| Band | Song |
| Paul McCartney | New |
| Yael Naim | New Soul |
| The Shins | New Slang |
| The Mountain Goats | New Zion |
| U2 | New Year’s Day |
| Camera Obscura | Happy New Year |
| Spirit of the West | Another Happy New Year |
| The Idan Raichel Project | Blessings for the New Year |
| Lords of the New Church | New Church |
| AC Newman | There are Maybe Ten or Twelve |
| Neil Patrick Harris (Dr. Horrible) | Brand New Day |
| Timmy Spence | Brand New Dance |
| New Order | Dreams Never End |
| The New Pornographers | The Laws Have Changed |
| Ultravox | New Europeans |
| Orange Juice | Felicity (album: Coals to New Castle) |
| The Rewinds | New Shade of Red |
| Porcupine Tree | Buying New Soul |
| Melanie | Brand New Key |
| The New Seekers | I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing |
| Coca Cola commercial | I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke |
| Meghan Coffee | Winter in New York |
| The Shakes | Goodbye New York |
| R.E.M. | Leaving New York |
| Mat Kearney | New York to California |
| Sugardrum | New York New York |
| Cat Power | New York New York |
| Arlo Guthrie | The City of New Orleans |
| Elvis Costello | New Amsterdam |
| The English Beat | Dream Home in New Zealand |
| The Who | New Song |
| Sinead O’Connor | The Emperor’s New Clothes |
| Electric Light Orchestra | New World Rising |
| Guster | New Underground |
| Depeche Mode | New Life |
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| Band | Song |
| The Polyphonic Spree | Light and Day – Reach for the Sun |
| Starflower | Dance Till the Morning Light |
| Lucy Schwartz | Turn Your Light on Me |
| Snow Patrol | The Lightning Strike |
| Apples in Stereo | The Slivery Light of a Dream (Part 2) |
| Phantogram | Lights (soundtrack: Hunger Games Catching Fire) |
| Dylan ‘n Krems | City Lights |
| Matt and Kim | Daylight |
| Owl City | Fuzzy Blue Lights |
| Andrew Belle | All Those Pretty Lights |
| Barenaked Ladies | Watching the Northern Lights |
| The Rewiring Genesis Project | The Light Lies Down on Broadway (cover: Genesis) |
| Phantom Planet | One Ray of Sunlight |
| King Harvest | Dancing in the Moonlight |
| Mike Oldfield | Moonlight Shadow |
| Aviv Geffen | Moonlight |
| Rainer Maria | Artificial Light |
| Taylor Swift | Starlight |
| Music Go Music | Light of Love |
| Arcade Fire | Half Light 1 |
| American Music Club | How Many Six Packs Does it Take to Screw in a Light? |
| Passenger | All the Little Lights |
| Bloc Party | Blue Light |
| Azure Ray | These White Lights Will Bend to Make Blue |
| Matt Pond PA | Last Light |
| The Bangles | In a Different Light |
| Fountains of Wayne | Firelight Waltz |
| fun. | Light a Roman Candle with Me |
| Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark | Red Frame White Light |
| Deaf School | Thunder and Lightning |
| Band | Song |
| Bonnie “Prince” Billy | I See a Darkness |
| Snow Patrol | Called Out in the Darkness |
| Ivri Lider | Dark Shadows |
| Matt Pond PA | The Dark Leaves Theme |
| Yo La Tenga | When It’s Dark |
| Mary Fahl | Brain Damage (Dark Side of the Moon) cover: Pink Floyd |
| Pink Floyd | Eclipse (Dark Side of the Moon) |
| Bruce Springsteen | Dancing in the Dark |
| Elvis Costello | Deep Dark Truthful Mirror |
| Romeo Void | In the Dark |
| Lana Del Rey | Dark Paradise |
| The Generationals | Faces in the Dark |
| Teenage Fanclub | Dark Clouds |
| Passenger | Scare Away the Dark |
| Snakefinger | The Man in the Dark Sedan |
| Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs | Beware of Darkness (cover: George Harrison) |
| Manfred Mann’s Earthband | Blinded by the Light (cover: Bruce Springsteen) |
| Todd Rundgren | I Saw the Light |
| Bob Mould | See a Little Light |
| Spoon | Out Go the Lights |
| Arkells | Come to Light |
| Passion Pit | Make Light |
| The Smiths | There is a Light That Never Goes Out |
| Credence Clearwater Revival | Long as I Can See the Light |
| Roby Hitchcock and the Venus 3 | The Afterlight |
| Gotye | In Your Light |
| Soundtrack to “Rent” | Light My Candle |
| Mumford and Sons | Lover of the Light |
| Of Monsters and Men | Yellow Light |
| Band | Song |
| Rick Wright | Holiday |
| The Who | Tommy’s Holiday Camp |
| Benjamin Gibbard | Alcoholiday |
| Stars | Toxic Holiday |
| Silence is Sexy | Holiday |
| The Dandy Warhols | Every Day Should Be a Holiday |
| Vampire Weekend | Holiday |
| Lisa Loeb | A Holiday Song |
| Red House Painters | Sundays and Holidays |
| Klaatu | Everybody Took a Holiday |
| My Morning Jacket | One Big Holiday |
| The Offramps | Hallmark Holiday |
| Green Day | Holiday |
| Orange Juice | Holiday Hymn |
| Her Space Holiday | Silent Films |
| Beach Fossils | Modern Holiday |
| 10cc | Dreadlock Holiday |
| U2 | A Celebration |
| Arcade Fire | Half Light II (No Celebration) |
| 10,000 Maniacs | Stockton Gala Days |
| Midlake | Feast of Carrion |
| Neon Trees | Wish List |
| Roy Wood and Wizzard | I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday |
| Sorta | Christmas Day |
| The Flaming Lips | Christmas at the Zoo |
| The Who | Christmas |
| The Waitresses | Christmas Wrapping |
| Adam Sandler | The New Hanukah Song |
| Barenaked Ladies | Hanukkah Blessings |
| The Go-Go’s | Vacation |
| Men of North Country | Permanent Vacation |
| Dead Kennedys | Holiday in Cambodia |
| Band | Song |
| Queen | Leaving Home Aint Easy |
| The Beatles | She’s Leaving Home |
| Jesse Malin | Leaving Babylon |
| Franz Ferdinand | You’re the Reason I’m Leaving |
| America | Loving and Leaving |
| American Music Club | Song of the Rats Leaving the Sinking Ship |
| R.E.M. | Leaving New York |
| The Beach Boys | Leaving this Town |
| Keane | Leaving Too Soon |
| Novi Split | Leaving It |
| Editors | Leaving the Nest |
| Matt Pond PA | Honestly |
| Teenage Fanclub | Live in the Moment |
| Grandaddy | The Crystal Lake |
| The Flaming Lips | Do You Realize? |
| The Grass Roots | Two Divided by Love |
| George Harrison | Blow Away |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | Blew Away |
| The Pixies | Here Comes Your Man |
| Marshall Crenshaw | Right on Time |
| Leonard Cohen | It Seemed the Better Way |
| The Weakerthans | Sun in an Empty Room |
| Tom Ska | I Like Trains |
| Maya Isacowitz | Ein Li Manos |
| Forest | Skywalker |
| Michael Greilsammer | My Dear Wife |
| Laurie Anderson | Thinking of You |
| Minus the Bear | We Are Not a Football Team |
| Fleet Foxes | Lorelai |
| Nada Surf | Inside of Love |
| The Pineapple Thief | Magnolia |
