Hip-Hop: 0-B | C-E | F-K | L-O | P-S | T-Z | Jazz & Blues: 0-L | M-Z
Rock & Metal: 0-C | D-G | H-L | M-P | Q-S | T-Z | Pop & Others: 0-D | E-L | M-R | S-Z
Artist/Band: 2 Dudes and a NES – Mostly podcasters, but sometimes they will also create music.
From: Country Christmas, 2014
Title: Christmas Without M.A.R.I.O.
Why in the database: The following line is repeated four times, a reference to turtles from the Mario universe.
Oh you can’t spell Christmas without M.A.R.I.O
Mushrooms, turtles, bullets, and a little tiny toad
Artist/Band: 4Dreamers – olish boyband formed on February 24, 2018 P. The founders were Jakub Szmajkowski, Mateusz Gędek, Maksymilian Więckowski and Tomasz Gregorczyk, who were participants in the first edition of the program “The Voice Kids”.
From: 4Dreamers, 2018
Title: Melo-dramat
Why in the database: Wspomniane są Żółwie Ninja
Żółwie ninja, kung fu panda,
Bronić Cię chcą
Artist/Band: Accordeon Melancolique – Dutch accordion duo that consist of Cherie de Boer and Jean-Pierre Guirana.
From: Les Invités / the Guests, 2008
Title: The Dancing Tortoise
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Adem – Adem Ilhan to English composer, producent i singer i songwriter.
From: Takes, 2008
Title: Gamera
Why in the database: (Gamera is in title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Akon, The Lonely Island – Akon is an American rapper and R&B singer. The Lonely Island, on the other hand, is a group of american comedians, they gained popularity thanks to compositions of musical parodies. Members are Akiva “Kiv” Schaffer, Jorma “Jorm” Taccone and David Andrew “Andy” Samberg.
From: Turtleneck & Chain, 2011
Title: I Just Had Sex
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned, as name of type of clothing.
She let me wear my chain and my turtle neck sweater
Artist/Band: Alana Davis – American singer and songwriter, born in May 1974.
From: Blame It on Me, 1997
Title: Turtle
Why in the database: Turtle in the title and in lyrics, they mentions that the boy would even give up his turtle, just to be tall.
Little boy wishes he wasn’t small.
He’d give is turtle, to be six feet tall.
He’s got photos of Shaq and Ewing, up on his wall.
And he’d try a jump shot but he’s afraid he’ll fall down.
Artist/Band: Alma Cogan – The British singer that also wrote many songs under the pseudonym Al Western.
From: Dream Talk, 1960
Title: O Dio Mio
Why in the database: There is a funny reference to the Tortoise and the Hare.
About the turtle and the hair
Artist/Band: Anuradha Javeri – Creator of the popular Hooplakidz that publish songs aimed at children.
From: Hoopla Kidz, 2011
Title: Rain Rain Go Away
Why in the database: Turtle named Turbo is mentioned.
Rain rain go away
Come again another day
Turbo my turtle wants to play
Rain rain go away
Rain rain go away
Come again another day
Turbo my turtle wants to play
Rain rain go away
Artist/Band: Andrew Lang, Bee Hunter – Andrew Lang, canadian producer of House and Trance music. Bee Hunter is a polish producer of electronic music.
From: Apples and Oranges, 2015
Title: Tortoise
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Ania Stawieraj – See: Dłonie
Artist/Band: Appleheadz – Electronic music producer duo.
From: Hold Your Turtles, 1999
Title: Hold Your Turtles
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Arc Nade – British artist.
From: Trippin’ to the Moon, 2016
Title: Tortoise
Why in the database: Turtle only in the title, not in the lyrics.
Artist/Band: Ariel Pink – Real name Ariel Marcus Rosenberg, American musician from Los Angeles.
From: The Doldrums, 2004
Title: Gray Sunset
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
Promise made is like a turtle’s face
Artist/Band: Arka Noego – Polish children band, performing religious songs.
