List of calypsos with sociopolitical influences
The list of calypsos with sociopolitical influences is sectioned by main topics. Calypso music is a worldwide phenomenon.
American presence in Trinidad and Tobago[edit]
- "Base (The)" (1958), Mighty Sparrow[1][2]
- "Brown Skin Gal" - "Brown Skin Girl" (1933), King Radio[3][4][5][6][7][8]
- "Chagaramas Issue (The)" (1959), Mighty Cypher[9]
- "Gimme Back Me Dam Kimona" (1951), Mighty Growler[4][8]
- "Green Fig" - "Mary, I am Tired and Disgusted" (1942), Lord Kitchener[10][11][12]
- "No Nationality" (1946), Atilla the Hun[13][2]
- "Roosevelt in Trinidad" - "FDR in Trinidad" (1936), Atilla the Hun[6][10][9][14]
- "Rum and Coca-Cola" (1944), Lord Invader[3][5][6][7][15][16][17][13][9][12][18][8]
- "Soldiers Came and Broke Up My Life (The)" (1945), Lord Invader[19][4][20]
- "What You Doing in My Gallery" (1945), Growling Tiger[4][21]
- "We Want Back Chagaramas" (1959), Nap Hepburn[13][11]
- "Yankee Dollar" (1946), Lord Invader[3][4][20]
- "Yankees Gone" - "Jean and Dinah" (1956), Mighty Sparrow[3][4][5][15][22][7][1][23][17][13][9][12][18][24]
- "Yankee’s Back" (1958), Mighty Sparrow[1][19]
- "Yankee Harvest Is Over" (1945), Lord Beginner[6]
Aspirations / Dreams[edit]
- "Buy Me a Zeppelin" (1945), Macbeth the Great[19]
- "I Am Going to Buy a Bungalow" (1938), Roaring Lion[6]
- "I Don’t Want No Bungalow" (1938), Atilla the Hun[6][21]
- "I Want a Radio at Home" (1938), Black Prince[19]
- "I Want To Build a Bungalow" (1938), Codallo's Top Hatters[19][25]
- "I Want to Rent a Bungalow" (1938), Mighty Growler[19][6]
- "If I Won a Sweepstake" (1941) - Atilla the Hun[5][21]
Christmas period[edit]
- "Bring de Scotch for Christmas" (1966), Lord Kitchener
- "Christmas Coming" (1977), Chalkdust[25]
- "Christmas Greetings" (1966), Lord Kitchener[25]
- "Christmas Is a Joyful Day" (1937), Lord Executor[19][25]
- "Christmas Is Yours, Christmas is mine" (1981), Lord Relator
- "Christmas Morning the Rum Had Me Yawning" (1939), Lord Beginner[19][25]
- "Christmas Nice" (1999), Mighty Shadow
- "Christmas Time is Near" (1961), Lord Creator[25]
- "Father Christmas" (1966), Lord Kitchener
- "Father Christmas" (1959), Mighty Spoiler[1]
- "It’s Christmas" (2009), Baron[11]
- "It’s Christmas again" (2010), Baron[11]
- "Jingle Bells Calypso" (1951), Lord Kitchener[6]
- "Merry Christmas to You" (1961), Lord Creator[25]
- "Neighbour Oye" (2018), Baron
- "Oh What a Christmas" (2018), Crazy
- "Paint Brush (De)" (1993), Kenny J.
- "Paramin" (2008), Singing Sandra
- "Parang Soca" (1979), Crazy[5]
- "Party for Santa Claus (A)" (1973), Lord Nelson[25]
- "Santa" - "Miss Santa" (1961), King Solomon[7]
- "Something Salt" (1977), Chalkdust[25]
Corruption / Criminality[edit]
- "Ah Digging Horrors" (1975), Mighty Sparrow[1][26]
- "Ah Doh Rhyme" (2005), Chalkdust[11][27]
- "Ah Feeling Shame" (2009), Cro Cro[27]
- "Ah Not in Dat" (2009), Chalkdust[11]
- "Angry Land" (2017), Gypsy
- "Apocalypse" (1981), Delamo[9][2][26]
- "Apology (The)" - "No Apology" (1995), Cro Cro[10]
- "Baboo Lala" (1938), Roaring Lion[19][11][28]
- "Bad Impression (A)" 1965, Lord Kitchener[2]
- "Ballad of Gorrie" (1934), Lord Executor[8]
- "Bandit Factory (The)" (2006), Chalkdust[11][27]
- "Bernard" (1974), Chalkdust[11]
- "Black Man Killing Black Man" (1993), Black Stalin
- "Cat O’Nine Tails" - "Old Time Cat-O-Nine" -"Bring Back the Cat O'Nine Tails" (1959), Lord Invader[8][19][29]
- "Caught in the Whirlwind" (2017), Karene Asche[11]
- "Cleansing Fire" (2017), Singing Sandra
- "Cock O’Halloran" (1967), Mighty Clipper[2]
- "Collateral Damage" (2004), Kizzie Ruiz[27]
- "Corporal Holder" (1904), Lord Inventor[8][4]
- "Corporal Holder" (1904), Pharaoh[8]
- "Corporal Punishment" (1947), Atilla the Hun
- "Corruption in Common Entrance" (1988), Cro Cro[17][10]
- "Dis Place Is Nice" - "Trinidad is Nice" (1975), Brother Valentino[1][2][30][26]
- "Dole Chadee Say" (2000), Cro Cro[27]
- "Equal Justice" (2006), Singing Sandra[11][27]
- "Essence of Love (The)" (1976), Chalkdust[11]
- "Every Shadow" (1985), Scrunter
- "Face Reality" (2004), Cro Cro[9]
- "Family Size Coke" (1950), Mighty Sparrow[19]
- "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (2003), Singing Sandra[27]
- "Good Citizen" (1971), Mighty Sparrow[1][26][24]
- "Ground Zero" (2002), Singing Sandra[11][27]
- "Head in the Flower Pot" (1965), Lord Brynner[25]
- "Hell’s Yard and George Street Conflict" (1936), Growling Tiger[5]
- "High Cost of Living" (1957), Mighty Sparrow[22][10]
- "Hills Thrills (The)" (2015), Shirlane Hendrickson[27]
- "Honesty" (1966), Mighty Sparrow[23][9]
- "How to Stop Delinquency" - "How to Curb Delinquency" (1966), Mighty Leveller[31][2][25][26]
- "Hunt is On (The)" (2012), Duane O’Connor[27]
- "Jail Dem" (2002), Cro Cro[27]
- "Jail Them" (2002), Bally[27]
- "Jericho" (1978), Lord Kitchener[5]
- "Justice" (2020), Kurt Allen[27]
- "Kamla the Greatest" (2011), Crazy[27]
- "Law Is an Ass (The)" (1979), Short Pants[23][16][1]
- "Licensed Forearm" (1994), Luta[10]
- "Lip Service" (2017), Rondell Donawa[27]
- "Look How Trinbago Gone" (2013), All Rounder
- "Madman’s Rant" (1996), David Rudder[2]
- "Mano Benjamin" (1964), Mighty Composer[25]
- "Mirror Mirror" (2005), Skatie[27]
- "Money" (1980), Black Stalin[26]
- "Money Eh No Problem" (1978), Lord Shorty[5][1][2][26]
- "Money is King" (1935), Growling Tiger[4][5][7][31][13][32][8][29]
- "Murder Frenzy" (2020), Chalkdust[27]
- "Nature’s Plan" (1984), Johnny King[7][10][33][26]
- "No Bacchanal" (1965), Mighty Sparrow[2]
- "Not de Land" (2013), Sugar Aloes[27]
- "Nothing Ain’t Strange" (1975), Black Stalin[2][26][9]
- "One Day Without a Murder" (2020), Singing Sandra
- "One to Hang" (1973), Lord Kitchener[34]
- "Panama" (1988), David Rudder[9][24]
- "Peace Seeker" (2015), Sean Daniel[27]
- "Peddlers" (1958), Lord Melody[17]
- "Pirates of Paria" - "Pirates in the Gulf of Paria" (1951), Lord Kitchener[6]
- "Police Doing it Too" (1963), Young Killer[25]
- "Police Get More Pay" (1959), Mighty Sparrow[15][1]
- "Race Track Scandal" (1955), Mighty Sparrow[22]
- "Run the Gunslingers" (1959), Lord Caruso[7][35]
- "Sam P" (1984), Mighty Sparrow[9]
- "Savage" (1987), Carl & Carol Jacobs
- "Scape Fox (The)" (1987), Chalkdust[11]
- "Seven Skeletons Found in the Yard" (1938), Lord Executor[19][36][37]
- "Shortcut Society" (2001), Chalkdust[11]
- "Sly Mongoose" (1946), Lord Invader[1][8][29]
- "Sodom & Gomorrah" (1982), Delamo[2]
- "Stanley Abbott" (1974), Lord Kitchener[34]
- "Staying Alive" (1987), Black Stalin
- "Take the Number" (1979), Scrunter[38][1][39]
- "Take Over" (2019), Heather MacIntosh[27]
- "Tell the Authorities" (2007), Twiggy[27]
- "Ten Feet Ah Rope" (2003), Heather McIntosh[27]
- "Ten to One Is Murder" (1961), Mighty Sparrow[7][1][4][24]
- "Thelma Haynes Story" (1957), Lord Melody
- "Treasury Scandal" (1937), Atilla the Hun[6][10][32][14]
- "Twenty Years n' Twenty Strokes" (1989), Chalkdust[11]
- "Unsolved Murders" (1965), Mighty Bomber[25][2]
- "We Living in Jail" (1984), Penguin[10]
- "Western Rodeo" (2002), Gypsy[27]
- "Who Is in Charge" (1995), Sugar Aloes[10]
- "Who to Call" (2019), Brian London[27]
- "Witness" (2001), Brother Resistance[27]
- "Year of the Child (Shakuntala)" (1979), Cardinal
- "Year for Love" (2018), Voice[27]
Culture - Calypso / Carnival evolution[edit]
- "A Calypsonian" (2010), Brian London[27]
- "Ah Put on My Guns Again" (1976), Chalkdust[1][40][26]
- "Ancient Rhythm" (2003), Singing Sandra[11][27]
- "Bahia Girl" (1986), David Rudder[24][41]
- "Banning of Records (The)" (1938), Atilla the Hun[23][6][31][1][13][28][9][14]
- "Bomber’s Dream" (1964), Mighty Bomber[1]
- "Brass Crown" (1957), Lord Superior[13][29]
- "Calypso Cricket" (1988), Chalkdust
- "Calypso Music" (1987), David Rudder[42][9]
- "Calypso Rising" (1992), David Rudder[10][43]
- "Calypso War" (1958), Mighty Terror[19][29]
- "Can’t Buy Extempo" - "Yuh Cyar Buy One" (2009), Contender[27]
- "Caribbean Spirit" (1988), Gypsy
- "Carnival Boycott" (1957), Mighty Sparrow[1][13][24][29]
- "Carnival Road March" (1951), Lord Kitchener[6]
- "Carnival Is the Answer" (1989), Chalkdust[11][10][2]
- "Category My Donkey" (2004), Devon Seale[27]
- "Censoring of Calypso Makes Us Glad (The)" (1938), Lord Executor[6][14]
- "Chalkie the Mailman" (2006), Chalkdust[42]
- "Chalkie the Teacher" (1976), Chalkdust[11]
- "Champions" (2018), Turner
- "Chutney Soca" - "Chatnee Soca" (1987), Drupatee[44][10]
- "Cultural Controversy" - "Carnival Controversy" (1987), Singing Francine
- "Culture" (1988), Tambu[10]
- "D’Blueprint" (2012), Mistah Shak[27]
- "Dat Eh Good Enough" (2011), Ras Shorty I[41]
- "Dat Soca Boat" (1979), Mighty Shadow[11]
- "Dem Judges" (2006), Brother Mutada[27]
- "Don’t Destroy Calypso Music" (1995), The Mighty Duke[10]
- "Don’t Stop the Carnival" - "Doh Stop the Carnival" (1939) - Lord Invader[45][9]
- "Ducking" (2015), Fadda Fox[17]
- "Everliving Calypso" (2007), Brother Mudada[27]
- "Excursion to Grenada" (1938), Roaring Lion[5][6]
- "Five Rules of Calypso (The)" (2001), Brother Valentino[30]
- "Flag Woman" (1976), Lord Kitchener[7][1]
- "Guests of Rudy Vallee" (1934), Atilla the Hun & Roaring Lion[19][10]
- "Her Majesty" (1978), Calypso Rose[1][40][24]
- "High Mass" (1998), David Rudder[7][27][43]
- "History of Carnival" (1935), Atilla the Hun[5][6][1][8][14]
- "How’s Dat" (2012), Chalkdust[11]
- "How to Sing Calypso" (1982), Chalkdust[11]
- "How to Win the Crown" (2019), Chalkdust[1]
- "If the Priest Could Play" (1967), Mighty Cypher[7][40]
- "Iron Band (The)" (1945), Atilla the Hun[11]
- "J’Ouvert Barrio" (1935), Roaring Lion[46][19]
- "Jam (De)" (1980), Black Stalin[2][26]
- "Juba Doo Bai" - "Juba Dubai" (1977), Chalkdust[7][1]
- "Kaiso Gone Dread" (1991), Black Stalin[5]
- "Kaiso Kaiso" (2006) - Luta[27]
- "Kaiso Music" (1996), Black Stalin[2]
- "Kaiso Power" (1986), Chalkdust
- "Kaiso Sick in the Hospital" (1993), Chalkdust[11][10]
- "Land of Calypso" - "Trinidad, the Land of Calypso" (1950), Roaring Lion[23][29]
- "Last Jour Ouvert" (1987), Chalkdust[11]
- "Last Year’s Happiness" (1966), Mighty Terror[1][40]
- "Long Live Calypso" (1973), Lord Superior[10][27]
- "Love Yuh Own" (1991), Ella Andall[44]
- "Man Want to Dance" (1986), Chalkdust[23]
- "Mas" (1965), Lord Melody[40][9]
- "Mecca (The)" (1987), Brother Mudada[7]
- "Meet Superblue" (2009), Fay-Ann Lyons[27]
- "Message to George Weeks" (1976), Chalkdust[42]
- "Misconceptions" (1993), Chalkdust[31][10]
- "Mr. Bissessar" (1988), Drupatee[10]
- "My Purpose" (2019), Brian London[27]
- "No Entry" (2020), Maria Bhola[27]
- "No Part Time Lover" (1986), Black Stalin[10]
- "Nobody Cares" - "They Don't Care About We" (2001), Black Stalin
- "No Smut for Me" (1976), Chalkdust[1]
- "Old Time Calypso" (1998), Lord Kitchener
