1
A Day in the Life
A 1967 Beatles song closing "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," combining two unfinished pieces by Lennon and McCartney with a 40-piece orchestral crescendo.
If you've been searching for songs that start with A, you'll find 7 detailed songs below. We're not interested in giving you only a list of names — every entry on this page links to a full profile with the kind of detail you'd actually want to know.
For songs, that means artist, year, album, genre, language, country, and duration.
List of Songs That Start With A
2
Africa
A 1982 soft-rock single by American band Toto, written by David Paich and Jeff Porcaro, featuring layered synthesizers and an evocative chorus about longing.
3
Africa Unite
A 1979 Bob Marley and the Wailers track from the album "Survival," a reggae anthem calling for pan-African political unity and shared identity.
4
All Along the Watchtower
A 1967 folk-rock song written by Bob Dylan, later transformed by Jimi Hendrix into a definitive electric rock interpretation in 1968.
5
Always on My Mind
A country ballad first cut by Brenda Lee in 1972, made a hit by Willie Nelson in 1982, and remade as a synth-pop single by Pet Shop Boys in 1987.
6
American Pie
An eight-and-a-half-minute 1971 folk-rock song by Don McLean that obliquely recounts the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper.
7
Anaconda
A 2014 hip-hop single by Nicki Minaj, built on a sample of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back" with new verses and a music video that broke 24-hour view records.
About songs starting with A
That's our current list of songs starting with the letter A. We add new entries every week — if you have a favorite song starting with A that isn't on this page, let us know and we'll write it up.
Looking for more? Try songs that end with A, or contain A anywhere in the name.