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Higher Love

Higher Love: 1986 pop song by Steve Winwood and Will Jennings, US number one single from Back in the High Life; Whitney Houston's 1990 cover, remixed by Kygo in 2019, reached UK number two; not the Depeche Mode track of the same name.

Highest in the Room

Highest in the Room, also styled HIGHEST IN THE ROOM, is a 2019 Travis Scott single produced by OZ and NIK D with Mike Dean; it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at No. 2 in the UK.

Highway 61 Revisited

Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan's sixth studio album (Columbia, August 30, 1965), his first fully electric rock record, recorded at Columbia Studio A with Tom Wilson and Bob Johnston, opening with "Like a Rolling Stone."

Highway Prayers

Highway Prayers, Billy Strings' 2024 Reprise double album of 20 bluegrass tracks produced with Jon Brion; first bluegrass No. 1 on Top Album Sales since 2002 and 2026 Grammy Best Bluegrass Album winner.

Highway to Hell (song)

Highway to Hell (song): 1979 AC/DC title track by Bon Scott, Angus and Malcolm Young, produced by Mutt Lange; named for the Canning Highway and the band's 1978 tour; Bon Scott's last album.

Highwayman (song)

Highwayman is a 1977 Jimmy Webb song about a soul reincarnated as a highwayman, sailor, Hoover Dam worker, and starship captain, recorded by Glen Campbell and made a 1985 Billboard country number one and Grammy winner by the Highwaymen.

Hilary Duff (album)

Hilary Duff (2004) is the American singer's second studio album on Hollywood Records, a rock-tinged follow-up to Metamorphosis; RIAA platinum, lead single Fly, UK peak number 20.

Hillary Lindsey

Hillary Lindsey, born 1976 in Washington, Georgia, is a Nashville songwriter with 27 No. 1 country hits, three Grammys, and ACM Songwriter of the Year wins 2019-2021; Love Junkies co-writer of "Girl Crush."

Himno Nacional Mexicano

Himno Nacional Mexicano, the national anthem of Mexico, lyrics by Francisco González Bocanegra (1853) and music by Jaime Nunó (1854); official four-stanza version decreed by Ávila Camacho on 20 October 1943.

Himnusz

Himnusz is the national anthem of Hungary, a poem by Ferenc Kölcsey completed in 1823 and set to music by Ferenc Erkel, winning a competition in 1844.

Hind's Hall

Hind's Hall is a 2024 protest song by Macklemore, also known as HIND'S HALL, named for Columbia's Hamilton Hall, renamed by protesters for Hind Rajab. It samples Fairuz, criticizes US policy on Gaza and Biden, and its proceeds went to UNRWA.

Hips Don't Lie

"Hips Don't Lie" is a 2005 Shakira song featuring Wyclef Jean on Oral Fixation, Vol. 2, reworking Jean's "Dance Like This" with a Jerry Rivera "Amores Como El Nuestro" brass sample; it was Shakira's first and only US Hot 100 number one.

Hiss (song)

Hiss (song): Megan Thee Stallion single released January 26, 2024 on Hot Girl Productions; its Megan's Law line sparked a feud with Nicki Minaj, whose response "Big Foot" followed, and the track debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I

HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I is Michael Jackson's 1995 double album: 15 greatest hits plus 15 new songs including Scream with Janet Jackson, released after his legal controversies became public.

Hit 'Em Up

Hit 'Em Up: 1996 diss track by 2Pac featuring the Outlawz, B-side of 'How Do U Want It' on Death Row/Interscope, produced by Johnny 'J', targeting The Notorious B.I.G., Bad Boy, Mobb Deep, and Chino XL.

Hit Me Hard and Soft

Hit Me Hard and Soft is Billie Eilish's third studio album, also abbreviated as HIT ME HARD AND SOFT or HMHAS. Released May 17, 2024 on Darkroom/Interscope with no advance singles, produced solely with brother Finneas, it earned Metacritic 89 and 2025 Album of the Year nomination.

Hit n Run Phase Two

Hit n Run Phase Two is Prince's final studio album released in his lifetime, issued on Tidal December 12, 2015, with 12 funk and soul tracks including "Baltimore," peaking at number 3 on the Top R&B Albums chart in May 2016.

Hit the Road Jack

Hit the Road Jack: Percy Mayfield's 1960 a cappella R&B song made famous by Ray Charles with the Raelettes; #1 Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in 1961 and 1962 Grammy winner for Best R&B Recording.

Hit the Wall

"Hit the Wall" (2026) is a synth-pop song by Gracie Abrams, lead single of Daughter from Hell, co-written with Aaron Dessner, peaking at No. 26 on the Hot 100; distinct from Brendan Canning's 2008 single.

Hitler Has Only Got One Ball

Hitler Has Only Got One Ball, also known as The River Kwai March lyrics, is a 1939 British parody of the Colonel Bogey March mocking Nazi leaders' testicles; authorship is disputed, and the one-testicle claim gained partial support from 1923 medical records and 2025 DNA findings.

Hndrxx

Hndrxx (HNDRXX) is Future's sixth studio album, released February 2017 on Epic one week after FUTURE. A soulful R&B-trap pivot with The Weeknd and Rihanna, it made Future the first solo artist with back-to-back Billboard 200 No. 1 debuts.

Hoist (album)

Hoist is Phish's fifth studio album, released on Elektra in March 1994. Recorded in Los Angeles with producer Paul Fox, it featured guests Béla Fleck, Alison Krauss, Tower of Power, and Jonathan Frakes, and the single Down with Disease.

Højskolesangbogen

Højskolesangbogen (the Folk High School Songbook) is a Danish songbook first published in 1894 for group singing at folk high schools; its 19th edition of 2020 contains 601 songs.

Hold On (Wilson Phillips song)

"Hold On" is the 1990 debut single by American pop trio Wilson Phillips, written by Glen Ballard, Chynna Phillips, and Carnie Wilson. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 for one week on June 9, 1990, displaced Madonna's "Vogue," and was Billboard's year-end number one of 1990.

Hold the Line

"Hold the Line" is a 1978 song by the American rock band Toto, written by keyboardist David Paich, which peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Pop 100.

Holding Back the Years

Holding Back the Years is a 1985 Simply Red ballad by Mick Hucknall and Neil Moss, produced by Stewart Levine for Picture Book; it hit number 1 on the US Hot 100 in July 1986 and number 2 in the UK on re-release.

Holding Out for a Hero

"Holding Out for a Hero" (1984) is a Bonnie Tyler song written by Jim Steinman and Dean Pitchford for the Footloose soundtrack; UK No. 2 after 1985 re-release, later famous through Jennifer Saunders' Shrek 2 cover.

Holiday (Green Day song)

Holiday (Green Day song): 2004 protest single from American Idiot, written by Billie Joe Armstrong against the Bush administration and Iraq War; UK No. 11, US Hot 100 No. 19.

Holiday (Madonna song)

"Holiday" (1983) is Madonna's first Billboard Hot 100 hit, peaking at No. 16, and her first No. 1 disco single; written by Curtis Hudson and Lisa Stevens-Crowder of Pure Energy, produced by Jellybean Benitez in one week for her debut album.

Holiday in Cambodia

"Holiday in Cambodia" is a 1980 Dead Kennedys punk song, their second single and a track on Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, satirizing privileged American college students against the Khmer Rouge genocide; later central to the Levi's licensing lawsuit.