Songs About Hugging

Everybody needs a hug now and then. Even if they claim not to particularly desire one. (NOTE: Always obtain permission first, lest you later be accused of impropriety.) For times like those, there are these Songs About Hugging. I hope you will truly "embrace" them. Yeah, I know...  ~  JH

1)  Jannike  ~  “Hug Me”

2)  Stanek  ~  “Give Me A Hug”

3)  Amy Letitia  ~  “Big Bear Hug”

4)  Stevie Ray Vaughan  ~  “Hug You, Squeeze You”

5)  Saint Etienne  ~  “Hug My Soul”

6)  George Jones  ~  “If You Loved A Liar (You’d Hug My Neck)”

7)  Kanika Kapoor & Raqhav Sachar  ~  “Hug Me”

8)  Daveede  ~  “Hug The World”

9)  Broken Social Scene ft. Feist  ~  “Hug Of Thunder”

10)  Ra Ra Riot  ~  “Every Time I’m Ready To Hug”

11)  Irene & The Disappointments  ~  “Hugs”

12)  Dead Vibrations  ~  “Chemical Hug”

13)  Dodie  ~  “A Permanent Hug From You”

14)  Big Black Delta  ~  “Huggin’ & Kissin’”

15)  Even Numbers  ~  “Hugs”

16)  Tom Rosenthal  ~  “Hugging You”

17)  Ó  ~  “A Hug Too Long”

18)  Booker T & The MG’s  ~  “Hip-Hug Her”

19)  Tabar  ~  “Hugs”

20)  Riverland  ~  “Hugs”

Songs That Are "Worth" Something

For what it's worth, here's a bunch of songs with the word "Worth" in their titles. If you're wondering if it's worth your while to take a listen, the answer is: Of course it's worth it! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink  ~  “Worth It”

2)  Kodaline  ~  “Worth It”

3)  Danielle Bradbery  ~  “Worth It”

4)  Leon Bridges  ~  “Bet Ain’t Worth The Hand”

5)  Cimorelli  ~  “You’re Worth It”

6)  Buffalo Springfield  ~  “For What It’s Worth”

7)  Lecrae ft. Kierra Sheard  ~  “Worth It”

8)  Justin Bieber  ~  “Life Is Worth Living”

9)  Muzzy, Koven, & Feint  ~  “Worth The Lie”

10)  Liam Gallagher  ~  “For What It’s Worth”

11)  The Cardigans  ~  “For What It’s Worth”

12)  Glenn Medeiros ft. Bobby Brown  ~  “She Ain’t Worth It”

13)  Nicole Cross  ~  “Worth The Wait”

14)  Alicia Keys  ~  “A Woman’s Worth”

15)  Superfruit  ~  “Worth It (Perfect)”

16)  Mandisa ft. Britt Nicole  ~  “What You’re Worth”

17)  Gavin DeGraw  ~  “Something Worth Saving”

18)  Stevie Nicks  ~  “For What It’s Worth”

19)  Placebo  ~  “For What It’s Worth”

20)  Heather Headley  ~  “Am I Worth It?”

21)  Switchfoot  ~  “Love Alone Is Worth The Fight”

22)  Emma Bale  ~  “Worth It”

23)  Travis Tritt  ~  “Worth Every Mile”

24)  Meredith Andrews  ~  “Worth It All”

25)  Alex The Astronaut  ~  “Not Worth Hiding”

“Give” & “Go” Songs, Vol. 2

More "Give" & "Go" Songs coming your way in 5...4...3...well, whenever you decide to click on the link that sends you here. This is it for the "Give" songs, but there will be more "Go" songs in a future post (because I always over-plan). Stay tuned. And enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  James Arthur  ~  “Say You Won’t Let Go”

2)  Izzy Bizu  ~  “Give Me Love”

3)  Chuck Berry  ~  “No Particular Place To Go”

4)  The B-52’s  ~  “Give Me Back My Man”

5)   Boyz II Men  ~  “Please Don’t Go”

6)  The Rolling Stones ft. Lisa Fischer  ~  “Gimme Shelter”

7)  LIGHTS  ~  “Up We Go”

8)  The O’Jays  ~  “Give The People What They Want”

9)  Alessia Cara  ~  “How Far I’ll Go”

10)  En Vogue  ~  “Give It Up Turn It Loose”

11)  James Bay  ~  “Let It Go”

12)  Shakira ft. Lil Wayne  ~  “Give It Up To Me”

13)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  “I’m Letting Go”

14)  P!nk ft. Nate Ruess  ~  “Just Give Me A Reason”

15)  The Supremes  ~  “Where Did Our Love Go?”

