Songs About Being Loved

I told you last week that I might go back and post Songs About Being Loved, Wanted, and Welcome as counterpoints to my previous three posts, and doggone if I didn't do just that. Here's the first post, and the others will follow in short order. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Céline Dion  ~  "Because You Loved Me"

2)  Bob Marley  ~  "Could You Be Loved?"

3)  Kellie Pickler  ~  "Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You?"

4)  Bryan Adams  ~  "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?"

5)  Casting Crowns  ~  "Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me)"

6)  Marvin Gaye  ~  "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)"

7)  Aretha Franklin  ~  "I Never Loved A Man"

8)  Savage Garden  ~  "I Knew I Loved You"

9)  Lauren Daigle  ~  "You Say"

10)  Lewis Capaldi  ~  "Someone You Loved"

11)  Travis Greene & Steffany Gretzinger  ~  "Good And Loved"

12)  Garth Brooks  ~  "Papa Loved Mama"

13)  Taylor Swift  ~  "The Way I Loved You"

14)  Maroon 5  ~  "She Will Be Loved"

15)  Sarah McLachlan & Randy Newman  ~  "When She Loved Me"

16)  Stars Go Dim  ~  "You Are Loved"

17)  Agnetha Fältskog  ~  "When You Really Loved Someone"

18)  Josh Groban  ~  "Don't Give Up (You Are Loved)"

19)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  "When Will I Be Loved?"

20)  George Michael  ~  "You Have Been Loved"

21)  Rebecca St. James  ~  "You Are Loved"

22)  Blue October  ~  "Should Be Loved"

23)  Aimee Mann  ~  "You Never Loved Me"

24)  Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators  ~  "The One You Loved Is Gone"

25)  Céline Dion  ~  "Loved Me Back To Life"

"Through" Songs , Vol. 2

I told you I wasn't "through" with " Through " Songs. And here's proof! Enjoy! ~  JH


1)  Kenny Rogers  ~  "Through The Years"

2)  Britt Nicole  ~  "Through Your Eyes"

3)  Joe Cocker  ~  "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window"

4)  Martina McBride  ~  "I'm Gonna Love You Through It"

5)  Jeremy Zucker  ~  "Comethru"

6)  Gavin DeGraw  ~  "Follow Through"

7)  Powfu  ~  "Running Through The Rain"

8)  Amy Winehouse  ~  "Mr. Magic (Through The Smoke)"

9)  Dio  ~  "Straight Through The Heart"

10)  Creedence Clearwater Revival  ~  "Run Through The Jungle"

11)  Charlie Puth  ~  "Through It All"

12)  Hillsong Worship  ~  "Through It All"

13)  Metallica  ~  "Through The Never"

14)  Phil Collins ~  "Look Through My Eyes"

15)  Stone Sour  ~  "Through Glass"

16)  Will Reagan  ~  "Through  And Through"

17)  George Jones  ~  "Walk Through This World With Me"

18)  Rise Against  ~  "Re-Education (Through Labor)"

19)  Marvin Gaye  ~  "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"

20)  The Script  ~  "Run Through Walls"

21)  Alanis Morissette  ~  "Right Through You"

22)  Bon Jovi  ~  "Shot Through The Heart"

23)  DragonForce  ~  "Through The Fire And Flames"

24)  CityAlight  ~  "Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me"

25)  Tiny Tim  ~  "Tiptoe Through The Tulips"

This Post Is Rated "X"

If blog posts had ratings, the majority of mine would be "PG" – at worst, a "PG-13." But this post is rated "X." If the titles of the songs contained within are any indication, at least. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Poppy  ~  "X"

2)  Neneh Cherry  ~  "Buddy X"

3)  System Of A Down  ~  "X"

4)  Ziggy Marley & The Melody Markers  ~  "X Marks The Spot"

5)  Blue October  ~  "X Amount Of Words"

6)  Janet Jackson  ~  "Greatest X"

7)  Green Day  ~  "X-Kid"

8)  Anuhea  ~  "X-Lover"

9)  Clutch  ~  "X-Ray Visions"

10)  Mariah Carey  ~  "X-Girlfriend"

11)  Coldplay  ~  "X & Y"

12)  Marvin Gaye  ~  "The World Is Rated X"

13)  Blondie  ~  "X-Offender"

14)  KISS  ~  "X-Ray Eyes"

15)  Au/Ra  ~  "X Games"

16)  Smokey Robinson  ~  "Madame X"

17)  Sophie Meiers  ~  "X-Ray Vision"

18)  Jeremih  ~  "X's & O's"

19)  Leah McFall  ~  "White X"

20)  Summer Forever Cast ft. Alyson Stoner, Megan Nicole, & Anna Grace Barlow  ~  "Make An X"