From: Wyjątkowy osioł, 2017
Title: Zbroja
Why in the database: The following line appears twice in the song, the turtle and its shell are cited as examples of things that provide protection in nature.
Kolce ma jeż, skorupę – żółw.
Artist/Band: Atmosphäre – Real name Tom Lievens, Belgian artist.
From: Traveler, 2015
Title: Tortoise
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Audra McDonald – See: Stars & The Moon
Artist/Band: Austin Wintory – American composer muzyki do gier komputerowych i filmów.
From: Luna, 2017
Title: A Turtle
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Badly Drawn Boy – Real name Damon Michael Gough, born in October 1969. English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
From: Hour Of Bewilderbeast, 2001
Title: Pissing In The Wind
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
And so it goes, a morale to the tale
As tortoise catches snail, the strong heart will prevail
Artist/Band: Bahamas – A music band from Sosnowiec, performing disco polo and songs for children.
From: Misiowe przeboje, 2001
Title: Puszek maluszek
Why in the database: Turtle are mentioned, we also have described in our database a music video related to this song.
basia hoduje żółwie dwa
Artist/Band: Barbara Wrońska, Młoda Orkiestra Nowego Teatru – Barbara Wrońska is a polish singer, composer and songwriter, while the Young Orchestra is a group operating at the Nowy Teatr in Warsaw.
From: (Piosenka ze spektaklu Morze) , 2019
Title: Plastik
Why in the database: Turtles are mentioned.
Łuuuuu! Jestem żółwiem morskim
Widziałem różne rzeczy
Widziałem jak się nasze morze zmienia
Gdy człowiek coraz bliżej
Wszędzie pływa plastik
Talerze kubki i słomki
Torebki jak szaliki duszą
Moje morskie ziomki
Artist/Band: Barbra Streisand – Born April 24, 1942, American singer, songwriter, director, actress, screenwriter and film producer.
From: The Barbra Streisand Album, 1963
Title: Come To The Supermarket (In Old Peking)
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
If you come on a turtle, you can park it
Artist/Band: Bat Boy: The Musical (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording) – Soundtrack from the 2001 musical.
From: Bat Boy Soundtrack
Title: Children, Children
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
Now let the turtle and the dove
Artist/Band: Bean Friend – A multi-instrumentalist and composer, creating in the new age style.
From: Sound-on-Film, 2016
Title: Tortoise
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Becky Reardon – Composer.
From: –
Title: The Turtle Remembers
Why in the database: Turtle in the title and in lyrics, the following line is repeated three times.
The turtle remembers a dream in December
Alone with God
Alone with songs of the whales
Returning, returning
Artist/Band: Bee Hunter – See: Tortoise
Artist/Band: Ben UFO – Techno music artist.
From: FabricLive.67
Title: “The Tortoise [Sex Tags Mania Nyc Mix]” (featuring Tim “Love” Lee)
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Bertolf Lentink – Born in July 1980, dutch singer and songwriter.
From: Snakes & Ladders , 2010
Title: Sound of a Heartbreak
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
But then fate turned you over, like a turtle on it’s back.
Artist/Band: Big Boi – See: Out at Night
Artist/Band: Bing Crosby, William Bendix, Cedric Hardwicke, Victor Young & His Orchestra – Soundtrack from movie A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. The named people are actors from this movie.
From: soundtrack of the film A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court 1949
Title: Busy Doing Nothing
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
I have to meet a turtle
I’m teachin’ him how to swim
Then I have to shine the dewdrops
You know they’re looking rather dim
This song was also performed by:
Artist/Band: Vaughn Monroe – American singer and trumpeter.
From: –
Artist/Band: Björk – Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, actress, music producer and DJ.
From: Homogenic, 1997
Title: All Neon Like [Live]
Why in the database: A turtle heart is mentioned.
Your turtle heart
Artist/Band: Blak Trash – See: Tic Toc
Artist/Band: Bobby Darin – Born May 14, 1936, died December 20, 1973 American singer and pop composer of Italian origin.
