Songs About Escaping

A series of popular television commercials not so long ago included the tagline "Wanna Get Away?" And sometimes we do want to "escape," don't we? Far, far away from the troubles of everyday life. That's what these songs are about, for the most part. Four of them are actually songs about fire escapes, for whatever reason. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Rupert Holmes  ~  “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)”

2)  Eisley  ~  “The Escaping Song”

3)  Fastball  ~  “Fire Escape”

4)  Yuna  ~  “Escape”

5)  John Carpenter  ~  “Escape From New York”

6)  Ilse DeLange  ~  “The Great Escape”

7)  Enrique Iglesias  ~  “Escape”

8)  Gwen Stefani ft. Akon  ~  “The Sweet Escape”

9)  KONGOS  ~  “Escape”

10)  Matthew Mayfield  ~  “Fire Escape”

11)  Grace VanderWaal  ~  “Escape My Mind”

12)  Whodini  ~  “Escape (I Need A Break)”

13)  Eva Simons & Sidney Samson  ~  “Escape From Love”

14)  The Weekenders  ~  “Escape”

15)  TINI  ~  “Great Escape”

16)  Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness  ~  “Fire Escape”

17)  Alesso ft. Sirena  ~  “Sweet Escape”

18)  We Are Scientists  ~  “The Great Escape”

19)  Tashwin  ~  “Love Escape”

20)  Journey  ~  “Escape”

21)  Love, Robot  ~  “Fire Escape”

22)  Metallica  ~  “Escape”

23)  Relient K  ~  “Be My Escape”

24)  Megan Nicole  ~  “Escape”

25)  The Rifles  ~  “The Great Escape”

Songs About Costumes & Masks

It's Halloween. Time to don your favorite costume and/or mask and beg strangers for candy. Unless you're an adult, in which case you do pretty much the same thing...if you're me. If you're not me...well, that's your loss. Anyway, here's a bunch of Songs About Costumes and Masks that I hope you will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Two Door Cinema Club  ~  “Costume Party”

2)  Eric Clapton  ~  “Behind The Mask”

3)  Shakira  ~  “Costume Makes The Clown”

4)  The Nits  ~  “Mask”

5)  Raleigh  ~  “Costume Party”

6)  Rodney Crowell ~   “Past Like A Mask”

7)  Finger Eleven  ~  “Costume For A Gutterball”

8)  Lou Reed  ~  “The Blue Mask”

9)  Ceumar  ~  “Maldito Costume”

10)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Behind The Mask”

11)  Streamline  ~  “The Costume"

12)  Iggy Pop  ~  “Mask”  (Does this guy even OWN a shirt? I've never seen him wearing one.)

13)  Kahailia  ~  “Costume”

14)  Eisley  ~  “Oxygen Mask”

15)  Steve Vai  ~  “Brandos Costumes (Gentle Ways)”

16)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Behind The Mask”

17)  Paula Fernandes  ~  “Costumes”

18)  Billy Bragg  ~  “The Man In The Iron Mask”

19)  Head Like A Kite  ~  “She’s Wearing That Costume”

20)  Robyn Hitchcock  ~  “Cynthia Mask”

21)  The Mollies  ~  “Costume”

22)  Alice Cooper  ~  “He’s Back (The Man Behind The Mask)”

23)  Chantal Kreviazuk  ~  “All Tomorrow’s Parties”  (No, the word “costume” doesn’t appear anywhere in the title, but it does appear prominently throughout the song, and does so in direct correlation with the actual title.)

24)  Diana Ross  ~  “Drop The Mask”

25)  Yellow Magic Orchestra  ~  “Behind The Mask”

Songs About Being Surrounded

You ever feel like you're completely surrounded, with no way of escape? Yeah? These songs totally get that. They've been there. They ARE there. Good luck, Houdini. And enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Chantal Kreviazuk  ~  “Surrounded”

2)  Dream Theater  ~  “Surrounded”

3)  Eisley  ~  “They All Surrounded Me”

4)  Hooray For Earth  ~  “Surrounded By Your Friends”

5)  Echosmith  ~  “Surround You”

6)  The Soundtrack Of Our Lives  ~  “Sister Surround”

7)  Erland & The Shelter  ~  “Surrounded”

8)  BT & Aqualung  ~  “Surrounded”

9)  Julia Holter  ~  “Horns Surrounding Me”

10)  Scott Stapp  ~  “Surround Me”

11)  Delta Rae  ~  “Surrounded”

12)  Erasure  ~  “You Surround Me”

13)  Cilla Black  ~  “Surround Yourself With Sorrow”

14)  Bebo Norman  ~  “You Surround Me”

15)  Craig Finn  ~  “Sarah, I’m Surrounded”

16)  Amon Duul II  ~  “Surrounded By The Stars”

17)  The Chills  ~  “Surrounded”

18)  Ryan Hemsworth ft. Kotomi & DOSS  ~  “Surrounded”

19)  Evermore  ~  “Light Surrounding You”

20)  Charly McClain  ~  “Surround Me With Love”

21)  Julien-K  ~  “Surrounded By Cowards”

22)  Noughts And Exes  ~  “Surrounded”

23)  Geoff Moore  ~  “Surrounded”

24)  The Boxer Rebellion  ~  “We Have This Place Surrounded”

25)  Overtone  ~  “Surrounded”

"Current" Songs

They may not be the newest songs. They may not be the Top 40 list, song-for-song. But these songs do all have one thing in common: the word "Current" (or "Currents") in their titles. And so they are..."Current" Songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bastille  ~  “The Currents”

2)  Eisley  ~  “Currents”

3)  The Dodos  ~  “The Current”

4)  East Hundred  ~  “Current Company”

5)  Said The Whale  ~  “Curse Of The Currents”

6)  Sarah Macintosh  ~  “Current”

7)  The Early November  ~  “In Currents”

8)  Noah Gundersen & The Courage  ~  “The Current State Of Things”

9)  Ida Jo  ~  “The Current”

10)  L Marshall  ~  “The Current”

11)  Talia  ~  “Current”

12)  Eric Carmen  ~  “Boats Against The Current”

13)  Rachel Sermanni  ~  “Black Current”

14)  Alvey-Cullen Group  ~  “Jamaican Current”

15)  Mree  ~  “Against The Current”

16)  If And When We Die  ~  “Against The Current”

17)  After Midnight  ~  “AC-DC Current”

18)  Angie Stevens  ~  “The Current That Carries”

19)  Cast Glass  ~  “Current Scenes”

20)  Squeaky Music  ~  “Current”

21)  Blue Man Group ft. Gavin Rossdale  ~  “The Current”

22)  Vetiver  ~  “Current Carry”

23)  Dew  ~   “Current Of Air”

24)  The Silent Signals  ~  “Caught In The Current”

25)  Dream Spectrum  ~  “Black Current”