- "One for the Savannah" (1992), Chalkdust[11]
- "One Song" (2007), Devon Seale[27]
- "Our Cultural Heritage" (1972), Chalkdust[25]
- "Outcast (The)" (1964), Mighty Sparrow[3][7][1][16][9][29]
- "Pack up Your Things and Go" - " Pack Yuh Bags" (1998), Luta[23][9]
- "Piranha" (2012), Tiny[27]
- "Play Me" (1977), Maestro[1]
- "Play Mr Pannist Play" (1994), Defosto
- "Play My Music" (1978), Brother Mudada
- "PM’s Sex Probe" (1974), Lord Shorty[9]
- "Politicians Love Calypsonians" - "Politicians Love Calypso" (1999), Manchild[9]
- "Poor, Pious and Proud" (2014), Cro Cro[27]
- "Questionable Canon" (1948), Atilla the Hun[13]
- "Rainorama" (1973), Lord Kitchener[7][38][17][24]
- "Rate Rate Ray" - "Ra Tiray Tiray" (1941), Lord Invader[5][6]
- "Real Bandits" (2016), Helon Francis[27]
- "Reply to the Ministry" (1969), Chalkdust[23][42][1]
- "Respect the Calypsonian" (1988), Gypsy[23][31]
- "Respect the Thing" - "Respect the Ting" (1982), Chalkdust[11]
- "Rhythm of a People" (1997), Gypsy[10]
- "Road (The)" (1963), Lord Kitchener[7]
- "Scrunting Calypsonian" (1978), Trinidad Rio[7]
- "Seeking Sparrow's advice" (2013), Duane O’Connor[10][27]
- "Shame Mr. Shak" (2012), Chalkdust[11][27]
- "She Want Me To Sing in She Party" - "Sing in She Party" (1987), Scrunter[10]
- "Sixty-Seven" (1967), Lord Kitchener[1]
- "Soca Warriors" - "Soca Warrior too" (2007), Chalkdust[11]
- "Sparrow Come Back Home" (1962), Mighty Sparrow[19][40][24]
- "Spirit of Carnival" (2016), Devon Seale[27]
- "St. Joan of Arts" (2008), Chalkdust
- "Stage Gone Bad" (2020), Kes (band) & Iwer George[27]
- "Sumintra" (1988), Rikki Jai[10]
- "Telephone Call" (1974), Chalkdust[25]
- "Tempo" - "Gimme More Tempo" (1977), Calypso Rose[1][10]
- "Tension" (1988), Mighty Shadow
- "Tent Is it (The)" (2001), Chalkdust[42]
- "They Don’t Like the Government" (2000), Crazy[27]
- "They Don’t Make Them Like Me Anymore" (1991), Lord Pretender
- "They Put Me So" (2019) - Chalkdust[42][27]
- "Too Much Quacks" (1986), Chalkdust[11][10]
- "Too Much Tempo" (1976), Chalkdust[11]
- "Too Young to Soca" (1986), Machel Montano[10][27][24]
- "Trinidad Carnival" (1974), Lord Superior[30]
- "Trinidad Loves to Play Carnival" (1939), Mighty Growler[19][37]
- "True Calypsonian" - "True True Kaisonian" - "True True Calypsonian" (1966), Lord Pretender[23][10]
- "Two Chords & Leston Paul" (1988), Chalkdust[16]
- "Ubiquitous and Kaiso" (1944), Atilla the Hun[28][5][8]
- "Uncle Sam Own We" (1978), Chalkdust[11][26]
- "Vagabond" (2015), Ricardo Drue[17]
- "Vincentian Calypso King" (1963), Lord Blakie[25][29]
- "You Can’t Judge Culture" (1976), Chalkdust[11]
- "Warrior" (1977), Calypso Rose[11]
- "Wedding of the Century" (2014), Chucky[27]
- "What Is an Obscene Calypso?" (1944), Lord Pretender[6]
- "What Is Calypso" (1968) - The Mighty Duke[42][7][16][36][30][28]
- "What’s Wrong With Me" (2000), Mighty Shadow[27]
- "What the Hell You Want" (1987), Chalkdust[11]
- "Where Kaiso Went" (2004), Brother Valentino[27]
- "Who Next" (1972), Chalkdust[25][9]
- "Why I Sing" (2012), Singing Sandra[11]
- "Why Milo" (1975), Chalkdust[11]
- "Why We Attack" (1977), Chalkdust[11]
- "Wild Indian" (1945), The Duke of Iron[19]
Culture - Calypso War / Extempo / Picong[edit]
- "Alexander the Murderer" (1960), Lord Melody[5][1]
- "Arima Tonight, Sangre Grande Tomorrow Night" (1931), Wilmoth Houdini[5]
- "Asteroid" (1934), Atilla the Hun & Roaring Lion[5][28][8]
- "Bad Johns" (2001), Mighty Sparrow[29]
- "Belmont Jackass" (1960), Lord Melody[10][19]
- "Bull Pistle Gang" (1964), Mighty Sparrow[2]
- "Calypso Invasion" (1945), The Duke of Iron[19]
- "Calypso War" (1946), Lord Invader, Macbeth the Great, The Duke of Iron[11]
- "Corbeau Flying High" (1958), Lord Melody[19][9]
- "Cowboy Melo" (1959), Mighty Sparrow[4]
- "Cowboy Sparrow" (1959), Lord Melody[10][19]
- "Don’t Touch Me" (1961), Mighty Sparrow[5][1]
- "Executor Doomed to Die" (1929), Wilmoth Houdini[6][10]
- "Executor the homeless man" (1937), Wilmoth Houdini[6][19]
- "Fire and Brimstone" (1936), Wilmoth Houdini[6][19]
- "Fowl Thief Melo" (1961), Mighty Sparrow[19]
- "Hangman’s Cemetery" (1962), Mighty Sparrow[5][1]
- "Horse Race" - "Sparrow Melody Horse Race" (1962), Lord Melody[19]
- "In the Morning" (1939), Mighty Growler[5]
- "Loretto" (1929), Wilmoth Houdini[6]
- "Madame Dracula" (1961), Mighty Sparrow[19]
- "Mamaguille" - "Mamaguy" (1934), Atilla the Hun & Roaring Lion[19][14]
- "Malnutrition Songsters" (1937), Wilmoth Houdini[6]
- "March" (1929), Wilmoth Houdini[6]
- "Marjorie" (1960), Lord Melody[19]
- "Melody Lie" (1961), Mighty Sparrow[19]
- "More the Merrier (The)" (1993), Mighty Sparrow[10]
- "My Reply to Houdini" (1937), Lord Executor[4][6][8]
- "No Royal Jail" (1961), Lord Inventor[19]
- "On His Blindness" (1952), Lord Executor[19][4]
- "Picong Duel" (1957), Mighty Sparrow & Lord Melody[19]
- "Renegades" (1961), Mighty Sparrow[1][4]
- "Reply to Melody" (1958), Mighty Sparrow[10][19][9]
- "Rope" (1972), Mighty Sparrow[1][40]
- "Royal Goal" - "Royal Jail" (1961), Mighty Sparrow[5][1][24]
- "Soca Pressure" (1985), Mighty Sparrow[10][24]
- "Song No. 99" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini[19]
- "Sparrow’s Nose" - "St. Lucian Women" (1960), Lord Melody[19]
- "Sparrow’s Sister" (1959), Lord Melody[19]
- "Sugar for Pan" (1986), Mighty Terror[11]
- "Texilia" (1936), King Radio & Growling Tiger[6]
- "They Say I Reign Too Long" (1938), Lord Executor[19]
- "Three Calypsonians" (1958), Mighty Sparrow[19]
- "Trouble in Arima" (1954), Lord Kitchener[4][5][7]
- "Turn Back Melo" - "Turn back Melody" (1960), Lord Melody[5][1]
- "Ugliness" (1961), Mighty Dougla[19]
- "What They Get, They Will Take" (1963), Lord Blakie[25]
- "War" (1937), Atilla the Hun & Lord Caresser & Roaring Lion & Lord Executor[6][1][8][14]
- "War" (1979), Crazy[4]
- "War Declaration" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini[4][6][14]
- "Yuh Cyar Buy Extempo" (2009), Contender
Culture - Icons (Calypso / Carnival / Pan)[edit]
- "Ah Miss de Bards" (2014), Chalkdust[11]
- "Ah Thief it from Kitch" (1974), Chalkdust[25]
- "Atilla’s Pen" (2011), Kurt Allen[10][27]
- "Before You Gone" - "Before you gone Birdie" (2016), Macomere Fifi
- "Black Stalin Say" (2013), Kurt Allen[10][27]
- "For Kitchener's Sake" (2000), Chalkdust[11][10]
- "Formula" (2019), Pharaoh[27]
- "Godfather (The)" (2001), Mighty Bomber[27]
- "Hammer (The)" (1986), David Rudder[11][13][24]
- "Heroes" (2001), Denyse Plummer[10][27]
- "Is Wot" (2022), David Rudder
- "Kaiso Kaiso" (2006), Luta[10]
- "Kitchener Say" (2001), Defosto
- "One for Bertie" (2013), Helon Francis[27]
- "One More Kitchener" (2000), Defosto[27]
- "Pretender's Reminder" (2015), Mistah Shak[23][27]
- "Sartorial Elegance" (2007), Duane O'Connor[27]
- "Tribute to Kitchener" (2000), Lord Relator[10][27][30]
- "Tribute to Singing Sandra" (2021), Ajamu
- "Tribute to Sundar Popo" (1995), Black Stalin[11][10]
- "Tribute to Winsford Devine" (2010), Crazy[27]
- "Trinity is My Name" (1994), Delamo[10]
- "Will (The)" (1982), Scrunter[7][10]
- "Wot Time it is" (2022), Aaron Duncan
Culture - Kalenda / Stick fighting[edit]
- "Archie Boulay" (1938), Atilla the Hun[11][25][46][14]
- "Bois" (2014), Mistah Shak[27]
- "Carnival Celebration" (1956), Small Island Pride[5][29]
- "Clear the Way When the Bamboo Play" (1938), Lord Caresser[13][19][29]
- "Congo Bara (Prisonier levez)" - "Kongo Bara (Pwizonnyé Lévé)" - "Congo Barra" (1935), Keskidee Trio[6][5][46][8][14][29]
- "Fire Brigade - Water the Road" (1938), Atilla the Hun[46][5][29]
- "Man Man Biscoe" (1937), AttilaAtilla the Hun[19][14]
- "Reine Maribone (La)" - "Larenn Maribone" (1939), Atilla the Hun[46][19]
- "Scorpion" (1939), Atilla the Hun[46][19]
- "Ten Thousand to Bar Me One" (1939), Lord Invader[6][29]
- "When I Dead Bury me Clothes" (1962), Growling Tiger[29][19]
- "Zingue Tala" - "Zing Gay Ta La La" (1937), Atilla the Hun[46][25][19][37]
Culture - Steelpan[edit]
- "Bass Man" (1974), Mighty Shadow[10]
- "Beat Of a Steelband (The)" (1946), Lord Kitchener[11][10]
- "Bottle and Spoon" (1981), Lord Relator[10]
- "Carenage Water" (1942), Lord Invader[6]
- "Dustbin Cover" (1977), Crazy[30]
- "Engine Room (The)" (1993), David Rudder[24]
- "Guitar Pan (The)" (1997), Lord Kitchener[11][24]
- "Iron Man" (1990) - Lord Kitchener[11][24]
- "Mister Pan Maker" (1987), Black Stalin[11][10][2]
- "Music Pan" (2019), Mighty Sparrow
- "No Pan" (1979), Lord Kitchener[10]
- "Pan Gone" - "Steelband Gone" (1973), Black Stalin[26][11]
- "Pan in A Minor" (1987), Lord Kitchener[7][24]
- "Pan in Danger" (1985), Merchant[7][16]
- "Pan on the Moon" (2009), Scrunter[27]
- "Pan Rising" (2011), Denyse Plummer[43]
- "Pan Talent" (1965), Mighty Terror[7]
- "Pan Woman" (2008), Singing Sandra
- "Play One" - "Pan Shootout" (1979), Black Stalin[1][40][2]
- "Retrorama" (2011), Devon Seale[27]
- "Spree Simon" - "Tribute to Spree Simon" (1975), Lord Kitchener[1][40]
- "Steel and Brass" (1973), King Wellington[7]
- "Steelband (The)" (1948), Lord Kitchener[6]
- "Steelband Clash" (1953), Lord Blakie[7][17][30]
- "Steelband Jamboree" - 2Pan Jamboree" (1966), Mighty Terror[1][40]
- "Steel Band Music" (1964), Lord Kitchener[25][30]
- "Symphony on the Street" (1998), Lord Kitchener
- "Tribute to Clive Bradley" (2006), Defosto[27]
- "Tribute to Pan Pushers" (2001), Lord Blakie[27]
- "War 2004" (2004), Defosto[27]
Culture - Other[edit]
- "Ann Sheridan" (1947), Atilla the Hun
- "Ban the Hula Hoop" (1959), Mighty Striker[1][40]
- "Bionic Man" (1977), Maestro[7]
- "Bobby Sox Idol" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini[19]
- "CNN Society" (1995), Chalkdust[11]
- "Evening News" (1959), Lord Creator[9]
- "From Naipaul to Shame" (2002), Chalkdust[11][27]
- "Get Off the Radio" (1982), Lancelot Layne[26]
- "Hulk" (2018), Blaxx
- "Jitterbug" (1941), King Radio[47][19]
- "Kalo Gee Bull Bull" (1974), Lord Shorty[5]
- "Kuch Gadbad Hai" (1985), Babla & Kanchan[5]
- "Pussy Galore" (1962), Young Growler[12]
- "Rumba Dance" (The) (1936), Roaring Lion[47][19]
- "Sanford & Son" (1981), Mighty Sparrow[10]
- "Shakespeare Quotations" (1958), Lord Christo[28]
- "Suzi-Qu" (1940), Roaring Lion[47][19]
- "Teenage Bossa Nova Girl" (1963), Lord Hummingbird[12]
- "Tarzan" (1959), Mighty Spoiler[40][19]
- "Tun Tun" (1982), Mighty Power[10]
- "Vice in Your Own Head" (1957), Lord Creator[19]
Drugs[edit]
- "Coke Is Not It" (1986), Mighty Sparrow[15][27][24]
- "Coke Talk" (1988), Chalkdust
- "Death for Sale" (1991), Arrow[3]
- "Drug Report" (1987), Chalkdust[11]
- "Future Belongs to Me (The)" - "I Am Drug Free" (1992), David Rudder[3]
- "Lucifer in Powder Form" - "Lucifer" (1986), Bally
- "Rebecca" (1981), Blue Boy[10]
- "Soucouyant" (1992), Mighty Shadow[3]
