Songs About Champions

Tonight, the high school baseball team I was a minor part of 23 years ago will be recognized for winning our school's first state championship. In honor of that, here's a sensational set of Songs About Champions. Most often with these, the word "Champion" appears in the title but in some cases it's merely prominent in the lyrics. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bishop Briggs  ~  "Champion"

2)  Katy Perry  ~  "Roar"

3)  Carrie Underwood ft. Ludacris  ~  "The Champion"

4)  Queen  ~  "We Are The Champions"

5)  Fall Out Boy  ~  "Champion"

6)  The Script ft. will.i.am  ~  "Hall Of Fame"

7)  Mother Love Bone  ~  "Stardog Champion"

8)  Queen Latifah  ~  "Champion"

9)  Coldplay  ~  "Champion Of The World"

10)  Demi Lovato  ~  "For You"

11)  B.o.B. ft. O.A.R.  ~  "Champions"

12)  Right Said Fred  ~  "Stand Up (For The Champions)"

13)  RuPaul ft. Raja, Manilla Luzon, & Alexis Mateo  ~  "Champion"

14)  Fatboy Slim  ~  "Champion Sound"

15)  James Blunt  ~  "Champions"

16)  The New Pornographers  ~  "Champions Of Red Wine"

17)  Ernie Haase & Signature Sound  ~  "Champion Of Love"

18)  Crystal Fighters  ~  "Champion Sound"

19)  Agnes  ~  "Champion"

20)  KB ft. Yariel & GabrielRodriguezEMC  ~  "Long Live The Champion"

21)  Jason Derulo ft. Tia Ray  ~  "Champion"

22)  Alter Bridge  ~  "My Champion"

23)  Matisyahu  ~  "Champion"

24)  Bryan & Katie Torwalt  ~  "Champion"

25)  Havana Brown  ~  "Warrior"

“Calm” Songs

I was working on this post during the most recent hurricane, since we never ended up losing power. Wishful thinking about calmer times, I suppose. Now that the storm has passed, even though significant recovery efforts are still well underway, it seemed appropriate to proceed with the post. "Calm" Songs launching in 5...4...3...2...NOW!  ~  JH

1)  Sarah Ross  ~  “Calm Before The Storm”

2)  Skip Marley  ~  “Calm Down”

3)  The Common Linnets  ~  “Calm After The Storm”

4)  The Last Shadow Puppets  ~  “Calm Like You”

5)  Cosmic Gate & Emma Hewitt  ~  “Calm Down”

6)  Downhere  ~  “Calmer Of The Storm”

7)  High Hi  ~  “Calm Down Sir”

8)  Israel Vibration  ~  “Cool And Calm”

9)  Truckfighters  ~  “Calm Before The Storm”

10)  Sparks  ~  “The Calm Before The Storm”

11)  Artoour ft. Johanna Renman  ~  “Kindly Calm Me Down”

12)  Trampled By Turtles  ~  “The Calm And The Crying Wind"

13)  Nightwish  ~  “Rest Calm”

14)  I See Stars  ~  “Calm Snow”

15)  Carson  ~  “Keep Calm”

16)  Rage Against The Machine  ~  “Calm Like A Bomb”

17)  The Love Language  ~  “Calm Down”

18)  fun.  ~  “Be Calm”

19)  Killing Heidi  ~  “Calm Down”

20)  Vistas  ~  “Calm”

21)  Whiskey Myers  ~  “Calm Before The Storm”

22)  Watermark  ~  “Calm The Waters”

23)  Sonny  ~  “Calm Down”

24)  Alter Bridge  ~  “Calm The Fire”

25)  Shor  ~  “Calm Of The Sea”

“Real” & “Fake” Songs, Vol. 2

These songs are "Real." They're also "Fake." You take the good with the bad. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers  ~  “Real Love”

2)  Jeremy?  ~  “Fake Fruits”

3)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “You’re So Real”

4)  The Lone Bellow  ~  “Fake Roses”

5)  The Beatles  ~  “Real Love”

6)  Relient K  ~  “Faking My Own Suicide”

7)  Frank Turner  ~  “The Real Damage”

8)  Geraldine Hunt  ~  “Can’t Fake The Feeling”

9)  Trip Lee ft. Tedashii  ~  “Real Vision”

10)  James Bay  ~  “Best Fake Smile”

11)  Of Mice & Men  ~  “Real”

12)  Simply Red  ~  “Fake”

13)  Alter Bridge  ~  “Find The Real”

14)  Lostprophets  ~  “The Fake Sound Of Progress”

15)  Bloc Party  ~  “So Real”

16)  Black Cherry  ~  “Fake Blood”

17)  Russell Morris  ~  “The Real Thing”

18)  Phora  ~  “Fake Smiles”

19)  Joan As Police Woman  ~  “Real Life”

20)  CRX  ~  “Ways To Fake It”

21)  Belle & Sebastian  ~  “I’m Not Living In The Real World”

22)  Allen Stone  ~  “Fake Future”

23)  Trisha Yearwood  ~  “Real Live Woman”

24)  K. Sparks  ~  “Fake Is The New Real”

25)  Phoenix  ~  “The Real Thing”

“Brand New” Songs, Vol. 1

Seems a bit odd to post a set of "Brand New" Songs on Throwback Thursday. But, fret not – the words "Brand New" only appear in the titles of each song, which in no way means that the songs themselves are "brand new." In fact, well-nigh half of these are genuine "throwbacks." So, don't wrestle with the details like I just did. Simply enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Brooks & Dunn  ~  “Brand New Man”

2)  Ben Rector  ~  “Brand New”

3)  Hey Violet  ~  “Brand New Moves”

4)  James Brown  ~  “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag (Part 1)”

5)  Cherryholmes  ~  “Brand New Heartache”

6)  Robin Thicke  ~  “Brand New Jones”

7)  DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince  ~  “Brand New Funk”

8)  Melanie  ~  “Brand New Key”

9)  Me Like Bees  ~  “Brand New Fall”

10)  Amie Miriello  ~  “Brand New”

11)  Joshua Radin  ~  “Brand New Day”

12)  The Brian Setzer Orchestra  ~  “Brand New Cadillac”

13)  The Partridge Family  ~  “Brand New Me”

14)  Desi Arnaz  ~  “There’s A Brand New Baby At Our House”

15)  Ruthie Foster  ~  “Brand New Day”

16)  Steve Hackett  ~  “Brand New”

17)  Jeff Bridges & The Abiders  ~  “Brand New Angel”

18)  Demi Lovato  ~  “Brand  New Day”

19)  Trevor Hall  ~  “Brand New Day”

20)  Five Star  ~  “There’s A Brand New World”

21)  Alter Bridge  ~  “Brand New Start”

22)  Jesse Winchester  ~  “The Brand New Tennessee Waltz”

23)  Carola  ~  “Brand New Heart”

24)  Little Joy  ~  “Brand New Start”

25)  Keb’ Mo’  ~  “A Brand New America”