18 in the US, and drew mixed reviews.

Being Inc. discography

Being Inc. (株式会社ビーイング) was a Japanese record label company active from 1978 to 2023, known for supplying over 130 Detective Conan theme songs before being succeeded by B ZONE.

Belaya Polosa (Белая Полоса)

Belaya Polosa (Белая Полоса, "White Stripe") is the fourth album by Belarusian post-punk band Molchat Doma, released September 6, 2024 on Sacred Bones; 10 songs, 48 minutes, Metascore 78, first album since Monument (2020), recorded after the band moved to Los Angeles.

Believe (Cher album)

Believe is the 22nd studio album by American singer Cher, released by Warner Music UK in October 1998, whose title track first used Auto-Tune as an intentional creative effect.

Believe (Cher song)

"Believe" is a 1998 dance-pop song by American singer Cher that topped charts in 21 countries and pioneered the deliberate use of Auto-Tune as a vocal effect.

Believe (Justin Bieber album)

Believe, Justin Bieber's third studio album (2012, Island Def Jam), executive produced by Scooter Braun and Usher, moved from teen pop to dance-pop and Euro-house; guests Ludacris, Big Sean, Drake, Nicki Minaj; UK number one.

Believe in Yourself (song)

Believe in Yourself is the title of several unrelated songs, including Joe Raposo's 1972 Sesame Street encouragement song and Charlie Smalls' 1975 The Wiz track.

Believer (Imagine Dragons song)

"Believer" is a 2017 Imagine Dragons song from Evolve, written with Mattman & Robin and Justin Tranter; it peaked at No. 4 on the Hot 100, spent 29 weeks atop the Hot Rock & Alternative chart, and exceeds 2 billion Spotify streams and YouTube views.

Bella ciao

Bella ciao ("Goodbye beautiful") is an Italian protest song, best known as the anti-fascist anthem of the Italian Resistance (1943–45). Origins are contested (mondine work song, Fior di tomba, klezmer Koilen); it became the Resistance hymn only in the 1960s and was revived by La casa de papel.

Bella Donna (album)

Bella Donna (album) is Stevie Nicks's 1981 debut solo album, produced by Jimmy Iovine on Modern Records, a Billboard 200 number 1 with "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around", "Edge of Seventeen", and "Leather and Lace", certified quadruple platinum. Distinct from the bugatti Fashion perfume and other artists named Bella Donna.

Beloved (Giveon album)

Beloved is the second studio album by GIVĒON, released in 2025. It is an orchestrated soul album drawing on the sound of the early 1970s, featuring 14 tracks.

Ben (Michael Jackson album)

Ben is Michael Jackson's second solo studio album, released on Motown in 1972. The title track, "Ben," was his first solo Hot 100 number-one single and earned an Academy Award nomination.

Ben (song)

"Ben" is a 1972 ballad by Walter Scharf and Don Black, sung by Michael Jackson for the film Ben; his first solo US No. 1, Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee.

Beneath the Eyrie

Beneath the Eyrie is the Pixies' seventh studio album, released September 13, 2019 on Infectious/BMG. Third post-reunion album, produced by Tom Dalgety at a converted church in Hurley, New York, titled after an eagle's nest.

Benefit (album)

Benefit is Jethro Tull's third studio album, released April 1970 on Island Records (ILPS 9123). Recorded at Morgan Studios, it peaked at UK number 3, marked the band's shift from blues rock toward progressive folk rock, and was Glenn Cornick's last album with the band.

Bengali patriotic songs

Bengali patriotic songs (দেশাত্মবোধক গান, deshatmobodhok gan), also called swadeshi songs, are songs devoted to the country and its people, written by figures like Tagore and Nazrul and including the anthems of India and Bangladesh.

Bengali rhymes

Bengali rhymes, called chhara (ছড়া) in Bengali, are short rhymed folk verses recited or sung to children in Bengal, possibly as old as the earliest Bengali literature.

Bennie and the Jets

"Bennie and the Jets" (also "Benny and the Jets") is a 1973 Elton John song with Bernie Taupin lyrics from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, produced by Gus Dudgeon as a studio fake-live recording with processed handclaps and Hendrix concert crowd noise; US number one in 1974.

Berghain (song)

"Berghain" is a 2025 song by Rosalía featuring Björk and Yves Tumor, the operatic, orchestral lead single of her album Lux, sung in German, Spanish, and English and named after the Berlin techno club.

Berlin Trilogy

The Berlin Trilogy is David Bowie's run of three albums, Low, "Heroes", and Lodger (1977–1979), made with Brian Eno and Tony Visconti; only "Heroes" was recorded in Berlin, at Hansa Studios near the Wall.

Bésame Mucho

Bésame Mucho, the Mexican bolero by Consuelo Velázquez (written 1938–1940, first performed 1941 by Emilio Tuero), the most covered Spanish-language song per Guinness 1996, translated into over 20 languages and recorded by The Beatles, Sinatra, and Dua Lipa.

Beth (song)

"Beth" is a 1976 orchestral ballad by KISS from Destroyer, credited to Peter Criss, Bob Ezrin, and Stan Penridge, originally written as "Beck" in the band Chelsea; reissued as an A-side, it peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Bette Davis Eyes

"Bette Davis Eyes": pop song written 1974 by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon, first recorded by DeShannon on New Arrangement (1975); Kim Carnes' 1981 synth version spent nine weeks at Hot 100 No. 1 and won 1982 Grammys for Record and Song of the Year.

Better Broken

Better Broken (2025) is Sarah McLachlan's tenth studio album and first in 11 years, released via Concord Records, produced by Tony Berg and Will Maclellan, centered on resilience themes.

Better Days (Yellowcard album)

Better Days is Yellowcard's eleventh studio album, released October 10, 2025 on Better Noise Music, produced by Travis Barker with Andrew Goldstein and Nick Long; guests Avril Lavigne and Matt Skiba; first full-length since the 2016 split.

Better Dayz

Better Dayz is 2Pac's posthumous double album of unreleased 1994-1996 recordings, released November 26, 2002 on Amaru/Tha Row/Interscope, with guests Nas and Tyrese, a Billboard 200 number 5 debut, and RIAA 3x Multi-Platinum certification.