"It Is What It Is" Songs

What do all these songs have in common? It's fairly self-explanatory. The phrase "It Is What It Is" either in their titles, or figuring prominently in the lyrics (usually the chorus). Why post a bunch of songs with this theme? Sometimes there's no easy answer. It...well, it is what it is. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Grace VanderWaal  ~  "So Much More Than This"

2)  Derek Minor  ~  "It Is What It Is"

3)  RuthAnne  ~  "It Is What It Is"

4)  The String Cheese Incident  ~  "It Is What It Is"

5)  Cloverdayle  ~  "It Is What It Is"

6)  Lil' Nathan & The Zydeco Big Timers  ~  "It Is What It Is"

7)  Kacey Musgraves  ~  "It Is What It Is"

8)  Lecrae  ~  "It Is What It Is"

9)  Blood Orange ft. Samantha Urbani  ~  "It Is What It Is"

10)  J Moss  ~  "It Is What It Is"

11)  Elisa  ~  "It Is What It Is"

12)  Jeon ft. Roger Peterson  ~  "It Is What It Is"

13)  Bonnie McKee  ~  "It Is What It Is"

14)  Lifehouse  ~  "It Is What It Is"

15)  Guster  ~  "It Is Just What It Is"

16)  The Highwaymen (Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, & Kris Kristofferson)  ~  "It Is What It Is"

17)  Tamar Kaprelian  ~  "Transcend"

18)  Adam Again  ~  "It Is What It Is (What It Is)"

19)  Single By Sunday  ~  "It Is What It Is"

20)  M.I.A.  ~  "It Iz What It Iz"

21)  Amy Dalley  ~  "Love's Got An Attitude (It Is What It Is)"

22)  Johnny Logan  ~  "It Is What It Is"

23)  Kierra "Kiki" Sheard  ~  "It Is What It Is"

24)  Rick Springfield  ~  "Will I?"

25)  Uncle Kracker  ~  "It Is What It Is"

26)  Julia Fordham  ~  "Sugar"

More Songs About Starlight

As promised, here's some more great Songs About Starlight for your listening pleasure. 3...2...1...Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Gotthard  ~  "Starlight"

2)  TOY  ~  "Starlight"

3)  El DeBarge  ~  "Starlight Express"

4)  Melissa B.  ~  "Starlight"

5)  Matt Cardle  ~  "Starlight"

6)  Janette King  ~  "Starlight"

7)  Eartha Kitt  ~  "Strangers In The Starlight"

8)  Bethel Music ft. Amanda Cook  ~  "Starlight"

9)  Darkest Hour ft. DRÆMINGS  ~  "By The Starlight"

10)  Bebe Rexha  ~  "Starlight"

11)  Taeyeon ft. Dean  ~  "Starlight"

12)  Empire Cast ft. Serayah  ~  "Starlight"

13)  Mick Jagger  ~  "Dancing In The Starlight"

14)  Emeli Sandé  ~  "Starlight"

15)  Eskobar  ~  "Starlight"

16)  Tonight Alive  ~  "Starlight"

17)  Rick Springfield  ~  "Starlight, Smtarbright"

18)  Sophie Ellis-Bextor  ~  "Starlight"

19)  The Robert Glasper Trio  ~  "Stella By Starlight"

20)  ALMA  ~  "Starlight"

21)  Quadra Sound  ~  "Starlight"

22)  Taylor Swift  ~  "Starlight"

23)  Sweet  ~  "Lady Starlight"

24)  Stephanie Mills  ~  "Starlight"

25)  Jeremy & The Harlequins  ~  "Starlight"

"Secret" Songs, Vol. 3

Last but not least, here's Vol. 3 in this miniseries featuring Songs About Secrets. I saved some really good ones for this post, and I hope you will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Queens Of The Stone Age  ~  “The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret”

2)  dodie  ~  “Secret For The Mad”

3)  Bee Gees  ~  “Secret Love”

4)  Katie Melua  ~  “In My Secret Life”  (Yes, I already posted the original version of this Cohen classic in Vol. 1 of this series. But, let’s be honest, Katie sings it so much more beautifully than Leonard ever could have.)

