List of signature songs

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A signature song is the one song (or, in some cases, one of a few songs) that a popular and well-established recording artist or band is most closely identified with or best known for. This is generally differentiated from a one-hit wonder in that the artist usually has had success with other songs as well. A signature song may be a song that spearheads an artist's initial mainstream breakthrough, a song that revitalizes an artist's career, or a song that simply represents a high point in an artist's career. Often, a signature song will feature trademark characteristics of an artist and may encapsulate the artist's particular sound and style. Signature songs can be the result of spontaneous public identification, or a marketing tool developed by the music industry to promote artists, sell their recordings, and develop a fan base. [1] Artists and bands with a signature song are generally expected to perform it at every concert appearance, often as an encore on concert tours, sometimes being the last song of the setlist. [2]

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SongArtistReleasedNotes
"Sweet Caroline" Neil Diamond 1969Written by Neil Diamond [3]
"I Am the Best" 2NE1 2011Written by Teddy Park [4] [5]
"Dancing Queen" ABBA 1976Written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson [6]
"You Shook Me All Night Long" AC/DC 1980Written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Brian Johnson. [7]
"Beautiful" Christina Aguilera 2002Written by Linda Perry. [8] [9] Featured on Aguilera's fourth studio album, Stripped .
"Rose Garden" Lynn Anderson 1970Written by Joe South [10]
"The House of the Rising Sun" The Animals 1964Traditional folk song [11]
"Barbie Girl" Aqua 1997Written by Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen, René Dif, and Lene Nystrøm
"What a Wonderful World" Louis Armstrong 1967Written by Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss [12]
"The Cattle Call" Eddy Arnold 1934Written/recorded in 1934 by Tex Owens [13]
"Heat of the Moment" Asia 1982Written by John Wetton and Geoff Downes [14]
"Never Gonna Give You Up" Rick Astley 1987Written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman [15]
"Upside Down" A-Teens 2000The band's first original release [16]
"Levels" Avicii 2011Written and produced by Tim Bergling. Contains a sample of "Something's Got a Hold on Me" by Etta James. [17]
"I Want It That Way" Backstreet Boys 1999Written by Max Martin and Andreas Carlsson [18]
"Working Class Man" Jimmy Barnes 1985Written by Jonathan Cain [19]
"One O'Clock Jump" Count Basie 1937A 12-bar blues instrumental written by Basie in 1937 [20]
"Goldfinger" Shirley Bassey 1964The title song from the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger [21]
"Bela Lugosi's Dead" Bauhaus 1979Considered the harbinger of gothic rock music [22]
"Loser" Beck 1993Written by Beck and producer Carl Stephenson [23]
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" Tony Bennett 1953Written by George Cory and Douglass Cross [24]
"Johnny B. Goode" Chuck Berry 1958Recorded January 6, 1958 at Chess Records [25]
"Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" Beyond 1993Written by Wong Ka Kui for the band's Rock and Roll album [26] [27]
"Fantastic Baby" Big Bang 2012Written by G-Dragon, T.O.P and Teddy [28]
"Rebel Girl" Bikini Kill 1993Written by Kathleen Hanna, Billy Karren, Tobi Vail and Kathi Wilcox [29]
"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" Blue Öyster Cult 1976Written and sung by lead guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser [30]
"Livin' on a Prayer" Bon Jovi 1986Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Desmond Child [31]
"I Dreamed A Dream" Susan Boyle 2010Originally composed by Claude-Michel Schönberg with English lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer for the musical Les Misérables. [32]
"Save Me" BTS 2016Written by Kang Hyo-won; Ray Michael Djan Jr; Ashton Foster; Samantha Harper; Kim Nam-joon; Min Yoon-gi; Jung Ho-seok [33]
"Hallelujah" Jeff Buckley 1994Originally written and recorded by Leonard Cohen in 1984 [34]
"Margaritaville" Jimmy Buffett 1977Recorded 1976 at Criteria Studios and Quadrafonic Sound Studios [35]
"Rhinestone Cowboy" Glen Campbell 1975Originally written and recorded by Larry Weiss in 1974 [36]
"Hero" Mariah Carey 1993Written by Carey and Walter Afanasieff [37] [38]
"Heaven Is a Place on Earth" Belinda Carlisle 1987Written by Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley [39]
"All by Myself" Eric Carmen 1975Written by Eric Carmen [40]
"Lovefool" The Cardigans 1996Written by members Nina Persson and Peter Svensson as the lead single from their third studio album First Band on the Moon . [41]
"(They Long to Be) Close to You" The Carpenters 1970Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David [42]
