Songs About Being Unwanted

Here's a bunch of Songs About Being Unwanted, since I'm on a kick of negative-themed posts and all. Maybe I'll eventually post a counterpoint to all these, and maybe not. For now, enjoy!  ~ JH

1)  Avril Lavigne ~ "Unwanted"

 

2)  Kill Hannah ~ "Unwanted

3)  Jennifer Rush ~ "Unwanted Child"

 

4)  The Veer Union ~ "The Unwanted"

5)  Elvis Costello & The Imposters ~ "Unwanted Number"

6)  The Green Children ~ "Unwanted Garden"

7)  Hatchie ~ "Unwanted Guest"

 

8)  Ariana Celaeno ~ "Unwanted Love"

9)  Rick Astley ~ "Unwanted"

10)  New Found Glory ~ "Anthem For The Unwanted"

11)  The Frogs ~ "An Unwanted Child & A Wanted Man"

12)  NateWantsToBattle ~ "Haunted And Unwanted"

13)  The Strange Familiar ~ "Unwanted"

14)  Anti-Nowhere League ~ "Unwanted"

15)  Mutant-Thoughts ~ "Unwanted Song"

16)  Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys ~ "Unwanted Sign Upon Your Heart"

17)  Tilly Birds ~ "Unwanted"

18)  Ray Price ~ "Unloved, Unwanted"

19)  NOEAST ~ "Unwanted"

20)  Dion ~ "Unloved, Unwanted Me"

"Never" "Gonna" "Give" "You" "Up" Songs

If you've made it this far in your life without being "Rick-rolled," congratulations...and your streak is over. If you thought this was a post about Rick Astley's epically cheesy song, you were wrong. Instead, this is a collection of songs whose titles begin with the words "Never," "Gonna," "Give," "You," and "Up." 'Cuz that's how I "roll," y'all! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Camila Cabello  ~  "Never Be The Same"

2)  Teyana Taylor  ~  "Gonna Love Me"

3)  Ed Sheeran  ~  "Give Me Love"

4)  The Chicks  ~  "You Were Mine"

5)  Lights  ~  "Up We Go"

6)  Tori Kelly ft. Kirk Franklin  ~  "Never Alone"

7)  Blake Shelton  ~  "Gonna"

8)  Maggie Rogers  ~  "Give A Little"

9)  Freya Ridings  ~  "You Mean The World To Me"

10)  Clean Bandit ft. Rae Morris  ~  "Up Again"

11)  John Legend  ~  "Never Break"

12)  Sara Bareilles  ~  "Gonna Get Over You"

13)  Maroon 5  ~  "Give A Little More"

14)  Taylor Swift  ~  "You Need To Calm Down"

15)  blink-182  ~  "Up All Night"

16)  CHVRCHES  ~  "Never Ending Circles"

17)  C + C Music Factory  ~  "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"

18)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  "Give It Away"

19)  Rumer  ~  "You Just Don't Know People"

20)  Foo Fighters  ~  "Up In Arms"

BONUS TRACK:  Rick Astley  ~  "Never Gonna Give You Up"  (Of course, I had to include this song in the post! Rolled ya again!)

Songs About What "You Need"

I'm not sure how these songs get away with telling YOU, of all people, what YOU need. But that's – apparently – why they exist. Don't take my word for it, though. Check 'em out for yourself. Plenty of good tunes here, so I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Taylor Swift  ~  "You Need To Calm Down"

2)  Paul McCartney, Joe Cocker, Eric Clapton, & Rod Stewart  ~  "All You Need Is Love"  (Wow, what a lineup!)

3)  Candye Kane  ~  "You Need A Great Big Woman"  (Who doesn't?)

4)  Duran Duran  ~  "All You Need Is Now"

5)  The Jezabels  ~  "All You Need"

6)  Elton John  ~  "It's Me That You Need"

7)  Joey + Rory  ~  "All You Need Is Me"

8)  Alex Clare  ~  "Tell Me What You Need"

9)  BANKS  ~  "What You Need"

10)  INXS  ~  "What You Need"

11)  Wade Hayes & Megan Mullins  ~  "What You Need From Me"

12)  Jack Johnson  ~  "What You Thought You Need"

13)  Mariah Carey  ~  "Anytime You Need A Friend"

14)  Malcolm McLaren  ~  "You Need Hands"

15)  Against The Current  ~  "Something You Need"

16)  Ed Sheeran  ~  "You Need To Cut Your Hair"

17)  Shanice  ~  "You Need A Man"

18)  Rick Astley  ~  "Whenever You Need Somebody"

19)  Weyes Blood  ~  "Do You Need My Love?"