21)  Loretta Lynn  ~  "Rated X"

22)  Prince  ~  "X's Face"

23)  Bush ~  "X-Girlfriend"

24)  Liz Phair  ~  "X-Ray Man"

25)  ZZ Top  ~  "Heard It On The X"

26)  Jason Derulo  ~  "X"

27)  Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds  ~  "The Girl With The X-Ray Eyes"

28)  Steve Miller Band  ~  "Italian X-Rays"

29)  Foo Fighters  ~  "X-Static"

30)  Neil Young  ~  "Song X"

31)  Texas  ~  "Telephone X"

32)  The Maccabees  ~  "X-Ray"

33)  Robin Gibb  ~  "X-Ray Eyes"

“Busy” & “Idle” Songs, Vol. 1

Here begins a three-part series featuring songs with either the word "Busy" or "Idle" in their titles. A variety of styles and genres are represented here and in the two posts taht will follow. So...what're you waiting for? Please, by all means, enjoy! ~ JH



1)  Jungle  ~  “Busy Earnin’”

2)  Oasis  ~  "The Importance Of Being Idle"

3)  Jane Monheit  ~  “Little Man, You’ve Had A Busy Day”

4)  Marina and the Diamonds  ~  "Teen Idle"

5)  Ronnie Milsap  ~  “Busy Makin’ Plans”

6)  Tedeschi Trucks Band  ~  "Idle Wind"

7)  Luther Vandross  ~  “Busy Body”

8)  Los Lonely Boys  ~  "American Idle"

9)  Fall Out Boy  ~  “Get Busy Living Or Get Busy Dying (Do Your Part To Save The Scene And Stop Going To Shows)”

10)  The Amps  ~  "Full On Idle"

11)  Dodie Clark  ~  “I’ve Been Busy”  (The song ends around the 2:00 mark. The rest is just chitchat.)

12)  Katatonia  ~  "Idle Blood"

13)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  “Busy Bodies”

14)  The Toy Dolls  ~  "Idle Gossip"

15)  DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince  ~  “Let’s Get Busy, Baby”

16)  Beirut  ~  "Mount Wroclai (Idle Days)"

17)  Billy Ray Cyrus  ~  “Busy Man”

18)  iamamiwhoami  ~  "Idle Talk"

19)  Glen Campbell  ~  “I Was Too Busy Loving You”

20)  Vetiver  ~  "Idle Ties"

21)  Lucy Wainwright Roche  ~  “Look Busy”

22)  Jeon Soyeon  ~  "Idle Song"

23)  Traveling Wilburys  ~  “The Devil’s Been Busy”

24)  Castle No Kings  ~  "Idle Hands"

25)  Marvin Gaye  ~  “Too Busy Thinking About My Baby”

"Symphony" Songs, Vol. 1

Here's the first set in a three-part series of posts featuring songs with the word "Symphony" in their titles. For the most part, the songs themselves are not symphonies, nor are they part of symphonies (with a few notable exceptions). But they are quite good. I hope you, like I did when compiling them, will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson  ~  "Symphony"

2)  The Verve  ~  "Bittersweet Symphony"

3)  Switch ft. Dillon Chase  ~  "Symphony"

4)  Josh Wilson  ~  "Symphony"

5)  Zeds Dead x Charlotte OC  ~  "Symphony"

6)  Josh Groban  ~  "Symphony"

7)  Flux Pavilion ft. Layna  ~  "Symphony"

8)  Newsboys United  ~  "Symphony"

9)  Jamie Falk  ~  "Symphony"

10)  Linkin Park  ~  "Battle Symphony"

11)  Sarah Brightman  ~  "Symphony"

12)  Tim Hughes  ~  "Symphony"

13)  The Supremes  ~  "I Hear A Symphony"

14)  Snow Patrol  ~  "The Symphony"

15)  Monica  ~  "Street Symphony"

16)  Ed Sheeran & Andrea Bocelli  ~  "Perfect Symphony"  (Wow! I thought the original version of "Perfect" was great. And it was! But this one is much richer and more nuanced!)

17)  Jana Kramer  ~  "Unfinished Symphony"

18)  Alan Parsons Project  ~  "One Note Symphony"

19)  Katie Melua  ~  "Secret Symphony"

20)  Marvin Gaye  ~  "Symphony"

21)  Vanilla Ninja  ~  "Black Symphony"

22)  Hanson  ~  "Tragic Symphony"

23)  Blonde Redhead  ~  "Symphony Of Treble"

24)  Kansas  ~  "Lamplight Symphony"

25)  Marie Digby  ~  "Symphony"

26)  Carole King  ~  "Welfare Symphony"

27)  The Digital Age  ~  "Symphony Of Grace"