2-syllable Songs that contain E

List of 2-syllable Songs that contain E

1

Free Bird

A 1973 Lynyrd Skynyrd track that opens as a slide-guitar ballad and closes with an extended three-guitar instrumental jam, a defining Southern rock recording.

2

Heroes

A 1977 David Bowie single recorded in West Berlin, co-written with Brian Eno, partly inspired by a couple kissing near the Berlin Wall.

3

Hey Jude

A 1968 Beatles single written by Paul McCartney for John Lennon's son Julian, with a sustained four-minute coda built on a repeated "na na na" refrain.

4

Jolene

A 1973 Dolly Parton country single, an address to another woman pleading with her not to take the singer's partner, set to a fast acoustic strum.

5

Money

A 1973 Pink Floyd single from "The Dark Side of the Moon," built on a seven-beat bass riff and featuring a sampled tape loop of cash registers.

6

Respect

A 1967 Aretha Franklin recording of an Otis Redding song, rearranged into a feminist anthem with a spelled-out title refrain and a sax solo by King Curtis.

7

Take Five

A 1959 instrumental jazz composition by Paul Desmond, performed by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, in 5/4 time, one of the best-selling jazz singles of all time.

8

Thriller

A 1983 Michael Jackson single, the title track of his sixth album, featuring a spoken-word coda by horror actor Vincent Price.

9

Venus

A 1969 Dutch rock band Shocking Blue single, later transformed in 1986 by Bananarama into a Hi-NRG dance-pop number-one, with a distinctive ascending guitar lick.

10

Vincent

A 1971 Don McLean acoustic ballad about the painter Vincent van Gogh, often referred to by the opening line "Starry, Starry Night."

11

Yellow

A 2000 Coldplay single from their debut album "Parachutes," a guitar-led ballad that became the band's international breakthrough.

12

Zombie

A 1994 Cranberries single written by Dolores O'Riordan about a 1993 IRA bombing in Warrington, with a distorted guitar arrangement uncommon in the band's earlier work.