- "Watch Out My Children" (1989), Ras Shorty I[7][10][41]
Economy / Poverty[edit]
- "Ah, Gertie" (1937 ), Lord Caresser[32][19]
- "Ah Tired Do That" (1988), The Mighty Duke
- "Bargee Pelauri" (1936), Roaring Lion[5][32]
- "Capitalism Gone Mad" (1983), Mighty Sparrow[15][26][24]
- "Commission’s report" (1938), Atilla the Hun[10][19][5][8][31][13][32]
- "Cyar Take Dat" (1996), Brother Resistance[10]
- "Devaluation" (1969), Chalkdust
- "Dollar and the Pound (The)" (1950), Lord Beginner[6]
- "Five Year Plan" (1939), Atilla the Hun[31][21][32][29]
- "Flood (The)" (2020), Heather MacIntosh[27]
- "Food Distribution" (1947), Atilla the Hun
- "Food Prices" (1980), Lord Relator[23][40]
- "Four Cents a Day" (1947), Atilla the Hun[29]
- "Full Extreme" (2017), Ultimate Rejects[27]
- "Here Now and Long Ago" - "Iere Now and Long Ago" (1935), Atilla the Hun & Lord Beginner[25][10][32]
- "I Don’t Know How the Young Men Living" (1937), Lord Executor[31][25][32]
- "Landlord and Bailiff" (1934), Atilla the Hun[6][19]
- "Laughing in the Ghetto" (2000), Pink Panther[10]
- "Make Them Alright" (1983), Black Stalin[2]
- "Miss Mary’s Advice" (1938), Growling Tiger[19][32]
- "Mr. Nankivell’s speech" (1938), Atilla the Hun[19][10][32]
- "Mr. Robinson and Lockjoint" (1964), Mighty Sparrow[15][1]
- "Neurosis of the Rich" (1975), Mighty Sparrow[26][24]
- "No Doctor, No" (1957), Mighty Sparrow[31][15][1][9]
- "No Madame" (1971), Calypso Rose[44][24]
- "No More Bench and Board" - "No mo' bench and board" (1931), Wilmoth Houdini[5]
- "No Vacancy" (2006), Brian London[27]
- "Pay as You Earn" - "Paye" (1958), Mighty Sparrow[15][23][1][17][9][2]
- "Piece of the Action" (1976), Black Stalin[9][26]
- "Port of Spain Gone Insane" (1986), Chalkdust[11]
- "Poverty Is Hell" (1994), Mighty Shadow[7]
- "Rich Man Poor Man" (1960), Lord Brynner[7]
- "Rip Off" (1978), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Run Something" - "Piece of the Action" (1976), Black Stalin[2][25]
- "Sea Water and Sun" (1986), Chalkdust[11][2]
- "Send your Children to the Orphan Home" (1936), Roaring Lion[19][32]
- "Shop Closing Ordinance" (1937), Lord Executor[19][10][32][37]
- "Strike (The)" (1938), Atilla the Hun[19][32][37]
- "Single Tone" (1932), Lionel Belasco[19]
- "Tax Them" (1958), Lord Superior[23]
- "Trinidad Money" - "Trinidad Dollar" (1979), Chalkdust[26]
- "Trinidad the Godfather" - "Trinidad: The Caribbean Godfather" - "Trinidad Godfather (The)" (1980), Mighty Swallow[10][2][26]
- "Try a Screw to Get Through" (1936), Growling Tiger[19][32]
- "Voices From the Ghetto" - "Crying in the Ghetto" (1999), Singing Sandra[7][31][44][35]
- "Wah Yuh Doing" (2017), Chuck Gordon[27]
- "Where Was Butler?" (1938), Atilla the Hun[19][10][32]
- "Worker’s Appeal" (1936), Growling Tiger[4][13][37][14][29]
- "You Can’t Get Away From the Tax" (1959), Mighty Sparrow[31][1][9]
Education[edit]
- "Another Day in Paradise" (1997), David Rudder[9][2]
- "Back to School" (1979), Bill Trotman (Trinidad Bill)
- "Change the System" (1995), Cro Cro[10]
- "Child Training" (1969), Mighty Composer[7]
- "Contribution" (2002), Sugar Aloes[27]
- "Dan Is the Man in the Van" - "Dan Is the Man" (1963), Mighty Sparrow[7][1][36][24]
- "Doh Waste it" (2010), Aaron Duncan[27]
- "Down the Road" (1938), Growling Tiger[5][32]
- "Education" (1967), Mighty Sparrow[7][24][29]
- "Education Is Key" (2017), Massive[27]
- "Empowerment" (2001), Singing Sandra[11]
- "English Language (The)" (1950), Roaring Lion[11][28]
- "English Language (The)" (1952), Mighty Spoiler[28]
- "Generation Next" (2016), Mistah Shak[27]
- "Ghetto of the Mind" (2009), Singing Sandra[11][27]
- "Go Daniel" (1949), Atilla the Hun[8]
- "Idle Company" (1987), Gypsy[11][10]
- "Little Black Boy" (1997), Gypsy[7]
- "No Child Shall Be Left Behind" (2010), Singing Sandra[11]
- "No Respect" (2008), Singing Sandra
- "Obey the Highway Code" (1965), Lord Magic[7]
- "Only the Fools" (2003), Heather McIntosh[27]
- "Parables" (1970), Mighty Sparrow[29]
- "Remember" - "Ma and Pa" (1962), Lord Creator[7]
- "School Days" - "Happy School Days" (1973), Mighty Sparrow[1][40][29]
- "To be an Icon" (2017), All Rounder
- "Too Many" (2016), Gypsy[27]
- "Trinidad English" (1954), Lord Alligator[28]
- "Wash Your Hands" (1950), Roaring Lion[19]
- "Watch the Mixture" (1983), Chalkdust[11]
- "We Pass that Stage" (1974), Mighty Sparrow[15][1][40][24]
Environment[edit]
- "Mother Earth Crying" (1994), Baron
- "Progress" (1980), King Austin[7][10][27][2][26]
- "Progress 2021" (2021), Crazy
- "What to Do with the Environment" (1994), Chalkdust
Family relations[edit]
- "Ah Love my Nani" (2014), Sharleene Boodram
- "Chinese Children Calling Me Daddy" - "Chinese Children" (1950), Mighty Terror[7][1][19][18][20][29]
- "Dead Beat" (2018), Lady Watchman[27]
- "Don’t let me mother know" - "Take me down to Los Iros" (1935), Keskidee Trio[19]
- "Family" (1981), Lord Nelson
- "Freddo" (1939), Atilla the Hun[25][19]
- "Gal Come Home With Me" (1941), Atilla the Hun[25][21]
- "He Not Dead Yet" (1962), King Fighter[7]
- "I Need a Man" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini[6]
- "Mama Popo" - "Doh Beat Mama Popo" (1959), Lord Brigo[7]
- "Marriage (The)" (1997), Black Stalin
- "Mother and Daughter" (2016), Macomere Fifi
- "Mother-in-law" (1967), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Mother’s Love (A)" (1941), Mighty Destroyer[7][19]
- "Mother’s Love" (1992), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Nobody Ain’t Go Know" (2007), Cro Cro[27]
- "Obey" (1979), Lord Brigo[1]
- "Par Quiea Mweh" - "Pa Kwiyé Mwen" (Don't Call Me) (1990), Mighty Sparrow[46]
- "Precious" (1991), Mighty Sparrow[24]
- "Shame and Scandal in the Family" - "Shame and Scandal" (1943), Sir Lancelot[11]
- "Shame and Scandal in the Family" - "Wau Wau" (1962), Lord Melody[16][40]
- "Stay Giving Praises" (1981), Black Stalin[2]
Feminism[edit]
- "Abatina" (2016), Calypso Rose[27]
- "Ah Do Come So" (1978), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Ah Done with Dat" (1980), Signing Diane[44][1][39][48]
- "Black Woman" (1991), Ella Andall[44]
- "Bye Bye Blakie" (1969), Calypso Princess[1]
- "Careful What Yuh Ask For" (2011), Karen Asche[27]
- "Caribbean Man" (2000), Singing Sandra[11][29]
- "Caribbean Woman" (1997), Shirlane Hendrickson[2]
- "Coming Back to What" (2013), Marvellous Marva[27]
- "D’Signs" (2008), Spicey[27]
- "Debbie" (1975), Singing Francine[44]
- "Die With My Dignity" - "Die With Dignity" - "Dignity" (1987), Singing Sandra[7][31][44][39]
- "Do Dem Back" (1974), Calypso Rose[44]
- "Do so Eh Like So" (1965), Lord Brigo[1]
- "Don’t Put your Hand on meh Property" (1980), Twiggy[44][39][48]
- "Engagement Ring" (1970), Calypso Rose[44][1]
- "Equaliser (The)" (1998), Singing Sandra[44][35][9]
- "Learn from Arithmetic" (2017), Chalkdust[11][27]
- "Leave Me Alone" (2016), Calypso Rose[49][50]
- "Love me or Leave me" (1953), Lady Iere[29][25][1]
- "Me Eh Fighting" (2009), Bally[39]
- "Me No Want No Married Man" - "Me No Want" (1993), Calypso Rose[44][24]
- "Miss Pam" (1993), Calypso Rose[44]
- "Pepper Pepper" (1989), Drupatee[18][9]
- "Raperman Coming (The)" - "Raperman" - "Sexy Employers" (1984), Singing Sandra[44][35]
- "Rocket in Yuh Pocket" (1992), The Mighty Duke[3]
- "Romeo" (1055), Lord Kitchener[28][19]
- "Run Away" (1978), Signing Francine[44][1][18][48]
- "Stone Cold Dead in the Market" - "He Had It Coming" - "Murder in the Market" - "Payne Dead" (1939), Wilmoth Houdini[6][10][12][8][37]
- "Survey (The)" (2018), Heather MacIntosh[27]
- "Throw Me Down" (1990), Drupatee[44]
- "Woman Is Boss" - "Who’s the Boss?" - "The Boss" (1988), Denyse Plummer[44][10][39][48]
- "Woman Is Not the Weaker Sex" (1941), Atilla the Hun[19][23]
- "Woman on the Bass" (1980), Scrunter[7][38][51]
- "Woman Rising" (1991), Easlyn Orr[44]
- "Women of the Land" (1979), Poser[1]
- "Women Their Own Worst Enemy" (2001), Singing Sandra[11]
- "Yes Darling" (1987), Tambu[44][39]
- "You No Need Dem" (1993), Calypso Rose[44]
- "You’re Hurting Me" (1994), Bernadette Paul[44][48]
Food / Drink[edit]
- "Bargee Pelauri" (1936), Roaring Lion[19][10]
- "Callaloo Tonic" (1965), Mighty Terror[29]
- "Chinese Food" (1964), Lord Blakie
- "Chip Chip Water" (1941), King Radio[19]
- "Hot dogs Made their Name" - "Hot Dog Hot Doggie" (1939), Wilmoth Houdini[37]
- "Hurry, Hurry, Come for Curry" (1984), Dave 'Booker' Martin
- "Ice Man (The)" - "Ice Ice" (1960), Lord Melody[5][7]
- "Mango Vert" - "Manngo Vé"(1912), Lovey's String Band[19][46][12]
- "Marajhin Cousin" (1984), Mighty Sparrow[5]
- "Pepsi-Cola" (1947), Lord Invader[6]
Grandstanding / Boasting[edit]
- "All Season Man (De)" (1979), Black Stalin[2]
- "Bois Bandé" - "Bwa Bandé" (1968), Mighty Sparrow[46]
- "Bullpistle" (1977), Maestro
- "Dread Wizard" (1979), Mighty Shadow
- "Drunk and Disorderly" - "Natasha" (1972), Mighty Sparrow[17][40][24]
- "Du Du Yemi" (1977), Mighty Sparrow[5][9]
- "Dutch Romance" (1989), Mighty Sparrow[5][24]
- "Portuguese Dance" (1947), King Pharaoh[29]
- "I Can Make More Love Than Romeo" (1939), Roaring Lion[28]
- "Iron Duke in the Land" (1914), Julian Whiterose[10][6][12]
- "More they Try to Do Me Bad (The)" (1938), Lord Caresser[19][18][20]
- "No Kind ah Man At All" (1973), Mighty Sparrow[1][24]
- "Papa Chunks" (1941), Roaring Lion[7]
- "Sock It to Me" (1970), Lord Kitchener[9]
- "Sweet Like Sugar Cane" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini[6]
- "Take Me to Trinidad" (1948), Lord Kitchener[19]
- "Village Ram (The)" (1964), Mighty Sparrow[1][52][5][9][24][29]
- "Whop Whap" (2018), All Rounder
- "Woop Wap" (1964), The Mighty Duke[1][29]
Health[edit]
- "Ah Fraid de AIDS" (1988), Mighty Sparrow[3]
- "Asian Flu" (1958), Mighty Wrangler[19]
- "Awakening" (The) (2021), Crazy[27]
- "Backyard Jam" (2021), Farmer Nappy[27]
- "Better Days" (2021), Patrice Roberts[27]
- "Bush Medicine" (1971), Lord Relator[53]
- "Doh JackAss the Scene" (2021), Devon Seale
- "Ebola Scare" (2015), Myron B[27]
- "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Amery Brown[27]
- "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Brian London[27]
- "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Devon Seale[27]
- "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Heather MacIntosh[27]
- "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), His Majesty Baker Jr (First of the chain)[27][54]
- "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Josef Paty[27]
- "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Michelle Henry[27]
- "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Raymond Ramnarine[27]
- "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Roger Mohammed[27]
- "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Singing Sandra[27]
