Popular Songs Of 2010, Vol. 1

It's that time of year again. When I drag out the most popular songs from decades past and present them for your listening pleasure. Or something like that... I'm going to *try* to be more selective this year, as I invariably get carried away with these kinds of posts. So these are the biggest hits from 10 years ago, and the set that will follow contains more of the same. My, how time flies! Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

BLOGGER'S NOTE: The "modern" era of music being what it is, there are elements of a few of the songs in this post which some might find offensive. While I have strived to post the "clean" version of songs where expletives were present, some visual content in several of the videos may be less than savory. Viewer discretion is advised.

1)  Train  ~  “Hey, Soul Sister”

2)  Ke$ha  ~  “TiK ToK”

3)  The Script  ~  “Breakeven”

4)  The Band Perry  ~  “If I Die Young”

5)  Taio Cruz ft. Ludacris  ~  “Break Your Heart”

6)  Lady Antebellum  ~  “American Honey”

7)  Travie McCoy ft. Bruno Mars  ~  “Billionaire”

8)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “Can’t Be Tamed”

9)  Chris Brown ft. Tyga & Kevin McCall  ~  “Deuces”

10)  Katy Perry  ~  “Teenage Dream”

11)  Sanctus Real  ~  “Forgiven”

12)  Lady Gaga  ~  “Alejandro”

13)  Drake  ~  “Over”

14)  Rihanna  ~  “Only Girl (In The World)”

15)  Maroon 5  ~  “Misery”

16)  Orianthi  ~  “According To You”

17)  Uncle Kracker  ~  “Smile”

18)  Taylor Swift  ~  “Speak Now”

19)  Bruno Mars  ~  “Just The Way You Are”

20)  Ke$ha  ~  “We R Who We R”

21)  Darius Rucker  ~  “Come Back Song”

22)  Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg  ~  “California Gurls”

23)  Cee Lo Green  ~  “Forget You”

24)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “Temporary Home”

25)  Eminem  ~  “Not Afraid”

"Finest" Songs

This is, without a doubt, the finest collection of "Finest" Songs you'll find anywhere. Because chances are, this is the ONLY collection of "Finest" Songs you'll find anywhere! So if you take a listen, you'll be a part of something special. If you don't, you won't. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Cash Cash ft. Abir  ~  “Finest Hour”

2)  R.E.M.  ~  “Finest Worksong”

3)  The Sundays  ~  “Finest Hour”

4)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  “Finest Hour”

5)  Submotion Orchestra  ~  “Finest Hour”

6)  Duran Duran  ~  “Finest Hour”

7)  Teen Witch: The Musical Cast ft. Sara Niemietz & Blake Ewing  ~  “Finest Hour”

8)  Better Than Ezra  ~  “Our Finest Year”

9)  The S.O.S. Band  ~  “The Finest”

10)  Rod Stewart  ~ “Finest Woman”

11)  Per Gessle ft. Helena Josefsson  ~  “The Finest Prize”

12)  Hungry Lights  ~  “My Finest Hour”

13)  Sir Rosevelt  ~  “Sunday Finest”

14)  Josh Bray  ~  “The Finest Chance”

15)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  “Finest Lovin’ Man”

16)  Black Star Riders  ~  “Finest Hours”

17)  Esther Maria & The Song Horse  ~  “Finest Hour”

18)  Cee Lo Green & Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra  ~  “Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)”

19)  Ryan Egan  ~  “Finest Hour”

20)  The Courteneers  ~  “Finest Hour”

21)  Conorach  ~  “The Finest Hour”

22)  Mudhoney  ~  “In My Finest Suit”

23)  Mother’s Cake  ~  “Creation’s Finest”

24)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  “Everybody Wake Up! (Our Finest Hour Arrives)”  (This video may have a playback issue. If so, you can view it here.)

25)  Blue October  ~  “Darkest Side Of Houston’s Finest Day”

Songs About Crybabies

Here's a bunch of Songs About Crybabies. Because we certainly don't see enough of that kind of behavior going on in real life. (Sarcasm fully intended.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Melanie Martinez  ~  “Crybaby”

2)  Cee Lo Green  ~  “Cry Baby”

3)  Frida  ~  “Baby, Don’t You Cry No More”

4)  Santana ft. Sean Paul & Joss Stone  ~  “Cry Baby Cry”

5)  Demi Lovato  ~  “Cry Baby”  (Audio isn’t the greatest, but the video quality is stellar.)

6)  Gin Blossoms  ~  “Go Crybaby”

7)  Mariah Carey ft. Snoop Dogg  ~  “Crybaby”

8)  The National  ~  “Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks”

9)  Cherry Glazerr  ~  “Cry Baby”

10)  INXS  ~  “Baby Don’t Cry”

11)  Paloma Faith  ~  “Crybaby”

12)  Cage The Elephant  ~  “Cry Baby”

13)  Alice Green  ~  “Cry Baby Cry”

14)  The Neighbourhood  ~  “Cry Baby”

15)  Priscilla Ahn  ~  “Cry Baby”

16)  Utopia  ~  “Crybaby”

17)  Madeleine Peyroux  ~  “Don’t Cry Baby” / “Don’t Wait Too Long”

18)  Brian Setzer's Rockabilly Riot  ~  “Cry, Baby”

19)  Waterparks  ~  “Not Warriors” / “Crybaby”

20)  Carolyn Dawn Johnson  ~  “Crybaby” (At the 3:42 mark, the song ends and the interview begins. If you really want to listen to three-and-a-half minutes of some guy interviewing some singer you’ve never heard of, feel free. I’d just as soon not.)

"Anyway" Songs

Thus begins a new miniseries of posts. Because...well, I don't know why. These are "Anyway" Songs. You should also expect to see "Anytime," "Anyplace," "Anywhere," and possibly "Anymore" songs in the next few days. But I wouldn't put it past me to skip a few days in between posts in the series. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Martina McBride  ~  “Anyway”

2)  Blues Traveler  ~  “But Anyway”

3)  Miya Folick  ~  “Anyway”

4)  Cee Lo Green  ~  “Anyway”

5)  Alicia Witt  ~  “Anyway”

6)  J. Perry  ~  “Anyway”

7)  Trisha Yearwood  ~  “I Would’ve Loved You Anyway”

8)  Sidewalk Prophets  ~  “You Love Me Anyway”

9)  Evarose  ~  “We Can Pretend Anyway”

10)  Foreigner  ~  “Fool For You Anyway”

11)  Unusual Symphony  ~  “Anyway”

12)  Jon McLaughlin  ~  “I Want You Anyway”

13)  Tatiana Manaois  ~  “Not Like You Care Anyway”

14)  Ben Folds Five  ~  “Do It Anyway”

15)  Banditos  ~  “Long Gone, Anyway”

16)  Miguel  ~  “What’s Normal Anyway?”

17)  Ji Nilsson & Marlene  ~  “Love You Anyway”

18)  Jack Garratt  ~  “I Couldn’t Want You Anyway”

19)  Deana Carter  ~  “We Danced Anyway”

20)  Slum Sociable  ~  “Anyway”

21)  The Corrs  ~  “I Never Loved You Anyway”

22)  Dillon Chase ft. Kadence  ~  “Do It Anyway”

23)  Tori Kelly  ~  “Anyway”

24)  Boyzone  ~  “Love You Anyway”

25)  Ash.  ~  “Anyway”