Songs About Spells & Potions

It's magic time! Sadly, it's not real magic. No actual spells or potions are present here. But there're plenty of Songs About Spells & Potions to go around. So grab your wand...don't forget the magic words...and enjoy! ~ JH

1)  The Sweeplings  ~  “Under Your Spell”

2)  Car Astor  ~  “Potions”

3)  Austra  ~  “Spellwork"

4)  Julia Zelg  ~  “Love Potion”

5)  Lacuna Coil  ~  “Spellbound”

6)  The Searchers  ~  “Love Potion N0. 9”

7)  LaRissa Vienna & The Strange  ~  “Break The Spell”

8)  The Charlie Daniels Band  ~  “No Potion For The Pain”

9)  BeatGhosts ft. Yuli  ~  “Spell”

10)  Hank & Cupcakes  ~  “Sweet Potion”

11)  Alphabeat  ~  “The Spell”

12)  Ducado & Zenya  ~  “Redemption’s Potion”

13)  Elvis Costello  ~  “The Spell That You Cast”

14)  CHON  ~  “Potion/Puddle”

15)  Emily Reo  ~  “Spell”

16)  Eric Nam ft. Woodie Gochild  ~  “Potion”

17)  Daughtry  ~  “Break The Spell”

18)  Puscifer  ~  “Potions”

19)  Jenny Hval  ~  “Spells"

20)  Nicki Minaj  ~  “Pills N Potions”

21)  Bea Miller  ~  “Open Your Eyes (Deep Blue Songspell)”

22)  Canopy Climber  ~  “Potion”

23)  Bryan Ferry  ~  “I Put A Spell On You”

24)  Arctic Monkeys  ~  “Potion Approaching”

25)  Rebecca Ferguson  ~  “Strange & Beautiful (I’ll Put A Spell On You)”

Songs About Popcorn

Here's a bunch of Songs About Popcorn. Because I felt like it, that's why. Let's get it poppin'....and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Roots  ~  “Pass The Popcorn”

2)  M&H Band  ~  “Popcorn”

3)  Solillaquists Of Sound  ~  “Popcorn”

4)  Cliffie Stone & His Orchestra ft. Bob Roubian  ~  “The Popcorn Song”

5)  Joey Rumble  ~  “Popcorn”

6)  James Brown  ~  “Mother Popcorn”

7)  The Mighty Imperials ft. Joseph Henry  ~  “Joseph’s Popcorn”

8)  Alix Olson  ~  “Popcorn And Laughter”  (I don't usually feature spoken-word recordings on this blog, but this one was good and fit the theme. So there ya go...)

9)  Luiz Henrique & Walter Wanderley  ~  “Popcorn”

10)  New Edition  ~  “Popcorn Love”

11)  Eddie Platt And His Orchestra  ~  “Popcorn”

12)  The Wiggles ft. James Redfern  ~  “Hot Poppin’ Popcorn”

13)  The Supremes  ~  “Buttered Popcorn”

14)  The Searchers  ~  “Popcorn Double Feature”

15)  Eldridge Holmes  ~  “Pop, Popcorn Children”

16)  Everline  ~  “Popcorn Movies”

17)  Brainstorm  ~  “Popcorn”

18)  Parry Gripp  ~  “Hamster On A Piano (Eating Popcorn)”

19)  Otis Spann  ~   “Popcorn Man”

20)  Howdy Doody & The Fontane Sisters  ~  “The Popcorn Song”

BONUS TRACK:  Alanis Morissette  ~  "Front Row"  (No, the word “popcorn” doesn’t appear anywhere in the title of this song, but it does figure prominently into the chorus, and is repeated several times throughout the tune. Besides, I like it – and her.)

Popular Songs Of 1965, Vol. 2

One last round of Swinging Sixties hits, then we take a break from this series for a little while. I think you'll find that you're at least somewhat familiar with most of these songs, if you've spent any time at all over the past couple of decades listening to "oldies" music. If you just happen to be old enough to remember them when they came out fifty years ago, then maybe this is a bit of nostalgia for you as well. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  James Brown  ~  "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag"

2)  Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders  ~  "The Game Of Love"

3)  Barbara Lewis  ~  "Baby I'm Yours"

4)  Bob Dylan  ~  "Like A Rolling Stone"

5)  Freddie & The Dreamers  ~  "I'm Telling You Now"  (That "dancing," though...)

6)  Gerry & The Pacemakers  ~  "Ferry 'Cross The Mersey"

7)  The Yardbirds  ~  "For Your Love"

8)  The Moody Blues  ~  "Go Now"

9)  Billy Joe Royal  ~  "Down In The Boondocks"

10)  Glenn Yarbrough  ~  "Baby The Rain Must Fall"

11)  Marvin Gaye ft. Tina Turner  ~  "I'll Be Doggone"

12)  Jackie DeShannon  ~  "What The World Needs Now Is Love"  (Fifty years later, and it still does...)

13)  Martha & The Vandellas  ~  "Nowhere To Run"

14)  The Searchers  ~  "Love Potion No. 9"

15)  The Turtles    "It Ain't Me, Babe"

16)  The Zombies  ~  "Tell Her No"

17)  Peter & Gordon  ~  "I Go To Pieces"

18)  Smokey Robinson & The Miracles  ~  "The Tracks Of My Tears"

19)  Bobby Goldsboro  ~  "Little Things"

20)  The Fortunes  ~  "You've Got Your Troubles"

21)   The Animals  ~  "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place"

22)  The Lovin' Spoonful  ~  "Do You Believe In Magic?"

Songs About Pins And Needles

Because, why not? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Birthday Massacre  ~  "Pins And Needles"

2)  Mutemath  ~  "Pins And Needles"

3)  Sara Groves  ~  "Setting Up The Pins"

4)  Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, & Loretta Lynn  ~  "Silver Threads And Golden Needles"

5)  Smokie  ~  "Needles And Pins"

6)  Billy Talent  ~  "Pins & Needles"

7)  James Yuill  ~  "No Pins Allowed"

8)  Lea Michele  ~  "Thousand Needles"

9)  Life In Film  ~  "Needles & Pins"

10)  Reach  ~  "Pins & Needles"

11)  The Four Lads ~  "The Bus Stop Song (A Paper Of Pins)"

12)  Hawthorne Heights  ~  "Pens & Needles"

13)  Howth  ~  "Needles And Pins"

14)  Opshop  ~  "Pins And Needles"

15)  Kristina Train  ~  "Pins And Needles"

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16)  The Searchers  ~  "Needles And Pins"  (same song as #5 above, but by the original artist)