WMMR’s Back To School A to Z: “S” Songs
Kick back and enjoy listening to thousands of songs from the MMR library played in alphabetical order… a true crash course in EVERYTHING THAT ROCKS! Starting Thursday, August 31, and going through on or about September 14, we will take you through our catalog from A to Z. Here are all the “S“ songs.
“S” Songs
S.O.B. NATHANIEL RATELIFF AND THE NIGHT SWEATS
S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun) GLORIOUS SONS
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath BLACK SABBATH [+] OZZY OSBOURNE
“Sabotage” by BEASTIE BOYS
If you haven’t seen the video for “Sabotage,” you should. The screaming instrumental track, as well as the literal screaming done by the group make this the perfect song to break stuff to when you’re angry.
Sad But True METALLICA
Safari Song Greta Van Fleet
Saint Cecilia FOO FIGHTERS
Salt of the Earth ROLLING STONES
Same Ol’ Situation (S.O.S.) MOTLEY CRUE
Same Old Song And Dance AEROSMITH
San Quentin NICKELBACK
Santa Monica EVERCLEAR
Santeria SUBLIME
Satellite DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
Satisfaction Guaranteed FIRM
SATURDAY IN THE PARK CHICAGO
Saturday Night Special LYNYRD SKYNYRD
Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting ELTON JOHN
Say Hello 2 Heaven TEMPLE OF THE DOG
Say It Ain’t So WEEZER
Scar Tissue RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Scarlet Begonias GRATEFUL DEAD
Scars PAPA ROACH
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant BILLY JOEL
Schism TOOL
School’s Out ALICE COOPER
Scream CHRIS CORNELL
Seal The Deal VOLBEAT
Second Chance SHINEDOWN
See Emily Play PINK FLOYD
See You On The Other Side OZZY OSBOURNE
Seek & Destroy METALLICA
Seether SEETHER
Seether VERUCA SALT
Seize The Day AVENGED SEVENFOLD
Self Esteem OFFSPRING
Selling The Drama LIVE
Semi-Charmed Life THIRD EYE BLIND
Send Me On My Way RUSTED ROOT
Send The Pain Below CHEVELLE
Separate Ways JOURNEY
“Seven Nation Army” by WHITE STRIPES
Talk about deeply recognizable basslines. This song, created by duo The White Stripes, has become a high school pep band classic, as well as one of the most easily recognized songs on bass line alone. The title of the song comes from when Jack White, as a young child in Detroit, misheard “The Salvation Army” as “The Seven Nation Army”.
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS
Sex and Candy MARCY PLAYGROUND
Sex On Fire Kings Of Leon
Sex Type Thing STONE TEMPLE PILOTS
Sgt. Pepper’s…/A Little Help With My BEATLES
Shadow Of The Day LINKIN PARK
Shadow On The Sun AUDIOSLAVE
Shake It Up CARS
Shake Me CINDERELLA
Shake Me Down CAGE THE ELEPHANT
Shakedown Street GRATEFUL DEAD
Shakin’ EDDIE MONEY
Shame STABBING WESTWARD
SHAME SHAME FOO FIGHTERS
Sharp Dressed Man ZZ TOP
Shattered ROLLING STONES
She GREEN DAY
She Hates Me PUDDLE OF MUDD
She Sells Sanctuary CULT
She Talks To Angels BLACK CROWES
SHE WAS HOT ROLLING STONES
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker RAMONES
Shelf In The Room DAYS OF THE NEW
Shepherd Of Fire AVENGED SEVENFOLD
She’s A Beauty TUBES
She’s A Rainbow ROLLING STONES
She’s Got Issues OFFSPRING
She’s So Cold ROLLING STONES
She’s Tight CHEAP TRICK
Shimmer FUEL
Shine COLLECTIVE SOUL
Shine On Me DAN AUERBACH
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) PINK FLOYD
Shiny Happy People R.E.M.