- "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Stacey Sobers[27]
- "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Terri Lyons[27]
- "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Lady Watchman[27]
- "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Queen Victoria[27]
- "Fighting AIDS" (2005), Adesh Samaroo[27]
- "H.I.V" (2001), Mighty Shadow[27]
- "How I Spent My Time at the Hospital" (1938), Lord Executor[19]
- "Jaws" (1977), Lord Kitchener[11]
- "Melancholy" (2021), Nailah Blackman[27]
- "Ms Corona" (2020), G String[27]
- "Negative to Positive" (1992), Bryan Bumba Payne[3]
- "Pandemic" (2021), Brother Mudada
- "Vaccine or Not" (2021), Kurt Allen[27]
- "What Corona Do" (2021), Contender[27]
Humour / Puns / Smutty[edit]
- "60 Million Frenchmen" (1996), Mighty Sparrow[29]
- "Ah Fraid Pussy Bite Me" (1987), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "All Fool’s Day" (1958), Mighty Spoiler[1]
- "Arabian Festival" (1964), Lord Blakie
- "Ash Wednesday" (1983), Chalkdust[11]
- "Barrack Room Scandal" (1953), Mighty Panther[29][19][25]
- "Big Bamboo" (1965), Mighty Sparrow[5]
- "Ballad of Hulsie X" (1988), David Rudder[24]
- "Bedbug Song (The)" (1953), Mighty Spoiler[7][5][1][9]
- "Bitin Insex" (2002), Ronnie McIntosh
- "Body Wine" (2011), All Rounder[11]
- "Bomber’s Sister" (1960), Mighty Bomber[1]
- "Booboo Man" - Mama Look at Bubu - "Mama Look a Boo Boo" (1955), Lord Melody[7][16][17][12][9]
- "Bus Conductor (The)" (2001), Poser
- "Carlton, the Peeping Tom" (1961), Mighty Sparrow[19][29]
- "Cat Brain" (1954), Mighty Spoiler[19][40]
- "Cat-O-Nine" (1962), Count Zebra & the Seasiders[12]
- "Centipede in the Bikini" (1967), Lord Blackhat
- "China Man" (1971) Lord Christo[25]
- "Chinese Accident" (1963), Lord Blakie
- "Chinese Cricket Match" (1956), Mighty Dictator[19][5][29]
- "Chinese Football Match" (1998), Trinidad Rio
- "Cock Can’t Stand Up (The)" - "One Foot Cock" (2007), Crazy[29]
- "Congo Man" (1965), Mighty Sparrow[23][7][1][9][36][53][29]
- "Congo Man" (2008), Machel Montano[36][24]
- "Congo Pepper" (1977), Maestro
- "Convoy" (1940), The Duke of Iron[5]
- "Corn Plum Plum" (1979), Lord Laro
- "Creature From the Black Lagoon (The)" (1957), Lord Melody[40]
- "Curry Tabanca" (1987), De Mighty Trini[18]
- "Deputy" - "Deputy Essential" (1982), Penguin[10]
- "Dingo Lay" - "Dingolay" (1935), Keskidee Trio (Also Roaring Lion)[6]
- "Doctor Beckles" (1967), Lord Canary[25]
- "Doctor Bird" (1988), Mighty Sparrow[24]
- "Dr. Kitsch" - "Needle (The)" (1963), Lord Kitchener[19][29]
- "Doggie" (2002), Anslem Douglas
- "Dollar Wine" (1991), Colin Lucas[9]
- "Donkey City" (1942), Sir Lancelot[6][16]
- "Dumb Boy and Parrot" (1962), Lord Christo[19]
- "Dustbin Cover" (1978), Crazy[7]
- "Electrician (The)" (1975) - Crazy[11]
- "Emelda’s Nightmare" - "Lemme Go Emelda" (1959), Young Killer[18]
- "English Society" (1962), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Exchange No Robbery" (1961), Mighty Dougla[19][12]
- "Family Confusion" (1962), Mighty Dougla[19]
- "Fat Pussy Cat and Rat" - "Papa Rat" (2010), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Feeling It" (1984), Baron[11][27]
- "Female Woodcutter" (1965), Mighty Terror[29]
- "Fire in Me Wire" - "Fire in Meh Wire" - "Fire" (1967), Calypso Rose[23][7][30]
- "For Cane" - "Goin Fo' Cane" (1972), Gypsy[23][7][1][5]
- "Fork in Napkin" (2011), D-Daz
- "Fountain of Youth" (1960), Mighty Spoiler[1][40]
- "Fresh Water Yankee" (1969), Mighty Cypher[25]
- "Frozen Chicken" (1956), Lord Christo[19]
- "Garlic Sauce" (2012), All Rounder[11]
- "Gemma on the Ferris Wheel" (1962), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Gimme the Ting" - "Gimme de Ting" (2000), Lord Kitchener[11]
- "Go Down" (2013), All Rounder
- "Grandfather’s Clock" (1960), Mighty Striker[30][25]
- "Greatest Love (The)" (1998), Puppet Master[29]
- "Green Fowl" - "Have you Ever Seen a Green Fowl Yet?" (1946), Mighty Killer[8]
- "Grinding Massala" (1958), Mighty Killer[25][8][5][29]
- "Gumbo Lai Lai" - "Gombo Lai Lai" - "Gumbo Li Li" (1928), Lord Executor[5][6][8]
- "Handyman (The)" (1968), Lord Kitchener[29]
- "Hold de Pussy" - "Hold de Pussy Cat" (1967), Lord Blakie[17][30]
- "How to Prevent Horn" (1974), Lord Shorty[41]
- "I Ain’t Gonna Do It No More" (1976), Roaring Lion[25]
- "In a Calabash" (1950), Mighty Killer[8][29]
- "Iron Man (De)" (1964), Mighty Zandolie[25]
- "Joan and James" - "Five Little Popos" (1964), Mighty Bomber[7][40][30]
- "Jonah and the Bake" (1957), Lord Melody[40][5]
- "Jook for Jook" (1968), Mighty Sparrow[29]
- "Killer Bees" (1992), Lord Kitchener[24]
- "King Liar" (1977), Lord Nelson[7][1][28]
- "Kitch: Small Comb, Scratch Me Head" (1950), Lord Kitchener[6]
- "Laziest Man (The)" - "Lazy Man" (1961), Mighty Dougla[7][40]
- "Lick Down me Nani" "Car Lick Dowm me Nani (The)" - "Careless Driver" (1992), Drupatee[18][9]
- "Lie" (2007), Singing Sandra
- "Lignum Vitae" (1925), Sam Manning[19]
- "Little Drummer Boy (The)" (1978), Lord Kitchener[1]
- "Lizard (The)" (1969), Mighty Sparrow[11]
- "Looking for Cups" (1991), Trinidad Rio
- "Lucy Garden" (1998), Mighty Sparrow[1][52]
- "Lying Excuses" (1987), Mighty Sparrow[24]
- "Mad People on a Train" (1967) – Mighty Prowler
- "Mad Scientist" - "What the Scientist Say" (1962), Mighty Spoiler[1]
- "Man Family" - "Too Much Man Family" (1967) - Mighty Zandolie[7][9]
- "Man For Kim" (1976), Lord Shorty[1][41]
- "Mango Tree" (1951-1953), Lord Kitchener[1]
- "Mango Vert" (1963), Mighty Sparrow[10]
- "Manjhay" - "Manjé" (1989), Mighty Sparrow[46][24]
- "Marabella Wedding" (1935), Growling Tiger[6][8]
- "Marajhin Cousin" (1984), Mighty Sparrow[5]
- "Meh Number is 68" (1962), Mighty Sparrow[29]
- "Merchant of Venice" (1967), Mighty Zandolie[25][28]
- "Mr Herbert" (1963), Mighty Sparrow[1][29]
- "Ms McCarthy party" (1981), King Wellington[5]
- "Missing Ball (The)" - "Guardian Contest (The)" (1939), King Radio[6]
- "Mount Olga" (1947), Lord Kitchener[23][1][13][5]
- "Music Farm" (1997), Machel Montano & Xtatic[24]
- "My Donkey Want Water" (1945), Macbeth the Great[19][9]
- "My Pussin" (1965), Lord Kitchener[7][1]
- "Mystery Band" (1993), Lord Kitchener[24]
- "My Boy Joey" (1965), Mighty Beaver
- "Nanny" (1986), Scrunter[18][9]
- "Nanny Revival" (1993), Becket[18][9]
- "Night Food" (1955), Bedasse (with Calypso Quintet)
- "No Job Suits Striker" - "Can’t Find a Job to Suit Me" (1958), Mighty Striker[40][10]
- "No More Calaloo" – "I Don’t Want No Calaloo" (1939), Mighty Growler[6][5]
- "No Toilet in Town" (1983), Chalkdust[11]
- "Once Upon a Time" (2003), Mighty Bomber
- "Out the Fire" (1937), Roaring Lion[6]
- "Palet" (2005), Calypso Rose[29]
- "Picking Sense From Nonsense" (1955), Mighty Spoiler[40]
- "Paul Yer Mudder Come" - "Paul Yuh Mother Come" (1990), Crazy[16][27]
- "Pogo Stick" (2000), Mighty Sparrow[29]
- "Pounding Rice Fine" (1952), Mighty Spitfire
- "Pussy Cat" (2019), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Queen’s Canary (The)" (1956), Mighty Sparrow[19]
- "Sally Sally Water" (1937), Roaring Lion[19][8][14]
- "Saltfish" (1976), Mighty Sparrow[27][24]
- "Saltfish Price" (1968), Lord Companero[25]
- "Saving That for Company" (1973), Lord Nelson[1]
- "Saxophone No.2" (1953), Lord Kitchener[19]
- "Sell the Pussy" (1992), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Severe Licking" (1971), Baron[7]
- "Simpson" (1959), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Soca in the Shaolin Temple" (1981), Blue Boy
- "Soft Man" (1984), Penguin[10][29]
- "Soul Chick" (1973), Lord Funny[7]
- "Sparrow Dead" (1969), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Stickman (De)" (1966), Mighty Zandolie[25][29]
- "Stuttering Mopsy" (1970), Lord Brigo[25]
- "Supposin'" (1964), Mighty Composer[7]
- "Talking Baby" (1984), All Rounder[11]
- "Talking Backwards" (1953), Mighty Spoiler[1]
- "Taxi Driver" - "Taxi Driver in Venezuela" (1956), Small Island Pride[1][5]
- "Tie Tong Mopsey" (1946), Lord Kitchener (Previously sung by Sir Lancelot)[5][6]
- "Turn Around Baby" (1945), Roaring Lion[6]
- "Twin Brother" (1959), Mighty Spoiler[1]
- "Uncle Jo’ Gimme Mo'" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini[6]
- "Virginia’s Alzheimer" (2013), Chalkdust[11]
- "Webster’s Dictionary" - "Trinidad Dictionary" (1969), Mighty Conqueror[11][30][28]
- "Well Spoken Moppers" (1965), Mighty Sparrow[5][1][29]
- "Whip (De)" (1967), Mighty Zandolie[25]
- "Why me Neighbor Vex with Me" (1927), Railway Douglas[29][19][6]
- "Wife and Boat" (1974), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Willie Dead" (1998), Mighty Sparrow[29]
- "You Don’t Need Glasses to See" (1945), Lord Invader[19][8]
Jump up / Carnival dancing / Bacchanal[edit]
- "Advantage" (2011), Machel Montano[27]
- "Ah Feeling" (2015), Lead Pipe & Saddis[17]
- "Ah Tell She" (1979), Poser[5][27]
- "Band of the Year" (2006), Patrice Roberts & Machel Montano[27][24]
- "Big Truck" (1997), Machel Montano[10][24]
- "Black Man Feel Like Party" - "Black Man Come to Party" (1991), Black Stalin[7]
- "Brown Sugar" (1979), Lord Melody[40]
- "Can You Feel It" (2016), Aaron Duncan[27]
- "Carnival Come Back Again" (2000), Iwer George[27]
- "Carnival Coming" (1979), Count Robbin
- "Caribbean Party" (1993), David Rudder[2]
- "Come Leh We Jam" (1978), Calypso Rose
- "Dead or Alive" (2005), Shurwayne Winchester[27]
- "Differentology" (2013), Bunji Garlin[27]
- "Display" (2003), Fay-Ann Lyons[27]
- "Do the Iwer/Butterfly/Shadow/Wave" (1995), Colin Lucas[9]
- "Endless Vibrations" (1974), Lord Shorty[10]
- "Ethel" (1981), Blue Boy[10]
- "Face to Face" (1988), The Mighty Duke
- "Famalay" (2019), Machel Montano, Skinny Fabulous & Bunji Garlin[27]
- "Fantastic Friday" (2013), Superblue[27]
- "Fever" (1975), Lord Kitchener[1][40]
- "Follow the Leader" (1997), Nigel Lewis[29]
- "Free Up" (1989), Tambu[10]
- "Get On" (2008), Fay-Ann Lyons[27]
- "Give Me Pressure" (1989), Mighty Shadow
- "Hot Hot Hot" (1982), Arrow[10][55][29]
- "I Dare You" (2008), Destra[29]
- "It’s Carnival" - "Carnival" (2003), Machel Montano & Destra[9][24]
- "Jab Jab" (1992), Superblue[10]
- "Jumbie" - "Ah See You" (2005), Scrunter
- "Jumbie" (2007), Machel Montano[27][24]
- "Jump and Wave" (1995), Cro Cro[10][29]
- "Jump in the line" (1948), Lord Kitchener[6]
- "La La Jam" - "La La" (1976), Lord Nelson[7]
- "Let the Music Play" (1990), Mighty Sparrow[24]
- "Like a Boss" (2015), Machel Montano[27]
- "Look De Band Coming" (2004), Shurwayne Winchester[27]
- "Lucy" (2015), Destra[17]
- "Mama Dis Is Mas" (1964), Lord Kitchener[7]
- "Margie" (1970), Lord Kitchener[1]
- "Mas in Madison Square Garden" (1971), Lord Kitchener[1][10]
- "Miss Mary" (1974), Mighty Sparrow[1][40]
- "Miss Tourist" (1968), Lord Kitchener[7][9]
