User:GeicoHen/Signature Songs

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Examples of signature songs for selected artists

Artist Song Released Notes
ABBA Dancing Queen 1976 Written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson[1]
AC/DC Back in Black 1980
Adele Rolling in the Deep 2011
Christina Aguilera Beautiful 2002 Written and produced by Linda Perry[2]
Alice in Chains Man in the Box 1990
Lynn Anderson
Rose Garden
1970 Written by Joe South[3]
The Animals The House of the Rising Sun 1964 Traditional
folk song[4]
Louis Armstrong What a Wonderful World 1967 Written by Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss[5]
Eddy Arnold The Cattle Call Written/recorded in 1934 by Tex Owens[6]
Asia Heat of the Moment 1982 Written by John Wetton and Geoff Downes[7]
Rick Astley Never Gonna Give You Up 1987 Written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman[8]
A*Teens
Upside Down 2000 The band's first original release[9]
Avicii Wake Me Up 2013
Backstreet Boys I Want It That Way 1999 Written by Max Martin and Andreas Carlsson[10]
Jimmy Barnes Working Class Man 1985 Written by Jonathan Cain[11]
Count Basie One O'Clock Jump 1937 A
12-bar blues instrumental written by Basie in 1937[12]
Shirley Bassey Goldfinger 1964 The title song from the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger[13]
Bauhaus Bela Lugosi's Dead 1979 Considered the harbinger of gothic rock music[14]
Beck Loser 1993 Written by Beck and producer Carl Stephenson[15]
Tony Bennett I Left My Heart in San Francisco 1953 Written by George Cory and Douglass Cross[16]
Chuck Berry Johnny B. Goode 1958 Recorded January 6, 1958 at Chess Records[17]
Bikini Kill Rebel Girl 1993 Written by Kathleen Hanna, Billy Karren, Tobi Vail and Kathi Wilcox[18]
Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling 2009
Blink-182 All the Small Things 1999
Blue Öyster Cult (Don't Fear) The Reaper 1976 Written and sung by lead guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser[19]
Bon Jovi Livin' on a Prayer 1986 Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Desmond Child[20]
Jeff Buckley Hallelujah 1994 Originally written and recorded by Leonard Cohen in 1984[21]
Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville 1977 Recorded 1976 at
Quadrafonic Sound Studios[22]
Glen Campbell Rhinestone Cowboy 1975 Originally written and recorded by Larry Weiss in 1974[23]
Mariah Carey Hero 1993 Written by Carey and Walter Afanasieff, from her third album Music Box[24][25]
The Carpenters We've Only Just Begun 1970 Written by Roger Nichols and Paul Williams[26]
Ray Charles What'd I Say 1959 Recorded on February 18, 1959[27]
Cheap Trick I Want You to Want Me 1977 Written by Rick Nielsen and produced by Tom Werman[26]
Chicago Beginnings 1969 Written by Robert Lamm and produced by James William Guercio[26]
Eric Clapton Layla 1970 Written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon[28][29]
Marc Cohn Walking in Memphis 1991 Described as an iconic part of the Great American Songbook[30]
Cold Chisel Khe Sanh 1978 Their debut single, written by Don Walker[31]
Coldplay Viva la Vida 2008
John Coltrane My Favorite Things 1961 Published in 1959 by Rodgers and Hammerstein[32]
Conway Twitty Hello Darlin' 1970 Written and recorded on November 18, 1969[33]
Culture Club Karma Chameleon 1983 Featured on the group's 1983 album Colour by Numbers[34]
Billy Ray Cyrus Achy Breaky Heart 1991 Written in 1990 by Don Von Tress[35]
Sammy Davis Jr. I've Gotta Be Me 1968 Written by Walter Marks[36]
Doris Day Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) 1956 Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans[37]
Jeanette Soy rebelde 1971 Written by
Spanish-speaking world.[38]
Dead Kennedys Holiday in Cambodia 1980 Written by Jello Biafra and John Greenway. Recorded 1979[39]
Def Leppard Pour Some Sugar on Me 1987 3rd single from the 1987 album Hysteria[40]
Deep Purple Smoke on the Water 1972 Recorded in December 1971[41]