Ship Of Fools ROBERT PLANT
Shock The Monkey PETER GABRIEL
Shoot To Thrill AC/DC
Shooting Star BAD COMPANY
Shooting Stars RIVAL SONS
Short Skirt/Long Jacket CAKE
Shot In The Dark AC/DC
Shot In The Dark OZZY OSBOURNE
Should I Stay Or Should I Go CLASH
Shoulders COHEED AND CAMBRIA
Shout TEARS FOR FEARS
Shout At The Devil MOTLEY CRUE
Shout It Out Loud KISS
Show Me How To Live AUDIOSLAVE
Show Me The Way PETER FRAMPTON
Sick Of Myself MATTHEW SWEET
Signs (Live) TESLA
Silent Lucidity QUEENSRYCHE
Simple Man LYNYRD SKYNYRD
Simple Man SHINEDOWN
Simply Irresistible ROBERT PALMER
Since You’re Gone CARS
Since You’ve Been Gone RAINBOW
Sir Duke STEVIE WONDER
Sister Christian NIGHT RANGER
Sister Disco WHO
Sister Havana URGE OVERKILL
Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay OTIS REDDING
Sitting On The) Dock Of The Bay PEARL JAM
Sixth Avenue Heartache WALLFLOWERS
Skateaway DIRE STRAITS
Sledgehammer PETER GABRIEL
Slide GOO GOO DOLLS
Slip Kid WHO
Slit Skirts PETE TOWNSHEND
Slither VELVET REVOLVER
Slow An’ Easy WHITESNAKE
Slow Ride FOGHAT
Slow Ride KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD
Small Town JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT NIRVANA
Smoke On The Water DEEP PURPLE
Smokin’ BOSTON
Smokin’ In The Boys Room BROWNSVILLE STATION
Smokin’ In The Boys Room MOTLEY CRUE
Smooth SANTANA & ROB THOMAS
Smooth Criminal ALIEN ANT FARM
Snow (Hey Oh) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
This song is one of the songs to sit longest at #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart. It’s slower and lower than other popular Red Hot Chili Peppers tunes, but that’s what makes it so dang special.
So Alive LOVE AND ROCKETS
So Cold BREAKING BENJAMIN
So Far Away DIRE STRAITS
So Far Away STAIND
So Lonely POLICE
So Much To Say DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
So This Is Love VAN HALEN
So Watcha Want BEASTIE BOYS
So You Wanna Be A Rock N Roll Star TOM PETTY
So. Central Rain R.E.M.
Sober TOOL
Social Cues CAGE THE ELEPHANT
Solid Rock DIRE STRAITS
SOLSBURY HILL PETER GABRIEL
Some Days Are Better Than Others U2
Some Kind of Wonderful GRAND FUNK
Somebody Get Me A Doctor VAN HALEN
Somebody Save Me CINDERELLA
Somebody To Love JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
Somebody To Love QUEEN
Somebody To Shove SOUL ASYLUM
Somebody Told Me KILLERS
Somebody’s Baby JACKSON BROWNE
Somebody’s Out There TRIUMPH
Someday NICKELBACK
Something BEATLES
Something About You BOSTON
Something Different GODSMACK
Something From Nothing FOO FIGHTERS
Something In The Way NIRVANA
Something In Your Mouth NICKELBACK
Something To Believe In POISON
Somewhere I Belong LINKIN PARK
“Song 2” by BLUR
This is one of those songs that you can recognize within the first 2 seconds. It’s a super catchy satire of grunge music from a relatively smaller British act. Well, smaller before this song catapulted them into the spotlight.