- "Move" (1991), Black Stalin[9]
- "Moving (To the Left)" (1996), Nigel Lewis[10]
- "My Parade" (2019), Mighty Sparrow
- "Nani Wine" (1989), Crazy[18][9]
- "No No We Eh Going Home" (1990), Tambu
- "Oh Yay" (2016), Olatunji[27]
- "Ola" (2015), Olatunji[17][27]
- "Outa Space" (1999), Machel Montano & Beenie Man[24]
- "Palance" (2010), JW & Blaze[27]
- "Party Done" (2015). Angela Hunte & Machel Montano[17]
- "Phenomenal" (2015), Benjai[17]
- "Play your Mas" (1965), Mighty Sparrow[9]
- "Pump Up" (2000), Superblue[27]
- "Pump Yuh Flag" (2012), Machel Montano[27]
- "Rack Me Rack Me" (1985), Rootsman
- "River (De)" (1978), Sanell Dempster[24]
- "Rock it" (1985), Merchant
- "Sing Ram Bam" (1987), Gypsy[11]
- "Soca Kingdom" (2018), Machel Montano & Superblue[27]
- "Soca Movin’ On" (2008), Erphaan Alves[27]
- "Stranger" (2001), Mighty Shadow[27][9]
- "Take Your Clothes off" (1993), Spice & Company
- "Toronto Mas" (1972), Mighty Sparrow[9]
- "Tourist Leggo" (1976), King Short Shirt[7][2]
- "Trinidad" - "Right Hand" (2002), Naya George[27]
- "Turn Up" (2017), Bunji Garlin[27]
- "Two Days to Go" - "Two to Go" (1988), Lord Kitchener
- "Waiting on the Stage" (2016), Machel Montano[27]
LGBTQ[edit]
- "List (The)" (1985), Mighty Gabby[3]
- "Man Nicer Than Woman" (1963), Mighty Dougla[25]
- "Norman" (1978), Merchant[7][5]
- "Whoopsin" (1941), Roaring Lion[5][6][8]
- "Woman’s Sweeter than Man" (1926), Wilmoth Houdini[6][9]
Machismo / Misogynist[edit]
- "Bad Woman" (1934), Roaring Lion[6]
- "Bajan Girls" (1928), Macbeth the Great[29]
- "Blood Is Thicker than Water" (1948), Lord Kitchener[19]
- "Both of Them" (1992), Mighty Sparrow[25][24]
- "Child Father" (1961), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Cuff Dem Down" (1974), Mighty Sparrow
- "Dog Bite You" (1978), Lord Kitchener
- "Dolly Doray" (1967), Mighty Zandolie[25]
- "E Pete" - "I Piti" (1976), Lord Shorty[46]
- "Gu Nu Gu" (1979), Mighty Sparrow[5][36][9]
- "Indrani" (1972), Lord Shorty[7][10][5]
- "I Want to Join in Matrimony" (1948), Lord Kitchener[19]
- "Jagabat Women" (1960), Mighty Bomber
- "Jamaica Woman" (1962), Lord Kitchener[12]
- "Jean Marabunta" (1959), Mighty Sparrow[1][52]
- "Keep the City Clean" (1959), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Learn to Cook" (1970), Mighty Sparrow[29][56]
- "Levez Mako" (1970), Mighty Sparrow[46]
- "Loving Woman Is Waste of Time" (1950), The Duke of Iron[19]
- "Lulu" (1959), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Man Centapee" - "Man Centipede" - "Female of the Species (The)" (1943), Atilla the Hun[19][20]
- "Man Like to Feel" (1965), Mighty Sparrow[29]
- "Man Smart (Woman Smarter)" - "Woman You Can't Fool My Man" (1936), King Radio[6][10][9][8]
- "Man with the Pepper Sauce Is Boss (The)" - "Pepper Sauce" (1987), Mighty Swallow
- "Mary Ann" - "Marianne" - "All Day All Night" (1945), Roaring Lion[7][23][5][20][8]
- "May May" - "Mae Mae" (1960), Mighty Sparrow[7][1][24][29]
- "Monica Doo Doo" (1960), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Mr Rake and Scrape" (1961), Mighty Sparrow[1][9]
- "Mrs. Harriman" (1972), Lord Kitchener[25]
- "Mr. Walker" (1968), Mighty Sparrow[7][24]
- "My Troubles with Dorothy" (1938), Lord Executor[46][19]
- "Netty Netty" - "Nettie Nettie" - "Can’t Stand the Diggings" (1937), Roaring Lion[5][23][1][28][8]
- "No Money No Love" (1992), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Nothing for Nothing" - "Give to Get" (1961), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Obeah Wedding" - "Melda" (1966) - Mighty Sparrow[7][1][36][53][24][29]
- "Old Men Come Back Again" (1939), King Radio[19][25]
- "Pretentious Women" (1964), Young Growler
- "Raphaela" (1960), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Rats (The)" (1936), Growling Tiger[19][32][37]
- "Raycan" (1977), King Short Shirt[7]
- "Sa Sa Yay" - "Sa Sa Ay" - "Sa Sa Yé"(1969), Mighty Sparrow[5][46][9][24]
- "Shake up" - "Shake Up Shake Up" (1977), Lord Brigo[1]
- "Sixteen Commandments" (1963), Lord Shorty[1]
- "Smoke a Cigarette" (1957), Lord Kitchener[19]
- "Spend Your Money Wise" (1962), Nap Hepburn[19]
- "Sugar Plum" (1978), Mighty Shadow[1]
- "Teresa" (1960), Mighty Sparrow[7]
- "Thirteen Year Old Mabel" (1956), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Thunder" - "Is Thunder" (1987), The Mighty Duke[7][29]
- "Twenty to One" (1974), Lord Kitchener[9]
- "Ugly Woman" - "Marry an Ugly Woman" - "Give an Ugly Woman Matrimony" (1934), Roaring Lion[6][16][9][12][8]
- "Vincentian Doreen" (1962), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Wife and Mother" (1954), Lord Kitchener[1]
- "Women and Money" (1962), Mighty Conqueror[7]
- "Women Police in England" (1951), Mighty Terror[19]
- "Women Will Rule the World" (1935), Atilla the Hun[6][23]
- "You Can’t Get Anything Out of Me" (1928), Sam Manning[6]
- "You Gotta Give Away" (1979), Singing Diane (written by Lord Kitchener)[1]
National identity - Emigration[edit]
- "B.G. Blues" (1928), Sam Manning[6]
- "Barbados Blues" (1925), Sam Manning[6]
- "Bouncing Baby Boy" (1928), Sam Manning[6]
- "Brain Drain" (1968), Chalkdust[23][1][9]
- "Buggy Wuggy in California" (1947), King Radio[6]
- "Caribbean Parkway" (1993), Chalkdust[2]
- "Cold in the Winter" (1951), Lord Kitchener[6]
- "Food From the West Indies" (1950), Lord Kitchener[6][9]
- "Get Out" (2020), Tobago Crusoe[27]
- "Gin and Coconut Water" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini[19]
- "Guyanese Come Back Home" (1967), King Fighter[2]
- "Jamaica Farewell" (1966), Lord Creator
- "London is the Place for Me" - "Windrush" (1948), Lord Kitchener[6][31][57][9][24]
- "Lorraine" (1981), Explainer[7][10]
- "Mas in Brooklyn" (1969), Mighty Sparrow[2]
- "Me One Alone" (1956) , Lord Invader[19][29]
- "Nah Leaving" (2001), Denyse Plummer[58]
- "New York Subway" (1946), Lord Invader[6]
- "No More Taxi" (1951), Lord Kitchener[6]
- "Nora" (1950), Lord Kitchener[6][9]
- "Not Tonight" (2014), Pink Panther[27]
- "Prodigal Son" (2013), Chalkdust[11]
- "Stay Home West Indians" (1959), King Fighter[2][25]
- "Sweet Jamaica" (1948), Lord Kitchener[19][9][24]
- "Uncle Sam’s Policy" (1983), Chalkdust[11]
- "Underground Train (The)" (1950), Lord Kitchener[6]
- "Wahbeen and Grog" (1962), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "We Could Make it if we Try" (1987), Black Stalin[2][24]
- "West Indians in England" (1959), Azie Lawrence[12]
- "Windrush Coming Down" (2020), Clivus[27]
National identity - Immigration[edit]
- "Bad Kamawad" (1992), Mighty Pep[2]
- "Columbus Lied" (1989), Mighty Shadow
- "False Papers" (2014), Bodyguard[23]
- "Immigration Problems" (1972), Chalkdust[11]
- "Indian Girls with Creole Names" - "Indian Women with Creole Names" - "Indian People with Creole Names" - Indians Adopting Creole Names (1950), Mighty Killer[23][8][11][29]
- "Indo Law Na Say So" (1959), Lord Inventor[19]
- "Nah Leaving" (2001), Denyse Plummer[23][31][57]
- "Send Them Back" (1960), Lord Blakie[2][29]
- "Small Island" (1945), Lord Invader[5][2]
- "Too Botheration" (1938), Mighty Growler[19][32]
National identity - Pride & hope[edit]
- "A Nation 31 Years Old" (1994), Delamo[10]
- "As a Nation Forges On" (1988), Denyse Plummer[10]
- "Belle Trinidad (La)" 1937, Atilla the Hun[21][19][29]
- "Beautiful Land of Iere" (1938), Growling Tiger[25][11][29]
- "Change" (2018), Helon Francis[27]
- "Charming Trinidad" (1939), Roaring Lion[6][47]
- "Foreigner" (1978), Lord Nelson
- "God Bless Our Nation" (1967), Lord Baker[7][2][9]
- "Great Nation" (2018), Myron B[27]
- "Holidays in Trinidad" (1967), Mighty Cypher[25]
- "I Am" (2019), Erphaan Alves[27]
- "I Believe" (2015), Chucky[27]
- "I Stand for Trinbago" (2008), Singing Sandra
- "Jamaica is the Place to Go" (1955), Charlie Binger[12]
- "Land of the Humming Birds" (1928), Sam Manning[6]
- "Lend a Hand" (1970), Mighty Sparrow[24]
- "National Pride" (1983), Chalkdust[11]
- "National Pride" (2002), Singing Sandra[11]
- "National Unity" (1996), Chalkdust[11]
- "Oh Land of Mine" (2006), Crazy[27]
- "Paradise" (2016), Helon Francis[27]
- "Paramaribo" (1937), Lord Caresser[32][19]
- "Sing for the Land" (1985), Black Stalin[2]
- "Soulful Calypso" (1977), Maestro
- "Sweet Trinidad" (2009), Lord Funny[29]
- "They Can’t Beat We" (1989), Chalkdust[11]
- "This Land is Mine" (1990), Drupatee[43]
- "Trini to the Bone" (2003), David Rudder[23]
- "Vision of T&T in 2010" (1998), Mystic Prowler[43]
- "We Is We" (1972), Chalkdust[11][53]
- "We’re Ten Years Old" (1972), Chalkdust[25]
News events - West Indies[edit]
- "Abu Bakr Take Over" (1991) Preacher[10]
- "Ah Wo" (1980), Valentino[2]
- "Bandsman Shooting Case" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini[6]
- "Barking Beef" (2005), Shalleika Hazell[27]
- "Beyond the Boundary" (1993), M’ba[10]
- "Black Miss Universe (The)" (1978), Mighty Sparrow[24]
- "Caroni Close Down" - "Caroni Close Dong" (2004), Adesh Samaroo[27]
- "Cipriani's and Bradshaw’s Death" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini[6][10]
- "Claude" (2020), Heather MacIntosh[27]
- "Clause Four" (1987), Mighty Trini
- "Cock Fight" (1969), Mighty SparrowKing Radio[9]
- "Country Club Scandal" (1933), King Radio[23][32][8]
- "Cubana Crash (The)" (1977), Chalkdust[11]
- "Curfew Time" (1971), Lord Kitchener[10]
- "Do you Want a Watchman" (1994), Watchman[10]
- "Doc Secret Wedding" - "The Doc’s Wedding" (1959), Growling Tiger[11][9]
- "Drama Island" (2011), David Rudder[27]
- "Duke and Duchess of Kent (1935), Atilla the Hun[19][10][9][14]
- "Dynamite" (1934), Lionel Belasco[6]
- "Fire Fire" - "Calypso Coup" (1991), Bally[10]
- "Freaking Streaking" (1980), The Mighty Duke[17]
- "Get Something and Wave" (1991), Superblue[10][9][29]
- "Good Will Flyers" (1934), Atilla the Hun[11][25][19]
- "Graf Zeppelin" (1934), Atilla the Hun[4][6][7][13][8]
- "Guest List (The)" (2020), Michelle Henry[27]
- "Hang Him" (1976), Chalkdust[11]
- "Hosay Massacre (The)" (2021), George Rampersad
- "Hoosay" (1991), David Rudder[9]
- "Is Butler Married" (1948), Atilla the Hun
- "Jack" - "Dah Beach is Mine" (1982), Mighty Gabby
- "Jamaica Hurricane" (1951), Lord Beginner[6]
- "Janelle ‘Penny’ Commissiong" (1978), Lord Kitchener[10]
- "Lieutenant Julian" (1928), Sam Manning[6]
- "Looting in B.G." (1962), Mighty Cypher[2]
- "Mama, Call the Fire Brigade" (1957), Houdini[29][19]
- "Maxi Dub" (1993), Bally[38][10]
- "Message to George Weeks" (1976), Chalkdust[11]
- "Ministry of the Road" (2014), Machel Montano[27]
- "Not in Here" (2020), Duane O’Connor[27]
- "Not Martin" (2020), Makenda Marius[27]
- "Oh Grenada" (2014), Cro Cro[27]
- "Oil Cyar Spoil" (2019), Tamika Darius[27]
- "Out de Fire" (1957), Lord Flea[12]
- "Post Another Letter For Thelma" (1952), Mighty Spitfire[59][10]