"The Mercy Seat" Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 1988Written by Nick Cave and Mick Harvey [43]
"What'd I Say" Ray Charles 1959Recorded on February 18, 1959 [44]
"I Want You to Want Me" Cheap Trick 1977Written by Rick Nielsen and produced by Tom Werman [42]
"Under the Milky Way" The Church 1988Written by bass guitarist and lead vocalist Steve Kilbey and his then-girlfriend Karin Jansson of Curious (Yellow). [45]
"Layla" Eric Clapton 1970Written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon [46] [47]
"Crazy" Patsy Cline 1961Written by Willie Nelson [48]
"Walking in Memphis" Marc Cohn 1991 [49]
"Khe Sanh" Cold Chisel 1978Their debut single, written by Don Walker [50]
"In the Air Tonight" Phil Collins 1981Written by Phil Collins [51]
"My Favorite Things" John Coltrane 1961Published in 1959 by Rodgers and Hammerstein [52]
"School's Out" Alice Cooper 1972 [53]
"Karma Chameleon" Culture Club 1983Featured on the group's 1983 album Colour by Numbers [54]
"Achy Breaky Heart" Billy Ray Cyrus 1992Written in 1990 by Don Von Tress [55]
"Beyond the Sea" Bobby Darin 1968Written by Charles Trenet [56]
"I've Gotta Be Me" Sammy Davis Jr. 1968Written by Walter Marks [57]
"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" Doris Day 1956Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans [58]
"Holiday in Cambodia" Dead Kennedys 1980Written by Jello Biafra and John Greenway. Recorded 1979 [59]
"Pour Some Sugar on Me" Def Leppard 19873rd single from the 1987 album Hysteria [60]
"Smoke on the Water" Deep Purple 1972Recorded in December 1971 [61]
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" John Denver 1971Written by Denver, Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert [62]
"Meet in the Middle" Diamond Rio 1991Written by Chapin Hartford, Jim Foster, Don Pfrimmer [63]
"Falling In Love Again" Marlene Dietrich 1930Composed by Friedrich Hollaender [64]
"My Heart Will Go On" Celine Dion 1997Written by James Horner (music) and Will Jennings (lyrics) [65]
"Light My Fire" The Doors 1967Recorded in August 1966 [66]
"Through the Fire and Flames" DragonForce 2005The opening track from their third studio album Inhuman Rampage [67] [68]
"Bodies" Drowning Pool 2001 [69]
"Hotel California" Eagles 1977Written by Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey [70]
"Bad Guy" Billie Eilish 2019 [71]
"One Day Like This" Elbow 2008Written by member Guy Garvey for their fourth studio album The Seldom Seen Kid . Performed at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony [72] [73]
"Mr. Blue Sky" Electric Light Orchestra 1978Written by Jeff Lynne and recorded 1977 at Musicland Studios [74]
"Take the 'A' Train" Duke Ellington 1941A jazz standard composed by Billy Strayhorn in 1939 [75]
"Stay with Me" Lorraine Ellison 1966Co-written by Jerry Ragovoy and George David Weiss [76]
"Lose Yourself" Eminem 2002First hip hop song to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song [77]
"The Final Countdown" Europe 1986Written by Joey Tempest [78]
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Eurythmics 1983Written by Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart [79]
"Bring Me to Life" Evanescence 2003Written by Amy Lee, Ben Moody and David Hodges [80] [81]
"Blueberry Hill" [82] [83] Fats Domino 1956Inducted into the National Recording Registry as a part of the 2005 class.
"Everlong" Foo Fighters 1997Written by Dave Grohl [84]
"Respect" Aretha Franklin 1967Originally written by Otis Redding in 1965 [85]
"Solsbury Hill" Peter Gabriel 1977Written by Peter Gabriel. [86]
"I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor 1978Written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris [87]
"Kick It in the Sticks" Brantley Gilbert 2010Written by Gilbert, Rhett Akins and Ben Hayslip [88]
"Gee" Girls' Generation 2009Written by Ahn Myung-won, Kim Young-deuk and Kanata Nakamura [89]
"You Don't Own Me" Lesley Gore 1963Recorded September 21, 1963, Written by John Madara and Dave White [90]
"If Ever I Would Leave You" Robert Goulet 1960From the Lerner & Loewe musical Camelot . [91]
"God Bless the USA" Lee Greenwood 1984A popular American patriotic song [92]
"Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets 1954Recorded April 12, 1954 at Pythian Temple studios [93]
"Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" Rolf Harris 1957A popular Australia children's song
"Thanks for the Memory" Bob Hope 1938Composed by Ralph Rainger with lyrics by Leo Robin [94]
"Stormy Weather" Lena Horne 1933Written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler [95]
"I Will Always Love You" [96] Whitney Houston 1992Written by Dolly Parton and originally released by her in 1974 with Houston's cover of the song later being recorded as a part of the soundtrack to the film The Bodyguard (1992). Inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2019.
