My list of missed opportunities is quite long:
(bolded entries are crimes against nature)
(What a) Wonderful World – Sam Cooke
A Whiter Shade of Pale – Procol Harum
A World Without Love – Peter & Gordon
The Wah Watusi – The Orlons
The Way We Were – Barbra Streisand
The Way You Do the Things You Do – The Temptations
Wah-Wah – George Harrison
Wait for the Moment – Volfpeck
Waiting for the End of the World – Elvis Costello
Waiting on a Song – Dan Auerbach
Waitress in the Sky – The Replacements
Wake Up Little Susie – The Everly Brothers
Walk a Mile in My Shoes – Joe South
Walk the Dinosaur – Was (Not Was)
Walking on a Wire – Richard & Linda Thompson
Was a Sunny Day – Paul Simon
Waterloo – ABBA
We All Fall in Love Sometimes – Elton John
We Can Work it Out – The Beatles
We Gotta Get You a Woman – Todd Rundgren
We’re an American Band – Grand Funk Railroad
We’re Going to Be Friends – The White Stripes
We’ve Only Just Begun – Carpenters
Welcome to the Working Week – Elvis Costello
What a Shame About Me – Steely Dan
What I Like About You – The Romantics
What’d I Say, Pt. 1&2 – Ray Charles
What’s Done is Done – Jack White
Whatcha See is Whatcha Get – The Dramatics
When I Get to Heaven – John Prine
Where Did Our Love Go – The Supremes
Where Have All the Flowers Gone – The Kingston Trio
Whiskey in the Jar – Metallica
Who Do You Love – Ian Hunter
Why Don’t You Love Me Like You Used to Do – Hank Williams
Will the Circle be Unbroken – The Staple Singers
Without You – Harry Nilsson
Woodstock – Joni Mitchell
Working Class Hero – John Lennon
Working in the Coal Mind – Lee Dorsey
Worst That Could Happen – Brooklyn Bridge
Writing – Elton John
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