From: Sings Doctor Doolittle, 1967
Title: Talk to the Animals
Why in the database:A turtle is mentioned.
I’d learn to speak in antelope and turtle
We also have other performances of this song:
Artist/Band: Hit Crew – A group that performs songs aimed at children.
From: Drew’s Famous – King of the Jungle, 2005
Artist/Band: The Chipmunks and David Seville – A musical group, consisting of characters from a well-known animation.
From: The Chipmunks See Doctor Dolittle, 1968
Artist/Band: Sammy Davis, Jr. – American musician, singer, dancer, actor, vaudeville artist and comedian.
From: Sings the Complete ‘Dr. Dolittle’, 1967
Artist/Band: Bonobo – The real name Simon Green, British musician, music producer and DJ.
From: Pilote vs. Bonobo – Turtle, 2001
Title: Turtle
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Brian Suits, Byeong Woo Lee – Byeong Woo Lee is a South Korean guitarist and film music composer.
From: The Host (Bong Joon-Ho’s Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 2006
Title: Turtle
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Brigadoon Soundtrack – Brigadoon, an American musical from 1954 based on the Broadway musical of the same title.
From: Brigadoon Soundtrack
Title: My Mother’s Weddin’ Day
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
An’ as the hours turtled by, the men got feelin’ kind o’ dry,
Artist/Band: Bounty Killer, Notnice – Bounty Killer’s real name is Rodney Basil Price, he is a Jamaican reggae, dancehall and DJ musician, founder of The Alliance group. Notnice – no data.
From: Kyng Midas, 2019
Title: One General
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
Hey, me tough like turtle back
Artist/Band: Bud Shank – See: At Long Last Love
Artist/Band: Burl Ives – American actor and singer, performing music directed at children and in the folk genre.
From: Walt Disney Presents Burl Ives’ Animal Folk, 1963
Title: The Little Turtle
Why in the database: Turtle in the title, also whole song is about turtle.
There was a little turtle,
He lived in a box.
He swam in a puddle,
He climbed upon the rocks.
He snapped at a mosquito.
He snapped at a flea.
He snapped at a minnow,
And he snapped at me.
He caught the mosquito,
He caught the flea,
He caught the minnow;
But he didn’t catch me
Artist/Band: Byeong Woo Lee – See: Turtle
Artist/Band: Cameron Thias – German musician, dealing with electronic music.
From: Tortoise, 2016
Title: Tortoise
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Camille – Full name Camille Dalmais, born in March 1978, french singer and songwriter. Apart from his solo career, he also performs with the group Nouvelle Vague.
From: Music Hole, 2008
Title: Waves
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned, the following line is repeated three times.
Shell of a turtle
Artist/Band: Carrie Newcomer – American singer and songwriter, creating in such genres as folk or aericana.
From: before & after, 2010
Title: Crash of Rhinoceros [Bonus Track]
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
A bale of turtles and all of them I love
Artist/Band: Catsystem Corp. – Dutch vaporwave producer.
From: –
Title: Turtle Islands
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Cedarmont Kids – Creators of Christian music aimed at children.
From: Toddler Action Songs, 2002
Title: Over In The Meadow
Why in the database: Turtles are mentioned.
Over in the meadow in the sand in the sun,
Lived an old mother turtle and her little turtle one
Wink said the mother I wink said the one
So we wink and blinked in the sand in the sun
Artist/Band: Cedric Hardwicke – See: Busy Doing Nothing
Artist/Band: Cipedrapskuad – The Polish band that consists of Maria Toboła and Dominika Olszowy.
From: –
Title: Duchy Dupy
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
Miałam żółwia, miałam splew
Artist/Band: Clean Bandit feat. Big Boi – Clean Bandit is a british group dedicated to electronic music. Real name of Bib Boi is Antwan Patton, he’s an American rapper.