Sooner Or Later BREAKING BENJAMIN
SOUL ON FIRE GODSMACK
Soul To Squeeze RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Sound of Madness SHINEDOWN
Sour Girl STONE TEMPLE PILOTS
South Bound Suarez LED ZEPPELIN
Southern Cross CROSBY STILLS AND NASH
Southern Man NEIL YOUNG
Space Lord MONSTER MAGNET
Space Oddity DAVID BOWIE
Space Truckin’ DEEP PURPLE
Speak To Me/Breathe PINK FLOYD
Speed Of Sound COLDPLAY
Spellbound TRIUMPH
Spin The Black Circle PEARL JAM
Spirit In The Night BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Spirit In The Sky NORMAN GREENBAUM
Spirits In The Material World POLICE
Spoonman SOUNDGARDEN
Square Hammer GHOST
Squeezebox WHO
Stacy’s Mom FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE
“Stairway To Heaven” by LED ZEPPELIN
Love it or hate it, this Led Zeppelin track is held on a rock n’ roll pedestal in the grand museum of rock greats. The way the song “climbs,” like stairs, Jimmy Page’s melodic guitar solo, and Robert Plant’s high and clear vocals make “Stairway” an icon.
Stand R.E.M.
Stand By Me JOHN LENNON
Star Spangled Banner JIMI HENDRIX
Starlight MUSE
Starman DAVID BOWIE
Start Me Up ROLLING STONES
State Of Love And Trust PEARL JAM
State Of My Head SHINEDOWN
Stay (Wasting Time) DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
Stay Away NIRVANA
Stay Up Late TALKING HEADS
Stay With Me Faces
Steady, As She Goes RACONTEURS [+] WHITE STRIPES
Stiff Upper Lip AC/DC
Still Breathing GREEN DAY
Still Counting VOLBEAT
Still Of The Night HALESTORM
Still Of The Night WHITESNAKE
Stinkfist TOOL
Stir It Up BOB MARLEY
Stone Cold RAINBOW
Stone Free JIMI HENDRIX
Stone In Love JOURNEY
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around STEVIE NICKS/TOM PETTY
Straight On HEART
Strange Brew CREAM
Stranglehold TED NUGENT
Strawberry Fields Forever BEATLES
Street Fighting Man ROLLING STONES
“Streets Of Philadelphia” by BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Bruce Springsteen released “Streets of Philadelphia” as a single in 1993 for the movie Philadelphia. The lyrics don’t contain many specific references to the City of Brotherly Love. The song’s official music video, however, provides the most direct references to Philadelphia.
Stricken DISTURBED
Strike Gold Larkin Poe
Strutter KISS
Stuck In The Middle With You STEALERS WHEEL
Stupid Girl GARBAGE
Stupify DISTURBED
Subdivisions RUSH
Substitute WHO
Subterranean Homesick Blues BOB DYLAN
Suck My Kiss RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Sugar Magnolia GRATEFUL DEAD
Sugar Mountain NEIL YOUNG
Sugar, We’re Goin Down FALL OUT BOY
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes CROSBY STILLS NASH & YOUNG
Sultans Of Swing DIRE STRAITS
Summer In The City LOVIN’ SPOONFUL
Summer Nights VAN HALEN
Summer Of ’69 BRYAN ADAMS
Summertime Blues RUSH
Sun King CULT
Sunburn FUEL
Sunday Bloody Sunday U2
Sunday Driver RACONTEURS [+] WHITE STRIPES
Sunset In July 311
“Sunshine Of Your Love” by CREAM
Jack Bruce got the idea for this song’s iconic bass line after seeing Jimi Hendrix in concert. Helped along by a classic Clapton guitar solo, this song is cemented as a pivotal song in rock history.
Sunshower CHRIS CORNELL
Supercharged AYRON JONES
Supermodel MANESKIN
Supersoaker KINGS OF LEON
Superstition STEVIE WONDER
Supper’s Ready GENESIS
Surfing With The Alien JOE SATRIANI
Surrender CHEAP TRICK
SUSSUDIO PHIL COLLINS
Swallowed BUSH
Sweet Child O’ Mine Guns n’ Roses
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) MARILYN MANSON
Sweet Emotion AEROSMITH
Sweet Home Alabama LYNYRD SKYNYRD
Sweet Leaf BLACK SABBATH
Sweetest Thing U2
SWLABR CREAM
Sympathy For The Devil ROLLING STONES
Symphony Of Destruction MEGADETH
Synchronicity I POLICE
Synchronicity II POLICE
WMMR's Back To School A to Z 2023
"A" Songs
The first letter of the alphabet starts off strong. This group includes a classic from The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and a Philly favorite, The Hooters. Click Here to see the “A” songs.
