Popular Songs Of 1989, Vol. 4

And here's another one to round out the weekend (or at least the day). Because, why not? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Cher  ~  “If I Could Turn Back Time”

2)  Garth Brooks  ~  “Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)”

3)  Aerosmith  ~  “Love In An Elevator”

4)  Will To Power  ~  “Baby, I Love Your Way”

5)  Milli Vanilli  ~  “Baby, Don’t Forget My Number”

6)  New Kids On The Block  ~  “Hangin’ Tough”

7)  Reba McEntire  ~  “Cathy’s Clown”

8)  Rick Astley  ~  “She Wants To Dance With Me”

9)  Alabama  ~  “High Cotton”

10)  Safire  ~  “Thinking Of You”

11)  Skid Row  ~  “18 And Life”

12)  Tears For Fears  ~  “Sowing The Seeds Of Love”

13)  The Judds  ~  “Let Me Tell You About Love”

14)  Fine Young Cannibals  ~  “Good Thing”

15)  Randy Travis  ~  “It’s Just A Matter Of Time”

16)  Ozzy Osbourne & Lita Ford  ~  “Close My Eyes Forever”

17)  Sawyer Brown  ~  “The Race Is On”

18)  Mike + The Mechanics  ~  “The Living Years”

19)  Karyn White  ~  “Secret Rendezvous”

20)  Ronnie Milsap  ~  “A Woman In Love”

21)  Don Henley  ~  “End Of The Innocence”

22)  Dolly Parton  ~  “Why’d You Come In Here Lookin’ Like That”

23)  Sheriff  ~  “When I’m With You”

24)  Hank Williams, Jr. & Hank Williams, Sr.  ~  “There’s A Tear In My Beer”

25)  Paula Abdul  ~  “Forever Your Girl”

Popular Songs Of 1989, Vol. 2

You wanted it (I mean, I guess), and you got it (you're welcome?)! More of the most Popular Songs of 1989 coming your way in 3...2...1...NOW!  ~  JH

1)  Fine Young Cannibals  ~  “She Drives Me Crazy”

2)  Gloria Estefan  ~  “Don’t Wanna Lose You”

3)  Phil Collins  ~  “Two Hearts”

4)  Prince  ~  “Batdance”

5)  The Bangles  ~  “In Your Room”

6)  Eddie Money  ~  “Walk On Water”

7)  Surface  ~  “Shower Me With Your Love”

8)  Ann Wilson & Robin Zander  ~  “Surrender To Me”

9)  George Strait  ~  “Ace In The Hole”

10)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “More To This Life”

11)  Patty Loveless  ~  “Timber, I’m Falling In Love”

12)  Billy Joel  ~  “We Didn’t Start The Fire”

13)  Alice Cooper  ~  “Poison”

14)  Soul II Soul  ~  “Keep On Movin’”

15)  Lorrie Morgan  ~  “Trainwreck Of Emotion”

16)  Elvis Costello  ~  “Veronica”

17)  Mötley Crüe  ~  “Dr. Feelgood”

18)  BeBe & CeCe Winans  ~  “Heaven”

19)  George Strait  ~  “Baby’s Gotten Good At Goodbye”

20)  38 Special  ~  “Second Chance”

21)  Paula Abdul  ~  “Cold Hearted”

22)  Nine Inch Nails  ~  “Down In It”

23)  When In Rome  ~  “The Promise”

24)  Natalie Cole  ~  “Miss You Like Crazy”

25)  Alabama  ~  “Song Of The South”

“Flaming” Songs Also

These songs are also “flaming,” “in flames,” or some derivative of the same. And you’ll like them. I’m sure of it. Unless you don’t. Either way, here they are!  ~  JH

1)  Pink Floyd  ~  “Flaming”

2)  Kayla Woodson  ~  “Fan For The Flame”

3)  Alabama  ~  “Old Flame”

4)  Polina Vita  ~  “Flame”

5)  Deerhoof  ~  “Mario’s Flaming Whiskers III”

6)  Cold Chisel  ~  “Flame Trees”

7)  Atomic Kitten  ~  “Eternal Flame”

8)  The J. Geils Band  ~  “Flamethrower”

9)  Charles Bradley  ~  “The World (Is Going Up In Flames)”

10)  Metallica & Lady Gaga  ~  “Moth Into Flame”

11)  Stratovarius  ~  “Under Flaming Skies”

12)  Laura Veirs  ~  “July Flame”

13)  Duke Ellington  ~  “Flaming Youth”

14)  Sundara Karma  ~  “Flame”

15)  Berlin  ~  “Like Flames”

16)  Queensrÿche  ~  “Take Hold Of The Flame”

17)  Carmen Justice  ~  “Flaming Arrows”

18)  Coldplay  ~  “Up In Flames”

19)  Cheap Trick  ~  “The Flame”

