List of signature songs
The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with US, UK and Europe and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (March 2022) |
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]
Examples of signature songs for selected artists[]
Song | Artist | Released | Notes |
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"I Am the Best" | 2NE1 | 2011 | Written by Teddy Park[3][4] |
"Dancing Queen" | ABBA | 1976 | Written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson[5] |
"Beautiful" | Christina Aguilera | 2002 | Written and produced by Linda Perry[6] |
"Rose Garden" | Lynn Anderson | 1970 | Written by Joe South[7] |
"The House of the Rising Sun" | The Animals | 1964 | Traditional folk song[8] |
"What a Wonderful World" | Louis Armstrong | 1967 | Written by Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss[9] |
"The Cattle Call" | Eddy Arnold | Written/recorded in 1934 by Tex Owens[10] | |
"Heat of the Moment" | Asia | 1982 | Written by John Wetton and Geoff Downes[11] |
"Never Gonna Give You Up" | Rick Astley | 1987 | Written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman[12] |
"Upside Down" | A-Teens | 2000 | The band's first original release[13] |
"I Want It That Way" | Backstreet Boys | 1999 | Written by Max Martin and Andreas Carlsson[14] |
"Working Class Man" | Jimmy Barnes | 1985 | Written by Jonathan Cain[15] |
"One O'Clock Jump" | Count Basie | 1937 | A 12-bar blues instrumental written by Basie in 1937[16] |
"Goldfinger" | Shirley Bassey | 1964 | The title song from the 1964 James Bond film "Goldfinger"[17] |
"Bela Lugosi's Dead" | Bauhaus | 1979 | Considered the harbinger of gothic rock music[18] |
"Loser" | Beck | 1993 | Written by Beck and producer Carl Stephenson[19] |
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" | Tony Bennett | 1953 | Written by George Cory and Douglass Cross[20] |
"Johnny B. Goode" | Chuck Berry | 1958 | Recorded January 6, 1958 at Chess Records[21] |
"Fantastic Baby" | Big Bang | 2012 | Written by G-Dragon, T.O.P and Teddy[22] |
"Rebel Girl" | Bikini Kill | 1993 | Written by Kathleen Hanna, Billy Karren, Tobi Vail and Kathi Wilcox[23] |
"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" | Blue Öyster Cult | 1976 | Written and sung by lead guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser[24] |
"Livin' on a Prayer" | Bon Jovi | 1986 | Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Desmond Child[25] |
"Hallelujah" | Jeff Buckley | 1994 | Originally written and recorded by Leonard Cohen in 1984[26] |
"Margaritaville" | Jimmy Buffett | 1977 | Recorded 1976 at Criteria Studios and Quadrafonic Sound Studios[27] |
"Rhinestone Cowboy" | Glen Campbell | 1975 | Originally written and recorded by Larry Weiss in 1974[28] |
"Hero" | Mariah Carey | 1993 | Written by Carey and Walter Afanasieff, from her third album Music Box[29][30] |
"All by Myself" | Eric Carmen | 1975 | Written by Eric Carmen[31] |
"We've Only Just Begun" | The Carpenters | 1970 | Written by Roger Nichols and Paul Williams[32] |
"The Mercy Seat" | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | 1988 | Written by Nick Cave and Mick Harvey[33] |
"What'd I Say" | Ray Charles | 1959 | Recorded on February 18, 1959[34] |
"I Want You to Want Me" | Cheap Trick | 1977 | Written by Rick Nielsen and produced by Tom Werman[32] |
"Layla" | Eric Clapton | 1970 | Written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon[35][36] |
"Crazy" | Patsy Cline | 1961 | Written by Willie Nelson[37] |
"Walking in Memphis" | Marc Cohn | 1991 | [38] |
"Khe Sanh" | Cold Chisel | 1978 | Their debut single, written by Don Walker[39] |
"In the Air Tonight" | Phil Collins | 1981 | Written by Phil Collins[40] |
"My Favorite Things" | John Coltrane | 1961 | Published in 1959 by Rodgers and Hammerstein[41] |
"Karma Chameleon" | Culture Club | 1983 | Featured on the group's 1983 album Colour by Numbers[42] |
"Achy Breaky Heart" | Billy Ray Cyrus | 1992 | Written in 1990 by Don Von Tress[43] |
"La Mer (song)" | Bobby Darin | 1968 | Written by Charles Trenet[44] |
"I've Gotta Be Me" | Sammy Davis Jr. | 1968 | Written by Walter Marks[45] |
"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" | Doris Day | 1956 | Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans[46] |
"Holiday in Cambodia" | Dead Kennedys | 1980 | Written by Jello Biafra and John Greenway. Recorded 1979[47] |
"Pour Some Sugar on Me" | Def Leppard | 1987 | 3rd single from the 1987 album Hysteria[48] |
"Smoke on the Water" | Deep Purple | 1972 | Recorded in December 1971[49] |
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" | John Denver | 1971 | Written by Denver, Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert[50] |
"Meet in the Middle" | Diamond Rio | 1991 | Written by Chapin Hartford, Jim Foster, Don Pfrimmer[51] |