"B" Songs
This group includes a classic from one of our favs, Led Zeppelin, and a bunch of nerdy-looking guys who make great music. Click Here to see the “B” songs.
"C" Songs
This group includes a band synonymous with tube socks, one of Pierre Robert’s favorite bands, and a song from one of the most famous concept albums. Click Here to see the “C” songs.
"D" Songs
This set has a classic from an MMRBQ featured artist, a band fronted by a practicing witch, and a band that just took the stage in Philly. Click here to see the “D” songs.
"E" Songs
The “E” songs are excellent. Featuring songs from two WMMR favorites, Foo Fighters, and Metallica, these tracks are sure to please. Click here to see the “E” Songs.
"F" Songs
The “F” songs are fantastic, fun, and fabulous. We heard songs by classic rock giants and 90s grunge forefathers. Click here to see the “F” songs.
"G" Songs
Good gracious! A guaranteed, grand, guitar-filled lineup. Are you feeling Green Day? Or are you saying “Gimme Shelter?” Click here to see the “G” songs.
"H" Songs
Holy moly! “H” already? Having a happy time with this A to Z list? We sure are. This letter has a number of songs from rising rock groups, plus classics from bands we all know and love. Click here to see the “H” songs.
"I" Songs
These incredible tracks showcase the forefathers of punk rock, and rock n’ roll royalty. Click here to see the “I” songs.
"J" Songs
Just bask in the joy rock n’ roll generates. We played tracks from “Jamming” to “Jane Says.” And, we had to kick it off with a Preston and Steve reference, of course. Click here to see the “J” songs.
"K" Songs
Keyboard! Kitchen! Uh…kool? Kongrats to the Voice of a Generation, and the band that really likes to rage for knowing what it takes to keep themselves on the A to Z! Click here to see the “K” songs.
"L" Songs
Lucky you! You’ve gotten to our “L” songs. We enjoyed hits from the fab four and a New Jersey titan during this letter. Click here to see the “L” songs.
"M" Songs
More, more, more to go now that we have gone through the “M” songs. For this letter, we rocked out to a Metallica classic and a song featured in a famous risqué movie. Click here to see the “M” songs.
"N" Songs
Nice! We’ve never had an A to Z this neat and nifty. For this noble letter, we had a guy proclaiming that he may not be so friendly anymore, and a more serious tune about that holiday on January 1st. Click here to see the “N” songs.
"O" Songs
On the road to this A to Z being over, but not yet! This list features a reggae great, plus a couple prolific protest songs. Click here to see the “O” songs.
"P + Q" Songs
Hey! Mind your P’s and Q’s, because we finished the perfect letter “P” and the quaint letter “Q.” We played songs by the Prince of Darkness and the Piano Man. Click here to see the “P + Q” songs.
"R" Songs
Really radical! “R” was a rockin’ letter, with a section of roughly 30 songs that started with “rock.” Click here to see the “R” songs.
"S" Songs
Superb letter “S” has sashayed away. Now it’s time for a new letter to stay. We saw some of the most iconic rock ever made during this letter. Click here to see the “S” songs.
"T" Songs
Totally tubular. “T” is done. The longest letter on the A to Z gave us an all-time 60s classic, a couple of current WMMR-fave artists, and so much more. Click here to see the “T” songs.
"U" Songs
Unbelievable how quickly we’re getting through this A to Z. “U” is small but unique, bringing us metal and grunge classics. Click here to see the “U” songs.
"V" Songs
"W" Songs
Wow! We are within a wink of being done with the A to Z. What a wonderful and whimsical ride. In “W,” we saw emo and classic rock legends go toe to toe. Click here to see the “W” songs.
"XYZ" Songs
We are done. It was an academic thrill ride of all of our favorite rock songs. We hope you enjoyed! The last three letters went by in a flash, so we got you covered in case you missed ’em. Click here to see the “XYZ” songs.
