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Friday, June 11, 2021

Songs About Heat Waves

The first song in this set is so darn catchy that I can't get it out of my head - so I decided to get it stuck in yours, too! Along with a few other quality Songs About Heat Waves. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Glass Animals  ~  "Heat Waves"




2)  Modern Maps  ~  "Heatwave"




3)  Robin Schulz ft. Akon  ~  "Heatwave"




4)  There's No Business Like Show Business Cast ft. Marilyn Monroe  ~  "Heat Wave"




5)  Florida Georgia Line  ~  "Heatwave"




6)  The New Cities  ~  "Heatwave"




7)  Martha & The Vandellas  ~  "Heat Wave"




8)  Cehryl  ~  "Heat Wave"




9)  IAMX  ~  "Heatwave"




10)  Missy Lancaster  ~  "Heatwave"




11)  Julien Baker  ~  "Heatwave"




12)  Wiley ft. Ms. D  ~  "Heatwave"




13)  Thundermother  ~  "Heat Wave"




14)  John King  ~  "Heat Wave"




15)  Phoenix  ~  "Heatwave"




16)  Ash Reiter  ~  "Heatwave"




17)  Bronski Beat  ~  "Heatwave"




18)  Wild Ones  ~  "Heat Wave"




19)  Snail Mail  ~  "Heat Wave"




20)  Gulfer  ~  "Heat Wave"




21)  Amber Mark  ~  "Heatwave"




22)  Born Ruffians  ~  "Heat Wave"



Thursday, July 2, 2020

"Lonely" Songs, Vol . 1

Here begins a 9-part series (yes, I said 9-part!) featuring an inordinate number of songs with the word "Lonely" in their titles. Because, why not? Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Benee ft. Gus Dapperton  ~  "Supalonely"




2)  Billy Squier  ~  "Lonely Is The Night"






3)  Haley Smalls  ~  "Lonely"






4)  Alessia Cara  ~  "Trust My Lonely"






5)  Akon  ~  "Lonely"






6)  Fur  ~  "If You Know That I'm Lonely"






7)  Backstreet Boys  ~  "Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely"





8)  Feeder  ~  "Lonely Hollow Days"






9)  Ocean Lab  ~  "Lonely Girl"





10)  Roy Orbison  ~  "Only The Lonely"





11)  Mabel  ~  "Loneliest Time Of Year"





12)  Kyan  ~  "Lonely River"





13)  Noah Cyrus  ~  "Lonely"





14)  J.D. Souther  ~  "You're Only Lonely"





15)  Alex Porat  ~  "Only Hanging Out 'Cause I'm Lonely"





16)  Luke Combs  ~  "Lonely One"





17)  Tata Young  ~  "Lonely In Space"





18)  I Know Leopard  ~  "Rather Be Lonely"





19)  P!nk  ~  "Lonely Girl"





20)  2NE1  ~  "Lonely"





21)  The Main Squeeze  ~  "Message To The Lonely"





22)  Paul McCartney  ~  "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"





23)  Chris Young  ~  "Drinkin' Me Lonely"





24)  Becca Mancari  ~  "Lonely Boy"





25)  blink-182  ~  "Home Is Such A Lonely Place"





26)  Moby & Mark Lanegan  ~  "The Lonely Night"





27)  Zia Quizon  ~  "Dear Lonely"





28)  Frank Sinatra  ~  "Lonely Town"





29)  Armin van Buuren ft. Bonnie  McKee  ~  "Lonely For You"





30)  Maxi Trusso  ~  "Nobody Is Lonely"



Saturday, January 5, 2019

Popular Songs Of 2009, Vol. 1

It's that time of year again, when I dredge up the best and most popular songs of years past, a decade ago at a time. First up, the year 2009. As usual, there's more good songs than can fit in one post. This is part 1 of 3. How many of these do you remember, fondly or otherwise? Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Beyoncé  ~  “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”




2)  Kings Of Leon  ~  “Use Somebody”




3)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  “I Do Not Hook Up”




4)  Jason Aldean  ~  “Big Green Tractor”




5)  Addison Road  ~  “Hope Now”




6)  The Black Eyed Peas  ~  “Boom Boom Pow”




7)  Justin Bieber  ~  “One Time”  (This is a horrible song, but it was very popular that year, so here it is.)