From: What Is Love?, 2018
Title: Out at Night
Why in the database: There is a reference to turtle slowness.
But let’s go take it slow like the way a turtle walks
Artist/Band: Clifton Webb – Real name Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck, american actor, musician and dancer.
From: –
Title: At Long Last Love
Why in the database: The turtle appears in a culinary context, the question of whether turtle soup is real or mock.
Is it the good turtle soup or merely the mock?
This song was written by Cole Porter for the musical “You Never Know” performed by Clifton Webb – many more performances have followed over the years, some of which we mention below:
Artist/Band: Frank Sinatra – American singer and film actor, one of the icons of american culture.
From: –
Artist/Band: Vic Damone – American balladist with Italian roots.
From: –
Artist/Band: Lena Horne – American singer and film actress.
From: –
Artist/Band: Julie London, Bud Shank – Julie Lodnon, real name Gayle Peck is an American singer and actress. Bud Shank, real name Clifford Everett Shank Jr. is an American musician, saxophonist and flutist.
From: –
Artist/Band: Nancy Wilson – American guitarist, singer, songwriter, composer and producer. Together with her older sister, also a singer, Ann Wilson, she is the leader of the rock band Heart.
From: Gentle Is My Love, 1965
Artist/Band: Ralph Napolitano – No data.
From: Essential Ingredients, 2004 –
Artist/Band: Weslia Whitfield – American singer, starring, among others at Carnegie Hall or the White House.
From: Beautiful Love, 1993
Artist/Band: Keely Smith – American jazz and pop singer.
From: –
Artist/Band: Ella Fitzgerald – American jazz singer, known as “the first lady of song”.
From: Ella Loves Cole, 1972
Artist/Band: Clubbasse – Polish band.
From: –, 2018
Title: Po co chodzić
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned, as a gesture.
nie potrzeba iść do boju,
przybij żółwia, znak pokoju.
Artist/Band: Connie Kaldor – Canadian folk singer and songwriter, winner of three Juno Awards.
From: A Poodle in Paris, 2004 –
Title: Littlest Duck
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned
The littlest turtle likes to dawdle
The littlest turtle likes to dawdle this way
He goes dawdle, dawdle, dawdle
Dawdle, dawdle, dawdle
Dawdle, dawdle, dawdle all day
Artist/Band: Cheno – Artist creating electronic music.
From: Pictures, 2021
Title: Turtle
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Chris Rice – American singer and songwriter, deals with contemporary Christian music and contemporary folk.
From: –
Title: Missin’ You/Cartoons
Why in the database: There is a reference to Ninja Turtles.
Teenage Mutant Ninga Turtles
“Cowabunga-loo-yah, Dud”
Artist/Band: Christine Anu – Born 15 March 1970, australian pop singer, songwriter and actress. Her cover of the Warumpi Band song “My Island Home” brought her popularity.
From: Party, 1994
Title: My Island Home
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
and i’m holding that long turtle spear
Artist/Band: Christine Anu
From: Stylin’ Up
Title: Monkey and the Turtle
Why in the database: Turtle in the title and in the lyrics.
Like the monkey telling the turtle
What to do
Go fish go sleep go yarn thought the day
Monkey and the Turtles a yarn from long away
Artist/Band: Chronic Law – See: One Family
Artist/Band: Clutchy Hopkins, Lord Kenjamin – Artists performing electronic music.
From: Music Is My Medicine
Title: Turtle Rock
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Czuband – A band created by students of LO no. 1 in Tarnów, to appear at a talent show in another Toruń high school. Thanks to winning the review, they were able to record a demo in a professional recording studio.
From: –
Title: Dziewczyna
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
w akwarium zbudził się błotny żółw
Artist/Band: Cristobal Tapia De Veer – Canadian composer born in Chile.
From: The White Lotus (Soundtrack from the HBO® Original Limited Series), 2021
Title: Sea Turtle Song
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Cuarteto Zupay – Zobacz utwór: Manuelita la tortuga
Artist/Band: Danny Scrilla – Artist creating music from such genres as Dance or Ambient.