20)  Son Lux  ~  "The Fool You Need"

21)  Tina Turner  ~  "Whatever You Need"

22)  The Brevet  ~  "All You Need To Know"

23)  Jody Watley  ~  "I'm The One You Need"

24)  The Cardigans  ~  "I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer"

25)  Oh Honey  ~  "Take All The Time You Need"

Songs About Not Giving Up, Vol. 2

As promised, here's another set of Songs About Not Giving Up. You should definitely take their advice and NOT do that, either. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Rick Astley  ~  “Never Gonna Give You Up”

2)  Jana Kramer  ~  “I Won’t Give Up”

3)  Bruno Mars  ~  “Don’t Give Up”

4)  Lucie Jones  ~  “Never Give Up On You”

5)  Ben Harper  ~  “Don’t Give Up On Me Now”

6)  Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush  ~  “Don’t Give Up”

7)  Gerry Rafferty  ~  “Don’t Give Up On Me”

8)  Sia  ~  “Never Give Up”

9)  Sean Paul  ~  “Never Give Up”

10)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “Giving You Up”

11)  Milo Greene  ~  “Don’t You Give Up On Me”

12)  Sarah McLachlan  ~  “Don’t Give Up On Us”

13)  Craig David & Sigala  ~  “Ain’t Giving Up”

14)  Gloria Estefan  ~  “I’m Not Giving You Up”

15)  Shawn McDonald  ~  “Don’t Give Up”

16)  The Magic Numbers  ~  “Don’t Give Up The Fight”

17)  Washed Out  ~  “Don’t Give Up”

18)  The Saturdays  ~  “Not Giving Up”

19)  Third Day  ~  “Don’t Give Up Hope”

20)  Blinkie ft. Alahna  ~  “Don’t Give Up (On Love)”

Songs About Praying, Vol. 1

Here begins the first in a four-part series featuring Songs About Praying. Some of the prayers herein are literal, while some are figurative. Some are by Christian artists, and some are by "secular" artists. In other words, these songs completely run the gamut. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kesha  ~  “Praying”

2)  Sanctus Real  ~  “Pray”

3)  Duran Duran  ~  “Save A Prayer”

4)  Regina Spektor  ~  “The Prayer Of François Villon”

5)  Blaenavon  ~  “Let’s Pray”

6)  Metal Church  ~  “Watch The Children Pray”

7)  Alison Krauss & Union Station  ~  “A Living Prayer”

8)  Michael Franti & Spearhead  ~  “Pray For Grace”

9)  Ron Sexsmith  ~  “Too Late For Praying”

10)  Nneka  ~  “Pray For You”

11)  Petra  ~  “Prayer”

12)  Rick Astley  ~  “Pray With Me”

13)  Red House Glory  ~  “Pray Now”

14)  Big & Rich  ~  “That’s Why I Pray”

15)  The Katinas  ~  “Praying For You”

16)  Laura Marling  ~  “Pray For Me”

17)  All-4-One  ~  “I Prayed 4 U”

18)  Kodaline  ~  “Pray”

19)  Haelos  ~  “Pray”

20)  Steve Vai  ~  “Whispering A Prayer”

"Hopeful" & "Hopeless" Songs

Here's an all-in-one (imagine that?) "Opposites" music post featuring songs with the words "Hopeful" and "Hopeless" in their titles. Because it seemed like a good idea at the time, that's why. And it still does, for that matter. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  KT Tunstall  ~  “Hopeless”

2)  Josh Ritter  ~  “Hopeful”

3)  Train  ~  “Hopeless”

4)  Bear Mountain  ~  “Hopeful”

5)  Mumford & Sons  ~  “Hopeless Wanderer”

6)  Cord Of 3  ~  “Broken But Undeniably Hopeful”

7)  Imagine Dragons  ~  “Hopeless Opus”

8)  This Century  ~  “Hopeful Romantic”

9)  The Corrs  ~  “Hopelessly Addicted”

10)  M’lissa  ~  “Hopefully”

11)  Good Charlotte  ~  “The Young & The Hopeless”

12)  FoxVille  ~  “Hopeful Serenade”

13)  Lilly Wood & The Prick  ~  “Hopeless Kids”

14)  The Sheriff  ~  “The Hopeful Bluebird”

15)  Widespread Panic  ~  “Hope In A Hopeless World”

16)  Ahad Abid  ~  “Hopeful Silence”

17)  Lee Greenwood & Suzy Bogguss  ~  “Hopelessly Yours”

18)  Infidelities  ~  “Hopeful Kind Of Sad”

19)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  “Hopelessly Devoted To You”

20)  Emirsian  ~   “Hopeful”

21)  Journey  ~  “The Party Is Over (Hopelessly In Love)”

22)  Hannah Grace  ~  “Hopeful”

23)  Jessica Andrews  ~  “Helplessly, Hopelessly”

24)  Livia Ferri  ~  “Hopefully”

25)  Rick Astley  ~  “Hopelessly”