"Ah! Leah!" Donnie Iris 1980 [97] Written by Mark Avsec and Donnie Iris
"Super Freak" Rick James 1981Written by Rick James and Alonzo Miller [98]
"El derecho de vivir en paz" Víctor Jara 1971Published in 1971 on the "El Derecho de Vivir en Paz" LP. [99]
"Soy rebelde" Jeanette 1971 [100] Written by Manuel Alejandro
"The Middle" Jimmy Eat World 2001 [101] [102]
"Piano Man" Billy Joel 1973Selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry [103]
"Rocket Man" Elton John 1972 [104]
"He Stopped Loving Her Today" George Jones 1980Written by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman [105]
"Don't Stop Believin'" Journey 1981From their seventh album Escape [106]
"Billie Jean" Michael Jackson 1983Released as the second single for the album Thriller on January 2, 1983 [107]
"Fallin'" [108] Alicia Keys 2001Released as a single on April 10, 2001, as a part of her debut album Songs In A Minor.
"Mr. Brightside" The Killers 2004 [109]
"Shame" Evelyn "Champagne" King 1977Written by John H. Fitch Jr. and Reuben Cross [110]
"Louie, Louie" The Kingsmen 1963Written by Richard Berry in 1955 [111]
"You Really Got Me" The Kinks 1964Written by Ray Davies and recorded in July 1964 [112]
"Rock and Roll All Nite" Kiss 1975Recorded at Electric Lady Studios in February 1975 [42]
"Midnight Train to Georgia" Gladys Knight & the Pips 1973Written by Jim Weatherly [113]
"Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah" Novia Kolopaking 1992Written by Dwiki Dharmawan and Ags Arya Dipayana [114] [115] [116]
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Cyndi Lauper 1983Originally written and recorded by Robert Hazard four years earlier. [117]
"Stairway to Heaven" Led Zeppelin 1971Written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant [118]
"Imagine" John Lennon 1971Recorded during May–July 1971 at Ascot Sound Studios [119]
"Great Balls of Fire" Jerry Lee Lewis 1957Written by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer [120]
"In the End" Linkin Park 2001Recorded in 2000 [121]
"Auld Lang Syne" Guy Lombardo 1939A Scots-language poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 [122]
"Cry Me a River" Julie London 1955Written by Arthur Hamilton and first published in 1953 [123]
"Coal Miner's Daughter" Loretta Lynn 1970Based on the true story of Lynn's life growing up in rural Kentucky [124]
"Free Bird" Lynyrd Skynyrd 1973First featured on the band's 1973 debut album [125]
“Shackles (Praise You)” Mary Mary 2000Debut single by the duo, featured on their 2000 debut album
"U Can't Touch This" MC Hammer 1990Samples "Super Freak" by Rick James [126]
"American Pie" Don McLean 1971Written by Don McLean [127]
"Down Under" Men at Work 1981 [128]
"Can't Get You Out of My Head" Kylie Minogue 2001From the artist's eighth studio album, "Fever", released in 2001 [129]
"Nights in White Satin" The Moody Blues 1967Written and composed by Justin Hayward, recorded October 1967 [42]
"Ace of Spades" Motörhead 1980Released as the only single from the band's fourth studio album [130]
"How You Remind Me" Nickelback 2001The lead single from their third studio album Silver Side Up [131]
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" Nirvana 1991The opening track and lead single from their 1991 album. [132]
"Bye Bye Bye" NSYNC 2000Written by Kristian Lundin, Jake Schulze, and Andreas Carlsson [133] [134]
"Wonderwall" Oasis 1995Written by Noel Gallagher and recorded in May 1995 [135]
"Wagon Wheel" Old Crow Medicine Show 1994Co-written by Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor, recorded in 2003 [136]
"Crazy Train" Ozzy Osbourne 1980 [137]
"Misery Business" Paramore 2007Written by Hayley Williams and Josh Farro [138]
"Temperature" Sean Paul 2005Written by Sean Paul Henriques, Adrian "IZES" Marshall and Rohan "Snowcone" Fuller

[139]

"You Enjoy Myself" Phish 1988Written by Trey Anastasio, the song is a regular live feature. [140] [141]
"La Vie en rose" Edith Piaf 1945Awarded a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998. [142]
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" Poison 19883rd single from the band's 2nd album and their only US No. 1 [143]
"Every Breath You Take" The Police 1983Written by Sting and featured on the band's final album [144]
"Dior" Pop Smoke 2020Appears on all four of Pop Smoke's commercially released projects [145]
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" Procol Harum 1967 [146] The band's first record to be released