"Falling In Love Again" | Marlene Dietrich | 1930 | Composed by Friedrich Hollaender[52] |
"My Heart Will Go On" | Celine Dion | 1997 | Written by James Horner (music) and Will Jennings (lyrics)[53] |
"Light My Fire" | The Doors | 1967 | Recorded in August 1966[54] |
"Through the Fire and Flames" | DragonForce | 2005 | The opening track from their third studio album Inhuman Rampage[55] |
"Hotel California" | Eagles | 1977 | Written by Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey[56] |
"Mr. Blue Sky" | Electric Light Orchestra | 1978 | Written by Jeff Lynne and recorded 1977 at Musicland Studios[57] |
"Take the 'A' Train" | Duke Ellington | 1941 | A jazz standard composed by Billy Strayhorn in 1939[58] |
"Stay with Me" | Lorraine Ellison | 1966 | Co-written by Jerry Ragovoy and George David Weiss[59] |
"Lose Yourself" | Eminem | 2002 | First hip hop song to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song[60] |
"The Final Countdown" | Europe | 1986 | Written by Joey Tempest[61] |
"Respect" | Aretha Franklin | 1967 | Originally written by Otis Redding in 1965[62] |
"I Will Survive" | Gloria Gaynor | 1978 | Written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris[63] |
"Kick It in the Sticks" | Brantley Gilbert | 2010 | Written by Gilbert, Rhett Akins and Ben Hayslip[64] |
"Gee" | Girls' Generation | 2009 | Written by Ahn Myung-won, Kim Young-deuk and Kanata Nakamura[65] |
"God Bless the USA" | Lee Greenwood | 1984 | A popular American patriotic song[66] |
"Rock Around the Clock" | Bill Haley & His Comets | 1954 | Recorded April 12, 1954 at Pythian Temple studios[67] |
"Thanks for the Memory" | Bob Hope | 1938 | Composed by Ralph Rainger with lyrics by Leo Robin[68] |
"Stormy Weather" | Lena Horne | 1933 | Written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler[69] |
"Ah! Leah!" | Donnie Iris | 1980 | From Iris's debut solo album Back on the Streets following his work with The Jaggerz and Wild Cherry.[70] The title of the song would later form puns of Iris's later albums, signifying the song's strong association with his career. |
"Soy rebelde" | Jeanette | 1971 | Written by Manuel Alejandro, it was a smash hit across the Spanish-speaking world.[71] |
"Don't Stop Believin'" | Journey | 1981 | From their seventh album Escape[72] |
"Piano Man" | Billy Joel | 1973 | Selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry[73] |
"He Stopped Loving Her Today" | George Jones | 1980 | Written by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman[74] |
"Mr. Brightside" | The Killers | 2003 | [75] |
"Shame" | Evelyn "Champagne" King | 1977 | Written by John H. Fitch, Jr. and Reuben Cross[76] |
"Louie, Louie" | The Kingsmen | 1963 | Written by Richard Berry in 1955[77] |
"You Really Got Me" | The Kinks | 1964 | Written by Ray Davies and recorded in July 1964[78] |
"Rock and Roll All Nite" | Kiss | 1975 | Recorded at Electric Lady Studios in February 1975[32] |
"Midnight Train to Georgia" | Gladys Knight & the Pips | 1973 | Written by Jim Weatherly[79] |
"Imagine" | John Lennon | 1971 | Recorded during May–July 1971 at Ascot Sound Studios[80] |
"Great Balls of Fire" | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1957 | Written by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer[81] |
"Auld Lang Syne" | Guy Lombardo | 1939 | A Scots-language poem written by Robert Burns in 1788[82] |
"Cry Me a River" | Julie London | 1955 | Written by Arthur Hamilton and first published in 1953[83] |
"Coal Miner's Daughter" | Loretta Lynn | 1970 | Based on the true story of Lynn's life growing up in rural Kentucky[84] |
"Free Bird" | Lynyrd Skynyrd | 1973 | First featured on the band's 1973 debut album[85] |
"U Can't Touch This" | MC Hammer | 1990 | Samples the song Super Freak by Rick James[86] |
"American Pie" | Don McLean | 1975 | Written by Don McLean[87] |
"Down Under" | Men at Work | 1981 | Released as the second single from their debut studio album Business as Usual[88] |
"Can't Get You Out of My Head" | Kylie Minogue | 2001 | From the artist's eighth studio album, "Fever", released in 2001[89] |
"Nights in White Satin" | The Moody Blues | 1967 | Written and composed by Justin Hayward, recorded October 1967[32] |
"Ace of Spades" | Motörhead | 1980 | Released as the only single from the bands fourth studio album[90] |
"How You Remind Me" | Nickelback | 2001 | The lead single from their third studio album Silver Side Up[91] |
"Closer" | Nine Inch Nails | 1994 | The second single from their second studio album The Downward Spiral[92] |
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" | Nirvana | 1991 | The opening track and lead single from their 1991 album.[93] |
"Wonderwall" | Oasis | 1995 | Written by Noel Gallagher and recorded in May 1995[94] |
"Wagon Wheel" | Old Crow Medicine Show | 1994 | Co-written by Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor, recorded in 2003[95] |