16)  James Blunt  ~  “Don’t Give Me Those Eyes”

17)  Kacey Musgraves  ~  “Merry Go ‘Round”

18)  Madonna ft. M.I.A. & Nicki Minaj  ~  “Give Me All Your Luvin’”

19)  Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles  ~  “Who Says You Can’t Go Home”

20)  Janelle Monáe  ~  “Givin’ Em What They Love”

21)  Garbage  ~  “Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)”

22)  Jennifer Hudson  ~  “Giving Myself”

23)  Ellie Goulding  ~  “Every Time You Go”

24)  Maggie Rogers  ~  “Give A Little”

25)  Mariah Carey  ~  “Can’t Let Go”

“Give” & “Go” Songs, Vol. 1

What do you do when you've recently completed a series of songs with "Give" and "Take" in the title, but you still have a lot of good "Give" songs to spare?  You create a new two-part series with an obscure (outside the world of basketball, at least) sports phrase pairing the word "Give" with the word "Go" and you just roll with it. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Whitney Houston  ~  “You Give Good Love”

2)  Maroon 5  ~  “Won’t Go Home Without You”

3)  Eve ft. Sean Paul  ~  “Give It To You”

4)  Crosby, Stills, & Nash  ~  “Just A Song Before I Go”

5)  Sugarland  ~  “What I’d Give”

6)  Matt Redman  ~  “You Never Let Go”

7)  Barry White  ~  “I’ve Got So Much To Give”

8)  Whitesnake  ~  “Here I Go Again”

9)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  “Not Gonna Give In To It”

10)  New Kids On The Block  ~  “Please Don’t Go Girl”  (I’m willing to bet good money that more than a few ladies in their late 30s or early 40s are singing along to this song – unreasonably loudly, at that – even as they’re reading this sentence.)

11)  Jack Garratt  ~  “The Love You’re Given”

12)  Vince Gill ft. Patty Loveless & Ricky Skaggs  ~  “Go Rest High On That Mountain”

13)  Sigala ft. John Newman & Nile Rodgers  ~  “Give Me Your Love”

14)  Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso ft. Florida Georgia Line & Watt  ~  “Let Me Go”

15)  The Chairmen Of The Board  ~  “Give Me Just A Little More Time”

16)  Jennifer Knapp  ~  “Letting Go”

17)  George Harrison  ~  “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)”

18)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)”

19)  Metric  ~  “Gimme Sympathy”

20)  Prince  ~  “Let’s Go Crazy”

21)  John Lennon  ~  “Give Peace A Chance”

22)  Jess Glynne  ~  “Ain’t Got Far To Go”

23)  Babyface ft. Toni Braxton  ~  “Give U My Heart”

24)  Paul Young  ~  “Everytime You Go Away”

25)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Give In To Me”

“Back To” Songs

Where I live, today is "Back To School" Day. Since most students and all teachers would probably just as soon not celebrate that fact, here's a collection of "Back To" Songs which have absolutely nothing to do with school. Herein, you'll find the artists going back to "me," "you," "the start," "Manhattan," "God," "Earth," and "the '80s," just to name a few. So don't stress out about school. Enjoy these songs instead (or perhaps in addition to)!  ~  JH

1)  Selena Gomez  ~  “Back To You”

2)  Amy Winehouse  ~  “Back To Black”

3)  Lily Allen  ~  “Back To The Start”

4)  Daya  ~  “Back To Me”

5)  Marian Hill ft. Lauren Jauregui  ~  “Back To Me”

6)  Taylor Swift  ~  “Back To December”

7)  Alicia Keys  ~  “Back To Life”

8)  Rusted Root  ~  “Back To The Earth”

9)  Norah Jones  ~  “Back To Manhattan”

10)  Moonchild  ~  “Back To Me”

11)  Tristan Prettyman  ~  “Back To Home”

12)  Reba McEntire  ~  “Back To God”

13)  Weezer  ~  “Back To The Shack”

14)  Sofia Carson ft. Alan Walker  ~  “Back To Beautiful”

15)  Lily & Madeleine  ~  “Back To The River”

16)  Steve Aoki ft. Fall Out Boy  ~  “Back To Earth”

17)  Aqua  ~  “Back To The ‘80s”

18)  Lissie  ~  “Back To Forever”  (I adore the carefree, unpretentious spontaneity of this video. The song is also quite good!)

19)  Jason Mraz  ~  “Back To The Earth”

20)  Alice Merton  ~  “Back To Berlin”

21)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “Back 2 Good”

22)  Susan Tedeschi  ~  “Back To The River”

23)  D’Angelo & The Vanguard  ~  “Back To The Future”

24)  38 Special  ~  “Back To Paradise”

25)  Louis Tomlinson ft. Bebe Rexha  ~  “Back To You”