20)  Simply Red  ~  “A New Flame”

“My” Songs 2

If you like oldies – and I know some of you do – then you're going to love this post! Awhile back I posted a bunch of songs with the word "My" as the first word in their titles. Most of those were newer songs. Well, this is more of the same theme, but ALL of these songs are older – ranging from the late '50s to the mid '80s. And I've carefully curated them to include only the best and most interesting songs, primarily performed by people you've actually heard of. Imagine that! I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Billy Joel  ~  “My Life”

2)  The Byrds  ~  “My Back Pages”

3)  Fats Domino  ~  “My Blue Heaven”

4)  The Angels  ~  “My Boyfriend’s Back”

5)  The Temptations  ~  “My Girl”

6)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “My Hometown”

7)  Nina Simone  ~  “My Baby Just Cares For Me”

8)  Frankie Valli  ~  “My Eyes Adored You”

9)  Eric Clapton  ~  “My Father’s Eyes” (I didn't intentionally lie in the intro, but I *forgot* this song was in here. It's from the mid '90s, but it certainly *feels* older, doesn't it?)

10)  Mary Wells  ~  “My Guy”

11)  The Who  ~  “My Generation”

12)  Alabama  ~  “My Home’s In Alabama”

13)  Petula Clark  ~  “My Love”

14)  The Pretenders  ~  “My Baby”

15)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “My Cherie Amour”

16)  The Mamas & The Papas  ~  “My Heart Stood Still”

17)  Ray Charles  ~  “My Bonnie”

18)  George Harrison  ~  “My Sweet Lord”

19)  Lynsey De Paul  ~  “My Man And Me”

20)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “My Way”

21)  The Knack  ~  “My Sharona”

22)  Julie Andrews  ~  “My Favorite Things”

23)  Andrae Crouch  ~  “My Tribute”

24)  Chet Baker  ~  “My Funny Valentine”

25)  Rockin’ Sidney  ~  “My Toot Toot”

"40" Songs

Yesterday, I celebrated my 40th birthday. I'm neither proud nor ashamed of that number – it's just a number. When my wife was pregnant with our second child, I was doing weekly posts with songs featuring a number in their titles that corresponded with the number of weeks of her pregnancy. Our daughter was born a few days early, so I never got a chance to put together the "40" Songs. For both of those reasons, there's this lengthy post. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  “A Pirate Looks At Forty”

2)  Sesame Street  ~  “Forty Blocks From Home”

3)  Ben Caplan & The Casual Smokers  ~  “40 Days & 40 Nights”

4)  Royal Crown Revue  ~  “40 Cups Of Coffee”

5)  Alabama  ~  “Forty Hour Week (For A Livin’)”

6)  Yonder Mountain String Band  ~  “40 Miles From Denver”

7)  Caedmon’s Call  ~  “40 Acres”

8)  Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks  ~  “40 Days”

9)  U2  ~  “40”

10)  Tom T. Hall  ~  “The Ballad Of Forty Dollars”

11)  The Longing  ~  “40 Days”

12)  The Mountain Goats  ~  “Psalms 40:2”

13)  Third Day  ~  “40 Days”

14)  Ricky Skaggs  ~  “Highway 40 Blues”

15)  Dido  ~  “See You When You’re 40”

16)  Johnny Horton  ~  “When It’s Springtime In Alaska (It’s Forty Below)”

17)  Franz Ferdinand ~  “40’”

18)  Duane Eddy  ~  “Forty Miles Of Bad Road”

19)  Vienna Teng  ~  “Love Turns 40”

20)  Chris Norman  ~  “Forty Years On”

21)  The Twilight Singers  ~  “Forty Dollars”

22)  Sophie Tucker  ~  “Life Begins At Forty”

23)  Frank Turner  ~  “Love Forty Down”

24)  Buddy Guy, Ronnie Wood, & Jonny Lang  ~  “Forty Days And Forty Nights”

25)  Newsong  ~  “Psalm 40”

26)  Eric Johnson  ~  “Forty Mile Town”

27)  Porter Wagoner ft. Christie Lynn  ~  “Forty Miles From Poplar Bluff”

28)  Wire  ~  “Forty Versions”

29)  Cursive  ~  “Dorothy At Forty”

30)  Neil Sedaka  ~  “Forty Winks Away”

31)  The Devil Makes Three  ~  “Forty Days”

32)  Paul Kelly  ~  “Forty Miles To Saturday Night”

33)  The Violet Burning  ~  “40 Weight”

34)  Skinny Lister  ~  “Forty Pound Wedding”

35)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Forty Shades Of Green”

36)  Bruce Cockburn  ~  “40 Years In The Wilderness”

37)  Spinning Lucy  ~  “Forty”

38)  Modern Kin  ~  “40 Winks”

39)  John Berry  ~  “Forty Again”

40)  Ray Price  ~  “Forty And Fading”