Songs With "West" In The Title

This may not be the best of the bunch in this brief miniseries of posts featuring Songs with "North," "South," "East," and "West" in their titles. But it IS the only one featuring songs by the Village People, Benny Hill, AND Groucho Marx. You're welcome.  ~  JH

1)  Village People  ~  "Go West"

2)  Lana Del Rey  ~  "West Coast"

3)  Benny Hill  ~  "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)"

4)  The Staves  ~  "Facing West"

5)  Jewel  ~  "The New Wild West"

6)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  "West End Girls"

7)  The Escape Club  ~  "Wild, Wild West"

8)  Grateful Dead  ~  "West L.A. Fadeaway"

9)  Coconut Records  ~  "West Coast"

10)  Groucho Marx  ~  "Go West, Young Man"

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11)  Gregory And The Hawk  ~  "Wild West"

12)  Electric Light Orchestra  ~  "Wild West Hero"

13)  Katie Herzig  ~  "How The West Was Won"

14)  Michael W. Smith  ~ "Go West, Young Man"

15)  R.E.M.  ~  "How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us"

Songs With "East" In The Title

This was probably the hardest of the four main compass directions to assemble. Apparently, there just aren't that many songs with "East" in the title. The ones I did find are pretty good, though. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Casting Crowns  ~  "East To West"

2)  Jerry Reed  ~  "East Bound And Down"

3)  Jewel  ~  "Enter From The East"

4)  Beirut  ~  "East Harlem"

5)  a-ha  ~  "East of The Sun"

6)  Diana Krall  ~  "East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)"

7)  Jackson Browne  ~  "Looking East"

8)  Bob Seger & The Last Heard  ~  "East Side Story"

9)  Simple Minds  ~  "East At Easter"

10)  Wet Wet Wet  ~  "East Of The River"

11)  David Crowder Band  ~  "Eastern Hymn"

12)  Chris De Burgh  ~  "Eastern Wind"

13)  Herman's Hermits  ~  "East-West"

14)  The Stranglers  ~  "Sweden (All Quiet On The Eastern Front)"  (A song about "the only country where the clouds are interesting" and where "fluctuation's at a minimum"? I'm in!)

15)  Elvis Presley  ~  "Go East, Young Man"

Songs With "South" In The Title

Yesterday it was "North" songs. Today it's "South" songs. It would have been so easy to make this one entirely a collection of country songs, as there are so, so many songs written about the South (i.e., the Southern United States). But I didn't want to take the easy way out. Nearly half of these ARE country songs, but the rest are decidedly not. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kings Of Leon  ~  "Back Down South"

2)  Alabama  ~  "Song Of The South"

3)  Albert Hammond  ~  "It Never Rains In Southern California"

4)  Glen Campbell  ~  "Southern Nights"

5)  The Doobie Brothers  ~  "South City Midnight Lady"

6)  Kansas  ~  "People Of The South Wind"

7)  Moonlight Social  ~  "Heading South"

8)  Iron and Wine  ~  "Sodom, South Georgia"

9)  Crosby, Stills, & Nash  ~  "Southern Cross"

10)  Gene Autry  ~  "South Of The Border"

11)  Tennis  ~  "South Carolina"

12)  Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers  ~  "Down South"

13)  Charlie Daniels Band  ~  "The South's Gonna Do It Again"

14)  Willie Nelson  ~  "My Window Faces The South"

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15)  Louis Armstrong  ~  "When It's Sleepy Time Down South"  (With bonus song: "C'est si bon!")

Songs With "North" In The Title

New four-part series starting right here. I think you can see where I'm going with this, but just in case you're feeling a little slow this Monday morning, I'll explain. These are songs with "North" in the title. "South," "East," and "West" songs will follow soon afterwards. Some really good stuff in these, by both well-known and lesser-known artists. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tegan and Sara  ~  "Northshore"

2)  Bad Religion  ~  "True North"

3)  Johnny Horton  ~  "North To Alaska"

4)  J.D. McPherson  ~  "Northside Gal"

5)  Bob Dylan  ~  "North Country Blues"

6)  Monica Heldal  ~  "Boy From The North"

7)  The Moondoggies  ~  "Empress Of The North"

8)  Lyle Lovett  ~  "North Dakota"

9)  Jillette Johnson  ~  "True North"

10)  Daryl Hall ft. Monte Montgomery  ~  "North Star"

11)  Melanie C  ~  "Northern Star"

12)  The Music  ~  "Welcome To The North"

13)  Stars  ~  "The North"

14)  Elvis Costello  ~  "North"

15)  Missy Higgins  ~  "Going North"

Same Name, Different Song: Vol. 8

Don't worry – I'll get tired of doing these posts after a while. Just not anytime soon. Pick your favorites in the comments. Ready, set, go!  ~  JH

1)  "Heartbreak Hotel"

Elvis Presley

vs.

Whitney Houston ft. Faith Evans & Kelly Price

2)  "Hurricane"

Bridgit Mendler

vs.

Natalie Grant

3)  "High Hopes"

Frank Sinatra

vs.

Kodaline

vs.

Pink Floyd

4)  "I Wish"

Skee-Lo

vs.

Jo Dee Messina

5)  "I Will Remember You"

Amy Grant

vs.

Sarah McLachlan

6)  "I Believe"

Blessid Union Of Souls

vs.

ZOEgirl

7)  "I'm Alive"

Céline Dion

vs.

Kenny Chesney ft. Dave Matthews

8)  "I Need You"

America

vs.

The Kinks

9)  "Inside Out"

Eve 6

vs.

Traveling Wilburys

10)  "It Takes Two"

Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston

vs.

Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock