Songs with one word titles

Pop culture is made for lists – what with the Top 40, Billboard Charts and not forgetting all the awards each year. This time it’s the turn of songs with one word titles.

Check out my songs that mention famous people and songs with days of the week in posts.

There’s a lot more of these one word title songs than I expected. I’m sure there’s still a lot missing from over the years so let me know and I’ll add them in.

It seems there are also quite a few bands and singers who release lots of one word titled songs.

How many of these songs do you know? Which songs would you add to the list? (note that / indicates those songs that have titles used by multiple singers or bands)

One word song titles that are names

• Alejandro – Lady Gaga
• Alison – Elvis Costello
• Cecilia – Simon & Garfunkel
• Christine – Siouxsie and the Banshees
• Daniel – Elton John
• Derek – Animal Collective
• Jessica – The Allumn Brother’s Band
• Jolene – Dolly Parton
• Kristina – Rick Springfield
• Layla – Eric Clapton
• Lenny – Supergrass
• Lola – the Kinks
• Matilda – Harry Styles
• Mandy – Barry Manilow
• Mary – Supergrass
• Michelle – The Beatles
• Orpheus – Sara Bareilles
• Roxanne – The Police/Sting
• Sara – Fleetwood Mac
• Valerie – Mark Ronson feat Amy Winehouse / Steve Winwood
• Vincent – Don McLean
• Stan – Eminem

Places in one word song titles

• Africa – Toto
• America – Simon & Garfunkel / Prince
• Babylon – David Gray
• Budapest – George Ezra
• Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
• Massachusetts – The Bee Gees
• Tennessee – Bob Sinclair
• Vienna – Ultravox

And the rest

• Afterglow – Ed Sheeran / Taylor Swift / INXS / Genesis
• Adore – Prince
• Airplanes – B.O.B featuring Hayley Williams
• Alarm – Anne-Marie
• Alive – Daft Punk / Sia
• Alone – Heart
• Alright – Supergrass
• Americano – Lady Gaga
• Anaconda – Nicki Minaj
• Angel – Sara McLachlan / The Corrs
• Angels – Robbie Williams
• Anywhere – Rita Ora
• Apologize – OneRepublic
• Applause – Lady Gaga
• As – Stevie Wonder / Mary J Blige
• Atomic – Blondie
• Attention – Charlie Puth
• Automatic – Prince
• Bad – Michael Jackson
• Baila – Jennifer Lopez
• Bailando – Enrique Iglesias feat Descemer Bueno and Gente de Zona
• Battlefield – Jordin Sparks
• Beautiful – Christina Aguilera
• Because – The Beatles
• Beggin’ – Madcon
• Bejeweled – Taylor Swift
• Believe – Cher
• Believer – Imagine Dragons
• Better – Khalid
• Blossom – Dermot Kennedy
• Blue – Patsy Cline
• Bombast – The Fall
• Boyfriend – Ariana Grande and Social House
• Boys – Lizzo
• Breakaway – Kelly Clarkson
• Breakdown – Tom Petty
• Breath – Breaking Benjamin
• Breathe – Years & Years / Taylor Swift / Pink Floyd
• Breathin – Ariana Grande
• Breathless – The Corrs
• Breezin’ – George Benson
• Bubbly – Colbie Caillat
• Bulletproof – La Roux
• Burn – Ellie Golding / Usher
• Butter – BTS
• Californication – Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Candy – Robbie Williams
• Cardigan – Taylor Swift
• Castles – Freya Riding
• Celebration – Kool and the Gang
• Celestial – Ed Sheeran
• Centuries – Fall Out Boy
• Chains – Tina Arena
• Chandelier – Sia
• Children – Robert Miles
• Clocks – Coldplay
• Clout – Offset featuring Cardi B
• Changes – David Bowie
• Choices – The Hoosiers
• Circus – Britney Spears
• Cocaine – JJ Cale
• Cold – Maroon 5
• Controversy – Prince
• Complicatd – Avril Lavigne
• Crawling – Linkin Park
• Crazy – Gnarls Barkley / Patsy Cline and Willie Nelson / Seal
• Creep – Radiohead / TLC / Kina Grannis
• Criminal – Fiona Apple
• Cruise – Florida Georgia Line
• Cruisin – Smokey Robinson
• Crush – Jennifer Paige
• Crying – Roy Orbison
• Daughter – Pearl Jam
• Days – The Kinks
• Decades – Joy Division
• Delirious – Prince
• Desire – U2 / Years & Years
• Despacito – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
• Desperado – The Eagles
• Diamonds – Rihanna
• Disappear – INXS
• Disturbia – Rihanna
• Divide – Demot Kennedy
• Dominion – The Sisters of Mercy
• Domino – Jessie J
• Down – Jay Sean feat Lil Wayne
• Dreamer – Livin Joy / Dermot Kennedy
• Dreams – Fleetwood Mac / The Corrs
• Drive – The Cars
• Drowning – Backstreet Boys
• Dynamite – BTS / Taio Cruz
• Eastside – Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid
• Elevator – Flo Rida feat. Timbaland
• Empty – The Cranberries
• Euphoria – Loreen
• Everlong – Foo Fighters
• Evergreen – Will Young / Roy Orbison
• Everything – Michael Buble
• Exhale – Whitney Houston
• Expectations – Anne-Marie
• Faded – Alan Walker
• Failure – Breaking Benjamin
• Fairground – Simply Red
• Faith – George Michael
• Faithfully – Journey
• Fall – St Lundi
• Fallin’ – Alicia Keys
• Falling – Harry Styles
• Fame – David Bowie / Irene Cara
• Fantasy – Aldo Nova / Mariah Carey
• Feel – Robbie Williams
• Fever – Peggy Lee / Dua Lipa / Elvis Presley
• Finesse – Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B
• Fire – Sara Bareilles
• Fireflies – Owl City
• Firefly – Breaking Benjamin
• Firework – Katy Perry
• Flowers – Miley Cyrus
• Fly -Jon Stevens (Planes soundtrack)
• Foolin – Def Leppard
• Footloose – Kenny Loggins
• Forget – Marina and the Diamonds
• Fragile – Sting
• Freedom – Wham
• Galileo – Indigo Girls
• Ghost – Justin bieber / Ella Henderson
• Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr
• Giant – Calvin Harris featuring Rag n Bone Man
• Gigantic – Pixies
• Gloria – Van Morrison / U2 / Laura Brannigan / The Lumineers
• Gold – Spandau Ballet
• Good – Better Than Ezra
• Grenade – Bruno Mars
• Guilty – Barry Gibb and Barbra Streisand
• Hair – Little Mix
• Hallelujah – Alexandra Burke
• Halo – Beyonce
• Happier – Marshmello and Bastille
• Happy – Pharrell WIlliams
• Havana – Camila Cabello feat Young Thug
• Heartbeats – The Knife
• Heartless – Kanye West
• Heaven – Bryan Adams / DJ Sammy / Niall Horan
• Hello – Adele / Lionel Richie
• Hero – Enrique Inglesias
• Hey – Pixies
• Help – The Beatles
• Here – Tom Grennan
• Heroes – David Bowie
• Heroine – Velvet Underground
• Higher – Taio Cruz ft Kylie
• History – One Direction / Becky Hill and Joel Cory
• Holiday – Green Day
• Home – LCD Soundsystem / Michael Buble / Daughtry
• Horses – Patti Smith
• Housequake – Prince
• Human – The Killers / Rag n Bone Man
• Hurt – Johnny Cash / Nine Inch Nails
• Hypnotized – Fleetwood Mac

• Idioteque – Radiohead
• If – Janet Jackson
• Imagine – John Lennon
• Immortality – Pearl Jam
• Impossible – James Arthur
• Irresistable – The Corrs
• Iris – The Goo Goo Dolls
• Ironic – Alanis Morrisette
• Issues – Julia Michaels
• Jaded – Miley Cyrus
• Jazzman – Carole King
• Jeopardy – Greg Kihn
• Jokerman – Bob Dylan
• Jolene – Dolly Parton / Miley Cyrus
• Judas – Lady Gaga
• Juice – Lizzo
• Jump – Van Halen
• Jumpin’ – Liberty X
• Just – Radiohead
• Karma – Taylor Swift
• Kids – Robbie Williams
• Killer – Seal
• King – Florence and The Machine / Years & Years
• KISS – Prince
• Kiss – Holly Valance
• Labyrinth – Taylor Swift
• Lady – Jenny Rogers
• Landslide – Fleetwood Mac
• Lava – B52s
• Levitating – Dua Lipa
• Lights – Ellie Goulding
• Linger – The Cranberries
• Lionheart – Joel Corry & Tom Grennan
• Lonely – Akon
• Loser – Beck
• Love – Barbra Streisand
• Lovefool – The Cardigans
• Lovely – Billie Eilish feat Khalid
• Lovesexy – Prince
• Low – Florida feat T.Pain
• Lucky – Jason Mraz feat Colbie Caillat
• Lullaby – Sigrid & Paloma Faith
• Macarena – Los Del Rios
• Madness – Muse
• Magic – Olivia Newton John
• Mainstreet – Bob Seger
• Malibu – Miley Cyrus
• Mama – Spice Girls / Jonas Brothers
• Maneater – Nelly Furtado
• Maps – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Maroon – Taylor Swift
• Mastermind – Taylor Swift
• Meltdown – Niall Horan
• Memories – Maroon 5
• Millionaires – The Script
• Mirrors – Justin Timberlake
• Missing – Everything about the Girl
• Money – Pink FLoyd / Cardi B
• Moonlight – Viper
• Mountain – Sam Ryder
• More – Sam Ryder
• Mother – Meghan Trainor
• Mountains – Prince and The Revolution
• Moves – Olly Murs
• Moving – Supergrass
• No – Meghan Trainor
• Nonstop – Drake
• Numb – Linkin Park
• Oblivious – Aztec Camera
• One – U2 / Metallica
• Outside – George Michael
• Paintwork – the Fall
• Panic – The Smiths
• Paparazzi – Lady Gaga
• Paradise – George Ezra / Coldplay
• Paranoid – Black Sabbath
• Paris – Taylor Swift
• Payphone – Maroon 5
• Perfect – Fairground Attraction / Ed Sheeran
• Photograph – Ed Sheeran
• Physical – Olivia Newton John / Dua Lipa
• Pillowtalk – Zayn
• Poison – Rita Ora
• Polaroids – Shawn Colvin
• Pompeii – Bastille
• Positions – Ariana Grande
• Pray – Sam Smith
• Pride – U2
• Problems – Tom Grennan
• Promiscuous – Nelly Furtado feat Timberland
• Promises – Calvin Harris and Sam Smith / The Cranberries
• Psycho – Muse / Anne-Marie / Maisie Peters
• Radio – The Corrs
• Radioactive – Imagine Dragons
• Rain – The Script
• Rapture – Blondie
• Rasputin – Boney M
• Reach – S Club 7
• Reckoner – Radiohead
• Red – Taylor Swift
• Rehab – Amy Winehouse
• Relax – Frankie Goes to Hollywood
• Remember – Becky Hill
• Resistance – Muse
• Respect – Aretha Franklin
• Ride – JRand feat Florida and T-Pain
• Riot – Grace Carter
• Riptide – Vance Joy
• Ritual – Rita Ora
• River – Joni Mitchell
• Roar – Katy Perry
• Rockstar – DaBaby and Roddy Ricch
• Rooster – Alice in Chains
• Royals – Lorde
• Rude – Magic!
• Rules – The Hoosiers
• Run – Pink Floyd / Snow Patrol / Collective Soul / Leona Lewis / Air
• Runaway – The Corrs
• Rumours – Fleetword Mac / Lizzo
• Runaway – Del Shannon
• Sacrifice – Elton John
• Sandstorm – Darude
• Santeria – Sublime
• Satisfaction – Rolling Stones
• Scattered – Green Day
• Science – Niall Horan
• Seasons – Bebe Rexha & Dolly Parton
• Senorita – Justin Timerlake and Camila Cabello
• September – Earth, Wind and Fire / Daughtry
• Shallow – Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
• Shattered – Rolling Stones
• She – Elvis Costello
• Shine – Take That / Years & Years
• Shivers – Ed Sheeran
• Shotgun – George Ezra
• Shout – Lulu / Tears for Fears
• Sing – Ed Sheeran
• Sinner – Neil Finn
• Situation – Yazoo
• Skyfall – Adele
• Skylark – Ella Fitzgerald / Linda Ronstadt
• Smile – Uncle Kracker / Katy Perry
• Smooth – Santana and Rob Thomas
• Snowman – Sia
• Sober – Pink
• Something – The Beatles
• Sometimes – Erasure
• Sonnet – The Verve
• Sorry – Justin Bieber / Beyonce / Joel Corry
• Spaceman – Babylon Zoo
• Special – Garbage / Lizzo
• Stan – Eminem feat. Dido
• Stand – REM
• Starboy – The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk
• Stardust – Nat King Cole
• Starman – David Bowie
• Starships – Nikki Minaj
• Stay – Justin Bieber and the Kid LARCI / Najee / Zedd and Alessia Cara
• Stitches – Shawn Mendes
• Still – Niall Horan / Lionel Ritchie
• Strange – Patsy Cline
• Stronger – Britney Spears
• Style – Taylor Swift
• Sucker – Jonas Brothers
• Suddenly – Billy Ocean
• Sugar – Maroon 5
• Suge – DaBaby
• Summer – Calvin Harris
• Summertime – Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
• Sunchyme – Dario G
• Sundown – Gordon Lightfoot
• Sunlight – Joel Corry / Round Robin / Hoosier
• Sunny – Bony M / Marvin Gaye
• Superheroes – The Script
• Superman – REM
• Superstar – Jamelia / The Carpenters
• Superstition – Stevie Wonder
• Supreme – Robbie Williams
• Symphony – Clean Bandit feat Zara Larsson

