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 by artist

Song Artist Released Notes
"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]
"You Shook Me All Night Long" AC/DC 1980 Written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Brian Johnson.[6]
"Beautiful" Christina Aguilera 2002 Written by Linda Perry.[7][8] Featured on Aguilera's fourth studio album, Stripped.
"Rose Garden" Lynn Anderson 1970 Written by Joe South[9]
"The House of the Rising Sun" The Animals 1964 Traditional folk song[10]
"Barbie Girl" Aqua 1997 Written by Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen, René Dif, and Lene Nystrøm
"What a Wonderful World" Louis Armstrong 1967 Written by Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss[11]
"The Cattle Call" Eddy Arnold 1934 Written/recorded in 1934 by Tex Owens[12]
"Heat of the Moment" Asia 1982 Written by John Wetton and Geoff Downes[13]
"Never Gonna Give You Up" Rick Astley 1987 Written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman[14]
"Upside Down" A-Teens 2000 The band's first original release[15]
"Levels" Avicii 2011 Written and produced by Tim Bergling. Contains a sample of "Something's Got a Hold on Me" by Etta James.[16]
"I Want It That Way" Backstreet Boys 1999 Written by Max Martin and Andreas Carlsson[17]
"Working Class Man" Jimmy Barnes 1985 Written by Jonathan Cain[18]
"One O'Clock Jump" Count Basie 1937 A 12-bar blues instrumental written by Basie in 1937[19]
"Goldfinger" Shirley Bassey 1964 The title song from the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger[20]
"Bela Lugosi's Dead" Bauhaus 1979 Considered the harbinger of gothic rock music[21]
"Loser" Beck 1993 Written by Beck and producer Carl Stephenson[22]
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" Tony Bennett 1953 Written by George Cory and Douglass Cross[23]
"Johnny B. Goode" Chuck Berry 1958 Recorded January 6, 1958 at Chess Records[24]
"Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" Beyond 1993 Written by Wong Ka Kui for the band's Rock and Roll album[25][26]
"Fantastic Baby" Big Bang 2012 Written by G-Dragon, T.O.P and Teddy[27]
"Rebel Girl" Bikini Kill 1993 Written by Kathleen Hanna, Billy Karren, Tobi Vail and Kathi Wilcox[28]
"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" Blue Öyster Cult 1976 Written and sung by lead guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser[29]
"Livin' on a Prayer" Bon Jovi 1986 Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Desmond Child[30]
"I Dreamed A Dream" Susan Boyle 2010 Originally composed by Claude-Michel Schönberg with English lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer for the musical Les Misérables.[31]
"Save Me" BTS 2016 Written by Kang Hyo-won; Ray Michael Djan Jr; Ashton Foster; Samantha Harper; Kim Nam-joon; Min Yoon-gi; Jung Ho-seok[32]
"Hallelujah" Jeff Buckley 1994 Originally written and recorded by Leonard Cohen in 1984[33]
"Margaritaville" Jimmy Buffett 1977 Recorded 1976 at Criteria Studios and Quadrafonic Sound Studios[34]
"Rhinestone Cowboy" Glen Campbell 1975 Originally written and recorded by Larry Weiss in 1974[35]
"Hero" Mariah Carey 1993 Written by Carey and Walter Afanasieff[36][37]
"Heaven Is a Place on Earth" Belinda Carlisle 1987 Written by Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley[38]
"All by Myself" Eric Carmen 1975 Written by Eric Carmen[39]
"Lovefool" The Cardigans 1996 Written by members Nina Persson and Peter Svensson as the lead single from their third studio album First Band on the Moon.[40]
"(They Long to Be) Close to You" The Carpenters 1970 Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David[41]
"The Mercy Seat" Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 1988 Written by Nick Cave and Mick Harvey[42]
"What'd I Say" Ray Charles 1959 Recorded on February 18, 1959[43]
"I Want You to Want Me" Cheap Trick 1977 Written by Rick Nielsen and produced by Tom Werman[41]
"Under the Milky Way" The Church 1988 Written by bass guitarist and lead vocalist Steve Kilbey and his then-girlfriend Karin Jansson of Curious (Yellow).[44]
"Layla" Eric Clapton 1970 Written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon[45][46]
"Crazy" Patsy Cline 1961 Written by Willie Nelson[47]
"Walking in Memphis" Marc Cohn 1991 [48]
"Khe Sanh" Cold Chisel 1978 Their debut single, written by Don Walker[49]
"In the Air Tonight" Phil Collins 1981 Written by Phil Collins[50]
"My Favorite Things" John Coltrane 1961 Published in 1959 by Rodgers and Hammerstein[51]
"School's Out" Alice Cooper 1972 [52]
"Karma Chameleon" Culture Club 1983 Featured on the group's 1983 album Colour by Numbers[53]
