"Private" Songs

These songs may all contain the word "Private" in their titles, but that doesn't mean you aren't welcome to take a listen and a look. Because you totally are! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tina Turner  ~  “Private Dancer”

2)  Crowded House  ~  “Private Universe”

3)  Judas Priest  ~  “Private Property”

4)  Angus and Julia Stone  ~  “Private Lawns”

5)  Gerald Levert  ~  “Private Line”

6)  David Ball  ~  “Riding With Private Malone”

7)  The Jets  ~  “Private Number”

8)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “Private Eyes”

9)  The Chemical Brothers  ~  “The Private Psychedelic Reel”

10)  Dusty Springfield  ~  “In Private”

11)  Walter Beasley  ~  “Private Time”

12)  The Jam  ~  “Private Hell”

13)  Michelle Williams  ~  “Private Party”

14)  Green Day  ~  “Private Ale”

15)  Oingo Boingo  ~  “Private Life”

16)  Grace Jones  ~  “Private Life”

17)  Dire Straits  ~  “Private Investigation”

18)  Saint Pepsi  ~  “Private Caller”

19)  The B-52’s  ~  “Private Idaho”

20)  Lyle Lovett  ~  “A Private Conversation”

21)  Metric  ~  “The Police And The Private”

22)  Ringo Starr  ~  “Private Property”

23)  Harvey Danger  ~  “Private Helicopter”

24)  Ricky Martin ft. Meja  ~  “Private Emotion”

25)  Front Porch Step  ~  “Private Fears In Public Places”

Songs About "Stuff"

Here's a robust collection of Songs About "Stuff." What kind of stuff, you might ask? Well...you know, "Stuff." I don't know how else to explain it. Just listen...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  New Kids On The Block  ~  “You Got It (The Right Stuff)”

2)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  “Busted Stuff”

3)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  “This Is The Stuff”

4)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “The Good Stuff”

5)  Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros  ~  “Free Stuff”

6)  Donna Summer  ~  “Hot Stuff”

7)  John Denver  ~  “Downhill Stuff”  (I'm kinda floored by this song. Because it's an actual rock song, by a decidedly un-rock-song kinda guy.)

8)  Parliament Funkadelic  ~  “Do That Stuff”

9)  Shura  ~  “Kidz ’N’ Stuff / Indecision”

10)  Steve Vai  ~  “Greasy Kids’ Stuff”

11)  Kool & The Gang  ~  “Funky Stuff”

12)  The B-52’s  ~  “Good Stuff”

13)  Rodney Crowell  ~  “Stuff That Works”

14)  Billy Idol  ~  “Trouble With The Sweet Stuff”

15)  Vanessa Williams  ~  “The Right Stuff”

16)  The Band  ~  “Stuff You Gotta Watch”

17)  Neil Finn & Friends ft. Eddie Vedder & Tim Finn  ~  “Stuff And Nonsense”

18)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Hot Stuff”

19)  Diamond Rio  ~  “Stuff”

20)  Bryan Ferry  ~  “The Right Stuff”

21)  Carly Simon  ~  “The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of”

22)  Keith Whitley  ~  “That Stuff”

23)  Jean Knight  ~  “Mr. Big Stuff”

24)  Adam Ant  ~  “Rough Stuff”

25)  Monty Alexander, Patti Austin, Petula Clark, Billy Cobham, Herbie Hancock, Chaka Khan, Angelique Kidjo, Beverley Knight, Nils Landgren, Ledisi, James Moody, James Morrison, Nana Mouskouri, Naturally 7, Rahsaan Patterson, Freda Payne, Patrice Rushen, Joe Sample, Curtis Stigers, & Larry Williams  ~  “Stuff Like That”

“Mess”-y Songs

If you're one of those people who has it all together, someone who's on top of everything at all times – I'm sorry, but I don't have much in common with you. On the other hand, if you're a hot mess and you own it, wave your lighters and/or cell phone flashlights in the air, 'cuz these songs are for YOU! (And me.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bebe Rexha  ~  “I’m A Mess”

2)  The Marvelettes  ~  “Don’t Mess With Bill”

3)  Kiiara  ~  “Messy”

4)  Jim Croce  ~  “You Don’t Mess With Jim”

5)  Maribelle  ~  "I'm A Mess Without You"

6)  Cage The Elephant  ~  “Mess Around”

7)  Cimorelli  ~  “I’m A Mess”

8)  Paul McCartney & Wings  ~  “The Mess”

9)  Chromeo  ~  “Hot Mess”

10)  Switchfoot  ~  “Mess Of Me”

11)  Avante Black  ~  “Make A Mess”

12)  Ben Folds Five  ~  “Mess”

13)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “I’m A Mess”

14)  Kasey Chambers  ~  “Beautiful Mess”

15)  Vance Joy  ~  “Mess Is Mine”

16)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “God Bless This Mess”

17)  Ray Charles  ~  “Mess Around”

18)  Diamond Rio  ~  “Beautiful Mess”

19)  The B-52’s  ~  “Dance This Mess Around”

20)  Aerosmith  ~  “Stop Messin’ Around”

21)  The Rasmus  ~  “I’m A Mess”

22)  Bon Jovi  ~  “God Bless This Mess”

23)  Emily Kinney  ~  “Mess”

24)  Jason Mraz  ~  “A Beautiful Mess”

25)  Parachute  ~  “The Mess I Made”

BONUS TRACK:  Alanis Morissette  ~  “Hands Clean”  (I’m tacking this one on as a bonus track because it’s a good song, even though it doesn’t have the word “mess” or “messy” anywhere in its title. The phrase “This could get messy…” figures prominently in the pre-chorus though, so it makes the cut.)