19 songs with royal titles to add to your coronation playlist

June 2024 · 4 minute read

"Dancing Queen" by ABBA

"Dancing Queen" is ABBA's highest-selling single ever. YouTube/ABBA

Royal lyrics: "You are the dancing queen / Young and sweet / Only seventeen."

"Royals" by Lorde

Lorde. YouTube/Lorde

Royal lyrics: "Let me be your ruler / You can call me queen bee / And baby, I'll rule / Let me live that fantasy."

"Mississippi Queen" by Mountain

That riff though. YouTube/Mountain

Royal lyrics: "Mississippi Queen / You know what I mean / Mississippi Queen / She taught me everything."

"Your Love Is King" by Sade

🐐🐐🐐. YouTube/Sade

Royal lyrics: "Your love is king / Crown you in my heart / Your love is king / You're the ruler of my heart."

"Royalty" by Gang Starr

King Guru. YouTube/Gang Starr

Royal lyrics: "And all the girls they want to spoil me / My honey anoints me with oils, G / After work she greets me, and treats me like royalty."

"King" by Years & Years

"King" was Years & Years' first ever UK No. 1. YouTube/Years & Years

Royal lyrics: "And, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh / I was a king under your control / And, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh / I wanna feel like you've let me go."

"Princess Diana" by Ice Spice feat. Nicki Minaj

Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj nearly broke the internet with their recent collaboration. YouTube/Ice Spice

Royal lyrics: "Nowadays, I be duckin' them cameras / And they hype that I'm up on them banners / Callin' my phone, but they know I don't answer / In the hood, I'm like Princess Diana."

"Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder

"Sir Duke" is a song about jazz legend Duke Ellington. YouTube

Royal lyrics: "For there's Basie, Miller, Satchmo / And the king of all, Sir Duke / And with a voice like Ella's ringing out / There's no way the band could lose."

"If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" by Nas feat. Lauryn Hill

Nas. YouTube/Nas

Royal lyrics: "If I ruled the world (imagine that) / I'd free all my sons, I love 'em, love 'em, baby / Black diamonds and pearls (Could it be, if you could be mine, we'd both shine) / If I ruled the world."

"Queen of Hearts" by Juice Newton

Regal. YouTube/Juice Newton

Royal lyrics: "Playin' with the Queen of Hearts / Knowin' it ain't really smart / The Joker ain't the only fool / Who'll do anythin' for you."

"Monarchy of Roses" by Red Hot Chili Peppers

"Monarchy of Roses" wasn't Red Hot Chili Peppers' biggest hit. YouTube/Red Hot Chili Peppers

Royal lyrics: "The cross between my former queen / Her legendary stare / The holy tears of Ireland / The lovely cross to bear."

"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" by DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince

Will Smith, the Fresh Prince himself. NBC

Royal lyrics: "I pulled up to the house about seven or eight / And I yelled to the cabbie, "Yo holmes, smell ya later" / I looked at my kingdom / I was finally there / To sit on my throne as the prince of Bel-Air."

"Caribbean Queen" by Billy Ocean

Billy Ocean's "Caribbean Queen" was a No. 1 hit in the US. YouTube/Billy Ocean

Royal lyrics: "Caribbean Queen / Now we're sharing the same dream / And our hearts they beat as one / No more love on the run."

"Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits

Dire Straits frontman Mark Freuder Knopfler. YouTube/Dire Straits

Royal lyrics: "He can play the Honky Tonk like anything / Savin' it up, for Friday night / With the Sultans / We're the Sultans of Swing."

"Kings and Queens" by Thirty Seconds to Mars

"Kings and Queens" is from Thirty Seconds to Mars' third studio album "This Is War." YouTube/30 Seconds To Mars

Royal lyrics: "We were the kings and queens of promise / We were the victims of ourselves / Maybe the children of a lesser God / Between heaven and hell / Heaven and hell."

"Trap Queen" by Fetty Wap

Fetty Wap. YouTube/Fetty Wap

Royal lyrics: "She my trap queen, let her hit the bando / We be counting up, watch how far them bands go."

"King of Rock" by Run-DMC

Spot the Queen. YouTube/Run DMC

Royal lyrics: "I'm the king of rock, there is none higher / Sucker MCs should call me sire / To burn my kingdom, you must use fire / I won't stop rockin' till I retire."

"Duke of Earl" by Gene Chandler

"Duke of Earl" was a No. 1 hit for Gene Chandler in the United States in 1962. YouTube

Royal lyrics: "And when I hold you / You'll be my Duchess, Duchess of Earl / We'll walk through my dukedom / And a paradise we will share."

"JEWELZ" by Anderson .Paak

Anderson .Paak's "JEWELZ" is as feel-good as it gets. YouTube/Anderson .Paak

Royal lyrics: "I ain't even put my jewels on / I ain't even play my latest greatest song / I ain't even put my jewels on / Mh, had to make or break / 'Cause the whole trip way too long."

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