• Talk – Khalid
• Tattoo – Jordin Sparks / Loreen
• Tequila – The Champs / Dan + Shay
• Think – Aretha Franklin
• Thriller – Michael Jackson
• Thunder – Imagine Dragons
• Thunderstruck – AC DC
• Thursday – Jess Glynne
• Tilted – Christine and the Queens
• Timber – PItbull feat Ke$ha
• Time – David Bowie / Pink Floyd
• Titanium – David Guetta and Sia
• Today – Talk Talk
• Torn – Natalie Imbruglia
• Touch – Little Mix
• Toxic – Britney Spears
• Tragedy – The Bee Gees
• Trampoline – Joel Corry
• Treasure – Bruno Mars
• Troublemaker – Olly Murs
• True – Spandau Ballet
• Trustfall – Pink
• Try – Pink
• Umbrella – Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
• Unbelievable – EMF
• Unconditionally – Katy Perry
• Unstoppable – Sia
• Up – Olly Murs
• Uprising – Muse
• Uptown – Prince
• Useless – Depeche Mode
• Valleys – Sam Ryder
• Vamos – Pixies
• Vogue – Madonna
• Wannabe – The Spice Girls
• War – Temptations / Edwin Starr
• Warriors – Imagine Dragons
• Waterfalls – TLC
• Waterfront – Simple Minds
• Wheels – Lone Justice / Foo Fighters
• Whirlwind – Sam Ryder
• Whistle – Florida
• Why – Annie Lennox
• Wings – Little Mix
• Wolves – Salena Gomez and Marshmello
• Womanizer – Britney Spears
• Wonderwall – Oasis
• Words – The Bee Gees
• Work – Rihanna feat. Drake
• Would? – Alice In Chains
• Yeah! – Usher
• Yes – McAlmont and Butler
• Yeah – Joel Corry
• Yellow – Coldplay
• Yesterday – Beatles
• Zombie – Cranberries / Fela Kuti

Which songs have I missed?