John Denver Take Me Home, Country Roads 1971 Written by Denver, Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert[42]
Diamond Rio Meet in the Middle 1991 Written by Chapin Hartford, Jim Foster, Don Pfrimmer[43]
Marlene Dietrich Falling In Love Again 1930 Composed by Friedrich Hollaender[44]
Celine Dion My Heart Will Go On 1997 Written by James Horner(music) and Will Jennings(lyrics)[45]
The Doors Light My Fire 1967 Recorded in August 1966[46]
Drake God's Plan 2018
Eagles Hotel California 1977 Written by Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey[47]
Billie Eilish Bad Guy 2019
Electric Light Orchestra Mr. Blue Sky 1977 Written by Jeff Lynne and recorded 1977 at Musicland Studios[48]
Duke Ellington Take the 'A' Train A jazz standard composed by Billy Strayhorn in 1939[49]
Lorraine Ellison Stay with Me 1966 Co-written by Jerry Ragovoy and George David Weiss[50]
Eminem Lose Yourself 2002 First
Evanescence Bring Me to Life 2003
Florida Georgia Line Cruise 2014
Luis Fonsi Despacito 2017
Foo Fighters Everlong 1997
Aretha Franklin Respect 1967 Originally written by Otis Redding in 1965[52]
Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive 1978 Written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris[53]
Brantley Gilbert Kick It in the Sticks 2010 Written by Gilbert, Rhett Akins and Ben Hayslip[54]
Lee Greenwood
God Bless the USA
1984 A popular American patriotic song[55]
Bill Haley & His Comets Rock Around the Clock 1954 Recorded April 12, 1954 at Pythian Temple studios[56]
Bob Hope Thanks for the Memory 1938 Composed by Ralph Rainger with lyrics by Leo Robin[57]
Lena Horne Stormy Weather 1933 Written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler[58]
Imagine Dragons Radioactive 2012 From their major-label debut EP Continued Silence[59]
Billy Joel Piano Man 1973 Selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry[60]
George Jones He Stopped Loving Her Today 1980 Written by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman[61]
Journey Don't Stop Believin' 1981
Evelyn "Champagne" King Shame 1977 Written by John H. Fitch, Jr. and Reuben Cross[62]
The Kingsmen Louie, Louie 1963 Written by Richard Berry in 1955[63]
The Kinks You Really Got Me 1964 Written by Ray Davies and recorded in July 1964[64]
Kiss Rock and Roll All Nite 1975 Recorded at Electric Lady Studios in February 1975[26]
Gladys Knight & the Pips Midnight Train to Georgia 1973 Written by Jim Weatherly[65]
Led Zeppelin Stairway to Heaven 1971
John Lennon
Imagine
1971 Recorded during May–July 1971 at
Ascot Sound Studios[66]
Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls of Fire 1957 Written by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer[67]
Lil Nas X Old Town Road 2019
Lil Wayne Lollipop 2008
Linkin Park In the End 2000
Guy Lombardo Auld Lang Syne 1939 A Scots-language poem written by Robert Burns in 1788[68]
Julie London
Cry Me a River
1955 Written by Arthur Hamilton and first published in 1953[69]
Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter 1970 Based on the true story of Lynn's life growing up in rural Kentucky[70]
Lynyrd Skynyrd Free Bird 1973 First featured on the band's 1973 debut album[71]
Maroon 5 This Love 2003
MC Hammer U Can't Touch This 1990
Men at Work Down Under 1980 Released as the second single from their debut studio album Business as Usual[72]
Metallica Enter Sandman 1991
Kylie Minogue Can't Get You Out of My Head 2001 From the artist's eighth studio album, Fever, released in 2001[73]
The Moody Blues Nights in White Satin 1967 Written and composed by Justin Hayward, recorded October 1967[26]
Motörhead Ace of Spades 1980 Released as the only single from the bands fourth studio album[74]
Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit 1991 The opening track and lead single from their 1991 album.[75]
Oasis
Wonderwall
1995 Written by Noel Gallagher and recorded in May 1995.[76]
Old Crow Medicine Show Wagon Wheel 1994 Co-written by Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor, recorded in 2003.[77]
The Offspring Come Out and Play 1994
