“Have” & “Hold” Songs, Vol. 1

Here begins another 4-part series, this one featuring songs with "Have" & "Hold" in their titles. Inspired by the classic marriage vows, I suppose. As you can probably imagine, songs with these words in the titles are legion. So I limited myself to only those where "Have" or "Hold" was the first word in the title. And it's STILL a 4-parter! The good thing about having lots of songs to choose from is that the songs that make the cut are generally higher in quality than when I do a smaller post of songs with a rather obscure word in the title. In other words, there're probably going to be a lot of songs you'll like. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Creedence Clearwater Revival  ~  “Have You Ever Seen The Rain?”

2)  Thompson Twins  ~  “Hold Me Now”

3)  Eryn Allen Kane  ~  “Have Mercy”

4)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Hold Me”

5)  A Day To Remember  ~  “Have Faith In Me”

6)  Argent  ~  “Hold Your Head Up”

7)   Brandy  ~  “Have You Ever”

8)  James Bay  ~  “Hold Back The River”

9)  Benjamin Booker  ~  “Have You Seen My Son?”

10)  Paul Anka  ~  “Hold Me Till The Morning Comes”

11)  Leo Sayer  ~  “Have You Ever Been In Love?”

12)  Janine And The Mixtape  ~  “Hold Me”

13)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?”

14)  Red  ~  “Hold Me Now”

15)  Marit Larsen  ~  “Have You Ever”

16)  Duran Duran  ~  “Hold Back The Rain”

17)  Freddie Jackson  ~  “Have You Ever Loved Somebody?”

18)  Derek Ryan ft. Sharon Shannon  ~  “Hold On To Your Hat”

19)  Rod Stewart  ~  “Have I Told You Lately”

20)  Jess Glynne  ~  “Hold My Hand”

21)  The Honeycombs  ~  “Have I The Right?”

22)  Michael Jackson ft. Akon  ~  “Hold My Hand”

23)  Bethel Music ft. Brian Johnson  ~  “Have It All”

24)  Steam Powered Giraffe  ~  “Hold Me”

25)  The Chi-Lites  ~  “Have You Seen Her?”

“Down” & “Out” Songs, Vol. 4

Let's get "Down" one more time, and then we're "Out." Aaaannnndddd...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kool & The Gang  ~  “Steppin’ Out”

2)  Jeff Beck Group  ~  “Going Down”

3)  Heart  ~  “Kick It Out”

4)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “I’m Goin’ Down”

5)  Bush  ~  “The Only Way Out”

6)  Scarlett Johansson  ~  “Falling Down”

7)  Penguin Prison  ~  “Calling Out”

8)  Sara Evans  ~  “Put My Heart Down”

9)  Vertical Church Band  ~  “Shout It Out”

10)  Sia  ~  “Don’t Bring Me Down”

11)  Bryan Adams  ~  “Inside Out”

12)  Katy B  ~  “Tumbling Down”

13)  Paula Abdul  ~  “Knocked Out”

14)  Radiohead  ~  “Let Down”

15)  Steve Perry  ~  “Strung Out”

16)  Brandy  ~  “I Wanna Be Down”

17)  Alice Cooper  ~  “School’s Out”

18)  Billy Idol  ~  “Can’t Break Me Down”

19)  Motion City Soundtrack  ~  “The Future Freaks Me Out”

20)  ZZ Ward  ~  “Put The Gun Down”

21)  Gotye  ~  “Easy Way Out”

22)  Prefab Sprout  ~  “When Love Breaks Down”

23)  OK Go  ~  “Upside Down & Inside Out”

24)  Beck  ~  “Country Down”

25)  Phil Collins  ~  “Inside Out”

"Solid" Songs

These songs are "Solid"! At least the word appears in the titles of each of them. As opposed to the "Hollow" offerings I presented last time around. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Maps & Atlases  ~  “Solid Ground”

2)  The Ross Sisters  ~  “Solid Potato Salad”

3)  The City Harmonic  ~  “Solid Rock”

4)  Marit Larsen  ~  “Solid Ground”

5)  Dire Straits  ~  “Solid Rock”

6)  Gaither Homecoming  ~  “I’m Standing On The Solid Rock”

7)  Hazey Jane  ~  “Solid Ground”

8)  Van Morrison  ~  “Northern Muse (Solid Ground)”

9)  Ashford & Simpson ft. Brandy  ~  “Solid”

10)  Ry Cooder  ~  “Tamp ‘Em Up Solid”

11)  Bob Dylan  ~  “Solid Rock”

12)  Thomas Maguire & Fhiona Ennis  ~  “Solid As A Rock”

13)  4HIM  ~  “The Solid Rock”

14)  Sweet  ~  “Solid Gold Brass”

15)  Break Of Reality  ~  “Solid Ground”

16)  Ricky Skaggs  ~  “Solid Ground”

17)  The Dear Hunter  ~  “A Sea Of Solid Earth”

18)  Goanna  ~  “Solid Rock”

19)  Delirious?  ~  “Solid Rock”

20)  Lori Campbell  ~  “Solid Ground”

21)  John Martyn  ~  “Solid Air”

22)  The Style Council  ~  “A Solid Bond In Your Heart”

23)  Pert Near Sandstone  ~  “Solid Gone”

24)  Tom Keifer  ~  “Solid Ground”

25)  Alex Vargas  ~  “Solid Ground”

Popular Songs Of 1995, Vol. 2

Second and final batch of songs guaranteed to make you feel old when you realize they're 20 years old. Some good stuff here. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ini Kamoze  ~  "Here Comes The Hotstepper"

2)  Martin Page  ~  "In The House Of Stone And Light"

3)  Janet Jackson  ~  "Runaway"

4)  Vanessa Williams  ~  "Colors Of The Wind"

5)  Brandy  ~  "Baby"

6)  Collective Soul  ~  "December"

7)  Diana King  ~  "Shy Guy"

8)  Sophie B. Hawkins  ~  "As I Lay Me Down"

9)  2Pac  ~  "Dear Mama"

10)  Jamie Walters  ~  "Hold On"

11)  Corona  ~  "The Rhythm Of The Night"

12)  Del Amitri  ~  "Roll To Me"

13)  4 P.M.  ~  "Sukiyaki"

14)  Annie Lennox  ~  "No More I Love You's"

15)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  "I'm The Only One"

16)  Better Than Ezra  ~  "Good"

17)  Crystal Waters  ~  "100% Pure Love"

18)  Rednex  ~  "Cotton Eye Joe"

19)  Gloria Estefan  ~  "Turn The Beat Around"

20)  Soul Asylum  ~  "Misery"