"Crazy Train" | Ozzy Osbourne | 1980 | Released as the first single from Osbourne's debut solo album Blizzard of Ozz[96] |
"You Enjoy Myself" | Phish | 1988 | Written by Trey Anastasio, the song is a regular live feature.[97][98] |
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" | Poison | 1988 | 3rd single from the band's 2nd album and their only US No. 1[99] |
"Every Breath You Take" | The Police | 1983 | Written by Sting and featured on the band's final album[100] |
"Dior" | Pop Smoke | 2020 | Appears on all four of Pop Smoke's commercially released projects[101] |
"Satin Sheets" | Jeanne Pruett | 1973 | Originally recorded by Bill Anderson and Jan Howard[102] |
"Gangnam Style" | Psy | 2012 | Written by Park Jae-sang and Yoo Gun-hyung[103] |
"Bohemian Rhapsody" | Queen | 1975 | Written by Freddie Mercury for Queen's fourth studio album A Night at the Opera[104] |
"Hello" | Lionel Richie | 1983 | Released as the third single from his second solo album Can't Slow Down.[105][106] |
"The Gambler" | Kenny Rogers | 1978 | Written by Don Schlitz in August 1976 and recorded by several artists[107] |
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" | The Rolling Stones | 1965 | The band's first No. 1 in the US[108] |
"Blue Bayou" | Linda Ronstadt | 1977 | Written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson[109] |
"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" | Neil Sedaka | 1962 | Co-written by Sedaka and Howard Greenfield[110] |
"Closing Time" | Semisonic | 1998 | Released March 1998 as the lead single from their second studio album Feeling Strangely Fine[111] |
"Ol' Red" | Blake Shelton | 2002 | Co-written by James "Bo" Bohon, Don Goodman, and Mark Sherrill[112] |
"Lucifer" | Shinee | 2010 | Produced by Lee Soo-man[113] |
"You're So Vain" | Carly Simon | 1972 | Released as the first single from Simon's third studio album No Secrets[114] |
"The Sound of Silence" | Simon & Garfunkel | 1965 | Written by Simon and recorded March 10, 1964.[115] |
"My Way" | Frank Sinatra | 1969 | Originally written by French songwriter Jacques Revaux[116] |
"When a Man Loves a Woman" | Percy Sledge | 1966 | Written by Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright[117] |
"All Star" | Smash Mouth | 1999 | Featured in the 2001 film Shrek[118] |
"I Got You Babe" | Sonny & Cher | 1965 | The first single from the duo's debut album[119] |
"Wannabe" | Spice Girls | 1996 | Written by the band, Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard[120] |
"Born to Run" | Bruce Springsteen | 1975 | Released as the first single from his third studio album[121] |
"Maggie May" | Rod Stewart | 1971 | Co-written by singer Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton[122] |
"Amarillo by Morning" | George Strait | 1983 | Written by Terry Stafford, released as third single from Strait from the Heart[123] |
"Sorry, Sorry" | Super Junior | 2009 | Written by Yoo Young-jin[124] |
"I Don't Care" | Eva Tanguay | 1922 | Recorded in 1905[125] |
"Shout" | Tears for Fears | 1984 | Released as the second single from their second studio album[126] |
"On the Good Ship Lollipop" | Shirley Temple | 1934 | Composed by Richard A. Whiting with lyrics by Sidney Clare[127] |
"My Girl" | The Temptations | 1964 | Recorded by the Temptations in 1964[128] |
"Tiptoe Through the Tulips" | Tiny Tim | 1968 | Written by Al Dubin (lyrics) and Joe Burke (music)[129][130] |
"Forever and Ever, Amen" | Randy Travis | 1987 | Written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz and recorded in 1987[131] |
"Hello Darlin'" | Conway Twitty | 1970 | Written and recorded on November 18, 1969[132] |
"Ice Ice Baby" | Vanilla Ice | 1990 | Samples "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie[133][134] |
"Bitter Sweet Symphony" | The Verve | 1997 | Written by Ashcroft and recorded January–March 1997[135] |
"Y.M.C.A." | Village People | 1978 | Written by Jacques Morali, Victor Willis and Henri Belolo[136] |
"Moon River" | Andy Williams | 1962 | Composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer[137] |
"Every Day I Have the Blues" | Joe Williams | 1955 | Written by Aaron "Pinetop" Sparks and Milton Sparks[138] |
"Save the Best for Last" | Vanessa Williams | 1992 | Written by Phil Galdston, Wendy Waldman and Jon Lind in 1989[139] |
"Rehab" | Amy Winehouse | 2006 | Written by Winehouse from her second album Back to Black[140] |
"Stand by Your Man" | Tammy Wynette | 1968 | Co-written by Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill[141] |
See also[]
- Honorific nicknames in popular music
- Subject (music)
- Theme music
- Trademark look
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External links[]
- Signature Song List for Rock, Pop, R&B, and Country with links to YouTube
- Song forms
- Lists of songs