Key

Key, Keys, The Key or The Keys may refer to:

Common uses

 * Key (cryptography), a piece of information needed to encode or decode a message
 * Key (instrument), a component of a musical instrument
 * Key (lock), a device used to operate a lock
 * Key (map), a guide to a map's symbology
 * Key (music), the scale of a piece of music
 * Key on a typewriter or computer keyboard

Films

 * The Key (1934 film), an American pre-Code film
 * The Key (1958 film), starring William Holden and Sophia Loren
 * The Key, also known as Odd Obsession, a 1959 Japanese comedy drama
 * The Key (1961 film), a Soviet animated feature
 * The Key (1965 film), a Croatian omnibus film
 * The Key (1971 film), a Czechoslovakian drama
 * The Key (1983 film), an Italian erotic film
 * The Key (1987 film), an Iranian film
 * The Key (2007 film), a French thriller film
 * Key (film), a 2011 Telugu-language psychological thriller
 * The Key (2014 film), an American erotic drama film

Literature

 * The Key (Curley novel), by Marianne Curley, 2005
 * The Key (Elfgren and Strandberg novel), by Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren, 2013
 * The Key (Tanizaki novel), by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, 1956
 * "The Key" (short story), by Isaac Asimov, 1966
 * The Key: A Startling Enquiry into the Riddle of Man's Past, a 1969 book by John Philip Cohane
 * The Key, a magazine published by Kappa Kappa Gamma
 * "The Key", a short story by Satyajit Ray
 * The Keys (journal), of the League of Coloured Peoples founded in 1933

Bands

 * The Keys (English band), 1979–1983
 * The Keys, a Welsh band successor to Murry the Hump

Albums

 * Key (Meredith Monk album), 1971
 * Key (Son, Ambulance album), 2004
 * The Key (Joan Armatrading album), 1983
 * The Key (Vince Gill album), 1998
 * The Key (Nocturnus album), 1990
 * The Key (Operation: Mindcrime album), 2015
 * Keys (album), by Alicia Keys, 2021
 * The Keys (EP), by GWSN, 2020

Songs

 * "The Key" (Speech Debelle song), 2009
 * "The Key" (Matt Goss song), 1995
 * "The Key", a song by Ou Est Le Swimming Pool from the 2010 album The Golden Year
 * "Key", a song by Band-Maid from the 2014 album Maid in Japan
 * "The Key", a 2010 song by Edita Abdieski
 * "Key", a song by C418 from the 2011 album Minecraft – Volume Alpha
 * "The Keys", a song by Crazy Town from the 2015 album The Brimstone Sluggers
 * "Key", a song by Porter Robinson from the 2017 EP Virtual Self

Television

 * "The Key", a Code Lyoko episode, 2005
 * "The Key" (Fear the Walking Dead), 2020
 * "The Key", an episode of Prison Break (season 1), 2006
 * "The Key" (The Walking Dead), 2018
 * "The Key", an episode of Yes, Prime Minister, 1986
 * "The Keys" (Seinfeld), a 1992 TV episode

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

 * Key (character), a supervillain in the DC Comics universe
 * Key, the title character of Key the Metal Idol, a Japanese original video animation series
 * The Key, a painting by Jackson Pollock

People

 * Key (surname), including a list of people with the surname
 * Keys (surname), including a list of people with the surname
 * Key (entertainer) (born 1991), South Korean entertainer

Places

 * Cay, or key, a small island on the surface of a coral reef
 * Key Cay, British Virgin Islands

United States

 * Key, Alabama
 * Key, Ohio
 * Key, West Virginia
 * Keys, Oklahoma
 * Florida Keys

Elsewhere

 * The Keys, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
 * Rural Municipality of Keys No. 303, Saskatchewan, Canada
 * Key, Iran, a village in Isfahan Province, Iran
 * Key Island, Tasmania, Australia
 * The Key, New Zealand, a locality of Mararoa, New Zealand

Science and technology

 * Candidate key, or simply a key, in relational database management systems
 * Unique key
 * Key (engineering), a machine element used to connect a rotating machine element to a shaft
 * KeY, a tool is used in formal verification of Java programs
 * The Key (smartcard), a British smartcard for public transport ticketing
 * .key, file extension used by Keynote presentation software
 * Identification key, used to identify biological entities
 * Telegraph key, or Morse key, a specialized electrical switch

Sports

 * Key (basketball), a marked area on a basketball court
 * Frederick Keys, an American baseball team

Other uses

 * Key (company), a Japanese visual novel studio
 * Key Airlines, an American former airline
 * Key School, in Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.
 * Keys, a truce term used in western Scotland
 * Amazon Key, a service by Amazon Prime
 * House of Keys, the lower branch of the parliament of the Isle of Man
 * Samara (fruit), or key, a type of fruit
 * Yeoman Warders Club in the Tower of London, or "The Keys"
 * KeyBank, an American regional bank based in Cleveland, Ohio