[2025] A roundup of Western songs with titles starting with B

Baby Blue (feat. Oliver Sim)SG Lewis

SG Lewis – Baby Blue (feat. Oliver Sim)

SG Lewis from the UK is a multifaceted artist active as a singer-songwriter and producer.

Seamlessly traversing genres like deep house, synth-pop, and funk, he’s a proven talent who has also written songs for numerous artists, including Dua Lipa.

This is the lead single from his third album, “Anemoia,” set for release in September 2025.

The track features The xx’s Oliver Sim on vocals and comes together as a dance tune imbued with the sparkle of disco.

Reflecting the album’s overarching theme—nostalgia for an era one has never experienced—it blends a certain wistful emotion into its glamorous sound.

Its nostalgic world evokes faint memories of young love, making for a wonderfully comfortable vibe.

It feels like the perfect song for moments when you want to linger in a touch of sentimentality, wrapped in sophisticated production.

Buried Myself AliveThe Used

Buried Myself Alive (Official Video)

If you hold a deep passion for the early-2000s screamo scene, the name The Used likely carries a special resonance.

Their debut album, The Used—created after experiences as harrowing as homelessness—was released into the scene in June 2002, and it was nothing short of shocking.

This track swings from a painfully beautiful melodic line to throat-tearing screams, violently stirring the listener’s emotions.

It portrays an inner world tormented by self-destructive urges—like being buried alive—and an inescapable sense of suffocation, a struggle that resonated so widely it reached No.

13 on the US Alternative chart.

Why not experience the allure of screamo here, where beauty and ferocity coexist?

Bali RunFourplay

Fourplay – Bali Run (audio)

Fourplay is a supergroup featuring star players from the jazz world.

The sound they weave is brimming with an urban, highly sophisticated allure.

The piece I’m introducing is the celebrated track that opens their 1991 debut album, Fourplay.

The exhilarating melody crafted by Lee Ritenour’s guitar and Bob James’s keyboards evokes a liberating feeling, as if you were driving through a resort destination.

This classic album, which includes the track, held the No.

1 spot on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz chart for 33 weeks.

Its comfortable groove enhances a meal without intruding on conversation, making it ideal background music for a refined restaurant dinner.

Back to Forgettingjj

JJ – Back To Forgetting (Official Visualizer)

Austrian singer JJ, who stunned the world by winning the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest.

He’s known for his style that fuses pop and opera, and for his countertenor voice that reaches the soprano range despite being male.

Here’s his latest work: a track that sets the searing desire to erase all that has passed to a catchy pop sound.

The intense operatic vocals of his previous release, “Wasted Love,” are dialed back somewhat, but in their place shines a polished arrangement with a hint of club music.

Of course, the beautiful high notes he delivers in the bridge are still very much present, sure to captivate listeners beyond his core fan base.

Released in September 2025 as the follow-up single to his winning song, this piece is one that gently sits with you on a sentimental night.

Be sure to check it out.

Blue in GreenMiles Davis

Miles Davis – Blue In Green (Official Audio)

This piece by Miles Davis gracefully sets the tone for a special night with a quiet, meditative atmosphere.

The whisper of a muted trumpet blends with the crystalline resonance of the piano, conjuring in the mind a scene like a watercolor where blues and greens softly bleed together.

Its introspective beauty elevates the space without intruding on dining or conversation.

The work appears on the 1959 August release Kind of Blue, an album renowned as a masterpiece of modern jazz.

Employing modal jazz techniques that are not bound by traditional chord progressions, this landmark recording has continued to be cherished worldwide, earning an exceptional 5× Platinum certification for a jazz album.

Brimming with charm, it adds a refined, adult mood to a calm dinner or an evening at the bar.

Better Than I Imagined (ft. H.E.R., Meshell Ndegeocello)Robert Glasper

Robert Glasper – Better Than I Imagined ft. H.E.R., Meshell Ndegeocello

Pianist Robert Glasper effortlessly leaps beyond the bounds of jazz, leading the scene with a sound that fuses hip-hop and R&B.

His Grammy-winning album Black Radio III is packed with exquisite tracks perfect for restaurant background music.

Featuring H.

E.

R.

and Meshell Ndegeocello, this song—described by Glasper himself as a passionate offering to the value and virtues of Black love—sings of deep, warm affection.

Released early in August 2020, its mellow, soulful groove drew widespread attention and went on to win the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song.

It’s sure to elevate the atmosphere of a dinner with someone special or a dimly lit bar time, making it more refined and sophisticated.

Baby Please Don’t GoBig Joe Williams

Big Joe Williams – Baby Please Don’t Go

Big Joe Williams, known as a hot-blooded, wandering bluesman.

His performance style—featuring a unique nine-string guitar and powerful vocals—marks him as one of the icons of Delta blues.

This renowned masterpiece of his portrays the urgent feelings of a man in prison pleading with his lover, “Don’t go.” The soul-baring cry conveyed with only guitar and voice profoundly moves the listener.

Recorded in October 1935, the track is also listed among the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s “500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.” It is also known for Them’s cover version being used in the film Wild at Heart.

This is a perfect song for those who want to savor the deep emotion at the roots of the blues.