"Achy Breaky Heart" Billy Ray Cyrus 1992 Written in 1990 by Don Von Tress[54]
"Beyond the Sea" Bobby Darin 1968 Written by Charles Trenet[55]
"I've Gotta Be Me" Sammy Davis Jr. 1968 Written by Walter Marks[56]
"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" Doris Day 1956 Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans[57]
"Holiday in Cambodia" Dead Kennedys 1980 Written by Jello Biafra and John Greenway. Recorded 1979[58]
"Pour Some Sugar on Me" Def Leppard 1987 3rd single from the 1987 album Hysteria[59]
"Smoke on the Water" Deep Purple 1972 Recorded in December 1971[60]
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" John Denver 1971 Written by Denver, Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert[61]
"Meet in the Middle" Diamond Rio 1991 Written by Chapin Hartford, Jim Foster, Don Pfrimmer[62]
"Falling In Love Again" Marlene Dietrich 1930 Composed by Friedrich Hollaender[63]
"My Heart Will Go On" Celine Dion 1997 Written by James Horner (music) and Will Jennings (lyrics)[64]
"Light My Fire" The Doors 1967 Recorded in August 1966[65]
"Through the Fire and Flames" DragonForce 2005 The opening track from their third studio album Inhuman Rampage[66][67]
"Bodies" Drowning Pool 2001 [68]
"Hotel California" Eagles 1977 Written by Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey[69]
"Bad Guy" Billie Eilish 2019 [70]
"One Day Like This" Elbow 2008 Written by member Guy Garvey for their fourth studio album The Seldom Seen Kid. Performed at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony[71][72]
"Mr. Blue Sky" Electric Light Orchestra 1978 Written by Jeff Lynne and recorded 1977 at Musicland Studios[73]
"Take the 'A' Train" Duke Ellington 1941 A jazz standard composed by Billy Strayhorn in 1939[74]
"Stay with Me" Lorraine Ellison 1966 Co-written by Jerry Ragovoy and George David Weiss[75]
"Lose Yourself" Eminem 2002 First hip hop song to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song[76]
"The Final Countdown" Europe 1986 Written by Joey Tempest[77]
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Eurythmics 1983 Written by Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart[78]
"Bring Me to Life" Evanescence 2003 Written by Amy Lee, Ben Moody and David Hodges[79][80]
"Blueberry Hill"[81][82] Fats Domino 1956 Inducted into the National Recording Registry as a part of the 2005 class.
"Everlong" Foo Fighters 1997 Written by Dave Grohl[83]
"Respect" Aretha Franklin 1967 Originally written by Otis Redding in 1965[84]
"Solsbury Hill" Peter Gabriel 1977 Written by Peter Gabriel.[85]
"I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor 1978 Written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris[86]
"Kick It in the Sticks" Brantley Gilbert 2010 Written by Gilbert, Rhett Akins and Ben Hayslip[87]
"Gee" Girls' Generation 2009 Written by Ahn Myung-won, Kim Young-deuk and Kanata Nakamura[88]
"You Don't Own Me" Lesley Gore 1963 Recorded September 21, 1963, Written by John Madara and Dave White[89]
"If Ever I Would Leave You" Robert Goulet 1960 From the Lerner & Loewe musical Camelot.[90]
"God Bless the USA" Lee Greenwood 1984 A popular American patriotic song[91]
"Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets 1954 Recorded April 12, 1954 at Pythian Temple studios[92]
"Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" Rolf Harris 1957 A popular Australia children's song
"Thanks for the Memory" Bob Hope 1938 Composed by Ralph Rainger with lyrics by Leo Robin[93]
"Stormy Weather" Lena Horne 1933 Written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler[94]
"I Will Always Love You"[95] Whitney Houston 1992 Written 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 [96] Written by Mark Avsec and Donnie Iris
"Super Freak" Rick James 1981 Written by Rick James and Alonzo Miller[97]
"El derecho de vivir en paz" Víctor Jara 1971 Published in 1971 on the "El Derecho de Vivir en Paz" LP.[98]
"Soy rebelde" Jeanette 1971 [99] Written by Manuel Alejandro
"The Middle" Jimmy Eat World 2001 [100][101]
"Piano Man" Billy Joel 1973 Selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry[102]
"Rocket Man" Elton John 1972 [103]
"He Stopped Loving Her Today" George Jones 1980 Written by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman[104]
"Don't Stop Believin'" Journey 1981 From their seventh album Escape[105]
"Billie Jean" Michael Jackson 1983 Released as the second single for the album Thriller on January 2, 1983[106]
"Fallin'"[107] Alicia Keys 2001 Released as a single on April 10, 2001, as a part of her debut album Songs In A Minor.
