"Lonely" Songs, Vol. 6

All good things must come to an end. But not this series. Not yet, at least. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Vince Gill  ~  "Never Knew Lonely"

2)  Cameo  ~  "Don't Be Lonely"

3)  Drama Relax  ~  "Lonely"

4)  America  ~  "Never Be Lonely"

5)  Tiger Army  ~  "Dark And Lonely Night"

6)  Mishka  ~  "Lonely"

7)  Shaggy ft. T-Lo  ~  " Lonely Lover"

8)  Frankie Ballard  ~  "Tell Me You Get Lonely"

9)  Radio Killer  ~  "Lonely Heart"

10)  Sheryl Crow ft. Citizen Cope  ~  "Lonely Town, Lonely Street"

11)  Midnight Star  ~  "I Don't Wanna Be Lonely"

12)  We Invented Paris  ~  "Lonely Ego"

13)  38 Special  ~  "One Of The Lonely Ones"

14)  Foals  ~  "Lonely Hunter"

15)  Blaine Larsen  ~  "How Do You Get That Lonely"

16)  Whitney Houston ft. Kenny G  ~  "Just The Lonely Talking Again"

17)  Little River Band  ~  "The Lost And The Lonely"

18)  La La Land  ~  "Lonely"

19)  Patsy Cline  ~  "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)"

20)  Anna Klein  ~  "Lonely"

21)  Sonique  ~  "Cold And Lonely"

22)  Styx  ~  "Lonely People"

23)  Bill Withers  ~  "She's Lonely"

24)  Cobi  ~  "Church Of The Lonely"

25)  Rose McGowan  ~  "Lonely House"

26)  Clay Walker  ~  "She Won't Be Lonely Long"

27)  Bobby Oroza  ~  "Lonely Girl"

28)  Don Williams  ~  "Tears Of The Lonely"

29)  Marc Broussard  ~  "Lonely Night In Georgia"

30)  Fly By Midnight  ~  "LA Lonely"

Songs About Leaning

Sometimes you just need somebody to lean on, whether it's physically, emotionally, or otherwise. That's what these songs are all about. So...what are you waiting for? Enjoy 'em already! ~ JH

1)  Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MØ  ~  "Lean On"

2)  Club Nouveau  ~  "Lean On Me"  (The iconic synth-heavy '80s cover of a classic song.)

3)  Celina Sharma & Emiway Bantai  ~  "Lean On"

4)  Joe  ~  "Lean Into It"

5)  Kirk Franklin ft. Bono, Mary J. Blige, Crystal Lewis & R. Kelly  ~  "Lean On Me"

6)  Bill Withers  ~  "Lean On Me"  (The original – and still the best! – version of this song.)

7)  Speedy Ortiz  ~  "Lean In When I Suffer"

8)  Elvis Presley  ~  "I Need Somebody To Lean On"

9)  Cliff Richard  ~  "Lean On You"

10)  Gord Bamford  ~  "Leaning On A Lonesome Song"

11)  Melba Moore  ~  "Lean On Me"

12)  Sugarland  ~  "Lean It On Back"

13)  Alan Jackson  ~  "Leaning On The Everlasting Arms"

14)  The National  ~  "Lean"

15)  Little Big Town  ~  "Lean Into It"

16)  George Formby  ~  "Leaning On A Lamppost"

17)  The Moody Blues  ~  "Lean On Me (Tonight)"

18)  Anna Of The North  ~  "Leaning On Myself"

19)  Cam'ron  ~  "Lean"

20)  Jimmy Eat World  ~  "Lean"

21)  Oh Land  ~  "Lean"

22)  7eventh Time Down  ~  "Lean On"

23)  Wynonna & The Big Noise  ~  "Things That I Lean On"

24)  Lizz Wright  ~  "Lean In"

25)  Marit Larsen  ~  "Lean On Me, Lisa"

Songs About Sunshine

It's rare that someone suggests a particular theme for me to explore in a music blog post. But usually when they do, it turns out to be a great idea. Such was the case with this post – thank you very much, Ben Lilley! Fellow Eastern North Carolinians, let this fun bunch of songs with "sunshine" in the titles be your soundtrack for the next couple of days while we actually have a bit of sunshine to enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Katrina & The Waves  ~  "Walking On Sunshine"

2)  Aqualung  ~  "Brighter Than Sunshine"

3)  Cream  ~  "Sunshine Of Your Love"

4)  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  "Pocketful Of Sunshine"

5)  Bill Withers  ~  "Ain't No Sunshine"

6)  Len  ~  "Steal My Sunshine"

7)  Stevie Wonder  ~  "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life"

8)  The Corrs  ~  "Summer Sunshine"  (It's not quite summer yet, but still…)

9)  The Brady Bunch  ~  "It's A Sunshine Day"  (Campy? Yes. Classic? Not exactly. Essential to this grouping of songs? Absolutely!)

10)  Matisyahu  ~  "Sunshine"

11)  The Beatles  ~  "Good Day Sunshine"

12)  The 5th Dimension  ~  "Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In"

13)  Sheryl Crow  ~  "Soak Up The Sun"  (I think "sunshine" is clearly implied in this one, though it doesn't appear in the title.)

14)  a-ha  ~  "The Sun Always Shines On TV"

15)  John Denver  ~  "Sunshine On My Shoulders"

16)  The Walker Brothers  ~  "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"

17)  Owen Campbell  ~  "Sunshine Road"

18)  Donovan  ~  "Sunshine Superman"

19)  Axiom  ~  "A Little Ray Of Sunshine"

20)  Fishbone  ~  "Everyday Sunshine"

21)  Lesley Gore  ~  "Sunshine, Lollipops, And Rainbows"

22)  The Fratellis  ~  "Look Out Sunshine"

23)  Ray Charles  ~  "You Are My Sunshine"

24)  Johnny Nash  ~  "I Can See Clearly Now"  (The word "sunshine" may not in the title of this one, but its most memorable lyric is: "It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day." And it's an awesome song. So…yeah.)

25)  The Temptations  ~  "My Girl"  (The actual word isn't in this title either, but, hello! "I've got sunshine on a cloudy day..." It was meant to be here.)