Songs About Being Wanted

This follow-up to last week's Songs About Being Unwanted post turned out to be a two-parter. Guess it's twice as common to be wanted as unwanted, and what's wrong with that? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Alan Jackson  ~  "Wanted"

2)  Casting Crowns  ~  "All You've Ever Wanted"

3)  OneRepublic  ~  "Wanted"

4)  Dara Maclean  ~  "Wanted"

5)  Rag'n'Bone Man  ~  "All You Ever Wanted"

6)  Billie Eilish  ~  "Everything I Wanted"

7)  Bon Jovi  ~  "Wanted Dead Or Alive"

8)  Michelle Branch  ~  "All You Wanted"

9)  Danny Gokey  ~  "Wanted"

10)  Angus & Julia Stone  ~  "What You Wanted"

11)  Hunter Hayes  ~  "Wanted"

12)  CeCe Winans  ~  "More Than What I Wanted"

13)  Tonic  ~  "You Wanted More"

14)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  "All I Ever Wanted"

15)  RATT  ~  "Wanted Man"

16)  Paramore  ~  "All I Wanted"

17)  Trevor Guthrie  ~  "Wanted"

18)  Jessie James  ~  "Wanted"

19)  2Pac ft. Snoop Dogg  ~  "2 of Amerika'z Most Wanted"

20)  Kehlani  ~  "Wanted"

21)  Helmet  ~  "Exactly What You Wanted"

22)  Carrie Underwood  ~  "Never Knew What I Always Wanted"

23)  NOTD & Daya  ~  "Wanted"

24)  The Cranberries  ~  "Wanted"

25)  Phillip Phillips  ~  "Wanted Is Love"

More Songs About Temptation

If the first post in this two-parter didn't tempt you to check it out, this one is sure to! Why? Law of averages. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Squeeze ft. David Sanborn  ~  "Tempted"

2)  Trisha Yearwood  ~  "Here Comes Temptation"

3)  Nothing But Thieves  ~  "Tempt You"

4)  Billy Joel  ~  "Temptation"

5)  VeggieTales  ~  "Temptation Song"

6)  T'Pau  ~  "Last Temptation"

7)  Dream Theater  ~  "A Tempting Offer"

8)  2Pac  ~  "Temptations"

9)  Bing Crosby  ~  "Temptation"  (Who else do you know that would follow up a 2Pac song with one by Bing Crosby? I'll bet that answer is emphatically "no one.")

10)  Joan Armatrading  ~  "Temptation"

11)   PARTYNEXTDOOR  ~  "Temptations"

12)  Red Ingle & Jo Stafford  ~  "Tim-Tay-Shun"

13)  Isaac Hayes  ~  "Man's Temptation"

14)  Garbage  ~  "Temptation Waits"

15)  Derek Webb  ~  "The Strong, The Tempted, & The Weak"

16)  Ricky Skaggs, Sharon White, & Ry Cooder  ~  "Sweet Temptation"

17)  Marty Robbins  ~  "Sometimes I'm Tempted"

18)  M Ward  ~  "Temptation"

19)  The Turtles  ~  "Torn Between Temptation"

20)  Aretha Franklin  ~  "Yield Not To Temptation "

21)  Josh Ritter  ~  "The Temptation Of Adam"

22)  Jewel  ~  "Sweet Temptation"

23)  Y&T  ~  "Temptation"

24)  Pat Benatar  ~  "Temptation"

25)  Crowded House  ~  "Into Temptation"

Songs About California, Vol. 2

As promised, here's part 2 (of 2) featuring Songs About California. These are the ones by all the guys. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  “Dani California”

2)  The Beach Boys  ~  “California Girls”  (The first 3 minutes or so are where you’ll hear the song. The rest of the video is a rather halfhearted comedy routine that didn’t make me laugh even once. Maybe you’ll have better luck, though.)