8)  Lady Gaga  ~  “Poker Face”




9)  Akon  ~  “Right Now (Na Na Na)”




10)  Jonny Diaz ft. Audrey Assad  ~  “More Beautiful You”




11)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “The Climb”




12)  T.I. ft. Justin Timberlake  ~  “Dead & Gone”




13)  P!nk  ~  “Sober”




14)  Shinedown  ~  “Second Chance”




15)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  “Free To Be Me”




16)  Kristinia DeBarge  ~  “Goodbye”




17)  Drake ft. Kanye West, Lil Wayne, & Eminem  ~  “Forever”




18)  Lily Allen  ~  “The Fear”




19)  The All-American Rejects  ~  “Gives You Hell”




20)  Kid Cudi  ~  “Day ’N’ Nite”




21)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “Fallin’ For You”




22)  Linkin Park  ~  “New Divide”




23)  Britt Nicole  ~  “The Lost Get Found”




24)  The Pussycat Dolls  ~  “I Hate This Part”




25)  The Fray  ~  “You Found Me”




26)  Rihanna ft. Jay-Z & Kanye West  ~  “Run This Town”




27)  Daughtry  ~  “No Surprise”




28)  Phillips, Craig, & Dean  ~  “Revelation Song”


Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Songs About Warriors

To those of you who are neck-deep in the struggle (whatever it may be), these songs are for you! Fight on!  ~  JH



1)  Gia  ~  “Warrior”




2)  Scandal ft. Patty Smyth  ~  “The Warrior”




3)  Matisyahu  ~  “Warrior”




4)  Ebony Bones  ~  “W.A.R.R.I.O.R.”




5)  Kimbra ft. Mark Foster & A-Trak  ~  “Warrior”




6)  Elevation Worship  ~  “Mighty Warrior”




7)  Lisa Mitchell  ~  “Warriors”




8)  Paloma Faith  ~  “Warrior”




9)  Tomorrows Bad Seeds  ~  “Warrior Poet”




10)  Shawnee  ~  “Warrior Heart”




11)  Chloe x Halle  ~  “Warrior”




12)  Wyclef Jean  ~  “Warriors”




13)  Trisha Paytas  ~  “Warrior”




14)  Jazz Mino  ~  “Warriors”




15)  Lou Reed  ~  “Warrior King”




16)  Ledger  ~  “Warrior”




17)  Hannah Kerr  ~  “Warrior”




18)  Dokken  ~  “Dream Warriors”  (Fair warning: The Freddy Krueger character appears in this one. Just in case seeing him will haunt your dreams or whatever.)




19)  Nattali Rize  ~  “Warriors”




20)  Nina Sublatti  ~  “Warrior”




21)  Akon & RedOne  ~  “Warrior”




22)  CoCo and the Butterfields  ~  “Warriors”




23)  Doro  ~  “Warrior Soul”




24)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “Warrior”




25)  Tholwana  ~  “Warrior”


Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Songs About Escaping

A series of popular television commercials not so long ago included the tagline "Wanna Get Away?" And sometimes we do want to "escape," don't we? Far, far away from the troubles of everyday life. That's what these songs are about, for the most part. Four of them are actually songs about fire escapes, for whatever reason. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Rupert Holmes  ~  “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)”




2)  Eisley  ~  “The Escaping Song”




3)  Fastball  ~  “Fire Escape”




4)  Yuna  ~  “Escape”




5)  John Carpenter  ~  “Escape From New York”




6)  Ilse DeLange  ~  “The Great Escape”




7)  Enrique Iglesias  ~  “Escape”




8)  Gwen Stefani ft. Akon  ~  “The Sweet Escape”




9)  KONGOS  ~  “Escape”




10)  Matthew Mayfield  ~  “Fire Escape”




11)  Grace VanderWaal  ~  “Escape My Mind”




12)  Whodini  ~  “Escape (I Need A Break)”




13)  Eva Simons & Sidney Samson  ~  “Escape From Love”




14)  The Weekenders  ~  “Escape”




15)  TINI  ~  “Great Escape”




16)  Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness  ~  “Fire Escape”




17)  Alesso ft. Sirena  ~  “Sweet Escape”




18)  We Are Scientists  ~  “The Great Escape”




19)  Tashwin  ~  “Love Escape”




20)  Journey  ~  “Escape”




21)  Love, Robot  ~  “Fire Escape”



22)  Metallica  ~  “Escape”




23)  Relient K  ~  “Be My Escape”




24)  Megan Nicole  ~  “Escape”




25)  The Rifles  ~  “The Great Escape”