"Mr. Brightside" The Killers 2004 [108]
"Shame" Evelyn "Champagne" King 1977 Written by John H. Fitch Jr. and Reuben Cross[109]
"Louie, Louie" The Kingsmen 1963 Written by Richard Berry in 1955[110]
"You Really Got Me" The Kinks 1964 Written by Ray Davies and recorded in July 1964[111]
"Rock and Roll All Nite" Kiss 1975 Recorded at Electric Lady Studios in February 1975[41]
"Midnight Train to Georgia" Gladys Knight & the Pips 1973 Written by Jim Weatherly[112]
"Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah" Novia Kolopaking 1992 Written by Dwiki Dharmawan and Ags Arya Dipayana[113][114][115]
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Cyndi Lauper 1983 Originally written and recorded by Robert Hazard four years earlier.[116]
"Stairway to Heaven" Led Zeppelin 1971 Written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant[117]
"Imagine" John Lennon 1971 Recorded during May–July 1971 at Ascot Sound Studios[118]
"Great Balls of Fire" Jerry Lee Lewis 1957 Written by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer[119]
"In the End" Linkin Park 2001 Recorded in 2000[120]
"Auld Lang Syne" Guy Lombardo 1939 A Scots-language poem written by Robert Burns in 1788[121]
"Cry Me a River" Julie London 1955 Written by Arthur Hamilton and first published in 1953[122]
"Coal Miner's Daughter" Loretta Lynn 1970 Based on the true story of Lynn's life growing up in rural Kentucky[123]
"Free Bird" Lynyrd Skynyrd 1973 First featured on the band's 1973 debut album[124]
"U Can't Touch This" MC Hammer 1990 Samples "Super Freak" by Rick James[125]
"American Pie" Don McLean 1971 Written by Don McLean[126]
"Down Under" Men at Work 1981 [127]
"Can't Get You Out of My Head" Kylie Minogue 2001 From the artist's eighth studio album, "Fever", released in 2001[128]
"Nights in White Satin" The Moody Blues 1967 Written and composed by Justin Hayward, recorded October 1967[41]
"Ace of Spades" Motörhead 1980 Released as the only single from the band's fourth studio album[129]
"How You Remind Me" Nickelback 2001 The lead single from their third studio album Silver Side Up[130]
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" Nirvana 1991 The opening track and lead single from their 1991 album.[131]
"Wonderwall" Oasis 1995 Written by Noel Gallagher and recorded in May 1995[132]
"Wagon Wheel" Old Crow Medicine Show 1994 Co-written by Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor, recorded in 2003[133]
"Crazy Train" Ozzy Osbourne 1980 [134]
"Misery Business" Paramore 2007 Written by Hayley Williams and Josh Farro[135]
"You Enjoy Myself" Phish 1988 Written by Trey Anastasio, the song is a regular live feature.[136][137]
"La Vie en rose" Edith Piaf 1945 Awarded a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998.[138]
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" Poison 1988 3rd single from the band's 2nd album and their only US No. 1[139]
"Every Breath You Take" The Police 1983 Written by Sting and featured on the band's final album[140]
"Dior" Pop Smoke 2020 Appears on all four of Pop Smoke's commercially released projects[141]
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" Procol Harum 1967 [142] The band's first record to be released
"Satin Sheets" Jeanne Pruett 1973 Originally recorded by Bill Anderson and Jan Howard[143]
"Gangnam Style" Psy 2012 Written by Psy and Yoo Gun-hyung[144]
"Bohemian Rhapsody" Queen 1975 Written by Freddie Mercury[145]
"Hello" Lionel Richie 1983 [146][147]
"The Gambler" Kenny Rogers 1978 Written by Don Schlitz in 1976 and recorded by several artists[148]
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones 1965 The band's first No. 1 in the US[149]