3)  Weezer  ~  “California Kids”

4)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  “California”

5)  2Pac ft. Dr. Dre  ~  “California Love”

6)  Paper Tongues  ~  “Ride To California”

7)  Kings Of Leon  ~  “California Waiting”

8)  Delta Spirit  ~  “California”

9)  Eagles  ~  “Hotel California”

10)  Peace  ~  “California Daze”

11)  John Mayer  ~  “Queen Of California”

12)  Albert Hammond  ~  “It Never Rains In Southern California”

13)  Lenny Kravitz  ~  “California”

14)  The Airborne Toxic Event  ~  “California”

15)  R.E.M.  ~  “I Remember California”

16)  Carolina Liar  ~  “California Bound”

17)  Roy Orbison  ~  “California Blue” 

18)  Toad The Wet Sprocket  ~  “California Wasted”

19)  Ramones  ~  “California Sun”

20)  Shawn Mullins  ~  “California”

21)  Manfred Mann’s Earth Band  ~  “California”

22)  Phantom Planet  ~  “California”

23)  Big & Rich  ~  “California”

24)  Noah Gundersen  ~  “California”

25)  Vampire Weekend  ~  “California English”

Popular Songs Of 1998, Vol. 4

Last but not least, Vol. 4 of the most popular (and probably, by proxy, the best) songs from twenty years ago. I'm sure you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Eagle-Eye Cherry  ~  “Save Tonight”

2)  Shania Twain  ~  “Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)”

3)  Semisonic  ~  “Closing Time”

4)  Martina McBride  ~  “A Broken Wing”

5)  The Brian Setzer Orchestra  ~  “Jump Jive An’ Wail”

6)  Avalon  ~  “Testify To Love”

7)  Green Day  ~  “Redundant”

8)  Faith Hill ft. Vince Gill  ~  “Let Me Let Go”

9)  K-Ci & JoJo  ~  “All My Life”

10)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  “Crush”

11)  Creed  ~  “What’s This Life For”

12)  Dixie Chicks  ~  “Wide Open Spaces”

13)  2Pac  ~  “Do For Love”

14)  R.E.M.  ~  “Daysleeper”

15)  NSYNC  ~  “I Want You Back”

16)  Rebecca St. James  ~  “Pray”

17)  New Radicals  ~  “You Get What You Give”

18)  Vince Gill  ~  “If You Ever Have Forever In Mind”

19)  Oasis  ~  “All Around The World”

20)  98°  ~  “Because Of You”

21)  Deana Carter  ~  “Absence Of The Heart”

22)  Shawn Mullins  ~  “Lullaby”

23)  Our Lady Peace  ~  “Clumsy”

24)  Third Eye Blind  ~  “Jumper”

25)  Will Smith  ~  “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It”

Songs About L.A.

For those of you still not in the know, the other team that's playing in the World Series this year is the L.A. Dodgers. They are one game away from winning their seventh World Series. Or losing their umpteenth (they've been around for a while). In honor of the amazing season they've had, here's a collection of Songs About L.A., the city where they play. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Randy Newman  ~  “I Love L.A.”

2)  Carly Rae Jepsen  ~  “L.A. Hallucinations”

3)  The Doors  ~  “L.A. Woman”

4)  Savannah Outen  ~  “Fairytales Of L.A.”

5)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “L.A. Is My Lady”

6)  The Wilkinsons  ~  “L.A.”

7)  Rainbow  ~  “L.A. Connection”

8)  2Pac  ~  “To Live & Die In L.A.”  (Don't worry...it's the "clean" version.)

9)  Counting Crows  ~  “Goodnight L.A.”

10)  Alexz Johnson  ~  “L.A. Made Me”

11)  Lyle Lovett  ~  “L.A. County”

12)  Fergie ft. YG  ~  “L.A. Love”

13)  Steve Earle & The Dukes  ~  “Walkin’ In L.A.”

14)  Emily Kinney  ~  “Never Leave L.A.”

15)  Panic! At The Disco  ~  “L.A. Devotee”

16)  Beth Hart  ~  “L.A. Song”

17)  Eagles Of Death Metal  ~  “WannaBe In L.A.”

18)  Us The Duo  ~  “Girl In L.A.”

19)  Joshua Kadison  ~  “Picture Postcards From L.A.”

20)  The Raveonettes  ~  “Ode To L.A.”