From: Ancient Musical Box, 2017
Title: What is a Tortoise
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Data Rebel – artist zajmujący się muzyką elektroniczną.
From: Retrospective, 2018
Title: Tortoise
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Dave Greenslade – English composer and keyboard player.
From: From The Discworld, 1994
Title: A’tuin the Turtle
Why in the database: The song is mostly acoustic, but in the beginning there is a fragment about A’Tuin, from the book Moving Pictures.
Against the wash of stars a nebula hangs, vast and black, one red giant
gleaming like the madness of gods …
And then the gleam is seen as the glint in a giant eye and it is eclipsed by the
blink of an eyelid and the darkness moves a flipper and Great A’Tuin, star turtle, swims
onward through the void.
Artist/Band: David Fleming, Jacob Shea, Hans Zimmer – David Fleming is a film music composer. Jacob Shea is an American film music composer. Hans Zimmer, german composer of film music
From: Blue Planet II (Original Television Soundtrack), 2017
Title: Baby Turtle
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics. The series this piece comes from we have in our database.
Artist/Band: David Fleming, Jacob Shea, Hans Zimmer
From: Blue Planet II (Original Television Soundtrack), 2017
Title: Turtle Spa
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics. The series this piece comes from we have in our database.
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Artist/Band: David Kuckhermann – German drummer creating folk music.
From: The Path Of The Metal Turtle (Music For Hang And Handpans), 2012
Title: The Path Of The Metal Turtle
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: David Mitcham – British music composer.
From: BBC South Pacific TV Series, 2009
Title: Turtle Journey
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Dear Evan Hansen – A song from the musical “Dear Evan Hansen”.
From: Dear Evan Hansen, 2017
Title: In The Bedroom Down The Hall [Demo]
Why in the database: There is a reference to Ninja Turtles.
In the bedroom down the hall
I got you Ninja Turtle night lights for protection
You used to say it kept the bed guys far away
Artist/Band: Devin Davis – American musician, played in the Irving Philharmonic bande.
From: Lonely People of the World, Unite!, 2005
Title: Turtle and the Flightless Bird
Why in the database: Turtle only in the title, in the lyrics appears only indirectly, in the form of a mention of a shell.
But you can hop up on my shell
When we crawl across the highway
Artist/Band: Di Chiara Brothers – The Italian group, as the name suggests, is a band of two brothers who make House music.
From: Italian Heat, 2016
Title: Blastoise
Why in the database: Title is the name of one of turtle Pokemon, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: DJIPE – Dutch DJ.
From: People=Pigs, 2016
Title: Turtle Devastation Wave
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: DJ Paul Elstak – See: Love U More
Artist/Band: DJ Psilo – American artist.
From: Surf Infinity, 2020
Title: Tortoise
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Donovan – Scottish singer and guitarist singing in pop and folk styles. He collaborated, among others, with the band The Beatles, for example, writing a part of the song “Yellow Submarine”.
From: Sunshine Superman, 1966
Title: Sunshine Superman
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned.
I can make like a turtle and dive for your pearls in the sea, yeah
We also have another performance of this song:
Artist/Band: Spirit of the West – Canadian folk-rock band.
From: Spirituality 1983–2008: The Consummate Compendium, 2008
Artist/Band: Don Harriss – Artist reating new age music.
From: Elevations, 1987
Title: The Tortoise, the Temple, and the Rain
Why in the database: Turtle is mentioned only in the title, it is an instrumental song, without lyrics.
Artist/Band: Doris Day – Full name Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff, born April 1922, died May 2019. American actress, singer and social activist.
From: –
Title: Glass Bottom Boat [From Glass Bottom Boat]
Why in the database: A turtle is mentioned. This song is from movie Glass bottom boat.
Now the turtle is slow, but not so dumb
He has his own condominium
