Katy Perry
Katy Perry Song list
- 365 (2019)
- Bigger Than Me (2017)
- Birthday (2013)
- Bon Appetit (2017)
- By the Grace of God (2013)
- California Gurls (2010)
- Chained to the Rhythm (2017)
- Choose Your Battles (2013)
- Circle The Drain (2010)
- Cozy Little Christmas (2018)
- Daisies (2020)
- Dark Horse (2013)
- Double Rainbow (2013)
- Dressin' Up (2012)
- E.T. (2010)
- Electric (2021)
- Every Day Is a Holiday (2015)
- Fingerprints (2008)
- Firework (2010)
- Ghost (2013)
- Harleys in Hawaii (2019)
- Hey Hey Hey (2017)
- Hot n Cold (2008)
- Hummingbird Heartbeat (2010)
- I Kissed a Girl (2008)
- I'm Still Breathing (2008)
- International Smile (2013)
- It Takes Two (2013)
- Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) (2010)
- Legendary Lovers (2013)
- Love Me (2013)
- Mannequin (2008)
- Miss You More (2017)
- Never Really Over (2019)
- Never Worn White (2020)
- Not Like the Movies (2010)
- Not The End of the World (2020)
- One of the Boys (2008)
- Part Of Me (2012)
- Peacock (2010)
- Pearl (2010)
- Rise (2016)
- Roar (2013)
- Save As Draft (2017)
- Small Talk (2019)
- Smile (2020)
- Spiritual (2013)
- Swish Swish (2017)
- Teenage Dream (2010)
- The One That Got Away (2010)
- Thinking of You (2008)
- This Is How We Do (2013)
- This Moment (2013)
- Unconditionally (2013)
- Ur So Gay (2008)
- Waking Up In Vegas (2008)
- Walking On Air (2013)
- What Makes A Woman (2020)
- When I'm Gone (2021)
- Who Am I Living For? (2010)
- Wide Awake (2012)
More Songfacts:
Somebody That I Used To KnowGotye
45% of the royalties for "Somebody That I Used To Know" go to the estate of the Brazilian classical guitarist Luiz Bonfá, whose song "Seville" Gotye sampled.
RoyalsLorde
16-tear-old Lorde wrote the lyrics to "Royals" at home in just half an hour. She was inspired by the "ridiculous, unrelatable, unattainable opulence" that runs through such albums as Kanye West and Jay-Z's Watch the Throne and Lana Del Rey's Born To Die.
WaterlooABBA
In Belgium, where the Battle of Waterloo took place, "Waterloo" by ABBA was a huge hit, #1 for five weeks.
You Get What You GiveThe New Radicals
"You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals was the first hit song to use the word "frenemies" in the lyrics.
Cleveland RocksIan Hunter
"Cleveland Rocks" was written by an Englishman. Ian Hunter wrote the song after touring America in the late '70s and finding that Cleveland was by far the most receptive city to his brand of Glam Rock.
DynamiteTaio Cruz
Taio Cruz throws his hands up "sometimes" in "Dynamite" because the song was originally written about surrender.
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