Songs About Behavior

These are Songs About Behavior. Some bad, some good, some best, some human, some strange, and one freaky. To name a few. Ready, set, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Björk  ~  “Human Behaviour”

2)  Izzy Bizu  ~  “Mad Behaviour”

3)  N-Dubz  ~  “Best Behavior”

4)  The Color Morale  ~  “Learned Behavior”

5)  Louisa Johnson  ~  “Best Behaviour”

6)  Late July  ~  “Good Behaviour”

7)  Silverchair  ~  “Those Thieving Birds, Part 1 / Strange Behaviour / Those Thieving Birds Part 2”

8)  Filipa  ~  “Good Behavior”

9)  The Maine  ~  “Bad Behavior”

10)  Caroline Grace  ~  “Bad Behavior”

11)  King’s X  ~  “Human Behaviour”

12)  Mike Mago & Tiggi Hawke  ~  “Dangerous Behaviour”

13)  Kat Frankie  ~  “Bad Behaviour”

14)  The Barkays  ~  “Freaky Behavior”

15)  Laura Benanti  ~  “Model Behavior”

16)  Emma Blackery  ~  “Human Behaviour”

17)  IOLITE  ~  “Bad Behavior”

18)  Mexican Dubwiser ft. Myron Glasper, Ulises Lozano, & Billy Gould  ~  “Bad Behavior”

19)  True Blue  ~  “Behavior”

20)  Cruels ft. Phil Good  ~  “Best Behavior”

21)  Macy Gray  ~  “Strange Behavior”

23)  Mark Chesnutt  ~  “Need A Little Time Off For Bad Behavior”

24)  SOAK  ~  “Reckless Behaviour”

25)  Neon Trees  ~  “Foolish Behavior”

Songs About Pretending

Everyone likes to pretend sometimes. These songs are all about pretending. And they're really good. I'm sure you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Platters  ~  “The Great Pretender”

2)  Eric Clapton  ~  “Pretending”

3)  Jackson Browne  ~  “The Pretender”

4)  L7  ~  “Pretend We’re Dead”

5)  Al Jarreau  ~  “Let’s Pretend”

6)  R.E.M.  ~  “World Leader Pretend”

7)  Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie  ~  “Game Of Pretend”

8)  The Drums  ~  “I Can’t Pretend”

9)  Foo Fighters  ~  “The Pretender”

10)  Lights  ~  “Pretend”

11)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Just Pretend”

12)  Raspberries  ~  “Let’s Pretend”

13)  Anouk  ~  “Pretending As Always”

14)  Nat King Cole  ~  “Pretend”

15)  The Mavericks  ~  “Pretend”

16)  Glee Cast  ~  “Pretending”

17)  Uriah Heep  ~  “Sweet Pretender”

18)  Gerry And The Pacemakers  ~  “Pretend”

19)  The Avett Brothers ft. Nicole Atkins  ~  “Pretend Love”

20)  Todd Rundgren  ~  “Pretending To Care”

21)  Dinosaur Jr.  ~  “Don’t Pretend You Didn’t Know”

22)  Seinabo Sey  ~  “Pretend”

23)  Bryan White  ~  “So Much For Pretending”

24)  King’s X  ~  “Pretend”

25)  Tom Odell  ~  “Can’t Pretend”

BONUS TRACK:  B.o.B. ft. Hayley Williams  ~  “Airplanes”  (While the word "pretend" doesn't appear anywhere in the title of this song, the whole thing is about pretending "that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars" and that phrase is repeated at least six times in the song, so here it is.)

Songs About Cupid

In honor of Valentine's Day, here's a bunch of Songs About Cupid for you to enjoy.  ~  JH

1)  112  ~  “Cupid”

2)  The Big Moon  ~  “Cupid”

3)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Cupid De Locke”

4)  Elliott Smith  ~  “Cupid’s Trick”

5)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “Cupid’s Got A Shotgun”

6)  Placebo  ~  “Bulletproof Cupid”

7)  Squeeze  ~  “Cupid’s Toy”

8)  Boyz II Men  ~  “Cupid”

9)  Connie Francis  ~  “Stupid Cupid / Lipstick On Your Collar”  (Someone’s had a LOT of plastic surgery! Notice how little she seems to be able to either change her facial expression or move her mouth. Wow!)

10)  King’s X  ~  “Cupid”

11)  Boyeur  ~  “Cupid”

12)  Jasmine Hill  ~  “Cupid’s Screw Up”

13)  Cupid  ~  “Cupid Shuffle”

14)  The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band  ~  “Cupid’s Got A Gun”

15)  Amy LaVere & Will Sexton  ~  “Cupid’s Arrow”

16)  Daniel Powter  ~  “Cupid”

17)  Poppy Jo  ~  “Stupid Cupid”

18)  Stereos  ~  “Hey Cupid”

19)  Gym Class Heroes ft. Patrick Stump  ~  “Cupid’s Chokehold”

20)  Gotthard  ~  “Cupid’s Arrow”

21)  Meghan Trainor  ~  “Cupid”

22)  Mischief  ~  “Stupid Cupid”

23)  Lloyd  ~  “Cupid”

24)  Otis Redding  ~  “Don’t Mess With Cupid”

25)  Extreme  ~  “Cupid’s Dead”

BONUS TRACK:  Sam Cooke  ~  “Cupid”  (Yes, this is the same song as the Boyz II Men one above. But Cooke’s is the most famous version, and even though there’s no proper video or live performance of it that I could find, I’d be remiss if I didn’t also post his classic rendition of the song.)

Songs By Artists With Royalty-Inspired Names, Vol. 1: Kings

I'm starting the New Year off with a brand-new series, lucky you! This set and the two posts that will follow it feature songs by artists whose names (given or invented) have the words "King(s)", "Queen(s)", "Prince", or "Princess" somewhere in them. Since there were far more "King" artists than any of the others, they will comprise the entirety of the first two posts. All the others will share space in Vol. 3. Ready, set, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kings Of Leon  ~  “Use Somebody”

2)  Ben E. King  ~  “Stand By Me”

3)  Elle King  ~  “Ex’s & Oh’s”

4)  for KING & COUNTRY  ~  “Ceasefire”

5)  Capital Kings  ~  “You’ll Never Be Alone”

6)  Kings Of Convenience  ~  “I’d Rather Dance With You”

7)  Evelyn “Champagne” King  ~  “Shame”

8)  King’s X  ~  “Over My Head”

9)  King Crimson  ~  “Elephant Talk”

10)  Carole King  ~  “It’s Too Late”

11)  Common Kings  ~  “Wade In Your Water”

12)  King Diamond  ~  “Sleepless Nights”

13)  B.B. King ft. Tracy Chapman  ~  “The Thrill Is Gone”

14)  King Harvest  ~  “Dancin’ In The Moonlight”

15)  Gipsy Kings  ~  “Djobi Djoba”

16)  King Curtis & The Kingpins  ~  “Memphis Soul Stew”

17)  Lost Kings ft. Katelyn Tarver  ~  “You”

18)  Nat King Cole  ~  “When I Fall In Love”

19)  The Kings  ~  “This Beat Goes On / Switchin’ To Glide”

20)  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  ~  “The Game Gets Old”

21)  The Flower Kings  ~  “For The Love Of Gold”

22)  To Kill A King  ~  “Funeral”

23)  Albert King  ~  “Born Under A Bad Sign”

24)  Blackie And The Rodeo Kings ft. Serena Ryder  ~  “Black Sheep”

25)  Redlight King  ~  “Born To Rise”