- "Saga of the PRA" (1984), Valentino[2]
- "Say a Prayer for Abu Bakr" (1991), Cro Cro[10]
- "Skyscraper" (1961), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Some Came Running" (1976), Maestro
- "Telco Poops" (1978), Mighty Penguin[59]
- "Traffic Jam" (1987), Gypsy[11]
- "Treasury Fire" (1933), Lord Beginner[5][6][20]
- "Tribute to Princess Margaret" (1958), Mighty Striker[40][30]
- "Trinidad Hurricane" (1933), Wilmoth Houdini[19][10]
- "We Shall Rise Again" (2005), Super P[27]
- "Welcome to Chinatown" (2020), Signing Sonia[27]
- "Who in de Zoo" (2012), Contender[27]
- "Wounded National Pride" - "Manningitus" (2011), Chalkdust[27]
News events - World[edit]
- "1990" (1990), David Rudder[10]
- "Aid Haiti" (2010), Kizzie Ruiz[27]
- "Ben Lion" (2002), André Tanker[27]
- "Birth of Ghana" (1956), Lord Kitchener[6][13][9]
- "Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (The)" (1953), Roaring Lion[9]
- "Crown Heights Justice" (1992), Mighty Sparrow[15][10][24]
- "De Infidel" (2010), Short Pants[27]
- "Doh Touch Me President" (1999), Mighty Sparrow[15]
- "Double Ten" (1946), Lord Kitchener[5][8]
- "Down to the Bone" (1992), Cheryl & Colors[2]
- "Edward the VIII" - "King Edward the VIII" - "Love, Love Alone" (1937), Lord Caresser[5][1][6][9][20][32][18][11][37]
- "Festival of England" - "Festival of Britain" (1950), Lord Kitchener[9]
- "His Majesty King George the 6th Coronation" (1937), Atilla the Hun[25][9]
- "I Was There at the Coronation" - "I was There" (1953), Young Tiger[19][10][9]
- "Innocent Jimmy" (1989), All Rounder[38][10]
- "Jonestown Massacre" (1979), Chalkdust[11]
- "Lieutenant Julian" (1928), Sam Manning[10][19]
- "Lindbergh Baby (The)" (1937), Lord Executor[37]
- "Magistrate Try Yourself" - "Magistrate Try Himself" (1958), Mighty Spoiler[1]
- "Man on the Moon" (1969), Lord Cobra y Los Pana Afros[12]
- "Megan my Dear" (2020), Terri Lyons[27]
- "New Orleans" (2006), Brother Mudada[27]
- "New York City Blackout" (1978), Mighty Sparrow[15]
- "Nigerian Registration" (1955), Lord Kitchener[6]
- "O.J. Simpson" - "Juice Is Loose (The)" (1996), Mighty Sparrow[15]
- "Phillip My Dear" - "Man in de Bedroom" (1983), Mighty Sparrow[15][38][36][9]
- "Potatoe" (1993), David Rudder[10]
- "Prince Rainer" (1956), Lord Invader[19]
- "Roosevelt Opens the World Fair" (1939) Wilmoth Houdini[19][37]
- "Royal Divorce" (1996), Mighty Sparrow[10]
- "Ruby" - "Missing Baby (The)" (1955), Mighty Sparrow[19]
- "Russian Satellite" (1958), Mighty Sparrow[15][31][1][10]
- "Shaka Shaka" - "Shaka" (1988), Bally[10]
- "Skylab" (1979), Charlie's Roots[1]
- "Tantie Merle" (1979), Chalkdust[11]
- "Terrorism Gone Wild" (1986), Calypso Rose[10]
- "War of Worlds" (2018), Ras Commanda[27]
Politics - Before independence (West Indies)[edit]
- "Abraham Lincoln Speech at Gettysburg" (1960), Growling Tiger[9]
- "Adrian Rienzi" (1938), Atilla the Hun
- "Britain, Give us our Freedom" (1950), Atilla the Hun[13][29]
- "Christmas Eve Night on Quarry Street" (1946), Atilla the Hun[8][29]
- "Class Legislation" (1920), Cromwell The Protector[16][8][6][13][53][29]
- "Cooks in Trinidad (The)" (1930), Wilmoth Houdini[6]
- "Dalley's Report" (1948), Atilla the Hun
- "Daniel Must Go" (1950), Growling Tiger[1][13]
- "Doctor Make your Love" (1959), Lord Melody[26][19][9]
- "Don’t Blame the PNM" (1958), Mighty Striker[1][10][9][29]
- "General Election" (1950), Lord Beginner[6]
- "Governor Jerningham" (1898), Lord Persecutor[1][6][23][13][52][28][8][5]
- "Governor’s Resignation (The)" (1938), Atilla the Hun[19][10][32][14]
- "Honorable Captain Cipriani" (1929), Lord Beginner[8]
- "I Ain’t Butler" (1938), King Radio[8]
- "King George’s Silver Jubilee" (1935), Lord Beginner[6]
- "Labour Situation in Trinidad (The)" (1939), Growling Tiger[6][13]
- "Leave the Dam Doctor" (1960), Mighty Sparrow[15][22][1][9][26][24][29]
- "Million Dollar Jail" (1947), Atilla the Hun[13][11]
- "Present Government" (1961), Mighty Sparrow[15][1][9]
- "Sedition Law" (1940), King Radio[31][10][32]
- "Water Scheme Workers" (1934), Growling Tiger[13]
- "We Mourn the Loss of Sir Murchison Fletcher" (1938), Lord Executor[31][32][37]
- "Wear Your Balisier" (1961), Mighty Sparrow[1][9][29]
Politics - Federation (West Indies) - Caribbean Unity[edit]
- "Capital Site" (1958), Lord Melody[19][9]
- "Caribbean Connection" (1985), Merchant[10][2]
- "Caribbean Unity" - "Caribbean Man" (1979), Black Stalin[3][23][7][1][17][9][2][18][26][53]
- "Cry of the Caribbean" (1992), Black Stalin[2]
- "Cry of the West Indies" (1968), Young Killer
- "Federated Islands" (1956), Mighty BomberMighty Bomber[9][2]
- "Federation" (1951), Lord Beginner[2]
- "Federation" (1957), Lord Kitchener[2][19]
- "Federation" - "We Are as One" (1959), Mighty Sparrow[22][23][7][15][1][17][13][9][2][24][29]
- "Federation" - "What’s Federation" (1956), Small Island Pride[2]
- "Grenada Crisis" - "Grenada Must Join" (1964), Mighty Sparrow[15][2]
- "Montego Bay Conference" (1947), Atilla the Hun[2][13]
- "One Caribbean" (1994), David Rudder[2]
- "Referendum" - "Jamaican Referendum" (1962), Lord Laro[2]
- "Take Your Meat of my Rice" (1967), Lord Kitchener[2]
- "West Indian Federation" (1937), Atilla the Hun[13][19][6][29]
Politics - From independence (West Indies)[edit]
- "3 Bo-Rats" (1988), Cro Cro[17][10]
- "A Nation’s Calypso" - "Our Nation’s Calypso" (1962), Lord Brynner[9]
- "Abu Bakr" (1991), Mighty Sparrow[15]
- "Advice to the Boss" (2016), Cro Cro[27]
- "Ah Can’t Bury Williams" - "I Can’t Bury Eric Williams",(1999), Chalkdust[42][31]
- "Ah Fraid Karl" (1972), Chalkdust[42][1][9]
- "Ah Lost Roy" (2002), Chalkdust[11]
- "Ah Put on Me Guns Again" (1976), Chalkdust[42]
- "Ah Ready to Go" (1998), Sugar Aloes[44]
- "All Yuh Look for Dat" (1996), Cro Cro[23]
- "Aloo Sing" (2013), De Fosto[27]
- "Bad John Willie" (1980), Chalkdust[9]
- "Balance (The)" (2003), Mystic Prowler[27]
- "Balance Wheel" (1982), Calypso Rose[9]
- "Barking Dogs" (1973), Brother Valentino[9][28][26]
- "Better Days" - "Better Days Are Coming" (1984), Black Stalin[17]
- "Betty Goaty" (1982), Penguin[9]
- "Break Down Party" (1980), Black Stalin[9][2][26]
- "Bring the Ayatollah" - "Ayatollah" (1980), Chalkdust[26]
- "Boat Road" (2016), Myron B[27]
- "Boots" (1983), Mighty Gabby[10]
- "By Other Men’s Fault" (2016), Heather MacIntosh[27]
- "Call Dem Out" (2014), Brian London[27]
- "Call to Prayer (The)" (2017), Queen Victoria
- "Chambers" (1980), Explainer[31]
- "Chamber Done See" (1985), Plain Clothes[55]
- "Chauffeur Wanted" - "New Driver Cannot Drive (The)" (1989), Chalkdust[42][10]
- "Check the Foundation" (2006), Luta[27]
- "Clear Your Name" (1974), Chalkdust[42][11][9]
- "Crapeaud Revolution" - "Crapaud Revolution" (1981), Scrunter[9]
- "Deaf Panman" (1974), Lord Relator[9][26]
- "Dey Lucky Ah Have Children" (1988), Chalkdust
- "Diary of a Mad Man" (2011), Calypso Prince[27]
- "Doctor Ent They" - "De Doctor Eh Dey" (1965), Lord Blakie[1][9][2][26]
- "Dread Man" (1976), Maestro[9]
- "Eric Loves Me" - "Eric William Loves Me" (1980), Chalkdust[11][9][26]
- "Eric Williams Dead" (1988), Chalkdust
- "Eye Problem" (2010), Chalkdust[27]
- "F.D.A.T" (2014), Devon Seale[27]
- "Fishmonger" - "Chalkie the Fishmonger" (2004), Chalkdust[11]
- "Final Send Off" (2017), Cro Cro[27]
- "From Then to Now" (1987), Mighty Shadow[9]
- "Game Show Politics" (2013), Devon Seale[27]
- "Get to Hell Outa Here" - "Get to Hell Out" (1965), Mighty Sparrow[15][1][9][2][28][26]
- "Goat Mouth Doc" (1972), Chalkdust[42][9]
- "Good Driving" (1994), Luta[10]
- "Good Manning Mr Manning" (1992), Rootsman[5][31]
- "Grenada" - "Under Siege" (1984), Mighty Sparrow[15]
- "Grenada Man" (1984), Mighty Sparrow[5]
- "Guest List (De)" (2014), Chalkdust[11]
- "Honesty" (1966), Mighty Sparrow[23][9][26]
- "Hostage" (2017), Vigilanté
- "I Carmona" (2017), Devon Seale
- "I Eric Eustace Williams" (1982), Crusoe[9]
- "I in Town Too Long" (2005), Chalkdust[11][27]
- "I Love You" (2007), Maria Bhola[27]
- 'In Just Six Years" (2003), Skatie[27]
- "Independence" (1962), Mighty Dougla[9]
- "Independence" - "Trinidad and Tobago Independence" - "Independence Calypso" (1962), Lord Brynner[10]
- "Independent Jamaica" (1977), Lord Creator[9]
- "Jubilation" (2002), Sugar Aloes[27]
- "Just So" (2003), Chalkdust[27]
- "Kicksin in Parliament" (1979), Explainer[1]
- "Last Election" (1967), Mighty Cypher[1][40][9]
- "La Trinity" - "Don’t Cry for Me" (1990), Denyse Plummer[44]
- "Let the Games Begin" (2000), Brother Valentino[27]
- "Let the Jackass Sing" (1974), Chalkdust[23][42][9]
- "Luta’s Advice" (2010), Heather MacIntosh[27]
- "Madness" - "St Ann’s" (1987), David Rudder[9]
- "Manning Must Go" (2010), Crazy[23]
- "Massa Day Must Done" - "Massa Day Must Done" (1974), Chalkdust[25][42]
- "Moo Moo Talking" (1996), Third Eye
- "More Mad than Me" (2017), Myron B[27]
- "Mr Panday Needs Glasses" (1997), Watchman[10]
- "Mr Trinidad" (1974), Maestro[31]
- "My Corn Tree" (2017), Kurt Allen
- "My Hart and I" (2009), Chalkdust[11][27]
- "My Humble Plea" (1985), Devon Seale[23][27]
- "My Way of Protest" (1977), Chalkdust[11]
- "New Portrait of Trinidad" (1972), Black Stalin[1]
- "No Winners" (2002), Denyse Plummer[27]
- "Not a damn Seat for Them" (1982), Lord Kitchener[10][29]
- "Not a Damn Seat for Them" (1982), Lord Pretender[10]
- "On Turning 50" (2012), Singing Sandra[11]
- "One Day" (1986), Natasha Wilson[27]
- "Only Games" (2018), Jahson I Am[27]
- "Our Model Nation" - "Model Nation" (1962), Mighty Sparrow[15][23][1][13][52][2][9][24]
- "Picture Picture" (2006), Skatie[27]
- "Plight of My People" (2017), Lady Gypsy[11]
- "PNM Loves Me" - "Somebody in PNM Loves me" (1973), Chalkdust[42][26]
- "PNM March" (1977), Lord Kitchener
- "Political Lightning" (2012), Bunny B[27]
- "Political Sin Phony" (2013), Kurt Allen[27]
- "Political Wonder" (1970), Mighty Bomber[9][26]
- "Portrait of Trinidad" (1965), Mighty Sniper[23][7][1][2][30][26][9][29]
- "Positive Vibrations" (1990), Sugar Aloes[29]
- "Ram the Magician" - "Ram D’ Magician" (1984), Chalkdust[11]
- "Reflections" (2008), Sugar Aloes[27]
- "Reflections of Our Late Prime Minister" (1981), De Fosto[9]
- "Respect God’s Voice" (2016), Devon Seale[27]
- "Road Bad (The)" (2016), Chalkdust[27]
- "Road Protest" - "D’Asphalt" (2013), Mistah Shak[27]
- "Rose (The)" (1985), Chucky Gordon[23][27]
- "Rowley Letter (The)" - "Letter to Keith Rowley" (2003), Chalkdust[42]
- "Rowley Rowley" (2018), Tigress[27]
- "Sailing" (1987), Mighty Trini[10]
- "Selwin in the Garden Hiding" - "Adam in the Garden Hiding" (1996), Chalkdust[11]
- "Shango Vision" (1977), Chalkdust[1][40][26]
- "She’s Royal" (2012), Sugar Aloes[23][27]
- "Sinking Ship (The)" (1986), Gypsy[23][7][31]
- "Snake in the Balisier" (1983), Mighty Shadow