One Direction What Makes You Beautiful 2011 Written by Savan Kotecha, Rami Yacoub and Carl Falk.[78]
Ozzy Osbourne Crazy Train 1981 Released as the first single from Osbourne's debut solo album Blizzard of Ozz[79]
Katy Perry Firework 2010
Phish You Enjoy Myself 1988 Written by Trey Anastasio, the song is a regular live feature.[80][81]
Pink Floyd Another Brick in The Wall (Part II) 1979
Poison
Every Rose Has Its Thorn 1988 3rd single from the band's 2nd album and their only US no. 1[82]
The Police Every Breath You Take 1983 Written by Sting and featured on the band's final album[83]
Jeanne Pruett Satin Sheets 1973 Originally recorded by Bill Anderson and Jan Howard[84]
Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 1975
Rage Against the Machine Killing in the Name 1992
Ramones Blitzkrieg Bop 1975
Red Hot Chili Peppers Under the Bridge 1991
Lionel Richie Hello 1983 Released as the third single from his second solo album Can't Slow Down.[85][86]
Rihanna
Umbrella
2007
Kenny Rogers The Gambler 1978 Written by Don Schlitz in August 1976 and recorded by several artists[87]
The Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 1965 The band's first no. 1 in the US.[88]
Linda Ronstadt Blue Bayou 1977 Written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson[89]
Neil Sedaka Breaking Up Is Hard to Do 1962 Co-written by Sedaka and Howard Greenfield[90]
Semisonic Closing Time 1998 Released March 1998 as the lead single from their second studio album Feeling Strangely Fine.[91]
Blake Shelton Ol' Red 2002 Co-written by James "Bo" Bohon, Don Goodman, and Mark Sherrill.[92]
Carly Simon You're So Vain 1971 Released as the first single from Simon's third studio album No Secrets.[93]
Simon & Garfunkel Bridge over Troubled Water 1970 Written by Simon and recorded November 9, 1969.[94]
Frank Sinatra My Way 1969 Originally written by French songwriter Jacques Revaux.[95]
Percy Sledge When a Man Loves a Woman 1966 Written by Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright.[96]
Sonny & Cher I Got You Babe 1965 The first single from the duo's debut album[97]
Britney Spears ...Baby One More Time 1998
Spice Girls Wannabe 1996 Written by the band, Matt Rowe and
Richard Stannard[98]
Bruce Springsteen Born to Run 1975 Released as the first single from his third studio album[99]
Rod Stewart Maggie May 1971 Co-written by singer Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton[100]
Taylor Swift Shake It Off 2014
Eva Tanguay I Don't Care 1922 Recorded in 1905[101]
Tears for Fears Shout 1985 Released as the second single from their second studio album[102]
Shirley Temple On the Good Ship Lollipop 1934 Composed by Richard A. Whiting with lyrics by Sidney Clare[103]
The Temptations My Girl 1964 Recorded by the Temptations in 1964[104]
Third Eye Blind Semi-Charmed Life 1997
Justin Timberlake SexyBack 2006
Tiny Tim Tiptoe Through the Tulips 1968 Written by Al Dubin (lyrics) and Joe Burke (music)[105][106]
Randy Travis Forever and Ever, Amen 1987 Written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz and recorded in 1987[107]
Van Halen Jump 1983
Vanilla Ice Ice Ice Baby 1990 Samples "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie[108][109]
The Verve Bitter Sweet Symphony 1997 Written by Ashcroft and recorded January–March 1997[110]
Village People Y.M.C.A. 1978 Written by Jacques Morali, Victor Willis and Henri Belolo[111]
Kanye West Gold Digger 2005
The White Stripes Seven Nation Army 2003
Andy Williams Moon River 1962 Composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer[112]
Joe Williams Every Day I Have the Blues 1955 Written by Aaron "Pinetop" Sparks and Milton Sparks[113]
Vanessa Williams
Save The Best For Last
1992 Written by Phil Galdston, Wendy Waldman and Jon Lind in 1989[114]
Amy Winehouse Rehab 2006 Written by Winehouse from her second album
Back to Black[115]
Tammy Wynette Stand by Your Man 1968 Co-written by Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill[116]
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