Songs About “Things”, Vol. 3

Okay, here's one last set of Songs About "Things." If you think I missed your favorite song with "Things" in its title, hear this one out. Because it might very well be in here. If not, then let me know what gem I may have missed. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Nelly Furtado  ~  “All Good Things (Come To An End)”

2)  The Killers  ~  “All These Things That I’ve Done”

3)  Stockard Channing  ~  “There Are Worse Things I Could Do”

4)  One Direction  ~  “Little Things”

5)  Lea Michele  ~  “My Favorite Things”  (OK, so it’s a commercial. But she does perform the song in its entirety, and sings it beautifully.)

6)  Howard Jones  ~  “Things Can Only Get Better”

7)  JJ Heller  ~  “True Things”

8)  Bob Dylan  ~  “Things Have Changed”

9)  Wild Child  ~  “Silly Things”

10)  The Temptations  ~  “The Way You Do The Things You Do”

11)  Pacha Massive  ~  “All Good Things”

12)  Passenger  ~  “Things You’ve Never Done”

13)  Annie Lennox  ~  “A Thousand Beautiful Things”

14)  Steve Winwood  ~  “The Finer Things”

15)  Julia Stone  ~  “Let’s Forget All The Things That We Say”

16)  Bob Marley & The Wailers  ~  “So Much Things To Say”

17)  Against The Current  ~  “Running With The Wild Things”  (A fantastic song by a dynamic new band!)

18)  Fanfarlo  ~  “Shiny Things”

19)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “The Little Things”

20)  Andy Mineo  ~  “Wild Things”

21)  Avril Lavigne  ~  “Things I’ll Never Say”

22)  Joe Cocker  ~  “The Simple Things”

23)   India.Arie  ~  “Little Things”

24)  Jason Mraz  ~  “1,000 Things”

25)  Nancy Sinatra & Dean Martin  ~  “Things”

"Favorite" Songs

In case you were wondering, these aren't MY favorite songs, although I do like several of them quite a bit. Nope, they're quite simply a collection of songs with the word "Favorite" in their titles. Or "Favourite" for the ones by the European-based artists. Ready, set, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Julie Andrews  ~  “My Favorite Things”

2)  O.A.R.  ~  “Favorite Song”

3)  Colbie Caillat ft. Common  ~  “Favorite Song”

4)  Phillips, Craig, & Dean  ~  “Favorite Song Of All”

5)  Alison Krauss and Union Station  ~  “New Favorite”

6)  Howie Day  ~  “Favorite Song”

7)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “My Favorite Mistake”

8)  Newsong  ~  “Your Favorite Name Is Father”

9)  Tori Kelly  ~  “Favorite Hello”

10)  Motion City Soundtrack  ~  “My Favorite Accident”

11)  Suzanne Vega  ~  “My Favorite Plum”

12)  Harry Nilsson  ~  “Mr. Richland’s Favorite Song / One”

13)  K’s Choice  ~  “Favorite Adventure”

14)  Thousand Foot Krutch  ~  “Favorite Disease”

15)  Quadron  ~  “Favorite Star”

16)  New Kids On The Block  ~  “My Favorite Girl”

17)  The Cardigans  ~  “My Favourite Game”

18)  The Figgs  ~  “My Favorite Shirt”

19)  Sophie Madeleine & Friends  ~  “You Are My Favourite”

20)  Dawes  ~  “All Your Favorite Bands”

21)  Silvina Moreno  ~  “Favorite Perfume”

22)  Owen Paul  ~  “My Favourite Waste Of Time”

23)  Stars  ~  “My Favourite Book”

24)  Jimmy Wahlsteen  ~  “It’s Your Favorite”

25)  Haircut 100  ~  “Favourite Shirts”

“Do” Or “Die” Songs, Vol. 1

Because my modus operandi is to come up what I think is a great idea for a post and then proceed to get utterly carried away with it, here's part 1 of what will be a 4-part series of posts featuring songs with the words "Do" or "Die" in their titles. Why ask why? Just listen and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ellie Goulding  ~  “Love Me Like You Do”

2)  Alicia Keys & Jack White  ~  “Another Way To Die”

3)  Arctic Monkeys  ~  “Do I Wanna Know?”