- "Solomon Out" (1965), Mighty Sparrow[15][1][9][2][26]
- "Some Body Mad" - "Somebody Mad" (1973), Chalkdust[23][42][9][26]
- "Spranger’s Story (A)" (2013), Tobago Chalkie[27]
- "Steel Beam" - "We Like it So" (1981), Mighty Sparrow[10][24]
- "Strange Case of Madam Occhahontas and the Westminster Dreadlocks (The)" (1996), David Rudder[10]
- "Take a rest" (1980), Lord Relator[23][40][9][26]
- "Three Blind Mice" (1976), Chalkdust[16][40][2][26]
- "To Lloyd with Love" (1977), Chalkdust[11]
- "To Sir with Love" (1981), Maestro[9][26]
- "Too Bright" (2010), Kurt Allen[27]
- "Too Much Party" (2004), Chalkdust[42]
- "Trade Union" (1939), Growling Tiger[31][10]
- "Travel Woes" (2013), Pink Panther[27]
- "Trini Does Lie" (1986), Chalkdust[11]
- "Oh Trinidad" (1976), Lord Shorty[9]
- "Try Obeah" (1989), Chalkdust[11]
- "Tug O War Society" (2000), Chalkdust[11]
- "Two sides of a Shilling" (1971), Chalkdust[42][9][1][26]
- "Ungrateful Pastor" (2007), Bodyguard[27]
- "Vampire Year" - "Vampires" (1981), Black Stalin[2][26]
- "Vision 20/20" (2002), Karene Asche[27]
- "Vote Dem Out" (1986), Déplé[23][31][29]
- "Uncle Jack" (2011), Karene Asche[27]
- "Wajang" - "Yuh Ain’t See Wajang Yet" (2009), Tigress[27]
- "We’re Ten Year Old" (1972), Chalkdust[42]
- "We Doh Want It" (1992), Cro Cro
- "We Kinda Leader" (1987), Chalkdust[11]
- "Wey you Think" (2014), Chucky Gordon[27]
- "Wha Yuh Doing" (2017), Chucky Gordon
- "When Elephant Fight" (2019), Gypsy[27]
- "When Mas Was Mas" (2010), Chalkdust[11]
- "Why ah Stay" (2000), Sugar Aloes[27]
- "Why I Left, Why I Returned" (1974), Lord Superior[9]
- "William the Conqueror" (1958), Mighty Sparrow[15][22][23][31][1][9]
- "Woman to Woman" (2011), Tigress[27]
- "Wrap Spoon and Fork in Napkin" (2019), Hunter
Politics - USA[edit]
- "American Election" (1945), Atilla the Hun
- "Barack the Magnificent" (2007), Mighty Sparrow[40][27]
- "Black Coffee" (2009), Lord Superior[27]
- "Death of Kennedy" (1964), Mighty Sparrow[10][25]
- "Jump for Jesse" (1988), Mighty Sparrow[15]
- "Kennedy and Khrushchev" (1963), Mighty Sparrow[4][15][1]
- "Martin Luther King" - "Tribute to Martin Luther King" (1968), Black Stalin[10][2]
- "Martin Luther King" (1970), Mighty Sparrow[15]
- "Martin Luther King for President" (1964), Mighty Sparrow[15][9]
- "Muhamed Ali" (1971), Samson the Lark[10]
- "Obama the First" (2009), Sugar Aloes[27]
- "One for Obama" (2009), Twiggy[27]
- "Watergate" (1973), Mighty Cypher[10]
- "Weapons of Mass Dis-Illusion" (2007), Mighty Sparrow[15]
Politics - World (Other)[edit]
- "Ayatollah" (1981), Mighty Sparrow[15]
- "B.G. War" (1962), Mighty Sparrow[15][2]
- "Burn Dem" (1992), Black Stalin[7][10]
- "Castro No not Trinidad" (1963), Lord Christo[4]
- "Cuba" (1994), David Rudder[2]
- "Democracy in Haiti" (1995), Mighty Sparrow[15][10]
- "Free South Africa" (1989), Mighty Shadow
- "Haiti" (1988), David Rudder[2]
- "Heaven" (1995), David Rudder[10][9]
- "How Many More Must Die" - "How Many More" (1986), The Mighty Duke[10][33]
- "Idi Amin" (1978), Mighty Sparrow[15][1][9][24]
- "Invade South Africa" (1985), Mighty Sparrow[15][9]
- "Isms Schims" (1984), Black Stalin[33][2]
- "Isolate South Africa" (1982), Mighty Sparrow[15][33][9][53]
- "Leaders on the Run" (1987), Gypsy[11]
- "Lift the Iron Curtain" (1958), Lord Ivanhoe & his Caribbean Knights[19][31][12]
- "London Bridge" - "London Bridge is Falling Down" (1980), Mighty Sparrow[15][10]
- "Madiba" (2014), Singing Sandra
- "More Come" (1986), Black Stalin[33]
- "Satan in Control" (1988), Gypsy
- "Stay up Zimbabwe" (1979), Brother Valentino[5][53]
- "Tables Turning (The)" (1980), Explainer[26][53]
- "Undemocratic Rhodesia" (1971), Samson the Lark[10]
- "United Africa" (1963) - Black Stalin[2][53]
- "Victory is certain" (1991), David Rudder[10]
- "Vile Doctrine" (1964), Lord Brynner[4]
- "Wanted Dead or Alive" (1980), Mighty Sparrow[15][2][53][24]
- "We won’t Give Up" (1977), The Mighty Duke[53]
Promotion / Advertising[edit]
- "Bells (The)" (1937), Lord Executor[5]
- "Coffee Coffee" (1945), Atilla the Hun[19]
- "Diamond T" (1945), Atilla the Hun
- "Rum Is Macho" (1980), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Sa Gomes’ Emporium"' (1935), Keskidee Trio[19][10][14]
Racial identity / Slavery[edit]
- "42 Years Gone" (2005), Marvellous Marva[9]
- "101%" (2019), De Mighty Trini[27]
- "Africa" (1955), Lord Beginner[6]
- "Africa My Home" (1951), Lord Kitchener[6][9]
- "African Love Call" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini[6]
- "African War Call" - "African War Song" (1938) - Roaring Lion[19][37]
- "All African" (1971), Lord Superior[53]
- "Ambas Pons Marabella" - "Enba Pon Marabella" (1838), Anonymous (patois)[46][5][8][29]
- "Ambataila Woman" (1991), United Sisters[44]
- "Answer to Black Power" - "Answer for Black Power (The)" (1968), Chalkdust[4][23][1][26]
- "Belle Marie Coolie" - "Bèl Mawi Kouli" (1914), J. Resigina - aka Julian Whiterose[46][6][19]
- "Black Child’s Prayer" (1983), Chalkdust[11][53]
- "Black Identity" (1973), Maestro[23]
- "Black Inventions" (1979), Chalkdust[11]
- "Black is Beautiful" (1969), The Mighty Duke[7][31][36][30][53][41]
- "Black Power" (1971), Lord Kitchener[25]
- "Black Power in Trinidad" (1971), The Mighty Duke[25][4]
- "Body Parts" (1997), Trinidad Rio[10]
- "Children of a Lesser God" (2020), Crazy[27]
- "Crisis in Arkansas" (1959), Lord Invader[19][31]
- "Emancipation" (1933), Lionel Belasco[6]
- "Emancipation" (2018), Dunstan Carwash Lawrence
- "Emancipation Centenary" (1933), Atilla the Hun[13][53]
- "Emperor of Africa (The)" (1954), Mighty Terror[6]
- "Ganges and the Nile" (1999), David Rudder[7][10]
- "Glorious Centenary" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini[23][10]
- "God Made Us All" (1947), Lord Invader[6][13][9]
- "Guardian Beauty Contest" (1955), Atilla the Hun[13]
- "Heart Transplant" (1969), King Short Shirt[10]
- "Heading North" (1958), Mighty Terror[19][31]
- "Hello Africa" (1977), Eddy Grant[36]
- "Human Rights" (1979), Mighty Shadow
- "I owe no Apology" (1991), Mighty Sparrow[9]
- "If You’re Not White You’re Black" - "Black or White" (1953), Lord Kitchener[31]
- "Imitation Rasta" (1979), Funny[5]
- "Jahaji Bhai" (1996), Brother Marvin[7][10]
- "Jahaji Blues" (1997), Gregory Ballantyne[10][43]
- "Liberation" (1973), Valentino[26]
- "Love African Style" (1979), Mighty Sparrow[9][36][53]
- "Love One Another" (1970), Mighty Sparrow[24]
- "Memories of 1970" (1971), The Mighty Duke
- "Message of 70's (The)" (1977), Chalkdust[11]
- "Mr. African" (1976), Explainer[1]
- "My Grandfather’s Backpay" - "Grandfather’s Backpay" - "Grandpa’s Pay Day" (1985), Chalkdust[33][11]
- "Mock Democracy" (1966), Lord Cristo[31]
- "Negro Heart" (1968), Lord Zebra[12]
- "No Freedom" (1970), Lord Kitchener[4]
- "No Revolution" (1971), Brother Valentino[23][1][9][2][26]
- "Nothing Come Easy" (1982), Black Stalin[11]
- "Phrase (The)" (2017), Terri Lyons
- "Racism" (2007), Mighty Sparrow[15]
- "Raise your Head" (1979), Mighty Crooner[53]
- "Roaring Seventies (The)" (2013), Valentino[2]
- "Say my Name" (1997), Ella Andall[60]
- "Slave (The)" (1963), Mighty Sparrow[15][23][7][16][1][13][9][52][19][36][53][29]
- "Song for Healing" (1999), Singing Sandra[44]
- "Song for We" - "Sing ah Song for We" (2008), Brian London[27]
- "Sons and Daughters of Africa" (1952), Lord Beginner[19][29]
- "Split Me in Two" (1961), Mighty Dougla[23][7][31]
- "Still Colonial2 (2017), Meguella Simon[27]
- "Straight Hair Girl" (1950), Lord Beginner[6]
- "Sufferers" (2000), Black Stalin[11]
- "Sweet Like a Honey Bee" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini[6]
- "Teach the Children" - "Teach Your Children" (1976), The Mighty Duke[13][36][53]
- "Theme for African Liberation" (1977), Chalkdust[11]
- "They Ain’t See Africa at All" - "They Ain’t African at All" (1984), Chalkdust[11][53]
- "Twentieth Century Greats" - "20th Century Greats" (1976), Chalkdust[11]
- "Uhuru" (1977), The Mighty Duke[53]
- "Um Ba Ya Oh2 - "Um Ba Yao" (1978)[7]
- "Unite African" (1990), Mighty Shadow[29]
- "White People Laughing at We" (1987), Chalkdust[11]
Religion - Christian / Gospelypso[edit]
- "Ezekiel Coming" (2017), Calypso Rose[23]
- "Fall of Man" (1936), Roaring Lion[19][14]
- "Go Down the Valley" (1935), Keskidee Trio[19][5]
- "His Holy Name" (2003), Mighty Sparrow
- "I Am What I Am" (2017), Calypso Rose[23]
- "I Used to Be a Sinner" (2003), Mighty Sparrow
- "Miracle of Jesus" (2003), Mighty Sparrow
- "One Super Power" (2010), Tony Barclay
- "Salvation" (1983), Blue Boy[27]
- "Salvation" (1994), Mighty Sparrow[44][11]
- "Sing for the Lord" (2010), Brother Mudada[30]
- "Soca Baptist" (1980), Blue Boy[7][1][53]
- "Temptation of Christ" (2003), Mighty Sparrow
- "When the Roll is Called up Yonder" (1984), Chalkdust[11]
- "Who God Bless" (1978), Ras Shorty I[10]
- "Wisdom of Christ" (2003), Mighty Sparrow
Religion - Others[edit]
- "Hard Hard Hard" (1986), Black Stalin
- "Judge Me Not" (2008), Singing Sandra[11]
- "Om Shanti Om" (1979), Lord Shorty[5][10][43]
- "One Day of Prayer" (2004), Singing Sandra
- "Power in Song" (2018), Singing Sandra[11]
- "Ras Mass" (1981), Explainer[7][30]
- "Rastaman" - "Rastaman Be Careful" (1979), Lord Melody[40]
- "Rastamania" (1978), Mighty Sparrow[5]
- "True Colours" (2000), Singing Sandra[11]
Shango / Folklore[edit]
- "Bassman" (1974), Mighty Shadow[7][61][1]
- "Bongo" (1969), Mighty Sparrow[5]
- "Bongo Dance" (The) (1937) - The Growler[36]
- "Children Ting (The)" (1976), Mighty Shadow[61]
- "Devil Behind Me (The)" - "Leggo" (1940), Wilmoth Houdini[19][46][37]
- "Jumbie Jamberee" - "Zombie jamboree" - "Back to Back" (1953), Lord Jellicoe (Also Lord Intruder)[19]
- "Jumbies" (1979), Mighty Shadow[61]
- "La Jobless" - "Labejeless Woman (The)" - "Lajobless Woman (The) - "Ladjablès"" (1938) - Lord Executor[19][46][28]
- "Love in the Cemetery" (1962), Lord Kitchener[7][12]
- "Mamie Water" (1955), Lord Kitchener[6]
- "Obeah" (2020), Terri Lyons[27]
- "Obeah Man" - "Take Me to the Obeah Man" (1979), Mighty Sparrow[36]
- "Pay the Devil" (1994), Mighty Shadow[61]
- "Return of the Bassman" (1984), Mighty Shadow[61]
- "Shango" (1938), Lord Caresser[19][36]
- "Shango" (1932), Roaring Lion[6]
- "Shango Man" (1967), Mighty Sparrow[36][53]
- "Soucouyant" (1985), Crazy[10]
- "Sucoyen" (1933), Roaring Lion[6]
- "Three Friends' Advice" - "My Three Friends' Advice" (1937), Lord Executor[5][36][8]
- "Through the Mirror" (1979), Mighty Shadow[61]
- "Trinidad Obeahman" (1929), Lionel Belasco[6]
- "Whap Cocoyea" (2004) Mighty Shadow[27]
- "Who Am I?" (2003), Sugar Aloes[60]
- "Witch Doctor" (1976), Mighty Sparrow[36][9][53]
- "Yoruba Shango" - "Yaraba Shango" (1935), Growling Tiger[5][6][36][19][29]
Social commentaries - Others[edit]