"Satin Sheets" Jeanne Pruett 1973Originally recorded by Bill Anderson and Jan Howard [147]
"Gangnam Style" Psy 2012Written by Psy and Yoo Gun-hyung [148]
"Bohemian Rhapsody" Queen 1975Written by Freddie Mercury [149]
"Hello" Lionel Richie 1983 [150] [151]
"The Gambler" Kenny Rogers 1978Written by Don Schlitz in 1976 and recorded by several artists [152]
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones 1965The band's first No. 1 in the US [153]
"Blue Bayou" Linda Ronstadt 1977Written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson [154]
"Wind of Change" Scorpions 1990Written by Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell, and Rudolf Schenker [155]
"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" Neil Sedaka 1962Co-written by Sedaka and Howard Greenfield [156]
"Closing Time" Semisonic 1998 [157]
"Thinking Out Loud" Ed Sheeran 2014 [158]
"Ol' Red" Blake Shelton 2002Co-written by James "Bo" Bohon, Don Goodman, and Mark Sherrill [159]
"Lucifer" Shinee 2010Produced by Lee Soo-man [160]
"You're So Vain" Carly Simon 1972 [161]
"Bridge over Troubled Water" Simon & Garfunkel 1970Written by Simon [162]
"My Way" Frank Sinatra 1969Originally written by French songwriter Jacques Revaux [163]
"When a Man Loves a Woman" Percy Sledge 1966Written by Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright [164]
"All Star" Smash Mouth 1999Featured in the 2001 film Shrek [165]
"I Got You Babe" Sonny & Cher 1965The first single from the duo's debut album [166]
"Smalltown Boy" Jimmy Somerville 1984Initially released with Bronski Beat, in 2014 re-recorded as "Smalltown Boy (Reprise)". [167]
"Black Hole Sun" Soundgarden 1994Written by Chris Cornell [168]
"Wannabe" Spice Girls 1996Written by the band, Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard [169]
"Born to Run" Bruce Springsteen 1975Released as the first single from his third studio album [170]
"Maggie May" Rod Stewart 1971Co-written by singer Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton [171]
"Amarillo by Morning" George Strait 1983Written by Terry Stafford [172]
"Sorry, Sorry" Super Junior 2009Written by Yoo Young-jin [173]
"Chop Suey!" System of a Down 2001Written by Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian. [174] [175]
"I Don't Care" Eva Tanguay 1922Recorded in 1905 [176]
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World" Tears for Fears 1985Released as the third single from their second studio album Songs from the Big Chair . [177]
"On the Good Ship Lollipop" Shirley Temple 1934Composed by Richard A. Whiting with lyrics by Sidney Clare [178]
"My Girl" The Temptations 1964Recorded by the Temptations in 1964 [179]
"Tiptoe Through the Tulips" Tiny Tim 1968Written by Al Dubin (lyrics) and Joe Burke (music) [180] [181]
"Forever and Ever, Amen" Randy Travis 1987Written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz and recorded in 1987 [182]
"Hello Darlin'" Conway Twitty 1970Written and recorded on November 18, 1969 [183]
"Ice Ice Baby" Vanilla Ice 1990Samples "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie [184] [185]
"Bitter Sweet Symphony" The Verve 1997Written by Richard Ashcroft and recorded January–March 1997 [186]
"Y.M.C.A." Village People 1978Written by Jacques Morali, Victor Willis and Henri Belolo [187]
"My Generation" The Who 1965Written by Pete Townshend [188]
"Moon River" Andy Williams 1962Composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer [189]
"Every Day I Have the Blues" Joe Williams 1955Written by Aaron "Pinetop" Sparks and Milton Sparks [190]
"Save the Best for Last" Vanessa Williams 1992Written by Phil Galdston, Wendy Waldman and Jon Lind in 1989 [191]
"Rehab" Amy Winehouse 2006Written by Winehouse from her second album Back to Black [192]
"Stand by Your Man" Tammy Wynette 1968Co-written by Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill [193]
"The Bund" Frances Yip 1980Composed by Joseph Koo with the lyrics by Wong Jim [194]
"Maldita primavera" Yuri 1981Cover of Italian-language song "Maledetta primavera". [195]
"Suckerpunch" Five Iron Frenzy 2021 [196] [197]
"We'll Meet Again" Vera Lynn 1939Written by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles [198]
"Roots Bloody Roots" Sepultura 1996Written by Max Cavalera
"Virtual Insanity" Jamiroquai 1996Written by Jay Kay and Toby Smith

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