4)  Paul McCartney & Wings  ~  “Live And Let Die”

5)  Bryan Adams  ~  “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You”

6)  Boyce Avenue  ~  “When The Lights Die”

7)  Luke Bryan  ~  “Do I”

8)  Jann Arden  ~  “I Would Die For You”

9)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “I Do”

10)  The Band Perry  ~  “If I Die Young”

11)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)”

12)  Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark  ~  “(Forever) Live And Die”

13)  Kutless  ~  “What Faith Can Do”

14)  Dirty Projectors  ~  “About To Die”

15)  Lisa Hannigan  ~  “What’ll I Do”

16)  Joe Diffie  ~  “Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die)”

17)  Ben Folds Five  ~  “Do It Anyway”

18)  Tarja  ~  “Die Alive”

19)  Bonnie Tyler & Todd Rundgren  ~  “Loving You’s A Dirty Job (But Somebody’s Gotta Do It)”

20)  TobyMac ft. NF  ~  “’Til The Day I Die”

21)  Tony Bennett & Aretha Franklin  ~  “How Do You Keep The Music Playing?”

22)  Thomas Rhett  ~  “Die A Happy Man”

23)  Lisa Loeb  ~  “I Do”

24)  Foo Fighters  ~  “Let It Die”

25)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “Do Everything”

“Puzzle”-ing Songs

Here's a curious bunch of songs which you may find "Puzzle"-ing. Primarily because each tune in this collection contains the word "Puzzle" (or one of its derivatives) in its title. So furrow your brow and enjoy 'em already!  ~  JH

1)  Gabrielle Aplin  ~  “Puzzle Piece”

2)  Saint Motel  ~  “Puzzle Pieces”

3)  Ane Brun  ~  “The Puzzle”

4)  Slash’s Snakepit  ~  “Jigsaw Puzzle”

5)  Wizzy  ~  “Puzzle Pieces”

6)  Pretty City  ~  “Piece Of The Puzzle”

7)  Ilse DeLange  ~  “Puzzle Me”

8)  Justin Young ft. Colbie Caillat  ~  “Puzzle Pieces”

9)  Lina Ohta  ~  “Puzzle-Riddle”

10)  Tobbe Daun  ~  “Puzzle”

11)  Lily & Madeleine  ~  “Stuck On The Puzzle”

12)  Friends Electric  ~  “Puzzle Pieces”

13)  Erin & The Wildfire  ~  “Puzzles”

14)  Copious Jones  ~  “Puzzle Box”

15)  Brequette  ~  “Puzzle Together”

16)  Lou Barlow  ~  “Puzzle”

17)  Sarah Bowman  ~  “Puzzle”

18)  Joseph Myers  ~  “Puzzles And Places”

19)  Brittany Ann  ~  “Puzzle Pieces”

20)  Hus Hodja  ~  “Puzzle”

"Tell" Songs

Long story short: Wanted to do "Kiss" & "Tell" songs. Found too many. Separate posts. These are "Tell" songs. Do tell, and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Freddie & The Dreamers  ~  “I’m Telling You Now”

2)  The Early November  ~  “Tell Me Why”

3)  Tracy Chapman  ~  “Telling Stories”

4)  Dashboard Confessional  ~  “The Secret’s In The Telling”

5)  Old Crow Medicine Show  ~  “Hard To Tell”

6)  Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt  ~  “Telling Me Lies”

7)  Puscifer  ~  “Telling Ghosts”

8)  Rod Stewart & Ronnie Wood  ~  “Every Picture Tells A Story”

9)  Selena Gomez  ~  “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know”

10)  The Beatles  ~  “Tell Me Why / If I Fell”

11)  Lawson  ~  “You Didn’t Tell Me”

12)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  “Every Face Tells A Story”

13)  P.O.D.  ~  “Tell Me Why”

14)  Cat Stevens  ~  “How Can I Tell You”

15)  Janis Joplin  ~  “Tell Mama”

16)  Mutemath  ~  “Tell Your Heart Heads Up”

17)  Jason Mraz  ~  “Please Don’t Tell Her”

18)  Kathy Troccoli  ~  “Tell Me Where It Hurts”

19)  Hillsong United  ~  “Tell The World”

20)  Beth Hart  ~  “Tell Her You Belong To Me”

21)  Starsailor  ~  “Tell Me It’s Not Over”

22)  Sarah Jaffe  ~  “Some People Will Tell You”

23)  Fitz And The Tantrums  ~  “Tell Me What Ya Here For”

24)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “Tell Him”

25)  Franz Ferdinand  ~  “Tell Her Tonight”