- "Accident Policy" (1976) Lord Funny[30]
- "Always Marry a Pretty Woman" (1946), Lord Beginner[23]
- "Better Days" (2018), Aaron Duncan[27]
- "Blaze de Fire" (2005), Bunji Garlin[27]
- "Class Language" (2009), Kizzie Ruiz[27]
- "Dog Better than Man" (1962), Mighty Viper[12]
- "Eat your Cake and Still Have It" (2007), Skatie[27]
- "Exploiting" (1938), Lord Caresser[19][37]
- "Good Time Pioneers" (2005), Brother Mudada[27]
- "I thank Thee" (1978), Calypso Rose[1][40][9][24]
- "More Times" (1979), Black Stalin[2][26]
- "No Front Page" (2018), Duane O’Connor[27]
- "Old Lady Walk a Mile" - "Old Lady Walk a Mile and a Half" (1951–1953), Lord Kitchener[10][25]
- "Philantropy" (2021), Crazy[27]
- "Ring de Bell" (1996), Brother Resistance[41]
- "Scratch Meh Back" (2000), Mighty Shadow[27][16]
- "Social Media" (2017), Lady Adana[27]
- "Suzie Jumbie" (1962), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Sudan" (2007), Singing Sandra[11][27]
- "That Good, That Bad" - "Dat Good, Dat Bad" (1990), Chalkdust[25]
- "White People’s Bacchanal" (1957), Mighty Viper[13]
- "Woman Woman" (1977), Cro Cro[1]
- "Wrong Name (De)" (2019), Sexy Suzie[27]
Spirituality / Philosophy[edit]
- "Ah Living Meh Life" (1962), Mighty Dougla[19]
- "Bring Down the Power" (2010), Ella Andall[60]
- "Clean Heart" (2008), Singing Sandra[11]
- "Death Is Compulsory" (1948), Lord Kitchener[19]
- "Hands" (2008), Singing Sandra
- "I Will Die a Bachelor" (1950), Lord Beginner[6]
- "If ah Coulda" (2007), Mighty Shadow[11]
- "In Time to come" (2000), Crazy[10][27]
- "In Times" (1995), Black Stalin[10]
- "Journey" (1989), Tambu[10]
- "Journey of the Enabler" (2019), Singing Sandra
- "Learn to Laugh" (1984), Chalkdust[11]
- "Life" (1988), Gypsy
- "Life Is a Stage" (1972), Brother Valentino[7][17][28]
- "Lifeline" (1989), Ann Marie Inniss[43]
- "Look at the Bright Side" (1991), Black Stalin[11]
- "Love Thy Neighbour" (1937), Roaring Lion[5]
- "Man’s Imagination" (2019), Ronaldo London[27]
- "Never Ever Worry" (1961), Lord Pretender[7][40]
- "Never Hang Your Hat" (1967), Lord Christo[7]
- "People Will Talk" (1962), King Fighter[7][12]
- "Song for the People" (1991), Ella Andall[44]
- "Survival" - "Man Will Survive" (1992), Mighty Sparrow[11][10][24]
- "You Can’t Stop Pleasing People" (1959), Lord Commander[19]
Sports - Cricket[edit]
- "Alec Bedser Calypso" (1951–1953), Lord Kitchener[19]
- "Beyond a Boundary" (1993), MBA[33][2]
- "Blackwash" (1985), Roots Man[33]
- "Blood Money" (1986), Commenter[33]
- "Brian Lara" (1995), Watchman
- "Constantine" (1929), Wilmoth Houdini[6]
- "Cricket Champions" (1967), Lord Kitchener[25]
- "Cricket Song (The)" (1964), Lord Kitchener[25][33]
- "Denis Compton" (1951), Lord Kitchener[6]
- "Four Lara Four" - "Laramania" (1995), Defosto[10]
- "Gavascar" (1972), Lord Relator[7][62]
- "Here Come the West Indies" (1994), David Rudder[33][2]
- "John Goddard" (1950), Lord Beginner[6]
- "Kerry Packer" (1978), Mighty Sparrow[6][33][24]
- "Kerry Packer Cricketers" (1978), All Rounders[33]
- "Knock Them Down" (1977), Maestro[11][33][24]
- "Legacy" (1995), David Rudder[33]
- "M.C.C. and the West Indies (the)" - "M.C.C. and Trinidad (The)" (1935), Lord Beginner & Atilla the Hun[8][19]
- "Mickey Cipriani’s Career" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini[6][10]
- "Rally 'Round the West Indies" (1988), David Rudder[23][10][33][2][24]
- "Signal to Lara" (1995), Superblue[10]
- "Sir Garfield Sobers" (1966), Mighty Sparrow[15][10]
- "Smiling Eyes of Steel" (2000), David Rudder[27]
- "South Africa" (1983), Tobago Crusoe[33][10]
- "Tiger Tom Kill Tiger Cat" (1932), Wilmoth Houdini[6]
- "Victory Calypso" - "Victory Test Match" - "Cricket, Lovely Cricket" (1950), Lord Beginner[6][57][10]
Sports - Others[edit]
- "ATO" - "Ato Boldon" (1996), G.B. (Gregory Ballantyne)
- "Ato’s Gold" (1998), Denyse Plummer[10]
- "Crawfie" - "Crawford" - "Halsey Crawford with a Bullet" (1977), Mighty Sparrow[1][24]
- "Crawford is the Man" - "Halsey Crawford" (1977), Lord Kitchener[10]
- "Fighter" (2006), Maximus Dan[27]
- "Games" (2017), Heather MacIntosh[11][27]
- "Gold" (1976), Maestro[1]
- "Gold Coast Champion" (1950), Lord Beginner[19]
- "Granny" (1986), Natasha Wilson[10]
- "Javelin Jam" (2013), Mistah Shak[27]
- "Joe Louis" (1938), Lord Caresser[19][37][46]
- "Joe Louis Calypso (The)" (1950), Lord Beginner[19][37]
- "Joe Louis Schmelling Fight" (1939), Mighty Growler[25][37][19]
- "Is Only Sports" (1995), Kurt Allen[10]
- "Keep Fit" - "Keep Fit Man" (1983), All Rounder
- "Keshorn" - "Javelin Champion (The)" (2013), Eunice Peters[27]
- "Louis Schmeling Fight" (1937), Atilla the Hun & Roaring Lion (duet)[19][25][37][6]
- "Mannie Dookie" (1935), Growling Tiger[8][19]
- "Muhammad Ali" (2002), Mr. Calypso
- "Play Ball" (1960), Lord Christo[25][29]
- "Randolph Turpin's Victory" (1951), Lord Kitchener[6]
- "Road to Italy" (1989), Superblue[10]
- "World Cup" (1976), Maestro
Tabanca / Love / Jealousy[edit]
"Tabanca, tabanka, tabankca, tobanca (n) (Grenada, Guyana, Trinidad): A painful feeling of unrequited love, from loving someone who does not love in return, especially someone who was once a lover or spouse."[63]
- "After Carnival" (1980), Lord Kitchener[1]
- "Art of Making Love" (1973), Lord Shorty[9][10]
- "Bacchanal Lady" (1988), David Rudder[24]
- "Beef and Bone" (1934), Atilla the Hun
- "Come Le We Go Sookie" (1964), King Fighter[7]
- "Come Mama Come" (1929), King Radio[8]
- "Dey Washing Deir Mouth on Me" - "They Washing Mouth on Me" (1963), Mighty Sparrow[9]
- "Doggie Doggie Look Bone" (1932), Atilla the Hun & Roaring Lion[6][46][8]
- "Doh Back Back" (1984), Mighty Sparrow[10][24]
- "Doh Horn Meh" (1980), The Mighty Duke[1]
- "Dorothy" (1934), Atilla the Hun & Roaring Lion[6][8]
- "Dotish Married Man" (1963), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Elsie" (1939), King Radio[8]
- "Everytime I Pass" (1909), Fitzie Bone-Eye[8]
- "Fan Me Saga Boy" (1945), Roaring Lion[5][45]
- "Gloria" (2001), Mighty Sparrow[29]
- "Going Home Tonight" (1966), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Guadeloupe Chick" (1979), Crazy
- "Jenny" (1981), Lord Nelson
- "Jimpy’s Ingratitude" (1938), Atilla the Hun[19][25]
- "Johnny Take my Wife" (1939), Wilmoth Houdini[19][37]
- "Last Train to San Fernando (The)" - "Last Train" (1950), The Duke of Iron[10]
- "Love Me Emily" - "Emily" (1939), Atilla the Hun[25][6]
- "Malic Wedding Scandal" (1962), King Solomon[19]
- "Marajhin" (1981), Mighty Sparrow[5][18][9][24]
- "Marajhin Sister" (1983), Mighty Sparrow[5]
- "Maria" (1962), Lord Blakie[7][10][29]
- "Margarita" (1983), Mighty Sparrow[5]
- "Matilda" (1938), King Radio[7][6][16][1][12][20][9][8][29]
- "My Girl Mabel" (1941), King Radio[4]
- "My Indian Girl Love" (1939), Lord Executor[46][19][18]
- "Neighbour Neighbour" (1981), Eddy Grant[9]
- "No Nora Darling" - "Nora" - "Nora Darling" (1937), Roaring Lion[6]
- "No Woman No" (1986), Black Stalin[2]
- "Raja Rani" (1986), Baron[18]
- "Romeo" (1057), Lord Melody[28][19]
- "Rose" (1961), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Roti & Dhalpouri" (1989), Sugar Aloes[18]
- "Rum Till I Die" (2003), Adesh Samaroo
- "Same Time Same Place" (1973), Mighty Sparrow[1][40]
- "Senorita Panchita" (1939), Growling Tiger[5]
- "Stella" (1963), Lord Nelson[25]
- "Sugar Bum Bum" (1978), Lord Kitchener[11][5][24]
- "Tabanca" (2000), Denyse Plummer[27]
- "Take Your Bundle and Go" (1962), Mighty Sparrow[1]
- "Tan Tan" (1990), Mighty Shadow[29]
- "Tell Me Why" (2013), Baron[11]
- "Trust Yu Wife" (1985), The Mighty Duke[30]
- "Wastin’ your Time" - "You Wasting your Time" (1960), Mighty Power[30][19]
- "Way Way Out" (1999), Mighty Shadow
- "Wood in de Fire" (1959), Mighty Sparrow[29]
War - Up to end of World War II[edit]
- "Admiral Graf Spee (The)" (1940), Atilla the Hun[6][8]
- "Adolf Hitler" (1941), Mighty Destroyer[6][13]
- "Advantage Mussolini" (1936), Roaring Lion[4][9][14]
- "Air Raid Shelters" (1943), King Radio[6][8]
- "Argos Papers" (1918), Lord Inventor[8][4][6]
- "Black Market" (1945), Lord Beginner[19]
- "Boer War" (1900), Duke of Marlborough[8][13][53]
- "Britain Will Never Surrender" (1941), Mighty Growler[19][8]
- "Carnival Again" (1939), Lord Executor[6]
- "Chamberlain Says Peace" (1938), Lord Beginner[4][6]
- "Chinese Never Had a V.J. Day" - "Lay Fung Lee" - "Chinese Calypso" - "Chinese Memorial" - "Lai Fook Lee" (1948), Lord Kitchener[5][6][10][29]
- "Civil War in Spain" (1938), Growling Tiger[5][37]
- "Ethiopian War Drums" (1935), Wilmoth Houdini[6][4][9]
- "Fall of France" (1941), Mighty Growler[4][6][29]
- "Farmer and Breadfruit Tree" (1943), Mighty Growler[4][37][8]
- "Germany Invade Poland" (1939), King Radio[6]
- "Gold of Africa (The)" (1936), Growling Tiger[4][6][32][53][8][29]
- "Hitler" (1939), Lord Ziegfield[19]
- "Hitler Demanded Trinidad" (1940), Lord Invader[19][25]
- "Hitler Demands" (1939), Mighty Growler[4]
- "Hitler’s Attitude" (1940), Roaring Lion[19][25]
- "Hitler's Mistake" (1940), Roaring Lion[19][25]
- "Hitler’s Moustache" (1941), Lord Invader[19][25]
- "Horrors of War (The)" (1938), Atilla the Hun[4][21][8][37]
- "Housewives" (1950), Lord Beginner[6]
- 'How Hitler Invaded Poland' (1939), Lord Ziegfield[29][11]
- "Invasion of Britain" (1941), Atilla the Hun[4][6]
- "Invasion of Poland (The)" - "Poland, Poland" (1940), Roaring Lion[25][4]
- "Kaiser William, Run your Run" (1918), Lord Inventor[4][29][6]
- "Let Them Fight for Ten Thousand Years" - "Let the White People Fight" (1939), Growling Tiger[6][8]
- "Nazi Spy Ring" (1940), Mighty Growler[19]
- "Norah the War Is Over" (1946), Lord Beginner[6]
- "Ode to Russia" (1944), Atilla the Hun[8]
- "Poppy Day" (1938), Lord Executor[4]
- "Red Cross Society (The)" (1941), Atilla the Hun[6][21]
- "Reply to Englishman" (1944), Atilla the Hun[4][45][8]
- "Rise of the British Empire" (1940), Roaring Lion[29][11]
- "Roosevelt’s Election" (1941), Atilla the Hun[6][21]
- "Run Your Run Hitler" (1940), Lord Beginner[6][29]
- "Sauerkraut Calypso" (1956), Herbert Howard[5][19]
- "Selassie Is Held by the Police" (1937), Lord Caresser[4]
- "Send Hitler to St. Helena" (1940), Atilla the Hun[19][25]
- "Two Bad Men in the World" (1939), Lord Executor[6][19]
- "Warning to Russia (A)" (1950), Mighty Viking[19][4]
- "Winston Churchill" (1941), Roaring Lion[6]
Wars - Post World War II[edit]
- "Children World" (1987), Chalkdust[11]
- "Chinese Love Affair" (1970), Mighty Sparrow[5]
- "Hydrogen Bomb (The)" (1954), Mighty Terror[19][4]
- "My Lai Incident (The)" (1970), The Shah[4]
- "Peace in de World" (1987), Black Stalin
- "Send Me Instead" (1968), King Fighter[4]
- "Stop D War" (2008), Singing Sandra
- "War Mongers" (1988), Johnny King[10][27]
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