5)  Van Halen  ~  “Secrets”

6)  Doris Day  ~  “Secret Love”

7)  Passion Pit  ~  “Little Secrets”

8)  Roxette  ~  “Secrets That She Keeps”

9)  The Cure  ~  “Secrets”

10)  Phil Wickham ft. Madison Cunningham  ~  “The Secret Place”

11)  Dashboard Confessional  ~  “The Secret’s In The Telling”

12)  Kat Graham ft. Babyface  ~  “Secrets”

13)  Audio Adrenaline  ~  “Secret”

14)  Zara Larsson  ~  “Secret”

15)  Rick Springfield  ~  “What’s Victoria’s Secret?”

16)  Skunk Anansie  ~  “Secretly”

17)  Tears For Fears  ~  “Secrets”

18)  The Veronicas  ~  “Secret”

19)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Secret Garden”

20)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “Secret (Take You Home)”  (For some reason, the video repeats without sound around the 3:25 mark. So you can probably just stop it there.)

21)  Pink Floyd  ~  “A Saucerful Of Secrets”

22)  Samantha Jade  ~  “Secret”

23)  Arctic Monkeys  ~  “Secret Door”

24)  Skillet  ~  “Best Kept Secret”

25)  James Taylor  ~  “Secret O’ Life”

Songs About Being Excited

The old year is almost over, and the new year is nearly upon us! Are you excited? Well, THESE artists sure are! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Pointer Sisters  ~  “I’m So Excited”

2)  The Doobie Brothers  ~  “Excited”

3)  Stevie Ray Vaughan  ~  “So Excited”

4)  Roxette  ~  “(Do You Get) Excited?”

5)  Rick Springfield  ~  “I Get Excited”

6)  Air Supply  ~  “I Can’t Get Excited”

7)  Bonnie Tyler  ~  “Getting So Excited”

8)  Equals  ~  “I Get So Excited”

9)  Shelia Moore Piper  ~  “Get Excited”

10)  John Lee Hooker  ~  “I’m So Excited”

11)  M People  ~  “Excited”

12)  The Notionaries  ~  “Excited Eyes”

13)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  “Excited”

14)  Ian Hunter  ~  “I Get So Excited”

15)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  “I Get Excited”

16)  Christine McVie  ~  “So Excited”

17)  Avicii  ~  “So Excited”

18)  B.B. King  ~  “So Excited”

19)  Little Birdy  ~  “Excited”

20)  Gaither Vocal Band  ~  “Get All Excited”

Songs About Murder & Mayhem

This post is not nearly as violent or scandalous as it would seem. It is, however, exactly what it purports to be: a collection of songs either about "Murder" or "Mayhem," or which include one of those words within their titles. Umm...enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “Murder In The City”

2)  Halestorm  ~  “Mayhem”

3)  Michael Bolton  ~  “Murder My Heart”

4)  Imelda May  ~  “Mayhem”

5)  AFI  ~  “Miss Murder”

6)  Rick Springfield  ~  “Miss Mayhem”

7)  PJ Harvey  ~  “The Words That Maketh Murder”

8)  Jethro Tull  ~  “Mayhem Maybe”

9)  Jesca Hoop  ~  “Murder Of Birds”

10)  Kansas  ~  “Mysteries And Mayhem”

11)  Coldplay  ~  “Murder”

12)  Billy May and His Orchestra  ~  “Mayhem”

13)  The Police  ~  “Murder By Numbers”

14)  Julissa Veloz  ~  “Mayhem”

15)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Murder Incorporated”

16)  Universal Sigh  ~  “Marcus Mayhem”

17)  Better Than Ezra  ~  “One More Murder”

18)  Bettie Serveert  ~  “Mayhem”

19)  Counting Crows  ~  “A Murder Of One”

20)  Pop Will Eat Itself  ~  “Chaos And Mayhem”