"Blue Bayou" Linda Ronstadt 1977 Written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson[150]
"Wind of Change" Scorpions 1990 Written by Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell, and Rudolf Schenker[151]
"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" Neil Sedaka 1962 Co-written by Sedaka and Howard Greenfield[152]
"Closing Time" Semisonic 1998 [153]
"Thinking Out Loud" Ed Sheeran 2014 [154]
"Ol' Red" Blake Shelton 2002 Co-written by James "Bo" Bohon, Don Goodman, and Mark Sherrill[155]
"Lucifer" Shinee 2010 Produced by Lee Soo-man[156]
"You're So Vain" Carly Simon 1972 [157]
"Bridge over Troubled Water" Simon & Garfunkel 1965 Written by Simon and recorded March 10, 1964.[158]
"My Way" Frank Sinatra 1969 Originally written by French songwriter Jacques Revaux[159]
"When a Man Loves a Woman" Percy Sledge 1966 Written by Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright[160]
"All Star" Smash Mouth 1999 Featured in the 2001 film Shrek[161]
"I Got You Babe" Sonny & Cher 1965 The first single from the duo's debut album[162]
"Smalltown Boy" Jimmy Somerville 1984 Initially released with Bronski Beat, in 2014 re-recorded as "Smalltown Boy (Reprise)".[163]
"Black Hole Sun" Soundgarden 1994 Written by Chris Cornell[164]
"Wannabe" Spice Girls 1996 Written by the band, Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard[165]
"Born to Run" Bruce Springsteen 1975 Released as the first single from his third studio album[166]
"Maggie May" Rod Stewart 1971 Co-written by singer Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton[167]
"Amarillo by Morning" George Strait 1983 Written by Terry Stafford[168]
"Sorry, Sorry" Super Junior 2009 Written by Yoo Young-jin[169]
"Chop Suey!" System of a Down 2001 Written by Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian.[170][171]
"I Don't Care" Eva Tanguay 1922 Recorded in 1905[172]
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World" Tears for Fears 1985 Released as the third single from their second studio album Songs from the Big Chair.[173]
"On the Good Ship Lollipop" Shirley Temple 1934 Composed by Richard A. Whiting with lyrics by Sidney Clare[174]
"My Girl" The Temptations 1964 Recorded by the Temptations in 1964[175]
"Tiptoe Through the Tulips" Tiny Tim 1968 Written by Al Dubin (lyrics) and Joe Burke (music)[176][177]
"Forever and Ever, Amen" Randy Travis 1987 Written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz and recorded in 1987[178]
"Hello Darlin'" Conway Twitty 1970 Written and recorded on November 18, 1969[179]
"Ice Ice Baby" Vanilla Ice 1990 Samples "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie[180][181]
"Bitter Sweet Symphony" The Verve 1997 Written by Richard Ashcroft and recorded January–March 1997[182]
"Y.M.C.A." Village People 1978 Written by Jacques Morali, Victor Willis and Henri Belolo[183]
"My Generation" The Who 1965 Written by Pete Townshend[184]
"Moon River" Andy Williams 1962 Composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer[185]
"Every Day I Have the Blues" Joe Williams 1955 Written by Aaron "Pinetop" Sparks and Milton Sparks[186]
"Save the Best for Last" Vanessa Williams 1992 Written by Phil Galdston, Wendy Waldman and Jon Lind in 1989[187]
"Rehab" Amy Winehouse 2006 Written by Winehouse from her second album Back to Black[188]
"Stand by Your Man" Tammy Wynette 1968 Co-written by Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill[189]
"The Bund" Frances Yip 1980 Composed by Joseph Koo with the lyrics by Wong Jim[190]
"Maldita primavera" Yuri 1981 Cover of Italian-language song "Maledetta primavera".[191]

See also

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